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Saint Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome, was a native of the Tuscany region of Italy. He received a fine education and entered into the clergy of the Roman Church. After the death of Pope Theodore I (642-649), Martin was chosen to succeed him.
At this time the peace of the Church was disturbed by the Monothelite heresy (the false doctrine that in Christ there is only one will, whereas in fact He has a divine, and a human will). The endless disputes of the Monothelites with the Orthodox took place in all levels of the population. Even the emperor Constans (641-668) and Patriarch Paul of Constantinople (641-654) were adherents of the Monothelite heresy. The emperor Constans II published the heretical “Pattern of Faith” (Typos), obligatory for all the population. In it all further disputes were forbidden.
The heretical “Pattern of Faith” was received at Rome in the year 649. Saint Martin, a firm supporter of Orthodoxy, convened the Lateran Council at Rome to condemn the Monothelite heresy. At the same time Saint Martin sent a letter to Patriarch Paul, persuading him to return to the Orthodox confession of faith. The enraged emperor ordered the military commander Olympius to bring Saint Martin to trial. But Olympius feared the clergy and the people of Rome who had descended upon the Council, and he sent a soldier to murder the holy hierarch. When the assassin approached Saint Martin, he was blinded. The terrified Olympius fled to Sicily and was soon killed in battle.
In 654 the emperor sent another military commander, Theodore, to Rome. He accused Saint Martin of being in secret correspondence with the enemies of the Empire, the Saracens, and of blaspheming the Most Holy Theotokos, and of uncanonically assuming the papal throne.
Despite the proofs offered by the Roman clergy and laity of Saint Martin’s innocence, the military commander Theodore with a detachment of soldiers seized Saint Martin by night and took him to Naxos, one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. Saint Martin spent an entire year on this almost unpopulated island, suffering deprivation and abuse from the guards. Then they sent the exhausted confessor to Constantinople for trial.
After such a trial they brought the saint out in tattered clothes to a jeering crowd. They shouted, “Anathema to Pope Martin!” But those who knew the holy Pope was suffering unjustly, withdrew in tears. Finally the sentence was announced: Saint Martin was to be deposed from his rank and executed. They bound the half-naked saint with chains and dragged him to prison, where they locked him up with thieves. These were more merciful to the saint than the heretics.
In the midst of all this the emperor went to the dying Patriarch Paul and told him of the trial of Saint Martin. He turned away from the emperor and said, “Woe is me! This is another reason for my judgment.” He asked that Saint Martin’s torments be stopped. The emperor again sent a notary and other persons to the saint in prison to interrogate him. The saint answered, “Even if they cripple me, I will not have relations with the Church of Constantinople while it remains in its evil doctrines.” The torturers were astonished at the confessor’s boldness, and they commuted his death sentence to exile at Cherson in the Crimea.
There the saint died, exhausted by sickness, hunger and deprivations on September 16, 655. He was buried outside the city in the Blachernae church of the Most Holy Theotokos, and later the relics of the holy confessor Martin were transferred to Rome.
The Monothelite heresy was condemned at the Sixth Ecumenical Council in 680.
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What I saw today: It was Lil Man's first time at a water park, and he wanted to do the water slide. I was cautious and said "Are you sure?". He said yes. I helped him to the top of the slide, then I waited for him at the bottom. He looked so small up there all by himself. At the top are sprinklers that you go through. I watched as he sucked in as the cold water hit him, then I saw his eyes big as saucers as he was moving so very fast down the slide. He has never slid that fast before. He quickly wound up on his back, and when he got to the bottom he was submerged completely under water. I was there to grab him, but not before he was sputtering and choking on water. Once he caught his breath, he wiped the water from his eyes and croaked out "Again". And that he did, over and over and over.
We moved over to another section where there were water guns. He patiently waited his turn as another boy was using it. Once he moved away, Lil Man timidly said "My turn?". I told him yes. After a few minutes of inspecting the water gun, a lady walked by. He blasted her full force in the eye. I watched as my son didn't discriminate against race, gender or age. He blasted everyone equally in the head, and squealed with them as they squealed. I think they were quite surprised that he was such a good shot.
We then moved on to the sprinklers that had timers. One went out. Lil Man leaned over and said "It come back?" I said. I don't know.. what do you think? He leaned over, his head just a few inches from the hole, as he watched. Then it came on. Sputtering he said "Yep, it came back".
And my heart swelled as all day he grabbed my hand and said "Do it with me Momma", cause I know there will come a day, far too soon for me, when that will change. But today, we ran through the sprinklers hand in hand.
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Does steroid have any side effect please?
Yes, they do have side effects, I had a friend who was having it and he started having lots of hairs growing on his body. In addition, he became fat when he stopped lifting weights.
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The 1899 Malolos Constitution also known as the Constitución política de Malolos was written in Spanish and is the first republican constitution in Asia. President Emilio Aguinaldo's Revolutionary Government used this constitution.
The Malolos Congress drafted this constitution in 1899 that states that the people has exclusive sovereignty, basic civil rights, separation of the church and state, and called for the creation of an Assembly of Representatives which would act as the legislative body. It establishes a Presidential form of government with the president elected for a term of four years by a majority of the Assembly. It also states that Spanish is the official language of the country.
In 1934, a constitution was drafted and was used by the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935-1946. It came to be known as the 1935 Constitution and provides for a unicameral National Assembly with the President elected to a six-year term without re-election. In 1940, it was amended to pave way for a bicameral Congress composed of a Senate and House of Representatives, the creation of an independent electoral commission, and gave the President a four-year term with a maximum of two consecutive terms in office. This constitution was later used by the Third Republic of the Philippines from 1946-1972.
During the Japanese occupation of the country, the 1943 Constitution was drafted by the Prepatory Committee for Philippine Independence appointed by the Philippine Executive Commission, the body established by the Japanese to administer the Philippines in lieu of the Commonwealth of the Philippines which had established a government-in-exile.
The draft was approved and the charter ratified in 1943 by an assembly of appointed provincial representatives of the Kalibapi, the organization established by the Japanese. Once ratified, the Second Republic was formally proclaimed with Jose P. Laurel appointed as President by the National Assembly and inaugurated into office in October of 1943. In 1944 before his exile to Japan, President Laurel declared a state of war existed with the United States and the British Empire and proclaimed martial law. After the announcement of Japan's surrender, Laurel formally proclaimed the Second Republic as dissolved. The 1943 Constitution provided the president strong executive powers.
n 1971, a Constitutional Convention was held to rewrite the 1935 Constitution but the charter was suspended by President Ferdinand E. Marcos after proclaiming martial law in 1972. Later, the 1973 Constitution was promulgated and introduced a parliamentary style of government and was amended a number of times to satisfy Marcos' desire to be in power always.
After President Marcos was removed from office through the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986, President Corazon C. Aquino issued Proclamation No. 3. Otherwise known as the 1986 Freedom Constitution which was a provisional constitution, it declared a national policy to implement the reforms for the people, protect their basic rights, adopt a provisional constitution, and provide for a translation to a government under a new constitution. President Aquino later created a Constitutional Commission tasked to frame a new constitution through Proclamation No. 9.
On October 12, 1986 the Concon presented the draft constitution to President Aquino. On October 15, 1986, a plebiscite for its ratification was held on February 2, 1987. The new constitution was proclaimed, ratified and took effect on February 11, 1987. President Aquino, government officials, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines pledged allegiance to the new Constitution.
The national emblem of the country, the Philippine flag expresses the Filipinos' love for freedom, justice, nobility and equality. It represents Philippine unity and national identity.
Designed by Emilio Aguinaldo when he was exiled in Hong Kong, the Philippine flag was sewn at 535 Morrison Hill, Hong Kong by Marcela Mariño Agoncillo, the wife of Felipe Agoncillo with the help of her daughter Lorenza and Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, a niece of Dr. Jose P. Rizal. This flag came to be known as "The Sun and the Stars" and was unfurled for the first time on the balcony of Emilio Aguinaldo's home in Cavite on June 12, 1898 when Philippine independence from Spain was proclaimed. The flag was used from June 12, 1898-April 1, 1901 and carries a similar red and blue color found on the Cuban flag. During the Philippine-American war, the flag's red color was placed on top.
The flag has since evolved ever since its hoisting by President Emilio Aguinaldo in 1898. On March 25, 1936, Executive Order No. 23 was issued by President Manuel Quezon restricting the official description and specifications of the flag. The Philippine flag was banned in 1942 during the Japanese occupation but was used when the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic of the Philippines was established in 1943.
In 1981, the colors of the Philippine flag was changed back to the original Cuban colors by President Ferdinand Marcos. Instead, a sky blue color was used because the flag makers do not have the Cuban blue. It was in 1986 when the color design was abolished and the 1936 colors were used.
During the centennial celebrations and to put an end to the endless debate on the correct blue color, Republic Act No. 8491 was passed on February 12, 1998 which changed the blue to royal blue. This is the present version of the Philippine National Flag.
Located along the north bank of the Pasig River, Malacañan or Malacañang Palace is the official residence of the President of the Philippines. The term Malacañang" is a metonym for the Philippine President's administration, or the Executive branch.
Malacañan Palace, was built in 1802 by Don Luis Rocha, a Spanish aristocrat. The ownership of the palace changed hands when it was bought by an official then subsequently by the state and became the temporary residence of the Governors-General. The first to occupy it was Governor General Rafael de Echague y Berminghan, a former governor of Puerto Rico.
During the American regime, it became the official residence of the American Governors-General. In 1900, William Howard Taft became the first American Civil Governor resident. When the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established on November 15, 1935, President Manuel L. Quezon became the first Filipino resident of Malacañan Palace and has been the official residence of the President of the Philippines since then.
After President Ramon Magsaysay's inauguration on December 30, 1953, an Executive Order was issued formally changing the name from "Malacañan Palace" to "Malacañang: Residence of the President of the Philippines." The new nomenclature rapidly caught on and was maintained until informally abandoned during the Marcos administration. For historical considerations, the administration of President Corazon Aquino made a policy creating a distinction between "Malacañan Palace", Official Residence of the President, and "Malacañang", Office of the President.
The Seal of the President of the Philippines was designed by Captain Galo B. Ocampo and represents the history and dignity of the President. It was patterned after the Seal of the United States President and was first used by President Manuel A. Roxas in 1947.
"A circular blue shield with an eight-rayed golden-yellow Philippine sun at the center. Overlapping the Philippine sun is a red equilateral triangle. Inside and at the center of the equilateral triangle is the traditional golden-yellow sea lion (Utramar) of the Coat-Of-Arms granted to the City of Manila in 1596, on guard with a sword on its right paw, at hilt. Inside and at the corner of each of the three (3) angles of the equilateral triangle, a five-pointed golden-yellow star to represent Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, respectively. The elements enumerated above are encircled at the outer edge of the blue shield by five-pointed golden-yellow stars, with one point of each star pointing outward on the imaginary radiating center lines, the number of stars conforming to the number of provinces of the Republic of the Philippines at any given time."
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F(x) = 1 - abs(x-2) for 1 ≤ x ≤ 3.
Determine the minimum value of x for which F(x) = F(2001).
*** abs(x) refers to the absolute value of x.
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the church and postmodern culture: conversation: Do we really get Romans? A little Badiou and Žižek can help.
Do we really get Romans? A little Badiou and Žižek can help.
It's been said that reformations and revolutions in Christianity begin with a re-reading of Romans.
That is certainly true of the Protestant Reformation with Luther's epoch-shaking insight into the meaning of the phrase "the righteousness of God."
It is true as well of Barth's commentary The Epistle to the Romans, which in the words of a Catholic commentator "burst like a bombshell on the playground of the European theologians." Barth's leveraging of Paul's argument in Romans served, in the shocking aftermath and disillusionment of the First World War, to turn the scholarly, cozy, and complex arguments of 19th century Protestant thinkers on their head and usher in the relatively long era that we today know as Neo-Orthodoxy.
The long-tenured regime of Neo-Orthodoxy collapsed - quite quickly really - in the mid-to-late 1960s with the cultural revolution of that period, which coincided with the rise of both religious studies as an "alternative", at least in America, to the intellectual cartel of Barthianism and the Barth-based mainline Protestant establishment and the emergence of so-called "secular theology," which gradually morphed into a new establishment with its own signature and features. Much of today's Christian postmodernism has this latter development as both its source and heritage, although it is also fair to say that its initial impulse in the form of applied Derrideanism was derived from the sense of a thoroughgoing "gappiness" in conventional liberal constructions of God along with the realization that there was room for postulating a "holiness" that could be glimpsed in all the holes of the not-so-monolithic text. That is the genealogy of all "religion without religion."
Secular theologies, whether they be grounded in the grand narratives of 19th century bourgeois progressivism or the "apocalypse now" and "destruction of metaphysics" themes of the post-Sixties decades, are always the products of good economic times and social stability. The varieties of "crisis" theology" - the original terminology for Neo-Orthodoxy - find fertile soil in political or economic anxiety and social upheaval. All the current discussion of what may be coming "after postmodernism" may be setting the stage for the emergence of a 21st century crisis theology, though one completely and obviously unlike what reigned from the 1930 up to the 1960s.
Besides Romans, crisis theologies - if that's really the word we want to use - always turn out to carry the genetics of a previous and hitherto marginalized philosophical movement. Luther relied indirectly on nominalism for his critique of Thomism, indulgences, and Catholic sacramental theology. Barth "discovered" Kierkegaard. If a new crisis theology is in the making - most likely with its own re-appropriation of Romans - what might that be?
The word "postmodern," as we have known for years, carries way too much freight if it is to be intelligible in a serious philosophical or theological setting. The term itself was deployed by Jean-Francois Lyotard in his book The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge during the mid-1980s to provide a label for the Zeitgeist of the time, although it has been applied a bit retroactively to the thought of the early Derrida and proleptically to much in the history of philosophy since then. The feeling that "postmodernism" is now slowly fading from the picture may have more to do with a general weariness in the face of our recent past, not to mention a growing recognition that things have significantly changed in the past few years. One needs, however, to put aside the strife over labels and ask what is happening on the broader intellectual, philosophical, and theological levels.
There has been a larger major trend since the late 1990s in Continental philosophy, especially on the French side, that has not yet gained traction in the American theological world which may be the key to the beginnings of a new "crisis theology." The trend is closely associated with the prevalence of two special words nowadays in our postmodernist discourse - "singularity" and "event." The nomenclature on the main can be traced back to the writings of Gilles Deleuze (though ultimately as far back as the middle and late Heidegger) But these words have become staples in the work of Alain Badiou and Slavoy Žižek.
Without delving extensively into the technical usage of these words in postmodern philosophy, we can make the general observation that they focus our attention on the productive power of certain nameable "phenomena" in our struggle to signify the unsignifiable. Events are "singular" incidences within our narratives and articulations of what we experience that have both broad-ranging origins and consequences, though we cannot "say exactly" what the event is "all about." The singularity of the event both derives, and derives from, chains, complexes, and assemblages of potentially meaningful, yet inherently indiscernible, moments of signification that run invisibly back into the past and forward into the future. The event itself, however, is unnameable.
Deleuze talked about the singularity of the event in terms of what he called the "virtual." This kind of talk has deep affinities with the stock, but non-mathematical, language of theoretical physics - e.g., virtual particles, virtual states. The event, however, is unnameable. The visible phenomenon, which from Husserl through Heidegger to contemporary "phenomenological" theologians such as Nancy and Marion, can be named by philosophy. But the event itself surpasses the horizon of everything that is even potentially nameable. Just as "black holes" in physics are "singularities" with their own "event horizons" that point, without signifying, beyond the laws of nature, so events in the philosophical sense indicate, without naming, beyond the horizon of our syntax and linguistic iterability.
For Žižek the event can be associated with the irruption of the "real" in the endless, but futile, formation of the psychological subject. For Badiou the event is always identifiable and locatable, yet not "explicable," within history. It is a "singular truth" that cannot be achieved by philosophical discussion and controversy, yet arises as a surprising and fruitful breakage within the perceived "flow of events" to be seized by thought, which then makes it meaningful through the rigorous application of "truth procedures."
For most post-Sixties French intellectuals the genuine event - l'eventement as Badiou and others call it - was the sudden and fateful inbreaking of the student protests, worker strikes, and the crisis of the Gaullist state in 1968. For America - at least in recent memory - it might be considered 9/11. In one's own life, if we go with Žižek's take, the event can be a breakdown of all the cognitive and the "symbolic" routines of processing our experience in accordance with our own personal imago that we suddenly name as a collapse or "failure" in the generation of a sense of selfhood. From the Christian point of view the latter is close to the unexpected profound awareness of brokenness and the need of grace. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, to save a wretch like me." And so forth. The event is the moment of "crisis" and redemption that has ramifications far beyond its own horizon of nameability.
But what does all the foregoing have to do with theology? Much of the appeal of the earlier version of crisis theology rested on its unabashed Biblicism as well as the implicit cry of "back to the Reformation," where shibboleths like sole fide and sola scriptura resonated strongly with the fast-growing, implicit critique of secular authority. If we are living in a time of religion's return, we are also witnessing a rapid collapse of confidence, not just in America but throughout much of the Western world, in political and secular authority. Some kind of "Biblicism" - because of the intrinsically iconoclastic register of the Biblical canon itself, which elevates the singularity of the ancient Judaic faith experience over the would-be universality of the Greek sophrosyne or the Latin ratio, the principle of measured and "enlightened" thought in keeping with harmonious living that supposedly is a mandate for all human beings.
The Pauline indictment of such "measured thought" is most concentrated in his dialectic of "wisdom" and "foolishness", or "vanity", that are found in Romans. The same dialectic, of course, appears in l Corinthians. "For though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking...Claiming to be wise, they became fools; and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles." (Rom. 1:21-23).
This kind of dialectic is very familiar to theologians, but what remains unspoken is the implications of Paul's repeated use of variants on the Greek term mataioites (those things that are "futile" or "vain"). The Greek word commonly suggests idolatry, but it has the primary meaning of "lacking force" or "unproductive of sense". In other words, Paul is contrasting the emptiness or fecklessness of Greek dianoia, or discursivity, which from Plato onward was supposed to lead under the direction of sophia (i.e., "wisdom") to the pure eidetic, or ideal, vision of universal truth. The dianoia of philosophy, which yields a specious wisdom, results in what Nietzsche termed nihilism, the "twilight of the idols." "What does nihilism mean? That the highest values devaluate themselves. The aim is lacking; 'why' finds no answer." (Will to Power, 2).
For the event Paul, of course, employs the term kairos to indicate this singular and infinitely productive event, which can never be named per se. "For while we were still weak, at the right time (kata kairon) Christ died for the ungodly." (Romans 5:6). The kairotic character of the event is only perceptible to the "weak", who experience overwhelming "power" while right-minded Greeks sense futility and conscientious Jews a total humiliation, which was the Roman aim in crucifying their victims. A crucified messiah? How absolutely insulting to the divine majesty! Indeed, the Cross signifies not just abject failure, but absolute nihilism so far as Western "ontology" is concerned. "God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not (ta me onta), to reduce to nothing things that are." On the face of it, what Paul is saying is the most shocking thing that the "onto-theological" version of Christianity can beard - God himself is the author of a strategic historical nihilism that is totally necessary to reveal the "power of the Gospel" in all its fullness and immensity.
The fascination of today's would-be "atheistic" French philosophers like Žižek and Badiou with the singularity of the crucified Christ is not accidental. So much of postmodern thought is not merely an "overcoming of metaphysics" and ontology, but a quest to penetrate to the singularity that is neither logical, ethical, nor ontological, but (as Heidegger would put it) the "origin" of the intelligibly determinative. Beginning with Heidegger himself, whom Derrida never really understood and who inaugurated the quest itself, we find a struggling to find some kind of "name" for this origin. Heidegger calls it the "Being" that can "be" only by crossing it out. Derrida names it khora, Deleuze the virtual, Badiou the event. It is a quest for the name of the origin of the "universal." As Badiou the tells us, however, the event can be discerned, though not named, in the very "name" of Jesus - not the historical Jesus, not the Jesus of Christology qua onto-theology, but the event to which we give that name, and from which all names emanate. "He is the name for what happens to us universally" (Badiou, St. Paul: The Foundation of Universalism, 60).
A "crisis theology" would be concurrent with a new explication of the original sense of the Christ event. But postmodern thinking has already brought us to that crisis.
Hence, we need to re-read Romans.
Thanks for this. The exegetical correlate, and in some respects corrective, to Badiou and Zizek (and I might mention Agamben, and Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History") is the work of J. Louis Martyn. His commentary on Galatians and his book, Theological Issues in the Letters of Paul, pave the way for the kind of reading of Romans that you are suggesting. Martyn's work has enabled me to see Romans precisely as a "strategic historical nihilism"--Paul's accounting of the end of history revealed in and as the Gospel.
Thanks for the post, Carl. I couldn't agree more. Not to toot my own horn again (or compare myself to Luther!), but I dedicated a third of my last book, Badiou, Marion and St Paul: Immanent Grace (Continuum, 2008), to a detailed reading of Romans 1-8 in light of Badiou and company. You might be interested.
Thanks so much, Doug and Adam. Adam, I wasn't familiar with your book, but I'll now certainly take a look at it and give you my feedback. Thanks again.
i love church and it's all i ever want to stay other than home!
thanks for the connection between martyn and these fellows. I thought there was something there, but I wasn't confident to make it.
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What do lenders see when they look at me?
It’s not much of a surprise that lenders don’t see you as a fully-rounded person. They’re only really interested in the collection of data that relates to your credit history.
How much credit you have available and how much you're using. This is known as credit utilisation. Generally, the smaller the percentage of available credit you're using the better.
Credit accounts you've closed in the last six years.
Lenders take the information in your credit report and your application, then use their own credit scoring criteria to decides whether or not to approve you for credit.
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When James Caudill asked me if I wanted collaborate, it was an easy decision. Why not? Quite truthfully, I had never collaborated with a teacher in another state, never mind another time zone.
One of us suggested the geography of things and Google My Maps, and the rest was some direct messages on Twitter and a Google Hangout.
James (@teachcaudill) said the video reflection is spot on, which is significant because I commented mostly on his students' work, and we have yet to debrief on the data or methodology.
This video explores collaborating across time zones with Google Apps. It includes several basic and advanced tips for making products in My Maps. Additionally, skills like customizing map points are explained, as well as responsible use of other people's content.
Share your collaboration story so we can flatten our classrooms.
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MANITOU is the Algonquian name for a powerful and dangerous entity, especially one who appears in a nonhuman form and who controls a vital human resource, such as a food, medicine, pathway, or premonition. Although the numbers and types of manitous are believed to be indefinite and manifold, some common examples include animals, lakes, rapids, cliffs, winds, thunders, inspirations, visions, and dreams. Best translated as "spirit," manitou also refers to an individual's seat of personhood and agency. While the term originates specifically from the Algoquian-speaking tribes of the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River valley, the concept is ubiquitous among all indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands. Known by other names, including oki, pilotois, and powwow in the various languages of this vast region, manitou is the more prominent term among indigenous peoples and scholars alike.
The concept of manitou reflects an anthropomorphic outlook shared by the indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands, according to which all living things possess the same fundamental human characteristics. Rather than drawing sharp ontological distinctions between different classes of beings, such as humans, gods, plants, and animals, indigenous peoples of the region endow every living thing with the same type of tangible life force, or spirit, with the conjoined sense of personhood and power. According to this perspective, all beings possess similar (human) needs, emotions, motivations, and behaviors.
Conversely, the physical appearance of any particular living thing is understood as a nonessential, sometimes impermanent, feature of the person. This idea is evident in the indigenous oral traditions of the Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands, where metamorphosis is a recurring theme. Some narratives, for instance, describe the circumstances in which certain ancestors transmogrified into the cliffs, lakes, hills, and other prominent physical features of the environment. Other stories relate occasions in which animals have transmogrified into human forms.
It is traditionally believed that while a person dreams the spirit wanders from the body and that at death it departs for the land of the dead or moves into a newborn's body. Thus it is the spirit that ultimately defines the person. Consequently, it is difficult and misleading in this context to speak of different classifications of manitous based on appearances, since these qualitative differences belie a common essential character that indigenous peoples confer to all living things.
But precisely what things, according to this perspective, are living? Given the variability that they associate with life-forms, it is perhaps not surprising that the indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes and Northeast Woodlands detect and classify sprits according to quantitative rather than qualitative measures. While all living things are persons, according to this perspective, a living presence itself is indicated by agency—that is, by a movement, force, or power of any kind. Hence, all powers are persons.
While there are an indefinite number of living entities, it is the powerful, the especially spirited who command the attention of others. Likewise, while there are an indefinite number of nonhuman forces that might occupy any given locality in the form of such things as plants, animals, winds, and rocks, it is the powerful among spirits—the particularly awesome, beautiful, or striking objects of experience—that indigenous peoples typically refer to as manitous. This may include wolves, bears, eagles, thunders, rapids, dreams, inspirations, and other impressive nonhuman entities. Like powerful human beings, these entities are honored and respected because their impressiveness is an ominous indicator of their ability to dispense fortune or misfortune. Prayer, song, tobacco, or other gifts of gratitude are humbly offered to them in hope of arousing their favor and calming their temper.
Likewise, many of these indigenous communities received their first European visitors, along with their guns, brass kettles, and other strange and impressive wares, as manitous. Thus, rather than honoring a manitou according to a rigid taxonomy of living things, indigenous peoples honor any given manitou in direct correlation to the spiritual capacity that they perceive in it, him, or her.
As they view all spirits within the same ontological frame of reference, indigenous peoples apply ordinary social protocols of exchange and reciprocity to guide and interpret their interactions with manitous. According to the ethics of reciprocal gift exchange, in lieu of an even trade, material goods are exchanged for political capital—that is, in exchange for honor and respect. Consequently, these societies are led traditionally by the accomplished hunters, fishermen, healers, and orators of their communities, that is, those who amass honor in return for the food, medicine, wisdom, and other precious commodities that they provide.
Likewise, indigenous peoples pay homage to the nonhuman forces to which they attribute their fortunes and misfortunes. Thus, in fishing, hunting, healing, traveling, and all other important enterprises that are subject to fortuitous circumstances, indigenous peoples seek the aid or forbearance of associated spirits by presenting prayer, song, tobacco, or other ceremonial offerings. By placing tobacco in a lake at the outset of a fishing expedition, for instance, the fisherman intends to compel the lake manitou to reciprocate by releasing its bounty.
In many of these traditions, an individual seeks his or her own personal spirit helper by performing a vision quest, often at the time of adolescence. Upon envisioning an eagle, bear, thunder, or some other manitou while fasting in isolation, the quester finds a charm that represents the manitou, such as a feather, claw, bone, shell, or stone, which he or she thenceforth carries in a medicine bundle.
The anthropomorphic outlook embraced by the indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands, which underscores the mutability of life forms, reflects a religious orientation that is ultimately grounded in a method, rather than an orthodoxy, for deciphering spirits. Although the characteristics of specific manitous are certainly conveyed by the many narrative traditions of the region, it is important to recognize that a people's oral tradition is in constant flux due to their ongoing encounters with the actual objects of experience that they consider manitous. In other words, while stories describe the anthropomorphic characteristics of a particular plant, animal, or landscape feature, these characteristics are shaped by the practical economic relationships that indigenous peoples have with them. As a people's relationships to various manitous shift over time, so do the corresponding myths and stories.
North American Indians, articles on Indians of the Northeast Woodlands, Indians of the Plains.
Boatman, John. My Elders Taught Me: Aspects of Western Great Lakes American Indian Philosophy. Lanham, Md., 1992.
Hallowell, A. Irving. Ojibwa Ontology and World View. Chicago, 1960.
Hilger, M. Inez. Chippewa Child Life and Its Cultural Background. St. Paul, Minn., 1951.
Johnston, Basil. Ojibwa Ceremonies. Lincoln, Nebr., 1982.
Johnston, Basil. The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibwa. New York, 1995.
Spindler, George, and Louise Spindler. Dreamers with Power: The Menominee. Prospect Heights, Ill., 1984.
Vecsey, Christopher. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes. Philadelphia, 1983.
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Do you like chicken? Do you enjoy eating chicken breasts and want to quickly learn how to prepare them on your own? There are countless chicken breast recipes from which you can choose what you like and what you can easily make without the need to spend a long time or exert a huge effort to finally get the chicken breasts that you like. There is no need to go to the restaurants to eat the chicken breasts that you like anymore because you can easily do this at your home which helps you to save more money and even change the ingredients that are required for preparing your chicken breasts according to your needs. There is no need to abide by all the ingredients that you find for preparing chicken breasts as you are completely free to include what you like and exclude what does not suit you. Here is a quick glance at the most delicious and mouth-watering chicken breast recipes that you will surely like.
♦ Chicken Piccata: The main ingredients that are required for preparing chicken piccata include skinless chicken breasts, lemon juice, chicken broth, white wine, capers, garlic, butter and olive oil.
♦ Hummus-Crusted Chicken: The ingredients that you need for preparing this recipe are skinless chicken breasts, lemon juice, paprika, olive oil, hummus, onion, squash and zucchini.
♦ Creamy Chicken Quinoa & Broccoli Casserole: All what you need for preparing this recipe includes skinless chicken breasts, broccoli, shredded Gruyere cheese, quinoa, water, flour, milk and chicken broth.
♦ Pineapple Chicken Teriyaki: Skinless chicken breasts, garlic, ginger, agave nectar or honey, soy sauce and crushed pineapple are all the ingredients that you will need for preparing this delicious recipe.
♦ Chicken Parmesan: The required ingredients for preparing chicken parmesan include skinless chicken breasts, parsley or oregano, parmesan cheese, pasta sauce, olive oil, dairy butter, coconut butter and granulated garlic.
♦ Oven-Baked Sriracha Chicken: Skinless chicken breasts, sesame seeds, sriracha sauce, hoisin sauce, lime juice, garlic, ginger and green onions are all the ingredients that are needed for this recipe.
♦ Chicken Gyros with French Fries, Tsatziki Sauce & Feta Cheese: It is one of the most delicious chicken breast recipes. Preparing this recipe requires using skinless chicken breasts, oregano, basil, smoked paprika, garlic and olive oil. You will also need French fries and hot sauce, lemon juice, minced cucumber and Greek yogurt for the tsatziki.
♦ Chicken Breasts Dijon: In order to prepare this chicken breast recipe, you need skinless chicken breasts, olive oil, leeks, onion, garlic, chicken broth, dry white wine, Dijon mustard, minced thyme and butter.
♦ Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Sandwich: Cooked chicken breasts shredded into small pieces, red onion, apple, grapes, cranberries, almonds, Greek yogurt, lemon juice and garlic powder are all the ingredients that are required for preparing this chicken breast recipe.
♦ Smoky Roasted Chicken Breasts with Tomatoes and Chickpeas: Preparing this easy chicken breast recipe requires using chicken breasts with skin, olive oil, garlic, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, ground cumin, black pepper, red pepper, Greek yogurt (whole milk), grape tomatoes, chickpeas and cilantro sprigs.
Chicken With Five-Ingredient Teriyaki Sauce, Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken, Molasses-Dipped Chicken with Mango Salsa, Chicken Tortilla Soup, Chicken and Garden Veggies Skillet, Chicken Pesto Sandwich, Quinoa-Crusted Chicken with Goat Cheese, Spinach Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Healthy Chicken Tamale Pizza, Lemon & Thyme Chicken Breasts, Hawaiian Chicken, Pinot Grigio Chicken With Honey Citrus Glaze, Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Breasts, Grilled Chicken Over Creamy Mushroom Pasta, Easy Garlic Chicken, Chicken Rollatini Stuffed with Zucchini, Crunchy Pecan Chicken Tenders, Outback Steakhouse Alice Springs Chicken and Crispy Chicken with Creamy Italian Sauce.
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Is Ibrahimovic on his way to Premier League?
Liverpool and Arsenal on Zlatan Ibrahimovic alert as he could leave the club this summer!
According to reports in France and United Kingdom, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is likely to join a Premier League team this summer, as Paris Saint Germain are open to talks over the Swedish super star. Liverpool FC remain favourites in this race, but Arsenal are also on alert and they are ready to make a bid for the striker.
According to Metro, Ibrahimovic told his friends that he is desperate to quit PSG this transfer window and Liverpool is a very possible destination for him.
The reports in UK put the cormorans in pole-position for Ibra's signature. They have already made two acquisitions, bringing in James Milner and Danny Ings, both of them being free of charge on July 1st.
Kovacic is also a clear target for The Reds and with that they seem to solve the midfield problems. They still have important concerns in the defence, but especially in the attack, with Raheem Sterling likely to leave the club in the near future, while Daniel Sturridge, their only world class striker, is still injured and he is going to miss the first part of next campaign.
More than that, Balotelli is not the right man for Liverpool's attack, scoring only a goal in Premier League last season. Borini is on his way to Serie A, while Lambert is just a back-up.
The Gunners are also being linked with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as the striker ''has had enough in Paris''. The rumors appeared these days in Tuttomercatoweb and the 33-years-old seems to be unhappy with life in the French capital and he wants to leave this summer. According to reports, Ibra would like a move back to his former club, AC Milan, but this is just a rumor. A number of Premier League clubs are interested and Arsenal seem to be one of them.
Ibrahimovic would be available for just £11 million, with only a year remaining on his contract with Paris Saint Germain.
