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0.99998 | Many children at some time in their school career are challenged by anxiety. School phobia (known to professionals as school refusal), a complex and extreme form of anxiety about going to school (but not of the school itself as the name suggests), can have many causes (see below) and can include related anxiety disorders such as agoraphobia and selective mutism. Symptoms include stomachaches, nausea, fatigue, shaking, a racing heart and frequent trips to the toilet.
Young children (up to age 7 or 8) with school phobia experience separation anxiety and cannot easily contemplate being parted from their main carer, whereas older children (8 plus) are more likely to have it take the form of social phobia where they are anxious about their performance in school (such as in games or in having to read aloud or answer questions in class).
Children with anxieties about going to school may suffer a panic attack if forced which then makes them fear having another panic attack and there is an increasing spiral of worry with which parents often do not know how to deal.
How Does School Phobia Start?
Going to school for the first time is a period of great anxiety for very young children. Many will be separated from their parents for the first time, or will be separated all day for the first time. This sudden change can make them anxious and they may suffer from separation anxiety. They are also probably unused to having the entire day organised for them and may be very tired by the end of the day, causing further stress and making them feel very vulnerable.
For older children who are not new to the school, who have had a long summer break or have had time off because of illness, returning to school can be quite traumatic. They may no longer feel at home there. Their friendships might have changed. Their teacher and classroom might have changed. They may have got used to being at home and closely looked after by a parent, suddenly feeling insecure when all this attention is removed; and suddenly they are under the scrutiny of their teachers again.
Other children may have felt unwell on the school bus or in school and associate these places with further illness and symptoms of panic, and so want to avoid them in order to avoid panicky symptoms and panic attacks fearing, for example, vomiting, fainting or having diarrhoea.
Other children may have experienced stressful events.
2. Starting school for the first time.
3. Moving to a new area and having to start at a new school and make new friends or just changing schools.
4. Being off school for a long time through illness or because of a holiday.
5. Bereavement (of a person or pet).
6. Feeling threatened by the arrival of a new baby.
7. Having a traumatic experience such as being abused, being raped, having witnessed a tragic event.
8. Problems at home such as a member of the family being very ill.
9. Problems at home such as marital rows, separation and divorce.
10. Violence in the home or any kind of abuse; of the child or of another parent.
11. Not having good friends (or any friends at all).
12. Being unpopular, being chosen last for teams and feeling a physical failure (in games and gymnastics).
13. Feeling an academic failure.
14. Fearing panic attacks when traveling to school or while in school.
Some children have a particular susceptibility to school phobia because of a medical condition such as Asperger Syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Children with Asperger Syndrome need to be dealt with differently to children without the syndrome as, for example, teaching them relaxation techniques can actually make them more anxious.
The longer school phobia goes on, the harder it is to treat so referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are usually quite quick to 'nip it in the bud'. However, if your child is severely affected, it is better to ask for a referral (from your child's doctor or head teacher) to the service before you are desperate as it is often overstretched: in reality it can take some time to get an appointment.
Things you can do yourself as a parent include getting help from your child's school. Teachers need to be aware there is a problem. Sometimes being taught in a special unit in school (if the school has one) may help your child feel more secure as it is a cosier place and acts as a half-way point between home and school. (Some children are so severely affected that they stop going to school.) It should be made quite clear to your child's teachers that she is not 'playing up' but that her anxiety is very real and she is suffering from it.
· Reassure your child. Tell her that she will be fine once she has got over the part she dreads.
· Explain that her fears are brought on by thoughts that are not true thoughts: she is reacting to normal things in an extreme way.
· Tell her she is brave for going to school. Although her friends find it easy, she has a private battle she has to fight every school day.
· Tell her you are proud of her for being so brave.
· Tell her you love her.
· Keep to the same routine. Make life boring for your child so that she has less to be anxious about (no surprise trips out). Make her go to bed and get up at the same time every day (even on weekends) so that she has some secure framework to live around.
· Find things that your child can look forward to each day.
· Encourage your child to find things she can enjoy in the school day.
The above information has been taken from School Phobia, Panic Attacks and Anxiety in Children, by Márianna Csóti (her own daughter was severely affected by school phobia), published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers (ISBN 1843100916, price £16.95). It is aimed at helping children aged 5 to 16 and includes practical advice for the 14 points mentioned above and social phobia, as well as information on therapies and anxiety disorders. Further advice is available in the book, including photocopiable dos and don'ts pages for parents and professionals to give to the child's teachers or Head of Year.
She also sells relaxation tapes suitable for children from age 8.
For tens of thousands of English and Welsh schoolchildren the start of the new school term this month will be so traumatic that it will make them ill. Doctors and psychologists are seeing a 'significant' increase in the numbers of children suffering from a condition dubbed 'school phobia' and are bracing themselves as children are most at risk of developing the condition at the start of the school year.
School phobia is already estimated to affect one in every 20 children and now experts believe the trend towards bigger schools in the UK, particularly in England, an increase in childhood obesity and bullying, is making the medically recognised condition far worse.
The condition - also known as 'school refusal' - can, if left untreated, bring on physical symptoms such as vomiting, headaches, fatigue and panic attacks and sufferers run the risk of carrying anxiety phobias into adulthood.
Mark, 14, developed school phobia when he moved from his Wiltshire primary school into a large London suburban comprehensive. It took 18 months for him to be diagnosed, during which time his mother was threatened with being taken to court over his 'truancy'. | 2019-04-22T05:10:51 | http://www.junior-anxiety-depression-exchange.org.uk/school.html |
0.999911 | Is conize.com an Untrustworthy Online Store?
The website, conize.com, is an untrustworthy online store. Online users are advised to stay away from the untrustworthy website because those who shop from it run the risk of receiving counterfeit goods or nothing at all. Unsatisfied online users who have shopped on the untrustworthy website and who are unable to receive a refund, are asked to open a dispute with their bank to have their money refunded. | 2019-04-22T06:04:20 | https://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2019/3/19/is-conize-com-an-untrustworthy-online-store/ |
0.999258 | Which plug adaptor do I need when travelling from Austria to Kiribati?
The table below summarises the plug types, voltage and frequency of electrical current in both Austria and Kiribati.
The voltages found in Austria (230V) and Kiribati (240V) are not exactly the same, but the difference is tolerable, so you should not need a transformer.
The frequency found in Austria and Kiribati is exactly the same (50Hz). Timing devices and appliances that use motors will function as expected under this frequency. | 2019-04-24T22:50:04 | https://www.whichplug.com/austria-to-kiribati/ |
0.999227 | The most common problem for novices (and some experienced sailors as well) is oversheeting. This disrupts the flow of the wind on your sail and causes drag instead of creating power from your sails.
Here is a tip on how to optimize your sail trim without oversheeting your mainsheet.
1) Telltails - You should use the upper telltails as a reference for adjusting your sails for upwind sailing. Try initially undersheeting your sail for a split second by easing your sheet a fraction so that your windward telltail flows up and down (and does not flow back) and your leeward telltail flows completely back.
Another way you can tell that you have oversheeted is when your leeward telltail does NOT flow back even when your windward telltail appears undersheeted. It is likely that your telltail which is on your trailing edge also does not flow back. When this happens, ease your sheet until the leeward telltail flows straight back.
3) Steering - To complete this sail adjustment and maximize your boatspeed, bear away until both telltails on your sail are trimmed properly. At this stage, you will maximize your boatspeed but may not be pointing as high as possible.
4) Fine Tuning - Now that you've determined that you have not oversheeted your sail and would like to point higher try steering up a few degrees and adjust your sheet tension (in small increments, say 1?" at a time). Wait 10 or 20 seconds until you can feel the real effect of the adjustments. Continue adjusting your point of sail and mainsheet until you are happy with your boatspeed and heading. Remember, stay in the groove and don't try to point too high. Continue this process until you are happy with your boatspeed and point of sail.
You can recognize when you have oversheeted your sail when your feel more than usual weather helm on your tiller. When this happens, try letting your traveller out in increments of about 3 inches at a time but keep your mainsheet tight. Keep adjusting your traveller until the helm or tiller pressure becomes neutral again.
It's really easy to oversheet even after going through this routine. Keep testing whether you are oversheeted by going through the same routine of easing your sheet, bearing away and then fine tuning. | 2019-04-19T21:07:57 | http://www.docklandsailingschool.com.au/melbourne_dockland_sailing_school_lesson_notes_sail_trim.htm |
0.998605 | 1. For marinade: In large bowl, combine olive oil, wine, pear nectar, apple juice, soy sauce, cilantro, salt and pepper. Whisk to blend. Reserve 1/2 cup of marinade in small bowl for basting. Cover and refrigerate. Arrange chicken breasts, in a single layer, in shallow baking dish. Pour remaining marinade over chicken and turn to coat. Cover dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 and up to 24 hours.
2. For salsa: In a medium bowl, combine apples, pears, onion, cilantro, brown sugar, lime juice, apple juice, and pear nectar. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
3. Preheat grill on medium-high heat. Remove chicken dish from refrigerator and remove chicken breasts to plate; discard marinade.
4. Place chicken breasts on grill and grill until cooked through, 5 - 7 minutes per side. Baste with remaining marinade as needed. Transfer chicken to plates (2 breast halves per plate) and top with salsa. | 2019-04-22T15:06:24 | http://www.haverhillbeef.com/RPchickbreastapplepear.html |
0.999995 | It all started just before midnight in July, Gil Oldfield gets a call from his son that shocks him, but leaves him unprepared for his later arrest and the downward spiral that would follow. In rapid succession, he loses his wife, his children, his livelihood, all his assets, his reputation - in essence everything that is important to a man. Determined to live with whatever means he can, Gil embarks on a healing process that leads to discovery - discovery of who shared in the immense web of lies that started well before that fateful Independence Day in 2012, and the value of trust, real love, and authentic truth.
Gil Oldfield is a Financial Advisor by day, FM radio DJ by night, who lives in New Jersey. One night at the radio station, he gets a call from his son, who is concerned about a serious injury Gil's wife Marta has sustained, allegedly at the hands of Gil. Unable to make sense of the jumbled data provided in that conversation, Gil eventually heads home well after midnight to an empty house and gets a phone call from the local police. He dutifully obeys their request for him to come down to the police station, thinking he would be able to take Marta home. However, to his surprise, he is arrested in connection with Marta'a injury. After being released he begins spending all his waking hours finding a place to sleep at night and contacting members of his birth family. Upon arrival at his parents' home near Philadelphia two days later, he begins to discover that Marta has launched a widespread and complex campaign of slander designed to cripple him in every way - socially, financially, and even in all his family relationships, including that of his own four grown children. Upon returning to New Jersey he begins collecting evidence of his whereabouts during the time of Marta's alleged injury, and retains legal counsel. Over the next several years, seemingly at every turn a snag or pitfall awaits, so that for every step forward, he falls back three steps. Over the course of time, during his efforts to collect evidence, repair all his relationships, and obtain gainful employment, he begins to understand that Marta had planned his downfall for quite some time, colluding with friends and church officials in their religious community. For years she has wanted a divorce, but only on the grounds of adultery, so that she can be free to remarry and/or carry on in good standing with the religious community. Since all her spying over many years produced no evidence of infidelity on Gil's part, she had created an environment wherein she felt Gil would collapse under the temptation to be unfaithful to her. When that didn't work, she had him arrested, forcing a divorce, but again with the circumstances wherein Gil would eventually seek a sexual relationship with someone else. Eventually the charges against Gil that are connected with Marta's injury are dropped, which is part of Marta's plan to be viewed as a forgiving Christian while maintaining the ability to play the innocent victim. Some time later, the arrest is expunged from the record, and Gil can now become employed in his chosen career again. A year later the divorce is finalized. But it includes certain provisions in the associated Consent Order that are most unpalatable to Gil - he still cannot contact his grown children to discuss anything about the divorce or the criminal trial, which means that he cannot discuss his guilt or innocence regarding what they still believe to be fact: that he did injure Marta in a fit of anger, nearly fatally. Eventually Gil meets a beautiful woman named Julia. They fall in love and marry a year later. Just a few months after the wedding, Gil receives a registered letter from the officials in his old congregation. They have convoked a "judicial committee" to handle the matter of Gil's "adulterous marriage." The result of that trial is that Gil is declared unrepentantly guilty, and disfellowshipped from the congregation, the effect being that not even his own children will ever speak to him again. Gil returns home to Julia at once exhausted and relieved - life can now continue on free of religious shackles. Although he may never see his children again, he is content with his new family and small circle of friends, and happy to be alive. But will the truth of what happened the night he received that fateful call from his son ever been known?
Tan Swiftwater has published many works under different names and currently lives in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. "Force of Will" is his first "based on a true story" novel. | 2019-04-18T20:56:35 | https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Force-of-Will |
0.998571 | What are $1 words? Start by assigning a cent value to each of the letters of the alphabet. Let a = 1 cent, b = 2 cents, c = 3 cents, and so on up to z = 26 cents. For any word, add up the cent values of its letters. If they sum up to $1, it's a $1 word. You may want to verify that "maximize" and "reciprocal" are $1 words.
In English, there are several hundred $1 words. If you want to check the value of a word, I have a one dollar word value calculator available. You can also view a (fairly complete) list of $1 words. This list contains nearly 1,000 words (966 words, to be precise), some of which are proper nouns.
What is the least number of letters that an (English) $1 word could have? Prove it.
What is the longest $1 word in English?
What is the longest English word with a value less than $1?
What sentences can you make using only one-dollar words? Try making the longest, or the most meaningful, sentence you can.
If you're interested in more puzzles about $1 words, see one dollar words problems, or see a puzzle on $1 words at our sister site, All Fun and Games.
In case you're interested in words that are $1.10 words, you can find a list of them here.
You may also like math activities for kids and other word-related mathematical recreations.
Sources used (see bibliography page for titles corresponding to numbers): 32.
One final note: Of course, assigning values of 1¢ to 26¢ is somewhat arbitrary; one could assign other values, say $1 for an a to $26 for a z; in that case, one might be interested in finding "hundred dollar words." | 2019-04-24T14:57:57 | http://mathlair.allfunandgames.ca/onedollar.php |
0.977771 | Need to find out how far is Baton Rouge, LA from Edinburg, TX? Following information will answer the question. Driving distance from Baton Rouge, LA to Edinburg, TX is 0 miles or 0 km. Travel time by car is . Don't forget to check out our "Gas calculation" option. It will calculate approximate cost of driving the distance between Baton Rouge, LA and Edinburg, TX.
How to calculate cost of gas for the road trip? Total driving distance divided by MPG (miles per gallon). It will give you the total amount of gas for the upcoming trip. Than multiply it by gas price and you will get the approximate cost of your road trip. With our "Gas Calculator" you already have how many miles from Baton Rouge, LA to Edinburg, TX. Enter your MPG and set the gas price. Press "Calculate" and you will receive the final numbers. | 2019-04-21T02:15:29 | https://check-distance.com/route/baton-rouge-la/edinburg-tx |
0.999841 | 90' Throw In Can ACF Fiorentina get the ball into an attacking position from this throw-in in Juventus Turin's half?
