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0.998108 | "How likely are you to recommend Atmos Energy to a friend or colleague?
Atmos Energy's promoters are those who respond with a score of 9 to 10, and they are likely to create most value, such as buying more, remaining customers for longer, and making more positive referrals to other potential customers. Detractors, responding with a score of 0 to 6 are believed to be less likely to exhibit the value-creating behaviors.
The Net Promoter Score of Atmos Energy is a number from -100 to 100 calculated by subtracting the percentage of detractors from the percentage of customers who are Promoters.
Is Atmos Energy's estimated NPS of 4 considered to be good?
Consider an example: If Atmos Energy sends out NPS surveys immediately after purchase, they are tracking their customers' initial excitement and the checkout experience.
Therefore, comparing the NPS score of Atmos Energy with your own without any further context is not that useful. | 2019-04-21T16:23:22 | https://customer.guru/net-promoter-score/atmos-energy |
0.999995 | Could the Air Force implement a new policy requiring troops to be ready for a physical fitness assessment at all times, pop-quiz style? It's one of several ideas proposed by the Air Force scientist instrumental in creating the current PFA.
Dr. Neal Baumgartner, chief of the Air Force Exercise Science Unit at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, told Military.com he's interested in having in place the most reliable assessment of fitness -- and reducing pain and frustration wherever possible. He's gathering feedback on proposals aimed at making testing less of an ordeal, including randomized testing, longer time between tests for the super-fit, and measures to reduce anxiety around test-time.
While Baumgartner said the current testing regime is generally working well, he's bothered by what he calls "five-and-a-half month wonders:" troops who don't worry about their health and fitness until their semi-annual PFA is right around the corner.
One proposal Baumgartner believes could reduce testing resources while discouraging airmen from "cramming" fitness ahead of a scheduled test is randomization -- administering a lower number of tests to the force at random, forcing troops to remain ready.
"Random testing has a big positive in that it enhances accountability," he said. "You never know when the policeman may come around the corner."
Baumgartner added that troops could be exempted from being called up for random testing after a deployment, or within a certain time frame after taking a previous test. The objective, he said, it not to catch more airmen out, but to discourage those who spend most of the year out of regulations and then take unhealthy steps to prepare at the last minute.
"[People say], 'I can't wait until the last two weeks of the year to start getting fit for the test,'" he said. "The goal is consistency."
That said, the Air Force does not appear to have a significant percentage of airmen at risk. As of the end of March 2019, 98.2% of the active-duty Air Force had a passing score on the fitness assessment, Capt. Carrie Volpe, an Air Force spokeswoman, told Military.com.
That means roughly 6,000 airmen, out of the active force of 332,800, did not pass, with more squeaking by on the margins.
For those at the other end of the spectrum, Baumgartner proposes letting top-scoring airmen go longer between PFAs. In feasibility testing is a proposal that would determine the time gap between fitness tests for airmen by their previous scores, with greater gaps associated with higher scores.
This initiative would further a 2010 Air Force policy change that allowed airmen who scored a 90 or above in all fitness components to take the PFA annually, rather than twice a year, as an incentive to maintain a high rate of fitness.
The thinking, he said, is that those who score in the highest percentages on the PFA are those who exhibit the healthy habits and behaviors the Air Force is looking for year-round; they don't need much evaluation or prodding. And even if a top-scorer did the unlikely, and started habitually gorging on Cheetos and beer immediately after finishing the PFA, Baumgartner reasons it would take some time before they found themselves at risk of failing the test.
"What if one of those 96 [scorers] decided to become a couch potato?" he said. "How long would it take before they went from a 96 to a failing level? It's probably going to take more than a year."
The current Air Force fitness assessment includes an abdominal circumference measurement, 1.5-mile times run, and times test to complete as many pushups and situps possible within one minute. All four components must be completed within a three-hour window in a single day.
"Hey Airman John Doe, because you score a 95, how about you don't have to test for another 18 months," Baumgartner said. "They're incentivized by that idea."
For those who do dread the test itself, Baumgartner is also proposing a change that may reduce testing anxiety.
He suggested that airmen might be able to take a pressure-free pretest, scheduled in advance with designated proctors, ahead of their set mandatory PFA. Failure of this pretest would have no negative consequences; but a passing score would count for that testing cycle.
"We know from the literature that when consequences are removed, people tend to do slightly better," Baumgartner said. "We bounced it off some airmen of all different scores, and the overall feedback is very positive."
If airmen schedule pretests in coordination with other PFAs, he said, it won't require any additional labor or resources to facilitate them.
Any improvements and changes, Baumgartner stressed, must be made with an eye to staying resource-neutral -- not increasing the time it takes to administer tests or the required equipment or manpower.
He also emphasized that the current test works as-is, although his office is always seeking improvements. Right now, they're assessing feasibility and collecting feedback on the various proposals.
"If a plane can fly from A to B and do its job, we're happy to consider one that can do it better," he said. "However, it doesn't mean the current plane is broken." | 2019-04-19T19:36:27 | https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/15/pop-quiz-style-fitness-tests-airmen-air-force-evaluates-changes.html |
0.999785 | What Is The Definition Of Drop Pass In Hockey?
1. This is a type of pass in ice hockey where a player passes the puck directly behind them, where then their teammate would pick up the puck. A perfect drop pass is where the player passes the puck behind them, where the puck then stops and their teammate is able to catch up to the puck to receive it.
1. The right wing bring the puck up the ice where he dekes out the defender then does a drop pass, where his teammate catches up and slaps the puck in for a goal. | 2019-04-25T10:59:34 | https://www.sportslingo.com/sports-glossary/d/drop-pass/ |
0.999205 | New Delhi: Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday tore into Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's views on the Lokpal, saying he was dictating the party's stand on the anti-corruption legislation to the Manmohan Singh government.
Sushma Swaraj said Rahul Gandhi's five-page statement in the house during zero hour on Friday had made it clear that the Congress party did not approve of the government's decisions in response to Anna Hazare's protest.
“Was Rahul Gandhi making a zero hour intervention in the house or outlining his party's stand to the government? Was he addressing the nation or was he making an intervention?” Sushma Swaraj said.
She also noted that Speaker Meira Kumar had permitted him to make a statement for 15 minutes while other members have to give a notice and get barely three minutes to raise issues of importance.
She said that Gandhi's statement had overturned the 'statesmanship shown by the Prime Minister in the house a day before'.
“Now I know why this government has dragged its feet from the assurances it gave to have a debate in the house under a rule that entailed voting and tried to take the back route entry through a private member's resolution,” she said, referring to a debate in the house on the basis of Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit's resolution in the Lok Sabha that was curtailed after opposition protest.
On Friday, Gandhi said a Lokpal bill could not alone end corruption and suggested an autonomous Lokpal on the lines of the Election Commission.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley recalled that it was LN Singhvi who coined the term 'Lokpal', and pointed out that his son Abhishek Singhvi now heads the parliamentary committee seeing the Lokpal bill.
As the Parliament debated the Lokpal bill, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the term 'Lokpal' was added in Hindi vocabulary by the 'senior Singhvi'.
“Coincidently on 3rd April 1963, then an independent young member of Lok Sabha, LN Singhvi in course of participation in a debate on having ombudsman in India, attempted to find out what Indian equivalent was and added the term Lokpal and Lokayukta to our dictionary,” Jailtey said.
The massive support for Anna Hazare is a 'loud and clear' message that people are unhappy with the present dispensation, opposition leader Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. As the Rajya Sabha took up the debate on the Lokpal bill, Jaitley said: 'The message is loud and clear, people are not ready to accept the present status quo.
On the other hand, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appealed the Gandhian to end the 12-day long fast.
"I appeal Sri Anna Hazareji to break the fast now. His health is a great concern for all of us," Patnaik told reporters adding that his party (BJD) would like a strong Lokpal to be in place to fight corruption.
Stating that his government had been fighting against corruption in the state level, Patnaik said Anna Hazare's agitation would help to eradicate the menace.
Meanwhile, protests in different parts of the state continued their fast, sit-in supporting Hazare's campaign. People from different walks of life comprising students, lawyers, women and even children came to the streets and expressed their support to Hazare's agitation.
The BJP said it found considerable merit in three contentious issues raised by Team Anna, including covering the entire bureaucracy and Citizens' Charter for public grievances under Lokpal and favoured Lokayuktas in the states.
However, it said inclusion of the Prime Minister under Lokpal should be with the exception of certain areas like national security.
These views were forcefully expressed by Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha during debate on the Lokpal issue in the House.
accountable... When we are including the Prime Minister (in the Lokpal)..."
Responding to a specific enquiry by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee whether there can be a central law for Lokayuktas in the states, Jaitley, an eminent lawyer, said there can be enabling laws. While there is merit in this, Lokayuktas should not be appointed by the Centre.
Jaitley said, "We have heard some not-so-complimentary statements against MPs" and urged members to show maturity without getting provoked.
While giving in, Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit expressed his support to Anna Hazare's three key demands related to a powerful anti-corruption Lokpal bill. Dikshit said he was in 'complete' unison with Hazare's team on its demand for having Lokayuktas in states, framing Citizen's Charters for all government departments and including the lower bureaucracy in the ambit of Lokpal.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha, he suggested that the central government can send a model Lokpal bill to states so that they create their Lokpals.
On framing Citizen's Charter, he said the government was trying to include this also in the anti-corruption mechanism.
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar urged Anna Hazare to positively end his hunger strike by 6 in the evening. “Sri Sri insists that Anna breaks his fast at any cost before 6 pm on Saturday, whether there is a (parliament) resolution (on Lokpal bill) or not,” he said in a statement here.
“Let the agitation continue, but not the fast,” he added.
On contrary, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is back on Twitter, refusing to write about the man who has held the government hostage on the issue of corruption -- Anna Hazare. 'Since nothing is happening in the world other than Anna & I refuse to tweet about Anna ergo I can't tweet about anything :-),' the young chief minister posted on the micro-blogging website.
Abdullah, often known to air his views on the virtual world, did not post even a single comment from Aug 19 to Aug 25. | 2019-04-21T16:32:29 | http://post.jagran.com/Sushma-tears-into-Rahuls-address-on-Lokpal-others-appeal-Anna-to-end-fast-1314441531 |
0.999732 | Ingredients include short pasta, lemon, ginger, olive oil, garlic cloves, red pepper flakes, onions, green bell pepper, carrots, broccoli, chicken breasts, and soy sauce.
Place a pot on the stove (over medium heat) and pour in the 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
Once the oil is heated, add the garlic, ginger, and pepper flakes. Cook everything for 1 minute.
Add the onion and bell pepper and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.
This meal was a delicious addition to our daily routine and my family just adores it. The vegetables are cooked perfectly, not mushy, and the chicken is so tender and juice. It brings a an array of various flavors and textures to you mouth that it just instantly waters. I will be preparing this dish again and give it 5 stars. | 2019-04-25T10:09:02 | https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Vegetables-with-Chicken-and-Pasta-530556 |
0.998876 | It's no secret that the Penguins find themselves sputtering along late in the season, posting a modest 8-8-2 record since the Olympic break. As a result, with the playoffs barreling down on the club like a freight train, dark clouds of doubt and uncertainty seemingly hang over Western Pennsylvania as ghosts of postseasons past dance in the minds of the Pittsburgh faithful.
Rather than focus on all the question marks, concerns or countless calls for the coach's/general manager's/goaltender's/whoever's head, though, we thought we'd explore some reasons to find optimism as the Pens prepare for playoff hockey.
No, really; they exist. And, honestly, it didn't even take long to conjure them up.
For much of the season, the Penguins persevered through an unholy amount of injuries. Serious ailments to key contributors have robbed Pittsburgh of a healthy lineup for literally the entire campaign. In order to find success, individuals embraced more significant roles (Matt Niskanen), stars were born (Olli Maatta) and minor league call-ups filled in admirably (Brian Gibbons and Jayson Megna). And, with Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury leading the way, the Pens overcame their plethora of injuries to run away with the Metropolitan.
On the verge of clinching their second consecutive division title, however, the Pens have finally hit a rough patch. Their typically superior special teams are struggling, players appear worn out and the team lacks consistency.
Luckily, help is on the way. As Pens Initiative wrote about yesterday, Paul Martin's return appears imminent. What's more, of all the currently injured Penguins, only Pascal Dupuis finds himself lost for the season. The likes of Evgeni Malkin, Joe Vitale and Marcel Goc, however, could all return for the start of the playoffs. Hell, even Kris Letang hasn't been officially ruled out.
Thus, if the Penguins can finally escape the injury bug (knock on wood) they could find themselves nearly intact for a postseason run. And, while that won't dispel all the club's deficiencies, it will transform them into a much more formidable opponent.
Leading up to last year's trade deadline, Ray Shero was like a kid in a candy store. After acquiring Douglas Murray, Jussi Jokinen and roughly half the captains residing in the Western Conference, an already loaded Pittsburgh squad appeared destined for date with a trip to the Stanley Cup Final.
Ultimately, though, the team simply got older. Yes, Jokinen found success, evolving into a versatile contributor who remains with the club. But Murray didn't really fit within the system, Brenden Morrow appeared a step behind in the playoffs and Jarome Iginla never looked comfortable in a Penguins' sweater.
In hindsight, perhaps too many moves took place; maybe less could have been more.
This year, though, the Penguins yielded a much different return. It could have been a function of the market or maybe it was Shero's lack of salary cap space but, in the end, the Penguins subtly secured depth in lieu of making a big splash. Despite rumors swirling around a potential acquisition of Ryan Kesler, the Penguins brought in Lee Stempniak and Marcel Goc, two separate moves that served to bolster a top-heavy forward unit.
For his part, Stempniak has already shown signs of developing chemistry with Crosby and Chris Kunitz, slotting in on the top line in place of the injured Dupuis. Meanwhile, prior to a nasty injury, Goc vastly improved the depth of the team's bottom-six.
Most importantly, there isn't a need to put a square peg in a round hole this year. Both acquisitions fill specific needs, addressing previous voids in the Pittsburgh lineup. If and when the Penguins finally get (relatively) healthy, Stempniak and Goc will compliment the club's high-end skill by filling roles that fit each acquisition's particular skill set.
It's hard to imagine this Pittsburgh team not finding itself under pressure. After all, employing Crosby, Evgeni Malkin et al begets a need to win. Now.
But, outside of the Pittsburgh locker room, who really envisions the Pens parading the Cup around the ice this spring? After all, this is a top-heavy squad that's been consistently decimated by injuries with postseason demons, a team far removed from the one who went an entire calendar month without a loss last year.
That public persona doesn't bother the Penguins one bit, though.
Perhaps there's something to that. Maybe entering the playoffs without people anointing the club as heavy favorites will prove beneficial, serving to foster an "us against the world" mentality. Maybe playing a potential role of underdog will motivate the Penguins to prove themselves, to show that they can still find success in the postseason, that it's someone else's turn to succumb to the pressure.
Does that mean it will necessarily happen? Of course, not.
But it's something to be optimistic about. | 2019-04-22T14:39:36 | http://www.pensinitiative.com/2014/04/pittsburgh-penguins-three-reasons-for.html |
0.999999 | Answers are never inside your office. Your mother or your friends – even if they were potential customers – are not your best tester. And people almost always lie when they say they would pay for your product.
These are the three most common mistakes I have seen during my years supporting startups on their business modelling. The good news is that there’s a very simple solution: validate against the market.
If you don’t validate, you’re wasting your fuel – money, time and energy – in a dead-end street. Get out of your office, learn fast and adapt to reality. My motto when talking to startups is always validate, validate, validate.
But why is this validation process so important? To launch a new project is always uncertain, even more if we’re in new markets like digital health. Years ago the common thinking was that startups were like big companies, but smaller. Now we know that’s not true.
A startup is a company looking for a business model that is repeatable and scalable, i. e. a startup wants to learn fast and be agile in order to become a traditional company as soon as possible. And by traditional companies I mean those running a model that works.
If you’re seeking that successful business model, go ahead validating your hypothesis with the market. The-mar-ket. Lucky you if you can count on a supportive family and friends connected to the business, like doctors or techs, but never let trust play against you.
Ok, we’re in a validation mood now. How do I go about it? I will share with you four tips and one opportunity to improve your business model.
Instead of writing a complex business plan, focus on a Business Model Canvas. Use those ideas and assumptions that you don’t really know if will work as you predicted.
Identify your hypotheses and sort them by priority. Classify them by type: regarding the customer (not the user), the problem and the solution. Start with the client: who will pay for my solution? Then his challenge: is this issue really a priority for my customer? Finally your solution: is my service or product the best way to solve the problem?
Get out of your cave and interact with potential users and clients. Validate with them your main hypotheses, like the value proposition, customer segmentation and channels. Prepare an interview with a customer-problem-solution approach, define the metrics to measure the answers and schedule the meetings.
And be agile! Lean Startup model is based on the development of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to get a quick response from customers. It’s the best way to readapt your solution in a cost-efficient way, hence avoiding wasting time and resources in a product that your potential clients won’t love.
Never stop learning and don’t forget to use your learnings to pivot. Adjust whatever is needed to get commercial traction. Don’t be afraid.
You don’t have to do it alone. Here’s one opportunity.
Get free business support from experts with Lean Startup Academy. It’s an intensive program -tailored to digital health- where you’ll get personalised feedback from experienced trainers and end up with a sound, validated business model tested against your market.
But what if you feel like being in a previous phase? Turn your idea into a real project with Business Model Clinic. This free program consists of three one-to-one coaching sessions with eHealth and business experts.
Both business model services are part of eHealth Hub, a European project that offers business support to digital health companies. If you find them useful and want to keep up-to-date for next calls, subscribe to eHealth Hub newsletter and follow on Twitter and Linkedin.
And always remember: whatever you need, is probably not inside your office! | 2019-04-20T10:15:03 | https://www.ehealth-hub.eu/not-let-trust-play-validate-business-model-market/ |
0.999999 | What Is a Basal Knob?
(noun) The basal knob is a very prominent bump, swelling, bulge, or projection at the base of a bird's bill, typically positioned on the upper mandible and extremely noticable. It usually has a bulbous, horn, or plate-like shape that projects away from the bird's forehead rather than staying flat along the head like a frontal shield, and is much more obvious than simply a wide bill base or sloped bill shape.
While the exact purpose of basal knobs is unknown, they may serve as an indicator of health or sexual maturity, particularly during the mating season when some knobs become larger or may take on different colors with breeding plumage. These knobs can also be a good field mark for proper species identification, and in some cases, may be considered diagnostic markings. The overall size, shape, and prominence of the basal knob often varies by gender, with males typically having larger and more obvious knobs. In some species, females may not have basal knobs at all. After the mating season ends, basal knobs may remain the same or may dramatically reduce in size and become a more neutral, camouflaged color.
Wattles: These fleshy nodules or bumps are usually much smaller than basal knobs and are typically found in groups, while the basal knob is a single structure. Wattles may also extend onto the lores or around the bird's eyes, but the basal knob does not.
Snood: This long, dangling protuberance is only found on wild turkeys and ocellated turkeys, and is much longer, thinner, and more flexible than basal knobs. The snood can also change color, size, and shape with a turkey's emotion.
Frontal Shield: This is a small, relatively flat plate that protects a bird's forehead, but it is not swollen and usually is not as large or prominent as a basal knob. Frontal shields can be slightly swollen, but without the extreme shape of the basal knob.
Nares: These are a bird's nostrils, the holes on the bill that are used for breathing. While the nares may be slightly swollen with illness or injury, they are not basal knobs. The basal knob, on the other hand, has no holes.
Cere: The cere is a fleshy, skin-like covering at the base of a bird's bill, but does not swell up to the same extent as a basal knob. The cere typically conforms to the shape of the bill, and may cover the nares as well.
Nail: The nail is the stiff, swollen tip of the bill on many ducks and waterfowl, and is used for foraging. It is not at the base of the bill, and is not as large as a basal knob. On some birds, the nail can be a different color than the rest of the bill.
Rictal Bristles: These are small, stiff feathers at the base of a bird's bill. While they are in the same place as the basal knob, they are feathers, not a bump or swelling. Rictal bristles are most common on different songbirds, particularly woodpeckers.
Casque: This is a hard, horn-like plate that may be on top of a bird's bill. While the casque is very similar to a basal knob, it is positioned further down the bill and not near the forehead. Some birds will shed their casques after the breeding season ends.
Basal knobs are found in several waterfowl species, including mute swans, comb ducks, black scoters, northern shelducks, king eiders, rhinocerous auklets, and the domestic Chinese goose and its hybrids. The size, shape, and color of the basal knob, as well as its proportions to the bird's bill size overall, can help with species identification, especially at distances where finer facial details may not be visible but the silhouette of the knob can be a good clue. | 2019-04-24T08:59:56 | https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-a-basal-knob-385155 |
0.999994 | Video Game Streaming Is Here: The End of the Console?
A new company and service called OnLive is hoping to shake up the video game industry with a new cloud gaming service on demand. Think of it like your Netflix Instant Queue for games, where instead of buying physical media or even spending time downloading large files you can just log in and begin playing any video game across the internet.
That's the experience OnLive hopes to deliver, and today marks the opening of the beta program for those who signed up after the company initially went public to the press back at the Game Developer's Conference in March of this year.
Much like what Netflix or Hulu are now doing with online video, OnLive hopes to do with gaming. You'll be able to access the service on PCs and Macs with compatible hardware requirements via a browser plug-in and hop right into multiplayer matches against other players on various platforms (you'll need a broadband internet connection to use the service). Being able to provide true cross-platform multiplayer gaming itself would be rather novel, and the underlying goal of disintermediating the game console is indeed a revolutionary one.
They also plan to offer their own, as they call it, "micro-console" that is essentially a small device big enough to include a couple of USB ports, ethernet, HDMI, and optical audio out. The unit would accept up to 4 wireless controllers and bluetooth headsets, offering an alternative method of accessing the service if you don't have a spare computer to play on and/or hook up to your television set for a living room gaming experience.
Still, it will depend greatly on the underlying technology and if it will be able to handle the significant technical challenges of synchronizing fast-response gaming experiences to multiple players simultaneously on different platforms. In many of the games players will want to enjoy, even a split second of lag time is unacceptable.
If OnLive is able to scale and meet the demand, however, it could pose a significant challenge to a game console industry that's weathered the storm of multiple hardware cycles, but might face an uphill battle against a truly great on demand service. They haven't released an official decision on their business model yet, but OnLive has indicated it will most likely be either subscription-based or possibly subsidized through the purchase of the OnLive micro-console.
What do you think: is the gaming industry ripe for a great cloud on demand service? Would you relish the chance to finally play Halo 3 on your Mac? Would you be interested in a monthly all-you-can-eat gaming subscription, or do you prefer to own your own games? What would the price have to be to start tempting you? Let us know in the comments. | 2019-04-25T08:59:41 | https://mashable.com/2009/09/02/onlive-beta/?geo=IN&utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-geo |
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All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is lacttamase under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Japanese Journal of Infectios Diseases Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 3: Characteristics of dairy farms with confirmed ESBL-producing isolates. Interpretative reading of the non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli antibiogram.
Antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens–a cause for concern? In the same way, situations in which the choice and provision of antibiotics is in the hands of a person other than the veterinarian may cause variations in bacterial sensitivity along with recurrence of the presentation of microorganisms associated with different pathologies as a bega of not normally performing isolation or evaluation by antibiogram of the causal agent of infection Betancourt et al. An antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed by the agar disc diffusion method and the automatized broth microdilution method.
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0.999179 | Pat Cummins, Akila Dhananjaya,Mayank Markande,Nidheesh M D Dinesan,Mohsin Khan.
IMO following would be MI's playing 11.
What do you think would be MI's playing 11 ?
Is Ishan Kishan the only cricketer in this IPL whose second (family) name contains all the letters of his first name?
Local Lad Surya Kumar Yadav will play in almost all matches imo.
Think Duminy should play instead of Evin Lewis in some matches (depending on pitch and context), and Rohit can open. Cutting could come in for Cummins, if they want to beef up lower-order batting.
JPD will certainly be in 11 but I don't think he will get more than 7 matches. MI will need a attacking match winner as opener. Evin Lewis has few hundreds in T20 format or T20 leagues. He can score a 50 ball 100 when he is on form. JPD has never opened in any T20 league unless maybe for exception . He will get chances in matches where MI will look for all rounders spot or if MI plays only one foreign pacer.
yes, I meant JPD in the middle order of course (not as an opener). He is a good fielder, and can offer a couple of reasonable overs with the ball too.
JPD was spoilt by Delhi. They batted him at 5 and at 6 in some matches. He is someone who has to bat at 4 at the most. Not lower than that in a tournament like IPL. He has proved he can play cameos as well. Mumbai had Jos Butler open before and Lendl Simmons before JB. So they are more likely to continue with a foreign batsman as opener alongside one local batter. Probably only one international pacer will be part of Mumbai's attack and in those matches JPD will get in.
Mumbai and RCB have managed the auction and retention very well.
RCB has three international T20 team players: Rahul, Virat and Yuz.
Mumbai has three as well: Rohit, Hardik and Jasprit.
Having three local strong players who have tremendous experience now of IPL, as well as regulars in Internal T20 and ODi, RCB and Mumbai look very formidable in the aspect of having more likelihood of building much better teams around these players.
Sarfaraz Khan was retained by RCB without any rationale (not KLR) - maybe they like short chunky underachievers (going by Khan's record in Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy).
True. Rahul is not with RCB anymore.
Rahul should have been preferred over Sarfraz for sure. He is a current T20i batsman for India. How did they let him go.
Or perhaps they tried to strike a retention amount with Rahul, and Rahul was probably not happy with the amount he would be getting by means of retention rather than what he would get in auction. Wondering if that could be one reason.
i wanna track rahul chahar,pandya brothers pradeep sanghwan in thsi team. i hope they rest bumrah for few matches instead of playing him heavily.
will sort you buggers out.
Since mccleneghan is back in MI, will replace Sangwan with Mccleneghan and J P Dumini with SK Yadav.
when you can buy umpires , why do you guys need to bother abt the playing xi ?
That's what you said the last season too... you know the season when we won the entire thing.
That is the thing with MI. We don't need a strong squad to win the IPL. Wearing the MI jersey makes even the otherwise average players like Tiwari, Krunal Pandya and Rohit Sharma into massive superstars.
I like the team balance...For foreign players, I would go with Lewis, Cutting, Pollard(based on his form)/Duminy, Cummins/Fizz. | 2019-04-19T08:32:45 | http://www.indiancricketfans.com/forums/topic/105909-2018-ipl-champions-playing-11/?tab=comments |
0.999973 | Do you sometimes find it difficult to stay focused and motivated to practice guitar or play music? Most musicians I know (including myself) have had at least one significant period in their lives when they have experienced musical burn out – a general feeling of being uninspired, unmotivated, bored, or just plain lazy! I’m not necessarily talking about people who have lost interest in music, I’m referring to those who love it, but have struggled to maintain focus at some point during their lives. Let me illustrate 2 examples, an intermediate level player and a professional musician.
My first goal was to get better than my friend, so I worked very hard like 6 or more hours per day, I couldn't get away from the guitar, every morning I woke and picked up the guitar and played a little bit before school. I saw BIG improvements! I soon got better than my friend, and I knew it came from ‘effective guitar practice and hard work’.
I began to realize how big improvements had come in so little time, and I began to set big musical goals. I was so happy and excited because I knew how big I could be if I continued working like I had been doing before. I began playing gigs around the country, small and big gigs, everything was going fine for me.
Both of these players had significant goals and challenges which they were focused on and have achieved. In both cases the commitment to achieving these goals was a good motivating force which had served them well – up to a point. Once the goals were basically realized, the motivation quickly evaporated. Both of these players are extraordinary people because they actually had enough perseverance and a strong enough work ethic to manifest their musical goals into a physical reality. Many people with similar goals may not have had the same drive to get the job done and would have probably burned out even before reaching their own goals. So, what is the answer? Why have these people struggled to move forward even though they know they have the abilities and the desire to do more? In short, what caused the burn out after a certain point?
The player in the second example did have bigger and more powerful goals than the first guy. Because I know quite a lot about this person, I also understand his personal reasons behind those goals and they were/are strong enough – this is why he succeeded. But again, beyond the goals of having a successful professional music career and becoming an excellent musician, he has other goals, but they were not backed by powerful enough, vivid enough, or urgent enough reasons – this is why he simply burned out. As his friend, we talked a lot about this and I am glad to report to you that he has focused a lot more on his reasons and has continued on to do even bigger and better things in music (both artistically and professionally).
Learn how to easily speed up your guitar playing improvement. | 2019-04-25T02:18:42 | https://tomhess.net/Articles/HowToAvoidMusicalBurnout.aspx |
0.999951 | The gyro that failed had been exhibiting end-of-life behavior for approximately a year, NASA said, and its failure was not unexpected; two other gyros of the same type had already failed.
Hubble has carried a total of six gyroscopes - three standard and three enhanced - since astronauts installed them during a spacewalk in 2009, typically using three at once. That gyro, which had been powered down, is not "performing at the level required for operations", according to spacecraft telemetry after it was commanded to turn on.
Only two of those enhanced gyros are now running. But when the third one was powered up, it wasn't operating as it should be, so NASA Goddard engineers placed the telescope in safe mode while they try to figure out the problem.
DC, USA - The Hubble space telescope, which has been in orbit since 1990, has temporarily suspended operations because of a gyroscope failure, the US space agency said Monday, October 8. Most recently, the telescope helped scientists firm up their evidence for the first detection of a moon circling an exoplanet.
'Which the Astro community wants desperately.
But when the telescope's operators switched the instrument to running on all three enhanced gyroscopes, one wasn't working quite as well as it should have been.
Although Hubble uses three gyros at a time for maximum efficiency, it can still continue to make scientific observations with just one, NASA said. The Hubble Space Telescope floats against the background of Earth after a week of fix and upgrade by Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts in 2002.
Graeme Souness also doubts Chelsea, who have also won their first two Europa League games this year, will challenge for the title. But with the global break now meaning it's two weeks before Liverpool play again, Milner could only miss as few as four matches.
A 22-year Fox News veteran and a loyal soldier to the late Roger Ailes , Shine had been with the organization since its launch. He was most recently an executive at General Electric. "They are beyond lucky to have you".
Bush; five children and their spouses; 17 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and her brother, Scott Pierce". Bush and his granddaughter Barbara Bush at her October 7 wedding. "It's really sweet.
But, more cities and states are deciding not to honor Columbus Day and are instead recognizing the people who were here first. An attempt in Akron to rename the holiday grew ugly past year , dividing the all-Democratic city council along racial lines.
The same day, Trump and Rosenstein spoke by phone while the president was at an United Nations conference in NY . Spokespeople for Goodlatte and the DOJ didn't immediately return requests for comment. "We actually get along".
Alexis Sanchez's late header rescued a crucial three points United, who were two goals behind at half-time at Old Trafford. The weekend has passed and Jose Mourinho , despite what we heard on Friday , is still Manchester United manager.
As the biggest antenna in space for a civil mission, its main goal is to gather soil moisture information. Then SpaceX successfully landed part of their rocket back on Earth for the first time on the West Coast.
Several polls show that Republican enthusiasm about voting, which had lagged behind, jumped after the Kavanaugh hearing last week. He thanked the Republican senators for supporting Kavanaugh and not backing down amid the numerous accusations against him.
Linebacker Manti Te'o is making progress towards returning to the field after suffering his own knee injury earlier in the season. Washington needed to respond and did, to a point, marching down the field and answering the Saint's touchdown with a field goal.
Having Severino start the fourth inning is no problem, but at least have some arms getting loose in the bullpen just in case. Wake up the Bambino and ask him to sign the deed transfer, because Yankee Stadium has been annexed by Boston.
The likelihood of an Arctic Ocean free of sea ice in summer would be once per century, instead of at least once per decade. They include a speculative section warning that sea-level rise would make hurricane storm surge in Miami far worse.
The names on the pair's travel documents were Ruslan Boshirov (on the left above) and Alexander Petrov (on the right). The attack, which targeted ex-spy Sergei Skripal, is believed to have been ordered by senior Russian leadership.
Then, she has been driving to the american embassy, before ending his visit by the site of the pyramids of Giza, near Cairo. Earlier in the day, she opened her visit to Kenya by feeding baby elephants and going on a safari at Nairobi National Park.
But Mbappe delivered breathtaking performances in Russian Federation and has been consistent throughout the year. The Brazilian played in Meunier who had his shot blocked by the goalkeeper as the ball fell back to Mbappe.
Wade to be "settled law" when he was "handpicked by the Federalist Society specifically to overturn" that decision. Holder, Judge Kavanaugh rejected a challenge to the ACA on narrow procedural grounds, preserving the law in full".
The actor said she was being forced and pressurised to do the steps but after she refused, the producer threatened to defame her. And now a decade later, when Tanushree opened the can of worms, Nana Patekar has completely refuted her allegations .
The center-left, in turn, collapsed with the candidacy of Lula, Brazil's most beloved and simultaneously most despised politician. His closest rival is Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad - a former mayor of Sao Paulo and one-time education minister.
Users can play music from Spotify, iHeartRadio , and Pandora and watch videos through Facebook Watch, Food Network , and Newsy . Portals also support a four- to 12-digit passcode; to change that code, you'll need to enter your Facebook password.
Allowing 31 points to Arkansas is not the patented Alabama defensive performance we've come to expect from Saban's teams. However, the replay command center determined Harris' right elbow was down before the fumble occurred.
The latest track shows a weakening Michael moving either directly through, or at least near central Georgia as a tropical storm. Michael has quickly gained strength since the National Weather Service issued its first bulletin on the system Saturday.
Senators invoked cloture by a vote of of 51-49, thanks to the "nuclear option" first engineered by Democrats under former Sen. During the past two weeks, dozens of people who have known him came forward to support one version of Kavanaugh or the other.
Dona Sarkar, head of the Windows Insider Programme, tweeted that support staff "have the tools to get you back to a good state". Microsoft's early rollout of its October 2018 Windows 10 upgrade was distributed without a hitch, for the most part.
Heading into the worldwide break, City, Liverpool and Chelsea are all on 20 points, with Arsenal and Tottenham two adrift. The 21-year-old striker added: "Pep spoke with me.
Google says it will give users a 10-month period to transition out of Google +, slated for completion by the end of next August. However, it was never really able to develop into a self-sustaining social network to rival Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest.
More than 600,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinian militant groups praised the attack, calling it revenge for Israeli "crimes" towards the Palestinians.
Microsoft is now testing Project xCloud with phones and tablets using Xbox Wireless Controllers through Bluetooth. Today, the company made the announcement we've all be waiting for, revealing Project xCloud. | 2019-04-22T06:52:57 | http://technapex.com/2018/10/09/theres-something-wrong-with-the-hubble-space-telescope.html |
0.690243 | I rather like this explanation as it makes sense to me, especially in terms of evolution. Unlike the Epiphenomenalist who believes that consciousness is a sort of evolutionary accident - a feature which hitched a ride on the evolutionary train but serves no actual function (like the appendix) - I believe, as Flanagan seems tom, that consciousness was specifically selected for as a means of better survival. "Consciousness is a matter of good evolutionary design" (360).
It could be imagined that consciousness has been selected for because those individuals who hesitated and double checked their actions, before executing an action, were the ones who survived and transmitted their genes. For example, being hungry (maybe even starving) and seeing an easily killed child animal cross my path (readily available food and an end to my hunger), I would see and opportunity to kill and eat this animal without any immediate problems, thus eliminating my lack of energy. If I was not conscious (i.e., I did not hesitate and consider my action to kill the animal before actually executing the action) then I would probably be killed later when the mother of the child sees what I have done to her offspring. Thus my line of genes would be at an end. Quick, non-hesitant action might kill the animal and achieve much needed food for my survival more efficiently, but in the long run it puts me in greater danger. So the hesitation actually helps and is good evolutionary design.