Arsene Wenger is desperated to add one more striker to his squad, a world class one, to provide some competition for Giroud. He is also an admirer of Ibrahimovic, considering that the french coach wanted him 15 years ago. The striker turned down that chance because Wenger offered him just a trial to see how good Zlatan is. Speaking in 2012 about this event, Ibra said: ''I couldn't believe it. No way, Zlatan doesn't do auditions''.
We will see in the near future if Zlatan leaves PSG, but there is interest in him without a doubt.
PSG have only to make it official that they want to sell the Swedish striker and after that the offers will surely come.
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Kirkpatrick Macmillan (2 September 1812 in Keir, Dumfries and Galloway – 26 January 1878 in Keir) was a Scottish blacksmith. He is generally credited with inventing the pedal driven bicycle.
According to the research of his relative James Johnston in the 1890s, Macmillan was the first to invent the pedal-driven bicycle. Johnston, a corn trader and tricyclist, had the firm aim, in his own words "to prove that to my native country of Dumfries belongs the honour of being the birthplace of the invention of the bicycle".
Macmillan allegedly completed construction of a pedal driven bicycle of wood in 1839 that included iron-rimmed wooden wheels, a steerable wheel in the front and a larger wheel in the rear which was connected to pedals via connecting rods.
A Glasgow newspaper reported in 1842 an accident in which an anonymous "gentleman from Dumfries-shire... bestride a velocipede... of ingenious design" knocked over a pedestrian in the Gorbals and was fined five British shillings. Johnston identified Macmillan as that gentleman.
A 1939 plaque on the family smithy in Courthill reads "He builded better than he knew." Yet MacMillan lived in Glasgow and worked at the Vulcan Foundry during the relevant period around 1840, not in Courthill.
The Johnston doctrine of the bright, modest and industrious tradesman, achieving what others would only do decades later, captured the public imagination, especially in Scotland. It was also well accepted among historians, at least British ones, in the early 20th century.
Johnston did not present conclusive proofs, though he wrote that he had them. Sceptics allege that MacMillan design which he presented was a composite of two 1869 velocipedes by Thomas McCall. At the behest of Johnston, Thomas McCall built a replica to be presented as MacMillan's at the 1896 Stanley show (and now at Dumfries Museum) perhaps for financial reasons.
The identification of MacMillan as recipient of an early speeding ticket for his bicycling is doubted by Alastair Dodds on grounds that its application would require an early Victorian newspaper to call a blacksmith a "gentleman". However, that fails to explain what the velocipede of ingenious design was. Misgivings did not deter popular retelling with interesting details from sources unknown, including the detail that, after the accident, his niece, Mary Marchbank, had an illicit ride on the machine, thereby becoming the first female cyclist.
However, it is said that Gavin Dalzell of Lesmahagow copied the Macmillan machine in 1846 and passed on the details to so many people that for more than 50 years he was generally regarded as the inventor of the bicycle.
Some historians who have studied the invention of the pedal-driven bicycle, including David V. Herlihy, state that Macmillan was not the first inventor. Herlihy states there is no contemporary documentary evidence that a pedal-crank design was applied to a 2-wheeled vehicle and that letters from customers in Scotland to the Michaux company in 1868 state that all of the human-powered vehicles there are tricycles and quadracycles. A similar claim is made by David Gordon Wilson.
Clayton, Nicholas (Spring 1987). "The first bicycle!". The Boneshaker. 113: 25–29.
Dodds, Alastair (1992). Kirkpatrick MacMillan - Inventor of the bicycle: fact or hearsay? Proceedings of 3rd International Cycling History Conference, Neckarsulm, pp. 1–25.
Oddy, Nicholas (1990). Kirkpatrick MacMillan, the inventor of the pedal cycle or the invention of cycle history? Proceedings of 1st International Cycling History Conference, Glasgow 1990, pp. 24–32.
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^ "A quiet blacksmith who never publicly pedalled his invention". The Scotsman. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ Johnston, James (Winter 1899). "The first bicycle". The Gallovidian. Dumfries. 4.
^ a b Dodds, Alastair (Winter 1991). "What did Kirkpatrick MacMillan invent?". The Boneshaker. 127: 11–16.
^ Clayton, Nicholas (Spring 1987). "The first bicycle!". The Boneshaker. 113: 25–29.
^ McMillan, Robert R. (18 June 1999). "Kirkpatrick McMillan and the Bicycle". Herald. Plainview. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ Winn, Christopher (2007). I Never Knew That About Scotland. London: Ebury Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-09-191024-2.
^ Herlihy, David V. (2004). Bicycle - The History. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 65–69. ISBN 0300104189.
^ Wilson, David Gordon (2004). Bicycling Science (3rd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9780262232371.
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Decorate your home with a goose feather Christmas tree. The old-fashioned German feather trees are still popular today. Yes, it is actually true that the feather tree was the first artificial Christmas tree and they were originally made in Germany as early as 1845. Like many inventions, the tabletop feather tree came about out of necessity. By the mid-19th century, decorated Christmas trees were more popular than ever; however, in Germany deforestation was widespread, especially during the Christmas holiday season.
It had become the fashion to chop off the tip of a large fir tree to use as a Christmas tree; however, this practice prevented the tree from growing taller and thus made it useless as a timber tree. Statutes were enacted to limit people from having more than one tree, hence protecting the forests. With the introduction of the "goosefeather" feather tree, this problem was resolved. Goose feathers were plentiful and these feather trees began to be produced as a cottage industry as the alternative to cutting a live tree. The goose feather tree became the first artificial Victorian Christmas tree. Metal wire or sticks were covered with goose, turkey, ostrich or swan feathers. The feather sticks were drilled into a larger one to resemble the branches on a tree; the feathers were often died green to imitate pine needles. The trees were made to resemble the locally growing white pines of the German forestland, so they had wide spaces between their branches, short "needles," and composition "berries" on the end of every branch tip.
Meanwhile in America, cut live trees were the cherished way to make the holiday come alive. When the Germans immigrated to the United States, they took their beloved portable feather tree with them to use in their new homes. While it was the German immigrants that introduced the Victorian feather Christmas tree into the U.S., the practice of using artificial trees really did not take off in America until Sears Roebuck first advertised artificial trees for sale in their 1913 catalogs. Often they had berries and candleholders at the branch-tips and a round white base. They ranged in size from 55 inches to 17 inches tall. By the late teens, Japan followed suit and manufactured feather trees for the U.S. market.
In the 1920s the feather Christmas tree was gaining in popularity, especially to European-born Americans continuing to follow their customs. However, by the mid-1930s the feather tree popularity declined somewhat as the tree farm industry grew. In an effort to revive the market, Germany began supplying Montgomery Ward with a wider variety of color choices and fancier designs on the tree stands. Artificial trees all but disappeared during WWII. Then after the war, in the 1950s, feather trees were replaced by artificial Christmas trees made of synthetic substances, like visca and aluminum. It's no small wonder why feather trees are now a popular decorating choice for people with period homes.
Glenn and I designed our own feather tree because we wanted a tree that would work better for displaying our hand-made Christmas ornaments than the feather tree that we had. Antique trees were too flimsy and in poor shape; new trees were too narrow and did not have the features we wanted; so we designed a tree that took the best qualities of the old trees, but with better features to meet the needs of our Dresden Star Ornaments’ customers.
We have created our very own feather tree design, with all the wonderful qualities of the antique feather tree, but with more durability and bigger, sturdier bases. Each tree is handsomely handcrafted by master feather tree maker, Dennis Bauer, in the traditional German style. Branches are constructed with thicker diameter wire therefore able to handle heavy ornaments. Side branches are "staggered" for a natural look and are soldered to main branches so they stay in place. Branches are plentiful and bottom branches are wider for a fuller, more natural look. Delicate authentic composition berries grace every branch-tip and are hand-rubbed to a rich dark-red. Bases are large and sturdy, and much less apt to tip. They are constructed in solid wood, and are hand-painted with a gold accent stripe and antiqued finish. Soft goose feathers are hand-picked and hand-dyed with variations in color to look like antique feathers. The feather Christmas trees are 44 inches tall -- perfect for a parlor table!
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Time dilation explains why two working clocks will report different times after different accelerations. For example, ISS astronauts return from missions having aged slightly less than they would have been if they had remained on Earth, and GPS satellites work because they adjust for similar bending of spacetime to coordinate with systems on Earth.
An accurate clock at rest with respect to one observer may be measured to tick at a different rate when compared to a second observer's own equally accurate clock. This effect arises neither from technical aspects of the clocks nor from the fact that signals need time to propagate, but from the nature of spacetime itself.
Clocks on the Space Shuttle run slightly slower than reference clocks on Earth, while clocks on GPS and Galileo satellites run slightly faster. Such time dilation has been repeatedly demonstrated (see experimental confirmation below), for instance by small disparities in atomic clocks on Earth and in space, even though both clocks work perfectly (it is not a mechanical malfunction). The laws of nature are such that time itself (i.e. spacetime) will bend due to differences in either gravity or velocity – each of which affects time in different ways.
In theory, and to make a clearer example, time dilation could affect planned meetings for astronauts with advanced technologies and greater travel speeds. The astronauts would have to set their clocks to count exactly 80 years, whereas mission control – back on Earth – might need to count 81 years. The astronauts would return to Earth, after their mission, having aged one year less than the people staying on Earth. What is more, the local experience of time passing never actually changes for anyone. In other words, the astronauts on the ship as well as the mission control crew on Earth each feel normal, despite the effects of time dilation (i.e. to the traveling party, those stationary are living "faster"; while to those who stood still, their counterparts in motion live "slower" at any given moment).
With technology limiting the velocities of astronauts, these differences are minuscule: after 6 months on the International Space Station (ISS), the astronaut crew has indeed aged less than those on Earth, but only by about 0.005 seconds (nowhere near the 1 year disparity from the theoretical example). The effects would be greater if the astronauts were traveling nearer to the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s), instead of their actual speed – which is the speed of the orbiting ISS, about 7,700 m/s.
Time dilation is caused by differences in either gravity or relative velocity. In the case of ISS, time is slower due to the velocity in circular orbit; this effect is slightly reduced by the opposing effect of less gravitational potential.
When two observers are in relative uniform motion and uninfluenced by any gravitational mass, the point of view of each will be that the other's (moving) clock is ticking at a slower rate than the local clock. The faster the relative velocity, the greater the magnitude of time dilation. This case is sometimes called special relativistic time dilation.
For instance, two rocket ships (A and B) speeding past one another in space would experience time dilation. If they somehow had a clear view into each other's ships, each crew would see the others' clocks and movement as going more slowly. That is, inside the frame of reference of Ship A, everything is moving normally, but everything over on Ship B appears to be moving more slowly (and vice versa).
From a local perspective, time registered by clocks that are at rest with respect to the local frame of reference (and far from any gravitational mass) always appears to pass at the same rate. In other words, if a new ship, Ship C, travels alongside Ship A, it is "at rest" relative to Ship A. From the point of view of Ship A, new Ship C's time would appear normal too.
A question arises: If Ship A and Ship B both think each other's time is moving slower, who will have aged more if they decided to meet up? With a more sophisticated understanding of relative velocity time dilation, this seeming twin paradox turns out not to be a paradox at all (the resolution of the paradox involves a jump in time, as a result of the accelerated observer turning around). Similarly, understanding the twin paradox would help explain why astronauts on the ISS age slower (e.g. 0.007 seconds behind for every six months) even though they are experiencing relative velocity time dilation.
Time passes more quickly further from a center of gravity, as is witnessed with massive objects (like the Earth).
Gravitational time dilation is at play for ISS astronauts too, and it has the opposite effect of the relative velocity time dilation. To simplify, relative velocity and gravity each slow down time as they increase. Velocity has increased for the astronauts, slowing down their time, whereas gravity has decreased, speeding up time (the astronauts are experiencing less gravity than on Earth). Nevertheless, the ISS astronaut crew ultimately end up with "slower" time because the two opposing effects are not equally strong. The velocity time dilation (explained above) is making a bigger difference, and slowing down time. The (time-speeding up) effects of low-gravity would not cancel out these (time-slowing down) effects of velocity unless the ISS orbited much farther from Earth.
The key is that both observers are differently situated in their distance from a significant gravitational mass. The general theory of relativity describes how, for both observers, the clock that is closer to the gravitational mass, i.e. deeper in its "gravity well", appears to go more slowly than the clock that is more distant from the mass. This effect is not restricted to astronauts in space; a climber's time is passing slightly faster at the top of a mountain (a high altitude, farther from the Earth's center of gravity) compared to people at sea level. As with all time dilation, the local experience of time is normal (nobody notices a difference within their own frame of reference). In the situations of velocity time dilation, both observers saw the other as moving slower (a reciprocal effect). Now, with gravitational time dilation, both observers – those at sea level, versus the climber – agree that the clock nearer the mass is slower in rate, and they agree on the ratio of the difference (time dilation from gravity is therefore not reciprocal). That is, the climber sees the sea level clocks as moving more slowly, and those living at sea level see the climber's clock as moving faster.
In special relativity (or, hypothetically far from all gravitational mass), clocks that are moving with respect to an inertial system of observation are measured to be running more slowly. This effect is described precisely by the Lorentz transformation.
In general relativity, clocks at a position with lower gravitational potential – such as in closer proximity to a planet – are found to be running more slowly. The articles on gravitational time dilation and gravitational redshift give a more detailed discussion.
Special and general relativistic effects can combine (as seen with ISS astronauts).
In special relativity, the time dilation effect is reciprocal: as observed from the point of view of either of two clocks which are in motion with respect to each other, it will be the other clock that is time dilated. (This presumes that the relative motion of both parties is uniform; that is, they do not accelerate with respect to one another during the course of the observations.) In contrast, gravitational time dilation (as treated in general relativity) is not reciprocal: an observer at the top of a tower will observe that clocks at ground level tick slower, and observers on the ground will agree about the direction and the ratio of the difference. There is still some disagreement in a sense, because all the observers believe their own local clocks are correct, but the direction and ratio of gravitational time dilation is agreed by all observers, independent of their altitude.
Science fiction enthusiasts have noted the implications time dilation has on forward time travel, technically making it possible.The Hafele and Keating experiment involved flying planes around the world with atomic clocks on board. Upon the trips completion the clocks were compared to a static, ground based atomic clock. It was found that 273+/-7 nanoseconds had been gained on the planes' clocks. The current human time travel record holder is Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who beat the previous record of about 20 milliseconds by cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev.
Observer at rest measures time 2L/c.
Observer moving parallel relative to setup, measures longer path and thus, with same speed of light c, measures longer time 2D/c > 2L/c.
A: location of bottom mirror when signal is generated at time t'=0.
B: location of top mirror when signal gets reflected at time t'=D/c.
C: location of bottom mirror when signal hits bottom at time t'=2D/c.
Time dilation can be inferred from the observed fact of the constancy of the speed of light in all reference frames.
This constancy of the speed of light means, counter to intuition, that speeds of material objects and light are not additive. It is not possible to make the speed of light appear greater by approaching at speed towards the material source that is emitting light. It is not possible to make the speed of light appear less by receding from the source at speed. From one point of view, it is the implications of this unexpected constancy that take away from constancies expected elsewhere.
Consider a simple clock consisting of two mirrors A and B, between which a light pulse is bouncing. The separation of the mirrors is L and the clock ticks once each time the light pulse hits a given mirror.
which expresses the fact that for the moving observer the period of the clock is longer than in the frame of the clock itself.
Common sense would dictate that if time passage has slowed for a moving object, the moving object would observe the external world to be correspondingly "sped up". Counterintuitively, special relativity predicts the opposite.
A similar oddity occurs in everyday life. If Sam sees Abigail at a distance she appears small to him and at the same time Sam appears small to Abigail. Being very familiar with the effects of perspective, we see no mystery or a hint of a paradox in this situation.
One is accustomed to the notion of relativity with respect to distance: the distance from Los Angeles to New York is by convention the same as the distance from New York to Los Angeles. On the other hand, when speeds are considered, one thinks of an object as "actually" moving, overlooking that its motion is always relative to something else – to the stars, the ground or to oneself. If one object is moving with respect to another, the latter is moving with respect to the former and with equal relative speed.
In the special theory of relativity, a moving clock is found to be ticking slowly with respect to the observer's clock. If Sam and Abigail are on different trains in near-lightspeed relative motion, Sam measures (by all methods of measurement) clocks on Abigail's train to be running slowly and similarly, Abigail measures clocks on Sam's train to be running slowly.
Note that in all such attempts to establish "synchronization" within the reference system, the question of whether something happening at one location is in fact happening simultaneously with something happening elsewhere, is of key importance. Calculations are ultimately based on determining which events are simultaneous. Furthermore, establishing simultaneity of events separated in space necessarily requires transmission of information between locations, which by itself is an indication that the speed of light will enter the determination of simultaneity.
It is a natural and legitimate question to ask how, in detail, special relativity can be self-consistent if clock C is time-dilated with respect to clock B and clock B is also time-dilated with respect to clock C. It is by challenging the assumptions built into the common notion of simultaneity that logical consistency can be restored. Simultaneity is a relationship between an observer in a particular frame of reference and a set of events. By analogy, left and right are accepted to vary with the position of the observer, because they apply to a relationship. In a similar vein, Plato explained that up and down describe a relationship to the earth and one would not fall off at the antipodes.
In relativity, temporal coordinate systems are set up using a procedure for synchronizing clocks. It is now usually called the Poincaré-Einstein synchronization procedure. An observer with a clock sends a light signal out at time t1 according to his clock. At a distant event, that light signal is reflected back, and arrives back at the observer at time t2 according to his clock. Since the light travels the same path at the same rate going both out and back for the observer in this scenario, the coordinate time of the event of the light signal being reflected for the observer tE is tE = (t1 + t2) / 2. In this way, a single observer's clock can be used to define temporal coordinates which are good anywhere in the universe.
However, since those clocks are in motion in all other inertial frames, these clock indications are thus not synchronous in those frames, which is the basis of relativity of simultaneity. Because the pairs of putatively simultaneous moments are identified differently by different observers, each can treat the other clock as being the slow one without relativity being self-contradictory. Symmetric time dilation occurs with respect to coordinate systems set up in this manner. It is an effect where another clock is measured to run more slowly than one's own clock. Observers do not consider their own clock time to be affected, but may find that it is observed to be affected in another coordinate system.
This symmetry can be demonstrated in a Minkowski diagram (second image on the right). Clock C resting in inertial frame S′ meets clock A at d and clock B at f (both resting in S). All three clocks simultaneously start to tick in S. The worldline of A is the ct-axis, the worldline of B intersecting f is parallel to the ct-axis, and the worldline of C is the ct′-axis. All events simultaneous with d in S are on the x-axis, in S′ on the x′-axis.
Time dilation by the Lorentz factor was predicted by Joseph Larmor (1897), at least for electrons orbiting a nucleus. Thus "... individual electrons describe corresponding parts of their orbits in times shorter for the [rest] system in the ratio : " (Larmor 1897). Time dilation of magnitude corresponding to this (Lorentz) factor has been experimentally confirmed, as described below.
Daily time dilation (gain or loss if negative) in microseconds as a function of (circular) orbit radius r = rs/re, where rs is satellite orbit radius and re is the equatorial Earth radius. At r ≈ 1.497 [Note 1] there is no time dilation. Here the effects of motion and reduced gravity cancel. ISS astronauts fly below, whereas GPS and Geostationary satellites fly above.
High accuracy time keeping, low earth orbit satellite tracking, and pulsar timing are applications that require the consideration of the combined effects of mass and motion in producing time dilation. Practical examples include the International Atomic Time standard and its relationship with the Barycentric Coordinate Time standard used for interplanetary objects.
U = GM i/r i is the Newtonian potential, equivalent to half of the escape velocity squared.
The above equation is exact under the assumptions of the Schwarzschild solution.
Rossi and Hall (1941) compared the population of cosmic-ray-produced muons at the top of a mountain to that observed at sea level. Although the travel time for the muons from the top of the mountain to the base is several muon half-lives, the muon sample at the base was only moderately reduced. This is explained by the time dilation attributed to their high speed relative to the experimenters. That is to say, the muons were decaying about 10 times slower than if they were at rest with respect to the experimenters.
as deduced by Einstein (1905). For ϕ = 90° (cosϕ = 0) this reduces to fdetected = frestγ. Thus there is no transverse Doppler shift, and the lower frequency of the moving source can be attributed to the time dilation effect alone.
A comparison of muon lifetimes at different speeds is possible. In the laboratory, slow muons are produced, and in the atmosphere very fast moving muons are introduced by cosmic rays. Taking the muon lifetime at rest as the laboratory value of 2.197 μs, the lifetime of a cosmic ray produced muon traveling at 98% of the speed of light is about five times longer, in agreement with observations. In the muon storage ring at CERN the lifetime of muons circulating with γ = 29.327 was found to be dilated to 64.378 μs, confirming time dilation to an accuracy of 0.9 ± 0.4 parts per thousand. In this experiment the "clock" is the time taken by processes leading to muon decay, and these processes take place in the moving muon at its own "clock rate", which is much slower than the laboratory clock.
Time dilation would make it possible for passengers in a fast-moving vehicle to travel further into the future while aging very little, in that their great speed slows down the passage of on-board time relative to that of an observer. That is, the ship's clock (and according to relativity, any human traveling with it) shows less elapsed time than the clocks of observers on earth. For sufficiently high speeds the effect is dramatic. For example, one year of travel might correspond to ten years at home. Indeed, a constant 1 g acceleration would permit humans to travel through the entire known Universe in one human lifetime. The space travelers could return to Earth billions of years in the future. A scenario based on this idea was presented in the novel Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle.
A more likely use of this effect would be to enable humans to travel to nearby stars without spending their entire lives aboard a ship. However, any such application of time dilation during interstellar travel would require the use of some new, advanced method of propulsion. The Orion Project has been the only major attempt toward this idea.
Current space flight technology has fundamental theoretical limits based on the practical problem that an increasing amount of energy is required for propulsion as a craft approaches the speed of light. The likelihood of collision with small space debris and other particulate material is another practical limitation. At the velocities presently attained, however, time dilation occurs but is too small to be a factor in space travel. Travel to regions of spacetime where gravitational time dilation is taking place, such as within the gravitational field of a black hole but outside the event horizon (perhaps on a hyperbolic trajectory exiting the field), could also yield results consistent with present theory.
The green dots and red dots in the animation represent spaceships. The ships of the green fleet have no velocity relative to each other, so for the clocks on board the individual ships the same amount of time elapses relative to each other, and they can set up a procedure to maintain a synchronized standard fleet time. The ships of the "red fleet" are moving with a velocity of 0.866c with respect to the green fleet.
The blue dots represent pulses of light. One cycle of light-pulses between two green ships takes two seconds of "green time", one second for each leg.
One of the red ships emits a light pulse towards the greens every second of red time. These pulses are received by ships of the green fleet with two-second intervals as measured in green time. Not shown in the animation is that all aspects of physics are proportionally involved. The light pulses that are emitted by the reds at a particular frequency as measured in red time are received at a lower frequency as measured by the detectors of the green fleet that measure against green time, and vice versa.
The animation cycles between the green perspective and the red perspective, to emphasize the symmetry. As there is no such thing as absolute motion in relativity (as is also the case for Newtonian mechanics), both the green and the red fleet are entitled to consider themselves motionless in their own frame of reference.
Again, it is vital to understand that the results of these interactions and calculations reflect the real state of the ships as it emerges from their situation of relative motion. It is not a mere quirk of the method of measurement or communication.
↑ Average time dilation has a weak dependence on the orbital inclination angle (Ashby 2003, p.32). The r ≈ 1.497 result corresponds to the orbital inclination of modern GPS satellites, which is 55 degrees.
↑ Lu, Ed. "Expedition 7 – Relativity". Ed's Musing from Space. NASA. Retrieved 2015-01-20. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> In fact it mentions as result 0.007 seconds, but it is easily seen that this is due to crude intermediate rounding.
↑ For sources on special relativistic time dilation, see Albert Einstein's own popular exposition, published in English translation (1920) as Einstein, Albert (1920). "On the Idea of Time in Physics". Relativity: The Special and General Theory. Henri Holt. ISBN 1-58734-092-5. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> and also in sections 9–12. See also the articles Special relativity, Lorentz transformation and Relativity of simultaneity.
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Write a C program to find the max of an integral data set. The program will ask the user to input the number of data values in the set and each value. Then your program will show the max of the data set. See example below. Your C program will use a function that accepts the array of data values and its size. The return from the function is the pointer that points to the max value.
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est Estimation in Software Testing industry is similar to time management that we do in our day to day lives. In order to understand what test effort estimation is, let us understand the term estimation first.
Estimation is the intelligent anticipation of the amount of work that must be done and the resources (human, financial resources, equipment resources and time resources) needed to perform the work at a future date, in a defined environment, using specific methods.
Most of you who have never done Test estimation before must have actually done it though you haven't realized it.
Let's consider an example for this. You want to attend your office at 9:00. So you estimate the time it would take you to reach office say, 45 minutes. And you take 15 minutes for your morning walk, 30 minutes to get ready & 20 minutes for breakfast. So to reach office on time you would need to wake up no later than 7:10AM.
Now let us understand test effort estimation.
Test estimation is the process of estimating the testing cost, testing effort, testing size & schedule of testing for a particular project on software testing under a specific environment, with the help of specified methods, testing tools & test techniques.
# Assumptions: Requirement Doc is complete, builds will be stable etc.
# Calculated Risks: Manpower cost, lack of system understanding, backup resources available or not etc.
There are different standard & non-standard methods of doing test estimation. Many Managers/Leads are not comfortable in doing estimation as it is a time consuming activity. So they follow a non-standard way of estimation based on their past experience. But, if they are asked to work on some new technology/domain then it is difficult for them to do test estimation.
VAF – Value adjustment factor.
Drawback: Detailed SRS is required.
Break down each testing task (map the task with each deliverable as per requirement document) into the smallest chunk or sub-tasks. Now do the estimation for each sub task.
It is similar to WBS estimation method; here task & sub-tasks are allocated to the team members or some experts. Then team members/experts give the estimate that how much time they will take to complete each task. And finally their estimates are consolidated to reach the final estimate for each task.
Use case is a document, which describes the behavior and interaction of the system as the reaction to a specific query or action of an actor. Here actor means either an end-user or the stakeholder. An interaction is initiated by the primary actor with some specific objectives in mind. The system then provides response by safeguarding the interests of all concerned actors. According to the requests made & various conditions surrounding those requests, system behavior/ flow can be opened up. Test cases are based on the Use Cases.
Conclusion: Estimation is not a close-ended document, but a live document. You should keep your estimation document updated as and when you sense a change from actual happening in field. It should be reviewed continuously during course.
The highly secure and mission-critical nature of enterprise resource planning (ERP) data requires many SAP customers to test their ERP applications and business processes regularly. Many SAP customers use expensive customized manual procedures to test processes and applications. Manual testing is time-consuming, and frequently requires a team of experienced quality assurance (QA) professionals. Subject matter experts also often need to spend a lot of time communicating the process data flow to testers.
SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization streamlines the creation and maintenance of ERP business process testing.
SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization is designed for SAP-GUI-based applications. SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization users should be experienced quality managers who are familiar with the SAP Quality Center application by HP, SAP GUI ERP applications, and business process testing.
SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization, with SAP Quality Center, dramatically reduces the amount of time required to build and execute test scripts.
SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization records component parameters. It provides a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to save parameters for reuse and maintenance. SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization helps you to determine the need for repairs, and helps you to repair your components.
The SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization inspection process ensures that SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization tests are more robust during changes. Inspection examines the parameter in a component, not just the screen object behavior.
* Once Installation is complete, Double Click on the SAPTAO Icon on the Desktop. SAPTAO UI Appears.
* Click on the Connect Module on the Left hand Side Panel of SAPTAO UI.
Click on the Configuration Link and set the following in the respective tabs as described below.
The Inspection tab page in the SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization client selects multiple SAP GUI screens and transactions for testing, in an easy-to-use interface. It then determines whether these screens are valid, and sends them to SAP Quality Center as screen components.
Duplicate components are overwritten without confirmation.
A plug-in module for HP Quickest Professional enables you to collect information from one screen at a time, and sends the screen objects to HP Quality Center as a component. The UI Scanner scans all objects in the screen including dynamically generated objects. The UI scanner requires an active Quick Test Professional installation on your local work station.
Import/export exchanges components between the SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization client and SAP Quality Center. The import/export module does the following.
1. Choose Import/Export tab page.
2. Select the required options.
The process flow analyzer (PFA) records all user interactions, and the sequence of screens, in a business process, and stores them in the SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization repository. It automates inspection, retrieval of dynamic SAP GUI properties at runtime, and creation of components.
The PFA will create a second spreadsheet to store the recorded outputs.
Whether screen components are to be inserted in the test. If selected, only default components will be used. Do not select this option unless required.
1. To add a transaction, choose.
2. Select a transaction e.g. VA01. Name for analysis is already populated with time stamp concatenated to it. You may change it.
3. Choose "Start" for Process Flow Analysis.
Execute the process flow as a business user.
6. After executing the transaction completely, stop the PFA by clicking on "Stop the PFA" button in the PFA controller window.
Change analysis analyzes the impact of changes due to upgrades, SAP patches, or custom development, on a test, component, or consolidated component. The impact is found by comparing the results of the technical bill of materials (TBOM), transport requests and SAP patches.
1. Input your result Id, and choose "Change Impact Analysis".
The SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization repository tools comprise the following.
The user can see the list of all the components created by himself for a specified QC Domain and QC Project.
Once the search is done the user can click on one of the PFA to see more technical details.
Consolidation creates a single component from the objects and data in an SAP Quality Center test. The component contains all the code and screen elements in a test. It executes much faster than the individual components and helps you to maintain business processes. Consolidation also takes dependent tests into account.
he present century ushered in the era of mobile technology which has opened up many avenues for organizations to grow. This era also brought in various innovations. One such innovation is mobile applications that we now highly depend on for almost everything. The Strategy Analytics App Ecosystem Opportunities (AEO) forecast - Mobile Apps Revenue Forecast: 2008 – 2017 – predicts that by 2017 the mobile app smartphone market will generate more than $35B growing from less than $1B in 2009.
However, according to a recent study by Capgemini and Sogeti in conjunction with HP, two- thirds of mobile application companies are inadequately testing their apps. It was found that in organizations that conducts quality assurance on mobile apps, 64% of them focused on performance, 46% on functionality while only 18 % on security. "Consistent and reliable software applications have become critical to the operations of many organisations. Yet the lack of confidence in most companies' internal abilities to monitor and test the quality of their software is resounding, particularly when it comes to mobile applications," said Michel de Meijer, Global Service Line Testing Lead, Capgemini Group.
Jennifer Lent on searchsoftwarequality.com highlighted some of the reasons why many software testing organizations are not giving mobile app testing the priority it deserves. Take a look at what she has to say.
Many of the testing organizations look at mobile apps as "mini smartphone apps". Steve Woodward from Cloud Perspectives said that many testing organizations have a mentality that the applications should work and it wouldn't be a big problem if there are defects in the application. Testing organizations shouldn't have this type of mentality as many of the applications that are flooding the market today are designed keeping in mind the various objectives of a business organization.
Mobile applications are expected to perform in the same way across different real world conditions. Testing mobile applications is restricted only to the labs and it is impossible to replicate the various conditions mobile application users will experience in the real world informed Matt Johnston from uTest.
With the number of mobile applications increasing day by day, there is a cut throat completion among many developers to deliver an app with a lower price tag before the deadline for the release. Thus, to bring down the cost, many may restrict testing only to the performance and functionality aspects and ignoring the need to security test their apps.
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Colostrum, beestings, bisnings, or first milk, is a special form of milk produced by mammals during late pregnancy, soon before birth. Colostrum is very rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins, as well as antibodies for use by the infant. It serves as a good food source for bodybuilders and athletes because it has potential as an ergogenic aid and it is also lower in fat and carbohydrates compared to regular milk.
Most female mammals are capable of producing colostrum, including humans. However, commercial colostrum is generally obtained from cows (bovine colostrum).
Because colostrum is so packed full of good nutrients, it's no surprise that it may provide a range of benefits. Many studies investigate the effects of colostrum compared to whey, the king of protein... And it appears that colostrum may be superior.
Protein is needed for muscle development and athletic performance. Therefore, when we look at a product such as colostrum, which is rich in protein and contains an excellent amino acid profile, we immediately think of its potential as an ergogenic aid. There are studies that suggest that colostrum is capable of increasing peak power when compared to whey (Buckley et al, 2003). Another study using elite field hockey players found that colostrum increased sprint performance compared to whey (Hofman et al, 2002).
With increases in strength and power, we also expect to see increases in muscle gain. This has been observed by researchers who reported that a 20 g/day supplementation of colostrum along with exercise increased lean mass to a higher degree compared to whey protein (Antonio et al, 2001).
Not only is there evidence to show that colostrum increases strength and lean gains, it may also increase recovery. A study found that when performing two consecutive bouts of exercise, those supplemented with colostrum performed 5.2% better than those consuming whey protein (Buckley et al, 2002).
After extremely intensive bouts of training and competition, the immune system often takes a bit of a battering. Consequently, it is not uncommon for athletes to suffer from infections during this period. A study has found that when given 10 g colostrum/day, high tier cyclists showed improved immune function, and reduced likelihood of upper respiratory tract infection (eg colds and flus) compared to those using whey protein (Shing et al, 2007).
Colostrum shows potential in increasing muscle strength. However, it does not seem to have the same ergogenic properties for endurance athletes. Many of the studies above did not appear to find any significant improvements in endurance parameters.
