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Will Nitish Kumar be the Next PM?
As India is nearing to the 17th General elections, commonly known as Lok Sabha (lower house or house of representatives) elections, each passing day is turning out to be interesting with news and updates.
In a recent news article with Economic Times, dates 7th February 2019, indicating that the present Serving Chief Minister of Bihar, Sri Nitish Kumar could be the next Prime Minister of India, in case if NDA forms the next government. The news reported that Sri Prashant Kishor, who is believed to be the brain behind the wave elections of 2014 that brought Sri Narendra Modi to the limelight and made him the Prime Minister of India; held a meeting with Shiv Sena chief Sri Uddhav Thackeray, at Mathoshree a few days ago.
The report stated that Sri Prashant Kishor suggested that Shiv Sena Should be part of the NDA alliance and end its difference with BJP. Since, in the event of a shortfall to the Majority in getting seats by the latter, then NDA would once again form the government headed by Sri Nitish Kumar. The news source is confirmed by someone present during the meeting.
Thus, the report has added some excitement in the minds of number crunchers and psephologist. Therefore, many are now trying to analyze the possibility of Sri Nitish Kumar becoming the next Prime Minister of India. Hence with this news coming up, we at Vedicastroservice.com decided to analysis the horoscope of Sri Nitish Kumar.
Also, we decided to consider this as a series two, of our earlier prediction Who will be the next prime minister of India? In order to come out with analysis, we have used the natal charts and also took the horary route to infer a possible outcome. Also, to get a deeper analysis, we thought of using the Sub-lord method to that of a Vedic astrology system. Since there are many contenders for the post of PM within the NDA and even in the opposition, we decided to use the analysis of Natal Chart and use Horary to confirm any possibility.
Once again Vedicastroservice.com stands by its disclaimer, that we do not support or oppose any political party or individual. All the analysis that we provide here is merely astrological and request the readers not to form an election opinion.
Below are the astrological details of Sri Nitish Kumar.
Date of Birth: 1st March 1951.
Place of Birth: Bhaktiarpur, Patna District.
From the above details, the natal chart of Rashi chart of Sri Nitish Kuma has Gemini or Mithuna Ascendant and Moon in Scorpio or Vrischika Rahi. He is in the last leg of Sade Sathi and presently he is running Rahu Mahadasha and Saturn Antradasha up to September 2019. Both the position of Saturn and Rahu is well positioned; therefore, it indicates his success in politics. Also, with Gemini ascendant, it indicates that he would be assertive and intelligent to take swift moves in a political crisis. Thus, his position is quite strong to be in politics.
We further analyzed his horoscope with the present Dasha, Bhukti, and antra. He is running Rahu Mahadasha, with Saturn Bhukti with Rahu antra until 29th April 2019. Then he would be in the last Antra of Jupiter until 15th September 2019. Thus, the Antara Dasha of Saturn would last till September 2019.
Post the above date, he would be in Rahu Mahadaha and Mercury Antradasha. Mercury is the lord of Ascendant in his natal chart and also well placed in the 9th house from the ascendant. Thus, the Antradasha of Mercury can bring him again into Limelight.
This further indicates, that Sri Nitish Kumar can position himself as a PM Candidate post-poll alliance.
Further, when we analyzed the transit of Planets, the position of Rahu moving to Gemini sign on 6th March 2019, will reach the exact orb of Adra Nakshatra on 14th September 2019. This is an important transit since the ascendant in his horoscope is in Adra Nakshatra. Thus, Rahu which indicates politics and power would strengthen his position in politics towards the fag end of the year.
But one may say, that elections are to be held around April and May 2019. Further, towards the end of May 2019, results are to be announced, hence we decided to use the horary method here to check if there is any good possibility to support the natal chart.
Thus, the following is the Horary/Chalit chart with its analysis.
Horary No: 236 (we used a book of 249 pages to randomly arrive at this number).
At the time of horary, we had no planet that was Retrograde. Also, the Ruling Planets (R.P) were as follows: Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, and Mars.
Thus, the sub lord of 10th house is Jupiter, who is in Mercury nakshatra, indicating, 4th, 7th, and 11th house. Here the Sub lord is Rahu. Rahu is Positioned in the 10th house Also, the 11th house sub lord is *Saturn with Jupiter as its Sub lord. Here, Saturn is untenanted.
Therefore, the position of 10th sub lord is quite strong. Again, since there is Saturn, Venus, and Ketu in the 10th house of Chalit Chart, which completely confirms, the strength of the 10th house of position, power, and authority.
Therefore, fundamentally, the Horary chart is very strong. Also, we checked the 3rd house (courage) and 9th house (consensus building) and the placement of Jupiter in the 9th house further confirms that Sri Nitish Kumar is looking for alliance support, albeit tacitly. Therefore, it is evident, that Sri Nitish Kumar, may be successful in building a strong supporter base, post elections.
This is confirmed with the Dasha-Bhukti-Antra Analysis. As the present DBA is Rahu-Mars-Saturn. Later after 22nd May 2019, the DBA will be Rahu-Mars-Ketu, which represents the Ruling Planet (R.P) at the time of horary analysis.
Thus, Mars is in the 1st house, Rahu is the 4th house and Ketu in the 10th house, which clearly indicates, that it is Sri Nitish Kumar can turn out to be a Dark Horse, in the post-poll scenario.
Therefore, there are clear chances that Sri Nitish Kumar can become an alternative to Sri Narendra Modi, in case if BJP falls short of getting a full majority.
Author Girish VaithilinganPosted on February 7, 2019 February 7, 2019 Categories Will Nitish Kumar be the Next PM?
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Molecular phylogenetics reveals Messinian, Pliocene, and Pleistocene colonizations of islands by North African shrews.
Dubey S., Koyasu K., Parapanov R., Ribi M., Hutterer R., Vogel P., 2008. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 47 (2) pp. 877-882. Peer-reviewed. | 2019-04-25T20:52:27 | http://www.unil.ch/dee/home/menuinst/people/previous-collaborators/roumen-parapanov/publications.html |
For over three decades, the APPQ Certified Landscaper Awards have set the standard for excellence in landscaping throughout Quebec.
Each year, the Annual APPQ Certified Landscaper Awards honours those select firms whose projects are synonymous with quality, expertise and the finest achievements in Quebec landscaping.
Find all results on our magazine "Les plus beaux Jardins du Québec" available in store each spring. | 2019-04-19T02:18:41 | http://www.appq.org/certified-landscaper-awards/about-the-contest/ |
A typical view of the sidewalk in Trivandrum: a pile of garbage. Unlike US garbage, much of this is biodegradeable. This is near our house in Sastamanglam.
Garbage is not sufficient to sustain this pathetic creature, shown here whining for milk (which she later receives). Notice the fur missing from her tail.
Dan feeds cheese to the scrawny pathetic kitten and one of her healthier sisters. This is as close as they've ever gotten to us.
A typical view on the road to Technopark. Note the bodacious Tata. Roger is on the left, and Satee is on the right, and visible in the rearview mirror which he uses exclusively for watching passengers.
Dan in the lobby of a swanky hotel after a swanky $7 meal.
A typical scene in our house in Sastamanglam. Roger (right) sits at the dining room table, drawing a comic book. Ariel (left) recently returned from Bangkok.
Dan and Nina, reunited at last. | 2019-04-24T12:43:25 | http://ninapaley.com/IndiaPix1.html |
We think this is a cute name for a super cute filly, whose trainer endorses her as “a real sweetheart”. We admired her solid, well conformed body and her beautiful face. Her trainer calls her a “stargazer” because she always has her head up with her eyes watching the world around her. He further stated that she is an easy keeper, has no vices and is as sound as they come. Becky has been a very good earner on the racetrack with 20 in the money finishes out of her 35 lifetime starts, and, while she is an accomplished athlete with a great work ethic, her connections prefer not to bring her back for next year’s meet. When she wasn’t exuberantly bucking, we could see a lovely walk and jog. Becky is by Majestic Warrior out of a Forest Wildcat mare. | 2019-04-20T12:52:28 | http://fingerlakesfinesttbs.com/boomerang-becky-2013-15-3-bay-mare/ |
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The Estonian Rural Development Foundation (the Foundation) was founded by The Government of the Republic of Estonia in 1993. The foundation issued guarantees to banks for credits granted to farmers and other entrepreneurs in Estonian rural areas.
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Nursery Times by the River is a Health Promoting Nursery. Our snacks and meals are nutritious and incorporate fruit and vegetables. Our menus rotate and are revised every 6 months and have been created using guidance from the setting the table document .
At nursery children will be offered milk and water at snack times and throughout the day and also get fresh fruit juice with lunch.
In the morning we serve breakfast from 7:30am until 9.00am and provide porridge, weetabix, cornflakes, rice crispies and cheerios for children’s breakfasts.
The morning snack for our cradle days children is toast and fresh fruit.
The nursery gets lunch delivered from a local catering company. We offer lunches such as macaroni cheese, chicken curry, homemade soup, lasagne, lamb hot pot etc. Children are offered a desert after lunch. The lunch menus rotate 3 weekly to allow children the opportunity to try different foods. If children do not like the lunch they will be offered an alternative such as soup or a sandwich. All lunches incorporate vegetables or salad. Lunches can be blended for Babies who are weaning or an alternative can be provided.
We provide a second snack in the afternoon from a range of snacks including yogurts, fruit pots, organic snacks etc, a selection of fresh fruit is always included.
Nursery Times can cater for children with allergies and dietary requirements. Parents can provide information to the child’s keyworker at their first settle regarding any special requirements and we can offer alternatives to meet these needs. | 2019-04-23T16:50:04 | http://www.nurserytimesbytheriver.co.uk/cradle-days/cradle-days-meals-and-snacks/ |
The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant is located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, one of the four main theme parks at Walt Disney World, in Bay Lake, Florida. The restaurant is modeled after a 1950s drive-in theater, with booths resembling period convertibles. While eating, guests watch a large projection screen displaying film clips from old B-movies such as Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, Plan 9 from Outer Space, and Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
The entrance to the restaurant is made to look like a box office, and guests walk from there along a tall fence to the dining room, where several fiberglass booths made to look like convertibles from the 1940s and 1950s fill the area. The cars have whitewall tires, and license plates are dated 1955. Each convertible seats four people who eat off formica countertops. The ceiling simulates a night sky replete with twinkling stars made from optical fibers. The upper walls of the dining room display a 360-degree panorama of Southern California as seen over a fence.
Some of the servers wear roller skates, acting as carhops, while others improvise characters such as a police officer ostensibly in search of people who have snuck into the theater without paying. All the while short clips from 1950s and 1960s science fiction films, monster movies and other B horror films keep playing on a large projection screen in a never-ending loop.
The Sci-Fi Dine-In opened in May 1991, and within a year after opening it became the most popular restaurant in the park, serving more than 2,200 people per day at peak periods. | 2019-04-22T15:12:53 | https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/08/sci-fi-dine-in-theater-restaurant.html |
The world has unfortunately lost a beautiful mind this week, that person was Zaha Hadid who was amazingly accomplished architect, known as the grande dame of architecture. Just look at how beautifully human and organic her work was she will be missed.
So, for those of you who don't know me I have a confession to make; I am addicted to black & white! I came across this home via modto. This beautiful Leslieville home was designed by Kyra Clarkson & Christopher Glaisek of Modernest. | 2019-04-24T14:49:28 | http://www.soshallwork.com/blog/?category=ARCHITECTURE |
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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Intu Derby shopping centre.
Originally called Westfield Derby, the massive shopping centre changed the face of Derby city centre's retail offering.
The £340 million centre catapulted Derby into the big league as a shopping destination when it opened in October 2007.
But the introduction of such a large shopping complex to Derby was not without teething issues.
Retailers, many of them independents, found themselves on the outside looking in, and initially struggled as everyone flocked to Westfield, effectively bypassing them. Their problems were then compounded by one of the worst recessions in living memory.
But places like the Cathedral Quarter – home to the majority of the city’s independents – carved out their own niche. So much so that it recently triumphed in the Great British High Street Awards.
Today, Derby can now boast a nationally-recognised retail zone, as well as one of the best shopping centres in the country.
Not bad when you consider where we were a decade ago.
One of the main things to change since the centre opened is its ownership – and name. In 2014, Intu Properties bought the centre from Westfield and the name changed to Intu Derby.
Adam Tamsett, Intu Derby’s general manager, remembers all too well the impact the shopping centre first had on the Derby public. That is because, when the centre first launched, he was Westfield Derby’s marketing communications manager.
“I will never forget the reaction of some of the people when we pulled down the hoarding and they started to walk around the centre,” recalled Adam. “Some were in tears they loved it that much!
Today, retail still remains a huge part of Intu’s offer but it is also a key dining and leisure destination.
As well as catching a film at the Showcase Cinema de Lux, you can also now go bowling or even play a round of golf on a desert island!
According to Adam, it’s about offering something for everyone. He said: “We have a great selection of premium, high street and local brands, as well as a wide choice of restaurants, cafés and modern leisure facilities.
“This type of destination didn’t exist here before the centre was built and now we attract visitors from further afield as well as locally. The popularity of shopping centres has increased across the UK because they offer a day out, which includes a mix of retail and leisure in one location.
Although in many ways Intu Derby dominates the city, Adam insists the centre does not operate in isolation. He said: “The high street is an important part for the British culture, and Intu Derby is very much a part of Derby. Together we flourish and support the continued success of Derby.
Intu Derby’s contribution to the city is impressive. Almost 7,000 jobs are supported through the retail, catering, leisure and other tenants that occupy the centre, which attracts a footfall of around 23 million a year. Last year, the centre generated £311.9m of GVA (gross value added) for the city.
Now Intu Derby has been around for a decade, what does the future hold? Adam says technology will certainly play a role.
“We will continue to develop the centre to build a market-leading shopping and leisure destination that retailers want to be in and customers want to visit,” said Adam. “We will use our scale, experience and expertise to create new and compelling experiences, in centre and online.
“We know that, as today’s shoppers switch between physical and digital channels to explore, share ideas or buy, we will look to embrace new technologies and services that will help our shoppers. Services like our click and collect, the Intu app, free Wi-Fi and free phone charging are all examples of where we have merged digital shopping in our centre.
“We will continue to enhance and broaden the coming together of leisure and retail in the centre by launching some great new brands that we know our customers love.
To celebrate 10 years since the centre’s arrival in Derby, Intu is hosting its first photographic exhibition, which offers a view of Intu as you've never seen it before.
Arriving in centre today, the Faces of the City project commemorates 10 years of the centre and the vibrancy of the city of Derby, with a showcase of the city’s diverse and eclectic inhabitants.
The exhibition will be hosted on level two of the centre, between M&S and Debenhams, from the October 9 until October 31. | 2019-04-25T18:55:53 | https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/10th-anniversary-intu-derby-16-592096 |
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In SQL, a number – i.e.: any signed, or unsigned, combination of the digits 0 to 9 – is either an exact numeric value or an approximate numeric value. A numeric value may be a <literal>, the value of a parameter or a host language variable or the result of any expression or argument (including a possibly qualified <Column name>) that evaluates to a number.
Exact numeric values have a precision and a scale. The precision is a positive integer that determines the number of significant digits in the radix. The scale is a non-negative integer that specifies the number of digits to the right of the value’s decimal point. Exact numeric values are stored in one of the four exact numeric <data type>s: INTEGER, SMALLINT, NUMERIC or DECIMAL.
Approximate numeric values, or floating point numbers, have two parts: a signed decimal number (the mantissa) and a signed integer (the exponent). The exponent specifies the magnitude of the mantissa, so the value of such a number is the mantissa raised to the power of the exponent. Approximate numeric values also have a precision: a positive integer that specifies the number of significant bits in the mantissa. Approximate numeric values are stored in one of the three approximate numeric <data type>s: FLOAT, REAL or DOUBLE PRECISION.
A <numeric literal> is any number in one of two categories: the exact numeric integers and decimal numbers, and the approximate numeric floating point numbers.
An <exact numeric literal> is either an integer or a decimal number and its <data type> is exact numeric DECIMAL, though it is compatible with the INTEGER, SMALLINT, DECIMAL, NUMERIC, REAL, FLOAT and DOUBLE PRECISION <data type>s. The <literal>’s precision is the number of digits it contains and its scale is the number of digits to the right of its decimal point. A valid integer <literal> is a signed or unsigned decimal integer with an implicit scale of zero, e.g.: -65 or 476.
A valid decimal <literal> is a signed or unsigned decimal integer with an explicit scale (that can nevertheless default to zero), e.g.: 65 or -819.3 or .67 or -.02.
In this example, we’ve shown the real and double precision numbers in a normalized form – with one digit before the decimal point. This is not mandatory, but strongly recommended. We also show a fixed number of digits after the decimal point so that maximum sizes will be apparent; in fact leading zeroes and signs, as well as post-decimal zeros are all optional. The one thing that is not optional is the letter “E” – always upper-case.
The <data type>’s name: either INTEGER, SMALLINT, NUMERIC, DECIMAL, FLOAT, REAL or DOUBLE PRECISION.
The <data type>’s scale (for exact numeric types).
Whether the <data type>’s precision and scale are expressed in decimal or binary terms.
The required syntax for an INTEGER <data type> specification is as follows.
INTEGER may be abbreviated as INT; it defines a set of possibly signed whole numbers that have a scale of zero.
[NON-PORTABLE] INT’s precision must be greater than or equal to the precision of SMALLINT but is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define INT’s precision. FIPS says that INT should have a precision of at least 9 digits. OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book defines INT as a 32-bit, signed binary numeric, i.e.: INT corresponds to the C long int data type. Thus, INT defines a set of values that are possibly signed whole numbers with a precision of 31 bits and a scale of zero, e.g., -6500 or 476673.
[NON-PORTABLE] INT’s radix must be the same as the radix chosen for SMALLINT but is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define whether INT and SMALLINT have a binary radix or a decimal radix. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book defines INT and SMALLINT with a binary radix, i.e.: 2. This gives INT a valid range of -2,147,483,647 to +2,147,483,647.
The required syntax for a SMALLINT <data type> specification is as follows.
SMALLINT defines a set of possibly signed whole numbers that have a scale of zero.
[NON-PORTABLE] SMALLINT’s precision must be less than or equal to the precision of INT but is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define SMALLINT’s precision. FIPS says that SMALLINT should have a precision of at least 4 digits. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book defines SMALLINT as a 16-bit signed binary numeric, i.e.: SMALLINT corresponds to the C int data type. Thus, SMALLINT defines a set of values that are possibly signed whole numbers with a precision of 15 bits and a scale of zero, e.g., -65 or 476.
[NON-PORTABLE] SMALLINT’s radix must be the same as the radix chosen for INT but is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define whether SMALLINT and INT have a binary radix or a decimal radix, i.e., 2. THis gives SMALLINT a range of -32,767 to +32,767. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book defines SMALLINT and INT with a binary radix, i.e.: 2. This gives SMALLINT a range of -32,767 to +32,767.
The required syntax for a NUMERIC <data type> specification is as follows.