Now it could be argued that, say, a robot could be programmed to analyze its surroundings and make probability judgements based on how much energy it had left, how much time it had remaining before it required more energy, what the risk of acquiring some particular energy would be, weighing this risk next to the amount of time its current supply of energy would sustain it for, etc.. The robot could probably avoid the trap of ingesting energy that could possibly destroy it (as with the animal mother; or in this case maybe an angry battery salesman) without actually being aware or conscious of what was happening (i.e., it is all a result of innate programming). But the point is, as Flanagan makes it, that it is not that it is possible for beings such as ourselves to do the things we do without consciousness (implying that consciousness has no purpose) but that it was necessary for us to have developed consciously (i.e., consciousness was purposely selected for since those of our ancestors without consciousness did not survive).
In the game of evolution, consciousness is a good card to hold. In the example of the robot, we have created something which has no risk of being destroyed (because we are always around to look out for it). Even if there was a risk (as in the example), it might be able to avoid THAT particular risk, but could not adapt to different situations. The creatures in evolution which could hesitate and consider things in different situations survived; the robot, left on its own in the world, would probably die (when the angry salesman wanted his batteries back). Thus, although consciousness is not needed for individual existence, it is essential for the survival of a species in an ever changing and potentially hostile environment.
Flanagan, Owen. "Conscious Inessentialism and the Epiphenomenalist Suspicion" in The Nature of Consciousness, Ed. Ned Block, Owen Flanagan, and Guven Guzeldere. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1998. 357-373. | 2019-04-24T22:31:26 | http://robertmclarty.com/writing/flanagan-and-a-possible-purpose-for-consciousness |
0.998544 | It's hard to write a summary for this fic because on the one hand it can be summed up in two words: Wilson disappears. On the other hand, that's such a small part of this whole fic that it simply can't convey the impact that Wilson's disappearance has on all of PPTH, on Wilson's friends, and most especially on House. And Wilson's eventual reappearance (because we all know there's no way I'd rec a fic in which Wilson disappears and is never seen again) comes with it's own weight of complex issues and challenges.
Fourteenchandles does a brilliant job of conveying the anxiety and fear and growing desperation/resignation that comes when a person goes missing. Each person's reaction to the disappearance gets its turn, from Cuddy's reluctant practicality to House's determination to never give up even when giving up is the logical, reasonable, and only possible choice. Emotions are not straightforward or set in stone; instead they fluctuate and make no sense and are as confusing and frustrating as human beings actually are.
This is not a fic for people who want easy solutions or simple hurt/comfort. However, if you are in the mood for a complex, deeply effecting, and very powerful emotional story full of love and friendship and hurt and, of course, comfort, then this is definitely a fic you should try.
Summary: After Amber's death, House lets Wilson go. Now he has to find him again.
Review: Any story that starts out with a quote from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is pretty much going to get my vote anyway, but this has a great deal more going for it than just that. It starts, for example, with a wonderfully evocative description of a marina that right away lets you see that the author knows exactly what she's doing, and it just goes on getting better from there.
This story takes place some three years after a catastrophic split between House and Wilson; Cuddy has insisted that if House ever wants to have his job back he must resolve the issues that remain outstanding between them - and therefore, with the help of a PI, House seeks Wilson out and finds him living quietly on a boat. Naturally, with House's disability problems, a boat is not a particularly comfortable environment for him, but in placing himself in Wilson's territory and thus also at Wilson's mercy he effectively surrenders control of the situation to Wilson and allows him to direct the subsequent events in whatever way he chooses.
Since this is a slash story, what follows is less of a surprise to the reader than it is to House. However the great achievement here is the sense of quiet inevitability pervading the love scenes; there are strong emotions at play, of course, but they are handled calmly by both author and characters. They talk without really talking, they emote without hysteria, and when they make love it is in the certain knowledge that it is absolutely and completely right between them.
The characterisation is subtle; the relationship is treated as a personal matter, of interest only to the parties themselves, and although it changes their lives irrevocably they still prefer to keep it private. This is a difficult line to take as an author but when it works, as it does here, it results in some of the most satisfying slash fiction to be found - and this story can most certainly be included under that heading. | 2019-04-19T22:31:25 | https://epic-recs.dreamwidth.org/?tag=pairing:+house/wilson |
0.999998 | So is this another Chinese propaganda film?
I would say it does fit within the propaganda classic plot, the evil westerners against the good Chinese citizen. Being that it is funded by Chinese companies and going to be shown for sure in China, the producers have to work this angle, they really don't have an option. We saw what happened to Avatar (foreign made) film about a fake world of creatures that kind of beats around the bush of Chinese pollution, land theft and the corruption attached to it. The Chinese government banned that film in 1600 theatres nationwide for fear of popular revolt. That movie was limited to IMAX only in limited movie theatres and was pulled after only 2 weeks despite having record crowds willing to pay more and wait in lines. Tickets on the black market went as high as $40. Producers in China have to play it safe not to cause the Communist government to lose any face. This film fulfils that role. Even Jackie Chan joined the communist Congress to help sell movies and influence the government.
Was this another slap-stick karate movie typical of Jackie Chan?
I would say they obviously use his talents for stunts, but have a believable plot for his skills. He plays a father whose daughter is blown up in an IRA bombing that threatens the peace accord between Northern Ireland and Britain. It turns out he is ex-Special Forces and has lost other family members, which gives a great incentive for all out revenge. I have to say the acting of Jackie Chan is much better in this film. It could be due to better story line and character build from a western director. All in all, it is a solid performance that really entertains.
What did you think of Pierce Brosnan?
His character is really solid and very interwoven to the plot. He is an Irish politician that is ex-IRA and trying to walk the fine line between investigating a bombing by a new faction, being loyal to Irish connections and helping maintain the peace accord with Britain and Northern Ireland. Some would say its based off Gerry Adams. I think they do a brilliant job at showing the motives and messy relationships across decades in the Irish characters. I found it very believable and really gives weight to what could have been silly movie. You can't beat having a great story and characters in a movie.
Some have said Taken is better, do you agree?
While I would say the timing in Taken is relentless. I think the methodicalness of The Foreigner is much more realistic. How would a 60 year old react to the death of his daughter? He would be shell shocked before slowly turning to revenge justice. In Taken, the plot is his daughter is kidnapped and then to be sold into prostitution. The timing has to be fast to avoid the daughter being sold off and abused, while the other needs to be shell-shocked and then plotting. He really is working in the dark, so the timing feels more natural.
Has any of your work dealt with women as the plot device?
Yes, my painting about the Hunger Games dives into the topic of the brave, older and protective sister volunteering for the Hunger Games so her younger sister will be spared. Another really great movie that can be watched over and over. In my painting I'm referencing the moment the decision is made and how modern society actually reflects the tendency towards the Hunger Game becoming a reality.
Another more connected painting was a work about the reaction of a young Chechen widow's to her husband's death at the hands of Putin's henchmen during the last Chechen rebellion for Independence. This widow Dzhanet Abdullayeva joined the Black Widows, a female islamic suicide bomber group and detonated a bomb in the Moscow subway. The painting is from photos of her and her husband shortly before his death and about 1 year later the bombing happened. She was 19. | 2019-04-21T09:10:09 | https://www.shawnshawn.co/blog/review-of-the-foreigner-movie |
0.991465 | Blais' family says she and Tacchetto were planning on driving to Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, where they meant to stay for a few days and possibly sell their auto before heading to neighbouring Togo.
Blais, who is from Sherbrooke, Que., met Tacchetto, a 30-year-old architect, in Canada two years ago, the family said.
Édith Blais' sister says the 34-year-old Sherbrooke resident and her Italian friend Luca Tacchetto were travelling in the West African nation when they abruptly stopped communicating with their families around December 15, when they posted photos on Facebook.
The pair was supposed to stay in the capital for four or five days and possibly sell their auto, according to Blais' family. She said Luca's father spoke with them after they had arrived in Burkina Faso two days later.
"In the last 24 hours we have practically gotten no sleep", Bergeron said. "They've completely disappeared into the void". "She has been dreaming about travelling to Africa for all of her life".
"We're very hopeful that we will find her and her boyfriend", she told CTV News Channel on Sunday.
Radio-Canada reported that the Canadian government is treating their disappearance as a kidnapping, although the kidnapping has not been confirmed.
Global Affairs has said they're talking to local authorities in Burkina Faso, but they haven't said anything else about the case.
The Canadian government warns travellers to avoid all "non-essential travel" to Burkina Faso, particularly the northern area and its borders with Mali, Niger, Benin and Togo because of the threat of terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping.
The pair were last seen travelling by vehicle in Bobo-Dioulasso, the second largest city in Burkina Faso. | 2019-04-19T18:32:26 | http://graffiotech.com/2019/01/08/italian-man-and-canadian-woman-missing-in-west-africa/ |
0.999047 | Sateriale v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
An offer is the manifestation of willingness to enter into a bargain, so made as to justify another person in understanding that his assent to that bargain is invited and will conclude it. The determination of whether a particular communication constitutes an operative offer, rather than an inoperative step in the preliminary negotiation of a contract, depends upon all the surrounding circumstances. The pertinent inquiry is whether the individual to whom the communication was made had reason to believe that it was intended as an offer.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) operated a customer rewards program, called Camel Cash, from 1991 to 2007. Under the terms of the program, RJR urged consumers to purchase Camel cigarettes, to save Camel Cash certificates included in packages of Camel cigarettes, to enroll in the program and, ultimately, to redeem their certificate for merchandise featured in catalogs distributed by RJR. Those who participated in RJR's certificate redemption program filed a case for breach of contract, promissory estoppel and violation of two California consumer protection laws. They alleged that, in reliance on RJR's actions, they purchased Camel cigarettes, enrolled in the program and saved their certificates for future redemption. They allege that in 2006 RJR abruptly ceased accepting certificates for redemption, making the plaintiffs' unredeemed certificates worthless. The district court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim and the case was appealed.
Did the certificates constitute an offer?
The Court held that the operative question under California law was whether the advertiser, in clear terms, promised to render performance in exchange for something requested by the advertiser, and whether the recipient of the advertisement reasonably might have concluded that by acting in accordance with the request a contract would be formed. Construing the complaint in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, and drawing all reasonable inferences in plaintiffs' favor, the court concluded that plaintiffs adequately alleged the existence of an offer to enter into a unilateral contract, whereby defendant promised to provide rewards to customers who purchased its product, saved the certificates and redeemed their certificates in accordance with the catalogs' terms. The court noted that if further proceedings showed that the contract claim failed for indefiniteness, the promissory estoppel claim would likely fail for the same reason. | 2019-04-19T12:23:26 | https://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/resources/p/casebrief-sateriale-v-r-j-reynolds-tobacco-co.aspx |
0.999554 | When instructors use a variety of instructional strategies integrated with carefully selected technology tools, students can become more engaged in the learning process.
This knowledge base highlights a variety of topics, strategies and digital tools commonly used to promote student learning across a variety of disciplines.
Click on a category below to find information for specific pedagogical topics, including a selection of reccomended digital tools, and additional related resources.
Active learning puts an emphasis on developing the students’ conceptual understanding by engaging students in activities that promote higher-order thinking, such as discussing, debating, writing, and creating. There are no limitations to active learning, as activities can take place in face-to-face or online classrooms and be completed in large or small groups or individually.
Student response systems are tools that can poll students, then capture and display the results for a class to see and discuss. Student response systems promote active learning, engage students, encourage participation, check knowledge, and provide immediate feedback.
Formative assessment helps students become aware of any gaps that exists between their desired goal and their current skill, and guides them through actions required for successful learning. There are varieties of formative assessment tools available that assist in evaluating mastery of course material and providing effective feedback.
Summative assessments evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard, objective, goal or benchmark. There are many digital tools available for the actual summative assessment, and management of associated data.
An electronic portfolio, or ePortfolio, is a compilation of student work from a course or a series of courses, course practicums, internships, and/or volunteer experiences. Students may include a number of different artifacts to exemplify their talents and academic and professional growth, such as electronic presentations, audio and video projects, and research papers.
Providing quality feedback and teaching self-checking skills allows students to develop as independent learners in order to be successful in their higher education programs and in their professional lives post-graduation. Technology can involve students in the feedback process encouraging both reflection and dialogue around the reviewed work.
Brainstorming is a type of active learning in which the instructor poses a question or problem and students generate as many ideas as possible within a specified time frame. Students are able to brainstorm independently or collaboratively using a variety of digital tools.
Collaborative learning is an activity where two or more students work together in a group with a specified project to achieve a common goal. The Instructional technologies included here can enhance the ability of student teams to collaborate effectively, by providing communication tools as well as applications for sharing and publishing work.
Students can work through concepts from course content by formulating ideas in their own words in a Discussion Board format. Synchronously or asynchronously, students can clarify understanding, debate topics, organize ideas, and practice skills.
Peer Learning differs from collaborative learning in that during periods of peer learning, students are learning alongside each other. With the reccomended tools here, students are able to explain their ideas and give each other feedback as well as develop interpersonal, communication, and critical thinking skills.
Social media promotes self-directed learning, preparing students to search for answers, think critically and make decisions independently. The social media applications suggested here can provide deeper, richer learning experiences with a variety of feedback, dialogue, and cooperation opportunities.
Incorporating case studies into instruction is a type of active learning in which students read or watch a scenario, then, using supporting data or an open ended question, respond on the content presented. By completing case study assignments, students practice identifying a problem, recognizing and expressing a point of view, and determining practical solutions.
Concept mapping allows students to visualize relationships between concepts. Students can construct a concept map by organizing concepts or topics hierarchically with the most general concepts at the top followed by more specific concepts.
Multimedia Instruction involves the use of diverse types of media such as text graphics, video, and interactivity to convey an instructional message. There are a variety of methods and tools to create multimedia materials available and can be found here.
Digital storytelling, a blend of video, audio, images and text to convey stories, information and ideas, allows students to write in a more compelling and interactive format. Here you will find Digital Storytelling tools to create and share digital media projects using elements such as: images, voice, sound, and ways to balance between audio and visual.
The universal design approach is to create products and/or environments that are designed, to accommodate individuals with a wider range of abilities and disabilities. Digital resources are helpful in creating both accessible curriculum and environments. | 2019-04-25T05:52:40 | https://wcupa.edu/infoServices/distanceEd/instructionalStrategiesTech.aspx |
0.99995 | Following the instructions heat up the Korean pork belly strips, set aside but keep warm.
Cook the rice noodles and re-fresh in cold water, drain and set to one side.
Mix the Asian vegetable mix with the cooled rice noodles.
Make the dressing by adding the zest of 3 limes, Korean BBQ sauce, sweet chilli sauce, soy, honey and oil and whisk until emulsified.
Toast the sesame seeds until golden brown and set to one side.
Slice the shallots and fry in hot oil until crispy.
Toss the dressing with the noodles and serve into bowls.
Top with slices of Korean pork belly, sesame seeds and crispy shallots. | 2019-04-25T12:21:47 | https://www.bidfood.co.uk/inspiration/recipe/korean-pork-belly-asian-salad/ |
0.999999 | 50 years ago today, on Friday 7th March 1969, the Victoria line was officially opened. It had been running along a shorter stretch of line from Walthamstow Central to Warren Street since December 1968, but this was the day it finally reached Victoria. It was also the day the Queen opened it, naming it after her great-great-grandmother and going for a ride. Getting the Victoria line built proved a financial and engineering struggle, but taking the modern approach proved a blinding success and today London'd be lost without it.
A (very) quick history: Plans to link Victoria and Finsbury Park by tube first emerged in 1937, identifying a need to link mainline stations and provide an alternative to the busy Piccadilly and Northern lines. It took years to settle what the northern terminus of the line should be, with early suggestions including Chingford, Enfield, Cuffley and Waltham Cross, while possible southern destinations included Morden and Croydon. Lack of funding cut back these more adventurous schemes to a Walthamstow-Victoria core, which was tabled in Parliament in 1954 and finally got the go-ahead in 1962. A southbound extension to Brixton was agreed in 1965, and fully completed in 1972. To read more than four sentences on this subject, try here, here or here.
Victoria line trivia 1: The 'Victoria' name was chosen in 1955, before which the line was known as Route C. Other suggestions were Walvic (Walthamstow–Victoria), Viking (Victoria–King's Cross), Mayfair and West End.
Victoria line trivia 2: A key part of the scheme was to provide easy interchange along the entire route, hence every station but one is served by either National Rail or another Underground line.
Victoria line trivia 3: The laid-back grey and light blue colour scheme was devised by a consultancy firm called The Design Research Unit, whose view was that dynamism would be provided by the people and adverts.
Victoria line trivia 4: The entire line is underground, apart from the staff-only connection to the depot at Northumberland Park.
Victoria line trivia 5: Victoria line tunnels are a bit bigger than their Edwardian counterparts, allowing Victoria line trains to be 4cm wider than those on the Piccadilly, Northern, Jubilee, Bakerloo or Central.
Victoria line trivia 6: The latest Victoria line trains seat 324, and have an official passenger capacity of 864.
Victoria line trivia 7: Although not the busiest tube line, the Victoria line is by far the most intensively used.
Victoria line trivia 8: Trains now run just 100 seconds apart at peak times - that's 36 trains per hour. Daytime frequencies are generally 26tph, but 30tph on Saturday afternoons.
Victoria line trivia 9: Across the tube network, only the Waterloo & City line is shorter.
Victoria line trivia 10: If you fancy 1hr 40 minutes of Victoria line construction documentaries, this link will keep you occupied.
Tile pattern: Showing minimum imagination, but maximum artistry, the silhouette of Queen Victoria was designed by Edward Bawden.
Nearby development: A mighty amount of redevelopment has taken place around Victoria this century, starting off with Cardinal Place and continuing with Nova, Verde and other shiny spiky office behemoths. Even now the area still resembles a building site, the big hole beside the Victoria Palace Theatre a case in point, and every time I'm forced to dodge across the bus station I wonder if it'll ever be finished.
Station development: The first underground station served the District Railway and opened on Victoria Street. For the next 100 years there was no direct connection to central London, which proved increasingly awkward. For the opening of the Victoria line a new subterranean ticket hall was opened between the District line station and the mainline station, with escalators down to the platforms. The 43m foot tunnel connecting the two ticket halls is a 1990s construction. Eventual overcrowding required the building of an additional main entrance beside Cardinal Place (opened 2017) and an extension to the southern ticket hall (opened 2018). Step-free access is now available throughout.
Plaques: The plaque the Queen unveiled fifty years ago has been moved to the foot of the Wilton Road staircase. A brand new plaque has appeared this month, commemorating 150 years of the District line, 50 years of the Victoria line and "the recent station upgrade project", although in reality it's more a sheet of paper in a plastic picture frame because there isn't the money to spend on artisan chiselling these days.
One-way system: Having given the newly enlarged station a few months to bed down, TfL are taking advantage of fresh connections by closing the Victoria line escalators for repair. A one-way system kicked off a couple of weeks ago, and will continue until summer next year, affecting anyone attempting interchange with or access to the Victoria line. I attempted the trek from the southern ticket hall to the Victoria line platforms and was directed by signs and staff along a sinuous foot tunnel, then sharp left to the shorter escalators usually used for District line access. It only took two minutes in the middle of a weekday, but if this is your regular commute for the next 16 months my sympathies.
Down below: You know what a Victoria line platform looks like by now. One extra thing to look out for here is the black and blue tiling of Design Work Leisure, an Art On The Underground project we last met at Blackhorse Road.
Inbetween: The concourse between the platforms is divided into two distinct parts, one of which (normally) leads to the southern ticket hall. The other half has two sets of facing escalators, one to the District line (in the centre of the platforms) and the other to Cardinal Place. One consequence of the odd spacing is that "Please Pass Along The Platform" signs are needed to spread passengers away from the point of entry.
Factnugget: Victoria was the southern terminus of the Victoria line for 868 days... so see you back here in July 2021.
All the photos: Ninety-two, here (or slideshow here). | 2019-04-19T07:04:16 | http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2019/03/victoria-50.html |
0.998506 | One of the easiest ways to create charcoal is to use the sawdust carbonization machine that is able to produce charcoal from sawdust. These are pyrolysis machines, and they are capable of going through tons of sawdust in a matter of days. It will also produce other types of fuel which will include biofuel and bio oil, both of which will be in a liquid form. However, if your main focus is to create charcoal, this is what these machines can do if this is what you would prefer having. Here is an overview of how you will be able to find a good-quality sawdust Charcoal making machine.
You can find machines like this online any day of the week. These are actually very popular. Converting sawdust into charcoal is a process that uses a wood chips charcoal making machine for sale. You must have an ample supply sawdust, preferably from a lumber yard or saw mill where trees are processed on a daily basis. By simply adding the sawdust to the conveyor belt, and into the pyrolysis reactor, you can start to make good-quality charcoal regularly. Here is a reliable manufacturer for you to visit: https://tyrepyrolysisplants.net/biochar-production-equipment.
The evaluation of these machines are going to look at three different factors. First is the price. Second is the size. Third is the output. Of all of them, output is probably the most important aspect to consider. For example, if you are able to have an output that will generate thousands of extra dollars in comparison to all of the others, it might be worth the extra price that you will have to pay. In some cases, you will pay the same price for a palm kernel shell charcoal machine for sale that is simply more efficient. It takes a bit of research and once you have this information, you will be able to make the right decision.
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The size of the charcoal making machine for sale can be anywhere from one that will fit in a room to a very large plant that you will be able to set up over the course of several days. It will have multiple components, all of which will be placed together in a specific way so that it is as efficient as possible. If you have a conveyor system that is attached to where the sawdust comes out of the sawmill, this will make it more efficient than ever before. Instead of having to bring this on us there, it is constantly going to be deposited into the pyrolysis reactor.
A good-quality sawdust charcoal making machine is something that every business should have if they have access to sawdust on a continual basis. If you can, start looking for one of these machines today that will be within your price range. If you spend a few days looking, you will likely come across several that are going to be very affordable. It may take a few weeks to arrive, but once it is set up, along with the conveyor system, you are going to have a constant source of charcoal that is being produced from the sawdust that you are making every day with your lumber business.
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One of the best ways to turn waste products into fuel is to use a biomass pyrolysis plant for sale. These plants work to turn waste biomass into something useful. You can turn waste wood and other organic materials into another product that you can sell or use in your business. You can make a huge profit with these machines and they are worth the investment.
These plants are a great investment and you can make a lot of money with the products you produce. These plants produce charcoal as the end product and the charcoal can be used for fuel and for heating. The charcoal is high quality and it is in demand so you can sell what you produce. These plants are environmentally friendly and they can take waste that would end up in the landfill and turn it into something real and tangible. The wood charcoal machine price is competitive and reasonable.
The charcoal can be used for a variety of purposes. Some people use it for fertilizer. The charcoal will make the soil healthier and it will be easier to grow things when you use the charcoal to amend the soil. Some people also use the charcoal for fertilizer. It makes a very effective fertilizer and will help plants grow faster and grow more healthier.
The charcoal can also be used for activated carbon and it can be used as a steel coating agent. People use it for heating and for other things. The machine works fast to turn the waste into something useful. When you are ready to buy a machine you are going to need to think about how much charcoal you need to produce so you know what size of machine you need to order. The machines come in a variety of sizes and they can produce many different quantities of charcoal. You can get high-quality charcoal with charcoal machines.
Once you know how much charcoal you want to make and you know how much waste you have to work with you can start to look at the machines you want to buy. You can speak with a customer service rep to find the right size of biomass pyrolysis plant for sale you need and you can do the research yourself.
You are going to want to do as much research as you can so you find the right machine. The machines are made with high quality materials and they are going to work for a long time without needing any maintenance. You don’t want to use a biomass plant that needs a lot of work and you want the process to be smooth which it will be when you buy the right plant. These plants are a great investment and you can start making money right away when you use them.
If you want to make more money with your business you want to think about investing in a biomass plant. You can make a lot of money with the charcoal you produce and you can sell it or use it for your own business. | 2019-04-21T12:09:15 | http://www.springgardeninn.net/page/2/ |
0.996391 | Two key figures excuse themselves from negotiations aimed at ending years of violent attacks.
Talks between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban, expected to start in Islamabad on Tuesday, received a setback as two key figures intended to represent the armed group have excused themselves from the negotiation table.
On Monday, Imran Khan's party said the former cricketer turned politician would not be part of a five-man delegation that was nominated by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] on Saturday.
A statement posted on the Tehreek-e-Insaaf [PTI] party website said: "While PTI appreciates the trust reposed in its Chairman [Imran Khan] the Core Committee concluded the Chairman cannot be a part of the 5-member TTP-named arbitration committee."
The PTI said it reaffirmed its support for Rustam Shah Mohammed, Pakistan's former ambassador to Afghanistan, who is on the government delegation, which also comprises two journalists and a retired army major.
Another figure excusing himself from Tuesday's talks - and from the Taliban team - is Mufti Kifayatullah from the religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam - Fazal-ur-Rehman Group (JUI-F).
It will be the first time that teams representing both sides will be meeting in an attempt to end the campaign of violence waged by the Taliban since 2007.
The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which came to power earlier this year, has been pushing for the dialogue process, that could, eventually, halt the recurring suicide bombings and assassinations that happen across the country.
Pakistani media reported on Monday that the JUI-F leadership was unhappy about being excluded from the government delegation and that a tribal jirga, a grand assembly of elders, that had been set up for the Taliban negotiation process had been overlooked, even though it enjoyed broad support from political and religious parties.
The JUI-F and the PTI form the coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [KPK], a province that has experienced significant levels of Taliban violence, including the high-profile failed assassination of schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
The absence of Khan and Kifayatullah means that the Taliban-nominated delegation has been reduced to three people from five. The armed group has yet to respond to the snubs. It is not sending any of its own members to the talks, having tasked its committee to act as an intermediary.
The three remaining members of the Taliban committee are the senior imam of Islamabad's Red Mosque, Maulana Abdul Aziz, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, from the religious political party JUI-S, and Professor Ibrahim Khan, from the religious political party Jamat-e-Islami.
The Pakistani prime minister last week announced that he wanted to pursue talks with the TTP, inspite of ongoing attacks, because "terrorism" had to be defeated either by talks or force.
Sharif, in a televised address to the National Assembly last Wednesday, said: "I am sure the whole nation would be behind the government if and when we launch a military operation against the terrorists - but I want to give peace a final chance." | 2019-04-23T10:07:04 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/02/pakistani-politicians-snub-taliban-talks-201423141317903994.html |
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0.999999 | Which term is described below?
- The development of this ended "Hunting and Gathering" by early humans.
- Allowed for the "Division of Labor" in a society.
The most common type of agriculture found in DEVELOPED countries is agriculture.
The Olmec were an Agricultural civilization.
An Agricultural civilization is a farming civilization.
The introduction of agriculture leads to and .
Agriculture is farming and ranching.
early people had to become nomads.
there was no longer a need for water.
crops could be grown in the tundra.
people had a reliable food source.
people were able to obtain food without moving around.
people were able to learn about tobacco.
When food is produced by a family for its own needs this is called .
In the rain forest regions of South America, farmers use a technique known as shifting agriculture or .
increase spending on defense and trade.
help farmers pay for their seeds and feed for the animals.
pay farmers to dispose of excess crops and livestock.
regulate the stock market and make trade investments safer.
Describe the agricultural phase of Education.
What change led to the Agricultural Revolution?
People learned how to gather fruits and nuts.
People began to use machines to make goods.
Humans began to move from place to place to hunt animals.
People learned to grow food by planting seeds. | 2019-04-23T06:32:11 | https://www.helpteaching.com/search/agriculture |
0.990673 | I anticipation of the new Doctor Who series (where we'll finally get to know the new Doctor) I'm reading/reviewing a few of the new Doctor Who Books. If you want to catch up, you can read my reviews for Touched by an Angel (Weeping Angels) and The Engines of War ("Ex-ter-mi-nate!"), featuring my two favourite Doctor who monsters.
The Crawling Terror is a new kind of book for me on a number of levels, for it is the first Doctor who novel I've read that featured either Clara (I don't like her), the 12th Doctor, or adversaries that are not already iconic, like the Daleks for example.
Do you like insects? And spiders? Then you're just going to love this story, as some massive insects and spiders feature in it. Giant spiders are nothing new of course (think for example Harry Potter, or Middle Earth) but they never fail to freak people out. I, myself was scared by the thought of giant mosquitoes, as I always try to stay away from even the little ones.
The TARDIS brings Clara and the new Doctor to a little village in England, under attack by said insects and arachnids. It looks like the local science park might be responsible, but just what has it all to do with an alien species and a military experiment completely gone wrong?
The story started quite creepy actually, something I don't always experience in Doctor Who. There was a rising tension as the villagers tried to run from the attack. The second half or so of the story is more bizarre as everything (well, almost everything, but no Daleks) gets thrown into the plot, like Nazis, time travel and aliens. What's a good story without them?
It didn't always feel like this was a different Doctor during the novel. This is most likely due to the fact we've only seen so few of him, that I wouldn't know how to describe him except that he's older than the last few Doctors. I'm sure this will all be solved after the new series starts. I still don't like Clara, but that's not the fault of the book.
Overall, it was an enjoyable read, but perhaps a bit too bizarre for me at times. It still read as an episode from the series, which I think is precisely what one wants when reading these books. For my little Doctor Who project I've got two more books that will be read in the coming week(s): The Blood Cell and Silhouette. | 2019-04-18T12:56:44 | http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com/post/959304/doctor-who-the-crawling-terror |
0.999858 | A Tottenham Hotspur fan who witnessed "enormous crushing" at Hillsborough stadium in 1981 has said "the same mistake" was made in 1989.
Professor Norman Fenton was giving evidence at the new inquests into the later disaster which claimed 96 Liverpool fans' lives.
In 1981 Prof Fenton was secretary of the Sheffield Spurs Supporters Society.
He said the society complained about being allocated the smaller Leppings Lane end of the ground.
Wolverhampton Wanderers' fans were given the larger Spion Kop end for the semi-final, just as Nottingham Forest fans were in 1989.
Prof Fenton said he witnessed "enormous congestion" as fans gathered outside the Leppings Lane turnstiles in 1981.
Prof Fenton told the jury he arrived outside the turnstiles at about 13.30 GMT on Sunday 11 April, 1981.
He was early because he was keen to see that all the members of his group who had tickets got inside.
He said he also knew of Spurs fans who had bought tickets for the Kop end but were planning to try to enter the Leppings Lane end.
"There was an enormous number of people trying to get into what seemed to be a fairly short space," he said.
"There was an enormous congestion. I was watching the people trying to get in through the turnstiles with their tickets.
"There was an enormous crushing of people going in there."
Prof Fenton said he managed to make it to his seat in the North Stand by 14.10 GMT.
He said: "I had a perfect, uninterrupted view. There was crushing even at that time, which was 50 minutes before kick off.
"There were people being clearly, sort of carried out and were more than distressed. I'm sure there were injuries."
The jury has previously heard that 38 Tottenham fans were injured that day. There were two broken arms, a broken leg, as well as some supporters who needed stitches.
Prof Fenton said he remembered seeing "hundreds, possibly thousands of people" come out of the terrace.
John Beggs QC, who represents three police commanders on duty at Hillsborough on 15 April, 1989, challenged him on whether those figures were too high.
Prof Fenton's society wrote to the Football Association, Sheffield Wednesday and South Yorkshire police after the match.
He said he only remembered receiving one reply, from the police.
They told him Spurs were allocated the Leppings Lane end because of the way their fans would travel in to Sheffield on the day.
Prof Fenton said he also wrote to the Football Association after the disaster in 1989.
He said: "It seemed to me that the same mistake had been made."
"It was almost a perfect analogy in terms of the level of support Liverpool/Nottingham Forest, Spurs/Wolves.
"Again, Liverpool probably two or three times as many supporters going, something like that."
Asked by one of the barristers representing the Hillsborough families what he would say to the claim the disaster "came out of the blue", Prof Fenton said: "It was precisely that thinking which was being promoted by the FA after the match that prompted me to write the letter to the FA." | 2019-04-24T18:08:42 | https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/165553-hillsborough-inquests-june-30 |
0.999999 | Abstract: Context: Dual-Task testing, which requires a person to perform both a cognitive and physical task simultaneously, has been suggested as an additional concussion assessment tool. Previous Dual-Task research has focused on various laboratory based tests and has not yet reached a consensus on a Dual-Task combination that can be utilized in the clinical setting for assessing sport-related concussions. Design: A randomized repeated-measure design. Objective: To develop Dual-Task tests using clinically practical physical and cognitive tasks. The effect of Dual-Task tests was investigated by comparing the outcome measures to that of Single-Task tests on healthy subjects. Method: 54 healthy participants were recruited. Testing involved one physical task and three cognitive tasks. Repeated Measure Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and paired t-tests were performed on SPSS v22.0 with an alpha level of p<0.05. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC 2,1) was used to analyze test-retest reliability between sessions. Interventions: Testing involved one physical task [Expanded Timed Get-Up-and-Go (ETGUG)] and three cognitive tasks [Backward Digit Recall (BDR), Serial Sevens (SS), and Auditory Pure Switch Task (APST)]. Participants performed all tasks as Single-Task and all combinations of physical and cognitive tasks as Dual-Task in randomized order, with the same investigator recording each score. Main Outcome Measures: Time to completion for the ETGUG was recorded and Error, Digit Span, Accuracy, and Response Rate were recorded for each cognitive task were compared between Single-and Dual-Task testing conditions. Results: Repeated Measure ANOVA indicated that ETGUG time to completion significantly increased when paired with any of the three cognitive tasks [(BDR: 26.013 seconds, SS: 25.734 seconds, and APST: 22.302 seconds) vs. Single-Task ETGUG: 20.082 seconds (p<0.001)]. Among the three cognitive tasks, Response Rate for SS and APST significantly decreased when paired with ETGUG (SS: p<0.01; APST: p=0.024). Test-retest reliability (ICC) for the ETGUG ranged from 0.71 to 0.94. Conclusions: The current study utilized clinically practical physical and cognitive tests to develop Dual-Task combinations on a healthy population. Based on the results, these Dual-Task combinations had similar effects as shown in previous research and may show promise as part of developing a practical, clinically based dual-task test for assessing concussion. Future studies should include application of these Dual-Task tests to a concussed population to investigate the efficacy of the Dual-Task tests in identifying concussion deficits. | 2019-04-19T22:44:04 | https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/100521 |
0.999994 | A customer advisory board is a targeted group of executives from your customer or partner organizations who work with your senior management team to address industry challenges and guide your product and company vision and strategy. A board can be an invaluable tool to your organization and can also serve as a great relationship building tool to closely align your senior management team with senior members of your most strategic customers. While all of this value can truly propel your business forward, it can also taint your corporate image and jeopardize some of your largest accounts if it is not executed properly.
Not everyone knows how to successfully manage a customer advisory board (or partner advisory board). There are many aspects and nuances to a board that are not inherently apparent to those that manage them. In fact, advisory board managers tend to make some very common mistakes, over and over again, which can be easily corrected with the proper guidance.
Goal of Increasing Sales Revenue – One of the unspoken benefits of a customer advisory board is the resulting increase in sales. Along with the closer relationships your senior team forges with members typically comes increased trust and larger deal sizes for your business. BUT, it is critical that you do not consider sales revenue as a primary or even secondary goal for your advisory board. It will cloud your judgment and skew your goal of having mutually-beneficial discussions with members. As soon as members even faintly smell a sales pitch coming on they immediately close up and stop offering the insight you badly need. Do not fall in this trap. Again, the sales benefits will come, but you do not want to focus on them consciously. Some organizations choose to keep all sales personnel, even the VP of Sales, out of all board activities for this very reason.