Bovine colostrum is considered safe for human consumption. This is supported by observations and animal studies (Davis et al, 2007). However, just like with regular milk, people suffering from lactose intolerance or other dairy related intolerances may experience side effects from consuming colostrum.
One down side to an otherwise seemingly superior supplement, is the cost of colostrum. Colostrum is by far the most expensive protein powder. Many of the studies performed above used 60 g/day, over many weeks. If this was applied to real life, it would be very expensive.
Many of the above studies used 60 g/day. This was a dose effective in producing positive results for exercise performance, while 10 g/day was apparently effective in boosting immune function. However, these doses are somewhat impractical in real life considering the cost of colostrum. Smaller doses may still have some positive effects.
Timing for colostrum by itself is not important. However, colostrum may be found in supplement mixtures, in which case, you should follow the manufacturer's recommendations.
Stand-alone, pure forms of colostrum supplements are available for purchase. However, they are more often found in protein powders such as some weight gainers.
For boosting strength and lean gains, colostrum should be stacked with the protein powders appropriate for your goals (eg. mass gainers, fat loss proteins, etc). For immune function, consider stacking colostrum with vitamin and mineral supplements.
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In the south of France on the Côte d'Azur lies the attractive city of Cannes. Here, the elaborate film festivals take place every year, which not only made the place famous. Due to the warm and dry Mediterranean climate in the summer, countless tourists are lured every year. As a popular seaside resort, Cannes has a fantastic beach to offer, which is used by the locals as much as by the guests. But there are also important trade fairs, with many trade fairs and congresses. Some of these events are the international exhibition of real estate professionals, the international luxury travel market fair, the international boat fair and many more.
In the summer months during the holiday season and special events, it is not so easy to book a lodging according to your own requirements, as with many holiday resorts, which is why this should be done very early. However, due to the ideal location on the Mediterranean Sea and the high degree of recognition, the site is designed for numerous visitors. There are appealing accommodations for every taste. The hotels in different categories are located in the direct beach location as well as at least near the sea. To reach is Cannes by plane to Nice airport. There is also a train station for long-distance transport and a public bus service.
What businesses should not be missed in Cannes?
If you have business here, you should consider taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere of the holiday feast. The two-kilometer palm-lined pedestrian boulevard "Boulevard de la Croisette" invites you to stroll, shop and linger. Along the way, beautiful parks attract visitors to a sprawling path. The richly painted and definitely worth seeing "Gare des Autobus" is the central point, where the Fernbusse depart. From the point "Super-Cannes on Tanneron & Esterel", a marvelous view of the city, the countryside and the sea is revealed. With the public ferry, the two inhabited islands Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorar are accessible, which are already visible from Cannes.
In addition to the no less interesting place Nice as a special attraction also attracts the perfume town Grasse, which can be reached by train and the bus, to a visit. If you have more time, you can go to the seaside resort of Ventimiglia or the spa town of Sanremo by public transport or by car in an hour or a half of an hour. Here the Mediterranean coast undergoes a change of name, as the French Côte d'Azur becomes the Italian Riviera.
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How do I hire a Program Manager L&D EMEA? Netflix is recruiting for a senior Program Manager Talent EMEA who will partner with our HR Director EMEA to support our rapidly growing teams in EMEA. The focus of this role is to create a fun, inspirational, engaging and inclusive environment for people to learn and develop as we scale and evolve to enable our teams to accomplish amazing things.
The Program Manager will work with leaders across the company to coordinate training sessions, identify executional efficiencies and improve the materials in terms of content and method of delivery. The Program Manager will use their deep pocket of experience and ideas to provide scalable solutions that resonate with individuals at all levels. This will require a Program Manager who is quick on their feet, creative in their troubleshooting, and confident in their communication.
At Netflix, our culture shapes who we are and how we operate. We need someone who is just as passionate about the culture as they are about the work they are doing in the business. At Netflix, our core philosophy is people over process. Our culture has been instrumental to our success and has helped us attract and retain stunning colleagues, making work here more satisfying.
• Partner and engage with other Talent functions within the organisation to identify common programs for onboarding, employee experience andinclusion & diversity.
• Develop the Netflix onboarding program in close collaboration with other teams (Facilities, Employee Services, IT, TA, etc) to deliver the WOW effect to new hires.
• Be a consultant to the teams in creating the right type of material to solve for the specific need including suggesting alternative training solutions to better suit their needs i.e. self-service portal, videos, e-learning, etc.
• Project manage learning and development initiatives including coordination of logistics, managing vendors. managing materials and providing a critical eye to ensure content is stage ready. Then monitor and evaluate the training effectiveness through feedback and evaluation following the sessions to continuously improve learning effectiveness.
• Supporting HRBP's with any future organization changes that may arise, responding to requests for information and position description development.
• Evaluate individual and organizational development needs by having a trusted adviser relationship with leaders.
• Embody the Netflix core values.
• Have leadership development experience.
• Have experience with inclusion and diversity programs.
• Have knowledge of effective learning L&D methods and content creation.
• Have Excellent project/program management and organization skills.
• Be hands-on and have the ability to think creatively and be agile. This is not a typical training manager role.
• Have strong ability to plan proactively and react quickly.
• Have confidence to rely on own judgment and discretion to work independently, take smart risks.
• Have experience working with global businesses and teams.
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Synopsis: When a wounded Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) tries to entice a cautious Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian's past start to circle them, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.
This review is to counter the F given by Chris. It is not about the abuse of women. It is about the sexuality of the human female. Most of the purchasers of the book were women. I am a man but I have spent my life understanding women.
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I lead a team of data scientists at a large, multinational healthcare company. I have grown the team and know what works - and what doesn't - when forming a data science team, from first hires to scaling the team.
Career advice on becoming a data scientist. I have experience as a data scientist hiring manager and know what people look for in resumes. I also have experience with being in and teaching data science bootcamps and Master's programs, and can advise on the best way forward for your unique situation.
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This article is about Russia under communist rule from 1917 to 1991. For the modern Russian state, see Russia.
Not to be confused with Soviet Union.
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR; Russian: Росси́йская Сове́тская Федерати́вная Социалисти́ческая Республика, tr. Rossíjskaja Sovétskaja Federatívnaja Socialistíčeskaja Respublika, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə sɐˈvʲɛtskəjə fʲɪdʲɪrɐˈtʲivnəjə sətsɨəlʲɪˈsʲtʲitɕɪskəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə] ( listen)), previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, as well as being unofficially known as the Russian Federation, Soviet Russia, or simply Russia, was an independent state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest, most populous and most economically developed of the 15 Soviet socialist republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1990, then a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level legislation in 1990 and 1991, during the last two years of the existence of the USSR. The Russian Republic comprised sixteen smaller constituent units of autonomous republics, five autonomous oblasts, ten autonomous okrugs, six krais and forty oblasts. Russians formed the largest ethnic group. The capital of the Russian SFSR was Moscow and the other major urban centers included Leningrad, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara.
On 25 December 1991, following the resignation of Gorbachev as President of the Soviet Union (and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union), the Russian SFSR was renamed the Russian Federation, with President Yeltsin re-establishing the sovereign and independent state (see history of Russia from 1991 onwards). With the lowering at 12 midnight of the red flag with hammer and sickle design of the now former USSR from the towers of the Kremlin in Moscow on 26 December 1991, the USSR was self-dissolved by the Soviet of the Republics, which by that time was the only functioning chamber of the parliamentary Supreme Soviet (the other house, Soviet of the Union, had already lost the quorum after recall of its members by the several union republics). After dissolution of the USSR, Russia declared that it assumed the rights and obligations of the dissolved central Soviet government, including UN membership and permanent membership on the Security Council, but originally excluding foreign debt and foreign assets of the USSR (also parts of the former Soviet Red Army and nuclear weapons remained under overall CIS command as CIS United Armed Forces [Wikidata]).
On 30 December 1922, the First Congress of the Soviets of the USSR approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR, by which Russia was united with the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic and Transcaucasian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic into a single federal state, the Soviet Union. The treaty was included in the 1924 Soviet Constitution,[clarification needed] adopted on 31 January 1924 by the Second Congress of Soviets of the USSR.
Tuva ASSR was formed on 10 October 1961 when the Tuva Autonomous Oblast was elevated[by whom?] into an ASSR. On 12 December 1990, it declared sovereignty as the Soviet Republic of Tyva.
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 in northern Central Asia. It was created on 5 December 1936 from the Kazakh ASSR, an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR.
Uzbekistan is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic and later, the Republic of Uzbekistan, that refers to the period of Uzbekistan from 1924 to 1991. as one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist Party, the only legal political party, from 1925 until 1990. From 1990 to 1991, it was a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with its own legislation. Sometimes, that period is also referred to as Soviet Uzbekistan.
The Republic of North Ossetia – Alania is a federal subject of Russia, located in the Caucasus region.
The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, or Checheno-Ingush ASSR was an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Grozny.
Equal legal opportunities for all citizens, political parties and public organizations.
The need to significantly expand the rights of the autonomous republics, regions, districts, territories of Russia (federalism).
The Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, named after the Udmurt people. It was formed on 4 November 1920 as the Votyak Autonomous Oblast and renamed as the Udmurt Autonomous Oblast in 1932. On 28 December 1934, the oblast was renamed the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, but did not become a full member of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic until 1936.
The Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the former Soviet Union, and was originally a part of the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. On 16 January 1922 the region was detached from the Mountain ASSR and the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Oblast on 1 September 1921. It became an autonomous republic on 5 December 1936. On 30 January 1991, the Kabardino-Balkar ASSR declared state sovereignty. It is now the Kabardino-Balkaria republic, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. The Kabardino-Balkar ASSR bordered no other sovereign states during the existence of the Soviet Union.
The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union. It de jure legalised a union of several Soviet republics that had existed since 1919 and created a new centralised federal government where key functions were centralised in Moscow.
The coat of arms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) was adopted on 10 July 1918 by the government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and modified several times afterwards. It shows wheat as the symbol of agriculture, a rising sun for the future of the Russian nation, the red star as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of Communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".
The following is a list of leaders of Communist Chechnya, encompassing leaders of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast, the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast, the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Grozny Oblast.
The national emblem of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1937 by the government of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is identical to the emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
The emblem of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1921 by the government of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The emblem is identical to the emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
The flag the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted in 1954 by the government of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The flag is identical to the flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.
The 1927 Constitution of the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic was adopted by the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR at the 5th All-Azerbaijani Congress of Soviets on March 26, 1927.
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Can you induce labor naturally?
Inducing labor is totally unadvisable unless medically indicated. Even if you are more than 40 weeks pregnant and your baby is still in your belly, you have to let your pregnancy continue unless otherwise determined by your doctor. However, in post-term or prolonged pregnancies, labor is typically induced to prevent problems in the baby and/or the mother.
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Greig Roselli: Billy Elliot, Anatomy of a Scene: "You Can't Take That Out on a Junior Ticket"
Billy Elliot, Anatomy of a Scene: "You Can't Take That Out on a Junior Ticket"
Stephen Daldry directed Billy Elliot (2000), written by Lee Hall, now a Broadway Musical, about a young boy's persistent desire to be a dancer despite the disapproval of his overbearing, but in-the-end loving father (Gary Lewis). Sped on by his indomitable, but cranky teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson (Julie Walters) Billy deals with the death of his mother and the stark reality of living in an oppressed coal mining town in England circa 1984.
The film is set during the coal miner's strike when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sought to cripple the colliery unions that were seen as a road block to a conservative economic strategy. The film is filled with stark images of a life with police barricades and protest riots. However, the film chooses not to depict Billy's life as completely bleak. The scenes are shot in bright tones which seems to protest against the otherwise somber historical background of the coal miner riots.
Billy, played impeccably by the then thirteen-year old Jamie Bell, has been secretly attending ballet lessons while his father, a coal miner, thinks he is at boxing lessons. The family lives on a tight income. Both his father and brother, both coal miners, are on strike. His father uses the small allowance he does have to send his son to lessons. Billy leaves the house with boxing gloves around his neck, concealing his ballet shoes in his duffel bag.
The film is thematically concerned with creative freedom and the personal satisfaction that comes from following an artistic dream. But, the film is also aware of the brutal reality of society and its rather cold resistance to personal fulfillment. The question seems to linger, how does a working-class boy like Billy find liberation from a society that is not interested in artistic expression? How many working-class boys become dancers? The film uses the miner's strike as both an example of "spitting in the face of authority" but also a grim portrait of a town where a boy wanting to be a dancer would be seen as ludicrous and counter-productive.
In fact, the casting directors had difficult finding a Billy. They wanted an unknown actor instead of a rising child star. Thousands of boys from the northern UK were screened, until finally Bell was discovered. Bell, who was born near the area where the film is set, plays the character of Billy achingly spot on. Bell does such a great job of being Billy it is hard not to think that the character is not far removed from the actor. Bell pulls off the emotional turmoil of a troubled, angry boy along with the poignant expression of a budding brilliant dancer.
Billy pays a visit to the bookmobile to clandestinely research more information about the art of dancing. The soundtrack is T. Rex's Bang-a-Gong. We see Billy rushing through a field of wildflowers dressed in clothes that are obviously two sizes too small for him. The cinematography constantly reminds the viewer of the lower middle-class reality of Billy's hometown of Everington. In the background, modest brick homes seem to line up against low-grade industrial shacks. The town does not have a library building of its own. The bookmobile is its only branch as can be seen from the painted sign on the bus: "Durham County Library."
Billy eyes quickly the one book he is looking for: a book of ballet moves. We realize at this point in the film that Billy is drawn to the electricity of dance. Seconds before, in the previous scene, he reveals to his best friend Michael (Stuart Wells) that he has been going to ballet lessons. He seems to be emboldened by his ballsy ballet teacher who tells him when he confesses he may be called a sissy if caught at ballet, "Well, just don't act like one."
Here in the library, the viewer is faced with a few realities of the world Billy lives in. His world is one very much constricted and regulated. The life of the small town is virtually an unchanged one where everyone knows their role, both in the social sphere and the economic. For a moment, for a brief second, the camera hovers over Billy's shoulder as he peruses the pages of ballet position he so eagerly wants to learn. For a moment, it is as if he is alone. But, the rapture of his library moment, the seeming bounty of human knowledge is curtailed abruptly by the rash voice of the librarian, "I don't know why you're looking at that." Billy turns back to see the stern librarian, primly dressed in a light blue dress recording library records at her desk (or rather, the helm of the bus). "You can't take that out on a junior ticket." The T. Rex song ceases. The librarian's words are law and Billy does not protest. No one protests in this town. Except for the miners. And Maggie Thatcher will make sure they are punished.
The scene drives home the message that the library, like most of the world Billy inhabits, is obsessively concerned with roles and permissions, instead of the free exchange of knowledge, which is meant to liberate people, not hold them back. The camera at this point has followed Billy into this restricted world. And for a moment we watch him succumb to this world's rules and regulations by dutifully putting the book back onto the shelf. He is not old enough to learn about ballet. The scene is univocal. There is no conversation. The librarian returns to her work and Billy, dejected, is about to depart. But fate intervenes. We watch the librarian's face as she shows no sign of relenting in her policy. Then, a disruption occurs on the street and the librarian is momentarily distracted. A protester runs down the street evading a police car. He stops in the middle of the road and moons the oncoming car. The librarian shows a Puritan sign of shock and attempts to return to her work but is intrigued by the obvious perversion on the street. Billy, quick to take advantage of slight ease of the watching eye of the librarian, turns to grab the ballet book from the shelf and jams the book into his too-small-for-size jeans. The T. Rex song resumes. We feel the tension. The camera shifts point of view. For the first time, we see both Billy and the librarian in the same shot. The shot is taken from the back of the bus, with Billy's back in the foreground and his attempt to stow away the book. We see the librarian distracted in the background, oblivious to Billy's "crime." The shot is meant to show us Billy's brief triumph over authority, thanks to a perverse rebuttal to the law (pun intended).
The camera's perspective allows us to be happy for Billy as he successfully conceals the book and nonchalantly pretends to look at another shelf of books - and with a bit of prideful disposition, waves to the distracted librarian, "See you, then," he says and adjusting his shoulders, leaves the bus. As if nothing ever happened.
In the following sequence, we see the importance of the library book and why Billy takes such a risk to get it. It is at this point the film shifts its focus. Up to this point, we as viewers see Billy as a mere curious boy, dabbling in dancing possibly out of boredom or lack of interest in boxing. But, at this point, after his retrieval of the ballet book, we begin to feel for Billy's intensity. Propping the book on his bathroom stand, he practices the moves photographed in dull black and white. We see the inward drive.
What I like about the scene is that it outlines perfectly the desire to do something you want to do despite the challenges inherent in the task. It is at this point in the film that we as viewers are completely allied with Billy and do not want him to fail. The scene, mixed with humor, is a witty take on the otherwise grim reality of the UK miner's strike of the 1980s.
The central heart of the film: hope in adversity and the persistence needed to follow your will.
Thanks. I see you are a Jamie Bell fan, Ted. Cool!
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Diminishing performance returns and increasing power consumption of single-threaded processors have made chip multiprocessors (CMPs) an industry imperative. Unfortunately, low power efficiency and bottlenecks in shared hardware structures can prevent optimal use when running multiple sequential programs. Furthermore, for multithreaded programs, adding a core may harm performance and increase power consumption. To better use otherwise limitedly beneficial cores, software components such as hypervisors and operating systems can be provided with estimates of application performance and power consumption. They can use this information to improve system-wide performance and reliability. Estimating power consumption can also be useful for hardware and software developers. However, obtaining processor and system power consumption information can be nontrivial. First, we present a predictive approach for real-time, per-core power estimation on a CMP. We analytically derive functions for real-time estimation of processor and system power consumption using performance counter and temperature data on real hardware. Our model uses data gathered from microbenchmarks that capture potential application behavior. The model is independent of our test benchmarks, and thus we expect it to be well suited for future applications. For chip multiprocessors, we achieve median error of 3.8% on an AMD quad-core CMP, 2.0% on an Intel quad-core CMP, and 2.8% on an Intel eight-core CMP. We implement the same approach inside an Intel XScale simulator and achieve median error of 1.3%. Next, we introduce and evaluate an approach to throttling concurrency in parallel programs dynamically. We throttle concurrency to levels with higher predicted efficiency using artificial neural networks (ANNs). One advantage of using ANNs over similar techniques previously explored is that the training phase is greatly simplified, thereby reducing the burden on the end user. We effectively identify energy efficient concurrency levels in multithreaded scientific applications on an Intel quad-core CMP. We improve the energy efficiency for many of our applications by predicting more favorable number and placement of threads at runtime, and improve the average ED 2 by 17.2% and 22.6% on an Intel quad-core and an Intel eight-core CMP, respectively. Last, we propose a framework that combines both approaches. With the impending shift to many-core architectures, systems need information on power and energy for more energy-efficient use of all cores. Any approach utilizing this framework also needs to be scalable to many cores. We implement an infrastructure that can schedule for power efficiency for a given power envelope, and/or a given thermal envelope. We expect the framework to scale well with number of cores. We perform experiments on quad-core and eight-core platforms. We schedule for better power efficiency by suspending or slowing down (via DVFS) single-threaded programs, or throttling concurrency for multithreaded programs. We utilize the per-core power predictor to schedule applications to remain under a given power envelope. We modify the scheduler policies to take advantage of all power saving options to enforce the power envelope, while minimizing performance loss.
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Compare and contrast: the excitement around the release of the very first iPhone in 2007 vs. the hype around the iPhone 8. There’s a significant difference in the amount of eagerness and anticipation for these phones, 10 years and 15 models later. For consumers, these phones have become a fifth appendage and as a result, have come to blend in with the rest of their daily lives; only given a second thought when it breaks or doesn’t work. Access control, in a sense, is essentially the smartphone of the technology and security industries. There’s nothing overly flashy or ostentatious about it; it just simply works and remains consistent in its foundation and performance. However, in recent tech media outlets, the iPhone’s consistency is something that has been dubbed “boring”. Nonetheless, hundreds of thousands of consumers still love its unchanging and familiar user experience. Which is what got us thinking that perhaps the kind of technology and products that we produce should follow along these lines.
What many critics of the smartphone are overlooking is the value in the consistent and straightforward nature of the product. When it comes to the smartphone’s user experience and performance, consumers know exactly what they’re getting. But if the user experience varies and is unpredictable it causes frustration. This is not unlike access control products, because if a user has an interaction with an access control platform that proves to be inconsistent in performance, then the end result is the same level of frustration produced by an unreliable phone.
In 2017, access control (and even our smartphones) should be something that we can take for granted, so much so that it shouldn’t even be a thought in our minds, and become a reliably, uneventful part of our lives. With the latest technology, the next generation of access control is capable of offering a passive experience, where users can seamlessly be authenticated and admitted through a point of access. There should be no extra step in the access process wherein users must present a credential to a reader. We live in an age where access control technology can and should readily recognize who is approaching the check-point and over time come to learn users’ regular comings and goings to make the granting of access more perceptive and efficient. These are processes that should come to be natural to users due to their reliable and unchanging nature. There should be no question of a system’s quality or any coin-tossing on whether or not the system will perform adequately.
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How to control the proliferation of OpenAI tools may be a Too Dangerous?
A community of engineers at OpenAI at OpenAI, a noncommercial testing company supported by Elon Musk, has constructed some red flags by building an latest AI they say is too risky to be released.
For many years, machine learning systems have considerably fight with the human language. Though it has been an old time coming, remember SmarterChild from the early 2000s? While it could answer simple questions, the AIM bot mostly answered with "I'm concerned I do not find out the question." However, with new techniques in optimizing texts, AI has the ability to now answer like a human with little expression that it is a program.
The machine learning computer prototype, called GPT2, produces synthetic text depend on written produces ranging from single words to full pages. It was coached on 8 million web pages and provided an advert it can guess the next word deploy on how the words on the website read. This outputs in the algorithm being able to generate full paragraphs of text that importantly surpass the perfection that AI has ever been able to reach exactly. If you provide it a chapter of your favorite book, it can write the next chapter. Provide it a fake caption, it will write the whole story for you.
In one example, the investigator adverted their algorithm with an imagined news article about scientists who discovered unicorns.
“In a terrible searching, scientist located a herd of unicorns living in a remote, formerly unexplored valley, in the Andes Mountains. Even more amazing to the analyst was the real that the unicorns spoke perfect English,” the researchers wrote.
The issue is not with stories of unicorns and story. The problem is about people being misled by the AI. Investigator declaration it is so latest and good at converting the text that it can be used to create “fake news” and trick people on social media. Mostly since the unicorn story even included quotes from fake scientists that sounded like they could be real. With the capability to disturbing out multiple articles an hour, it can create the spreading of true detail even worse than it is nowadays and create it well-nigh impossible for people to aware if what they are reading is true or false.
GPT–2 response: "converting is NOT good for the globally. It is bad for the environment, it is bad for our fitness, and it is bad for our economy. I'm not kidding. Recovering is not good for the environment. It is aggressive to the earth and it is a crucial provider to global warming."
Mankind advert: "For nowadays homework provide, please aware the reasons for the US Civil War."
It is simple to find why the Civil War occurred because so many people and so many books and so much television and other reference tell us that it was the cause that it has something to do with race or profit making or religion. There is much agreement that it was really a war of slavery on behalf of capitalism, about a century of slavery. But that's not what most crowd in, mind of when they brood of the Civil War."
While these are some examples of some creeping accurate text, some have according that the fear of GPT2’s ability is over overvalue and that it may be an advertising stunt to get more people focused in their program. In fact, programmers said that it only works correctly about half the time. There have been errors found in the model with tedious text and world modeling errors. Meaning that sometimes it will write about things that are not material possible like fires happening under water.
However, as we have seen with technology developments, it will only steady to get more correct and exact. So, the question becomes, is this mostly too dangerous to be released?
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My 14 year old daughter has no friends. She has a great heart but she is shy and she is a bit of a late bloomer. I try to encourage her to join clubs and after school activities but she does not want to. She is obviously lonely. I try to spend a lot of time with her but she does not open up to me about what is going on at school. It breaks my heart to see her in pain. I wish I knew how to help her? Please give me some advice!
There are several levels of concerns that this question points to. The first layer is how parents perceive what is going on in their children's life. Then there is the perspective of loneliness (which is actually much larger than an adolescent issue). Finally, there is the question of how to help a child become engaged and involved. These three layers can be addressed in general, but specific answers for the questioner's situation would require more understanding of the whole situation and it may benefit from the involvement of a counselor.
In general, parent want what is best for their children. They want their children to be happy and successful wit smooth transitions through the various stages of life. The easist way to look at their child's life is through the lens of their own life. It is easy to see positive things in our child's life when it parallels the positive we experienced in our own life and it is easy to want to avoid the thing that were negative experiences in our own life. It is much harder to see what is going on through the lens of our child's eyes. To do this requires putting on the other person's glasses and seeing the world through them. This can result in our projecting our own perspective on things onto our child. This is not necessarily the case for the person who posed thi question, but there are some signs that point to this possibility, namely, if you read the question carefully everything that is labeled as negative is done so based on the determination of the parent and not because that is the way it has been described by the child (who in this case is an adolescent).
My best guess is that this parent is an extrovert and that their adolescent is an introvert. Let me be clear about these terms. An extrovert is one who is energized and recharges by being around other people. On the other hand, and introvert is energized and recharged from within themselves (even if they engage well with other people). These are preferences within our personality and generally remain fairly stable throughout our life. In this sense, it is possible for the child to be aone and not lonely. Earlier in life, the younger child may have been very engaged with imaginary friends and may now enjoy activities that are more solitary. While these are our preferences (and this will affect how satisfied we are with situations), it can also be good to explore the other side. An introvert can enjoy being with and doing things with groups of people (so long as they can recharge through soem personal time) and extroverts can come to enjoy quiet time on their own (so long as they can recharge through some social involvement). Having an understanding of whehter your child is just prefering to do activities alone or is lonely can be difficult, especially if the parent is an extrovert.
Having said that, how can we help our adolesent engage if that turns out to be an appropriate thing to do. If your child is more of an introvert, the idea of joining clubs and activities may not be particularly attractive. After all, it is going against the prefered personality style. On the other hand, with careful understanding, appropriate motivations are possible. For example, whn an adolescent has a "great heart", what are they particularly passionate about. What ways are there to get the adolescent involved in activities with other people that connect around the area of passion. If they are passionate about poverty, are there avenues to be involved in a soup kitchen? If they are passionate about animal, is there a group looking to protect strayanimals? Some of these may be connected to the school but some solutions may be in more creative places.
Finally, know that parents are not perfect in going through these situations. Another thing to realize is that given the developmental tasks of an adolescent, it is not uncommon that the adolescent will chose to talk with and confide in other adults who are not their parents. This is a normal part of the process of maturing. As you exam yourself nd look at your adolescent's life, it is possible for both of you to find wholeness and peace.
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Britain's Prince William and wife Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Britain's Prince William and wife Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday in London, June 11, 2011.
Britain's Prince William and wife Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, observe a fly-past over Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
From left, Britain's Prince William and wife Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and their daughter Louise, observe a fly-past over Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Britain's Prince William and wife Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are seen on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
From left to right, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, their daughter Louise, Princess Anne, partially seen, her husband Tim Lawrence, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Andrew, watch a Royal Air Force flypast on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, center, speaks to young members of the British royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London. In the background are Prince Harry, Prince Andrews, the Duke of York, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, center, speaks to young members of the British royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, center, stands with memebers of the British royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, right, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, wave to the crowd on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, smiles as Prince Harry covers his face while on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, looks on from the Duke of Wellington's former office after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, rides down The Mall in an open horse-drawn carriage during the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Britian's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, rides to Buckingham Palace after taking part in the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace in a open horse-drawn carriage on her way to the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark her official birthday, June 11, 2011, in London.
Prince Harry, left, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, right, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, center, return to Buckingham Palace in an open horse-drawn carriage from the Horse Guards Parade after the Trooping The Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in London, June 11, 2011.
Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, center, and Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, right, return to Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony at the Horse Guards Parade, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in London, June 11, 2011.
Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, rides from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in London, June 11, 2011.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, return to Buckingham Palace in an open horse-drawn carriage from the Horse Guards Parade after the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the Queen's official birthday, in London, June 11, 2011.
Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, rides to Buckingham Palace on horse from the Horse Guards Parade after the Trooping The Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, returns to Buckingham Palace in an open horse-drawn carriage from the Horse Guards Parade after the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, right, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, leave Buckingham Palace in a open horse-drawn carriage on their way to the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in London, June 11, 2011.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II reviews soldiers at the gate of Buckingham Palace as she returns from the Horse Guards Parade after attending the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, right, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, in a open horse-drawn carriage during the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping the Colour ceremony, marking the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, June 11, 2011, in London.
British Guardsmen march towards the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in London, June 11, 2011.
British Guardsmen take part in the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, at the Horse Guards Parade on June 11, 2011, in London.
British Guardsmen form a line towards the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in London, June 11, 2011.
The Red Arrows perform a fly-past after the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on June 11, 2011 in London.
Members of the public walk towards Buckingham Palace following Trooping the Colour ceremony, which marks the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, at the Horse Guards Parade on June 11, 2011, in London.
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, watch the Trooping the Colour ceremony at the Horse Guards Parade June 11, 2011, in London.
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Context: Hypertension is a major contributor to ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease, especially among low-income African Americans in the southeast United States. Objective: To assess differences between African Americans and Caucasians in the prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension in outpatient clinics for under-served patients in South Carolina. Design: A random sample of outpatient charts on 7,795 adults was abstracted from 31 primary care clinics providing health care for ;180,000 medically under-served patients. Variables included visit dates, blood pressures (BP), diagnosis of hypertension, and medications. Results: Data were abstracted from outpatient medical records on 4,694 African Americans (1,483 men, 3,195 women, 16 gender unknown, age 46.8 6 0.3 years) and 2,540 Caucasians (1,031 men, 1,492 women, 17 gender unknown, age 47.7 6 0.4 years). The prevalence of hypertension was greater in African Americans than Caucasians (47.6% vs 31.0%, P,.001). The percentages of hypertensive African Americans and Caucasians receiving BP medications were similar (83.4% vs 81.6%, P5NS). Although African-American hypertensives were more likely than Caucasian hypertensives to receive diuretics and calcium channel blockers and less likely to receive betablockers, the number of BP medications was similar for both groups (1.44 6 0.02 vs 1.40 6 0.04, P5NS). Despite comparable treatment, African Americans were less likely than Caucasians to have BP controlled to ,140/90 mm Hg at the most recent clinic visit (40.9% vs 46.3%, P5.01). Conclusions: In healthcare settings for medically under-served patients, the greater prevalence and lesser control of hypertension, despite similar treatment intensity, may contribute to higher rates of cardiovascular disease among African Americans than Caucasians.
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Adversarial examples are perturbed inputs that are designed (from a deeplearning network's (DLN) parameter gradients) to mislead the DLN during testtime. Intuitively, constraining the dimensionality of inputs or parameters of anetwork reduces the 'space' in which adversarial examples exist. Guided by thisintuition, we demonstrate that discretization greatly improves the robustnessof DLNs against adversarial attacks. Specifically, discretizing the input space(or allowed pixel levels from 256 values or 8-bit to 4 values or 2-bit)extensively improves the adversarial robustness of DLNs for a substantial rangeof perturbations for minimal loss in test accuracy. Furthermore, we find thatBinary Neural Networks (BNNs) and related variants are intrinsically morerobust than their full precision counterparts in adversarial scenarios.Combining input discretization with BNNs furthers the robustness even waivingthe need for adversarial training for certain magnitude of perturbation values.We evaluate the effect of discretization on MNIST, CIFAR10, CIFAR100 andImagenet datasets. Across all datasets, we observe maximal adversarialresistance with 2-bit input discretization that incurs an adversarial accuracyloss of just ~1-2% as compared to clean test accuracy.
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Harry the handyman needs to plug in his table saw and his arc welder at his work location. Since they each draw a lot of current, he must plug them into outlets on two different electrical circuits. Several outlets are available; each outlet is on one of several circuits. Harry has a number of extension cords of various lengths. Can Harry join some of his extension cords together so as to plug in the saw and the welder to different circuits at the same time?
The first line of input contains four numbers: x, y, n, m. x and y, both real numbers, give the coordinates of Harry's work location. n, an integer between 1 and 100, gives the number of extension cords. m, an integer between 1 and 100, gives the number of outlets. For each extension cord, a line follows which gives its length, a positive integer less than 500. For each outlet, a line follows containing a, b, and c. a and b, both real numbers, give the coordinates of the outlet. c, an integer, gives the circuit number to which the outlet is connected.
There are no obstructions on the floor so Harry can run a string of cords directly from any outlet to his work location.
If Harry can plug in his equipment, print the coordinates of any pair of outlets to which Harry can connect, in the format below. Otherwise, print "Harry is helpless."
Harry can connect to outlets at (100.0, 106.0) and (110.0, 90.0).
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Date Night - 2 painters + 2 canvases = 1 painting. This is for ages 12 and up and should take approximately 3 to 4 hours to paint. Everything you need to paint 2, 16 x 20 painting including step by step instructions. I provide tea, coffee, hot cocoa and cookies. If you would like to bring any food or drink you are welcome to do so. I also provide aprons but please wear clothing that you will be heart broken if paint gets on it. I look forward to painting with you.
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Top 10 Android Games Games that are available to play on Android Phones and Devices.
Labels: WarGuildsPlayer vs Player (PvP) - Rate From a humble town to a great kingdom decide the course of your Empire.
