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0.999043 | Who Is AD On 'Pretty Little Liars'?
We're getting very close to the end of "Pretty Little Liars," and with only a couple of episodes left until the series finale at the end of June, the big question on every fan's mind is the same: Who is AD!?
Thankfully, one super convincing fan theory seems to have it all figured out.
The popular theory states that Spencer Hastings has a twin, and that twin is AD! It sounds crazy, but honestly, a lot of things that have happened in this show are crazy.
I know they already did the whole "secret twin reveal" thing recently with Mary Drake and Jessica DiLaurentis, but it really sounds like the "Pretty Little Liars" team is planning on doing it again with Spencer and AD, especially when you rewatch that supposed dream sequence from the Season 7 premiere.
In that scene, Hanna is being held hostage by AD and dreams Spencer is there to comfort here. But there are a few things off about dream-Spencer.
She seems to be very curious about Charlotte's killer (just like AD), and she even uses the name "AD," even though Hannah hasn't heard it yet, so it seems impossible that she could dream it.
Most striking is the fact that at the end of the scene, Hannah lays in Spencer's lap while she sings "Hush, Little Baby" to her. Later in the season, we see Mary Duke singing the same lullaby in the exact same position to Spencer!
With all that in mind, many fans are saying that the dream-Spencer wasn't a dream at all, but actually AD, who happens to be Spencer's twin.
There's also a bunch of other bits of evidence that support this theory. Like Mary Drake telling Spencer she and Melissa used to look like twins, and Tyler Blackburn (Caleb on the show) telling Us Weekly that we've only "kind of" met AD in the series to date.
You've never met them... You kind of have. When you see it, you'll understand what I'm saying.
Hmmm, that comment sure makes a lot more sense considering the Spencer-has-a-twin theory! So don't be surprised when we finally discover who AD is, and she looks awfully familiar. | 2019-04-23T16:30:12 | https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/pretty-little-liars-theory-spencer-and-ad/1904271 |
0.999987 | Who can't resist a brownie? These are moist and very chocolaty. Lining the pan with parchment makes the brownies come out easily.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9-inch square baking pan with butter. Line bottom and two sides with a strip of parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the two sides. Butter paper, and set pan aside. In a small bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
Place butter and chocolate in a large heat-proof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of gently simmering water. Heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes; remove bowl from pan. Add sugar; mix to combine. Add eggs, and mix to combine. Add flour mixture; mix just until moistened (do not overmix). Add chocolate chips. Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan for 30 minutes. Using paper overhang, lift brownies out of pan; transfer to a rack to cool completely (still on paper). On a cutting board, using a dampened serrated knife, cut into 16 squares. Store in an airtight container at room temperature, up to 2 days. | 2019-04-24T22:53:07 | http://www.dvo.com/newsletter/weekly/2017/5-26-442/side1c.html |
0.652537 | Recently some high school students contacted me for an interview. This motivated me to write the following short post on what does it mean to do a quantum computation.
1) What is the difference between a quantum and classical computer?
Let me give you an example, if you want to sum 23 and 45 using classic computers, these numbers are first to be converted from decimal format to binary (0 and 1): 23 in decimal =10111 in binary, and 45=101101.
These two binaries must be written in left to right column order and they are linked together using a "summation" operator applied at each column. So we need 6 summation operators to work on the inputs. In quantum computers however, each number is represented by an angle and the summation of two number (no matter how large they are) needs at least one summation operator (that adds the angles).
This angle can be discretized in units (a unit is a small angle we can distinguish depending on the noise etc. in the system) and we can calibrate each unit to represent one in the decimal numbers.
This way adding two numbers means adding two angles. For this we need one summation operator and this saves a lot of resources in the computation. Similarly very complicated calculations can be achieved using smaller number computer resources compared to classical computers.
2) What are the main restrictions in making quantum computers, and how soon can we expect quantum computers to be put in use, and perhaps put on the market?
There are many different quantum computer version from ion trap to superconducting qubits and quantum optic. The smallest and most portable one is superconducting qubits, however they need to operate in low temperature (as low as 1 kelvin or lower). If we can achieve higher temperature less noisy system that may make a way into market.
Search for D-wave quantum computer to read about a 10million machine that was made recently.
3) How much faster is a quantum computer than an 8-bit computer?
People say exponentially faster. For the example I said earlier on the summation if each summation operator needs 0.1 second to take place, 6 of them in a row for summing 23 and 45 needs at least 0.6 second in classical computers, however only one of the operators is required in quantum computers and therefor 6 times faster (0.1 second). You can assume for large numbers the different becomes more pronounced. For instance a large factorial operator that takes years to compute on classical computers can be calculated in a few second.
and learn more about qubits. | 2019-04-21T14:19:17 | http://gaugeinvariance.blogspot.com/2012/06/quantum-computer-for-high-school.html |
0.999993 | Add a concert date to Tragedy.
There is no show registered for this band.
"Hellfest 2012 - Warzone, Valley - J1" | 2019-04-20T08:36:53 | http://en.metalship.org/concert_grp.php?grp=Tragedy |
0.997698 | The company has several popular shampoo scents; summer watermelon, honeyed peach, coconut, and tangerine.
The company has several popular shampoo scents: summer watermelon, honeyed peach, coconut, and tangerine.
The company has several popular shampoo scents, summer watermelon, honeyed peach, coconut, tangerine.
The company has several popular shampoo scents, summer watermelon, honeyed peach, coconut, and tangerine.
Here, we’re separating an independent clause (“The company has several popular shampoo scents”) from a list (“summer watermelon, honeyed peach, coconut, and tangerine”), so the correct punctuation is a colon and not a semicolon. Semicolons are only used to separate two independent clauses, not an independent clause and a list. Since the list that follows the semicolon isn’t a complete sentence, the first word shouldn’t be capitalized.
I’ve never been a good chef, I tend to get distracted and forget that there’s food on the stove.
I’ve never been a good chef: I tend to get distracted and forget that there’s food on the stove.
I’ve never been a good chef: I tend to get distracted, and forget that there’s food on the stove.
I’ve never been a good chef, I tend to get distracted, and, forget that there’s food on the stove.
I’ve never been a good chef, I tend to get distracted, and forget that there’s food on the stove.
A colon is the best choice to separate these two independent clauses, since the second clause is elaborating upon an idea introduced in the first clause. Because “forget that there’s food on the stove” isn’t an independent clause, a comma is not required before the conjunction (“and”).
Jenelle was having a hard time hearing the speaker: she hates when conferences don’t provide good microphones and sound equipment for their lecturers.
Jenelle was having a hard time hearing the speaker; she hates when conferences don’t provide good microphones and sound equipment for their lecturers.
Jenelle was having a hard time hearing the speaker, she hates when conferences don’t provide good microphones and sound equipment for their lecturers.
Jenelle was having a hard time, hearing the speaker. She hates when conferences don’t provide good microphones and sound equipment for their lecturers.
Because the first sentence isn’t really introducing the second sentence but is instead a different thought altogether, a colon isn’t the correct punctuation mark. Instead, a semicolon should be used to separate these two independent clauses.
I’ve always had a green thumb for vegetable, flower, and herb gardens: my mother, though, was barely able to keep a houseplant alive.
gardens, and my mother, though, was barely able to keep a houseplant alive.
gardens; my mother, though, was barely able to keep a houseplant alive.
gardens; however, my mother, though, was barely able to keep a houseplant alive.
gardens: my mother, though, was barely able to keep a houseplant alive.
Because the first sentence isn’t actually introducing the second sentence but is rather a different thought altogether, a colon isn’t the correct punctuation mark. Instead, a semicolon should be used to separate these two independent clauses. Adding a “however” to the second clause would be redundant, as we already have the word “though” to indicate contrast.
In the past three years, Jing has lived in Madison, Wisconsin: Ann Arbor, Michigan: and Laramie, Wyoming.
In the past three years, Jing has lived in Madison, Wisconsin; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Laramie, Wyoming.
In the past three years, Jing has lived in: Madison, Wisconsin; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Laramie, Wyoming.
In the past three years, Jing has lived in Madison, Wisconsin, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Laramie, Wyoming.
In the past three years, Jing has lived in: Madison, Wisconsin: Ann Arbor, Michigan: and Laramie, Wyoming.
Because “In the past three years, Jing has lived in” is not an independent clause, no punctuation is needed to separate it from the list that follows. Because the items in the list are compound (each place name contains a comma), semicolons are needed to separate the items and provide clarity.
Julia had several requirements for the ideal job candidate; he or she should be experienced, amiable, and willing to put in long hours.
Julia had several requirements for the ideal job candidate, He or she should be experienced, amiable, and willing to put in long hours.
Julia had several requirements for the ideal job candidate: he or she should be experienced, amiable, and willing to put in long hours.
Because “Julia had several requirements for the ideal job candidate” is an independent clause, the list that follows must be preceded by a colon, not a semicolon.
Lacey has several basic babysitting rules, the children can only have one friend over at a time, the TV can’t be on during dinner, and bedtime is at eight o’clock sharp.
Lacey has several basic babysitting rules; The children can only have one friend over at a time, the TV can’t be on during dinner, and bedtime is at eight o’clock sharp.
Lacey has several basic babysitting rules: the children can only have one friend over at a time, the TV can’t be on during dinner, and bedtime is at eight o’clock sharp.
Because “Lacey has several basic babysitting rules" is an independent clause, the list that follows must be preceded by a colon. A semicolon is never used to separate a list from its antecedent.
The following students must report immediately to the principal’s office: Jamie Kendrick, Leon Duke, and Cesar Alonso.
The following students must report immediately to the principal’s office; Jamie Kendrick, Leon Duke, and Cesar Alonso.
The following students: must report immediately to the principal’s office, Jamie Kendrick, Leon Duke, and Cesar Alonso.
The following students must report immediately to the principal’s office: Jamie Kendrick; Leon Duke; Cesar Alonso.
The following students must report immediately to the principal’s office, Jamie Kendrick, Leon Duke, and Cesar Alonso.
Here, we’re separating an independent clause (“The following students must report immediately to the principal’s office”) from a list (the students’ names), so the correct punctuation is a colon and not a semicolon. Semicolons are only used to separate two independent clauses, not an independent clause and a list. Although the list that follows the semicolon isn’t a complete sentence, the first word must still be capitalized because it’s a person’s name. The items in the list aren’t compound items, so a simple comma is fine to separate them.
Lannifer is an expert on growing several kinds of trees: elms, American chestnuts, red oaks, and lindens are among her specialties.
Lannifer is an expert on growing several kinds of trees: elms; American chestnuts; red oaks; and lindens are among her specialties.
Lannifer is an expert on growing: several kinds of trees elms, American chestnuts, red oaks, and lindens are among her specialties.
Lannifer is an expert on growing several kinds of trees, elms, American chestnuts, red oaks, and lindens are among her specialties.
Lannifer is an expert on growing several kinds of trees; elms, American chestnuts, red oaks, and lindens are among her specialties.
Here, we’re separating an independent clause (“Lannifer is an expert on growing several kinds of trees”) from another independent clause that enumerates several items first introduced in the first clause, so the best punctuation is a colon and not a semicolon.
His mother had three great qualities; she was tough, she was fair, and she was patient.
His mother had three great qualities, she was tough, she was fair, she was patient.
His mother had three great qualities; she was tough, she was fair, she was patient.
His mother had three great qualities: she was tough, she was fair, and she was patient.
His mother had three great qualities; she was tough, she was fair and she was patient.
When a sentence includes a list, like the list of qualities describing the mother in the example sentence, the list should be preceded by a colon, not a semicolon. Semicolons are used to separate two independent clauses within a sentence. | 2019-04-22T08:17:56 | https://www.varsitytutors.com/sat_writing-help/improving-sentences?page=9 |
0.999959 | Could algae be a solution to projected food shortages in the future? Some growers are hoping so.
Despite its reputation as pond scum, algae nevertheless represents big money to some investors and a possible solution to the world hunger problem. In fact, you may already be ingesting the little green plant. Algae is found in "green smoothies," specialty chips, protein bars, protein powders and supplements including Omega-3 capsules. One type of algae, spirulina, has long been on the market as a nutrition-packed health food. Algae is also an ingredient in animal feed.
But it could become a much more important food source, say people like Miguel Calatayud. He runs a farm in Columbus, New Mexico, where salt-water ponds stretch out across under a desert sky. Algae "is the foundation of the next generation of farming and food," he told CNN recently. It can provide lots of protein while using relatively little in the way of scarce resources. Calatayud, CEO of Qualitas Health, which owns Green Stream Farms, grows an algae strain called nannochloropsis in the salt water. The algae grows very fast using sun, air and water — and most of the water is recycled. It can be harvested year round. The algae is 40 percent protein, and it isn't slimy and smelly, according to the company.
But what would it taste like? "You're not going to be eating an algae sandwich soon," says Barry Cohen, executive director of the National Algae Association. Algae will most likely be used as a new protein ingredient in food products. "A lot of companies are testing it," he says.
It's seen as filling the role that soybeans have filled. Soy is often added to meat products, cereals and bread and used in vegetarian products as a meat substitute.
"This industry is growing," Cohen says. "It's small — maybe 10 to 15 companies around the world."
Urban population growth around the world — particularly in Asia and North Africa — will put a strain on food resources, according to the United Nations, which expects an increase of 2.3 billion people by 2050. Nearly 70 percent of Earth's fresh water already goes to raising crops and livestock. And raising livestock as a protein source is an inefficient use of resources. "We can grow algae on water, recycling 75 to 80 percent of the water and do it in a much smaller footprint ... and you make a high-value product," Cohen says.
In addition to feeding a growing population, algae is seen as a way to address existing malnutrition. The Swiss Antenna Foundation cultivates spirulina in Tamil Nadu, India. The plant is given as a supplement to children to combat malnutrition and the foundation trains people in local production as a way to encourage local sustainability.
A Tamil Nadu company run by Aakas Sadasivam (India) and Mika Rautio, a Finnish partner, is also growing algae. The company, Prolgae Sprulina, produces sun-dried spirulina that is made into a crunchy snack called Spirulina Nibs and also sold as protein powder.
But algae production is not always necessarily successful. A California company, TerraVia, switched from using algae to make biofuel to making flour, protein additives and cooking oil. It also produced fatty acids used in cosmetics and fish feed. It declared bankruptcy last year, however.
Long before the current efforts to sell algae as food, algae was considered a potential source of biofuel. $2.5 billion has been spent over 70 years to try to create biofuel from algae, Cohen says. "Algae secretes oil," Cohen says. When oil prices were high, oil companies began researching algae as a fuel alternative. Now that oil prices are low, companies may be looking for new uses for algae. "If [oil companies] could construct and deploy large biofuel farms, that could be one solution to the electric car since the infrastructure is already in place.” Algae biofuel is, of course, carbon neutral.
Algae also pulls in carbon dioxide and puts out quantities of oxygen. But in some respects, algae is a bad guy. Harmful algal blooms create toxins in seawater, killing fish and other marine life. But putting algae to work — and putting it on the table — could help it redeem itself.
Algae isn't the only unexpected "goodie" that could turn up on future menus. Some people who predict these things are expecting lab-cultured chicken, a new-old grain called kernza and, of course, cricket flour. Yum. | 2019-04-22T04:21:32 | https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/algae-food-future.htm |
0.991327 | Ask Tom: How does the weather affect fall's colors?
Well-timed rains and moderate summer temperatures have the Chicago area headed for an impressive display of fall colors.
Barring unexpected changes in the weather over the next two months, vivid displays are likely in all but the northernmost sections of the Midwest, where severe drought may lead to less intense colors while encouraging leaves to fall from trees earlier than usual.
These are the views of two of this area's most respected plant scientists and veteran observers of the region's fall color scene.
Both experts anticipate an especially generous helping of reds in this year's color arsenal if sunny, warm days and cool but largely frost-free nights dominate between now and the color peak. That peak around here is likely to arrive the third or fourth week of October--later than in years past when earlier mid-October color peaks were more common.
The Morton Arboretum's chief scientist, Gary Watson, says that more than the weather, shorter days and longer nights this time of year have the largest impact on the annual explosion of color in foliage. Environmental factors, including plant genetics, rainfall and the nutrients available to trees, all impact the seasonal color change. But, when it comes right down to it, the seasonal shift in sunlight intensity and the arrival of shorter days and longer nights prove most critical in encouraging leaves to cut back on, and ultimately stop, the production of chlorophyll, which produces the leaves' characteristic green color. When chlorophyll is reduced and finally eliminated, as happens when days shorten, naturally occurring yellows and oranges linked to substances known as carotenoids, as well as red hues produced by other substances in leaves known as anthocyanins, become visible, Watson says.
Tim Johnson, director of horticulture at the north suburban Chicago Botanic Garden, says warm, sunny autumn days encourage sugar production in leaves, which in turn promotes the presence of red pigment-bearing anthocyanins in certain trees, like maples. At the same time, cool nights encourage the veins in leaves to close, reducing the flow of sugars and red pigments out of the leaves. The result: An explosion of red in the leaves of such trees.
Johnson says the weather can affect the intensity of fall colors in other ways.
Strong winds can knock leaves off trees. So can heavy rain.
Cloudy fall days and warm nights act to dull colors.
Trees under other forms of stress, as when a house or building is constructed nearby, may shed leaves early and exhibit a diminished range of colors.
These state and national tourism offices can serve as resources for staying up-to-date on fall foliage. Keep in mind that not all states are created equal: Some do a better job than others of supplying pertinent information. Several of these contacts may not be operational until the season begins, which will vary from state to state.
Illinois: 800-2-CONNECT; www.enjoyillinois.com. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 217-782-6302; www.dnr.state.il.us.
Indiana: 888-ENJOY-IN; www.in.gov/enjoyindiana. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 877-463-6367; www.in.gov/dnr.
Iowa: 888-472-6035; www.traveliowa.com. Iowa Fall Color Hotline, 515-233-4110; www.iowadnr.com/forestry/fallcolor.html.
Ohio: 800-282-5393; www.discoverohio.com/fallcolor. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, www.dnr.ohio.gov/fallcolor.
Minnesota: 888-TOURISM; exploreminnesota.com. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, www.dnr.state.mn.us/current(underscore)conditions.
Missouri: 800-519-2100; www.visitmo.com. Missouri Department of Conservation, mdc.mo.gov/nathis/seasons/fall.
National Fall Color Hotline, USDA Forest Service: 800-354-4595; www.fs.fed.us/news/fallcolors.
Besides being chief meteorologist at WGN-TV, Tom Skilling answers weather-related questions in his daily column, "Ask Tom Why," on the Tribune's Weather Report page. | 2019-04-22T09:24:06 | https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-08-27-0608270393-story.html |
0.985399 | intro: Good luck finding a proclamation. But that's no reason to let a perfectly respectable nickname go unheralded on its day in the spotlight. So, in recognition of Saturday's National Bubba Day, behold these 10 famous Bubbas.
quicklist: 1 category: National Bubba Day title: William 'Bubba' Clinton text: "Bubba" means different things to different people, but "42nd president of the United States" is definition enough in this case. Clinton is 65.
quicklist: 2 category: National Bubba Day title: Gerry 'Bubba' Watson Jr. text: Underdog golfer Watson, 33 -- and a lefty, no less -- rekindled "Bubba' fever this year with a nail-biting, sudden-death playoff win at the Masters Tournament, his first major title.
quicklist: 3 category: National Bubba Day title: Charles 'Bubba' Smith text: Before landing acting roles such as Moses Hightower in the "Police Academy" movies, Smith, 66, welcomed fans' chants to "Kill, Bubba, Kill" as a dominating defensive lineman in college and the NFL.
text: The former major league outfielder, 35, once told ESPN that his efforts to shake the "Bubba" moniker failed miserably as a boy in Texas. "I tried to change it in school, call myself Richard, but kids would call for me and ask for Richard, and my parents would burst out laughing and say, 'You mean Bubba?'"
quicklist: 5 category: National Bubba Day title: Bubba Sparxxx text: Georgia rapper Warren Mathis, 35, came up with the stage name because "in the rural South," he told the Associated Press, "'Bubba' is like how people say 'dude' in California. It's a name for a regular Southern man. I know a Chinese Bubba, a black Bubba."
quicklist: 6 category: National Bubba Day title: Tommy 'Bubba' Facenda text: The rockabilly singer-dancer from Portsmouth, Va., 72, wore his Bubbaness so comfortably that "Bubba Ditty" is among his singles, the best known of which is "High School U.S.A."
quicklist: 7 category: National Bubba Day title: William 'Bubba' Paris text: The motivational speaker, 51, who once laid down 6-foot-6-inches, 300-plus pounds of "Bubba" Sunday after Sunday as an NFL lineman, counts three Super Bowl rings from his years with the San Francisco 49ers.
quicklist: 8 category: National Bubba Day title: James 'Bubba' Stewart Jr. text: The professional motocross rider, 26, put his "Bubba" to good use with a reality-TV show called "Bubba's World" that ran for two seasons through February. He has 44 Supercross victories.
quicklist: 9 category: National Bubba Day title: Bubba the Love Sponge Clem text: Born Todd Clem but now legally Bubba the Love Sponge Clem and host of the radio show that bears his name, Clem, 46, absorbs controversy as well as anyone (witness the on-air hog slaughtering in 2001 that sent the FCC into a tizzy).
quicklist: 10 category: National Bubba Day title: Daniel 'Bubba' Franks text: The three-time NFL Pro-Bowl tight end, 34, has a collection of memorable one-hand catches on his resume. | 2019-04-23T16:03:12 | https://abcnews.go.com/US/national-bubba-day-10-famous-bubbas/story?id=16432779 |
0.999808 | - [Instructor] A common struggle for organizations is to determine whether or not a cloud-based solution is the right solution for them. Is Microsoft Azure the right cloud-based solution for them if they've decided to go to the cloud? We looked already in this course at how to estimate the cost of a cloud-based solution, specifically deploying solutions in Azure. However, there are more costs associated, and there are more implications associated with moving to the cloud. So let's take a look at some of the business cases, or some of the reasons why an organization might want to decide to move to the cloud.
The first and most obvious reasons why most organizations are interested in implementing a cloud-based solution is having a readily available testing environment that will allow individuals in your organization, specifically the IT department or the developers in your organization, to become familiar with new operating systems or enterprise applications. The ability to create a test environment for your line of business applications, and even to create a learning environment for your development teams is a great resource and great usage of a cloud-based environment.
Imagine the ability to deploy quickly a network and have that network be accessible, completely in a separate silo than your internal network, ensuring that it will never affect or impact the ability for your users and your network to operate successfully. So a testing environment is definitely a business case, a good business case, for a cloud-based solution. Now, another great obvious way to move over to the cloud is when it's time to replace your hardware, or maybe your operating systems are out of support.
For example, Windows Server 2003 is an operating system that's now out of support for Microsoft. A lot of organizations are still running Windows Server 2003 mainly because of legacy application. You need to replace the hardware, you need to replace your operating system, you want to do it quickly and efficiently and maybe you don't have the time to wait for those long procurement cycles to be able to purchase additional hardware. One of the huge benefits of a cloud-based solution is the ability to reduce your capital expenditures by reducing the amount of money that you're investing in hardware-based solutions.
However, you are significantly increasing your operational expenditures, where it is the cost that you are spending on a monthly basis or a yearly basis to maintain your operations and to maintain your network. So, definitely it gives you the ability to quickly deploy those new servers. Instead of waiting for the hardware to come in, you deploy virtual machines, you deploy enterprise applications on those virtual machines and you make them accessible to your users. Whether you're establishing a virtual private network, or you're using the remote connectivity to those servers directly by using the public IP addresses, you're giving a quick solution to your network to be able to access those new resources that you've deployed to the cloud.
Also, you no longer need to support and manage the hardware layer, where now you have your servers that are running on the infrastructure of Azure and they're not running on your own servers that you've had to purchase and have to purchase support agreements for as well. So definitely those capital expenditures are reduced, but keep in mind that your company's accounting department will be very interested to establish some practices around of operational expenditures. If you deploy new branch offices in your company, if you deploy additional offices, maybe they'll be through acquisitions or through organic growth of a company, those users of those additional offices will need to access your company resources.
Now, a cloud-based solution is a great way to provide resources for those users without having to establish a direct link to your company's main office. You're also providing for those users the ability to access resources that are safely backed up in the cloud and that are reliably accessible as well in the cloud. You don't need to deploy servers, data centers, or resources for the smaller branch offices when you can just provide a set of resources in the cloud directly.
Again, a more efficient way to deploy an office and a quicker way to get to a final solution. If you're deploying a new organization, maybe you're establishing a new network from scratch, maybe this is a brand new company that's starting up, maybe you're in a true startup mode in terms of establishing the needs of your users and your user population, well, if you want to have the ability to scale based on this new network starting up small and probably getting big, the cloud solution will provide the ability to scale up in terms of the type of machines that you'll be running and scale out in terms of the number of virtual machines that you'll be running and the amount of resources that you'll be making accessible to all your users.
As well, if you're starting up and deploying a new network, you no longer have to look for the expertise that is required to deploy a physical network infrastructure. You'll still be depending on your telecommunication links to ensure that you have a solid and reliable connection to Azure. However, the data center requirements are no longer going to be there if you decide to deploy a cloud-based solution for your network. Remember that you'll still need the expertise required to deploy the specific services. For example, if you decide to deploy SharePoint or SQL into Azure virtual machines, you'll still need to have administrators or expertise that is able to manage those SharePoint servers or those SQL servers.
So definitely you'll be able to save on some resources, but other resources will still be very essential to the proper functioning of your end result application. Another business case that allows you to pace yourself in the way that you deploy your cloud-based solution is by first implementing a recovery and high availability solution in the cloud. You can use your on-premises infrastructure and deploy a hybrid cloud, and we've discussed hybrid cloud in other videos in this course where the on-premises solution can coexist with a cloud solution, so you can deploy a hybrid cloud where you have the high availability component of your on-premises solution that is stored in the cloud.
For example, if your data center fails and you have a cluster that has a machine or a node that is available in the cloud, your users may be able to access the data and the services from that virtual machine if your entire data centers becomes unavailable. You may want to use this solution as a pure high availability recovery solution as opposed to a operational access. So you may not want your users to readily access those virtual machines in the cloud. You only want them to use them in the event of a disaster, in the event of a major failure.
So, by deploying your highly available virtual machines in the cloud first, you are testing new waters, you're becoming comfortable with the management tools, and you're becoming comfortable with implementing a level of cloud-based interaction. As well, many organizations have decided that they need off-premises backup. They need to have backups of their servers that are stored somewhere else. This has been common and this has been around for many, many years, even before cloud-based solutions became very popular.
Now, this off-premises backup can now be stored in the cloud. So you can backup your on-premises servers and have the data of those backups be stored in the cloud. Remember, that the cloud-based solutions will allow you to pay for your usage based on the amount of data that you'll be storing. And we've seen how Azure can provide an agent that will then allow you to push your backups up to the cloud and even recover from those backups that are stored in the cloud. Now, there's many other types of solutions and business cases that touch on pieces of Azure that we have not looked in this course.
Azure is a huge product and there are many, many solutions in Azure that we can implement and provide services for our users. We didn't look at SQL databases. And SQL databases can be stored natively in Azure or we can have our own SQL servers stored in virtual machines on which we can configure our SQL databases. There's also support for additional types of databases that are non-Microsoft databases, such as Oracle or even the NoSQL database. Machine learning solutions as well is a huge benefit of the cloud-based solution that aggregates the computing resources of thousands and thousands of servers and puts them together to be able to perform high computing actions.
And if you need a large amount of computing resources to perform specific actions, a lot of them that are very popular would be around business intelligence, then you can use some of the Machine Learning resources that are stored in Azure. We also have analytics, insights, and remote apps, solutions that provide us more insight into our applications and also give us the ability to push out applications to users without having them install anything on their client computers. So there's many, many solutions that are available in Azure that go beyond what we've looked at in this course, but are all relating to the cloud computing solution.
Again, the ability to use these resources that are not stored internally on your network, that are stored in the Microsoft data centers and that are only used on a subscription or a leasing-based model. | 2019-04-20T23:53:33 | https://www.lynda.com/Azure-tutorials/Business-cases-Azure-solutions/560099/595763-4.html |
0.999473 | You are here: In the News Science and Environment Did a giant asteroid kill off the dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs existed alongside Man. They HAD to, because everything was created in the same six days!
The Flood destroyed not just all mankind except for Noah's family, but also destroyed all animals' except for those on Ark. which would have included dinosaurs. This is why most died out at the same time.
It is my logical view that Noah only took on board baby animals that could exist without their parents. That is how dinosaurs were able to fit the Ark.
Dinosaurs were very big, but food was scarce after the Flood. Therefore the bigger animals died out first. They were also good for meat, so the descendants of Noah hunted many of them to extinction.
However, some survived into the days of the patriarchs, and the text implies this.
Extinction of species occurs for many reasons - disease, hunting, natural death, etc.
The animals we see today have always been like that. They did not evolve and there is no proof they did.
There is no proof at all for the 'evolution' of man. The men we see today have always looked like that. (races are a different matter and are not the result of evolution, but of mutation within species).
The constructs we see in museums are from imagination, not from fact, except for a very small number of animals found with their fur or skin on. Even then, much is left to speculation.
The above views are based on genuine science and logical deduction. But, go along with evolution and you will believe their wrong perceptions. At any rate, remember that what they say is speculation, not fact. Right now on British TV there is a series that says an asteroid destroyed the dinosaurs. but there is no proof of such an incident! Bear in mind that these spectacular series are produced not based on science, but on the vivid imaginations of graphic designers who make the films!
This was admitted-to by scientists who put forward the Walking With Dinosaurs' series! | 2019-04-21T19:07:15 | http://www.christiandoctrine.com/in-the-news/science-and-environment/836-did-a-giant-asteroid-kill-off-the-dinosaurs |
0.999507 | For PC users, music files may be transferred to the KEY Ring Audio player simply via Windows Explorer: 1. Hook up the player to the PC via the USB connector. 2. Have Windows Explorer running and select the files to download from your music file source directory. 3. Drag & Drop or Copy & Paste the selected files onto the player labeled as REMOVABLE DRIVE in Windows Explorer. 4. Please wait for your PC to complete the data transfer to your player. The data transfer may not be synchronized with the progress bar shown by Windows. The display animation will stop once the data transfer is complete. 5. Once the transfer process is complete, you may click on the removal icon on the task tray to stop and eject the player. When a message saying the USB device can now be safely removed from the system appears, click OK and remove your player. In Win98, there is no removal icon. You can remove the player when the light of the Key Ring Player stops blinking. File transfer via MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX 1. Hook up your Key Ring Audio player with the PC using the supplied USB cable. 2. Launch MUSICMATCH Jukebox on your computer. 3. Click File -> Portable in the MUSIC CENTER to open the PORTABLE DEVICE MANAGER your Key Ring Audio player in the PORTABLE DEVICE MANAGER will be displayed under the Attached Portable Devices folder. If it is not, then install the MUSICMATCH plug-in from the installation CD. 4. You may now drag and drop your selected tracks from saved playlists or My library in MUSICMATCH Jukebox onto the Philips MassStorage Disc USB Device icon under the Attached Portable Devices folder. Check the download status from the track progress bar. After tracks have been transferred to your Key Ring Audio player, click Eject on the PORTABLE DEVICE MANAGER. 5. Once the transfer process is complete, you may click on the removal icon on the task tray to stop and eject the player. When a message saying the USB device can now be safely removed from the system appears, click OK and remove your player. In Win98, there is no removal icon. You can remove the player when the light of the Key Ring Player stops blinking. For Windows 98 users, if after you have highlighted and selected the track to transfer at the download window, the Download button is still unable to be activated or ?grayed out?, then your driver may have not been properly installed. You may need to re-install the driver for Windows 98 by going through the following steps: 1. Have the player hooked up to your PC . 2. Go to My Computer->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager->Other Device . 3. Select and right click to uninstall the yellow question mark “?” USB Device. 4. Unplug the player from the PC. 5. Uninstall the drivers from ?Add Remove Programs? from ?Control Panel?. 6. Insert the installation CD again into the CD ROM drive. 7. The driver for Windows 98 will be installed automatically via an auto application. 8. Hook up the KEY Ring Player to your PC . 9. The computer should detect new hardware and may prompt the user for driver location. 10. Direct the computer to the path c:\program file\Philips\KEY ring 256MB or 512MB for the driver. 11. After the installation is complete, go to My Computer->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager->Other Device . 12. Check to see if the yellow question mark “?” of the USB Device disappears. 13. You may now download music into the Audio player by following the steps described above with MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX or by using Windows Explorer. For Mac users, music files may be transferred by dragging and dropping onto the Untitled disk icon on the desktop of your Mac computer. | 2019-04-25T21:59:03 | https://www.philips.co.uk/c-f/XC000011798/how-to-transfer-files-to-my-philips-key-player |
0.999998 | After selling off his family name last year, Richard Becker has re-emerged as an Australian distributor using the same name and with Female Agents as his first film.
The new Becker Film Group acquired Jean-Paul Salome's drama -- about a five-woman commando unit that parachutes into occupied France in 1944 -- from TF1 International and will release it on 14 screens from August 7.
Becker has leapt back into the Australian marketplace a year after selling his significant shareholding in Becker Group Ltd to regional television broadcaster Prime, and five months after losing a bid to buy back most of the cinema assets. Icon was the purchaser instead.
The second film likely to go out under Becker Film Group is also a period film: Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, a portrait of Leo Tolstoy's final days, set in 1910. Sold by The Little Film Company, it stars Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy, Helen Mirren as his wife, James McAvoy as his secretary, and Paul Giamatti as his disciple.
Becker says he is looking for quality storytelling suitable for specialist screens and older audiences. Ten years ago he believed the market for these kinds of films was the over-40s, but his gut feeling is that the over-35s are now also interested.
'I got very removed from the day-to-day and am enjoying doing everything from calling courier companies and working on posters instead of marshalling people,' Becker said on launching the private company. He wants to hire his first permanent staff member soon.
Becker said his competition was television, the Internet and restaurants, not other distribution companies such as Transmission, which was also launched this year, with Paramount backing, by former Becker employees Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie.
Becker does not intend to expand beyond distribution but has identified a book he would like to produce as a film; he produced December Boys, but it did not capitalize on the high profile of lead actor Daniel Radcliffe (of the Harry Potter franchise).
Becker attracted the attention of Australia's Takeovers Panel and negative media attention when attempting to buy back the Dendy cinema chain, the Becker and Dendy distribution companies, and sales agent Becker Filmed International from Prime.
'I would be lying if I said it did not hurt me (my reputation) a lot but my father would not let me respond,' he told ScreenDaily.com.
Russell Becker, Becker's father and business partner, fell ill at around the same time as the controversy and has since died of cancer.
Becker Group Ltd still exists and Richard Becker said he received no objections from the board when he spoke to them of again using the Becker name.
Prime did not return calls from ScreenDaily.com but Becker understands the name will be phased out.
The Dendy and Becker distribution and sales businesses have been folded into Icon, although the Dendy name is expected to remain on cinemas. | 2019-04-24T10:16:13 | https://www.screendaily.com/richard-becker-leaps-back-into-australian-distribution/4039860.article |
0.999448 | Q. How do I view a summary of an article without reading the whole thing?
Most scholarly articles contain an abstract. The abstract is a brief written statement of the main point or facts in a longer report. The abstract summarizes what the article is about. Reading through the abstract will give you an idea of the information contained in the article without reading further.
An abstract will include information about why the research study was done, what the methodology was and something about the findings of the author(s). The abstract is always at the beginning of the article and will either be labeled "abstract" or will be set apart from the rest of the article by a different font or margins. | 2019-04-18T14:58:20 | https://chat.library.berkeleycollege.edu/friendly.php?slug=faq/69422 |
0.999232 | "For years the UDA has engaged in sectarianism and racism and now it is imposing physical apartheid," said Sinn Féin's Joe O'Donnell, responding to a UDA statement that unionist paramilitaries had drawn an "orange line" around Protestant areas, beyond which Catholics would not be permitted.
O'Donnell, Belfast's deputy mayor, lives in the nationalist Short Strand, a Catholic enclave in a predominantly unionist area of Belfast. Two years ago, the area endured months of violent attack after it was besieged by unionist paramilitaries.
"The UDA's orange line is nothing more than an attempt to intimidate Catholics," said the Short Strand councillor. "This is Nazism at its most base."
Issuing sectarian threats might seem a strange way to mark the anniversary of the so-called loyalist ceasefire but then, as everyone knows, when it comes to threats and violence against Irish Catholics, members of the Chinese and Asian community and other ethnic groups, there has never been a loyalist ceasefire.
The UDA and other unionist paramilitary groups like to imagine their violence in terms of defending the Protestant community. But the question is, defending them against what? If the UDA is defending Ulster Protestants from the 'contamination' of those of a different religion or racial origin living next door, then they are nothing more than fascists and it's about time the unionist politicians, both the UUP and DUP, stopped pandering to their racist agenda.
Issued under the auspices of the UPRG, the UDA statement said: "We have declared an Orange line around all Protestant areas, whilst we realise that one community is growing faster than the other, we cannot allow another garden, another house or another street to be attacked."
During recent years, unionist paramilitaries, particularly the UDA, have been involved in racist attacks against members of minority communities, primarily Chinese, Asian and African. In traditional unionist paramilitary style, individuals have been brutally beaten and homes have been targeted and attacked, forcing terrorised families to flee. These attacks have been accompanied by the appearance of nazi-style graffiti, often with reference to fascist groups in England.
It is the general practice in the North of Ireland to distinguish between racist and sectarian violence, despite the fact that to be Catholic in the North is to be identified as Irish and nationalist. When a racist bigot within the UDA targets a Catholic family, who can seriously differentiate the motivation? And yet anti-Irish Catholic violence is often dressed up as something less appaling, even at times 'understandable'.
Any suggestion that ethnic minorities bring violence against them upon themselves would be immediately recognised as so disgusting that anyone peddling such racist nonsense would rightly attract universal condemnation. But such innuendos are routinely attached to violence against Catholics in the Six Counties, even when it is carried out by the same appaling racists that are attacking the Chinese, Asian and African communities.
We have only to recall the outrageous response of many state agencies, civic society and the media to unionist paramilitary violence and abuse of the children of Holy Cross. Rather than condemning outright the blockade of a Catholic primary school and the vile targeting of children, some as young as four years of age, the media and other agencies attempted to explain away the unionist violence of Glenbryn.
During the Holy Cross blockade, unionist violence was explained away in terms of social deprivation as if poverty and unemployment could justify throwing pipe bombs at little girls because they were pupils at a Catholic school. Even the head of the Human Rights Commission, Brice Dickson, characterised the outrageous scenes of grown men and women attacking children and their parents on the way to school as a question of "competing rights". It was a serious lapse of judgement that would later almost destroy the HRC.
Catholic encroachment is routinely used as a justification for unionist paramilitary violence and this is reflected in the UDA statement. "We realise that one community is growing faster then the other," says the UDA. This is an admission unionist paramilitaries rarely concede.
More often, a Catholic family moving into a predominantly Protestant area is depicted as a republican conspiracy to "drive Protestants out" rather than the result of the acute housing shortage experienced by the nationalist community. A situation itself largely engineered by unionist paramilitaries who have traditionally corralled the nationalist community into overcrowded ghettoes through the threat of sectarian intimidation.
The UDA statement's suggestion that Catholics can't be tolerated within predominantly unionist areas because they're all uncontrollable vandals is racist nonsense. "We cannot allow another garden, another house or another street to be attacked," Such a statement is the corollary of suggesting black people can't move into an area because there would be more muggings. Both are outrageous racist stereotypes.
But predictably, the local unionist politician, Nigel Dodds a senior member of the DUP, failed to condemn the UDA statement. Clearly aware of its racist and sectarian overtones, Dodds said he wanted to study the statement further before commenting. "I welcome that there are discussions going on within loyalism on the way forward," said Dodds.
This isn't the first time the UDA has attempted to draw an Orange line (after all it was the basis of partition). Ten years ago, the UDA produced a doomsday scenario that advocated the ethnic cleansing of Catholic populations as a means of securing four out of the six counties.
The scenario had been developed from the academic writings of a professor at Queens University, Liam Kennedy. In an essay 'Two Ulsters- a case for re-partition', Kennedy had argued that two of the six counties would become so overwhelmingly Catholic that they would have to be conceded to the south.
The UDA's doomsday plan further suggested that ethnic cleansing would be accompanied by mass hostage taking in which captured Catholics in the east could be used as "bargaining chips".
"If all Roman Catholics could be rounded up the process could be finished within one to two weeks." Mass expulsion and hostage taking was to be accompanied by "nullification", a euphemism for mass slaughter.
"Roman Catholics stranded behind loyalist lines would be either expelled, nullified or interned." The document considered these options, declaring expulsion as "reducing the demands on food but giving enemy forces extra men". On the other hand "nullification", while "difficult", resolved food shortages without swelling the ranks of the opposition.
Clearly, fascist doctrine and ideology have been part of the UDA psyche for a very long time. In 1994, when the UDA plan appeared in the media, far from condemning it, unionist politicians welcomed the "battle plan" as "a very valuable return to reality".
"While some will no doubt denounce and ridicule their plan, nevertheless it shows that some loyalist paramilitaries are looking ahead and contemplating what needs to be done to maintain our separate Ulster identity," said DUP spokesperson Sammy Wilson. | 2019-04-22T08:24:37 | https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/12478 |
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0.999999 | Why are these acquisitions relevant? Although Verizon (NYSE: VZ) had in previous years been busy selling off its rural phone assets to the likes of FairPoint (Nasdaq: FRP) and Frontier (NYSE: FTR) in areas that aren't core to its business future, the service provider stayed mostly quiet about buying any properties of its own.
It broke that silence early this year when it reached a deal to acquire cloud and managed service provider Terremark for $1.4 billion.
By acquiring Terremark, its largest deal since its 2006 purchase of MCI, Verizon is able to expand its "everything as a service" and data center capabilities both domestically and internationally. When it completed the acquisition, Verizon complemented its buildout of 220 data centers in 23 countries with an additional 13 data centers housed in the United States, Europe and Latin America as well as gaining a number of federal government customers.
Like its newly minted ILEC brother CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), which bought Savvis, Verizon is running Terremark as its own unit.
Terremark has hardly stood still since becoming part of Verizon. The provider has expanded its data center footprint not only in its Network Access Point (NAP) West in Santa Clara, Calif. location, but also opening a Network Access Point (NAP) in Amsterdam.
Now, a report has emerged that Terremark will manage all of Verizon's data centers.
Complementing the Terremark deal for cloud and data center services is its later acquisition of cloud software provider CloudSwitch.
Although it did not reveal the terms of this deal, the acquisition of Burlington, Mass.-based CloudSwitch gives Verizon software that it can use to help ease its enterprise customer's transition to the cloud. Enterprises will be able to transition applications to the cloud without having to change the application at the application or infrastructure layer.
Verizon will now be able to combine CloudSwitch's capabilities to any cloud implementation (private-to-public, public-to-public and hybrid) with Terremark's IT and security capabilities to serve it customer base.
And while many enterprises have and still have concerns about Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam said during the recent 39th annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference that he's seen an uptick in interest in enterprises considering using a cloud service .
"About 18 months ago we had a customer advisory board in Charlotte, N.C., and all of the customers there--I would say maybe 10-20 percent said, we'd be very interested in the cloud and rest said no," he said. "That's almost flipped now with almost 80 percent saying they want to put our stuff into your cloud, and I think the economy has helped that because they see there's an advantage to cut their costs by leveraging our scale and our infrastructure instead of doing it themselves." | 2019-04-20T16:29:14 | https://www.fiercetelecom.com/special-report/verizon-acquires-terremark-cloudswitch |
0.999376 | Consider how frustrating it is to approach a traffic circle, or as we call them in Massachusetts, a rotary, during rush hour. You very slowly make your way towards the circle in a long line of traffic, attempt to merge into a congested circle, travel around to the other side of the circle, and finally exit the other end. Being a bit impatient, I'm usually screaming to myself, "Come on - don't stop! - let's get moving - let's go!"