Not designing and adhering to a membership profile – Identify and document who your ideal target member is (industry, title, personality, etc.) and closely stick to this description while recruiting. It is easy to take whatever members you can get instead of rigidly following your membership profile. What happens when you misalign members (not common seniority level, e.g.) is that some members feel uncomfortable in during meetings (even overshadowed by more senior members) and clam up or simply do not contribute to discussions. Likewise higher level members feel they are engaging in discussions with individuals who do not share the same level of responsibility as them.
Not abiding by the 80-20 rule of speaking – The goal of an advisory board is to listen to your strategic customers (your members) and extract meaningful intelligence to help successfully guide your business. The operative word in that sentence is “listen”. It is really easy to fall into the trap of speaking too much and listening too little. Be sure to religiously abide by the 80-20 rule of speaking. Let members speak 80% of the time and allow your staff to speak only 20% of the time. If you have to cut one of your people off to make time for members to talk then do it.
Not rolling out the red carpet for members – I was at an advisory board meeting (client to remain nameless) and the gift they handed each member was homemade chocolate. Really. This is a true story and obviously not how you treat your precious members. Roll out the red carpet for them. Buy them something nice. Pay for their travel if you can. Put them up in high-end accommodations. Take them out to classy restaurants. This is the image you want to project – that their contributions and time are invaluable.
These are just some of the many pitfalls advisory board managers can and do fall into. Now that you know about these five, be sure not to fall victim to them yourself. If you find that you need professional guidance for your board, don’t hesitate to contact us. This is what we do every day, and we are here to help. | 2019-04-24T14:48:44 | https://www.igniteag.com/top-5-mistakes-customer-advisory-board-managers-make/ |
0.999581 | This article is about the human mtDNA haplogroup. For the unrelated human Y-DNA haplogroup, see Haplogroup A (Y-DNA).
In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup A is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
mtDNA-based chart of possible large human migrations.
Haplogroup A is believed to have arisen in Asia some 30,000–50,000 years before present. Its ancestral haplogroup was Haplogroup N. However, the extant diversity of mitochondrial genomes that belong to Haplogroup A is low relative to the degree of divergence from its nearest outgroups in haplogroup N, which suggests that extant members of Haplogroup A might be descended from a population that has emerged from a bottleneck approximately 20,000 years ago.
Its highest frequencies are among Native Americans, its largest overall population is in East Asia, and its greatest variety (which suggests its origin point) is in East Asia. Thus, it might have originated in and spread from the Far East.
Its subclade A2 shares a T16362C mutation with subclades A1 (found in Japan, Tashkurgan, Veliky Novgorod, Mongols, and Altaians), A6 (found in Tibet and in the Yangtze River basin), A12'23 (found in Siberia and among Uralic and Turkic peoples), A13'14 (found in southern Siberia, Xinjiang, Ladakh, China, Yunnan, Thailand, and Vietnam), A15 (found in China, Naxi, Uyghur, Japan, and among the Sherpa of Tibet and Nepal), A16 (found in Uyghur, Buryat, Turkey), A17 (found in China, Miao, Yi, Tibet, Ladakh, Kyrgyz, Thailand, and Vietnam), A18 (found in China), A19 (found in China), A20 (found among Han Chinese and in Japan), A21 (found in Tibet and in Jammu and Kashmir), A22 (found in China), A24 (found in Beijing and West Bohemia), A25 (found in Japan and Yakutia), and A26 (found in Denmark). A2 is found in Chukotko–Kamchatka and is also one of five mtDNA haplogroups found in the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the others being B, C, D, and X.
Haplogroup A2 is the most common haplogroup among the Inuit, Na-Dene, and many Amerind ethnic groups of North and Central America. Lineages belonging to haplogroup A2 also comprise the majority of the mtDNA pool of the Inuit and their neighbors, the Chukchis, in northeasternmost Siberia.
Other branches of haplogroup A are less frequent but widespread among other populations of Asia. Haplogroup A5 is rather limited to populations from Korea and Japan southward, though it has been detected as singletons in a pair of large samples of Khamnigans (1/99 = 1.0%) and Buryats (1/295 = 0.3%) from the Buryat Republic.
In Asia, A(xA2) is especially frequent in Tibeto-Burman-speaking populations of Southwest China, such as Tibetans (6/65 = 9.2%, 25/216 = 11.6%, 11/73 = 15.1%). Approximately 7% to 15% of Koreans belong to haplogroup A. Approximately 5% to 12% of the Japanese belong to haplogroup A (including A4, A5, and A(xA4, A5)). Approximately 4% to 13% of Mongols belong to haplogroup A, almost all of whom are contained within the A4 subclade (2/47 = 4.3% Mongolians from Ulan Bator in haplogroup A4, 4/48 = 8.3% Mongols from New Barag Left Banner in haplogroup A(xA5), 6/47 = 12.8% Mongolians from Ulan Bator in haplogroup A4). Approximately 3% to 9% of Chinese people belong to haplogroup A. Haplogroup A also has been found in Vietnamese (2/42 = 4.8%, including one A4 and one A5(xA5a)). Approximately 4% (3/71) of Tatars from Aznakayevo, 3% (4/126) of Tatars from Buinsk, and 2% of Turkish people belong to haplogroup A. Haplogroup A4 has been found in 2.4% (2/82) of a sample of Persians from eastern Iran and in 2.3% (1/44) of a sample of Tajiks from Tajikistan. Haplogroup A is not found among Austronesians.
This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup A subclades is based on the paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation and subsequent published research.
In his popular book The Seven Daughters of Eve, Bryan Sykes named the originator of this mtDNA haplogroup Aiyana.
Eva Longoria, an American actress of Mexican descent is Haplogroup A2.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haplogroup A (mtDNA).
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^ "First Americans Endured 20,000-Year Layover – Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2009-11-18. | 2019-04-21T22:57:17 | http://wiki-offline.jakearchibald.com/wiki/Haplogroup_A_(mtDNA) |
0.999976 | 2 What got changed in the 2010 guidelines?
One way to raise the bar "sufficiently" would require adherence to keep annually awarded patents to something like a handful (perhaps not far off par with Nobel Prize awards). This could be accompanied with required narrowness (eg, not over fundamental algorithm or observation but a very precise advanced one). Additionally, have this accompanied with a shorter duration period (no more than half the current duration, though ideally just a few years). And tack on as well other restrictions, such as that this could not form part of a significant standard unless very generous terms were allowed (eg, compatibility with the licenses of most FOSS) and/or that noncommercial or research use would be allowed. In short, with enough limitation to software patents, the few granted could become fairly innocuous overall yet allow those with reservations about abolishing the system feel like they still can get some sort of lottery ticket or backup to where they fear a free market might fail.
Partial countering the counterpoint is a quote from Why_abolish_software_patents: "because going from source code to running binary is effectively a trivial step, applying patents to the running machine wholly pre-empts all the more balanced protections and safeties from copyright law."
Arguably, avoiding copyright denial would apply 100% of the time, but it is a possibility that courts would want to set some limitations if enough evidence was presented for some specific case or other.
What got changed in the 2010 guidelines?
Can someone explain what effect the 2010 guidelines have?
It's quite possible I misinterpreted the situation.
I read this article: , which concludes that with these guidelines will make it easier for patent applicants to pass the obviousness test (see the last sentence of that article).
If we ignore that phrase, I see another possible reading: there's no change in the four tests which weren't mentioned, but obviousness standards have been lowered because the two tests which are discussed are weakened.
I'd like to get to the bottom of this, so I've re-added the claims to the article so that the discussion can continue. I think the Patently-O quote is important, because Dennis Crouch is someone whose analysis is very trustworthy. If he says this will change how patent examination is done, that carries weight. It's unfortunate that he doesn't give any comment about how this will change examination.
This page was last modified on 8 November 2010, at 12:52. | 2019-04-20T02:18:23 | http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Talk:Raising_examination_standards_won%27t_fix_much |
0.999823 | st johns wort :: what is the benefit of st johns wort?
Find out about how St Johns Wort can benefit you if you suffer from ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and/or Fibromyalgia.
Many ME/CFS and FMS sufferers are prescribed anti-depressants. You may instinctively think that this would be to treat depression, and you would be partially right - depression can be a symptom of ME/CFS and FMS (but not necessarily).
What you may not know though, is that anti-depressants have been shown to promote sleep and ease fatigue.
But while many ME/CFS and FMS sufferers benefit from taking orthodox antidepressants, there are still many sufferers who react badly to them.
A natural alternative is st johns wort.
St Johns Wort is a herbal remedy that has apparently been shown to be just as effective as orthodox antidepressants but without the side-effects (a benefit of st johns wort ).
However please be warned that st johns wort can apparently cause fatigue. So that's something to watch out for.
There are also some people who should not take St Johns Wort, and it can also interfere with other medicines, so it's best to talk to your doctor beforehand about whether it's a good idea for you to take it. | 2019-04-20T08:22:37 | http://sleepydust.net/benefit-of-st-johns-wort.html |
0.998568 | I have a python tool that will take a point feature class and does some magic and returns a polygon feature class (it works out areas where the points are clustered, adds fields, yadda yadda yadda). It runs great, does what I want it to do.
I need to turn that into a geoprocessing service that a user can run from arcmap and returns the polygon features as a layer to arcmap. How do I do that? I am able to run the tool and share the result as a service, but the service returns an empty result.
I think I'm just not able to follow the documentation on how to return a feature set to the user. Do I need to start a feature service using the results? If so, every time a user runs the tool does it start a new service? What parameters in python and on the service creation wizard do I need to set to enable this?
You don't need to start a new service with each result. The key is to make sure that your output is passed properly to the tool and that is has the right data type. Here are some pointers to start with and/or double check.
By the end of your script when you end up with your polygon feature class (say out_fc), make sure you use arcpy.SetParameter to make ArcGIS aware that out_fc is a result of your tool.
When you are adding the script to a toolbox so you can use it in ArcMap, make sure you set the parameter direction to "Output" and type to "FeatureClass".
After that, run the tool. Does the result get added to the map? It is a good sign if it does. Publish the geoprocessing result as a service. Then connect to the server and run the tool from the server. Does the result get added to the map?
Note that depending on your settings, geoprocessing results may not add to the map automatically so it is more reliable to check the content of the result object in Geoprocessing Results window. Often it helps me if I add in some messages with arcpy.AddMessage while debugging tools.
Here is a "skeleton" of a basic script that can be added to ArcGIS as a script tool.
"""Main function that does the magic"""
Thank you very much for the response. One question: In the tool settings, if I set the out_fc parameter direction to 'Output', can I use the GetParameter method to get it? I thought it was one or the other.
Yes, parameters with direction set to "output" can be accessed with both GetParameter and SetParameter methods (and their "AsText" variants).
It is a bit contra-intuitive at first but it does make sense. In the case of FeatureClasses for example, you use GetParameter at the beginning of the script to obtain the value defined by the user, which would be a path where the output feature class should be stored, and then you use SetParameter in the end to actually set the output value for that parameter.
The parameters for the output feature class: Type > Required, Direction > Output. And DO NOT check the checkbox for 'View result as a service.' I think I had that checked from an earlier version and didn't catch it.
Thanks again. Your help was invaluable.
Do you have any experience dealing with in_memory data? I have created a model and the last tool in the model is Make Route event Layer. the problem is the point file that I create earlier in the model gets stored in the GPInMemoryworkspace so the tool fails. Any idea how to access this point layer so I can create my line segment?
In-memory workspaces have certain limitations but I cannot see from your description why and how exactly is your model failing. Can you provide more details about what you are trying to do? Maybe a diagram of your model would help.
Also, does your question relate to what Brendan asked in the first place? Are you trying to publish your model as a service? If not, it might also be best to create a new thread for your question. Just mention @FIlip_Kral in the text of your question and I'll get a notification.
Here is a view of the model. Yes I want to publish it as a service to use in WAB. I was trying to find someone with knowledge about GP and python. Here is the scenario, I created a model with the Make Route Event layer as the last tool and I want to create a segment. The points table has a route and a from and to offset for the MDTGISroute_LRM_DC to to locate the segment. The problem is the points table is in the GPInMemoryWorkspace so the tool does not see it. I tried to export the model to Python and add it as a tool but it hangs on the Locate Features Along Routes tool because my type of out_event_properties do not match the type of in_features. Which is odd as the model runs just fine.
The in_table parameter of MakeEventLayer tool should be a Table View so I'd call MakeTableView on the "points" table before you pass it to MakeRouteEventLayer(3).
The output of MakeRouteEventLayer is a layer stored in memory of the computer but that does not mean it is in an in-memory workspace. Anyhow, I'd try making the final layer "segment" persistent by calling CopyFeatures on it. Even CopyFeatures to in_memory\something might help.
Models exported to Python often need quite a bit of work to tidy them up so don't expect them to run straight away.
Yeah I have been tinkering with the python script that was exported. Not really sure I understand how it makes the variables.. I set the output_event properties and now I can get it to run to the Make table view tool. the problem when I set them to "RID POINT MEAS" it actually changes my first_point and end_point tables so that the make table view no longer see it. This is what the python looks like.
Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 68, in <module> File "E:\MDTAPPS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\management.py", line 6514, in MakeTableView raise e ExecuteError: ERROR 000229: Cannot open E:\MDTAPPS\interactive\interactive.mdb\end_point Failed to execute (MakeTableView).
Output_Event_Table_Properties = "RID POINT MEAS"
Output_Event_Table_Properties__2_ = "RID POINT MEAS"
# Warning: the toolbox E:/MDTAPPS/interactive/refmseg.tbx DOES NOT have an alias.
Yeah I have been tinkering with the python script that was exported. I have it working till the merge and then it completely crashes ArcMap.. Is there another was to combine 2 tables?
Ok, I used append and it worked so looking good. thanks for your help.
Maybe you can point me in the right direction on this. So I have the python script running and I added the script to the tool box. the problem is that I need to be able to have the user enter the First_point and then end_point. when I run the script through the tool box it says this tool has no parameters. Here is the working python script.
You've made quite some progress here.
In order to see the tool parameters in the tool dialog, you have to configure them in the script tool properties as it is described in Adding a script tool and in Setting script tool parameters. Make sure the order of parameters in the table matches the numbers you assigned to them in the script (0 is the first parameter).
You will also likely need to use the SetParameter function by the end of your script to let ArcGIS know what values should the tool return. For example, say that the end point parameter is the third parameter of your tool and its direction is "output". In your script you will write arcpy.GetParameter(2) to access the value provided by the user and eventually arcpy.SetParameter(2, 'some value') to notify ArcGIS what the resulting value is. | 2019-04-23T02:11:46 | https://community.esri.com/thread/161123-geoprocessing-service-that-returns-features-to-arcmap |
0.998828 | But my actual question is should their evocation tree be as powerful as if they were Resonant with the evocations (since Resonant evocations tend to be more powerful), or as if they weren't Resonant or Dissonant?
Given that they're usually going to be custom-made for your character, there's no need to bring Resonant or Dissonant into it. If we publish examples that are accessible by all types of characters (which I think has a decent chance of occurring), we'll make those decisions then.
Fair enough. But, essentially, as I'm not really very good at making charm trees, I was thinking about just copy-pasting stuff. Like, for example, using the evocations of Spring Razor for Wood Dragon Claws, etc. That's why I was wondering about power-level.
The Lunars are divine apex predators. The sacred hunt reflects this—it is, quite literally, a hunt. Getting mugged by someone who you end up eating isn't a hunt in any sense.
Note that the Lunars do have Charms that expand their shape-taking capabilities.
What makes a hunt a "hunt"?
Is it the intent and preparation, or a literal chase and battle sort of "hunt", as Second Edition painted it?
In First Edition, Changing Moons could acquire Heart's Blood by persuading others to do the physical work of tracking, wounding, and restraining the prey so that the Changing Moon could safely deliver the killing blow without breaking a sweat. Not a hunt in terms of a personal chase, but she definitely committed to a deliberate and intentional plan to kill her prey.
Likewise, a No Moon could use her great intellect and wit to set a trap for her prey and then perhaps bombard it with obsidian butterflies until it dies, and then lick some of the blood. Or, if not a sorcerer, perhaps line the trap with poisoned spikes that do the work for her, and then she takes the blood without a chase or actual battle.
I'm assuming you're referring to the Virtuous Guardian of Flame's ability to detect threats the sorcerer is unaware of. It'd still get to roll against the White Veil stylist's (Manipulation + Socialize), and if it beats it, would provide the normal benefits of a defend other even against an ambush (although the sorcerer would still suffer all the downsides of an ambush if the attacker overcomes the Guardian's Parry).
The same is true of ambushes and defend others generally.
Does Favor Conferring Prana or Empowering Shout work on Virtuous Gaurdian of Flame?
Fangs at the Gate will cover this in depth.
From a strict reading, no. On the other hand, if your group finds a Solar shouting "Ganbatte!" to encourage a magical sword of fire endearing or awesome, nothing's gonna break.
Don't know whether you guys have have an answer for this now given it isn't a priority. But in the Exigent book you will be detailing how to create Charms yeah, will you guys also go in how to design Excellencies? Also for the three Demi-canon Exalteds, will you guys be detailing on what their Excellencies would be or will you guys also leave that to those who wish to home-brew them?
Don't know whether you guys have have an answer for this now given it isn't a priority. But in the Exigent book you will be detailing how to create Charms yeah, will you guys also go in how to design Excellencies?
Also for the three Demi-canon Exalteds, will you guys be detailing on what their Excellencies would be or will you guys also leave that to those who wish to home-brew them?
Dan Dawn Caste is fighting John Q. Sidereal. Dan is a Single Point practitioner and uses Fatal Stroke Flash against John. John is the Bronze Faction Assassin from the core book and uses Unwavering Well-Being Meditation. Does Dan reduce his raw Decisive damage BEFORE adding the bonus from Fatal Stroke Flash, or AFTER?
a question on the Belt of Shadow Walking; how does it interact with flaring Anima while the user is in shadow form? Does the shadow shine with the character's Anima in the material, dematerial, both or neither?
Are things (and people) made with Wyld-Shaping Technique fully "real" in 3e? 2e had that clause where Wyld-shaped stuff was at risk of fading away if it didn't interact with anything from Creation, and creatures were outside Creation's processes of life and death -- but I don't see anything like that in the 3e version of the Charm.
So do Wyld-shaped mortals (for example) in 3e interact with the cycle of reincarnation normally?
So, I've been thinking a lot about the Charm/Knack "Twin-Faced Hero" from prior Editions.
I'd estimate that, since Manual of Exalted Power: Lunars was published, discourse concerning and general awareness of matters related to gender identity has come a long way, not just with trans issues, but the matter of non-binary gender identities. Obviously it can be seen that the writers have awareness of such, with the inclusion of an agender Dragon Blood in What Fire Has Wrought, and I recall at least one non-binary person included in Adversaries.
I can't help but feel as though, in the context of that awareness and representation, some of the older attitudes around Twin-Faced Hero are a bit outdated, or at least awkward. Honestly, I feel as though the place of the power in its original contexts were a bit awkward and ambiguous (is it about having an option for disguise without needing Heart's Blood? Introducing a characterisation point in which shapeshifting makes gender something aesthetic to be manipulated or ignored at will*, which requires spending XP and intricate mechanical representation? Actually there as an option for genderfluid characters to apply shapeshifting to transition at will), and for contemporary observation and consumption needs even more consideration.
That's not just in terms of the way it might interact with characters that are actually non-binary, but what it might mean for it to be available as a power to binary cisgender people. Considering how it was always a power about changing the characteristic of your original body, I think it expresses this issue with far more weight and significance than disguise powers or regular shapeshifting to assume an appearance with a different gender than one's own.
Personally, I can't quite think of a satisfactory solution (at least not a straightforward one), since removing the power altogether seems like it would give short shift to representation of non-binary people, and the idea of retaining it as something only available to such characters feels as though it might have issues with the logistics of writing it (including the awkward question of whether or not it's something you need to actually purchase, and if there are implications to saying that it's an inherent power of people with the appropriate gender identity). I'm fully aware that the latter concern might constitute biases interfering with my priorities.
The point of my lengthy pre-amble is to ask for any preliminary thoughts on what place (if any) the power might have in the upcoming book.
* I've thought for quite some time that the subject has been often disrupted a bit by both Editions referring to a Lunar character that had, through continuous use and experimentation, "forgotten" their "original" gender.
How much of a thematic gap will there between the Raksha and Dreamed-Soul, Raksha are probably gonna get a splatbook somewhere down eventually so I’m wondering how much of an overlap there will be with these optional exalts given since even discounting the connection between the Wyld, the ability to warp reality is also something that seems common between them. So how much of a diverge are you guys considering? Is it as far as the shared link of Underworld between Abyssals and Liminals but not much else or is it closer then that?
Also you have mentioned that the Hearteaters are corrupted Exalts from an age long past, I’m curious did their Incarnae share their fate or was it only something that happened to the Exaltions like it is with the Infernals and Abyssals?
Will it contain additional mutations to expand upon what's already in the core rule book?
Will Lunars need to buy the "speak in animal form" charm again, or will that be an intrinsic benefit similar to how hiding tattoos isn't supposed to cost a charm now?
Will there be any Martial Arts included in the books that are Lunar derived, and if so would they synergize at all with a lunar's essence like with dragonblooded's immaculate styles?
How will Lunars keep up with Solars and their Supernal abilities in mixed Solar/Lunar games, especially with there being a good chance of overlapping focuses (like combat or infiltration)?
Per standard order of operations, addition and subtraction occur at the same time. However, Fatal Stroke Flash's cap cares about your Initiative, not your base damage, so it wouldn't be affected.
Hrm. Tricky, as dematerializing isn't really a standard Stealth effect, but it is definitely Stealth-adjacent. I think it'd only be visible to characters capable of viewing the dematerialized, but if someone else thinks it should work the other way, I'm not gonna disagree with them. | 2019-04-18T11:14:40 | http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/main-category/exalted/1069023-ask-the-devs/page966 |
0.998375 | The Reign of King Edward the Third, commonly shortened to Edward III, is an Elizabethan play printed anonymously in 1596 attributed in part to William Shakespeare. It has frequently been claimed that it was at least partly written by William Shakespeare, a view that Shakespeare scholars have increasingly endorsed. The rest of the play was probably written by Thomas Kyd.
The play contains several gibes at Scotland and the Scottish people, which has led some critics to think that it is the work that incited George Nicolson, Queen Elizabeth's agent in Edinburgh, to protest against the portrayal of Scots on the London stage in a 1598 letter to William Cecil, Lord Burghley. This could explain why the play was not included in the First Folio of Shakespeare's works, which was published after the Scottish King James had succeeded to the English throne in 1603.
— Excerpted from Edward III on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Title page of Shakespeare's King Edward III from the Quarto, published in 1596.
Enter King Edward, Derby, Prince Edward, Audley, and Artois.
Exeunt Lords. King takes his State. Re-enter Lords; with Lorrain, attended.
Enter David and Douglas, Lorrain.
Enter a Scot in haste.
Enter King Edward, Warwick, Artois, with others.
Aside. How shall I enter in this graceless arrant?
Enter at one door Derby from France, At an other door Audley with a Drum.
Enter Countess escorted by Lodowick.
Aside. O perjured beauty, more corrupted Judge!
Turning suddenly upon him, and shewing two Daggers.
Enter King John of France, his two sons, Charles of Normandy, and Phillip, and the Duke of Lorrain.
Enter the King of Bohemia, with Danes, and a Polonian Captain, with other soldiers, another way.
A Table and Provisions brought in. The battle hard a far off.
Enter two French men; a woman and two little Children meet them, and other Citizens.
Enter King Edward, and the Earl of Darby, With Soldiers, and Gobin de Grey.
Enter Prince Edward, Lord Awdley, and Soldiers.
Enter King John, Dukes of Normandy and Lorrain, King of Boheme, young Phillip, and Soldiers.
Exeunt King John, Charles, Philip, Lorrain, Boheme, and Forces.
Enter four Heralds, bringing in a coat armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield.
Alarum. Enter a many French men flying. After them Prince Edward, running. Then enter King John and Duke of Lorrain.
Enter King Edward and Audley.
Enter Prince Edward in triumph, bearing in his hands his chivered Lance, and the King of Boheme, borne before, wrapped in the Colours. They run and imbrace him.
Kneels and kisses his father's hand.
His Sword borne by a Soldier.
with him the Earl of Salisbury.
Enter King Edward and Derby, with Soldiers.
Enter Charles of Normandy and Villiers.
Enter Prince Edward, Audley, and others.
Enter an Herald from King John.
Enter King John and Charles.
Another noise. Salisbury brought in by a French Captain.
Alarum. Enter prince Edward and Artois.
Enter Audley, wounded, & rescued by two squires.
Enter prince Edward, King John, Charles, and all, with Ensigns spread.
Enter King Edward, Queen Phillip, Derby, soldiers.
Enter six Citizens in their Shirts, bare foot, with halters about their necks.
Enter Copland and King David.
After a flourish, sounded within, enter an herald.
Enter Prince Edward, king John, Phillip, Audley, Artois.
Presenting him with King John's crown. | 2019-04-19T21:33:51 | https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Edward_III_(play) |
0.999583 | Where can I get my email list?
Before I go into where you can get your list, it's better to discuss where you shouldn't get your list first. Buying, renting or scraping email addresses off the Internet are all terrible ideas. Why? Because those people haven't given you permission to email them. The quickest way to lampoon your email marketing campaign is to obtain a list that includes wrong email addresses and people who haven't given you permission. This results in spam complaints that will ultimately ruin your email marketing reputation.
There are many creative, effective ways to build an email list. Your first shot is putting a ListBuilder (also known as a sign-up box) on every single page of your Website. Site visitors can use this box to enter info and subscribe your email or newsletter. You can also build subscriptions by providing email address cards at your shop, tradeshows and other venues. If you are creative and ambitious about growing a permission-based email list, you can do these things and you'll see your list grow.
What should I do with that list once I have it?
Your next step is to segment your list, if possible. Try and divide up the names and email addresses on that list by product likes and dislikes, geographical location and other data. By doing this, you're dividing your list up and making it more targeted. Sending an email that canvasses everyone on your list may work, but you'll most likely have better luck sending different emails that promote the products certain customers have already show they're interested in.
How do I choose an email marketing service?
If you're not sure where to start, go online and find which service you like best. The best email marketing services have sophisticated list management systems that not only let you segment your list and upload it to the system, but store your lists online and access them 24/7. The advantage of a Web-based email marketing suite is that you can pay a low monthly fee to use the service and you can access it anywhere in the world, as long as you have Internet access. The best email marketing services also include reporting suites that can tell, in real time, just how successful your email marketing campaigns are with recipients.
As an email marketer, remember that email marketing requires lots of patience, planning and creativity. However, if you build a great list and manage it accordingly, you'll gain more sales and respect from your email or newsletter recipients. | 2019-04-21T18:31:22 | http://www.articles.scopulus.co.uk/Email%20Marketing%20Lists%20-%203%20Important%20Questions.htm |
0.979484 | UAE-led pro-government forces today recaptured Yemeni southern provincial capital of Zinjabar from the Houthi insurgents and their allies. Zinjibar had been held by troops of the 15th Brigade that remained loyal to the deposed president Saleh who is allied with the Houthis.
Troops entered the coastal towm, 50 kilimeters (30 miles) east of Aden, after overrunning the brigade’s barracks outside with support from Saudi-led airstrikes, AFP reported today.
Zinjibar is the third southern provincial capital to be recaptured by pro-government forces. They secured Aden in mid-July and Lahj provincial capital of Huta on 4 August. Pro-government forces have also retaken Al Anad airbase, Yemen's largest military base.
hotis are finished Saudi's have proven themselves to be master military tacticians.... who will be defeated first hotis or Asad?
I'm not getting any feedback on a very simple question which I've been asking for a while; is there any reason why the pace of these setbacks for Houthi forces should slow down before the Arab-coalition reaches San'aa?
I assume the logistic capabilities of the Arab-coalition ground forces, led by the UAE, could be a significant factor in determining how fast and how far the pro-government fighters could advance.
judging highly over-rated by recent events ,it's safe to assume that Iran's IRGC -Quds Force are highly over-rated .
Houthis are more of a priority for the Saudi's.As for Assad the writing is already on the wall for him.
Things would have been very different had the IRGC been involved. Hence, the blockade.
"Saudi's have proven themselves to be master military tacticians"
I`ve read some truly ridiculous statements on this site over the years but this is without a doubt the most ridiculous.
The saudi actions in yemen have been dictated by fear,paranoia and desperation at every step,first they tried bombing from the air and when that 4 month campaign failed the saudis in increasing desperation finally sent in ground troops,they now find themselves in exactly the same situation as the nato axis in afghanistan and the us "coalition" in iraq ie,an open ended occupation,in this case propping up an unpopular dictator who will be seen by a great many of the populace as nothing more than a saudi quisling,facing a determined and very capable resistance.The saudis and co will likely find just as the us/nato forces did that it is very easy to step into a quagmire but very,very difficult to extricate oneself from it,just because the saudis may and that is still a very big "may" occupy the country does not mean the end or defeat of the houthis,indeed it would not surprise me if five years from now the saudis are still trapped in yemen fighting a determend insurgency and unable to leave with a steady never ending stream of dead and wounded being unloaded everyday at riyadh while looking desperately for some sort of face saving deal that will allow them to declare "mission accomplished" and then get the hell out.I guess if you think the saudis "have proven themselves to be master military tacticians" then I guess you must think that george bush jr is one as well,right?
The Houthis are hopelessly disadvantaged against the Arab coalition forces . There is very little the Houthis can do to stem the advance by Saudi/UAE led forces if the Arab coalition chooses to drive all the way to Sana'a . And this should come as surprise to no one since the Houthis are surrounded by hostile countries and cut off from outside aid .
Even if they tried the IRGC could not have done a damn thing in Yemen. The IRGC is a two bit mafia organization designed for the purpose of oppressing Iran and milking it dry. | 2019-04-25T02:14:45 | https://www.uskowioniran.com/2015/08/yemen-pro-government-forces-retake.html |
0.998173 | Everyone can tell a good story, even a good business story. As soon as you ask people to talk about the latest report or quarterly numbers, however, they freeze up. "I hate numbers!" they say. "I'll just put the numbers up on a slide, and everyone can figure it out for themselves."
There are even some studies that say we have a love/hate relationship with numbers, but instead of freezing up in the face of business data, why not combine it with storytelling? Storytelling is easy for us, and we like to do it. By combining the two, the numbers become a simple ingredient in our stories, and they're much less intimidating.
Data-driven storytelling is all about revealing the stories hidden within your data and highlighting the story first and the data second. Here are five kinds of stories you can tell with your data.
Google Trends is a great example of using data to explain and demonstrate the trends going on around the world. They create visualizations, videos, and images to explain global search trends, as well as explain how they create stories around their data.
Takeaway: Figure out how to leverage your data to answer your audience's most pressing questions. Then point them towards the information that matters most to them.
Identify the best/worst performance: Marketing teams love to do this by ranking their top performing content. Understanding what content works best and where helps them focus on the channels that provide the most value to the company and eliminate the channels that are underperforming. Customer success teams can use similar rankings to determine where their information gaps are and then fill in those gaps to help customers better. As you analyze the performance of channels, campaigns, projects, etc., you'll uncover more insights by ranking the data you have for your teams.
Takeaway: Leverage ranking lists to identify the best and worst performing channels or area of your business, then optimize resources accordingly.
Write deeper comparison stories: Many companies use data to compare themselves to their competitors and demonstrate how they're outperforming the market. This data helps them highlight their unique differentiators and position themselves better than their competitors. When comparing data, it's important to show the whole picture to accurately uncover the reasons behind the high (or low) numbers. For example, your competitor's software adoption rates may appear higher than the industry average, but that is due to the fact that they have fewer customers than most of the industry.
Takeaway: Dig deeper into your comparison numbers to illustrate the differences between the two areas you're comparing; they'll be more meaningful to readers.
Surprise readers with your data findings: Anyone can write a story that confirms their data; how about writing one that surprises readers? Like how the increase in MRR leads to a decrease in employee attrition rates? Or how the new health benefits plan you implemented this year increased customer NPS? You may be surprised at the stories and data you're able to combine when you're looking for the surprise angle.
Takeaway: Intrigue readers by combining unexpected data with stories and make your stories more memorable. Readers will remember it more.
Explore relationships with multiple datasets: Finally, we come to a little relationship exploration in storytelling. Specifically, exploring the relationship between two sets of data and the story that tells. Use the story to predict outcomes, link behavior to results, or highlight areas for further research.
Takeaway: Stories can be written with more than one dataset, so explore the relationship between two or more datasets to deepen the story's impact. Readers will appreciate the different perspectives the datasets bring to the story.
We're all storytellers at heart, so give your stories more weight and proof by backing them up with the abundance of data you're already collecting. Data-driven storytelling delivers more value to readers and will help drive decision making throughout your organization.
Have you been consciously using data-driven storytelling techniques in your company? Hit the comments and let us know how it's going. | 2019-04-22T02:31:20 | https://blog.servicerocket.com/learndot/using-storytelling-to-deliver-data-driven-information |
0.998741 | Joining features to tables - one-to-many relationship. Can I export as new feature?
Is it possible to join features (spatial) to table rows (non-spatial), in a one-to-many relationship, and then export the table as new features?
say I have 3 pipeline routes as a polyline feature class, and I have information about 8 pipelines in a table that use those routes. What I want to end up with is a polyline feature class with 8 pipelines in it, some of which will be geographically identical but with different attributes.
At the moment I can join the features to the table, but only in the sense that it's just the feature attributes that are joined. I can't export this resultant table as a polyline feature as the actual geometry has not been joined.
Is something like this possbile? I'd like to be able to do this in arcpy ideally.
I worked out how to do this using the Make Query Table tool. | 2019-04-24T06:36:30 | https://community.esri.com/thread/46547-joining-features-to-tables-one-to-many-relationship-can-i-export-as-new-feature |
0.999999 | Ted Cruz Wins Some Delegates In Oregon's Primary, So Will He Get Back In The Race?
In a surprising turn of events that's sure to leave spectators scratching their heads, Ted Cruz won some delegates in Oregon's Republican primary, even though he suspended his campaign on May 4.
As with other states, Oregon's ballots were likely printed weeks before Cruz dropped out of the race and therefore didn't reflect the ever-shrinking cast of Republican candidates. But Cruz's relative "win" in Oregon marked a somewhat surprising moment for the former presidential candidate since he suspended his campaign (and his dreams of becoming POTUS) earlier this month. By winning three delegates and finishing with 17.3 percent of the vote, it was clear that, for whatever reason, a handful of voters in Oregon were still holding out hope for Cruz.
Sure, Cruz only won three delegates in Oregon's Republican primary, but three delegates is still a decent amount for someone who hasn't even been campaigning. But, to be fair, John Kasich, who also dropped out of the presidential race in early May, received three delegates as well.
Despite the relatively low number of delegates, I'm left wondering if Cruz will get back in the race? He had hinted at it the week after he suspended his campaign, clarifying he would only get back into the race "if there was a path to victory."
Before this year's election, the terms "delegate" and "superdelegate" were relatively unknown outside of political circles. Searches for "delegate count" spiked briefly in presidential election years, but those spikes are nothing in comparison to 2016, when search queries about delegates skyrocketed.
The recent explosion of interest in delegate counts is likely due to the tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination. Sanders supporters have counted on the 712 unpledged "superdelegates" as the saving grace for their candidate's campaign. As left-leaning wonks began digging into the complicated delegate system, others on the right, including Trump, began criticizing the delegate system by calling it corrupt.