90' Throw In Ball safe as ACF Fiorentina is awarded a throw-in in their half.
90' Shot on target Dabo, Bryan Bryan Dabo of ACF Fiorentina smashes in a shot on target. The keeper saves, though.
90' Corner Kick Hancko, David Corner awarded to ACF Fiorentina.
90' Corner Kick Hancko, David ACF Fiorentina have been awarded a corner by Fabrizio Pasqua.
90' Shot off target Dabo, Bryan ACF Fiorentina's Bryan Dabo breaks free at Allianz Stadium. But the strike goes wide of the post.
90' Shot off target Pezzella, German ACF Fiorentina's German Pezzella misses with an attempt on goal.
90' Throw In Throw-in for ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
86' Throw In Fabrizio Pasqua awards the away team a throw-in.
85' Free Kick Free kick for ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
85' Corner Kick Veretout, Jordan Corner awarded to ACF Fiorentina.
82' Free Kick ACF Fiorentina awarded a free kick in their own half.
81' Free Kick Fabrizio Pasqua signals a free kick to ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
80' Fernandes, EdimilsonMirallas, Kevin Vincenzo Montella (ACF Fiorentina) is making a third substitution, with Edimilson Fernandes replacing Kevin Mirallas.
80' Gerson Gerson for ACF Fiorentina has been booked by Fabrizio Pasqua and receives a first yellow card.
79' Throw In ACF Fiorentina awarded a throw-in in their own half.
77' Free Kick Fabrizio Pasqua signals a free kick to ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
77' Goal Kick ACF Fiorentina have a goal kick.
74' Offside Mirallas, Kevin ACF Fiorentina are whistled for offside.
73' Free Kick Free kick for ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
73' GersonBenassi, Marco The away team replace Marco Benassi with Gerson.
70' Shot on target Muriel, Luis ACF Fiorentina's Luis Muriel gets in a shot on goal at Allianz Stadium. But the effort is unsuccessful.
67' Throw In Throw-in for ACF Fiorentina in the half of Juventus Turin.
65' Muriel, LuisChiesa, Federico The away team have replaced Federico Chiesa with Luis Muriel. This is the first substitution made today by Vincenzo Montella.
62' Shot on target Chiesa, Federico Federico Chiesa gets his shot on target but fails to score for ACF Fiorentina.
61' Corner Kick Mirallas, Kevin Corner awarded to ACF Fiorentina.
55' Corner Kick Hancko, David Corner awarded to ACF Fiorentina.
55' Corner Kick Mirallas, Kevin ACF Fiorentina have been awarded a corner by Fabrizio Pasqua.
54' Throw In Can ACF Fiorentina get the ball into an attacking position from this throw-in in Juventus Turin's half?
51' Throw In Fabrizio Pasqua signals a throw-in for ACF Fiorentina, close to Juventus Turin's area.
51' Free Kick ACF Fiorentina awarded a free kick in their own half.
47' Free Kick Free kick for ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
47' Goal Kick It's a goal kick for the away team in Turin.
45' Free Kick ACF Fiorentina awarded a free kick in their own half.
44' Free Kick Free kick for ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
43' Shot off target Simeone, Giovanni ACF Fiorentina's Giovanni Simeone attacks the ball with his head but his effort fails to hit the target.
43' Shot off target Chiesa, Federico ACF Fiorentina apply pressure and a brilliant scoring opportunity is created for Federico Chiesa. But the ball crashes against the crossbar!
42' Throw In ACF Fiorentina have a dangerous throw-in.
41' Goal Kick Ball goes out of play for a ACF Fiorentina goal kick.
35' Free Kick Fabrizio Pasqua signals a free kick to ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
34' Offside Mirallas, Kevin In Turin, ACF Fiorentina push forward quickly but are pulled up for offside.
34' Shot off target Chiesa, Federico ACF Fiorentina's Federico Chiesa misses with an attempt on goal.
30' Shot off target Pezzella, German ACF Fiorentina's German Pezzella gets his shot away but it misses the target.
27' Goal Kick Fabrizio Pasqua awards ACF Fiorentina a goal kick.
26' Offside Simeone, Giovanni ACF Fiorentina are caught offside.
25' Goal Kick Goal kick for ACF Fiorentina at Allianz Stadium.
23' Free Kick Fabrizio Pasqua signals a free kick to ACF Fiorentina in their own half.
23' Free Kick Fabrizio Pasqua signals a free kick to ACF Fiorentina.
21' Corner Kick Veretout, Jordan Corner awarded to ACF Fiorentina.
17' Goal Kick It's a goal kick for the away team in Turin.
15' Free Kick In Turin a free kick has been awarded the away team.
13' Free Kick Free kick ACF Fiorentina.
13' Throw In Fabrizio Pasqua awards the away team a throw-in.
11' Shot off target Mirallas, Kevin Kevin Mirallas for ACF Fiorentina gets in a strike but fails to hit the target.
6' Milenkovic, Nikola0-1 Goal! The away team take a 0-1 lead through Nikola Milenkovic.
5' Throw In Can ACF Fiorentina capitalize from this throw-in deep inside Juventus Turin's half?
4' Goal Kick It's a goal kick for the away team in Turin. | 2019-04-25T14:36:17 | https://futaa.com/event/15160269 |
0.997947 | Why do I need to submit financial documents?
All international students must show financial support for one academic year. Financial documents must be submitted in order for Cleveland State University to issue a Form I-20 for F1 visas or a Form DS-2019 for J1 visas. The financial documents and Form I-20 or Form DS-2019 must be presented at the US Embassy or Consulate when applying for either an F1 or J1 visa.
We are required by the Department of Homeland Security/US Citizenship and Immigration Services to carefully check the financial ability of each student prior to requesting approval to issue your SEVIS Form I-20. Therefore, it is important that you are aware of the cost of attending CSU and that you have all necessary funds to support yourself. The amount of financial support that a student must show is equal to the Total (Academic Year=Fall & Spring semesters) amount listed on the Tuition and Fees webpage.
Listed below are the procedures necessary to obtain the Certificate of Eligibility (the SEVIS Form I-20 for F1 student status). The process for issuing your Form I-20 will begin once you have been admitted to CSU. If you are currently holding an F1 student visa and are transferring from another US institution to CSU you still need to follow this procedure.
Please have two original financial documents prepared - one for Cleveland State University and one to present to the US Embassy or Consulate.
All documents must be dated and issued within the past 6 months.
A bank statement in your name or in the name of your parents that indicates the amount of funds available in either a checking or savings account, accompanied by a letter from your financial sponsor confirming his or her intention to provide support for you.. A bank statement must be dated, must indicate the exact amount held in the account, and must be presented on the bank's letterhead.
A bank statement in the name of a non-parental financial sponsor that indicates the amount available that is also accompanied by a letter of confirmation from the guarantor of his or her intention to provide financial support for you.
A letter from your financial sponsor’s employer, indicating the employee’s annual salary, accompanied by a letter from your financial sponsor confirming his or her intention to provide support for you. The annual salary of the financial sponsor noted in the letter must be sufficient to demonstrate that he/she has the ability to support you given the primary (personal) financial obligations of the sponsor.
A Financial Guarantee from your government or other sponsoring agency that indicates the amount of funding available to you and that clearly stipulates any and all additional provisions of the support agreement, such as health insurance coverage. Please provide a copy of the Financial Guarantee to the Center for International Services and Programs (CISP).
If your documents indicate an amount in a currency other than US dollars we will convert the amount according to the exchange rate on the day we receive your financial support documents.
Once you are admitted to CSU. The Center for International Services and Programs (CISP) will email you a Newly Admitted I20 request form. Submit financial documents directly to the form and the I20 will be processed in a timely manner.
Your financial documents will be reviewed by CSU CISP International Team to determine your ability to meet the financial obligation while you are attending the University. If your financial documents are not approved or if there are additional questions, you will be notified by email.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requires that you obtain a release from your current institution before your new Form I-20 is issued. Once you are admitted to Cleveland State University and receive your admission letter, please contact your immigration advisor at your current school and request that your SEVIS record be transferred to Cleveland State University.
A married student who plans to bring his/her dependents will require an additional $3,500 for the spouse, $2,000 for the 1st child, and $1,500 for each additional child. These amounts should be added to the total number under the appropriate column. Additional insurance for family of F1 students is optional, but highly recommended. F2 dependents are not permitted to work or enroll in classes.
Immigration regulations require that all students are enrolled full-time. Students who are admitted to the summer semester must enroll full-time for that semester and subsequent terms.
Failure to comply with any of the above conditions may delay the issuance of the Form I-20.
Cleveland State University is unable to provide scanned or photocopied Form I-20s. You must use express shipping to receive your I-20 form. The I-20 form must be express mailed to your physical home mailing address because regular post will not arrive in time to ensure you are able to receive a student visa. I-20 forms cannot be mailed to relatives or friends in the United States.
Sending your immigration documents through express mail is at YOUR expense and your credit card will be charged upon requesting the service. The Express mailing must be paid by credit card (Visa, MasterCard or Discover cards only).
You will be required to create your own user name and password to create an account.
For questions about new or immigration transfer Form I-20s please contact [email protected]. | 2019-04-19T08:41:23 | https://www.csuohio.edu/international-admissions/financial-documents |
0.999167 | We have a great opportunity this year in that we will be running a Director's Course here in Halifax for the EBU (previously delegates have had to travel as far as Southport and Wetherby to do the course).
If you would be interested in doing the course or if you would be interested in helping make up the hands or scoring please speak to a member of the committee.
Welcome to the website of the club that offers duplicate bridge sessions for young and old. The club has its own private premises and is well established, providing duplicate bridge sessions for over 160 members. It is a member of the English Bridge Union and the majority of the club events generate EBU Masterpoints. There are also occasional sessions that tie in with simultaneous county or national events. In addition to a comfortable playing area, the club has its own kitchen and licensed bar.
Halifax Bridge Club has four teams of eight players that compete during the winter months in the Yorkshire Sunday League.
Members will be aware that we have privileged, free use of some parking spaces in Clare Hall, opposite the club. However, that use is under threat because of cars not being parked 'tight' to the wall and obstructing the road to residents. Members are asked to pull in to within a foot of the wall in future, dropping off passengers prior to parking. This concession is invaluable to us and members are asked to comply to safeguard this facility.
Tuesday afternoons are hosted by the Director. Learners, newcomers and visitors are positively welcomed. A small amount of help can be given to absolute beginners or those unfamiliar with duplicate. Please be there for 12.50pm.
Wednesday evening sessions are hosted on a "Last Person Standing" basis. i.e. the last person to arrive at the club without a partner becomes the host.
Friday evening sessions are hosted by the Director, there is no visitor surcharge and help is freely available. Please be there for 6.50pm. | 2019-04-23T22:58:18 | http://www.bridgewebs.com/halifax/ |
0.998328 | Rep. Brad Wenstrup Brad Robert WenstrupKey doctors group faces political risks on guns GOP announces members who will serve on House intel panel CNN host pushes back on GOP lawmaker’s claim: ‘Hold on, diseases are not pouring into the country' MORE (R-Ohio) said Sunday he doesn’t believe a recently declassified memo accusing the Justice Department of surveillance abuses provides an excuse for President Trump Donald John TrumpForget the spin: Five unrefuted Mueller Report revelations Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants 'one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany' Financial satisfaction hits record high: survey MORE to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod Jay RosensteinTrump denies ordering McGahn to oust Mueller Poll: Majority says Barr's summary of Mueller report was 'largely accurate' Heavy lapses in judgment are politicizing the justice system MORE or special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE.
"No, I don't," Wenstrup said when asked if the memo serves as a pretext for a firing.
“When I look at Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray, where they are, I know in their agencies they have tremendous patriots who do great work each and every day, and they should stand up for them. But, at the same time, this could be their finest hour. They should work with us in Congress to get to the bottom of what’s taken place,” Wenstrup added on CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring also to the FBI director.
Wenstrup, who is a member of the House Intelligence Committee, noted he previously said he supports Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
The four-page memo, released Friday, accuses senior Justice Department officials of improperly using information from the so-called Steele dossier — which originated as an opposition research document during the 2016 campaign — to obtain surveillance warrants on Carter Page, a member of the Trump transition team and former Trump campaign adviser.
Republicans and Trump have pointed to the memo as proof the Justice Department’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election is biased against the president.
Democrats and some Republicans, however, have blasted the memo as a collection of cherry-picked claims that seek to undermine the FBI.
Wenstrup said Sunday he wants to shed light on all potentially unethical activities within the Justice Department and FBI. He said he’s interested in whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court that granted the surveillance warrant knew the dossier was paid for in part by the Democratic National Committee.
“There is a difference between saying it’s politically motivated and actually revealing who paid for it,” he said. | 2019-04-26T08:39:09 | https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/372215-house-intel-gop-rep-memo-doesnt-give-trump-reason-to-fire?rnd=1517755863 |
0.996983 | For other places with the same name, see Piedmont (disambiguation).
Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte; Piedmontese: Piemont) is a region in the northwest of Italy, next to the border with France. The capital is Turin (Italian: Torino; Piedmontese: Turin), which was host to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including the Monviso, where the Po River rises, and the Monte Rosa. It borders with France, Switzerland and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna and Aosta Valley.
The area is justly famous for its wines, which include some of the best produced from Italy such as Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto and Moscato D'Asti, its local cuisine reknown throughout Italy and the precious white truffles of this region which have been compared to gold because of their cost and delicacy..
Langhe - in Cuneo Province to the south and west of the river Tanaro famous for its wines, and for its truffles. The hills of Langhe contain Piedmont's finest vineyards. The grapes grown in this region are primarily nebbiolo, dolcetto and barbera. The nebbiolo grape is used to make the renowned Piedmontese red wines Barolo and Barbaresco. Within Langhe are famous wine towns such as Barolo, La Morra, Monforte, Serralunga d'Alba and Barbaresco.
Monferrato - extending from Turin to the eastern border of Alessandria, bounded by the Po River to the north and merging into Langhe in the south. The Monferrato is divided into northern and southern areas with Asti in the centre. This area is is also a well known wine area particularly for Barbera d'Asti, as well as less known varieties such as Fresia, Grignolino, Brachetto, Malavasia and Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato; it is also known for one of the rare white wines of the region: the Gavi. The Monferrato is also famous for its white truffles found in Autumn and celebrated in local festivals each Sunday.
Roero - the hills situated on the west bank of Tanaro River between Alba and Asti. The sandier soil produces light Nebbiolo wines as well as Piedmont’s best white variety the Arneis. The area is also famous for its honey; there is a beekeeping trail you can walk, as well as peaches (check the local markets in summer and autumn). And then there is the Eco-museum of the Roero rocks, or the great path of the Roero a hiking trail stretching from Cisterna to Bra which incorporates the Roero rocks, ancient lime and sandstone cliffs.