I play the salesperson's part and the salesperson plays the prospect. This is my preferred method as it demonstrates exactly what the conversation should sound like.
I play the prospect and the salesperson plays the salesperson. This approach works best when conducting pre-call strategy and usually serves to show me how ill-equipped the salesperson is to have the desired conversation.
The salesperson plays the salesperson and another salesperson plays the prospect. This type of role-play occurs later in training when the salesperson has the foundational skills to execute the sales process correctly and to play the sales part with some confidence.
When I finally reach scenario 3 with salespeople playing their own part, it seems a lot like approaching the traffic circle. Let me explain.
When there is a question they need to ask or they need to summarize what they heard, the traffic circle scenario comes to life. They slowly approach the circle, and when they finally reach the circle, travel around it a couple of times before exiting and finishing their comments. In other words, they talk in circles, confusing, distracting and boring their prospect. Take a step toward greatness: Be direct and concise because less is more memorable and powerful while being less confusing and boring.
Consider how a professional baseball or golf coach may break down swing. Take a practice swing or two, get in your stance, use the proper grip, bend at the knees, open some at the waste and shoulders, eye on the ball, smooth, extend, hold your follow through, etc. If you want to hit the ball solidly you must do those things in that order, but you can't be saying those things to yourself as you get ready to swing or bad things will surely happen.
You may have several talking points. You may have rehearsed or even memorized those points; what you want to say about them and the order in which you want to say them. But if you use your talking points and sequence, your prospect will be totally bored by the logic and mind-numbing time it takes for you to go through them. A step toward greatness: Abandon the formality and sequence and simply have a conversation. If there is a question or comment that makes it appropriate to introduce one of those talking points, then fine, but keep it conversational and do not become presentational.
Don't you hate it when a good prospect derails your momentum by asking for references? This is truly a combustion point in selling. (There is a great Disney book on combustion points called Be our Guest) You don't know if the prospects really want to talk with people or are using the reference requests to get rid of you. You don't know whether to provide references, which ones to provide, whether they'll follow up with a call, or what your customers will say to them.
Today, it's helpful to have video on your smart phone, of several happy customers that can speak to any concerns your prospects might have. No delays. No wondering. On demand references and testimonials. Take a step toward greatness: Everyone on the sales team must record a couple of great 1-minute videos from their best and happiest customers. The videos can be shared across the sales team so that everyone has a robust library of customers who can do the selling for you. Third-party testimonials are much more powerful than the promises of a salesperson any day of the week.
Speaking of testimonials, many of you have read my best-selling book, Baseline Selling. Since writing that book, I have written, shared (complimentary) and given you the opportunity to read more than 1,700 articles on sales and sales leadership right here on my Blog. I would be most grateful if you would return the favor by writing a review of my book at Amazon.com. | 2019-04-24T00:33:33 | http://www.omghub.com/salesdevelopmentblog/steps-to-sales-greatness |
0.999662 | What is the ironic result in his success in making the Little Seamstress more Sophisticated?
What does this suggest about attempting to change others to ones beliefs or desires?
Communism came to power in China in the year 1949 and was dictated by Mao Zedong, who later ordered for all educated men and women of China to be reeducated in the countryside. Lou and the narrator were just two of many thousands to be sent off to be reeducated. Lou and the narrator then meet the Little Chinese Seamstress, and Lou, as well as the narrator to an extend fall in love with her.
The result of Lou's actions to re-educate the Little Seamstress to be more sophisticated and cultured, may be viewed by many as ironic as it leads to her leaving the village. The Seamstress's imagination was opened and she planned to discover herself in the large cities of China. By reeducating The Little Seamstress Lou is defying communism and this is shown through a number of symbolic items throughout the book. These defiant acts lead to what Mao Zedong had feared which was an up rise, which Lou had triggered unknowingly, sparking this defiance.
Through Lou's loss of The Little Seamstress, the novel shows that you can't change people to be what you want.
"her more refined, more cultured"
Lou shows little respect for the Little Seamstress thoughts, as he seems to be doing this for himself with little consideration to possible results.
"made her fell good, and more intelligent."
This may give the reader the impression that maybe that be it was not just Lou that planned to make changes in her life, but it was her. She was the one that wanted to explore the world and find out more about who she really is. | 2019-04-22T10:17:11 | https://brightkite.com/essay-on/balzac-plus-the-chinese-seamstress |
0.999996 | Representative Teresa Alonso Leon Party: Representative Jeff Barker Party: Representative Phil Barnhart Party: Representative Deborah Boone Party: Representative Janelle Bynum Party: Representative Brian Clem Party: Representative Margaret Doherty Party: Representative Paul Evans Party: Representative Julie Fahey Party: Representative David Gomberg Party: Representative Chris Gorsek Party: Representative Mitch Greenlick Party: Representative Ken Helm Party: Representative Diego Hernandez Party: Representative Paul Holvey Party: Representative Alissa Keny-Guyer Party: Representative Tina Kotek Party: Representative John Lively Party: Representative Pam Marsh Party: Representative Caddy McKeown Party: The findings supported the authors' predictions that people make predictions based on how representative something is similar , rather than based on relative base rate information.
In another study done by Tversky and Kahneman, subjects were given the following problem: A cab was involved in a hit and run accident at night. Two cab companies, the Green and the Blue, operate in the city. A witness identified the cab as Blue. What is the probability that the cab involved in the accident was Blue rather than Green knowing that this witness identified it as Blue?
The correct answer, found using Bayes' theorem , is lower than these estimates:. Representativeness is cited in the similar effect of the gambler's fallacy , the regression fallacy and the conjunction fallacy. The use of the representativeness heuristic will likely lead to violations of Bayes' Theorem.
However, judgments by representativeness only look at the resemblance between the hypothesis and the data, thus inverse probabilities are equated:. As can be seen, the base rate P H is ignored in this equation, leading to the base rate fallacy. The base rate fallacy describes how people do not take the base rate of an event into account when solving probability problems. For example, participants were asked how many people out of answered true to the question "I am a conscientious person" and also, given that a person answered true to this question, how many would answer true to a different personality question.
They found that participants equated inverse probabilities e. A medical example is described by Axelsson. This statistic often surprises people, due to the base rate fallacy, as many people do not take the basic incidence into account when judging probability.
Research by Bar-Hillel suggests that perceived relevancy of information is vital to base-rate neglect: Some research has explored base rate neglect in children, as there was a lack of understanding about how these judgment heuristics develop. The authors found that the use of the representativeness heuristic as a strategy begins early on and is consistent. The authors also found that children use idiosyncratic strategies to make social judgments initially, and use base rates more as they get older, but the use of the representativeness heuristic in the social arena also increase as they get older.
The authors found that, among the children surveyed, base rates were more readily used in judgments about objects than in social judgments. There was also evidence that children commit the conjunction fallacy. Finally, as students get older, they used the representativeness heuristic on stereotyped problems, and so made judgments consistent with stereotypes. Research suggests that use or neglect of base rates can be influenced by how the problem is presented, which reminds us that the representativeness heuristic is not a "general, all purpose heuristic", but may have many contributing factors.
A group of undergraduates were provided with a description of Linda, modeled to be representative of an active feminist. Then participants were then asked to evaluate the probability of her being a feminist, the probability of her being a bank teller, or the probability of being both a bank teller and feminist. Probability theory dictates that the probability of being both a bank teller and feminist the conjunction of two sets must be less than or equal to the probability of being either a feminist or a bank teller.
A conjunction cannot be more probable than one of its constituents. However, participants judged the conjunction bank teller and feminist as being more probable than being a bank teller alone. From probability theory the disjunction of two events is at least as likely as either of the events individually. For example, the probability of being either a physics or biology major is at least as likely as being a physics major, if not more likely.
However, when a personality description data seems to be very representative of a physics major e. Evidence that the representativeness heuristic may cause the disjunction fallacy comes from Bar-Hillel and Neter Thus, only when the person seems highly representative of a category is that category judged as more probable than its superordinate category. These incorrect appraisals remained even in the face of losing real money in bets on probabilities. | 2019-04-20T02:33:07 | http://tvopale.info/fupi/proprietaere-handelsinvestopedia-161.php |
0.999667 | How to earn quick money from online surveys?
Do you want to earn some quick cash to pad your monthly income? I'm pretty sure a lot of you will say a resounding yes! I have been reading a lot about online surveys and I got curious so I research more about it.
What is an online survey? An online survey is a survey conducted online via PC, tablet or mobile. Online surveys have become more dynamic because you'll maybe be asked to watch a short video or take photos before answering the survey questions.
I have picked several online surveys to which I submitted my registration form and I am doing their surveys now. I will only discuss the online survey from which I actually received monetary compensation because I am 100% sure that it is legitimate, you will not pay anything, you will receive the promised payment and it is easy as pie to do it! In fact after a month of answering their surveys, I already received my first payment from their company.
The name of the online survey is GlobalTestMarket. The company did not ask payment from me to be able to register, it is absolutely free. It promised to pay the respondents in the form of cash or gift vouchers. Upon accumulating 570 life points you can earn Php 500, 1130 lifepoints is equivalent to Php 1000.00 and 1700 lifepoints will make you richer by Php 1,500. You can exchange your points too in their rewards catalogue for vouchers or for donations to charities.
4. You will then receive a confirmation email after submitting the registration form.
5. Once membership is confirmed, members will be able to access their personal page and start any surveys on hand.
Each survey has corresponding life ponts which ranges from 5 points to 100 points. I submitted my registration form a month ago and a month later I completed 570 lifepoints! Yay for me!
I wanted to redeem it immediately, to test if I will be paid for it. I picked to redeem my reward by Paypal. I signed in with Paypal and you have to link your bank account to receive pay out from GlobalTestMarket. The process would just take a few minutes to do.
The total payout amount is Php 450.00, a 10% fee was deducted. In my case after withdrawing the amount of Php 500.00 from Paypal, I was able to withdraw the amount of Php 400.00 at the ATM the same day. My quest to find out if online surveys are legitimate and if they pay was verified to be true by my experience with GlobalTestMarket. The pay may not be much but hey, answering the surveys was easy & fun to do and you get paid for it!
On a final note, check your email from time to time to receive the survey invitations. It is available on a limited time only because if the number of respondents required has been filled up, the survey invitation is closed.
Care to try it? It is fun being online but it would be more fun if you'll earn even a bit from it too!
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0.99846 | Does Anyone Use AIM AOL Instant Messenger Anymore?
Back when I was in middle school and high school, everyone had an AOL screen name and used the AIM instant messaging service. Your screen name was an identifier of what you liked and how funny or interesting you could be. The number of friends on your buddy list showed how popular you were and your placement on those buddy lists meant how well you were liked by that particular person. Literally everyone who was around the age of a teenager and even older used AIM.
But nothing lasts forever, and AIM seems to have died out the way Xanga and MySpace did before it.
While MySpace killed Xanga and Facebook killed MySpace, what exactly happened to AOL's extremely popular instant messenger, considering it had virtually no legitimate competition? It certainly isn't Trillian or any of the other chat services out there. Why isn't anyone using it anymore?
There are two things to blame: Facebook and cell phones.
With the combination of AIM and MySpace, both had a separate function. MySpace had its bulletins, comments and inbox, but it was much harder to carry on a real-time conversation with someone through this. How many times do you really feel like reloading your page? AIM was the solution to that as it allowed you to just flat out talk to people as if you were in the same room. None of the wait for emails, all of the privacy of the normal inbox without having to go through and delete messages later on.
Facebook's notification system for wall posts, combined with its real-time chat for inbox messages puts a huge damper on that. Now, you don't need two different things to accomplish the same task. Cell phones were not abundant at the time that AIM was popular and they certainly couldn't do much more than simply acting as phones, unlike today.
In comparison to that time frame, you can hardly find someone who uses AIM, but its difficult to find someone who doesn't have text messaging on their phones—even older people, who weren't using AIM before. If you couple that with how Facebook's notifications can be sent directly to your phone, you've gotten rid of every single purpose for AIM.
That is the problem that AIM is unable to get around. They have no purpose anymore. Trillian (and to a lesser extent, AIM) has tried to incorporate other services into their notification system such as Twitter feeds, Facebook updates, LinkedIn and Skype. But considering how the big guns are already covered with cell phone text messages and Facebook itself and those other services are a lot easier to use on the actual websites rather than AIM, this doesn't make much of a difference.
It doesn't help, either, that AIM seems to have a lot of problems and has developed uglier interfaces over time. I, for one, still use an old version of AIM for this reason and if it weren't for the ability to use Facebook chat within the program as well as my preference for this particular interface instead of the Facebook one, I would have stopped a long time ago. I'm obviously not using it because all of my friends are...it's a ghost town.
Do you still use AIM, Trillian, Yahoo Messenger or any of these other old programs? Why or why not? | 2019-04-25T02:14:46 | https://www.fanboysanonymous.com/2013/08/does-anyone-use-aim-aol-instant.html |
0.999073 | This Thursday is Ascension Day and this coming Sunday is Ascension Sunday. What is the theological significance of Christ's Ascension?
Traditionally, the exaltation of Christ encompasses four teachings which are confessed in the Nicene Creed: 1. Christ's descent into the nether world ("descended into hell," or "descended to the dead"), 2. his resurrection, 3. his ascension, and 4. his session ("sits at the right hand of the Father"). The first teaching is controversial among Protestants, the remaining three are not.
The ascension is the act by which Christ brought his post-resurrection appearances to an end. The ascension signaled Jesus' departure from the disciples in a "physical" manner. He passed into the "other world" until his second coming.
The Heidelberg Catechism suggests three benefits that we receive from Christ's ascension. First, the exalted Lord in heaven is our advocate in the presence of the Father (Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1; Hebrews 7:25). Since Christ offered the perfect sacrifice for sin, he alone is qualified to be our advocate (Hebrews 10:12). He also communicates through the power of the Spirit, to all believers the gifts and blessings which he died to win for them.
Second, The ascension indicates the exaltation of humanity itself. The Heidelberg Catechism states that we have "a sure pledge that he, as our head, will also take us, his members, up to himself."
Third, It is because he ascends that we can receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. The presence of the Spirit is the sign of our inheritance as children of the Father, brothers and sisters of Jesus. It was only after Jesus ascended that the church received the Spirit (John 7:39; Acts 2:1-11). Therefore, the ascension demonstrates that the risen Lord lives in heavenly communion with the Father and that he takes an active part, through the Spirit, in the working of God in the world.
Traditionally, the ascension has meant 1) the exalted Christ is the priestly advocate who intercedes on our behalf. 2) Christ shares in the sovereignty of the Father. 3) No earthly authority can exhaustively represent Christ since he is free.
The Nicene Creed also states that Jesus "ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father."
Session literally means "a sitting." The Old Testament portrays God as seated on the throne of the universe, thereby signifying sovereignty (1 Kings 22:19; Psalm 2:4; 99:1, holiness (Psalm 47:8, and majesty (Isaiah 6:1-4). In Psalm 110:1, the Messiah is invited to occupy the position of honor at God's right hand. The Messiah's throne is to be one of sovereignty and priesthood (Psalm 110:1, 4; Zechariah 6:12-13) and of judgment (Malachi 3:3).
All of these images are background to the ascension of Christ (Philippians 2:9-11; Ephesians 1:20-23). The book of Hebrews describes Christ's session as the sequel to his one complete sacrifice on earth (1:3; 10:12; 12:2). He sits as high priest after the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 8:1; 10:12). From this position, Christ exercises his priesthood offering intercession for humanity (4:14-16; 2:!7-18; 7:17-27). Christ will do this until all things are subjected to him (10:13). His session also points toward future judgment (2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 19:28).
Douglas Farrow states, "Christ's heavenly session may be likened to a mutatis mutandis, to a period of transitional government. His session, though heavenly indeed, is temporary, not permanent. It is an establishing of the conditions under which, and of the officialdom through which, he is to rule in the kingdom without end" (p. 139; Nicene Christianity: The Future for a New Ecumenism).
Christ's transitional throne in heaven will end when he sets up his permanent throne on earth. | 2019-04-23T08:03:04 | http://www.allanbevere.com/2015/05/why-christs-ascension-is-important.html |
0.999761 | When I first opened the Rgveda I knew only that Vedism was part of the eastern branch of the Indo-Europeans. I did not yet know of the complex deities overflowing with contradictory tales. I did not know that my beliefs were to be mirrored in those of karman, dharman, and Rta. And yet, it was only a short time before I found myself connecting to this ancient religion.
I was understanding ritual concepts that the scholars were puzzled by. I felt the connection to the gods and goddesses that embodied the very elements themselves. I saw my own life of beauty and violence, chaosand order, devotion and selfishness. It was all reflected back to me within the world of the Vedas.
Many years have passed since that moment. I now understand more than I did, and I laugh fondly at the things I thought I knew. The Vedas have become a truth to me. They are my sruti, my Rta, my dharman. They guide me on my way and assist me when I ask.
Is Vedism a form of Hinduism?
Are Kali, Siva, Krsna, Laxmi, Ganesha, Rama, Sita, Hanuman or Durga Vedic?
To answer one question is to answer them all. It is to dig into the past of Vedism and tell all of what we know.
The Indo-Europeans are often split between two physical regions. The western branch includes those cultures who colonized north and west into Europe. The best known of these cultures are the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs, and Norse. To the east the Indo-European cultures migrated into Asia, primarily India, Afghanistan, Iran, and other parts of what is now known as the Middle East. It is this eastern branch with which we are interested.
Dated at around 1700-1500 BCE, we begin finding archaeological remains of the Indo-European peoples in the Indus River valley. Much of this evidence is found in excavations of the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, both now in Pakistan. In both these sites, one finds the remains of an ancient society, then a break where that society suddenly disappears followed by evidence of a new society with an entirely different culture colonizing the same city.
This new society represents the first incursions of those peoples known as the Indic division of the Indo-European culture into the Indian Peninsula. Later, this culture would spread across the land, eventually taking the name of 'Arya' for itself; which which translates to noble'. It is from this root word that we derive the term for the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European's. These people we now also know as the Vedics.
After having established themselves across the north of India, the Vedics eventually had the majority of their religious practices codified into four main works: the four Vedas. There were also several ancillary texts written as commentary, which make up a collection of works known as the Upanisads.
The holy texts are split into two categories: sruti-tradition and smrti-tradition. The sruti sources are ones that have been "heard." These texts were revealed by the Gods to specific Rsis (priests). The smrti sources are those that have been "memorized", and as such have been created by man without divine assistance but based on sruti texts.
The Vedic texts fall mostly within the category of sruti and are known as the Vedas and portions of the Upanisads Veda translates literally into "knowledge." The word veda is derived from the verb vid- which means "to know, to be aware of." Upanisad is broken up with "sad" meaning "sit" and most likely refers to the extreme secrecy that was to be enforced with the sharing of the Upanisads by having the student sitdng beside the teacher. This leaves the word Upanisad referring to "secret text."
There are a total of four Vedas. Three of the Vedas, the Rgveda, the Yajurveda, and the Samaveda, can be dated to between 1500-1200BCE. A fourth Veda—the Atharvaveda—was established slightly later, between 1200-1000 BCE. Each Veda consists of its the main text, or Samhita, as well as dedicated commentary and instruction on that text, which is known as the Brahmana.
The Rgveda consists of more than one thousand hymns that are arranged into ten books. These hymns were meant to be spoken to the gods during ritual and contain the myths of the Vedics. The Yajurveda is a collection of hymns from the Rgveda in the way they were meant to be used during ritual. The Yajurveda is split into two versions: the White Yajurveda and the Black Yajurveda. The basic differences are that the White Yajurveda keeps separate the Samhitas and Brahmanas while the Black Yajurveda mixes the two. There are additional differences in translations as well.
The Samaveda is a collection of songs to be sung during ritual. Some of the material is a reworking of the Rgveda, while the rest of the material is original. The Atharvaveda is a volume which deals specifically with magic and the use of rituals as cures, protection and curses.
The Samhitas are the actual text, or hymns, of each of the Vedas while the Brahmanas are the commentary upon the Vedas. The Brahmanas set out to explain, in detail, the going-ons of the Vedas.
The Upanisads generally date from about 800-600BCE and are made up of twelve Upanisads: the Brhadaranyaka, the Chandogya, the Taittiriya, the Aitareya, the Kausitaki, the Kena, the Katha, the Isa, the Svetasvatara, the Mundaka, the Prasna and the Mandukya. These texts are several ancillary texts written as commentary on Vedism in general.
While the Upanisads show more information on the Vedas, they also show a breaking away from traditional Vedic thought into the basic tenets of what would grow to become Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism). The Upanisads are predominantly thought processes and commentary. The can be seen as a mix of smrti and sruti for the most part.
Past these texts you find yourself within the man made texts of the smrti-tradition. While this in no way demeans their value, it simply must be stated that to a Vedic these texts are made up or commentaries that have been quite removed from their original Vedic thought process.
Two smrti-tradition texts which are still of great use: the Grhya Sutras and the Crauta Sutras. The Sutras were roughly set down between 400 and 200 BCE, although this is just scholastic guess work. The Grhya Sutras deal specifically with household ritual to be performed by the householder. The Crauta Sutras depict elaborate rituals which included one or more clergy.
There are also the Aranyakas, or 'forest texts,' which give us greater insight into the breaking down of the Vedic religion. The Aranyakas, which some sdiolars link as sruti, were philosophical musings and speculation written by hermit-priests who had secluded themselves from society in order to concentrate on the study of the Vedas.
These later texts also include works on yoga, avastu, and jyotish. They also include the Kama Sutra, the Dharma Sutras and the Laws of Manu. In addition, such epics as the Mahabharata, the Gita and the Ramayana are man made creations said to be from the fourth century BCE.
Also worthy of a peripheral note are the holy texts of the Indo-Iranians. This culture was to go on to become the Zoroastrians, and the oldest portions of their holiest text, the Avesta, is dated to around 1000 BCE. Since the Indo-Iranians began as an offshoot from the Vedics, one finds similar god-names (the Vedic Mitra versus the Zoroastrian Mithra, for instance) as well as differing versions of some of the same myths. Occasionally, the Avestan version of a Vedic myth will reverse the point-of-view of the story, thus casting the Vedic Gods instead as demons. There is thus a good amount of evidence that the Vedic-Iranian split was not an amiable one, so the Avesta offers an interesting contrast for comparison.
To the Vedics, the world consisted of three spheres. The first was the earth, the second was firmament (also called the sky), and the last was the intermediate region, or the space between the earth and firmament. Each of the three spheres was divided in additional sections. The ground and heaven were supported by beams, yet the sky was without support. This caused a great deal of discussion by the Vedic on why it did not fall.
The ancient Vedics believed in polytheism, believing all of their Gods to be separate individuals. The vast majority of the gods were the elements such as the wind (Vayu) with some gods being concepts such as speech (Vac).
Towards the end of the Vedic period the belief of kathenotheism came forward. Kathenotheism was the belief and practice that during a ritual, or worship, that the participants called for one God who would then embody all of the attributes of the other Gods within the pantheon.
This change in beliefs was one of the markers of the end of Vedism. From this step it went in monism. Monism is the belief in one God, or higher power, and that all other "gods" are manifestations, or avatars/incarnations, of the higher power.
To the Vedics, upon death, going to heaven was their goal. A great many rituals were performed to ask for the favor of the Gods and wash away shortcomings in an attempt to reach heaven. Heaven was seen as a place of light that was without the negative aspects of life. In heaven there was no disease, no want, no death, no darkness and no fear.
Heaven is shown as an ending to life on earth and a beginning of a life in Heaven with the Gods. There was no reincarnation in the Vedas. The Vedics began as a migratory culture. Due to matters of survival (such as food supply or grazing space), it was necessary for the early Indo-Aryans to maintain a mobile existence. Their existence was often contingent upon the ability to pack one's home and move to an entirely different location. They developed a ritual format where an open space was found and consecrated, then ritual was performed in the open with no permanent structures necessary.
Later, the Vedics were able to establish cities and consecrated permanent public spaces in which to hold ritual. It was merely the scale that changed. As the Vedics grew more successful, the rites grew larger and more elaborate. The format of the proceedings, however, still remained faithful to their roots. Later, after Vedism's fall, Hinduism began to favor private personal worship (called puja and often referring to the worship of idols as an aid in worshiping a god), and established elaborate buildings in which to gather and pray. It is this difference between open Yajna and private worship which in one aspect defines the difference between Vedism and Hinduism.
A few of the basic Vedic practices and beliefs are Rta, dharman, karman and Yajna.
Rta translates quite literally to 'order'. It is the order by which the universe, were it a perfect place, should run. One may conceive an illustration of Rta as literally 'a place for everything, and everything in its place'.
Dharman is personalized Rta. If the world were a play, then Rta would be its script, and dharman would be each individual's particular part. Why does Surya (the Sun) pass across the sky each day? Because it is Surya's dharman - his part in maintaining Rta - that he do so. And, being the steadfast upholder of Rta that he is, Surya fulfills his dharman by faithfully rising each dawn to traverse the sky until dusk.
Karman, then, translates to 'action'. Karman is the embodiment of the actions one takes and the deeds they do. Here there is no judgment of good or evil over these deeds, but one must understand that actions beget consequences. Once again, as in a play one may decide go 'off book' - throwing away their lines and bursting into an impromptu monologue, for instance. In just this same manner, one may choose to ignore their part, their dharman, and do solely as they wish.
They must understand, however, that this action naturally leads to consequence. The consequence may be bad, it may be good or it may be neutral.
Yajna is the term for Vedic ritual. It differs from many religious rituals in that it is public and elaborate, yet does not necessarily take place in an established enclosed space such as a temple or church. This is to be performed by the clergy and follows very strict rules.
The Vedics had their clergy split up into different types. Each of these types was responsible for a specific part in the ritual and attached to a specific Veda. Each member of the clergy went through years of training and was considered an expert in their field.
The four major priests are Hotr, Udgatr, Adhvaryu and Brahmin. It must be noted that all Vedic priests were Brahmins, and there is a specific role performed by a priest who is called Brahmin. This Brahmin is the chief priest of the ritual.
The Hotr is the priest who works with the Rgveda and is responsible for reciting. The Udgatris the priest of the Samaveda and is responsible for the singing done in ritual.
The Adhvaryu is the priest of the Yajurveda and is responsible for all of the points dealing with the ritual.
This includes setting up the ritual space, laying out the ritual items, preparing the ritual fire, gathering the ritual offerings, killing the sacrificial animals, cooking the sacrificial animals, and offering all of the sacrifices to the fire.
The Brahmin is often matched up with the Atharvaveda, but they must know all of the Vedas. It is their job to stand silently by the sacrificial fire and to act as a satellite of the ritual and to correct any mistakes that may happen during the ritual. Because of this, they must know all of the Vedic the Vedas and be familiar with all of the workings of the ritual.
There are several assistants to the four main priests and these assistants had their own titles and specific duties. Some of the additional priests were the Agnidhra (an assistant to the Adhvaryu), the Prastotr (an assistant to the Udgatr) and the Pratihartr (also an assistant to the Udgatr). There was also the Purohita, a Brahmin who performed domestic rituals and often was the primary Brahmin for the king.
Within the ancient society of the Vedics there was a class system which was reflected in the gods. This class system was split up into the Brahmins, the Kshatriya, the Vaisya and the Sudra. The Brahmins were the priest class, the Kshatriya were the ruler class, the Vaisya were the common people and craftsman, and the Sudra were the non-Vedic immigrants (often times serfs or prisoners of wars).
At the time of the Vedics, one was not classified to be within the Sudra class for their lifetime. It works much in the way that modern immigration works today with the individuals being accepted and free to seek out their profession once they had placed themselves within the society. The Sudra could remain Sudra for many generations. They remained such until they found themselves integrated into the society.
The class system was used more as descriptive terms than as a "birth right". Where you laid in the class system was based upon your skills, with the exception of royalty and the above mentioned immigrants.
The Vedics were omnivorous. They did eat meat. They ate cows and just about any other animal they could get hold of. They were not vegetarians or vegans.
The Vedics were defined as patriarchal and patrilineal. Despite the obvious male dominance, the Vedic period gave a certain power to women in its ritual dependant culture. The Vedics viewed rituals as a means of keeping the social and cosmic order of the world and women were vital within keeping these goals.
The coupling of a husband and wife was very important to the Vedics and to their ritual. It was required that any man who was to have a ritual performed had to be wed.
It can be easily suggested that almost every wife had some sort of Vedic training due to the timing of rituals. Every day Householder rituals were to be performed and often the male of the house would be away for periods at a time.
There is proof that there were women who recited the Vedas, sung the hymns and were Rsis. In short, there were female Brahtnins, some of which are credited with certain parts of the Vedas. It was also dependant on the wife to tend to the sacred fire so that it would never go out.
It was not until later times that women began to take on the roles as being impure and it was not until post-Vedic texts that wife burning became popular.
The Vedic culture and religion eventually came to dominate, and define, India. Towards the end of the Vedicperiod the many scholars within Vedism began to start a process of thinking differently about how they were connected to the Gods, to Heaven and to Yajna. It was this questioning mixed with the ramped corruption of the Brahrnins that helped lead the way to Vedism's fall.
The people who had once practiced Vedism were now on their way to adopting new philosophies and ways of communing with the divine(s). The religions that splintered off from Vedism took ideas, thoughts and beliefs from Vedism and brought them into new ways of thinking that were meant to rebel against the Vedic religion, thus negating them as a different sect of Vedism.
Vedism was not allowed to evolve further as a religion, but instead it lay stagnant while other religions splintered off from it. These religions took specific beliefs within Vedisin and followed them to their own ends, thus ending the Vedic period and the religion of Vedism. Some of the the off shoot religions of Vedism are Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), Buddhism and Jainism.
Buddhism is the religion founded by the Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha, in the 6th Century BCE. Like many other offshoots from philosophies spawning from Upanasadlic speculation (Gautama himself was a Ksatriya, or noble, and well-versed in Vedic philosophy), it is a religion begun as a reaction to Vedism and the orthodoxy of that time. Buddhism sees the 'self' as a aggregate of many elements called 'skandhas' which include one's physical form senses, perceptions, deeds, and conceptions. It attempts to free its adherents from the cycle of birth, death, and re-birth by the doctrine of Enlightenment, and contends that salvation is only possible after the elimination of suffering, caused chiefly by attachment, striving, and seduction by the senses.
Jainism is the religion which gradually splintered from Vedism around the time of the Upanisads, and was systemized as a doctrine by Vardhadama (Mahavira) around 550 BCE. It believes in the body and soul as separate, with the soul enmeshed in karmic matter that it must work off in order to reach Nirvana. It's five highest principles, or Vrathas, are: Ahimsa (non-violence), Asathya Tyaga (relinquishing of anger, wrath, and deceit), Astheya (abstention from coveting or thievery), Aparigraha (relinquishing of anger, wrath, and deceit), Astheya (abstention from coveting or thievery), Aparigraha (relinquishment of excess, particularly in regard to property), and Brahmacharya (moderation in earthly pleasures).
Sanatana Dharma, or Hinduism, is not a religion. Rather it is a group of religions found within India that share common beliefs while still remaining very different. Many may even argue that it is not a religion but more a way of life. The term "Hinduism" was not developed by the practitioners, but by groups outside of the religions as a means for labeling the entire Indian people.
Often referred to as the successor religion to Vedism, the Hindu religions are no more the same religion as Vedism than Islam is the religion of the Christians. After the populace began to lose faith in the Brahmins (due primarily to elitism and corruption), they began to turn increasingly to the speculations within the Upanisads. In particular, the Aranyakas (which were originally penned by sunvassins, or hermit-priests living in the wild) provided a road map by which solitary practitioners could re-enact Vedic ritual without the actual physical activity of Yajna.
Also, other philosophical speculation during the late Vedic period, coming most often in the form of derivative texts called Sutras, fed the reform movement. These steps toward short cutting ritual eventually led to a much greater emphasis on private meditation, and an overall philosophy which embraced concepts such as reincarnation, Karma, Dharma, the caste system, and the personification of all gods into a single god-power known as Brahman. With the last step, Hinduism ceased as a polytheistic religion into fell the embrace of monism (monism being the belief in one supreme being and that all other beings are incarnations of the One).
There are many groups within Hinduism that claim a sort of "going back to the Vedas". While these groups are attempting to create a bond with the Vedas, they will never be followers of Vedism while they still hold their core ideals.
These core beliefs are at odds with those of the Vedas. Many followers of Hinduism do translate the Vedas to fit into Hindu thought by changing the translation to reflect the beliefs of monism, reincarnation, the caste system and absence of animal and human sacrifice. However, this poor translators.
A well known movement to go "back to the Vedas" is the Arva Samaj movement. This movement was started in 1875 by Dayananda Sarasvati. It was a movement within Hinduism that was meant to turn back to the Vedas. It was their belief that the Vedas alone were sacred and the only revelation of God. They also believed that all of the sciences of the modern world could be found within the Vedas.
As has been already stated, the Arya Samaj are followers of Hinduism. While they are attempting to go back to the Vedas they are not Vedic. While they do not except the texts past the Vedas, they are still monists, and uphold other Hindu views. In their reformations they rejected Brahaminic control and they are open to all castes and women.
This movement was the second movement of this sort, the first being Brahmo Samaj, both of which had political power. The movement of Arya Samaj helped to contribute to the Indian Nationalist movement and works to convert those Hindus who have turned to Christianity, Islam and other non-Hindu faiths.
There are additional Indian tribes which claim to perform Vedic rituals. However, when you take a ritual and strip it of it's meaning to replace it with new thoughts and beliefs it ceases to be what it was. As is the case in some Hindu tribes in India who make claims to performing Vedic ritual. They may be going through the motions but the two beliefs systems are vastly different.
Notably, when speaking about Hinduism we are talking about the Hindu religions within India. While sharing similar beliefs arid gods, the practices and tenants of Hinduism within Bali, Cambodia and Nepal is vastly different from that of Indian Hinduism. At this point in time, there is no proof that there are any people who practiced Vedism in an unbroken line from the time of the Vedics. Nor is there any proof that there are any practitioners of Vedism within India in the sense of organized religion. It is quite possible that practitioners of traditional Vedism do exist, but we have yet to hear of it.
Hopefully you have come to the conclusion that Vedism is not a form of Hinduism, not only because Vedism came before the Hindu practices but also because the differences between the two faiths. Vedism believes in polytheism, heaven, no reincarnation, no hell, Rta, dharman, karman, sruti and a class system. Hinduism believes in monism, reincarnation, judgement, Karma, Dharma, a caste system, smrti and Brahma.
By the same token one should know that the gods of Hinduism are not Vedic gods, owing in part to the differences between sruti and smrti.
Yet, is Hinduism Indo-European? If not, when did it cease to be such? It is my opinion that when the people rebelled against Vedism and began the offshoot religions that they ceased to be practicing an Indo-European religion.
These individuals turned away from their old religion and embraced a new one, leaving the old behind. Some terms and gods remain but their meanings and status are now quite different. The people rejected the old ways in favour of religions and philosophies that show a great disdain for the Vedic practices.
Logic then has us ask aren't these new religions just natural progressions of Vedism? I would argue that they are not. I would suggest that these new religions were guided by men to separate themselves from the human corruption within Vedism. This was not a natural evolution but a rebellion.
It is true that eventually the Vedic religion may have taken similar turns as the new religions. This is evident in the Brahmanas and Upanisads. However, had Vedism been allowed to eveolve and had it become monistic, or monothesitic, I feel it would still retain the names of the gods of the Vedas and not the new creations of the post-Vedic texts. So why Vedism? Why not Hinduism? Why not Jainism? Why not Buddhism?
When I came to Vedism it was a silent religion. It was facing the fierce battle of the old gods and the new gods, and losing. I felt I belonged more in Vedism than anywhere else: it shares my beliefs, I can converse with the gods, I connect with the rituals.
Why do I not practice one of the offshoot religions? There are three reasons. The first is that because Vedism was built around a nomadic people it was geared more towards community. Community is very important to me, as is the aiding of others. This is not to say there is nothing individualized within Vedism, rather it is very community based. The offshoot religions are more egocentric, focusing on the individual and their path.
The second is the fundamental belief systems. I do not believe in reincarnation. I believe in heaven. I do not believe in karma. I believe in karman. I do not believe in Dharma, Brahma, enlightenment, Gurus or the validity of the smrti texts. I believe in dharman, Rta, free-will and the sruti.
The third reason is one I have put a great deal of thought into. We all know that in many of the Indo-European cultures there are wars between the new gods and the old gods.
Imagine, if you will, that you worshiped the old gods. What would your feelings be towards the worship of the new gods? How would you react to the new gods turning the ways of the old gods on their head until they no longer reflected the old beliefs? What would you think to know your gods were to now live in the realm of scholastic research only? How would you feel knowing your gods were now shadows of their former selves, pushed to back burners and given little to no respect and ridiculed? What would you do in knowing that your gods are being forgotten?
In the Indo-European myth of the old gods and the new gods, the Vedic gods would be the old gods. The new gods are those of the offshoot religions. Rather than fight the old gods, the new gods have created new myths which ignore many of the old gods. This results in the vast majority of the old gods being forgotten with the remaining being demoted to lesser beings. The vast majority of Vedic gods are no longer worshipped. The exception to this is Vsnu.
Vsnu is a Vedic god and he did make it over to Hinduism favourably. Unfortunately, the Vsnu of Hindu lore is not the Vsnu of Vedic lore. The same is said of Surya, Usas and Sarsvati. Surya now has a very minor role, the brilliance of his consort Usas is all but forgotten in favour of Kali, Laxmi and Durga. Sarsvati, who was a minor river goddess deity in the Vedas, is seen as a major goddess of learning in Hinduism having swallowed up the Vedic goddess Vac.
I worship the old gods. I give no respect to the new gods whether they are post-Vedic, pre-Vedic or man made smrti creations. This is why Vedism. It is because Vedism is about bettering myself to help my community. It is because Vedism is not about tying yourself to the score cards of Dharma and Karma. Vedism is about taking responsibility for your actions and your choices. Vedism is about being responsible for your own life. Vedism is about having only one chance to get it right.
Vedism is about honouring the old gods. | 2019-04-19T00:28:41 | https://www.adf.org/rituals/vedic/why-vedism.html |
0.998581 | Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro was pictured arriving at federal court in Brooklyn, New York where the Mexican drug lord is currently on trial.
During Monday's testimony, the court heard how El Chapo was excited about the prospect of getting his life story on film, to evade the soldiers hunting him at a moment's notice and the court heard how he ordered the killing of an informant during witness testimony.
The witness, Alex Cifuentes, was a member of a Colombian drug-trafficking clan when he was sent in 2007 to live with Guzman and his associates at one of the kingpin's hideaways in Mexico - complete with satellite TV and maid service - 'for business reasons,' he told jurors in federal court in Brooklyn.
Business was as robust as Guzman's vanity: Cifuentes testified last week that his organization ended up making $40 million a month by supplying stockpiles of cocaine that the Sinaloa cartel smuggled into the United States.
Lawyers for Guzman say Cifuentes is one of several cooperators who are framing their client in hopes of getting leniency in their own cases.
Cifuentes described Monday how when his wife suggested that Guzman should make a movie about his life as a near-mythical outlaw on the run, 'He loved the idea.' There were two drafts of the story written but it never made it to production, he said. | 2019-04-19T14:17:14 | https://www.longroom.com/discussion/1327251/witness-at-us-trial-says-el-chapo-wanted-informant-killed |
0.999482 | USA Today has this interesting article about tomb robbing in China. See http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-06-23-tomb-raiders-china_N.htm The article belies the claim made by the archaeological community during hearings on the Chinese MOU that most artifacts from looted tombs leave the country. Although the article takes a dim view of collecting, it does nonetheless also acknowledge that it is now a popular pastime in China. If anything, it will become more popular in the future. Mao forbid collecting and his student mobs destroyed many historical artifacts during the Cultural Revolution, but China's present rulers seem to want to encourage the links collecting engenders between the Chinese people and their glorious past.
Are the State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and its Cultural Heritage Center Above the Law?
Ann Stock was confirmed this week as Assistant Secretary for the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. One would hope that she takes President Obama's promises of government transparency and accountability seriously, particularly after being queried about it during her confirmation hearings. If so, I do also hope she reviews the long awaited (127 days) response to the ACCG's complaint in the Customs test case. That case was only filed after Customs sat on the coins of Cypriot and Chinese type it seized from the ACCG for almost a year.
In its response, the government argues that the complaint should be dismissed because the State Department's controversial decisions to impose import restrictions on Cypriot and Chinese coins are unreviewable as a foreign policy matter [even though a trade restriction is being litigated].
The brief is silent as to why Customs and State failed instead to make good use of the additional time allowed to respond to the Complaint to file a forfeiture action as mandated by the CPIA.
ACCG will respond to Customs' and State's motion to dismiss within the time allotted. Then, the issue will be one for the Court to decide.
The Guardian Newspaper recently carried this interesting article about artifacts missing from Kuwait's national museum. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/21/kuwait-lost-treasures-stolen-riches-rift-iraq The looting of the Iraq Museum in the aftermath of the 2003 American invasion became a cause celebre for the archaeological community. In contrast, the looting of Kuwait's museum in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of that country has been largely ignored, even though valuable pieces remain missing two decades later.
Ironically, some of the artifacts ended up on display in the Iraq Museum, before they were ultimately returned under pressure before the Second Gulf War. As far as I know, there has been nothing published about whether Saddam's regime involved Iraq Museum personnel in transferring artifacts there for "safekeeping."
The Washington Post reports that Ann Stock has been confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/06/this_just_in_ann_stock.html Hopefully, one of her first orders of business will be to restore transparency and accountability at the Bureau's Cultural Heritage Center and ensure the bureaucracy's fidelity to both the words and the spirit of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. See http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/search/label/CPAC and http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/search/label/transparency Stock will presumably be the decision maker for the pending renewal of the State Department's MOU with Italy. See http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/search/label/Italian%20MOU Hopefully, she will heed the views of the 2000 or so coin collectors who expressed concern that the renewal might be used to extend new restrictions to coins.
On November 3, 2010, the ABA's Art and Cultural Heritage law section will sponsor a panel discussion on protecting cultural property in the event of armed conflict at the ABA's International Law Section Fall Meeting in Paris.
Panel members include Irina Bokova (invited) , UNESCO's chief, Karl von Hapsburg of the Blue Shield, Hays Parks of the US Department of Defense (invited) and Jiri Toman from Santa Clara University.
Patty Gerstenblith of DePaul University will serve as panel chair.
Coins Weekly has this interesting story about a German administrative court ordering the return of low value collectors' coins despite government claims the collection was "stolen." See http://www.coinsweekly.com/index.php?pid=4&l=en&id=176 The collector was also awarded costs,. but these likely did not compensate him for the heartache he suffered. At least, the German court put the breaks on apparent government overreaching. One wonders what happened to the other collectors who were also being investigated due to their eBay purchases, though.
Today's Federal Register indicates CPAC will hold a public meeting to consider whether the current MOU with Nicaragua will be extended. See http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-14502.htm and http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-14531.htm CPAC will also conduct a closed interim review of the MOU with Bolivia during the same meeting.
The notice also indicates that "possible additional restrictions on certain ethnological material" will be considered in the context of the Nicaraguan renewal, but provides no further detail.