Even in plain English, the system is complex: Each state is allocated a number of "delegates" that attend each party's convention and vote for the party's nominee for president. The way states allocate delegates is not uniform: Most states either have a "winner-take-all" system where all of the state's pledged delegates go to the winning candidate, while others have a proportional system in which delegates are awarded based on percentage.
Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the number of delegates Ted Cruz had won after dropping out. | 2019-04-22T22:21:23 | https://www.bustle.com/articles/161511-ted-cruz-wins-some-delegates-in-oregons-primary-so-will-he-get-back-in-the-race |
0.999989 | A design application generates feasible engineering designs that satisfy criteria associated with a particular engineering problem. The design application receives input that outlines a specific engineering problem to be solved, and then synthesizes a problem specification based on this input. The design application then searches a database to identify different classes of approaches to solving the design problem set forth in the problem specification. The design application then selects one or more such classes of approaches, and generates a spectrum of potential design solutions for each such approach. The generated solutions may then be evaluated to determine the degree to which the problems specification has been met.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to generate a spectrum of design solutions, by performing the steps of: synthesizing a problem specification based on input associated with a design problem, wherein the problem specification indicates at least one design criterion; identifying within a database at least a first approach for solving the design problem, wherein each approach for solving the design problem included in the database comprises a different process for generating three-dimensional geometry; and generating a spectrum of design solutions for the first approach, wherein each design solution in the spectrum of design solutions represents a different instance of three-dimensional geometry that satisfies the at least one design criterion.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising: determining a classification for the problem specification, wherein searching the database to identify the first approach comprises identifying different approaches for solving the design problem that are included in the database and are associated with the classification of the problem specification.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein generating the spectrum of design solutions for the first approach comprises: executing the first approach with a first set of input parameters to generate a first design solution to include in the spectrum of design solutions; and executing the first approach with a second set of input parameters to generate a second design solution to include in the spectrum of design solutions.
4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising: evaluating a first design solution included in the spectrum of design solutions to generate first evaluation results; evaluating a second design solution included in the spectrum of design solutions to generate second evaluation results; and generating a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a comparison between the first evaluation results and the second evaluation results.
5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein evaluating the first design solution comprises evaluating manufacturability of the first design solution, evaluating the second design solution comprises evaluating manufacturability of the second design solution.
6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the comparison between the first evaluation results and the second evaluation results indicates relative manufacturability of the first design solution and the second design solution.
7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first approach comprises a parametric modeling tool.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first approach comprises procedural design synthesis methodology.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first approach comprises a topology optimization algorithm.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first approach comprises a truss optimization algorithm.
11. A computer-implemented method for generating a spectrum of design solutions, the method comprising: synthesizing a problem specification based on input associated with a design problem, wherein the problem specification indicates at least one design criterion; identifying within a database at least a first approach for solving the design problem, wherein each approach for solving the design problem included in the database comprises a different process for generating three-dimensional geometry; and generating a spectrum of design solutions for the first approach, wherein each design solution in the spectrum of design solutions represents a different instance of three-dimensional geometry that satisfies the at least one design criterion.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising: determining a classification for the problem specification, wherein searching the database to identify the first approach comprises identifying different approaches for solving the design problem that are included in the database and are associated with the classification of the problem specification.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein generating the spectrum of design solutions for the first approach comprises: executing the first approach with a first set of input parameters to generate a first design solution to include in the spectrum of design solutions; and executing the first approach with a second set of input parameters to generate a second design solution to include in the spectrum of design solutions.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising: evaluating a first design solution included in the spectrum of design solutions to generate first evaluation results; evaluating a second design solution included in the spectrum of design solutions to generate second evaluation results; and generating a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a comparison between the first evaluation results and the second evaluation results.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein evaluating the first design solution comprises evaluating manufacturability of the first design solution, evaluating the second design solution comprises evaluating manufacturability of the second design solution, and wherein the comparison between the first evaluation results and the second evaluation results indicates relative manufacturability of the first design solution and the second design solution.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first approach comprises a parametric modeling tool.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first approach comprises procedural design synthesis methodology.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first approach comprises a topology optimization algorithm.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first approach comprises a truss optimization algorithm.
20. A system for generating a spectrum of design solutions, comprising: a memory storing a design application; and a processor that, in conjunction with executing the design application: synthesizes a problem specification based on input associated with a design problem, wherein the problem specification indicates at least one design criterion; identifies within a database at least a first approach for solving the design problem, wherein each approach for solving the design problem included in the database comprises a different process for generating three-dimensional geometry; and generates a spectrum of design solutions for the first approach, wherein each design solution in the spectrum of design solutions represents a different instance of three-dimensional geometry that satisfies the at least one design criterion.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application titled "Dreamcatcher: Approaches for Design Variation," filed on Nov. 25th, 2014 and having Ser. No. 62/084,490. The subject matter of this related application is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to engineering design and, more specifically, to techniques for generating a spectrum of feasible design solutions.
In a conventional engineering workflow, an engineer uses a computer-aided design (CAD) tool to design and draft physical parts. In doing so, the engineer typically makes design choices in accordance with a set of design objectives and/or design constraints. For example, in the design of a mechanical beam, one design objective could be that the beam must support at least a minimum amount of weight. One design constraint could be that the beam must not be subjected to greater than a maximum amount of stress in a given direction. Collectively, the various design objectives and design constraints constitute overall design criteria.
Conventional CAD tools provide engineers with simulation environments for testing designed parts. More particularly, once the engineer finishes designing a given part, the engineer may then simulate the part under different conditions in order to determine whether the part meets the design criteria. If the part does not meet the design criteria, then the engineer must begin the design process anew.
One drawback of the above approach is that conventional CAD tools allow engineers to consider only one design option at a time. However, for a given set of design criteria, thousands upon thousands of design options can potentially exist, most of which are never considered. This limitation exists for two reasons. First, conventional CAD tools cannot evaluate multiple design options simultaneously. Second, the human brain is not equipped to consider all possible outcomes to all design choices associated with a given part and a given set of design criteria.
As the foregoing illustrates, what is needed in the art is a more effective approach to exploring the range of design solutions that meet design criteria.
Various embodiments of the present invention sets forth a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to generate a spectrum of design solutions, by performing the steps of synthesizing a problem specification based on input associated with a design problem, where the problem specification indicates at least one design criterion, identifying within a database at least a first approach for solving the design problem, where each approach for solving the design problem included in the database comprises a different process for generating three-dimensional geometry, and generating a spectrum of design solutions for the first approach, where each design solution in the spectrum of design solutions represents a different instance of three-dimensional geometry that satisfies the at least one design criterion.
At least one advantage of this approach is that the end-user need not attempt to consider all possible approaches to solving the design problem. Instead, the design application identifies potentially promising approaches, and then generates actual designs based on those approaches, thereby alleviating the burden of generating designs from the end-user.
FIG. 1 illustrates a system configured to implement one or more aspects of the present invention.
FIG. 6 illustrates a graphical user interface (GUI) for evaluating the spectra of feasible design alternatives of FIG. 5, according to various embodiments of the present invention.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to one of skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details.
FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 configured to implement one or more aspects of the present invention. As shown, system 100 includes a client 110 coupled via a network 130 to a server 150. Client 110 may be any technically feasible variety of client computing device, including a desktop computer, laptop computer, mobile device, and so forth. Network 150 may be any technically feasible set of interconnected communication links, including a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), the World Wide Web, or the Internet, among others. Server 150 may be any technically feasible type of server computing device, including a remote virtualized instance of a computing device, one or more physical cloud-based computing devices, a mixture of the two, a portion of a datacenter, and so forth.
Client 110 includes processor 112, input/output (I/O) devices 114, and memory 116, coupled together. Processor 112 may be any technically feasible form of processing device configured process data and execute program code. Processor 112 could be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), and so forth. I/O devices 114 may include devices configured to receive input, including, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and so forth. I/O devices 114 may also include devices configured to provide output, including, for example, a display device, a speaker, and so forth. I/O devices 114 may further include devices configured to both receive and provide input and output, respectively, including, for example, a touchscreen, a universal serial bus (USB) port, and so forth.
Memory 116 may be any technically feasible storage medium configured to store data and software applications. Memory 116 could be, for example, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM) module, a read-only memory (ROM), and so forth. Memory 116 includes client-side design application 120-0 and client-side database 122-0. Client-side design application 120-0 is a software application that, when executed by processor 112, causes processor 112 to generate a collection of design solutions that meet design criteria associated with a problem specification. In doing so, client-side design application 120-0 may access client-side database 122-0. Client-side design application 122-0 may also interoperate with a corresponding design application that resides within server 150 and access a database that also resides on server 150, as described in greater detail below.
Server 150 includes processor 152, I/O devices 154, and memory 156, coupled together. Processor 152 may be any technically feasible form of processing device configured to process data and execute program code, including a CPU, a GPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, and so forth. I/O devices 114 may include devices configured to receive input, devices configured to provide output, and devices configured to both receive and provide input and output, respectively.
Memory 156 may be any technically feasible storage medium configured to store data and software applications, including a hard disk, a RAM module, a ROM, and so forth. Memory 156 includes server-side design application 120-1 and server-side database 122-1. Server-side design application 120-1 is a software application that, when executed by processor 156, causes processor 152 to generate a collection of design solutions that meet design criteria associated with a problem specification. In doing so, server-side design application 120-1 may access server-side database 122-1. Server-side design application 122-1 may also interoperate with client-side design application 120-0 and access client-side database 122-0.
In operation, client-side design application 120-0 and server-side design application 120-1 cooperate to implement any and all of the inventive functionality described herein. In doing so, either one or both of client-side design application 120-0 and server-side design application 120-1 may access either one or both of client-side database 122-0 and server-side database 122-1. Generally, client-side design application 120-0 and server-side design application 120-1 represent different portions of single distributed software entity. Thus, for simplicity, client-side design application 122-0 and server-side design application 122-1 will be collectively referred to herein as design application 120. Similarly, client-side database 122-0 and server-side database 122-1 represent different portions of a single distributed storage entity. Therefore, for simplicity, client-side database 122-0 and server-side database 122-1 will be collectively referred to herein as database 122.
As described in greater detail below in conjunction with FIG. 2, design application 120 is configured to interact with an end-user in order to generate feasible engineering design solutions that satisfy criteria associated with a particular engineering problem. Design application 120 receives input from the end-user that outlines the specific engineering problem to be solved. Design application 120 then synthesizes a problem specification based on this input. Design application 120 searches database 122 to identify different approaches to solving the design problem outlined by the problem specification. Design application 120 then selects one or more such approaches. Based on the selected approaches, design application 120 generates a spectrum of potential design solutions for each such approach. Design application 120 then evaluates the generated designs, and presents that evaluation to the end-user.
One of the advantages of this technique is that the end-user need not attempt to consider all possible approaches to solving the design problem. Instead, design application 120 identifies potentially promising approaches. Further, design application 120 also generates actual designs based on those approaches, thereby alleviating the burden of generating designs from the end-user. FIG. 2 sets forth a more detailed description of the functionality discussed briefly above.
FIG. 2 is a more detailed illustration of the design application and database of FIG. 1, according to various embodiments of the present invention. As shown, design application 120 is coupled to database 122. Design application 120 includes various data and processing stages implemental in performing the inventive techniques described herein. Specifically, design application 120 includes user input 202, problem specification 204, approach identification module 206, solution generation module 208, solutions 210-0 through 210-2, solution evaluation module 212, and evaluation results 214. Database 122 includes data that is processed by design application 120 when performing the inventive techniques. In particular, database 122 includes solution approaches 220. As described in greater detail below, a "solution approach" is a particular process, procedure, algorithm, function, or system for generating 3D geometry that satisfies specific design criteria.
In operation, design application 120 is configured to receive user input 202 via interactions with an end-user. User input 202 generally reflects a set of design objectives, design constraints, and other criteria associated with specific engineering problem to be solved. User input 202 may also reflect particular geometrical or environmental objectives, constraints, and other criteria to be satisfied by a successful design. Generally, user input 202 includes input provided by the end-user via one or more input devices, such as a keyboard or a mouse, that corresponds to the above-described design criteria.
Design application 120 receives user input 202 and, based on that input, synthesizes problem specification 204. Problem specification 204 is a data structure that embodies all of the design criteria set forth in user input 202. For example, problem specification 204 could reflect a 3D environment that includes specific locations where certain forces are to be supported, within precise volumetric constraints, under particular weight limitations. An example of problem specification 204 is set forth below in conjunction with FIG. 4. In one embodiment, the end-user directly generates problem specification 204, via interaction with design application 120.
Based on problem specification 204, design application 120 invokes approach identification module 206 to search database 122 for a subset of solution approaches 220 applicable to problem specification 204. Solution approaches 220 may include a wide variety of different methodologies for solving engineering problems. Thus, each solution approach 220 may be defined in a number of different ways. One example of a solution approach 220 would be a parametric modeling tool that outlines a parametric function for creating a 3D object. Alternatively, a procedural design synthesis technique, such as topology optimization or truss optimization, could define a solution approach 220. Each solution approach 220 may also reflect a particular manufacturing process that could potentially be used to manufacture a design. Generally, each different solution approach 220 may be associated with a different design condition.
Approach identification module 206 searches solution approaches 220 within database 122 and identifies solution approaches 220-0, 220-1, and 220-2 that may be applicable to problem specification 204. For example, suppose problem specification 204 called for a spring-loaded lever arm capable of supplying a particular force at a given deflection. Approach identification module 206, upon determining that a spring-type design may be relevant, could identify solution approaches 220-0, 220-1, and 220-2 that indicate engineering procedures relevant to the design and manufacture of springs.
In one embodiment, approach identification module 206 identifies relevant solution approaches 220 by classifying problem specification 204, and then retrieving solution approaches 220 associated with that class of problem specification 204. In doing so, approach identification module 208 may rely on artificial neural networks (ANNs), machine learning techniques, or other types of technically feasible classifiers.
Upon identifying one or more relevant solution approaches 220, approach identification module 206 provides the identified solution approaches to solution generation module 208. Solution generation module 208 then generates solutions 210-0, 210-1, and 210-2 based on solution approaches 220-0, 220-1, and 220-2, respectively. Each one of solutions 210 reflects a spectrum of different feasible designs, each generated using the same engineering procedure outlined in the corresponding solution approach 220. For example, suppose solution approach 220-0 specific a topology optimization algorithm. Solution generation module 208 could apply that optimization algorithm, with the particular design objectives, design constraints, and other relevant inputs derived from problem specification 204, to generate each one of solutions 210-0. In doing so, solution generation module 208 may vary certain input parameters in order to arrive at a spectrum of related solutions 210-0. FIG. 5, discussed below, illustrates exemplary spectra of solutions to an engineering problem.
Once solution generation module 208 generates a collection of different solutions 210, solution evaluation module 212 evaluates the different solutions to generate evaluation results 214. Evaluation module 212 may perform any technically feasible form of engineering analysis in order to evaluate solutions 210, including analyses of how closely each design solution fits problem specification 204, as well as analyses of the design tradeoffs associated with each design.
In one embodiment, solution generation module 208 and solution evaluation module 212 may interoperate in an iterative fashion to generate and evaluate solutions 210. In particular, solution evaluation module 212 may provide evaluation results 214 to solution generation module 208 along a feedback pathway (not shown). Based on those results, solution generation module 208 repeat the solution generation procedure, based on the identified solution approaches, with input parameters varied according to evaluation results 214. In this manner, solution generation module 208 and solution evaluation module 212 may perform any number of different iterations until converging upon a collection of solutions 210 that meet the criteria set forth in design specification 204, or meet that criteria to a threshold degree.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of method steps for generating a set of feasible design alternatives, according to various embodiments of the present invention. Although the method steps are described in conjunction with the systems of FIGS. 1-2, persons skilled in the art will understand that any system configured to perform the method steps, in any order, is within the scope of the present invention.
As shown, a method 300 begins at step 302, where design application 120 receives user input 202 associated with a particular engineering design problem via interaction with the end-user. The received user input 202 generally reflects design objectives, design constraints, and other criteria associated with the design problem at hand.
At step 304, design application 120 synthesizes problem specification 204 based on user input 202 received at step 302. Problem specification 204 is a data structure that encapsulates all relevant information associated with the design problem in question, including design objectives, design constraints, and other engineering criteria. In one embodiment, design application 120 includes a synthesis module that generates problem specification 204 based on user input 202.
At step 306, approach identification module 206 searches solution approaches 220 within database 122 based on problems specification 204, to identify a set of solution approaches relevant to problem specification 204. In the context of this disclosure, a solution approach may be considered "relevant" to a given problem specification 204 if that solution approach is capable of generating a design that meets the criteria set forth in problem specification 204. Approach identification module 206 may determine relevance in a wide variety of different ways, although generally, approach identification module 206 determines a particular classification for problem specification 204 and then retrieves solution approaches 220 associated with that classification, as discussed in conjunction with FIG. 2.
At step 308, solution generation module 208 generates solutions 210, based on the various solution approaches 220 identified at step 306, that meet the criteria set forth in design specification 204. In doing so, solution generation module 208 may apply one or more procedures outlined in each such approach, with varying input parameters, to arrive at a spectrum of solutions. Upon performing this process for each different solution approach identified at step 306, Solution generation module 208 generates different sets of solutions 210, each of which derives from a different one of the identified solution approaches, as also discussed above in conjunction with FIG. 2.
At step 310, solution evaluation engine 212 evaluates and compares the generated solutions to generate results data 214. Results data 214 may reflect any form of data generated via any technically feasible form of engineering analysis, including tradeoff analysis and other analytical or comparative techniques, as described above in conjunction with FIG. 2.
At step 312, solution evaluation engine 212 provides evaluation results 214 to the end user. To that effect, solution engine 212 generates an interactive GUI that allows the end-user to compare and contrast the various solutions generated by solution generation module 208. In one embodiment, evaluation results 214 may reflect the manufacturability of each design solution, and the interactive GUI generated by solution engine 212 may compare the manufacturability of each design solution to illustrate relative manufacturability between designs.
Generally, the techniques described herein relate to mechanical engineering design problems, although persons skilled in the art will understand that the disclosed techniques may also be applied to other branches of engineering, including electrical engineering, materials engineering, civil engineering, and so forth. An exemplary application of the techniques disclosed above provided in the context of mechanical engineering appears below in FIGS. 4-6.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary depiction of a problem specification, according to various embodiments of the invention. As shown, problem specification 400 includes a collection of different ports 410 arranged according to a specific 3D geometry. Each port 410 represents a location where one or more forces are to be supported. Ports 410-0, 410-1, 410-2, and 410-3 all reside within the same horizontal plane, while port 410-4 is positioned above that plane.
Problem specification 400 sets forth specific design objectives. For example, problem specification 400 indicates that all forces associated with a given port 410 are balanced. Thus, a successful design that meets this design objective will describe a 3D structure that balances those forces. Problem specification 400 also sets forth specific design constraints. For example, problem specification 400 indicates that the successful design includes just five attachment points corresponding to ports 410-0 through 410-4, respectively. Thus, a successful design will have exactly five attachment points to a surrounding environment or structure.
Approach identification module 306 is configured to search solution approaches 220 within database 122, based on problem specification 400, to identify solution approaches that outline procedures capable of generating designs that meet the objectives and constraints associated with problems specification 400. Then, solution generation module 308 generates a spectrum of design solutions for each such solution approach, as described in exemplary fashion below in conjunction with FIG. 5.
FIG. 5 illustrates exemplary spectra of feasible design alternatives generated according to the problem specification of FIG. 4, according to various embodiments of the present invention. As shown spectrum 500 includes various solid designs 502-0 through 502-4. Solid designs 502 could be generated, for example, based on a solution approach that describes a topology optimization algorithm. With such an approach, solution generation module 308 could place material at particular locations within a 3D space to arrive at each solid design 502. By varying input parameters to that solution approach, solution generation module 308 would generate the different solid designs shown in spectrum 500.
As also shown, spectrum 510 includes various truss designs 512-0 through 512-4. Truss designs 512 could be generated, for example, based on a solution approach that describes a truss optimization procedure. With such an approach, solution generation module 308 could arrange and connect struts at specific locations within a 3D space to arrive at each truss design 512. By varying input parameters to that solution approach, solution generation module 308 would generate the different truss designs shown in spectrum 510. Based on the different designs generated in this manner, solution evaluation engine 312 generates an interactive GUI that presents various engineering analyses performed with the different designs, as described in greater detail below in conjunction with FIG. 6.
FIG. 6 illustrates a graphical user interface (GUI) for evaluating the spectra of feasible design alternatives of FIG. 5, according to various embodiments of the present invention. As shown, a plot 600 includes an X-axis 610 and a Y-axis 612. Various groups 602 and 604 of design solutions reside on graph 600. Each design solution is positioned at a particular X-Y location based on the values of different parameters. X-axis 610 corresponds to parameter 0, and Y-axis 620 corresponds to parameter 1. Thus, each design solution may be positioned at an X-Y location on plot 600 based on the respective values of parameters 0 and 1.
In the example discussed herein, parameter 0 could represent weight, while parameter 1 could represent maximum load. Group 604 could represent spectrum 510 of design solutions, while group 602 could represent spectrum 500 of design solutions. Since the truss-type solutions associated with spectrum 510 are lighter and potentially less strong than the solid-type solutions associated with spectrum 500, group 604 resides closer to the origin of plot 600, indicating lower weight and lower maximum load. Conversely, since the solid-type solutions associated with spectrum 500 are heavier and potentially stronger than the truss-type solutions associate with spectrum 510, group 602 resides further from the origin of plot 600 in both the X and Y directions.
Persons skilled in the art will understand that FIGS. 4-6 are provided for exemplary purposes only and not meant to limit the scope of the claimed embodiments. As a general matter, design application 120 may be implemented to solve a wide range of engineering design problems and to arrive at a wealth of different feasible design solutions. Further, database 122 may include a potentially vast collection of solution approaches that represent widely ranging techniques to engineering design problems.
In sum, a design application generates feasible engineering designs that satisfy criteria associated with a particular engineering problem. The design application receives input that outlines a specific engineering problem to be solved, and then synthesizes a problem specification based on this input. The design application then searches a database to identify different approaches to solving the design problem set forth in the problem specification. The design application then selects one or more such approaches, and generates a spectrum of potential designs for each such approach. The generated designs may then be evaluated to determine the degree to which the problems specification has been met.
At least one advantage of the approach discussed herein is that the end-user need not attempt to consider all possible approaches to solving the design problem. Instead, the design application identifies potentially promising approaches, and then generates actual designs based on those approaches, thereby alleviating the burden of generating designs from the end-user.
The descriptions of the various embodiments have been presented for purposes of illustration, but are not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments.
Aspects of the present embodiments may be embodied as a system, method or computer program product. Accordingly, aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "circuit," "module" or "system." Furthermore, aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable medium(s) having computer readable program code embodied thereon.
Aspects of the present disclosure are described above with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, enable the implementation of the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. Such processors may be, without limitation, general purpose processors, special-purpose processors, application-specific processors, or field-programmable processors or gate arrays.
While the preceding is directed to embodiments of the present disclosure, other and further embodiments of the disclosure may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow. | 2019-04-23T18:10:53 | http://www.patentsencyclopedia.com/app/20160147911 |
0.998793 | Paraphrase is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words, which is helpful in many NLP applications, including machine translation, question answering, semantic parsing and textual similarity. Paraphrase resource is valuable and important, but it is hard to get at large scale, especially for sentence level paraphrases. Here we propose a smart way to automatically collect enormous sentential paraphrases from Twitter, which is simply grouping tweets through shared URLs. We gave the largest human-labeled golden corpus of 51,524 pairs, as well as a silver standard corpus which can grow 30k pairs per month with 70% precision. Based on this paraphrase dataset from Twitter, we experimented with deep learning models for automatic paraphrase identification. We find that without pretrained word embedding, we can still achieve state-of-the-art or more competitive results on social media dataset with only character or subword embedding, which is useful in domain with more out-of-vocabulary words or more spelling variations. | 2019-04-19T13:50:30 | https://u.osu.edu/cllt/2017/11/28/clippers-tuesday-wuwei-lan-on-continuously-growing-sentential-paraphrases/ |
0.999999 | <br>'''Protection (hp)''' — the tank's health. Damage dealt by a turret is subtracted from a tank's protection. Once the protection drops to zero, the tank is destroyed.
<br>'''Weight''' — affects the tank's stability, i.e. impact force of hits, recoil of its own turret, and partly, ability to move other tanks (this parameter does not affect the tank's speed).
<br>'''Top speed (m/sec)''' — maximum speed the tank can reach while moving in a straight line.
<br>'''Acceleration (m/sec²)''' — affects the time it takes a tank to reach its maximum speed, as well as its ability to push other tanks.
<br>'''Reverse acceleration (m/sec²)''' — anti-inertial acceleration that comes into force when a tank is moving in one direction and the player presses the button for moving in the other direction. It is in effect until the speed drops to zero. After that, normal acceleration becomes active again.
<br>'''Lateral acceleration (m/sec²)''' — responsible for damping of lateral speed. The smaller this parameter, the easier it is for the tank to drift. A higher Lateral Acceleration makes it more difficult for the tank to move sideways.
<br>'''Turning speed (deg/sec)''' — the maximum speed at which the tank can turn.
<br>'''Turning acceleration (deg/sec²)''' — affects the time it takes a tank to get to its maximum turning speed.
<br>'''Anti-inertial turning acceleration (deg/sec²)''' — works like reverse acceleration but for left-right turns instead of moving forward/backwards.
*'''Protection (hp)''' — tank's health. Damage dealt by a turret is subtracted from a tank's protection. Once the protection gets to zero, the tank explodes.
*'''Top speed (m/sec)''' — maximum speed the tank can get to on a straight.
*'''Lateral acceleration (m/sec²)''' — responsible for damping of lateral speed. The less this parameter is, the easier tank can drift. The higher it is, the more difficult it is for a tank to move sideways.
*'''Turning speed (deg/sec)''' — the maximum speed at which the tank can turn.
*'''Turning acceleration (deg/sec²)''' — affects the time it takes a tank to get to its maximum turning speed.
*'''Anti-inertial turning acceleration (deg/sec²)''' — works like reverse acceleration but for left-right turns instead of moving forward/backwards.
*'''Weight''' — affects tank's stability, i.e. impact force of hits, recoil of its own turret, and partly, ability to move other tanks (this parameter does not affect tank's speed).
*'''Power (m/sec²)''' — affects the time it takes a tank to get to its maximum speed and ability to push other tanks.
*'''Reverse acceleration (m/sec²)''' — anti-inertial acceleration that comes into force when a tank is moving in one direction and a player presses the button of moving to other direction. It works until speed gets to zero. After that, usual acceleration starts working.
*Being the tallest hull in the game, Dictator has been the first choice for many Gold Box hunters and parkourists!
*Dictator was the first non-standard hull to be added into the game. Thanks to its interesting shape and dimensions, it quickly became a favorite of the players at that time.
*Unlike being in either of the first or second generation of hulls, Dictator was actually just a one-off addition to the game between these generations.
*Be careful of Dictator's cuboid shape - it actually has a rectangular hit-box!
Medium hull. Known for stability and its size. Overdrive activates the effect of all supplies for itself and all nearby allies.
Thanks to an improved system of active protection and the latest composite material used in its construction, this hull successfully absorbs the energy of explosions from a round of any caliber, while still remaining a medium hull. Activation of its overdrive will force both attack and defensive supplies of the tank and nearby allies to activate. You will be fully repaired, extra protected and gain more speed, plus also drop a mine. Pre-installed overdrive reactor doesn’t require user’s supplies to work. The owner of such hull can easily lead the team into a full assault, taking the blunt of the attack, thanks to the size of the hull making it a perfect target for the enemy.
Being the tallest hull in the game, Dictator has been the first choice for many Gold Box hunters and parkourists!
Dictator was the first non-standard hull to be added into the game. Thanks to its interesting shape and dimensions, it quickly became a favorite of the players at that time.
Unlike being in either of the first or second generation of hulls, Dictator was actually just a one-off addition to the game between these generations.
Be careful of Dictator's cuboid shape - it actually has a rectangular hit-box!
On October 26th, 2018 - Dictator XT skin was added to the game and made available for purchase for a limited time period in the shop. Currently, it can be obtained only through containers.
This page was last modified on 9 December 2018, at 18:44.
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0.996768 | If you go to see 'A Quiet Place' - and you should - don't get potato chips as a snack. Too loud.
'A Quiet Place', starring John Krasinski and his real-life wife, Emily Blunt, was partially filmed in Little Falls which basically makes it a 'must-see' for Central New Yorkers. Does the movie live up to the hype? In a word: YES.
The small theater we saw the movie in was packed 20 minutes before the film was scheduled to begin. If you're counting on previews to buy you a little extra time: don't. The movie starts right on time, with no previews - just a black screen that tells you you're at Day 89 of whatever is about to happen.
Basically, the Abbott family, Lee (Krasinski) and his wife Evelyn (Blunt) and their three children are just trying to survive after the Earth was invaded by giant blind insect creatures (think Alien crossed with the Demagorgon from 'Stranger Things') that hunt by using their extremely sensitive hearing. So you have to be vewwy vewwy quiet. Or you get eaten.
The oppressive quiet throughout the film - except for a few scenes - is what really wears on you. There were a few scenes where I actually found myself holding my breath because...I didn't want the monsters to get Emily Blunt? I don't know - but that's what the movie does to you. The whole theater was silent. The movie just affects you that way.
I won't give away what happens, but the movie is more than worth the price of admission. It took me hours to fall asleep after the movie - so maybe see it in the afternoon. | 2019-04-20T00:34:59 | https://wour.com/a-cny-review-of-a-quiet-place-spoiler-free/ |
0.998247 | If you write, you invite your most merciless demons to your desk day after day. Sometimes writing even a single sentence is beset with debilitating self-doubt. Yes, there are days of creative rapture, blissful moments when writing is a mystical convening with the muse but they are few. Most days writing is work: rather than scribble in a fit of ecstatic revelation, we combat one line after another. No matter how hard we try to quell their rebellion, our sentences mutiny. More often than not, the act of expressing ourselves requires excruciating effort: instead of feel seized by a divine power, ideas pouring forth from some otherworldly plane, we experience each sentence, each word as a struggle. At times, writing a meager one hundred words is a trudge up a steep hill.
“I write because it’s the only thing I know that offers the hope of proving myself worthy of love. It has everything to do with my relationship with my mother. I spent my childhood in an attempt to remake myself into a girl she would love, and I’ve translated that into the process of writing— not intentionally, but just as I was always looking beyond my present incarnation toward the one that would woo my mother’s attention, I’m always looking toward to book that hasn’t come out yet: the one that will reveal me worthy of love.
“In one hundred years, if humans still exist, and if anyone remembers the name Jennifer Egan, they’ll decide whether I deserve the Pulitzer or not. The question doesn’t preoccupy me. I’ve judged a major prize and I know how it works. It all comes down to taste and, therefore, luck. If you happen to be in the final few, it’s because you’re lucky enough to have written something that appeals to those particular judges’ tastes.
“The attention and approval I’ve been getting for Goon Squad– the very public moments of winning the Pulitzer and the other prizes- is exactly the opposite of the very private pleasure of writing. And it’s dangerous. Thinking that I’ll get this kind of love again, that getting it should be the goal, would lead me to creative decisions that would undermine me and my work. I’ve never sought that approval, which is all the more reason that I don’t want to start now.
I’m curious to find out what influence this will have on my writing. I won’t know until I start another book. A scenario I could easily envision is the following: I start the book, feel it’s not going well, and start to freak. My rational side says, “Let’s get one thing straight. You’re going to hate the next one. The whole world’s going to hate the next one.” I have no idea why this one got so much love.
The humanizing power of books to infiltrate the ordinarily impenetrable barrier between “us” and “them” is what Mary Gaitskill ponders in her lovely essay “I Don’t Know Anymore,” one of forty six stunning pieces that compose Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process. Complied of the best essays from the Atlantic’s much-beloved “By Heart” column, Light the Dark asks literature’s leading lights one question: what inspires you? They then choose a passage that was formative to their development as writers. The result? A delightful trove of wisdom from authors as diverse as Yiyun Li, Khaled Hosseini, Andre Dubus III, Hanya Yanagihara, and Elizabeth Gilbert. As reassuring as good conversation and a cup of coffee, Light the Dark offers insight and inspiration not only to aspiring writers but to anyone who’s been enthralled by the imaginary world of books.
“Anna’s speaking about the decisions she’s made in the third person— as if the person who betrayed Karenin was a stranger. And she does seem to be transformed here, as though she’s become a different person. I was so surprised by that. I think of it as a very modern insight, Tolstoy’s idea that there may be two, or more, different people inside of us.
Though this moment gives us hope for the estranged couple, their reconciliation doesn’t endure: Anna never talks about the “other woman” inside her again. So which, Gaitskill wonders, is “the real Anna, and which is the real Karenin: the people they are at the tender bedside moment, or the people they become afterward?” Tolstoy never offers a definitive answer. Perhaps the regretful Anna who displays remorse for her wrongdoings, Gaitskill speculates, is the “truer part of herself.” Perhaps death has a way of dispelling the falsehoods we tell. Who knows?
What’s genius about Anna Karenina is the way it probes the complexities of the self. Like all great characters, Anna and Karenin reveal man is as multi-dimensional as a Russian nesting doll: he projects an outward public persona that conceals countless other selves. Rather than confine his characters to shallow and superficial categories, Tolstoy agrees with champion of the human spirit and paradox-embracing poet Walt Whitman’s belief that man is “large and contains multitudes.” Anna is both the unfaithful wife and the repentant cheater just as Karenin is both a spiteful husband betrayed and a man willing to forgive her. By granting us access to a character’s inner self, a self often at odds with the facade he presents to the world, books remind us every person has an interior life we’re not privy to. Like us, others suffer from fear and insecurity. And like us, others possess yearnings so intense they don’t dare be uttered. Literature’s humanizing power lies in its ability to bridge this seemingly unbridgeable abyss between self and other. As Gaitskill concludes, “the truest parts of people can be buried”— we must be more empathetic and largehearted toward each other. | 2019-04-22T04:47:36 | https://asialenae.com/2019/01/ |
0.99896 | This bird was in with a group of Golden Crown Sparrows.
Could it be golden crown with the white stripe on the head? I didn't see any gold on it.
White-crowned Sparrow. I've seen them mixed with Golden-crowned before. Note how the black on its head doesn't go all the way down to its eye as it would on a Golden-crowned. | 2019-04-19T07:19:59 | https://forums.whatbird.com/index.php?/topic/2124-sparrow/ |
0.999961 | It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when most zoom camera lenses had magnification ratios of around 4x or less. So, when manufacturers started offering optics in the 28-200 range with nearly double of anything seen beforehand, the game changed overnight. What is to be reviewed here is one of these oldies, namely a first generation 28-200mm AF from Tamron. So is this oldie a goodie? Read on to find out . . .
In terms of construction, the original Tamron 28-200 is what one would consider average. The lens is built on a metal mount with the barrel made of thick-looking plastic. Pick up the lens and it feels quite dense for its size. In terms of mechanical implementation, though, the lens could be better. The entire rear barrel is the zoom ring. As for focus, there is no ring, but one has to turn the inner barrel of the lens by grabbing it near the front element and then turning it. As for manual focus itself, the action is rather loose. However, this being an old, well-used lens, the action may have been stiffer when the lens was new. In AF, the entire inner barrel twists. Another point for improvement: dual cams on the inner barrel The good news is that, despite the dual cam design, there is no wobble whatsoever nor is there zoom creep.
When it comes to AF, the first generation Tamron 28-200 is anything but a speed demon. However, when it does lock on focus, it is always accurate. Unfortunately, this lens has a true Achilles Heel when it comes to its AF capabilities: sometimes, especially when the subject is textured, the lens just can't seem to lock right away, but racks in and out a tiny bit before locking. Needless to say, this can be a huge irritation at times and a photographic make or miss hinge point in key photographic situations. Another irritation: the nearly 7 foot closest focus distance.