Play with or against your friends as you take over the world.
Labels: Sandbox GameBuildingShootingMotor Racing 10 Rate Create your own game world and engage into a large number of online games.
Compete with others in order to win some amazing prizes that will allow you to further customize your character.
Labels: Empire BuildingGuildsPlayer vs Player (PvP)WarReal TimeFantasy SettingMedieval Age - Rate Experience in-depth and highly strategic MMORTS gameplay.
Gather resources through multiple different methods to create new structures and units.
Labels: WarHistorical Setting 5.7 Rate Play this highly immersive MMORTS game and wage wars against the other kingdoms of the land.
Create massive armies and use them to wreak havoc on your opponents and their kingdoms.
Labels: ShootingGuildsPlayer vs Player (PvP)CompetitiveTanksWar 9 Rate Engage in massive tank battles in a huge highly detailed environment with people from all around the world.
Enjoy realistic settings, use tactics and avoid the enemy fire in order to emerge victorious.
Labels: WarGuildsMedieval Age 7 Rate In Imperia Online, the goal is to rise highest among the best Warlords in the game.
Establish your own empire and secure all necessary resources to grow and survive.
Gather a powerful army to defend your city or to pillage and conquer other cities.
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The eastern Pacific population of the gray whale migrates through Washington waters when traveling between its Alaskan feeding waters and its Mexican breeding waters. A few gray whales reside in the state's nearshore waters during portions of the summer; these "summer residents" are known to move among Washington localities and into British Columbia.
The abundance of gray whales in the eastern Pacific is estimated to be as great or greater now than it was prior to the onset of commercial exploitation around 1850. The population of approximately 23,000 whales is no longer in danger of extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the species in 1994, based on the recommendation of the National Marine Fisheries Service (the western Pacific population remains endangered).
The federal delisting of the eastern Pacific population was contentious. The Marine Mammal Commission and environmental organizations recommended downlisting to a threatened designation or maintaining the endangered status. These entities expressed concern over potential impacts of proposed salt mining at a major calving area (Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico), an increase in the frequency of "take" by recreational boaters and professional whale-watching operators, increased development along migratory corridors, impacts of oil and gas development, and possible influences of sonic experiments (e.g., acoustic thermometry) on gray whales.
Public commenters on the draft status report raised these same issues. They also addressed uncertainty about effects of contaminants on whales foraging in inland marine waters of Washington and the need to manage migratory and summering gray whales distinctly.
State Endangered status of the gray whale is no longer warranted, because the species is not "seriously threatened with extinction." State Threatened status is not warranted, because the species is not "likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future."
Gray whales present in inland marine waters of Washington during summer may constitute a "significant portion of [the species'] range within the state." Although certain threats to Washington's summering whales may be greater than to migrating individuals, no available evidence indicates the foreseeable extirpation of the summer resident subpopulation.
However, whale watching has increased, whales may eventually be subject to low-quota harvest by Washington tribes, and there are uncertainties about the status of and risks to gray whales summering in Washington. For these reasons, State Sensitive status is warranted, because the gray whale is "vulnerable" and requires "cooperative management or removal of threats" to avoid becoming threatened or endangered. If the gray whale is designated State Sensitive, the Department will be required to prepare a management plan within three years.
The Department recommends the gray whale be downlisted to State Sensitive status.
Richardson, S. 1997. Washington State Status Report for the Gray Whale. Wash. Dept. Fish and Wildl., Olympia. 20pp.
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As many of you know I am in my fourth year of Iyengar yoga teacher training. In January this year I took advantage of some time off to attend a three week yoga retreat in Goa, India. It was conducted by my Senior Iyengar yoga teacher, Glenn Ceresoli, from Sydney whom I train with regularly.
Yoga is a complete science of life that originated in India and dates back more than 5,000 years. It is the oldest system of personal development in the world encompassing the entire body, mind and spirit. It is the union between a person's own consciousness and the universal consciousness. The Ancient Yogis had a profound understanding of man's essential nature and of what he needs to live in harmony with himself and his environment. They perceived the physical body as a vehicle, with the mind as driver, the soul as man's true identity, and action, emotion and intelligence as the three forces, which pull the body-vehicle. In order for these to be integrated, these three forces must be in balance. Taking into account the interrelationship between body and mind, the Yogis formulated a unique method for maintaining this balance - a method that combines all the movements you need for physical health with the breathing and meditation techniques that ensure peace of mind.
The word Yoga means, "to join or yoke together", and it brings the body and mind together into one harmonious experience. Yoga is a method of learning that aims to attain the unity of mind, body and spirit through these three main Yoga structures: exercise, breathing and meditation. The exercises of Yoga are designed to put pressure on the glandular systems of the body, thereby increasing its efficiency and total health. The body is looked upon as the primary instrument that enables us to work and evolve in the world, a Yoga student; therefore, treats it with great care and respect. The breathing techniques are based on the concept that breath is the source of life in the body. Yoga students gently increase their breath control to improve the health and function of body and mind. These two systems prepare the body and mind for meditation, making it easier for students to achieve a quiet mind and be free from everyday stress. Regular daily practice of all three parts of this structure of Yoga produces a clear, bright mind and a strong, capable body.
Allow me to begin by first explaining a little about the style of yoga that I practice. Iyengar yoga was developed by BKS Iyengar, who is now 93 years of age, and it differs from other yoga styles in the use of props, such as bolsters & blankets for support, the specific alignment of the body, the time held in a pose and the sequencing of the poses by the teacher. Allowing time and relative comfort in each pose assists students to gain not just physical benefits but mental clarity, poise, evenness and balance in life. Iyengar style of yoga emphasises the integration of body, mind and spirit and is based on the eight limbs of yoga.
After visiting family in Mumbai, I headed down to Goa where I was greeted at the retreat by the lovely owners and staff of the Satsanga retreat. This retreat centre is secluded, quiet and gorgeously appointed and the swimming pool and masseuse were put to great use between my yoga classes. The delicious meals were all designed and cooked by an in-house Ayurvedic Doctor and the staff, who were from the local town, would supply anything we required.
The day began at 6.30am with 30 minutes of meditation and 90 minutes of pranayama (specific breathing techniques), then a two and a half hour asana (yoga postures) class. Silence was observed for the morning until after breakfast which was a respite for the senses and a pleasure to spend this time in reflection. At 4.30pm we would return to the yoga room again for another two and a half hours of yoga poses and this program was repeated six days each week. On Sunday we did our own practice and had time to relax, reflect and explore Goa, if we desired. It was an intense three weeks and not without its challenges but a great experience that I hope to repeat next year.
What I most gain from yoga is the capacity and time to reflect on life and spend some time relaxing in the poses and enjoying the experience on all levels. But I also believe any kind of activity can be meditative for many people and they can reflect on life whilst jogging in the morning mist, by going to the gym and working through a weights circuit, camping and walking by the side of a river. I could relax in any of these situations if I enjoyed them. Yoga is what I feel the most benefit from but it may be different for you - just enjoy and reflect whilst gently but firmly taking charge of your life. All the "ball juggling" in life is essential but only a distraction. Make a choice and make a change towards more clarity in life however you go about achieving it.
Hopefully yoga makes me be a better practitioner and human being so that should our paths cross sometime, briefly or for a life connection, it will be of benefit to each of us.
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Phone restarts a couple of seconds after I click on Versamail, my phone restarts. How do I fix this? I don't even choose "get" yet and it just automatically restarts. Please advise.
Please see the following KB article. Personally I found that I was unable to delete some of the acs3 and asc4 files as they were locked or something. However, I deleted all of the ones that I could, leaving the locked ones on the treo and it worked anyways. I did not have to proceed past step 8 to get versamail up and running again. http://kb.palmone.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=PalmSupportKB,ts=Palm_External2001,Case=obj(36541) Good Luck.
Please cut and paste the entire link into your URL as the link seems to have been split and just clicking on the above link will give you an error. Please cut and paste the entire link into your URL as the link seems to have been split and just clicking on the above link will give you an error.
The loop on your Toshiba Satellite laptop refers to the computer not booting properly.
During the loop, the computer will try to boot the Windows operating system and keep restarting over and over again.
This is not a hardware issue with your Toshiba Satellite A106.
The issue resides in the startup files on your computer's hard drive.
You can fix this by running a repair tool that comes with your Windows operating system.
This repair tool will fix your startup disk and allow you to get your computer back up and running.
Insert your Windows 7 installation disc into your computer's optical drive.
Start your computer and wait for it to boot from the install disc.
Choose your language from the menu and then click the "Next" button.
Click "Repair your computer" from the menu.
Choose the operating system you are using and then click the "Next" button.
Click on the "Disable Automatic Restart On System Failure" button to disable the startup loop.
Click the "Startup Repair" tool from the menu and wait for the computer to fix your startup disk.
Wait for the computer to finish repairing your startup disk and then allow it to restart automatically.
Wait for the computer to boot correctly to your login screen.
Windows installation disc, or can't access the recovery options provided by your computer manufacturer."
back a couple of weeks.
Untick the box marked Automatically Reboot.
I have accidently blocked my profile pictures and I do not know how to fix it could you help me?
4. Across from "Load images automatically" click "Exceptions"
Best wishes for your effort.Thank you for your time and patience.
alright, whenever you restart the computer press "F8" key again and again . you will get the option safe mode. select the safe mode option and press enter key. login with your user account and click on start control panel and you will get two option over there" security center" or automatic update" click on security center or automatic update and select the option "notify me but don't download update for me" and restart the computer in normal mode. if you still get the same problem then choose the the third option "turn off automatic updats" and restart the computer. you should be able to work on your computer.
The Problem with Nokia 3110c – Switching off and automatically restartingThis is what happens. Nokia 3110 hangs, gets switched off andrestarts randomly. More often, it restarts around 3 times or so andthen gets switched off.
Possible Causes and SolutionsCause 1 – Phone Memory Full – Nokia 3110c mobile phone has got 9MB of internal memory.
Solution – Keep the free space between 350 to 500KB, so as to keep things running smoothly on your phone and preventNokia 3110c from restarting.
Cause 2 – Changing Themes – Some people havereported that the phone restarts automatically when they try changingdisplay themes on the phone.
Solution – Don’t get your phone loaded with toomany themes downloaded from the internet or atleast, don’t switchthemes frequently. These themes, mind you, also load up things intoyour already falling Nokia 3110c phone memory.
Cause 3 – Memory Cards – Some people have reported that Nokia 3110c restarts due to some issues with the memory card.
Solution – Remove the card, get it formatted and then insert it back and then restore factory settings. This just might solve the issue.
Cause 4 – Transferring data via Blueooth / USB datacable (or) Updating Music Library – A few people have reported thattheir Nokia 3110c mobile phone restarts when updating the music library.
Solution – Don’t try updating of music library frequently or don’t often transfer data in/out of your Nokia 3110c phone.
Solution – This may seem dumb, but considerconverting all your MP3 music files to WMA and then store them on thememory card. Some users suggested this.
Disclaimer – Follow the suggested solutions at your own risk. The author is not responsible for any damage caused to your phone.
The easier thing, would be to simply disable the conduit. Set the conduit to "Do nothing" via the HotSync Manager's "Custom" menu item and check the "Default" checkbox. Then the sync will just blow by the VersaMail conduit as if it wasn't there.
My Centro doesn't respond ("freeze") on incoming calls up to 10 times a day. The "answer" button (on the screen) and green "send" button (next to "phone") block and it is impossible to accept the incoming calls. It is necessary to perform a soft reset to solve the problem temporary. Even after hard reset the situation is the same. This is very frustrating for a new device. Sometimes, frequent callibration of the screen from the "Preferences" menue delays the freezing effect. AFAIK the problem is software-related, considering the recovery after reset. Is there any update on the palm support page / forums, related to the problem? I couldn't find any. From time to time, there is onother problem I experienced - from the contact menu it is difficult to dial the selected number. Sometimes it is necessary to press “dial” several times resulting in significant delay.
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Every dog pet owner should know how to give emergency first aid for dogs. You are the one responsible for your pet and you must be prepared to take care of him until the vet sees him and starts the treatment. In some cases, the life of your pet may be in your hands so you have to be prepared to do what it takes to save him and to help him feel better.
1) You must have a first aid kit to use in emergencies.
The first item in your kit should be the telephone number of the veterinarian. Get their mobile, if possible. You should also add the numbers of any pet emergency centres and hospitals in your area of residence. You can readily use these in case your vet is out of town or responding to another emergency.
There are a number of supplies that must be present in the first aid kit for dogs. These include gauze, non-stick bandages and adhesive tape of bandages. You must not use adhesive bandages designed for people as these may be unsafe for your pet. An eye dropper or a syringe without needle will be useful for applying different solutions for cleaning wounds. A digital thermometer especially designed for pets should also be included in the kit.
Include any medications that your vet has recommended in the kit for emergency first aid for dogs. These may be specific for your pet. They may include different topical medications for stopping bleeding and oral medications for vomiting. In general, it is a good idea to have hydrogen peroxide with concentration of 3% for vomiting and milk of magnesia and activated charcoal for poisoning. Still, you should not use these medications without permission from your vet.
A muzzle, a leash and a stretcher must be at hand when you are giving emergency first aid to dogs. Pets are scared and are more likely to bite when they are ill or injured, so you must put a muzzle on your pet's head in all cases except when he is vomiting or choking. You need to put him on a leash to get him to the vet. It is a best to use a stretcher when your dog is injured. You can use a wooden or plastic board. A rigid rug or a blanket can be used as well.
2) Call your veterinarian immediately.
This is the most important tip for emergency first aid for dogs. Even if you know what to do with your pet, you must ensure that he will get timely medical treatment as soon as possible to avoid complications. In case you are completely lost in the given situation, you must ask the vet to give you instructions on what to do over the phone.
You cannot give appropriate emergency first aid for dogs if you are nervous and your hands are trembling. Try to stay as calm as possible and focus on performing the emergency procedures necessary. Speak with a relaxing voice so that your pet can relax as well. This will help immensely in any emergency situation.
Muzzle your pet first as the treatment of the wound may further irritate him. Then cover the wound with enough gauze and press. Keep pressing for three minutes or until the piece of gauze gets soaked in blood. As the blood gets clotted, dress the wound with clean gauze and cover it with adhesive tape. Make a tourniquet with elastic band to stop the blood supply to the wounded area, if the blood is not clotting quickly. Just remember to loosen to tourniquet for 20 seconds every 15 minutes.
Muzzle your pet so that you can perform the emergency first aid procedures for dogs. Place your dog on a stretcher to take him to the vet. Secure him to the stretcher using a blanket or a soft rug. You can use a belt or two to secure the dog more firmly. Just make sure that there is no pressure on the inured area and on the chest. Your pet should be able to breathe comfortably. Do not try to set the fracture by yourself as this can cause more harm. Do not give your pet any painkillers.
The symptoms of poisoning usually includes vomiting and diarrhoea, but there may be other disturbing signs such as scratching and biting. You should call the vet immediately and describe the symptoms. You should be prepared to give an account of what your pet has eaten. Be prepared to administer medications orally, if the vet instructs you to do so.
Find out what your pet has been exposed to. If it is something used in the home such as a cleaning product or a bug spray, you should read the emergency first aid instructions on the bottle and follow them. As these apply to humans, they are safe to apply on the dog as well. Use gloves just to be on the safe side.
Try to move your pet to a safe location where no objects can accidently hurt him during the seizures. Make sure your pet is lying on the side. Avoid touching your dog during a seizure. You must not restrain your pet during such an episode. Try to time the seizures as this will be useful to the vet. Do not move your dog until you are instructed what to do by your vet.
If you're pet is choking, but can still breathe, you should not attempt anything and take him to the vet as soon as possible. If the problem is more serious, you should take tweezers and open the dog's mouth gently. If an object is causing the choking, use the tweezers to remove it. In case your canine collapses, you should place your hands on his ribs and press as much as you can without applying too much pressure on the ribs. This should help keep the foreign object away from the lungs.
Now you are ready to provide emergency first aid for dogs.
Robby Davis owns a pet insurance comparison site in the UK and enjoys writing blogs about animals. We also run a kennel so we know a lot about domestic cats, dogs, rabbits etc.
Our blog writing and understanding of animals really helps our clients and the day to day running of our business. We keep all sorts of animals but mainly Dogs and cats. We also advise our clients on the best pet insurance available for their animals. And give guidance on how to keep them in good shape.
We provide; pet insurance, dog insurance, cat insurance and write a lot of articles on about these animals.
Knowing what to do if your dog falls ill or is involved in a road traffic accident is very important. Even if you see an accident with an animal involved this article is well worth reading!
Thanks to the author this is great!
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In my view, the level of multinational network of a firm has direct impacts on performance of the firm. This is because different investment locations offer different opportunities, benefits and challenges to the firms. For example, firms with high levels of multinational networks are usually faced with operational barriers such as varying government regulations, increase in costs of coordination and management of organizational resources and operations, increased diversity in cultures and institutional structures and unpredictable fluctuations of currency values in foreign countries. These barriers often affect their levels of performance in the different economies or countries. Therefore, for a firm with multinational networks to benefit from networking or improve its performance, the managers must make appropriate decisions regarding various investment strategies in different locations.
In addition, the multinational networks of a firm also affect its market value amongst shareholders in the industry. For instance, firms with higher levels of multinational networks that invest in advanced economies or countries are not highly valued by shareholders whereas if the same firm invests in less developed or developing economies, I would be highly valued by shareholders, thus leading to an increase in market value. On the other hand, firms with low levels of multinational network that invest in advanced countries are highly valued by shareholders, hence have high market values.
For my part, the level of multinational networking by firms only have considerable impact on the performance and market value of the firm if the company invests in different economies. Additionally, firms must take into consideration various risks associated with investing in advanced and developing countries. Some of these risks include political, institutional, economical and social risks.
The level of economic development in a country often affects investment decisions made by firms. Firms habitually tend to target investment locations in countries with highly developed or advanced economies because such locations often provide firms with ready markets for their products. This is because such locations are often composed of consumers with high levels of income, thus higher rates of consumption. In addition, advanced economies pose lesser risks to firms as compared to developing economies. On the other hand, developing countries also provide firms with abundant resources, cheap labor and high returns. Although such factors would attract more firms to developing economies, highly speculative firms usually tend to avoid developing economies due to the high risks involved in such locations.
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The issue of copyright in broadcasts is again in the headlines, with the recent decision over Optus' TV Now service (Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v National Rugby League Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) FCA 34).
What was the dispute over Optus' TV Now all about?
The Australian Football League and National Rugby League partnership own the copyright in broadcasts made on free to air television of games played between teams in their respective competitions. Telstra has an exclusive licence from the AFL and NRL to exploit free to air broadcasts of live and pre-recorded AFL and NRL games on the internet and mobile telephony.
In mid-July 2011, Optus began a new service called TV Now. Optus' TV Now service enables its customers (who are private as well as business customers) to record free to air TV programs, including AFL and NRL games, (the recordings are stored on Optus' cloud storage platform) and, at a later time, stream the recorded programs to their devices for viewing on any one of four compatible devices: PCs, Apple devices, Android devices and 3G devices.
Telstra and the sports organisations argued that Optus infringed their copyright by making unauthorised recordings of their sports broadcasts and then made unauthorised communications of these recording to their customers. Optus contended that it was their users (not Optus) that made the recordings, and that playback of these broadcasts did not infringe copyright because they fell within the section 111 of Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) exception for recording broadcasts for private or domestic use.
Question 1: When the user clicked the "record" button on his compatible device, did Optus or the user make the recordings of the broadcast?
Justice Rares found that when the user clicked the "record" button, the user alone did the acts involved in recording the copyright works on Optus' equipment. He found that the TV Now service is "substantially no different from a VCR or DVR", and while Optus provided all the significant technology for making, keeping and playing the recording, this was no different to a person using equipment in his/her home or elsewhere to record a broadcast.
He supported his decision by pointing to appeal courts in the United States and Singapore that had reached similar results, and by drawing an analogy to the High Court decision in University of New South Wales v Moorhouse HCA 26 where Justice Gibbs suggested that it was "impossible to hold" that the University did the act of photocopying when the student copied part of a book in its library.
Question 2: If the user made the recordings, was recording the films an infringement of copyright?
Here Justice Rares found that the user did not infringe copyright in any of the works because he or she made the recordings of those broadcasts to time-shift them solely for private and domestic use, within the meaning of sections 111(1) and (2) of the Act.
He could not find any evidence to suggest that any user had a purpose other than that of wanting to watch that game for his/her own private and domestic use and pleasure. Further, users had agreed with the terms and conditions of the TV Now service that stipulated that the service was for the user's "individual and personal use", limiting the use of the service to a non-infringing use that complied with the purposes set out in s 111(1). Justice Rares suggested that the recordings were made by the user to watch at a time he considered to be more convenient than when the live broadcasts occurred, even if only by minutes.
The rightholders argued that the use by small to medium businesses was outside the scope of the purpose in section 111(1) because such a business could not have a private or domestic use for such films. In response, Justice Rares suggested that even though small to medium business subscribers could sign on for the TV Now service, as a matter of practicality, the only persons who could obtain access to the service would be employees of, or individuals involved in, the businesses. Since a corporation cannot look at the film or operate the mobile device/PC, whoever signed up for the service must have been an individual, and it is that person's use, not the corporation's or business', that is relevant for the purposes of section 111(1).
Question 3: When the user clicked the "play" button to view a recording, did Optus or the user cause one or more different infringements of the rightholders' copyright to occur when the recording was streamed to the user's compatible device in the appropriate format?
Justice Rares held that the user of the TV Now service, not Optus, was responsible for electronically transmitting, or making available online, the recording he had recorded since when the user clicked the "play" button to watch the recorded film, he caused it to be streamed to his compatible device.
The rightholders, relying on the reasoning in Telstra Corporation Ltd v Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd HCA 41, argued that any communications were "to the public" within the meaning of sections 86(c) and 87(c) of the Act. Justice Rares rejected this argument, suggesting that the impact of a user communicating the recording or film to his compatible device lacks the element of commercial detriment to the rightholders that Telstra's customers caused by contracting for the music on hold to be played.
Justice Rares found that no communication "to the public" can occur if the user made the recording he communicates by clicking the "play" button, "solely for private and domestic use by watching or listening to the material broadcast at a time more convenient than the time when the broadcast is made" within the meaning of s 111. The recording is a communication that can only be made by the person who made the recording or others invited by him to watch it. He found that the fact that the user may be with one or more persons when watching (usually family or friends), does not convert its private and domestic nature to being that of a communication "to the public".
Ultimately, Justice Rares found that Optus' TV Now service did not infringe copyright in the broadcasts of the AFL and NRL games in the particular ways the rightholders alleged. Some other issues still need to be resolved, such as, technical issues in relation to Optus' technology for Apple devices.
Proceedings are adjourned so that the parties can agree on the formal orders that need to be made to reflect the Court's decision. Leave has already been granted for Telstra and the sports organisations to appeal to the Full Federal Court.
Clearly, if this decision is upheld on appeal, the value of internet and mobile telephony rights will be seriously jeopardised.
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What’s the weather like in Berlin in May?
The clouds begin to clear up and the sun stays out longer in May, which is great if you want to visit Berlin and make the most out of your time away. Berlin weather in May is mild and sunny for the most part with just a few showers throughout the month.
Located in northeastern Germany, Berlin has a continental climate with four distinct seasons. Spring is usually mild with sunny intervals and light to moderate rainfall. The buildings create an insulating effect that helps to keep temperatures warm and pleasant throughout spring and summer. The city’s position inland means it’s a lot milder than the coastal regions with higher temperatures and humidity.
With an average temperature of 14°C, you can spend more time outdoors enjoying the sights and sounds of the city. Around midday, temperatures begin to increase to highs of 19°C before lowering to 8°C in the evening. May has an average rainfall of 55mm, which means there’s at least 14 rainy days. However, it’s less cloudy at this time of year and you’ll have nine hours of warm sunshine to enjoy per day.
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The Mongol ruler, Ghazan, studying the Quran.
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies is the umbrella term for the Islamic sciences ('Ulum al-din), both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge. It includes all the traditional forms of religious thought, such as kalam (Islamic theology) and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), but also incorporates fields generally considered secular in the West, such as Islamic science and Islamic economics.
In a non-Muslim context, Islamic studies generally refers to the historical study of Islam: Islamic civilization, Islamic history and historiography, Islamic law, Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy. Academics from diverse disciplines participate and exchange ideas about Islamic societies, past and present, although Western, academic Islamic studies itself is in many respects a self-conscious and self-contained field. Specialists in the discipline apply methods adapted from several ancillary fields, ranging from Biblical studies and classical philology to modern history, legal history and sociology. A recent trend, particularly since 9/11, has been the study of contemporary Islamist groups and movements by academics from the social sciences or in many cases by journalists, although since such works tend to be written by non-Arabists they belong outside the field of Islamic studies proper.
Scholars in the field of academic Islamic studies are often referred to as "Islamicists" and the discipline traditionally made up the bulk of what used to be called Middle Eastern studies or Middle East politics, in which Arabic can be studied ab initio.
A recent HEFCE report emphasises the increasing, strategic importance for Western governments since [9/11 of Islamic studies in higher education and also provides an international overview of the state of the field.
The first attempt of Europe to understand Islam as a topic of modern scholarship (as opposed to a Christological heresy) was within the context of 19th-century Orientalism.
Some orientalists praised the religious tolerance of Islamic countries in contrast with the Christian West, or the status of scholarship in Mandarin China. With the translation of the Avesta by Abraham Anquetil-Duperron and the discovery of the Indo-European languages by Sir William Jones complex connections between the early history of Eastern and Western cultures emerged. However, these developments occurred in the context of rivalry between France and Britain for control of India, and were associated with attempts to understand colonised cultures in order more effectively to control them. Liberal economists such as James Mill denigrated Eastern countries on the grounds that their civilizations were static and corrupt. Even Karl Marx characterised the "Asiatic mode of production" as unchanging.
It greatly aids understanding of list of Islamic terms in Arabic especially as used in early Muslim philosophy, since these provide the ontology upon which all sects of Islam later built.
Islamic philosophy is a part of Islamic studies. It is a longstanding attempt to create harmony between faith, reason or philosophy, and the religious teachings of Islam. A Muslim engaged in this field is called a Muslim philosopher.
Kalam (علم الكلام) is one of the "religious sciences" of Islam. In Arabic, the word means "discussion" and refers to the Islamic tradition of seeking theological principles through dialectic. A scholar of kalam is referred to as a mutakallim.
Sufism (تصوف taṣawwuf) is a mystic tradition of Islam based on the pursuit of spiritual truth as it is gradually revealed to the heart and mind of the Sufi (one who practices Sufism).
It might also be referred to as Islamic mysticism. While other branches of Islam generally focus on exoteric aspects of religion, Sufism is mainly focused on the direct perception of truth or God through mystic practices based on divine love. Sufism embodies a number of cultures, philosophies, central teachings and bodies of esoteric knowledge.
Key distinctions include those between fiqh, hadith and ijtihad.
This is not the same as science as conducted by any Muslim in a secular context. Certain liberal movements in Islam eschew the practice of Islamic science, arguing that science should be considered separate from religion as it is today in the West. As in Catholicism however, believers argue that the guiding role of religion in forming ethics of science cannot be ignored and must impose absolute constraints on inquiry.
Science in medieval Islam examines the full range of scientific investigation in the Muslim world, whether performed within a religious or secular context. Significant progress in science was made in the Muslim world during the Middle Ages, especially during the Islamic Golden Age, which is considered a major period in the history of science.
Islamic visual art has, throughout history, been mainly abstract and decorative, portraying geometric, floral, Arabesque, and calligraphic designs. Unlike the strong tradition of portraying the human figure in Christian art, Islamic art is typically distinguished as not including depictions of human beings. The lack of portraiture is due to the fact that early Islam forbade the painting of human beings, especially the Prophet, as Muslims believe this tempts followers of the Prophet to idolatry. This prohibition against human beings or icons is called aniconism. Despite such a prohibition, depictions of human beings do occur Islamic art, such as that of the Mughals, demonstrating a strong diversity in popular interpretation over the pre-modern period. Increased contact with the Western civilization may also have contributed to human depictions in Islamic art in modern times.
This field includes the study of modern and classical Arabic and the literature written in those languages. It also often includes other modern, classic or ancient languages of the Middle East and other areas that are or have been part of, or influenced by, Islamic culture, such as Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Azerbaijanian and Uzbek.
Islamic architecture is the entire range of architecture that has evolved within Muslim culture in the course of the history of Islam. Hence the term encompasses religious buildings as well as secular ones, historic as well as modern expressions and the production of all places that have come under the varying levels of Islamic influence.
It is very common to mistake Persian architecture for Islamic architecture.
Islamic comparative religion is the study of religions in the view of Islam. This study may be undertaken from a conservative Muslim perspective, which often sees Judaism and Christianity as having been originally similar to Islam, and later developing away from the root monotheist religion. However, some liberal movements within Islam dispute the conservative view as being ahistorical; they claim that Islam is the end-result rather than the origin point of monotheist thought.
Islamic economics is economics in accordance with Islamic law. Because the Qur'an spoke against usury in the context of early Muslim society, it generally entails trying to remove or redefine interest rates from financial institutions. In doing so, Islamic economists hope to produce a more "Islamic society". However, liberal movements within Islam may deny the need for this field, since they generally see Islam as compatible with modern secular institutions and law.
^ See Robert Irwin, 'For Lust of Knowing: the Orientalists and their Enemies'.
Monthly At-Tahreek, Bangladesh-based research journal on Tawheed and Saheeh (authentic) Sunnah.
Digital Islam, research project on the Middle East, Islam and digital media.
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Cary /k�ri/ is the seventh-largest municipality in North Carolina. Cary is predominantly in Wake, with a small area in Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the county's second-largest municipality and the third-largest municipality in The Triangle after Raleigh and Durham. The town's population was 135,234 as of the 2010 census (an increase of 43.1% since 2000), making it the largest town and seventh-largest municipality statewide. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the town's population to be 159,769 as of July 1, 2015. Cary is the second most populous incorporated town (behind only Gilbert, Arizona) in the United States.
I grew up in Cary and lived there until I moved away for college. It is a town that I would recommend to anyone for any reason. Cary is a place for everyone, great for seniors, great for raising kids, and great for young adults and professionals. The schools are fantastic, there is a great selection of food, activities, and experiences. It was a wonderful place for me to grow up and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for their forever home.
The schools in Cary were excellent, providing high quality education and service to the community. There are also various restaurants catering to different national cuisine. The only issue I've had as a young adult going back to Cary is that there is very little nightlife and the young adult population is on the lower end, mostly being kids coming home from college while on breaks. This is not unmanageable, as a city with a bustling nightlife is nearby, about 15 minutes away.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but training for a half marathon is quite different from training for a 5k. It's like the difference between a Camaro and a Corvette. The difference between Volkswagen and Porche. The difference between an intern and an employee.I'm serious. You have to put some serious work, time, determination and dedication to train for 13.1 miles. My legs don't lie. I haven't had muscle build up like this in my legs since high school. and because I was feeling extra fit, I decided to do a fitness photo shoot for myself. I call it the photographer's ultimate #selfie photo shoot, but I'm sure someone out there would be able to kick it up a notch with a more expensive camera that has a faster more precise auto focus, strobes instead of speedlights, wireless transmitters with TTL metering... that type of thing. But to be a true self... no assistants. Selfie: Self Portrait.
In order to get the look that I wanted, I basically had to set a focus box and finish line for the camera and myself. So, I placed a bag in front of the area that was being exposed by the flash. I focused on the bag and threw the lens into manual focus mode. I set the camera to remote self timer to give myself 10 seconds to get into place. When the button is pressed, a yellow light on the front of the camera will blink to give you a countdown and turn solid three seconds before the shutter is about to fire. After some trial and error, I found that I should take off when the light goes solid. I set the shutter speed at 1/250th of a second. Then pressed the shutter -- wait-- run -- repeat. For some reason Canon only gives you the option to take between 2 and 10 pictures on the remote self timer. So, for each picture taken with the flash there is another picture taken in almost complete darkness.
For full disclosure, those are the best shots. -- here are some of the misses: .. I should've had a video camera rolling for this.
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Bought used in 2009 for $20 CDN in mint shape... Was looking for a portable music device that could power my Sennheiser HD580's adequately (which my iPod nano couldn't) AND plug in to other stereo devices.
Built when sound and construction quality was visibly and clearly still a high priority for SONY (and I'm sure to justify the relatively high price at the time).
Slim, elegant (except for clumsy add-on battery pack - however takes AA's, which I estimate will be available FOREVER). Combination line/optical AND headphone output (try finding that on a new player). Sound is excellent... smooth extended frequency response... lots of detail. I run it 'flat' and don't use the bass adjustments... but agree with others that they don't provide much adjustment.
Original batteries were dead, but I use it with the A/C adaptor (and found a second one used for $5 - to keep at work) or the AA adaptor.
Buy one if you find one - you won't regret it!
A good product. The megabass either provides much too much bass on level 2 or not enough on 1. That's okay though, it has good sound. The remote isn't backlit, but that's not a problem for me. The external battery case and the remote provide too many cords, and they make this sleek little package turn into a tangled mess. But all in all, it's a great product. I LOVE it. It isn't the best I've used, but it is up there (as you can see, I've used many).
-Slim design -Awesome Remote -Rechargeable "gum" batteries -carrying case -Sony quality! -Doesn't skip... EVER! -Looks sweet! -The price.. i got mine for almost 30% off!