This is actually an improvement over prior practice. Just in May, coin collectors and representatives of the numismatic trade appeared in force at a CPAC meeting on Italy because they were unsure whether new restrictions on coins would be considered in the context of that renewal hearing. Whether Italy has actually formally requested new import restrictions on coins remains a mystery.
In 2007, the first public notice of Cyprus' request to extend import restrictions to coins in the context of a renewal came at the public session of CPAC itself.
One thus wonders who Dodd thinks should hold the artifacts on behalf of the people of Peru, if not its government.
Dodd's statements also need to be put in some context. Artdaily fails to mention it, but Dodd has been a consistent supporter of left-wing causes in Latin America throughout his career. See http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/01/shilling_for_the_new_castro.html Under the circumstances, he is likely not approaching this particular issue as some neutral mediator.
One also must wonder whether Yale really cares all that much what Dodd thinks at this point. Dodd decided to retire from the Senate earlier this year rather than face the wrath of irate voters angry that he had received special treatment from a mortgage company that fell within the oversight of the Senate Banking Committee, which he chairs. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/06/AR2010010600023.html It certainly has not helped Dodd's political legacy that the company in question-- Countrywide-- helped spark the nation's sub-prime mortgage crisis. And, then, Dodd got into further political trouble when he was accused of helping to preserve the bonuses of executives of insurance giant AIG, which had just received a huge federal bailout.
Ironically, Hiram Bingham, who brought the artifacts to Yale in the first place, also once represented Connecticut as a U.S. Senator. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_III And, as his biography notes, like Dodd, Bingham also left the Senate under somewhat of a cloud.
The DC Circuit has denied the government's motion for summary affirmance of Judge Leon's ruling in the Freedom of Information Act case brought against the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs ("ECA") by numismatic groups.
The Court also granted a motion by certain former members of the President's Cultural Property Advisory Committee to participate in the appeal in support of more transparency in the State Department's handling of import restrictions requests.
The State Department had claimed that the views of former CPAC members were "irrelevant" to the issues.
One wonders why President Obama's promises of government transparency and accountability have yet to sink into the State Department's Cultural Heritage Center.
Will Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy Judith McHale, President Obama's political appointee, take notice? Will Ann Stock, nominee to head ECA, take stock of the situation at the Cultural Heritage Center once she is confirmed to her post? One hopes so.
The DC Circuit is expected to issue a briefing schedule for the appeal shortly.
The icon in question depicted Saint Mamas. Saint Mamas is the patron saint of Turkish-occupied Morphou. I assume that at least suggests the possibility that the icon originated from this town. The article does not state whether there is any suspicion it may have been looted when Turkish troops invaded the Island, but one wonders whether that possibility factored into the auction house's decision to donate the icon to the Orthodox Church.
As I indicated in my original blog post about this auction, I am happy Cyprus is allowing sales of antique icons on the Island, but I do question whether the auction organizers were afforded some special treatment.
One wonders if this may have to do with the fact that the auction's organizer seems to have good relations with Saving Antiquities for Everyone.
See http://www.savingantiquities.org/feature_page.php?featureID=6 (post attributed to auction organizer who was instrumental in the return of other icons associated with Morphou to the Orthodox Church).
As the museums have relinquished dozens of artworks that Italy claims were looted, receiving loans of other objects in exchange, officials on both sides have talked about a new era of collaboration.
But now an Italian investigation of a second American museum curator, in a case involving similar allegations of criminal conspiracy, seems likely to upend assumptions about any rapprochement. According to a 14-page legal notice from the public prosecutor’s office in Rome, J. Michael Padgett, 56, antiquities curator at the Princeton University Museum of Art, is a focus of a criminal investigation of “the illegal export and laundering” of Italian archaeological objects. Once again an American may be facing a drawn-out legal ordeal, and at least the hypothetical threat of incarceration in a foreign country, for acquiring art for a museum — something that was unheard of before the Getty case, and that many museum professionals believed was not going to happen again.
One wonders if the Italian Cultural Ministry was consulted about this issue, particularly because news of the investigation coincides with efforts to negotiate a renewal of the current MOU on antiquities with Italy. Museums had generally supported the renewal with some modifications to ensure that long-term loans would be available to all, but one suspects this news may prompt at least some of them to have second thoughts.
Archaeological purists will no doubt be horrified, but its nice to see this example of collaboration between a well-known numismatic firm and scholars to further the study of numismatics.
A two-day conference with the theme Judaea and Rome in Coins, 65 BCE to 135 AD, will be held at the premises of Spink and Son Ltd. in London on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th September 2010.
This event, co-ordinated by David Jacobson, Nikos Kokkinos and Philip Skingley and co-sponsored by the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London (UCL), follows two previous London conferences (The World of the Herods and Nabataeans in 2001 and Herod and Augustus in 2005), which were successful events and have become reference points.
The period covered spans the Roman conquest of Judaea by Pompey through to the last major Jewish uprising against Roman rule under Simon Bar-Kokhba, and encompasses the birth of Christianity. The past few decades have seen considerable advances in numismatic scholarship dealing with this period, partly stimulated by archaeological exploration and numerous coin finds, which have shed new light on the historical events and associated political, social and economic issues. We should like to use this conference to exchange views and analyse the fresh developments from new perspectives.
Well-known experts in the fields of Roman and Jewish numismatics will be delivering lectures in four sessions over two days, these are: Michel Amandry, Rachel Barkay, Andrew Burnett, Kevin Butcher, Ted Buttrey, Kenneth Lonnqvist, Sam Moorehead, Danny Syon and Boaz Hospitality in the form of buffet lunches and refreshments will be provided. The Conference Proceedings will be published.
A small related exhibition will be on display in the Spink showrooms for the duration of the Conference and a visit to the British Museum is scheduled where a further related exhibition is planned.
The cost of participation for the four sessions is £80 or £50 for full-time students.
Due to limitations of capacity it is important to register your intention to attend early. A 25% deposit payable now will secure a place on a first-come first-served basis.
One wonders if the agreement will include any provisions relating to the enforcement of export controls or whether current EU regulations are considered sufficient.
One also wonders about the impact of the Greek financial meltdown and Italy's own budget woes. Presumably, anything other than an aspirational agreement will be difficult to finance given economic realities.
It would be interesting if the private sector could be tapped to participate in such cultural exchanges, but that may mean collectors might also have to be allowed into the mix! | 2019-04-18T11:12:58 | http://culturalpropertyobserver.blogspot.com/2010/06/ |
0.998575 | What should a girl do when after her father`s death she discovers that the man she promised to marry is her half brother? Rosamund is unable to tell her secret, and to protect Francis and his mother she flees all that she holds dear in Cornwall without explanation to start a new life. In Yorkshire, following a traumatic accident, she embarks on a nursing career. She strives to rebuild the wreckage of her dreams in her search for happiness, while bereft Francis, a Bodmin Moor farmer, remains battling to salvage his ruined hopes. But life conspires after many years to bring the lovers face to face, with unexpected results. Their separate journeys are inhabited by intriguing characters: motherly Yorkshire landlady Mrs Wilson; sinister Ace; Rosamund`s nursing friends – staunch Helen, gritty Amy and vain Sandra; Cornish farmhand Dan`s earthy humour; tragic child bride Ruth, and the elfin half-gypsy child Meri - among others. | 2019-04-26T03:44:51 | https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/contemporary/the-broken-wing/ |
0.99938 | I like to make a batch of these muffins on a Sunday as snacks for the week ahead. I keep them in the fridge and warm them up as needed, but they can also be frozen if you want to store them longer.
1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, sugar and oil. Stir in grated apple, almond meal and two-thirds of the walnuts. Sift in flour (returning any sifted out husks to the bowl) and cinnamon, and mix until combined.
3. Divide mixture evenly between paper cases and sprinkle over remaining chopped walnuts. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of each muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool in tin for 5 minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool before serving.
1. Preheat oven 180°C (160°C fan). Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases and set aside.
finely chopped. Transfer into a bowl and set aside.
3. Place almonds into mixing bowl and mill 15 sec/speed 9 or until finely ground.
4. Add apple and chop 3 sec/speed 6. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula.
of mixing bowl with spatula.
6. Add flour, cinnamon and 40 g of the reserved walnuts and combine 15 sec/Reverse/speed 3.
7. Divide mixture between paper cases and sprinkle with remaining reserved chopped walnuts. Bake for 20–25 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of each muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool in tin for 5 minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool before serving.
If you prefer to use a lighter-flavoured extra virgin olive oil, it also works well in these muffins in place of the macadamia oil.
Dairy-free muffins: Use the almond milk option, instead of cow’s milk.
Nut-free muffins: Omit the walnuts and replace the almond meal with a ground seed mix (such as a mixture of sunflower seeds, pepitas and linseeds, milled until finely ground). Note that without the walnuts, the mixture will make 11 muffins. | 2019-04-18T11:24:53 | https://louisekeats.com/recipe/apple-cinnamon-muffins/ |
0.996176 | The Goldstone Report is the report written by members of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict headed by South African jurist Richard Goldstone.
This article is an adjunct to the Wikipedia article "Goldstone Report". It aims to fill in some otherwise puzzling gaps, presenting missing information from a "Neutral Point of View" to the same "Reliable Source" standard as claimed by Wikipedia.
1.1.1.1 "Not intentionally targeted civilians"
1.1.1.2 "Goldstone Report would have been different"
Gaps appear in the genesis of this report as described in the Wikipedia. It is surprising to see the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) as a source for the fact that they instigated sending a UN mission to investigate the events in Gaza. Goldstone appears to have accused the UN of severe bias against Israel, but not until well after he'd suffered vilification for the report. Mary Robinson is quoted as having made statements regarding bias at the UN that cannot immediately be verified.
On April 1, 2011 Richard Goldstone published a piece titled "Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and war crimes" in the Washington Post.
Goldstone made one significant change to the findings of the report, that Israel had not intentionally targeted civilians as a matter of policy whereas that "the crimes allegedly committed by Hamas were intentional goes without saying". He said that the lack of Israeli cooperation had meant that no Israeli officers were interviewed during the writing of the report. In hindsight, incidents which had been interpreted as the deliberate targeting of civilians may have had other explanations, such as poor intelligence information.
Goldstone also expressed the hope that: "inquiry into all aspects of the Gaza conflict would begin a new era of evenhandedness at the U.N. Human Rights Council, whose history of bias against Israel cannot be doubted". and: "That comparatively few Israelis have been killed by the unlawful rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza in no way minimizes the criminality. The U.N. Human Rights Council should condemn these heinous acts in the strongest terms."
Goldstone commended Israel for responding to his report by revising military procedures to e.g. limit the use of white phosphorus in civilian areas.
The statement at the beginning of the "reconsideration" was considered particularly notable by many commentators: "If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document."
Goldstone appeared to justify his change of view by reference to a later UN report on the investigations carried out by each party. The investigation (chaired by former New York judge Mary McGowan Davis) found that "Israel has dedicated significant resources to investigate over 400 allegations of operational misconduct in Gaza" while "the de facto authorities (i.e., Hamas) have not conducted any investigations into the launching of rocket and mortar attacks against Israel." (There is a WS summary of the Judge Mary McGowan Davies report here).
The other authors of the UN report, Hina Jilani, Christine Chinkin and Desmond Travers rejected Goldstone's reassessment arguing that there is "no justification for any demand or expectation for reconsideration of the report as nothing of substance has appeared that would in anyway change the context, findings or conclusions of that report with respect to any of the parties to the Gaza conflict".
Al-Jazeera commented that Goldstone's revised view concerned the intentional targeting of civilians, not other war crimes alleged in the report to have been committed by Israel. Such other crimes included causing civilian casualties by using a disproportionate level of force and attacks on buildings concerning which there was no indication they were legitimate military targets. The same point was made in detail at the popular Mondoweiss blog, listing the siz unchanged broad findings of war-crimes viz (1) Siege on Gaza (2) Attack on political institutions and buildings of Gaza (3) taking insufficient measures to protect civilians (4) "indiscriminate" attacks (as distinct from "deliberate" attacks) (5) illegal weapons, such as white phosphorous and flechette missiles and (6) deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure.
"Goldstone Report would have been different"
The opening paragraph of the "reconsideration" reads "We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 ... If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document."
This statement was headlined in Israel and amongst supporters of Israel, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman claiming "we had no doubt the truth would eventually come out".
The popular blog Mondoweiss commented that the statement "is so patently obvious as to be meaningless, particularly given Israel’s steadfast non-cooperation at the time of the investigation."
The original resolution for the UN urged it to "dispatch an urgent, independent international fact-finding mission" to Gaza (passed Jan 12, while the violence was going on) had only called for an investigation of Israel's actions. Upon being asked to lead the Mission, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson expressed disappointment with the mandate and refused to head the Mission for that reason. She stated that the resolution adopted by UN Human Rights Council was one-sided and "guided not by human rights but by politics." She later expressed full support for the report.
The Wikipedia quotes Goldstone saying that he hoped to see "a new era of evenhandedness at the UN Human Rights Council, whose history of bias against Israel cannot be doubted" but this quote is well after the events as he defends Israel from the charge of apartheid (Apr 2011).
Unsurprisingly, critical reactions to the original Goldstone report and complimentary reaction to the "reconsideration" recieve more coverage at Wikipedia articles than the original report recieved.
Less well reported is that Goldstone maintained that, although the one correction should be made, he had "no reason to believe any part of the report needs to be reconsidered at this time" and that he didn't plan to pursue nullifying the report.
Human rights organizations said that much of the report remained valid. Hamas justice minister Mohammad al-Ghoul was quoted as saying there was nothing to investigate because shooting rockets was "a right of self-defense of the Palestinian people in the face of the Israeli invasion and mass killing of Palestinians."
On the 14th of April 2011 the other three authors of the Goldstone report released a statement regarding Goldstones article in the Washington post. Hina Jilani, Christine Chinkin and Desmond Travers claimed that the significance of the Goldstone retractions had been "misrepresented facts in an attempt to delegitimise the findings of this report and to cast doubts on its credibility". They pointed out that the follow-up committee (on investigations by Israel and Hamas) did not contradict the report and concluded that Israel and Hamas had yet to establish any convincing basis to contradict the report. While Israel had conducted some 400 command investigations into allegations by the fact-finding mission and other organisations these are operational, not legal, and were conducted by personnel from the same command structure as those under investigation. They noted that just three of the incidents had been submitted for prosecution, with two of them completed and resulting in convictions (one for theft of a credit card and another for using a Palestinian child as a human shield). "The committee has expressed serious concerns about the late start and slow pace of the proceedings, their insufficient transparency and the participation of victims and witnesses". The authors also stated that there is "no indication that Israel has opened investigations into the actions of those who designed, planned, ordered and oversaw Operation Cast Lead". One of the most serious allegations about the conduct of Israel's military operations remained completely unaddressed.
The PA had attempted to investigate the allegations made in the Goldstone Report, but had been denied access to Gaza by Israel and the relevant controlling authority. Hamas had not started any investigations on the firing of thousands of rockets into southern Israel.
Typical of over-reaction and misquoting was American Jewish Committee (AJC) Executive Director, David Harris, saying that "Judge Goldstone should apologize to the State of Israel for the accusations of intentionally targeting civilians, which he now admits were unfounded. He should present his updated conclusions to the UN Human Rights Council, as well as to the General Assembly, which endorsed the skewed report, and press for its rejection."
Richard Goldstone published another statement on 31st Oct 2011 stating that "One particularly pernicious and enduring canard that is surfacing again is that Israel pursues “apartheid” policies". Popular blogger Mondoweiss said he was sugarcoating persecution to try and save Israel.
↑ The Goldstone Report "found that there is sufficient information to establish the objective elements of the crimes in question." UNHCR, 27 Feb 2009.
↑ Head of the UN Fact Finding Mission Justice Richard Goldstone presented the report of the Mission to the Human Rights Council in Geneva United Nations Human Rights Council, 29 Sept 2009.
↑ a b Goldstone report: Statement issued by members of UN mission on Gaza war The Guardian, April 14, 2011.
↑ Goldstone recants, but how much is changed? Al Jazeera, 05 Apr 2011.
↑ a b What the Goldstone op-ed doesn’t say Mondoweiss blog, April 2, 2011.
↑ Foreign Minister Lieberman lauds new Goldstone conclusions "we had no doubt the truth would eventually come out" Haaretz 2nd April 2011.
↑ Accounting for Gaza Mary Robinson stated that the resolution adopted by UN Human Rights Council was one-sided and "guided not by human rights but by politics." She later expressed full support for the report. 30 September 2009. DEAD LINK is the one used at Wikipedia.
↑ Lieberman lauds new Goldstone conclusions about Gaza war Goldstone quoted "a new era of evenhandedness at the UN Human Rights Council, whose history of bias against Israel cannot be doubted" Haaretz 2nd Apr 2011.
↑ Goldstone won't seek Gaza report nullification "no reason to believe any part of the report needs to be reconsidered at this time" Associated Press, April 6, 2011.
↑ a b Israel Grapples With Retraction on U.N. Report "the report was essentially dismissed in Israel ... human rights organizations say that much of it remains valid." Hamas: "nothing to investigate" New York Times, April 3, 2011.
↑ US Jewish groups urge Goldstone to retract report Report "has become a tool in the arsenal of those who demonize Israel;" NGO monitor slams anti-Israel NGOs as "lacking credibility." Jerusalem Post. 3rd Apr 2011.
↑ Israel and the Apartheid Slander "One particularly pernicious and enduring canard that is surfacing again is that Israel pursues “apartheid” policies" New York Times October 31, 2011.
↑ Goldstone sugarcoats persecution to try to save Israel "It is shocking that the eminent judge, who damaged his international reputation last spring by stepping away from a UN report he had co-authored in 2009 that was highly critical of Israel, would now step out as an Israel apologist, employing hackneyed and cookie-cutter arguments about a little democracy contending with hostile neighbors" Mondoweiss, Philip Weiss and Adam Horowitz. Nov 01, 2011.
This page was last edited on 4 December 2017, at 11:17. | 2019-04-20T09:06:06 | https://www.wikispooks.com/wiki/Goldstone_Report |
0.998679 | We identify three possible mechanisms of action, though not all of them are forces that we recognise in modern physics (gauge forces).
The collapse of a boson is a movement of energy: a constituent part of the fermion is displaced to another location.
Although this propagation occurs at light speed for all waves and particles, this does not mean that all particles move at light speed. The path for a sequence of collapses may take a 'long walk', or just jitter around the same approximate point, which reduces the apparent velocity of the particle when it is measured over time. Despite identifying this as 'action', it is not a good description of 'force'.
The direct modulation effect is the displacement that a vacuum modulation imparts on a solution.
Fig.1: Phase modulation of Z by ρ, giving W.
When bosons cross each other, the modulators create an impulsive phase shift in the other bosons at the overlap. Using the terms from fig.1, W is modulated by ρ, which is introduced at t1. Had the bosons not crossed, the quantization condition for wave W would have occurred at t2.
This phase modulation causes solutions to be retarded or advanced, so changing the position (and time) of the solution in the vector of propagation.
Typically, this displacement would be tiny, say 10-20 times the fundamental wavelength for a mass of ρ = 10-20. Although this does affect the postion of individual solutions, performing this test across the whole wave cycle would find solutions that are displaced by almost a whole wave cycle, which cancels out the smaller gains [there is detail in the exceptions, which should be explored further].
A statistical tendency of a conserved fermion's bosons to collapse towards the sources of vacuum bosons, is the mechanism for gravitational force.
It is also the origin of charge-based forces, as the displacement effects of organised structured sources (classical bodies) that direct currents of vacuum energy. Both these forces have equivalent nature, as a gradient of vacuum energy flux. | 2019-04-21T04:18:08 | http://johnvalentine.co.uk/po8.php?art=action |
0.999997 | My professional opinion? It was a below-average State of the Union address in a long, distinguished tradition of below-average State of the Union addresses. The speech was prosaic, disjointed and mediocre in theory and execution. But adjectives fail me. It is like a restaurant critic trying to analyze green Jell-O with carrot shavings in it. I realize that some people like it, but it is still green Jell-O with carrot shavings in it.
Let's imagine you are a graduate student in the future who can only get a Ph.D. by reading Tuesday night's remarks. (This is the only reason I can imagine that anyone in the future would read it.) What principles and ideas would it convey?
The packaging — the call for healing and unity — is a very typical Trumpian ploy. His outreach will last only until there is some black athlete to bully, some woman to demean, some tragedy useful to feed ethnic prejudice. Anyone who entertains the notion that President Trump might be sincere should have the word "sucker" tattooed on his or her forehead for cable news purposes.
The largest chunk of the speech was devoted to his immigrant obsession. With Trump, when you strip away all the hatred and fearmongering, there is always another layer of hatred and fearmongering beneath. But why give the wall and immigration such prominence? It is hard to picture a political consultant saying to Trump: "Your majesty, I think we should try the same message that was repudiated decisively in the 2018 midterm election and is ruining the Republican brand for a generation. The 79th time always does the trick."
No, Trump is actually pushing against the views of a majority of the American people. Does this indicate that it is a matter of principle? This is hard to imagine, since Trump once attacked presidential candidate Mitt Romney for being too tough on immigrants shortly after the 2012 election. Trump has no ideology that would reliably predict any view on this matter.
First, he probably thinks he will be judged as a loser if he leaves office without substantial progress on the wall. And he would be judged a loser. Democrats know this, and have the upper hand.
Second, the enthusiasm of his political base may be the only thing that stands between him and impeachment. Some elected Republicans would happily turn against Trump if they were not in abject fear of angering the GOP base. So Trump must keep the base happy at all costs.
Other parts of Trump's speech were incoherent — or at least dependent on Google being broken down. He claims he wants high levels of legal immigration, even though he has proposed to slash legal immigration. He called for action on AIDS and childhood cancer, though he once proposed an 18 percent cut for the National Institutes of Health. He attacked partial-birth abortion, even though he once supported the procedure. And when Trump issues a call to bipartisanship, it is like a murderer speaking at the funeral of his victim.
Yet — and actually a pretty big yet — there were rays of light, made even brighter by the utter darkness surrounding them. Trump's calls to defeat AIDS and fight childhood cancer are truly admirable. On AIDS in particular, the combination of early treatment (which reduces infection) and PrEP (which protects from infection) are making the end of AIDS a realistic goal. Cities such as Washington and San Francisco have shown that, by focusing interventions in the "hot spots" of new infection, rapid progress is possible. Trying to do the same on a national level is a very good idea.
Implementing this approach is the hard part. But there are very serious people involved. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and NIH's Tony Fauci deserve particular credit for getting this issue before the president. And it speaks well of Trump that he included it the speech.
These health proposals show the power of the presidency at its best — the power to set shared, unexpected moral goals. And that is one power Trump should wield more often. | 2019-04-25T06:00:50 | https://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20190207/michael-gerson-dark-speech-contained-ray-of-light |
0.999998 | Work through the following activity to discover the relationships between shapes heights, radii, and volumes. How does the volume of a cone change with a change in radius? What about a sphere? Record all your answers on a sheet of paper or type answers to turn in when you complete the activity. If you choose to type, you must provide a separate sheet of paper for any work. Answer questions completely and carefully. You must explain all your answers for full credit. Sketch diagrams or include screen shots as needed to aid your explanations.
How does the volume of a cylinder change when its height changes?
1) Record the starting dimensions and volumes. 2) Now use the vertical sliders to change the height of the red cylinder (do not change anything for the blue cylinder). Cut the height in half. 3) Does cutting the height in half cut the volume in half? Compare the red and blue cylinders. 4) Create a table of 5 different heights and their effects on the volumes of the cylinders. 5) Write a sentence or so describing how changing the height changes the volume of a cylinder. Think about the equation for the volume of a cylinder. How might that explain the relationship that you are noticing? 6) Now reset the height back to your original height (11 units). Do you think cutting the radius in half will cut the volume in half? Why or why not? 7) Look at how the radius is being calculated in the upper right hand corner. Make sure you look at that number for radius. The number on the slider is the circumference. 8) Use the red slider for circumference to cut the red cylinder's radius in half. How did that affect the volume? If it did not get cut in half, what % did it change? 9) Create a table of 5 different radii and volumes at the same height. 10) How does changing the radius of a cylinder change its volume? How might the volume formula for a cylinder help explain that relationship?
11) Record the dimensions and volume of the cone. 12) Now use the slider to change the height of the cone (do not change the radius). Cut the height in half. 13) Does cutting the height in half cut the volume of the cone in half? 14) Create a table of 5 different heights and their effects on the volumes of the cones. 15) How does decreasing the height effect the cone verses the cylinder? 16) Now reset the height back to your original height (10 units). Do you think cutting the radius in half will cut the volume in half? Why or why not? 17) Use the slider for radius to cut the cone's radius in half. How did that affect the volume? If it did not get cut in half, what % did it change? 18) Create a table of 5 different radii and volumes at the same height for the cone. 19) How does changing the radius of a cone change its volume?
20) What is the ratio of the volume of the smaller cube to the volume of the larger cube? 21) What is the ratio of the surface area of the smaller cube to the surface area of the larger cube?
Play around with geogebra in the work space below. Try to create shapes or graphs, change their dimensions, measure angles, or whatever else seems interesting. See what all the tools do and try to gain a level of comfort with the program.
22) Write a short (2-3 sentence) reflection on your thoughts on Geogebra thus far. Do you like it? Does it seem confusing? Did this activity help you see some new relationships? | 2019-04-23T00:19:40 | https://www.geogebra.org/m/QexEeFRS |
0.999926 | śaunakaḥ uvāca — Śaunaka inquired; hatvā — after killing; svariktha — the legal inheritance; spṛdhaḥ — desiring to usurp; ātatāyinaḥ — the aggressor; yudhiṣṭhiraḥ — King Yudhiṣṭhira; dharma-bhṛtām — of those who strictly follow religious principles; variṣṭhaḥ — greatest; saha-anujaiḥ — with his younger brothers; pratyavaruddha — restricted; bhojanaḥ — acceptance of necessities; katham — how; pravṛttaḥ — engaged; kim — what; akāraṣīt — executed; tataḥ — thereafter.
Śaunaka Muni asked: After killing his enemies who desired to usurp his rightful inheritance, how did the greatest of all religious men, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, assisted by his brothers, rule his subjects? Surely he could not freely enjoy his kingdom with unrestricted consciousness.
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī replied; vaṁśam — dynasty; kuroḥ — of King Kuru; vaṁśa-dava-agni — a forest fire set by the bamboos; nirhṛtam — exhausted; saṁrohayitvā — seedling of the dynasty; bhava-bhāvanaḥ — the maintainer of creation; hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa; niveśayitvā — having reestablished; nija-rājye — in his own kingdom; īśvaraḥ — the Supreme Lord; yudhiṣṭhiram — unto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; prīta-manāḥ — pleased in His mind; babhūva ha — became.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the maintainer of the world, became pleased after reestablishing Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira in his own kingdom and after restoring the Kuru dynasty, which had been exhausted by the bamboo fire of anger.
niśamya — after listening; bhīṣma-uktam — what was spoken by Bhīṣmadeva; atha — as also; acyuta-uktam — what was spoken by the infallible Lord Kṛṣṇa; pravṛtta — being engaged in; vijñāna — perfect knowledge; vidhūta — completely washed; vibhramaḥ — all misgivings; śaśāsa — ruled over; gām — the earth; indra — the king of the heavenly planet; iva — like; ajita-āśrayaḥ — protected by the invincible Lord; paridhi-upāntām — including the seas; anuja — the younger brothers; anuvartitaḥ — being followed by them.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, after being enlightened by what was spoken by Bhīṣmadeva and Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the infallible, engaged himself in matters of perfect knowledge because all his misgivings were eradicated. Thus he ruled over the earth and seas and was followed by his younger brothers.
kāmam — everything needed; vavarṣa — was showered; parjanyaḥ — rains; sarva — everything; kāma — necessities; dughā — producer; mahī — the land; siṣicuḥ sma — moisten; vrajān — pasturing grounds; gāvaḥ — the cow; payasā udhasvatīḥ — due to swollen milk bags; mudā — because of a joyful attitude.
nadyaḥ — rivers; samudrāḥ — oceans; girayaḥ — hills and mountains; savanaspati — vegetables; vīrudhaḥ — creepers; phalanti — active; oṣadhayaḥ — drugs; sarvāḥ — all; kāmam — necessities; anvṛtu — seasonal; tasya — for the King; vai — certainly.
na — never; ādhayaḥ — anxieties; vyādhayaḥ — diseases; kleśāḥ — trouble due to excessive heat and cold; daiva-bhūta-ātma — all due to the body, supernatural power and other living beings; hetavaḥ — due to the cause of; ajāta-śatrau — unto one who has no enemy; abhavan — happened; jantūnām — of the living beings; rājñi — unto the King; karhicit — at any time.
Because of the King’s having no enemy, the living beings were not at any time disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excessive heat or cold.
uṣitvā — staying; hāstinapure — in the city of Hastināpura; māsān — months; katipayān — a few; hariḥ — Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; suhṛdām — relatives; ca — also; viśokāya — for pacifying them; svasuḥ — the sister; ca — and; priya-kāmyayā — for pleasing.
Śrī Hari, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, resided at Hastināpura for a few months to pacify His relatives and please His own sister [Subhadrā].
āmantrya — taking permission; ca — and; abhyanujñātaḥ — being permitted; pariṣvajya — embracing; abhivādya — bowing down at the feet; tam — unto Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira; āruroha — ascended; ratham — the chariot; kaiścit — by someone; pariṣvaktaḥ — being embraced; abhivāditaḥ — being offered obeisances.
Afterwards, when the Lord asked permission to depart and the King gave it, the Lord offered His respects to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira by bowing down at his feet, and the King embraced Him. After this the Lord, being embraced by others and receiving their obeisances, got into His chariot.
subhadrā — the sister of Kṛṣṇa; draupadī — the wife of the Pāṇḍavas; kuntī — the mother of the Pāṇḍavas; virāṭa-tanayā — the daughter of Virāṭa (Uttarā); tathā — also; gāndhārī — the mother of Duryodhana; dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ — the father of Duryodhana; ca — and; yuyutsuḥ — the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra by his vaiśya wife; gautamaḥ — Kṛpācārya; yamau — the twin brothers Nakula and Sahadeva; vṛkodaraḥ — Bhīma; ca — and; dhaumyaḥ — Dhaumya; ca — and; striyaḥ — also other ladies of the palace; matsya-sutā-ādayaḥ — the daughter of a fisherman (Satyavatī, Bhīṣma’s stepmother); na — could not; sehire — tolerate; vimuhyantaḥ — almost fainting; viraham — separation; śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ — of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who bears a conch in His hand.
sat-saṅgāt — by the association of pure devotees; mukta-duḥsaṅgaḥ — freed from bad materialistic association; hātum — to give up; na utsahate — never attempts; budhaḥ — one who has understood the Lord; kīrtyamānam — glorifying; yaśaḥ — fame; yasya — whose; sakṛt — once only; ākarṇya — hearing only; rocanam — pleasing; tasmin — unto Him; nyasta-dhiyaḥ — one who has given his mind unto Him; pārthāḥ — the sons of Pṛthā; saheran — can tolerate; viraham — separation; katham — how; darśana — seeing face to face; sparśa — touching; saṁlāpa — conversing; śayana — sleeping; āsana — sitting; bhojanaiḥ — dining together.
The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed from bad materialistic association, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they have heard them only once. How then could the Pāṇḍavas tolerate His separation, for they had been intimately associated with His person, seeing Him face to face, touching Him, conversing with Him, and sleeping, sitting and dining with Him?
sarve — all; te — they; animiṣaiḥ — without twinkling of the eyes; akṣaiḥ — by the eye; tam anu — after Him; druta-cetasaḥ — melted heart; vīkṣantaḥ — looking upon Him; sneha-sambaddhāḥ — bound by pure affection; viceluḥ — began to move; tatra tatra — here and there; ha — so they did.
All their hearts were melting for Him on the pot of attraction. They looked at Him without blinking their eyes, and they moved hither and thither in perplexity.
nyarundhan — checking with great difficulty; udgalat — overflowing; bāṣpam — tears; autkaṇṭhyāt — because of great anxiety; devakī-sute — unto the son of Devakī; niryāti — having come out; agārāt — from the palace; naḥ — not; abhadram — inauspiciousness; iti — thus; syāt — may happen; bāndhava — relative; striyaḥ — ladies.
The female relatives, whose eyes were flooded with tears out of anxiety for Kṛṣṇa, came out of the palace. They could stop their tears only with great difficulty. They feared that tears would cause misfortune at the time of departure.
mṛdaṅga — sweet-sounding drum; śaṅkha — conchshell; bheryaḥ — brass band; ca — and; vīṇā — string band; paṇava — a kind of flute; gomukhāḥ — another flute; dhundhurī — another drum; ānaka — kettle; ghaṇṭā — bell; ādyāḥ — others; neduḥ — sounded; dundubhayaḥ — other different types of drums; tathā — at that time.
While the Lord was departing from the palace of Hastināpura, different types of drums — like the mṛdaṅga, dhola, nagra, dhundhurī and dundubhi — and flutes of different types, the vīṇā, gomukha and bherī, all sounded together to show Him honor.
prāsāda — palace; śikhara — the roof; ārūḍhāḥ — ascending; kuru-nāryaḥ — the ladies of the Kuru royalty; didṛkṣayā — seeing; vavṛṣuḥ — showered; kusumaiḥ — by flowers; kṛṣṇam — upon Lord Kṛṣṇa; prema — out of affection and love; vrīḍā-smita-īkṣaṇāḥ — glancing with shy smiles.
sita-ātapatram — soothing umbrella; jagrāha — took up; muktā-dāma — decorated with laces and pearls; vibhūṣitam — embroidered; ratna-daṇḍam — with a handle of jewels; guḍākeśaḥ — Arjuna, the expert warrior, or one who has conquered sleep; priyaḥ — most beloved; priyatamasya — of the most beloved; ha — so he did.
uddhavaḥ — a cousin-brother of Kṛṣṇa’s; sātyakiḥ — His driver; ca — and; eva — certainly; vyajane — engaged in fanning; parama-adbhute — decorative; vikīryamāṇaḥ — seated on scattered; kusumaiḥ — flowers all around; reje — commanded; madhu-patiḥ — the master of Madhu (Kṛṣṇa); pathi — on the road.
Uddhava and Sātyaki began to fan the Lord with decorated fans, and the Lord, as the master of Madhu, seated on scattered flowers, commanded them along the road.
aśrūyanta — being heard; āśiṣaḥ — benediction; satyāḥ — all truths; tatra — here; tatra — there; dvija-īritāḥ — sounded by learned brāhmaṇas; na — not; anurūpa — befitting; anurūpāḥ — fitting; ca — also; nirguṇasya — of the Absolute; guṇa-ātmanaḥ — playing the role of a human being.
It was being heard here and there that the benedictions being paid to Kṛṣṇa were neither befitting nor unbefitting because they were all for the Absolute, who was now playing the part of a human being.
anyonyam — among each other; āsīt — there was; sañjalpaḥ — talking; uttama-śloka — the Supreme, who is praised by selected poetry; cetasām — of those whose hearts are absorbed in that way; kaurava-indra — the king of the Kurus; pura — capital; strīṇām — all the ladies; sarva — all; śruti — the Vedas; manaḥ-haraḥ — attractive to the mind.
Absorbed in the thought of the transcendental qualities of the Lord, who is sung in select poetry, the ladies on the roofs of all the houses of Hastināpura began to talk of Him. This talk was more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas.
saḥ — He (Kṛṣṇa); vai — as I remember; kila — definitely; ayam — this; puruṣaḥ — Personality of Godhead; purātanaḥ — the original; yaḥ — who; ekaḥ — only one; āsīt — existed; aviśeṣaḥ — materially unmanifested; ātmani — own self; agre — before creation; guṇebhyaḥ — of the modes of nature; jagat-ātmani — unto the Supersoul; īśvare — unto the Supreme Lord; nimīlita — merged into; ātman — the living entity; niśi supta — inactive at night; śaktiṣu — of the energies.
saḥ — He; eva — thus; bhūyaḥ — again; nija — own personal; vīrya — potency; coditām — performance of; sva — own; jīva — living being; māyām — external energy; prakṛtim — unto material nature; sisṛkṣatīm — while re-creating; anāma — without mundane designation; rūpa-ātmani — forms of the soul; rūpa-nāmanī — forms and names; vidhitsamānaḥ — desiring to award; anusasāra — entrusted; śāstra-kṛt — the compiler of revealed scripture.
The Personality of Godhead, again desiring to give names and forms to His parts and parcels, the living entities, placed them under the guidance of material nature. By His own potency, material nature is empowered to re-create.
saḥ — He; vai — by providence; ayam — this; yat — that which; padam atra — here is the same Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa; sūrayaḥ — great devotees; jita-indriyāḥ — who have overcome the influence of the senses; nirjita — thoroughly controlled; mātariśvanaḥ — life; paśyanti — can see; bhakti — by dint of devotional service; utkalita — developed; amala-ātmanā — those whose minds are thoroughly cleansed; nanu eṣaḥ — certainly by this only; sattvam — existence; parimārṣṭum — for purifying the mind completely; arhati — deserve.
Here is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead whose transcendental form is experienced by the great devotees who are completely cleansed of material consciousness by dint of rigid devotional service and full control of life and the senses. And that is the only way to purify existence.
saḥ — He; vai — also; ayam — this; sakhi — O my friend; anugīta — described; sat-kathaḥ — the excellent pastimes; vedeṣu — in the Vedic literatures; guhyeṣu — confidentially; ca — as also; guhya-vādibhiḥ — by the confidential devotees; yaḥ — one who; ekaḥ — one only; īśaḥ — the supreme controller; jagat — of the complete creation; ātma — Supersoul; līlayā — by manifestation of pastimes; sṛjati — creates; avati atti — also maintains and annihilates; na — never; tatra — there; sajjate — becomes attached to it.
yadā — whenever; hi — assuredly; adharmeṇa — against the principles of God’s will; tamaḥ-dhiyaḥ — persons in the lowest material modes; nṛpāḥ — kings and administrators; jīvanti — live like animals; tatra — thereupon; eṣaḥ — He; hi — only; sattvataḥ — transcendental; kila — certainly; dhatte — is manifested; bhagam — supreme power; satyam — truth; ṛtam — positiveness; dayām — mercy; yaśaḥ — wonderful activities; bhavāya — for the maintenance; rūpāṇi — in various forms; dadhat — manifested; yuge — different periods; yuge — and ages.
aho — oh; alam — verily; ślāghya-tamam — supremely glorified; yadoḥ — of King Yadu; kulam — dynasty; aho — oh; alam — verily; puṇya-tamam — supremely virtuous; madhoḥ vanam — the land of Mathurā; yat — because; eṣaḥ — this; puṁsām — of all the living beings; ṛṣabhaḥ — supreme leader; śriyaḥ — of the goddess of fortune; patiḥ — husband; sva-janmanā — by His appearance; caṅkramaṇena — by crawling; ca añcati — glories.
Oh, how supremely glorified is the dynasty of King Yadu, and how virtuous is the land of Mathurā, where the supreme leader of all living beings, the husband of the goddess of fortune, has taken His birth and wandered in His childhood.
aho bata — how wonderful this is; svaḥ-yaśasaḥ — the glories of the heavenly planets; tiraskarī — that which defeats; kuśasthalī — Dvārakā; puṇya — virtue; yaśaskarī — famous; bhuvaḥ — the planet earth; paśyanti — see; nityam — constantly; yat — that which; anugraha-iṣitam — to bestow benediction; smita-avalokam — glance with the favor of sweet smiling; sva-patim — unto the soul of the living being (Kṛṣṇa); sma — used to; yat-prajāḥ — the inhabitants of the place.
Undoubtedly it is wonderful that Dvārakā has defeated the glories of the heavenly planets and has enhanced the celebrity of the earth. The inhabitants of Dvārakā are always seeing the soul of all living beings [Kṛṣṇa] in His loving feature. He glances at them and favors them with sweet smiles.
nūnam — certainly in the previous birth; vrata — vow; snāna — bath; huta — sacrifice in the fire; ādinā — by all these; īśvaraḥ — the Personality of Godhead; samarcitaḥ — perfectly worshiped; hi — certainly; asya — His; gṛhīta-pāṇibhiḥ — by the married wives; pibanti — relishes; yāḥ — those who; sakhi — O friend; adhara-amṛtam — the nectar from His lips; muhuḥ — again and again; vraja-striyaḥ — the damsels of Vrajabhūmi; sammumuhuḥ — often fainted; yat-āśayāḥ — expecting to be favored in that way.
O friends, just think of His wives, whose hands He has accepted. How they must have undergone vows, baths, fire sacrifices and perfect worship of the Lord of the universe to constantly relish now the nectar from His lips [by kissing]. The damsels of Vrajabhūmi would often faint just by expecting such favors.
yā — the lady; vīrya — prowess; śulkena — by payment of the price; hṛtāḥ — taken away by force; svayaṁvare — in the open selection of the bridegroom; pramathya — harassing; caidya — King Śiśupāla; pramukhān — headed by; hi — positively; śuṣmiṇaḥ — all very powerful; pradyumna — Pradyumna (Kṛṣṇa’s son); sāmba — Sāmba; amba — Amba; suta-ādayaḥ — children; aparāḥ — other ladies; yāḥ — those; ca — also; āhṛtāḥ — similarly brought; bhauma-vadhe — after killing kings; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands.
The children of these ladies are Pradyumna, Sāmba, Amba, etc. Ladies like Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā and Jāmbavatī were forcibly taken away by Him from their svayaṁvara ceremonies after He defeated many powerful kings, headed by Śiśupāla. And other ladies were also forcibly taken away by Him after He killed Bhaumāsura and thousands of his assistants. All of these ladies are glorious.
etāḥ — all these women; param — highest; strītvam — womanhood; apāstapeśalam — without individuality; nirasta — without; śaucam — purity; bata sādhu — auspiciously glorified; kurvate — do they make; yāsām — from whose; gṛhāt — homes; puṣkara-locanaḥ — the lotus-eyed; patiḥ — husband; na jātu — never at any time; apaiti — goes away; āhṛtibhiḥ — by presentation; hṛdi — in the heart; spṛśan — endeared.
evaṁvidhāḥ — in this way; gadantīnām — thus praying and talking about Him; saḥ — He (the Lord); giraḥ — of words; pura-yoṣitām — of the ladies of the capital; nirīkṣaṇena — by His grace of glancing over them; abhinandan — and greeting them; sa-smitena — with a smiling face; yayau — departed; hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead.
While the ladies of the capital [Hastināpura] were greeting Him and talking in this way, the Lord, smiling, accepted their good greetings, and casting the grace of His glance over them, He departed from the city.
ajāta-śatruḥ — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, who was no one’s enemy; pṛtanām — defensive forces; gopīthāya — for giving protection; madhu-dviṣaḥ — of the enemy of Madhu (Śrī Kṛṣṇa); parebhyaḥ — from others (enemies); śaṅkitaḥ — being afraid of; snehāt — out of affection; prāyuṅkta — engaged; catuḥ-aṅginīm — four defensive divisions.
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, although no one’s enemy, engaged four divisions of defense [horse, elephant, chariot and army] to accompany Lord Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of the asuras [demons]. The Mahārāja did this because of the enemy, and also out of affection for the Lord.
atha — thus; dūrāgatān — having accompanied Him for a long distance; śauriḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; kauravān — the Pāṇḍavas; virahāturān — overwhelmed by a sense of separation; sannivartya — politely persuaded; dṛḍham — determined; snigdhān — full of affection; prāyāt — proceeded; sva-nagarīm — towards His own city (Dvārakā); priyaiḥ — with dear companions.