NUMERIC is a fixed-point numeric with a decimal precision and decimal scale that are equal to the explicit precision and the explicit scale given; it defines a set of values that are possibly signed decimal numbers with an optionally defined precision and optionally defined scale, e.g., or 65.73 or .6 or -819.3 or -.25.
The optional precision, if specified, is an unsigned integer that defines the maximum precision of acceptable values. The minimum precision is 1.
The optional scale, if specified, is an unsigned integer, greater than zero, that defines the maximum number of digits in the scale of acceptable values. It must be less than the precision and defaults to zero if omitted. You may define a scale for NUMERIC only if you also define a precision: if no precision is defined, the scale must default to zero.
The required syntax for a DECIMAL <data type> specification is as follows.
DECIMAL may be abbreviated as DEC and is a fixed-point numeric with a decimal scale that is equal to the explicit scale given; it defines a set of values that are possibly signed decimal numbers with an optionally defined precision and optionally defined scale, e.g., 65.73 or .6 or -819.3 or -.25.
The optional precision, if specified, is an unsigned integer that defines the maximum precision of acceptable values. DEC’s decimal precision must be at least equal to the precision you define – compare COBOL, which allows “PIC S9(3) COMP-1” but might allot a full-word “PIC S9(5)” for internal storage. The minimum precision is 1.
The optional scale, if specified, is an unsigned integer, greater than zero, that defines the maximum number of digits in the scale of acceptable values. It must be less than the precision and defaults to zero if omitted. You may define a scale for DEC only if you also define a precision: if no precision is defined, the scale must default to zero.
The required syntax for a FLOAT <data type> specification is as follows.
FLOAT is a floating-point numeric with a binary precision; it defines a set of values that are possibly signed floating point numbers.
The optional precision, if specified, is an unsigned integer that defines the maximum number of bits (including the hidden bit) in the mantissa of acceptable values. FLOAT’s binary precision must be at least equal to the precision you define. The minimum precision is 1.
[NON-PORTABLE] The minimum exponent and the maximum exponent for FLOAT are non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define FLOAT’s minimum and maximum exponents. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book allows you to define an exponent ranging from -038 to +038 for FLOAT.
The required syntax for a REAL <data type> specification is as follows.
REAL is a floating-point numeric with a binary precision, i.e.: REAL defines a set of values that are possibly signed floating point numbers.
For example, -1.27982E+15 or .465E-07.
[NON-PORTABLE] The minimum exponent and the maximum exponent for REAL are non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define REAL’s minimum and maximum exponents. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book allows you to define an exponent ranging from -38 to +38 for REAL.
The required syntax for a DOUBLE PRECISION <data type> specification is as follows.
DOUBLE PRECISION is a floating-point numeric with a binary precision, i.e.: DOUBLE PRECISION defines a set of values that are possibly signed floating point numbers.
[NON-PORTABLE] The minimum exponent and the maximum exponent for DOUBLE PRECISION are non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define DOUBLE PRECISION’s minimum and maximum exponents. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book allows you to define an exponent ranging from -038 to +038 for DOUBLE PRECISION.
Throughout this section, we´ve shown examples of <numeric literal>s that conform to the various SQL <data type>s we´re describing. It is important to remember that your DBMS doesn´t see them that way. To an SQL DBMS, <exact numeric literal>s have a DECIMAL <data type> and <approximate numeric literal>s have a FLOAT <data type>.
Now that we’ve described SQL’s numeric <data type>s, let’s look at some example SQL statements that put them to use.
These SQL statements make a Table with four exact numeric Columns, insert a row, then search for any number less than -1.
These SQL statements make a Table with three approximate numeric Columns, insert a row, then search for any number less than 50000.
According to the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic, “single-” and “double-precision” numbers are defined as follows.
The most significant mantissa bit is assumed to be 1. It is not stored.
You’d find the same specification in, say, an Intel FPU reference text or a C++ manual. But we found discrepancies when looking through documents for Java (where the exponent range is between -35 and +38), Delphi (where the exponent range is between -45 and +38 for single-precision and between -324 and -308 for double- precision), FIPS SQL (where the FLOAT exponent+size are 9+47 and the REAL exponent+size are 7+23). So, for portability reasons, it would be a good idea to avoid the extremes of the IEEE range.
Most DBMSs support IEEE float formats because FIPS requires that the decimal ranges be supported and because the DBMS code itself is written in a language that supports IEEE floats. But never does an official SQL standard tell vendors “how to store the data”. So it might be that your DBMS actually uses the IEEE sizes or it might be that your DBMS actually stores float decimal literals (as xBase does) and processes with base-10 arithmetic. If so, the following information doesn’t apply to you.
[Obscure Information] applies for the rest of this section.
Note that the number is wrong (three thirds should equal 1). Increase the scale. Try again. You’ll never get the correct result because you can’t accurately represent 1/3 as a decimal fraction.
If your Table has 1000 rows, then the conversion to binary happens 1000 times – cumulating the inaccuracy each time – and the conversion back to decimal happens only once, when the final SUM is returned. Rounding won’t save you, because the result – 99.45 – is good to the nearest hundredth. And you won’t check the result in your head. Yet the result is “wrong”.
In theory, this arithmetic exercise is not a “floating point” problem. We introduced the inaccuracy by converting a decimal fraction to binary. Both fixed-point and floating-point binary fractions have the same danger of inaccuracy, because the danger lies in the fact that we’re dealing with binary numbers – not in the fact that we’re dealing with floating-point numbers. So, in theory, the same “wrong” result could be returned for a DECIMAL Column or a NUMERIC Column. In practice, though, the better SQL DBMSs won’t use binary fractions for DECIMAL or NUMERIC values. Instead, like COBOL with “PIC 9V99”, they actually store an integer with an implied decimal point – so the number 1/100 is, internally, 1. No conversion occurs because an integral number of hundredths are being stored, rather than a fraction.
Because of this, for all financial transactions, both money and interest ought to be DECIMAL or NUMERIC. The frequency of definitions like: CREATE TABLE Table_1 (salary FLOAT); is a mistake, justified only by the fact that, in C or Pascal, it’s normal to define big or non-integer variables as floating-point.
A number is compatible with, and comparable to, all other numbers – that is, all numbers are mutually comparable and mutually assignable. Numbers may not be directly compared with, or directly assigned to, any other <data type> class, though implicit type conversions can occur in expressions, SELECTs, INSERTs, DELETEs and UPDATEs. Explicit numeric type conversions can be forced with the CAST operator.
In SQL, CAST is a scalar operator that converts a given scalar value to a given scalar <data type>. The required syntax for the CAST operator is as follows.
The CAST operator converts values of a source <data type> into values of a target <data type>, where each <data type> is an SQL pre-defined <data type> (data conversions between UDTs are done with a user-defined cast). The source <data type>, or <cast operand>, can be any expression that evaluates to a single value. The target <data type>, or <cast target>, is either an SQL predefined <data type> specification or the name of a Domain whose defined <data type> is the SQL predefined <data type> that you want to convert the value of “scalar_expression” into. If you use CAST (… AS <Domain name>), your current <AuthorizationID> must have the USAGE Privilege on that Domain.
CAST (NULL AS <data type>) and CAST numeric_source_is_a_null_value AS <data type>) both result in NULL.
You can CAST an exact numeric source to these targets: exact numeric, approximate numeric, fixed length character string, variable length character string, CLOB and NCLOB. You can also CAST an exact numeric source to an interval target, provided the target contains only one datetime field. That is, you can CAST an integer to INTERVAL YEAR or to INTERVAL MONTH, but you can’t CAST it to INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH. You can CAST an exact numeric source to a UDT target or a <reference type> target if a user-defined cast exists for this purpose and your current <AuthorizationID> has the EXECUTE Privilege on that user-defined cast.
You can CAST an approximate numeric source to these targets: exact numeric, approximate numeric, fixed length character string, variable length character string, CLOB and NCLOB. You can also CAST an approximate numeric source to a UDT target or a <reference type> target if a user-defined cast exists for this purpose and your current <AuthorizationID> has the EXECUTE Privilege on that user-defined cast.
When you CAST, an exact numeric value or an approximate numeric value to an exact numeric target, e.g., CAST (25 AS INTEGER), CAST (1.47E-5 AS DECIMAL(9,7)), or when you CAST an exact numeric value or an approximate numeric value to an approximate numeric target, e.g., CAST (25 AS FLOAT), CAST (1.47E-5 AS DOUBLE PRECISION) – your DBMS checks whether the source is a valid value for the target’s <data type> (or if a valid value (one that doesn’t lose any leading significant digits) can be obtained from the source by rounding or truncation. If so, then the source is converted to that target value. If neither of these are true, the CAST will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22003 "data exception-numeric value out of range".
[NON-PORTABLE] If your source value is not a valid value for your target <data type>, then the value CAST is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define whether the DBMS will round or will truncate the source to obtain a valid target value. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book truncates the source to obtain a valid target value.
If the length of the result equals the fixed length of the target, then the source is CAST to that result. If the length of the result is shorter than the fixed length of the target, then the source is CAST to that result, padded on the right with however many spaces is required to make the lengths the same. If the length of the result is longer than the fixed length of the target, the CAST will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22001 data exception-string data, right truncation. And if the result contains any characters that don’t belong to the target’s Character set, the CAST will also fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22018 data exception-invalid character value for cast.
If your approximate numeric source value is zero, the CAST result is this character string: ‘0E0’.
When you CAST an exact numeric value or an approximate numeric value to a variable length character string target or a CLOB or NCLOB target, your DBMS converts the number to the shortest string that represents that number. As with fixed length target, it strips off leading plus signs, leading zeros, and any insignificant decimal signs and trailing zeros. If the length of the result is less than or equals the maximum length of the target, then the source is CAST to that result. If the length of the result is longer than the maximum length of the target, the CAST will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22001 “data exception-string data, right truncation”. And if the result contains any characters that don’t belong to the target’s Character set, the CAST will also fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22018 data exception-invalid character value for cast.
[Obscure Rule] The result of a CAST to a character string target has the COERCIBLE coercibility attribute; its Collation is the default Collation for the target’s Character set.
When you CAST an exact numeric value to an interval target, your DBMS converts it to the value of the interval’s single datetime field represented by that number – for example, CAST (25 AS INTERVAL YEAR) results in an interval of 25 years. If the number you’re casting is too large for the precision of the target – as in CAST (500 AS INTERVAL HOUR(2)` – the CAST will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22015 "data exception-interval field overflow.
When you CAST an exact numeric value or an approximate numeric value to a UDT or a <reference type> target, your DBMS invokes the user defined cast routine, with the source value as the routine’s argument. The CAST result is the value returned by the user defined cast.
If you want to restrict your code to Core SQL, don’t use <Domain name> as a CAST target: CAST only to a <data type>.
In SQL, when an exact numeric or an approximate numeric value is assigned to an exact numeric target, the source is first converted to an exact numeric value with the precision and scale of the target. When an exact numeric or an approximate numeric value is assigned to an approximate numeric target, the source is first converted to an approximate numeric value with the precision of the target. In either case, if the assignment would result in the loss of any of the source value’s most significant digits, the assignment will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22003 data exception-numeric value out of range.
[NON-PORTABLE] If the assignment of a numeric value would result in the loss of any of the source value’s least significant digits, the result is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define the result using either of two options: (a) your DBMS may truncate the source to fit the target and then make the assignment or (b) your DBMS may round the source to fit the target and then make the assignment. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book truncates the source value to fit the target.
[Obscure Rule] Since only SQL accepts null values, when a null value is taken from SQL-data to be assigned to a numeric target, your target’s value is not changed. Instead, your DBMS will set the target’s indicator parameter to -1, to indicate that an assignment of the null value was attempted. If your target doesn’t have an indicator parameter, the assignment will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22002 data exception-null value, no indicator parameter. Going the other way, there are two ways to assign a null value to an SQL-data target. Within SQL, you can use the <keyword> NULL in an INSERT or an UPDATE statement to indicate that the target should be set to NULL; that is, if your source is NULL, your DBMS will set your target to NULL. Outside of SQL, if your source has an indicator parameter that is set to -1, your DBMS will set your target to NULL (regardless of the value of the source). (An indicator parameter with a value less than -1 will cause an error: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22010 data exception-invalid indicator parameter value. We’ll talk more about indicator parameters in our chapters on SQL binding styles.
ALL returns TRUE either (a) if the collection is an empty set (i.e.: if it contains zero rows) or (b) if the comparison operator returns TRUE for every value in the collection. ALL returns FALSE if the comparison operator returns FALSE for at least one value in the collection.
SOME and ANY are synonyms. They return TRUE if the comparison operator returns TRUE for at least one value in the collection. They return FALSE either (a) if the collection is an empty set or (b) if the comparison operator returns FALSE for every value in the collection. The search condition = ANY (collection) is equivalent to IN (collection).
With SQL, you have several other operations that you can perform on numbers, or on other values to get a numeric result.
SQL provides the usual scalar arithmetic operators, + and - and * and /, to perform operations on numbers. All of them will be familiar; there are equivalent operators in other computer languages. If any of the operands are NULL, the result of the operation is also NULL.
Because two dashes i.e.: -- means “comment start” in SQL, our example of a double negative has to be -(-occurrence_decimal) rather than --occurrence_decimal.
Dyadic * and / have priority over dyadic + and -, but monadic + and - have top priority. It’s good style to use parentheses for any expressions with different operators.
CASE expressions are good for taking error-abating actions in advance.
SQL has no low-level debugging features, so sometimes you will need to force an error somewhere in a complex expression, to be sure it is actually being executed. For this purpose, insert code that would cause a numeric overflow.
[NON-PORTABLE] An exact numeric value added to, subtracted from, multiplied by or divided by an exact numeric value yields an exact numeric value with a precision that is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define the precision of the result. For all these operations, if the result of the operation can’t be exactly represented with the correct precision and scale, the operation will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22003 "data exception-numeric value out of range". [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book gives the result of an arithmetic operation between exact numeric operands a <data type> and precision that matches the <data type> and precision of the operand with the most exact precision, e.g.: for an operation with SMALLINT and INT operands, the result is an INT.
An exact numeric value added to or subtracted from an exact numeric value yields a result with a scale size that matches the size of scale of the operand with the largest scale, e.g.: for an operation with DECIMAL(6,2) and INT operands, the result has a scale of 2.
An exact numeric value multiplied by an exact numeric value yields a result with a scale size that is the sum of the scale sizes of the operands, e.g.: for an operation with DECIMAL(6,2) and NUMERIC(10,4) operands, the result has a scale of 6.
[NON-PORTABLE] An exact numeric value divided by an exact numeric value yields a result with a scale size that is non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define the scale size of the result. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book gives the result of a division operation between exact numeric operands a scale size that matches the size of scale of the operand with the largest scale, e.g.: for an operation with DECIMAL(6,2) and NUMERIC(10,4) operands, the result has a scale of 4.
[NON-PORTABLE] An approximate numeric value added to, subtracted from, multiplied by or divided by an approximate numeric value yields an approximate numeric value with a precision and scale that are non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define the precision and scale of the result. If the exponent of the result doesn’t fall within the DBMS’s supported exponent range, the operation will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22003 "data exception-numeric value out of range". [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book gives the result of an arithmetic operation between approximate numeric operands a <data type> and precision that matches the <data type> and precision of the operand with the most exact precision, e.g.: for an operation with REAL and DOUBLE PRECISION operands, the result is a DOUBLE PRECISION type.
[NON-PORTABLE] An approximate numeric value added to, subtracted from, multiplied by or divided by an exact numeric value (or vice versa) yields an approximate numeric value with a precision and scale that are non-standard because the SQL Standard requires implementors to define the precision and scale of the result. [OCELOT Implementation] The OCELOT DBMS that comes with this book gives the result of an arithmetic operation between approximate numeric and exact numeric operands a <data type> and precision that matches the <data type> and precision of the operand with the most exact precision, e.g.: for an operation with REAL and DOUBLE PRECISION operands, the result is a DOUBLE PRECISION.
Let it grow. The result is DECIMAL(6) if the operation is addition and slightly more if the operation is multiplication. This choice has the advantage that it eliminates “overflow” errors. But there are still undefined areas: What happens if the DECIMAL precision is already at the maximum? What happens if the operation adds 1 to a SMALLINT – does the <data type> upgrade to INTEGER so that the increased precision is valid?
Chop it. The result is DECIMAL(5), regardless. This risks failure on even the most innocuous operations, but it’s a simple rule to follow: output precision = input precision. Programmers can understand it.
These choices are not mutually exclusive and your DBMS might make different decisions for different operations.
will cause an error – be sure your source value fits in the CAST target.
SQL lacks useful functions which in other languages are built-in, e.g.: the ability to detect NaN (Not a Number).
SQL vendors are only obliged to define and to accept IEEE numbers. They can do arithmetic without paying any attention to the IEEE standard at all. In particular, some vendors may use the same routines for approximate numerics as they use for exact numerics, and exact is slower.
Still, you can do the basic arithmetic functions – add, subtract, divide, multiply, compare – provided you take sensible precautions.
We did this operation with an IEEE-compatible compiler: 1234.567 - 1234.000 The result was 0.5670166.
Here, by casting to DEC(8,3) we first change the result 0.5670166 to 0.567. The second CAST casts this back to REAL, with a subsequent result of 0.5670000. Casting is a straightforward way to strip – unfortunately, it’s only useful if you know a lot about the data.
By the way, don’t just transpose the operands. Order of expression evaluation varies.
When doing floating-point division, keep in mind that there is such a thing as “negative zero” and there are floating-point numbers which are so small that you’ll get an exception when you divide by them, even though they don’t exactly equal zero. This makes it a little harder to test for “division by zero” errors in advance.
SQL provides ten scalar functions that return a number: the <case expression>, the <cast specification>, the <position expression>, the three <length expression>s, the <extract expression>, the <cardinality expression>, the <absolute value expression> and the <modulus expression>. Only the last two also operate exclusively on numbers; these are described below. We’ll discuss the rest in other chapters; for now, just remember that they evaluate to a number and can therefore be used anywhere in an SQL statement that a number could be used.
ABS operates on an argument that evaluates to a number. It strips a negative sign (if it’s present) from the argument and returns a non-negative number whose <data type> is the same as the argument’s <data type>, e.g.: ABS(-17) returns 17, ABS(17) returns 17 and ABS(0) returns 0. If the argument is NULL, ABS returns NULL.
[Obscure Rule] ABS can also operate on an interval. We’ve ignored this option for now – look for it in our chapter on temporal values.
The required syntax for a <modulus expression> is as follows.
MOD operates on two arguments, both of which must evaluate to an exact numeric integer. It divides the first number by the second number and returns the operation’s remainder as a non-negative exact numeric integer whose <data type> is the same as the divisor_argument’s <data type>, e.g.: MOD(35,4) returns 3 and MOD(32,4) returns 0. If either argument is NULL, MOD returns NULL. If the divisor_argument is zero, the function will fail: your DBMS will return the SQLSTATE error 22012 "data exception-division by zero".