Optically speaking, half of the Tamron 28-200's focal lengths are, in my opinion, truly unusable wide open. Starting at 28mm, the lens is very, very soft across the frame, with the corners being even worse than the still barely passable center. Moving up to 35mm improves things quite a bit. With a little sharpening in Photoshop, the center can actually be quite good. The corners? They still need help in the form of smaller apertures, though. The 50mm focal length is pretty much the same story as the 35mm one. Moving up to 100mm, things remain usable but performance starts to decrease and after 100mm, it really falls off to the point where I would consider the lens truly unusable. Bottom line: the usable focal lengths are 35-100mm, with the ends (the reasons people will want to buy such a lens) being rather poor at best.
Everyone makes super zoom lenses and frankly, any of them have to be better than this one.
Commonly selling for less than $100 on the used market, the original Tamron 28-200 AF packs a lot of focal lengths into a small bill. Unfortunately, with half the focal range being practically unusable wide open, the lens ceases to look like a bargain to a large degree. Also, when it comes to usability, the fact that minimum focus distance is almost 7 feet greatly limits this lens for indoor work, too. Add to that the lousy AF and guess what, even sub $100, you still don't get what you pay for.
In summary, the original Tamron 28-200 is very representative of technology in its infancy in that, while it was cool in its day, subsequent improvements are much, much better. Basically, the only passable aspect of this lens is build quality. Optics and AF are both sub-par to say the least. AF is slow and, at times, very indecisive in locking and, to get reasonably sharp pictures, stopping down 1-2 clicks is a must. The fact that the lens will only focus down to 7 feet is another major limitation of this lens, which was intended to be an all-in-one optical package. Unfortunately, come the 200mm setting, not even f11 can produce anything worth writing home about. Obviously, even in spite of the price, there is no way I can recommend this lens unless one is looking for an expendable, knock-around optic to be thrown onto an equally expendable, cheap, knock-around camera. | 2019-04-19T20:48:13 | http://bodzashphotoastro.blogspot.com/2014/07/quick-review-old-tamron-28-200-f38-56.html |
0.999412 | Is the FFA using smaller A-League clubs as guinea pigs for refereeing development and VAR testing?
Morrison is furious at referee Adam Kersey’s decision - with the help of VAR - to send off Ryan Lowry on Sunday, with Phoenix poised to win just their second game of the season. Down to ten men for the last quarter of an hour, the Phoenix succumbed to a late equaliser from Diego Castro. Morrison believes it was an errant decision, and that inexperienced refs are exacerbating the problem.
“This is not a one-off - we are told it is going to be fixed, but it has not been. When we are denied a penalty in the first half, then have a player red-carded, we draw a match we are probably going to win. It puts the club under pressure, because we don’t get flow-on effect due to a win against an unbeaten team that is top of the table. We don’t get the crowds and the cash flow we need. It impacts our clubs as businesses.” says Morrison.
“We are seeing continual mistakes with VAR. FFA have to sort it out, and if they can’t, then they have to get someone else in to fix it. We have constant conversations with them, but we get fobbed off. It is a complete waste of time sending stuff through, because we don’t get action.” adds Morrison.
Morrison saves most of his wrath however, for the refereeing appointments themselves.
“They are not spending enough on referee development. Pro refs are a good move, but they look to develop them by appointing them to games involving smaller clubs like the Phoenix. Adam Kersey has had twenty-odd games, and eight of those have involved the Phoenix. Over a third of his development training has involved us - we are effectively paying for it. In five of our six games this season, we have had the most inexperienced ref in the round. That’s not an anomaly, that is bias.” says Morrison.
But the Head of the A-League, Greg O’Rourke, refutes those claims.
“There are only thirteen refs on the panel, and only five games. Those refs are the best five available for the round. They are allocated by the strength of the fixture. But they are still getting one of the top five. I think they have had six separate refs - so it’s not as if they are getting the apprentice.” says O’Rourke, who adds that FFA has devoted more resources to officiating in recent seasons.
“Last year, we appointed three additional coaches. We only used to have one in Eugene Brazzale - last year we had an elite refs coach in Michael Fabian, and a W-League coach in Jacqui Hurford, plus an AR coach in Michael Cheeseman. That has continued into this season. We went from one to four.” says O’Rourke.
VAR remains the biggest bone of contention, for fans and clubs alike. Yet O’Rourke says the system - by and large - is working well, and that there are potentially more improvements to come. He does, however, accept that the Phoenix operate under a slightly different system.
“With Phoenix home games, the VAR doesn’t come out of the centralised review system in Sydney - because there is a challenge in getting the feed back into the building from Sky NZ. So that’s a stand-alone. If you think that Kris Griffiths-Jones - for example - is doing between three and five games a week, then they are perfecting the system. But every home game in Wellington is operated with an external VAR booth. Nick Waldron (Sunday’s VAR) might only do ten games a year. Kris might do up to fifty.” says O’Rourke.
O’Rourke says that out of the 30 A-League games played so far this season, only three of the VAR reviews have caused real concern. The penalty awarded in the Melbourne derby in round one, the disallowed Roly Bonevacia goal in the Sydney derby in round three - and the Lowry red card on Sunday.
FFA say refs are now instructed to communicate their decisions to the team captains on the field - and that in future, further clarity may be provided to both fans at home, and inside the stadium.
“We’ve had a lot of dialogue with the MLS, (German) Bundesliga and (Dutch) Eredivisie - the four of us are working with IFAB to agree protocols for either the ref, or the VAR to communicate directly in stadia. MLS have been granted permission in their pre-season to replicate what the NFL does - for the refs to push a communication device on his body, and communicate directly to the stadia about his decision-making. But IFAB want it trialled in pre-season, so we would have to wait until next season.” says O’Rourke.
All of which is unlikely to placate Wellington Phoenix and their Chairman, who says he remains torn as to whether he wants to bin VAR altogether.
“I think there is a role for VAR - the way it was originally intended - a clear and obvious error. If we have the technology to do it, we should do it. But there is no way that tackle could be described as a clear and obvious error by the ref. The reality was the ref saw it, and waved it on. An experienced ref would have stuck with his decision.” says Morrison.
On a similar theme, FFA have moved to clarify the decision to award Taylor Regan only a second yellow, and not a straight red card for his part in the melee involving Stefan Mauk, during Friday nights Adelaide-Brisbane clash.
It’s believed Jarred Gillett initially wrongly identified Jordan Elsey as the player who seemingly gouged at the face of Mauk. VAR correctly informed him it was Regan. Hence, the offence was ruled on by VAR due to mistaken identity, one of the four ways it is allowed to become involved in the game. | 2019-04-18T16:22:56 | https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/soccer/simon-hill-are-smaller-a-league-clubs-used-as-guinea-pigs-for-refereeing-development-ng-e4a1ede3313941b91ded4a0fad68066d |
0.984602 | "It Just Got Awkward! Improv Show"
What does pink marshmallows, balls, the Oscars and too legit to quit have in common?
Well, nothing except balls of fun and laughter while I was throwing back some fine wine watching a talented improv group grace the stage at Havana Club. They spontaneously created scenes with suggestions from the audience and also their own skit ideas. Suggestions were put in a basket and were randomly picked by members of the group while acting out scenes. Couple of suggestions from audience were: pink marshmallows and balls. When I heard the word balls, all I could think about was how Jack, from the "Will and Grace" show, always giggled at just the mention of well a pair of balls or just balls. I'm apparently stuck on that word...uh balls. Well, anyway, the group used their wit and timing well with the words and ideas suggested by the audience. I definitely felt like I was part of it just by putting in a few ideas myself. I tossed in "I believe I can fly." I almost wrote down "three way", but gave that a second thought. But lord help me they probably would have easily thrown balls in with that as well considering on how quick their wit was.
I've never attended an improv event before and wasn't sure what to expect. I was ready for some comedy that night back in late February. I went with an open mind and grabbed a glass of wine and chilled in my seat. I was warmed up by the opening act, David Perdue, from Kevin Hart tour. Immediately after that, the main group of talented actors and improv performers in Atlanta area got up to do their thing: comedy at it's finest. By having crowd participation and collaborative games with some balls (I'm kidding no balls were thrown on stage or injured during the performance that I know of), they delivered some of the funniest skits I've ever seen. I have to admit though, it does take a pair of brass ones to get up in front of an audience or just pure guts. But I digress, they were hilarious! Their comedy wasn't just all about the words or timing, but there was also physical comedy. There was dancing, gestures, hugging, and so forth. I shared several of parts of the performances on snap chat, but I don't know if anyone could hear what was said by the actors because of all my giggling.
The improv group consisted of: Javier McIntosh, Dani Deete, Jarrett Michael Collins, DJ Bolo, Tyshon Freeman, AJ Jones, Patrick Walker, Heng Theng, Kayla Webster, Deborah Michal, Wes Roberts, Micah Brown, Eric Word, and Karlton Davis. They definitely made some comedy home runs or touchdowns (depending on which balls you prefer). If you missed it, you really missed out on a night of fun. I'm looking forward to seeing them perform again because I haven't laughed that hard in awhile.
There were some performances as well by The Bouncers (Tom Bastek and John Timlin), Old Lady Times (Julia Jones and Ella Boyett), and the Action Show (Erica Anthony, Elliot Goff, Syl Turner, and Josh Warren.
I hope they do another performance in the near future because it was one of the best nights of comedy I've ever attended. After their performance, I stayed and hung out with them and danced my boots off (well almost). Just a fun night in hot Atlanta. Actually, it was cold...very cold that night. | 2019-04-24T18:31:45 | http://www.mariarochelle.com/2017/03/improv-reviewjavier-mcintosh.html |
0.999392 | Since it is quite difficult to play badminton without shuttles, there is the shuttle committee. An important task of this committee is keeping track of the shuttle supply and, when the supply is not sufficient, order new shuttles. In addition to that, the shuttle committee keeps track of the use of shuttles.
To make sure shuttles last longer, the feather shuttles have to be prepared. The committee makes sure there are enough prepared shuttles for every training. | 2019-04-21T17:07:38 | http://gsbcamor.nl/amor/index.php/en/vereniging-2/commissies/shuttlecommittee |
0.99995 | Baylor Law School recently unveiled a bronze bust depicting the late Dean Angus McSwain. The bronze was a yearlong labor of love by members of the Baylor Law School Class of 1972. The effort was led by Baylor Law School Professor Tom Featherston and his friend and former classmate, Pat Shaw as well as John Mosley, Lou Sandbote, Arnie Cavazos and Hal Laine. The bronze now stands alongside that of Judge Abner V. McCall, former Baylor law dean and president, on the third floor of the Umphrey Law Center.
"Last summer, Pat and I were talking about Dean McSwain and agreed that something special should be done to honor him so that future generations of Baylor Law students would know who he was and what he meant and still means to the Law School," Featherston said. "He was not only the dean, but also our teacher, a mentor and our friend."
McSwain died in May 2011. He earned his LLB in 1949 from Baylor Law, where he was first in his class. He served as a professor of law at Baylor from 1949-65, when he became dean. McSwain would lead Baylor Law School for the next 19 years. McSwain returned to full-time teaching in 1984 and was named The Gov. Bill and Vara Martin Daniel Chair of Property Law in 1985. In 1990, he was designated a Master Teacher, the highest honor granted to Baylor faculty members. Although he officially retired in 1994, McSwain continued to teach until 2008--a total of 59 years.
Baylor Law School is ranked No. 32 in the list of the Best 50 Law Schools in the U.S. by the business and technology news website, Business Insider.
The rankings are based on a survey of more than 400 American legal professionals who were asked to select the 10 law schools that would best serve a legal career.
Baylor Law School's advocacy program is ranked No. 3 by U.S.News & World Report.
A study by The National Jurist magazine found Baylor to be one of the top two "best values" in the nation when it comes to private law schools, trailing only Brigham Young University and ahead of such recognizable names as Yale, Stanford and Notre Dame when it comes to value for the investment.
According to the magazine, "The Best Value rankings look at tuition, debt, and cost of living and compare these numbers with percent employed and bar pass rates. The study is designed to identify and recognize law schools that help students pass the bar exam and land jobs without burdening them with huge debt."
Baylor Law School once again is No. 1 in the state's bar exam passage rate. Results of the July Texas Bar exam released Oct. 31 show Baylor Law School with a 97.52 percent pass rate. The state's overall passage rate among those who took the bar exam for the first time was 86.05 percent. Texas has nine law schools, and since 2001 Baylor Law has been first on 18 of 25 bar exams given. | 2019-04-25T03:58:15 | https://www.baylor.edu/alumni/magazine/1202/news.php?action=story&story=137613 |
0.999992 | This article is about the year 1776.
Year 1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar.
January 15 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
January 20 – American Revolution: South Carolina Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison agreeing to all demands for peace by the formed state government of South Carolina.
February 17 – Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
February 27 – American Revolution: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the town.
March 4 – The American Revolution: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
March 9 – Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations.
March 17 – American Revolution: Threatened by Patriot cannons on Dorchester Heights, the British evacuate Boston.
March 28 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
April 12 – American Revolution: The Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves making it the first British colony to officially authorize its Continental Congress delegates to vote for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
May 1 – Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati (Order of the Illuminati) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.
May 4 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III of Great Britain.
June 7 – American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposes to the Continental Congress that "these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."
June 8 – American Revolution: Battle of Trois-Rivières: American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
June 11 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress appoints a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence.
June 12 – American Revolution: Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates.
June 15 – American Revolution: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown.
June 17 – Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on June 29 and constructing the Mission Dolores of the new Presidio of San Francisco.
July 2 – American Revolution: The final (despite minor revisions) U.S. Declaration of Independence is written. The Continental Congress passes the Lee Resolution.
July 4 – American Revolution: United States Declaration of Independence. The United States of America officially declares independence from Great Britain.
July 4: American Declaration of Independence.
July 8 – American Revolution: The Liberty Bell rings for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
July 9 – American Revolution: An angry mob in New York City topples the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green.
July 12 – Captain James Cook sets off from Plymouth England on his third, and fatal, expedition to the Pacific Ocean.
August 15 – American Revolution: First Hessian troops land on Staten Island to join British forces.
August 27 – American Revolution: Battle of Long Island: Washington's troops routed in Brooklyn by British under William Howe.
September – First running of the St. Leger Stakes horse race in England.
September 6 – Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000.
September 7 – American Revolution: World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
September 11 – American Revolution: abortive peace conference between British and Americans on Staten Island.
September 15 – American Revolution: British land on Manhattan at Kip's Bay.
September 22: British hang spy Nathan Hale in New York City.
September 16 – American Revolution: Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
September 22 – American Revolution: Nathan Hale executed in New York City for espionage.
October 7 – Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
October 9 – Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
October 11 – American Revolution: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Champlain near Valcour Island, a British fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton defeats 15 American gunboats commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. Although nearly all of Arnold's ships are destroyed, the two day-long battle will give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City.
October 28 – American Revolution: Battle of White Plains: British forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
October 31 – In his first speech before British Parliament since the Declaration of Independence that summer, King George III acknowledges that all is not going well for Britain in the war with the United States.
November 16 – American Revolution: Hessian mercenaries under Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen capture Fort Washington from the American Continentals. The captain of the American navy ship USS Andrea Doria fired a salute to the Dutch flag on Fort Oranje and Johannes de Graaff decided to answer the salute with eleven gun shots.
December 5 – The Phi Beta Kappa society is founded at the College of William and Mary.
December 7 – American Revolution: Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general.
December 21 – American Revolution: The Royal Colony of North Carolina reorganizes into the State of North Carolina after adopting its own constitution. Richard Caswell becomes the first governor of the newly formed state.
December 23 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops, begins publishing The American Crisis, containing the stirring phrase, "These are the times that try men's souls."
December 25 – American Revolution: Gen. George Washington orders the first issue of The Crisis read to his troops on Christmas Eve, then at 6 p.m. all 2600 of them march to McKonkey's Ferry, cross the Delaware River and land on the Jersey bank at 3 a.m.
December 26 – American Revolution: Battle of Trenton: Washington's troops surprise the 1500 Hessian troops under the command of Col. Johann Rall at 8 a.m. outside Trenton and score a victory, taking 948 prisoners while suffering only 5 wounded.
^ "Timeline of the American Revolutionary War". Independence Hall. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070530054927/http://ushistory.org/march/timeline.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
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66 people were married in 1776.
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0.999987 | I didn't know that children is India love to study.
I didn't know that children in India loved to study.
I didn't know there aren't enough schools in Bangledesh.
I didn't know there weren't enough schools in Bangledesh.
I didn't know Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
I didn't know Tokyo was the capital of Japan.
Someone told me that, as in the last example, the first sentence is correct because Tokyo being the capital is a fact. They also said that in the first two examples, where it is more opinion than fact, the tenses in the sentence had to match up. So the whole sentence needs to be written in past tense.
Does anyone if this is true and which sentences are grammatically correct?
All of your sentences are correct.
In the case of "Tokyo", also both options are correct, even if Tokyo still is the capital city of Japan.
"I didn't know you were still here"
even when the person is there right now, at the moment you're speaking.
"I didn't know there weren't enough schools in Bangladesh (then)."
"I didn't know that children in India love to study" is correct.
Most probably, it was only a "typo" Tanya made. | 2019-04-23T18:19:47 | https://www.englishforums.com/English/PastTenseSentences/hgqh/post.htm |
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0.999844 | The question of religious art, or of religious expression in art, is among the most ineptly posed, and therefore among the most difficult in which to come to an agreement. When it is said of a work that it is or is not religious, what precisely is being asked? I know it is a matter of feeling and that feeling has a very legitimate role in the question. But when, in fact, a critic writes, as I recently read on the matter of Gregorian music: this is prayerful, and that is not - of what value is his expressed opinion? To what may it be ascribed? Is it not strictly personal, subjective and incommunicable? It is nonetheless necessary that the intelligence should intervene, that there should be a criterion and that the question, as with all others, be considered in the light of history and of reason.
Now, should we turn our attention toward the past, it consists of an uninterrupted succession of mutually contradictory forms and aesthetics. That the Orans of the catacombs and the Christ of Byzantine mosaics; that the sculptures of the porches of Chartres; the Virgins of Fra Angelico and of Raphael; the Pilgrims at Emmaus of Rembrandt and the Ascent to Calvary of Rubens; and that Goya's Angels at San Antonio de la Florida and those of Flandrin at St. Vincent de Paul, might have been inspired by the same Christian dogma - all that is sufficient to confound the desire to impose a system, and so it becomes nearly impossible, solely in the domain of the imitative arts - which is where I wish to remain this evening - to arrive at a general definition.
If, on the other hand, we look around us, we might think we could all agree straightaway that properly religious art belongs to periods of Faith alone, and that if we should seek the perfect type, we should find it in the Middle Ages.
Well, that too is a matter of controversy; Louis Dimier, in a most interesting inquiry in the Revue d'Action française collected the opinions of distinguished artists and critics and demonstrated to what extent opinions on that subject are divergent. Thus it is that the painter Gaston Latouche, among others, declared that the ceiling of the chapel at the Chateau of Versailles seemed as religious, as Christian, as the vault at Assisi: and that Dimier, opposing Jouvenet (1) to Giotto, asks why "we, the French, who owe so much to the authors of the seventeenth Century, should pretend to be so horrified by the sight of the paintings which nourished their piety?"
(1) Jean Jouvenet - 1644-1717. According to the account in the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08528a.htm) he was a pioneer of a new school of French painting, influenced in particular by Rubens. In reaction to the quiet classicism of Poussin it was melodramatic and action-packed. His painting for the ceiling of the Chateau of Versailles takes the theme of the Descent of the Holy Spirit.
That should be enough to astonish the Amis des Cathédrales. Were we to recognise how many doubtful notions and prejudices there are, on which we base our judgement on these matters, we should be much less taken by surprise.
As far as I am concerned, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased that this controversy obliges me to what it is that makes me prefer, from a Christian standpoint, Giotto to Jouvenet, and this is why I want to explain myself before you, despite the difficulty and aridity of the subject.
I shall say things that you will find very annoying.
I beg you to arm yourselves with patience and to compensate by your attentiveness for the obscure and inadequate language which I cannot avoid using in matters of this kind.
Let us, then, put aside the opinions of those who would restrict religious art to depictions of religious subjects. For them, the differences between the sacred and the profane are exterior to art: they belong to the subject, alone. And of course it is obvious that Christian painting will comprise only Christian subjects. M.Mâle (2) has demonstrated in detail, in his abundant, ingenious, and learned iconographical studies, that Medieval Art is a vast teaching, and that the Cathedral was the Bible of the poor in the thirteenth century. He considered the methodical study of the subjects to be the necessary introduction to understanding the art of the Middle Ages. We know that the ordering of the grand theological, moral and scientific compositions which may be seen on the porches of our cathedrals was determined by the clergy. Mâle cites in detail the overall spread of certain compositions, and mocks the naïve affirmations of Victor Hugo who could in all seriousness write: "There exists a privilege for the expression of thought in stone in the Middle Ages, comparable to our freedom of the press: the liberty of Architecture. That liberty goes very far. Sometimes a portal, a façade, a whole church possesses a symbolic meaning quite different from that of the liturgy, or even frankly hostile to the Church."
(2) Emil Mâle - 1862-1954. Best known as author of L'Art religieux du XIIIe siècle en France. Étude sur l'iconographie du Moyen Âge et sur ses sources d'inspiration (Armand Colin, Paris, 1898, published in an English translation in 1913). Gleizes's La Forme et l'histoire has a chapter criticising him (especially his later - 1922 - account of art in the twelfth century) for exaggerating the importance of the figurative aspect of the works.
(3) The chapel of St Ignatius in Rome has frescoes by Andrea Pozzo, and by Stefano Pozzi, both eighteenth century. Andrea was a Jesuit lay brother which could account for Denis's 'Fr' - for frater.
(4) Name given by Ruskin to the facade of the thirteenth century Cathédrale de Notre Dame in Amiens.
The value of the theological argument of these paintings tells us nothing of the value of the religious sentiment expressed. It is not enough to have a good religious subject to make a good religious painting, any more than would be the case for profane subjects.
Of course, you would say! That is obvious. But you are only speaking of the exterior subject: the subject-object. But there is another subject, and that is the one the artist carries within himself, his own conviction. Theological culture has no role other than to support faith. If the artist has faith, he creates religious masterpieces. But in the Middle Ages, everyone had faith. | 2019-04-22T06:03:15 | http://peterbrooke.org/art-and-religion/denis/sentiment/religious-art.html |
0.99918 | Last year, Apple instituted a program to replace out-of-warranty batteries for the iPhone 6 or later for just $29 — a $50 price drop from the usual $79 cost.
If you own an iPhone 6 or later and have battery issues, you have until December 31 to take advantage of the lower price to replace your battery.
If you own an iPhone 6 or later and have issues with your phone's battery life, now's the time to visit an Apple Store and get your battery replaced.
After a good deal of consumer outrage, Apple addressed iPhone battery and performance in an open letter to customers later that month.
The most important part of Apple's informational letter was an offer toward the end: Apple said it would reduce the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement to $29 from $79 "for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later whose battery needs to be replaced, available worldwide through December 2018."
And so if you own an iPhone 6, an iPhone 6s, an iPhone 7, or any other phones made after that and are experiencing battery issues — maybe it's draining faster than it used to — head to an Apple Store before December 31.
A small anecdote: My wife owns an iPhone 6s and had been experiencing battery issues for months. She'd constantly need to recharge her phone at work and at home, and she felt as if it hadn't always been this bad. So a couple of months ago, we visited an Apple Store, where an employee measured her phone's battery life and found the degradation to be at about 83%.
Apple says it will offer to replace batteries when battery degradation reaches 80%, but the employee gave my wife the option to replace it right then and there for $29. So we did that and walked around the mall for a few hours while we waited.
It was worth the wait: Since that visit, she's noticed improvement in her phone's battery life and no longer needs to charge it throughout the day.
So if you're experiencing anything similar, go visit an Apple Store or mail your device before December 31 and pay the $30 to get your battery replaced. You'll be paying more if you choose to wait. | 2019-04-22T12:31:12 | https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-battery-replacement-program-december-2018-9?r=US&IR=T |
0.999998 | I'm a philosopher specializing in language, with interests in metaphysics, formal semantics, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and Eastern philosophy. In the more (not so) distant past, I've done work in the history of philosophy, the history of ideas, and classical studies. I'm the holder of a Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers at the Institute of Philosophy of Freie Universität Berlin, and a laureate of the Fondation des Treilles. I did my graduate work across Italy (San Raffaele), France (Institut Jean Nicod, EHESS), and the United States (Harvard, MIT).
parallels and non-parallels between musical and linguistic meaning.
Lexical innovations (e.g., nonce words and zero-derivations coined on the fly by a speaker) seem to bear semantic content. Yet, such words cannot be attributed semantic content based on the lexical conventions available to the language, since they are not part of its lexicon. This is in tension with the commonplace view that lexical semantic content is constituted by lexical conventions. In recent work, Josh Armstrong has argued that this tension can be alleviated in two ways. The first is to stick to the conventionalist assumption and deny that lexical innovations bear semantic content. The second is to dynamicize the conventionalist assumption, i.e., argue that lexical innovations trigger a rapid update of the lexical conventions of the language and receive semantic content via the updated lexical conventions. Armstrong lays out and defends the second option. I propose a third way: the view that the interpretation of lexical innovations relies on an algorithm which generates a hypothesis about the semantic properties projected by the unfamiliar occurrence and feeds them into sentence meaning with no prior update of the lexical conventions of the language.
Natural language appears to allow the ascription of properties of numeral symbols to the denotation of number referring phrases. The paper describes the phenomenon and presents two alternative explanations for why it obtains. One combining an intuitive semantics for number referring phrases and a predicate-shifting mechanism, the other assigning number referring phrases a structured denotation consisting of two parts: a mathematical object (the number) and a contextually determined numeral symbol. Some preliminary observations in favor of the second analysis are offered.
Consider the following sentence: "Mary meditated on the sentence 'Bill is a good friend' and concluded that he was a good friend". It is standardly assumed that in sentences of this sort, containing so‐called "closed" quotations, the expressions occurring between quotation marks are mentioned and do not take their ordinary referents. The quoted NP "Bill" refers, if anything, to the name 'Bill', not to the individual Bill. At the same time, the pronoun "he", apparently anaphoric on quoted "Bill", refers to the individual Bill. The case seems thus to invalidate the intuitive principle that pronouns anaphoric on referential expressions inherit their reference from their antecedents. The paper formulates the argument, argues that sentences exhibiting the described pattern do not constitute evidence against the intuitive principle, and proposes an alternative account of the anaphoric relation involved.
Word meaning has played a somewhat marginal role in early contemporary philosophy of language, which was primarily concerned with the structural features of sentences and showed less interest in the nature of lexical representations. Nowadays, it is well-established that the way we account for word meaning is bound to have a major impact in tipping the balance in favor or against any given picture of the fundamental properties of human language. This entry provides an overview of the way issues related to lexical meaning have been explored in analytic philosophy and a summary of relevant research on the subject in neighboring scientific domains. Though the main focus of the entry is on philosophical problems, contributions from linguistics, psychology, neuroscience and artificial intelligence are also considered.
Emma Borg has defined semantic minimalism as the thesis that the literal content of well-formed declarative sentences is truth-evaluable, fully determined by their lexico-syntactic features, and recoverable by language users with no need to access non-linguistic information. The task of this article is threefold. First, I shall raise a criticism to Borg's minimalism based on how speakers disambiguate homonymy. Second, I will explore some ways Borg might respond to my argument and maintain that none of them offers a conclusive reply to my case. Third, I shall suggest that in order for Borg’s minimalism to accommodate the problem discussed in this paper, it should allow for semantically incomplete content and be converted into a claim about linguistic competence.
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0.999584 | By the Numbers: How does FSU football stack up nationally after NIU win?
Breaking down how FSU ranks in the national statistics.
Florida State picked up a much-needed win against Northern Illinois on Saturday.
The Seminoles (2-2) defeated the Huskies (1-3) 37-19 with the most points they've scored against any opponent this season.
Coming into the game, FSU had scored just 10 points against its two FBS opponents, but two scoring drives to start the game paved the way for an offensive outburst.
But how much did the Seminoles' performance help them in the national statistics?
Analysis: FSU's offensive numbers saw a significant rise after putting up 37 points against a very stout NIU defense.
The Seminoles' are still among the worst teams in the country when it comes to running the football, but the passing game continues to improve.
The offensive line did a much better job of keeping Francois upright against the Huskies and that led to big plays, long drives, and points.
Statistically, NIU was the best defense FSU had faced so far so getting production against that defense is definitely a positive sign that things are heading in the right direction even though FSU is still at the bottom of nearly every major offensive category.
Analysis: The FSU defense played very well outside of a couple plays and shut a bad NIU offense down.
The Huskies scored 13 points off of turnovers inside FSU's 30 and hit one big play that resulted in a 66-yard touchdown pass.
The Seminoles are in the Top-25 of five of the above categories and aren't outside the Top-50 of any of them.
The FSU defense has been above average so far this season, but has been put into bad positions by the FSU offense continuously, which have led to a lot of the points allowed by the Seminoles.
Analysis: FSU kicker Ricky Aguayo had a stand out performance making three field goals of 40 yards or longer, including a 50-yard field goal at the end of the first half.
It was a really nice bounce back performance for the junior, who entered the game having misses three of his first four attempts this season.
Punter Logan Tyler continues to punt well for the Seminoles even though the overall average isn't great. He's averaging 43.15 yards per punt when the blocked punt is removed.
Analysis: FSU lost four turnovers against NIU and didn't force a single one.
The Seminoles have yet to force a turnover against an FBS opponent this year and are averaging 3.33 turnovers per game.
That's dead last in college football it's been just as bad as it has looked.
FSU did a better job in the first half against NIU committing just one penalty, but the flood gates opened in the second half and the Seminoles' new found discipline went out the window.
The Seminoles are still one of the most heavily penalized teams in college football. | 2019-04-20T09:03:07 | https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2018/09/23/numbers-how-does-fsu-football-stack-up-nationally-after-niu-win/1403614002/ |
0.998396 | My son is 9 months old and seems to show anger/frustration at times. One minute he can be balling up his fists, red in the face and almost making a growling sound. Then a minute later laughing. My MIL makes comments about how he has a temper. I think he's just frustrated that he can't communicate with us. He's a pretty happy baby overall. Is his behavior normal? Why does she make comments like that, b/c I take it personally?
She probably doesn't mean it in a negative way. It may not be true, but I would bet if you say next time "that's weird, its only around you that he gets this way." that she'll stop. The last thing she'd want is to be the only person associated with him being upset lol. | 2019-04-20T10:35:41 | https://www.babycenter.com/400_how-to-deal-with-mil-comments_14107847_461.bc |
1 | Find the end of these sentences.
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12. A lot of poor people amount to little caught red handed chance of promotion from here to the hospital of the danger of smoking of what he said on the tourists still live in the shacks than he really meant than you do through his fingers what I thought I don't know . | 2019-04-24T18:15:34 | https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-1/exercise-english-412.php |
0.968094 | I heard a medical doctor on the radio say that a research paper showed eating peanuts would help you lose weight. I haven't been able to find any information on the Web and my own doctor has never heard of it. Aren't peanuts full of fat? Do you know where I can find the paper or the details of how many nuts I'm supposed to eat?
If it's true that peanuts can lead to weight loss, the airline industry should take note. A return to serving peanuts on flights could result in substantial savings for the ailing companies. Peanuts might halt the expensive retrofit of extra-wide seats to accommodate passengers' own extra-wide seats. In addition, the isometric exercises required to release the half-dozen peanut halves from the tiny packets (sealed tighter than post-lawsuit silicone breast implants) would also enhance the weight loss.
Peanuts are, in fact, a great food source. They are high in both fiber and protein and contain large amounts of potassium, magnesium and folate. You are correct: peanuts are high in fat, but 80 percent of it is unsaturated (the type that is best for your heart). And since they are a vegetable, peanuts have no cholesterol. Actually a legume, peanuts are truly beans and are unrelated to tree nuts like almonds and pecans. This news will come as a shock to Mr. Peanut, who, with his monocle and walking stick, clearly thinks himself an aristocrat rather than a common goober pea.
The research you heard about is true; eating peanuts has been shown to reduce appetite and assist in lowering total calorie intake. In 2002 and 2003, nutrition and obesity journals published a series of papers describing these results. Dr. Richard Mattes of Purdue University found, to his surprise, that when subjects ate a couple of handfuls of peanuts, either in addition to a normal diet or as a substitute for equivalent calories, they gained significantly less weight than predicted. These findings fit nicely with a couple of other large nutrition studies, which also showed unexpectedly, that people who ate about an ounce of peanuts, tree nuts or nut butters had a lowered Body Mass Index (a ratio of body fat to lean tissue like muscle).
How does this account for the body shapes of baseball fans in the bleachers above mountains of peanut shells? I'm not certain, but the studies did not include beer and corndogs. Larger minds have tackled the explanation of why goobers assist in reducing calorie intake. The best arguments deal with the high fiber and protein content of beans, which make peanuts slow to digest and, like Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, reduce appetite by their mere continued presence. Other theories cite an increase in metabolic rate following nut consumption or speculate that inadequate chewing results in poor calorie absorption. Regardless, Dr. Mattes has found that peanuts promote satiety (feeling full) for almost three hours compared to rice cakes, which last a mere 30 minutes.
It does seem to counterintuitive to use fat as an aid for a healthy diet, but the same set of studies showed that nuts can also produce a nearly 25 percent reduction in blood triglycerides. High levels of these circulating fats are among the risk factors for heart disease. Many worry about processed peanut butter containing trans fats, a modification of vegetable oil that is used to improve texture and shelf life. Trans fats tend to increase total cholesterol and negatively affect its good/bad ratio. Rest assured, repeated testing by our government, and other more reputable groups, show virtually no trans fats present in any major brand.
Adding peanuts to your daily meals should be fairly easy, assuming that you do not have allergies or aversions. The researchers used 500 calories worth of the roasted kind in the studies. That amount is equivalent to a half-cup of nuts or a third of a cup of peanut butter, and may be eaten all at once, throughout the day or used in recipes. Interestingly, satisfaction rates are higher and drop out rates lower for Mediterranean-type diets that encourage nut and seed consumption. All this gives me license to enjoy what passed for elegant hors d'oeuvres in my childhood household: celery stalks filled with peanut butter, sliced diagonally and served on the good Chinet.
This is about the simplest diet I've seen, but it's not magic. You still have to choose your foods carefully and eat modestly. I'd also be doing you a disservice if I didn't advise increasing your daily exercise. Taking a long walk after dinner a few times a week is an excellent idea as long as you don't make a routine stop at the convenience store. Using this research to rationalize eating four packages of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups makes us both look bad. | 2019-04-26T08:21:38 | http://www.edrabin.com/eating-peanuts-to-lose-weight.html |
0.998855 | What are Wedding and Engagement Sets?
A wedding set, or bridal set, includes an engagement ring and a wedding band that match as a set. In some cases, the engagement ring looks incomplete; it is only when the two rings are put side-by-side that they look whole. In other cases, a wedding set consists of two rings that match stylistically and are worn stacked, although either piece would look appropriate as a separate ring. Although the wedding band is not to be worn until the wedding day, the two rings are usually sold together as a wedding set. After the wedding, the bride may choose to have the two pieces welded together, to increase convenience and reduce the likelihood of losing one ring. A trio ring set includes a ladies engagement ring, ladies wedding band and a men's wedding band. | 2019-04-24T10:34:16 | http://theweddingringbuyingguide.co.uk/wedding_sets.html |
0.997871 | Most likely there are people you minister to every day who are going through difficult times. You can offer consolation in real and tangible ways.