Alba - the entrance to the Langhe. Founded by the Romans, its historical centre still remains inside ancient Roman walls. Alba is best known for its elegant wines and exotic truffles as well as the home of Nutella Chocolate spread.
Alessandria - city 90km southeast of Turin, the capital of Alessandria Province.
Asti - center of the Piedmont wine area, an important medieval republic known as “City of 100 Towers”, of which around 15 still stand in the old historical walled city. The Palio di Asti, Italy's oldest Palio is held here every September in conjunction with the Douja D'Or wine festival and the Sagre Festival.
Bra - city situated midway between Cuneo and Turin, on the edge of the Langhe near the Tanaro river. It is one of the main centres of the Piedmontese Baroque style with its many churches and palaces of the 17th and 18th century. Bra is also in the heart of the so-called food valley, and the seat of a University of Gastronomic Science.
Stresa - a sophisticated small town on the western shore of Lake Maggiore. A health and tourist resort noted for its pleasant climate and scenic surroundings, it is a favourite site for congresses. A conference held there in 1935 between Italy, Great Britain, and France unsuccessfully attempted to deal with Adolf Hitler’s announcement that Germany would rearm despite the prohibitions contained in the Treaty of Versailles. Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, founder of the Institute of Charity (congregation of Rosminians), died there in 1855. Pop. (2006 est.) 5,103.
Verbania - The main city of western Lake Maggiore. Population approx. 30,000.
Here you will find pretty much everything you might be looking for. Plenty of shops and restaurants. A beautiful stroll along the lake. The Harbor where ships and ferry boats arrive and depart. Verbania also hosts one of the biggest farmers and apparel markets around the lake. One part of the city is called Pallanza. It's a very sophisticated area with some of the most spectacular Palaces right at the lake.
Colletto Fava - the hill with the giant pink bunny.
Lake Maggiore - Lake Maggiore, one of the largest of our peninsula, develops on a surface of 21 square kilometers, (13 square miles) long about 65 kilometers (40 miles) with a width between 1 to 4 kilometers, (.62 to 2,5 miles) located at 194 meters (636 feet) above sea level, with a maximum depth of 372 meters (1220 feet) (Ghiffa).
Its shores cover a total lenght of 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Canton Ticino in Switzerland to Sesto Calende (Va), reaching with its waters two regions: Piedmont and Lombardy, and three provinces: Novara, Varese, Verbano Cusio Ossola. Wedged between the pre-alps, Lake Maggiore, of clear glacial origin, is framed in its lower section by the soft hills of the "Novarese" region, and in the upper section, by high mountain peeks, some of which with perennial snow. These features make it possible that in the costal areas the climate is temperate, milder in winter than in the inner areas and cooled down in summer by the breezes that blow on the water's surface changing its color. Thanks to its mild climate it was possible for many species of flowers and plants typical to the sub-tropical climate to adaptin the costal areas. The populations that inhabited Lake Maggiore were in the course of the centuries quite varied, from the Celts followed the Gaelic invasors, then barbarians and subsequently the Romans and finally governed by the lordships of the Visconti, Sforza and Borromeo. Commerce was the main activity, initially only by the lake, later by land due to the construction of the first section of the public road of the Sempione at the beginning of the XIX century. By the beginning of the 1900 with the launch of the Sempione railway commerce flourished along with tourism and hotels, these activities have protracted up to date.
Native Piedmontese are friendly and down to earth. This region has been the industrial heart of Italy since 1800, even though nowadays it's experiencing some economic difficulties connected with deindustrialization. Tourism is a growing factor.
The Monarchy has left strong heritage across the region, particularly in wide natural parks (former king's hunting reserves) and in XVIII and XIX century buildings.
Piedmontese is spoken by about 2-3 million people throughout Piedmont. However, Italian dominates everyday communication.
In 2004, Piedmontese was recognised as Piedmont's regional language by the regional parliament, although the Italian government does not recognise it. It has, however, been recognized as a separate language by the European Union. It is supposed to be taught to children in school, but this is happening only in a limited way.
Piedmont is well served by airports.
Caselle Airport (TRN) in Turin is the main airport of Piedmont. It has regular flights with main European hubs and Italian cities operated by major airlines as well as low fares companies.
The international hub is Malpensa (MXP) which is the top Italian airport in terms of international traffic. It has direct connections with railway and highway networks. The airport is connected to Milan by the Milano-Varese highway as well by a dedicated train called "Malpensa Express". It is also connected to Linate Airport by a scheduled bus service.
Linate Airport (LIN) is the closest airport to Milan’s city centre and is well served by domestic and short-haul international carriers. It has easy access to the local highway network and is connected to Malpensa Airport by a scheduled bus service.
Orio al Serio (BGY) (Phone number: +39035326323) is located nearer to Bergamo and serves the low-cost traffic of Milan.
To the south is Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) in Genoa which is served by domestic and short-haul international carriers.
Another option is Levaldigi Airport (CUF) in Cuneo, but it has a very limited number of flights and very few connections other than private car.
from France, the Montgenèvre road (RN 94/ SS 24) from Briançon to Cesana Torinese in Italy is very good (above all on the italian side), always open during winter and free.
Although some local bus and train service exists, the best way to tour the Piedmont is by car, especially for tourists who want to venture outside Turin and a few other large cities.
The region has numerous interesting museums, some of the best are found in Turin including Museo Egizio, the second most important Egyptian museum in the world, and National Cinema Museum, most famed for the spectacular building.
The Milky Way ski area is one of the biggest areas in Europe and encompasses the following resorts.
Bardonecchia is another large ski area and was host to the 2006 Winter Olympic snowboarding events.
Macugnaga and Alagna Val Sesia in the V.C.O. (Verbano, Cusio, Ossola) province (North-east of the Region).
Limone Piemonte and Prato Nevoso in the province of Coni.
If you can, try the Bollito Misto and Fritto Misto. These are two very traditional dishes and you may only be able to find them in old restaurants far from the tourist circuit. The Bollito Misto is a mix of beef and pork meat boiled with vegetables and eaten with a variety of sauces. The Fritto Misto Piemontese is a mixture of fried meats and vegetables. Another very typical meal is Bagna Cauda: it consists of a hot garlic sauce eaten with raw vegetables. Try also the "Panissa vercellese" a typical dish from Vercelli made with rice, beans and sausages. You can eat also fried frogs and good fishes from lake and rivers.
Piedmont is well known for its great wines, particularly Barolo and Barbaresco but also Dolcetto, Arneis, Freisa, Gavi and others. Most vineyards are on the Langhe hills around Asti and Alba and on Monferrato other hills between Alba an Alessandria, but the passion for strong red wines has spread among the entire territory. Try also beers (Menabrea) and aromated wines (Vermuths).
You will find many accommodations from bed & breakfast to superb hotels. A good place to stay is the Verbania area at Lake Maggiore. In Stresa you will find the most sophisticated hotels. Camping is also available. A good way to learn more about the area is staying at an agritourismo or a family oriented B&B.
Piedmont is generally a very safe place.
This page was last edited on 28 March 2019, at 15:17. | 2019-04-18T22:24:22 | https://wikitravel.org/en/Piedmont |
0.99997 | Vybírat svítidlo do ložnice je velmi obtížné. Světlo v ložnici by totiž nemělo být příliš prudké ani příliš slabé, v případě, kdy si chceme v posteli například číst. Prudké světlo bude zapříčiňovat problémy se spánkem a slabé světlo zase problémy se zrakem. Je dobré tedy zvolit od každého něco. Do ložnice ve které se kromě spánku budete také oddávat čtení knih, je dobré zvolit bodová světla v kombinaci s nástěnnými LED světly, které zastíníte stínítkem a budete si je moci nepolohovat podle svého gusta. Designéři našeho interiérového studia vám navíc velmi rádi pomohou s výběrem toho správného funkčního a také designového kousku. Naše elitní osvětlení jistě osloví každého.
Jaké svítidlo do ložnice je vhodné?
Do ložnice nikdy nevolte prudká světla, která mají například červenou či bílou barvu, připomínající denní světlo. Tato barva bude vašemu tělu vysílat jasné signály, že ještě není čas jít spát. Problémy se spánkem se tak dostaví velmi rychle. V ložnici bychom měli mít především stropní svítidlo, neboli bodové, které bude zpřehledňovat celou místnost a zároveň nebude dráždit naše oči ani spánek. Pokud máte potřebu si před spaním číst, jistě vás zaujmou nástěnná LED svítidla, která jsou nejen úsporná ale také funkční. Tato svítidla si můžete libovolně polohovat a tím pádem tak nerušit toho, jenž s vámi sdílí lože. Tuto kombinaci budete naprosto milovat. Pamatovat byste měli také na to, že do ložnice se hodí spíše měkká svítidla teplých barev.
Výhody LED svítidel jistě každý dobře zná. Jejich úspora, dlouhá životnost a šetrnost k životnímu prostředí je naprosto nedocenitelná. Ovšem pokud se rozhodnete pro zvolení LED osvětlení do vaší ložnice, přistupujte k němu s velkou opatrností. V místnosti byste neměli mít více světla než je zdrávo. Příliš prosvětlená ložnice nevěstí nic dobrého. Tudíž volte spíše méně LED osvětlení a kombinujte ho s tím klasickým, které vám nebude dráždit spánek.
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0.999041 | Asking forgiveness in two nations, Mexican drug lord Francisco Javier Arellano Felix was sentenced Monday to life in prison for running the notoriously violent cartel that bears his family's name.
In a letter, translated in English and read by his lawyer, Arellano Felix asked people on both sides of the border to forgive his "wrongful decisions and criminal conduct."
"I am very remorseful and personally accept responsibility for my actions," he wrote. "If I had the power to change and undo the things that I have done, I would."
Arellano Felix, 37, was captured after a manhunt by U.S. authorities in an August 2006 raid on a sportfishing yacht off the Baja California coast. At his arraignment after the arrest, he appeared wearing a plain orange T-shirt, designer plaid shorts and flip-flops; at his sentencing, he wore a standard-issue orange prison jumpsuit.
Arellano Felix, the youngest of the cartel's seven brothers, pleaded guilty Sept. 7 to running a criminal enterprise and conspiring to launder money. Those crimes carry a mandatory life sentence.
"I tell you today, man to man, that even if I had the discretion not to impose a life sentence in this case, that's what I'd find most reasonable," U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns said.
The judge, who earlier in the day heard a handful of the drug-smuggling cases that routinely clog his courtroom, minced no words in admonishing Arellano Felix for his role in encouraging drug use.
"Your family's name will live in infamy," Burns said. "The effect on this country of what you and your family have done is disastrous."
Arellano Felix, who has been in custody without bond at a downtown San Diego federal detention facility, is not currently eligible for any kind of parole, Burns said.
His lawyer, David Bartick, said after the sentencing that Arellano Felix was prepared to be sent to the so-called Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, where America's most violent criminals are held. A final decision on where Arellano Felix will be housed rests with the federal Bureau of Prisons.
The Arellano Felix cartel emerged as a drug trafficking powerhouse in the 1980s in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, though its influence is widely believed to have waned in recent years as its leaders have been killed or captured.
The cartel was once led by seven brothers and four sisters, but Francisco Javier's brother Ramon was killed in a shootout with police in 2002. His elder brother Benjamin was jailed in Mexico the same year; federal prosecutors in San Diego are seeking his extradition to face charges in the United States.
Prosecutor Laura Duffy said she does not know when Benjamin Arellano Felix will be extradited, but said she hoped it would be soon.
"I thought he'd be here by now," she said after the sentencing. She said she was pleased to have extracted a plea from Francisco Javier because it allowed the government to keep its evidence secret ahead of any proceedings against his older brother.
Arellano Felix was captured during a U.S. Coast Guard-led raid off La Paz, Mexico, and towed back to San Diego aboard his 43-foot yacht, the Dock Holiday. The arrest at sea came after an intense manhunt, during which the State Department had offered a $5 million reward for the drug lord's capture.
Also aboard the boat was Arellano Felix's right-hand man, Manuel Arturo Villarreal Heredia, who pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy to invest illicit drug profits. He faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced in January.
Since their capture, Arellano Felix's older brother Francisco Rafael and two senior cartel capos have been extradited to the United States and sentenced on drug charges in San Diego.
Arellano Felix admitted in court that he helped run the cartel as it brought into the United States hundreds of tons of cocaine and hundreds of tons of marijuana and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars.
According to his plea agreement, Arellano Felix and his partners murdered informants and potential witnesses and paid millions of dollars in bribes to law enforcement and military personnel.
He agreed to forfeit $50 million and the yacht Dock Holiday. | 2019-04-21T14:54:59 | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-drug-lord-gets-life-in-prison/ |
0.999673 | Recently I encountered an odd authorization error while trying to enable Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) for an on premise Exchange 2010 server and thought the world might benefit from my experience in resolving the issue.
The request failed with HTTP status 401: Unauthorized. ---> Failed to get Server Info from https://rms.example.com/_wmcs/certification/server.asmx.
are 2 (interactive) and 3 (network).
if no session key was requested.
What? This message is telling me that my AD RMS server doesn't like my Exchange server's machine account username or password. But, the AD RMS server and the Exchange server are joined to the same AD domain and neither is producing event log messages indicating that there is a problem with the machine account or password.
So, I use ADSI Edit to check out the password change history on the Exchange server's machine account and note that the bad password count for this account is up to three. Clearly it's the password that's the issue. I break out the nltest tool and run some commands on the Exchange server to see what's up. This doesn't reveal any problems, but I decide to force a machine account password change anyway.
And then I try my Set-IRMConfiguration command again. Et voilà! It works perfectly.
How the Exchange server's machine account password came to be in a state where AD and the Exchange server itself were apparently both happy with it but AD RMS was not remains a mystery. | 2019-04-25T13:44:35 | https://blog.keyfactor.com/authorization-error-enabling-ad-rms-for-exchange |
0.99886 | 1. Preheat oven to 275 F. Now slice onions very thinly. Next heat a large skillet with 1 tablespoon of butter over medium high heat. Add onions, and cook for 5 minutes or until onions are translucent. Now season steak with salt, and black pepper. Add steak to skillet and cook for 4 minutes.
2. Make sure to chop steak with a cleaver knife in skillet. Divide steak and onion mixture into each side of the skillet. Cover each steak mixture with 2 slices of provolone cheese and let melt for 2 minutes. While cheese is being melted, cut each hoagie roll, into halves.
3. Tear two pieces of foil placing a 1 hoagie onto each piece of foil. Now remove steak from heat, and with a spatula transfer each half of meat mixture to inside of the split hoagie. Wrap tightly with aluminum foil, place in oven on baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes. | 2019-04-19T06:51:59 | http://www.damien-pierre.com/recipes/2017/1/25/philly-cheese-steak |
0.99967 | How do I connect my TDS3000B series oscilloscope to my LAN?