MOD is new to SQL with SQL3. In the Standard, MOD stands for “modulus” but the result of this function is not actually a modulus – it is a remainder achieved “by means of a modulus”.
SQL provides five set functions that return a number: COUNT(*), COUNT, AVG, SUM and GROUPING. All but COUNT(*) also operate on numbers (COUNT(*) operates on rows). AS do the set functions MAX and MIN also operate on numbers. Since none of these operate exclusively with numeric arguments, we won’t discuss them here; look for them in our chapter on set functions.
In addition to the comparison operators, SQL provides eight other predicates that operate on numbers: the <between predicate>, the <in predicate>, the <null predicate>, the <exists predicate>, the <unique predicate>, the <match predicate>, the <quantified predicate> and the <distinct predicate>. Each will return a boolean value: either TRUE, FALSE or UNKNOWN. None of these operate strictly on numbers, so we won’t discuss them here. Look for them in our chapter on search conditions.
When you’re defining a <data type> specification, think about whether you really need a numeric <data type> for the expected data. Don’t just ask: are the values always bunches of digits? For example, phone numbers are digits but if you define a DECIMAL <data type> for them you might lose a valuable piece of information – whether a leading zero is significant. Identification numbers are digits but if you define a DECIMAL <data type> for them you might have trouble calculating the check digit, which is usually based on a substring extraction. Instead, consider the question: will I ever need to do standard arithmetic operations on the data? If the answer is “no”, use a string <data type> rather than a numeric type.
Once you’ve gone through the decision tree, calculate the required precision and scale by looking at all expected values.
The “typical” SQL DBMS supports most of the standard numeric data types, but often uses preferred local names. Here are some lists of local types derived from vendor manuals. The correlation with the leftmost (“Standard”) column is sometimes imprecise. “ODBC” is not a DBMS but a spec.
Other commonly-seen numeric data types include TINYINT (8-bit signed integer), BIGINT (64-bit signed integer) and SERIAL (integer that goes up by 1 for each new inserted row).
Before we finish discussing numbers, it’s time to add something to our “SQL library”. To be worthy of addition to the SQL library, a routine must (a) be good clean SQL, (b) be callable from C and Delphi, (c) be actually useful in C and Delphi because it does something that those languages can’t and (d) have nothing at all do with “databases” – it should be available for use just like any general function library.
Our addition to the SQL library for this chapter will be a calculator. It won’t match C and Delphi for floating-point arithmetic, but it will give more exact answers. Here it is.
Pass: An arithmetic expression in the string lp_calculation. The string may contain any combination of numeric <literal>s (in valid SQL form), the operators * + * / MOD ABS and parentheses.
lp_result: Result of expression (a string containing a number).
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Arrival at Njp Rly Station and transfer to Gangtok the capital city of Sikkim , It is also known as the second smallest state of India and mostly famous for tourist destination. It is one of the mostly visited hill station from North east India. After 5/6 hour of journey check in at Hotel. Relax an hour. Afternoon visit Gangtok local sightseeing like Tashi view point ,Hanuman Tok, Ganesh Tok , Enchey monastery, cottage Industry, Flower exhibition center, Namgyal institute of Tibetology museum, Rope way etc. Evening free to stroll around the market ,check into hotel , stay overnight at Gangtok.
After early morning breakfast drive towards to East Sikkim . It is popularly famous for the tourist spots known as Tshamgo Lake, Baba Mandir & Nathulaa Pass. Tsomgo lake is formed in an oval shape and is situated at the height of 12313ft. It is a holy place for Sikkimese the Lake changes its colour in summer season and remain frozen during the winter season. Baba Mandir is a shrine which is actually built in the honor of Baba Harbhajan Singh. He was an Indian army. People believe that he is still continuing his duty even after his death in 1968 near the Nathulaa Indo-china border. Nathulaa Pass is at the height of 14140 ft above from sea level. It is one of the two open trading border posts between China and India. During the winter season tourists could enjoy the snow fall in these places at evening back to hotel enjoy the dinner and stay overnight at Gangtok.
After morning breakfast, transfer to Pelling. It is a town under the district of West Sikkim. It is remarkable for the beautiful sunset and the spectacular view of Himalayan range and the mount Kanchenjunga it will be viewed near from the place. It will take approx 5 hour to reach Pelling town from Gangtok, Check into the hotel at evening enjoy the dinner and stay overnight at Pelling.
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Following a long tradition, Entrematic Belgium invited its dealers for a meeting with their colleagues and the Entrematic Team. Some 60 attendants followed several presentations and workshops. Juan Vargues, President and Dirk Wouters, CEO, presented the actual situation and future evolutions of the Entrematic Group. Fred Bostyn, COO and Rudi Velders, Sales & Marketing Director, talked about the latest developments in R&D and marketing.
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Traditionally, the dealer event is an opportunity for dealers to bond with their commercial and technical contacts from Entrematic and with their fellow dealers in a relaxed atmosphere. The reactions at the end of the event were unanimous: all dealers were enthusiastic. They understand the Entrematic strategy, are confident for the future and very excited about the new developments. | 2019-04-21T12:54:07 | https://www.dynacodoor.com/en/news/entrematic-event-dynaco-dealers |
Yesterday, I received the book from Amazon.com and quickly scanned the first couple of chapters — enough to convince me she’s a much better writer than on-stage interviewer. On the page, she doesn’t interject herself into the narrative.
Frankly, I’m typically not a fan of biographies of still active business executives — or in the case of her book, biographical vingettes strung together in a book-length “trend story.” Over the years, I’ve discovered that books about dead people are more instructive than books about the living. Call me old fashioned — or morbid.
For example, I tried really hard to like the recent book about Steve Jobs by Leander Kahney, Inside Steve’s Brain. And while I found it nice that he eschewed the typical recounting of Jobs’ darker side, it is still a bit flat. I was especially disappointed by what must have been a publisher’s request that he put bullet-point “lessons from Steve” at the end of each chapter.
Lesson from Inside Steve’s Brain: If you want to throw cold water on a biography, end each chapter in ready-for-Power Point bullet points. Bullet points in a biography are about as elegant as big buttons on an MP3 player.
Sidenote: I really love the way that Amazon.com “Search Inside” logo juxtaposes with the book cover in that screen grab above. | 2019-04-24T22:53:37 | https://www.rexblog.com/2008/05/15/17660 |
What do you enjoy most about the financial services industry?
The thing I most enjoy is being able to help our clients. Creating a road map to retirement is incredibly complex, and being able to help take the weight off of someone’s shoulders is immensely satisfying.
Aligning client’s expectations and needs to fit their personalized financial plans.
Achieving Dean’s List at every semester at Marquette University.
I am an avid runner, so it would have to be placing in the top of my age group for the Bellin Run in Green Bay, WI.
The devil is in the details, so having an analytical and detailed mindset is key to dealing with clients’ investments.
People should view their wealth as a tool that is used to create long-term prosperity and financial stability.
Spending time outdoors hunting and fishing.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel. A great book for anyone who wants an alternative view towards investments.
What would you be doing if you didn’t work in the financial industry?
I would have likely pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Bachelors of Science in Finance and Economics from Marquette University. | 2019-04-26T01:51:50 | https://roellcapital.com/biographies/nick-stephan/ |
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Creating custom vehicle graphics is the ideal way to turn your vehicles and your consumers’ vehicles into moving advertisement for your company, products or brand. You’ll find that a well-designed car graphic is more likely to be seen and remembered. By including your logo and tagline, you’ll reach a wide variety of potential customers at an affordable price with very little work required on your end. Simply let your customers be your brand advocates as they spread the word about your company.
Our vehicle graphics are designed with your brand in mind. We use only the best materials to ensure that our products can withstand the elements and accurately showcase your brand 24/7. Contact the Action Graphics team today to get started. Action Graphics utilizes the state of the art technology to produce our vehicle graphics, including HP and Mimaki Printers and 3M materials. Our master installers will make sure every project that goes out the door exceeded our client’s expectations. Many shops consider the project good enough if it looks acceptable while the vehicle is moving, we set a much higher standard at Action Graphics, you will love the results.
We also offer other forms of vehicle wraps, including boat wraps, box truck wraps, decorative paint replacement wraps, carbon fiber treatments, and so much more. Yes we can wrap many other items like refrigerators as well! | 2019-04-19T14:25:14 | https://www.actiongraphicsink.com/vehicle-graphics/ |
If you thought Aquaman got the raw end of the deal in the first trailer for the upcoming Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, TV Guide's preview of the variant cover to Aquaman #12 should quench your thirst to see the hero command some respect. Set for an August 29 release, Aquaman #12 will sport a regular cover by regular series artist Ivan Reis, plus a Robot Chicken DC Comics Special variant featuring Aquaman grinning in triumph over a defeated New 52 Justice League lineup of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Wonder Woman and Cyborg. You can check out the full-sized version of the cover after the cut. | 2019-04-21T16:07:17 | https://comicsalliance.com/parting-shot-robot-chicken-dc-comics-special-variant-cover/ |
SIMS holds medical data in many fields therefore these need tidying/cleansing/merging before being imported into Pupil Asset.
We will provide you with a partially cleansed export from SIMS. We ask you to go through the file and complete it so that it's ready to be imported into PA.
Medical Information is stored in Pupil Asset with a Medical Condition, a Medical Note and a Food Allergy Flag.
When Medical Conditions are imported, they are added to the Medical Condition Dropdown so it is important to try and keep them consistent to avoid duplications.
For example, you may wish to correct typos (Exema > Eczema) or merge similar conditions (Heart Problems > Heart Issues > Heart Conditions).
Example of PA Medical Drop Down with typos and duplications.
The file we provide you with will contain Forename, Surname, UPN, Dietary, Summary, Note and Food Allergy; however, because of the way the data is stored in Sims there are likely to be duplicates.
Once you have cleansed the data, your file will be ready to import in the usual manner. | 2019-04-21T18:55:25 | https://www.pupilasset.com/help/how-to-guide/pa-administration/how-to-cleanse-medical-records-for-migration-to-pupil-asset-mis |
An owner of personal account – you have an access to all data. You are responsible for adjustment main mechanisms of work and track of company’s achievement in whole.
Administrators, managers, office managers or in other words – a level of access when a user can manage accounts, review their data, edit and work with finances, if he received rights for it.
Operators – a third level of access, it is offered for translators who help ladies to communicate. They also have an access to profiles’ activity and financial information if rights are given.
Therefore, you can define a level of influence of every worker and distribute duties within a company, than just simply control a process. Attention! A work with administrators and operators is absolutely equivalent that is why we will show how to work with administrators.
An owner of personal account has a button “Access” in the menu, clicking on it you can come over to a management of administrators or operators.
Specify data for administrator’s authorization.
Specify personal data about an administrator.
Specify a list of accounts with what an administrator can work.
Specify rights of administrator’s access.
Then you have to specify a list of accounts an administrator will work with. If you have many accounts, you can use a search filters. To highlight an account just click on a line in a table or on a tick. You can also highlight all displayed accounts or clear highlighting with a help of a tick in a head of table (There is an ID of account left from a text line). Depending on a tick mode, accounts will be highlighted or highlighting will be taken out). Also for your convenience, after a table left it is shown a total number of highlighted accounts and right it is an extra filter what enables to review only highlighted accounts. An important issue! In a mode of reviewing of administrators’ accounts, filters of accounts’ ID, a Girl’s name, a Site, a Type of extension are also active and they will show only those accounts that correspond to highlighted filtration characteristics.
1. A setting of formulae of rewards calculation – can an administrator specify or review settings of financial rewards of your accounts or not?
2. Show a column “Turnover” in a financial report – is a column “Turnover” in the report of “Financial report” available for an administrator?
3. An access to a report about financial achievements – can an administrator review summary data about company’s financial achievements concerning highlighted accounts for him or not?
4. An access to graphics about financial achievements –possibility of financial achievements review in a form of graphics about accounts what were highlighted for management.
An analysis and maintenance of account’s activities; an analysis of activity, a data analysis about account’s work.
An analysis of financial account’s indicators.
As you are a head you know better how to correctly distribute rights and duties.
You can see personal information about each administrator in your list of administrators. You can see last an administrator’s activity and also a number of administrators. . If you are intere4sted in a list of accounts what an administrator manages you can browse to an editing and as it was above mentioned to see a list of specified accounts for an administrator. | 2019-04-24T03:01:19 | https://chatoptimizer.com/en/raspredelenie-dostupa-k-lichnomu-kabi |
Everyone at Glastonbury came out for Lionel Richie. Even the sun. The result was a mass joyous communal singalong of middle of the road Eighties hits that many of this 200,000 strong audience would probably publicly dismiss as cheesy pop.
Yet the evidence suggested otherwise: big, bearded, tattooed hipsters, face-paint splattered cyberpunk ravers, old hippies, young indie rockers were all united by irresistible melodies and sentimental lyrics, crammed together, arms aloft, bellowing "Hello! Is it me you're looking for?"
The 66-year-old American star looked on in open-mouthed astonishment and delight. "Glastonbury, what the hell is going on?" he repeatedly asked. "There's people here know these songs better than I do." Once a superstar of pop and soul who enjoyed two decades of global sales in the multi-millions, both solo and with The Commodores, Richie’s hits started drying up in the Nineties.
Though he still commands arena-sized audiences today, he looked genuinely moved at the lusty response to songs like Dancing on the Ceiling, Three Times a Lady and Say You, Say Me. The sound made by 200,000 people singing in unison is quite something to behold. It was a sincere affirmation of his real standing in pop culture as a hit-maker of the highest order.
Richie benefited from what has become a traditional Sunday afternoon slot at Glastonbury, when mainstream artists not usually associated with muddy festival counterculture are invited to perform. Essentially their role is to provide a break from the hard partying on the festival's final day, and a point of common ground to unite the huge range of pop subcultures in attendance. Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and (though he has a more rock credibility) Paul Simon have all fulfilled this role and enjoyed similarly massive and effusive crowds.
This kind of performance works partly because it has novelty value in such a setting. With all the silly hats, colourful costumes and glittery face make up, the festival gives audiences an excuse to release notions of coolness and constraint and just have some fun. And what it reveals is that, whatever opinions rock and rave audiences might think they hold about the triteness and triviality of commercial chart music, at heart we are all suckers for a big, meaty tune delivered with technical aplomb and emotional sincerity. That, after all, is the ground pop culture was built on.
The sight and sound of Glastonbury festival uniting to sing "We are the world, we are the children" is one neither Richie nor anyone else present is likely to forget. | 2019-04-25T22:59:01 | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/glastonbury/11696467/lionel-richie-review.html |
Test your luck in the wine toss and wine pull. Bid on exciting live and silent auction items including and autographed Carson Wentz jersey, a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of 6ABC Action News Studio, one-of-a-kind artwork, vacation homes, and more! Proceeds benefit Canine Partners for Life. Contact Jessica Dryek at (610) 869-4902 x225 or [email protected]. | 2019-04-22T08:24:09 | https://www.visitwilmingtonde.com/event/unleashed-%26-uncorked%3A-puppies-%26-pearls/34610/ |
the international society of endovascular specialists (ISEVS) is a dedicated group of multidisciplinary physicians, students, allied health professionals, and industry leaders who collaborate Through Research and education to improve vascular interventions and patient care worldwide.
This conference will teach interventional cardiovascular imaging techniques in an intensive hands-on workshop. Participants will learn and demonstrate imaging techniques, including techniques for image fusion, and understand the use of electronic image guided planning, such as planning in a 3D environment. By the end of the conference, attendees should be ready to apply these techniques to improve their clinical practice. The course is designed for interventional cardiologists.
We strive to improve patient care by implementing Global initiatives, on Local platforms.
As a non-profit organization, ISEVS relies on its community to thrive. Please consider a donation to help us further our mission. | 2019-04-23T08:11:40 | https://www.isevs.org/ |
FREE Valentine’s Day Banner Printable is a fun way to decorate your home for V-day. This garland is easy to use, just print, cut, attach twine, and hang on the wall!
I posted some pretty sweet Valentine’s printables such as treat bag toppers, cupcake toppers, and love coupons and I hope they help you celebrate the day with lotsa ♥ . I am also updating this banner printable I first in 2016 with new photos, just in case you’re looking for last-minute party decor.
This Valentine’s Day garland is so simple to make, all you need are baker’s twine, glue sticks or tape, and card stock paper to print on. Download or print the printable here.
Cut each letter with scissors by following the pattern. Glue or tape on a length of kitchen twine to secure and to form the garland.
Hang the banner across a window, across a mantel, on a wall or over a doorway to easily liven up space for Valentine’s Day! | 2019-04-25T16:05:17 | https://www.onionringsandthings.com/free-valentines-day-banner-printable/ |
Position yourself as the marketing expert in the eyes of your current and potential clients. Outclass the competition with your own customizable digital slide presentation – either you can take control (ideally you will need to understand programs such as Power Point) or you can send us everything and we can customize it for you. It’s ready for you to add specific and current information to help you target your clients’ criteria and specific requirements. | 2019-04-24T04:10:01 | https://realmarketing4you.com/our-products/digital-slide-presentation/ |
Our stop-motion short film, "The Haunting at Danford Cabin" is also an official selection of the Canadian Film Centre's Shorts Nonstop Festival, presented by Telus.
Genshi Media Group is proud to announce the completion of our short film "Isobel & The Witch Queen", written and directed by Craig Anthony Perkins and premiering exclusively on January 27th, 2012 at the Macworld Expo.
Photographer and Filmmaker Craig Anthony Perkins will have several photographs as well as experimental videos exhibited at the Orange County Center For Contemporary Art.
Caltech recently purchased photos captured by Genshi Media Group founder and photographer Craig Anthony Perkins of the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Caltech. | 2019-04-20T07:06:05 | http://genshi.com/news/ |
The children are normally admitted to the Homes between the ages of five and ten. They are usually brought by a relative, parent or guardian, and sometimes by the police or a pastor. Admission to the CMS Homes is without reference to caste, creed, or religion. The only criteria are that they should be orphans or semi-orphans and destitute. A substantial section of the children of CMS Homes are from backward rural areas and from neglected refugee and tribal sections. In many cases children admitted to these homes are those, who could not get placements in institutions elsewhere.
After admission, the Mission attempts to put the children under foster care through the Indian Fostership Scheme and through its offices in Germany and Switzerland.
Over the years the CMS Homes have changed their pattern and style of working, aiming to progressively improve the care given to the children. Through experience we have learned that orphan children develop healthily, mentally and psychologically if they live together as groups of boys and girls in a family atmosphere. In the Children’s Village and Children’s Homes, 9 boys and 9 girls are normally accommodated in one cottage under the care of a house mother or house parents who have been specially trained and equipped to look after the Mental, physical and spiritual development of the children. The work of the different house mothers or house parents in a Children’s Home or Village is coordinated by a Warden who is trained to look after the total maintenance of the Home.