Out of profound affection for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Pāṇḍavas, who were of the Kuru dynasty, accompanied Him a considerable distance to see Him off. They were overwhelmed with the thought of future separation. The Lord, however, persuaded them to return home, and He proceeded towards Dvārakā with His dear companions.
kuru-jāṅgala — the province of Delhi; pāñcālān — part of the province Pānjab; śūrasenān — part of the province of Uttar Pradesh; sa — with; yāmunān — the districts on the bank of the Yamunā; brahmāvartam — part of northern Uttar Pradesh; kurukṣetram — the place where the battle was fought; matsyān — the province Matsya; sārasvatān — part of Punjab; atha — and so on; maru — Rajasthan, the land of deserts; dhanvam — Madhya Pradesh, where water is very scanty; ati-kramya — after passing; sauvīra — Saurastra; ābhīrayoḥ — part of Gujarat; parān — western side; ānartān — the province of Dvārakā; bhārgava — O Śaunaka; upāgāt — overtaken by; śrānta — fatigue; vāhaḥ — the horses; manāk vibhuḥ — slightly, because of the long journey.
O Śaunaka, the Lord then proceeded towards Kurujāṅgala, Pāñcālā, Śūrasenā, the land on the bank of the river Yamunā, Brahmāvarta, Kurukṣetra, Matsya, Sārasvata, the province of the desert and the land of scanty water. After crossing these provinces He gradually reached the Sauvīra and Ābhīra provinces, then, west of these, reached Dvārakā at last.
tatra tatra — at different places; ha — it so happened; tatratyaiḥ — by local inhabitants; hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead; pratyudyata-arhaṇaḥ — being offered presentations and worshipful regards; sāyam — the evening; bheje — having overtaken; diśam — direction; paścāt — western; gaviṣthaḥ — the sun in the sky; gām — to the ocean; gataḥ — having gone; tadā — at that time. | 2019-04-19T20:20:54 | http://gaudiya.redzambala.com/srimad-bhagavatam/srimad-bhagavatam-canto-1-chapter-10.html |
0.999999 | Another way to consider assessing learning happening in games and simulation is through epistemic network analysis.
We looked at Epistemic Games in Week 4.
Could this method of assessment be useful in your content area?
What learning theories are informing it?
At first I thought epistemic gaming didn't have much to do with my grade 6 classroom. It seemed a lot more relevant to an older audience and a more specific course. For instance, it makes perfect sense for a nursing student to play an epistemic game where they act as a nurse. But would it make sense for a twelve year old?
With a bit more thought, though, I realized that epistemic games can be used in a much wider context. I mean, Half Life isn't an epistemic game, but what you're doing is putting yourself in the position of a physicist and being asked to identify with that character.
So why shouldn't a sixth grade student learn about space by pretending to be an astronaut or a scientist? One of the areas in grade 6 science in our curriculum is forensics and crime analysis, and I'm considering if some of the CSI games (there was one for the DS that, while not particularly fantastic, did use an awful lot of criminal investigation techniques -- I just have to review it to make sure it's appropriate for the age group) would be useful in helping them learn the objectives.
TL;DNR: Epistemic games have a lot more use than I originally thought, and I think the element of fantasy they encourage could be extremely useful in engaging students at any level.
I see real promise in Epistemic Games for assessment. Games allow players to develop skills and knowledge over increasing levels of difficulty. Players succeed or fail through ongoing formative assessment and only when they actually have mastered relevant skills / knowledge do they advance.
For Epistemic Games to really help us assess student learning in school, we'll need to be careful to clarify the learning outcomes and make sure the player is practicing and being promoted (or not) in the game based on actual mastery.
Very interesting prospect I think.
I do think epistemic frames can be adjusted for grade levels. What you wrote reminded me of what Lisa Dawley and Chris Haskell are doing with NOAA with Planet Stewards. http://planetstewards.wordpress.com/ While their assessment is badges (and yes I think we can figure out how to mix epistemic network analysis with badging) it is placing the students in the role. I especially love this because it could end being combined with the citizen science movement.
And by the way that you so much for the leads on the open badging sites!
Agreed - I think we need to keep up the discussion on "gaming the system" or gaming the game. It needs to be addressed and we need to be as critical about our choice of games as we are about text or textbooks.
Feel free to call me "AK"
I remember the "cheating" case and had sincerely hoped that it would lead to maybe even a national discussion of the outsourcing of assessment to test banks from textbook publishers. A large lecture management course at a university, where the professor claims to write his own test questions finds out that a number of his students are using the publisher test bank to study for the questions. So of course this led to a student claim that they were gaming the system by using the test bank and key. The professor called it cheating.
Is it? If you can google and find a test bank - or in an online class google the answers and pass the course is real learning or real instruction happening there. Or is it just a system or process with the end result being get as high a score as possible. This is where I believe not only students need to think critically but also instructors and administration.I think as an educator, you need to look at your assessment or your homework manager that auto-grades and see is there a way to game it without having learned the material. If it possible or even easy, then I don't believe it's just about the students have the integrity not to cheat but you as an educator having the integrity to find a different way to evaluate if learning is taking place and to adjust if it isn't.
Agreed -- Planet Stewards provides a really interesting example of what can be done.
In my Intro to Business class, I'm piloting the use of World of Warcraft as an epistemic game for business. Specifically, I'm focusing students on the epistemic frame of the Auction House and the Crafting system. Students will create micro-businesses in WoW and then monitor and run them as if they were real businesses. With 11 million total players and roughly 10,000 or more characters per realm, World of Warcraft offers a very realistic market for the goods and materials students will sell.
One of the reasons we choose to pilot games is that retention in this class is lower than we want it to be. After talking with fellow business instructors from across the country, we've found that Intro to Business has low retention nation wide at many schools. | 2019-04-18T12:52:06 | https://gamesmooc.shivtr.com/forum_threads/1234148?last_or_unread=true |
0.999999 | A marriage born in the journey of John Egan of Borrisoleigh?
John Cleary married Joanna Clohesy - daughter of Tipperary farmers Edward (Edmund) Clohesy and Brigid Ryan - in Daylesford on 18 June 1870 and farmed at Blampied. John had emigrated from Anglesboro, County Limerick, probably in October 1863 with his brother Dinny on the Great Australia. Among those on the Great Australia was 17 year old Ellen Daly. Was she one of the Dalys of Anglesboro? And was Michael Ahern an Ahern from the Boro Road, Anglesboro?
Joanna - Johanna on the shipping record and elsewhere - might have arrived on the City of Melbourne in April 1864. As coincidence would have it, on the ship was 38-year-old Mary Ryan, who was the same age as Johanna's sister Mary Ryan nee Clohesy. However, as descendant Mike Ryan advises, Mary arrived in Victoria in 1853 on the David McIvor with her husband John - the couple married in 1851 in England and lived at Bald Hills near Blampied - and an infant who died on the journey. Mary Ryan witnessed Johanna's marriage.
The baptism records for the Clohesys of Killamoyne show a girl, Judith, born in 1833. This is without doubt Joanna Clohesy, as the name Judith was an anglicised version of and substitute for Johanna.
The 1900/1911 census records for Killamoyne, outside Borrisoleigh, in North Tipperary, from where John Egan - who would become a prominent local squatter - had emigrated in 1841 confirm that this was the home of the Clohesys of Blampied.
The 1911 Irish census identifies Michael (78 years and born in 1832/33) and Bridget Clohesy (65 years) in the parish of Glenkeen, townland of Killamoyne, Borrisoleigh. There were four children, Edward, Thomas, Michael and Margaret still at home in 1911. This is consistent with the baptism records, which show a Michael Clohesy as being born to Edmund Clohesy and Bridget Ryan in in 1832, the parents of the Blampied immigrants..
With Mary Ryan aboard the the City of Melbourne were the following Ryans; Ann aged 7, Daniel aged 8, Patrick aged 10, John aged 11, Joanna aged 17, James aged 20, Ryan aged 22, Julie aged 25 and William Ryan aged 28.
Joanna Cleary's brother Paddy might have arrived on the Lord Raglan in 1862. He married Ann Smith in Wellington around 1872 at age 43 years. She was from Dublin and some twenty years younger.
Dinny Cleary had fought in Italy in the Pope's Irish Brigade against Garibaldi. Whether John did likewise is unclear. I'm still researching that question. John died in September 1881 at 39 years of age and is buried in the Eganstown Cemetery. Johanna, who died in 1904, is with him, as is their daughter Mary. Joanna's brother Patrick was a publican in Blampied.
The original Cleary house - now on the Kangaroo Hills road - having been moved, probably around 1943, when the farm was sold to Matthew Rieniets.
On 11 March 1875 an inquest was held at the Mount Prospect Hotel into the death that day of their daughter Mary Ann Cleary, aged one year and eleven months. Senior Constable Connell described the girl's father as John Cleary, publican at the Shamrock Hotel. Doctor George Roche (from Cork) certified the death and Sergeant Conlon of Blanket Flat witnessed the statement.
The jurors include Thomas ?, Thomas Jones, Charles Poole, Edward Morrissey, Charles Whitlish, John Morgan, Charles Way? Robert Stewart, David Learman, Dennis Crotty, William Chatfield, Gaetano Tomasetti and Auguste Blampied. Morrissey, Crotty, Whitlish and Chatfield signed their name with an x. As coincidence would have it, in 1883 the inquest into the death of August Blampied (juror in the Cleary inquest) was held at 'Mr P Clohesy's Shamrock Hotel'. John and his brother-in-law probably ran the pub together.
One wonders why Dr Roche was so tardy. Dr George Roche died on the 24/1/81 aged 51 and is buried at Creswick.
Johanna Cleary, Tipperary immigrant and wife of John Cleary. No doubt born in the parish of Glenkeen, Killamoyne, Tipperary, Borrisoleigh.
Joanna Cleary died in 1904, twenty six years after the birth of her last child, John Joseph. Records vary as to her age. In her death certificate, nephew Edward Clohesy cites her age as 68 years (born in 1836) and her father as Michael, which is surely wrong, given she identified her father as Edward on her marriage certificate. If she is the Judith baptised in 1833 Joanna was some nine years older than husband John and would have been 45 when her last child - my grandfather John - was born in 1878. She died of senile debility, chronic bronchitis and exhaustion.
1. All that piece of land being lots 48 and 49, Block B, Plan No. 2617 and being Crown Allotments 48 and 49, Section B, Parish of Bullarook, County of Talbot, containing 129 acres, 3 rods and 3 perches, or thereabouts, upon which is erected a weatherboard farmhouse containing 6 rooms, outhouses and fencing.
2. Also that piece of land being lot 95 A, 95 A1, and 95 B being Crown Allotments 95, Section B, Parish of Bullarook, County of Talbot, containing 174 acres, 0 rods and 3 perches, upon which is erected a small weatherboard cottage containing 4 rooms (let to a tenant at 2 shillings per week) and also fencing.
The 129-acre block alongside the Mt Prospect Cemetery was part of a 7,302-acre parcel of land, owned by George Stuart Hepburn of the Smeaton Estate, Edmund Kirby, of Alfredton near Ballarat County of Grenville, Stock Agent and William Austin Zeal of Bank Place in the City of Melbourne, Civil Engineer.
Zeal would make an interesting research project. Born in England and trained as a surveyor and engineer, he arrived in Melbourne in 1852 and worked briefly on the Castlemaine goldfields. After a stint as a railway engineer he soon took to politics, and between 1864 and 1901 spent thirteen years in the state parliament. In 1901 he was elected to the senate.
In William Mitchell, who was to become President of the Legislative Council in 1870, he found a commercial ally in the acquisition of pastoral runs. Of course his devotion to making money on the backs of small selectors was enough for him to be knighted in 1895. And yes, he died in Toorak, at the ripe old age of 82 years.
"Was there a petition presented to the Board of Land and Works complaining of the conduct of the District Surveyor in changing what were originally two allotments of land into one, immediately previous to the sale in Captain Hepburn's run?
On what grounds were other two lots withdrawn from sale, and why were they put up at a sale in another district? Why was the petition of the inhabitants of Creswick against the removal of the sale from that place to Castlemaine disregarded? Is it true that Captain Hepburn was allowed compensation for fences removed from a public road, and put up between land previously purchased by him?
Is it true that the lots were of a larger size close to Captain Hepburn's pre-emptive right (or wrong) than on the remainder of the survey?"
It was probably no surprise that William Zeal was appointed to the position of Postmaster-General in 1892. The purchase of land by small selectors was a goldmine for local investors such as Zeal and financiers of the Henry Cuthbert ilk.
A Ballarat solicitor and prominent member of the Masonic order, Cuthbert was born in Ireland and was later knighted. His social and economic interests - Ballarat Times, Turf Club, The Golden Fleece Hotel and the Anglican Church - put him in a privileged class. He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1874. Was it any wonder Joanna Cleary's son, John Joseph, grew up with a strong socialist streak?
After payments of all my debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, I give, devise and bequeath unto all my real and personal estate of every description to my two sons, Michael J Cleary and Edward Cleary. I hereby devise the said Michael J and Edward Cleary out of the said estate to this brother John Cleary 200 pounds and to each of their sisters Bridget and Annie Marie Cleary 150 pound each to be paid not later than 10 years after my decease.
And I hereby appoint thereby appoint the due said Michael and Edward Cleary executors of this my last will and testament whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of December in the year of our Lord 1903.
NOTE: I suspect that this is Patrick Kelly - born in Knockanure, Borrisoleigh, Tipperary on 6 March 1836 - father of the Patrick Kelly in the photo below.
This photo, bearing the words Kelly, Cleary, Ryan on the board (top left), is undated. To the best of my knowledge it features Jack Walton (far right), Patrick Kelly, 'Tinga' Walsh and Mick Cleary (b1871), unknown woman, and an unknown man standing, who appears in other family photos. The men playing cards are also unknown, as is the location.
Mick 'Punga' Cleary, born on 13 August 1871 to John and Joanna Cleary of Mt Prospect. The first born, he was named after his grandfather, Michael Cleary, of Anglesboro, County Limerick. The word Punga I'm told is aboriginal for sun. Maybe his fair hair was the reason for the nickname.
Mick Cleary lived at Blampied (Mt Prospect) until 1920 when he sold his farm to Bob Blain. The 129-acre farm runs alongside the bluestone bridge just beyond the Swiss Mountain Hotel . This photo is taken from the Mt Prospect cemetery, which borders the farm.
The farm was later bought by the Rieniets family. All that remains is an old chimney. Mick married Maggie Dwyer in 1905. His daughter Molly Campbell provided me with many stories.
The chimney of the old house as seen from the road. Was this where young Mary Ann died in 1875?
I have a GG Uncle Thomas Patrick kelly who married Elizabeth (Queenie) Dwyer at Mt. Prospect in 1916.
Her sister Margaret Dwyer married a Michael Cleary (born Blampied) in 1905.
I was wondering if there was any connection to your Clearys.
I see you also mention the name Heagney - my mother's maiden name was Heagney and they came from around the Kooroocheang, Smeaton, Creswick, Franklinford areas. They originally came from Gortanumera (near Portumna), Galway, Ireland.
Their son Denis later played football for Creswick and played in a combined Ballarat League Team which defeated a visiting VFL Team in 1922 (I have the photo of the team). He moved from CRESWICK to GEELONG to play with the Geelong Football Club in the V.F.L. (he was brought down by the Geelong Football Club). He was coach of the 1923 Geelong Reserves Premiership side, and was a player in the Geelong Football Club's first Premiership in the V.F.L. in 1925. Denis Heagney wore number 29 and played 6 senior games between 1925-1926.
If the families aren't connected I am sure they would certainly have known each other.
Yes, they are connected. The Mick Cleary in the photo above is the same person listed in Terry's email. He married the Dwyer girl. Patrick Kelly was Thomas Kelly's brother.
Hi Phil, I have just come across your very interesting site. I am a great niece of the mentioned Matthew Rieniets. After reading your history (knowing the landmarks!) I felt I needed to make contact. My other side of the family HEALY and RYAN were also on board "The Great Australia" and settled in Rocky Lead. William Denis HEALY married Ellen RYAN from Tipperary in Ballarat after meeting on board the "Great Australia".
There were other Healy's on board too and settled in the area. William and Ellen had 13 children (the youngest Edmund married Louisa of the area). I wondered if your RYAN was related to mine?? We probably have a conection with Clare CLEARY nee RIENIETS? | 2019-04-24T04:34:31 | http://philcleary.com.au/history_blampied_john_johanna_cleary.htm |
0.999994 | Salon opens 'safe space' for breastfeeding Jump to media player The owner offers a place for mums to feed their babies as her sister felt "uncomfortable" doing it in public.
Mums on breastfeeding in public Jump to media player How to treat a mum breastfeeding in public.
Five benefits of breastfeeding Jump to media player Five reasons why breastfeeding is a healthy option for mother and child, from Kenyan nutritionist Jane Napais.
Breastfeeding brings thousands together Jump to media player Mothers across Colombia gathered to breastfeed in public as part of World Breastfeeding Week.
A beauty salon owner has invited mums to use her business as a place to breastfeed their babies, after her sister was made to feel "uncomfortable" doing it in public.
Kay Willmott, who runs Elle Belle's Beauty Studio in Dereham, Norfolk, said: "You've got no control over when your child needs to feed, and you shouldn't need to feel you're going to be objectified by doing that, so I think they need a safe space to come to."
She said women could walk in and use a sofa or private room to breastfeed, with no obligation to purchase any services.
It follows her sister's experience of breastfeeding in a public place. Rosie Harvey said: "I was feeding my daughter when I was watching my other daughter swim and I heard a man saying to his wife 'that's disgusting, that shouldn't be done around children', and I felt uncomfortable." | 2019-04-22T21:09:58 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-47966589/salon-opens-safe-space-for-breastfeeding-mums-in-dereham |
0.994583 | The University of Chicago's Richard Thaler has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in economics. Thaler is a leading practitioner of behavioral economics, the application of psychology to problems of valuation, choice, exchange, and pricing. Following Mises, most Austrian economists have distinguished sharply between praxeology, the logical analysis of action, and psychology, the behavioral motivations and affects that precede and follow action. (For example, Austrians say human action is purposeful, meaning goal-oriented, not rational, meaning successful at achieving its goals.) Neoclassical economics, however, has gone the other way, with an increased tendency to blend the two, hoping to come up with a richer and more robust explanation of human behavior. After all, if people are modeled as "maximizing their utility," and utility is understood as a psychological state of well-being, then why not introduce psychology into the analysis?
Carl Menger's theory of valuation and choice, as developed in the works of Böhm-Bawerk, Fetter, Wicksteed, Mises, Rothbard, and other Austrian economists, is a logical, not a behavioral concept, and most of the alleged "paradoxes" identified by behavioral economists don't apply. (Here's one, slightly technical example.) Thaler remarked today: "In order to do good economics you have to keep in mind that people are human" -- i.e., human actors are not the super-calculating machines embodied in neoclassical models. Indeed, they aren't. But adding psychology to the apparatus of neoclassical choice theory may not be an improvement. Of course, an understanding of psychology is important for entrepreneurs, historians, and applied economists. But economic theory, as understood by Mises, is a logical exercise independent of the particular psychological motivations of the actors.
Aside from his more technical contributions Thaler is a great popularizer of behavioral economics, especially through his collaborations with Cass Sunstein. Thaler and Sunstein argue that because people behave "irrationally" (i.e., in ways that do not maximize their utility, as understood by neoclassical economics), governments may intervene -- not by banning or mandating particular behaviors -- but by "nudging" people, gently, in the right direction. (E.g., laws could mandate that supermarkets put healthy food toward the front of the store, that employers automatically enroll employees in retirement savings accounts unless they specifically opt out, and so on.) Thaler and Sunstein even call this "libertarian paternalism," to distinguish it from the more heavy-handed varieties of governmental intervention. | 2019-04-24T18:13:27 | https://www.ecpofi.com/2017/10/thaler-wins-nobel.html |
0.999025 | Could this be the Android handset of the year?
Review LG is releasing its new G3 smartphone today. It’s a large device made slim and comfortable by clever design, and is distinguished by a mind-boggling screen, and a superb camera. It’s let down only by hardware buttons, which can be a challenge to locate with accuracy, and the software execution, which hasn’t really tamed Android or added much to it.
This year’s flagship from LG has been designed to put a large, stunning display in your hands. At 1440x2560-pixels, the G3 offers more detail than anything else on the market, and actually much more than the naked eye can see. The 5.5 inch display also affords plenty of room to view your games or images.
However, specs don’t quite convey the excellence of LG’s design. After all, the G3 should feel like an enormo-phablet – but it doesn’t at all. That’s because, as with last year’s G2, LG has removed the side and top buttons found on most modern portaphones and moved the volume and power round to the back to make a slim, smooth, tapered design with very thin (but still comfortable and curved) edges.
The bezels are very thin and even the phone’s chin – sans dedicated Android buttons, as is the norm these days – is quite narrow. It’s the hardware designer's equivalent to a trompe l’oeil something that is actually big doesn’t feel so big.
Now consider that the LG G3 has a removable 3000mAh battery, and also supports Qi wireless charging – a huge convenience most people haven’t tried. And it weighs just 149g, about the same as the Galaxy S5’s 145g and a shade less than the HTC One M8. For a display that trumps 6-inch tablets, this is a marvel of thoughtful miniaturisation and clever design choices.
It’s achieved by eschewing metal and glass where it isn’t needed – the the removable back cover has a faux metal effect – but it doesn’t feel cheap and the trade-off is a significant one.
The good design extends to some of the complementary accessories LG has produced to work with the G3. Three of these merit particular attention. There’s a very nice windowing “QuickCircle” flip cover – which is not a new idea, but LG’s is the best implementation I’ve seen by miles; the LG Tone Infinim (HBS-900) headset with Harmon-Kardon buds, and an unusual Qi charger that folds away.
The potential showstopper with the G3 is you’ll have to get accustomed to groping around the back of the phone to activate the power and volume keys. The buttons are distinguished enough, but really they and need to be a millimetre or two bigger.
So after several days of using the LG G3, around one in seven attempts to hit the power button actually succeeds. Most of the time I hit a combination of power and one of the volume keys.
If this was my long-term device I’d superglue a button from a kid’s craft kit, or a felt washer onto the power button. But this shouldn’t be necessary on state of the art consumer electronics kit. This is an issue that will confound some people but not others, but those it will confound will be well and truly annoyed. | 2019-04-23T13:53:11 | https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/27/review_lg_g3_android_smartphone/ |
0.998574 | What is the strangest food for me? I think Thai curry and pineapples in Subuta are strange food for me. I cannot choose which is the strangest. First, I will write about Thai curry. When I went to Thai Taste, I ate it. It was my first time to eat it. Japan also has curry and rice, and it is my favorite food. Therefore, I was excited when I ordered curry there. However, the appearance was different. It looked like India one. Japanese one has carrots, potatoes, and meat in it, but Thai one has some vegetables, tofu, and herbs. The taste was completely different. It was much worse than I had expected. It tasted like strange soup, and I thought it was not curry. Although the taste was not good, t was good for me because I could try curry of other country. Second, pineapples in Subuta are also strange for me. Subuta is Chinese food, and it is fried pork and vegetables seasoned vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce. When I was an elementary school student, I ate pineapples in Subuta for school lunch. They were very strange, because they were hot even though they are fruits; therefore, I thought they should not have been hot. I could not accept them at all. I will never try them again.
I'm not a fan of Pineapple's either. My father and sister love them. They even drink the pineapple juice! | 2019-04-23T22:01:51 | http://yasoooon.blogspot.com/2009/04/strange-things-i-ate.html |
0.999999 | What is the level of contamination that can cause germs in a substance?
Let's assume a hypothetical situation. A relative has fallen with scabies. A single scale of this contagious skin infection contains millions of scabies and every clothing that comes into direct contact with their skin, including bedding, can cause the virus to remain on the fabrics. And any exposure to those viruses can make everyone just as vulnerable to a scab infection. Your option to wash clothes and all sheets is between regular washing of the house and professional dry laundry.
If we wash such contaminated fabrics by hand, there is always a big chance that the hands and clothing of the washing machine will also contract these pathogenic viruses. If it has been washed in the washing machine, chances are that a contaminated item will spread the bacteria to 90% of the other items. Separate washing of other clothing does not help either because the virus and disease-causing organisms literally linger, live and kick, in the machine's washing machine, even after the laundry has finished and the clothes have been pulled out.
The amount of water, the detergent and the water temperature in the machine mean nothing. Skin, respiratory or intestinal infection that causes molds, viruses, bacteria, which usually cause flu, colds, stomach flu, skin rashes and even more serious diseases, often easily repeated washing cycles.
What are the common germs in clothing and bedding?
There is a long list of micro-organisms and pathogenic germs that are often found in our clothing, sheets, upholstery and fabrics, and interesting even in our washing machines.
These germs range from the infamous E Coli to the resistant staphylococcus, from the benign flu virus to the threat called hepatitis A, from salmonella virus to norovirus and rotavirus and many others.
In a recent study, 60% of household washing machines were tested positive for coliform bacteria, while 20% washing machines had staphylococci.
The bad news in all of this is that not all of these are easy to eradicate and that even the warmest temperature of washing with water can eradicate it to zero. Most of these bacteria easily survive benign detergents and warm or lukewarm water.
How can we remove germs from our substances?
The dry cleaning process and the dryer, and not the washing machine of your house, is the answer here. The process tackles the most harmful microorganisms. In chemical cleaning, special chemicals are used to remove dirt and at the same time the strong heat in the dryer causes the bacteria! The steam procedure at the end of the dry washing in chemical solvents not only removes unwanted residual materials, but is also effective for killing wrinkles and effectively kills bacteria.
It should be reiterated that dry cleaning is effective in reducing and removing harmful bacteria and viruses to a safe level, but not to zero bacteria.
Does the process for steaming high heat really interfere with germs?
Undoubtedly the extreme temperatures of steam-ironing clothes kill germs, allergens and bacteria. It kills not only germs, but even odor causing bacteria and allergens. Steaming is originally intended for a thorough cleaning.
Steam procedures with high temperatures used by Dry Cleaners are the most effective and safest way to remove the bacteria from our fabrics. The steam, which penetrates deep into the dust molecules, affects and destroys the disease and the odor causing microorganisms.
How Exactly Dry Teeth Help Kill Germs?
Chemical cleaning is able to tackle germs precisely because of the multilayer exposure to dry heat of clothing that literally kills most organisms left behind in the fabric. High temperature dry cleaning or drying for about 30 minutes is the surest and most effective way to kill different bacteria and viruses.
Usually, high temperature heating garments such as 200-220 degrees Fahrenheit in the steam section are very effective in killing almost all germs. When the high heat of the steam reaches the substance under controlled pressure in the dry cleaners, the microorganisms are attacked and killed.
Further, while the process reaches the final stage of pressing, the finishing process also uses really high heat, from about 300 - 325 degrees Fahrenheit to steam the piece with steam, which kills bacteria further.
One of the most common bacteria in clothes, sheets and dirty laundry is the infamous E coli or Escherichia coli, which is easily killed in hot water. But to completely remove your E Coli dust, you need the high heat of a chemical cleaning process and the tumble dryer. The remaining E. coli can only be killed by treating the tissue with the warmest temperature available in the dryer and for a full 45-minute cycle. This is easily achieved in a professional way to dry cleaning procedure.
Every year we are bothered by this virus and once infected by the flu we often carry the virus on our clothes and our bedding from our daily use of these things. We also close the virus from the outside world and bring it home with our clothes.
But again, the flu virus can be destroyed by washing wet in real hot water and the home drying process, but it is simpler and more effective in the dry washing procedure. Usually it is necessary to treat the substances with a very high temperature, ranging from 167 to 212 degrees F to kill this virus. Again, the high heat of the steaming and the pressing procedures of the Dry Cleaners effectively address the flu virus.
The bacteria Staph or Staphylococcus aureus is a methicillin-resistant bacterium and a potentially unpleasant bacterium. It is very often found on human hair follicles, skin pores and the nose bags. Staph bacteria are treatable, but a potentially serious cause of skin infections such as carbuncles, boils and pustules, but also some other serious, drug-resistant infections in pre-existing wounds, or in our bloodstream.
Staph bacteria can be contracted with everyone you come in contact with. This infection requires a thorough disinfection process of all your clothing, bedding, underwear and towels. While wet washing can help in really warm water, the extremely high heat exposures repeatedly effectively eradicate these bacteria throughout the entire cycle of dry cleaning.
So, hot water washing or professional dry cleaning?
It is true that we can kill some of the commonly found bacteria in your clothing and bedding by simply using the washing procedure with hot water and then drying it in direct sunlight. However, some other stubborn and less common bacteria can only be treated by extremely high temperatures that only professional Dry Cleaners can achieve in their dry cleaning machines and multilayer heat exposure.
Although usually, virtually all good quality detergents and commercial bleaching agents can effectively kill bacteria in our tissues, but still, to eradicate germs and to completely disinfect each substance, the dry cleaning process is the easiest and most effective way. It not only saves the hassle and the difficulties in reaching extreme temperatures in household machines, overloading the machines, but it also exposes the fabrics to repeated high temperatures that home machines do not use.
All in all, dry cleaning is the most effective and safer way to kill germs that are often found in clothing than home methods. | 2019-04-26T07:45:05 | https://www.howwebs.com/2018/12/does-dry-cleaning-kill-germs.html |
0.773877 | After suggesting numerous tag cleanups on Meta, I'm wondering if for some of these, the current cleanup process might actually be a bad idea. I'm not referring to the collection of tags, themselves, which should be actively maintained. Rather, the aspect of modifying the assigned tags on old questions.
As an example, cleaning up the database tag was one of my suggestions. It had almost 500 questions at the time, and the majority of the usage was as a redundant meta tag with another application-specific tag. There wasn't much voting on the question so I took a stab at a first pass cleanup of just those kinds of duplicates.
By the time I got the question count under 400, I had a eureka. Why do this?
Changing the tags on old questions will make no significant difference in anyone's ability to find those questions. In the case of a tag like [database], it also won't eliminate the need for the tag because there is some non-meta usage. So there is no apparent benefit to modifying the tags on hundreds of old questions.
Dumping tons of questions into the active questions list just because their tags were changed doesn't serve much useful purpose, but it buries questions that are new or have been answered or edited in an important way. It hides them from the exposure and attention they would otherwise get.
It also wastes people's time (besides the person doing the useless tag edits). I don't know how many times I've seen a question like an example today--somebody couldn't get their old printer to work with Linux. I took the time to find the link to the manufacturer's driver download and posted an answer. Then I noticed that it was an old question that has long since been overtaken by events. It was an obsolete printer so no one else is likely to benefit from the answer, either. The question was in the active questions list because somebody did tag cleanup on the manufacturer tag. This kind of thing happens all the time with tag cleanups and the automated Community stirring of the old questions pot (the majority of the random selections being ones that don't need or benefit from further attention).
Don't modify tags on old questions unless it is a relatively small number of questions and doing so will allow elimination of a bad tag.
Add definitions to ambiguous tags that will be retained. Most of the ambiguous tags are ambiguous because they are undefined.
Deprecate the bad tags that can't be readily deleted due to heavy prior use. They can remain on old questions without the need to replace them with a better tag, just don't allow their continued use for new questions.
Create a separate list for tag-only changes. They can be available for review if needed, but not overwhelm the active questions list.
Based on the comments, there are two reasons for modifying the old tags. One is that the tags can't be actually closed, so there continues to be usage despite any warning placed in the wiki excerpt. There is not currently a 100% effective solution for that other than deleting the tag. Hopefully, the warning reduces the continued usage, and the ability to deprecate tags might be a valuable feature to pursue. In the meantime, stretching out the question cleanup and doing just a few at a time over a long period will reduce the negative impact.
The second reason for modifying question tags is that it provides an opportunity to improve old questions or bring to the front ones that might benefit from a fresh look. Some, perhaps most, old questions are not good candidates for this. That includes ones that were closed for reasons that can't be fixed; ones that refer to obsolete or esoteric issues (useful to keep "just in case" but there isn't likely to be much further call for it); ones the already received a comprehensive, definitive answer or answers; etc. These questions don't need or benefit from cleanup, plus doing so has the negative effect of filling the active questions list and reducing exposure for other questions.
Let me suggest an alternative for achieving the second benefit without the negative side effects. Look at the question but don't automatically change the tag. If the question will benefit from fresh eyes, clean up its tags and improve the question content if possible. Otherwise leave it alone, at least for now. That doesn't solve the problem of eliminating a bad tag, but that objective can be accomplished later when and if system improvements are made to eliminate the effects of tag changes on the active questions list. In the meantime, we can achieve one set of benefits benignly and it is a more effective use of peoples' time.
You can't deprecate tags. We regularly put "DO NOT USE THIS TAG" into tag excerpts and, guess what, people use them anyway.
Unless a tag is completely removed from the system, you can't prevent further use.
I agree with you that it's annoying that the large number of edits pollutes certain areas of the site, but that's just how it is. I'm currently working through copy, which is still on 500+ questions and every day there is a new question in the list where someone just used the tag and it wasn't instantly removed.
This is one of the key problems IMHO. We're cleaning up old crappy tags, but new ones are piled on top every day.
But, regardless, the task at hand is cleaning up the tag system. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. And if, in the process, we're dumping old questions on the front page, so be it.
Let me explain: Too few users participate on meta and tag removals - including my own. I was just not aware that you want to remove copy, normalize, split and what the hell else.
Tag-only edits are fine as it is. But they shouldn't bump the question to the front page. Removing the tag is good for the system - but why the bumbing? I see no benefit in this. | 2019-04-25T16:36:54 | https://meta.superuser.com/questions/8905/should-we-limit-mass-cleanup-of-tags-on-old-questions |
0.999801 | The Church of Scientology of Quebec says its staff are "religious workers" who volunteer their time, but a law professor says that title doesn't exist in Quebec law.
Assigned based on a person's role and experience within the organization, the value of these units can fluctuate from week to week depending on how much money the church brings in over that period.
On another pay stub seen by Radio-Canada, one of the workers was paid $20.19 for six hours of work.
Radio-Canada tried to reach these specific workers for comment, without success.
Workers within the organization must also deduct taxes and other contributions, including workers insurance, from their gross salary.
The cumulative salary for one staff member was about $8,275 after deductions, according to another document obtained by Radio-Canada.
The church has two branches in the province, one in Quebec City and the other in Montreal.
The Church of Scientology of Quebec — the official name of the branch in Quebec City — refused Enquête's request for an interview.
In an email, however, a spokesperson said the organization doesn't have "employees."
"Church of Scientology of Quebec staff members are not 'employees,' but religious workers," said Michelle Lacombe, the group's director of public affairs.
"They voluntarily contribute to the activities of the church and its humanitarian goals. They don't work for monetary gain, but to help others," Lacombe wrote.
Lacombe said, however, that "naturally, there is compensation so that staff members can carry out their work."
However, the concept of "religious workers" doesn't exist under the province's labour laws, known officially as the Act Respecting Labour Standards, said Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, a law professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal who specializes in labour law.
Gesualdi-Fecteau questioned the organization's assertion that its staff are volunteers as understood by the law.
Someone can't be a "semi-volunteer," she said. "You're salaried or a volunteer."
Even if you're paid a small sum, you're no longer volunteering, Gesualdi-Fecteau explained.
"We're seemingly moving away from volunteer work because there are pay stubs, there are sums being deducted," said Gesualdi-Fecteau, who worked as a lawyer with Quebec's labour standards commission for eight years.
"It seems to me like a structured way to get cheap labour," she said.
A former spokesperson for the Church of Scientology of Quebec, who held the post in 2010, told the newspaper Le Devoir she was paid between $800 and $1,000 per month for full-time work, which amounted to less than the minimum wage at the time.
The organization, which says it has 70 workers in Quebec City, is actively recruiting with the help of advertising.
"Since our community is continually growing, the need for new staff members is proportional," Lacombe said.
In addition to their wages, the organization's staff benefit from "spiritual services" and "personal improvement courses," Lacombe said.
However, law professor Gesualdi-Fecteau said that can't replace a proper salary.
While some types of workers are totally or partially excluded from Quebec's Act Respecting Labour Standards, those exemptions would not apply to the Church of Scientology of Quebec, said Gesualdi-Fecteau.
Individuals who are self-employed, employees subject to the Canada Labour Code, embassy or consulate employees, senior managerial staff, or a student who works as part of an internship program approved by the Quebec Education Ministry are among the types of workers who may be excluded, according to Quebec's workplace health and safety board.
"I can't manage to find an exemption that would justify [the Church of Scientology of Quebec] paying less than minimum wage," Gesualdi-Fecteau said.
"A person who is not subject to an exemption [under the law and] who doesn't appear to be a volunteer, has the right to the minimum wage. [If not], we're violating the Act Respecting Labour Standards. There's no other way to say it."
For several years, former members of the Church of Scientology, which operates in countries around the world, have talked about being poorly paid by the organization. They were paid less than the minimum wage in their respective countries, they said.
Jean-Paul Dubreuil, a former Scientologist in Quebec who left the church in 1990 after more than six years, said members were paid depending on what they could bring in to the organization.
"If the group didn't make a dime, we weren't paid," Dubreuil said.
He said a local office of the church had to pay its bills and allocate part of its profits to the organization's central branch, similar to a franchisee, before it could pay its staff.
Dubreuil, who has a critical, personal opinion of the church's labour practices, said he believes they amount to "slavery, pure and simple."
"But slavery carried out in a joyous way because we're saving the world," said Dubreuil, the author of the book, Les coulisses de la scientologie, and one of the few people in Quebec who has made some of the group's inner workings public.
Ludovic Durand, another a former Scientologist who worked at the Celebrity Centre in Paris for 20 years, said he didn't initially think about working conditions within the organization, but later became disenchanted, largely because of the low salaries.
"It's clearly not volunteerism. It's never been volunteerism," Durand said. "That's the facade." | 2019-04-26T13:27:34 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/scientology-workers-quebec-minimum-wage-1.4702494 |
0.999758 | 1. In a large bowl, combine eggs, pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, spice and salt.
2. Pour the mixture into an ungreased 13"x9" baking pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix and nuts on top.
3. Drizzle with butter; do not stir.
4. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes to one hour, test with a toothpick to check if the pie is completely cooked.
5. Serve with whipped cream topping, sprinkled with nuts and cinnamon.
2. In a large bowl, beat together sugar, butter and mild molasses, until creamy.
3. Add in the flour, baking soda and pumpkin spice. Mix well on low speed.
4. Measure out ¾ cup of mixture and place in a bowl, add in the quick cooking oats to it and mix well. Set aside.
5. Place the remaining mixture over ungreased 15"x10" jelly roll pan. Press with a spatula and set aside.
6. For the filling – in a large bowl, beat together all the ingredients for the filling except the eggs.
7. Add in the eggs and mix well.
8. Pour the filling over crust mixture and spread within ¼ “of edges. Sprinkle reserved oat mixture on top.
9. Bake in the oven for 25 – 30 minutes, until golden.
10. For the glaze – in a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the glaze and beat on medium speed.
11. Gradually add in the half and half.
12. Drizzle the glaze over the bread.
13. Slice the gingerbread and serve. | 2019-04-21T16:32:00 | https://ifood.tv/pumpkin/491998-its-a-gooseberry-patch-pumpkin-cook-off |
0.998474 | This article is about the film Tsotsi. For the language, see Tsotsitaal.
Tsotsi is a 2005 film directed by Gavin Hood and produced by Peter Fudakowski. It is a adaptation of the novel Tsotsi, by Athol Fugard and a South African/UK co-production . The soundtrack features Kwaito music performed by popular South African artist Zola as well as a score by Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker featuring the voice of South African protest singer/poet Vusi Mahlasela.
Set in an Alexandra slum, in Johannesburg, South Africa, the film tells the story of Tsotsi, a young street thug who steals a car only to discover a baby in the back seat.
The film won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.
Because his mother is dying of a terminal disease, David (Benny Moshe) runs away from an abusive father and lives with other homeless children in a series of large concrete construction pipes. A few years later, David, who now goes by the name Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae), is the leader of a gang which includes his friends Butcher (Zenzo Ngqobe), Aap (Kenneth Nkosi) and Boston (Mothusi Magano). After getting involved in a murder committed by Butcher during a mugging, Tsotsi and Boston get into a fight which leaves Boston badly injured. Tsotsi later shoots Pumla (Nambitha Mpumlwana), a young woman, while stealing her car, only to discover a three-month-old baby boy in the back seat. Tsotsi hastily strips the car of its valuables and takes the baby back to his shack. Pumla survives the attack and works with a police artist to create a composite sketch of Tsotsi's face, which is then run in the newspapers.
Realizing that he cannot properly care for the baby on his own, Tsotsi spots Miriam (Terry Pheto), with a young child strapped to her back, collecting water from a public tap. He follows her to her shack and forces her at gunpoint to feed the kidnapped child. Meanwhile, rich gang leader Fela (Zola) begins attempting to recruit Aap, Boston and Butcher to work for him. When Tsotsi takes the child to Miriam a second time, she asks him to leave the boy with her so that she can care for him on Tsotsi's behalf, and Tsotsi agrees.
Tsotsi decides to take care of the injured Boston, and has Aap and Butcher take Boston to his shack. Boston, who is called Teacher Boy by his friends, explains that he never took the teachers' examination. Tsotsi tells him that the gang will raise the money so that Boston can take the exam, which means they will have to commit another robbery.
Tsotsi and Aap go to Pumla's house. When Pumla's husband John (Rapulana Seiphemo) returns from the hospital, they follow him into the house and tie him up. Aap is assigned to watch John while Butcher ransacks the bedroom and Tsotsi collects items from the baby’s room. When Aap goes to raid the fridge, John activates the alarm. In a panic, Butcher attempts to kill John with John's pistol that he found, but Tsotsi shoots and kills Butcher with his pistol and he and Aap escape in John's car moments before the security company arrives.
Traumatized by Tsotsi's killing of Butcher and fearing that Tsotsi will one day harm him too, Aap decides to leave the gang and quit as Tsotsi's friend. When Tsotsi goes back to Miriam's house she reveals that she knows where he got the baby, and begs him to return the child to his parents.
Tsotsi sets off to return the baby. He reaches John's house, tells John over the intercom that he will leave the child outside the gate. Meanwhile, an officer stationed at the house alerts Captain Smit (Ian Roberts), who rushes to the scene, arriving just as Tsotsi is about to walk away.
The police train their guns on Tsotsi, ordering him to return the baby. However, John urges them to lower their weapons so that he can retrieve the baby himself. As Tsotsi holds the baby in his arms, John convinces him to give up the baby. Tsotsi emotionally hands the baby to John, then is told to put up his hands and turns himself in as the film ends.
The film ends with Tsotsi raising his hands, and does not disclose what happens thereafter. Two unused endings were shot for the film, which can be seen on the Tsotsi DVD. In one, Tsotsi is shot in the shoulder, and while the officers are shocked at what happened, he escapes through a large field back to the Soweto slums after avoiding another shot from the chief police officer. In the other, Tsotsi is shot in the chest while reaching for the baby's milk. He collapses and dies while John and Pumla look on in horror.
Presley Chweneyagae as David / Tsotsi: The anti-heroic leader of a gang of small-time thugs. His name, in Tsotsitaal, means "little gangster".
Mothusi Magano as Boston / Teacher boy: A member of Tsotsi's gang and a heavy drinker, Boston was studying to be a teacher before he quit college and moved to the shacks. He frequently pleads for decency and moderation in the gang's dealings.
Kenneth Nkosi as Aap: Tsotsi's childhood friend. Aap is obedient and happy-go-lucky, and relies on Tsotsi heavily, rarely thinking for himself. His name, in Afrikaans and Tsotsitaal, means "monkey".