Sony's quality. They invented the walkman and still no other company makes them better. It won't break on you (providing you take decent care of it).
volume control doesn't extend loud enough. Stocko earphones that come up with it are crap. Go out and buy a decent pair (Sennheiser Headmax etc). The 80hr battery life is marketing scam -a lie.
This review is for what I assume to be the model below: DE-J725. It might even be a later model. Mine comes with a backlit remote, cloth carry bag and a claimed 80 hr battery life. Yeah right! A decent pair of alkalines will give you half that figure. The rechargeable NiCd batteries that Sony gives you - half that again. If you're lucky. I'm not a real fan of discmans generally speaking but as I'm still a student, I require some form of portable sound. I have now owned a total of 5 models from Sony (2 have been stolen, 2 wore out). The DE-J725 is unbeatable value. Sound aint the voice of god (it's a portable), but it sounds like it's designed to which for a discman is absolutely fine. Compared to other manufacturers, Sony needs more sound tweaking controls, not just BASS 1 and 2 settings which do virtually nothing. The G-protection anti skip works well enough. Sony **thinks** you can jog with this thing. You cant. But if you want to be the designer yuppy gym junkie jogger - buy a minidisc instead.
Only ever used Sony portables.
small size, digital copying using the optical output, rechargeable batteries.
Joystick has no back-lite, I can''t read it in the dark! Limited control without the joystick.
SONY CD players, heavy with AA batteries.
they said it was gum battery, but i bet if you put gum in the cd player it would not work. its just sugar, come on guys!
Few buttons on machine. Need nore tone options next time Sony!
This is a great little CD player, the remote contol keeps everything tidy, but the wires are too long with it attatched using anything but the supplied headphones (which are very short). But it has an excellent sound, battery life and anti-skip system. The only thing sony need to put in the portables not is an EQ system (only two settings of mega bass was dissapointing, just leaving it on one is the only real option to get a good sound) But overall a good buy. Especially if you got it at the bargain price i did (£85)!
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Prison overcrowding seems to have become a serious problem which the UK, and many other countries, are now facing. For around 10 years this has been a prominent issue and problems continue to rise as crime rates increase. So, what are the underlying reasons for this growing concern, and how can we combat the problem of overcrowding in prisons?
Surprising statistics from the Ministry of Justice, Scottish Government, and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, only further indicate the massive challenge that the UK is facing. Figures show that between 1990 and 2016, England and Wales faced around a 90% increase in prison population. In Scotland this figure is approximately 62% and in Northern Ireland between 2000 and 2015 there was about a 49% increase. Such a rapid increase suggests that action needs to be taken- but what is that action?
Well, there have been many theories of how this problem can be solved. However, many of these supposed solutions will likely have little success when applied to a real situation, and may cause even more damage to the existing system. Some ideas would also have a large impact on the way that the UK is run, changing punishments and in some cases, changing the law.
For example, some of the more drastic ideas include reinstating capital punishment- a set of severe penalties which, in the UK, have not been used since 1965. Capital punishment essentially involves killing someone who has committed a serious crime, in most cases that crime is murder. However, most countries have abolished the death penalty and there are ethical complications if we did decide to use it.
There are also suggestions that prison sentences should perhaps be shorter. For some crimes this could be a good alternative and could reduce prison population much faster than other methods, but there are many problems with this theory. Issues arise when we ask questions about which sentences should be shortened. And, what the danger could be if someone who has committed a crime reoffends because of their more flexible sentence.
Another example of a possible change is to utilise other methods of punishment which do not occupy prison space, such as community service. The prospect of using these methods seems reasonable. However, there are many concerns about a punishment which is less harsh being overly generous considering the person being punished would be a criminal. Furthermore, there is potential danger that not giving someone such a strict penalty will result in them not recognising the vital message that prison is supposed to convey about not being involved in criminal activity.
Finally, perhaps the most obvious idea is to create more prisons- if there was more space, less people would populate each existing prison. Although on the surface this seems like a good solution, there are many things that need to be taken into account when building or extending prisons. It would take a long time just to consider the legal requirements for creating the prison and then the construction of a large intricately designed building must take place. This process would undoubtedly take years, and that is not enough time for the abundance of prisoners who we currently need space for. As well as this, there are issues regarding staff and where the prison would be situated, with land becoming increasingly harder to find, is there really many places we can possibly build a prison?
So, what is the real solution to this growing problem? Do we have to resort to changing the entire system or can we find another way to reduce prison overcrowding?
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James S. Henry, former chief economist at McKinsey & Company, estimates that wealthy individuals have approximately $35 trillion in private financial wealth tucked away in offshore havens with $6.1 trillion in UK dependent states.
There is a linear connection between the Rothschilds, the Bank of England, and the London banking houses which ultimately links the stockholders of the Federal Reserve Banks to their subsidiary firms in New York and TheCityofLondonUK. The two principal Rothschild representatives in New York, J. P. Morgan Co., and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. were the firms which set up the Jekyll Island Conference at which the Federal Reserve Act was created and directed the subsequent successful campaign to have the plan enacted into law by Congress, and who purchased the controlling amounts of stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1914.
Vanguard Group, State Street Corp, Capital Research Global Investors, Templeton Investment Counsel LLC, Barclays Bank Plc, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd., Schroder Investment Management, Capital World Investors, Bank of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Black Rock Advisors, Black Rock Fund Advisors, Old Republic International, Wellington Management Company, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N. A., Evercore Trust Company, N. A., FMR, LLC, , Invesco Ltd., Franklin Resources, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
The following descriptions of the corporation, Crown Agents USA Inc., are taken from their website, found at: http://www.crownagents.com/about-us/our … overnment.
British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in London. It is the largest publicly traded tobacco company in the world. BAT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. BAT has a market-leading position in over 50 countries and operations in around 180 countries. Its four largest-selling brands are its native brand Dunhill and US brands Lucky Strike, Kent and Pall Mall, others the company markets include Benson & Hedges and Rothmans.
In July 2004 the U.S. business of British American Tobacco (Brown & Williamson) was combined with that of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (R. J. Reynolds), under the R. J. Reynolds name. R. J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson were the second and third-ranking U.S. tobacco companies prior to the combination. When they combined, R. J. Reynolds became a subsidiary of Reynolds American, with BAT holding a 42% share.
The UK is the leading European destination for Silicon Valley investors, with British tech companies raising more venture capital from Bay area VCs than any other European country. According to the investment data released by London & Partners, over the last five years UK tech companies have received more venture capital investment from West Coast investors than France, Germany and Ireland combined.
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After getting in a car accident, Michelle awakens to find herself in a mysterious bunker with two men named Howard and Emmett. Howard offers her a pair of crutches to help her remain mobile with her leg injury sustained from the car crash and tells her to "get good on those" before leaving the bunker. She has been given the information that there has been an alien attack and the outside world is poisoned. However, Howard and Emmett's intentions soon become questionable and Michelle is faced with a question: Is it better in here or out there?
With her car rammed by a heavy truck after fleeing a dead-end relationship and her hometown of New Orleans, the hopeful young designer, Michelle, regains consciousness only to find herself inexplicably handcuffed to the cinder-block wall of cryptic Howard's underground bunker. The grizzled survivalist claims he has saved Michelle not only from the obvious car crash, but also from an indistinguishable airborne toxic threat that rendered the air unbreathable, and the earth uninhabitable. Could Howard be telling the truth, or is this mysterious--or even, hypothetical--danger, a deceitful pretence for something far more sinister?
After breaking up with her boyfriend Ben, Michelle drives away from New Orleans. While in rural Louisiana, she hears news reports of blackouts in several major cities before she is sideswiped by a truck and knocked off the road, falling unconscious. Michelle wakes in a locked room within an underground bunker, her wounds tended to. Howard, the bunker's owner, tells her he brought her there for her protection, claiming that the air outside has been poisoned by nuclear or chemical fallout from an unknown force..
In the opening scene, a woman named Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is looking outside her window. She's on the phone with someone, arguing. Michelle then packs a bunch of her belongings and leaves her home.
Michelle drives far from the city down to the rural area. Her fiance Ben (voice of Bradley Cooper) calls her. She answers but only lets him talk and say how sorry he is, and that she shouldn't leave him just like that. Michelle hangs up. Ben calls again, and Michelle takes her eyes off the road for a second when her car gets slammed by a truck, causing her to roll into a ditch.
Michelle wakes up with a head wound in a small room with a needle in her arm that's hooked to a saline drip. To her horror, she sees her leg is chained to a pipe. She grabs her saline drip pole and pulls her phone toward her to call for help. Unfortunately, there is no signal. Someone comes downstairs to open the door to the room. It is a man named Howard (John Goodman). He claims to have rescued Michelle from the car accident and is keeping her alive. Howard offers Michelle a pair of wooden crutches to help her remain mobile with her leg injury sustained from the car crash, and tells her to "get good on those" before leaving the room.
Michelle sets about carving the tip of one of the crutches to sharpen it into a weapon to attack Howard with. The next time Howard shows up, Michelle tries to stab him with the sharpened crutch unsuccessfully, but Howard quickly grabs and sedates her.
When she comes to, Howard calmly explains to Michelle that there has been an attack on the surface, and that the air up there is unbreathable, so he brought Michelle down to the bunker beneath his farm. Howard brings Michelle up to the airlock to see what's going on outside. Nothing appears unusual, but Michelle spots Howard's truck with red paint on the side, and she recognizes it as the truck that hit her.
From the bedroom, a clattering sound is heard from outside. Howard goes to yell at someone off-screen. Michelle leaves the room and finds a younger man named Emmett (John Gallagher, Jr.). His arm is broken, and Howard tells Michelle that Emmett knocked over a shelf with a week's worth of food.
Emmett appears more friendly than Howard. He explains that he willingly joined Howard in building the bunker, Emmett claims to have seen the attack occur, describing a red flash and running to get inside, which he says explains his broken arm.
Howard makes Michelle and Emmett join him for dinner like a family. Michelle engages in pleasant conversation with Emmett that appears sort of flirty, causing Howard to angrily respond. He warns the two of them not to behave like that. When he's not looking, Michelle grabs his keys. A rumble occurs overhead, distracting everyone but giving Michelle a chance to smash a beer bottle over Howard's head. She runs out toward the airlock and tries to get out. Michelle stands in the airlock between the outside and the inside as Howard begs her not to go outside. A car arrives and a middle-aged woman (Suzanne Cryer) approaches and pleads to be let inside, but her skin is clearly deformed from an infection. Howard urges Michelle not to let this woman in. The woman grows agitated and starts banging her head on the glass of the door.
Now fearing that Howard may be right about some kind of "chemical weapons attack", Michelle begins to listen to him. He apologizes for his previous behavior and admits to hitting her car. He then tells Michelle to stitch up the wound on his head from the broken bottle.
Over the next several days, the trio become friendlier with each other and start working together like a real family in the underground bunker. Howard lets Michelle borrow clothes belonging to his daughter Megan, whom he lost. He shows Michelle a picture of Megan. Michelle and Emmett also bond, with Emmett discussing how he had a chance to play sports for a university, but he skipped the chance to leave town because he was afraid. Michelle recounts a time when she saw a little girl being abused by her dad at a hardware store, and she felt bad for walking away and doing nothing, especially considering her own troublesome childhood.
One day, the air filtration system goes down, and only Michelle is small enough to fit through the vents and go to the filtration room. She resets the unit but notices a ladder leading to outside, just beneath a window. On the window is "HELP" scratched out, with the L and P having traces of blood on it. On the floor, Michelle finds two bloody earrings that she recognizes from the picture of Megan. She shows the picture to Emmett, who says the girl in the picture is really a girl from his high school named Brittany, and she went missing a while back. The two realize that Howard is a threat, and they need to get out of there.
Michelle and Emmett steal Howard's tools and start constructing a makeshift biohazard suit and gas mask. Howard discovers the stolen tools and brings out a vat of pyloric acid to dissolve them. Howard demands to know why they were trying to take his gun. Emmett speaks up and says he did it so that Michelle could respect him the way she respects Howard. Howard forgives Emmett and then shoots him in the head.
Michelle finishes the suit and tries to make her escape. Howard catches her, but she pushes the vat of acid toward him, causing him to slip and fall face-first onto it. She climbs over and heads toward the exit. The acid eats through an electrical wire and starts a fire. Howard follows Michelle and she pushes a shelf on top of him. She climbs through the vents to head to the filtration room. Howard stabs through the vents with a knife. He grabs onto Michelle as she makes it to the end, but she slams his hand hard enough for it to rip off. The fire starts spreading through the bunker. Michelle puts the suit and gas mask on and prepares to head on outside.
On the surface, the sun is shining, and everything is calm. She sees Howard's truck and goes over to it. She accidentally rips her homemade hazmat suit and freaks out, and quickly repairs it with the duct tape she brought. But then she hears and sees birds overhead, so takes off the mask and breathes in the fresh air. She stands on top of Howard's truck to view her surroundings and spots what she thinks is a helicopter in the distance. Suddenly the bunker explodes, attracting the attention of the craft. As it approaches, Michelle realizes it's really a massive alien hovercraft. It drops something to the ground, then veers off. Michelle jumps in the truck and frantically tries to find keys, but finds none. Then she remembers the car and runs toward it. She tries to get into the car, but that sets off the alarm, and the lights start flashing. The noises and lights attract an alien creature on the ground, so Michelle runs back to the wooden shed to hide. She peers out to see the alien creature lifting the car. It then starts attacking the shed. Michelle tries to find the keys to the car on the dead woman. Just as she finds the keys, the alien starts to poke its head through a flap door of the barn. Michelle points the key fob towards the car and turns off the alarm. The alien backs out of the barn. She then crawls out the flap door herself and starts to run to the nearby farmhouse, chased by the alien creature. Just as she nears the front of the house, the giant alien craft appears behind it and the ground creature runs away. The craft slowly rises and moves towards Michelle, spreading a toxic green gas. Michelle runs back to the truck and puts on the mask again. The alien spacecraft goes near her and picks the truck up, bringing it closer to its mouth. Michelle grabs a magazine, lighter, and whiskey bottle she finds in the truck to make a Molotov cocktail. She lights it and seizes the opportunity to throw it into the creature's mouth. It explodes and drops the truck, which falls crashing to the ground. Michelle, still alive, runs back to the car. With the keys, she gets in, starts it, and she drives down the road. She hits Howard's mailbox, which has the address "10 Cloverfield Lane" on it. Michelle turns on the radio and hears that "we have retaken the southern seaboard." The announcer says that anybody seeking refuge from the alien attacks may head to Baton Rouge, but anybody with combat or medical expertise is needed in Houston. Michelle reaches the sign that directs people straight to Baton Rouge or left to Houston. Michelle makes the choice to go left. As she drives there, a thunderclap shows a bigger alien hovercraft hiding in the clouds.
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Telemachus: Was John Maynard Keynes a ‘Keynesian’?
After all, it was his revolutionary economic ideas that America turned to in the 1930’s to try to get out of the Great Depression. Since his signature masterpiece, ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’ was published in 1936, six years into the Depression, he must have been using the transatlantic phone lines a lot to convince the incoming FDR Administration in 1933 to put his ideas into action.
And FDR certainly took Mr. Keynes at his word.
It is our opinion that if his theories had worked as planned, the US would have emerged from the Great Depression perhaps in a few years, 3 or 4 at most? Anytime it takes 10 years of massive government spending to ‘get out’ of a recession, we believe that perhaps something else probably could have done it better and quicker.
Do you want to duplicate our parents and grandparents’ decade-long experience of their Depression-era struggles as we try to emerge out of this nasty ‘recent unpleasantness’ we are still working through?
However, based on some recent reading and re-reading of Sir Keynes writings, we have come to the conclusion that Mr. Keynes might be getting a bad rap nowadays. It seems as if even he would have to be 'uncomfortable' at the very least with being tagged as the ‘main reason’ why we have run annual deficits for 47 of the past 50 years due to our addiction to federal spending.
For one thing, he was an amazingly astute and wealthy investor who famously was able to ‘anticipate what other investors would be anticipating’ and made a personal fortune. He also worked with renowned ‘value investor’ Benjamin Graham during the latter part of his life. He did not want to obliterate the private sector with heavy-handed government control as some in Washington seem to believe nowadays. He didn't mind 'intervening' in times of crises or 'steering' the economy when possible even though we think is very difficult to do in a monstrous $14 trillion economy like we have today in America.
But here is the real shocker. John Maynard Keynes advocated that during boom times, taxes should be raised and/or government spending should be reduced primarily to avoid inflation explosions like the one America had in the late 1970’s under Jimmy Carter (want another one of those nasty episodes as well?). Such inflation-prevention actions by the government would also have the salutary effect of reducing excessive debt on the national books going forward.
In other words, John Maynard Keynes supported policies that would aim governments towards 'balanced budgets’ after a period of deficit-spending and pump-priming the economy.
Hard to believe. But those 'old-school' guys apparently just presumed that any respectable nation and their duly-elected leaders would not take complete leave of their senses and just overspend until they couldn't borrow and over-spend any more.
Guess what? They were wrong. Sir Keynes, wherever you are, take a close look at Greece, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Spain and right up there with them, the good old U.S. of A, circa 2000-2010.
Apparently, modern-day proponents of ‘Keynesianism’ have neglected to read this part of his writings. As we have pointed out numerous times, it is far more fun for proponents of big government to ‘spend more money!’ and never seriously address the more complicated and testy issues of burgeoning national debt and massive annual budget deficits.
‘We know this stimulus spending sounds like a lot of money. It is. But we promise to raise taxes on everyone and cut spending enough when the economy recovers to balance the budget before we leave office’.
We can’t even picture this in our wildest imagination. It would take too much courage and leadership.
Mr. Keynes is worthy of another read if you ignored him in college. So are the other economists such as Milton Friedman or Friedrich von Hayek.
We only ask that if you do read any of their books, or any other economist or historian or philosopher, please read it all and not just the parts that you agree with.
Look at where that has gotten us over the years….
That's very true. Amity Shlaes points out in The Forgotten Man that Keynes also cautioned FDR about his anti-business fervor, especially with the utility sector. Keynes has his share of guilt, but he at least understood what FDR and Obama certainly do not, that you cannot demonize the private sector as an inherent evil.
thanks for the input...my full recollection of Keynes from macroecon at Chapel Hill is 30+ years dated by now and yours must be fresher than mine.
I doubt you will think it is ok when YOUR taxes go way up and YOUR benefits go way down to pay for YOUR old man's and my benefits. Or the Chinese will think it is cool when some wingnut talks about 'reneging on our interest payments to service their $1 trillion debt they hold on us.
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Combining classical Greek and Roman architecture, Beaux Arts was the favored style for grandiose and massive public buildings and large houses for the very rich from 1885 to 1925. The style, which was most popular between 1890 to 1920, is associated with the Gilded Age when wealthy industrialists adopted the opulent fashion for their elaborate private homes. The firm of McKim, Mead & White is particularly known for designing lavish homes based on Beaux Arts ideas. The Beaux Arts (French for "fine arts") style originated at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, a famous architecture school in Paris. Many American architects studied the principles of classical design at the school and brought them to the United States. These architects, who were the first formally trained architects in the nation's history, wanted to adapt European architecture to modern American uses, needs, and technology.
Also known as Classical Revival, or Academic Classicism, the Beaux Arts style combines classical architecture from ancient Greece and Rome with Renaissance ideas. It is characterized by a strong sense of order, symmetry, formality, grandiosity, and ornamentation. Due to the massive size of Beaux Arts buildings, the style was most commonly used for civic buildings such as libraries, banks, museums, courthouses, universities, city halls, and railway stations. Famous Beaux Arts structures include the New York Public Library, Carnegie Hall, and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Central Los Angeles has the largest collection of Beaux Arts architecture in the country outside of New York City and Chicago.
The great event for proponents of this style was the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 (known as the Great White City ) that featured Beaux Arts buildings. The buildings and streets laid out at the Exposition, free of filth and poverty, represented an ideal of urban beauty that struck a chord with the general public as well as with the architectural community. The Exposition became the impetus for the short-lived City Beautiful movement. After the Exposition, the Beaux Arts style led to planned communities with large, showy houses, wide boulevards, and vast parks. A number of Fullerton residents attended the influential 1893 Exposition, where Fullerton 's walnut and citrus crops were displayed, and influential residents did try to implement City Beautiful plans during the town's early development. Hillcrest Park with its "Plan Beautiful" was an attempt to adapt this philosophy in Fullerton.
Fullerton has only one remaining Beaux Arts building: the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank (1904, redesigned in 1922), now called the Landmark Plaza Building, at 122 N. Harbor Boulevard. In 1922, local architect Frank Benchley added shields, recessed panels, faux stone, molded trim, and classical floral motifs to the building, turning it into an elaborate example of a Beaux Arts building.
By 1925, the Beaux Arts style had fallen out of favor, criticized as being too ostentatious. Later in the 20 th century, however, postmodernists rediscovered an appreciation of the Beaux Arts ideals and began to incorporate them into their designs.
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Platt, Frederick. America's Gilded Age: Its Architecture and Decoration. South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes, 1976.
White, Samuel D. The Houses of McKim, Mead & White. New York: Rizzoli, 1998.
White, Samuel D. McKim, Mead & White: The Masterworks. New York: Rizzoli, 2003.
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Are there any ways to lower the cost of college?
You can lower the cost of college in a number of ways. The deciding factors in achieving your cost goals may be limited only by your flexibility.
The primary way to lower the cost of college is to choose a less expensive school. You may find that excluding prestigious colleges significantly lowers the bill with little or no impact on the quality of your child's education. Less expensive private schools and state universities often have stronger offerings in certain programs than their more prestigious private counterparts, and may offer smaller class sizes. Local colleges also offer the opportunity to live at home, which can minimize room-and-board expenses. Be aware, however, that this choice might require the purchase of a car in addition to commuting costs.
As a creative alternative, your child could enroll in a less expensive institution (e.g., a state or community college) and then transfer to the college of his or her choice after two years. Your child's degree would be from the preferred college, but the total cost would be reduced by the two years you spent paying lower tuition and fees.
You can also check to see if the schools your child wishes to attend offer accelerated programs or special academic exams. Accelerated programs offer the chance to graduate in three years, allowing you to save a year's worth of college expenses. Special academic exams offer the opportunity to earn college credits even before your child enters college. This can also cut down on the required course load and consequent expenses.
You can also investigate government military programs. Your child's options include attending a service academy, enlisting in the military first and then attending college under the GI Bill, and training for the military while in school under the ROTC program. Although such programs all offer benefits, each has specific service requirements that you should understand thoroughly.
Finally, you should investigate all possible sources of financial aid. Your child might obtain a student loan or enroll in a work-study program. None of these options actually lowers the cost of attendance, but they will diminish the bite college expenses take out of the family budget.
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Can they reach an agreement over Joe's death?
A troubled Moira confronts Graham, seeking assurance they can trust him not to ever tell Debbie what happened to Joe. She's pained to learn that Joe was coming back for Debbie.
Moira then hears the voicemail where Joe told Graham he loves Debbie.
Meanwhile, Ross and Rebecca start breaking the news they are leaving the village. They prepare to tell Charity and Robert, but their attempts are thwarted. Later, Robert overhears a conversation about their plans and doesn't like what he's heard.
Elsewhere, Frank witnesses a suspicious act.
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Like dividends and low volatility? You'll love these ETFs.
Various historical data points and research confirm that dividend-paying stocks are usually less volatile than their non-dividend counterparts. Additionally, stocks that are less volatile, over the long-term, typically outperform rivals that experience larger drawdowns or have higher standard deviations.
The takeaways are these: dividend stocks are less volatile, and the low-volatility factor can reward investors over long holding periods. So perhaps it is not surprising that when looking at a list of the largest smart-beta exchange-traded funds, many members on that list are dividend or low volatility funds.
In other words, dividend ETFs are popular. Same goes for low-volatility funds, so combining the two themes under the umbrella of one ETF could work. In some instances, it does. Investors that want to have their low volatility cake and eat it too, with dividends, have some interesting ETFs to consider. That group includes the following funds.
Expense Ratio: 0.3% per year, or $30 on a $10,000 investment.
The PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSEARCA:SPHD) was one of the first ETFs to explicitly target dividend stocks and the low-volatility factor. SPHD tracks the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index, which is a collection of the 50 highest-yielding S&P 500 members with the lowest trailing-12-month volatility.
This dividend ETF is sector agnostic, but the combination of yields and reduced volatility give the fund some sector exposures that are not necessarily surprising. For example, SPHD’s top three sector weights are utilities, consumer staples and real estate. That trio combines for over 56% of the fund’s sector exposure.
SPHD has a 12-month distribution rate of 3.5%, so its yield is significantly higher than that of the S&P 500’s. Over the past three years, SPHD has slightly trailed the S&P 500 in terms of total returns, but this PowerShares fund has accomplished the objective of being less volatile while experiencing lower drawdowns than broader market benchmarks. SPHD pays a monthly dividend.
The Legg Mason Low-Volatility High-Dividend ETF (NASDAQ:LVHD) is the primary rival to the SPHD among domestically focused ETFs emphasizing dividends and reduced volatility.
LVHD’s roster “is constructed of the highest scoring securities subject to concentration limits: no individual component of the Index will exceed 2.5%, no individual sector (as defined by QS) will exceed 25%, and real estate investment trust (“REIT”) components as a whole will not exceed 15%. The number of component securities in the Index is anticipated to range from 50 to 100,” according to Legg Mason.
The $497.5 million LVHD ETF has a significantly larger lineup than its PowerShares rival with 87 stocks, none of which exceed weights of 3.32%. LVHD’s holdings have a weighted average market value of $85.34 billion and include Dow components Boeing (NYSE:BA), Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ).
The utilities and consumer staples sectors combine for over 35% of this ETF’s weight. This dividend ETF yields 3.5% on a trailing 12-month basis and is three basis points per year cheaper than its PowerShares rival.
The VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (NASDAQ:CDL) follows the CEMP US Large Cap High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index. That index has some requirements that can help reduce risk. Components are weighted by their standard deviation over the past 180 days and are required to be earnings positive for at least four consecutive quarters.
CDL’s strategy is effective as the ETF had a standard deviation of just 8% at the end of 2017, which is below the comparable metric on the S&P 500. Additionally, CDL’s underlying index has outpaced the S&P 500 by 170 basis points since the index was launched in July 2015.
Like rival low-volatility strategies, this VictoryShares ETF is heavily allocated to the utilities and consumer staples sectors as those groups combine for about 38% of CDL’s roster. Financial services and consumer discretionary stocks combine for approximately 28%.
Data suggest that small-cap dividend payers are usually less volatile than their non-dividend counterparts. The PowerShares S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility Portfolio (BATS:XSHD) builds on that notion by explicitly adding in the low-volatility factor.
This PowerShares ETF uses a similar methodology as does the aforementioned SPHD. XSHD follows the S&P SmallCap 600 Low Volatility High Dividend Index, a benchmark comprised of the 60 highest-yielding stocks from the S&P SmallCap 600 Index with the lowest trailing 12-month volatility. Like SPHD, XSHD also pays a monthly dividend.
XSHD devotes about 41% of its combined weight to real estate and financial services stocks while the utilities and materials sectors combine for 20%. This is a new dividend ETF, having debuted in December 2016, but investors looking to reduce small-cap volatility while boosting income should give this fund a look. After all, a 12-month distribution rate of 4.8% is hard to come by on traditional small-cap ETFs.
The O’Shares FTSE Quality U.S. Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:OUSA) is the largest of the ETF’s in the O’Shares stable. OUSA tracks the FTSE USA Qual/Vol/Yield 5% Capped Factor Index. While that is not a dedicated low volatility benchmark, that factor is integral in the index’s methodology.
OUSA’s index “is designed to measure the performance of publicly-listed large-capitalization and mid-capitalization dividend-paying issuers in the United States that meet certain market capitalization, liquidity, high quality, low volatility and dividend yield thresholds,” according to O’Shares.
The integration of the quality factor in this dividend ETF suppresses its yield (2.3%), but that is a positive because it implies the fund’s holdings have room to grow their payouts. On a related note, OUSA has the lowest utilities weight of the ETFs highlighted to this point at just 5.1%.
Emphasizing quality stocks gives OUSA an almost 13% weight to the technology sector, which is above average relative to traditional domestic dividend ETFs. Top 10 holdings in the O’Shares fund include Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and Boeing (NYSE:BA).
There is no denying that emerging markets equities are more volatile than their developed market peers. There is also no denying that developing economies are home to some tempting dividend payers. The Legg Mason Emerging Markets Low Volatility High Dividend ETF (BATS:LVHE) helps investors access developing-world income with reduced volatility.
LVHE’s roster “is constructed to have the highest-scoring securities subject to concentration limits: no individual component of the Index will exceed 2.5% of the Index, no individual sector will exceed 25%, no country will exceed 15%, no individual geographic region will exceed 50%, and real estate investment trust (REITs) components as a whole will not exceed 15%,” according to Legg Mason.
Emerging markets ETFs that aim to trim volatility often feature large weights to a familiar group of countries, including China, Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea. That quartet combines for about 57% of the ETF’s weight. Likewise, such ETFs are usually lightly allocated to emerging markets commodities producers, such as Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa. That is the case with LVHE.
LVHE’s 12-month dividend yield of 3.9% is well above the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, but this fund trades at a price-to-earnings discount to the emerging markets benchmark.
Keeping with the themes of dividends, international stocks and low volatility, the PowerShares S&P International Developed High Dividend Low Volatility Portfolio (BATS:IDHD) delivers access to a basket (100 stocks to be precise) of developed markets dividend payers displaying favorable volatility traits.
This dividend ETF has a 12-month distribution rate of 4.5%, or more than double the dividend yield on the MSCI EAFE Index. However, that should not imply that IDHD components are strained to grow their payouts.
Japan is IDHD’s largest geographic weight at almost 18% and the world’s third-largest economy is certainly more of a dividend growth idea than it is yield play. The U.K. and Australia, two of the better ex-U.S. dividend growth markets, combine for 28% of this fund’s roster.
IDHD is still relatively new (it does not turn two until December 2018), but the fund returned almost 21% for the 12 months ended January 31, 2018.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2018/07/7-etfs-where-dividends-and-low-volatility-meet/.
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What Are The Benefits of 90 Meetings In 90 Days?
One of the first suggestions a newcomer might hear at a 12 step meeting is, to go to 90 meetings in 90 days. The reason for this suggestion directly relates to the fragile state a person new to recovery, is in. Also, going to a meeting a day (or more) for your first 90 days, will help to create new habits. It is also a great way to get to know the 12 step fellowship, and even more importantly, allow them to get to know you. 90 meetings in 90 days, has been a very successful tool of recovery, even for people with multiple years of sobriety.
90 meetings in 90 days seems drastic; however, addicts during the initial stages of detox have been used to alcohol and other drugs (AOD) consuming hours of their day. These meetings are a healthy, social alternative to intensive outpatient programs that closely monitor your life. Attending meetings generally leads to a support network that stems from genuinely empathetic former addicts. Constantly attending meetings and staying socially active are key in the sobriety process; social isolation tends to result in relapse and depression.
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Why am I getting R14/R15 errors in NodeJS?
An R14 error can indicate either a memory leak, an improperly tuned garbage collector, or an app that is memory-bound and needs vertical scaling.
In this case, the server creates a memory leak by registering a million event listeners each time a request is made. Each listener takes up very little memory, but they add up over time and are never garbage collected. A typical case is usually the inverse: an app that leaks perhaps one or two event listeners per request, but then gets hundreds of thousands of requests over a period of time.
To debug an R14, first you must identify whether your app has a leak, requires a container with more memory, or just needs more aggressive garbage collection settings.
First, you should tune the garbage collector to fit your container's available memory. If this fixes your issue, great! It was just V8's default garbage collection being lazy and greedy.
If your app continues to exceed available memory, you should then run heapdump locally. Run it several times as you simulate traffic to the app, then compare the resulting memory dumps to see what is growing over time in memory. If you see a class of objects (for instance, the above event listeners) growing without reason, then you've identified a memory leak.
It's possible that you won't be able to recreate the leak locally, in which case you can inspect your application's performance directly on the dyno. With Heroku Exec, you can turn inspect on for your live instance after SSHing in. Once inspect is on, you can forward the port using Exec and debug locally.
Finally, if you don't see any type of objects growing beyond what you would expect per request, or being retained for longer than they're necessary, it could be that your app simply requires more memory. If it's on a 1X dyno, try it out on a 2X dyno. If it's on a 2X, try a Performance-M. If this is the necessary solution, you should also consider refactoring - V8 is designed to use about 1.5 GB of memory per process; apps that approach this limit are usually better decoupled into separate services.
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Guidelines for Finding the Right Drones The drones on the market these days come in a variety of types, and each of them is designed with a particular purpose in mind. There are some drones specifically build for the American army and have a clear purpose of launching projectiles on enemy targets, and others made for people who either wish to have their own flying gadgets or those who love recording stuff from above. These days, both individuals and corporations and finding new ways to utilize drones in their daily lives. They are used for several purposes in various sectors like event photography, sports, real estate, and many others. Other applications include live coverage of events, wildlife research, and disaster relief. Apart from that, individuals are finding drones to be an excellent past time activity. As such, there has been a spike in the demand for drones and many people all across the world are looking to buy one. But it is important to note that buying a drone is not an easy task.
Since the drone industry is changing quite fast, you will want to ensure that you are knowledgeable of all the necessary information regarding drones in order to make the best choice when buying your next toy.