In the Home, the children are provided with all their daily needs such as food, clothing, school uniforms, education and gifts during festivals, and recreational facilities. Children are given a well-balanced diet. A Dietician supervises all the Home kitchens, storekeepers and the cooks and gives the necessary advice on the diet. Usually children dine as a family group. House fathers and house mothers are expected to sit and dine with the children to enable them to have close contact with them. Their health status is periodically checked through full time medical and health personnel employed by CMS as well as through voluntary help from private medical practitioners. The children are taught to wash and keep their own clothes neat and help keep their Homes and surroundings clean and beautiful.
The spiritual growth and development of the children is taken care of through having regular morning and evening devotions in the Homes led by the house parents, attendance at Sunday services both in the Homes and at local churches, Sunday schools and VBS classes. Many of the children have moving testimonies of having experienced the love of God in their lives through the care and love they receive in the Homes.
It would not be possible to run these institutions without the 680 dedicated, selfless and committed staff (some of whom were looked after, and trained by the Mission), who are working in it. CMS is also an expression of the willingness of groups of Christians from India, Germany and Switzerland and other countries to share the burden of the poor in countries like India. Above all we give thanks and praise to our Lord for calling us to serve Him through His children and for enabling us to grow and develop to meet their needs. | 2019-04-21T02:43:39 | http://cmsitiappm.org/cmsiti/about |
It was Nov. 10, 1989. I was only 15, but understood that what had happened was not just a simple personnel change in the Soviet Union’s most trusted satellite. Within minutes — though a day late — I learned of the fall of the Berlin Wall. | 2019-04-19T20:47:15 | http://nicholaskralev.com/tag/black-sea/ |
Virginia Beach City Public Schools’ (VBCPS) Department of Human Resources will hold its annual Career Expo Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to noon at Landstown High School, located at 2001 Concert Drive.
Representatives from all school levels - elementary, middle and high – will be on-site to review school-based positions available. Central office administrators will also be present to discuss employment opportunities such as security staff, tradesmen, custodians, bus drivers, school administrators, cafeteria staff, teacher assistants, office associates, information technology professionals and more. | 2019-04-22T14:09:20 | https://www.vbschools.com/news/what_s_new/042 |
The Catholic Register, owned by the Archdiocese of Toronto, published on November 30 an article about the Old Rite Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. The piece carries the contradictory heading: "Traditional Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter stresses unity with Pope Francis".
The article quotes the Fraternity's Superior General, Father Andrzej Komorowski, saying that “There is no possibility to get to Heaven without being united to the Pope”. There is very little likelihood that Pope Francis would agree with this statement.
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A wounderful new monastery of the Tradition (SSPX) in New-Mexico!: Our Lady Of Guadalupe Monastery Silver City NM.
Mgsr Lefebvre was meticulously respectful of Pope Paul. Mgsr Lefebvre kept with the 'transitional missal' in Econe for most of the 70s, expelling sedevacanists too.
Has this got anything to do with the fact that Abp Lefebvre said during an audio recording that he had received a note from "Paul VI" in 1988 (long after Paul's death in 1978) In the note he asked Abp Lefebvre to "Consecrate many Bishops? "
Or was Abp Lefebvre speaking of Cardinal Siri's election?
What happened to the note received by Abp Lefebvre? Has anyone kept it? Has the handwriting been analyzed by professionals? Has it retained Paul VI's particles on it that can be detected by scientific analysis? I heard many years ago that Pinkerton's Detective Agency had been hired to find out whether the Paul VI who was making all the changes to the Mass, etc. was an imposter since he did not speak French - and the original one did and he was confusing delegates which proved him to be "a fake." The Marian Press hired Pinkerton's to go to Rome to investigate whether the real Paul VI had been replaced by an imposter. It's said that Pinkertons Analyzed Voice Recordings of the "Two Paul Vi's" and stated that the recent one "was definitely not the same man as the old Paul VI and thereby an Imposter.
That would make a big problem for us in the Church today, and if there are people who have evidence of how Abp Lefebvre viewed the situation of Paul VI or Cardinal Siri, could they step forward ASAP as ravening wolves are destroying souls and Imposter Popes mean an invalid hierarchy. It's that serious! | 2019-04-22T20:36:43 | https://www.gloria.tv/reply/1JRC1xr4kryY2oa18sGSjUoBi |
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This is a guest repost by Christophe Limpalair, creator of Scale Your Code.
In this article, we take a look at methods used by Shopify to make their platform resilient. Not only is this interesting to read about, but it can also be practical and help you with your own applications.
Shopify, an ecommerce solution, handles about 300 million unique visitors a month, but as you'll see, these 300M people don't show up in an evenly distributed fashion.
One of their biggest challenge is what they call "flash sales". These flash sales are when tremendously popular stores sell something at a specific time.
For example, Kanye West might sell new shoes. Combined with Kim Kardashian, they have a following of 50 million people on Twitter alone.
They also have customers who advertise on the Superbowl. Because of this, they have no idea how much traffic to expect. It could be 200,000 people showing up at 3:00 for a special sale that ends within a few hours.
How does Shopify scale to these sudden increases in traffic? Even if they can't scale that well for a particular sale, how can they make sure it doesn't affect other stores? This is what we will discuss in the next sections, after briefly explaining Shopify's architecture for context.
Even though Shopify moved to Docker last year, they have not moved away from a Monolithic application. I asked Simon why, and he told me that they do not take the overhead of Microservices lightly. However, this move has positioned them for an easier transition in the future if they ever decide to go that route.
A request goes to Nginx and then to a cluster of servers running Docker with the Rails app.
The majority of this runs on their own hardware. They do also run a few things on AWS.
To reduce cost, Shopify runs a multi-tenancy platform. This means they have multiple stores on a single server -- shopA.com and shopB.com are served from the same server, for example.
Moving to Docker has enabled Shopify to run Continuous Integration on hundreds of thousands of lines of Ruby in about 5 minutes (15 minutes before Docker) and deploys to 300-400 nodes across 3 data centers take just 3 minutes (15 minutes before). These are impressive changes.
Ideally, the platform could handle spikes on its own. This is not completely implemented yet, so they run through a performance checklist before large sales.
In Kanye West's example, they sat down for 2 weeks and did extensive passive load testing and performance optimizations by combing through critical parts of the platform.
To run various tests, they use something called the Resiliency Matrix.
The Resiliency Matrix can help determine what happens to systems when a service goes down.
Say Redis goes down, and Redis is used as an integral part of checkouts. Do you take the whole site down and put it into maintenance mode? No, you can just sign everyone out and still allow them to go through checkout without customer accounts. Then, once Redis is back up, associate email addresses with the customer account and fill in the gaps.
Go down your list of systems (like storefronts, admin dashboards, API, etc...) and see what happens when a service goes down -- what other parts of your systems are effected? Try to remove these dependencies and your application resiliency will drastically improve. It's like a chain, where your application's strength is only as strong as the weakest link.
To help with this process, the Shopify team open sourced Toxiproxy and Semian.
Toxiproxy introduces controlled latency in whatever system you choose.
Semian is used to verify that you have no single points of failure.
For more on resiliency, check out one of Simon's conference talks where he gives a lot more detail. It's super interesting.
On top of this resiliency work, Shopify is also able to over-provision since they own their own hardware. This is cheap for them, but it may not be as cheap if you run on the cloud. Take a look at the cost versus benefit, and see if it makes sense for you.
Another big challenge has been scaling the data store. Since Shopify handles financial transactions, their databases cannot be out of sync. The solution? Shopify sharded MySQL about 2 years ago. They shard pretty aggressively and are aiming at having more, and smaller, shards over time.
Simon went on to say that scaling databases is hard -- especially sharding. It almost always should be a last resort. You can probably cache a lot before you have to do it. But the good thing about shards is that they help isolate incidents. If something crazy is going on with a customer in a single shard, only a very small subset of the entire platform suffers from it.
Going back to resiliency testing, Simon reinforces that most of their database scaling issues have been fixed with a lot of resiliency work and automatic failovers.
What Other Improvements Are They Planning?
Going forward, the team is looking at isolating tiers that serve the applications from each other. Another big thing they are working on is getting shops to run out of multiple different data centers on different continents at the same time. This is big for data locality and also to protect against unexpected events.
Protecting against unexpected events is also something Netflix has invested a substantial amount of resources in as Jeremy Edberg told me in his interview.
In addition to these plans, they are also looking at making failovers something they could easily perform multiple times a day. If you are curious about how they perform failover tests between entire data centers, refer to Simon's interview page.
As it stands, they cannot failover an entire data center without temporarily taking down checkouts. However, they are currently working on a solution to overcome this.
My goal with this article is to give you easily-digestible knowledge you can take action on. What action(s) can you take now? Well, you probably want to avoid sharding, so can you cache more? You may not be able to over-provision due to cost, but what about checking out the resiliency matrix? Even if you don't have the resources to pull this off right now, building one of these matrices or even just thinking about it can be helpful. | 2019-04-18T12:51:22 | http://highscalability.com/blog/2015/11/2/how-shopify-scales-to-handle-flash-sales-from-kanye-west-and.html |
Establish a first name relationships with every new and existing client.
Develop a true connection with clients by understanding their yoga, fitness experience, injuries, special needs and what their goals are.
Help clients develop a wellness plan that suits their needs.
Tour potential clients through our studio and educated them on our unique offerings.
Follow up with clients after classes on their experience to better understand their needs.
Encourage each client along their journey and keep them informed on offerings that may fit their needs.
Understand the differences between each class and know which class types are best for each client based on client needs and goals.
Review class schedules on a weekly basis to understand when classes are offered and who is teaching.
Develop relationships with teachers and take their classes to become personally familiar with their teaching style and expertise. Refer clients to teachers based on client needs and personality.
Familiarize yourself with the retail offering.
Become a membership expert. Know the various membership options, benefits, discounts, and special promotions.
Guide students to class times, types and teachers that fit their needs.
Keep practice rooms, common areas, and locker room impeccably clean at all times.
Manage the practice room heating and humidity systems.
Select music that provides the appropriate energy for the studio based on time of day.
Arrive at the studio and be ready to work at the designated time.
Develop expert level understanding of the POS System (Mind Body Online) and input all information accurately.
Identify sales opportunities and business trends.
Develop and maintain an understanding of the local competition.
Proactively solve problems, share solutions and support other team members.
Have basic knowledge of computer systems.
To apply for a Student Advisor role email your resume to [email protected] and follow the instructions below regarding the subject line, resume file name, and body of your email.
Email Subject = Job Title + Studio Location. For example, if you’d like to work as a Student Advisor in 4S Ranch studio put “Student Advisor – 4S Ranch” in the subject line of your email.
Include your full name, telephone number, the hours your are available to work each day, and the answers to questions 4-8 in the BODY of your email.
What is the one word your friends would use to describe you, and why?
What company has given you the best customer service you have ever experienced, and why do you remember it?
If you were given $1,000,000, what would you do with it?
What is 72 times 53?
Please take 30 minutes to complete this personality assessment. Include your 4 letter personality type in the body of your email. | 2019-04-23T14:12:39 | https://yogasix.com/career/student-avisor/ |
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Is there more to ‘new Artificial Intelligence’ than the renewed hype around AI? Ramon Reichert and Mathias Fuchs are looking for answers – and invite contributions to the DigiCultS journal issue on “Rethinking AI“.
Hern, Alex. 2016/09/28. In: The Guardian, online:“Partnership on AI’ formed by Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft | Technology”. | 2019-04-22T11:59:46 | https://digitaltechnologyresearch.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/call-for-papers-rethinking-ai/ |
Makerspaces, their role in economic development.
Makerspaces have become anchor facilities in under represented and under resourced communities. Makerspaces take advantage of low rent/no rent opportunities and, often, become the hub of new development, jobs creation, and revitalization. Many communities around the country are encouraging the creation of makerspaces as a way to encourage community and economic development. Learn about one big success story and share your experiences. | 2019-04-22T01:02:34 | https://nomcon.collectiveinnovation.com/idea/1714/3483 |
Following on the heels of my deep love for the arts in mediums of oil paint, watercolor and charcoal drawings, I began my journey into goldsmithing as a young apprentice for an old-school jeweler in the small Sierra Nevada mountain town of Truckee, California. It was my time spent learning with him that the curiosity for creating with metals and gemstones in mountain themed and nature inspired designs began. Today, most aspects of working over the metals come like second nature but there are many concepts and ideas I consider that require a lot of trial & error to bring a piece to fruition. Creating is a continual ebb & flow of merging uncertainty with familiar movements.
Currently, my home studio looks out into the Deschutes National Forest on the outskirts of Bend, Oregon. The jewelry I make is artfully created in reclaimed metals of sterling, fine silver and solid karat gold in the styles I love most. The gemstones used are genuine and diverse. The tools in hand are simple, well-loved and passed down from the goldsmiths I worked with years ago, and purposely limited to stay true to the art of handmade jewelry.
I am continually inspired by the time that I spend in the backcountry. Each piece that is born of my hands is intentionally handcrafted with the expectation that you will take it wherever your adventures on road or foot may lead you. Made to last, and always & forever...made with love. | 2019-04-20T18:37:06 | https://www.brokenpinestudio.com/meetthemaker |
On the fringe of the scientific community there are working great researchers, who insist on studying phenomena that do not fit in the drawers of the dominant worldview. Despite the fear of ridicule from the scientific establishment they continue gaining momentum in their work by building their stature and publishing their findings. Below I quote some of authoritative websites.
Therein you will find a wealth of publications and articles on the borderline phenomena related to Transpersonal Psychology and Parapsychology. Research on issues such as flashbacks to previous lives, near-death experiences, OBEs, Extra-Sensnory Perception (ESP), reports of children who recall their previous incarnation etc. This accumulation of evidence has begun to expand exponentially and shows so clearly as ever that some part of human consciousness seems to survive biological death. May be , a large tsunami will hit the coast of the scientific and religious establishment, and will highlight the need for change the current paradigms.
Earth Association for Regression Therapy, EARTh.The Earth Association for Regression Therapy was founded in Frankfurt in 2006.
International Board for Regression Therapy, IBRT.
This is the website of the official World Congress for Regression Therapy which takes place every three years in different countries.
A living pioneer on regression therapy. I think his book on reincarnation is the best and most balanced overview ever written.
Carol Bowman. Have you lived before? Are you curious about past lives and reincarnation? Welcome to the Past Life Center, the most comprehensive reincarnation site on the Internet.
The SMN aims to deepen understanding in science, medicine and education by fostering both rational analysis and intuitive insights. It questions the assumptions of contemporary scientific and medical thinking, so often limited by exclusively materialistic, reductionist paradigms.
CCI’s mission is to create an interdisciplinary program of high-quality research aimed at elucidating the relationship between the activities of a human mind and the multitude of physiological activities occurring in its associated brain and body [mind-brain problem].
The central strategy of this research program is to explore important areas of human potential neglected by contemporary science, including in particular creative, transpersonal, religious, mystical, and psychic or psi-type experiences and behaviors.
Professor Emeritus Haraldsson of the University of Iceland is one of the associates of professor Ian Stevenson on his research on reincarnation. A wealth of good articles.
The Esalen Center for Theory & Research supports essential philosophic, academic, and research aims of the Esalen Institute. It evaluates frontier inquiry, creates networks of pioneering individuals, and works to catalyze new discoveries that promote the study of human consciousness.
Russell Targ is a physicist and author who was a pioneer in the development of the laser, and cofounder of the Stanford Research Institute’s investigation into psychic abilities in the 1970s and 1980s.
The site of the author of the best seller “Life after Life”.
The Exceptional Human Experience Network, Inc.
Website of psychologist and parapsychologist Stanley Krippner.
Out of Body Experience Research Foundation.
BERF Out of Body Experience (OBE) spiritually transformative events, consciousness studies, extensive information and research. People share their stories and learn more about different states of consciousness.
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of Dogs that Know When Their Owners are Coming Home, and Other Unexplained Powers of Animals (1999), a sequel to his best-selling Seven Experiments that Could Change the World (1994). His most recent book “The Science Delusion” is a an excellent criticism on mainstream science.
Eternea’s goal is to help create a better future for Earth and its inhabitants by promoting an understanding of seven postulates concerning the nature of reality, predicated on evidence from contemporary research in science and medicine . This research suggests that some core aspect of consciousness exists beyond the brain, survives bodily death and continues eternally.
The International Deep Memory Association (IDMA) was a Community of the Spirit of like-minded individuals and creative seekers, interested in ongoing healing, therapy and spiritual education, loosely gathered under the banner of Deep Memory Process (DMP), the broad-based therapy developed by Dr Roger J. Woolger. It sought to explore and promote deep healing work of all kinds regression practice, ancestral fieldwork, psychodrama, constellation work, bodywork, naturopathy, Jungian psychology, cultural history and Goddess work and works to build bridges with traditional spiritual practices such as shamanism, meditation, yoga and more.
The American Society for Psychical Research.
Website of Brian Josephson, Nobel Prize winning physicist and director of the Mind-Matter unification Project of the Theory of Condensed Matter at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
Headed by Kevin Williams this is the #1 ranked website on Near Death Experiences. Includes a huge collection articles and news items on all aspects of NDE’s and related subjects.
My original research, and subsequent studies by others, have documented that the near death experience is real. This understanding, that death is in fact a dynamic spiritual event in which the dying are frequently fully conscious, has profound impact on the experiencers.
Psychognosia is a privately-funded, not-for-profit centre for the dissemination of reliable information on the scientific study of anomalous phenomena (parapsychology), consciousness studies and related areas.
Here you will view some of the findings of the Late George Meek on Survival.
Enhancing health through awareness and understanding of spirit attachment and spirit release.
Our mission – to creatively and responsibly apply mainstream scientific methods to frontier questions in consciousness and health.
Consciousness exists and can be investigated scientifically.
Consciousness is in a dynamic state of change and evolution.
“I am a researcher. I have researched dehydration for the past 20 years. When I discovered that the solution to most of the disease conditions of our society is not a money maker, I decided to take my information to the public.
The Parapsychological Association, Inc. (PA) is the international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of ‘psi’ (or ‘psychic’) experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, remote viewing, psychokinesis, psychic healing etc.
Science Frontiers is the bimonthly newsletter providing digests of reports that describe scientific anomalies; that is, those observations and facts that challenge prevailing scientific paradigms. Over 2000 Science Frontiers digests have been published.
The World’s #1 Free Natural Health Newsletter, Health Articles, and Information an excellent source of information on health issues. Over 1.3 Million people, including over 100,000 health care professionals receive the Free Mercola.com Natural Health. | 2019-04-26T00:27:57 | https://www.hypnoscopesis.gr/en/suggested-links/ |
To submit your farm and/or yourself as an Owner and/or Breeder of Sport Morgans for the Sport Morgan Website's Owner/Breeders List please include your Name, Farm Name (if applicable), Address, Phone #, Email Address and (if applicable) your Website Address. Also include a short statement of what you and/or your horses have done to promote the Sport Morgan in either/or Open Competition and promoting the Sport Morgan to the general public, and email to [email protected]. The committee will consider the inclusion of your listing based on this criteria.