Zenzo Ngqobe as Butcher: The fourth member of Tsotsi's gang, and the most violent, Butcher is a cheat and a loose cannon who does not hesitate to commit murder.
Jerry Mofokeng as Morris: A beggar who worked in the gold mines until he was permanently crippled when a beam fell on his legs.
Terry Pheto as Miriam: A widow with a young son who lives near Tsotsi in the slum.
Nambitha Mpumlwana as Pumla Dube: The mother of the kidnapped child.
Rapulana Seiphemo as John Dube: The father of the kidnapped child.
Ian Roberts as Captain Smit: An Afrikaner police captain.
The film received positive reviews from critics and has a "certified fresh" score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 128 reviews with an average score of 7.4 out of 10. The critical consensus states "Chweneyagae's powerful performance carries this simple yet searing tale of a shantytown prostitute redemption." The film also has a score of 70 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 35 critics indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Roger Ebert gave the film a four out of four star rating and stated in his review " How strange, a movie where a bad man becomes better, instead of the other way around. "Tsotsi," a film of deep emotional power, considers a young killer whose cold eyes show no emotion, who kills unthinkingly, and who is transformed by the helplessness of a baby. He didn't mean to kidnap the baby, but now that he has it, it looks at him with trust and need, and he is powerless before eyes more demanding than his own. [...] How the story develops is for you to discover. I was surprised to find that it leads toward hope instead of despair; why does fiction so often assume defeat is our destiny?"
Tsotsi won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.
Gavin Hood was also nominated for the 2005 Non-European Film - Prix Screen International at the European Film Awards for his work on the film.
↑ Bradshaw, Peter (2006-03-17). "Tsotsi". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
↑ "Golden Globe nominations announced". Time Out. 2005-12-14. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
↑ Hernandez, Eugene (2005-11-15). "11 Films Vying for Best non-European film". indieWire. Retrieved 2009-04-27. | 2019-04-18T10:22:05 | https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Tsotsi.html |
0.997912 | Should I buy the Nikon D7000 [mac]?
If you're ready to get serious about your photography, the Nikon D7000 is well equipped to help you transition to the next level. It has a sophisticated feature set, top-notch performance, and highly pleasing image quality. Expect a challenging learning curve, though, particularly if you want to take advantage of everything this camera has to offer. It's easy to get lost when digging deep into functions such as autofocus and its multiple-choice menu, but exploring the D7000's many options is well worth the effort. Beginners may want to check out entry-level cameras such as the Nikon D3100 or the Canon T3i for more user-friendly features (and prices). If you purchase or own the D7000, be sure to update the firmware. Nikon issued a firmware update on April 25 that addresses several issues (none of which we experienced).
With the D7000, Nikon has created a new category in its broad DSLR line. At $1200 (body only, as of May 9, 2011; also available as a kit with an optically stabilized 18-105mm/f3.5-f5.6 lens for $1600), the D7000 offers a midrange alternative to the higher-end Nikon D300s and the slightly long-in-the-tooth but more affordable Nikon D90, which the company released in 2008.
Offering a full complement of advanced and automatic features, a new 16-megapixel CMOS sensor, 3D color-matrix metering, good low-light performance, full 1080p high-definition video, and full-time autofocus in video mode and Live View, the D7000 is an extremely appealing DSLR for enthusiasts and prosumers.
Like other DSLRs currently on the market, the D7000 is equipped with manual, semimanual, and automatic exposure options; two custom setting modes and 19 scene modes round out the basic shooting choices. The D7000's 16-megapixel CMOS sensor gives the camera the second-highest resolution in the Nikon DSLR line, equalling the sensor found in the D5100, and bested only by the 24-megapixel sensor in the $8000, professional-level D3x.
The D7000 is more rugged than it seems at first glance. It's weather-sealed for protection against the elements and dust, and it weighs a reasonable 1.5 pounds. Although it's a bit heavier than the D90, it's about the same physical size. I shot comfortably with several different Nikkor lenses, including the 18-105mm kit lens, a 24-70mm lens, and a 70-200mm VRII lens. All of the lenses felt well balanced on the body; and unlike some of Nikon's entry-level cameras, the D7000 accommodates both DX and non-DX lenses.
Photographers who have shot with other Nikon DSLRs will feel at ease with the control layout, but newcomers to the Nikon DSLR family will probably have to spend time reviewing the user manual to become familiar with the buttons and dials. For the most part, controls are arranged conveniently, and Nikon has implemented a couple of really nice adjustments to make Live View, video mode, and continuous shooting more readily accessible. However, since the Function button is buried tightly between the grip and the lens barrel, it's difficult to reach. Another drawback is that the bracket button sits just below the flash pop-up control, so it's too easy to activate the bracketing function inadvertently when you're trying to pop up the flash.
Dual card slots: The D7000 is equipped with two slots that handle SD/SDHC/SDXC cards, providing a lot of flexibility. For example, you can use the second slot for storage overflow or backup. Alternatively, you can record JPEG and RAW files to separate cards, and direct movie files to a separate card as well. Also, the D7000 is the only camera (so far) that can take full advantage of the ultrahigh-speed Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I card.
Low-light shooting: The native ISO range is 100 to 6400, but you can expand it up to 25,500. Even though you should use such a high ISO setting only when no other options are available, the D7000's low-light/high-ISO performance is quite good even at that extreme. Yes, it produces noise at 25,500, and details aren't as crisp as they are at lower ISOs, but the D7000 captures cleaner images at this ISO than many other DSLRs do at more moderate settings. However, you might want to shoot in RAW mode when pushing the ISO above 1600, as you get more control in manually applying noise reduction in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) versus the D7000's Off/Low/Normal/High noise-reduction options.
Video mode and Live View: Outfitted for 1080p HD capture, the D7000's video mode offers Nikon's latest video-centric features, including full-time autofocus and manual exposure control. Video-resolution options range from 1920 by 1280 at 24 frames per second to 640 by 424 at 30 fps, with five setting combinations in between.
More special features: Among the other features that add to the D7000's strengths are multiple exposure and interval shooting (perfect for stop-motion videos, which are really hot these days), a virtual horizon graphic indicator, and continuous shooting at up to 6 fps.
Still-image quality in our tests was good in automatic mode and first-rate when we used manual controls. Rich colors and generally spot-on exposures are the norm, but aesthetic preferences for more vivid (or subtle) color, for example, are easily achieved, as are adjustments to contrast, sharpness, and white balance.
The camera keeps high-ISO image noise well under control, particularly if you shoot in RAW mode. Nevertheless, JPEG images are more than acceptable, even when you push the camera to about ISO 1600 (depending on the scene and the print size).
Your lens choice will, of course, affect image sharpness, chromatic aberration, and other aspects of image quality, so choose your optics wisely. The 18-105mm kit lens ($400 for the lens alone) did a good job of delivering well-focused images in our trials.
In our lab tests, the D7000 earned a word score of Very Good for exposure, and a mark of Good in the color, sharpness, and distortion categories. Click any of the images at left to view the full-size photos we used for our lab tests.
The camera's video quality is quite good, as well, particularly in bright light. Under low-light conditions, colors may be a little splotchy and grainy. As mentioned earlier, footage can seem dizzying (and noisy) as the lens searches for its autofocus point. Still, the D7000 is capable of producing videos that are on a par with--and, in many cases, exceed--those of similarly priced DSLRs. In our lab tests, the D7000 received a word score of Good for video quality, and a rating of Superior for audio quality. The video test did not use the autofocus feature.
We shot sample clips in bright indoor lighting and in low light with the Nikon D7000. For the highest-quality clips, select 1080p from the drop-down menu in the lower-right corner of each player. | 2019-04-21T17:08:44 | https://www.macworld.co.uk/review/hardware/nikon-d7000-review-3280421/ |
0.999283 | : My apartment is overrun with mice that keep me up all night. I've informed the landlord about this in writing, over the phone and finally by certified letter where I demanded that he have regular extermination (which he doesn't). Still, the only response has been to have his weird, smelly and bizarre handy man show up and offer to stuff some steel wool under the radiator and give me some poison.
: There are approximately 3-5 mice in my apartment all night every night. I have stopped cooking here, have a lid on the trash, throw the trash out three times a day and, basically am trying to starve them out and it doesn't stop them.
: What are my options? How can I get the landlord to reguarly exterminate the entire building. Exterminators have told us that if they're up on the fifth floor (top floor) that the whole building is infested for sure. | 2019-04-19T06:38:39 | http://tenant.net/forum/board/messages/arcs01/arcs0108/15448.html |
0.999994 | What forms of payment should I accept?
There are various means of payment available for your business to receive your funds in exchange for goods and services sold to your clients. Some of these payment options include Bitcoin, Online Payments, Credit Cards, Cash, Bartering and Checks. It is essential to note that each of these payment options have their advantages and disadvantages. Your choice of a payment option is related to the type of business and your risk tolerance. This article is designed to give you insight into each of these payment options and how they can enhance your business.
Cash payment comes with simplicity. For the most part, there are no issues of fraud, bogus credit or debit cards, transaction fees, and bounced checks as you get cash reimbursements with immediate effect. However, there is a need for a documentation of cash transactions in case of an IRS audit which is time-consuming. Receiving cash payment is an excellent idea for you and the clients. You will hardly find an entrepreneur who avoids cash payments after rendering services or selling a product.
Checks payment are not exempt from risks that can cripple a business; it is important to utilise this payment option with caution. That is the reason why most entrepreneurs only accept in-state and local checks as a means of payment, while unnumbered checks, non-personalized and starter checks are to be ignored. If you can make use of stringent measures to confirm the authenticity of each check you receive, it is probably worth accepting checks, but it is a form of payment you should carefully consider before accepting.
Credit card transactions are known to have an affiliation with transaction fees but selecting a cash-only option for your business might reduce the number of prospective clients that are willing to buy from you. Payment options such as credit cards, payment gateways and virtual terminals can be complicated, but it is imperative to do a feasibility study and choose a payment plan that is easy to use and cost-effective. Remember that not every buyer who purchases items online has a PayPal account, you need to find a viable means to receive payment from those who want to buy from you and do not have a PayPal account.
It is important to include online payments if you are receiving payment via PayPal, credit cards and other mobile payment alternatives, otherwise you are likely to lose some potential clients. Though it may not apply to you if your business is all about dealing with real customers who visit your local store where you receive cash, or you work as a hair stylist who receives payment once the task is completed. You need to think of the simplest form of payment for your customers.
Even though Bitcoin as a form of payment can look complicated to a newbie, it remains an incredible way to diversify your portfolio. There is no need to bother yourself about fraudulent activities on your account as you receive your payment instantly and there is a probability for you to create relationships with clients who also share a mutual belief in the prospect of the blockchain technology. You can include a tag on your store or website that you also accept Bitcoin as a means of payment. Choose the right merchant solution that aligns with your business type. Bear in mind that Bitcoin payment is legal and accepting Bitcoin is not hard. This is the best time to include Bitcoin as part of payment options on your platform.
If you render services such as styling of hair or a photographer, you might have an idea of exchanging a service you are not skilled in delivering for your trade with one of your contemporaries. Both of you might be rivals in the business world, but it is an excellent idea to exchange trade by making use of bartering method. As a business owner with little funds and loads of inventory, you can give the idea of trading with a competitor who possesses what you need at the moment. Joining a barter network will be a fantastic choice as you are entitled to barter credits in exchange for the services you need at any point in time. | 2019-04-26T11:48:07 | https://smallbizguardian.com/should-i-accept-forms-of-payment/ |
0.999853 | Is Apple losing touch with music fans?
One of the biggest disappointments of this week's Apple iPod and iTunes 'It's only rock and roll' event was the lack of game-changing music-related announcements.
British music industry analysts and digital music industry players are still unsure whether or not Jobs' iTunes 9 and iTunes LP announcements were tentative 'baby steps' pointing towards a potentially far more interesting strategy-shift, or were just too little. And too late.
Plus, for music fans, perhaps the fact that The Beatles are still not on iTunes (despite what Yoko Ono might or might not have said to a Sky News reporter earlier in the week) is the most obvious anti-climax following the event.
NME's Paul Stokes told TechRadar today he "didn't think anyone seriously expected the Beatles would be joining iTunes last night" adding, "with lots of remastered physical albums now in the shops it seemed highly unlikely the Fab Four would be wanting us stay at home. (Unless it's to play Rock Band!).
"I wouldn't be at all surprised if we have a similar fanfare to Beatles 999 day next year when the tracks do finally make it online," added the NME man.
SoundCloud's Head of Business Development, Dave Haynes is of the opinion that: "Even someone as dominant as Apple can't ignore the massive changes in the way music is being consumed and distributed these days, from Last.fm to SoundCloud to Twitter."
And while the SoundCloud man agrees that "it's great to see iTunes beginning to integrate with other social media" he thinks that "as a first step this is really quite tentative.
"It's been crucial for us at SoundCloud to openly embrace, from the start, third party platforms where music fans and music makers are already congregating. Let's hope the next step Apple takes is a bit more adventurous."
Albin Serviant, CEO of the competing MXP4 digital music format thinks that while Apple LP "is an interesting development, the concept cleaves to the idea of the album as an artifact that still has resonance today, when new technology like MXP4 - and even the iPhone - is completely shifting the idea of how a collection of music can be consumed.
"It's quite a passive experience - look at photos and videos, read lyrics - when a lot consumers are looking for much more engagement and interactivity." | 2019-04-26T09:24:18 | https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/computing/apple/is-apple-losing-touch-with-music-fans-634337 |
0.997824 | Senior Journalists on Friday unanimously condemned the recent raids by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on NDTV premises. The raids were termed as an effort to pressurize the media.
In a show of collective strength, senior journalist like HK Dua, Kuldip Nayar stressed on the need to preserve freedom of press which they described as the strength of the Indian democracy. Addressing a large gathering of journalists at the Press of Club India in the national capital, noted jurist Fali S. Nariman stated that freedom of press is enshrined in the Constitution of India and condemned the manner in which CBI raided the offices of NDTV.
Taking a swipe at the Government, Nariman noted while freedom of the Press is guaranteed by the constitutions, but who "guarantees freedom after speech" is crucial.
Questioning as to why CBI was in haste to raid and not ask Sanjay Dutt to file a criminal case as it was a private complainant, he said, "This is undoubtedly an attack on freedom of press."
Veteran journalist and former union minister Arun Shourie expressed sorrow that the journalism fraternity has not "reacted as a community to the throttling of the free flow of information."
"Everyone who tried to raise their hand against the media had their hand burnt," he said in a strong word of caution to the Government which he said was 'totalitarian'.
Veteran journalist HK Dua recounted the days of the emergency when press freedom was curtailed and stated that the signs were not similar and unless something is done "the fate will be similar."
He lashed out at the Government for letting Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi escape the country but NDTV is raided for a flimsy reason. "This is a warning to all others that if you don't fall in line you will face it."
Thanking the large turnout of journalists in support, Dr. Prannoy Roy of NDTV said the issue was not about NDTV but "a signal to all of us".
"They want to say we will fix you even if you are innocent. Fight it we must. It is a signal to the entire free press of India," he said.
He clarified that the fight was not against institutions but against politicians who he said can make "fire without a smoke."
Reiterating that neither he nor NDTV have been involved in any wrong doing, Dr. Roy committed to answer all charges in a transparent manner. "I can assure you we haven't touched black-money or bribed anyone," he said.
"We will answer every one of these false charges transparently. Please make it a time bound process and a deadline," he added.
Senior journalist and chairman India Today group Aroon Purie in a message also expressed solidarity and criticized efforts to intimidate the media.
Eminent journalist and chairman and publisher of The Hindu, N Ram in a message from London said "freedom of expression which has come under pressure must be safeguarded at all cost." The CBI he said had acted on "false private complaint by a discredited individual on matter going back nearly a decade is a crude attempt to suppress Indian news television most independent and trusted voice -NDTV" | 2019-04-23T00:06:28 | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/press-release-from-press-club-of-india-1710261 |
0.99665 | (CNN) -- Thousands of people in Northern Ireland protested Wednesday against the killing of two soldiers and a policeman, reportedly by paramilitaries who want the province to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland.
Girls in Craigavon, where the police officer was killed, join a candlelit vigil.
Unions organized a 30-minute silent vigil following the shooting of policeman Stephen Carroll on Monday and British soldiers Cengiz "Pat" Azimkar and Mark Quinsey on Saturday.
Vigils were held in Belfast, Craigavon -- where Carroll died -- and other towns including Lisburn and Newry.
The Irish Parliament in Dublin Wednesday "utterly condemned" the murders, which raised fears of a return to the violence that Northern Ireland suffered for decades before the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
Ireland's prime minister, or taoiseach, described as the killers as "a tiny and unrepresentative group of evil people who have no mandate and no support for their actions.
"Those actions are futile and tragic," Taoiseach Brian Cowen said. "The people to whom I refer cannot and will not succeed. This debate, and those taking place in other democratic assemblies, makes that abundantly clear."
Police arrested two men Tuesday in connection with the killing of policeman Carroll, 48, a day earlier. The men, aged 17 and 37, were arrested separately "as a result of searches in the area," said a police spokeswoman.
Carroll was the first police officer killed by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland since October 1998, the police said.
The two soldiers killed Saturday -- Azimkar, 21, and Quinsey, 23 -- were the first British troops to be killed in the province in more than 12 years, the Ministry of Defense confirmed.
Politicians from across the political spectrum condemned the killings, with Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness calling the killers "traitors to the island of Ireland."
Sinn Fein is a predominantly Catholic party that seeks for Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland.
It is widely thought to be linked to the Irish Republican Army, which fought a violent campaign against Britain for decades.
"I utterly condemn this latest wicked and murderous attack by dissident republicans," said Danny Kennedy, deputy leader of the loyalist Ulster Unionist Party, which wants Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK.
The Continuity IRA, a republican splinter group that does not accept the Good Friday Agreement, said it had killed Carroll, Britain's Press Association reported.
The two soldiers killed at a base in Massereene, in County Antrim, were preparing to ship out for duty in Afghanistan. The victims had packed their bags, changed into desert uniforms and were awaiting a final pizza delivery when they were gunned down, authorities said.
Two masked gunmen with automatic rifles shot the soldiers as the pizzas arrived at the Army barracks, authorities said. Two other soldiers and the two pizza deliverymen were seriously wounded.
Another militant splinter group, the Real IRA, reportedly claimed it had carried out the attack on the soldiers. There have been no arrests in connection with that shooting.
At the grass roots level, some republicans continued to feel betrayed by Sinn Fein and the old IRA leadership, who they felt had railroaded them into a dead end deal with the British that was never going to deliver a united Ireland, CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson said.
A few weeks ago a huge car bomb was discovered before it went off. At that moment it became clear the Real IRA at least was back. And it was no surprise that just before the recent killings, Northern Ireland's police chief called in Britain's top army surveillance unit.
The events of the past few weeks sparked fears of a return to the sectarian violence that Northern Ireland, a province of the United Kingdom, suffered for two decades before the peace deal in 1998.
The conflict was between unionists, who are mostly Protestant and want to remain part of the UK; and nationalists, who are mostly Catholic and want to join the Republic of Ireland.
For nearly 40 years, British soldiers patrolled Northern Ireland in armored vehicles and hunkered down in bases surrounded by concrete walls and barbed wire.
Violence spilled over into the mainland UK, with the Irish Republican Army, known as the IRA, bombing London and other British cities. | 2019-04-26T13:41:18 | http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/11/northern.ireland.violence.vigils/index.html |
0.999682 | 1. What do we know about physical activity levels in children in Wales? How robust is the data on this issue?
1.1 It is recommended that children and young people should be active for at least 60 minutes each day. Information on levels of physical activity is available from the Welsh Health Survey, the Sport Wales School Sport Survey and the Health Behaviour of School Aged Children Survey. Local reports are also available.
1.2 The Welsh Health Survey presents robust national, health board and local authority level data. In 2016, combined data from 2012-2015, reported that for children aged 4-15 years, 40% in Cardiff, 30% in the Vale of Glamorgan and 38% across Cardiff & Vale UHB area were physically active every day the previous week (all Wales figure 35%).
1.3 The Sport Wales School Sport Survey presents national, health board and local authority level data. In 2015, it was reported that of pupils in Years 3-11, 47% in Cardiff, 52% in the Vale of Glamorgan and 48% of pupils across the Cardiff & Vale UHB were ‘hooked on sport’ (3 activities per week) (all Wales figure 48%). This survey also reported that, in Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan schools, 96 minutes per week of school lesson time is allocated to physical activity; the recommendation is that at least 120 minutes per week of school lesson time be allocated to physical activity.
1.4 The new National Survey for Wales replaced the Welsh Health Survey and the Sport Wales School Sport Survey in 2016. Information on ‘Child health lifestyle’ was expected during the summer 2017.
1.5 The most recent national level results from the Health Behaviour of School Aged Children Survey (2013/14) indicated that only 15% of young people in the study were active for 60 minutes every day. Data from this survey has also previously been analysed to report that the proportion of Welsh children exceeding 2 hours per day of television viewing or computer use increases with age.
1.6 A health impact assessment (HIA) of the duration and timing of school lunch-breaks in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan maintained schools undertaken in 2016 (unpublished) reported that the length of school lunchtimes, which is vitally important for enabling pupils to eat well and participate in physical activity, has reduced. The HIA found that a fifth of schools across the area provided a lunch break of 30 minutes or less.
1.7 There is a lack of information about physical activity levels at local area or community level and during children’s formative early years (0 to 4 years). Data by gender and on sedentary behaviour is limited. Analysis and/or presentation of data by ethnicity is unavailable.
2. Differences in gender-based attitudes towards, and opportunities for, participation in physical activity in Wales.
2.1 The 2015 Sport Wales School Sport Survey presented some data on attitudes to sport and physical activity, but this did not include any analysis by gender.
2.2 There has been an increase locally in availability of sport and physical activity opportunities for women and girls. For example, the Sports Cardiff campaign Girls Together and Communities First activities.
3. The extent to which Welsh Government policies are aimed at whole populations and/or particular groups, and what impact that approach has on addressing health inequalities.
3.1 Welsh Government guidance for promoting and increasing physical activity levels and/or participation in sport is outlined in Climbing Higher (2005) and Creating an Active Wales (2009). Supportive legislation includes the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 and the Well-being of Future Generations (2015) Act.
3.2 There has been some focus on addressing health inequalities. For example, Climbing Higher made recommendations on increasing physical activity in deprived communities. However, some population level campaigns such as free swim schemes for children have not adopted the principle of proportionate universalism and there is no evidence to demonstrate impact on health inequalities.
3.3 The Welsh Government Communities First Programme was focused in areas of deprivation and a number of local physical activity opportunities were initiated with children and young people. It is likely that the loss of Communities First teams and, in particular the loss of their community knowledge and community development expertise, will reduce delivery of community based physical activity initiatives within areas of deprivation.
3.4 Welsh Government Education and Skills Policy addresses physical literacy within the school curriculum. Guidance could go further in making recommendations on the amount of school lesson time allocated to physical activityper week (at least 120mins), on the length and timing of school lunchtimes, on the design of new schools to facilitate being active and access by walking and cycling, and on the implementation of school travel plans. These actions require focus in areas of deprivation.
3.5 Welsh Government Planning Policy provides guidance on the inclusion and positioning of schools within new developments, together with recommending access by sustainable travel modes; this explicit inclusion of sustainable travel modes is welcome.
3.6 The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 will strengthen the existing role of health impact assessments (HIA) and their contribution to addressing health inequalities and increasing physical activity levels.
4.1 Within the school setting, the time allocated to physical activity, the reduction in length of school lunch breaks and the limited promotion of active travel options have acted as barriers to increasing the levels of physical activity. Additionally, the loss of PESS coordinators has resulted in a loss of expertise in delivering projects and training teaching staff to provide structured physical activity sessions.
4.2 Increasing opportunities for sedentary behaviour impact on physical activity levels. Changes in society, motorised transportation and technological advances with the creation and widespread availability of televisions, computers and smart phones have resulted in the population becoming more sedentary and less active. Further focus on reducing sedentary behaviour across policy areas, including within schools, would be of benefit.
4.3 Environmental inequalities contribute to health inequalities; children and young people living in the most deprived communities are more exposed to environmental conditions (for example, air pollution, living near major roads, limited access to open spaces) which negatively affect health and limits physical activity levels. Access to green spaces for play, restricted traffic speed within communities and residential areas, interconnectivity between communities to support walking and cycling, and improving air quality support communities to be active. Further focus on these issues to address environmental barriers would be beneficial.
4.4 The Cardiff led and recently Welsh Government funded initiative, the School Holiday Enrichment Programme is an example of best practice. It provides physical activity opportunities and the provision of food for children in areas of deprivation during school holidays. This scheme is currently available to a small number of schools.
4.5 The implementation of the Daily Mile initiative across Wales is an example of good practice in addressing barriers to being active.
6. Measurement, evaluation and effectiveness of the Welsh Government’s programmes and schemes aimed at promoting physical activity of children.
6.1 Currently very limited evidence is available regarding the effectiveness of Welsh Government or other publicly or lottery funded, programmes on physical activity.
7. Value for money of Welsh Government spending to promote exercise in children.
7.1 Whole of school programmes have been identified as effective investments for increasing physical activity, and the Transforming Health Improvement Review identified ‘multi component school based programmes’ as being effective in increasing levels of physical activity.
7.2 Improvements to the infrastructure to promote walking and cycling and access to green open spaces to encourage play would positively influence physical activity levels.
8. The role of schools, parents and peers in encouraging physical activity, and the role of Sport Wales, NHS Wales and Public Health Wales in improving levels of physical activity.
8.1 To increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour levels requires a partnership approach across sectors and the adoption of the ways of working of the Well-being of Future Generations Act.
8.2 Much evidence exists on best practice in promoting physical activity. There is a leadership role here for Public Health Wales to disseminate the evidence and work with others to implement and monitor interventions. Supporting others to undertake health impact assessments of policies and plans could be an element of this role.
8.3 NHS Wales has the potential to support children and young people be more active through ensuring it’s premises are accessible by walking and cycling, staff are trained to have healthy chats (Making Every Contact Count) with patients and their parents and promote formal and informal play, and primary care teams develop and deliver physical activity interventions as part of their cluster plans.
8.4 Local authorities have a key role in encouraging physical activity within schools, through the delivery of physical activity opportunities in leisure centres, the provision of infrastructure for walking and cycling and the implementation of sustainable transport policies. Undertaking health impact assessments of local development plans, with support from public health teams, would ensure that health and well-being aspects, including physical activity, are maximised. The work in Cardiff between the council, health board and public health team illustrates good practice; the adopted local development plan includes policies on health and healthy living and a Planning for Health and Well-being Supplementary Planning Guidance is in development.
8.5 Schools have an important leadership role in supporting active travel to school, facilitating and promoting informal physical activity during the school day, implementing interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour and providing the recommended amount of time for PE lessons, for example. The Welsh Network of Healthy Schools Scheme, co-ordinated by Public Health Wales and delivered locally, advises and supports schools to increase physical activity levels. Further support to schools to implement multi-component interventions would be beneficial.
8.6 Parents have an important role in encouraging children to be active, especially adolescents, in particular. | 2019-04-23T20:43:43 | http://senedd.cynulliad.cymru/documents/s67282/PACYP%2018%20Bwrdd%20Iechyd%20Prifysgol%20Caerdydd%20ar%20Fro%20Saesneg%20yn%20unig.html?CT=2 |
0.999926 | What is the best possible five-man power-play unit that could be assembled from active NHL players? We answered that question, building a unit based on each player's underlying numbers.
All statistics are in 5-on-4 situations only, sourced from HockeyAnalysis.com, and calculated over the past three seasons. Any rankings include only players who have played at least 300 minutes over that span.
Based on the scoring boost the Blue Jackets get when their captain is on the ice with the man-advantage, Foligno, 29, is statistically the best choice at his position.
Columbus has averaged 9.27 goals per 60 minutes when Foligno has been on the ice, and 5.44 when he hasn't. Among forwards, that difference of 3.83 extra goals per 60 minutes is the biggest positive difference in the League.
Tactically, Foligno's role is to stand in front of the net, create traffic, screen shots, and score on deflections and rebounds. His average of 6.36 points per 60 minutes ranks second, behind the next player on this unit.
Backstrom, 29, leads the NHL with an average of 7.34 points per 60 minutes and has been a big part of Washington's power-play scoring, as measured by the individual points percentage (IPP) statistic. That is the percentage of all on-ice scoring for which the player had either a goal or an assist.
Backstrom ranks third among forwards with an IPP of 79.4 percent, behind Marian Hossa of the Chicago Blackhawks (82.4) and Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning (79.5).
Voracek, 27, was selected to increase the shot volume of this power-play unit. The Flyers have averaged 125.6 shot attempts per 60 minutes with Voracek on the ice, which ranks fourth among forwards. That is an increase of 28.1 over the Flyers' rate when he's not on the ice (97.5) and is second among forwards to Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins (34.6).
Voracek's contribution to these shot volumes is reflected in his average of 31.6 shots on goal per 60 minutes, which ranks seventh among forwards.
This may be the easiest selection to make, because there are few statistical categories where Shattenkirk, 28, does not lead NHL defensemen at 5-on-4 by a wide margin.
His average of 6.84 points per 60 minutes is 1.60 points better than that of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman, who is second (5.24).
The Capitals and St. Louis Blues averaged 9.78 goals per 60 minutes with Shattenkirk on the ice, 1.05 higher than the second-best figure, the Capitals' average of 8.73 with defenseman Matt Niskanen on the ice. That 9.78 average also represents an NHL-leading scoring boost of 3.47 goals per 60 minutes above the average scoring rate for Shattenkirk's team when he wasn't on the ice (6.31). The only other defenseman with an increase of more than 2.00 goals per 60 minutes was Sami Vatanen of the Anaheim Ducks (2.61).
It's not unusual for a team's best offensive forward to work the point on the power play, such as Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins or Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. Among the many possibilities, Ovechkin was selected for his shooting. He led NHL forwards with an average of 46.2 shots per 60 minutes and with 3.82 goals per 60 minutes.
When players are ranked using points, that can sometimes tilt the comparison toward the playmakers, because there are usually two assists awarded for every power-play goal. To level that, assists can be divided by 1.92 (the average number of assists per power-play goal among those who have played more than 300 minutes over the past three seasons) so that there are an equal number of goals and assists. From that perspective, Ovechkin is tied with Foligno for the NHL lead with 4.44 adjusted points per 60 minutes.
All five selections play in the Metropolitan Division. Even some of the leading alternatives, such as Crosby and center Evgeni Malkin of the Penguins, or center Claude Giroux and right wing Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers, play in the division.
This also is a veteran unit, with each player between the age of 27 and 31. Outside the Metropolitan Division, top candidates for this unit in the future include players 24 or younger, such as Kucherov (24), McDavid (20) and center Jack Eichel (20) of the Buffalo Sabres. Eichel and McDavid have scoring rates of 6.25 and 6.22 points per 60 minutes, which rank fourth and fifth among forwards.
Among defensemen, Rasmus Ristolainen (22) of the Buffalo Sabres ranks seventh with a scoring rate of 4.84 and fourth with an on-ice team scoring boost of 1.88 goals per 60 minutes. | 2019-04-18T10:35:48 | https://www.nhl.com/news/behind-the-numbers-building-the-best-nhl-power-play-unit/c-290514880 |
0.99988 | Dutch defender is training alone after informing Saints of his desire to leave the club.
In June, Liverpool stopped pursuing Van Dijk and apologised to Southampton for their conduct.
Reports suggest they will not submit an offer for key Jurgen Klopp target unless invited to do so.
A less than amicable separation between Southampton and noted Liverpool target Virgil van Dijk looks to be edging closer after the highly-rated centre-back was unsurprisingly omitted from manager Mauricio Pellegrino's squad for a pre-season trip to France.
Liverpool were widely expected to sign the former Celtic favourite, but claimed to have ended their pursuit in June after issuing a public apology to Southampton for any "misunderstanding" amid suggestions that they could be reported to the Premier League for an alleged illegal approach.
However, the statement did not completely kill speculation regarding a switch to Anfield and the saga took a major twist on Friday (21 July) when Pellegrino confirmed that Van Dijk was training alone after confirming that he wants to leave.
"Now he is not involved with the team because psychologically he is not 100%," he said. "If you are not 100% with the team I need to work with the players who are 100% to defend Southampton. It's easy for me."
Despite that, Pellegrino maintained that his relationship with Van Dijk was "excellent" and that the Southampton hierarchy had made it plainly clear that he would not be sold this summer. He also expressed the hope that the player would "review his feelings" in the near future.
Van Dijk did travel to Austria with the rest of the Saints squad earlier this month, but was rested for a friendly stalemate against Swiss Super League side St Gallen as Southampton stressed the need to reintroduce him to contact situations carefully after a lengthy layoff.
The 26-year-old played no part in a 2-2 draw with Brentford on Saturday after Pellegrino's revelation and has not been named in a 25-man group set to fly to the south-eastern French spa town of Evian-les-Bains for another week-long training camp that concludes with a match against Saint-Etienne at the Stade Municipal de Chambery.
Liverpool wait on green light?
According to The Mail, Liverpool will only table an official offer for Van Dijk, who is said to valued at around the £50m ($65.1m) mark and has his heart set on a move to Merseyside, if they receive the green light from Southampton.
Asked again about that regrettable episode in Hong Kong last week, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp expressed bemusement that the club was still receiving criticism for their bungled pursuit of a key target.
"I didn't even know that I was criticised, that I'm still criticised," he said. "Was the club criticised? That's not nice. We said apologies, done. How can we say anything more about this?" | 2019-04-25T03:52:59 | https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/virgil-van-dijk-omitted-southampton-squad-france-trip-liverpool-wait-green-light-1631655 |
0.991685 | Adrian, Bruno and Goran wanted to join the bird lovers’ club. However, they did not know that all applicants must pass an entrance exam. The exam consists of $N$ questions, each with three possible answers: A, B and C.
Write a program that, given the correct answers to the exam, determines who of the three was right – whose sequence contains the most correct answers.
The first line contains an integer $N$ ($1 \le N \le 100$), the number of questions on the exam.
The second line contains a string of $N$ letters ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’. These are, in order, the correct answers to the questions in the exam.
On the first line, output $M$, the largest number of correct answers one of the three boys gets.
After that, output the names of the boys (in alphabetical order) whose sequences result in $M$ correct answers. | 2019-04-22T07:58:00 | https://open.kattis.com/problems/ptice |
0.999404 | How would you know if what you did was real?
I've been thinking about a concept that I'd like to turn into an SCP, but I don't think I have the skills for it yet so I'd like to postpone it until I get better at writing. However, I'd like to get some ideas flowing so when I get back to it I have somewhere to start.
The original concept was an object which causes a person to hallucinate about the thing they want to do next without actually letting them do it, much like a daydream. If you've had a dream about going to school and then woke up realizing that you still hadn't gone to school, it's a bit like that. However, I couldn't find any way to have a conceivable object be passed from one person to the next. In addition, I decided not to make the SCP a living creature because you could basically just categorize s/he as insane.
So I reconsidered. My second and more solid view on the item is that it passes undetectable between humans or creatures; similar to an enchantment or real life stress-induced psychological disorder. It is free to travel from person to person but cannot exist in two people concurrently. The problem I ran into with this view is that instead of the SCP being a physical subject to observe, it is more like a noumenon which manifests as an experience. Because of that, I didn't see how it could be classified as an SCP in the archives. So I came up with the idea of it not being written in an SCP format but as a tale, being told by a researcher on the project describing it in vain hope it could be taken seriously.
Along with an interview with the previous carrier, I'm thinking about having become apparent tale goes researcher is the new XXXX-1 of this SCP and is containing himself. Because research victim SCP isn't and know what he is truly typin stops making sense as conclude.
I'm not exactly sure how to convey this, but I think that the idea might have merit.
The problem with tales is that there really isn't much feedback we can give you unless your idea is obviously moronic. The concept feels kinda thin to me, but I can't really tell you much beyond that unless I see a draft.
Because research victim SCP isn't and know what he is truly typin stops making sense as conclude.
I just laughed for a straight minute.
Yes. I was trying to represent how the researcher who is studying the SCP might forget what he is typing and not finish his sentences. He would have to retype what he wanted to record over and over again because he would keep hallucinating that he was typing it.
Because it was funny, because the guy above you didn't get it, or because my idea stinks like a bag of skunks?
I read it out of context, and it amused me greatly.
That doesn't help me write an article. I need opinions! | 2019-04-19T08:38:09 | http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-579795/tale-idea-to-put-on-the-back-burner |
0.999629 | Probabilistic and geometric shape based segmentation methods.
Image segmentation is one of the most important problems in image processing, object recognition, computer vision, medical imaging, etc. In general, the objective of the segmentation is to partition the image into the meaningful areas using the existing (low level) information in the image and prior (high level) information which can be obtained using a number of features of an object. As stated in [1,2], the human vision system aims to extract and use as much information as possible in the image including but not limited to the intensity, possible motion of the object (in sequential images), spatial relations (interaction) as the existing information, and the shape of the object which is learnt from the experience as the prior information. The main objective of this dissertation is to couple the prior information with the existing information since the machine vision system cannot predict the prior information unless it is given. To label the image into meaningful areas, the chosen information is modelled to fit progressively in each of the regions by an optimization process. The intensity and spatial interaction (as the existing information) and shape (as the prior information) are modeled to obtain the optimum segmentation in this study. The intensity information is modelled using the Gaussian distribution. Spatial interaction that describes the relation between neighboring pixels/voxels is modelled by assuming that the pixel intensity depends on the intensities of the neighboring pixels. The shape model is obtained using occurrences of histogram of training shape pixels or voxels. The main objective is to capture the shape variation of the object of interest. Each pixel in the image will have three probabilities to be an object and a background class based on the intensity, spatial interaction, and shape models. These probabilistic values will guide the energy (cost) functionals in the optimization process. This dissertation proposes segmentation frameworks which has the following properties: i) original to solve some of the existing problems, ii) robust under various segmentation challenges, and iii) fast enough to be used in the real applications. In this dissertation, the models are integrated into different methods to obtain the optimum segmentation: 1) variational (can be considered as the spatially continuous), and 2) statistical (can be considered as the spatially discrete) methods. The proposed segmentation frameworks start with obtaining the initial segmentation using the intensity / spatial interaction models. The shape model, which is obtained using the training shapes, is registered to the image domain. Finally, the optimal segmentation is obtained using the optimization of the energy functionals. Experiments show that the use of the shape prior improves considerably the accuracy of the alternative methods which use only existing or both information in the image. The proposed methods are tested on the synthetic and clinical images/shapes and they are shown to be robust under various noise levels, occlusions, and missing object information. Vertebral bodies (VBs) in clinical computed tomography (CT) are segmented using the proposed methods to help the bone mineral density measurements and fracture analysis in bones. Experimental results show that the proposed solutions eliminate some of the existing problems in the VB segmentation. One of the most important contributions of this study is to offer a segmentation framework which can be suitable to the clinical works.
Aslan, Melih Seref, "Probabilistic and geometric shape based segmentation methods." (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 54. | 2019-04-20T18:12:28 | https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/54/ |
0.998219 | Denis Noble CBE FRS FRCP FMedSci, professor emeritus of Physiology at the University of Oxford, is a pioneer in the field of systems biology and an esteemed philosopher of biology. His books The Music of Life and Dance to the Tune of Life challenge the foundations of current biological sciences, question the central dogma of genetic determinism and reductionism, and highlight the importance of non-DNA transmission of molecular heritable information in the germ cells. "New paradigms are needed if we are to succeed in unraveling multifactorial genetic causation at higher levels of physiological function," he writes, "and so to explain the phenomena that genetics was originally about."
Professor Noble, you started out as a "card-carrying genetic reductionist" but have gone on to embrace a broader view of the factors that influence heritability. What has reshaped your views?
I have more than 50 years of experience as a medical researcher. It is that experience that reshaped my views. Specifically, it was using mathematics to model what I had found experimentally (see chapter 6 of Dance to the Tune of Life). The models themselves taught me that wholes (whole organisms, whole organs, whole cells) constrain their parts. It is not therefore possible to understand biology from knowing the parts alone.
Autism research tends to conflate "heritability" with genetics. But heritability in a molecular sense is much broader than gene sequence, as you describe in your work. How can we broaden views of factors influencing heritability beyond genes?
What we have learnt in recent years is that much more than DNA is inherited. The germline itself contains RNAs that represent information from the body as a whole, and markings of the genome which also represent information from the body as a whole, and its experience in reacting to the environment.
When I bring up the possibility of non-genetic inheritance with autism geneticists, the response is usually along the lines of "We don't have the tools to study that." It seems the questions one asks depends on the research tools one has. As an advocate pushing to move beyond genes in understanding heritability, do you have advice for me?
We do have the tools to study it. We can study RNAs passed into the germline. We can study epigenetic marks that persist through the germline. We can also study behavioural changes that in turn mark the genome. We have the tools. We just need the priority to be placed on using these tools.
Researchers are finding a surprising percentage of de novo mutations in autism subjects, including different de novo errors among autistic siblings, but no one is asking what exogenous factors may be precipitating these genomic errors; it is all assumed to be random. But mutation, including somatic mosaicism, might be prompted by epigenomic and other environmentally sensitive factors. I'm wondering if you could speak to this.
Yes, indeed. But the answer is necessarily technical. I attach an article that is about to be published in the Royal Society journal, Interface Focus. But the answer is also explained in layman language in my book Dance to the tune of life. The essence of the answer is that organisms harness (control) stochasticity (random change) to produce functionality. Random mutation doesn't mean there is no functionality.
Neurodevelopment, of all organismal functions, seems to be particularly vulnerable to genomic/epigenomic disruptions. Perhaps this is due to the high numbers of genes relating to brain development, the role of the non-code portions of the genome, the vulnerability of "long genes," genomic imprinting, epigenetic factors, or ncRNAs. Do you have any thoughts about why neurodevelopment may be an area of particular interest with respect to heritable effects via the germline?
In addition to the high numbers of genes involved, the nervous system continues to develop well after birth. The new-born carries with it any epigenetic affects inherited from the parents, and these will continue to unfold in their effects while the immature nervous system develops. Those effects will be maternal, obviously so since the embryo is influenced by the mother's metabolism and life style, but also by epigenetic effects, and RNAs, transmitted via sperm. So, yes, neurodevelopment, pre and post natal, must be a central object of study.
You point out that DNA is inherited by itself, but with a complete gamete. With respect to the egg, you say "any environmental or maternal effect that can influence the egg cell and/or early embryo might in principle imprint itself on the genome, or even be handed down in parallel with the genome." What implications does this real-biology view have for toxicology? For example, for understanding potential adverse effects of maternal tobacco smoking or drugs on fetal germ cells?
I think we are only at the beginning of understanding the full impact of maternal life style and drugs on fetal germ cells. The work of Gluckman and Hansen (NZ & UK), and of Abigail Fowden (UK), lead the way. I feel sure that there will be much more appearing in the next decades of research.
Having been exposed in utero to synthetic steroid hormone drugs, and now having two children with severe idiopathic autism, hormone influence on early gametes is a major area of interest for me. How can hormones (including man-made faux hormonal chemicals) influence the heritable contents of our early gametes?
The best study I know about on inheritance of hormonal effects is that of Csaba in Hungary: Transgenerational hormonal imprinting in the unicellular Tetrahymena. In Tollefsbol (Ed) 2014 Transgenerational Epigenetics, Academic Press. Chapter 13. pp163-172. By using a unicellular organism, Csaba was able to follow effects for thousands of generations, which would be impossible in human research. The organism studied has, however, most of the hormones found in higher vertebrates.