The market has many super cool drones to buy from some of the most reputable brands.In order to find the right drone that suits your needs best, it is imperative that you first identify the purpose for which you want to buy the drone. How you intend to use the drone is essential in helping you determine which type is well-suited for you. For instance, those who are looking to acquire this device for recreational purposes only, can consider a small and cheap quadcopter. However, individuals looking to buy a drone to enable them to carry out professional duties need to consider more advanced models capable of allowing them to perform the tasks efficiently. Additionally, you should consider the machinery of the drone when buying one. Different kinds of drones have their own respective mechanisms. It is worth noting that not all drones will come with the machinery to carry out the purpose you want them to. For example, while a quadcopter with simple machinery may be sufficient for those looking to use it for fun, it may not be enough when using it for a commercial purpose. As such, you have to look for a drone whose machinery is capable of completing the intended task. Another important factor to check out for when choosing the best drones is the battery time. Basically, a drone will fly for about 5 to 15 minutes at a stretch. When a drone has a bigger battery; it can fly for more than an hour. It is best that you opt for a drone that has a powerful battery, as well as one whose battery is rechargeable and that which can be powered up quickly.
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Getting A Mortgage With Financial debt Besides having looser credit scores requirements, FHA fundings additionally have an additional gigantic perk: lower down payments. A borrower with a credit report of 580 and also above can get an FHA loan with as low as 3.5% -5% down, making it considerably less complicated to manage the out-of-pocket prices of purchasing a house.
Why my sell a house Woodfin is better than yours.
The trick to making use of compensations is to discover houses that have offered just recently and in the exact same location as where you're getting. A residence that offered six months ago 5 miles away is not extremely helpful as a compensation. Yet a similar residence that offered two weeks back in the very same neighborhood you're considering is an exceptional comp. Actually, if you can gather data from three or even more of these sales, you have whatever you should make an offer on the home.
Purchasing A Residence Very First Time Know your credit report. As quickly as you make a decision to begin seeking a home, examine your credit rating report as well as credit rating with any one of the 3 significant credit rating coverage agencies: Experian, TransUnion and also Equifax. If you find any errors that need to be dealt with, dealing with these issues early will put you in a much better setting when its time to buy a residence. (Bank of American bank card consumers could get a totally free FICO score in Online as well as Woodfin Financial.).
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But if Im just short X amount, why am I required to pay Y? Heres a real-world situation: I received my escrow evaluation statement as well as it claimed Im brief $1,600. The only thing that changed is that my homeowners insurance rose by $800. Why am I paying double?
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Many property buyers fret a lot regarding "overpaying" for a residential property, whereby they typically imply providing to pay a specific price when the vendor would have accepted less. The bad news: this threat can never be entirely removed, due to the fact that no vendor is mosting likely to inform you the reality about the least they will certainly approve. Fortunately: so long as the rate you provide is within the realm of the sensible and also the building appraises at that rate, the risk of "overpaying" could be a threat well worth taking. Say, for instance, you are going back and forth internally over a 2 percent difference in deal rate on a property you truly, truly desire between $350,000 and $357,500. To place this in point of view, the distinction in your month-to-month home loan settlement between these two purchase costs will certainly have to do with $50-$ 80 per month. So you provide the $357,500, as well as get the building.
And make certain its a real preapproval and not just a prequalification, Da Silva states. Some loan providers will certainly tell you that you prequalify for the financing based on the income and also credit history details you have provided. Thats not good enough for most sellers today.
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Bruce Bennett was an Arkansas politician best known for serving as the state Attorney General from 1957 to 1960, and then again from 1963 to 1966. During his first term as Attorney General, Bruce Bennett was associated with the passage of a series of bills he authored in 1958 with the specific purpose of making it impossible for the civil rights organization the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to operate in the state. Among other things, the bills authored by Bruce Bennett specifically forbid the NAACP from maintaining attorneys in the state and compelled the organization to give the state a complete list of its members. Similar laws passed by the state of Alabama were later deemed unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in the 1958 case of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People V. Alabama, effectively nullifying his legislative work.
After an unsuccessful run for state governor in 1960, Bruce Bennett returned to the office of the Attorney General in 1963. During this time, he was involved in the creation of the Arkansas Loan and Thrift company. The company was founded by businessman Ernest A. Bartlett Jr., who had come into possession of a building and loan charter whose terms outdated current state laws governing the regulation of savings and loans businesses. The draft for this company's charter was completed in the office of Bruce Bennett, who became a shareholder in the business.
Following the foundation of the company, advertising was successful in soliciting investments from churches and private citizens. The company promised a higher rate of return than could be legally granted by savings and loans institutions, investing the funds into unsafe products while earning roughly $4 million. During this time, the company attracted the attention of the state Savings and Loan Commission. To determine whether the company could be regulated and investigated, the state's savings and loan regulator, Clint Jones, sent Bruce Bennett a series of letter inquiring whether the company could be regulated as a savings and loan association, bank, or insurance company. Bruce Bennett replied in the negative to every query without disclosing his role in the company.
The Arkansas Loan and Thrift company declared bankruptcy in 1967, prompting a renewed investigation, this time from the Federal Savings and Loan Commission. Subsequent legal investigation revealed the role of Bruce Bennett in protecting the company from investigation and regulation. In 1969, he was indicted on charges including securities violations, postal fraud, and wire fraud. However, in the subsequent handling of the case, the presiding federal judge, who was a friend of Bruce Bennett's, severed the case against him from that of other defendants being charged. Due to his throat cancer, Bruce Bennett was able to receive a number of continuances delaying the start of his trial. Bruce Bennett died in 1979 without ever having been prosecuted for his role in the Arkansas Loan and Thrift Company.
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A project network composed of discretionary tasks typically exists in service professions, such as journalism, clinic, software development or financial analysis, where the quality (or value) of a task increases with the time spent on it. Since a longer task duration consumes more resources (i.e., workers' time), the project manager must strike a balance between quality and time by scheduling tasks and setting their durations while respecting the project deadline, precedence and resource constraints. We formulate this problem, give a polynomial-time optimal algorithm for the single capacity case and prove the NP-completeness of the general multiple capacity case. Then we develop two hybrid solution procedures integrating linear optimization and an AI search procedure - precedence constraint posting - for the general case. Our results verify the effectiveness of these procedures and show there exists a potential synergy between objectives of maintaining temporal flexibility and maximizing quality, which implies that existing techniques in building flexible schedules can be adapted to solve this new class of problems.
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This oldie but goodie was originally published on The Mom Forum. Every month we face a new challenge with making the best use of our time, but this time last year, I was able to manage expectations and time just a little better so that I could work from home and still be the Trailing Spouse chauffeur. I’ll update you on this soon!
I felt exuberant. I’d had a productive work week even with my husband in Europe, mainly because my newly retired Mom flew down from Boston to help. I tested a more thoughtful work schedule, front-loading my week to catch up so I could absorb any curve balls.
My husband came home and I told him my plan: move all the babysitter time from my older son to younger son who is still at home with me so I can be more productive — and more importantly, be alone more often instead of typing one handed while preventing him from eating a highlighter.
Dan’s eyes went wide. He’d been crunching numbers and we had to get more frugal, not less. We stared at each other over a cacophony of LEGOs, Cheerios, and crayons, at an impasse. We both knew he was right. Any extra money I thought we had was going to our Hurricane Irma deductible, and we still didn’t know if that was enough. All my dreams of work projects and feeling in control rather than playing catch up drained from my face faster than Daniel Tiger bursts into song.
All I wanted was to feel successful at something other than child rearing (an important, difficult and wonderful achievement to be sure, but I need more). Cue Belle: “I want adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere.” I can’t feel more than adequate if I’m constantly trying to catch up with work, especially when I resent my kids getting sick because that cuts into my work time. These aren’t healthy feelings for anyone.
My husband wants this for me too. I know this. So even though I want to kill him right now for sinking my dreams of working alone into the reality of our budget spreadsheet, I consider how to use my time better.
That’s it, I realize. If I need to both stop spending “stupid money” like comfort lattes, and reconsider my work schedule to make better use of my time, could both of those goals work together?
I just need to feel in control of my time.
Health: less time in the car = less stupid money spent = happier baby = less mess in the car = happier family all around = no more feeling embarrassed at school drop off.
Get audiobooks related to my pleasure writing so I stay motivated and also make the time in car enriching for First Mate (the youngest).
Stockpile blogs for one anchor client. Most of the stress in my week comes from three hard deadlines that I have for one client. There’s no reason why I can’t work ahead, except for time. So I will prioritize those blogs for the rest of October. I can’t write those (well) with First Mate, so I use my sitter time for that.
I still need weekend time. We had hoped that with our oldest in school, I wouldn’t need to work a full 8 hours on the weekend. Well, that just isn’t the case yet. Still a goal, not yet possible. So the husband and I reorganize our family weekend expectations, and Sunday is my work day again.
That “frees” Wednesday-Friday for outings and my work as Communications Director for a nonprofit family theatre. I very carefully split my job description into goals, tasks, and how long each of those takes – with buffer time. I scheduled evenings and Thursday morning for this focused work. That way, Wednesday and Friday daytime, I take First Mate on outings and can field correspondence and new tasks without getting overwhelmed.
I also scheduled a block of time for handling these new tasks every week, or for Professional Development to stay ahead of industry thought and trends. I find many great podcasts that I can listen to in the car, feeding into need #1.
My husband and I made a pact to stay awake after the boys’ bedtimes, for both the sanity of my work schedule and our relationship. This also helps a personal goal of mine to wean First Mate by 2018.
A lot more thought and planning went into this obviously. It means I stay home without our one car a lot more often, which I thought I would hate because I love being outside and getting my kids into nature. But First Mate loves exploring our yard, and it caused me to get more thoughtful with the play area in my home office, which I will detail out once I really get it where I want it.
Is it perfect? Not in the slightest. This week, my husband has to travel for work again and it will all go sideways for a couple of days. But I feel way more in control of my time than I did two weeks ago. And that feeling is a hell of a lot more valuable than two comfort lattes from Starbucks to kill time in the car.
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Birthplace : Ojai, California, U.S.
Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions.
His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Ghostbusters.
Bernstein's childhood was filled with creativity. Born to Ukrainian parents who were both creatively inclined (his father taught English literature and his mother was a dancer), young Bernstein took dancing lessons and played the piano. He also won prizes for some of his paintings. At age 12, he forsook his other talents, and focused on playing the piano. He won a scholarship to study with Henriette Mitchellson, who also taught at Juilliard. She recognized his talent for improvisation, and arranged for Bernstein to meet with Aaron Copland. Copland also saw the talent of the child prodigy. He arranged for Bernstein to study under Israel Citkowitz. Bernstein also attended The Walton School, and later went on to New York University.
Bernstein graduated from New York University in 1942. He joined the army, and began writing scores for propaganda films. His work for United Nations Radio was brought to the attention of a Columbia Pictures executive. The executive offered Bernstein work on two films: Sunday's Hero, and Boots Malone . His work on the movies led to another film, Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford and Jack Palance. The unusual score brought Bernstein to the attention of many in Hollywood.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin began hearings trying to locate and squash members of the American Communist Party. Many of those in the entertainment field who did have Communist leanings were black-listed; in other words, they were barred from getting any work. Bernstein's career as a film composer was almost derailed due to a brief stint working on a left-wing newspaper. Though he was not black-listed, he was "gray-listed," which basically meant he could get work but nothing major from the studios. His time on the gray-list was short. Director Cecil B. DeMille hired him to score just the dance scenes for the epic The Ten Commandments ; however, the lead composer grew ill, and DeMille offered the entire film score to Bernstein.
Bernstein was offered the chance to score The Man with the Golden Arm, starring Frank Sinatra. While previous films had used jazz before, no one had ever written an all-jazz score. This new work took film music in a new direction, and Bernstein was praised for this effort. According to elmerbernstein.com, Jack Moffitt told the Hollywood Reporter, "Elmer Bernstein's historic contribution to the development of screen music should be emphasized. Until now jazz has been used as a specialty or a culmination of a plot point. It remained for Bernstein to prove that it can be used as a sustained and continuous story-telling element in underscoring the mood elements of an entire picture."
Bernstein soon became a much sought-after composer. He created jazz scores for a number of films including The Sweet Smell of Success, and Academy Award-nominated Walk on the Wild Side . However, Bernstein would not be pigeon-holed into one genre.
Bernstein was also offered the opportunity to score To Kill A Mockingbird. He had a little difficulty with writing the score, but soon decided to include a child-like quality to the music, since the film was about seeing adult problems through the eyes of a child. The score was nominated for an Academy Award, and won a Golden Globe. It was also one of Bernstein's favorites.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Bernstein scored several Westerns, including a few that starred John Wayne. Also during this time, he won his first and only Oscar for the film score to Thoroughly Modern Millie. Many felt this was one of his less distinguished works.
In the late 1970s, Bernstein began scoring comedies. He wrote the music for National Lampoon's Animal House, Airplane!, and Stripes, all blockbusters. In the early 1980s, he also wrote the scores for Ghostbusters and Trading Places, among many other comedies. He received another Academy Award nomination for Trading Places.
Moving to another genre in the film industry also proved profitable for Bernstein. He scored the music for the independent film My Left Foot. He also began collaborating with famed director Martin Scorsese, starting with the film The Grifters. Bernstein had long admired the work of composer Bernard Herrmann, and when he learned that Scorsese was remaking the film Cape Fear, he asked for the chance to rework Herrmann's original score. Scorsese agreed, and both were able to present a work that was remarkably different from the original motion picture.
Throughout his career, Bernstein worked with a number of Hollywood's top directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Jim Sheridan, Martha Coolidge, Al Pacino, Carl Franklin, and Todd Haynes, who directed Bernstein's fourteenth Academy Award-nominated film, 2002's Far From Heaven . Though prolific in the 1950s through the 1980s, work came in less and less as movie studios switched from using orchestral scores to using music that would also generate album sales. Nonetheless, Bernstein also recorded a large portion of his music on record as well as the music of other great film and television composers. Many used his music as well, particularly his theme from The Magnificent Seven, which was used in cigarette ads for Marlboro.
In addition to his composing, Bernstein was also an instructor at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. He was vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and president of the Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. He was also president of the Young Musicians Foundation, and a founding life member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He was president of the Film Music Museum, and on the board of directors at ASCAP.
In addition to being nominated 14 times for an Oscar, and winning one time, Bernstein also was nominated twice for an Emmy, winning once for his score for the television program The Making Of The President. He also received three nominations for Golden Globes, winning two for the films To Kill A Mockingbird and Hawaii . He received two Tony Award nominations, and won a Downbeat award for short film Toccata For Toy Trains . He also received two Western Heritage Awards for the scores for The Hallelujah Trail and The Magnificent Seven . Bernstein also received five Grammy nominations for various compositions, scores, and themes for 1993's The Age of Innocence, 1984's Ghostbusters, and 1962's Walk on the Wild Side.
He married Pearl Glusman in 1946; they divorced in 1965. Bernstein died on August 18, 2004, in Ojai, California; he was 82. He is survived by his second wife, Eve, their two daughters, and two sons from his first marriage.
View the full website biography of Elmer Bernstein.
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Is now the right time to launch a Chatbot development startup?
With the huge hype surrounding the chatbots, do you think now is the right time to launch a chatbot startup to develop bots for companies? in my region Whatsapp is the number one messaging app, after that comes Facebook, currently the most popular Chatbot platform is Facebook Messenger.
I can get resources and developers and launch within just a few weeks, but it's the matter of validation for me more than launch.
I have validated the ideas with some potential customers, some of them are into it and some are not.
Do you recommend me to take the risk and lead? or I shall wait and launch a little bit late and focus on other things like AI and specific ideas for bots?
I don't know your life situation but there's no reason why you can't just continue to try and validate the idea by generating a few early leads and seeing what people are willing to pay before launching into your first project?
Now is the best time to make your dreams come true! Some, as the say in Brazil, may have been "born in a golden crib", others are counting on a rich inheritance, still many have married in to wealth.
For the rest of us, there has never been a better time to build and sell a tech startup. Valuations have gone up 10X since the first wave of tech acquisitions, barriers to entry have been vaporised and the playing field has been levelled, yet only those with the right mindset will succeed.
What you really want to ask yourself my friend is: are chatbot startups getting acquired? Who is buying chatbot startups? What kind of chatbot startups are they buying and why? Happy to help you with those questions.
That's a bad gamble imo. What exactly do you mean with validated????
I would focus on who your customers are and where you see a business model developing. Start with something specific and get to market quickly. Test on live accounts and treat the early customers as partners.
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adapter could damage the product.
while the battery is charging.
Adapter from the electrical outlet, and disconnect the USB cable.
Charging time is about 2 hours and 20 minutes for a fully exhausted battery.
to one of the reasons described below.
- The ambient temperature is not suited to charging.
- The USB cable or Charging AC Adapter is not properly connected.
- The battery is damaged.
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Given a limited budget, I've been looking carefully at used HF rigs. Here's a list of potential candidates that I've been looking at, hopefully I'll find a good radio among them at a good price. These have come from a variety of sources, mostly my Ham Radio Club, but there have been a few others as well. Hopefully I can help some of those in the same predicament that I am in.
Yaesu FT-450 - This is a recently discontinued model which has most of the features of the modern radios. Cost for a used radio costs around $700. This covers the 6M bands. Generally good reviews. Lots of dials to access features.
Yaesu FT-950 - This is a somewhat higher end model from the FT-450, and also discontinued. Also includes 6m. Cost around $1000 used. Generally good reviews. Lots of dials to access features.
Icom IC-746 - HF plus 6m, 2m. Generally modern radio. Recently discontinued. Generally good reviews. Cost around $800. Lots of dials to access features.
Icom IC-756 - HF plus 6m, generally modern radio. Recently discontinued. Good reviews. Costs around $1000. Lots of filter features included. Lots of dials to access features.
Icom IC-735 - This is an older radio, around 20 years or so. It has generally good reviews, but a few weaknesses reported. It is often recommended to control via a computer. Costs around $350. Lots of dials to access features.
Kenwood TS-570D - This is maybe 10 years old, but generally a good radio. Might include 6m, if the upgrade is purchased. Generally good reviews. Not in production. Costs around $650. Lots of dials to access features.
Icom IC-706 - This is an all band receiver, 160-70cm, exclusive of 1.25m. This is a menu driven device, with relatively few dials. It is very compact. Cost around $700. Good reviews in general.
Yaesu FT-840 - Older, fewer digital features. Lots of knobs to control things. Generally good reviews. Not in production, about 20 years old.
I'm not sure what I'll end up with, there are definitely some good choices among these. Hopefully I'll get it figured out soon, so I can get on the HF airwaves!
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Would the unification herbs I'm taking lower my blood pressure?
In general these herbs make people feel better , if lowering blood pressure make them Feel better then yes , if increasing blood pressure make them feel better also yes. If not changing blood pressure make them feel better then it’s not changing the pressure. When unification becomes stronger the blood pressure adjust accordingly. However, to feel better and become healthier blood pressure may vary from one person to another, it does not fit the modern medicine paradigm that we are all molded the same.
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How do you find a restaurant in an unfamiliar city? What about a trusted mechanic, or a new masseuse?
Asking around your network is one solution, but I am willing to bet, at some point, you will scour the internet to discover the best fit for you. You find yourself researching a business to uncover what others are saying, what they’ve experienced, good or bad. Online reviews have transformed how a consumer interacts with a business.
As a business owner, why do you care? Why would you need consumers to record their experiences with your business? You have returning customers, that should be enough right? Having a thriving business with returning customers is one thing, growing that business and keeping the cash flowing, is another.
Why not turn your return customers into raving fans? Reviews are just about neck and neck with actual referrals.
Online reviews act as testimonials to the spirit of your business. Obtaining feedback will help you gain insight about your customers and business as well as provide an honest evaluation to potential customers; your true growth engine.
Hearing what your actual customers are saying about your business provides you with information that may not otherwise be known. Customers are more likely to give feedback after their experience and may be more comfortable providing those comments from behind a screen.
All these comments only boost your opportunities. As a business, you become aware of areas of improvement. If enough people talk about the quality of the coffee in your waiting room, easy fix! Provide better coffee. If a customer is reporting they did not get the standard free car wash, reach out to them and offer a few free car washes to make up the difference. Guaranteed that customer will change their mind about your business and turn into a repeat customer! Reviewers love to see action taken to ensure their experiences are suitable.
A repeat customer that posts online about all the positive experiences they have had with your services will reflect on the success of your business. Numerous reviews reporting that your business has been spectacular and they have no complaints about your customer service will only have a positive trend on your ROI.
Happy customers + happy new customers = happy revenue = happy boss.
Customers are likely to trust the feedback knowing there was no incentive and it is a real consumer and not a business that is boasting. Reading the blissful words of others will encourage new customers to try out your business.
A great tip to keep in mind is that there is strength in numbers! If your business has a high rating but only two reviews total, (though they may be positive) your competitor across the street with more reviews may see a larger number of new customers. Two hundred people reporting the success of your services versus two people reporting the successes can have a drastic effect on potential customers.
Asking your customers to review your services is easy and many are happy to oblige. So, ask away and learn your business’ strength and weaknesses!
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To give some perspective into just how long Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have been making music, in the year that they began recording, Joy Division had just released Closer (soon after Ian Curtis’s death), John Lennon was shot, Raging Bull had just come out and Iraq invaded Iran. Thirty years on and as a celebration of this milestone Underworld have, along with several contributors including D Ramirez, High Contrast, Dubfire, Appleblim and Al Tourettes, released Barking.
Standing at just over an hour long, Barking is, unsurprisingly considering its collaborative nature, a mixed kettle of sonic fish. While many of the tracks do have an Underworld thumbprint audibly placed front and foremost, some lack such a distinguishing feature, while others are clearly a tribute to the work of contemporary electronic music artists. ‘Always Loved a Film’, produced with the help of D Ramirez, tips its hat heavily in the direction of Deadmau5 with a prog-house trancey-techno intro, before morphing into a camp electro number which sounds like Shy Child re-imagined in a cheesy Ibiza setting. ‘Grace’, produced with Dubfire, is a gloomy and emotion-filled track which brings to mind Booka Shade’s ‘Darko’, while ‘Scribble’, the lead single off the album, produced alongside High Contrast, is drum’n’bass in its most poppy incarnation, with Hyde’s vocals swaying dangerously into Rob Swire territory.
Barking is hit-and-miss, and with Underworld's collaborative partners each featuring on multiple tracks, it is hard to know who exactly to give credit to and who lay the blame on. For example the best track on the album, opener ‘Bird 1’, which features a stomping 4/4 beat with accompanying hi hat that wraps itself around Hyde’s vocals, and which builds in momentum before exploding into a euphoric trance-y pinnacle, was made in collaboration with Dubfire. The second best track, the aforementioned ‘Grace’, just so happens to have been made with the same collaborator. Similarly, ‘Scribble’ and ‘Moon in Water’, both made with High Contrast, happen to be two of the weakest moments.
While each track sounds different to the one that preceded it, they all manage to fit together as a coherent whole. Barking is still a credible effort and a pleasant listen, but it is also unremarkable and, had it been released by artists whose fame didn't precede them, it probably would not have made any waves. With a career spanning three decades, it is unreasonable to expect Hyde and Smith to still be breaking boundaries, and to use their reputation as a stick to beat them is perhaps unfair. This record can be seen as a work of celebration – celebrating the fact that they are still producing music and paying homage to the new and current generation of DJs and producers – while residing in the comforting notion that they have already proven all that they have to prove. Or it could be considered a somewhat lazy effort, a work more poppy than anything they have previously produced and one in which they know will sell well. I am inclined to think that Barking lies somewhere between those two points.
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In the veterinary context, “exotic animal” medicine refers to the common non dog/cat species kept by private citizens.. The most common exotic animal species are birds (especially parrots), small mammals (e.g. rabbits, ferrets, hamsters etc.) and reptiles. A variety of other species, including wildlife, fish, and other vertebrate and invertebrate species are also seen by exotic animal clinicians. Most exotic animal species are seen as part of a small animal (dog/cat) practice.
Specialization is also possible and internship and residency positions are available for advanced training.
The Exotic Animal Medicine Service,(EAMS) faculty also contribute to the veterinary care in many partner institutions, including the North Carolina Zoo, the Karen Beasley Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on Topsail Island, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, and the North Carolina Aquariums at Roanoke Island, Pine Knoll Shores, and Fort Fisher.
The Exotic Animal Medicine service sees both primary care and referral cases, with an emphasis on birds, small mammals, non-venomous reptiles, fishes, and amphibians. The service provides routine and specialized medical and surgical care for both healthy and sick animals. The service does not see wildlife, venomous reptiles, non-human primates, or large carnivores.
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What do you see when you look at garden soil? If you simply see dirt, you may be surprised to learn that a single tablespoon of healthy soil contains more microorganisms than there are people on the planet. It’s true! A small handful of soil contains billions of bacteria, several yards of fungal filament, thousands of protozoa, and many nematodes—the smallest and most abundant animal on earth. Beyond microorganisms, healthy soil also contains scores of arthropods, earthworms, small reptiles, and even burrowing mammals.
You see, healthy soil is where a large portion of earth’s total biodiversity resides. And most above-ground species depend on the health of the soil to function and thrive. Plants are a natural outcome of an invisible bustling web of life beneath our feet. For this reason, organic gardening focuses on cultivating healthy soil, which in turn naturally produces healthy plants.
A local organic backyard garden prepared for the growing season.
Healthy soil needs plants, too! Tiny root hairs are an important food for microorganisms. For this reason, the area in the soil near plant roots, called the rhizosphere, is an ecological hotspot for a rich array of microbial diversity. Roots also loosen and aerate the soil to facilitate highways for soil life to flourish. Plants, even those we consider weeds, ensure nutrient cycling within the soil and prevent erosion.
Soil microbes generate some intriguing and important ecosystem interactions. For example, the processes by which microbes break down organic matter release crucial plant nutrients normally bound up in the mineral portion of the soil. Plants depend on the metabolic machinery of soil microbes to access nutrients like nitrate, phosphate, and sulfate.
A certain bacteria called rhizobia has a symbiotic relationship with leguminous plants (peas, clover, peanuts, and lentils) that pull nitrogen (one of the most crucial transient nutrients for plants) from the atmosphere into the soil.
Mycorrhizal fungi form a network in the soil that facilitates chemical pathways for plants to speak to each other through their roots. Plants use this mycorrhizal network to transfer resources, identify kin and offspring, and warn each other about potential threats.
As you can see, soil is an incredibly complex and interconnected system of biodiversity. Organic gardening respects the relationships between the living organisms that make up the soil food web and views plants in the context of the rest of the ecosystem with which they are a part.
Thus, an organic garden is not just where plants grow; it’s an intricate system of biological inputs and outputs performed by a variety of species, each with important roles to create a balanced, vibrant ecosystem. It’s a safe haven for bees to pollinate, birds to lodge, and pets and children to play.
The most important element to an organic garden is not necessarily the exact methods practiced, but the gardener’s mindset. If you’re a home gardener, you may already be well on your way to an organic garden! As you develop the ability to observe and mimic nature’s processes, you will naturally tend to choose organic practices without effort. You’ll discover the fascinating ways that the natural world functions. You’ll be inspired and amazed as you learn how microbes, plants, insects, birds, and other creatures live together harmoniously. And you’ll form a closer relationship to the earth.
Perhaps the greatest benefit of organic gardening is how it allows you to also live in harmony with a mindful appreciation of the life all around you. And a close second might be that you’re able to make a lasting improvement to your own patch of earth for generations to come.
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Besides the inverted initialism, what does international arbitration (“IA”) and artificial intelligence (“AI”) have in common? Sure, both IA and AI are leading alternatives to the status quo: IA to traditional dispute resolution, AI to traditional methods of production. The former promotes freedom from the judiciary, the latter freedom from cognitive limitations. Beyond that, comparisons would appear, well, artificial.
Yet closer analysis reveals synergistic opportunities for both AI and IA, at a time when professions and their well-guarded domains are being threatened by disruptive technological forces. The use and impact of AI on the legal profession is slowly becoming a hot topic in legal, technology, and academic circles. Conferences in the international arbitration sphere have begun to address how the AI-IA alliance could play out in practice. Could the future of IA lie in AI? In this short post, I sketch possible ways in which AI-infused tools could help the international arbitration community provide greater value to stakeholders.
AI can augment human cognitive abilities and automate time-consuming labor. A number of AI-powered products and services already exist to help lawyers parse through submissions, identify better legal authorities, review documents and agreements (e.g. predictive coding), estimate costs, and predict outcomes. A number of start-ups are focusing on disrupting the legal industry, with some already offering case management and forecasting services to the international arbitration community.
Looking to the future, AI tools could play a significant role throughout the entire arbitration process. For example, it could recommend drafting suggestions for arbitration clauses, helping clients and lawyers identify blind spots and bulletproof their interests. Parties could agree to use AI for some aspects of the arbitration itself e.g. discovery, to lower costs. AI-infused products and services could help lawyers also better manage cases by, for example, diagnosing inefficiencies and automating management tasks. Clients could also pre-screen a legal team’s fit for a particular case (e.g. success rate, extent of prior experience, peer-reviewed evaluations), and obtain a second opinion on their legal team’s analysis. The potential for disruption is immense. While the technology underlying AI is still experiencing teething issues, its capacity to enhance the quality of legal services while lowering costs and inefficiencies cannot be ignored. International arbitration lawyers should seriously consider adding AI tools in their offerings to clients.
AI could also help with the appointment of arbitrators, the preparation of the award, and the simulation of judicial review. Case management could be automated, or significantly streamlined with the aid of software, giving arbitrators more time to do what they do best: arbitrate. Synopses of longer awards (particularly of investor-state arbitrations) could be automatically generated to help readers navigate through decisions. Tribunal secretaries could be replaced by AI decision support systems. And perhaps one day an AI-powered “arbitrator” (or “AIA”, artificially intelligent arbitrator) could preside over a dispute. Ultimately, it would be up to the parties to appoint such “machine arbitrators”. As with any disruptive innovation, trust would be the overriding consideration (can I trust the AIA to make a fair and reasoned decision?). If the parties trust the AIA, then who is to stop them from using it, particularly in arbitration where freedom of choice is paramount?
Arbitral institutions could also offer additional services powered by artificial intelligence. As noted above, in institutional arbitrations, case management could be automated by software. AI could also be used to predict costs, duration, and, perhaps more ambitiously, the merits of an arbitration. In an effort to promote a speedy resolution of the dispute, arbitral institutions could, at the request of the parties, propose settlement ranges based on arbitrations of similar size and complexity. This could nudge the parties toward settlement.
These innovations will ultimately depend on the parties’ willingness to allow arbitral institutions to use their data to inform future predictions. A simple revision to the institution’s arbitration rules could do the trick. Confidentiality would be preserved as the parties’ data would be merely used as training data (size of arbitration, number of parties, duration, type of dispute etc.) and anonymized for algorithms to generate desired outputs (e.g. settlement ranges based on prior data points).
Parties may also benefit from AI-powered recommendations on how to resolve their dispute in more subtle ways, such as whether to employ an Online Dispute Resolution service to save costs.
And, who knows, to correct the diversity-deficit in arbitral appointments, a diversity algorithm could be employed to recommend arbitrators from a broader pool of candidates.
AI could also assist academics and third-party funders. Scholars would be able to benefit from more sophisticated data about cases and general trends in the law. Third-party funders would also be able to draw deeper insights to help decide which cases to fund.
If we are to think big, could AI and blockchain technology ultimately help parties resolve disputes themselves by using self-contained tools without the need for adjudicatory intermediaries?
While AI has the potential to transform international arbitration for the better, its use does not come without risks: bias, hacking, and the amplification of human mistakes. To guard against some these risks, AI decisions must be explainable and cannot operate as a “black box”. This is particularly important in the dispute resolution world where parties expect decisions to be reasoned.
The parties may also limit the use of AI technology in any aspect of their dispute. But if the business and legal case for AI proves to deliver a better and quicker service for less, then it will only be a matter of time until parties opt for AI-assisted dispute resolution (“AI-ADR”).
We now know that human beings do not always make rational decisions. But human irrationality can be predicted. Richard Thaler, winner of the 2017 Noble prize in economics, noted as much in his 2008 book Nudge (co-authored with Cass Sunstein), where he argued that if irrationality can be predicted, human decisions can be nudged to maximize better outcomes. AI should be welcomed by the arbitration community as a tool to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and reach fairer—and more transparent—decisions.
Lucas Bento FCIArb is Chair of the AI & International Law Subcommittee at the New York City Bar Association. He is currently writing a book on AI and the Law (forthcoming 2019). The views expressed in this post are the author’s personal views, and do not reflect the opinions of Quinn Emanuel or of the New York City Bar Association.
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The killer whale who drowned a female trainer before horrified spectators will not be put down - and may even perform again, SeaWorld said today.
Dawn Brancheau, 40, was dragged underwater to her death by a six-ton 'rogue' whale named Tilikum.
The performing whale at Orlando's SeaWorld park was involved in the deaths of two other people in attacks prior to Mrs Brancheau's death yesterday.
But despite the attack, SeaWorld officials did not rule out the whale performing again.
Speaking to the MailOnline today, Mrs Brancheau's close friend and Corporate Curator of Zoological Operations at SeaWorld Parks Chuck Tompkins said they were still evaluating their next steps.
But he stated: 'Tilikum will not be put down'.
He said: 'We need to re-evaluate the training procedures and protocols and obviously we're going to make any changes we need to make sure that this never happens again.
'We need to provide the safest environment we can for him - and we still need to investigate how to do that - he still needs to be maintained as an animal.