Our goal is to have the Sport Morgan Owners and Breeders Page be a listing and resource of Owners and Breeders who are dedicated to Promoting the Sport Morgan in Open Competition and to the general public in a professional manner that will taken seriously by outsiders.
If you are approved for inclusion we ask that you include the Sport Morgan Logo (we will supply a gif of it to you) and a link back to our home page on your web site if you have a website.
At this point in time submissions are open only to the ONElist Sport Morgan list group.
The goal of the Sport Morgan Profile page is to feature a horse, farm or person who has gone out of their way to promote the Classic/Sport Morgan in Open Competition and/or to the general public. We also want to stress the importance of the Sport Morgan type as a good family horse. Obvious examples of this are any AMHA Sport Horse Award winners as well as AMHA Medallion Winners in the Open Competition Program, and Morgans receiving special awards from organizations such as USDF, USCTA, NRHA etc in any open competition discipline, english or western.
On the other hand are special morgans and folks out there working with handicapped riding programs with their Morgans, Mounted Police Forces throughout the country using Morgans, Morgans doing demonstrations at all breed shows like Equitana or Equine Affair, or dressage freestyle demonstrations like the National Western's "Dancing With Horses" Show for example. Or it could be your "family" Morgan taking care of the kids at any kind of show, or any type of activity that promotes the Sport Morgan such as introducing a breeding line to a University program or as simple as teaching young children the value of true horsemanship.
Also we know there are many of you out there in Open Competition maybe not winning but consistently showing- you're important too! As well as those who are showing and winning on a local scale vs. a national scale.
Then there are Breeders and Farms dedicated to promoting the Sport Morgan to the general public with Open Houses and other Public Events as well competing their horses- for example Whippoorwill Morgans Bi-Annual Open House.
We list these as just a small sample of ideas of what we think the Classic/Sport Morgan is all about and what we want to promote to the general public! So please consider these concepts to be rough ideas only!
1. 3-5 photos of horse(s), farm or show performances (use the above for content ideas)- the important thing being the photos MUST be of a high quality and of a sharp focus (clean, groomed horses, good show shots, etc.) We need to look professional to be considered professional....This is one of the most important criteria that the pictures present a clean, well groomed photo as a picture is worth a thousand words plus!
2. An "article" of how you and/or your horses are promoting the Sport Morgan (see this month's Profile page or Equus' True Stories for ideas), career highlights if appropriate, etc. Short personal stories relating to the subject matter are acceptable. Text MUST be either emailed or sent on a floppy disk and saved in a word processing application such as Word, Word Perfect, etc.
3. A xerox of the horse'(s) pedigree (if applicable) or a list of lines of your horses if you are a breeder (if applicable). Offspring of stallion if appropriate.
4. Name, Farm Name (if applicable), address, phone #, email address, and website address (if you have one).
5. Farm logos are acceptable if of good clarity and reproducibility.
6. Either email or snail mail the above to [email protected]. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate postage if snail mailing. Snail mail address is Laurie Prindle, 1708 S. County Rd. 23, Berthoud, CO 80513. Phone is 303-678-0660.
If you wish to send your own scanned images either on floppy or by email they need to be uncompressed .jpg's (in Photoshop that means saving them at a "Quality" of 10 and select "Baseline Optimized"), 72 dpi resolution and a minimum size of 500 x 500 pixels, maximum size of 800 x 800 pixels.
We reserve the right to edit your text as we feel needed and/or appropriate, but we will send the edited version to you for your approval before posting.
Submissions received from the first day to the last day of the month will be put in a random drawing for the next month. (ie- submissions received between Oct. 1 to Oct 31 will go in a drawing for the November "issue"of the Profile Page.) If you wish to have your submission eligible for future monthly drawings let us know how long you wish us to keep it in the "drawing". Snail mail submissions will be returned within 30 days after either being used or when you want them returned.
That's it! Just keep in mind these guidelines are to help you create amd submit a professional looking and sounding article for the Sport Morgan Profile Page! We are open to all sorts of articles that have their heart in promoting the Morgan in a professional manner to the general public. And keep on promoting those Classic/Sport Morgans! | 2019-04-25T08:13:31 | http://thesportmorgan.org/submit.htm |
Harvey Mason Jr. has (probably) done more in his life than you have. The 6-time Grammy winner is one half of The Underdogs, a production duo that has written and produced songs for Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Timberlake, and Toni Braxton. Mason also oversaw the musical production of Straight Outta Compton, Pitch Perfect 2, The Wiz and a lot more, and on top of all that, he was a guard for the Arizona Wildcats who played alongside Steve Kerr, Sean Elliott, and Kenny Lofton and made a Final Four under coach Lute Olson.
On this edition of the FTW Podcast, Mason joins to talk to me about the Grammys (which are live this Monday night on CBS), the state of music in 2016, what it was like playing with Steve Kerr, the problems with AAU basketball and how it’s stunting the development of young basketball players, why Lute Olson was such an incredible coach, Kanye West, TV musicals … We talked about a lot. | 2019-04-24T23:53:41 | http://www.harveymasonmedia.com/6-time-grammy-winner-harvey-mason-jr-talks-kanye-ncaa-hoops-and-being-steve-kerrs-teammate/ |
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Fifth disease is a mild illness caused by a virus called human parvovirus B19. The disease is similar to the many other “common cold” viruses and is rarely serious. It can be distinguished by the appearance of a red rash on the cheeks, garnering it the unique name of a “slapped cheek” rash.
Fifth disease is spread from person to person by coughing, sneezing or touching droplets from the nose and mouth of an infected person. Once the rash appears, the person can no longer spread the infection.
There is no treatment for fifth disease, most people get well on their own. If your child has fever or joint pain, you may give acetaminophen (brand name: Tylenol) or ibuprofen (if older than 6 months; brand name: Motrin, Advil). Antibiotics do not work on fifth disease. Do not give aspirin-containing products.
Pregnant women should avoid close contact of children with fifth disease. If exposed, they should call their health provider. Although the risk is low, fifth disease may harm an unborn child. | 2019-04-22T08:14:26 | https://bluefishmd.com/general-health-topics/illnesses/fifth_disease/ |
WCCLS Kids: Fingerplay Fun Friday: When I Was One!
Fingerplay Fun Friday: When I Was One!
Now I'm four and so are you!
I like this one because it is a nice little counting game that helps build a solid foundation for beginning counters.
We count to the manageable number 4 and each number is described in a way that makes it distinct from from the others. Best of all, it is so natural to count by referring to our fingers. When kids count on their fingers, they are making a 1-to-1 correspondence between their physical finger(s) and the abstract idea of a number.
As with all skills, counting takes practice and it is best to begin with small steps. After kids arrive at the "aha moment" when they understand the connection between the amount of fingers and the abstract idea of a number, they will be better prepared for bigger counting exercises, counting backwards and other higher level math operations.
The ability to make the connection between the physical amount of fingers and the abstract idea of a number is not very different from the skill it takes a child to associate a sound with a letter or combination of letters (a word) with the idea that it represents. When we share rhymes and fingerplays that help kids make meaning out of the world, we're better equipping them for future school success! | 2019-04-26T05:40:17 | http://kids.wccls.org/2014/05/fingerplay-fun-friday-when-i-was-one.html |
Mt. Morris Road is exit 126 on I-75 and the fairgrounds are 9 miles east of I-75.
The fair office is approximately 2 miles East of I-75. | 2019-04-18T15:15:22 | https://gcf.org/directions.html |
Overcast. High 11C. Winds NNW at 25 to 40 km/h.
es: East Dubuque, Illinois, EE.UU. | 2019-04-18T11:29:31 | https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/illinois-usa/east-dubuque |
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The Swedes are doing all they can to shut down The Pirate Bay, but it just won’t die. A Swedish court ordered the popular file sharing site’s bandwidth provider to cut it’s Internet access or face fines, which was enough to pressure Black Internet into action.
While the ruling was handed down on Friday, the ISP did not receive the order until Monday, which it immediately complied with. But that move has apparently triggered some type of backlash which appears to be related to its decision to comply with the courts.
Black Internet said within hours of its move, it was attacked by hackers, which did considerable damage to its infrastructure. Since the ISP provides bandwidth to other sites other than The Pirate Bay, several other companies were affected as a result.
Officials with the company weren’t elaborating on details but said it was working with police and engineers to understand what happened and where it may have came from.
Meanwhile The Pirate Bay has found a new ISP and was up fully within hours of the shutdown, making the Swedish court’s move essentially meaningless. For all intents and purposes, it appears as if it may be a losing battle to try to take the site down.
It’s tough not to root for The Pirate Bay crew. I do agree that pirating is not the way to go but actually TPB is the best competition to the major labels/studios. If you imagine that the labels/studios would use the money they spent on pursuing TPB to improve their business/distribution model I do not think that TPB would be a big problem. If getting music/movies would be easy and affordable there would be little point in pirating. Unfortunately platforms like the iTunes store or Amazon MP3 are only available in the US and a few european countries. Where I live there is no reasonable way to get music/movies other then buy expensive DVDs/CDs. | 2019-04-22T10:05:09 | https://www.technologizer.com/2009/08/25/the-pirate-bay-just-wont-go-away/ |
The Lotus Estate is small residential resort in Cha-am. Villas overlook the Springfield Golf Course which was designed by Jack Nicklaus.
The properties are surrounded by mountains, and have beautiful valley and golf course views.
Villas have a modern design and feature natural stone, marble and polished granite as well as local teak and hard woods.
Each villa estate comprises three villas, a main house and two guest houses.
The largest villa has five en-suite bedrooms. As well as a large living room, library, fully equipped kitchen and dining room. There is also a wine cellar for your favourite vintage.
The largest guest house, located next to the main villa, has three e-suite bedrooms and a kitchen. The smaller guest house has two bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen.
A swimming pool is located at the front of the main villa. Surrounding this is a large terrace area with pool bar.
The craftsmanship is of excellent quality and villas are very well finished.
As an owners you receive three lifetime golf memberships and can enjoy all the facilities and services at the course. | 2019-04-23T21:07:59 | http://www.oceanvillasgroup.com/propertydetail.asp?PropertyID=1279&cookies=True |
Compared to whites, blacks under-utilize primary care and over-utilize emergency department services. This study examines whether mistrust in physicians explains these black-white disparities, and the potentially modifying influence of socialization under racially segregated health care (i.e., raised in the U.S. South during the Jim Crow era).
This study compared Dr. Sidney Katz's original dichotomous measure of dependence in performing activities of daily living (ADL) with the National Health and Aging Trends Study's (NHATS) broader spectrum of functional status, demonstrating that many community-dwelling older adults can adapt to functional impairment rather than requiring assistance from another person in completing ADL.
In response to the serious toll diabetes takes on health and resources, researchers increasingly are examining physical and psychological pathways that affect and are affected by diabetes, including stress. | 2019-04-18T22:25:13 | http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/scripps/research/publications/health-physical-activity/index.html |
Leaving Dogubayazit, Turkey. Most travellers heading to Iran overland will either be based in, or pass through Dogubayazit. If you have time on your hands, it’s worth spending a night here.... I took a flight from Beirut to Tehran, as crossing overland from Turkey is most definitely NOT advisable at ANY time (Dogubayazit-Tabriz). Fly from Istanbul, or better yet London or Paris or Frankfurt, if you can.
At Sundowners Overland we talk a lot about responsible travel. It’s a driving vision for our business and a core part of our culture. We work with local communities and partners on the ground to design journeys that leave a positive legacy.... Leaving Dogubayazit, Turkey. Most travellers heading to Iran overland will either be based in, or pass through Dogubayazit. If you have time on your hands, it’s worth spending a night here.
31/03/2016 · Dear Tripadvisor community, My husband and I plan to travel overland from Turkey to Iran. Our plan is to spend a night in Doğubayazıt before we cross the Gurbulak border the next morning.... Welcome to the Overland To Iran web site, one of the best places to start planning your trip to Iran. Overland to Iran is an Iran/online based and freelance travel service provider which is under management of Hossein Sheykhlou, offering Iran travel services.
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To traverse this challenging yet exciting route, I chose to travel on an overland expedition with Oasis Overland, a UK tour operator specializing in overland travel. To dig up some Silk Road history and retrace the footsteps of Marco Polo, the Bishkek to Istanbul trip brought us through six countries – Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan , Iran and Turkey.
31/03/2016 · Dear Tripadvisor community, My husband and I plan to travel overland from Turkey to Iran. Our plan is to spend a night in Doğubayazıt before we cross the Gurbulak border the next morning.
At Sundowners Overland we talk a lot about responsible travel. It’s a driving vision for our business and a core part of our culture. We work with local communities and partners on the ground to design journeys that leave a positive legacy.
Overland holidays in Iran Tours & holidays in 2018 & 2019. The precious, rose-scented gardens of Shiraz; the ancient bazaars of Tehran and Tabriz; the mosaic-and-mirror filled mosques and palaces – ancient shrines that seduce modern day pilgrims. | 2019-04-24T18:42:27 | http://raihanhaque.com/new-south-wales/how-to-travel-iran-to-turkey-overland.php |
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Do you keep hearing how important it is to customize your resume to every job ad?
Have you read that it’s important to include keywords from the job ad in your resume and cover letter?
Not sure what that means and how much work it will require?
Here’s one concrete example that illustrates what is meant by customizing your resume with keywords.
That’s not all the work you’d have to do to prepare your job search documents in order to be ready to apply for a position, but it gives you a clear idea of the kind of changes that are required to customize your resume to specific job ads.
This entry was posted in Career Advice, document preparation, resume tips. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-18T13:21:31 | https://darcylear.com/2014/04/28/do-you-know-how-to-include-keywords-in-your-resume-and-cover-letter-heres-an-example/ |
Just a note to let everyone know, we have slightly modified the Pagan Journeys Terms of Service (TOS) to clarify the rules regarding posting links. The following is the section that has been updated. Please take the time to read and understand these clarifications.
3.0 NO SPAMMING. If you come here only to post links to other sites in an attempt to get free advertising, you will be banned. Period.
3.1 LINK RULES – The purpose for posting links is to enhance our members’ experience and to help generate community and participation. For that reason there are certain rules to what can and cannot be posted in the forums.
a). Any links that are intended for any purpose other than entertainment (or exceptions noted below) must be approved by the staff. A request may be made via the PM system. Any links posted without staff approval will be removed and if it is felt that the link in question was posted in an attempt to bypass this rule, the user will be warned, suspended or permanently banned.
b). Members in the Validating state of membership may not post links except those from news sources (see subsection c) until they are no longer in that state as they do not have access to the PM system to ask for permission. Doing so could result in the member getting suspended or permanently banned. See section 3.0.
c). Reputable news sources such as newspaper sites, Associated Press, CNN and other similar sources are acceptable as long as the content is appropriate and meets the TOS rules.
d.) Links to competing sites are strictly prohibited unless approved by admin. This includes sites that would compete with Pagan Journeys or their partner sites, Shades of Midnight and Dragonstone Herbals.
e.) As a general rule, links to personal sites are not accepted. Links to blogs are only allowed in signatures.
f.) All content on the site you are linking to must be age and content appropriate to the standards of Pagan Journeys.
g.) If you are unsure if the link you wish to post is acceptable, please PM an administrator or staff member before posting. | 2019-04-21T00:22:45 | https://www.paganjourneys.com/index.php?topic=1489.msg20586 |
New year. Woo. | MEOW hear this!
It’s really just another day, right? The cats REALLY did not seem very excited last night when we poured champagne.
So this technically is sparkling wine, because it’s from Spain, but it was cheap. And yes, that’s not a champagne glass, but seriously, who has those?
Not that they got any. In fact, they were asleep.
Oh, really, it’s midnight? Eff off, humans.
Probably the right idea. I’ve always thought starting the new year with a hangover wasn’t really in the spirit of new year’s resolutions. Unless, of course, your resolution is to drink more. Frankly, with the way the world is these days, I wouldn’t blame anyone for doing just that. We stayed in and played 80’s Trivial Pursuit (this part of the evening was a HUGE concession on the boyfriend’s part, and I am very appreciative of his willingness to make me happy).
Taco was kind enough to referee for us.
Neither of us wanted to stay sober enough to drive and there was nothing worth getting a taxi for.
I don’t really make resolutions. My interests are fleeting and cycle too quickly for that. I always try to go to the gym, I already half quit smoking, and I’m vegan. Pretty damn healthy if you ask me.
Besides, I have already resolved to do a bunch of stuff. Like be neater. Neatness is really not a Sarah trait. I try to be. I really do. But I can’t. Even when I do organize things, the “Organizing Sarah” has COMPLETELY different ideas from “Trying To Find Things Sarah.” Wherever I think is a good place to put something when I’m putting it there, I cannot for the life of me figure out where that is when I’m trying to find it. It’s some weird split personality thing. The boyfriend loves neatness, and I drive him crazy. You can imagine how much he loves the cats, because, you know, they don’t deposit hair and cat litter EVERYWHERE.
Basically I have these ongoing resolutions that, when I get a wild hair, get all charged up about making them happen again. The start of 2013 doesn’t make me feel any more resolute than any other day. I think all I really want is what we all want, and that’s to be happier. The older I get, the harder that is. Ignorance is bliss. On the plus side, even though I’m older and wiser, I’m also more forgetful. Maybe it all evens out.
Anyway. Happy new year! If you’re into that sort of thing.
Your writing always gives me a laugh. That forgetful thing is pretty relatable. I got up for two minutes to check on Blossum and completely lost my glasses…I went from sofa to kitchen and back…urg. My husband found them on the stair banister (it’s on the way to the kitchen). Why I’d take them off my face, half way to the kitchen and put them down there is anyones guess. On the bright side, 10 minutes of marching around, looking for my glass wore off a couple of calories more than just sitting on the sofa. Happy New Year, I’m officially senile.
And I love the positive spin on the calorie burning.
Cat hair in my eye. WOO! | 2019-04-18T16:54:56 | https://meowhearthis.com/2013/01/01/new-year-woo/ |
In the dream, she decided to walk a bear on a leash in order to keep it from mauling her sisters. Someone told me this was happening, and just as I looked to the far hilltop where they all were perambulating with the tethered bear, the bear got fed up and attacked your sister.
I woke up with a silent scream and didn’t get back to sleep at all.
Next PostNext Should I open this with my teeth? | 2019-04-23T12:04:07 | https://blog.askyermom.com/2016/03/22/nightmare-bear/ |
This report studies the global Copper Busbar market status and forecast, categorizes the global Copper Busbar market size (value & volume) by manufacturers, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan, China, India, Southeast Asia and other regions (Central & South America, and Middle East & Africa).
In electrical power distribution, a busbar (also spelled bus bar, or sometimes as buss bar or bussbar, with the term bus being a contraction of the Latin omnibus, "for all", is a metallic strip or bar (typically copper, brass or aluminium) that conducts electricity within a switchboard, distribution board, substation, battery bank, or other electrical apparatus. Busbar is an electrical conductor that carries large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system; typically a thick strip, or a tube. Busbars are used to carry substantial electric currents over relatively short distances; their greater surface area (compared to a wire of the same weight) reduces losses due to corona discharge.