Years ago, I asked a friend of mine how she was doing and got this response: "My mom is a heroin addict and I just want to kill myself. How do you think I'm doing?"
That was a pivotal point in a journey I'd been on for a long time. All around me, friends were experiencing difficulties, frustrations and pressures with life. While some of my friends worked things out in a healthy manner, many others were unable to do so, resulting in isolation and desperation.
"I want to help, to do something, but what?"
During this time, I began to ask myself: How can I help my friends? I'm not a therapist or a counselor. I want to help, to do something, but what?
Most likely there are people around you who are going through difficult times. They need encouragement, support, love and compassion. Here's the good news: You can offer consolation in real and tangible ways.
The Story: Elijah was like you and me. He went through emotional ups and downs. One of his greatest downs came in the aftermath of being used by God in a supernatural way to defeat the prophets of Baal (see 1 Kings 18:1-40). After Queen Jezebel threatened his life, Elijah went a day's journey into the desert and sat down under a broom tree alone to die. In 1 Kings 19:4, he said: "I have had enough! LORD, take my life, for I'm no better than my fathers."
Elijah fell asleep, and the next thing he knew, an angel of the Lord woke him up. The angel had baked bread for Elijah and supplied him with a jar of water. Twice, as Elijah slept, the angel encouraged Elijah in this manner.
The Lesson: From this scenario, we learn the importance of caring for the physical needs of those around us. Sometimes, if we're not sure how to help, a good place to start is with bodily provision. When someone is going through a very difficult time, normal sleeping and/or eating patterns can be disrupted. When you notice such changes in someone's lifestyle, pick him up and take him out to eat, or bring him a hot meal. This may seem like a small gesture but it goes a long way.
The Story: After Elijah had eaten, the angel directed him to Mt. Horeb where God was about to pass by. I find it fascinating how God chose to reveal Himself; indicating what Elijah needed most at that moment. God could have displayed His power, His majesty or His holiness. He could have revealed His strength through a powerful wind, earthquake or fire. Instead, God revealed Himself to Elijah through a gentle whisper.
Clearly, what Elijah needed most was gentle, nurturing encouragement in the midst of encountering God and worshiping Him. The prophet didn't need to experience the power or the strength of God, but a gentle reminder that, "I am with you, I have been with you, and I will be with you."
The Lesson: The second thing we can do for those who are hurting is nurture and encourage them with God's gentleness. Gentleness builds up and affirms. It does not minimize the situation. Practically, you can reflect God's nurture in a very real way by becoming what I call a "prayer listener." Provide a refuge where that person can share his or her feelings with safety and security, not worried about what you might think or say. While listening, be in a continual state of prayer. Use what is said as a foundation for specific prayers.
Scripture is clear about prayer's healing nature. James 5:15 says, "The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up." Interestingly, Elijah is mentioned in this very same passage as not only being a man like us, but one whose prayers were powerful and effective.
3. Restore hope with a new perspective.
The Story: When Elijah cried out to God, feeling alone and threatened, God gave him a new perspective, reminding him that he was not alone, that there were others to protect and fight alongside him.
The Lesson: Often when a person is hurting, he or she may lose perspective and feel abandoned and hopeless. In those moments, it's hard to hear the "voice" of God reminding of His promises of hope and faithfulness, healing and future strength. But you can help people hear that voice.
Make sure you've first earned the right to speak the promises of God into others' lives by being there for them, caring for their physical needs and listening to them. Then gently restore their perspectives, letting them know that their enemies will be defeated and they will find hope and restoration. Become a reminder of the promises of God.
The story of Elijah's encouragement is a testament that despite painful struggles, God heals people, enabling them to move forward with life and eventually become healthy again. What's more, you don't have to be a professional therapist to meet them at their lowest points. No matter what people are going through, with time and persistence on your part, you can play a significant role in your their physical and spiritual healing.
Crisis hits all people at some time in life. When crisis strikes, people need help. If your church is organized with ministry leaders and teams, you're on track for meeting needs when crisis strikes.
Jerome Stockert serves as the lead pastor for a church plant called The Life Journey Church in Bossier City, La. The church owns and operates Ethnos Coffee and Tea, its main connection point to the community. | 2019-04-18T10:18:20 | https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/encourage-people-who-are-hurting-in-practical-ways |
0.999839 | Q: As a coach of grade 8/9 girls, I see this call all the time from the officials - kicked ball just because it hits someone's foot, intentional or not.
Rule 4 Article 13.2 of the FIBA rule book says: A player shall not run with the ball, deliberately kick or block it with any part of the leg or strike it with the fist.
However, to accidentally come into contact with or touch the ball with any part of the leg is not a violation. I even showed this to a referee today and his response was that it was still a violation if it resulted in an advantage to the team 'kicking' the ball, even if it was unintentional. Seems pretty straightforward to me - It is NOT a kick ball unless it is done deliberately, regardless of any advantage gained. Can I please get a ruling on this?
A: You are correct, per Rule 4, Article 13.2, in order to be a foot ball, the action must be deliberate. The fact that an advantage may or may not be gained when the ball accidentally goes off a player's foot has no bearing when ruling a foot ball. | 2019-04-23T09:54:09 | https://www.maboref.com/2016/12/accidental-or-deliberate-kick-ball.html |
0.999909 | If one company owns more than 50% of the common stock of another company, a. the cost method should.
If one company owns more than 50% of the common stock of another company, a. the cost method should be used to account for the investment. b. a partnership exists. c. a parent-subsidiary relationship exists. d. the company whose stock is woned must be liquidated.
ists. C. a parent-subsidiary relationship exists. D. the company whose stock is owned must be liquidated. | 2019-04-20T00:49:48 | https://www.transtutors.com/questions/if-one-company-owns-more-than-50-of-the-common-stock-of-another-company-a-the-cost-m-1120260.htm |
0.999968 | Here's an interesting review. Not a restaurant, but a simple boxed mac and cheese variety.
It doesn't always have to be the gourmet stuff, you know.
Yesterday was one of those days where I felt like I just needed something easy and comforting when I got home at the end of the day. I usually have a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese sitting in my cupboard for just such an occasion, but recently I had purchased Pantry Essentials because it was cheaper and I figured I'd give it a shot.
This boxed variety was so bland that I had to add extra cheese just to make it taste like something other than buttered noodles. Here's a tip: if you find yourself with a really bad boxed mac, add some different flavors of shredded cheese, stick it in the microwave for 15-30 seconds, then stir. That should help with the flavor.
My advice: If you are reaching for a boxed variety in the grocery aisle, you're better off paying a little bit more for one of the bigger name brands, like Kraft, or Annie's if that's what you prefer.
Or you can just go find one of my Top Ten restaurants for mac and cheese and they'll make it for you. | 2019-04-23T16:47:09 | http://dontknowmac.blogspot.com/2014/10/review-pantry-essentials-macaroni-cheese.html |
0.999938 | This 1895 ad cover for the book store claims its superior physical beauty, yet refrains from an illustrated representation of the premises on its business stationery. Did handsome apply to the exterior, interior, or both? What were the criteria for such a superlative?
Many other postal covers I've seen for like establishments have included illustrations of the building in which they set up shop. St. Paul Book and Stationery Co. chose to use that space on the front cover of the envelope to tell you something about their business. I would argue that was much better use of the space.
Instead of looking at the handsomest book store you ever saw, you could learn something about the business, which just might lead to your patronage in that handsome space.
You could learn about the kinds of books they stocked, their ability to help you start a home or school library, the stationery products and engraving services offered, the variety of office supplies on hand, and maps, globes, and charts, as well as other desirable school supplies.
And if you decided to visit their store, I suppose you'd just have to judge for yourself how handsome the place was and if it lived up to their claim as the handsomest.
In an 1889 edition of Caspar's Directory of the American Book, News and Stationery Trade, I found an entry for St. Paul Book and Stationery Co., which indicated that the business got started in 1879 under that name, but its origins went back to 1859 under different ownership.But I haven't been able to find an image for the shop at the address on the cover above.
In absence of any evidence to the contrary, they get the benefit of the doubt for having been the handsomest book store on earth.
In 2009, I blogged about an old billhead from New Orleans bookseller, F.F. Hansell &Bro., dated 1900. There wasn't much information on that piece to indicate what kind of stock Hansell had in his store, but comments on that post indicated office furnishings were in the mix along with a few books. I wondered if they sold "real" books or maybe just account books and ledgers for businesses in addition to a few school texts a standard author or two. That question was answered with a recent addition to my collection--a Hansell brochure/catalog of popular books and standard authors representing an impressive inventory of quality literature. Real books.
This undated (appears circa 1900), 7 X 10-inch folded sheet features Hansell's Home Library on the front (and continuing on the next page), with 204 cloth-bound volumes dressed in gilt tops to choose from. Titles such as Aesop's Fables, Alice in Wonderland, Emerson's Essays, Carlyle's French Revolution, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson and on and on. Standard works in literature, history, travel, etc.
Page three above advertises Hansell's multivolume sets of standard authors, bound in half calf. Here you would find Dickens' Complete Works in 15 volumes, Gibbon's Roman Empire in 5 volumes, and many others considered standard authors of the day.
Thomas Nelson's name keeps coming up as publisher in repeated searches for these pocket size editions, though the publisher is not named in Hansell's brochure. It's doubtful that F.F. Hansell used the same name as Thomas Nelson did for their multivolume sets.
Regardless of the publisher, this little advertising piece shows that not only did F.F. Hansell deal in "real" books, they offered an impressive array of literature in various affordable editions and bindings for the reader or student of serious literature. | 2019-04-19T11:29:18 | http://bibliophemera.blogspot.com/2015/11/ |
0.998832 | I’m usually an application developer, that loves to focus on UI, user experience, and so on. But sometimes, I want to be involved on more low level stuff. While working with Jolla folks, I had to be interested in the Mer project, in how I can build an image for a device, and deploy Nemo mobile, or (in the future) Sailfish GUI on top.
As a happy N9 user, I did not wanted to break my beloved device, so the hardware on which I can tinker was rather limited, but you might now that I got a (not so) nice tablet for Christmas, the Iconia tab W500, that became the perfect device to hack on.
tl;dr ? Read the FAQ at the end, there are many questions that are often asked, and that are answered.
Mer, as a mobile OS that is focused on vendors, provides a very useful set of tools to ease the creation of image. This includes mic, the MeeGo image creator, and osc, the OpenSuse controller, that talks with obs, the Open Build Service. While the first is used to create an image, that can be a live CD, a live USB or a raw filesystem, the second is used to package all the necessary bits to create an OS.
Mer already offers a solid base of packages, including basic libraries (glibc, Qt4 and 5, X11), and CLI programs (wget, htop, vim). Basically, you get a solid GNU-Linux distribution, that is really easy to hack, without all the pain of compiling everything yourself. But it do not offer much more. Don’t expect to get Firefox, or KDE, or LibreOffice to be packaged: Mer is just a core.
In order to start creating your own image, you can install the Mer Platform SDK, that is a nice chroot Mer distro, plus some scripts, that can be installed on all Linux distros. Visit for more information.
When I got the platform SDK installed, I was very tempted to get something running on the tab, but I found mic to be a bit strange to use. gives you a nice tutorial on how to use that tool, but it might be better to get other kickstart files, like in or , and start with i*86 architectures. If you have a laptop with Intel CPU and GPU, you might want to run the image on the laptop before, and see how it works, before getting on other arch, like ARM. You can also try VirtualBox.
It is very important to be familiar with Mer, because Nemo, Sailfish, Plasma active, everything runs on Mer, and nothing else. If you want to get a port of, let’s say, Sailfish on your hardware, you need Mer to run on it.
Mer do not offer hardware adaptation. Kernels, drivers, should be provided by the vendor, and in your case, it is you. Mer do not offer any GUI either, but other projects, like Nemo or KDE Plasma Active provides that. Moreover, Nemo already offers hardware adaptation bits, especially for the N900, N950, N9, and Intel based computers, that’s why I recommended to use an Intel CPU / GPU computer to try Mer first.
Once you are ready to make the big jump and get into the hardware adaptation part, you have to identify the things to provide. In my case, I needed a driver for AMD GPU, and also a custom kernel that uses these drivers. I have chosen the open source drivers radeon, since they provide decent support for my GPU.
Everything that I needed was to package the radeon driver, a dependency for X11, xorg-drv-ati, and the kernel. I did not start from scratch, since similar packages can be find in OBS, in . also provides a good tutorial on how to start with OBS, and is a mandatory read to master that tool.
It was my first time as a packager, and I learned to write spectacle files and RPM spec files. Spectacle is a tool provided by MeeGo, and now used in both Mer and Tizen, that helps you in writing spec files, by generating a skeleton. See . The reference packages for X86 Intel can also be a great help, at least for X86 hardware, like the Iconia tab.
The tutorial should stop here. Depending on what your goal is, you have different path to follow.
If you want to get Sailfish Simulator image into your X86 hardware, you might follow and use the hardware adaptation packages you created.
If you want to develop your own user experience, you might get in touch with either KDE or nemo, since both provides nice tools to build them. If you don’t know Qt, it is time to learn it as well.
Don’t forget to contribute back to the Mer project as well. You can report bugs , or maintain and submit new packages. See for a detailed overview.
Q: I want to get Sailfish running on <put a phone here> !
As you can see, Sailfish is based on Mer, and Mer do not provide hardware adaptation bits. So first, you need to get informed on how the hardware you have can be managed. X86 hardware is basically managed, but for ARM it is harder. The most important part is GPU. Does the GPU manufacturer provides Linux drivers (for Linux distributions). Does it provides driver that is compatible with X11 ? If yes, then it might be possible to get Sailfish running on that hardware. But it is not as easy. See the following video, with nemo.
Q: The SDK is out, give me a port !
The SDK only provides an image for X86 architectures, that are often used in computers, but not so often used in phones. The image is not compatible with ARM CPU, that powers nearly all the phones. You might not be able to get a port for ARM phones, but for some computers and tablets, it is possible. See the following videos.
I want to get Sailfish running on HTC HD2 !
Keep up the good work with the blog and especially with nemo social plug-in.
I’m desperate. I don’t know any of these things. I know c++, but not qt. I want to start and work on stuff. I study computer science but we only learn sql, c, java, using git, math, english and trivial stuff. Not even are we using Linux and I don’t learn how systems work. Studying is boring and I’ve got a lot of free time but I don’t know where to start and what to do… I should start learnig Qt tomorrow but than…?
You can start by installing Linux on your computer or have fun with Qt Creator (or both). Learning Linux isn’t that hard. And be sure to go on IRC (#Mer, #NemoMobile, #SailfishOS), and ask people if you are stuck. Asking Stskeeps about Mer is the best way to start (IMO). | 2019-04-20T02:12:33 | https://sfietkonstantin.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/tinkering-with-mer-nemo-sailfish-the-noob-guide-by-a-noob/ |
0.999682 | What the customer wantedFor online store needed the home cinema constructor: for visitor is invited to answer a few questions, and based on the responses generate the most suitable offer. It should be possible to send the generated result by email and save to PDF. Prices and product names should be taken from the database of online store.
What has been doneFor frontend were used modern frameworks - such as Twitter Bootstrap and jQuery. The server part is made based on CodeIgniter, but not as a shop module - this solution allows you to not be tied to a specific platform. The constructor has its own adminpanel in which customer can edit the questions and constructor settings. In the process, I learned about some of the nuances of home theater - for example, for room of 60 sq.m. do not use the 5 speakers, since this is not enough for a complete volumetric sound. The constructor turned out quite smart and takes into account such nuances, and in the case of discrepancies room size and the number of speakers/subwoofers warns visitors that this values are not correct, and displays the corrected result.
What the customer wantedModern, fast, convenient, adaptive directory of gadgets on the Android OS. Each gadget has to have a description, technical details, customer reviews and the list of online-stores where you can purchase it.
What has been doneFor the modern site have been used modern frameworks: CodeIgniter + jQuery + Twitter Bootstrap. The frontend has been write from scratch, for the backend has been used one of the free templates. Results: validation - 100%, optimization for mobile devices - 100%, the page speed for mobile - 92%, the the page speed for desktops - 96% 100% page speed for a commercial site - is possible, only if completely abandon external files (Google Analytics, Advertising Banners, Social Widgets)... But 90% and above, is also good, right? You can see it here: http://www.android-navigator.com.
What the customer wantedBlog with a simple and easy navigation + catalog Austrian hotels. Design and functionality of catalog should be different from the main categories.
What has been doneThe word "blog" often sounds next to the word "wordpress". This platform was chosen because of simplicity and advanced SEO-features. Pagination, the output thumbnails, and related news implemented directly in the template. E-mail-subscription and Crossposting to twitter made through fidberner. A small number of plug-ins (used only three - AIO-seo, cyr-2-lat and plugin for deferred publication in LJ) has a positive effect on the rate of load pages. Catalog is implemented using custom fields + template functions.
What the customer wantedOnline Shop of projectors and related equipment. Key requirements - has to be user-friendly search (actually several types of search) of projectors and related equipment.
First, the default searches work within categories only - but in task, he had to work on all pages.
What has been doneWordPress has been chosen as the most suitable platform for blogs. Top menu made the usual html (there are mixed the posts and pages). Thumbnails implemented through the_post_thumbnail () + various kinds of template has been implemented by various kinds files (4-category, category-5, etc.). The slider on the main page - fast and easy S3 slider. "Engorgement" WordPress has been cured banal caching.
What the customer wantedMultilingual promotional site about the work of the musician Peter Omelchenko. Several subscription options, multiple news feeds. Also photo and video gallery, listen and download mp3-files.
What has been doneThis site was chosen one of the most functional engines with open source - Joomla! The idea is that it is designed specifically for such sites - because about half of the functional has been realized with standard components for Joomla. Some of them had to convert for customer requirements - for example the output messages from the guestbook on your homepage, modified announcements. For the site was created two patterns - one in the screenshot, there is a second more "rigorous" in shades of gray. | 2019-04-20T12:55:44 | http://www.help-wordpress.com/category/portfolio/ |
0.998474 | More often than not, I await a particular movie, play, art exhibition, book etc. with great anticipation only to find myself disappointed by the experience. I wish I could distance myself from the hype, but it's difficult to do this when the media is constantly bombarding you with stuff about how great a work of art is going to be.
In an effort to maintain a bit of distance between myself and the spin-machine, I purposefully decided to ignore all reviews and other buzz surrounding Tim Burton's new film adaptation of Sweeney Todd starring Johnny Depp as the fabled "Demon Barber of Fleet Street." I love Sondheim's musical. I also hold Depp in high regard as an actor. I wanted to make sure that I didn't have the same experience as I did with the Burton/Depp Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sleepy Hollow, which both turned out to be less enjoyable than I'd hoped.
I think my decision was a good one, because I had a great time at Sweeney Todd. Once I'd gotten over the initial shock that comes with watching a musical (why are they singing? that's weird) and the auxilliary shock of hearing Deppn singing (he has quite a decent tenor) I got thoroughly stuck in. I dug the custard-like blood, Helena Bonham-Carter's perfunctory yet romantic Mrs. Lovett and Sondheim's ever prescient message about the desperate measures people resort to in desperate times. Funny how this theme never goes out of style.
The funny thing about Burton's movies is that once you've seen one of them, you've seen them all. From the brooding, fairytale landscapes to the birds nest hairdos (which make all of his actors look like Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure) Burton's movies are deeply embossed with the director's aesthetic.
What struck me particularly strongly about Sweeney Todd is its close resemblance in particular to Burton's 1990 film, Edward Scissorhands. The new movie seems to be constantly quoting the old one. I wonder if that was deliberate? Sweeney has razors in his hands, while Edward has scissors. At one point, Depp (who has the same hairdo, darkened eye sockets and white face as he did in the earlier film) even brandishes the open razors like they're extensions of his hands (and says as much). As in Edward Scissorhands, the ingenue in Sweeney Todd is a sweet, blond-haired girl, who's cornered by a bullying, lascivious man. And the set for Edward Scissorhands -- at least the old house in which Edward lives -- is a dead ringer for Burton's reconstruction of Victorian London with its soot-stained chimneys and crumbling Gothic splendor. Both films end with showers, though of a slightly different nature: Instead of spraying snowflakes at the end of the film as a result of his handiwork, Depp as Sweeney sprays blood.
I think the similarities between these two films are worth pointing out because I don't think Burton had made a film as good as Edward Scissorhands until Sweeney Todd came out. It's as if the director has come full circle. Then again, it might be best to ignore me. It's never a good idea to listen to the hype. | 2019-04-22T19:05:01 | http://blog.chloeveltman.com/2007/12/sweeney-scissorhands.html |
0.99956 | Which political party has done more to reduce greenhouse gases?
While our understanding of climate change is still evolving, what we already know should have us plenty worried. Global temperatures have risen over the past 50 years and there are good reasons to think that human activity is at least partly to blame. We must give serious thought about how to reduce mankind's production of greenhouse gases.
I'll bet that if I ask 100 people in Boulder whether Republicans or Democrats have done more to reduce greenhouse gases, nearly all would say "Democrats," and only after they stopped laughing at the absurdity of the question. Democratic rhetoric is full of soaring tributes to global warming and the absolute necessity of doing something about it. Republican rhetoric is full of grim doubt about whether or not human activity has caused global warming and the need to balance any greenhouse gas reductions with other economic considerations. Sure sounds like the Democrats would want to do more, doesn't it?
But, my mom always told me that "actions speak louder than words." The party that deserves the credit should be based upon the policies that they have advocated and implemented, not their words. So, whose policies have done more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in America?
Take everybody's favorite solution -- renewable energy from the wind and sun. The most influential legislation supporting renewables are the production tax credits that began in 1992 and continue today. These tax credits have always had strong bipartisan support and legislators from both parties support their extensions today. Not much difference between the parties at all.
And Democrats get no points for talking a big game on conservation through cap-and-trade or carbon tax strategies. For almost two years, Democrats had control of the House, Senate, and Presidency, and they never got it done.
How about changing our fossil fuel mix to use more environmentally-friendly fuels? Natural gas produces roughly half of the greenhouse gases as coal, so everyone agrees that more natural gas is a great idea. Where the parties differ is their willingness to take the steps necessary to scale up production of natural gas which requires three things; 1) fracking, 2) drilling permits, and 3) pipelines to move gas to markets. In Boulder County, we have watched the politics of drilling for natural gas enough to know that Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to oppose all three of these. The stock Republican view is that the natural gas revolution in American energy must move forward giving due consideration to avoiding adverse environmental consequences. Compare that to the resolution that was passed by the Boulder County Democratic Party calling for "a ban on hydraulic fracking for natural gas." Following the Democrat's lead, we would stop using more natural gas that, according to The Economist, has already resulted in America becoming one of the few rich nations with declining CO2 emissions. If greenhouse gas reductions are your goal, Republicans score the points for working to make natural gas happen.
How about nuclear power, which produces almost no greenhouse gas emissions? While anything with the word "nuclear" in it sounds scary, the safety and environmental records of current nuclear power technology are excellent. Even the disaster in Japan with a 44-year-old plant hit by a 45-foot tsunami resulted in no identifiable human health effects attributed to the plant (http://nature.com/news/fukushima-s-doses-tallied-1.10686). If America adopts the French model and generates 80 percent of its electricity with nuclear energy, the CO2 savings would equal the elimination of all coal-generated electricity or three times the amount of CO2 generated by all cars and trucks in America. Expansion of nuclear power is the quickest and surest road to reducing greenhouse gases today. President Bush's administration initiated a "nuclear renaissance" resulting in plans for 34 new nuclear plants in America. However, in 2008, President Obama and Congress began taking steps to stop this nuclear renaissance in its tracks. Consequently, most of these proposed new plants have been canceled or delayed. If greenhouse gas reduction is important to you, Democratic policies towards nuclear power have been disastrous.
No matter what we do to ameliorate climate change, there will be environmental and economic consequences, so there are no easy answers, just tough choices. What the Democrats have given us over the past decade are lots of great words followed by actions leading to more greenhouse gas emissions. What the Republicans have given us is an ongoing bad attitude and, maybe accidentally, policies that will actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | 2019-04-26T10:07:16 | http://www.bikeandsail.net/which-political-party-has-done-more-to-reduce-greenhouse-gases.html |
0.999997 | What are the sources of monetary power and how does the concept of monetary power explain the politics of international monetary relations? This paper argues that international monetary power rests on the differential domestic costs of macroeconomic adjustment obligations between weak and strong currency countries. At their very core, exchange rate relations reflect questions of how to distribute the burden of adjustment. Monetary interdependence implies that countries need to establish consistency between internal macroeconomic policy and external exchange rate policy. Countries solve the consistency issue on the basis of market power. Strong monetary players have greater bargaining leverage in monetary negotiations because they do not face a reserve constraint. They can use their leverage to protect their own domestic macroeconomic priorities and to compromise merely on questions of external adjustment and financing. The paper evaluates these analytical assumptions by comparing two European exchange rate regimes (the snake and the European Monetary System), the Bretton Woods system of 1944 to 1971 and the current monetary relations between the United States and China (often referred to as Bretton Woods II).
Key Words: Monetary power; macroeconomic adjustment; Bretton Woods System; European Monetary System; Renminbi-dollar peg.
The absence of power considerations in the contemporary literature on monetary politics is rather striking. Scholars have for the most part devoted attention to domestic factors such as central bank independence, attributes of political institutional structure or policy ideas.2 While these studies yield important insights into monetary politics, this literature has overlooked an important implication of the domestic monetary sphere. Domestic monetary politics is the basis for international monetary power. I argue in this article that monetary power results from differential macroeconomic adjustment obligations of weak and strong monetary countries. Strong monetary players are in a position to choose more freely among their various adjustment options, whereas weak monetary players are constrained in their adjustment options. The differential adjustment situations translate into monetary power and the ability to shape international monetary politics. At its very core, international monetary politics is about how to distribute the burden of adjustment. Monetary regimes - whether they are fixed or pegged exchange rate systems or whether they are a floating system -allocate adjustment obligations either de jure through explicit rules, or de facto because some areas of adjustment remain uncodified.
The paper develops two broader conceptual claims. First, I argue that there is a distinct structural logic to monetary interaction. Exchange rates, by their very nature, are expressions of interdependence. Simply speaking, an exchange rate represents the price of one currency in terms of another currency. Because exchange rates constitute the point of convergence between domestic policy autonomy and the exogenous international environment, monetary regimes specify the mechanisms by which participants establish equilibrium between their own domestic macroeconomic policy and that of their external environment. In other words, governments need to establish consistency among their policies. For the purpose of this article, I call this the "consistency problem."
Publication information: Article title: Structural Power and the Politics of International Monetary Relations. Contributors: Kaelberer, Matthias - Author. Journal title: The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies. Volume: 30. Issue: 3 Publication date: Fall 2005. Page number: 333+. © The Council for Social and Economic Studies. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved. | 2019-04-26T10:18:25 | https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-911841951/structural-power-and-the-politics-of-international |
0.99933 | There are two kinds of people in the world: people who answer the question "How are you?" with "I'm good" and people who send me e-mails to say how annoyed they are with all those other people.
It should be "well," these folks say, not "good."
This discussion is so common in my world that I can give an answer from memory and even cite my source from memory. My response goes like this: If you look up the word "good" in "Webster's New World College Dictionary," you'll see that, among its many definitions is "healthy." That's basically the same meaning as the adjective "well," which is commonly used to mean "in good health."
So if you're healthy and want to say so, you can choose "I am good." Of course, because the adjective "well" is more commonly used to talk about health and because so many people prefer it, it's a probably better choice. Still, "I am good" is a legitimate response to any health inquiry.
But recently, I got an e-mail that turned this whole question on its head. A reader in Pennsylvania had written to ask about "the growing use of the word 'good' when 'well' is traditional." In my mind, I had already begun to pen my pat response when I got to the next sentence: "I keep hearing more people saying, as a response to 'How are you?' the ear-jangling reply 'I'm doing good.' Or to 'How is Johnny doing in school?' the reply 'He's doing good.'"
That's very different indeed. In fact, the issue this reader asked about deals with an altogether different part of speech. In this reader's example, "well" and "good" are being used as adverbs. But in the prior example, they're adjectives. Note: we're setting aside the noun form of "good" that means "good works" or "good things" and is grammatical in sentences like "Do-gooders like to do good."
"Well" is best known for its job as an adverb, so it's easy to forget it can also be an adjective. In "I am well" it's describing a thing — the pronoun I — so this is the adjective form that means "in good health." But in "I am doing well," it's not modifying a thing, it's modifying an action, and that makes it a different word: an adverb.
We all know that the adverb "well" is the best choice for modifying actions: Seth dances well (instead of good). Al is paid well (instead of good). But does that mean you can never use "good" to modify a verb, even in such a common idiom as "I'm doing good"?
And what about "I'm doing fine"? Isn't "fine" also an adjective? Yet doesn't it make a much better choice than "I'm doing finely"?
There are several ways to look at this. The most important can be summed up in the question: What's the context? If you're applying for a job as an English teacher, you'd be nuts to follow "I'm doing" with "good." But in less formal situations, it's usually fine to use idiomatic expressions — structures that, though technically ungrammatical, are common and widely considered to be acceptable.
So there's nothing wrong with speaking informally in certain situations.
That brings us to another question: Is "I'm doing good" really ungrammatical? For this, I found an answer in "American Heritage Dictionary." After listing 20 definitions of "good" as an adjective and five more as a noun, "American Heritage" says that, in informal use, "good" can be an adverb meaning "well."
But unless you really don't mind offending grammarphiles, you'd do well to say you're doing well.
EDITOR'S NOTE: "A Word, Please" will now run regularly on Saturday. | 2019-04-24T10:21:28 | https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-xpm-2010-12-25-tn-gnp-aword-20101225-story.html |
0.999997 | Another election fiasco in Florida?
The Democratic Party is doing battle -- with itself -- over the state's role in the primaries. Some members say it could cost the party in November 2008.
Amid the swimming pools and shuffleboards, a new sense of outrage is buzzing through condo land. Democratic activist Adele Berger began to hear about it at her regular, eight-deck rummy game in Century Village, an expansive, historically Jewish community of New York retirees. "People have been coming over and asking me, 'What's going on, Adele? What's the purpose of voting if it won't be counted?' And that's sad, that's sad."
The head of the community's Democratic club, Sophie Bock, is hearing the same thing, forcing her to reassure residents in the monthly newsletter that their presidential primary vote will count -- at least symbolically. "I am trying to make nicey-nicey, because I can't stand it when the people say, 'I don't want to vote. My vote won't be counted.'" Privately, however, she is as angry as her club members, so angry that she has even begun deleting fundraising e-mails from Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee before reading them.
"We have been screwed so many times," says Berger, sitting at her kitchen table late last week, before a spread of moist marble cake and sugar cookies.
"Oh yes, they are screwing us again," says Bock, who wears a purple beret decorated with fabric flowers.
"That's what I just said -- right," Berger says.
Such is the mood these days in Florida, where the specter of election meddling is again rearing its head. National Democrats plan to deny the state's 4.25 million registered Democrats any delegates to the 2008 National Convention as punishment for the state Legislature's decision to move the primary date to Jan. 29, one week earlier than the party rules allow, in an effort to make the Florida vote more influential. At the same time, the political leaders in four early primary states -- Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina -- have bullied the major Democratic candidates to forgo campaigning in Florida until February, effectively prohibiting voters like Bock and Berger from meeting their candidates, receiving campaign mail or even seeing a candidate advertisement on TV. "We can listen to their debates," says Bock. "But, you know, sometimes if it interferes with a card came, someone is going to play cards."
In any other state, this sort of intra-party fight might seem like little more than an inconvenience. But messing with the vote in southeast Florida is a bit like lighting a fire under a burn victim's home. The retirement communities of Broward County form the core of the state party's strength, with some of the highest Democratic margins in the nation. There are nearly 460,000 Democratic voters in the county, or about three-quarters of the total number in the entire state of Iowa. Broward County was ground zero for the Bush v. Gore presidential recount, the sight of courtroom shout-fests, dimpled chads and, finally, anguished disillusionment. In 2006, electronic voting machines in a Florida district across state failed to record a vote for Congress from 18,000 voters, a glitch that may have been due to voting machine malfunction or poor ballot design. But there was no way to investigate since the machines left no paper trail. "We're always so troubled," says Berger.
Although the latest trouble is stirring around the upcoming primaries, its consequences may extend beyond. No one knows if the anger will entirely fade in the Century Village card rooms in time for November 2008. "There is no question whatsoever but that there will be damage in the general election" from a declined turnout, said Democrat Steven Geller, a state senator from Broward County. The question, he says, is "how significant the damage will be."
A grass-roots backlash has already begun. From the poolside chairs of Broward, the national party's effort to conserve the power of the early voting states does not matter much -- no one cares that retail campaigning is cheaper in Iowa and New Hampshire, allowing for a competitive nominating process less dependent on big-market media buys. In the last few weeks, at least three local Democrats have told Barbara Effman, the chair of the largest Broward Democratic club, that they are leaving the party in protest to become independents. "It's all they are talking about," Effman said of her members. "These are the people that have just been so active in politics all their life."
The most visible Democratic candidate in Florida is former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who appeared last weekend at a state convention in Orlando. The other candidates have no state offices, no direct mail operations and no local press operations. Barack Obama, who travels regularly to Florida for private fundraisers, will not even stop to chat with people on the street, lest he be accused of campaigning in public. Two weeks ago, a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times was denied a chance to speak with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, because he carried the scarlet letter of his home state. "You're still from Florida," the spokeswoman told him. "A tiger can't change its stripes." Last week when Bill Clinton came to south Florida to host a fundraiser for 2,000 people in Miami, the Miami Herald had to contribute a $50 fundraising ticket to witness his only appearance in the state.
Rather than just absorb the blow, Florida's Democratic politicians are trying to fight back, though the courts have long given political parties significant leeway in setting their own rules. Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Alcee Hastings have filed a civil lawsuit against Dean, the current head of the DNC, alleging among other things a violation of the Voting Rights Act, since about 80 percent of the state's black voters are Democrats. For his part, Geller has prepared yet another lawsuit accusing party leaders in the four approved early voting states of conspiracy and tortuous interference for forcing the candidates not to campaign in Florida.
The damage could be exacerbated at the hands of the opposing party. While Democrats ignore the state, save for the occasional fundraiser, Republican candidates have been traveling down here at a furious clip, with at least two of the campaigns pinning their nomination strategy on the state. That means that Floridians can expect to be bombarded with Republican television and radio spots for much of January, when the Democrats will be silent. And the state Republican Party has already moved to exploit the turmoil on the other side, running Internet spots highlighting the fact that Democratic candidates have raised $10 million in Florida but won't meet with voters.
Geller considers the current situation outrageous. "The anger out there is palpable," he tells me at his stucco and glass-brick law office in Hollywood, Fla. "I have not seen anger like this since 2000. But in 2000 the anger was from the Democrats at the Republicans. This time it's from Democrats at other Democrats."
To hear the DNC tell it, however, the fault for the current imbroglio lies with Geller and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature. For months, the party has threatened to punish any state that unilaterally tried to move its primary date before Feb. 5. Under party rules, the punishment, which is also likely to be imposed on Michigan, can only be carried out if state Democrats were complicit in the change. The Florida effort to move the date was sponsored by a Democrat, state Sen. Jeremy Ring, also of Broward, who remains unapologetic about his role. "I think we have successfully blown up this antiquated primary process," he said in a phone interview last week. "I have absolutely no regrets."