The Ethernet port is located on the rear panel of the scope in the upper left rear corner. Connect the TDS3000B series to a Ethernet port or to a hub with an Ethernet cable and power the scope up. When the scope completes it's bootup, Press the UTILITY button, now from the menu below the scope display toggle the System and highlight I/O, now select Ethernet Network Settings. From the vertical menu on the right side of the display select DHCP/BOOTP to ON.. The scope will use DHCP to automatically receive an IP address from the LAN. If the LAN does not support DHCP request your network administrator to assign a static IP and subnet mask addresses. To enter the static IP and subnet mask addresses select Change Instrument Settings from the same vertical menu and enter the addresses on the appropriate lines. Use the up and down arrows on the right side of the display to navigate to the specific line of interest. Use the side to side arrows on the bottom of the display for specific character location on the line and use the general purpose knob to select the specific characters. When done press OK Accept. | 2019-04-24T20:27:30 | https://de.tek.com/support/faqs/how-do-i-connect-my-tds3000b-series-oscilloscope-my-lan |
0.998503 | What shows up in the Account Intelligence integration into Salesforce?
There are several hubspot intelligence visualforce pages that can be added into the Salesforce page layouts for leads, contacts, opportunities, accounts.
I understand that leads/contacts will display the latest "contact" intelligence from hubspot.
But for Accounts and for Opportunities, what data is displayed? Is it just the most relevant "contact" activity?
If you're looking to aggregate HubSpot analytic information in Salesforce at the account or opportunity level, there aren't many good options. Salesforce won't let you create rollup summary fields between accounts and contacts natively; you'd either have to use an AppExchange tool like Rollup Helper, or write your own custom Apex. | 2019-04-21T00:49:02 | https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Marketing-Integrations/What-shows-up-in-the-Account-Intelligence-integration-into/m-p/10615 |
0.99826 | A fascinating study proves that fatigue in endurance is nothing more and nothing less than quitting.
The design was simple, but the results were profound. Samuele Marcora, an Italian-born exercise physiologist at Wales’ Bangor University, and his colleague Walter Staiano brought 10 male athletes into their lab and had them perform a simple exercise protocol. Each pedaled on a cycle ergometer as hard as he could for 5 seconds (a test of maximal voluntary cycling power, or MVCP), and his power output was recorded. Then the subjects rode the same bikes as long as they could at a fixed power output level that corresponded to 90 percent of their individual VO2 max. Immediately after completing this ride to exhaustion, which ended when the required wattage simply could not be sustained any longer (or approximately 12 minutes, on average), each subject then repeated the 5-second maximum power test.
Marcora and Staiano found that, on average, power output in the second 5-second MVCP, performed in a state of exhaustion, was roughly 30 percent lower than the power produced in the first MVCP, performed in a fresh state. Yet the power output in the second MVCP was still roughly three times greater than the power that each cyclist was required to maintain in the ride to exhaustion.
Wait a minute: If the subjects cycled at roughly 242 watts until they physically could not complete another pedal stroke at that level, how were they able to pedal at 731 watts for 5 seconds immediately afterward?
RELATED: Is Perceived Effort All In Your Brain?
It is traditionally assumed that exhaustion during high-intensity aerobic exercise occurs because fatigued subjects are no longer able to generate the power output required by the task despite their maximal voluntary effort…We have demonstrated for the first time that this is not the case… [I]f our subjects were able to voluntarily produce 731W for 5s immediately after exhaustion, they must have been physiologically able to produce 242W for much longer. The most likely explanation for the very high MVCP produced immediately after exhaustion is psychological. Subjects knew that the final MVCP test was going to last only 5s, and such knowledge motivated them to exert further effort after the time to exhaustion test which had a longer and unknown duration.
As intuitively sensible as this explanation is, it is scientifically revolutionary, as it supposes that the true cause of endurance fatigue is perception of effort (i.e. psychological suffering), whereas perceptions are traditionally seen as having no causal force in exercise physiology.
You propose to replace the conventional model of endurance fatigue, which centers on the muscles and the cardiovascular system, with what you call a psychobiological model of endurance fatigue. Please explain that.
My proposal is actually based on general motivation theory. What we call exhaustion is not the inability to continue; it’s basically giving up. The reality is that the neuromuscular system is actually able to continue. My idea is that it’s basically a safety mechanism like many other sensations. So you have sensations motivating you to take a certain course of action for survival. Think about thirst or hunger or pain. All these sensations are there to make us do something. That is actually beneficial for our survival, and I think perception of effort does the same.
There’s this idea that perceptions are mere perceptions and can be overridden through conscious will in a way that purely physiological limitations cannot. Have you encountered resistance to your model on this point?
If you think about pain, pain is created in your brain based on a certain signal such as a broken foot. If you didn’t feel that pain, of course you can keep going. There are people who genetically don’t feel pain and they usually die quite young. Just because something is a perception doesn’t make it any less powerful in controlling your behavior. If you are very thirsty you might kill somebody for a glass of water. You wouldn’t keep running if you ran over a piece of glass and cut your foot. If you didn’t have perception of effort, you could run your marathon much faster, definitely!
One thing that exercise physiologists are baffled by is that when very high-level endurance athletes do a physiological test, they aren’t very different from each other. They all have very high VO2 max, they all have good economy. You can’t really differentiate between them based on physiological parameters. But there is something extra that makes some of them champions. For example, I’m doing some tests on perceived ability, or what psychologists call self-efficacy, which show that beliefs about personal limits tend to be self-fulfilling. People who wish they can push harder and do more usually can. This phenomenon makes perfect sense in my model. So it certainly gives you a range of flexibility that the traditional model, where you stop regardless of your will, doesn’t give you.
Every perception is associated with a distinct set of physiological events in the brain. So is it really the conscious perception of effort that causes fatigue or is it the physiological events underlying that perception?
So the next question is, “What are the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying perception of effort?” and that’s a very big question. It’s like trying to understand the neurophysiological basis of any other phenomenon. That’s why I’m doing studies in collaboration with cognitive neuroscientists using techniques such as brain imaging and EMG, trying to tease out the neurophysiology underlying perception of effort.
I really want to tease out the mechanisms by actually studying the brain. It’s no different from studying any other perception. Hopefully, after learning more about it we can also modify it and help athletes to improve their performance, although you have to be careful, because messing around with a sensation that is there to protect you may also have detrimental effects.
Think about caffeine. Everybody now agrees that the ergogenic effects of caffeine are 90 percent mediated by the effect on the brain and therefore the perception of effort and not by the metabolic effects. So, if you like, this is the first application of the model that perception of effort is important and I think in the future we will see more and more of these things.
Your study did find evidence of fatigue within the muscles themselves—not enough to explain the fatigue that occurred in the time to exhaustion tests, but muscle fatigue nevertheless. So, what is the role of actual muscle fatigue in your model?
In a previous study, I looked experimentally at the effect of muscle fatigue on endurance performance. So, if I pre-fatigue your muscles before I put you on a bike and ask you to do an endurance test, your endurance performance will be reduced. But the effect was relatively small. It was a 16 percent reduction in time to exhaustion. In a time to exhaustion test, a 16 percent reduction in performance is a small result. In a time trial (it’s unpublished but we did the same thing) we had a 3 percent reduction in performance, which is also a small reduction. That study made me think about whether fatigue is the limiting factor. I reduced muscle function to the same level that people have after an endurance test. So, if muscle fatigue was the limiting factor, they shouldn’t have been able to even start the test. Instead, they latest only a couple of minutes less. So that started to put doubts in my mind.
But if muscle fatigue doesn’t cause exhaustion, why does muscle fatigue reduce performance? The reason is simple. If you cycle with muscle fatigue, your perception of effort will increase simply because, if you have fatigued muscles, in order to produce the same power output [as when your muscles are not fatigued], you will have to recruit the muscles more. The main stimulus for perception of effort is how much we are recruiting our muscles—leg muscles or inspiratory muscles. So if I am forced by having fatigued muscles, or even damaged muscles, to increase my muscle recruitment, I will perceive that as an increase in effort, and that increase in effort will make me reach my maximal level of effort and stop earlier than when I don’t have muscle fatigue. So muscle fatigue does have an effect on performance, but it is indirect. It is not a direct effect as traditionally assumed.
I did another study where, instead of using muscle fatigue, I used mental fatigue. The effect of mental fatigue on performance was the same as muscle fatigue. You wouldn’t think so. Why does playing a video game for 90 minutes reduce your endurance performance as much as muscle fatigue? It doesn’t make any sense according to the traditional model, but it actually makes perfect sense in terms of my model. I don’t know exactly what the mechanisms are, but during the cognitive task, I induced some changes in the brain that made my subjects perceive the effort required to cycle as being higher than in the normal condition. You see, it doesn’t matter why perception of effort is increased or decreased. Everything that has an effect on perception of effort will have an effect on performance. | 2019-04-23T11:54:06 | https://www.podiumrunner.com/endurance-fatigue-perception-is-everything_9067 |
0.998765 | EXCERPT: The Commission must swiftly come forward with a more credible proposal that addresses the fundamental problems with the system. And it would be wise to involve those of us who represent the people of Europe in its discussions, rather than relying on the weasel words of corporate lobbyists.
* Political groups in the European Parliament have sent a clear message to the Commission on its GMO proposals, writes Molly Scott Cato - we are not willing to have piecemeal and vaguely-defined "opt-out" legislation forced down our throats.
During the plenary debate several speakers reminded the Parliament that it is a year since President Juncker agreed to democratise the EU's flawed GMO authorisation procedure. In reality, what is proposed is not democratisation but buck passing to Member States who will face significant legal uncertainty if they choose to "opt-out" of GM on their territory.
Indeed, in a hearing with the Parliament's Environment committee, the Commissioner for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness admitted that Member States would need to "consider the impacts of such measures very carefully". It is clear that under corporate pressure, the Commission has reneged on the promise to democratise the authorisation procedure.
The current proposal is piecemeal, only addressing issues of vaguely-defined "use" whilst ignoring the even more significant issue of GMO cultivation on EU territory.
In previous negotiations on GMO cultivation, the Commission had reassured the Parliament that it would address the undemocratic procedure by which GMOs are currently approved for cultivation in the EU. Yet, rather than procedural reform, this proposal offers sloppy "opt-outs" as an afterthought.
The Commission's attempt to steamroller its way through the democratic process has led to an unholy mess. Earlier this month, on the issue of cultivation of GMOs, at least 17 of the 28 EU Member States chose to opt-out of EU authorisations, to ensure that no GMOs are grown on their territory.
Where powers are devolved, regions can make the same demand, as Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland have done. However, despite many English councils taking a stance against GMOs, England enjoys no such protections.
Fortunately, certain EU governments have taken a more long-sighted view than the UK government. Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Cyprus and Slovenia have called for a "GMO-free agriculture model" for Europe. One key proposal is that the EU should reduce its reliance on imported GM protein, primarily soya.
This whole row is badged with the slogan of the need to "break the current deadlock" in the European Council - that is to say, making GMO authorisations quicker and easier, by circumventing the opinion of the majority of Europeans. The Commission is attempting to sidestep not only the lack of democracy, but also the lack of rigour in the feeble authorisation processes.
Syngenta failed to notify the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the EU Commission of these additional GM traits until July 2015. Clearly there are fundamental problems with EFSA's risk assessment, if it relies on information provided by the applicant - the very same biotech firm requesting the authorisation.
Green MEP, Bart Staes, put forward an amendment to the legislative resolution, calling on the Commission "to withdraw its proposal and submit a new one". This demand passed, with broad support from members of all the main groups from all sides in the European Parliament. | 2019-04-21T14:37:44 | https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/16505-europe-s-big-no-to-half-baked-gmo-compromises |
0.999999 | Why is it common that babbling nonsense is a miraculous gift of the Holy Spirit? The term "tongues" in the Bible just means a different cultural language. Tongues never means babbling nonsense that someone made up.
If the Holy Spirit gives people tongues today then surly He would give the gifts of miracles too.Where is raising people from the dead or healing a person with a terribly visible skin disease?
1 Corinthians 13:1 "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal."
1 Corinthians 13:1 is most likely hyperbole like in Galatians 1:8 "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed."
Paul is using hyperbole to emphasis that Apostles do not have the authority to change the Gospel and not even an angel has the authority to do so. Does Paul say: "There are angels from heaven preaching a different Gospel, don't listen to them."? No he doesn't!
In 1 Corinthians 13:1 Paul is most likely stressing his point by saying that if there was some superior lofty language of angels, it would not be of love to even speak that language when nobody understands it. On the other hand Paul could be emphasizing that the language of men is the same as that of angles. Which makes since, because angles can most likely speak any language known to men. Making any other conclusion than these is grasping at straws to add something to God's Word.
There is no evidence whatsoever in the Bible that angles from heaven have some special audible language that is given to people by the Holy Spirit. Those that embrace that one single verse in 1 Corinthians and have turned it into something more than what it really is, have done so because of traditional false teachings. Sadly, those that have convinced themselves they can speak in "tongues of angels" by babbling nonsense are spiritually corrupted.
The only examples of men actually speaking in "tongues" is in the book of Acts. In these cases there were two types of manifestations: One was that a person was speaking in his own language, but many people of different languages could understand them in their own native language. The second is people were simply speaking a different language, that they did not know, as if it was natural to them. There is no mention of babbling nonsense or speaking in some unintelligible language of angels in the book of Acts.
Now if one holds to modern day "tongues", they must also hold to all of 1 Corinthians 12:27 "Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues."
If you believe in modern day Apostles, Prophets and disciples that can perform miracles, where are the miracles? A miracle is an event that violates the physical laws of nature. Babbling nonsense is no miracle because anyone can babble nonsense. Claiming someone survived cancer, after you laid hands on them, is no miracle because even atheists survive cancer. Pulling someone up out of a wheelchair, so they can stand and hobble a few steps, is no miracle because even an atheist physical therapist is capable of inspiring a person to do that. Laying hands on someone that has a spot on their lungs from an x-ray and then later, they have an x-ray again that shows the spot gone, most likely means there was a smudge on the first x-ray. It was no miracle!
Resurrect someone that has been dead for a few days! Heal someone with legs that have atrophied! Heal someone with a crushed hand! Those are unmistakable miracles! | 2019-04-22T08:17:02 | https://www.areaofthoughts.com/2011/11/speaking-in-tongues-delusion.html |
0.998728 | In the first book in this series, Finding Emma, three-year-old Emma was abducted from her neighborhood, if not front yard, two years ago. During her absence, her family literally went through hell. Emma's oldest sister Hannah felt guilty since she was supposed to have locked the front door. Her other sister, Alexis, has felt lost and forgotten as the proverbial middle child. Emma's mother had made it her mission in life to search for Emma and bring her safely back home. Emma's father Peter felt as if his family was slowly disintegrating as they struggled to become a smaller family unit. Fortunately for them all, Emma was found and returned. Now it is time for the family to come back together and try to heal the wounds from the past two years. Is it really possible to move on and completely ignore the past?