I have come to think of the gamete as essentially an environment-sensing organism with a protein template inside. In that way, ultimate gene function, to use your words, is "moulded by the outside world." What factors do you think influence gene function? Light? Temperature? Nutrition? Hormones? Stress? Toxicants? In other words, what do you think might be the extent of the gametic "sensing" function?
Barbara McClintock: "The genome is a highly sensitive organ of the cell" (Nobel Lecture 1983). All unicellular organisms, including the gametes of multicellular organisms, sense their environment and respond to it. McClintock actually worked on plants, but her discovery of the way in which organisms respond to environmental stress to mark, and reorganise, their genomes, is of universal significance.
Professor Aaron Panofsky of UCLA, writing about the field of behavioral genetics, says, "Complexity talk allows the field to exonerate failure, justify intensified efforts, defend against charges of determinism, and project moderation and responsibility.... a justification to keep field churning along." I'm wondering if you would comment on that.
I understand Panofsky's point, I think. Referring to "complexity" can be a cover for ignorance or failure. But as I and some others use the term, it has precise mathematical underpinning. My new book, Dance to the Tune of Life. Biological Relativity, is actually deeply mathematical, even though there are no equations in the book -- I have tried to keep the ideas accessible to a general reader. But the formulation of the central principle of biological relativity is mathematical, and perfectly rigorous.
Any closing observations or advice for the field of autism research?
As we all know, there are many forms of autism. It covers a wide variety. This is what you would expect from the development of such a vast organ as the brain. It is easy to become despondent about the possibilities of progress when faced with such diversity.
I feel encouraged, though, by some of the psychological approaches. And I have experienced this myself in my life and work. By working with autistic people and finding ways of communicating emotionally it is possible to locate the trigger situations, when over-sensitive reactions may occur. Any work on the biology of autism needs to be complemented by work on the psychology. | 2019-04-19T10:57:24 | http://www.germlineexposures.org/denis-noble-qa.html |
0.998735 | Should a Christian Celebrate Birthdays?
We are approaching the time of the year when the world celebrates the supposed birth of Jesus Christ. The jingles on the radio and television invade our sanity earlier every year, and the decorations now go up before Halloween! Anywhere we go, Christmas "cheer" is inescapable. For most of us, this is a season we struggle through, wishing it would rush by and be over.
When this subject is broached, many Protestants and Catholics become quite emotional, often becoming firmly entrenched concerning the December 25 date in spite of the facts. Many simply enjoy the season and feel that the actual day of Christ's birth is irrelevant. Biblical and historical scholars are equally divided over this question as well. Christmas, however, is founded on the premise that Jesus was born on December 25, and a person who is truly striving to follow the Bible will see that the celebration of Christmas is based upon falsehood.
On the surface, the accounts of Matthew and Luke reveal little about the time of Jesus' birth. No dates are given, no season of the year is named. As a well-regarded historian, Luke, however, provides a sound, orderly account of the events that removes any doubt as to the general time of Jesus' birth. All the clues are there, and all that is required is to dig them out and put them in order to discover the truth.
In a long section covering Luke 1:5 through 2:8, Luke writes of a specific series of events in chronological order. He begins by telling the story of Zacharias, a priest, and his wife Elizabeth, who were childless. While administering his priestly duties during the course of Abijah, Zacharias was visited by the angel Gabriel, who told him that his prayers had been answered and that he and Elizabeth would have a son. They were to name him John.
Because Zacharias doubted that this would happen, Gabriel informed him that he would not be able to speak until the birth of his son. As soon as his service in the Temple was completed, he returned to his own house. Elizabeth soon conceived and hid herself five months, unsure of how her pregnancy would be viewed.
In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, Gabriel visited Mary and informed her, "And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call His name Jesus" (verse 31). Soon thereafter, Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth and stayed with her until the latter's ninth month, leaving just prior to John's birth. Jesus, then, was born approximately six months after John.
What information do we have up to this point?
» Zacharias, a priest, performed his duties during the course of Abijah.
» After he returned home from Jerusalem, Elizabeth conceived.
» Mary conceived in the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy.
» John was born approximately six months before Jesus.
To date Jesus' birth, we need a starting point. Fortunately, Luke supplies one in mentioning "the course of Abijah" (Luke 1:5). Is it possible to know if this course existed then, when it fell during the year, and how long it lasted?
I Chronicles 24 lists the courses, divisions or shifts of the priesthood that served in the Temple throughout the year. Verse 1 states, "These are the divisions of the sons of Aaron." Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen heads of their father's house, while among the sons of Ithamar were eight additional heads of house, making twenty-four courses (verse 4).
These courses of priests were divided by lot to be officials of the sanctuary and of the house of God (verse 5). Beginning on Nisan 1, these courses rotated throughout the year, serving in the Temple for one week apiece. The course of Abijah, the course during which Zacharias was responsible to work, was the eighth shift (verse 10).
Josephus, the first-century Jewish historian—who was, by the way, of the priestly lineage of the course of Jehoiarib, the first course—supplies further information about the priestly courses.
"He [David] divided them also into courses: and when he had separated the priests from them, he found of these priests twenty-four courses, sixteen of the house of Eleazar and eight of that of Ithamar; and he ordained that one course should minister to God [during] eight days, from [noon] Sabbath to [noon on the following] Sabbath. And thus were the courses distributed by lot, in the presence of David, and Zadok and Abiathar the high priest, and of all the rulers: and that course which came up first was written down as the first, and accordingly the second, and so on to the twenty-fourth; and this partition hath remained to this day" (Antiquities of the Jews, 7:14.7).
These courses were strictly followed until the Temple was destroyed in AD 70.
The Talmud describes the details of the rotation of courses, beginning on Nisan 1. With only twenty-four courses, obviously each course was required to work twice a year, leaving three extra weeks. (The Hebrew year normally has fifty-one weeks. Intercalary, or leap, years have an additional four weeks.) The three holy day seasons, Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles, during which all the courses were required to serve, made up these three extra weeks. Thus, each of the courses worked five weeks out of the year: two in their specific courses and three during the holy day seasons.
John the Baptist was sent to prepare the way for Messiah (Malachi 3:1; Luke 1:13-17). The gospel accounts make it very clear that he was born about half a year before Jesus was born. From historical details in Luke's account especially, as well as the accuracy of the Seventy Weeks prophecy (see "Seventy Weeks Are Determined . . .," p. 2), it is clear that Jesus was born sometime in 4 BC. This means, counting back the nine months of gestation and the six-month difference in age, John must have been conceived in the first half of 5 BC.
In the year 5 BC, the first day of the first month, the month of Nisan, according to the Hebrew Calendar, was a Sabbath. According to computer calculation synchronizing the Hebrew Calendar and the stylized Julian Calendar, it was April 8. Projecting forward, the assignments course by course, and week by week, were: Course 1, the first week; Course 2, the second week; all Courses for the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread, the third week; Course 3, the fourth week; Course 4, the fifth week; Course 5, the sixth week; Course 6, the seventh week; Course 7, the eighth week; Course 8, the ninth week; and all courses [sic] the tenth week, which was the week of Pentecost.
Zacharias of the course of Abijah worked the ninth week in his assigned course and the tenth week in the Pentecost course, and this period ran from Iyar 27 through Sivan 12 (Hebrew calendar) or June 3 through 17 (Julian calendar). He probably returned home immediately after his shifts were completed, and Elizabeth most likely conceived in the following two-week period, June 18 through July 1, 5 BC.
With this information we can calculate Elizabeth's sixth month as December, during which Mary also conceived (Luke 1:26-38). It is probable, because of the circumstances shown in Luke 1, that Mary conceived during the last two weeks of Elizabeth's sixth month. Thus, John was born in the spring of 4 BC, probably between March 18 and 31. By projecting forward another six months to Jesus' birth, the most probable time for His birth occurred between September 16 and 29. It is an interesting sidelight that Tishri 1, the Feast of Trumpets, is one of the two middle days of this time period.
There is additional proof that Jesus was born in the fall of the year. The census of Quirinius that required Joseph to travel from Galilee to Bethlehem would most probably have taken place after the fall harvest when people were more able to return to their ancestral homes (Luke 2:1-5). Besides, it was customary in Judea to do their tax collecting during this period, as the bulk of a farmer's income came at this time.
Another point is that Joseph and Mary had to find shelter in a barn or some other kind of animal shelter like a cave or grotto because the inns were full (verse 7). This indicates that the pilgrims from around the world had begun to arrive in Jerusalem and surrounding towns. Thus, the fall festival season had already commenced. There would have been no similar influx of pilgrims in December.
Also, as the shepherds were still in the fields with their flocks (verse 8), Jesus' birth could not have occurred during the cold-weather months of winter. Sheep were normally brought into centrally located pens or corrals as the weather turned colder and the rainy season began, especially at night. If this were not significant, it begs the question, "Why would Luke have mentioned it in such detail if not to convey a time reference?"
Why is it important that we know when Jesus was born? We certainly do not use this knowledge to celebrate His birthday—He tells us to commemorate His death, not His birth (I Corinthians 11:23-26). The true date, however, destroys the entire foundation of the Christmas holiday. It also points to the proper time of His ministry, crucifixion and resurrection, helping to disprove the Good Friday—Easter Sunday tradition also. Lastly, and maybe most importantly, it renews our faith in God's Word—that it is true, verifiable and historically accurate.
In addition, we should know even these details so that we can provide common-sense reasons for our beliefs. We live in a world of compromise and confusion—especially in the realm of religion—and thus we must study and follow what is true so we will not be fooled by what is counterfeit. The Christmas season promotes a lie concerning the date of the birth of Jesus Christ. We need to do more than reject the world's explanation; we need to know, prove and follow what is true. | 2019-04-25T06:01:17 | https://www.cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.sr/CT/ARTB/k/568/When-Was-Jesus-Born.htm |
0.998949 | In a nationally televised interview yesterday, Bob Knight said he met privately with Indiana University's president, Myles Brand, to discuss behavioral guidelines and not to apologize for embarrassing behavior on the eve of a trustees board meeting earlier this month.
Knight also refused to acknowledge grabbing a former player by the throat despite a widely broadcast videotape showing that he did. He also insisted he did not need professional counseling to manage his anger.
In his first public remarks since Brand's May 15 announcement that Knight would remain the Hoosier coach under ''zero tolerance'' guidelines, the coach conceded he had a problem with his temper, but said he was confident that he could keep it under control. Knight also said he was ''never close'' to resigning at any time during the seven-week investigation of his behavior that galvanized public opinion within Indiana and the nation.
Knight promised he would adjust his behavior. He said he was doing so for his players as well as for the support shown by Brand, who he said made a tough but fair decision to keep him.
''I have an obligation to that president, Myles Brand, to show he was right,'' Knight said in a live interview on ESPN.
Knight, however, appeared to contradict Brand about what occurred at a May 13 meeting at the president's home in Bloomington. Brand had said he was leaning toward firing Knight but was swayed by how ''contrite and apologetic'' the coach was about several incidents -- including intimidating a secretary in the athletic department with foul language and by throwing a vase, as well as arguments and physical altercations with colleagues and subordinates.
Knight said he did not go to the two-hour meeting to apologize and indicated that Brand wanted him to remain at Indiana; he also wanted to stay, so the discussion focused on future guidelines.
He also said he had not viewed the videotape of a 1997 practice that shows Knight grabbing a former player, Neil Reed, by the throat. That incident started the investigation.
''I hadn't choked anybody; I've never choked anybody,'' said Knight, though the investigation by two Indiana University trustees concluded that Knight grabbed the former player for 2.3 seconds, as well as engaged in a ''pattern of inappropriate behavior'' that had embarrassed the university.
In addition to the strict guidelines, the university fined Knight $30,000 and suspended him for three regular-season games in the 2000-01 season.
Although Knight said he did not need counseling to help manage his anger, he reiterated an earlier written apology that acknowledged his temper had often gotten the best of him. He said he had been working on it with the help of his wife, and said he did not anticipate a future incident that would lead to his termination. | 2019-04-26T02:03:37 | https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/31/sports/basketball-knight-makes-first-remarks-since-decision.html |
0.999936 | Adding a toolbar to the taskbar.
1. Right-click an empty area on the taskbar, click Toolbars and then click New Toolbar.
2. In the New Toolbar - Choose a folder window, browse to and click to select the folder you wish to make into a toolbar.
3. Click the Select Folder button. | 2019-04-24T22:23:46 | https://www.sony.com.sg/electronics/support/articles/S500015608 |
0.997349 | Then the owner showed us this one piece of art. My husband felt a very bad energy coming from one of the figures in the picture. That night he went to the bathroom in the middle of the night. He felt goose bumps and then felt the woman from the picture telling him she was going to do something to me.
up we both said we never want to stay in an historical B&B again and we asked each other why only to discover we had had experiences with the same ghost!.
I was walking home about 20 minutes ago from New Hope and I had a good 30 to 45 minute walk home, and I started to feel that was loseing my way, and there was no Street signs around, I walked by a house that seemed to be abandoned, no lights on, looked very old (1800's) and had a closed Iron Gate out front.
I stopped to answer my phone because my friend had called me, and when I said ''hello? '' the Iron Gate slowly opened and I heard what sounded like someone walking through a puddle and when I turned around I could make out what looked to be a man in a white shirt and black pants wearing a straw hat (which was oddly colored for a straw hat, black) and by this time I was in a full on sprint down the road and when I turned back it was gone and the gate had been closed. | 2019-04-22T05:04:27 | http://www.ghostsofamerica.com/1/Pennsylvania_New_Hope_ghost_sightings2.html |
0.998193 | Cybersecurity professionals admit that they still don’t have the right skills, processes and monitoring capabilities for cloud security. Suggestions?
A few years ago, ESG (and other) research indicated that security concerns posed the biggest impediment for more pervasive use of cloud computing. What happened next? Business executives and CIOs found that cloud agility, flexibility and potential cost savings were too good to pass up, creating a “cloud or bust” mentality. Naturally, CISOs had to do their best and go along for the ride whether they were ready or not.
Taken together, there are still wide cloud security gaps associated with people, processes and technologies.
1. Get training. Many of the deficits described above are a consequence of on-the-job cloud security training. Yes, cybersecurity professionals will pick things up, but by the time security pros figure things out, cloud security will lag way behind where it should be. Since cloud computing demands a new attitude and skill set, it’s worthwhile to invest in appropriate hands-on security education up front. Ambitious members of the cybersecurity staff will recognize the career opportunity and pursue cloud security training with gusto.
2. Use cloud security as an organizational change agent. CISOs have long lamented about their desire to drive information security closer to the business. Well, cloud computing provides a perfect opportunity to force this change. Cloud security polices, controls and even application security can be far more effective if they are integrated into early stages of business planning and application development lifecycles. ESG has found this to be true in practice—cloud computing leaders tend to have security baked into disciplines like DevOps and data center operations rather than bolting on security controls once cloud-based workloads are already deployed.
3. Consider cloud security as a tabula rasa. ESG has noted that organizations tend to struggle when they try to force fit traditional security controls into cloud computing. Often, they end up wasting time, scrapping these efforts, replacing traditional controls with cloud-centric controls and then struggle to catch up with cloud proliferation. Yes, it’s worthwhile to try to emulate existing best practices with cloud security, but smart CISOs will approach this with an open mind and look for the best security controls that gracefully support the nuances of cloud security out of the box.
4. Look for help. While the cloud is still new and scary to a lot of cybersecurity professionals, cloud popularity has produced a growing population of cloud security specialists. CISOs should do a lot of background checks on their vendors by grilling management, field engineering and reference accounts. With the right level of due diligence, you’ll be able to separate the helpful and real cloud security specialists from a long line of posers. | 2019-04-25T03:45:13 | https://www.csoonline.com/article/3183546/cloud-security-still-a-work-in-progress.html?cid=nww_nlt_networkworld_daily_news_alert_2017-03-21 |
0.998899 | My daughter is four, and attends a pre-school here in Niigata. Today was the annual "entrance ceremony" day, since the school year here starts in April. I guess I'd assumed that an entrance ceremony was going to be a situation where the children would meet their new room teachers, get acquainted with any new faces in their classes, and get back into the groove with their school routine.
I was shocked then, to get there and realize that the entrance ceremony seemed less about the children and more about ticking bureaucratic boxes (at this point this really shouldn't surprise me, though).
Let me just preface this by saying that my daughter's preschool has children from babies to five year olds attending, so you have some scope for age. The entrance ceremony information said the ceremony would run from 9.30am until 11.30am.
The school didn't open the doors until 9.30am on the dot in this situation. No matter that there were families outside waiting with young kids, they didn't let anyone inside the premises until bang-on 9.30. It's been snowing the last couple of days here and it's still cold, so why you wouldn't let people inside was beyond me. Thankfully we just hung out in the car until they opened the doors, but some families probably walked or caught public transport to be there.
9.30am isn't actually the "start time" for the ceremony. It's the "gathering time". The gathering time gives you a chance to find a place to sit, but the main event didn't actually start until 10. You'd think that people who deal with children all day would try and minimize the amount of idle time that kids (especially the real young ones) would be dealing with.
This ceremony was not about the kids at all. We sat through an hour of speeches from the principal and other staff. I guess I was expecting a more child focused "first day back at school" feeling, but nope - this was just lots of bowing and lots of long winded drivel.
I'm just saying...when my four year old - and the rest of the kids there - seemed bored out of their minds, I couldn't really fault them, since as an adult I was feeling the same way.
Please tell me that this is an anomaly and entrance ceremonies aren't always just full of irrelevant, long winded speeches?
Bad news, ALL entrance ceremonies, and to some extend graduation ceremonies are like this. It is an event to celebrate but you rarely see smiles because they are supposed to be strict and formal. Like you said, it often turns out to not be about the students. Get ready for a lot more boring events like these in the future and time wasted during each event lol.
@Jackson it was definitely SO different to what I remember my "first day back at school" events were back as a kid. She's my eldest so I was kind of taken aback that it was so formal for a bunch of pre-schoolers, but I guess I've just gotta grin and bear it from the sounds!
Same here today. Elementary school ones I've attended as an ALT have been similar too. Woo. | 2019-04-25T02:54:38 | https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/genkidesu/Mnm5m-living_education |
0.999957 | Have been using the following function to create password for years.
Recently found that this method is quite slow. A much simpler and faster method.
1. Produce 1M random strings with both methods.
2. Run the test for string length from 8 to 20.
1. The first method used more time in any case.
2. The longer of the string, the more time the first method used.
3. The time used by the second method to produce 1M strings was almost unchanged for different string lengths. | 2019-04-25T14:13:48 | https://iwebconsulting.no/2016/12/08/a-faster-method-to-create-complicate-password/ |
0.998912 | Following a screening of Iron Man 3 on Sunday night, director Shane Black, screenwriter Drew Pearce and stars Rebecca Hall ("Maya Hansen") and Guy Pearce ("Aldrich Killan") met with the press at a conference in Beverly Hills on Monday to answer questions about the new Marvel Studios film based on the superhero created by Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. ComicsAlliance was there to hear the filmmakers' remarks about the thematic content of the distinctly character-driven film, the challenges of being newcomers' to the Iron Man franchise, Black's preoccupation with Christmas, and some information about the alternate version of the film made especially for the Chinese market.
Our detailed Iron Man 3 review and summary is forthcoming, but here's the spoiler-free studio synopsis that will help set the stage for the topics addressed below.
Shane Black: I can only imagine that having worked previously [with Robert Downey, Jr. on Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang] contributed to him calling me and asking me aboard this somewhat more ambitious production. I had worked briefly with him and and [director Jon] Favreau during in the inception of the first Iron Man, in those early phases. I was impressed with the project, I was impressed with both of them. The chance to have a green-lit picture and to work again with Robert Downey and also spend time with Jon Favreau -- who gave me endless tips and advice -- that was too attractive to pass up.
Shane Black: My ambition was to have a movie that felt like a worthy successor to the two previous Favreau films. To Marvel's credit they said, "We've done The Avengers, we've made a lot of money, but let's not do that again right now. Let's do something different." They allowed for a different, sort of standalone film where we got to be more character-centric. It's a back to basics, "What would Tony Stark do next? What was left to tell of his story?" [film]. That was very appealing to me. To make it more of a thriller, to make it more about Tony, and less otherworldly. Just to ground it more. That was our intention. I hope we succeeded.
Shane Black: It just sort of evolved, oddly enough, in Iron Man 3. I actually resisted it, but it was Drew who talked me into it.
Drew Pearce: If i was going to see a Shane Black Iron Man movie, it had to be at Christmas. But there's always a reason for it as well.
Shane Black: I think if you're doing something on an interesting scale that involves an entire universe of characters, one way to unite them is to have them undergo a common experience and there's something about Christmas that unites everybody. It already sets a stage within the stage. Wherever you are, you're experiencing this world together. There's also something just pleasing about it to me. I did Lethal Weapon back in 1987 and we set it at Christmas and [producer] Joel [Silver] liked it so much he put Die Hard at Christmas. We don't have to do every film that way!
Drew Pearce: When you're telling a story where you're taking characters apart, it almost has more resonance if you put it at Christmas. And if you're also telling the stories of kind of lonelier characters as well, that loneliness is heightened at Christmas.
Shane Black: It's a time of reckoning for some people, where you take stock of where you've been and how you got to where you are now. Lonely people are lonelier at Christmas. You tend to notice things more keenly and more acutely, I think.
Drew Pearce: Plus there's a kind of A Christmas Carol thing that we're bringing to Tony.
Shane Black: Meeting the Ghost of Christmas Past in the sense that Harley [played by Ty Simpkins] is kind of [Tony] as a young boy. He's just encountering all these things like in a fever dream, when he's at his lowest point. That was the idea as well.
Rebecca Hall: It sounds like a slightly flippant response but it was a combination of "don't knock it till you try it," and this one seemed like one that would be very fun to try. I remember going to see the first Iron Man film and thinking, "What an unusual framework. They're not casting action heroes, they're casting Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, this must be interesting." I remember watching it and thinking it's not just about the action sequences and the thrill ride, it's also about the repartee and the wit and the dialogue. There's something of a screwball battle of the sexes comedy going on, which I loved. I thought that this would be a great thing to be a part of.
Guy Pearce: I don't know that I really got a sense of what "Marvel Moviemaking" is like, necessarily. Shane and Robert are obviously leading the charge. I guess in the end, lots of films feel the same in that you're standing in front of the camera and trying to be convincing. I think the interesting thing about doing this was that there were two previous films that were successful. Rebecca and I had seen both of those films and admired them, so it's interesting to step into something that already existed. Obviously working with Robert is something quite specific because he's the genius that he is; he likes to have a lot of fun, he likes to improvise, you've really got to be on your toes. But I think every film you do feels different from the last film you've done. So I didn't think "Oh wow, this whole Marvel Universe feels extremely different to anything else that I've done." Obviously we're very aware of the visual effects that were going on behind the scenes. There were literally people sitting behind us with laptop computers mocking up versions of what things are going to look like, which typically doesn't happen on a two-million-dollar Australian movie. So that was kind of different. You're aware of the visual effects world that will be incorporated later.
Rebecca Hall: There's trepidation when you get involved with any job. But I think it would be tremendously egotistical of me to suggest that I was in some way carrying the weight of the franchise. There wasn't that kind of fear. It was more the feeling you get going to an amusement park and getting on a scary ride. You know that it's exciting and it might be a bit scary, but you know that it's going to be fun. Any job is scary but you tackle the challenges.
Guy Pearce: You feel nervous about any film you take on. I think if I feel inspired by a job enough to want to take it on, then any kind of concerns that you have, you're prepared to face. I didn't have any concerns that would stop me from doing it. I'm certainly aware that there are fans behind comic strip films and obviously these Iron Man films, but you know you're in good hands with these guys. I think you just want to make sure you can bring a truth to the character you're playing.
Guy Pearce: As far as challenges, there's quite a lot of green screen. I know for [Rebecca Hall] that was probably the first time [she had] really worked with it. I've done a bit of green screen stuff before. On some level it's actually kind of fun because you're really relying on your imagination, and it wasn't so extreme that you were trying to imagine a person in front of you that actually wasn't there. But as I said you've got a special effects team working away constantly and they're showing you a [pre-visualization] of what the scene and what you're meant to be doing and how it's supposed to look. In the end you're in really good hands in a visual sense as well.
Drew Pearce: I think Marvel would like that to be a surprise for now. When that version of it inevitably feeds back to us, you'll see what was involved.
Shane Black: There was a sort of idea for the Chinese version where it would entail additional footage that I was asked to look at and approve. I was basically doing the American version while we were simultaneously obtaining footage for the Chinese version. I got a sense of what was going on and I was asked to look at it and had a chance later to approve the footage. Now we've got these two versions and I'm thrilled that we have the opportunity to work with one of the single fastest emerging box office markets in the world, which is China where they build theaters so quickly now.
Shane Black: It was pretty easy [to give up the f-word]. I had done a film for kids previously called Monster Squad. That was ages ago. So coming into this I had to say, "I remember what it was like when I went to the matinee to stand in line for The Empire Strikes Back or Star Wars or those types of films and get excited all over again for that type of adventure, where you can appeal to a family but it's still edgy. We didn't want to pander, we didn't want to make a kiddie film, but we couldn't go beyond the boundaries of PG-13.
Drew Pearce: Although we did push it in the first few drafts.
Shane Black: Right. Tony only said "f***" five times in the first draft.
Drew Pearce: That is technically true and we had to sit down and have a conversation about that draft, about how you couldn't say "f***" in a PG-13 movie.
Shane Black: When you would write for television, when I was coming up in this business, you would just say "f***" anyway and you would know that they would just take it out later.
Drew Pearce: Now it's like, "But everyone's going to see this..."
Shane Black: So basically, there was no problem with that. I have no problem with tailoring material to the audience it's intended for as long as you keep the edge, as long as you don't condescend to that audience I think that it's absolutely spot on.
Drew Pearce: There's also a bunch of brilliant actors, which helps so much. They give it the swing and feel of grown-up conversation without necessarily having to hit the f-button.
Shane Black: Although Rebecca was pretty bad, actually.
For more from the cast of Iron Man 3, check out this report from the press conference with Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Ben Kingsley. Iron Man 3 opens May 3 in the U.S. | 2019-04-19T10:49:46 | https://comicsalliance.com/iron-man-3-press-conference-shane-black-guy-pearce-rebecca-hall-christmas/ |
0.999916 | What went right: After a somewhat cold start the Buffaloes shot the ball well, finishing .589 overall (33-for-56) with a 10-for-22 mark on 3-pointers.
What went wrong: Very little. Drake was hot early from 3-point range, starting the game 7-for-17, but the Buffs harassed the Bulldogs into a 4-for-20 mark the rest of the way.
Star of the game: Namon Wright. The Buffs' only senior scored 25 points, the best of his CU career, while going 8-for-12 with eight rebounds.
What's next: The Buffs host Omaha on Friday night at 7 p.m. (Pac-12 Mountain).
Among 353 Division I basketball programs in the nation, the Colorado men's basketball squad was the last one to finally make its season debut.
After a slow start, the Buffaloes ultimately made it worth the wait.
The Buffs were able to turn around early shortcomings at the 3-point line at both ends of the floor before blitzing Drake with a game-breaking run just before halftime, eventually cruising to a 100-71 win Tuesday night at the CU Events Center.
It was the first time the Buffs have scored 100 points in a non-overtime game since a 100-91 win against Oregon on Jan. 5, 2014. It was the first 100-point game in a season-opener since 1990.
CU made just one of its first five 3-point attempts while Drake kept the game close by starting 7-for-17 from long range. Yet the Buffs were able to go 9-for-17 the rest of the way while holding the Bulldogs to a 4-for-20 mark.
"It was a reiteration of the game plan. We knew going in that Drake shot a lot of threes and that they had good shooters," CU head coach Tad Boyle said. "We had to make sure we got them off the 3-point line. Certainly midway through the first half they had seven threes. We want to hold a team to six in a game, so we didn't do a good job there.
"We did a much better job in the second half. I thought overall we started contesting shots better in the second half. You can't let a good 3-point shooting team get rhythm and get hot."
Drake took 32-30 lead with about four minutes left in the first half before the Buffs quickly and assertively took control. CU closed the first half with a 15-2 run, with senior Namon Wright scoring seven of his game-best 25 points during the burst.
CU kept the pedal down after halftime, with Wright adding another five points in a 7-0 run after the break. Those points gave the Buffs an 18-point lead after they had trailed by two less than six minutes earlier.
Wright's 25 points represented his best scoring total at CU, though he scored 28 once before transferring from Missouri. Wright started 13 games a year ago but came off the bench on Tuesday, a role Boyle indicated he currently prefers for his team's only senior.
"I just want to help my team however I can and make sure our team is flowing the best way it should," said Wright, who added eight rebounds. "However way our coaches see that is probably good. The group I'm with usually are younger guys. I'm the oldest guy on the team, so I'm sure it's a good balance. I've just got to have the right focus mentally. Starting, off the bench, it doesn't really matter to me as long as we win."
CU outrebounded Drake 44-29 and attempted 37 free throws — more than the Buffs attempted in any of their 32 games last season.
Sophomore point guard McKinley Wright also enjoyed a solid all-around night, going 6-for-9 with 17 points and six assists. Forward Tyler Bey just missed posting a double-double with nine points and a career-best 14 rebounds.
"It was 18 minutes to go and they called timeout. We were up 18 and I wanted to keep the foot on the gas and we did," Boyle said. "That's a testament to our guys and the progress that they've made."
T.Murphy 2-4 0-1 4, McGlynn 3-10 7-9 13, Wilkins 5-10 2-5 16, Norton 6-10 2-2 18, Ellingson 1-9 0-1 3, Pilipovic 0-3 0-0 0, Robbins 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 4-9 0-1 10, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, A.Murphy 3-7 1-2 7. Totals 24-62 12-21 71.
Siewert 4-4 1-3 11, Battey 3-6 2-2 8, M.Wright 6-9 5-6 17, Gatling 3-7 5-8 12, Bey 3-7 3-5 9, Strating 1-2 2-4 4, Martinka 0-0 0-0 0, Kountz 3-4 2-4 9, Parquet 2-4 0-0 5, N.Wright 8-12 4-5 25, Ersek 0-0 0-0 0, McQuade 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-56 24-37 100.
Halftime — Colorado 45-34. 3-point goals — Drake 11-37 (Wilkins 4-7, Norton 4-7, Thomas 2-5, Ellingson 1-8, Pilipovic 0-3, A.Murphy 0-3, McGlynn 0-4), Colorado 10-22 (N.Wright 5-8, Siewert 2-2, Parquet 1-1, Kountz 1-2, Gatling 1-3, McQuade 0-1, Battey 0-1, M.Wright 0-2, Bey 0-2). Fouled out — T.Murphy, Robbins. Rebounds — Drake 24 (McGlynn 7), Colorado 44 (Bey 14). Assists — Drake 14 (Norton 4), Colorado 15 (M.Wright 6). Total fouls— Drake 26, Colorado 17. | 2019-04-18T16:35:10 | http://www.buffzone.com/ci_32269880/cu-basketball-races-past-drake-season-opener |
0.999873 | A simple yet powerful management platform that helps accelerate and sustain business growth.
4M Ecosystems in an online management platform that helps consumers connect and discover new resources. Initially designed to be a capstone project, it offers students a chance to work with a client and solve a real world business need.
Our client Rick, the owner of 4M Ecosystems comes from a background of business and finance. He recognized that capturing the essence of a startup ecosystem is necessary to reach its full potential. This case study documents my approach in solving this problem.
Generate ideas, define a process, and understand the problem at hand and how it needs to be solved.
Identify project goals and restraints, firmographics, personas, and conduct user research, and product requirements.
Concept design, wireframes, interface design, as well as brand identity .
Targeting too many audience segments risks confusing what product is being offered.
Design a system which adapts to its user while able to sustain the data it compiles.
Outline how users interact within an ecosystem and how they benefit from it.
Create a business model that encourages users to interact with one another.
Allow users to browse portions of the network without registering an account.
Understand how our client views success and how it can be measured.
What does the product consists of and a reason for the redesign?
After the meeting with our stakeholders, the following topics regularly emerged indicating their importance.
Our platform should encourage users to form networks outside of 4M Ecosystem's data base.
Admins should be able to create roles for users in their ecosystem and assign them accordingly.
With sensitive information flowing through the database, security is to be implemented early on.
Without information provided of the user base I was working with, it became challenging to find a starting point.
A set number of meetings was assigned for us to interview the stakeholders. We were limited afterwards.
Each stakeholder measured success differently. One valued functionality while the other gave priority to user experience.
What's necessary for ecosystems to remain healthy?
How a each user benefit when a part of an ecosystem?
Finding a starting point required knowledge of the industry. I conducted task analysis, competitive benchmarks, and other research methods, to paint a better picture of the playing field. Doing so allowed me to begin taking steps forward.
To immerse myself into an unfamiliar field, I conducted research on several websites and verified what current the current industry standards are, common design patterns, and who the leaders were in the market.
The audience can quickly identify who Gust is, what they do, and how they are able to do it.
Gust gives visitors a chance to test their network and demonstrate their services without any commitment.
Each component that makes up Gust's customer base obtains a software catered to serve their specific needs e.g., Startups, Investors and Accelerators.
Even though this is a term I personally made up, it is the best way I can describe what I do. To understand how a website communicates with its audience, I break it down and write simple conceptual terms describing the overall section of the website.
With large text and clear call to action, a user is left with no room for confusion. They understand what role they play, and how to get there.
By flexing their muscles, AngelList demonstrates a giant network and the companies that partner with them.
While this is a logo you don't see everyday, it takes one time for you to see it and you remember the brand.
I used Task Analysis to identify opportunities that improve the UX process and also generate ideas on features that 4M should offer.
Empathy maps give insights about the target audience by looking to their thoughts, feelings, needs, and goals. By putting myself in the shoes of Angela, a startup founder, I was able to empathize with him as a user and think about what value 4M could offer.
Personas aid in creating a realistic representation of potential user groups. After getting a better understanding of users through empathy maps, I was able to create several personas to summarize that information.
Mapping out the various channels consumers fall in contact with ensures a good user experience during and after initial contact. When every aspect of your customer experience is considered, more value is delivered.
After compiling and analysis my findings, I determined the following to be necessary in delivering value to the clients.
Barriers to entry need to be minimal to non-existent.
Establish your authority and reputation by example. Success stories, testimonials, & knowledge in the field all help in doing so.
Give members accountability and incentive to be active in the community.
Keep your message simple unless users wants detailed information.
What do you do and how can they benefit from your product?
Provide a concise explanation of the services offered.
Let the user easily customize certain aspects to better serve their needs.
Show your commitment to protect the user base with the best security.
Allow users to test your network before committing.
Create a self sustaining database that provides valuable insights.
Ensure the layout makes it easy for viewers to find detailed information.
Create a ranking system that rewards good business etiquette.
Users are likely to land on pages other than the home page, which makes it important to show where they are located on your website.
The concept of an Ecosystem isn't familiar to everyone. With thoughtful visual design, 4M can clearly define what it is and viewers will associate a term they learned with your brand.
The current web is picking up speed as more and more people find access to high internet speed. Ensure to use videos when explaining product functionality. It takes less effort to watch a video than read a paragraph.
Create a clear distinction between enterprise vs client solutions. To decrease levels of confusion, create a seperate website for enterprise solutions.
How Does the User Fit In?
Summarize the different categories that make up ecosystems and invite users to learn more with the click of a button.
With each component make sure to differentiate them in order to avoid them mixing up roles. An organization/individual can be multiple components, which is visually separated once logged in and verified.
While designing the dashboard, I found myself forgetting what relationships certain graphs are meant to portray. Pretty visuals can convolute or over complicate, until I went back to the basics and sketched out simple charts to further my understanding.
In the world of startups, relevant information can be the difference between a major gains or loss. The platform must consistently search for errors and cross check it for quality.
With the use of machine learning, it is now possible for computers to make predictions and discover patterns humans can’t normally recognize.
Modern designs patterns that are consistent with current design trends.
While each component has a unique dashboard with functionality specific to that component, I focus on the process I underwent in developing investor dashboards. The following contain sketches, wireframes, and final visual components.
After logging in, users are directed to the "Overview" section which comprise of key information important to that component, unless indicated under settings. Since customization became a selling point, every dashboard overview may look slightly different depending if the user decides to adjust it.
The right hand side will always indicate who you are logged in under. Changes made under original accounts reflect on any connected accounts.
The search bar always remains in view to be accessible. Trending stories automatically pop up under recommendations as well.
If an individual performs multiple roles, they can toggle between them using the tottle below.
I am currently looking for new opportunities! If you have any inquiries, suggestions, or anything else. It's easy to reach me. Thank you! | 2019-04-23T20:34:12 | http://www.vitaliydesigns.com/4m-case-study |
0.999999 | Should Realistic Cultural Anthropology questions and comments go in Science or in Worldbuilding?
I would sort by target actually. In other words, if the cultural anthropology query is either [i]about[/i] cultural anthropology (as a topic) or is about cultural anthropology as applies to some primary world culture, then I'd think that would sort into the Science Department. If the query is about either fictional cultural anthropology (i.e., as a fictional science) or else applies to a culture in a secondary world, then I'd think it should sort into the Worldbuilding Department.
I would sort by target actually.
In other words, if the cultural anthropology query is either about cultural anthropology (as a topic) or is about cultural anthropology as applies to some primary world culture, then I'd think that would sort into the Science Department. If the query is about either fictional cultural anthropology (i.e., as a fictional science) or else applies to a culture in a secondary world, then I'd think it should sort into the Worldbuilding Department. | 2019-04-20T14:39:04 | http://gtx0.com/read/should-realistic--cultural-anthropology-questions-and-comments-go-in-science-or-in-worldbuilding |
0.999999 | Directions (1-4): Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.
Male lions are rather reticent about expending their energy in hunting – more than three – quarters of kills are made by lionesses. Setting off at dusk on a hunt, the lionesses are in front, tensely scanning ahead, the cubs lag playfully behind and the males brings up the rear, walking slowly, their massive heads nodding with each step as if they were bored with the whole matter. But slothfulness may have survival value. With lionesses busy hunting, the males function as guards for the cubs, protecting them particularly from hyenas.
Directions (5-8): Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.
Harold, a professional man who had worked in an office for many years, had a fearful dream. In it, he found himself in a land where small slug-like animals with slimy tentacles lived on people’s bodies. The people tolerated the loathsome creatures because after many years they grew into elephants which then became the nation’s system of transport, carrying everyone wherever he wanted to go. Harold suddenly realized that he himself was covered with these things, and he woke up screaming. In a vivid sequence of pictures his dream dramatized for Harold what he had never been able to put into words; he saw himself as letting society feed on his body in his early years so that it would carry him when he retired. He later threw off the ‘security bug’ and took up freelance work.
(a) Harold succeeded in overcoming the need for security.
(b) Harold stopped giving much importance to dreams.
(c) Harold started tolerating social victimization.
(d) Harold killed all the bugs troubling him.
Q6. Which one of the following phrases best helps to bring out the precise meaning of ‘loathsome creatures’?
Directions (9-15): In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is left unfinished. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
Q9. __________, the more they remain the same.
Q10. The stock market is probably __________. And the way the market has been plunging says a lot about investor’s confidence.
(a) the best barometer to assess the sentiment of the public.
(b) an ideal indication of the health of public sentiment.
(c) the least imperfect mechanism for judging the quantity of the sentiment of the public.
(d) the best indicator of public sentiment.
Q11. __________ that in this apparent mess, two things need not be interfered with.
(a) he makes out of it.
(b) he gets for others.
(c) he has overcome through it.
(d) he becomes by it.
Q13. Wines that yield a good commercial profit __________ in the same limited areas of France as now.
(a) seem to have been produced.
Q14. In pursuance of their decision to resist what they saw as anti-labour policies, the company employees’ union launched agitation to __________.
Q15. The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition as it has developed up to now, with all its diverse proponents, is that it consists of a __________ Plato. | 2019-04-19T08:33:51 | http://ssc.xaam.in/2017/03/english-questions-for-ssc-cgl.html |
0.999999 | Where is the best place to buy diapers as far as cost?
I have done a little comparison online and seen the difference between Sams Club and Babies R Us (one example) was about 5 dollars for a mega-box of Huggies (like the 200-pack or something). I thought Babies R Us would be way more than a big box store... Has anyone found a great "bargain" spot to get their diapers? Or online?
Walmart is the cheapest! & I kick myself in the rear when I just settle for convenience & buy while im at babies-r-us. lots of thier stuff is pricer!
My sis in law says to check Costco when I can, but I'm thinking that Walmart probably will be cheapest!
I always check out the price of diapers at every store I go to that carries them and I have found that nobody beats Walmart. They often have sales on Pampers or Huggies (I will use either brand, depending which is on sale), selling a 37-39$ box of diapers for abour 25$, which I think is a great deal. They are even cheaper than Costco.
I have searched and searched and have honestly found that the cheapest place for buying diapers by far is Amazon.com (even beats walmart!), you can sign up for the mom club and get free shipping, and set up for "subscribe and save" which gives you an even better price and automatically sends you diapers on a set schedule so you never run out. They are great!! | 2019-04-24T15:59:30 | https://www.babycenter.com/400_where-is-the-best-place-to-buy-diapers-as-far-as-cost_6636410_170.bc |
0.999903 | How do I browse templates on Signage Creator?
The first step you'll want to perform after logging into your account is to browse through the template library. This will allow you to peruse hundreds of prebuilt templates and choose one that best fits your design. The following knowledgebase article explains how to browse templates in your SignageCreator account.
If you meet the requirements listed above, simply follow the steps below to begin browsing through templates.
Log into SignageCreator.com, and click the "Templates" section near the top right portion of the page. This will take you to the templates library.
From your template library page, you begin browsing immediately, or further refine your search by clicking a category.
Category filtering is useful if you wish to limit your menu boards to a certain industry or genre.
You can click through various pages and also adjust how menus are displayed using the "Sort by" and "Show" button near the top left of the template library.
Once you've found a template, hover your mouse over it to see a submenu with 3 options.
First, you can preview the menu by clicking the magnifying glass icon. This will display the menu in a larger form for inspection.
Next, if you wish to begin editing the template immediately, click the pencil icon - this will open the menu in the template editor view.
Lastly, if you'd like to save the template to your account for editing at a later time, click the heart icon to favorite it. This will save it to your account under "favorites", where you can view, edit, and save templates.
Once you've inspected and previewed the template, you'll then want to proceed to editing it so you can apply any desired changes or stylistic adjustments. | 2019-04-19T18:26:50 | http://support.mvixusa.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1476696-how-do-i-browse-templates-on-signage-creator- |
0.99911 | After her aunt and guardian, Alice Alquist, a renowned opera singer, is strangled to death in their London home at No. 9 Thornton Square, traumatized teenager Paula Alquist moves to Italy. Ten years later, Paula confesses to her devoted voice teacher, Maestro Guardi, that she has finally put her past behind her and fallen in love. Guardi encourages Paula to follow her heart, and consequently, she accepts the proposal of Gregory Anton, a pianist whom she has known for only two weeks. During their honeymoon in Lake Como, Gregory tells Paula that he has always dreamed of living in a fashionable London square, and anxious to please her husband, Paula suggests they move to her aunt's house in Thornton Square. As soon as they are back at long-deserted No. 9, however, Paula's terrifying memories begin to resurface, so Gregory insists that all of her aunt's belongings be stored in the attic. Paula then finds a letter hidden in her aunt's sheet music, dated two days before her murder, in which the writer, Sergius Bauer, begs to see her aunt. When Paula reads Bauer's name out loud, Gregory angrily grabs the letter and silences her.