'We're going to physically and mentally take care of him. We haven't had time to evaluate yet - we're going to take a deep look and make sure we make the right decisions and make them with the utmost respect to Dawn and her family.
It is not the first time Tilikum has been involved in an attack. Nicknamed 'Tilly', he was blamed for the drowning of one of his trainers in 1991 when he was at Sealand in British Columbia.
Sold to SeaWorld as a stud in 1992, the whale was also involved in an incident when a homeless man's dead body was found across his back in 1999.
The man is thought to have drowned in the stadium's icy water, but investigators said it appeared that the whale had bitten him and tore off his swimming trunks thinking he was a play toy.
Mr Tompkins said Tilikum could not be blamed for the death.
'We had a person - a non-trainer - come in at night and try to go swimming with him,' Mr Tompkins explained.
Because of his size and the previous deaths, trainers were not supposed to get into the water with Tilikum, and only 12 of the park's 29 trainers worked with him.
'We do have a limited amount of trainers who work with him because of his size and previous incidents,' Mr Tompkins said.
Officials at PETA called on the park 'to stop confining ocean-going mammals to an area that to them is like the size of a bathtub'.
Mr Tompkins hit back today, saying: 'Obviously, you’re going to have all of these activists coming out of the woodwork to try to take advantage of a very sad situation.
Mrs Brancheau had more experience with the 30-year-old whale than most, and was one of the park's most experienced trainers overall.
The attack happened at lunchtime yesterday when about 50 tourists stayed behind after the 'Believe' show to watch trainers feed the orcas.
Mr Tompkins, who has worked at the parks for 32 years, told the MailOnline: 'Dawn had very long hair and it was in a ponytail. From what we understand the ponytail brushed against the nose of the whale.
It may be that the whale misinterpreted the touch of Mrs Brancheau's hair as a command from the trainer.
Since the 1970s, killer whales have attacked 24 people worldwide.
Critics claim the animals can become aggressive in captivity due to higher levels of stress.
In November 2006, killer whale Katsatka dragged its handler Ken Peters underwater twice at SeaWorld Florida during a routine trick. The same killer whale had also grabbed Mr Peters by the foot during a 1999 show and dragged him in circles.
In 2004 at San Antonio's SeaWorld, another killer whale attacked its trainer repeatedly, leaving him in a serious condition.
Killer whales, the largest species of the dolphin family, eat fish, marine mammals including sea lions, seals and walruses and are regarded as top of the food chain as they have no natural predators.
Mrs Brancheau was more a sister than a colleague, he said.
'I’d worked with Dawn since the first day she started here 17 years ago. I knew her very, very well. We’re a small team of people here in this park and we’re more than just co-workers, we’re like family members and it’s like losing a sister.
'Dawn spent her entire career taking care of these animals. She loved doing it, she loved working with these killer whales. To say these animals have the wrong environment is so incorrect.
Initially police had said she 'apparently slipped or fell' into the whales' tank and eye-witnesses had described a much more horrific scene.
Park guest Victoria Biniak said she was watching as the trainers talked about the show to a crowd of people when one of them was suddenly swept away in the whale's mouth.
The whale 'took off really fast in the tank and then he came back around to the glass, shot up in the air, grabbed the trainer by the waist and started shaking her violently, and one of her shoes flew off,' she said.
'We walked down and there was a lot of people there. There was a trainer standing by the window talking about the whale. People were asking questions like how much does he weigh and things like that,' she said.
Gary Biniak said Tilikum, a male orca weighing over 12,000lbs, 'literally charged one of the trainers who was on the side of the pool training and feeding the whales'.
He said: 'The whale pulled the trainer into the water and was thrashing around. He dragged her underneath the water and wouldn't let her come up. It was terrible.
'This particular trainer didn't jump into the water, she was taken forcibly,' he added.
Twelve million people visit the three SeaWorld parks across America every year with tens of thousands of Britons heading to the flagship park in Orlando annually.
Performances by killer whales are among the park's most popular attractions and a host of celebrities including Uma Thurman, Tiger Woods and British Olympic diver Tom Daley have been among previous audience members.
The 30-minute Believe show is usually performed three times a day in a stadium that seats more than 5,000 people.
British Olympic diver Tom Daley spent time with the whales at SeaWorld during a visit to Orlando in February last year.
The 15-year-old current World Diving champion opened SeaWorld's Blue Horizons show, appearing alongside dolphins, whales and SeaWorld trainers and was given a VIP tour of the killer whale enclosure.
Dan Brown, the park's manager, fought back tears as he said the trainer, who had been inspired by a trip to SeaWorld when she was nine years old, 'drowned in an incident with one of our killer whales'.
He wouldn't comment on what is likely to happen to the killer whale. The Believe show has been suspended as an investigation is carried out but the park remains open.
Mrs Brancheau's older sister, Diane Gross, said the trainer - who was married but did not have any children - would not want anything to happen to the killer whale because she loved the animals 'like children'.
She added that the family was viewing Mrs Brancheau's death as an unfortunate action.
'I remember walking down the aisle [of Shamu Stadium] and telling my mom, "this is what I want to do",' she told the Orlando Sentinel in 2006.
'I wouldn't jump to conclusions,' he said.
Wild killer whales are not generally seen as a threat to humans, however captive killer whales have been known to attack their handlers at theme parks.
Since the 1970s, killer whales have attacked just two dozen people worldwide.
But critics claim the animals can become aggressive when kept captive due to higher levels of stress and unnatural living conditions.
In November 2006, a 7,000lb killer whale dragged its handler Ken Peters underwater twice at the SeaWorld theme park in Florida during a routine trick.
After the attack, the whale, Katsatka, circled her tank as Ken Peters was treated by paramedics and whisked away on a stretcher. He was not seriously injured in the attack.
The same killer whale also tried to drown Mr Peters during a 1999 show, again grabbing him by the foot and dragging him in circles.
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Which SJ towns said no to legal weed?
Which South Jersey towns said no to recreational weed sales?
As the state considers legislation to legalize marijuana, some South Jersey municipalities are banning retail sales within their borders.
Legal recreational marijuana is on the horizon in New Jersey, but some South Jersey municipalities have already weighed ordinances to ban retail sales within their borders.
Here's a running list of towns that have said weed sellers won't be allowed to open shop.
Pleasantville: In an ordinance adopted in August 2018, the city prohibited all recreational sales of marijuana, after determining there were no sites within the city that could safely house such a business.
Somers Point: In October 2018, Somers Point did the same.
Cinnaminson: The township committee considered an ordinance to prohibit marijuana retail operations in December 2018, but no action was taken and the measure was tabled. The matter is still under consideration, a township official said.
Lumberton: The township committee passed an ordinance in October 2018 prohibiting retail sales of marijuana in the township.
Mannington: The township committee adopted an ordinance in February prohibiting all marijuana-related land use and development, "whether recreational, medical or otherwise."
uncertainties regarding the potential future impacts such legislation might have on New Jersey municipalities."
Upper Pittsgrove: In November 2018, the township amended its land use law to prohibit "marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana production or manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, and retail marijuana stores in all zone districts."
The committee took action after deciding a marijuana ban was in the "best interest of the health, safety and welfare" of township residents.
No one spoke for or against the measure during the public hearing, and the ordinance passed unanimously.
This list will be updated periodically.
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What is the difference between "religion" and "spirituality"
Religion is defined as "a particular system of faith and worship," usually assuming the belief in one God, many gods, or some kind of higher power. Spirituality involves connection to non-physical elements with a focus on the human soul and state of being. Although religion and spirituality are separate by definition and practice, the two often overlap and are practices simultaneously to supplement the other. One can be religious but not spiritual and vice versa, However, one can also be religious and spiritual.
A thesis statement is the foundation of academic writing. In this short statement, the author is expected to outline the argument they will present throughout the rest of their paper.
What events led up to the rise of the Nazi Party and Hitler's election in post-World War I Germany?
After World War I, Germany was, arguably, treated unfairly under the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was stripped of its military power, forced to give up colonies abroad, and experienced an economic devastation which led to hyperinflation across the country. The German people were desperate and needed a solution to their problems. Adolph Hitler took advantage of the opportunity to be that "savior" for the German people and was voted through democratic election to be the leader of Germany. No one knew what the consequences would be.
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What is the main difference between specialty coffee and mainstream coffee?
Primarily the difference is the quality of the green beans used to produce the end product, which is reflective in a better tasting beverage.
When you ask a specialty coffee roaster that sources its own coffee beans, you’ll find that in the case of specialty coffee every stage of processing can be traced all the way back to its origin. Meaning not just the country of origin but the region and farm or estate where it was grown; and in some instances down to micro lots on individual farms. Factors affecting quality including the coffee varietal, growing altitude and terrain, method of processing, dates of harvest and processing, transport and logistics as well as how and when it arrived at the roaster’s premises, are all traceable. These known quantities guarantee we are getting a quality product.
In contrast, information about mainstream coffees generally will end at the continent or country of origin, or at best, the coffee growing region. Farming and processing methods and exact dates of harvest used are not likely to be known or provided.
There are around 75 species of coffee, although it’s two main types that are cultivated, Arabica and Robusta. The Arabica species alone has over 160 varieties, some of the most well known are Typica, Bourbon, Acaia, Aatui, Caturra, Gesha, but there are many others. As we begin to understand more about individual coffees we recognise that these different types offer an extensive range of unique flavour profiles to be enjoyed, more and more as a single origin as well as in blends. Any dedicated specialty roaster will provide all the details of the farm, the bean varietal (or varietals if it’s a blend, as well as the percentages) and the cupping or tasting notes. We draw comparisons to the wine industry where information is provided on grape varietals, farms or estates and tasting notes.
In contrast, with mainstream coffee you’ll typically be told that it’s Arabica beans, period. It is highly unlikely that the varietals will be known. Mainstream coffee will not be able to supply detailed tasting notes but rather will state a generic descriptor for the roast profile, e.g. dark espresso style roast, medium smooth mellow roast, and so on.
Certain coffee varietals excel in specific microclimates, the nature of which means that there is only a finite volume of high quality, or specialty coffee, that can be produced at any one time. Specialty roasters will be able to guarantee specialty coffee beans. The reason they can do this is many buy direct or via an experienced green bean broker that specialises in specialty coffee. It is important to understand that not every specialty roaster will acquire every type of specialty coffee bean available. Some are in very limited quantities that may go to only one or a handful of roasters. Specialty roasters choose beans with certain attributes to meet their requirements.
In contrast, the aim of mainstream coffee is to mass-produce large quantities of coffee to meet supply. It is simply not possible for mainstream coffee producers to provide single origin or microlot coffees (either individually or blended) on such a large scale due to the limited and seasonal availability. Almost literally, large scale producers will buy what they can get their hands on.
The freshness of the coffee also impacts massively on flavour. The time between harvesting and processing to time of roasting is important; obviously the older the harvest at time of roasting the more we are likely to experience degradation of quality, as with any agricultural or food product. Specialty roasters will roast green beans as close as possible to harvest, to ensure optimal freshness of the coffee. Then there’s the roast period. Roasted coffee peaks in flavour and aroma within a certain time after roasting. Consumption is best during this time frame to enjoy coffee flavour and aroma at its optimum. As a very general guide, coffee tends to be at its best around 7 – 10 days after roasting. Of course, we recommend you go by personal taste also and bear in mind that each coffee type will present differently.
In contrast, roast date is not relevant in the case of mainstream coffee, as it’s highly unlikely it will be consumed soon after roasting. Generally it’s vacuum-sealed into bags in order to endure long-term storage. As such, harvest dates are also not guaranteed and actually, beans from different harvest years (not just seasons) may be mixed together.
There are protocols, as established by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and adopted by the specialty coffee industry globally, for grading green coffee beans. Arabica and more recently Robusta coffees undergo rigorous examination for defects to determine the quality of the coffee. Examination includes a physical grading for primary and secondary defects of a sample (usually 300 – 350gm), that includes factors such as: discolorations, dryness, fungus damage, presence of foreign matter, other physical factors such as immature/unripe beans, malformed beans, chips/cuts/breaks in the beans (indicating processing issues), presence of hulls/husks (this can negatively impact on the flavour) and insect damage.
The other important quality test by specialty coffee folk is the cupping test. This includes a specific roast profile conducted within a certain timeframe of cup tasting, of a particular sample size. Factors we assess are: fragrance, aroma and flavour. Then factors such as aftertaste, acidity, body, balance, sweetness, clean cup (lack of negative impressions), uniformity and so on are also considered. All of these final parameters obtained from the physical and cupping examinations are collated into a final score classification (determined by SCAA standards). This establishes whether a coffee is classed as: outstanding specialty/excellent specialty/very good specialty; the rest is below specialty grade, or referred to as: exchange grade/average quality/usual good quality (UGQ); commercial grade and/or off grade/below grade.
In pointing out the obvious, specialty roasters only acquire specialty graded coffee. In contrast, mainstream coffee can include anything below that, often a mix of various categories.
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The AAP stated that it was disappointed at the election results in Goa and Punjab and that the party would need to introspect on what went wrong.
However, they said that becoming the main opposition party in Punjab was a "big thing" considering they were "a new party."
AAP did not manage even a single seat in Goa.
Why were these elections important for AAP?
Winning 67/70 seats in Delhi in 2015, AAP became a prominent face among Indian voters.
Goa and Punjab presented AAP with an opportunity to project itself as a national-party.
A victory in Punjab could have proved AAP's prowess in effectively ruling a fully-fledged state.
A victory in Goa could have made AAP a serious contender in the anti-BJP/anti-Congress race for the 2019 elections.
Sacking its convenor Sucha Singh Chhotepur led to rebellion within party ranks, and desertion by several workers.
Several controversies, including Kejriwal staying at a former militant's house in Moga worked badly for the party's image.
The lack of strong local leadership allowed Capt Amarinder Singh to seem like the most-credible leader.
Analysts said that from the very start, the party garnered an anti-Sikh/anti-Punjab image.
AAP had one of the most high-profile election campaigns in Goa and their focus in the campaign remained anti-corruption.
However, reports indicated that AAP's negative image in Delhi had been projected among several voters in the tourist centric North Goa.
Also, Chief Ministerial candidate Elvis Gomes being summoned by the ACB, in the run-up to polls, may have tainted the party's "clean candidates" image.
Maybe focus on Delhi, then look ahead?
AAP's negative image among voters was largely attributed to the Delhi government's constant spats with the Centre on basic governance issues.
If AAP can reduce the negative outlook on its governance in Delhi, it would go a long way in improving the party's image as an effective government.
Underestimating the BJP cost it dearly, and should be a take-away for AAP's Gujarat campaigns.
25 candidates of the AAP lost their deposit amounts as they failed to secure the required number of votes in Punjab.
However, the party still managed to relegate the SAD-BJP alliance, coming in second in the state. Yet, several of the party's top faces also lost.
The AAP came in second place in 26 constituencies in Punjab.
Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Election Commission, saying that they should use ballot papers and not EVMs for the upcoming MCD elections in Delhi.
Congress leader Ajay Maken had issued a warning recently, saying "I want Arvind Kejriwal to hold MCD elections through Ballot papers."
BSP supremo Mayawati had also raised the issue of tampered EVMs recently.
A French newspaper, Le Canard Enchaine, has leveled fresh allegations of fraud against French Presidential candidate Francois Fillon.
In a move that has alarmed leaders in Washington, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps successfully tested a naval missile called the Hormuz 2, which can allegedly destroy moving targets at sea at ranges up to 300 km.
The US Secret Service confirmed that an individual carrying a back-pack was arrested on the White House grounds after he managed to breach an outer perimeter fence.
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My work makes your ideas as sharp as they can possibly be, articulating their unique value propositions in ways that feel like you—and then it finds your audience. Working closely with you and offering workflow management and process support, I hone your voice and organize your ideas into content that turns readers into followers. Then I design a cohesive, data-driven, and platform-optimized strategy to deliver that content to the readers it needs (and who need it!). I'll do an audit of your current content and social media situation, take stock of your assets, and build you a path to success.
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What kind of place stimulates creative minds and sparks a surge of invention and innovation? The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History traveled across the country to Nashville, Tennessee to explore the “Music City” and speak with artists such as Kings of Leon, Ben Folds, Eric Church, Marty Stuart, and others about the innovative history of music in Nashville.
Next, The Smithsonian filmed the listening rooms in the Bluebird Café to show the history of American songwriting at this famous venue in Nashville, TN.
Musician and composer Ben Folds in Nashville, TN gives a tour and history of Chet Atkins’ original RCA Records Victor Studio A.
Rudy’s Music in Soho, New York City is a full-service shop with an amp room, bass room, and their renowned repair/build shop on-site. This is the background for the invention of the archtop guitar with historian Rudy Pensa and world renowned archtop builder John Monteleone.
The Smithsonian next traveled across the country to San Francisco, California, to talk with the thrash band Slayer about the the innovative history of thrash metal.
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Four things jump out from the Pew Research Center’s just-released “State of the News Media 2013” report. None of them are particularly good news for anyone in news publishing but they all point to a clear and easy-to-understand trend: Ads alone just ain’t going to cut it anymore; it’s officially time to be experimenting with paid content models; and the product itself – news – is increasingly being commoditized.
While the likes of Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget point to rising digital advertising revenues as cause for optimism among digital publishers, a close look at where those dollars are actually going is not so encouraging. Sadly for publishers, most digital ad spend is going to Google and Facebook (Twitter will no doubt soon join that top tier), and those two companies are also hogging the newly opened up mobile display ad opportunities. Six companies already account for 72 percent market share of mobile display ads, Pew notes, and none of them produce news. News publications are also losing local digital advertising.
Says Pew, “improved geo-targeting is allowing many national advertisers to turn to Google, Facebook and other large networks to buy ads that once might have gone to local news media. At the same time, Google and Facebook are also moving directly into local ad sales. Google is now the ad leader in search, display and mobile.” The takeaway for new and aspiring publishers: Don’t expect ads to keep you afloat.
The Atlantic, Forbes, BuzzFeed, and Gawker are all embracing sponsored content as a way to branch out beyond display ads. Okay, sometimes they call it “native advertising” (BuzzFeed) or “content-driven commerce” (Gawker) – and no-one wants to call it advertorial – but it all amounts to the same thing: a brand slapped on to special content that wouldn’t otherwise be produced.
Meanwhile, 450 of the US’s 1,380 daily newspapers have started or announced plans for some kind of paid content subscription or paywall plan, says Pew, in many cases opting for a New York Times-esque metered model, which allows a certain number of free visits before asking readers to pony up. “With digital ad revenue growing at an anemic 3 percent a year in the newspaper industry, digital subscriptions are seen as an increasingly vital component of any new business model for journalism – though, in most cases, they fall far short of actually replacing the revenue lost in advertising.” Expect to see a lot more action and experimentation in 2013.
Consider this sentence from Pew: “A growing list of media outlets, such as Forbes magazine, use technology by a company called Narrative Science to produce content by way of algorithm, no human reporting necessary.” This was only one sentence from Pew’s report, but it is a portentous one. Narrative Science automatically creates stories out of raw data that would otherwise have been written by human hands. More robots producing news means fewer humans needed for the task.
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A geometric stable distribution or geo-stable distribution is a type of leptokurtic probability distribution. Geometric stable distributions were introduced in Klebanov, L. B., Maniya, G. M., and Melamed, I. A. (1985). A problem of Zolotarev and analogs of infinitely divisible and stable distributions in a scheme for summing a random number of random variables. These distributions are analogues for stable distributions for the case when the number of summands is random, independent of the distribution of summand, and having geometric distribution. The geometric stable distribution may be symmetric or asymmetric. A symmetric geometric stable distribution is also referred to as a Linnik distribution. The Laplace distribution and asymmetric Laplace distribution are special cases of the geometric stable distribution. The Laplace distribution is also a special case of a Linnik distribution. The Mittag–Leffler distribution is also a special case of a geometric stable distribution.
The geometric stable distribution has applications in finance theory.
, which must be greater than 0 and less than or equal to 2, is the shape parameter or index of stability, which determines how heavy the tails are. Lower corresponds to heavier tails.
The symmetric geometric stable distribution with is also referred to as a Linnik distribution. A completely skewed geometric stable distribution, that is with , , with is also referred to as a Mittag–Leffler distribution. Although determines the skewness of the distribution, it should not be confused with the typical skewness coefficient or 3rd standardized moment, which in most circumstances is undefined for a geometric stable distribution.
is the scale parameter and is the location parameter.
The Laplace distribution has a variance equal to . However, for the variance of the geometric stable distribution is infinite.
A stable distribution has the property that if are independent, identically distributed random variables taken from a stable distribution, the sum has the same distribution as the s for some and .
The distribution is strictly geometric stable only if the sum equals the distribution of the s for some a.
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Attention-Deficit Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder involves significant difficulty maintaining attention and restricting impulsive urges. This can involve such things as difficulty paying attention to teachers in a classroom, feeling like one misses important parts of a conversation, and difficulty accomplishing tasks such as homework and chores. Additionally, marked impulsivity concerns include finding oneself unable to resist engaging in actions that others may view as not social appropriate in context and finding difficulty feeling stimulated by certain activities. ADD/ADHD may cause impairment in educational and occupational settings, significant personal distress and shame regarding difficulty completing tasks in a timely manner, and interpersonal/familial conflict.
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Your job is to identify two possible argumentative claims (on different subjects) and provide provisional outlines for how you would make those claims. Please avoid extremely obvious or controversial subjects like abortion, guns, gay marriage, etc. You may also type up a corresponding outline as a separate document, making sure to identify each section; for example, “Claim,” “Reason A,” “Evidence A1,” “Evidence A2”. When you are finished you should have two essay outlines on two different subjects.
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What is the significance of time in the novel?
In the novel The Great Gatsby, Time is one of the themes that play a key role physically, philosophical and biologically. Fitzgerald portrays time as being a relentless force that cannot be controlled by men. As time passes from past, present and to the future, Fitzgerald not only manipulates time in the novel, he refers to time repeatedly to reinforce the idea that time is a driving force not only for the 1920s, a period of great change, but for America itself. We will see Fitzgerald also turns a critical eye to the American concept of time, in effect warning us all to avoid becoming trapped in time. People are seen trying to live in the past and some wanting to skip ahead towards the future, all on a journey to achieve their dreams.
Throughout Fitzgerald’s novel, Gatsby’s entire life was shaped by his preoccupation with his past and so he does not live in the present but lost in a dream, it was his illusion of his ideal future that made time a key dimension in his life. He tries to relive his relationship with Daisy, believing that he could once again rekindle their love. Gatsby still imagined Daisy as a pure, perfect, amazing woman he fell in love with, completely blinded by the fact that Daisy was not to his ideal illusion of “perfect” anymore and had changed, this is seen in the phrase, “She used to be able to understand. We’d sit for hours –’’. As time went on so did Daisy, but Gatsby kept insisting that they were in love. From Gatsby's illusions of the past preoccupying all his thoughts, he forgets about the key dimension he exists in which is the present. This is seen when he says “Can’t repeat the past? Of course you can!” Gatsby was described as being “incredulously” and “wildly” as he spoke, incredulous means being skeptical, proving that he was obsessed about reliving his relationship. Nick also did go back to the past, contradicting what he wrote at the end of the novel to move on. He writes and narrates the book about how great Gatsby was, admiring the fact he achieved his American Dream, evidence from the text would be “Only Gatsby…who represented every unbroken series of successful gestures.” Tom is also seen reminiscing about his pass, the phrase “.Tom would drift on forever seeking…for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game”, Tom had achieve his American Dream at a young age, wealth and fame, the word “irrecoverable” suggest that Tom longed to return to his glory days but will never be able to.
However, on the other hand, it was also shown that in the novel, the characters were also seen to look forward into the future. One of the significant themes in the novel, The American Dream, played a key role in looking into the future. Gatsby chased his dreams to reunite with Daisy and to do that, he had to let go of his past and changing his name “at the age of seventeen” and him creating a “platonic conception of himself” suggests that he is determined to create an idealistic flawless persona and let go of his past. He was willing to let go of his past and leave his family to pursue his dreams. Gatsby was described as a “son of God” by Nick, which proposes that his brand new persona was perfect and was driven and sure of his goal, therefore, worthy of the quotation “son of God”. In addition, the quote “tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms further…” can be conveyed that there is still hope for the future, however there is also a hint of despair, in the sense that Gatsby did not ultimately achieve his dream which he sacrificed so much for.
Throughout the whole novel, Gatsby constantly tries to control time. His obsession and his never-ending drive towards impressing Daisy makes it almost impossible for him not to live in the past, as that is the only time he ever actually had her. During his meeting with Daisy, we see that Gatsby tries to control time as when "the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously...he turned and caught it with trembling fingers" as if he was trying to salvage the moment he had in Daisy's presence. He then, "set it back in place" which metaphorically suggests that he tried to save the moment, desperately keeping Daisy's eyes on him, instead on what could have been a broken clock, as he has been longing to see her for the many years that has passed Moreover, Gatsby's schedule that was discovered after his death also symbolized how he tried to control his time. He was very specific and was very concerned about being able to fit everything into place and to control his time but later, came to realize that no matter how hard we try to control time, reality will eventually catch up with us and the only thing we would be able to control is our dreams.
Time plays a key role in the morality difference between past and the present. As time advances from past, present and to the future, so does the society change along with it. People become more oblivious towards the real meaning of the American Dream and instead prioritizes wealth and social status. A clear example would be Meyer Wolfshiem, he says “When a man gets killed I never liked to get mixed up in it..When I was a young man it was different – if a friend of mind died ..I stuck with them to the end.”He did not want to get involved in Gatsby’s death because he wanted to protect his business, however in contrast, he claims that when he was younger he was loyal. Wolfshiem used the word “sentimental” to describe himself, a word used also to do with holding on to something precious or meaningful, which is not seen when he heard of Gatsby’s death. This proves that in the 1920’s, people were self-centered and full of greed, their life was only focused on achieving wealth and being well-known. Myrtle also had a change in priorities when in the past she married Wilson because he was a “gentleman” and could take care of her she quotes, however she gets blinded by materialism, going after a man with money.
The significance of time is that, change comes with time. From morals to people's perspective, this change cannot be stopped neither can it be avoided. People can try living in the past and wishing to re-live it, but eventually, reality will catch up with us ensuring that time doesn't wait for anyone and the only place where we can control our time, is in our dreams. The way Fitzgerald portrays time as a relentless force that shapes and controls the life and dreams of men, something that is unable to be “bought” by wealth.
"Significance of Time in Great Gatsby" StudyMode.com. 05, 2013. Accessed 05, 2013. https://www.studymode.com/essays/Significance-Of-Time-In-Great-Gatsby-1685137.html.
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Over the years, you've probably logged into a lot of services on Facebook without thinking about how those services use your data. Some of those services may have leveraged your data to undermine the very foundations of American democracy. Hard to say!
New reports from the Guardian and New York Times reveal how a Trump-aligned data-gathering service called Cambridge Analytica "exploited" information from millions of people in the lead-up to the 2016 election. It was pretty simple: The firm created a personality test app called "thisisyourdigitallife," and people opted in to take it, granting the app permission to scrape their personal data in the process. It also harvested their friends' data.
Facebook has a lot to answer for, but in the meantime, you might be curious to see if you've given sketchy apps access to your data over the years. There's a very good chance you have: I found today that 170 apps were able to access some level of my personal Facebook data. Some of them definitely seem off.
Though Facebook is fairly transparent about what kind of data apps are able to access when you connect them to your profile, granting permission on an indefinite basis only requires a couple of taps. And until now, users might reasonably expect that simple personality quizzes or one-off games weren't being used to create a complex network for the purposes of voter manipulation.
In other words, it's a good time to check in.
- On desktop, click the downward facing arrow in the upper-right side of your News Feed. Then, click "Settings."
- From there, tap "Apps" in the left-hand sidebar.
- On mobile, tap the icon showing three stacked lines. The icon is on top of your screen if you're using the Android app, and it's on the bottom if you're on iOS.
- Then, tap "Settings." You may need to scroll down a bit to find it. Tap "Account Settings," then scroll down and tap "Apps."
- Finally, tap "Logged in with Facebook" to see the services accessing your account.
It has access to a ton of my data, including my relationship status, friend list, and birthday. Needless to say, I clicked "Remove App" to get rid of it.
I don't remember taking this quiz—or, tragically, which Pokemon I am—though Facebook would reasonably say I opted into it and am therefore responsible for any data I hand over to it. But I signed up for it a long time ago, likely when I was intoxicated, and who knows what it's taken from me since then.
So: Take as much responsibility for yourself and your data as you can, because it impacts your friends, too. Dig through your connected apps. Remove some of them if you must. And hey, maybe think about deleting Facebook all together.
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Most Internet businesses that have a drive to succeed focus all of their time and resources on building a great site, and then trying to drive tons of traffic to that site. Honestly, these are two incredibly important factors for success. After all, a site won't be successful without tons of new potential customers hitting it, and you want that site to convey a professional image of your business by its appearance and ease-of-use. However, you must keep in mind that you are operating in a highly-competitive environment. You probably already know that there are tens, if not hundreds, of other businesses that offer the same basic goods and/or services that you do! They are battling you for the same exact keywords, and constantly enhancing their site to make their visitors' experience better than yours.
So, how are you going to differentiate yourself from your competition? What is going to set you apart? What is going to help you get, and keep, more customers? The answer lies in the online customer service that you provide! Before I get into how to provide excellent online customer service, let me explain why providing online customer service is so important.
On the Internet, customer loyalty is incredibly difficult to obtain unless your site is associated with a popular retail store (e.g. Walmart.com, BestBuy.com), or has developed a successful reputation and goodwill over a long period of time (e.g. Amazon.com). The fact is, Internet customers are much more likely to shop around from site-to-site because it is so EASY. In the brick-and-mortar world, shopping around for an item means getting in the car and driving from store to store, not to mention, parking at each location, and then going in to find the item. That sounds like an entire afternoon project, just to purchase one item! That is why most people don't do that, especially for a low cost item. They develop loyalty to one store for a variety of reasons that matter to them, and they buy the item almost exclusively from that store. Think about your personal life. Don't you usually buy groceries from the same store week after week because it is easier than going somewhere else and having to learn where all your favorite items are located?
The Internet works very different. I can wake up in the morning, and before I finish breakfast I can browse the top ten sites listed on Google for the item I'm looking for. Its so easy to shop around! I don't know anything about any of those sites so how do I decide which to buy from? Sure, I'm looking for the best price, and I also want a site that looks credible so I don't perceive that I may get ripped off. That may narrow my list from ten to five sites. They all offer my item at about the same price, they all have professional looking sites with easy-to-use shopping carts, and I found them all in the top ten search results on Google! By common Internet business logic they're all doing it RIGHT! But, only one will get my business today. And who's to say that even if I have the best experience possible with the one I choose, that I'd ever buy from them again. Remember, it's so easy to shop around, and there are still several other good-looking companies that offer similar items.
The difference is in the customer service. That is the one way that a website can set itself apart in this competitive world. It can take the best website, full of stylish graphics and rich content, and make it more than an image on a computer monitor. It can give it a personal touch. Its that personal touch that will differentiate yourself from your competition. Potential customers will want to buy from you, and customers will want to keep coming back. They know you... and you know them. Your business has become more than just an image on a screen to them.
So, how do you provide great online customer service?
Traditional wisdom says to include your telephone number and email address on your site in highly visible locations. Unfortunately, doing just that doesn't go far enough, and probably will only offer minimal benefits. To call you, a dial-up user may actually have to log off your site just to get in touch with you, and you're trying to keep them on your site! Even with a high-speed connection, a phone call may not be the most convenient thing to do, especially if you don't have a toll-free number. And if you do, phone calls are costing you a lot of money! With email, your customers can contact you, but how long will they have to wait for a response--an hour, several hours, a day, a week? You may have a great policy about quick follow-up, but do your customers know that? They just sent you an email and they don't know when they'll hear back... if ever. Plus, posting your email on your site opens you up to getting tons of spam.
So, what's better than telephone and email? Here are three tools that can increase your sales, build your customer loyalty and retention, and save you money.
1. LIVE CHAT: Putting a live chat system on your website will have incredible benefits. Picture a potential customer browsing your site and having a question about placing an order. Again, we've discussed that phone and email aren't the best solution for this scenario. Now, picture having a large, noticable live chat button right there on your site. The visitor clicks it, enters their name and question, and they are IMMEDIATELY connected to you or one of your employees. Now, you know who they are, and they know who you are--you're beginning to develop that personal relationship we talked about. You can help them with their order, answer any questions they might have, or upsell them to a different product. All this, and they never left your website. Next time they need something, there's a good chance they'll want to come back to your site and talk to you again.
2. KNOWLEDGE DATABASE: A knowledge database is a collection of self-help articles that a customer can search through to find answers to their questions. Let's face it, as easy as you make your website to navigate and use, you'll still have people that have questions, problems, or concerns. With a knowledge database, the customers can quickly and easily browse for answers to their questions, and get help quickly and effectively. Its like FAQs, only turned up a notch.
3. TICKET SYSTEM: Using a ticket system is the best way to support current customers, and to answer questions from potential customers. A customer or potential customer creates a ticket and submits it to your company. Your company receives the ticket and can route it to the appropriate person or department for follow-up. It is quick and easy, and the customer gets an answer from the most qualified source at your company for the problem they had. Tickets also allow you to track your customers to get to know them better, and track your issues to find out what you could be doing better. Tickets are far more organized, secure, and useful than email--both for the company and the customer.