I actually enjoyed reading both Finding Emma and Emma's Secret. There aren't any true bad guys in this story. The abductor was an older woman with Alzheimer's disease, Dottie, who mistakenly thought she had found her granddaughter wandering the streets. Dottie’s husband, Jack’s only crime was in loving a child he thought was his grandchild. Now that child has been torn from another loving home, with her much loved Papa, and returned to her mother, father and sisters. Needless to say there are a lot of adjustments that must be made, for everyone. Emma's mother - Megan, assumes that she can obliterate the past two years from her memory and rejoice in having her youngest daughter home. Unfortunately she also presumes that Emma will be able to erase those two years as well. She doesn't recognize, or perhaps simply isn't able to accept and recognize, that her daughter truly loved her surrogate grandparents. This becomes a major bone of contention between Megan and Peter and causes undue hardship for Emma and her reconciliation with her birth family.
I thought both stories were quite realistic, but I've got to say that I didn't particularly care for Megan. In both stories she was more concerned with her feelings and her wants than she was about her husband or children's feelings, wants or needs. I felt that she was in dire need of help. Regrettably she only goes to therapy a few times and it seems only to complain and receive praise for her feelings and actions. It is because of Megan's behavior that Peter felt it necessary to go behind her back to ensure Emma's happiness even if it meant making Megan unhappy. Emma's Secret is filled with a lot of drama, secrets revealed, and soul-searching. I absolutely adored the children and even felt for Jack and Dottie (Dottie's story is revealed through journal entries). If you enjoy family-centric stories, then I suggest you grab a copy of both Finding Emma and Emma's Secret. These are both fast-paced reads and will provide for some wholesome reading pleasure.
Disclaimer: I received a print copy of this book free for review purposes via BookSparks PR. I was not paid, required or otherwise obligated to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising." | 2019-04-20T04:50:50 | https://www.thebookdivasreads.com/2013/07/book-186-emmas-secret-review.html |
0.999999 | Picture this: It's 2007, and I'm in London, trapped for a week in an old hotel near Russell Square with my 11-year-old granddaughter, who's immersed in a hair-tossing, month-long snit. At night, as I collapse into my narrow bed, she looms on the other bed, performing vigorous cheerleading routines, while gazing adoringly at herself in the full-length mirror.
Here's what saved me: Lisa's Alther's memoir, "Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree, The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors."
At 2 each morning, I wake to an hour or so of peace and a thoroughly entertaining trek as Alther struggles to find her own link to these mysterious, dark-skinned, blue-eyed people, sometimes with an extra thumb, who burrowed into Southern Appalachia before the 1600s.
So I was thrilled to see that award-winning Lisa Wingate's new novel, "The Story Keeper" (Tyndale, $14.99 paper), is also about Melungeons. In short, it's the story of a New York editor, Jen Gibbs, a native of the North Carolina mountains, who finds herself engrossed in an anonymously-written manuscript about a mixed-race Melungeon girl trapped by dangerous men in a place Gibbs thought she'd left behind.
What inspired the novel? I ask Wingate by email.
She'd just finished writing "The Prayer Box," she emails back, and was researching her next novel, which she thought would also be set on the Outer Banks, when she came across an article on the Melungeons.
She clicked on it. Then she clicked on another and another and still another until something happened that had not happened in "15 years and 23 novels."
"I literally dreamed a story," she writes. "I saw the tale of a busy New York editor who finds a partial manuscript in an old slush pile. She's captivated by the story of Sarra, a young Melungeon girl being sold off in a card game in turn-of-the-century Appalachia.
"Sarra's circumstances in some ways mirror the editor's painful childhood in the Blue Ridge mountains. In my dream, the search for the manuscript's author took the editor back home after many years away, leading her to a place called Mirror Lake, deep in the mountains."
A 2012 genetic study shows that Melungeons are the offspring of Sub-Saharan males and women of Northern or Eastern European origins, though that doesn't preclude Native American DNA flowing into the mix at a later time.
Whatever the case, Wingate says it's been an amazing ride, solving in fiction a mystery that may never be fully solved in real life.
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DNA solved the mystery of their ethnic heritage four years ago.
Lonondoners love refurbs but haven't refurbed all the hotels but now when you're tired of London you're tired of life itself and Dicken's London's everyone's other favorite city.
They're tender to chatty criticism and let tourism pay the rent.
As the previous comment indicates. The mystery has been solved. As the article states the answer is not very exotic. | 2019-04-24T02:33:09 | http://readinglifeobs.blogspot.com/2014/09/bestselling-novelist-lisa-wingate.html |
0.999813 | Slimming is associated, among others, with the elimination of greasy dishes.In fact, fats are one of the most important nutrients, so weight reduction should not mean the resignation of fats, only the selection of those that do not pose a health risk and a slim figure.Here are the products that you should not give up while losing weight.
The avocado originating from Mexico is the most calorific of fruits, precisely because of its high content of fat, which constitutes about 15% of the pulp’s mass.100 g of avocado has up to 160 kcal.Most of the fat found in this fruit is a monounsaturated fatty acid, which, according to scientists, has a beneficial effect on the human body.In people who eat at least half of the avocado BMI is lower than in people who do not eat this fruit.The situation looks similar in the case of waist circumference.What’s more, people eating regular avocados are less likely to suffer from a so-called metabolic syndrome that increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.Avocado contains a lot of fiber, which is an ally in the fight for a slim figure.At the same time, this fruit provides the body with valuable vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, B1, B2, C and K, potassium and magnesium.An important advantage of the avocado is that you can use them to prepare many dishes.Although the avocado itself does not delight in taste, but you can prepare for it, for example, a tasty paste, salad or cocktail.
High calorific value is also characteristic of nuts.The most calories contain walnuts, while behind them are walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, earthnuts and cashews and almonds.Nuts contain a lot of unsaturated fatty acids (EFAs), which improve metabolism and prevent excessive accumulation of fat.The nuts also contain other valuable substances, including alpha-linolenic acid, which reduces the level of bad cholesterol in the blood.What’s more, they contain a lot of fiber.The beneficial effect of nuts on weight loss can be seen primarily in the case of almonds, which effectively accelerate the reduction of fat, which has been well documented.Nuts contain a lot of potassium, magnesium and phosphorus and vitamins A and E. They are recommended especially during intense mental effort, for example during exams.
Lovers of peanut butter certainly wonder if if you can eat nuts while slimming, can they afford to eat their delicacies?The answer to this question is yes, but in small amounts and on condition that it does not contain certain additives.Butter has all the advantages of the nuts from which it was made.What’s more, the beneficial effects of peanut butter on weight reduction have been confirmed by research conducted by scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health.However, be careful, because the peanut butter available in stores often contain added sugar, which is not an ally of a slim figure.The best butter is one in which there are only nuts and a small amount of vegetable oil.You can buy such butter in a health food store or cook it yourself at home.Of course, you need to be moderate in eating peanut butter, because there is 32.75 kcal in one flat teaspoon of this product.
It might seem that during the weight loss it is best to choose lean fish.In fact, the best choice is greasy sea fish, meaning those in which fat is at least 5%.This group includes salmon, mackerel or herring.It is they that provide the body with polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids.These acids have a positive effect on metabolism, which is why they support the reduction of adipose tissue.It is not without significance that these fish are filling, which is why they fight hunger effectively.In addition to omega-3 fatty acids, fatty fish contain vitamins A, D and E, and iodine, potassium, selenium and iron.
Like avocado, olive oil contains primarily monounsaturated fatty acids.At the same time, it contains compounds such as oleocantal, tyrosol, squalene and oleaphelin, which have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-aggregating properties.While slimming, it is worth adding olive oil, for example to salads.At the same time, olive oil contains vitamins A, C, E, D and K, as well as phosphorus, potassium and iron, which is why it provides the body with important nutrients.Of course, eating olives is also a good solution.Mostly they are available for sale after maintenance, but fresh oil can be eaten raw.You can prepare the tapenade from olives.It’s a paste that contains olives, as well as capers, garlic and lemon juice.Tapenada blends very well with wholegrain bread.
Eggs are best eaten whole, not as previously thought – without yolks.Although the eggs are greasy, they also contain a lot of valuable nutrients, including lecithin and amino acids.There is a high quality protein in them, which, as you know, helps you lose weight.In addition, eggs provide a feeling of fullness, which is very significant when using a reducing diet.Of course, when you lose weight, you should avoid fried eggs.The best solution is to cook them in such a way that the protein is cut, while the yolk is slightly liquid.The mayonnaise is also not recommended, even light mayonnaise, which despite appearances is not a dietetic and healthy product.
While losing weight, it is also worth paying attention to coconut oil.It is a valuable source of medium-chain fatty acids, the greater amount of which reduces appetite, and at the same time acts thermogenic.Coconut oil thus supports weight loss in two ways.What’s more, it contains vitamins B2, B6, C and E and potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron and phosphorus.An important advantage of coconut oil is its wide application.Due to its high temperature resistance, it can also be used for frying.
To sum up the above information, some products contain healthy fats as well as other substances valuable to humans.Many of them have such properties as reducing appetite or increasing thermogenesis.It is worth keeping your judgment when eliminating them from your menu.The obtained results may turn out to be opposite to the expected ones.Of course, this does not mean that products such as coconut oil, eggs or nuts can be consumed in any quantity. | 2019-04-21T19:06:56 | https://www.abcweightloss.net/fat-products-which-you-do-not-have-to-give-up-while-losing-weight/ |
0.999973 | As far as separating the art from the artist is concerned, Morrissey is hardly the most complex example – John Lennon, David Bowie, Woody Allen, even Roald Dahl and Picasso carry more convolution than him, but there's a certain amount of blame-shouldering undertaken when you're the one who made the admittedly dubious decision to get tributes permanently inked onto your body.
As the lead singer with the Smiths, and with an extensive solo career to boot, he's one of music's most iconic figures. Always an outsider, a beacon for the misguided, his fans can be fiercely loyal and willing to defend him throughout his most troublesome interview pull-quotes.
For this article, I reached out to a well-known figure in the Morrissey fan community for their opinion on the Morrissey of today vs the Morrissey portrayed in England is Mine, Mark Gill's Morrissey biopic. They prefaced an interview with the proviso that they would contribute to 'any article that portrayed Morrissey in a positive light', but wouldn't talk about 'his politics, or royals, or meat, or racism', nor respond to questions touching on his personal life and health. It's hard to write about Morrissey – in articles like this which aren't music-focused – without side-eyeing his widely-reported views on those banned topics. For a man who has made his living from being unafraid to stand up for his beliefs, his fans, in my experience (myself included), are more inclined to stay out of it.
Those fans unwilling to dig into the more salacious aspects of Morrissey will still go to see England is Mine. But, is it necessary to know about Morrissey's younger years, about his personal life, about his political views and wellbeing in order to be a fan? All signs point to no, but it's against human nature not to be interested, particularly dealing with a man who tantalises contradictory views and opinions in both lyrics and interviews.
Why, then, does the film exist? Perhaps to show a different version of the aloof, curmudgeonly figure depicted by the media these days. Is it a chance to see a Morrissey newcomers might not recognise: a furiously ambitious and talented individual, bored with his tax office job and looking for something more from life? The film, based in 1970s Manchester, depicts a shy, insecure figure, scared to break from the mainstream, but simultaneously desperate to be that fish out of water. Turning points include his discovery of the city's vibrant underground music scene and friendship with artist Linder Sterling, not to mention the film's culmination: a fateful meeting with Johnny Marr (the rest, as they say, etc). This bright-eyed, excited soul is at odds with Morrissey today whose brand veers from media troll to someone who has no fucks left to give. Or perhaps someone who just wants to be left alone.
Therein lies the crux. The Morrissey brand is also a secretive one, he's managed to be protective of his personal life his entire career, despite fans and journos alike nipping his ear. Rightly so. Still, it will be an interesting depiction – to see this fictional Morrissey (played by Jack Lowden) unblinkered by fame, unaware of how he will be handled in the public eye, who hasn't yet opened his 'mealy mouth' to the world.
England is Mine has its world premiere at Edinburgh Festival Theatre on Sun 2 Jul as part of EIFF. | 2019-04-25T11:48:43 | https://film.list.co.uk/article/92036-this-charming-man-england-is-mine-explores-a-younger-morrissey-to-reveal-lesser-seen-shades/ |
0.999997 | Returning to Scotland after nearly a decade, the latest tour of the runaway smash musical that is Les Misérables has already sold out. But what is it that makes the show so popular?
Les Mis, or to give it its full name, Les Misérables, is a musical – music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, and original French lyrics by Alain Boubill and Jean-Marc Natel. The English lyrics and libretto were written by Herbet Kretzmer.
Isn't it based on a novel?
Yes, Les Mis was based on the 1200 page novel of the same name by Victor Hugo from 1862, which is often considered to be one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. The story begins in 1815 and ends with the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris – it is not set during the French Revolution; that began in 1789 and lasted until 1799.
It follows a man called Jean Valjean, a peasant who was sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment; five years initially for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving nephew, and a further 14 for escape attempts. After breaking his parole, he reinvents himself as a factory owner and mayor and is then swept up into a revolutionary movement, where a group of young people attempt to overthrow the government. Meanwhile, a police inspector called Javert has vowed to track Valjean down at any cost.
It, originally, was released as a concept album, before making the leap to the French stage in 1980. Although it closed after three months, the English-language version of the musical opened five years later in London in October 1985, helmed by the producer Cameron Mackintosh, who also brought Cats to Broadway.
The initial reviews were negative, with some critics condemning the idea that classic literature could be made into a musical, and whether it was proper to have every word sung instead of spoken. However, it weathered the storm and the London production has run continuously since its premiere, becoming the second longest-running West End show after The Mousetrap, and the longest-running musical in the West End.
The Broadway production opened in March 1987 and ran until May 2003, earning 12 Tony Award nominations, and winning eight, including Best Musical.
Well, there seems to be no single reason for Les Mis’s continuing success. Musical-wise it has it all, catchy tunes (I Dreamed a Dream, One Day More, Do You Hear the People Sing?) with fantastical lyrics, and unlike a lot of other musicals (here’s looking at you, Cats), Les Mis actually has a plot. In fact, it’s the plot that helps make it stand out from other shows.
It’s a big, epic, anti-capitalist piece of theatre, tackling difficult themes from abuse to poverty, redemption to revolution. But ultimately, Les Mis, for all its darkness and all its scenes and songs about human suffering, is a musical about hope. It’s about how much the human spirit can endure about dreaming of a better time, a better world.
Although set hundreds of years ago, its themes are universal; we still live in a world dogged by inequality, poverty and injustice. If all art is political, then Les Mis is a piece of theatre that wants to help you escape difficult times, but also make you question the present by looking at a long-lost past.
Uh, well, this is where it gets awkward. Because it’s been nearly a decade since anyone brought such a large-scale touring production of Les Mis to Scotland (and this is a new production, conceived for the show’s 25th anniversary back in 2009), demand has been high and tickets have sold out. But try for returns, you might get lucky. You have to dream a dream, after all. | 2019-04-18T10:59:48 | https://www.theskinny.co.uk/theatre/shows/previews/what-the-fuck-is-les-miserables |
0.999061 | The 5000 series of office chairs from Neutral Posture is the first of three in one of its most popular model ranges, the others being its 6000 and 8000 series.