But the date change could also impact the state of Florida for years to come, by affecting the vote on other issues. The Legislature is on the verge of putting a constitutional tax-cut amendment on the January ballot, which would deny the state an estimated $12.4 billion in revenue over five years. Analysts say that if Democrats stay home on primary day, the amendment is far more likely to pass. "The actions of the DNC and the four states are likely to have devastating impact on education in the state of Florida, on the municipal unions, police, fire, general employees," says Geller, adding derisively, "They are really going to love that."
Not all Florida Democrats take such a dark view of the matter. "People feel that this is a family squabble," says Mitch Ceasar, the chairman of the Broward Democratic Party, who keeps a copy of the famous 2000 "butterfly ballot" from Palm Beach on display in his office. "My feeling is that it will prove to be a blip on the political radar screen." Before the convention, Ceasar and others expect the Democratic nominee, who will likely be known this spring, to retroactively award delegates to Florida. That will give the state representation at the convention, even though state voters will have no role in deciding the victor. In the meantime, the state party has launched a "Make It Count" campaign, urging Florida Democrats to vote in January, as if the election was anything more than a symbolic contest.
Back at Century Village, a whistle-stop along what remains of the Borscht Belt entertainment circuit, Berger and Bock are eager to carry this flag, even though they privately feel slighted. In a normal election, Berger says, she will organize about 50 volunteers to spread out through Century Village's four-story buildings and card rooms, where the game of choice is a complex betting contest called Pan, which is played for money. Bock would motivate the more than 150 members of her club.
Both are energetic women who learned long ago that life's obstacles are not a reason to back down. "We just have to go along," said Bock, her Brooklyn accent unfaded. "This is the way it is. We have to make the best of it. We have to go ahead and get out the vote." And so they will. The endurance and determination of the rest of Florida's Democratic voters, however, are in far more doubt. | 2019-04-21T14:35:14 | https://www.salon.com/2007/10/30/florida/ |
0.999783 | What six types of books comprise the New Testament?
How many types of books are there really in the New Testament?
I can find only 5 types of books. | 2019-04-22T12:16:30 | https://www.thisisyourbible.com/questions/show/3438 |
0.999494 | Aquatic vertebrates that have gills and are primarily ectothermic. Comprise more than half of all vertebrates.
Find out how an ancient looking fish is really a modern fish. | 2019-04-22T20:36:38 | https://www.ck12.org/c/life-science/fish/rwa/Here-Comes-The-Sunfish/ |
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0.999958 | Having a difficult time writing the work history section of your resume? If you don’t know where to start or what to include, this article will assist you in creating a work history section that is professional and showcases your skills in the best possible light. It’s difficult for many to write about their past employment in a way that doesn’t come off as dull and boring, and your goal is to create a resume that convinces a potential employer that you are the perfect candidate for the job. Competition is stiff in most industries today, so it is essential that you stand apart from other applicants.
Employers are really not interested in job titles or descriptions; they want to know about your accomplishments and responsibilities ‘ what you can actually do. Their main purpose in reviewing your resume is to discover exactly what skills and talents you have that will directly benefit the company.
Many times, an employer may receive hundreds of resumes; the last thing they want to do is read every word of every resume to try to determine if a job candidate has the necessary skills and qualifications to perform the job. This is why it is essential that your work history be written in the right manner. Your aim is to create provide proof of the value you will add to the company.
Employers do not want to read long, detailed accounts of your former employment. What they do want is brief information that highlights your strong points. Summarize the three or four most important aspects of the job, describing any accomplishments that made an impact on the company. Most employers are aware of the duties performed in a specific industry, so it isn’t necessary to list all of the job duties you were responsible for. Highlight that information that makes you shine as an employee.
If you are older or have worked longer than 15 or 20 years, it isn’t necessary to include work history that goes back farther. Those who have worked for 25 or 30 years can simply list those positions they have held over the last 15 or so years; this gives the employer enough history to see that you are reliable and have had stable employment.
Make your work history stand out by highlighting accomplishments. In many industries, it may be that an employer gets several resumes that have basically the same type of employment history. How do you make yourself stand out from those who have very similar work histories to yours?
Distinguish yourself! There are many ways to write a sentence that means the same thing. You can choose to write your information in a way that is basically dull, or you can write it in a way that is full of life and energy. For example, a statement such as ‘responsible for managing 13 people’ sounds boring. Put a unique spin on your wording, and write something such as ‘Increased productivity and efficiency while managing 13 staff members.’ This is more professional, and sheds a positive light on your people-managing skills.
Before you write your work history, do a little research and put the above tips to use. You will find the results are much more positive! | 2019-04-22T14:33:22 | https://www.resume-now.com/templates/tips/work-history |
0.999976 | The most recent verbal feud involving the Turkish president sounds amusing at first. Film star Rutkay Aziz, 72, had a suggestion for Erdogan: "the president should try listening to Mozart and Beethoven. It might do him some good."
And, since the president opposes drinking alcohol, journalist Yilmaz Ozdil wrote in a column for the Kemalist-nationalist daily "Sozcu": "If Tayyip Erdogan had drunk just one beer, the situation in Turkey would be much better today."
Erdogan's response to both comments, given in front of AKP delegates at the beginning of January, refused to see the funny side: "trying to coerce a president whose disposition and attitude is unambiguous into drinking beer or listening to Mozart is the epitome of fascism."
Aziz's reaction came via Turkish Arti TV broadcaster, which is based in Cologne, Germany. He never offered a piece of advice to Erdogan, he says. "I was told that Erdogan was going to visit a concert by world-famous pianist Fazil Say. What did I think about that? I replied that that was a very good idea. He'd be able to listen to Mozart and Beethoven. That would do him good."
Aziz is unable to understand why Erdogan called him a fascist: "It's impossible to fathom what is meant by fascism in this case. Am I a fascist? Is Mozart a fascist? If the latter was the case, I'd be in favour of protecting Mozart in the name of humanity." For Aziz, the case is closed. "I have drawn a line under the whole affair and do not wish to make any further comments."
Deniz Cakir, an actress who regularly appears in a popular TV series, became a target of Erdogan's wrath after engaging in a war of words with women wearing headscarves, a story that was picked up by newspapers close to the government.
The president went on to accuse Cakir of having told women with headscarves to "leave for Saudi Arabia." And this, said Erdogan once more, "is nothing but pure fascism. That's the attitude of the Republican People's Party CHP." The social democratic and Kemalist CHP is the largest opposition party in Turkey. The Public Prosecutor's Office has now launched an investigation against Deniz Cakir regarding accusations of "slander".
It's possible that the actual incident was quite different from the version disseminated by Erdogan and Turkish public prosecutors. After all, Cakir wrote on Twitter: "What has been stated in public is not true."
"Defamation of the president, threat of revolt and murder"
At the end of December 2018, Turkey's cultural scene was rocked by an even more far-reaching incident. Mujdat Gezen, 76 and Metin Akpinar, 78, are two of the country's acting legends; their films and theatre appearances are appreciated by conservatives and progressives alike. The two veterans have distanced themselves from current government policies. Appearing on Halk TV, a broadcaster close to the opposition, they directed critical remarks at the president. Erdogan subsequently labelled them "would-be artists."
But presidential ridicule was not all that Gezen and Akpinar were to face. An official investigation was launched against them, on grounds of "defamation of the president, threat of revolt and murder." | 2019-04-23T07:59:22 | https://en.qantara.de/content/artists-in-turkey-erdogans-new-targets |
0.999992 | DC Universe Online - Unterstützte Software - PlayOnLinux - Run your Windows applications on Linux easily!
- Is still very laggy and sometimes crashes when going into windowed mode.
POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext 'Attention: After installation is complete, the patcher will load. Please close the patcher before logging in to complete the installation. After this, you can run "$TITLE" when setup is done')" "$TITLE"
I've managed to get this game to work and played one mission.
-POL_SetupWindow_message "$(eval_gettext 'Attention: After installation is complete, the patcher will load. Please close the patcher before logging in to complete the installation. After this, you can run "$TITLE" when setup is done')" "$TITLE"
I ran this program on Playonmac previously, but when i came back to it I've had little success. It still runs on crossover, and though my trial expired I at least know I can run it on my 2011 iMac (El Capitan). The links on this page (including PlayOnMac's interface "Install a Program" option) have not worked for me, giving me the "error 1 registering DLL /Users/username/Library/PlayOnMac//wineprefix/DCUniverseOnline/drive_c/windows/system32/xaudio*" and so I've only successfully been able to install the DCUO_setup.exe file from the DCUO website.
The issue is, once everything is downloaded (launchpad works fine) the system just pulls up a black screen. There's no video or sound at all. I've tried deleting the Launchpad-user.ini file (which just generates a new copy when I launch the game) and tried installing d3dx9_36, vcrun2008, vcrun2010 and xact. Nothing seems to work. I'd really rather not have to pay for Crossover or use Bootcamp.
tl;dr - I know for a fact my machine can run DCUO but when I get it all installed, I get a black screen. I've already deleted Launchpad-user.ini and validated my files.
Has anyone been able to figure out how to stop this game from crashing?
and then quits (report has been sent).
Hi there, just registered to give a small contribution.
Had the issue for quite some that, that the launcher would allways fail connection, searched quite a bit for a solution, and finally fixed it.
Did many many searches like that one not ending up with anything, but in a comment about the launcher for that game not being able to connect and failling to start, a commenter says it worked with the awesomium patched wine, in other words the guild wars 2 wine patched on POL. Tried 1.5.28-GuildWars2 since it was the version closest to the one used on this install script, and alas, finally, patching up the game!
Hope it helps and that it resolves the issue.
Final FIY, never did any scripting for POL so i am unsure that line is the only one necessary to change the wine installation, though in a quick search i fail to find another candidate line.
I'm still having an issue when I start the launcher that it can't connect to daybreakgames, though.
I dont know why. It could be something I've forgotten but i downloaded playonmac and it did all the required downloads for DCUO to run (like XQuartz and stuff) and once it ran, it got onto the install screen and fully installed. I then go to click play and it acknowledges it but then cuts to black. It's not loading, it definately stays like this. Do i need to debug it or will it not work?
Install and patcher worked fine. When I attempted to play the game believed a controller was being used when none or installed or plugged into the PC. When I attempted to fix this through the launcher config option it attempted and failed to install Microsoft.net.
As of now I am unable to play the game.
ntlm_auth: You can install winbind package.
1. When I first started playing it would start in full screen(not the issues per say) and if I alt tabbed out it would always crash.
2. After changing res to windowed it now starts the game not in full screen but in a small window that only shows the corner of the actual screen it is representing. I found I can fix this first by right clicking the menu bar on the program window and selecting resize. It either automatically shrinks the image to the window or when I click anywhere it changes. I then enter the game and change the window size with in the in game menu.
3. When I enter and load places like the starting villian base(not the starting combat zone.) like bohemian base it crashes when I enter and I have to restart the game. Not sure what causes this.
I was wrong: 4. After removing full screen if attempting to back into full screen mode the users display is messed up and I must logg out and back in. It creates a black window where you can rotate around the actual desktop and game screen. Luckily the button still functioned.
http://www.playonlinux.com/en/topic-12272.html <- This got rid of everything but random crashes. Maybe it will help fedora or other users.
I forgot, I also have alt tabbing issues. It crashes the game basically if I give another program focus.
Installation completes and the game's "Launcher" comes up for you to log in. No patcher seems to appear, despite the warning. Close the "Launcher" just in case, and reopen via PoL application window. On successful login it tries to complete installation, then gives an error: "Your graphics card is not capable enough for this game (VendorID=0x8086, DeviceID=0x2582, Name=X11 Windowing System)" This is clearly referencing the virtual environment since X11 Windowing System is not my graphics card. Searching online, others have experienced this issue on Linux, but have found no solution. It doesn't seem to appear for everyone. I've tried it on Ubuntu and Xubuntu Precise. I've researched my graphics card, which is capable. The game's forums were of no help.
I am having a similiar problem in that My version is saying that I "do not have enough space (992 mb)"
I have plenty of space on my hardrive, what seems to be the problem? | 2019-04-23T10:57:24 | https://www.playonlinux.com/de/app-1316-DC_Universe_Online.html |
0.9998 | What does the "S" stand for? Not "Sony."
The company launched the Uber-like S.Ride app in Tokyo on Tuesday. That "S", according to advertising, stands for three words, none of which are Sony: "simple", "smart" and "speedy".
The app was officially launched by a company called Minna no Taxi, which translates to "Everybody's Taxi". Minna no Taxi is a joint venture between Sony Corporation, Sony Payment Services and several Japanese taxi companies. | 2019-04-19T08:55:36 | https://oxfordnewsonline.com/2019/04/16/sony-launches-its-own-taxi-hailer-app-s-ride-cnet/ |
0.998736 | If we follow the structural sequence of living organisms, we will find that the cells of any living organism are made up of organic and inorganic molecules, and each of these molecules is made up of atoms.
Inorganic molecules in living organisms, such as water and salts, often do not contain carbon atoms.
Organic molecules, such as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, are large molecules containing carbon and hydrogen and are called biological macromolecules.
Biological macromolecules are large-sized organic compounds made up of smaller molecules. All these compounds contain the carbon element and they are vital for the life of living organisms.
Most biological macromolecules are called polymers. Polymers are made up of a combination of smaller molecules called monomers, through a process called polymerization.
Carbohydrates are biological macromolecules made up of smaller molecules called monomers. Carbohydrates include sugars, starches, and fibers. They are symbolized by the formula (CH2O)n. According to this formula, carbohydrates are made up of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms in the ratio 1:2:1.
The chemical composition of simple sugars is made up of either one sugar molecule (monosaccharide), or two molecules of monosaccharides linked together to form a molecule of disaccharides.
Complex sugars are polysaccharides made up of monosaccharides such as starch, cellulose, and glycogen. Each of them is made up of glucose molecules combined together. Complex sugars are insoluble in water, have high molecular weight, and do not have a sweet taste.
Starch, or amylum, is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants as an energy store. It is the most common carbohydrate in human diets and is contained in large amounts in staple foods such as potatoes, wheat, maize (corn), rice, and cassava.
Pure starch is a white, tasteless and odorless powder that is insoluble in cold water or alcohol. It consists of two types of molecules: the linear and helical amylose and the branched amylopectin. Depending on the plant, starch generally contains 20 to 25% amylose and 75 to 80% amylopectin by weight.
Glycogen, the glucose store of animals, is a more branched version of amylopectin.
In industry, starch is converted into sugars, for example by malting and fermenting to produce ethanol in the manufacture of beer, whisky and biofuel. It is also processed to produce many of the sugars used in processed foods.
Dissolving starch in warm water produces a wheat paste, which can be used as a thickening, stiffening or gluing agent. The biggest, industrial, non-food use of starch is as an adhesive in the papermaking process. Starch can also be applied to parts of some garments before ironing, to stiffen them.
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula (C6H10O5)n. It is a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.
Cellulose is an important structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants, many forms of algae and oomycetes. Some species of bacteria secrete it to form biofilms.
Cellulose is the most abundant organic polymer on Earth. The cellulose content of cotton fiber is 90%, wood is 40–50% and dried hemp is approximately 57%.
Cellulose is mainly used to produce paperboard and paper. Smaller quantities are converted into a wide variety of derivative products, such as cellophane and rayon. The conversion of cellulose from crops into biofuels, such as cellulosic ethanol, is under investigation as an alternative fuel source. Cellulose for industrial use is mainly obtained from wood pulp and cotton.
Some animals, particularly ruminants and termites, can digest cellulose with the help of symbiotic micro-organisms that live in their guts, such as Trichonympha. In humans, cellulose acts as a hydrophilic bulking agent for feces and is often referred to as a ‘dietary fiber’.
Glycogen is a multi-branched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi. The polysaccharide structure represents the main storage form of glucose in the body.
In humans, glycogen is made and stored primarily in the cells of the liver and the muscles, hydrated with three or four parts of water. Glycogen functions as the secondary long-term energy store (the primary energy store is fats held in adipose tissue). Muscle glycogen is converted into glucose by muscle cells, and liver glycogen converts to glucose for use throughout the body, including the central nervous system.
Glycogen is the analogue of starch, a glucose polymer that functions as energy storage in plants. It has a structure similar to amylopectin (a component of starch) but is more extensively branched and compact than starch. Both are white powders in their dry state. Glycogen is found in the form of granules in the cytosol/cytoplasm in many cell types and plays an important role in the glucose cycle. Glycogen forms an energy reserve that can be quickly mobilized to meet a sudden need for glucose, but one that is less compact than the energy reserves of triglycerides (lipids).
In the liver, glycogen can make up 5–6% of the organ’s fresh weight (100-120g in an adult). Only the glycogen stored in the liver can be made accessible to other organs. In the muscles, glycogen is found in a low concentration (1-2% of the muscle mass). The amount of glycogen stored in the body – especially within the muscles, liver, and red blood cells – mostly depends on physical training, basal metabolic rate, and eating habits.
Small amounts of glycogen are found in the kidneys, and even smaller amounts are found in certain glial cells in the brain and white blood cells. The uterus also stores glycogen during pregnancy to nourish the embryo. | 2019-04-25T00:45:47 | https://alevelbiology.co.uk/notes/carbohydrate-polymers/ |
0.99982 | Rene Denfeld's debut novel The Enchanted is set in a US prison. Awaiting execution for an unspecified crime, the narrator is unnamed until the very end of the book. During his many years of isolation and silence - he is apparently mute - he has come to accept both his environment and his likely fate. Years of living in an environment where a rare glimpse of the sky through a raised window in an interview room is something to be clung to as a tiny positive, combined with what appears to be some form of mental illness, has given the narrator a peculiar, magical-realist perspective on the prison: the building, its routines and its inmates and staff.
There's York, a prisoner whose case is currently under review by a Death Row investigator called The Lady; there's the Lady herself, and her efforts to find enough mitigating information on York to have his sentence reduced from death to life without parole. There's a priest who has recently left the Catholic church and is struggling with guilt of his own. There's the Warden, who oversees executions while his wife is dying at home, and Conroy, the corrupt officer. There's also the 'white-haired boy' - a 16-year-old serving two years for car theft, his story fast becomes every bit as harrowing as that of the prisoners on Death Row.
One of many oddities about the narration is that we are told in detail about things to which the narrator couldn't possibly know - not just things that happen in parts of the prison to which he doesn't go, but events outside too: the Lady's visits to York's aunt and doctor, for example, during which she uncovers the horrific details of his childhood. Are we to see the narrator as a fantasist who constructs his own truths and realities in his head - he also tells us of the 'flibber-gibbets' that crawl over the ashes of the dead in the prison crematorium, and of horses that gallop through the prison when an execution takes place - or has he become some sort of omniscient, almost legendary creature himself in the 'enchanted' underground warren of Death Row cells?
Rene Denfeld is herself a Death Row investigator, and her novel does not shy away from the grim realities of the prisoners' backgrounds, which are almost inevitably deeply impoverished and full of appalling abuse and neglect. None of this is presented as an excuse for a prisoner's crime - the Lady's childhood was also shockingly traumatic, and yet she has clearly taken a very different path from the men whose executions she seeks to stop - but it would be absurd to suggest that it isn't a contributing factor, and it's hard to finish The Enchanted without a nagging sense of guilt that we live in a society in which a child could possibly lead such a life. The prison, too, is simply a microcosm of the outside, where abuses are ignored, corruption is rife and basic human needs - rudimentary nutrition, for example; the prisoners are fed primarily on food that is literally rotting - go unfulfilled.
The Enchanted is a remarkably insightful, astute and powerful depiction of the American penal system and of the strange plight of people who spend decades locked in tiny cells with little or nothing to occupy them but their own, inevitably troubled thoughts. Denfeld's writing is full of poetry and wisdom, and of small but powerful details that build an all-too-clear picture of the novel's setting and subject matter. It's an uncomfortable read, even sickening at times, yet there are also oddly life-affirming moments. | 2019-04-22T02:57:34 | http://www.joanne-sheppard.com/2015/04/the-enchanted-by-rene-denfeld.html |
0.997849 | Question: What is SCIET Dynamics?
Question: OK, but the popular theories start with the existence of matter and explain from there. Why is it necessary to begin with the "Void"?
Answer: Because the theories that start with matter cannot deal with anything that does not include matter in a causal role.
Question: So SCIET Dynamics is able to theorize in realms without matter?
Answer: Yes. It is derived from what is know about electromagnetics and gravity, the two forces that permeate space.
Question: Yes, but they aren't they the product of matter? How can you generalize about space without matter based on two forces that owe their existence to matter?
Answer: The theory depends on the ability of space to transmit these forces and how it does it, not on the forces themselves.
Question: What is it that is unique and original here?
Answer: The idea of twenty tetrahedral forms sharing a central point is the first and probably major new idea. Extending all the ideas that emerge from this creates many, many new concepts. It provides a starting point for the emergence of matter from the Void, allowing the Void to remain as a part of the material structure in the form of a balance point to the first intrusion, or difference in the void. The tetron is the basic form of emergence, but is unstable and moves into and out of existence. However, when grouped into twenty on a shared center point they create a sustainable intrusion from the Void, which I call the SCIETangle. The basic idea can be visualized with a model constructed of twenty tetrahedrons attached to a single center. The angles are not right to close the shape into a solid dodecahedron, they leave a gap which can be described as a pentagon at the vertices and a rectangle along the edges. The gap between the stable tetrahedral forms provides the instability that drives change presented here as the SCIET Cycle.
The tetrahedron is an ancient insight, but the idea about how it forms stable resonance patterns in sets of twenty is the new notion of SCIET Dynamics. Why it does this is as important as how.
At the conclusion of each cycle a portion of the energy that approached the center is bounced off and into an orbit of the center. It is this portion that remains from all movement that has accumulated to create the universe that we see. These are called by different names depending on their size and relationship, (SCIETorbitals, shells, layers, levels, lattice,) but they are the same phenomenon. The SCIETorbital is a closed capacitance sphere, by this I mean it does not interact with anything else except its adjacent SCIETorbitals and others that are the same value. The term "SCIET" refers the the complete cycle beginning with the Void and ending with a SCIETorbital value.
Question: So why is SCIET theory needed?
Answer: We need to be able to explain why things are as they are , it is not enough to be able to predict what will happen in a physics experiment, we need an overarching theory which explains physics and links it with all phenomena in a way that is simple for everyone to understand. We need a better description of reality.
Question: Did you originate the SCIET Theory?
Answer: Yes, with the help of God, angels and plenty of reading. You can read about the details in an article titled ``Origins" on this website in the Article Archive.
Question: How did you get involved with this idea?
Answer: I decided to pursue ideas as career. I made a committment to information that would do the most good, and I prayed. I write about it in the "Origins" section.
Question: Why did you choose the name SCIET ?
Question: Did you originate the SCIET math theory?
Answer: Yes, I've been working on it since 1974. I've really not met anyone working on anything similar. I asked the initial question and pursued it independently of anyone else. The theory provides a rationale for consciousness as a quality of space, separate from biology. It provides a basis for the existence of angels, guides and generally the idea of conscious, god centered universe, so I have to believe that I had help from a higher source.
Question: How do you "prove" that the SCIET is valid?
Answer: I'll have to wait for others to do that. I'm not a scientist or mathematician, so my intent has been to present a whole theory from the perspective of common sense. As time passes people will point out errors and test the ideas. In time the truth will out.
Question: You have said that your goal was to scientifically prove the existence of spirit. Would you say that it was a religious quest?
Answer: It's a spiritual quest, and it's nature is such that doctrine creates preconceptions and artificial limits. So spiritual, yes and religious, no. But I expect churches to react to this positively. In essence it confirms what they have been saying all along.
Question: Why are you publishing this idea on the web?
Answer: The web is where the constituency for these types of ideas congregate. In the years that I've been working on this I've realized that you can't hurry curiosity. The information has to be there when someone is ready for it though. There may only be a few thousands of people in the whole world who are open to these ideas.
Question: Is the SCIET math or science theory?
Answer: Neither and both. It's a reality theory. After I had the Gnostic insight I began looking for ideas that are true in nature as well as with pure reason, and in that sense it works with both realms. Within a few months of having the vision I determined that I would build on common sense concepts and let others translate what I wrote into their language of choice. My task is to create a new language understandable by children and I felt that any effort to learn existing physics and math would subvert the clear presentation of the original vision.
Question: Was there a key insight that led you to the SCIET math theory?
Answer: One idea that was crucial, was the realization that twenty tetrahedrons could share a single point, forming a loose assembly that was both stable and unstable. The tetrahedron is the most stable and basic form in nature, so seeing it in a fundamental role was not much of a stretch. I've been working with that since 1975, so it's a key insight that needed a lot of work to support it.
Question: What does SCIET Dynamics add to science?
Answer: SCIET Dynamics provides a scientific rationale for the how and why of nature. It is a descriptive language that can relate matter, energy and spirit and allow us to understand what we cannot see, because it is a natural mathematical extrapolation of what we can see.
Question: You say that the SCIET is a kind of topology. Isn't that the kind of math used to describe surfaces?
Answer: Well, yes. I named it a long time ago when I was still struggling to explain what I could see. The SCIET describes the distribution of charge in space as a three dimensional effect rather than a two dimensional map. It is a 3D map of charge, so "topography" might be a stretch now, but it I am not sure what existing type of mathematical discipline it would be classified under. Recently I started using a coined term "Spacimetry"(space+metric) as a general heading. The SCIET describes the polarity values of all locations during a moment in space, so a more inclusive term is appropriate.
Question: How does the SCIET do that?
Answer: It's the nature of space itself, how space reacts to change, defined as polarity. You need to log on to my web site and study the presentation. I can explain it, but illustrations make it so much easier. I like to emphasize that the SCIET is the basic pattern of space, and it is not limited to generating the stationary fields with matter. All interactions generate them.
Question: Are atoms just one type of SCIET?
Answer: They are the most important type of SCIET. They are what I call Causal Level SCIETs, which generate descendant systems that relate only within their families. Each Causal Level SCIET has twelve levels that each creates a descendant system. What we see as the surfaces of the proton and neutron is only one level. The electrons are the first descendant level and what we consider the visible universe is descended from these levels.
Question: How is gravity generated according to SCIET Dynamics?
Answer: Gravity is due to resonance and dissonance of the SCIETorbital layers along a SCIETline between two bodies. In this sense there is both push and pull gravitational effect. For instance a ball is dropping toward the earth and as it gets closer to the earth it enter stronger SCIETorbital layers surrounding the planet and resonates more powerfully with them, while at the same time it becomes more dissonant with the other bodies whose gravitational fields affect it. It is pulled toward the resonant field and repelled from the dissonant bodies. The SCIET cycle distributes this resonance within the bodies through subdivisions of the whole expressed at every defined point.
Question: That sounds a lot like holography, what about that?
Answer: It does solve the riddle of holography. The secret is that the phase information is time delayed, basically there are twelve levels or phases present at the same time. At first I was not looking for an answer to holography, but rather I was trying to understand how a falling object could distribute the gravitational effect throughout the whole object as it moved toward the earth. That was one of my primary "thought problems".
I knew that the line between the points contained a full set of phases, and at the same time the integrative effect needed to move around the twelve angles and levels, stepping down in length up in rate, and that this requires time. So how could it do both simultaneously? It's like a snapshot, containing elements of the past, up to that moment. The secret is that the line is a continuous dynamic made of all "moments" being processed by the system, and each "step" is a complete sequence of time, rather than one moment broken in to twelve parts. So you might say that the center to center relationship generates a collapsing wave that spirals around the center. Light is absorbed in this way, with the waves collapsing into every available frequency within the absorbing system. The SCIET is directly the source of holographic images.
Question: I've read that New Age mathematics will use a base 12 system. How does the SCIET relate to this idea?
Answer: Well, the SCIET is base twelve in the sense that it has 12 angles and 12 levels of dynamics in play simultaneously in the externalizing mode. The internalizing mode, which balances the twelve, has twenty angles, each of which is between three externalizing angles.
I have not experimented with the arithmetical side of the idea.
Question: Are the twenty amino acids related to this?
Answer: Yes, the twenty receptive harmonics are the basis of these building block proteins. While it is obvious that there is a reason for these amino acids to be central to all organic structures, their ability to produce a phi resonance provides an attractive assimilating pulse into the surrrounding space one of the secrets of life. Utilizing the twenty receptive resonances of the SCIET, the amino acids supply the phi resonance to their linked structures.
Question: There are many leading edge ideas on the web that involve assumptions like the ones in SCIET Dynamics. The concept of "subspace"( a la Star Trek) has been used by Dr. Courtney Brown to explain Scientific Remote Viewing. How does SCIET Dynamics account for "subspace"?
Answer: That is a more modern term for what has been called the "ether", and yes, the Single Cycle Integrative Effect explains that. Basically we use a new mathematical form (the SCIET) to create a way to describe atomic structure and then extrapolate the existence of a realm of very high frequency stationary fields that are coexistent to the atoms. In effect, they are as much a product of creation as protons, neutrons and electrons. It actually comes from the nucleon's internal structure.
The ether was a fluid-like concept, while the reality is rooted in the relativistic ability of space to define a value of location, time and distance without interference from any except those on the same exact time and distance parameters.
The stationary fields that originated with the creation event extend over a broad range, of course, but the range that emanates from matter is specific and voluminous. This range is what creates the effects of gravity and consciousness throughout space.
Question: So you are saying that the ether is real, but that it is not a fluid-like medium, but a realm of specific values?
Answer: Yes, and there are literally countless consequent values that have evolved from the original. That's where the dimensions or planes come from.
Question: OK, the "Big Bang" which created the universe has its own stationary field of subspace?
Answer: Wait, the big bang created A universe, not THE universe. And yes there is a value that was established then which is the basis of our "cosmic consciousness".
Question: OK, that must mean that a soul, or a "being" is a SCIET, a stationary field. Is it one that originated with the big bang?
Answer: I don't know. But I think not necessarily, beingness is something that ought to be able to transit formation events.
Question: Are we talking about the concept of god here?
Answer: I am talking of theoretics, God is a not a concept I address as a theory. God IS all that IS. I'm introducing a new language to discuss creation. The SCIET is just a kind of descriptor, like the words HERE and THERE. If you were able to continually define HERE with greater and greater precision, like when you point at something and the fingertip on your extended arm covers the area you're pointing at, and as you get closer, a smaller, more specific area is defined, ad infinitum.
Question: OK. Let's get back to Brown's Scientific Remote Viewing work at the Farsight Institute. You've read his book "Cosmic Voyage", are his assertions consistent with SCIET Dynamics?
Answer: Yes, the notion of simultaneous time is understandable as is the mobility of the viewer throughout space, but perceptions of the future are more like our collective plans than anything else. It's limited to the present extended forward. We can change our plans.
Question: Right. So how can a viewer visit any place and time?
Answer: The same way that you remember what happened to you yesterday- the universe is like a big mind. The difference between our experience of memory and thought with our brains and the experience of Remote Viewing is less than you might think. The SCIET provides a methodology for the brain to act as a transceiver to the mind which exists as a field centered within the brain. Our experience of consciousness is therefore a quality of the field, as is our memory. The firing of the synapses is both tuning and recording in this field. So we are talking about a process of memory and thinking that is outside of our bodies in space and time, but based on the very same principles, in which the future is a probable reality, rather than a certainty.
Question: How does SCIET Dynamics deal with Numerology?
Answer: Cultural archetypes are part of the collective field of consciousness, so the values that are assigned are relevant to the group mind within which they emerge. Our alphabet is shared in the same way by all English speaking peoples, each letter appears in same order, the same name and shape, so the collective sameness does trigger vibrational qualities in the mind that transcend the individuals experience. They form a sort of vibrational code separate from individual intent.
Question: I have seen many references to the number three as being a particularly significant number. Does SCIET Dynamics explain the importance of Three?
Answer: Yes, it embodies the creative principle. SCIET Dynamics always exists in space in a three dimensional state, and the idea of a plane or a surface doesn't apply, so the three is the result of the harmony of two spheres of effect. It is the vibrational harmonic that is created at the midpoint, where two points in space balance. All that is, is the result of the midpoint, of three. You have to study the SCIET to grasp the sense in which I am speaking of three here.
Question: What is the significance of the ten numerals in SCIET Dynamics?
Answer: That will take too long to answer here, but each number corresponds to a specific state of being or vibration. The SCIET uses twelve as a base and they are parts of a whole, as well as marks of sequence.
Question: Astrology is explained by SCIET Dynamics then?
Answer: Most definitely, the SCIET accounts for all the space surrounding a point, like astrology. I studied astrology for many years because it is alone in human culture as a clear example of the principles of SCIET Dynamics in action. Nothing else comes close.
Question: What about Sacred Geometry and SCIET Dynamics?
Answer: Systems of resonance and the balance of polarities create the forms of SCIET Dynamics. Sacred Geometry venerates the same forms, except that the SCIET is not recognized, but the relationship of the icosahedron and the do decahedron hint at it. The Golden Ratio or phi (1.618) is a pivotal component of SCIET Dynamics, holding a key insight about the relationship of the internal and external fields. You should see the tetron and PHI part of the SCIET presentation for a better understanding of that. | 2019-04-21T16:48:10 | http://sciet.com/html/faq.html |
0.999993 | Is it safe to drink bottled water? I heard the plastic may cause chemicals in the water.
Experts aren't sure that plastic bottles are safe, so choose an alternative when possible. Although there's no conclusive evidence chemicals in these disposable bottles transfer into the water, experts say the possible health risks are big enough to make you think twice. One danger is that they may be made with a chemical called bisphenol-A (BPA): It behaves like estrogen and can disturb the endocrine system. There's no way to know if a disposable water bottle contains it, but scientists know one type of bottle does: The reusable, hard plastic kind, usually found in sporting goods stores for hikers, bikers, or weekend soccer players. Rodents exposed to similar doses of the chemicals as humans receive when they drink from these bottles had higher rates of breast cancer, early onset puberty, reduced sperm counts, and neurological disorders, found a 2006 review of 700 studies by the NIEHS.
Bottled water is convenient, but if the unknowns worry you, switch to tap water (filtered, if you prefer), and replace your sports bottle with a stainless-steel version ($17.95; kleankanteen.com). | 2019-04-19T02:18:42 | https://www.prevention.com/health/a20430262/bottled-water-risks/ |
0.999963 | Information network of regional portals.
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0.999481 | Edward is an English given name. It is derived from Old English words ead, meaning 'wealth', 'fortune' or 'prosperous' and wear, meaning 'guardian' or 'protector'.
Stars who shorten their name from Edward, are popular British singer songwriter Ed Sheeran and British actor Eddie Redmanyne, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything" in 2014. | 2019-04-25T16:13:03 | https://www.babycenter.com.my/babyname/1005969/edward |
0.999832 | Kenneth T. Rowe during a visit to Finland in 1960.
Kenneth Thorpe Rowe (1900–1988) was a professor at the University of Michigan. Rowe taught Shakespeare and modern drama, but was best known as an influential teacher of playwriting.
Rowe regarded playwriting not as a mystical experience, but as a craft that could be understood and analyzed; he had remarkable insight into how a writer could construct a play with an eye toward the most effective development of plot and emotion. Across the span of six decades at Michigan, he taught and inspired legions of notable students, including Josh Greenfeld, Lawrence Kasdan, Dennis McIntyre, Robert McKee, Arthur Miller, Davi Napoleon (aka Davida Skurnick), Betty Smith, and Milan Stitt.
Professor Rowe began his playwriting seminar each semester by asking his students to read "The Poetics" by Aristotle. He then taught them how to identify the workings of classic structure. In Rowe's view, all successful plays built dramatically from an "attack" (the introduction of a conflict) through a crisis and finally to a resolution. He applied his methods even to modern plays that were not unified in time and place; it was Rowe's contention that even non-realistic plays had the classic underlying structure.