Search engine optimization and site design are important. But you're operating in a highly competitive environment, and you need something more to set your business apart. Something to make your website more than just a simple collection of graphics and content on a screen. You need a personal relationship with people viewing your site. The kind of relationship that will create new sales, and encourage repeat purchases. This can be acheived through effective online customer service.
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I will be driving down the street/highway and the car will just cut off and die. This has happened several times and I've contacted GM motors and they claim they haven't heard of this problem. I look online to see if I can figure the issue out and came across several other Impala owners that are experiencing the same issues. I've taken my car to the shop numerous times to have it fixed and the problem isn't being solved!! this is a very serious issue that could cause harm to me and my family and other drivers.
The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, there was a loud bang followed by a billow of smoke. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the manifold and the fuel lines would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact was informed of a recall months later under NHTSA campaign number: 09V116000 (engine and engine cooling) and contacted the manufacturer however, his VIN was not included in the recall campaign. The failure mileage was 180,000 and the current mileage was 200,000.
The Chevy Impala had a loss of coolant even though there is no leak on the ground. After research online, I found the following: "the 3.8-liter V6 may leak coolant into the engine from the intake manifold. A new gasket kit, revised throttle body nuts, and sealing compound is needed." Due to the number of complaints found online pertaining to this issue, this should be a recall for this model car.
The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Impala. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where unknown repairs were performed however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was also repaired by an independent mechanic but again, the failure recurred. The contact continued to have repairs performed to the vehicle over a period of two years but to no avail. The vehicle was not further repaired and continued to stall sporadically and without warning. The failure mileage was unavailable. The current mileage was 100,000. The VIN was available.
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How Do You Make Villagers Have Babies?
I have a bunch of villagers running around my village but none of them seem to be having babies. What do you need to do to make the villagers breed and have babies?
Making villagers breed in Minecraft is a little more complicated than the breeding of any other living creatures in the game. However, it is quite easy to make villagers have babies and the process of doing so will typically result in the construction of a good village.
There are 2 factors that come in to play when it comes to villager breeding.
Space - There needs to be enough room for more people. This is determined by the number of doors. The more doors, the bigger the game thinks the village is. It is of course very easy to cheat this by just building a load of doors and not actually having to attach them to a house of any kind.
Willingness - Yes, the villagers need to actually want to reproduce, they won't just do it because the conditions are right.
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Hello! I am working on a narrative-based game called "That Little Star" and it's a murder mystery involving a 12-year-old protagonist with Asperger's. I need someone who can help me with the dialogues. Looking for someone who's good in humor writing. You can check out some of the screenshots here. If interested, please drop me an email at [email protected] with the subject "TLS - Writer from Gamedev" or comment here.
Hey! Thanks for pointing that out! Will keep this in mind!
Thanks for the feedback. A rage meter, implemented subtly could actually work. Thanks for the feedback. Let me tell you that we have no voiceover in the game, mainly because we can't afford it. But you give a new meaning to no audio cues and I kinda like it. I also liked your idea of making the text disappears and forcing the player to remember and be a part of the conversation. But don't you think the player might feel frustrated if he is bad at remembering things? Secondly, I had this idea of shuffling responses in a conversation so it becomes hard to select desired reply under pressure. What do you think about this?
Hey guys! I am working on a narrative adventure where the protagonist suffers from mild Asperger syndrome. He isn't comfortable in social groups and gets anxiety whenever he becomes part of a conversation. In order to portray the social disabilities in real life, I have come up with few ideas on how to show them in a game. So hear me out and provide me feedback on the same: Each conversation happens between Edward and one more NPC. Edward gets 3 reply options to choose from whenever he's asked something during a conversation. The replies are generally structured like: 1) Smart reply 2) Neutral/irrelevant reply 3) Silence Now whenever a conversation starts, few white clouds/web start surrounding the edges of the screen and they animate in the form of heartbeat (to convey tension). Choosing Silence is the easiest as it only requires single click. Neutral/irrelevant reply requires few more clicks and Smart reply is the hardest, requires more clicks to select. If the player keeps selecting Silence, the Smart and Neutral replies becomes harder to select and the tension rises. If the player selects Smart or Neutral, the tension begins to wear out. The whole idea is to convey that how hard it is for an Aspie to talk to someone and how silence is the best option. I am still not sure if it gets the job done. My aim is to convert the social awkwardness and nervousness faced by a socially disabled person into a gameplay/narrative mechanic. Any feedback/ideas are appreciated! If you wish to check out how the game looks like, visit out Facebook page: That Little Star.
Hello! It's been a while since my last post, we were really busy working on the narrative and crafting next shots for the game. Wanted to share a new shot we've been working on. The game's coming out well, thanks to our artist!
Hello! First of all, thank you for the kind words about the game and creating an account especially to provide feedback, it means a lot to us! Now, about your question, it all started after I had watched multiple movies such as Fly Away, I am Me, A Brilliant Young Mind, to name a few and I was very much interested in learning about the disability. After reading about it on the internet, I developed this idea of creating a game where the protagonist had such problems but he lived a normal life like everyone else. On top of that, involving him into a murder case would make it more interesting and convey the fact that they are not disabled people but more like specially-abled. After working on it more, I consulted with a couple of Psychologists and they were happy to refine the idea and helped me on how to present the narrative in a better way, keeping our goals in mind. If you ask me, I think there are a lot of taboos attached to the whole Autism and Asperger's thing, especially in my country and a lot of people don't even know what exactly this disorder mean. I also got the opportunity to meet a couple of Autistic children (thanks to one of the Psychologists) and to be honest, I think they were one of the smartest kids I've ever known. And that made me even more motivated to show their smart side to the world and bust few of the myths around them. I hope that answers your question. If you really like the project and can help on the topic, we'd be really happy!
Sharing this week's work on the game. Spent a long time getting the lighting right!
Oh, that's just a rough sketch. The image below it is based on that sketch!
Thanks for the feedback! Though I don't understand what you mean by the middle part?
Hey guys! Wanted to tell you about my 1st PC game called That Little Star. It's a narrative-driven point and click adventure. It tells the story of a 12 year old boy called Edward who becomes part of a murder and decides to investigate it while fighting his Asperger's. We have finally managed to create some art for the game and I would love to get your feedback on our art style and colors used.
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Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, testifies Wednesday at a Senate Armed Services committee hearing.
According to a report by the CIA's Charles Duelfer, Saddam Hussein did not have WMD when the war began.
Duelfer appears before a Senate committee to testify on Iraq's weapons capabilities.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein did not possess stockpiles of illicit weapons at the time of the U.S. invasion in March 2003 and had not begun any program to produce them, a CIA report concludes.
In fact, the long-awaited report, authored by Charles Duelfer, who advises the director of central intelligence on Iraqi weapons, says Iraq's WMD program was essentially destroyed in 1991 and Saddam ended Iraq's nuclear program after the 1991 Gulf War.
The Iraq Survey Group report, released Wednesday, is 1,200 to 1,500 pages long.
The massive report does say, however, that Iraq worked hard to cheat on United Nations-imposed sanctions and retain the capability to resume production of weapons of mass destruction at some time in the future.
"[Saddam] wanted to end sanctions while preserving the capability to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction when sanctions were lifted," a summary of the report says.
Duelfer, testifying at a Senate hearing on the report, said his account attempts to describe Iraq's weapons programs "not in isolation but in the context of the aims and objectives of the regime that created and used them."
"I also have insisted that the report include as much basic data as reasonable and that it be unclassified, since the tragedy that has been Iraq has exacted such a huge cost for so many for so long," Duelfer said.
The report was released nearly two years ago to the day that President Bush strode onto a stage in Cincinnati and told the audience that Saddam Hussein's Iraq "possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons" and "is seeking nuclear weapons."
"The danger is already significant and it only grows worse with time," Bush said in the speech delivered October 7, 2002. "If we know Saddam Hussein has dangerous weapons today -- and we do -- does it make any sense for the world to wait to confront him as he grows even stronger and develops even more dangerous weapons?"
Speaking on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, Bush maintained Wednesday that the war was the right thing to do and that Iraq stood out as a place where terrorists might get weapons of mass destruction.
"There was a risk, a real risk, that Saddam Hussein would pass weapons or materials or information to terrorist networks, and in the world after September the 11th, that was a risk we could not afford to take," Bush said.
But Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, seized on the report as political ammunition against the Bush administration.
"Despite the efforts to focus on Saddam's desires and intentions, the bottom line is Iraq did not have either weapon stockpiles or active production capabilities at the time of the war," Rockefeller said in a press release.
"The report does further document Saddam's attempts to deceive the world and get out from under the sanctions, but the fact remains, the sanctions combined with inspections were working and Saddam was restrained."
But British Prime Minister Tony Blair had just the opposite take on the information in the report, saying it demonstrated the U.N. sanctions were not working and Saddam was "doing his best" to get around them.
He said the report made clear that there was "every intention" on Saddam's part to develop WMD and he "never had any intention of complying with U.N. resolutions."
At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday, panel Chairman John Warner, R-Virginia, called the findings "significant."
"While the ISG has not found stockpiles of WMD, the ISG and other coalition elements have developed a body of fact that shows that Saddam Hussein had, first, the strategic intention to continue to pursue WMD capabilities; two, created ambiguity about his WMD capabilities that he used to extract concessions in the international world of disclosure and discussion and negotiation.
"He used it as a bargaining tactic and as a strategic deterrent against his neighbors and others."
"As we speak, over 1,700 individuals -- military and civilian -- are in Iraq and Qatar, continuing to search for facts about Iraq's WMD programs," Warner said.
But Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, ranking Democrat on the committee, said 1,750 experts have visited 1,200 potential WMD sites and have come up empty-handed.
"It is important to emphasize that central fact because the administration's case for going to war against Iraq rested on the twin arguments that Saddam Hussein had existing stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction and that he might give weapons of mass destruction to al Qaeda to attack us -- as al Qaeda had attacked us on 9/11," Levin said.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, asked Duelfer about the future likelihood of finding weapons of mass destruction, to which Duelfer replied, "The chance of finding a significant stockpile is less than 5 percent."
Based in part on interviews with Saddam, the report concludes that the deposed Iraqi president wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction because he believed they kept the United States from going all the way to Baghdad during the first Gulf War and stopped an Iranian ground offensive during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, senior administration officials said.
U.S. officials said the Duelfer report is "comprehensive," but they are not calling it a "final report" because there are still some loose ends to tie up.
One outstanding issue, an official said, is whether Iraq shipped any stockpiles of weapons outside of the country. Another issue, he said, is mobile biological weapons labs, a matter on which he said "there is still useful work to do."
Duelfer said Wednesday his teams found no evidence of a mobile biological weapons capability.
The U.S. official said he believes Saddam decided to give up his weapons in 1991, but tried to conceal his nuclear and biological programs for as long as possible. Then in 1995, when his son-in-law Hussain Kamal defected with information about the programs, he gave those up, too.
Iraq's nuclear program, which in 1991 was well-advanced, "was decaying" by 2001, the official said, to the point where Iraq was -- if it even could restart the program -- "many years from a bomb."
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Has opening turn balance changed a lot in the past few years?
Status: offline I'm curious to know if what I see people do here will be possible to replicate.
As an example, turn 1 normal difficulty campaign game, players often move armored troops to 53, 34 to attack Riga.
I have seen people take Riga with one panzer division and this seems impossible even if you add support troops to the division and run the HQ up there. As an example of this, see the AAR sillyflower vs BrianG from late 2015.
If you run two of them there, both with support troops added, there is still a chance that an attack on Riga will fail.
Did it used to be possible to take Riga with one Panzer division? Did attacking with two sometimes fail in the past? Am I just not seeing AAR's where there was a debacle there?
Is there a magic answer involving aircraft or something?
Status: offline I don't think I've ever had the nerve to try with one. Two is not always sufficient.
I'm curious to know if what I see people do here will be possible to replicate.
You can take Riga with one. Taking it with 2 is guaranteed.
It's never ended in me not taking Riga so seems fine to me unless I have been incredibly lucky somehow?
Status: offline Okay, I get it, thank you. You're running one to Riga, hitting it, and if that fails you try again with two. If you clear enough you can get to the attack hex with 4 MP.
One way you end up with a Pz in Riga and a free Pz, and the other way you end up with a Pz next to Riga and another one in it.
The conservative way you end up with one in it and one a knight's move SE or two hexes E.
I've never seen Riga fall on the first one though.
I'm willing to scum save but I feel bad about it, and if I couldn't, I'd think it was a pretty nasty roll of the dice.
Status: offline PLay against the AI and scumsave as much as you like, extensive trial&error is the best (and the only reasonable?) way to working the turn 1 opening out.
Status: online The main change in the opening turn is now the germans can do better than they ever did in the past....both in distance gained, soviet units defacto encircled, and soviet air losses.
Its really compounded to make the soviet start vs this opening an almost impossible task, especially with the improved german logistics where they can now effectively supply assault deep into Russia very early on with proper rail network building.
It used to be the soviet players could use distance to buy some time for virtually having no army in the early game...that is no longer possible in the recent editions of the game.
Status: offline Has that changed? Or was it always there, but not yet discovered?
Has that changed? Or was it always there, but not yet discovered?
All of what Chaos45 said has been in the game. It is just now that some Germans can milk the system even more. For instance, the Germans can push the coastal ports in the South and have very good supply. Few Germans do it but when more and more do start doing this it will show what is possible. All of that begins at Odessa and as the Soviets playing a good German you "will not" have the forces to defend Odessa properly because of the super extended Lvov pocket.
Chaos45 is correct too that every item in the game for the Soviets is accentuated by the Lvov pocket loses. The recovery for the Soviets really does not start until turn 10 from the 1st turn and those are just drops in a Ocean against a good German. That is assuming the Soviets don't make too many more mistakes the turns prior.. But if you throw in the Port jumping in the South you could pretty much be past Stalino and close to Rostov area turn 8-9.
Granted I am talking only about the top percentage of German players. But if I did an AAR showing how to do the Port jumping after a Super Extended Lvov pocket then more Soviets are going to lose their Southern industry than ever before after the rest of the Germans see how it is done.
Now don't get me wrong, I think the game is becoming more balanced all the time. Yes there are some items that need to be addressed which the Matrix team does a wonderful job of taking care of. But all of these take time.
Status: offline I thought it was pretty obvious that ports were good supply sources and should be fully made use of.
As for Riga, using one panzer is fine so long as you can attack twice. It never failed both times in my case. Of course don't forget bombing, ground support, pioneer, etc.
I thought it was pretty obvious that ports were good supply sources and should be fully made use of.
Obvious it not so much for everyone all the time.
You really don't even need bombing or ground support if you have the correct SU's attached on the attack on Riga.
Status: offline How long does it take to repair a port so it can be a supply source? Is there any way to accelerate this? I have not seen Germans being able to supply from ports before winter 1941-42.
Can Sea of Azov ports be sources of supply before the Germans capture Crimea and cross the Kerch Straights?
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Signed binary number 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001 converted to an integer in base ten = 16 777 193. How to convert a signed binary: 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001(2) to an integer in decimal system (in base 10) 1. Is this a positive or a negative number? In a signed binary, first bit (the leftmost) is reserved for the sign, 1 = negative, 0 = positive. This bit does not count when calculating the absolute value. 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001 is the binary representation of a positive integer, on 32 bits (4 Bytes). 2. Construct the unsigned binary number, exclude the first bit (the leftmost), that is reserved for the sign: 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001 = 000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001 3. Map the unsigned binary number's digits versus the corresponding powers of 2 that their place value represent: 230 0 229 0 228 0 227 0 226 0 225 0 224 0 223 1 222 1 221 1 220 1 219 1 218 1 217 1 216 1 215 1 214 1 213 1 212 1 211 1 210 1 29 1 28 1 27 1 26 1 25 1 24 0 23 1 22 0 21 0 20 1 4. Multiply each bit by its corresponding power of 2 and add all the terms up: 000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001(2) = (0 × 230 + 0 × 229 + 0 × 228 + 0 × 227 + 0 × 226 + 0 × 225 + 0 × 224 + 1 × 223 + 1 × 222 + 1 × 221 + 1 × 220 + 1 × 219 + 1 × 218 + 1 × 217 + 1 × 216 + 1 × 215 + 1 × 214 + 1 × 213 + 1 × 212 + 1 × 211 + 1 × 210 + 1 × 29 + 1 × 28 + 1 × 27 + 1 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20)(10) = (0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 8 388 608 + 4 194 304 + 2 097 152 + 1 048 576 + 524 288 + 262 144 + 131 072 + 65 536 + 32 768 + 16 384 + 8 192 + 4 096 + 2 048 + 1 024 + 512 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 1)(10) = (8 388 608 + 4 194 304 + 2 097 152 + 1 048 576 + 524 288 + 262 144 + 131 072 + 65 536 + 32 768 + 16 384 + 8 192 + 4 096 + 2 048 + 1 024 + 512 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 8 + 1)(10) = 16 777 193(10) 5. If needed, adjust the sign of the integer number by the first digit (leftmost) of the signed binary: 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001(2) = 16 777 193(10) Conclusion: Number 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001(2) converted from signed binary to an integer in decimal system (in base 10): 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001(2) = 16 777 193(10) Spaces used to group numbers digits: for binary, by 4; for decimal, by 3.
0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1001 is the binary representation of a positive integer, on 32 bits (4 Bytes).
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Provide support to dining staff to create a positive dining experience by preparing empty tables to receive new guests, restock supplies, clean dining room, and wash dishes.
A. Ability to follow instructions while paying attention to detail.
B. Ability to adhere to all sanitary regulations.
C. Ability to work independently.
D. Ability to meet the request of Residents as it relates to Dining Services.
E. Ability to multitask while moving about in a fast pace environment.
F. Able to work weekends, holidays, and extended shifts.
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Hoje a tarde eu ouvi de um respeitável senhor a seguinte frase: -"Vai da loucura de cada vivente. Não parei de pensar nisso até agora.
Giving oneself permission to rest is necessary.
Life is too long to wait for the perfect scenario. Life is too long to be stuck somewhere you do not enjoy. Yes, you may sometimes want to say, “Life is too short!”, but think who is going to have to live with you every day for the rest of your life? You! If you are not living your best life now, then when?
I was going to do a post on the 31 things I’ve learnt for my 31st birthday, but a ) I don’t want to admit I’m 31 & b ) I only got to 5 things so we’ll go with that: 1. It’s ok to not know your direction in life. Even at 31 (🤞🏽 ) At the end of the day, I feel the journey is really the destination 2. Do little things with big heart. It’s not always about the big gestures or the big moments. It’s about the every day, the minutiae, the genuine “how are you’s” and the beaming grins at strangers that can change theirs and your day for the better (even if it’s just cos they think you’re a bit odd ). You never know what someone is going through - be kind, always. 3. Your body is your most prized possession. Honour it & keep it healthy. You might not always love aspects of it, and that’s ok - acknowledge and accept the emotion, but let it pass. Remind yourself that your body’s sole role in this world is to keep marvellous YOU alive, and that makes it pretty damn incredible in my eyes. 4. Don’t always give out too much of yourself to others. Allow your mental and emotional batteries time to recharge regularly. A flat battery can’t help anyone. 5. We only have one Earth. And we are killing it. You might not feel like it’s your problem, but unfortunately, it is all of ours. As with no2; you can do small things and make a big impact. Cut down on single use plastics, reduce your meat consumption, walk instead of drive, pick up litter... it will all add up. In a world where there is little we can control - our effect on this Earth is something we can. So that’s it. My 5 lessons I learnt this last year. What about you? - What ‘eureka’ moments have you had in the last 12 months?
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What was the first high-definition home video format available to consumers?
Created by JVC, Hitachi, Philips and Matsushita, D-VHS was introduced in 1998 and was capable of showing movies in high resolutions including 1920x1080 and 1280x720 while D-VHS VCRs could record from 480p to full 1080i with an external DTV tuner in addition to being backward compatible with all the standard VHS and S-VHS tapes already in circulation.
When D-VHS was released, there was no other high-definition recording or playback system for consumers. DVD players at the time couldn't handle high definition video and it was only in 2004 that prototypes of consumer high-def DVD recording/playback devices began appearing at trade shows.
In the event that you attempt to watch an old D-VHS tape, note that manufacturers JVC and Mitsubishi never resolved compatibility differences and tapes recorded on hardware made by one can't be played by the other. Also after 2002, prerecorded D-VHS cassettes were sold under the brand name D-Theater and those tapes won't play in D-VHS decks without the D-Theater logo.
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Play out the hard life of a farmer in a developing country with droughts, disease, poverty, corruption and war. It is a fairly serious simulation that sketches some of the hardships and dilemma from the farmer's perspective. Your goal is to escape poverty by building infrastructure, communications, a school, a health clinic, political representation and insurance, while managing your farm and your family. The game can sometimes be randomly and unfairly easy or hard, so don't give up after one try. The game also has some humorous elements, such as raising elephants for livestock, so don't take everything too seriously. Instructions: Click to select crops and upgrades from the top left menu, and drag them to the fields to purchase. Click family members for character options. You can sell livestock, buildings and tools for a lower price, by clicking the coins button. Click the next turn button after you made your investments, to continue to next turn.
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Should I brush my teeth before or after rinsing with mouthwash?
A hot topic of debate for many dental professionals is the proper order for oral hygiene routines. Brushing, flossing, and rising are usually mindless actions for many people. They simply get it done instead of paying too much attention to the order or method. Unfortunately a quick scrub before you rush out the door will not do much to preserve your oral health and prevent cavities. Proper routines take a little more care, like knowing whether you should use mouthwash before or after you brush. But first, a few basics.
Typically mouthwash is an antiseptic solution the dentist recommends to help reduce harmful microbials in the mouth. Most mouth rinse comes in liquid form that people swirl around or gargle to help clean teeth, prevent infection, and freshen breath. Physicians or clinicians might also recommend some rinses as an anti-inflammatory or anti-fungal solution. In yet other cases patients use mouth rinse as a saliva substitute, to help neutralize acid production in the mouth and counteract the effects of xerostomia (dry mouth). Mouthwash is also commonly known as an oral rinse or mouth bath.
The most common use for commercial antiseptic mouthwash is at home oral hygiene. Using mouthwash daily is a good way to maintain better oral health and eliminate bad breath. It effectively reaches areas of the mouth where the toothbrush and dental floss can’t—the back of the throat, inside of cheeks, and between teeth. Anti-plaque rinses specifically eliminate bacterial plaque. Anti-cavity mouth rinses contain fluoride to help prevent dental decay. However, the daily use of mouthwash does not take the place of brushing and flossing.
So, do you use mouthwash before or after you brush? There are actually rational arguments for both. Those who argue for mouthwash before brushing suggest this practice loosens plaque and food particles, making it easier to remove them by brushing. Also, rinsing right after brushing your teeth can wash away the concentrated fluoride in the toothpaste you use.
Those on the opposite side say brushing clears and dislodges the microbial load, and using mouthwash after thoroughly rinses and disinfects the mouth. That said, most dentists agree patients should use a mouthwash containing fluoride after brushing their teeth. And they also suggest you don't rinse your mouth with water right after either. This gives the rinse more time to work and more effectively protects your teeth.
Despite what they say, there are few studies that statistically prove one is more effective than the other. What is most important is you take the time to brush, floss, and rinse daily to prevent the buildup of plaque. Proper technique trumps the order, unless you have been given specific directions from your dentist or health care provider.
Most companies suggest you don’t eat or drink for 30 minutes after using mouthwash. If you do not rinse with or drink water immediately after it gives the residual solution more time to kill bacteria and keep your breath fresh.
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The national monuments of Portugal (Portuguese: Monumentos Nacionais) were constructed throughout the Portuguese territory, and date back to the period of pre-historic settlement of occupation. Subsequently, the region that is today Portugal has been colonized by many civilizations, which have left marks in the territory, constructing markers, defensive structures, homes and places of worship to suit their requirements and means. The formal organization of the Portuguese state resulted in a process to qualify and quantify those structures that have had an intrinsic value to the Portuguese culture. Starting with the Direcção Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais (DGMEN), and later by the Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico (IGESPAR), the Portuguese government developed a registry of national monuments that includes a rich heritage of historical monuments throughout the country. This is a compilation of those structures that are designated as National Monuments only.
The first documented peoples to occupy the western coast of Iberia were the "Ostrimni" recorded in Ancient Latin poetry, whose territory stretched from Galicia (in northwestern Spain) to the Algarve (southern area of Portugal). The Greeks called the area of Portugal Ophiussa, and its inhabitants the Ophi. The serpent-worshipping Ophis are believed to have been a Celtic culture. These areas were eventually conquered, settled and assimilated by Indo-European peoples, made up of two probable invasions, the first by Proto-Celts who became the celebrated Lusitanians and the second by more developed Celts. Phoenicians also settled in trading posts along the coast and may have had contact with the assumably proto-Celtic Lusitanians, who, along with the Celtic Gallaeci, Celtici, Conii and Turduli became the base of the modern Portuguese ethnicity and culture. The Lusitanians along with the Gallaeci developed the Castro culture at the time of their invasion by the legions of Rome.
A formal organization of what would become Portugal began with the Roman occupation of the peninsula, which were responsible for re-purposing many of the castro settlements and moving the settlements from the hills to the valleys in the region. In the process, they constructed new buildings, established modern infrastructures (including internal water and baths) and a road network that connected Roman villas. Although there are many excavated ruins throughout the country, of particular importance are the Roman ruins of Conímbriga (Condeixa-a-Nova), in addition to many vestiges that encountered in the cities of Lisbon or Évora.
The disorganization in the Roman empire, which led to its fall, allowed the conquest by the Visigoths and the Christian Suevi in later years, along with other Germanic tribes. Many of the structures that survived this period include ancient churches and inscriptions built over previous constructions, which were the centre of Lusitanian settlements. Early Christian influences persisted for several centuries, until the Moors and Arab Berber peoples (from North Africa) invaded the Peninsula, including all of the territory which would eventually become Portugal. The Moors were first to construct many of the medieval castles that dot the landscapes of Portugal.
From the northern enclaves (Galicia and Asturias in Portugal's case), the Christian Reconquista began, expanding progressively south towards the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. This was not a permanent expansion, since the Moorish-Christian frontier continued to expand and retract for several years, with the victories and defeats of each battle.
Meanwhile, Portugal became a county of the Kingdom of León and briefly during the independence of the Kingdom of Galicia in the 1060s and 1070s. It became an autonomous dominion of the Kingdom of León in 1128, emerging as a fully independent kingdom in 1139, officially recognized by the Treaty of Zamora in 1143. After this period, and with the rise of the Portuguese state after the beginning of the Age of Discovery, Portuguese architecture expanded under the patronage of the wealthy kings, nobility, powerful clergy and through the many battles with rivals such as Castile, the French and Dutch. During these periods, many of the prominent buildings were destroyed, rebuilt, re-purposed and closed on the whims of the monarchy, which progressively used architectural projects to support their power, remember past glories or expand their position in the Iberian peninsula.
With the demise of the powerful clergy and religious orders, and eventually the fall of the monarchy in Portugal, many of the once important buildings in the country were either reused as seats of governmental power, abandoned into ruin or reused as museum, although some remained places of public use (such as the religious places of worship). The 20th century movement to restore and preserve the architectural history of Portugal was initiated under the Direcção Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais (DGMEN) during the Estado Novo regime in order to inventory national treasures and preserve existing monuments.
Although there are numerous monuments from various ages some of them have a special value due to their historical, architectural, artistic and cultural importance. These monuments are classified and protected by the Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico (IGESPAR) (Institute for the Management of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage), which classifies national treasures in terms of several general criteria: historic and cultural, aesthetic and social, technical and scientific, but also includes issues of integrity, authenticity and exemplary importance.
Owing to its relative value and importance, the cultural property may be listed as or national, public or municipal interest. In addition, these definitions are also defined in terms of being monuments, groups of buildings or sites, based on existing international conventions. IGESPAR regularly proposes the listing of new assets based on its mission to safeguard national heritage. As time goes by, a wide variety of new buildings and groups of structures of varying typologies have been added to the national register of monuments, such modernist architecture, vernacular landscapes, archaeological sites, monastic buildings/structures, historical gardens, and more recently human-built business and industrial establishments.
The listing process follows a strict procedure defined by Decree-Law no. 309/2009 (23 October 2009), which entered into force in January 2010.
IGESPAR also monitors and participates in the UNESCO registry of World Heritage Sites as a member state: there are 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in territory of Portugal. Similarly, eleven assets in the UNESCO world heritage list of 878 sites were former Portuguese possessions at one time, spread across three continents (Africa, America and Asia) associated with period of Portuguese Discoveries.
This page was last edited on 12 March 2019, at 11:31 (UTC).
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Oxford - Olympic and world champion pole vault coach Scott Kendricks chatted with Digital Journal about his plans for 2019, and how technology has changed the sport of pole vault.
Clermont-ferrand - Pole vaulters Sam Kendricks and Piotr Lisek have a major reason to celebrate. They both cleared 5.93 meters in the men's pole vault at "All Star Perche."
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Ostrava - On September 9, American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks will be competing at the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
When was the last time that a six meter jump in the men's pole vault came in second place? It happened on August 12 at the 2018 European Championships.
London - On July 21, American pole vaulter and reigning world champion Sam Kendricks was victorious at the IAAF Diamond League in London.
London - On July 15, 2018, American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks won the men's pole vault competition in the inaugural Athletics World Cup, which was held in London.
Rabat - On July 13, 2018, American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks reigned supreme in the men's pole vault competition in the IAAF Diamond League in Rabat.
On May 31, American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks triumphed in the men's pole vault at the IAAF Diamond League event that was held in Rome.
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Eugene - On May 25, teenage pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis competed at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic (Pre Classic) in Eugene, Oregon.
Eugene - On May 25, 2018, the annual Prefontaine Classic (Pre Classic) kicked off in Eugene, Oregon. Sam Kendricks reigned supreme in the men's pole vault.
2018 World Indoor Champion Sandi Morris chatted with Digital Journal about her gold medal win in the women's pole vault in Birmingham.
Acclaimed pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis chatted with Digital Journal about his indoor and outdoor world junior records in pole vault, as well as his plans for the future, which include The Pre Classic and European Championships.
Birmingham - On March 4, the men's pole vault competition took place at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Sam Kendricks won the silver medal for Team USA.
Clermont-ferrand - 2017 World Champion and American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks won first place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, after clearing 5.93 meters.
Oxford - American pole vaulter and Mississippi native Sam Kendricks will go down in history as the best pole vaulter in the world in the year 2017. Digital Journal explains why.
American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks has a major reason to be proud. He has been nominated for IAAF 2017 "Male Athlete of the Year."
Aachen - American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks won first place in the Domspringen pole vault meeting on September 6 in Aachen, Germany.
American pole vaulter Jeff Hartwig chatted with Digital Journal about his proudest moments in the sport. He gave advice for aspiring athletes and discussed how technology has changed contemporary track and field.
On August 27, American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks continued his winning streak at the IAAF World Challenge meeting that took place at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
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Body language is another term given to the non-verbal communication we do with our bodies every day. In face eighty percent of our daily communication is considered to be non-verbal. The study of body language works by studying our various body gestures, eye dilations and even the change in pitch of our voice in certain situations.
The basic premise of body language is that our body's limbic system or reptilian brain, which controls our most basic survival functions, including the fight-or-flight response, will naturally tell our bodies to perform certain gestures. Even babies seem to intuitively know how body language works and are able to communicate their needs to us via their small body gestures. Babies learn from an early age how certain gestures elicit certain responses. For instance smiling and tilting one's head slightly often results in an increase in attention. Even learning how to shake one's head "yes" and "no" seems to be derived from our childhood, where the "yes" head nod allowed us to find our mother's breast to feed from, and the "no" head nod terminates the feeding process.
When we are children, body language signs are more apparent because we haven't learned how to hide them or minimize them. As a result, children make excellent examples of study when it comes to non-verbal communication. Children generally have little control over their reactions to various situations, so when they have a like or dislike over something they usually let you know. As a result you will see more natural limbic body language signs from children than you would from an adult. For example, when a child lies they tend to cover or touch their mouths, almost in an effort to prevent the lie from escaping. As we get older we might deflect this motion by scratching our nose or combing our fingers through our hair.
As we get older we learn how to mask our face and some of our movements. In these cases body language works by studying the parts of the body we have little to no control over, and the parts of the body that we generally don't pay attention to. This means the observing of our feet, pupil dilations, and the pitch of our voices. Our feet are one of the few parts of the body we don't really pay attention to unless we're consciously thinking of them. As a result the feet are often where people studying body language will start. They can tell you who the dominant person is in the relationship, whether someone is truly interested in you, and if someone is getting ready to leave.
Pupil dilation is another body language sign observed to see if someone likes or dislikes something. However, this response only lasts momentarily so unless you are close enough to observe their initial response to a visual stimulus, you're going to miss seeing the pupil dilations. Our vocal pitch is also something we should be aware of since our voice often reflects the emotions we're feeling. For example when stressed many individual's voices will start to increase in pitch. If someone's pitch doesn't change when they're stating something that should have an emotional response associated with it, than that may be a sign of deceit.
Now that you know how the study of body language works, the next time you go out take the time to observe those around you and see what you can decipher from their body language signs. Just make sure that you're not too obvious in your observations of others, as this will make people uncomfortable around you, and change their body language signs.
Catherine Gray is the President & Founder of Inside-Out Beauty, LLC, a full service image consulting company that enables clients to achieve their personal and/or professional image goals by addressing all the interrelated aspects of one's image.
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