Who Will The 5000 Series Be Most Suitable For?
This range is best suited for both male and female users who are between 4 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing between 90 and 275 pounds and who are happy with a mid sized chair back. The range is also popular with slim built female users up to 6 foot 2 inches tall too.
Taller and or heavier people should look to either the 6000 or 8000 series where they will find they are better catered for.
This range comprises 6 different versions which are all built around a common footprint with variations being predominantly in seat size designed to suit different user's needs as well as some small differences in adjustment dimensions.
In keeping with Neutral Posture's views all models have a high degree of adjustability which may seem a little daunting to begin with however a series of explanatory videos serve to show how to best set up the chair for your exact needs.
Additionally the right hand armrest conceals a pull out guide which summarizes the chair's adjustments in case you need to fine tune individual settings later.
With all the different options things can get a little confusing and the offering of two different chair mechanisms doesn't help, fortunately the multi-function is the obvious choice.
This mechanism is the best choice as it includes sliding seat depth adjustment to allow perfect leg positioning in the chair. The reason for this is it includes sliding seat depth adjustment to allow perfect leg positioning in the chair, whereas the knee tilt has a fixed depth and is consequently less flexible and is probably best avoided.
As can be seen from the wide range of options available the 5000 series offers a huge range of ways to tailor a chair to your exact requirements.And in case you are unsure about all the options I have made some short videos simplifying the available choices.
5000 series chairs are covered by a lifetime single shift warranty and this is based on 8 hours daily use 5 days a week. What this actually covers is the chairs components for a period of 10 years, with the exception of the fabric upholstery which is covered for 3 years and the inflatable lumbar which has 5 years cover.
Overall Neutral Posture's 5000 series is a well built product with a high degree of adjustability, intended for smaller users and will enable those who take the time to set it up properly to achieve excellent working comfort. People who don't like having to make a lot of initial adjustments may find they are happier with one of the self adjusting chairs offered by a number of manufacturers these days, although these might lack the fine tuning which can be achieved with a chair like the 5000.
The chair is supplied unassembled which some people may find a bit of a bugbear, fortunately it is actually pretty easy to assemble with clear instructions, a video of what to do and no need for any tools.
Whilst these chairs aren't cheap when you consider that they should last for 10 years or more their overall cost over their expected life cycle represents excellent value.
This online seating specialist carries the full 5000 range and offers very competitive pricing which also includes free shipping. | 2019-04-24T22:40:49 | http://www.officechairadvice.com/ergonomic/neutral-posture/reviews/neutral-posture-5000-series.html |
0.999999 | Gut microbiota influence mosquito vectorial capacity: a study identifies the role of Enterobacter ompA gene in biofilm formation and gut colonization of A. aegypti.
Context and background: Mosquitoes are home to many microbes, including various human pathogens and these mosquitoes act as vectors for their transmission. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the vector for major illnesses caused by dengue, yellow fever and Zika viruses. However, in recent years, studies have identified a role for gut bacterial microbiota in influencing vector capacity. For example, studies have shown that the absence of the endogenous bacterial microbes can cause a two-fold increase in dengue virus load within the Aedes mosquito gut. Thus it is important to understand the Aedes gut colonization by these bacteria. Like various host-pathogen interactions, bacterial genes have been shown to be important in gut colonization in invertebrates. In Sodalis glossinidius, a phylogenetic relative of A. aegypti, the ompA gene was shown to be important for biofilm formation as well as colonization of the gut of Tsetse flies. The flies had lower mortality when they harboured Sodalis strains expressing the ompA gene from a pathogen E.coli strain. These findings, along with the studies suggesting an influence of the bacterial microbiome on vectorial capacity, argue for an important role of bacterial genetic factors in biofilm formation, gut colonization and thus a role in virulence.
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 system in the host-associated microbe Enterobacter species, isolated from A. aegypti, this study takes a genetics approach to understand the role of the ompA in biofilm formation and gut colonization.
Experimental setup: The study makes use of the no-SCAR (Scarless Cas9 Assisted Recombineering) method. This method combines the λ-Red system with a Cas9 system to enable gene editing without chromosomal markers for selection. This was used to create an ompA disruption mutant. The authors then compared the ompA mutant with the wild-type (WT) as well as a complement strain. Biofilm formation was assayed using crystal violet staining. In order to study effects on gut colonization, infection assays were carried out in mono-association to avoid the influence of any other microbes present in the gut. A. aegypti larvae and adults were assayed for microbial infection by homogenization and CFU counting. CRISPR was also used to insert the mCherry gene or a gentamicin resistance gene into the ompA sequence, effectively creating a mutant and also showing that the method could be used in Enterobacteria to make insertions. To visualize the colonization, midguts were dissected, fixed and stained.
Important Results: After observing biofilm-resembling structures in the gut of A. aegypti upon infection with an Enterobacter isolate, this study choose to examine the role of a bacterial gene, ompA, in biofilm formation and gut colonization. Crystal violet staining showed that the ompA mutant had a significant defect in biofilm formation as compared to the WT and complemented strain. In the infection assays, a reduction in bacterial counts was observed for the mutant in both larvae and adult mosquitos, indicating that the ompA gene is important for colonization in both life stages. The number of mosquitos infected, or the prevalence of the infection was much reduced for the ompA mutant in the adults, with only 45% adults infected as compared to WT (95%) and the complement strain (88%). No such difference was observed for the larval stage. This difference may be attributed to differences in colonization in different life stages. The functionality of the gene insertions of mCherry ( visualized as fluorescent bacteria on a plate as well as within the gut) and gentamicin resistance (ability to grow on gentamicin plates) shows that the CRISPR system can be used to create insertions in other non-model bacteria.
Interesting aspects of the study: This study shows a new application of CRISPR-Cas9 in enteric bacteria found in invertebrates. The ability to create functional gene insertions as well as deletions has great implications for our understanding of the host-microbe relation. The approach used in this study can be applied to gain more insights about the role of bacterial genetics in host colonization and survival within the host. Literature also suggests an influence of these gut bacteria on vectorial capacity, with some having inhibitory effects on viruses that use A. aegypti as a vector. Using this technique to create strains that reduce vectorial capacity could be a strategy to tackle the numerous illnesses caused by the vector A. aegypti. This approach is being used to tackle dengue by the use of Wolbachia-infected mosquitos, since Wolbachia interferes with pathogen transmission and also affects lifespan.
In summary, the findings of this preprint indicate an important role for ompA in gut colonization and biofilm formation and add to the pool of data correlating biofilms and gut colonization across various gut-associated microbes.
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0.999874 | I should begin by admitting that I’m a longtime fan of Anna Sui’s clothing designs and her entire aesthetic. I’ve been known to haunt the Anna Sui boutique in New York, just to browse the latest outfits (and costume jewelry, and fragrances), and I always admire the shop’s décor. I also enjoy the music constantly playing in the background, which sounds like the mix tapes I used to compile for myself and my friends in the late 1980s. Sui has always referred to rock music as one of her inspirations, and her shop is decorated with posters featuring bands from the Woodstock era through The White Stripes and Radiohead.
Since she has always combined fashion with these kinds of cultural references, it makes sense that Anna Sui has just released a fragrance described as a “tribute to the electricity and energy of rock-n-roll.” Rock Me! is an Eau de Toilette with listed notes of pear, green orange, and peach skin; honeysuckle, jasmine, and waterlily; and cedarwood, amber, and vanilla. The bottle is adorable, as Anna Sui fragrance bottles always are: it’s shaped like a purple-and-red guitar and embossed with butterflies, stars, and peace signs. If Jimi Hendrix had a granddaughter, she’d probably love displaying this bottle on her dresser.
Rock Me! is promoted as a “wild young floral fruity essence,” and it comes across more as pop music than as glam or classic rock. Its personality is expressed pretty well by an animated “Rock Me” video: butterflies release twinkling music notes from a guitar, pixies perform a catchy theme song, peace signs and flowers tumble across the screen, and the model Agyness Deyn makes a few appearances, looking over-accessorized but cheerful. The fragrance itself is also bright and neatly structured. The opening phase is a sherbet-like orange-peach blend, slightly acidic around the edges. Some airy florals bloom in the middle of the fragrance’s development, mostly lily and a mainstream sort of jasmine petal. I don’t notice any pear or honeysuckle, which is fine with me, because those two notes can often feel sticky-sweet on my skin. My favorite part of Rock Me! is the dry-down, when the citrus-smoothie notes melt into an amber-cedar base that feels clean but warm. (When I smelled the fragrance on another woman who was wearing it, I noticed the vanilla more on her than I did on myself.) To summarize, Rock Me! is definitely not wild, it’s youngish but could easily be worn by someone past her teens, and it ends up fruity-woody rather than fruity-floral.
Rock Me! lasted longer than I expected for an Eau de Toilette with so many fruit notes, and I enjoyed it, although nowhere near as much as I love the original Anna Sui fragrance (a powdery tea rose) or even the technicolor gourmand Night of Fancy. It’s a bit more grown-up than some other scents in the line (like Secret Wish or Dolly Girl), and oddly enough, it reminds me of Jean-Paul Gaultier’s Ma Dame, which also employed Agyness Deyn as its “face.” I’m always hoping that Anna Sui will release a dark, spicy rose fragrance, or something quirky like a violet-patchouli blend that would better “match” her clothing and her boutique, but maybe I’ll get my wish next time around.
Anna Sui Rock Me! is available in 50 ($58) and 100 ($74) 100 ml Eau de Toilette. It is sold at Target and Anna Sui boutiques.
Note: If you’re an Anna Sui fan living in Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, or Taiwan, you can enter a Rock Me contest; the grand prize is a trip to New York to attend the 2010 Anna Sui fashion show, something I certainly wouldn’t mind doing myself.
I’m sure you’re aware of this Jessica, but Anna Sui is the latest designer doing a line for Target. I’m not sure if it’s available yet or not.
Nice review Jessica. This sounds a lot nicer than I expected when I first saw the pictures a few days ago. I expected to hear “more fruity-floral teenager dreck” or some variation of that. Your description sounds more like it’s something nice and easy to wear on a relaxing, casual weekend. Sometimes a girl just gets a taste for something fruity yummy with a vanilla-y dry down …something non-challenging. (can’t wear Mitsouko every day!) I’ll definitely look for this the next time I’m in a Target.
Hi Daisy, You’re right, it’s “non-challenging” — definitely not an “intellectual” fragrance a la Serge Lutens or CdG, or a “couture-like” fragrance a la Guerlain or Malle. It’s ready-to-wear, and it’s light-hearted but not air-headed.
Reading the notes for Rock Me, particularly all the florals, my first reaction was that it sounded more pretty and sweet than rock-y. I don’t know what I was expecting a rock perfume to smell like. Maybe fresh citrus woody with a patchouli base? A bit of zing and a bit of laid back for after the show?
Definitely agree that the bottle is pretty – but again, almost too pretty!
Yes, it’s almost like a toy … I will check it out in person, but by just looking at the picture, I can’t imagine it in my collection. Too candy for me.
Lsnuing, It’s pretty toylike, and in keeping with some of the other bottles in the collection– the butterfly for Sui Love, the purse for Sui Dreams, the Dolly mannequin heads — but I’m still a sucker for this kind of cuteness!
Erm, just read back my above comment – to clarify, I meant ‘Pop Me!’ versus ‘Rock Me!’ in a, you know, Pop versus Rock type way – not in a tweens and their cherries type way… argh!
LOL Vickyjane! I didn’t even think of that until you mentioned it!
Vickyjane, lol! Gotcha. I understood, but thanks for clarifying.
It *is* more pop-rock than full-on classic rock or metal!
hmmmm ..so how fast CAN you back pedal?? lol Although I also knew what you meant the first time….but it just got funnier and funnier. ahhh, just gotta love NST for entertainment….
Good review Jessica. I am reluctant to try this-it seems like another fruity/floral sweet concoction, a la Britney. I too like the idea of a violet patchouli blend with perhaps a titch of sandalwood thrown in. Mmmm!
Hi Dolly, Fortunately, the Anna Sui girl seems a bit more sophisticated than the Britney girl, hah… it’s sweetish, but nowhere near as candy-like as most of the Britneys. But yes, I keep hoping for something even “darker”…!
Great review! Ive always wanted to try her fragrances but could never find them. Ive been dying to try Flight and Night of Fancy! Especially Night of Fancy cuz that just sounds like sweet heaven in a bottle!!! Doesnt it have milkshake in it? Awesome sounding to me thats for sure!! Do you think youll review that one? I need to head over to Target to try Rock Me!
Hi Jonr951, I don’t remember much about Flight of Fancy, other than that it’s a somewhat generic fruity-floral, but Night of Fancy is a guilty-pleasure scent for me… definitely on the sweet side, lots of berries and cream. And, you know, I have a feeling that Rock Me! might only be available at Target.com, not in stores… report back to us!
well, rats! how are we supposed to sniff it online?? they’d sell more if they’d put it in brick and mortar stores!
Good question! Maybe it will be more widely distributed after a few months.
Is Night better then Midnight Fantasy cuz they both sound very similar to me? Midnight was berries and cream to me. Ive never smelled it but I know ill luv it. I need to find it online soon!!
Well, “better” is always a matter of personal taste! I sniffed Midnight Fantasy when it first came out, but can’t remember it in detail… maybe someone else can help us out here.
Yay! Finally a contest in Asia!
Ammy, Yes indeed! I get the impression that Anna Sui’s beauty and fragrance lines are extremely popular in Southeast Asia (and the lighter scents are often geared towards those markets/climates?), so this makes sense. Sounds fun.
Firstly, I was attracked to the bottle. Finally I got it as a new year gift when in traveling in HK with my boyfriend. Well, the actual fluit is not quite fitting to the bottle shape and colors but smells lovely as described above. Even though this is not a perfume I would usually wear as I perceive myself very differently, however, it smell very nicely on me. I guess it’s not bad to have something to make you smell..umm…sweetly light-hearted!
Eveden, It’s not my usual type of fragrance, either, but I enjoyed my sample! It’s true, everyone needs a perfume that’s just *fun* once in a while.
well..hope it’s not like those anna sui typical smell. Want something different from it.. | 2019-04-20T11:03:51 | https://nstperfume.com/2009/10/15/anna-sui-rock-me-perfume-review/ |
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0.997466 | I spent a good part of my summer creating my online classes using the Schoology website platform. I developed just the first semester of curriculum, and now that I have a better feel for the ins-and-outs of Schoology - and plan on developing second semester this fall. Having spent several weeks working on Schoology, I have a decent idea of its features - both the good and the bad.
- Every assignment is automatically accompanied by a comment box - similar to a Facebook wall - where students can ask questions, you can clarify instructions, etc.