Arthur Miller enrolled in Rowe's seminar in 1937. He later described learning from Rowe that the theater "was not a carousel one jumped onto but an instrument one had to learn to play." His early plays Honors at Dawn and The Grass Still Grows were written under Rowe's tutelage, and his teacher's influence was evident in the careful structural revisions that Miller made as he revised them over time. Honors at Dawn was recognized with a Hopwood Award at Michigan (1937), while The Grass Still Grows won the attention of a theatrical agent. Thus for Miller, Rowe became "a combination of critical judge and confidant," bringing together a unique "interest in the dynamics of play construction" with "his friendship, which meant much to me.".
Kenneth Rowe's kindness and generosity were legendary and inspired great devotion in his students. According to an article in Michigan Today, Rowe helped Arthur Miller in making his first steps in Broadway by connecting him with people Rowe knew personally in the theater world. When another of his students, Josh Greenfeld, graduated from Michigan, Rowe referred him to Arthur Miller.
"The image of Arthur Miller as a student at the University of Michigan that recurs most frequently and vividly to my mind comes from the spring of 1938, his senior year....I was in my office at my desk....There was a knock on the door, slightly ajar for the spring weather, and I called "Come in." The door swung open, Arthur stepped inside and stopped at the foot of the steps, looking up, eyes glowing and face alight; and that is the picture that is in my mind, the moment before he announced, 'Professor Rowe, I've made a discovery!'"
To Rowe’s delight, Martin and Miller opened the Theater Essays with the following joint dedication: "For Kenneth Thorpe Rowe--teacher, scholar, friend."
The signature of Rowe's written work was his patient explication of the role and impact of each part of a play's structure; his lucidity and insight were evident in his line-by-line analysis of sample plays such as Ibsen's A Doll's House. The passage of time has done little to diminish the book's value in helping a writer address the enduring practical issues involved in constructing a play. The book was re-published in the United States in 1944 and again in 1968.
Many years later, Rowe's second book A Theater In Your Head was published in hardcover. Its aim was to help readers of a play visualize a dramatic production, and it also dealt with problems of appreciating dramatic structure.
^ quoted in Martin Gottfried, ""Arthur Miller: His Life and Work."" Da Capo Press, 2003, p. 33.
^ Arthur Miller, Timebends: A Life. New York: Grove Press, 1987, pp. 226-227. For more detail on Rowe and on Miller's Michigan years in general, see Christopher Bigsby, Arthur Miller (Harvard University Press, 2009), pp.77-144.
^ The Michigan Daily Online - "It's Miller Time"
^ Miller, Arthur. The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. Edited and with an introduction by Robert A. Martin. Viking, 1978.
^ Martin, Robert A., ed. Arthur Miller: New Perspectives. Prentice-Hall, 1982, p. 13.
^ Rowe, Kenneth Thorpe. Write That Play. Funk and Wagnalls, 1939.
^ Rowe, Kenneth Thorpe. A Theater in Your Head. Funk and Wagnalls, 1960.
This page was last edited on 28 December 2018, at 02:03 (UTC). | 2019-04-22T02:10:50 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Thorpe_Rowe |
0.999986 | Technology plays a big role in innovation and differentiation in logistics, according to a new report from eft. Investments in business intelligence and predictive analytics, in particular, have grown in importance in the logistics industry, as digital transformation spreads across industries to leverage opportunities in digital data.
The growing role of technology in the logistics industry is thanks in part to continued increases in technology budgets and investments in developers, data scientists and innovation centers. While 93 percent of the 356 executives in supply chain and logistics surveyed said technology was a key differentiator for them, many are still reluctant to adopt new technology. The report finds that 15 percent of respondents are very open to adopting new technologies while 78 percent are somewhat open and seven percent are not open.
An interesting finding shows that 37 percent of logistics providers think they are innovation drivers. However, only 22 percent of their customers see them as innovators, indicating a disconnect between perception and reality, according to the report.
The Logistics Technology Report reveals that 54 percent of organizations have an innovation center. The biggest role of the center is to create new solutions and products (52%), followed by differentiation between their organization and competitors (21%), to collaborate with customers (13%), and to solve long-standing challenges (10%).
The top reason for the continued investments is to create a differentiator for the business, according to 45 percent of respondents. Other big reasons include taking advantage of new technology (20%), updating legacy systems (15%), customer demands (13%), and keeping up with competitors (7%).
Another key finding shows that business intelligence and predictive analytics is picking up steam in the logistics industry. Over the next 12 months, 43.6 percent of respondents said they will invest in business intelligence and 30.9 percent said they will invest in predictive analytics. “This is indicative of the importance data is bringing to the industry,” according to the report. Investments in transportation management still tops the list.
In terms of data analytics usage, 29 percent of respondents said they use advanced analytics in their operations, with five percent reporting prescriptive analytics. In addition, 53 percent said they use descriptive analytics and 24 percent use predictive analytics.
However, 18 percent said they are not implementing data analytics. “This is a significant percentage of the industry to not be adopting one of the technologies transforming the business,” according to eft.
The one thing that logistics and supply chain companies generate a lot of is data. The challenge is collecting and using the data to create efficiency, improve customer and partner relationships and drive more revenue opportunities. | 2019-04-25T01:06:22 | https://epsnews.com/2016/08/19/big-data-will-drive-logistics-transformation/ |
0.999886 | It was really very enjoyable. From the first day I felt welcomed and did not feel like I struggled to fit in. The work itself felt like a true insight in to the company and in particular how the audit function works on a day to day basis. Very enjoyable. | 2019-04-25T16:48:02 | https://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/company-profile/108/kpmg/reviews |
0.997936 | Other than hard-boiled eggs, does anyone have any suggestions for portable protein? I would prefer to eat more earlier in the day, but don't have time to cook breakfast or lunch. I usually eat a hard-boiled egg for breakfast, but what can I do for lunch? Also, something with some fat.
I was buying roasted chicken (readily available), but have realized that it must have gluten or something in the spices they put on it, because I have an immediate and rather severe unpleasant reaction. The other readily available thing are "Russians" -- like Polish hot dogs, though smaller, but I don't want to eat those everyday. God only knows what's in them (tho' they taste great!).
I am making my first batch of homemade jerky as we speak. If this turns out half as good as I am hoping I will probably make this my go to protein for lunches and while traveling.
If you are not intolerant to eggs and they are of good quality, you can eat as many eggs as you like and till they start popping out of your ears... I eat about 40 eggs from grassfed chickens a week.
Just that most of the stuff I find palatable happens to have fat in it. Sardines packed in olive oil. I like the Applegate farms turkey balogna wrapped around cheddar cheese...big hunks of parmesan cheese...and of course a nice ribeye. My point is that I go for fatty foods that happen to have protein. And if I'm short on calories (or meal ideas) I go with coffee and heavy cream (kind of like your coconut milk).
Yes - I have a couple of recipes I rotate. One week I'll make up to ten ground turkey patties, the next weekend it'll be a bunch of grassfed beef patties and then I don't have to cook any more for a few weeks. I just keep taking them out one by one depending on what I feel like eating that day. I really don't get tired of them because they're so good, and I vary the veggies or salad that go with them.
I thought of that, though I am having trouble getting to work on time as it is -- it's winter on this side of the equator. But I just realized that I have a fear of eating too many eggs. I know a 3 egg omelet will last me hours, but during the week, I limit myself to one hard-boiled egg 'cause I think I shouldn't eat more than 6-8 in a week. Is that founded or totally bogus?
Yeah, I'm seriously considering this. In fact, I'm in the big city (Windhoek) today and planning to go check out what I can find here.
Thanks. Those are really great ideas. I think I could definitely do all the cooking on one day.
Can you say more about that? I sometimes worry I'm not getting enough fat, but I usually make up for it with coconut milk .
So you cook them ahead and put the cooked ones in the freezer? I think I like that idea -- I can do all the cooking on the weekend.
This is exactly what we do. Both my lunch and the kids lunches are boxed up at night from our dinner. It also helps us not waste food so much.
You know, something that I do, especially now with the amount of food that I eat and the hot weather, is I choose 1-day for all my prep. Get up early and sear steak, make those meatballs, roast or poach chicken breast, roast/steam potatoes, get all my greens washed and eggs hard boiled. I store it all in containers, greens wrapped in a kitchen towel, so everything is ready to go. Basically anything that takes an inordinate amount of time gets prepped and stored. It's been worth it. Happy eating!
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You can always try Turkey or Salmon if the Beef is too much for your stomach. I don't know of any other meat that would work off hand except game like deer, elk etc.
That's actually a very good idea since I don't care that much about variety and most things are fine to eat at room temperature.
Yea, tuna that's a good idea. Where I am (Namibia) Salmon is way out of my price range. I've tried the deli meat, but oh man it has so much crap in it. I've been eating tuna and sardines at dinner (I'm actually getting used to sardines!) but of course, I could bring them for lunch.
Here's my list of portables :) I just kind of pick and choose what I want to have on me for the day, but always have the below handy in my fridge. Cheers!
Cubes of steak or chicken breast. Have spork and chopsticks, will travel!
Sardines. Applegate farms deli meats. Cheeses.
For the most part, though, I don't aim to get protein. I go for fat and the protein follows.
I make a lot of grass-fed burgers (or turkey patties) all at once and stick individual ones in the freezer. I take them out one at a time and they usually thaw nicely by lunchtime. I'd do this even if I didn't have a refrigerator at work - the beef won't go bad in the short time between being removed from the fridge and lunchtime.
I recommend (in part) jerky...and not anything you can buy - if not because of the high level of sodium in most commercial brands, but the cost.
As such, I chose to make my own jerky. Instead of spending a bunch of money for a "jerky gun" and a dehydrator, I used a sausage extruder for our Kitchen-Aide mixer and built a box fan dehydrator.
An other idea: get up earlier and have a hearty, big breakfast so you can go till dinner with some nuts, coconut and fruit as a snack f??r lunch.
Canned salmon or tuna is good. I get the wild caught Alaskan salmon canned - doesn't need to be refrigerated and tastes good although it smells fishy. I usually put it over a salad. Deli meat also an option although I try to avoid processed meats - when I don't have another choice, I'll get Applegate farms or other brand that is gluten/casein/nitrate/nitrite free.
You could try preparing several day's meals at once (on the weekend or in the evening) and portioning them individually in Tupperware so you can just grab and go. You could even cook extra at dinner and put the leftovers in serving-size containers.
Canned sardines, or packaged tuna or salmon is even easier. If I'm feeling really lazy I'll just bring in some greens, dressing (mine is always home made with EVOO) and a pack of one of these things. Combine, shake well in a lidded container, awesome salad. You could add a hardboiled egg too.
I love jerky but it's out of my price range.
Make it easy on yourself and 3 days a week don't eat till you come home. I usually break my intermittent fast around 4 on those days with a little elk sausage. Holds me over so I can come home and cook instead of eating while i'm cooking.
TO spice up your hard boiled egg, try adding some homemade breakfast sausage (pork) to it, wrap it like a scotch egg. Fry it up in some good fat and enjoy them later if you like!
I make crustless breakfast quiches (two pie pans worth cut into quarters, so 8 servings) at a time and freeze them, then thaw them out in the microwave for breakfast. My standard lunch is salad with a sliced chicken breast or other meat. I also cook the meat in advance and freeze it. I also don't mind eating the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day; I change things up more for dinner when I have the time to vary the routine.
I always keep frozen oxtail and beef cheek stews in freezer if i dont have time to cook breakfast. Nothing like starting a day with oxtails braised in redwine. Yum.
Whey protein: cheap, fast, easily converted to useful meal with a little water.
I agree with cooking ahead of time. I currently have 4 moose meat dogs in the fridge cooked ready to go, and a container of free-range chicken.
For portable non-perishable i would go with a jerky. I like the Paleo Kits from Steve's Originals because they have a good flavor, nuts and seeds in them. Not to mention if you can't afford grass-fed they offer conventional for less cost.
Vitol Egg Protein Powder gets good reviews from a couple people i know. | 2019-04-22T02:19:39 | https://www.paleohacks.com/protein/portable-protein-6485 |
0.998981 | To sum up the Platinum Preppy in a few words: they are inexpensive (SGD 4.00), capable of becoming eyedroppers (2 - 2.5 ml of ink) and they write really well (smooth and without skipping!). What more could a beginner fountain pen enthusiast ask for?
The Missive Maven's blogpost: http://www.missivemaven.com/2012/12/about-fabulous-platinum-preppy-fountain.html (also shows the Platinum Preppy with a very cool Platinum Gold Trim Converter - which makes for a very nice demonstrator pen as well).
If you've seen/read the guides above, or have been googling more about the Platinum Preppy for awhile now, you'll realise that all the conversions are similar and require the same materials; O-Rings and Silicone Grease.
In my own experience, those were things that a newbie fountain pen enthusiast like me (1) didn't have readily lying around the house and (2) might not know where to find straight away (unless at a specialist pen shop or purchasing them online - which takes days to come!).
My guide however does not require any of those things, and I offer substitute materials that do not suffer from the 2 problems I raised earlier. For an impatient person like myself, once I bought the Platinum Preppy, I wanted to jump straight into the conversion, and my guide therefore is a result of my desperation and impatience (Though I would like to think it was as a result of my ingenuity and innovation instead!).
The Plumber's Tape basically replaces the need for an O-Ring as it thickens the threads on the Platinum Preppy's Nib/Feed section to create a tight and even seal (if you don't have it at home, it is commonly sold in Hardware shops and are very cheap).
All you have to do is wind the Plumber's Tape around the threads (as seen in the picture above), I counted at least 10 - 12 rounds around the threads until I got a nice seal. You will know you've gotten a "nice and tight seal" once you screw on the Barrel of the pen and get a little bit of resistance while doing so.
Next, you'll need to dab a little bit of Vaseline on the threads you've just fattened up with the Plumber's Tape. Then use your finger (or a cotton-bud) to gently smooth the Vaseline into the grooves of the threads.
From what I learnt watching/reading the other guides, Silicone Grease is used because it is inert and does not react with the pen ink (which can be quite corrosive). Petroleum Jelly, i.e. the Vaseline, is also an inert substance and similarly won't react with the ink as well. I've used Vaseline on my Platinum Preppy for about a month prior to writing this, and to-date had not had any adverse ink-reactions and I find it works just as well as Silicone Grease.
Next, grab your eyedropper/syringe and fill the barrel of the pen up with ink. If you do not have an eyedropper/syringe handy, a trick that I used was to get a straw to draw up the ink, and thereafter (using your finger to cover the other end of the straw) transfer the ink into the barrel (by lifting your finger off the straw). As an eyedropper the Platinum Preppy can hold about 2 - 2.5 ml of ink (from my on-and-off usage of the pens over a month, I barely even got through half the ink!).
Close up your pen and there you have it, a Platinum Preppy Eyedropper Fountain Pen!
Because this is an eyedropper pen (unlike a converter or piston-filler pen, where ink is drawn up through the feed), you will need to wait for the ink to flow down into the feed and wait for the feed and the reservoir to get saturated first before you will be able to write smoothly (in the picture in the previous section above, you will see that there is black ink in-between the grey plastic - this is how you can tell if the feed/reservoir is saturated). To get the feed/reservoir saturated, just leave your pen (nib facing downwards) in a penholder for a few minutes.
It could also be the case that while applying the Vaseline/Silicone Grease - you managed to get some onto the end of the feed (which has happened to me before and in my defence, applying the Vaseline can be a very messy affair!), see above picture; this is where the Vaseline may have come into contact with the end of the feed.
If so, just pull out the Nib/Feed and give the end (i.e. the end without the Nib) a wipe and then stick it back into the pen and it should write smoothly thereafter!
This is where the penknife comes in useful. I used the blade and scraped along the barrel until I had got all the decals off (see picture above). I have read about people using thinner to rub the decals off too.
This is a picture of my Red Platinum Preppy which I had converted even without the Plumber's Tape (I used it without any incident for about 2 weeks - but it was mostly left in the penholder in my office). I just rubbed Vaseline onto the threads and screwed in the Barrel. You can do this without any risk of leakage because the threads of the Platinum Preppy are thin and tight enough to do so. But, I didn't like living so dangerously, so I applied Plumber's Tape to it as soon as I could.
Note: I have read online that Plumber's Tape tends to deteriorate over time, also given the corrosiveness of the ink, I would not find that to be surprising. From my experience (of about 1 month's worth of usage), I did not find too much deterioration such as to cause the pen to leak, the tape just becomes "thinner" after awhile (also natural given the "tightness" after screwing on the Barrel). But since the Vaseline is by itself good enough, I believe the deterioration of the plumber's tape shouldn't be too much of a problem.
As you can see above, there are 2 different models of the Platinum Preppy - as evidenced by the different decal designs (note however that both are "fine" or with line thickness of about 0.3 mm). The top most one was bought in Popular (Thomson Plaza) and the bottom one was bought from Tokyu Hands (Orchard Central). For the avoidance of confusion and doubt - the top one has the "powder-coated" nib, and the bottom one has the "silver polished" nib.
Pricing: The one from Popular was about SGD 4.50, while the one from Tokyu Hands was slightly cheaper at about SGD 3.70.
The above picture shows the polished silver Nib of the Platinum Preppy I had bought from Tokyu Hands, whereas if you had noticed, the one from Popular (which I also found to be the same as the ones I got from Kinokuniya in Takashimaya subsequently) come with a powder-coated nib (in the same colour as the colour/ink of the pen). I noticed that there are slight differences in the thickness of the resultant lines produced by each though the packaging indicates the same sized line thickness.
The black sample was written with the 0.3 powder-coated nib. The red sample with the 0.3 silver polished nib. And lastly, the blue sample with the 0.5 (Medium) powder-coated nib. I therefore found the silver nib to be more of an "EF" (extra fine) and the powder-coated nib to be a regular "F" (fine) nib.
The End. Please let me know what you think in your comments below. Thanks for reading!
Ooo very very detailed analysis, I love that! I have to admit, the plumber's tape is a rather novel approach, never thought of that. Tell me though, how does the pen behave when the ink is low? Does it spit ink? All my eyedroppers do, and it's annoying. I'm not sure how that can be avoided, it's physics.
This is a great conversion technique, especially using plumber tapes & vaseline, more common house hold items. I wish I saw your site before buying silicon grease, which was not expensive. My only problem is I converted the medium size (0.5mm) pen but ink is not running as smooth as I was using a cartridge. I have to press the pen harder to get more ink sometimes. Otherwise for a lazy person like me who does not like to change a cartridge, I love this inexpensive conversion. Highly recommended!
As for your Preppy, have you tried pulling out the nib and feed to wash the feed? Sometimes dirt or grease could be stuck in the feed channel and stop the ink from flowing smoothly.
The video is from the Fountain Pen Revolution channel, it has some helpful information, all the best!
That's a pretty creative solution, but I wouldn't recommend the use of Vaseline instead of silicon grease. From what I understand of the chemistry, Vaseline tends to react with rubber and some plastics, so in the long run, it may cause some damage to your pens.
Thanks JiggleLeaf! I did not know Vaseline was reactive with rubber and some plastics. I will bear that in mind. Guess nothing is ever absolute, and though Vaseline (i.e. petroleum jelly) is considered inert, there will always be exceptions =) thanks for letting me know!
Actually, Vaseline melts latex but spares most plastics, so unless your pen is a condom, you should be fine.
Thanks for sharing the details of your experiments! I was wondering about just using petroleum jelly myself. Now I feel solid about using it with my brush tip Preppy.
2) Blue-black, silver polished Medium 05 nib.
Apart from the differences in physical appearances brought out in the main review, THERE IS ONE OTHER MAJOR DIFFERENCE. THE POLISHED NIB PEN HAS 'MADE IN JAPAN' PRINTED ON THE BARREL BESIDE THE NAME PREPPY WHEREAS THE PEN WITH POWDER COATED NIB HAS NO SUCH WORDS AND ON THE SECOND PRINTED PANEL ON THE BARREL IT IS WRITTEN 'IMPORTED BY PLATINUM'. Please note the word 'imported'.
I CLEARLY SUSPECT THE POWDER COATED NIB VERSION OF PREPPY IS ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED IN CHINA AND IMPORTED INTO JAPAN BY PLATINUM. THAT IS WHY THEY DON'T WRITE 'MADE IN JAPAN' ON THIS VERSION. SO THIS VERSION SHOULD ACTUALLY BE STILL CHEAPER. THE SILVER POLISHED NIB VERSION IS ACTUALLY MADE IN JAPAN AS DECLARED ON THE PEN BARREL.
Also, look for other small differences in the two printed pens on both pens. You will find many, clearly indicating that there are TWO manufacturing plants involved.
I recommend you buy only the silver polished nib version of Preppy which is actually made in Japan.
I did the same thing with a Waterman Kultur: no problems at all. | 2019-04-24T14:58:45 | http://artofpens.blogspot.com/2015/03/platinum-preppy-eyedropper-conversion.html |
0.998555 | Musical Tribute to Carlos "Patato Valdez"
Are you in Latin Percussion's inner circle?
For over 50 years, Carlos "Patato" Valdes has demonstrated how a musician can combine technical skill with superb showmanship. His conga playing fuses melody and rhythm, and his understanding of rhythm is rooted in dancing.
In his seventies, Patato still dazzles onlookers with his famed dance moves -- he's the man who gave Brigitte Bardot a mambo lesson in the film And God Created Woman -- dancing to his own solos in front of the congas, behind them and on top of them, bringing them to sing in voices no other conga player is able to create, luring them to tell tales full of melodies and poignancy. Patato's spontaneity and charm enables him to draw audiences from vastly different backgrounds and cultures into the irresistible Afro-Cuban rhythms which he creates.
Valdes first came to the United States in 1952 and worked at New York's Tropicana nightclub with Conjunto Casino. In 1954, he said good-bye to his homeland, Cuba and never returned. Patato's first jazz work was with Billy Taylor at Philadelphia�s Blue Note jazz club. After that he worked at New York City's Apollo Theater with trumpet player Chip Murray and played on his first jazz recording, Afrodesia, with trumpet player Kenny Durham. Years later he formed his own group, Afrojazzia.
Although Patato has recorded few albums as a bandleader, he is more influential than almost any other conguero because he invented the tunable conga, a revolutionary step in music history. Before Patato's innovation, the traditional conga consisted of a wooden body with a nailed-on drum skin, which was tuned by holding a candle beneath the skin. But the results of this technique were not satisfying, as the tension of the drum skin slackened as soon as the skin cooled down again. It was Patato�s idea to fix the skin to a metal ring which -- connected at various points with the conga body -- could be stretched and loosened by a square box wrench, thus enabling the musician to tune his instrument to specific pitches. Consequently, it became possible to hit each half step of an octave, initiated by Patato's unique melodic style of employing multiple conga drums and using them as a melody-creating instrument, just as a piano player or a horn player would.
Patato patented this invention, and the company Latin Percussion Inc. began manufactured the instrument. Latin Percussion�s "Patato Model" remains the top "star" of its product family, and his conga type is now used by hundreds of groups from Santana to the Rolling Stones, as well as by numerous well-known congueros, many of whom are his former students.
Since the 1950's, Patato has been among the congueros who are in highest demand in the Latin music and jazz worlds. He has played, toured, and recorded with Miguelito Valdes, Perez Prado, Beny More, Cachao, Tito Puente, Machito, Herbie Mann, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones, among many others. Patato also acted in and composed the title song for the television series The Bill Cosby Show. In 1991 he contributed to the movie soundtrack of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. | 2019-04-25T18:39:39 | https://drummerszone.com/artists/carlos-patato-valdz/4912/profile/ |
0.999997 | I reached Makkah on 5th Zil-hijjah and had intention to stay for 25 days after Haj. Please explain whether I would be considered as 'musafir' or 'muqeem' in Mina, Muzdalfa and Arafat during Haj and would I offer qasr prayers or in full? I affered zuhr and Asr prayers in Masjid Khaif (Mina) and the imam offered qasr prayers. Should I have completed 4 rakats in this case? Please explain logic behind your answer (as per hanafi fiqh) since there was a lot of confusion on this issue.
As a principle, it is important to understand that if an individual qualifies as Muqeem (temporary resident) in a particular city, then he must perform his Salāh in full in his temporary residence and also in the surrounding cities that are situated within Masāfah al-Safar (distance that qualifies an individual as a Musāfir) of his temporary residence.
Based on the aforementioned, if an individual stays in Makkah Mukarramah for 15 days or more prior to his departure to Mina, then he will be considered a Muqeem in Makkah. Therefore, he will perform his Salāh in full in Mina, Arafah, and Muzdalifah since they are in close proximity to Makkah Mukarramah. However, if an individual stays in Makkah Mukarramah for less than 15 days prior to leaving to Mina, he will be considered a Musāfir in Makkah Mukarramah. Hence, he will shorten his prayers (Qasr) in Mina, Arafah and Muzdalifah unless he performs Salāh behind a local resident. This ruling is based on the opinion that Mina, Arafah, and Muzdalifah are not part of Makkah Mukarramah.
If the Imām in Masjid al-Khaif or Masjid al-Namirah is a Muqīm and he performs only two Rak’āt for Dhuhr and two Rak’āt for Asr (based on their Madhab of Qasr for Haj), then the obligation of Salāh for the Hanafī followers is not fulfilled.
In such a situation, one should investigate whether the Imām is a Musāfir or a Muqīm. In the case he is a Muqīm or it is unknown, the Hanafī followers should not follow such an Imām. However, if a Hanafī follower did perform Salāh behind the Imām, the Salāh will be considered Nafl and he would have to perform the Fardh Salāh afterwards.
Note: The Darul Iftaa’s view is that Mina is a separate place and is not part of Makkah Mukarramah. There is however a difference of opinion between competent Muftis in this regard. Our advice to you is that you choose a reliable Mufti and seek all Hajj related verdicts only from him. This will protect you from further confusion.
ذَكَرَ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَنْ الْمَبْسُوطِ وَالْقُنْيَةِ مَا حَاصِلُهُ: أَنَّهُ إذَا صَلَّى فِي مِصْرٍ أَوْ قَرْيَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَهُمْ لَا يَدْرُونَ حاله فَصَلَاتُهُمْ فَاسِدَةٌ وَإِنْ كَانُوا مُسَافِرِينَ لِأَنَّ الظَّاهِرَ مِنْ حَالِ مَنْ كَانَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْإِقَامَةِ أَنَّهُ مُقِيمٌ وَالْبِنَاءُ عَلَى الظَّاهِرِ وَاجِبٌ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ خِلَافُهُ، أَمَّا إذَا صَلَّى خَارِجَ الْمِصْرِ لَا تَفْسُدُ، وَيَجُوزُ الْأَخْذُ بِالظَّاهِرِ وَهُوَ السَّفَرُ فِي مِثْلِهِ. اهـ. | 2019-04-24T17:57:14 | http://askimam.org/public/question_detail/23794 |
0.999024 | JAKARTA - A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has given birth to her third calf in Indonesia, an official said Thursday.
BANDUNG, Indonesia - A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has become the latest animal to die in one of Indonesia's ill-maintained zoos, an official said Thursday, sparking anger from activists and politicians.
JAKARTA - A Sumatran elephant calf lies stricken in the jungle in Indonesia as conservationists fight to remove a rope tightly wound around its leg that almost caused the critically endangered animal to lose a limb.
Seven Sumatran elephants have been found dead in western Indonesia and it is thought they were poisoned, a wildlife official said yesterday, just the latest deaths of the critically endangered animals. | 2019-04-25T14:50:19 | http://www.nationmultimedia.com/Search?q=Sumatran%20elephant |
0.999708 | By James B. Nelson on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 at 4:44 p.m.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, taken at the race's first debate.
"In Context" is an occasional feature of PolitiFact Wisconsin. It is intended to give readers the context of a statement that has received widespread attention.
Television ads attacking Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin have swamped the air waves in the past two weeks.
The most recent ad, produced by Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, a conservative political group founded by Karl Rove, uses a slew of unflattering photos and images of Baldwin while criticizing her as being "too extreme for Wisconsin." The ad is the second aired by the third party group which made a massive, $2 million ad buy in the campaign.
Among the most memorable moments: a video snippet where, during an unidentified speech, a fired-up Baldwin declares "You’re damn right!" In the ad, it is used to amplify this image: A rubber stamp with the words "Too Extreme" slamming down.
Crossroads GPS also used the "damn right" snippet in another ad attacking Baldwin that aired earlier last month.
So where does this video of Baldwin, a seven-term House member from Madison, come from? The answer lives on YouTube.
It’s from Sept. 17, 2011, when Baldwin appeared at "Fighting Bob Fest," an annual gathering staged by progressives in honor of former Wisconsin governor and senator Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette. Organizers say its the largest political festival in the country.
Baldwin spoke for about 13 minutes. In her measured, low-key style, she recounted the fight Democrats had waged against Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-led Legislature and the fast-track approval of Act 10, the law curtailing collective bargaining rights for most public workers.
"Just a few months ago I stood on the frozen Capitol grounds here in Madison with more than 100,000 of my fellow friends and citizens. I think many of you were there. Or standing in solidarity with us in your home towns across this state.
"My fellow progressives, I’m so proud of all of you here today, because this is what democracy looks like." | 2019-04-22T18:48:05 | https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2012/oct/02/context-baldwins-damn-right-statement/ |
0.999583 | The co-founder of polling firm YouGov - which is always good for getting Twitter's more enthusiastic conspiracy theorists wound up - Zahawi was a reluctant Brexiteer who wrote for Conservative Home prior to the referendum that "there are some extremely unattractive figures campaigning to leave the EU from George Galloway to Nigel Farage and it pains me to be dragged towards them on any issue". In the same article he wrote that David Cameron "has been assured of his place in history", so at least he was right about something. Claimed this week that "if this deal that the PM has put forward is voted through, you will see a dividend for our country" although when pressed said "I don’t know how much in exact figures and I’m not going to sit here and speculate". Ambitious if dull loyalist playing the nightwatchman role for the Tories tonight.
The holder of Andy Burnham's previously mantle of the shadow cabinet's eh-up-chuck I-bloody-love-gravy-on-me-chips professional northerner, Long-Bailey continues to insist the EU will renegotiate and give a Labour government everything it asks for despite every single person involved saying it wouldn't. Said earlier this month that "the EU have renegotiated many deals in the past and I think to suggest they wouldn’t renegotiate would be wrong". Has said that "we also need a deal that ensures a strong single market relationship", but also that “we’re not going to be able to accept full freedom of movement" so best of luck with that. A passionate Corbynista spoken of as a future leader by those who know Team Absolute Boy well, if she gets through the show without committing Labour to anything on Brexit she'll have done her job well.
Only a Member of Parliament since last year, Moran is often talked up as a future Lib Dem leader, especially as the incumbent appears to be performing some kind of Rip Van Winkle impersonation. An eloquent spokeswoman for the Best for Britain group, she said yesterday that "in 2016, I do not believe that people who voted leave or remain voted to give their families less money at the end of the month. This is why the prime minister is looking at a colossal parliamentary defeat". Has said of Tory MPs that "what really pisses me off is when I talk to MPs here and they go on about how annoyed they are with Theresa for doing this or that about Brexit, and then they go through the lobbies to prop her up". As a daughter of an EU diplomat Moran grew up in Belgium, Greece, Ethiopia, Jamaica and Jordan, so is probably one of those "citizens of nowhere" the prime minister warned you about.
One of the more vocal Brexiteers in the business world, Martin has described Brexit as a "new Magna Carta". Prior to the referendum frequently blamed the EU for tax rises which in actual fact had nothing to do with the EU; now uses his position to campaign for the hardest of Brexits (although he'd quite like his own staff to stay "since virtually no one wants hard-working immigrants from the EU to leave the UK"). Earlier this year announced he was banning booze produced in the EU, saying that selling drinks from Britain and across the world could give British customers access to "superior" products. Quite right, get rid of that crappy German and Belgian beer. Will tonight eschew wearing a suit for a polo shirt to show he's a Proper Bloody Bloke, unlike the rest of the panel who are in it for themselves. This year's Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth at £448m.
The poet and activist has said he had the worst motivations of some Brexit supporters “shouted” at him, but added that he in fact sympathised with the urge to leave the EU. Said last week: "My whole take on Brexit was a very unusual one. From my left-wing leaning, I’d want to leave, but actually, for dealing with politics the way we have been, the reality, I’d want to stay." Then added, in a possibly unconscious nod to the lyrics of the Kinks' Lola, “It’s a very confusing, mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world". Publicly rejected an OBE in 2003, saying: "Me? I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought. I get angry when I hear that word 'empire'; it reminds me of slavery." Nominated for autobiography of the year at the National Book Awards this year for his work The Life And Rhymes Of Benjamin Zephaniah, he is tonight's shoo-in for a rousing round of applause for saying something along the lines of "why don't the politicians just get things sorted". | 2019-04-20T22:15:36 | https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/who-is-on-the-bbc-question-time-panel-in-penzance-tonight-november-29-2018-1-5800184 |
0.999068 | American anti-doping officials have stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and imposed a lifelong ban from cycling, the sport that made him an American hero and a sports icon, it was revealed on Thursday.
The announcement from the US Anti-Doping Agency effectively destroys his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists in history and rubs a black smudge on a story that inspired millions of fans, drawn to his story of returning to glory after recovering from horrific cancer.
40-year-old Armstrong, who retired a year ago, is now officially a drug cheat in the eyes of his nation's doping agency. USADA chief executive Travis Tygart said earlier that the agency has the authority to remove the titles from the 40-year-old athlete -- and would act promptly to do so.
USADA maintains that Armstrong has used banned substances as far back as 1996, including the blood-booster EPO and steroids as well as blood transfusions -- all to boost his performance. 'It is a sad day for all of us who love sport and athletes,' Mr Tygart said. 'It's a heartbreaking example of win at all costs overtaking the fair and safe option. There's no success in cheating to win.' Armstrong declined to enter arbitration -- his last option -- because he said he was weary of fighting accusations that have dogged him for years. He has consistently pointed to the hundreds of drug tests that he has passed as proof he was clean.
Armstrong's disgrace on Thursday marks the dizzying fall of an athlete who was regarded as a hero by millions because of his remarkable recovery from testicular cancer. | 2019-04-23T17:15:31 | http://www.yimiton.com/2012/08/disgraced-lance-armstrong-stripped-of.html |
0.998345 | What opportunities for academic dialogue and writing exist within the content area that I am designing instruction for?
What specific academic language skills do I need to teach alongside my content objectives?
What supports do my students need if they are to effectively engage in the academic language goals embedded within this lesson?
Goalbook Pathways supports teachers with designing discourse rich instruction through our language standards and by explicitly embedding language skills across all content areas. This means teachers can design explicit instruction and authentic student practice that pushes students to engage in rigorous dialogue, debate, and writing in all content areas.
Just a few of the strategies, resources, and instructional scaffolds available in Pathways for teachers to build discourse rich classrooms.
Explicit instruction is crucial to building an environment of academically rich discourse. Teachers must model the discussion habits they want to see.
The language standards within Pathways directly address the demands of creating discourse rich classroom spaces in three key areas: Grammar & Usage Conventions, Writing Conventions, and Vocabulary Acquisition & Use.They help teachers design explicit instruction that lays the foundation for rigorous writing and classroom discussion.
Every content area and every grade level in Goalbook Pathways is embedded with activities that require students to read, write, and think in ways that establish a common language and build the skills students need to effectively engage in academic discourse. The tasks that students work on are language rich and require them to engage in higher order thinking.
Writing grade 3 (Assessment Item): Determine which source contains the most useful information about a particular topic.
Writing grade 7 (Assessment Item): Analyze and describe how the narrator is impacted by events in the text. | 2019-04-25T04:49:32 | https://medium.com/innovative-instruction/build-a-culture-of-meaningful-academic-discourse-b9ddceef3a5?source=---------9--------------------- |
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