The material composition and cross-sectional size of the busbar determine the maximum amount of current that can be safely carried. Busbars can have a cross-sectional area of as little as 10 square millimetres (0.016 sq in), but electrical substations may use metal tubes 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in diameter (20 square millimetres (0.031 sq in)) or more as busbars.
Global demand of Copper Busbar has maintained steady growth, the growth rate is around 1.5%, and similar to production growth. Copper Busbar major type is OFCopper Busbar and ETPCopper Busbar. Downstream applications field include Industrial Buildings, Commercial Building and Civil Building, these industries development rapidly, this industries demand for fastener and shaped pieces are constantly increasing, indirectly stimulating the market demand of Copper Busbar, and stimulate the development of Copper Busbar industry.
Despite the presence of competition problems, the global recovery trend is clear, Copper Busbar retains its advantage in fastener and shaped pieces produce, investors are still optimistic about this area; the future will still have more new investment enter the field. Although sales of Copper Busbar brought a lot of opportunity, the study group recommends the new entrants just having money but without technical advantage and downstream support do not to enter into the Copper Busbar field.
The global Copper Busbar market is valued at 4210 million US$ in 2017 and will reach 4810 million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of 1.7% during 2018-2025.
Focuses on the key Copper Busbar manufacturers, to study the capacity, production, value, market share and development plans in future.
Regional and country-level analysis of the Copper Busbar market, by end-use. | 2019-04-21T02:09:04 | https://www.researchmoz.us/global-copper-busbar-market-professional-survey-report-2018-report.html |
Is it a coincidence that the French have a word for working that sounds an awfull lot like travelling? I wonder where they got the translation wrong, back in the days.
Anyhow, if you like to combine travailler and traveling, you’re at the right spot. We’re here to help. How to find a relevant tech and marketing related conference in the country of the vin rouge? Look no further. Here’s a list of conferences and events that might be interesting for digital nomads, expats and professionals. The French tend to be well eh.. French. But we’re happy to see that more and more, they host business events with international allure.
Closely following the frontier of technological advances, and enabling corporations to work with some of the most innovative startups on the planet has allowed us to play a pivotal role in the way the world is changing. This Smart Cities initiative is unique because it brings together innovation from key verticals such as Real Estate & Construction, Sustainability, Mobility and IoT under one program, to drive the development and future of cities around the world by enabling the collaboration of corporate partners and startups as well as between the partners themselves.
The 1st official worldwide tour dedicated to business innovation, leaders of all key industries will be coming together for The Blockchain Day in Paris, Singapore, Cape Town & Toronto. This European tour will bring together market leaders, investors and blockchain innovators to close the gap between the promise and the reality of blockchain technology. The Blockchain Day Paris is a full day conference combining panels, keynote presentaions, industry roundtables and live demonstrations.
The iMedia Brand Summit will feature marketing and digital decision makers from the biggest announcers on the market and the best solution providers met each other to surf between inspiration, business and networking in the wonderful setting of the Basque coast.
The AUTONOMY Urban Mobility Summit, organized by Autonomy Paris will take place at the Grande halle de la Villette in Paris, France. This conference will focus on Active Mobility, Data Analytics, Electric Vehicles, Shared Mobility and Autonomous Vehicles etc. Find new clients, suppliers and partners, meet city officials and policy makers, network with mobility professionals and share expertise and best practices. | 2019-04-19T02:52:54 | https://youngoutdoorprofessional.com/2018/10/01/top-5-tech-and-marketing-conferences-in-france-this-fall/ |
The Lacy PTA is an active group of volunteers engaged and focused on helping support our staff and teachers and to offer program & event opportunities for our children. The PTA is comprised of 37+ committees including our fundraising groups, service/support groups and event planning groups. Whatever you enjoy, we have a place for you!
The goal of the Lacy PTA is to provide services and assistance that our students need in order to receive the best possible education and to be a part of the decision making process that affects students. We are proud of the active participation and wide variety of volunteer programs. We encourage all parents, teachers and staff to join the PTA and be a voice for every child. It takes all of us working together to ensure the success of every Lacy student.
The PTA thanks you for supporting us in this effort. We look forward to a great year together! Please contact the PTA at [email protected]. | 2019-04-19T06:34:19 | https://www.wcpss.net/Page/2587 |
The Parent Relief program will operate once a week to provide relief/respite for parents of children ages 12 months to 6 yrs. This program will enable parents to utilize a respite opportunity to attend appointments, such as health care and counselling, conduct job searches, participate in programs/activities, and any other opportunities made possible by the provision of quality child care. Call 905-723-0036 x 1224 to reserve a spot. | 2019-04-25T02:50:52 | http://careachc.ca/Global-Assets/Programs/Parent-Relief |
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Everyone deserves to get away for a bit. Even the miscreants at St Mary's. Astonishingly, Dr. Bairstow has declared a holiday. Even more astonishingly - he's paying for it. Needless to say, there are strings attached. They have to record the 1601 performance of Hamlet, with Shakespeare himself in the role of the Ghost. It doesn't go well, of course.
The book was again a joy to listen to. Nice and relaxing with a good chunk of humour. New characters coming into their own 🙂.Just a pity Amazon decided it was time to pay for this short story after the others .5's were free. | 2019-04-26T00:34:21 | https://www.audible.co.uk/listener/A3SPQC8ECHC9LL |
What is Swim-a-Thon? Swim-a-Thon is a great way to raise needed funds while supporting the USA Swimming Foundation! It’s a simple, in-pool fundraiser where participants earn money by swimming 200 lengths of the pool. Swimmers ask family members, friends, neighbors, or businesses to pledge a certain amount of money per length, or make a flat donation in support of the team. 5% of all donations go back to USA Swimming.
The funds you raise go towards your dues offset. The remaining funds will be used for team needs such as training and pool equipment, timing system replacement, and a future aquatic facility.
Swim-a-Thon will be a fun-filled event for the Channel Cats!
Music by DJ Big ERN!
Honoring our local Veterans and Celebrate Armed Forces Day!
Put this event on your calendar. Your swimmer won’t want to miss out on the fun!
Still have questions, please contact Elise Uytioco, [email protected] or 509-438-0641.
Make up swim for those with conflicts is during practice TBA. Please contact Elise if you are going to participate in make up. | 2019-04-25T00:43:14 | https://www.teamunify.com/EventShow.jsp?id=1034151&team=ietccc |
In recent months, interest in traditional Chinese culture has surged among Chinese millennials. It’s a trend that has impacted their daily lifestyles, creative expression, and consumption behavior.
With no memories of the anti-intellectual Cultural Revolution, Chinese Millennials have a voracious appetite for knowledge and discovery. And they are searching for more meaning from their purchases. According to the 2017 China Cultural Industry Series Index, post-90s Chinese are the most willing to spend on culture.
Digging into their culture and heritage has become a very popular way for China’s younger generation to explore their own identities. The country’s long and complex history offers discoveries that go well beyond state-sanctioned national pride. These younger generations are developing a profound interest in their country’s material historical culture, becoming experts in different periods, and forging emotional connections to their aesthetics.“Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, each have their own specific styles. Instead of repeating superficial Chinese aesthetics, it’s better to go deeper in a specific period,” said Yu Yuzhou, a 24-year-old student, for example.
“The bling bling, gold, red with green is actually the aesthetic of Manchu. The aesthetic of Han is simple and elegant,” said Sha Chenyu, 23-year-old student.
This phenomenon is also supported by the fashion and beauty industries, who are adapting their products and communications by modernizing heritage in a way that appeases the censors but still intrigues this fast, ultra-connected and curious generation.
Here, we’ve selected five initiatives that illustrate how Chinese heritage is being adapted for Chinese millennials, and analyzed what international luxury brands can learn from the trend.
The Forbidden City, with its 600-year history, recently went viral with Chinese millennials. They developed a line of products adapted to the lives of young people based on studies of consumer’s demand. They managed to transform history into products like calendars and decorative tape.
They also hired a young team using new digital tools and Millennial lexicon to communicate with them, helping the Forbidden City update its old-fashioned, out of touch image.
The National Treasures (国家宝藏) TV show on CCTV-3 has been a surprise hit among the post-90s generation. Nine museums around China are invited to participate in the show, and each brings three significant artifacts from their collections. Spectators are invited to vote online for their favorite, which will be showcased in the final exhibition at the Forbidden City later this year.
The production makes the story of the artifacts easy to understand by enlisting famous celebrities to play roles and narrate the pieces’ legendary histories. CCTV-3 also created an official account on Bilibili, a youth-dominated video platform, which allows young viewers to send comments flying across videos in a “bullet screen”. The content garnered a huge amount of attention, reaching 16.8 million views on the platform so far.
Pechoin introduced a limited gift set on Singles’ Day in 2017 that included an exclusive hairpin designed by Zhong Hua, a jewelry designer and consultant for the Forbidden City. They made a short video to present the entire production process, from inspiration through ancient imperial craftsmanship. It reconnects the notion of luxury with the brand’s roots. The gift sets sold out in 35 seconds.
Mukzin is a Chinese style street fashion brand founded by two local designers who studied abroad. Their designs are inspired by the “Oriental Fever” trend, modernizing traditional Chinese aesthetics after finding mainstream fashion too Westernized. Mukzin is reviving China’s own diverse “savoir-faire” through various unique Chinese folk arts.
Muzkin’s first couture series, Mukzin Traditional Handicraft (2016), adopted the intangible cultural heritage of Xinjiang province and its particular embroidery technique to create beautiful, unique pieces. Even the photo shoot was done with the help of local artists.
Tea culture is part of China’s history, but the younger generation has gradually turned to coffee with the influence of Western culture and the near-spontaneous spread of Starbucks. But nowadays, it is very common to see millennials queuing for a cup of tea from Heytea, a must-go among Chinese Millennials.
Heytea try to honor the tea leaf while adapting it to the younger generation in unique recipes, such as cheese tea and fresh fruit tea. Heytea has simplified the habit of drinking tea, making it more more casual than the traditional tea ceremony without eroding the quality, for instance by using tea powder instead of leaves. Its stores are comfortable, and customers are encouraged to take pictures and share them on their social media.
Ancient aesthetics and history are attractive to this new generation, and even more so when brands embrace Millennials’ digital channels and cultural codes.
Foreign luxury brands can take part in this trend in the following ways.
That young Chinese have a thirst for their own heritage does not preclude them from being interested in other stories. A brand’s story may be precious and inspiring, but to reach Chinese millennials we should also dare to communicate these stories using new digital tools and distribution paths.
A superficial cultural background will not only be unsuccessful but might also cause Millennials to mock you online. More precise knowledge that doesn’t condescend to Millennials but helps them explore Chinese culture further is far more welcome.
Younger Chinese generations are only just begun to dig into their traditional culture, and they’re eager to discover more. Foreign luxury brands can support the ongoing cultural revival by financing cultural programs, developing specific products in partnership with local artisans, or by drawing on their own specific know-how. Cartier, for example, collaborated with Chinese artisans to restore antique timepieces from the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum.
Juliette Duveau and Sophia Dumenil are the founders of The Chinese Pulse, a Paris-basedmarketing consultancy dedicated to helping fashion, beauty, luxury, and lifestyle brands with their China strategies. | 2019-04-21T16:47:41 | http://thechinesepulse.com/blog/2018/02/19/opinion-heritage-is-hip-with-chinese-millennials/ |
Despite our name, membership is not restricted to carpenters - we also welcome joiners, shopfitters, formwork carpenters, furniture & cabinet makers, boat builders (woodworking skills), heavy structural post & beam carpenters, wheelwrights, wood carvers & wood turners – in fact, most professional people working with wood. Our purpose is to support members and to help raise standards by bringing together a network of people with a genuine interest in wood and our trades.
To ensure that membership of the IOC continues to be a sign of quality, we only approve applicants with relevant qualifications such as a proven track record, backed up with references. This can reassure prospective customers that they are using a genuine, skilled craftsperson who takes real pride in the quality of their work.
We would like to welcome you to a ‘family’ of like-minded, highly skilled and respected professionals who are proud of their heritage as craftsmen. For less than the cost of a coffee a week you too can stand out from the competition. | 2019-04-22T04:31:11 | https://instituteofcarpenters.com/join.aspx |
In the last post I mentioned how I’ve gotten back into Haskell over the last months. Come December and time for another round of The Advent of Code. I haven’t been participating in this programming challenge series the last few year. However, since this is an excellent chance to apply Haskell to new problems I decided to start follow the challenges. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ones I have attempted thus far, even though I’ve not been able to keep up with the daily challenges. They often end up taking a surprising amount of time, perhaps also due to me using Haskell.
One common denominator with all the challenges in the Advent of Code is the requirement to parse input data. Parsers may be a “solved problem”, but there are many ways to approach parsing when faced with challenges like these, ranging from pragmatic uses of regular expressions and ad-hoc string manipulation, to fully-specified grammars and parser generators.
Coincidentally, parsing is one of the areas in which Haskell truly shines, especially in the domain of parser combinators. There are multiple parser combinator libraries for Haskell, yet I’m not going to focus on any of them here. For the Advent of Code, I didn’t want to stray too far away from the default base package, and to my joy I found that there actually is a quite capable parser combinator module included in base: Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP.
A parser combinator is a higher-order function which accepts parsers as input, returning a new parser as output. A combinator is a higher-order function that uses only function application and earlier defined combinators to define a result from its arguments1.
many1 repeats a given parser one or more times, yielding a list of the result, while satisfy yields a single Char if it passes a predicate function (isDigit in our example).
The reason the return value is a list, is because an input could result in multiple successful parses, and with varying lengths of matching input. This interface can be unexpected if you’re used to parsers either failing or succeeding with a single result.
λ: readP_to_S (parseDigits <* eof) "123"
We’ve already seen glimpses of how we combine predefined parsers from ReadP into more complex parsers. Several of the ReadP parsers accept other parsers as input, hence the combinator-part. parseDigits uses only function application to construct a parser of digits from many1 and satisfy with a predicate. There’s one major flaw with parseDigits though, it doesn’t actually yield us a number!
λ: map (readInt . fst) $ readP_to_S parseDigits "123"
This means we can create parsers which directly yield the data types we desire. In order to do that though, we need to familiarize ourselves with some of the ReadP typeclass instances, mainly: Functor and Applicative. There are also instances for Alternative and Monad.
λ: :t readP_to_S parseInt "123"
λ: readP_to_S (parseMaybeInt <* eof) "123"
We do not yet have the tools we need in order to create parsers for types which are constructed from multiple arguments, like (,) (the Tuple data constructor). Functor only allows us to map over a (single) parse result to yield another type. Granted, we could give up on type safety and parse our input into substrings, which we again validate piece by piece to construct our values. But we don’t accept compromises like these, do we? No we don’t.
λ: readP_to_S ((,) <$> parseInt <*> parseInt) "123"
We’re now getting tuples out of our parser, although we’re not parsing actual tuples yet. Also note that our parser is ambiguous. The result of the parser should be a tuple, but it’s equally valid to create a tuple of the first and second digit, as is splitting x and y between the second and third digits. The input format (and thus our parser) must change to specify where one coordinate component ends and the other begins. We use static delimiters “(”, “)”, and “,” for this.
λ: readP_to_S (char 'a') "foo"
λ: readP_to_S (char 'f') "foo"
λ: readP_to_S (string "bar") "foo"
λ: readP_to_S (string "foo") "foo"
The <* and *> operators just discard the result of the parsers on the right and left hand side, respectively. The arrows “point” at the part of the sequence whose value will be returned.
There are two issues with our coordinate parser: it’s quite strict in the way it supports no whitespace, and it does not support negative values for the x and y component.
λ: readP_to_S parseCoord "( 1 , 2 )"
Note that we have to fmap the list cons operator to prepend the sign to the resulting list of digits. read for Int also supports whitespace around the number, which means option can yield a blank space character if there is no “-” in front of the number.
Now we can parse negative numbers too!
λ: readP_to_S (parseSignedInt <* eof) "-123"
Note that we can use the Monadic sequencing operator >> and Applicative sequencing operator *> interchangeably. While in a do notation it might be more consistent to stick with the monadic operators.
The parser does not proceed to process input beyond the number of elements we specify.
Functional programming in Haskell centers around breaking down problems into smaller, independent pieces. Then using various means of composition to combine these pieces into a working solution. Parser combinators are yet another example of how we can achieve proper reusability in Haskell. Recall how we reused parseInt (and its derivatives) to create more complex parsers, which again could be composed to create even larger parsers.
I really encourage you to have a go at using either ReadP or the many parser combinator libraries available. Some focus on performance and speed, others on diagnostics and error reporting. | 2019-04-25T18:24:30 | https://myme.no/posts/2019-01-03-parser-combinators.html |
Zynga, best known for its Facebook game FarmVille, plans to launch 10 games this year and wants to sell its headquarters in San Francisco as part of cofounder Mark Pincus’s broader strategy of bringing the storied company back on track.
“We never set out to be landlords and we bought that (headquarters) building on the cheap. The prices in San Francisco are really high – we’re staying in SF. If we sell the building – we’re just exploring – but if we got the right price for it, we would just lease the building for a really long time,” said Marcus Segal, senior vice president of operations at Zynga.
In an interview with ET on the sidelines of Surge Conference, Segal said the online gaming company would look for newer ways of trimming costs as part of overall turnaround strategy and does not anticipate layoffs in India. Zynga currently has 250 people in Bengaluru “and we’re hiring,” he said. | 2019-04-21T02:55:01 | https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/mobile/zynga-will-launch-10-games-in-2016-looking-for-buyers-for-its-sf-headquarters/51131951 |
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Diversity numbers at most tech companies are pretty dismal, but some of the biggest players are using these stratagies to change the ratio.
This change quickly increased the NFL’s number of minority hires from 6% to 22%.
Companies like Facebook and Pinterest have adopted their own versions of the Rooney Rule, often translating it to the idea that at least one woman and one underrepresented minority be considered for every open position (sometimes, every open senior position).
17% of all Americans are Latino, 13% of all Americans are black, 6% of all Americans are Asian, and 62% of Americans are white. 50% of Americans identify as male, and the other 50% as female.
According to Fortune, LinkedIn is among the most gender-diverse of high-profile technology companies—at the end of 2014, almost half of LinkedIn’s employees were non-white.
How did it get there? One clue might be in this interview with Erica Lockheimer, LinkedIn’s director of engineering growth and women in tech.
Erica explains that 20% of her time—and therefore a portion of her salary and bonus—is tied to LinkedIn’s overall diversity goals.
20% time is a cool strategy because it takes the mission outside the realm of just a select few at an organization and makes it something everyone can work toward, together.
Here’s a cool strategy from Google: the search giant is embedding engineers at historically black colleges and universities, where they teach, mentor, and advise.
Seeing yourself recognized and included in design is a powerful feeling, and Slack recognizes this in multiple ways.
As late as 1970, the top five orchestras in the U.S. had fewer than 5% women. By 1997, that number was up to 30%!