Three months later, as they are about to leave for a much-anticipated Tower of London tour, Gregory presents Paula with his great-grandmother's brooch, but cautions her not to wear it until the clasp has been fixed. Paula, who has not strayed from the house or entertained any visitors since marrying, puts the brooch in her purse, dismissing Gregory's warning that she might lose it. During the tour, however, Paula senses that the brooch is missing and becomes agitated. Then, while walking toward the Crown Jewels exhibit, Paula is greeted warmly by Brian Cameron, who had been a fan of Alice's and momentarily mistook Paula for her aunt. Gregory is immediately suspicious of Brian, even though Paula insists that she has never met him. Once back at home, a contrite Paula confesses to Gregory that she lost the brooch, and he accuses her of being forgetful. Later that night, after Gregory has left for his music studio, Paula sees the gaslights in her bedroom dim inexplicably and hears footsteps overhead. Two months later, Brian appears in Thornton Square and questions Paula's nosy neighbor, Miss Bessy Thwaites, about Paula. At that moment, Brian sees Paula standing in her front door, apparently preparing to leave. When Nancy Oliver, a saucy young maid hired by Gregory, asks Paula exactly where she is going, however, the increasingly insecure Paula retreats inside. Made suspicious by Paula's odd behavior, Brian, a Scotland Yard detective, studies the police file on Alice's unsolved murder and learns that several foreign crown jewels, which had been given secretly to Alice by a royal admirer, disappeared on the night of the murder. Convinced that Paula is in danger, Brian assigns Williams, a constable, to keep an eye on No. 9. Later, after Gregory accuses Paula of harboring an irrational mistrust of Nancy, Brian, posing as Miss Thwaites's nephew, tries to call on Paula, but is turned away on Gregory's orders. Paula is upset and confused by Gregory's manipulations, but forgives him as soon as he announces that he is taking her to the theater that night. Paula's joy is cut short, however, when Gregory accuses her of absentmindedly removing a painting from the parlor wall. Although Paula pleads her innocence, Gregory finds the painting on the staircase, where it had ended up twice before, and contends that she moved it in a thoughtless daze. Gregory then tells Paula she is too sick to go out and prepares to leave for his studio.
Revealing that she has been hearing strange noises, Paula begs Gregory not to go, but he dismisses her fears and leaves. Soon after, Paula sees the lights dim and hears the overhead footsteps. Sometime later, Brian and the Antons are invited to a piano concert at Lord and Lady Dalroy's. As the evening is about to start, however, the Dalroys receive a note from Gregory stating that Paula is too ill to attend. At home, Paula becomes upset when Gregory tells her about the note and threatens to go to the Dalroys' alone. Gregory then agrees to attend, but during the concert, he whispers to Paula that his watch is missing. Paula immediately finds it in her purse and starts to cry, disrupting the performance. Gregory and Paula return home hurriedly and, unknown to them, are followed by Brian. When Paula comments that her mental problems began with the discovery of her aunt's letter, Gregory angrily informs her that the letter never existed and that she is going insane, just as her dead mother had years before. He then tells her that he has arranged for two doctors to examine her, with the intention of committing her to an asylum, and leaves for his studio. Brian and Williams trail him as he circles around the block, but soon lose him in the fog. Inside, Paula begins to hear the footsteps and asks Elizabeth Tompkins, the cook, if she hears them too. Elizabeth is hard of hearing, however, and says no. Later, Williams reports to Brian that he saw a disheveled Gregory emerge from the mews outside his house, causing Brian to speculate that he must have gone into the deserted No. 5 and crossed the roof to No. 9.
That night, Brian waits for Gregory to depart and then pushes past Elizabeth to see Paula. While Brian talks with Paula, convincing her that she is sane, Gregory is tearing apart Alice's furniture in the attic, searching for something. Brian forces open Gregory's desk and notices that Gregory's gun is missing from its box. At the same time, Paula finds her aunt's letter, and by comparing the handwriting on the letter against Gregory's note to the Dalroys, Brian concludes that Gregory is Bauer, whom he knows was one of Alice's accompanists. Brian speculates that Gregory killed Alice for the jewels but, as he was unable to find them on the night of the murder, married Paula to gain access to the house. At that moment, Gregory, still upstairs, finally finds the jewels, which were sewn onto one of Alice's opera costumes, and tears them off. Seeing the gaslights suddenly brighten, Brian leaves the house before Gregory descends from the attic. As Gregory confronts Paula about the broken desk lock, Brian, having entered the attic through the roof, appears with the torn costume and accuses Gregory of Alice's murder. The two men begin to fight upstairs, and, when Paula hears a gunshot, she rushes to the attic and finds Gregory tied to a chair. After a distraught Paula taunts the imprisoned Gregory, he confesses his crimes, noting that the jewels had an unnatural hold over him. As they wait for the police, Brian consoles Paula and offers to visit her whenever she needs him.
if you get the cotten out of your mouth.. | 2019-04-19T07:00:04 | http://alt.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/166/Gaslight/ |
0.769889 | Conrad Murray’s voice softens when he recalls the moment Michael Jackson reached out, clasped his hand and said in his soft falsetto voice: ‘There are only four people in my family now. Paris, Prince, Blanket and you, Dr Conrad.’ It was, the 60-year-old doctor recalls: ‘one of the happiest days of my life. This man who had been so lonely, who had spent so many long nights telling me about his pain and anguish, finally felt he could trust someone in his life apart from his children. ‘We were family’. We loved each other as brothers.’ Unrepentant: Dr Conrad Murray speaks during his first interview after serving half of his four-and-a-half-year jailterm following his conviction of killing Michael Jackson The remarkable exchange took place in Jackson’s private suite of five rooms on the second floor of his rented £60,000-a-month Beverly Hills mansion. It was an area closed to all except the singer’s three children and Dr Murray – his personal physician and private confidante. Murray says: ‘Michael trusted no one. The bed chamber smelled because he did not even let maids in there to clean. There were clothes strewn everywhere. ‘Then he looked at me and said, “You know, for the rest of your life and my life our names will become inseparable.” ‘I asked him, “Michael, what do you mean?” and he smiled and said, “I am clairvoyant.” ’ Maybe he was.
This brief but intense relationship has all but destroyed Murray’s life and almost certainly defines it. The heart surgeon, released from prison three weeks ago after serving half of a four-year sentence for killing pop superstar Jackson with an overdose of intravenous sedative, maintains he was not responsible for Jackson’s tragic death. And, in his first-ever interview, he remains unrepentant. ‘I never gave Michael anything that would kill him,’ he says tersely. ‘I loved him. I still do. I always will.’ At a bulky 6ft 5in, Murray is a bear of a man, though he claims to have lost more than two stone in prison and says he feels ‘every one of my 60 years’. Despite his public disgrace, he has huge charm and the self-assured authority – some might say bombast – of a physician whose lucrative private practice turned over more than £2.3 million a year. Jackson’s prediction to the doctor was, indeed, prophetic.
‘I found out the kids were at the hospital, they were in a room having pizza. ‘I called for a team of psychiatrists. We spoke briefly about whether, if the children wanted it, it would be OK for them to see their father? I walked into the room. Paris looked at me and said, “Daddy’s dead?” I said, “Yes.” ‘The children wailed. Paris cried, “I don’t want to be an orphan! I don’t want to be an orphan!” Mrs Jackson was there, La Toya was there, Jermaine was there, but I thought they acted cold. ‘I was so worried about those children, they had no relationship with their mother. I didn’t know what to do. But Paris is a remarkable child. I have never seen such mettle in a child that age. ‘On the day he died, she sought me out in the corridor. I felt as if Michael was talking through her. She said, “My daddy died today. I know you did everything you could. If he didn’t survive I know it’s not because you didn’t do everything you could.” ‘It breaks my heart that those children are now without the one person who loved them more than anything. ‘I loved those children. I would love to sit down with them and tell them how much I cared for their father but I worry that their minds have been poisoned against me.’ For more than five hours, in a voice still thick with the lilting tones of his native Trinidad, in a faceless hotel room in southern California he tells about Michael’s perilous physical, mental and financial state and the singer’s secret addiction to prescription drugs.
This entry was tagged DailyMail, Jackson, Michael, Michael Jackson, Murray, Paris, The Mail on Sunday, Trial of Conrad Murray. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-19T11:17:12 | https://djspaqz.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/pop-icon-michael-jackson-dramatic-documentary-released/ |
0.999364 | Will the NFL's Minnesota Vikings move to Birmingham?
It is reported that the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings have been secretly on sale for the past two months. A potential suitor in Birmingham has had discussions with the team but it is unclear if an offer was made, and if so, if it includes moving the team to Birmingham.
The Vikings unusual ownership structure has become unstable of late. In June, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue met with the Vikings ownership and stressed the need for the team to meet the league's mandate that each franchise have one owner with at least a 30 percent stake. The ten primary Vikings owners currently own equal shares worth roughly ten percent each. The decision to sell the team came from the unwillingness, or inability, of any current owner to step forward and meet the mandate. The sale is being pursued due to the wishes of a majority of the board members wanting to sell their interest in the team.
"We have to explore all the possibilities. I think eventually we have to sell," said John Skoglund, one of the ten primary Viking owners. The owners have been seeking a new lease and substantial renovations of the Metrodome. The Metrodome situation is so bad that any new owner would be put in the same position, which has made the sale difficult.
All of the area's facilities are in need. On Wednesday, Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson called for state lawmakers to find a broad-based solution that would help Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins, the Vikings, the University of Minnesota football team, and the expansion franchise of the National Hockey League that's scheduled to begin play in 2000.
In addition to the prospective buyer in Birmingham, the team has met with prospective buyers from Los Angeles, Toronto, and another unidentified city.
The Birmingham suitor is Dr. Larry Lemak, a noted local surgeon. "We'd love to have an NFL team come here. We're going to do what we can to pursue that opportunity."
Lemak has a working relationship with Vikings president Roger Headrick, who is a member of the board of directors of Birmingham-based MedPartners.
Lemak said he had officially contacted Headrick yesterday with an offer to buy the team. "We do know of the Vikings situation and they know our situation - as do some other teams with leases that aren't so hot."
The Alabama Sports Foundation, of which Lemak is chairman, is pursuing the possibilities of bringing a team to Birmingham. "The idea of the NFL, or any major league sports franchise, is exciting. I think the interesting thing is that people realize the potential for a major league sports here is real. The fact that we're mentioned with Los Angeles, Toronto, and San Antonio is huge," Lemak said. The ASF is an offshoot of the 1996 Olympic soccer games held in Birmingham.
Currently, there is no firm ownership group in Birmingham, but Healthsouth CEO Richard Scrushy has reportedly met with the Vikings.
A published report says that Lemak's investment group would make an offer within ten days but Lemak says they are still reviewing the team's finances and does not expect to make an immediate offer to buy the team. "I think it's all a little premature at this point. We haven't finished analyzing the financial data. We'll have a decision soon, but not yet."
The NFL's recent announcement of a dramatically larger television package will push up the team's price, which is estimated at $200 million. But according to Gene Hallman, CEO of the ASF, that shouldn't worry the local investors. "The price will go up by some amount. At the same time, the profit to be made next year will go up, as well. So that's a wash."
Lemak's team has a few options, including buying the team outright or just a percentage. They will also consider moving the team to Birmingham, where another Lemak-led group has recently proposed a taxpayer-funded plan to build a $280 million domed stadium and convention center downtown.
Other potential buyers at this point are Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider, Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad, Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, and San Antonio businessman Red McCombs.
Best-selling author Tom Clancy has emerged as a potential buyer for the Vikings. Clancy's surprising bid was accepted on Monday.
Clancy is known for his military thrillers "The Hunt for Red October", "Patriot Games", and "Clear and Present Danger".
Whitney said that the current owners would meet this week and a decision would be made on Tuesday.
After Tom Clancy's winning bid of $200 million fell through due to shaky financing, the Vikings are back on the market.
However, Lemak's investment team has not decided if they will submit another bid. While the ASF hasn't openly supported the effort to build a domed stadium in Birmingham, the success of the vote could have an impact on the purchase of the team.
But Lemak warns that a purchase would not automatically mean the team could move to Birmingham. "Much of the doubt is centered around the fact that if you secure a team, you don't just pick it up and move it. The NFL has quite a say in what happens."
The NFL has seen quite a lot of movement of late. Since 1995, the Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis, the Los Angeles Raiders moved back to Oakland, the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore, and the Houston Oilers moved to Nashville.
The Minnesota Vikings officially announce San Antonio businessman Red McCombs as their new owner, pending approval of the other NFL team owners.
McCombs reportedly paid $250 million for the team and has repeatedly said he would keep the team in Minnesota. | 2019-04-22T05:09:52 | http://www.birminghamprosports.com/otherteamsvikings2.html |
0.999919 | Cube steaks smothered in a finger-licking red wine sauce with mushrooms, bacon, and onions, If you have your fat consumption on the leash, use a leaner cut of meat and omit the bacon from the ingredient list. Otherwise, feel free to lick your plates, because the rich flavor of these steaks is so irresistibly delicious.
1. Preheat your oven to 350 F or 180 C degrees. Coat a baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
2. Meanwhile, season the steaks with salt and pepper, and dredge in flour. Reserve the excess flour.
3. In a pan over medium heat, heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil. Add the steaks to the pan and cook for about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to the baking dish.
4. Heat the oil for the sauce in the same pan you used earlier. Add the onions and cook for about 5 minutes, or until soft. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 more minutes. Stir in the garlic, and cook for 30 seconds, or just until fragrant. Stir in the reserved flour. Cook for 2 minutes.
5. Pour the wine and chicken stock into the pan. Whisk briefly to get rid of the lumps, but be careful not to mash the mushrooms. Cook for a couple of minutes, until the sauce reaches your desired consistency.
6. Meanwhile, place the bacon into a microwave and cook until it becomes crisp. Crumble the bacon into the sauce, stir in the tarragon, salt, and pepper.
7. Pour the sauce over the cube steaks. Place the baking dish in the oven, and bake for 45 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Crispy parmesan and saltine cracker crust, yummy tomato sauce, and a super satisfying cheesy topping, these fried and baked parmesan cube steaks are the ultimate definition of a comfort food. Amazing look, and even more amazing taste, this recipe is a real keeper. Serve with a green salad and your guests will fall madly in love with your cooking skills.
1. Preheat your oven to 350 F or 180 C degrees. Grease a baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Combine the flour, salt, and pepper, in a shallow dish. In another shallow dish, combine the basil, crushed crackers, and parmesan cheese.
3. In a bowl, whisk together the water and eggs.
4. Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Meanwhile, dip the cube steaks in the flour first, then in the egg mixture, and finally, coat with the parmesan/cracker mixture. Place in the pan and fry for about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to the baking dish. Place in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, whisk together all of the sauce ingredients. Remove the baking dish from the oven and pour the sauce over the steaks. Top each steak with a mozzarella slice. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese and oregano over.
6. Return to the oven and bake for additional 5 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Simple to make, hassle-free, inexpensive, this deeply satisfying dish will be a perfect dinner choice for those busy weeknights. The chili flakes in this recipe give this risotto extra pizzazz that is hard to resist. If you are a dairy fan, you can serve it topped with sour cream, however, know that this dish is super divine just as it is.
1. Place the butter in a skillet, and melt it over medium heat. Add the cube steak and cook until it becomes brown, about 5-6 minutes in total.
2. In a large saucepan, add the remaining ingredients. Stir in the cooked steak along with the juices from the pan. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cover the saucepan, and let simmer for about 25 minutes, or until the rice absorbs all of the liquid. Serve and enjoy!
This recipe is made for those cold winter nights when you need something comforting and nourishing to warm up and fill your tummy, but you rather not spend your whole afternoon stirring in front of the stove. Made with canned veggies to speed things up, this is one of the most convenient stew recipes you will ever find, and, one of the yummiest, as well.
1. Place the cube steak pieces and flour in a bowl, and toss to coat the meat well.
2. Place the oil and butter in a pot over medium heat. When melted, add the steak and cook for about 2-3 minutes. Flip the steak pieces over, add the onion, and cook for about 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds more.
3. Stir in the potatoes, peas and carrots, Italian seasoning, and browning sauce. Cook for 1 minute. Pour the water and beef stock over, and season with salt and pepper.
4. Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover the pot, lower the temperature, and simmer for 20 minutes. The stew will be mildly thick. Serve and enjoy!
This recipe will turn even the most inexpensive cuts of meat into a super delicious and fancy looking dinner. These delightful cube steaks in a tomato barbecue sauce will absolutely satisfy everyone. I prefer serving them with quinoa or orzo on the side, and a leafy green salad, but know that these go nicely with almost everything.
1. Place the oil in a pan, and heat it over medium heat. Season the steaks with some salt and pepper, and place them in the pan. Cook the steaks until browned, for about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate.
2. Add the pancetta cubes to the same skillet, and cook over medium heat until crispy. Transfer to a plate.
3. Add the onions to the skillet, and saute in the pancetta grease for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook it for 30 seconds, or just until it becomes fragrant.
4. Stir in the remaining sauce ingredients. Bring the sauce to a bubble. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 3 or 4 minutes, or until thickened. Stir in the cooked pancetta cubes.
5. Pour the sauce over the cooked cubed steaks. Serve and enjoy!
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0.999999 | He has played world class cricket and unexpectedly proved his worth on the dance floor but what next for legendary bowler Darren Gough? Esther Leach talks to him PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOAN RUSSELL.
Cricket has been Darren Gough's life for the last 20 years. He has travelled widely and experienced international acclaim but the cricketing world is a tough one and in some ways he has paid the price for his success. His decision to retire from cricket has been, he says, like a massive weight lifted from his shoulders and a new and very different chapter in his life has begun.
Gough, who was talking before he joined guests at the opening of the new Terrace Restaurant at the Kimberley Hotel, Harrogate, says it was all too easy to become lost in the world of cricket and often at great personal expense.
'You can lose yourself in cricket for a long, long time,' he says. 'High profile cricketers have talked about being away on their own for long periods of time, the way they have to shut themselves off from everything, they have been honest about their depression, and it is a hard life.
He now faces other kinds of pressure as he looks to a less certain future but he says he is excited about a new beginning in his life. He is surprised so many people have asked him to play since he announced his retirement last September.
Grateful as he may be for the offers Gough wants to give other things in life a go. 'I am keeping my options open. I want to do serious television. I am doing something at the minute, on diet and lifestyle from around the world.
'I like entertainment. I am on Hole in the Wall (BBC 1, Saturday) which has five million viewers, which at five o'clock in the afternoon is a lot of people, so I really enjoy what I am doing. I think I am the first cricketer to be doing that.
'I have no sense of urgency; it's a case of finding something I really want to do. I would like something more settled than I have had for the last 20 years but at the minute it's an experimenting time, seeing what suits me.
'Is it going into coaching? I'm not too keen at this moment, but in a year's time I might be saying I am missing cricket and I wouldn't mind going back to coaching. Is it going to be as a cricket commentator? I already have my own radio programme in the summer but I don't want to do it full time, travelling with the cricket, doing that all again.
Dancing is still a part, if not a big part, of his life after taking the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing trophy way back now in 2005. He does take to the floor for charity and earlier in the day he had been teaching youngsters basic jive steps as well as the waltz and Viennese waltz to expectant mums, disabled people in wheel chairs and elderly people.
Plans for a much-talked about Darren Gough Dance Academy are not going to happen. 'It's not something I have forgotten about. It was said tongue in cheek but people took it seriously,' explains Gough. 'We have chatted about ways of doing it but nothing has happened yet. I am quite happy to put my name to dance, I love it, I enjoyed it and it is kind of part of my life.
But Gough doesn't dance regularly. 'It's impossible to do that. I would find it very difficult now to go to a dance school after training with a world champion for 12 weeks. People expect you to be the belle of the ball and just turn up and dance, it's not real, I can't do that. I learned a dance in a week and performed on the Saturday. I can do every basic step of the dance but I can't just grab a lady off the street and start to dance which a lot of people think you can. It's a fairy tale that. | 2019-04-24T21:52:08 | https://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/yorkshire-cricketing-legend-darren-gough-talks-about-his-future-1-1632884 |
0.999931 | Parents know the agony of putting a child to bed.
Storyboard to establish the context and problem addressed by Bedtime Bingo.
What if we could make it a little more enjoyable?
My idea was simple: populate a conventional bingo board with the myriad excuses and tactics--legitimate or devious--used by children to evade sleep. Then, let your child(ren) be the unwitting "bingo caller(s)."
But simple ideas are not always simple to execute--or worthwhile, for that matter.
Would this twist on traditional bingo actually be enjoyable? Would it improve the bedtime experience? Would parents, whose brains and time are already taxed, play more than once, or would it be a mere novelty, a funny/clever idea?
These were some of the concerns guiding early development. To improve the product's long-term value, I brainstormed ways to increase BedTime Bingo's staying power, focusing on the distinctive characteristics of mobile phones and their apps.
Beyond the gamification inherent in the idea, BedTime Bingo could become a social experience and a way to learn more about your child(ren). By playing against your friends, you could transform a frustrating, solitary experience into a shared one, marked by empathy, commiseration, and a laugh or two. Furthermore, by remembering and analyzing your used game boards, the app could become a sort of analytics tracker for your child's bedtime habits, giving occasion for reflection on your parenting strategies.
With these features in view, I began by imagining a few usage scenarios, followed by high-level journey mapping, identifying key moments along that path. Then, using the journey map, I began making suitable wireframes of the most crucial touchpoint, which is the actual game play (as opposed to, say, onboarding or other auxiliary moments).
Process notes and sketches: scenarios, user flows, interaction design, icon thumbnails.
Once I had iterated several times, it was time to print out the Balsamiq wireframes and do some quick-and-dirty, lo-fi usability testing. I did the test in the context of a small class, so I was unable to screen my users to ensure I was only testing with my target audience, so more testing will be required but, nonetheless, it was useful. With each participant I laid out the task they were to accomplish, being careful not to use language that would be leading. Along the way I asked neutral, open ended questions, such as "What would you do next?" and "What do you expect to see if you click on that?" The feedback was both surprising and helpful and provided plenty of fodder for further iterations.
Some early wireframes used for paper prototype usability testing.
Development of BedTime Bingo has been put on pause but when I resume I will continue usability testing with more targeted users and will continue to refine the UI and the gameplay interaction design. | 2019-04-26T08:28:27 | http://www.whoisbrianrush.com/bedtimebingo |
0.999856 | let's think about how it might apply in the workplace.
First, let's talk about what happened.
Remember, there was nothing special about this group.
was that the teachers thought the bloomer group would get smarter during the year.
how we think about people, can also make a real difference in how people behave.
But why would positive expectations influence behavior?
that served as positive reinforcement to the intellectual bloomer students.
Let's take a look at them and then examine them one at a time.
We'll then see how you can create positive expectations in the workplace.
Teachers create a warmer climate.
They are nicer to intellectual bloomers in their verbal and nonverbal behavior.
Teachers teach more material to intellectual bloomer children.
let them talk longer, and teachers help shape their answers.
given more and differentiated feedback for the wrong answers.
Non-intellectual bloomer children were able to get away with the wrong answers.
So let's take these one at a time, beginning with climate.
and they're nicer to intellectual bloomers in their verbal and nonverbal behavior.
How can a manager create a warm climate at work?
They can recognize employee achievements.
They can take time out to get to know employees.
They can thank employees for their work and encourage them.
They can make sure that their verbal and nonverbal behaviors are positive.
They can keep a balanced and positive mood at work.
There are countless ways that you can create a warmer climate in the workplace.
Let's look at the second factor.
That was the input factor.
Teachers teach more material to the intellectual bloomers.
How can a manager teach more to employees?
They can give employees new and different assignments that allow them to learn.
They can provide training opportunities.
They can hold lunches with employees where they share what they learned.
employees learn on the job.
Let's look at the third factor then, response opportunity.
let them talk longer, and the teacher and children jointly shape answers.
How could you create more response opportunities in the workplace?
Managers can simply talk less and listen more.
work jointly with them to solve problems.
What would happen if, and so on.
Let the employee lead the conversation.
Help them with clarifying questions, and jointly solve the problem.
Then let's look at the final idea.
given more and differentiated feedback for wrong answers.
Non-intellectual bloomers were able to get away with wrong answers.
How does this translate into the workplace?
give them more feedback so that they can fix their performance.
whether they are poor or good performers.
This also means you need to be specific about what needs to be improved.
We'll teach you more about how to do that in a later video.
In summary, your positive expectations of employees help employees do well.
they can help improve performance.
feedback to both strong and weak performers in your repertoire of skills.
Now let's do a quiz to help you distinguish and remember these factors.
This is Tracy Jennings and thanks for watching Giving Helpful Feedback. | 2019-04-25T04:19:12 | https://ru.coursera.org/lecture/feedback/positive-expectations-at-work-DsJdF?authMode=login |
0.99957 | Texas, We Don't Get It!
ANYWHERE, Texas— In 15 days driving around the great state of Texas, we never once forgot that we were in a unique and sometimes difficult to understand place. In particular, we were often confused about the motivations and intentions of the Texas Department of Transportation, or whoever is in charge of road building in the state. Just in case some Lone Star road commissioner ever reads this, here are our specific questions— five things we just don't understand about the Texas highway system.
1. Why so many entrance and exit ramps?
For example, on Interstate 410 in the San Antonio suburbs, there is an entrance and exit every half mile or so. Not only does this excessive merging introduce redundant risks for collisions, it restricts the length of ramps to unsafe conditions.
2. What's the purpose of all the high speed one-way frontage roads?
In so many Texas cities, even places as small as Texarkana, we have seen parallel frontage roads running beside the freeway. We understand the concept of having these roads for local access, but when they are one-way roads with three to four lanes of vehicles traveling at 65 mph, it's equivalent to having additional freeway lanes and using them for local access is hazardous.
3. Why promote wrong way driving?
We were shocked to find that rather than offering dedicated entrance and exit freeway ramps, so many interstate access points are intertwined with two-lane roads. Again, the ramps quite often provide a grossly inadequate distance for safe merging and the confusion in signage promotes accidental wrong way driving.
Last year more than 500 wrong-way drivers were reported in the San Antonio area alone. We understand that the state is now investigating a wrong-way driving alert system. How much easier to design roads that do not promote this problem!
4. What's the obsession with flyover bridges?
Yes, after driving in all 50 states, including California with its notorious traffic issues, we have certainly seen our share of flyovers. But there seems to be an addiction to this highway design in Texas. Even in areas with no apparent need, like in the middle of nowhere, rural, Texas where the bridge isn't even leading to a road, we have seen flyovers. Too much money on your hands and looking for creative ways to spend it?
5. What's the big hurry?
From our limited experience, drivers on Texas highways with an 80 mile per hour speed limit acted much like drivers on highways with lower limits; they drove 10 miles above the speed limit. Yes, that's 90 miles an hour. And when two-lane rural roads have posted limits of 75 mph ("slowing down" to 65 through small towns), the driving is just plain unsafe. Yes, we get that the state is quite large. It took us two weeks to get through it. But maybe your residents and visitors would enjoy the state more if it didn't zoom past their windshields in such a blur. | 2019-04-21T09:02:44 | http://www.theroadjunkies.com/2012/01/texas-we-dont-get-it.html |
0.999941 | Assemble a 12" square Rail Fence quilt block.
1. Referring to Diagram 1 and aligning long edges, sew together solid 2-1⁄2×30" strips to make a strip set. Press seams in one direction. The strip set should be 6-1⁄2×30" including seam allowances.
2. Cut strip set into four 6-1⁄2" squares (Diagram 2).
3. Referring to Diagram 3 for color placement, sew together squares in pairs. Press seams open. Join pairs to make a Rail Fence block. Press seam in one direction. The block should be 12-1⁄2" square including seam allowances. | 2019-04-26T16:08:43 | http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quilt-patterns/quilt-blocks/rail-fence-quilt-block |
0.999999 | Is HDTV, whether it be cable or network, the output is no greater than 1080i ?
In short yes, output is no greater than 1080i.
A single coax cable cannot transmit a true 1080p signal. And as such, no cable or satellite provider will be able to transmit anything higher than 1080i without overhauling their entire setup.
I work in an HD production house, and even in the professional world a single core cable cannot transmit a 1080p signal, it is too much bandwidth for the cable to be able to handle. We utilize a dual cable system to be able to do it, but no cable or satellite companies use anything like that. The companies that claim to be able to show 1080p are not showing true 1080p. What they do is lower the quality but keep the resolution, which results in an inferior product. Imagine if Coca-Cola started filling their 2 liter bottles half with coke and half with antifreeze. Sure it would still be a 2 liter drink, but it would not at all be the same quality.
Stephen allow me to clarify my answer since you do not seem to understand.
NO cable or satellite manufacture can send a true 1080p signal to an HDTV. Sure, you can download a PPV of 1080p but you CAN NOT watch it in realtime due to the bandwidth constraints of RG6 the standard in coaxial cable for cable and satellite companies. The best they can do is 1080i.
"In the United States, 1080p over-the-air broadcasts still do not exist as of 2011; all major networks use either 720p60 or 1080i60 encoded with MPEG-2. However, satellite services (e.g. DirecTV, XstreamHD, and Dish Network) utilize the 1080p/24-30 format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoding for pay-per-view movies that are downloaded in advance via satellite or on demand via broadband internet only. At this time, no pay service channel such as USA, HDNET, etc. nor premium movie channel such as HBO, etc., stream their services live to their distributors (MVPD) in this format because many MVPDs, especially DBS and cable, DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT BANDWIDTH to provide the format streaming live to their subscribers without negatively impacting their current services and because of the high "cost" of using more bandwidth for one 1080p/24 channel than what would be used for a 1080i or even a 720p channel and for only those relatively few subscribers who have HDTV devices that can display 1080p/24 as not being an efficient use of their LIMITED BANDWIDTH."
"Standard definition 480i DVD movies are typically 5 to 8 mbps (megabits per second) MPEG-2 whereas these so-called HD wannabes weigh in at a pathetic 1.5 to 4 mbps of 720p H.264"
"But thereâs one dirty little secret that people are forgetting or that they donât understand, ITâS NOT HD theyâre getting over the Internet. Heck itâs not even NTSC 480i (720Ã480 60 fields interlaced) DVD quality when you really look at the amount of video data youâre getting!"
The Times quotes well-known TV engineer Pete Putman as saying that CBS now offers the high bit rate over the air with 17 megabits per second for its high-def programs; and that's for 1080i, not 1080p. But Putman says he believes both Dish and DIRECTV are transmitting high-def programming at around 6-8 megabits per seconds.
Consequently, Putnam is dubious that the satcasters have the bandwidth to increase their bit rate to offer true 1080p video."
If you spend the time to read the articles above, you will see that nothing has changed in the last few years. DirecTV, Dish Network, and all the others are offering 1080p video at a quality lower than DVD. As such it is NOT true 1080p, which their current setups can not handle. The only connections which could possibly offer true 1080p would be the FiOS fiber optic system. Which to my understanding while they have the ability, they have not done so yet. What you have provided as a source is a marketing gimmick which you, like many others, have fallen for.There is a reason that Blu-ray players do not connect to a HDTV using a RG6 coaxial cable.
Please do your research before you wrongly correct me. | 2019-04-24T14:32:36 | http://besthdtv2013.blogspot.com/2014/02/which-2011-hdtv-should-i-get.html |
0.99959 | Answers to frequently asked questions about the Elite packages.
1. How will the Elite or Elite Plus benefit me?
Based on the subscription you are on, either Enhanced, Premium or Enterprise, you could pay between $1.75 - $2.25 per card. These packages are a way for you to send Scheduled Cards at a discounted price per 500 and 1,000 touch Scheduled Sends.
2. What qualifies as a Scheduled Card Send?
A single card send sent to one or more people with a scheduled date.
A multiple card send (campaign or card order) sent to one or more people with at least one or more cards with a scheduled send date.
3. What subscriptions are eligible for the Elite or Elite Plus Packages?
Only the PAID subscriptions (Enhanced, Premium and Enterprise) are eligible for the Elite and Elite Plus packages. Basic users do not qualify as this package is not a monthly subscription.
4. Am I required to add the Elite or Elite Plus to my Enhanced, Premium or Enterprise subscription?
No. These packages were created for those who schedule single or multiple cards for the week, month, or year at a discounted rate. You are not required to add on either of these to your account.
5. Postage is not included, when do I pay for the postage on Scheduled Cards?
Postage will be charged when the card is scheduled to be sent. - Example: I schedule a card to be sent 1 week from today, postage will be charged to my account 1 week from today.
6. What happens with Scheduled Send Cards when I use up all 500 or 1,000 touches from the Elite or Elite Plus packages?
You may continue to send Scheduled Send Cards at the cost per card based on your subscription.
With the Enterprise subscription you may send Scheduled Cards under the discounted rate per card based on the add-on you have purchased until the 12-month expiration date.
7. Can I purchase more than one Elite package?
Yes, you may purchase as many as you would like however, you will be required to make them separate shopping cart purchase.
- Example: You may purchase an Elite Plus package, complete the purchase, then go back in and purchase another one.
8. If I am on an Enhanced or Premium and want to send 2,000 Scheduled Cards, do I need to purchase the package(s) again?
We would suggest you purchase the Elite Plus package twice. This will allow you to send the Scheduled Card Sends at the lowest possible cost per card.
- Example: If you send 1,000 Scheduled Cards on the Elite Plus package, you will average your cost to $0.99 per card. Otherwise, if you are on a subscription without the Elite Plus, your cost will be $1.75 per card.
9. If I am on an Enterprise subscription and want to send 2,000 Scheduled Cards, do I need to purchase the package(s) again?
No. You will be able to schedule additional cards at the discounted rate per card after the 500 or 1,000 touches the package comes with until the end of your 12 month timeframe.
10. If I cancel my subscription (Enhanced, Premium or Enterprise) will I still be able to use the remaining Scheduled Card Sends in my Elite or Elite Plus package?
No. You are required to maintain your subscription of Enhanced, Premium or Enterprise in order to use the Scheduled Card Sends in the Elite or Elite Plus package.
11. If I cancel my subscription, will I still have the features included in my Elite package available?
No. You are required to maintain your subscription of Enhanced, Premium or Enterprise in order to use the Scheduled Card Sends in the Elite or Elite Plus packages.
12. If I cancel my subscription, what happens to the features included in my Elite package?
Your features will freeze until you add a subscription to your account. This means you will not be able to use the card touches nor have access to the Campaigns in the Campaign Store.
13. If I am on an Enhanced or Premium subscription and upgrade to the Enterprise, while also using the Elite package(s), will my prices for paid cards change?
Yes, you will only be charged the amount noted within the subscription. Furthermore, with the addition of the Enterprise subscription, you will have access to sending your paid cards at a lower price (dependent upon the package as shown below).
14. When I run out of scheduled card sends included in my package, will I be notified?
Yes, there should be a notification to prompt payment during the checkout process.
15. Where will I be able to see how many scheduled cards are remaining?
You will be able to view these in My Account.
16. If I am on a subscription and I schedule my 5-touch Campaign out with the first card going out with an immediate send date, will this be considered a standard card or a scheduled card?
The Campaign touches are lumped together as one order, so all cards will be considered a Scheduled Card Send.
17. If I purchased an Essentials Pack prior to the Elite Packages, will I be refunded?
No refunds will be provided as this is a new package addition.
18. What is an Essential Pack?
This package includes a Handwriting Font and Signature Form along with the classic First Impressions Campaigns.
19. How do I submit my Handwriting Font and Signature Form?
Instructions can be found on the Handwriting Font Form with Instructions itself with detailed step-by-step direction.
20. Will cards scheduled prior to purchasing the Elite be counted toward the Elite scheduled touches?
No, these won’t count toward the Elite (500 touches) or Elite Plus (1,000 touches).
21. How do I access the campaigns to my account?
You will just need to “purchase” the campaigns. These will not show a charge to your account. | 2019-04-22T14:50:32 | http://help.sendoutcards.com/in-the-know/faq-and-scenario-examples-of-the-elite-packages |
0.999999 | This young couple invited their parson for Sunday dinner. While they were in the kitchen preparing the meal, the minister asked their young son what they were having.
"Goat?" replied the startled man of the cloth. "Are you sure about that?"
Confused guy trying to pass the fence - At least, he can learn by example - link to page video is posted initially.
A man and his wife were having some problems and were giving each other the silent treatment. The next week, the man realized that he'd need his wife to wake him at 5 a.m. for an early flight.
Furious, he was about to go and scream at his wife when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed that said: "It's 5 a.m. Wake up.
Sid left the bar and was on the way home, filthy and smelling like a pig.
He managed to board a bus and slumped next to a nun. Sid was quite a sight - his clothes were dirty and stained with lipstick marks, and every now and then, he took a swig of rum from a hip flask. He opened a magazine and began reading. Then he asked the nun, "Sister, what causes high blood pressure?"
The nun replied sarcastically, "It's the result of leading an amorous life, drinking too much rum, lack of discipline, and disregard for your fellow man."
"Oh my God!" muttered Sid, returning to his magazine.
The nun was felling a little guilty for her outburst and said, "Look, I am sorry, I didn't mean to be rude to you. How long have you been suffering from high blood pressure?"
"I don't, Father. But I was just reading here that the Dalai Lama does.
There once was a dog show to determine the world's smartest dog. Three dogs were in the finals. One dog belonged to a doctor. One dog belonged to an engineer. And, one dog belonged to a lawyer.
For the finals each dog was given a bag of bones to see what it could make.
The doctor said, "Stethascope, go!" The dog built a human skeleton.
The judges were ready to award the trophy right then. But, they decided to give the other dogs a try.
The engineer said, "Slide-rule, go!" (So, its an old joke.) The dog built a suspension bridge.
The judges were beside themselves. Which dog would they pick?
"Loop-hole, go!" The dog ate the bones, got a percentage of all the tolls from the bridge and screwed the other two dogs. | 2019-04-23T09:08:37 | http://www.jokesoftheday.net/jokes-archive/2014/04/15/ |
0.994851 | A vice president of finance and a program manager at Xerox talk about mentoring, from both sides.
How did you benefit from participating in Xerox's mentoring program? JN: As a mentor, I benefit in many ways. First, it keeps me connected to a community of people that I might not otherwise be engaged with. In order to do my job at Xerox, I need to understand customer requirements and employee perspective. Mentoring allows me to understand challenges that our employees encounter in the business, whether in my immediate work area or elsewhere. Second, mentoring gives me visibility into a broad network of individuals. Xerox's level of success is totally dependent upon the quality of its employees. Senior managers have a responsibility to develop employees to become future leaders of this company, and mentoring is an avenue to do that. Last, I enjoy mentoring. It's very rewarding to feel that you've helped others move their careers along or increase their satisfaction in their current role.
JA: The benefits are far-reaching. The program has connected me to resources that are outside of my immediate organization and area of expertise. It has offered me a safe place to explore various career options in a very big, diverse global corporation and develop concrete goals toward attaining them. It has also helped me partner for continuous improvement. I can reveal my insecurities without fear of judgment, learn more about myself and my strengths, receive coaching on how best to maneuver challenging situations, and then concentrate on areas for further development.
What are the relative benefits of formal and informal mentoring relationships? JN: I currently mentor several people, two formally and many others informally. Both approaches are good for different reasons. With a formal relationship, you tend to meet on a regular basis and have topics that you discuss at each meeting, as you work an agenda over a set time period. With informal relationships, the mentoring tends to be more on an as-needed basis. I have informal mentoring with several people who have worked for me in the past. Our conversations are typically very focused, such as when they are looking at making a job change.
JA: While our mentor match is formal, we collaboratively set the tone and expectations for our sessions. The goals are primarily driven by the overall objectives that I have. My mentor counsels and holds me accountable to follow through. This works for us. It balances our leadership styles and gives us the opportunity to be flexible and shift gears if needed.
Was gender a consideration when you chose your mentor/mentee? JN: Gender is not a consideration when choosing a mentee. That being said, I have more female mentees than male, and over the years many more women have approached me regarding being a mentor than have men.
JA: Gender was not an attribute that I considered, but having a female mentor is a plus. It adds a dimension of unspoken understanding, and has allowed us to quickly bond on some non-work-related topics. Judy understands my work/life balance concerns, and I have benefited from our shared experience as parents.
It's summer vacation season. How free are you to get away?
That's the percentage of IT workers at all levels who say their vacations have been interrupted by work demands at some point in their careers.
Things are better lower on the career ladder: Just 29% of midlevel and entry-level IT pros said that they're expected to be available during vacation.
Chances are you know an exceptionally talented IT executive who stands far above the rest -- someone who's a skilled technologist, a thoughtful manager, an IT visionary or all of the above. You can help give that leader a well-deserved honor by nominating him or her for recognition as one of Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2014.
Nominations can be submitted here through Friday, Aug. 30. | 2019-04-19T21:12:48 | https://www.computerworld.com/article/2483521/career-watch--mentoring--from-both-sides.html |
0.999999 | It would be useful if Tent.io could describe itself in the world of protocols I know, particularly PuSH, XMPP, and SMTP.
I think the notion of a distributed social network is an interesting one, and I've been pondering how it might work. I think I've got a scheme for one, which I'll outline in this post, and I think it might not take that long to throw it together with off-the-shelf open source and a dedicated hack day.
Use existing, open standards. This increases the likelihood of finding good open source code to use when building software, ensures that a distributed marketplace of (interoperable!) clients and servers could arise, and increases the likelihood of avoiding platform specificity. Plus, giants have pretty high shoulders. I have limited hack time; I'm not into wheel reinvention.
Central service provider not required. This is pretty fundamental; means there's no central organization that owns/has access to everything ("creepy alert!"), but also that there's no central organization that can be subjected to lawsuits (e.g. Napster).
Users have control over sharing. At least for the initial communication, users need to be able to say exactly who gets to see a piece of content. Of course, once you've shared something with someone else, there's no stopping that other person from sharing it further, but that's what social trust is all about.
TL;DR. S/MIME, public key crypto, Atom.
To expand: everyone runs their own AtomPub server somewhere, or contracts with a service provider to do it on their behalf. Multiple PaaS and IaaS providers have a free tier of service, which is almost certainly more than enough for most users. I get whole tens of visits to my blog every day. And I am not a prolific sharer: looks like I've averaged 1.1 tweets per day since starting to use Twitter. "Roflscale" is probably enough, to be honest. Easy recoverability probably more important than high availability for a single-user server/hosted PaaS app, so I think this could be done for less than $10 a year (most of which is probably just buying a domain name). Given the relatively low traffic, actual friends could pretty easily share infrastructure.
Now, I'm the only one who posts to that Atom feed, and anyone can poll it at any time. The trick is that the content is encrypted, and you specify who gets access to the decryption key. Basically, you generate a random (symmetric) encryption key for the content, then public-key encrypt copies of the content key for all your recipients. Put it all together in one multipart package, upload to, say, S3, and then post a link to it on your Atom feed. Of interest is that neither S3 (the storage) nor the AtomPub server care one whit about the encryption/decryption stuff.
Interestingly, following gets somewhat inverted. You can post content intended for someone who never subscribes to your feed (gee, I hope he notices me!). You can also subscribe to someone's feed who never encrypts stuff for you. But you can see anyone's public broadcasts, of course. Actual "friending" is just GPG key exchange and an addition of the key to appropriate keyrings to represent friend groups/circles.
On the client side, then, it's mostly about subscribing to people's Atom feeds, polling them periodically (for which HTTP caching will really help a lot), cracking open the content encryption keys with your own private key, then interleaving and displaying the content.
That's about it. Definitely possible to layer PubSubHubbub on top to get more realtime exchange; no reason your free tier server couldn't host one of those for you too. Or perhaps just a feed aggregation proxy that would interleave all your subscriptions for you (without needing to understand who any of the recipients were, or even if you were one of the recipients!).