- You can set individual due dates for assignments, unlike some online learning platforms where the entire class is due at the end of a semester. Setting individual due dates will help keep students on track to complete the course at a comfortable pace.
- You can create folders for whatever purpose you want. I have ordered folders for all of my units, but I also have a "Resource" folder with lectures on convention rules and essay writing. That way, students don't have to sift through an entire unit's content for a refresher on how to structure a body paragraph.
- You can "hide" unit folders and then "unhide" them, but it unhides them for everyone. You can unlock folders on specific dates which is better than nothing, but students work at different paces, and it would be more helpful to have the Unit 2 folder unlock automatically for students after they complete Unit 1. Instead, you have to either set an unlock date or manually unhide the following folder for everyone once one student gets close to completing to present unit folder.
- If you've already ordered the assignments for a particular unit, know that if you edit an assignment's point value or due date, the assignment gets bumped to the bottom of the list, and you have to reorder the folders all over again.
- Once you create a title for a class, it's stuck that way. And you have to give your class a title in order to create a class space. This was an issue for me because I created a stand-in title of "American Government" until I came up with a better name, "Civics & Citizenship", but the class is stuck with the stand-in title.
- You can't develop all of your class's content on Schoology. I don't mind this, but it's good to know. You'll have to develop hand-outs in Word, design web lectures using programs like Prezi or Educreations, etc. Schoology is more a space to upload files you've already created, a place to design tests, than an end-all be-all for class development.
- You can't copy and paste quiz questions from one quiz into another. For example, I'd like to pull questions from all of my unit tests to plug into the midterm exam. That's not currently an option with Schoology. So instead, I have to open two tabs: one with the quiz that I'm copying questions from, and the second with the midterm I'm creating to paste the content into.
All-in-all, using Schoology has been fairly painless. Only a few frustrating days but never to the point of wanting to use another - and ultimately costly - platform. The cons are glitches and oversights more than intentional choices, I think, and therefore I expect most of them to be ironed out in the coming months. I'd recommend teachers of all subject areas to check out Schoology, not just to develop an online class, but to use as a supplemental tool or for flipping the classroom. Teachers could post video lectures of basic content (like convention rules and structuring an essay), design remedial or advanced activities for those lower and higher achieving students, and create a space for the class to share out resources and ideas. | 2019-04-21T20:54:06 | http://deliberatewhimsy.weebly.com/the-classroom/category/schoology |
0.99869 | The first HIV/ AIDS cases in Poland were diagnosed in the mid-1980, and the outbreak in injecting drug users was first observed in 1989. For many years the HIV epidemic in Poland was driven by injecting drug use. In this study we examine the trends in the HIV/ AIDS epidemic based on the surveillance data for 1999-2004. During this period, 3561 new HIV infections (annual rate of 15.4 per 1 000 000 inhabitants) were reported and 803 incident AIDS cases (incidence 3.5 per 1 000 000) were diagnosed. Both the annual number of newly detected HIV infections and the AIDS incidence showed a slight increasing trend. In particular, the vertically transmitted AIDS incidence increased from 0.46 in 1999 - 2000 to 0.91 per 1 000 000 children under 15 years in 2003 - 2004. Approximately 36% of AIDS patients aged 15 years or above had not been previously diagnosed with HIV. The annual number of the late presenters increased markedly between 1999 and 2004 and was higher amongst individuals infected through sexual transmission (51.0%) than those infected by injecting drug use (20.1%) . Injecting drug users made up 78.6% of new HIV infections with known transmission route, but for 47.9% of all cases the route of transmission was not reported. In order to generate more accurate data, HIV surveillance must be enhanced. Nevertheless, there is clear evidence for implementation of a comprehensive programme of prevention of vertical transmission and encouraging more extensive HIV testing especially in the groups at risk for sexual transmission. An effort is needed to enhance HIV surveillance and prevention in the framework of programmes for STI. | 2019-04-22T08:12:42 | https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/esm.11.04.00618-en |
0.999999 | You have to add the areas of all 5 sides.
4 triangles and 1 square.
The area of a triangle is 1/2 * base * height. | 2019-04-23T14:03:20 | https://web2.0calc.com/questions/help-3_32 |
0.999998 | Item: On May 3, 1979, press reports headlined a New England Journal of Medicine article reporting that men who had been given Tagamet, an anti-ulcer drug, showed some reductions in their sperm count.
Item: On May 11, 1979, a British medical journal raised questions about a possible link between Tagamet and gastric cancer.
Smithkline Corporation, the manufacturer of Tagamet, claims the sperm count study is inconclusive and that the possible cancer link is "without scientific foundation."
But whatever the conclusion on these two studies, there is a larger lesson that emerges from these two reports. There is always some unknown risk when anyone uses a relatively new drug such as Tagamet.
It was introduced on August 17, 1977 by Smithkline Corporation as a "major breakthrough in the treatment of certain gastrointestinal diseases" including ulcer.
As soon as the drug was put on the American market, there were reports of new adverse reactions to Tagamet. For example, on August 3, 1978, the New England Journal of Medicine published a brief letter that claimed Tagamet had caused "moderately severe and persistent diarrhea" that resulted in substantial disability and dehydration.
On September 8, 1978, a highly regarded newsletter for physicians, The Medical Letter, concluded: "Tagamet continues to be useful and generally well tolerated for treatment of duodenal ulcers, but many adverse effects have recently been published. Mental confusion, particularly in elderly patients, may be the most troublesome of these."
All of this is not intended to pass judgment on Tagamet, but only to caution all consumers that there is serious risk, some known and some unknown, when any drug is used, especially a new drug, which has not had time to have the full range of its adverse effect revealed, catalogued, and understood by the medical profession.
Sometimes, the dangers of a drug are well known and well reported. Yet it may continue to be used on a massive scale by physicians. The classic example of this Chloromycetin, the chemical name of which is chloramphenicol.
Dr. Richard Burack of Harvard said that the drug's potential toxicity had been known to the medical profession since the early 1950s. Dr. Burack said that if the drug had been used only for its intended and appropriate purpose only about 10,000 American would have received it each year. Yet, he noted that Congressional hearing in November of 1967 found that as many as four million Americans were getting the drug each year.
The drug killed many people, was considered extremely dangerous, and yet was widely used for trivial purposes; such as the treatment of acne, minor infections, and the common cold.
One of the reasons this drug was widely over-prescribed was because it was highly advertised, and virtually rammed down the throats of doctors and patients by pharmaceutical advertising.
The parallels to Tagamet are not complete, but they are instructive. Tagamet has been subjected to an immense amount of advertising, and it is an important part of the profit picture of Smithkline Corporation, just as Chloromycetin was an important part of the profit picture of its owner, Parke, Davis & Company.
Sometimes, the dangers of a drug are well known and well reported. Yet it may continue to be used on a massive scale by physicians.
Consumers have to protect themselves against possible adverse reactions due to the power of pharmaceutical advertising by asking more questions when they are offered a prescription.
Rule One. Ask the doctor why the drug is being prescribed and about its specific dangers and benefits. Make sure the prescription makes sense for you and your medical problem.
Rule Two. Make sure you understand exactly how to take the drug. It's a good idea to take notes. You're not likely to remember the specific instructions hours later when its's time to take the drug. You magnify the dangers of drugs by not taking them correctly.
Rule Three. Don't pressure a doctor to prescribe a drug. There are enough pressures on the doctor coming from the pharmaceutical industry without adding your own silly pressures. Some doctors will do what the patient wants, even against sound medical judgment.
Rule Four. If any unexpected problems develop, get hold of the doctor immediately and ask him how to proceed.
Rule Five. Use a good pharmacist as double-check on a doctor. A skilled pharmacist can advise you on how to take and store drugs, can often answer questions, and can protect you from mistakes of your physician.
*Reprinted with permission from Caveat Emptor.
Caveat Emptor is offering a free introductory copy of its current issue to readers of Cancer Forum. Write to Caveat Emptor, 17 Freeman Street, West Orange, N.J. 07052. | 2019-04-20T02:59:20 | http://www.rethinkingcancer.org/resources/magazine-articles/5_3-4/careful-with-new-drugs.php |
0.999961 | What is a healthy diet? Many patients have questions about eating healthy. There is a lot of confusing information available. We are all familiar with the government published food pyramids while other nutritional sources have their own opinions. There are numerous books available on the market today on this topic. How do you know what is important?
Food is not only a fuel source but it should provide the many vitamins, minerals and building blocks that our body requires to run the millions of chemical reactions that are needed to maintain our bodies. These chemical reactions are required for building muscle, digesting food, activating movement, enabling nerve and brain function, maintain temperature and blood pressure and fight off infections.
In our world of poor food quality and increasing health care cost, it makes sense to take care of our bodies. We would like to think that our government will provide us with quality health care but in reality that is not economically possible. Our country is moving toward socialized health care like we see in Canada and Great Britain. We only have to look at the poor quality of care in these countries to see what is in store for us. The best approach is to take care of your health.
The United States government has come up with the food pyramid. Their food pyramid recommends that most of our calories come from grains. The problem is that grains are energy dense food source. If you run five miles a day, swim several hours or bike twenty miles per day then you will need that kind of energy source. Most people lead sedentary life styles and do not require that many calories. The excess calories are stored as fat. The average American adds 3-4 lbs. of fat per year. I recommend that the majority of your calories come from vegetables, proteins, and low sugar fruits like berries and apples (which tend to be higher in fiber and helps lower risk for cancer) Your diet should be low in carbohydrates, especially starches like potatoes, bread and rice. You should eat three small meals that include vegetables and salad and two to three snacks per day. The snacks should be berries, nuts or raw carrots. The best nuts are almonds. Another option would be low glycemic (sugar content) fruits. Fruits that are sweet and watery are generally too high in sugar. Examples would be grapes and watermelon. Bananas are another example of a high sugar fruit. Apples, grapefruit and pears are better choices because they have a high fiber to lower sugar ratio.
Many patients ask about wheat bread, brown rice and oatmeal. All of these are high starch. In general they are better than white bread, white rice and cereals. Starch is a large plant molecule that is made up of many sugars bound together. Your body breaks it down and you are left with a pile of sugar. Whole wheat bread and brown rice contain more fiber than white bread and white rice but they still contain a large amount of starch. These should be limited to very small portions of your diet unless you are an active athlete. Oatmeal is known for lowering cholesterol but it is high in starch. You are trading off a five point drop in your cholesterol for a 30 point increase in your sugars. High sugar loads on a daily basis reduce your immune function and adds unwanted weight. Over time high sugar levels can lead to weight gain and diabetes. Your body will produce more insulin in response to the increased sugar load for several years. The pancreas will put out three to four times normal amounts of insulin to help transport the sugars into the muscle cells to be burned. The excess sugars are converted into fats. The pancreas cannot maintain increased production of insulin for long. After a few years the production will slow and sugar levels will rise. One important marker for diabetes is your triglyceride level. Triglycerides go up before diabetes appears.
The best foods are organically grown. They are higher in vitamins and absent of chemical pesticides and herbicides. Even the best organic foods will not give you all the vitamins your body requires. It is important to supplement your diet with vitamins. Please, no one a day vitamins. Most inexpensive one a day vitamins are not worth the money. They tend have fewer vitamins in the product and are not absorbed as well.
Fast foods are not your friend. They taste great and are convenient but tend to be void of fiber and vitamins yet have high calorie counts. You never know exacting what you are getting when you eat out. Try the lost art of cooking. Warming your home cooked food at work in a rice cooker is a more nutritious alternative to fast food and microwaving. It takes about 10 minutes to heat up some grilled chicken and vegetables. Organic vegetables actually taste good! Non-organic vegetables tend to be bitter.
Try fruit smoothies for a snack or breakfast. I recommend frozen organic berries like strawberries and/or blue berries with 1/3 of a banana. You can put the other 2/3 of the banana in a zip lock bag and store it in the freezer for the next shake. I like to put a little protein powder and some stevia in my shakes. It is cold and is refreshing during the hot days of summer.
I recommend Stevia for a sweetener because it is a plant (herb). The stevia satisfies that craving for something sweet. Stevia in a fruit shake makes a great dessert. Stevia has been used in Europe for thirty years (Japan 1971, China 1984). If you do not like the taste then try a different brand. Some brands are smooth and others have a bitter after taste. Most stores carry stevia.
It is important to drink plenty of water every day. Water fills you up, keeps you hydrated and flushes your body of toxins. I do not recommend juices which have corn syrup added to them nor do I recommend sodas that deplete your body of CoQ10. It is amazing how much better people feel once they change their diet to consume whole organic fruits and vegetables.
You are ultimately responsible for your health. Eat well and stay well! | 2019-04-24T20:36:27 | https://mansfieldmedicalclinic.com/news/3 |
0.998522 | What gifts should i bring to Japan?
I'm traveling to speak to groups of people affected by the tsunami, radiation and earthquake. The groups will be large, I don't anticipate giving to all. They need to be small enough to travel and wont be too costly. Any suggestions?
As souvenirs/small gifts, I would normally recommend some food/sweets from your country/state/town. Something that people can share and enjoy eating together, be it in their offices or at home.
But in your case, um, if I may ask, when you say you are coming to "speak" to groups of people affected by the natural disaster, are you giving a lecture to a hall full of audience, are you interviewing them individually, or are you going to be seeing groups of people for example who belong to NPOs/NGOS to help people to rebuild their lives? My consideration is that if you're conducting interviews which you've asked for (for your research or something), then I don't want to suggest something too playful/inexpensive. | 2019-04-21T20:04:10 | https://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+96052 |
0.999491 | For the birds: Evening or Wandering Grosbeaks?
Today I went along with two birding friends, Don Delaney and Ken Hansen, to the Tomahawk area where Don has friends who own a 9-acre plot of woodland and pasture. The objective: to watch and photograph grosbeaks, Evenings and Pines, and whatever else we might encounter. We did not see any Pine Grosbeaks, but were favoured by a rather large flock (30-50) of Evening Grosbeaks. A sunny and warm January day (+2 C), a bonfire, coffee and Grosbeaks.
Why is this large, sturdy finch with the large, cone-shaped bill called the Evening Grosbeak or Coccothraustes vespertinus, its official Latin name? There is not a good reason, in fact, at least if good reason is based on some prominent aspect of the bird's appearance or behaviour. Some people have suggested that "evening" names the time or, perhaps, evensong quality of its warble. Not so, because the Evening Grosbeak is not a distinguished songbird. It has an extensive repertoire of chirps and calls but not a song, although on rare occasions it does a kind of warble. Nor is it particularly active at vesper time over other parts of the day.
According to Hinterland Who's Who, "in the early 19th century, English-speaking settlers in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains came across a beautiful big-beaked bird that appeared mysteriously from somewhere in the distant west. They named it Evening Grosbeak in the mistaken belief that it came out of the woods to sing only after sundown. French-speakers named this bird more appropriately le gros-bec errant, the wandering grosbeak."
Evening Grosbeaks feed on seeds from the cones of spruce, balsam fir, and pine but they like almost any seed, including sunflower seeds which they can hull with remarkable speed and efficiency.