What changed? Orchestras began using , where performers stayed behind a screen as they played, unseen by the judges. (Kinda like TV’s The Voice).
According to a 2001 study, blind orchestra auditions the probability that a woman would advance from preliminary rounds by 50%.
We’re excited to explore many of these strategies at Buffer soon, and will share with you how it goes. | 2019-04-23T10:01:14 | http://www.diversitytoday.co.uk/7-lessons-from-facebook-pinterest-and-google-on-building-diverse-teams/ |
Randy Couture was born on June 22, 1963, in Everett, Washington, USA. His parents are Sharan Kin and Edward Couture.
His middle school education, Couture attended Alderwood Middle School. It was while there that Couture first began wrestling. When Randy Couture moved on to attend Lynnwood High School, he continued to play on the school’s wrestling team.
After graduating from high school, Randy Couture went on to join the United States Army in 1982. While in the army, he continued to wrestle. He was on the Greco-Roman wrestling team. Couture was later discharged from the army in 1989.
Shortly before leaving the army, and for several years after being out of the army, Randy Couture continued to wrestle. He trained for the Olympics. He was an alternate for the United States wrestling team in 1988, 1992, and 1996, but he never actually participated in the wrestling event at the Olympics. He was also the NCAA runner-up in 1991 and 1992.
When not training for wrestling events, after leaving the army, Randy Couture worked as the wrestling coach at Oregon State University. He stayed at this university until 1997, which was the first year that he was professionally involved with MMA fighting.
Couture’s mixed martial arts (MMA) career began more suddenly than he expected it t. He was called in as an alternate for the MMA UFC 13 competition. He only had three weeks notice to train. Luckily, he had been in the habit of training for years before this. The competition took place in May 1997. He was a part of the Heavyweight portion. During this competition, he secured his win by defeating players beginning with Tony Halme through his final opponent, Steven Graham. Winning this competition helped to kick off his professional MMA career.
His next major competition was in October 1997. This time, he participated at the UFC 15. Again, he was in heavyweight competition. He was fighting to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Since he did not have much professional experience, not many people expected him to do well. Instead, he ended up defeating Vitor Belfort, which allowed him to continue in the competition. Two months later, he continued onto Japan to challenge Maurice Smith, who held the heavyweight championship. After an aggressive fight, Couture won the match and became the new championship.
Randy Couture only held his championship for a few months before he lost it. He didn’t lose a match, but he instead left to join the Vale Tudo Japan MMA league. He soon left that league to sign on with the Fighting Network RINGS. He stayed with his group for a few months before he lost a serious match, which encouraged him to take a break from MMA for a while.
It wasn’t until late in 2000 that Randy Couture returned to the MMA scene. His first major re-entry into fighting was when he competed in the RINGS Kings of Kings Competition. As he made his way higher up in the competition, he defeated Jeremy Horn and Ryushi Yanagisawa. He later lost this competition when he was defeated by Valentijn Overeem. Meanwhile, Couture was also competition in the UFC Heavyweight Championship. He later won this competition after defeating Kevin Randleman.
After winning the heavyweight title, Randy Couture spent the next part of his career working on defending it. He fought Pedro Pizzo at the UFC 31, where he first defended his title. This match was extremely close, but Couture won, keeping his title. He continued to defend his title through 2001 and into 2002. He lost the title in 2002 to Josh Barnett. However, Barnett soon later lost the title because it was discovered that he was using steroids. Because of this, no one now had the championship. Couture then went on to fight Ricco Rodriguez; losing this match earned Rodriguez the championship.
Shortly after this match, Randy Couture trained to make his way in the light heavyweight division instead. His first fight in this division was against Chuck Liddell. He won this fight, which also allowed him to win the UFC Interim Light Heavyweight Championship. He then went on to defend his title against Vitor Belfort. He lost this match and lost his title. There was a rematch for this title a year later, which Couture won.
In 2005, Randy Couture fought Liddell again. He lost this match, meaning Liddell took on the light heavyweight title. He would later fight Liddell again the next year, and he lost again. After losing this match, he officially retired from MMA fighting.
He later returned to fighting in 2007, even though he had previously retired. He returned to the ring in the UFC 68. In this competition, he fought Tim Sylvia for the Heavyweight Championship. The match was close, but Couture eventually won the match, earning him the title. A few months later, at UFC 74, he defended his title against Gabriel Gonzaga. He won this match and kept his title.
Shortly after defending his title, Randy Couture resigned from the UFC and retired from MMA fighting again, this for only about a year before he returned to the ring in 2008. He signed a three contract fight with the UFC. For his fights, he fought Brock Lesnar and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. He lost the first but won the latter. This encouraged him to keep on fighting.
He then signed a six-fight contract, which overlapped with his former three-fight contract. He again moved down to the light heavyweight division. He then went on to fight Brandon Ver, a match that he won. While still under his contract, he went on to fight Mark Coleman, James Toney, and Lyoto Machida. After losing a match to Machida, Couture retired again, this time for good.
Randy Couture began his acting career in 2003 when he played the role of a fighter in Cradle 2 the Grave. He then went on to play other small roles in films like No Rules, Invincible, and Big Stan.
After retiring from MMA fighting for the first time, Randy Couture went on to work on several sports television shows. For one of his jobs, he was a broadcast commentator on MMA fights. He was also the co-host of Before the Bell, as well as After the Bell, for a short time. He also worked as a coach on the reality show Fight Master: Bellator MMA.
Outside of his sports television shows, he has also been featured on several other television shows, including Pros vs. Joes, The King of Queens, The Roots of Fight, Bill Nye Saves the World, and Hawaii Five-O. Some of the most recent films he has had small roles include The Expendables (1, 2, and 3), Ambushed, and Good Kids.
In 1999, Randy Couture helped to found Team Quest, an MMA training camp. Other founding members of this group include Matt Lindland and Dan Henderson. The company currently has locations all around the world, including in Oregon, California, and Thailand. However, the company is now primarily owned by Lindland and Henderson, as Couture is no longer involved with Team Quest.
In 2006, Randy Couture opened his own MMA training gym in Las Vegas. The biggest location for this gym is still in Las Vegas, but the company has since spread. The gym now has locations all over North America. Some of the other main trainers at the gym include Dennis Davis, Ray Sefo, Neil Melanson, Tim Lane, Kyle Griffin and Robert Follis. Couture is currently still involved with this gym.
All of Couture’s awards are due to his fighting career. Some of his most impressive awards (excluding his titles) are listed below.
Randy Couture has been married three times. He was first married to a woman named Sharon in 1981. This couple later divorced in 1993. He later married a woman named Tricia. Together this couple has three children: Aimee, Caden, and Ryan. This couple later divorced in 2005. He then married Kim Couture in 2006. He has a step-child from this marriage. The couple has since divorced. | 2019-04-24T22:26:11 | https://www.sunsigns.org/famousbirthdays/profile/randy-couture/ |
What’s behind the trend towards private search engines?
In the last two or three years, the search industry has seen a number of new engines that focus specifically on private search. Is this just a passing fad, or is it indicative of an increasing trend towards secure, private search? And if so, what does it mean for more mainstream search engines like the all-seeing Google?
You know, apart from the most obvious search engine. And possibly the second most obvious one too. In fact I’ll start again, what are the eight most popular search engines after Google and Bing?
There is a world outside of Google. But will we know what to do with it once we’re there?
DuckDuckGo doesn't collect user data, which appeals to people as ad blockers grow. But the search engine's founder knows it'll take more than privacy to lure people from Google.
Search queries in DuckDuckGo can now be answered in French, German, Czech, and Polish. | 2019-04-23T00:15:18 | https://searchenginewatch.com/tag/duckduckgo/ |
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Midnyte Reader: Author Interview with J.H. Moncrieff (The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave).
Author Interview with J.H. Moncrieff (The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave).
What is "The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave" about?
Short answer? It's about a young boy's struggles with a cursed teddy bear. Deeper answer? It explores how it's human nature to be afraid of things we don't understand, and how that fear often triggers a very negative reaction.
I'm inspired by travel. Almost every trip I've taken has resulted in at least one novel idea. Often, it’s a 'what if' question that inspires me. I usually feel like I haven't chosen the topic so much as it's chosen me.
Would you consider "The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave" the darkest book you've written? Has it been the one that has affected you the most?
I don't know if it's the darkest, but it's quite disturbing in a lot of ways. I didn't expect Josh's relationship with his stepfather to get as ugly as it did. Part of me was afraid it would be too dark for Samhain, but I had to be true to the story and the characters.
I have what I like to call an 'organic' writing process. I'll get a bit of an idea from something, and within a few days, a character will show up and start telling me the story. My job is to write down what the protagonist says as fast as I can.
Maybe it's my journalism background, but I'm a stickler for accuracy, which can often mean a lot of research. Thankfully, I've found a professional researcher I can rely on, so I no longer have to spend weeks searching for details like whether or not slaves in 1700s Dutch Caribbean had pillows, or what dental care was like in ancient Egypt. From my very first professional novel, I relied on experts--I have a list of cops, firefighters, stunt drivers, forensic anthropologists, and even oilmen I can count on for fact-checking.
My first books were epic tales of a fish family who lived in terror of a bear that stalked them under the ocean. (Apparently I've got a thing for bears!) I was five when I wrote that series, and hopefully I've learned about a little thing we call 'suspension of disbelief' since then.
I think I used to fall into lazy writing when I was younger--characters that were caricatures, settings that were non-existent, etc. I strongly believe it's our job as writers to always push ourselves to be better than our last story--as long as we don't slip into the perfectionism trap.
I love Stephen King, of course, but also Susan Hill, Daphne du Maurier, and the occasional John Saul. Barbara Kingsolver, Timothy Findley and Elizabeth Berg are my favorite literary writers, and I love Joanne Fluke's cozy mysteries. When John Douglas releases a book, I have to buy it--he's one of the first FBI profilers and one hell of a crime writer. I also love reading memoirs, non-fiction accounts about dark times and events in our history, and cookbooks.
"The Ruins" by Scott Smith. I was surprised by how good that book was--it's simply brilliant, and very creepy. I also read a couple of short romances by Elle Rush--"Leading Man" and "Candy Cane Kisses." I don't usually read romance, but I quite enjoy her books.
Horror is very freeing. I've written mysteries and suspense thrillers, but in those genres, readers expect the guy to get the girl (or vice-versa) and the hero must triumph in the end. I love that calling something horror means you can do whatever you want and get as dark as you like. If a reader picks up a horror story, they know that anything can happen, and that's pretty exciting.
Since I never know how my own books will end, it's best to call them horror. That way, no one is disappointed when things get nasty.
I'm working on a new twist on the sea-monster myth and a series of horror novels set in ancient Egypt.
J.H. Moncrieff loves scaring the crap out of people with her books--when she's not busy being a journalist, editor, book doctor, and publicist. In her "spare" time, J.H. loves to travel to exotic locales, advocate for animal rights, and muay thai kickbox.
I love The Ruins and the authors you mention, but I've never heard of Barbara Kingsolver. A quick search reveals that she played in Stephen King's band, along with Amy Tan. Cool! Which book of hers would you recommend as a starter?
I really like what you say about fearing what we don't understand.
Poisonwood Bible, most definitely. It's one of my favourite books!
I love that J.H. Moncrieff has a system in place for research. Some stories seem to be able to get away with a little stretching here and there, but when a story is well researched, it really does make a difference. Some of the best fiction, makes you feel like it's real.
Thanks so much, Toinette. Yeah, I can't just wing it with my books, as much as I would like to. If I'm writing about a period in history, I'm obsessed with getting the details right.
Sometimes this results in some pretty fascinating stuff. For instance, I didn't realize the ancient Egyptians had working plumbing! Or that west Africans had their own form of "voodoo dolls" which they believed could capture the souls of evil people.
Life is stranger than fiction! Why not use it?
J.H.-It is fascinating! The ancient Egyptians also had anasthesia -- how cool is that!? | 2019-04-26T12:39:11 | http://www.midnytereader.com/2015/05/author-interview-with-jh-moncrieff-bear.html |
He’s a Russian mafia kingpin.
Everything about her tempts me, though.
but one I won’t be scratching.
romance from award-winning, international bestselling author SC Daiko!!!
in Italy with her husband and two cats.
I cant wait for this! All your other books are amazing and I cant wait for this one! I’m sure it will be awesome!
Looks awesome!!!! Love Mafia romances and this sounds great. | 2019-04-20T18:14:58 | https://scdaiko.com/2019/01/25/cover-reveal-nanny-and-the-bratva-boss/ |
i did it. i booked a non working vacation that isn't in a war torn… - on again, off again . . .
i did it. i booked a non working vacation that isn't in a war torn country! | 2019-04-24T11:58:46 | https://melissamuse.livejournal.com/82433.html |
Butterfly stopping by on a cone flower in the garden. I have not learned to identify butterflies, yet, other than the most common. Anyone know what this one is? Or is it a moth? Thanks for any help.
A beautiful picture. I don’t know many butterflies though. I hope someone can help you. | 2019-04-26T00:48:37 | https://natureandlifenotes.com/2012/07/06/taking-a-sip/ |
From wooded garden apartments to townhouse and duplex homes, Manatee Village offers residents a choice of remarkable living environments in southernmost Hillsborough County. Its companion Manatee Village SRO rental community even offers shared rental accommodations to the local unaccompanied workforce. From the modern metal work and Mondrian-patterned paint of the newest phase completed in 2010 to the original contemporary homes constructed in 2005, our 89 families can choose among spacious 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom apartments and access amenities like our large clubhouse, computer learning center and library, and playground and sports courts.
Plentiful residential activities from holiday events to homebuyer education to health fairs engage tenants and build a great sense of belonging – a valued characteristic of a Rural Neighborhoods’ community.
Since the early 1900’s Ruskin has been an agricultural center with a unique beginning. The town was started as a utopian community, where residents not only farmed the land, but acquired an education at the Ruskin College. Until the early 1960s, this “Commongood Society” remained intact through depression and war. Today, tomato and row crop farming is receding to the east and south as real estate development rises from farm fields.
Still more than half of this rural area’s 17,208 residents is Latino or African American – a sign of its not-too-distant agricultural past. The town’s transition poses economic hardship to its low wage workers as housing prices rise — 4 in 10 are rent overburdened paying more than 35% of income toward rent. Though Manatee Village is not a utopian cooperative in the image of namesake and England social critic John Ruskin, our affordable rents and generous amenities make it a highly desirable place to call home. | 2019-04-24T08:04:09 | http://www.ruralneighborhoods.org/neighborhoods/building-a-place-to-call-home/manatee-village/ |
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Donald Trump also continues to accuse Hillary Clinton of acting criminally in using a private email server to send thousands of emails while she was secretary of state, ahead of her failed presidential run.
Washington DC: President Donald Trump wanted prosecutions opened against his 2016 election opponent Hillary Clinton and ex-FBI director James Comey, according to a report in The New York Times on Tuesday. The report, quoting unnamed sources, said that Trump's wish earlier this year prompted his then White House lawyer, Donald McGahn, to advise him to hold off, because he'd be opening himself to accusations of abuse of power.
The Times said it was not clear what alleged crimes the president wanted to order the Justice Department to look into. It said that McGahn, who has since left the White House, advised Trump that he could face the risk of impeachment if he took such a measure.
Trump has frequently accused Clinton and the foundation created by her husband, former president Bill Clinton, of corruption. He also continues to accuse Hillary Clinton of acting criminally in using a private email server to send thousands of emails while she was secretary of state, ahead of her failed presidential run.
Trump leads chants of "lock her up," referring to Hillary Clinton, at his political rallies. He fired Comey last year and accuses the former FBI director of breaking the law when he gave information to the Times about interactions with the president.
The report about Trump's alleged move to push the Justice Department into prosecuting opponents comes as he faces accusations of seeking to tamper with a probe by special counsel Robert Mueller into his election campaign's alleged collusion with Russia. | 2019-04-22T14:05:28 | https://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/us-president-donald-trump-wanted-prosecutions-of-hillary-clinton-ex-fbi-chief-report/318398 |
From aerial kite photography to historic walking tours, to bird watching and photography clinics, Refuge Interpretive Ranger Jennifer Heroux and a newly minted team of volunteer docents are offering a rich variety of outings in and around the Restoration Project over the next few months. Don't miss your chance to visit the ponds and explore the wild heart of the South Bay. Please check the Events on the Project website for a complete description of outings and dates.
November marked the beginning of waterfowl hunting season at both the Eden Ecological Reserve managed by the CA Department of Fish and Game and the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Hunting in both areas is restricted to certain dates, times and locations. Safe wildlife observation opportunities still are available throughout the project area, even during hunt periods. Please visit the Project website for more information and to view hunting information for Eden Landing and the Refuge.
The Restoration Project continues to rely on input from the local Working Groups and our Stakeholder Forum members to help guide the planning and implementation of every phase of the Project. As we continue to implement the first set of Phase 1 actions, we are now asking the public to help shape our approach to restoration and public access in the next phase of the Project. In September members of the Alviso Working Group met to review the latest information about restoration, recreation and flood control issues in the Alviso pond complex and to begin to consider actions for Phase 2. And in October the full Stakeholder Forum held its annual meeting to begin a review of proposed Phase 2 actions throughout the Project site. You can find agendas and notes for these meetings on the Events and Meetings page of the Project website. The Project website also contains working drafts of Phase 2 planning documents. In addition to the comments we receive during public meetings we are also accepting comments regarding Phase 2 on the web. View current Phase 2 information. We plan to convene a meeting of the Eden Landing and Ravenswood Working Groups in early 2011.
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Science Team, headed by lead scientist Laura Valoppi, is planning the next Science Symposium for 2011. This event will be the third of its kind for the Restoration Project and will include a day of presentations, poster sessions and discussion about the latest science news related to restoration in the South Bay. The event will take place at the USGS Menlo Park Facility on Thursday, February 3, 2011. We will provide more details as they become available.
After months of modeling and number crunching, preliminary conclusions from the flood plain mapping for the South Bay Shoreline Study are complete. The maps indicate that the highest damages from future flooding in the South Bay will occur in four of the Shoreline Study's 14 economic impact areas. The areas with the highest potential damages from flooding include: Matadero Creek to Barron Creek; Barron Creek to Adobe Creek; Stevens Creek to Sunnyvale West Creek; and Guadalupe Creek to Coyote Creek. As a result, the Army Corps of Engineers is considering a new, phased approach to completing the Study focusing on these four areas first.
The South Bay Shoreline Study provides an opportunity to secure Federal funding to assist in implementing the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Portions of the Restoration Project cannot be completed unless flood control levees are in place to protect low-lying parts of the South Bay shoreline.
Fall has been a busy time at the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project with a large number of habitat and recreation components of the Project completed or entering new phases of construction. Below is a quick summary. For an overview of all the activities planned for Phase One please visit the Track Our Progress page of the Project website.