Roughly, get a simple AtomPub server stood up somewhere. Apache Abdera has a tutorial for doing exactly that, if you can implement the storage interface (MySql/Postgresql/SimpleDB/S3 I think would all work; looks to be just a Map). Front with Apache and some form of authentication module. Alternatively, grab Abdera and retrofit into Java Google AppEngine and use Google federated OpenID for login.
Client side, cobble together a UN*X command-line client out of bash/Python/Ruby/whatever, depending on what open source is out there. It'd be kind of neat to perhaps do commands interleaved on the command line, in MH style. Everybody's got an HTTP client library that can be made to convince the server you're you. AtomPub clients are available in Python (1,2), Java (3,4), Ruby (5,6). GnuPG for the public key implementation. Bouncycastle has a Java S/MIME implementation. Lots of S3 clients out there (7,8).
I think it's entirely possible to have a simple client and server up in a day with a smallish group of folks (5-6). If there are more folks we can also try multiple clients and servers.
Since @kellan started this off by mentioning tent.io, and this is an attempt to slap something together with off-the-shelf stuff, it felt more like a lean-to made out of a tarp than a true tent, so I've snarfed the domain name tarpio.us (which is the closest I could come to something that meant "like a tarp" that lined up with a cheap TLD). Cool part, of course, is that there's no reason tent.io and tarpio.us couldn't interoperate with protocol bridges someday.
If you're interested, hit me up on Twitter at @jon_moore or follow along on GitHub. I'll see when I can free up for a hackday soon!
I'm not advocating violating copyrights here, merely noting that Napster was a P2P system with a single point of failure (an organization that could be sued).
What kind of string is this?
Well, it's a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) as well as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). But wait, that means the whole string (check RFC 2396) is resource identifier, which means the whole thing identifies a resource (literally). Not just the "http://example.com/path" part.
I often run into folks that think this string identifies a "http://example.com/path" resource that happens to take a parameter, which is understandable, because this is how almost every web framework is set up to implement it (identify your "/path" route, set up your controller, pick off the parameters as arguments).
However, from an HTTP point of view, and especially from a hypermedia point of view, this isn’t right. HTTP (the protocol) treats everything from the path onward as an opaque string--it shows up as a single token on the Request Line. The whole thing (query included) is used as the key for an HTTP cache. In fact, the only difference between a URL like "http://example.com/path?query=foo" and one like "http://example.com/path/query/foo" is that the former is not cacheable by default if it comes from an HTTP/1.0 origin server. That's it. And even that can be overridden with explicit Cache-Control or Expires headers.
From a hypermedia client point of view, you don't care which style of URL is used. Sure, you might have to construct your HTTP request slightly differently if there are query parameters involved, but that's mechanical--no semantics involved, just syntactically parsing the URL to figure out how to GET it. The only reason to prefer one over the other is purely stylistic; most modern web frameworks can pluck arguments out of a path as easily as they can out of query parameters.
Remember, a hypermedia client never constructs URLs on its own; besides a few well-known entry-points (which it should treat opaquely), it is only using URLs directly fed to it by the server, or constructed according to recipes provided by the server (typically through forms or link templates). This here is probably the main driver for which style you want to use; do you want to use HTML forms, which, for GET, use query parameters, or do you want to use link templates, which tend to use path parameters, stylistically (although they can support query parameters too)?
So in a hypermedia world, there’s really no such thing as a "RESTful" URL structure; a truly RESTful client--one which understands and uses hypermedia affordances--doesn't care.
The humble list is one of our simplest and yet most powerful data structures--so much so that we will even routinely write them out by hand. We put them on sticky notes to help us remember things we need to do or things we need to buy from the grocery store. We even use them for entertainment. In this post I'll explain how to represent and manipulate lists using hypermedia techniques.
The most straightforward list representation actually doesn't look that different than a handwritten to-do list; the text/uri-list media type just consists of one URI per line. This makes the format incredibly concise, since there is very little syntactic structure (just interleaved line breaks!), while making it completely general through the use of globally unambiguous identifiers.
The above assume, of course, that I am properly authenticated and authorized to modify the list. If the original list resource had an ETag or Last-Modified header, I would supply If-Match or If-Unmodified-Since headers on my modification request.
These general approaches will work very well up through relatively large lists, although at some point your list will get bigger than you are willing to serve in a single representation. Now it's time to add pagination!
Points to the first page of the list.
Points to the last page of the list.
Points to the next page in the list.
Points to the previous page in the list.
delete all the entries on the first page only?
Then I could treat PUTs, DELETEs, PATCHes and POSTs to /list as if they were targeting the entire list, and treat requests to /list/page/1 as if they were targeting just the first page.
But back to our client conundrum; perhaps our server doesn't adhere to this redirect convention--it's certainly not an official standard. How do we proceed? Well, if our goal (and writing "goal-oriented" clients is a good orientation for hypermedia clients) is to delete the whole list, then we can just alternate DELETEs with GETs until the whole thing is gone. Either the DELETE affects the whole list in the first shot, or it deletes just the first page. In the latter case, I've made progress and can repeatedly delete the first page until I'm done.
If our goal, however, is just to remove the first page, we probably want to PATCH it. However, that's not a commonly implemented HTTP verb (expect 501 NOT IMPLEMENTED or 405 METHOD NOT ALLOWED), and there isn't a standardized text diff media type yet anyway, so that might not work. In this case, our client may well have to be prepared to DELETE the entire list and then reconstruct just the desired parts with PUT and/or POST.
What's very interesting about this is that the client as we've described it actually implements a closed-loop control mechanism. It takes sensor readings or receives feedback via "examining" the system with GETs, and then takes further actions based on its current goal and the current state of the system. For a really good introduction to how this can lead to very robust systems, see "GN&C Fault Protection Fundamentals" by Robert Rasmussen; although the paper is about spacecraft guidance systems (cool!) its concepts are easily applicable to software systems in general.
The text/uri-list, while a great format for capturing list membership and order, doesn't tell a recipient anything about the actual members of the list. In that sense, it's all identifier and no data. For those list members that are URLs, we can attempt to GET them or check their HEAD or ask for their OPTIONS to get more information. For URIs that are not locators (and hence dereferenceable), like URNs or Tag URIs, we'd have to consult a lookup service or have access to other out-of-band information. At any rate, if a client was looking for a particular member of a list, it might have to make several more requests before it could find the right one. In particular, a human looking at the list in a browser will likely have to do a bunch of cut-n-pasting to fully investigate the list contents.
Query results are represented by a list of links with summary information, not by arrays of object representations.
In other words, along with the links, we want to provide a little extra contextual information to make it easier for the client to identify what they're looking for. The text/uri-list format lacks this extra context and assumes the recipient can find it elsewhere easily. Perhaps we should look for alternative formats that are nearly as concise but which also provide opportunity to supply the little bit of context Fielding describes. Two immediate options that spring to mind are Atom+XML and Collection+JSON, which are media types whose domains specifically include lists.
To take advantage of these I may need to adjust my client's Accept header to specify my preference for them. But at any rate, if the resource is a list, there's no reason a client couldn't GET it as Atom, and then POST a single URI onto it with text/uri-list, so long as the client and server understand both media types. If the server doesn't, it may well reply with a 415 UNSUPPORTED MEDIA TYPE and then the client may try again if it has another option.
I've given you a brief tour about how to deal with hypermedia lists in a standardized way, relying on the documented semantics of HTTP and various media types. I believe it should be possible to construct relatively robust and general client libraries for dealing with lists in all their incarnations; that would be a great open source project...hint hint. | 2019-04-19T04:55:21 | http://codeartisan.blogspot.com/2012/ |
0.99949 | AN UNFULFILLED HEARTJoanna Wingate knows something is missing from her life, something she never dreamed she d find in an handsome stranger s children mischievous six year old twin sisters who look up at her adoringly d call her MamaAN UNSPOKEN NEEDSince his wife s accidental death, Michael Ashton has struggled with his many responsibilities as a single parent toAN UNFULFILLED HEARTJoanna Wingate knows something is missing from her life, something she never dreamed she d find in an handsome stranger s children mischievous six year old twin sisters who look up at her adoringly d call her MamaAN UNSPOKEN NEEDSince his wife s accidental death, Michael Ashton has struggled with his many responsibilities as a single parent to twin daughters who, though they clearly love him, refuse to speak to him Then he meets Rose and Lily s new teacher, and his emotions spin out of control For Joanna Wingate is the mirror image of his late wifeRIAH S MAGICBizarre coincidence, a strange destiny.or something altogether different has joined these four lives The twins believe Mariah a magical fortune teller in a crystal ball has the answers But only Joanna and Michael s willingness to confront long buries secrets can guide their families back to wholeness d unite them in a love that seems meant to be.
Very heartwarmingBarbara Freeethy creates characters that seem like friends you would want to hang out with. This story has lots of different characters with human flaws that are very believable. There is an element of magic that some will find a little corny but I'm a believer of magic so I enjoyed it. A little mystery and a happy ending make for a good read. Highly recommend this book!!!
As an adoptive parent, I had a hard time reading parts of this book. I almost stopped a couple of times. The relationships explored in this story's pages are rich with thought provoking moments. The attitude that adoptive parents aren't real parents and the notion that children are 'given away' for selfish reasons brought a bad taste to my mouth. I enjoyed the characters as they discovered what family means to them. I have to give this book some more thought.
The Ashton's and the DeLucas - and the Wingates. Strong families deep in family values and pride in what family means. But what does it mean when there are secrets among them that finally came out 40 years later. Is Joanna part of the DeLuca's? She looks like Michael's late wifee they relatedd what has brought them all together? This is an amazing story of love and trust and what families do to stay togethereven if it means breaking apart. Great read!
This book gives you what every good romance should but tops it by giving you a truly unique story that captivates you and makes you love the characters. Joanna has lived her life as the only child to the Windgates but one freaky magic ball and two little girls gives her what she never knew she wanted. It's a truly beautiful story. Barbara Freethy is an excellent story teller.
Just what I was in the mood to read. Hooked on page one. Easy read, predictable, but at the author's discretion. I knew mostly what would happen from the beginningjust not exactly how. It was fun. A little love, a lot of family, a bit of drama, a bit of magic. Now onto East of Eden for a change of pace.
Another great book by Barbara Freethy. I love how she develops her characters and their issues. By the end of her books you feel as if you know them as well as your own family. They are so believable, faults and all. Again she tackled the difficult topic of adoption. I always laugh a little and cry a little before I finish one of her books.
it's a very nice story, funny,full of love, family loyalty, siblings moment rolled into all :) and i hope Ms.Barbara will write the story of Tony De Lucas and Kathleen Shannon this two are really funny.
I liked the book. I am a fan of Barbara Freethy, especially her Angel's Bay series. It centers around six year old twins that have lost their mother and how the, suddenly single, dad deals with the girls and the loss.
The issues in the book were interesting. I do not know how believable they were, as I have never had much experience with the adoption issues. Using magic to wish away problems seemed a bit contrived. I think my ability to say "maybe this could happen" is not as strong as it used to be!
Great book. This story has it all, cute kids, a very loving extended family with problems. A handsome sensitive leading man who falls instantly for the leading lady who has some quirks of her own. Loved the story. You can't ever go wrong with a Barbara Freethy novel.
Another mystery type romance story to solve. Trying to find the answers to all the crazy secrets and lies that have been kept hidden from these characters. Mystery, a touch of magic, surprises, secrets, and lies. : ) Still my favorite book by this author is "Don't Say a Word."
This is my favorite book by Barbara Freethy so far. I stayed up way too late to finish it because I needed to see how the mystery surrounding Joanna was solved!!
Wonder; full of twists and turns and love. I recommend!
Not my favorite B Freethy book. Felt like the characters were thrown together too fast.
A recent widow with twin six-year-old girls and a teacher who looks like the deceased wife. Add just a hint of magic and it makes for a pleasant read.
So loved the twins!!! Intriguing story of parents' secrets and lies.
This was a cute and well written book. Love wins over anything. A very good read but then I found you can go wrong with Barbara Freethy.
This will be my first finished Nook read! Thanks for the loan mom. it's pretty darn good. | 2019-04-18T14:57:07 | http://mobilephonecontractdeals.me.uk/1009893-ask-mariah/ |
0.998679 | Many aspects of business, although important for proper day-to-day operations, are not visible or interesting to the customer.
The Senteo Methodology was designed not only to help businesses operate in a more efficient manner, but also to "package" each customer contact to be more pleasing, engaging, and fulfilling. In essence, each customer contact, whether in the physical or the virtual world, has the potential to be a customer experience. The question is: How often is that experience pleasing, engaging, and fulfilling for the customer? Whether related to a sales activity or a service task, each contact should be engineered to be a positive experience. Then, an organization must consider the collection of contacts that a customer will have over the course of the relationship with that company.
Understanding that some contacts might be less positive than others, any organization must strive to accuulate a larger quantity of positive contacts than negative.
This represents the first stage of retaining customers, but companies still must work to understand the role that they play in the lives of their customers. Selling and servicing products, and doing so in a positive and engaging manner, represents the basic criteria for fulfilling the contractual obligation between company and customer. If companies work to understand how they might use the collection of customer contacts over time to guide a more meaningful change in the lives of their customers, they will have the opportunity to create value that would define and differentiate their relationship with that customer from that of competitor organizations.
The Senteo Solution Set is comprised of 5 key elements that are used to package each customer contact. Obviously, there are many things that happen inside of companies that are valuable and even critical to proper day-to-day operations; however, these 5 key elements are the critical "packaging" of each customer contact and must be engineered to make each customer contact experiential.
Do your customers identify with your brand? The most successful brands in the world elicit an inherently emotional response from customers in addition to simple brand recognition and perception. Brands like Harley Davidson, Apple, Nike, Coca Cola, etc. have become so emotionally integrated with the lifestyles of their customers that they enjoy a level of loyalty sought by most of their competitors. What does it take to design, build, measure, and manage brands to be this successful?
Do your customers understand the value of the relationship with your company? Companies that are successful in this task usually enjoy a much lower cost of acquistion for their new customers along with lower costs to support that relationship and retain customers. What is needed to optimize spending on communications while, at the same time, increasing their effectiveness?
Are your customer touch points (physical or virtual) easy to navigate, easy to use, and experiential? Finding the right balance between being "experiential" and being functional within a reasonable budget is no easy task. Companies today must use their customer touch points to differentiate from competitors while, at the same time, displaying goods and services in an engaging and efficient manner. How do companies find this balance to generate the highest result within a reasonable budget?
How well do you know your customers and fulfill their individual needs, wants, desires, and dreams? With access to an increasing number of providers of similar goods and services, customers are becoming more demanding by the day. Companies must understand their customers on an individual level and react with offerings that are designed to meet their individual needs. In a world where companies standardize to reduce cost, how can companies cater to each individual customer?
Is your front-line staff genuinely interested in finding the best possible solutions for your customers? A lack of Customer Experience Culture among front-line staff is surely one of the biggest detractors from establishing meaningful relationships with customers. How can companies ensure that the customer is a top priority at every point of contact at any time?
Senteo has created a complete catalogue of more than 260 project modules that may be used in transformation projects with clients. Only the project modules that are needed are included into project plans when working with client organizations, and the individual modules are structured into comprehensive, phased implementation calendars to bring the best possible results in the shortest period of time. Some clients may only wish to work within one or two of the 5 key elements of the Senteo Methodology. Other clients may prefer holistic projects in which we engage all 5 key elements. Some clients may only engage Senteo during the initial phases of Strategy and Planning, while others may wish for us to contunue with the cosmetic aspects of our Design and Creative practice and also engage our team of project and program managers to help with Project Management and Implementation of the overall transformation plan. | 2019-04-26T12:04:06 | http://www.senteo.net/transformation/solutions/ |
0.998698 | I'm 15 years old, and over the past couple of months I've felt down. I do not enjoy my usual hobbies as much as I use to. I have intrusive thoughts that tell me to stop getting good grades and stop bodybuilding (two things I take pride in). I have a constant headache and feel hopeless to an extent. Should I tell my parents. What should I do?
Thank you for your question. I would definitely tell your parents. You can also try talking to your school guidance counselor who can refer you to a counselor. Your symptoms seem to fit the criteria for depression but I would need more information to make an accurate diagnosis. It's a good idea to get a complete physical from your doctor as well because there could be a biological reason for your symptoms. Headaches aren't a common symptom of depression so something else could be causing the headaches. Make sure to tell your doctor if you are taking any supplements as a part of your bodybuilding. It is possible that even over the counter supplements could affect your health.
I hope you feel better and everything works out so you can return to your usual activities and see an improvement in your mood. | 2019-04-22T18:05:35 | https://m.choosehelp.com/experts/depression/depression-anna-deeds/depression-symptoms |
0.998051 | You can add a variety of email accounts to your Apple iPhone 4S, including personal email and work email. In this example, we show you how to add a POP3 email account.
4. Scroll to and touch Other.
5. Touch Add Mail Account.
9. Enter your email address.
13. Wait while your account details are verified.
14. If the email account details are automatically recognized then the account will be added.
If the email account details are not automatically recognized then follow the steps below.
17. Enter the incoming mail server host name for your account.
19. Enter the user name for your account.
20. Scroll to and touch Host Name.
21. Enter the outgoing mail server host name for your account.
23. Your email account has been added. | 2019-04-25T07:50:49 | https://game.tmtx.co.uk/en/topic/apple_iphone4s/how_to_add_an_email_account_on_my_apple_iphone_4s.html |
0.930659 | With that out of the way, we have a question for our listeners. Both Mega Man Fully Charged and The Fully Charged Podcast are indeed poised to continue. However, we're facing a bit of a "viewing" quandary. In Canada, LBD is able to watch NEW Fully Charged episodes on Family CHRGD. Here in the states, however, the Cartoon Network app has stopped adding new episodes.
So here's your question (as worded by LBD): "do you want us to figure something out (which we already have, so no suggestions needed) so that we more closely follow the Canadian airing of new episodes (meaning we’d have some catching up to do)? Or would you rather we find something else to do in the meantime, and post our new episodes relating to the new cartoon episodes after they air in the States?"
The tl;dr: Do you want us to record new episodes as additional Fully Charged episodes air in Canada, or stick and wait for the U.S to catch up?
So yeah, you can let us know in the comments or one of our many social media profiles we promote at the end of each podcast. We look forward to hearing from you!
Please vote for Mega Man in GameFAQs' Character Battle X.
I highly doubt they're going to add any further new episodes to Barftoon Network at this point, so please record the new episodes for those of us who want to see where the shows goes after Lightfall.
i'd say it would'nt hurt to make the new episode when new episode air in canada. if one want to wait for the U.S brodacast, they could always wait and watch the podcast later.
It could be interesting if you follow the earlier idea of reviewing the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon until things get sorted out with whatever CN is doing. Or even do a couple of podcasts about the cartoons featured in the games, like cutscenes, The Day of Sigma, or even talk about the games themselves. It'd be pretty cool to hear what in-depth opinion you guys have on the series. | 2019-04-21T07:13:31 | http://www.rockman-corner.com/2018/11/new-episodes-of-fully-charged-podcast.html |
0.998501 | Believe it or not there's no baking involved in this unctuous and impossibly good meatloaf.
1. Heat 2 teaspoons oil and caramelize the onions in a large skillet over low heat until they are completely golden, stirring frequently. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.
2. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Season the short ribs with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Sear the ribs in batches on all sides. Add the stock and caramelized onions, cover, and braise in the oven until ribs are very tender, approximately 5 to 6 hours. Remove the pot from the oven and let the ribs cool in the juices.
3. When cool enough to handle, transfer the ribs to a cutting board. Strain the braising liquid, setting the onions aside, and reduce the liquid by half over medium heat.
4. Remove the bones from the ribs (if there are bones), and shred the meat, including any fat that remains. Place the meat in a large bowl. Add 1 cup of the braising liquid and the reserved onions to the meat and toss to blend well. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Pack the mixture into an 8 x 8-inch pan, top with parchment, and press another pan on top bottom-side down. Compress the top pan with 4 or 5 large cans. Set it all on a baking sheet to collect any juices. Refrigerate overnight or for up to 48 hours for best results.
5. Run a knife around the edge of the meatloaf pan and heat the bottom briefly (15 to 20 seconds) over the stove to release the meat. Turn the pan upside-down to release the loaf. Slice it into 2 x 2-inch squares.
6. For each serving, heat a cast-iron pan over medium-high heat. Sear each meatloaf square on both sides and transfer them to a 350°F oven for 5 to 10 minutes to heat through. | 2019-04-25T17:49:51 | https://www.today.com/recipes/short-rib-meatloaf-t2401 |
0.999978 | As the sabbath approached last week, Michel Mimouni was busy turning a conference room into a makeshift synagogue, collecting prayer shawls and other items from concerned Jews in nearby neighborhoods.
The small stucco synagogue where Mr. Mimouni usually prays in Trappes, a blue-collar Paris suburb, had been burned to the ground by arsonists three days before. As the flames lit up the night, a firefighter helped the men from the congregation to get the sacred scrolls out, but nothing else was saved.
The attack on the Trappes synagogue, which served 30 Jewish families, was one of more than 30 anti-Semitic episodes reported in France in the last two weeks. The violence in the Middle East has taken its toll here too, increasing the tensions between France's small Jewish population and the country's growing number of Muslims.
This weekend alone, four attacks were reported to the police.
In Strasbourg, a bakery owned by an Alsatian Jew was set on fire and the words ''Jewish assassins'' were painted in black across the storefront. In the south-central city of Lyon, a stolen car was driven into the wall of a synagogue and set on fire. Nearer to Paris, two other synagogues were attacked by youths, who hurled gasoline bombs through their windows.
In Trappes, as in some of the other smaller towns, the attacks came as something of a surprise to the Jewish residents. Mr. Mimouni, the president of the local Jewish Association, said there had never even been an incident of vandalism before in the 28 years since the synagogue was built. Like many other Jewish leaders, he believes the arson to be the work of young Arabs, who are often disadvantaged in France.
Stepped-up security measures were easily visible around many synagogues in Paris and elsewhere. Nevertheless, attacks were reported throughout the country.
The police said they had very few reports of violence committed against France's Muslims, though two incendiary devices, one with a Star of David attached, were placed in front of a Muslim butcher's shop in Paris.
Events in the Middle East have set off violence in France before.
In the early 1990's, bombings attributed to terrorists, largely in Paris, killed more than half a dozen people and wounded nearly 100.
Some groups of people who had banded together then met again this week. In Marseille, for instance, Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders who belong to a forum set up in 1991 when the Persian Gulf war caused similar tensions gathered once more to discuss the new attacks.
''Confrontation here does nothing to help solve the problem of peace over there, '' said Bachir Dahmani, a Muslim imam, after the meeting. | 2019-04-22T11:45:55 | https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/16/world/whose-holy-land-shock-waves-widespread-anti-semitic-episodes-france-synagogue.html |
0.998719 | What prose has JB published?
Does the Wonder Woman novel take place in the DC Universe?
Both Fearbook and Whipping Boy are currently out-of-print. Try a used bookstore or an online marketplace like eBay.com or Half.com.
Was writing a novel a life-long goal, or an outgrowth of doing comicbook writing? Did you just decide at some point after being established that a novel would be an interesting thing to try?
JB: I started out to be a novelist, really. I could always draw, to one degree or another, and I used my drawings often as not to tell little stories (usually for my own amusement only), but to tell the kinds of stories I found myself wanting to tell, the novel form seemed more efficient, somehow, than the words-and-pictures form. But, somewhere along the way, I found myself gravitating towards comics SOLELY as an artist -- then, only after several years did I start full time writing as well. Eventually, that led me back to the novel writing -- and finally to publication.
I just finished "Wonder Woman: Gods and Godesses" and I really enjoyed it. I was wondering where it fit in the comic series. I'm guessing about #106 but I was wondering if you had a definite time frame in mind when you wrote it?
JB: Against my own protestations, the then-editor insisted that GODS AND GODDESSES be set into something approximating continuity. I tried to keep it to a minimum -- knowing that this book would be aimed primarily at "civilians" -- but there were just enough strands that a regular reader of the comic would be able to say "Ah! It must happen more or less between panels HERE." Unfortunately, repeated and seemingly endless editorial screwups resulted in the book being published almost a year later than it was supposed to be, and some eighteen months after I finished the first draft, and in that time the comic storyline drifted away from some of the points the novel (because of when it was written) "presaged". Result, it takes place on Earth-N -- a world very similar to our own, but different in small but significant ways. | 2019-04-25T12:01:23 | http://byrnerobotics.com/FAQ/listing.asp?ID=5&T1=Prose+Novels |
0.999348 | Some real treats for genre fans in Arrow Video's October line-up.
Blu-ray label Arrow Video's line-up for October is particularly tasty, with a steelbook of John Carpenter's The Thing, the UK debut of cult '80s thriller Miracle Mile and a George Romero boxset.
First up on October 9th is Herschell Gordon Lewis's notorious 1963 gorefest Blood Feast, considered the first ever splatter movie for its outrageously over the top gruesome effects.
Special features include new and archival interviews with Lewis, an audio commentary featuring the director and producer David F Friedman, and alternate scenes.
Making its UK blu-ray debut on October 16th is Steve De Jarnatt's 1988 apocalyptic thriller Miracle Mile, one of the great overlooked movies of that decade.
Special features include a new interview and two commentaries featuring De Jarnatt, an interview with actors Mare Winningham and Anthony Edwards, and an interview with Tangerine Dream's Paul Haslinger.
What more needs to be said about John Carpenter's The Thing? For this limited edition, Arrow have given the film a new 4K restoration supervised by Carpenter and cinematographer Dean Cundey. It will also be released in a steelbook.
Special features include a brand feature length documentary ont he making of the film, a feature documentary on the movies of summer 1982, and a poster and looby cards come with the limited edition set.
Between Night and Dawn is a boxset that collects the three movies George A Romero directed between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead - 1971's There's Always Vanilla, 1972's Season of the Witch, and 1973's The Crazies.
Special features include new audio commentaries, interviews and an alternate extended cut of Season of the Witch.
The blaxploitation cycle of the '70s gave us some crazy movies, and few were as nutso as JD's Revenge, in which a student becomes possessed by the spirit of a prohibition era mobster.
Special features include new interview with producer-director Arthur Marks, a trailer reel and reversible sleeve. | 2019-04-20T11:09:13 | http://www.themoviewaffler.com/2017/07/new-blu-rays-from-carpenter-romero-more.html |
0.99869 | After trying a few schemes I have settled on a MAX9814 circuit for the AGC.
I used the Adafruit board but there are a few variations on eBay with some probably requiring less hacking than the Adafruit design. I had to solder a wire on a SMD component to access the CT (time constant capacitor) pin of the MAX IC, and remove the Electret capsule.
I have attached the schematic and a few pictures of the AGC circuit as I now have in the rig. The 5VDC is taken from the Raduino board.
Performance wise I took two sets of measures, one with the AGC turned down low and one with the AGC turned one third of the way up.
A few notes on the tests. I used an A/B comparison with an FT-817, with the pre-amp off, receiving a carrier at 1,500Hz from local radio stations (with attenuation). The FT-817 S-Meter seem notoriously non-constant in the steps between the S-units, but that is all the reference I have where I am. The AGC voltage is taken from the CT pin of the MAX9814.
The AGC voltage fluctuates quite a lot, so I tried to record the average value.
At high signal strength, to determine if the saturation was coming from the AGC circuit or the uBitx upstream, I would bypass the AGC and keep the volume down to prevent the audio circuit past the volume pot from saturating. If the harmonics of the audio disappeared, the AGC alone was producing distortion, otherwise it appeared at least before the AGC, and possibly in as well.
1. "Medium" AGC: input pot turned to about 30% of full scale.
S8 1,700 Large variation. FT-817 S-meter S8 plateau issue?
S9+10 2,460 Saturation of AGC audible, but not unplesant.
S9+20 2,460 Audible saturation of both uBitx and AGC (harsh sound).
The AGC kicks in early and keeps the volume pretty constant until saturation occurs. Saturation of AGC does limits the dynamic range of receiver.
1. "Low" AGC: input pot turned to about 7-10% of full scale.
S9+30 2,400 Audible saturation of uBitx and mostly of AGC.
This is the most "FT-817 AGC" like, from my perspective, and is what I have settled for. I want to use the AGC voltage as an s-meter input and this setting does produce a gap at the bottom end, but this is not critical IMO.
In both cases I noted some small "clicks" when the AGC kicked in on strong sudden signals.
The maximum gain of the MAX9814 as set in the schematic attached is of 50dB and requires screened cables in the audio circuit. I originally had the input and output of the circuit fed to a two core "stereo" screened cable and I would get feedback. I had to use two single screened audio cables. | 2019-04-20T16:38:46 | https://groups.io/g/BITX20/message/43048 |
0.998218 | Is this Willy in the photo? It is a captivating image of father and son. Thanks for sharing.
Just came across this in the link: "Both Gen. Sherman and Ellen played key roles in providing an exemption from the Conscription Act of 1863 for Holy Cross brothers." They were able to conscript Catholic Brothers to the army? I would have thought they'd be automatically exempt due their religious affiliation. So interesting.
Could be his second son Thomas Ewing Sherman who went on to become a Jesuit priest.
I seem to remember reading about this son, and that he had a difficult relationship with his father who tended to favour the older son, Willy, who passed away so tragically. You would never guess that from the photo shared here, if it is Thomas.
General Sherman was depending on Thomas to oversee the family finances and business affairs. But to his disappointment, Thomas entered the seminary in 1878 with his father boycotting the ordination in 1879. In 1891, Father Tom conducted the gravesite services for his father but had been unable to say goodbye to his dying father as he was in London studying Theology. | 2019-04-21T12:02:43 | https://civilwartalk.com/threads/sherman-and-notre-dame.153175/ |
0.999999 | "Az éttermekben gazdag emberek esznek."
Translation:Rich people are eating in restaurants.
Never realized that "étterem" becomes "éttermek" in plural form.
Where/how does the initial az fit gramatically in this sentence?
This can be taken as a "general statement" sentence, which is always introduced with an a. ("A delfin okos állat.") Of course you can also translate it as "Rich people are eating in the restaurants."
In English we'd say "at" restaurants - "in" awkwardly puts a lot of emphasis on the fact that the people are eating inside the restaurant, which is already assumed since restaurants are buildings and typically you do things in buildings, not in front of them or wherever else.
There are, of course, restaurants with outdoor seating, but even then this sentence would sound weird.
I'm pretty happy with the awkward translation, though, especially in the Hungarian -> English direction. I'm not an English native myself, rather German, and coming from that background I also tend to say that people eat 'in' restaurants. Plus, in English -> Hungarian it already nudges you in the right direction with the suffix, teaching the Hungarian thinking pattern to you a bit.
I'm a native English speaker, and I would say "in restaurants" -- "at restaurants" sounds a little weird to me.
It can, but it does not have to. This seems to be a general statement, and those always begin with a in Hungarian.
Could you please explain what is "general statement"?
A general statement is a statement you make about a subject that is applied to every instance of that subject.
For example: "Coffee is bitter" is a general statement, because you are talking about all coffee, and not just a certain portion. "This coffee is bitter" or "I had bitter coffee this morning" are not general statements, because they are talking about some portions of coffee.
Now, English and Hungarian use their articles mostly in the same ways. But they differ when it comes to these statements: Hungarian uses the definite article a in general statements and the topic is usually singular. English does not use an article and the topic of the statement is pluralised (if it's not a mass noun).
Coffee is bitter - A kávé keserű.
I love apples. - Az almát szeretem.
We do not go to cheap hotels. - Az olcó szállodába nem megyünk.
The original sentence, "Az éttermekben gazdag emberek esznek" can be interpreted as a general statement about restaurants - restaurants are places where rich people go to eat.
You can even turn it around and make the sentence into a general statement about rich people - rich people eat in restaurants: A gazdag emberek éttermekben esznek.
Thank you for the comprehensive reply. It means that I cannot use definite article to show "this thing", e.g. "I like the apple" means this particular apple, while "Az almát szeretem" is about all the apples in the world?
Oh no, that rule still applies. So "Az almát szeretem" can mean both "I love apples (in general)" and "I love the apple (the particular one that we are talking about)". Or even "I love the apple-flavoured one (in case of pies or whatever)."
A oroszlán erős. - Lions are strong. or The lion is strong.
Az oroszlán erős állat. - Lions are strong animals.
Az az oroszlán erős. - That lion is strong.
I've used "wealthy" translation for "gazdag"and the system did not accept it . What do other Engish speakers say?
A lot of languages seem to make a distinction between 'rich' and 'wealthy', it appears. I think 'rich' reduces it on having a lot of money, while 'wealthy' also means that they're doing well in life. My dictionary also suggest 'prosperous' for the latter meaning, which might help. There's a large middle ground between those meanings, though, and I agree that 'wealthy' seems like a fine translation.
For the record, a more direct translation of 'wealthy', according to dictionaries, is jómódú (lit. having good means) or tehetős (lit. able (to afford things)).
That is what I wrote, why is it marked wrong?? | 2019-04-20T18:12:07 | https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/17332489/Az-%C3%A9ttermekben-gazdag-emberek-esznek |
0.998637 | The system consists of PV modules, ground-mounting systems, DC cables, inverters, AC cables, DC/AC boxes, island inverters and multi-cluster boxes. The system is designed to be installed in a place with no grid connection. The island inverters create their own grid and supply consumers.
Standalone Solar Power Systems are completely independent from any electric utility grid. They are most often used in remote areas where electricity is not available or where the connection fees of the grid are higher than the cost of an alternative energy system. Standalone solar systems (also known as autonomous, or off grid systems) are used to collect and store solar energy to be used by household appliances. These systems typically generate from 100 Watts (very small systems) to 5 kilowatts (larger systems, multi family homes) up to 1 MW (using in the industry). During the day the electricity generated is used to power the home and charge the batteries. At night, and during rainy days, all necessary power is provided by the batteries.
In some cases, where it is important that power is always available, some stand alone systems, known as PV-hybrid systems or island systems, may also have another source of power such as a wind turbine, bio-fuel or a diesel generator.
Power generated from a stand alone system is considered DC (direct current), and is stored in a batteries and converted to AC (alternate current). Standalone Solar Power Systems are the perfect choice for remote rural or villages to provide continuous reliable power.
What are the components of a standalone solar system?
Solar modules are only one part of a standalone solar system. They work together with other components such as batteries, bi-directional inverters, transformers, etc. Together with power distribution panels and metering devices they complete the process.
The DC electricity produced by the solar panel or module(s) is used to charge batteries via a solar charge controller. Any DC appliances that are connected to the battery will need to be fused. DC lights are normally connected to the charge controller. Any AC appliances are powered via an inverter connected directly to the batteries. Most standalone solar systems need to be managed properly. Users need to know the limitations of a system and tailor energy consumption according to how sunny it is and the state of charge (SOC) of the battery.
The solar panels need to be configured to match the system DC voltage, which is determined by the battery. System voltages are typically, from 12V DC to 48V DC, larger systems will operate at 400 - 800 V DC.
The operating voltage of a solar panel in a stand-alone system must be high enough to charge the batteries. For example a 12V battery will require 14.4V to charge it. The solar panel must be able to deliver this voltage to the battery after power losses and voltage drop in the cables and charge controller and in conditions in which the solar cells operate at a high temperature. A solar panel with a Voc of about 20V is required to reliably charge a 12V battery.
protect the battery from over-discharge, normally referred to as low voltage disconnect (LVD) that disconnects the battery from the load when the battery reaches a certain depth of discharge (DOD).
protect the battery from over-charging by limiting the charging voltage - this is important with sealed batteries - it is usually referred to as high voltage disconnect (HVD).
prevent current flowing back into the solar panel during the night, so called reverse current.
The power requirements of standalone solar systems are rarely in sync with the battery charging. Appliances and loads need to be powered when there is sufficient solar radiation, during overcast weather and during the night. Bad weather may last for several days and the daily charging and discharging of the batteries takes its toll on them. Batteries that are able to handle the constant charging and discharging are known as deep cycle batteries. Batteries need to have a good charging efficiency, low charging currents and low self-discharge.
The Ah efficiency of a battery describes the relationship between the Ah that are put into the battery and the Ah that are taken out. Under ideal conditions a new deep-cycle battery would be 90% efficient.
Cables need to be UV resistant and suitable for outdoor applications. It is very important to keep power losses and voltage drop in the cable to a minimum. It is recommended that this be less than 3% between the the array and the batteries and less than 5% between the battery and DC loads.
Load calculation can be down in two ways, either calculated on a daily basis or weekly. Regardless of which you choose you need to be as accurate as possible.
Battery Storage is usually expressed in Amp hours (Ah). However, it can be given in Watt hours.
Take into account the design month - the month when there is the least sun and the most demand.
If the system is going to be used all year round and the energy requirement is fairly constant then the design month will be when the weather is at its worst. | 2019-04-20T04:28:56 | http://www.go-pure.eu/off-grid |
0.99828 | Tottenham's decision to play two overseas friendlies just days before the Premier League season was "extraordinary" - according to a former top-flight fitness coach.
Spurs faced Real Madrid on Tuesday and AC Milan on Wednesday, in Germany, arriving back in London on Thursday.
They play Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday at 12:45 BST.
Ex-Liverpool fitness coach Darren Burgess also said long-haul pre-seasons "risk soft-tissue injury and fatigue".
Spurs also played in the US during the summer, losing 2-1 to MLS All-Stars on 30 July.
"The last week coming into the season should very much be a taper week where you bring the training volume down but keep the intensity," Burgess said.
"But it's hard for the players because they are naturally competitive and in that last game they will want to try and win a spot in the team."
The Australian added: "If you get off to a flying start to the season, it's so important in avoiding relegation or winning the league. By October or November, what you do in pre-season becomes largely irrelevant, because you get fitness from the games."
Manchester City and Liverpool have both played in Australia and Asia, while Arsenal visited Singapore and Chelsea and Manchester United visited the United States.
City midfielder Fabian Delph suffered a hamstring injury in Australia in July while Liverpool's Joe Allen also suffered a similar muscle problem after returning from Liverpool's pre-season tour, which also included Helsinki.
Burgess, who now works for AFL team Port Adelaide, believes teams travelling shorter distances will be in better condition for the new campaign.
"I did three pre-seasons at Liverpool [in 2010-2012] where we went to Switzerland for the first season, Asia in the second and America in the third," said Burgess.
"There is no doubt that from a freshness point of view, staying in Europe gave our players an advantage.
When did clubs last play overseas?
Champions Chelsea played their last pre-season game in the United States on 29 July, four days before they were beaten 1-0 by Arsenal in the Community Shield.
Jose Mourinho's team face Swansea at home on Sunday with Gary Monk's side limiting their warm-up games to Germany and England.
Liverpool are away at Stoke the same day with the Potters arriving home from pre-season games in Asia earlier than Brendan Rodgers' team.
Manchester City, who travel to West Brom on Monday, returned to England on 29 July from Vietnam, 10 days after the Baggies played their last overseas game. Manuel Pellegrini's side also spent in Germany last weekend, facing Stuttgart.
Manchester United's last overseas pre-season match was in Chicago on 30 July. | 2019-04-18T15:46:33 | https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/33808645 |
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It ended up as a footnote in the war, despite the deaths of more than 200,000 people. "Warsaw Rising: The Forgotten Soldiers of World War II" reveals the story of the Warsaw underground resistance mov. | 2019-04-19T20:38:43 | https://www.ontarioforever.com/warsaw-facts/ |
0.999998 | My post-Grammy analysis post is going up later than customary, but what can I say? It's been one of those weeks. The 59th Grammy Awards were held Sunday evening, and I was able to watch a recording of the telecast in its entirety during the week, even though this was managed in bits and pieces between mountains of work. Hosting duties were handled by James Cordon of Carpool Karaoke fame, and as could be expected, he had no problem holding the whole thing together while also managing to deliver a few quality gags along the way.
There was an overall sense of deja vu this year as Adele onced again cleaned out in the major categories, winning all 5 awards for which she'd earned a nomination. Her wins included awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and of course, Album of the Year. She'd beaten out fellow musical juggernaut, Beyoncé, for that last award, and even went as far as renouncing the award to Beyoncé during her tearful acceptance speech.
Elsewhere, Drake and Chance the Rapper won the rap categories with 2 awards apiece, with the latter also scoring an additional win for Best New Artist. Beyoncé managed two wins for Lemonade (Best Urban Contemporary Album) and Formation (Best Music Video), a crying shame considering she'd gone into the ceremony with the highest number of nomitations (9). David Bowie was honored with 4 posthumous awards for his album, Blackstar, while Cage the Elephant beat out Blink -182 and Panic! at the Disco for Best Rock Album (Tell Me I'm Pretty).
In terms of performances, The Weeknd and Daft Punk made musical magic with their performance of one of my 2016 favorites, I Feel It Coming. Other standout performances include Shape of You (by Ed Sheeran), Chained to the Rhythm (by Katy Perry and Skip Marley), the Bees Gees tribute (by Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, Little Big Town and Andra Day), and the hip-hop mashup between A Tribe Called Quest, Anderson .Paak, Busta Rhymes and Consequence. Bruno Mars also brought his A-game during his performance of That's What I Like and the Prince tribute, so no surprises there.
One thing that surprised me this year though were the sheer number of hiccups and mistakes that were caught on camera. We had everything from Adele fumbling her lines and having to restart a song, to a faulty microphone during the Metallica performance, to Greg Kurstin being rudely cut off during an acceptance speech. I realize such things are inevitable during a live event, but come on, this is the Grammy's we're talking about here, not some B-grade musical sideshow.
Well, this is a first. But whenever a movie gets touted for besting Rogue One at the local box office, then that movie had better damn well live up to that claim. Released locally on the same day as the recent Star Wars spinoff, The Wedding Party was the movie that had people flocking the various Lagos cineplexes all through the holiday season. So, of course, I was mildly curious and needed to see what all the fuss was about.
I'll start with a quick disclaimer: I am not the biggest fan of Nigerian movies. In fact, I tend to avoid them like the plague. This is due mainly to my inability to overlook their many artistic and technical shortcomings. That said, I'll try to keep this review as fair and free of bias as humanly possible.
The Wedding Party tells the story of an intercultural wedding between two high society families that don't exactly see eye to eye. It features an ensemble cast that include Adesua Etomi, Banky Wellington, Richard Mofe Damijo, Sola Sobowale and Iretiola Doyle. Set on the day of the titular party, the movie tries to capture the behind-the-scenes details of the typical Lagos wedding, in colorful and cartoonish fashion.
Unfortunately, the end result is plagued by the very same shortcomings that keep the vast library of Nollywood movies from being watchable. For a high-profile movie of this kind, the production values were surprisingly low. The editing was poorer than it had any right to be, with scenes cascading into one another with very little sense of purpose or direction. The sound mixing was even worse, with background music clashing with dialogue at every given opportunity.
As far as acting was concerned, the majority of the cast were content with mimicking the same caricatures we've seen in at least a dozen other movies. By and large, the biggest offender of the bunch was Richard Mofe Damijo, delivering his lines with the kind of hamfisted bravado that only a Nollywood veteran could muster. You can't blame him though, not when the script itself is laden with enough poorly-written dialogue and leaps of logic to make any recent Nicolas Cage movie look like high art.
The Wedding Party is a glorified home video masking as a proper theatrical release. The movie was so cheesy that by the time the end credits rolled, I felt like an overfed mouse. If you've managed to avoid seeing it at the cinemas this long, then I'd advise you continue doing so. There's simply nothing to see here, folks. | 2019-04-25T01:04:22 | http://www.michaelabayomi.com/2017/02/ |
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