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein joined a large crowd of supporters in September to celebrate the completion of work at pond SF2. The 240-acre site near the west end of the Dumbarton Bridge has been transformed into a network of islands and waterways for migrating shorebirds with a large section of dry nesting habitat for threatened snowy plovers. Click here to watch video news coverage of the event.
In addition to habitat restoration, the site also includes a new trail and two new viewing platforms. One of the platforms includes a set of ADA-accessible binoculars which also great for kids to use. To visit the newly opened ponds, follow directions on the project web site. It wasn't long before ducks and brown pelicans began using the new islands. The Project is working to design a similar but smaller combination of managed ponds with nesting islands at ponds A16 and A17 near Alviso. The bulk of the design work on that Project is slated for next year with construction scheduled to begin in 2012.
Restoration work at ponds along the eastern side of the Bay near Hayward continues with the first stage of construction to be completed in December. By year's end crews will have partially removed levees in areas slated for tidal marsh restoration (ponds E8A-9-8X). The next stage of construction will include completion of levee lowering and breaches to restore full tidal action in 2011. The sediment excavated from this area will be used to reconstruct levees around managed ponds (E14-13-12). The final design for the reconfigured ponds is to be completed next year and construction is expected to begin in 2012.
Although it sits further from the Bay shoreline than any other pond in the Project area, crews are preparing the 330 acres of dry pond bed at A6 for restoration to tidal marsh at the end of November. Excavators will make four planned cuts in levees surrounding the pond during high tide. Because the pond sits so far away from the surrounding shoreline there is no good place to hold a public event for the breach, but we will take pictures and keep our readers posted. Similar to the Island Ponds, pond A6 is expected to develop gradually into full tidal marsh over a period of years.
After a long delay due to issues with the transfer of land from Cargill to the federal government, a new 2.2 mile trail connecting the Shoreline at Mountain View Park and the City of Sunnyvale is now open to the public. Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, representatives from the Bay Trail, restoration supporters, agency staff and a colorful pack of bicyclists were on hand for the celebratory bolt-cutting ceremony in September. Click here to watch video news coverage of the event. One way to visit the trail is to start in Mountain View and walk or ride south along the Bay Trail to the newly opened levee. You can find directions to the Shoreline at Mountain View park on the Project website. In addition to open water views, the newly opened levee trail includes a rest stop with benches, interpretive signs and a pair of mounted binoculars for bird watching.
Work crews have completed constructing the notch at pond A8 near Alviso which means the 1400-acre site is ready to be connected to the Bay in what is known as a muted tidal system. Project managers expect to open the gates on the notch for the first time in the spring. Construction was managed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District.
Who Is Visiting the Restoration Project Now?
Migration season is here and once again waterfowl and migrating shorebirds are flocking to various parts of the Restoration Project. Starting in the southeast corner of the Bay with the Island Ponds, which were breached in March of 2006, we have seen a steady increase each year in almost all guilds of birds using the ponds. Researchers continue to track increasing numbers of dabbling ducks and small and medium sized shorebirds. The only exception to this trend is eared grebes, which prefer high salinity foraging areas. These areas were eliminated at the Island Ponds when they were changed from salt making ponds to tidal ponds but the plan is to accommodate grebe habitat in other parts of the Project area.
Further west, brown pelicans and northern shovelers have responded to our invitation and are now roosting on the newly created islands at pond SF2 near the Dumbarton Bridge. Although most of the ducks have already arrived, managers expect to see a steady increase in shorebirds as flocks continue to travel along the Pacific Flyway through December. To view a recent report on shorebird migration numbers in the Bay Area please visit Documents on the Project website.
In the East Bay at the Eden Landing ponds, managers have been adjusting the water level and salinity of many ponds because of Phase One construction. As a result, ponds that are normally flooded have been drawn down over the summer and these shallow water ponds are now attracting thousands of migrating shorebirds and ducks. Large groups of northern pintails, northern shovelers, as well as more recent sightings of American wigeon, ruddy ducks and scaup have been reported.
Some shallow water ponds were drawn down even further over the summer to create foraging habitat for threatened snowy plovers. Once the plovers moved on, managers began to fill these ponds, creating high salinity ponds (due to the effect of the evaporative draw down). These high-salinity ponds have attracted hundreds of less common species to the restoration site including Bonaparte's gulls and red-necked phalaropes.
Mudflats, also called shoals or tidal flats, are a very visible feature of the far South Bay environment and they serve an incredibly important function in the Bay area food web. About 2/3 of the entire surface area of the far South Bay is mudflat. Over one million shorebirds visit the Bay's mudflats every year making San Francisco Bay a site of Hemispheric Importance, the highest ranking, by the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network. Shorebirds using the Bay's mudflats include western sandpiper, least sandpiper, dunlin, American avocet, willet, marbled godwit, dowitcher, black-bellied plover, black-necked Stilt, semi-palmated plover, and long-billed curlew. Shorebirds feed on invertebrate organisms that burrow in the mud. As the tide recedes, this abundant food source becomes available turning the exposed mudflat into a large restaurant for thousands of migratory shorebirds. Organisms in the mudflat provide the fuel needed for long migration flights and to sustain those species that overwinter here.
There are many challenges to restoring natural areas in the heart of a major urban center like the Bay Area, not the least of which is trash. From plastic cups and bottles to rotting tires and boat hulls, Brian and Katrina Higgins have seen it all. On lunch hours, after work and on weekends, with a diligence that surprises even the most avid conservationists, Brian and Katrina Higgins have been picking up and hauling away trash from the Bay including South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project sites. Since the start of this year, they have been responsible for collecting and hauling away over 19 truckloads of trash. We caught up with them earlier this fall to find out more about their amazing contribution to the Restoration Project. | 2019-04-20T12:14:30 | http://southbayrestoration.org/news/e-newsletters/nov-2010/ |
With the end of the 15th LokSabha, the RajyaSabha passed the crucial anti-corruption law the Whistleblower Protection Bill, which is one of the six anti-graft bills that have been presented by the government as potential efficient tools against corruption, almost two years after it received the consent of the LokSabha. The bill, which provides for protection of whistleblowers, will now become law after the president's assent.This bill, which was pending in the Indian Parliament for several years, provides for protection of Indian whistleblowers keen to expose corruption. India is among the 140 countries that have signed the UN Convention against Corruption. Even as 40 Indian whistleblowers have been killed in the past 5 years and incidents of harassment, fear and violence have been reported by whistleblowers across the country, activists of Right to Information have been protesting to pass this legislature.
The act of revealing information by an employee or any stakeholder about an illegal or corrupt conduct within an organization is known as Whistle blowing. In 2001, a suggestion was made by the Law Commission that in order to eradicate corruption, it was important to have a law to protect whistleblowers and thus, drafted a Bill in its report. In 2004, the Supreme Court, replying to a petition filed after the murder of Satyendra Dubey an Indian Engineering Service officer who was killed after he tried to reveal corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral highway construction project in 2003, directed that till a law is enacted, a device be implemented for acting on complaints from whistleblowers. In 2004, the government notified a resolution that gave the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) the authority to act on complaints from whistleblowers. 1,354 complaints have been received by CVC since 2004, from whistleblowers. In 2007, a recommendation for enactment of a specific law to protect whistleblowers was also made in the report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission. In 2011, the LokSabha passed the Whistleblower Protection Bill, which was then taken up by the Upper House in 2012 for consideration.
Broadly seen as an instrumental weapon for anti-graft activists exposing bribery and cheating in government practices, the bill when implemented, would create a legal framework to probe and accuse cases of corruption involving government officials. The bill seeks to provide for setting up a regular mechanism to inspire persons to reveal information on corruption or intentionalmisappropriation of power by public servants, including ministers.Besides setting out the procedure to investigate into the revelations and providing suitable precautions against victimization of the whistleblower, it also seeks to provide punishment for false or frivolous complaints.
A disclosure can be made to the Central or State Vigilance Commission by any public servant or any other person including a non-governmental organization.
The identity of the complainant has to be included in every complaint.
The identity of the complainant shall not be revealed by the Vigilance Commission except to the head of the department if he considers it necessary. Any person who discloses the identity of the complainant will be penalized as per the Bill and also prescribes penalties for consciously making false complaints.
The definition of 'disclosure' has also been amended to include willful misuse of power or willful misuse of discretion, which leads to obvious loss to the government or obvious gain to the public servant or any third party.The definition of competent authority to which a complaint can be made has also been expanded. A suggestion was made that steps should be taken to protect those who had blown the whistle on corrupt practices before the bill was passed, to which Minister of State for Personnel V. Narayanasamy said the government has already brought a resolution in 2004 under which the CVC was permitted to protect the whistleblowers. | 2019-04-21T10:47:02 | https://www.livelaw.in/bill-protect-whistleblowers-gets-parliaments-consent/ |
The rich volcanic and glacial soil deposits of the Willamette Valley are irrigated by a splendid river system and tilled by farmers who raise everything from goats to hazelnuts. These farmers make Oregon the seventh-best state in terms of the availability and consumption of local foods, well ahead of neighboring California and Washington. The people of Oregon have access to an exceptional variety of local foods and take great pride in eating local, to the point that the comedy series “Portlandia” made a sketch about it.
And Oregonians aren’t alone. Since Oxford University Press proclaimed “locavore” the 2007 word of the year, the local food scene has exploded in communities around the world. Chefs cited locally sourced foods as the top menu trend of 2016, and local food sales are expected to nearly double from 2014 to 2019, topping US$20 billion.
These aren’t just people who like to eat local. Locavorism comes complete with a set of strongly held core values and beliefs.
Notably, locavores support local food communities wherever they happen to be. A locavore on vacation in Orlando might venture out to taste one of Florida’s many locally grown tropical fruits such as papaya.
And somewhat unexpectedly, our research shows that locavores do not care whether local foods are sold by large corporate retailers, so long as the “local” claim can be trusted. It’s the localness that matters most.
Locavores want all of their food, even boring granola, to be locally sourced. And these aren’t just gourmet foodies with sophisticated palettes.
Given the importance of “local” to locavores, what it means matters. But the definition can vary.
Some might think of local foods as those produced within one’s city, state or region. Others might focus solely on the physical distance between production and consumption. Both perspectives are valid and are manifest in the food industry.
For the purposes of farm lending programs, the federal government defines a food as local if it hasn’t moved more than 400 miles from where it was grown. Yet most consumers tend to think of local as within 100 miles or their state’s borders. The variety of definitions may be why characters in a “Portlandia” sketch opted not to take a restaurant’s word and instead visited a farm to verify a chicken’s localness.
In fact, deception can be an unfortunate issue within the sector, with some sellers outright lying about the origin of their foods. Yet because locavores are ideologically driven, they tend to root out the hucksters. Locavores’ increased tendency to call a farm to express gratitude for ingredients in a restaurant meal makes deceit difficult to sustain.
‘Portlandia’ pokes friendly fun at being a locavore.
local food consumption contributes to community.
A second study, also among online consumers, helped us isolate locavorism from similar ideologies, such as hometown bias and anti-corporatism, by identifying locavores using our newly developed scale and measuring reactions to different scenarios. Examples include their food choices while traveling or when a local grocer isn’t available. We found that people we identified as locavores always preferred local food, even when traveling and didn’t care if the vendor was a national chain.
A third study was a field experiment at the University of Oregon. As people walked through an atrium at the business school, we asked them to participate in a granola taste test and rate how likely they’d be to purchase some. Half of the 99 participants were told that the granola was a local brand, while the rest were told it was national – though they were actually identical.
One week later, we asked them to complete our locavore scale, which showed a strong correlation between those who ranked high and a strong interest in purchasing the granola – but only when it was marketed as local. In reality, all participants tasted the same exact granola. And so from this experiment, we were able to conclude that it is their beliefs rather than physiological taste driving locavores’ food preferences.
Overall, the results suggest that locavorism isn’t a simple preference. It is a strongly held ideology, akin to politics or religion, that predicts what people eat, where they shop and how they respond to food advertisement.
As we noted, locavorism can’t be explained by simple demographic variables. To test this, we aggregated the data from all six of our studies into one dataset comprising 1,261 consumers and examined correlations between locavorism and the demographic measures we collected, such as age, gender and political orientation. We found only weak correlations.
Yet there is growing interest in the small-scale, niche farms that sell direct-to-consumer, a sector whose sales grew 61 percent from 2008 to 2012. Around the same time, the number of farmers’ markets jumped from under 3,000 in 2006 to more than 8,000 in 2014.
Even more impressive, from 2007 to 2014 there was a 430 percent increase in “farm to school” programs that aim to educate kids about food nutrition and serve locally sourced food in kids’ meals. | 2019-04-23T14:43:51 | http://theconversation.com/meet-the-foodies-who-are-changing-the-way-americans-eat-95621 |
Graffiti alley comes at you sort of wonderfully, like a something-around-the-bend actually worth anticipating. You’re walking down Howard toward North Ave, past the parking lots and weirdly high volume of car shops, and then you see her, about 12-feet off the ground. An image of a Muslim woman with a bandolier and a gun is pasted at the alley’s entrance like a sentinel.
On the opposite wall, a little higher up, “NO RULES” is scrawled in chunky beige font. That’s a decent summary of Graffiti alley, the space behind the Load of Fun building on the corner of Howard and West North.
After a lot of wrestling with city officials, Sherwin Mark, the guy who owns the Load of Fun, was able to convince them to legalize graffiti in the block of alley. As long as it’s not gang-related, racist, or a phallus, it can go up.
There’s always someone throwing up a new tag or mural, so the artwork in the alley is never static. You can go one month and come back to a whole new space.
Graffiti was going up before Mark got everything approved. But even though the community seemed to like what was going on, one day he and his co-worker Karly Fae Hansen went into the alley to find it painted over with white. They called it “heartbreak alley” for a while, but since then they’ve hammered out an agreement with the city and the walls are vibrant again. | 2019-04-21T12:41:46 | https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/living-walls-pictures-from-baltimores-graffiti-alley/ |
CJ takes a bus ride home from church with his Nana on a rainy day. He wonders why they don’t have a car like his friend, Colby. Nana assures him they don’t need a car when they have the bus and their friend Dennis, the bus driver. He wonders why his friends don’t have to go anywhere after church like he does. Nana says she feels sorry for his friends that don’t get to meet all the people he meets on the bus and their friends at the last stop on Market Street. On the bus, CJ meets an old blind man with his dog, a guitar player sitting across from him, and a woman with a jar of butterflies. When they finally get to the last stop on Market Street, CJ and Nana get off the bus. They walk down a dirty street and past buildings with graffiti on the walls and boarded up windows. Nana shows him the beauty of the sky above them and the rainbow that arcs over the soup kitchen. When they arrive, CJ waves to the people he knows. Then he and Nana go into the soup kitchen where they help to serve the meals.
Whether our readers have been to a soup kitchen like CJ, or not, they can all learn to appreciate the things they have in life and the opportunities they have to share with others every day, no matter what side of the soup line they stand on.
And what better way to bring this story to life but to make soup for yourselves and for others. Here are some simple recipes even the youngest readers can help you make. | 2019-04-24T22:38:19 | https://julianaleewriter.com/books-alive/l/last-stop-on-market-street/ |
A life measured in words is a noble thing. It has the ability to stretch far beyond bronze sculptures, oil paintings, ancient pottery, fresco or tile, well into the future, nearly intact. It is a time capsule of a person’s most intimate secrets that can reach across eons. The poets inner life always exposed and raw. What I find spellbinding about Auden is his ability to surprise me, mid line, time after time. Auden’s work feels like he never wrote to appease anyone but himself. He never appears to be grand standing. There is a humbleness to Auden that keeps it refreshing and genuine. T. S. Eliot always strikes me a bit like he was writing to pick up girls and get laid. It has a falseness about it sometimes, that lacks sincerity, whereas Auden reads like poetry was the only intimate act between two people he ever considered.
I wonder if the digital world will overwhelm posterity with mediocrity someday? Will Auden’s work be buried beneath the next thousand years of marginal poets creating sedimentary formations in the digital world that will obscure his greatness? Or will his work become compressed to be a layer of energy, like oil deep beneath the ground, just waiting to be tapped? I hope there will be men and women like me, every generation, who will discover Auden and keep his words alive.
An interesting thing to consider is whether English will be a spoken language in 2,000 years? Or will it become like Latin, an ancient readable, translatable text, that no living human being can converse or speak naturally. And if English becomes a dead language, how will Auden be translated? Will his ideas survive further into the future than the words themselves? And what will human kind think of this man in their new vocabulary that inspires them to evolve him through translation into their modernity? | 2019-04-22T19:01:20 | https://fourteenlines.blog/2019/01/29/a-private-reason-for-this/ |
1. Butterfly the chicken breasts, then place in a dish with 1 tsp of cumin and 1 tsp of ground coriander, seasoning and a drizzle of olive oil. Coat the chicken evenly in the spices and set aside.
2. Toss the carrots, red onion, sultanas and parsley in a bowl, then make the dressing by whisking together the lemon juice, honey, remaining cumin and coriander and 1-2 tbsp olive oil. Pour over the salad and toss to coat.
3. Pan fry the chicken breasts until golden and cooked through.
4. To make the feta dressing, simply crumble the feta into the Greek yoghurt, season well and stir to combine.
5. Serve the chicken alongside the dressed salad and drizzle over the feta dressing as desired. | 2019-04-21T18:45:50 | https://www.waitoafreerange.co.nz/our-recipes/recipe/moroccan-carrot-salad-with-chicken-breast-and-feta-dressing |
The paper deals with that extreme form of evil represented by torture, trying to highlight the different faces of the possible manifestations of the Other: the Other as persecutor, the Other Self inside every human being, and the social Other. All these manifestations will be examined within a wider defi nition of torture as a system with its own purpose, its roles and peculiar dynamics of operation.
Moral Evil; Violence; Torture; Dignity; Sartre. | 2019-04-21T18:24:30 | https://universitypress.unisob.na.it/ojs/index.php/minorityreports/article/view/526 |
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Tineola bisselliella, or clothes moths, can be identified by the reddish-gold hair on the top of their heads, and golden hairs fringed to their wings. Adult clothes moths are about a 1/2 inch in length. They are not attracted to light, so you can find them in darker spaces such as closets where larvae is then produced, and feeds on clothing.
Clothes moths don’t travel far, they can usually only be found where the infestation takes place. They have a unique and distinct flying pattern by only fluttering around without a direct pattern. Until the larvae are grown, they stay in a silk case that will take the color of the item of clothing they are attached to, making it difficult to distinguish if there is a pest infestation. Larvae are able to feed out of either end of the silk case, and they feed mainly on wool clothing, or any fabric that has wool in it. They are also attracted to fabrics with the scent of food or perspiration. | 2019-04-18T21:05:48 | https://www.a1exterminators.com/pest/clothes-moth/ |
Dockwise's employees are spread out over 12 offices worldwide. Communications are a lifeline for the international company.
Law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek required an Unified Communications solution that fit within its virtualized IT environment. | 2019-04-22T03:08:15 | https://www.startready.com/en-us/Testimonials/Testimonials/id/172/pager/3233/page/1 |
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