The two pictures below show the difference between the female and the male in colouration. The female is less brilliantly yellow and more silvery than the male. | 2019-04-19T08:45:00 | http://paraguayanmeister.blogspot.com/2011/01/evening-or-wandering-grosbeaks.html |
0.999869 | Catalonia goes to the polls on Sunday September 27th in what has been billed a "plebiscitary election" to determine whether the northeastern region should breakaway from Spain.
The roughly triangular northeastern corner of Spain wedged between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean and bordering France and Andorra, Catalonia is home to 7.5 million people. With a GDP of €200 billion it is the richest of Spain's 17 semi-autonomous regions and has a language, culture and history distinct from the rest of Spain.
Why all the fuss about a regional election?
What should be a regional election for Catalonia's 135 seat parliament has been commandeered to be a plebiscite on the sole issue of independence that will determine whether Catalonia will go down the path towards independence or not.
Although there has been a historical struggle for independence, the separatist movement has gained momentum since the start of the economic crisis when many in wealthy Catalonia felt they unfairly subsidized poorer regions of Spain and contributed more than they got in return. That coupled with a refusal by Madrid to accept a new economic charter and what many saw general malaise with the central governing institutions has seen the movement grow from strength to strength.
Why not just hold a Scottish style referendum?
The pro-independence camp have tried unsuccessfully to have a legal referendum on whether Catalonia should be an independent state after their efforts were blocked by Madrid and declared illegal by Spain's Constitutional Court.
Instead a 'symbolic referendum' was held last November, in which more than 80 percent of participants voted in favour.
So do most people want independence?
According to recent polls, Catalans overwhelmingly believe that they should have the right to hold a vote on independence although less than fifty per cent said they would actually vote to secede from Spain.
The two main pro-independence parties - CDC on the centre right and left wing ERC - have teamed up to form a join list Junts pel Si (Together for Yes) with current president Artur Mas seeking reelection. They say that if they win the most votes they will immediately start a process negotiating a separation with Madrid and proclaim independence within 18 months.
Another pro-independence party, the radical left wing CUP is likely to lend them support to gain an absolute majority if needed.
The conservative PP and Catalan Socialist party are against independence, so too is Ciutadans. The Podemos backed platform Catalunya sí que es Pot (CSQEP) - Catalonia yes we can– is putting the independence issue to one side preferring to focus on social issues.
What do the polls say about this election?
According to a host of different polls published in the last three weeks, the two separatist groupings - Junts pel Sí and CUP - are set to win the election and possibly even achieve an absolute majority.
Ciutadans - led by Inés Arrimadas - is expected to become the main opposition party in the Catalan Parliament, closely followed by the left-wing Catalunya Sí que es Pot.
The traditional parties of the PP, PSOE and the regional christian democrat party Unió ( which broke away from Artur Mas's CDC earlier this year) are expected to win less seats than at the previous Catalan election in 2012.
It all comes down to turnout. Those clamouring for independence tend to exercise their right to vote while those in favour of the status quo are more likely to stay at home.
This is likely to be one of the best turnouts for decades with an estimates running at a high 70 percent turnout.
The 135 members of the Catalan parliament are elected in four districts using proportional representation: Barcelona (85), Tarragona (18), Girona (17) and Lleida (15). A list must take at least three percent of the vote in each district in order to win seats.
68 seats are needed for a majority. But the system means that is possible to achieve with just 45 per cent of the vote.
There are around 5.5 million voters on the electoral role and they can cast their ballot at one of the 2,697 polling stations open on election day.
If the independence parties clinch a majority then they say that "it means that the Catalan people have given a clear, democratic and unmistakable mandate for its Parliament to advance towards independence".
At that point, the Parliament and the Government of Catalonia will "start negotiations with Spain and the international community to achieve the best way to implement this mandate."
Artur Mas believes he will be in a strong position to negotiate with Madrid and says he wants to broker an "amicable separation" and he insists that Catalonia will be able to find a way to stay within the Eurozone.
The EU has said seceding from Madrid would mean automatic expulsion for Catalonia from the bloc and Catalonia has so far been unable to garner much support from member states who fear it may steer a course for other separatist movements.
Madrid won't make it easy at all. The Spanish constitution expressly forbids any move towards dissolving the unity of Spain and the current conservative government of Mariano Rajoy is dead set against any constitutional reform.
But with general elections just around the corner, who knows what the future holds? | 2019-04-26T00:51:53 | https://www.thelocal.es/20150925/q-a-everything-you-need-to-know-about-catalan-refu |
0.999999 | This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Guatemala women's national football team.
The national team, nicknamed "la Azul y Blanco" (the blue and white), made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, winning their first game 10–1 against Honduras. In the final, Guatemala were defeated 6–0 by Costa Rica. Guatemala entered a World Cup qualification process for the first time in 1958.
Guatemala created its first soccer team, made up of 22 players, on August 23, 1902. The team was split into two sides, blue and white. With time, clubs were made and eventually the Guatemalan National Team was created in 1921. Guatemala had its first game on September 14, 1921 against Honduras. The game was played in Guatemala City and Guatemala beat Honduras 10 to 1.
Guatemala had success in several editions of the CCCF Championship (Copa CCCF), precursor to the Concacaf Gold Cup (Copa Concacaf), by being the runner up in three championships, 1943, 1946, and 1948. In 1958, Guatemala began participating in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. It was placed in the first group, along with the teams from Costa Rica and the Netherlands Antilles. It placed last and was unable to score a single point.
Guatemala’s performance in the qualifying rounds began to improve in the beginning of the 1960s. In 1962 it was able to tie against both Costa Rica (4–4), while playing in Guatemala, and Honduras (1–1), while playing in Tegucigalpa. However, after being placed in the second group, it once again finished last.
Guatemala did not participate in the qualifying round in 1966. Before the process of elimination began, the FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) refused Guatemala’s participation for administrative reasons.
The Guatemalan National Team joined Concacaf in 1961. In 1967 it again showed the progress it had made when it participated in the Concacaf Gold Cup. For the first time and only time in its history, it placed first in the tournament. It was also the runner up in both 1965 and 1969.
In 1967, Honduras hosted the CONCACAF Championship. Guatemala began the tournament with a 2–1 win against Haiti, followed by a 1–0 win over defending champions Mexico, a 0–0 draw against Honduras, a 2–0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, and a 2–0 win over Nicaragua, being crowned CONCACAF champions for the first time. Forward Manuel "Escopeta" Recinos was Guatemala's top scorer with four goals, including the game-winning goal against Mexico.
In 1967, Guatemala showed some major progress by qualifying for the 1968 Olympic Tournament in Mexico City. In the first round, they won 1–0 against Czechoslovakia, and 4–1 against Thailand, and lost to Bulgaria 2–1. They went on the next round where they lost to eventual champions Hungary 1–0.
Prior to the qualification process, many fans saw Carlos Ruiz as the main focus in providing goals for the national team along with his compatriot but elder Juan Carlos Plata. Many other stars such as Fredy, Garcia, Gonzalo Romero, Guillermo Ramirez and Martin Machon were expected to play huge roles as well. In 2006 World Cup qualifying, Guatemala started off well, advancing to the third round by beating Suriname 4–2 in the second round. In the third round they finished second behind Costa Rica in Group B tying at 10 points each, advancing to the final round. In the fourth round they started off well with a 0–0 draw against Panama and a 5–1 win against Trinidad and Tobago. Then followed a 2–0 loss against United States and Mexico and a 3–2 loss against Costa Rica, and after 3 losses in a row they finally won against Panama 2–1, then lost against Trinidad and Tobago 3–2, tied against United States 0–0 and then lost to Mexico 5–2 once again. Guatemala had 8 points with one game left, and a win and a Trinidad and Tobago loss against Mexico would get them to the playoff. They won 3–1 against Costa Rica but Trinidad and Tobago beat Mexico 2–1, ending one of the best runs in Guatemala football history. They finished in 5th place, 2 points away from a possible World Cup spot. Juan Carlos Plata and Martin Machón had announced their retirement from International Football in 2006.
After a third-place finish in the Uncaf Nations Cup in 2007, having made the knockout stage in the Gold Cup of the same year, and a couple of satisfying friendly matches including a 3–2 win against Mexico, many saw Hernan Dario Gomez as the next coach to lead Guatemala into the Hexagonal in the World Cup qualifying stage. However, after losing 5–0 in early 2008 against a U-23 Argentine team, fans wanted Gomez out as coach and soon the Colombian would do so. In 2010 World Cup qualifying, expectations of being able to qualify for the tournament were set among the national team as Ramon Maradiaga had returned as coach after almost leading Guatemala to the World Cup 2006. They began well by having advanced to the third round by defeating Saint Lucia in a 9–1 aggregate in the second round. In the third round, Guatemala began with a 1–0 home loss to the United States, with controversies surrounding Panamanian referee Roberto Moreno, who was arbitrating the match, including not awarding a penalty in the first half in the favor of Guatemala after a handball from Steve Cherundolo as well as Gustavo Cabrera being sent off after colliding with Eddie Lewis in the second half. In their second match of round 3, Los Chapines were able to take home a draw in the closing minutes of the game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain after Carlos Gallardo deflected a free kick taken by Marco Pappa with his heels. On September 10, Guatemala welcomed Cuba at home for their third match. Cuba shocked the Guatemala fans by taking the lead after Roberto Linares scored in the 25th minute however by halftime, Carlos Ruiz relieved the team with an equalizer. In the second half Carlos Ruiz scored once more, Mario Rodriguez and youngster Jose Manuel Contreras also scored and finished the game 4–1. With the win, they were able to collect 4 points, putting them in second place due to having a better goal difference that Trinidad and Tobago. The next two games were crucial in advancing to the next round. On October 11, many fans have gathered around the Estadio Mateo Flores to support the national team in their home game against Trinidad and Tobago, heavily expecting a win. Despite being reduced to 10 men, the Soca Warriors were able to hold Guatemala to 0–0 stalemate, disgruntling the national team and fans. With hopes of getting a result in Havana four days later, Guatemala were unable to even get a point against Cuba, falling down 1–0 by halftime after Jaime Colome scored a penalty. Marco Pappa volleyed in an equalizer in the 80th minute, replenishing the confidence for the team but Urgelles was able to bring Cuba back on top in the 90th minute, complicating the hopes of Guatemala in qualifying for the World Cup with one game to spare. Meanwhile, the Trinidadians defeated the United States 2–1 at home, putting them in second place. Maradiaga was fired soon right after and Benjamin Monterroso, a less ambitious coach was appointed, focusing on the upcoming edition of the Copa Uncaf the following January. A 2–0 away loss against the US confirmed the elimination of the national team, having finished in third place with 5 points, thus missing out on the final round. In the Uncaf nations cup, Monterroso wanted to introduce more younger players into the starting line up such as Minor Lopez, Ricardo Jerez and Wilson Lalin but everything backfired after losing both group stage matches against Costa Rica and Panama as well as losing astonishingly 2–0 to an inferior Nicaragua team in the play off match for the final berth to attend the next Gold Cup; Minor Lopez was the lone goal scorer for Los Bicolores. As a result, the national team were inactive for the next two years and Benjamin Monterroso shamefully stepped down after two months in charge.
On May 2010, Uruguayan born Paraguayan Ever Hugo Almeida was appointed as the next coach for Guatemala. At the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, formerly known as the "UNCAF Nations Cup", Guatemala finished in fifth place, losing to Costa Rica 2–0 and Honduras 3–1. In the fifth place match, they defeated Nicaragua 2–1 to qualify to the 2011 Gold Cup.
At the 2011 Gold Cup, Guatemala drew against Honduras 0–0 despite being reduced to nine men. In the next match, they suffer a loss against a physically superior Jamaica 2–0 but managed to redeem themselves after having won against Grenada 4–0 goals from Jose Javier Del Águila, Marco Pappa, Carlos Ruiz, and Carlos Gallardo. Placing among the best third place, they saw themselves advancing to the quarterfinals, where they lost against the reigning champions Mexico 2–1 although a long ball from Elias Vasquez to Carlos Ruiz gave them the lead in the first half.
For the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Guatemala opened the qualifying campaign in the second round by sweeping six wins in six games, advancing to the third round in the same group as USA, Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda. Prior to the start of the third round, three of Guatemala's key players Guillermo Ramirez, Gustavo Cabrera and Yony Flores were sent home during a practice session after teammates Carlos Ruiz and Luis Rodriguez heard of their involvement in money laundering and bribery in fixing multiple fixtures; they were subsequently banned for life in participating in any football competition abroad or domestic.
The team had a rough start in an away loss to Jamaica with Dwight Pezzarossi only managing to pull back one goal in stoppage time. In the next match, Guatemala tied at home after Clint Dempsey managed to get a goal for the US, and Marco Pappa's free kick later in the game managed to bring Guatemala one point. For the third game in a row, also at home, the team fell behind against Antigua and Barbuda. In the second half with the Antiguan goalkeeper Molvin James sent off for wasting time, Carlos Ruiz was able to score a brace making the game 2–1; an additional goal from Dwight Pezzarossi eventually ended the game 3���1. Four days later, a lone goal from Carlos Ruiz sufficed for an away win against Antigua and Barbuda in North Sound.
In the next fixture, Guatemala beat Jamaica at home 2–1. In their last game, a minimum of a draw would be enough to get Guatemala to the final stage of the qualifiers. After taking the lead 1–0 in the first five minutes thanks to Carlos Ruiz, the USA team returned the favor by scoring 3 goals to crush their hopes. Guatemala finished ten points behind the USA and Jamaica, losing out on goal difference to the Jamaicans.
In January 2013, still led by Ever Almeida, Guatemala participated in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. Consisted of mostly youngsters, Guatemala could only manage three draws in their group play (1–1 against Nicaragua, 0–0 to border rivals Belize and 1–1 against Costa Rica), losing out to Belize for direct qualification to the Gold Cup. They faced Panama in the 5th place match for the final slot in the 2013 Gold Cup in the United States but lost 3–1. Ever Almeida stepped down in favour of technical director Victor Hugo Monzón.
On Oct 28, 2016, the Guatemalan football federation was suspended indefinitely by FIFA, after the international football governing body had appointed an oversight committee to look into allegations of corruption. FIFA stated that the Guatemalan federation (FEDEFUT) had rejected the committee's mandate to run FEDEFUT's business, organize elections, and modernize its statutes, and would remain barred from international competition until FEDEFUT ratified an extension of the mandate.
The suspension was lifted on May 31, 2018 after FEDEFUT's normalization committee became fully operational. However, as a consequence, the football team missed their chance on qualifing on the 2017 and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments as well as the qualifying rounds for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League and the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, as they missed deadlines to have their suspension lifted.
The Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, also known as Coloso de la Zona 5, is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Mateo Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon. It has a capacity of 26,000 seats.
Used mostly for football matches, the stadium has hosted the majority of the home matches of the Guatemala national football team throughout its history.
Note: Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.
Updated on 22 March 2019 after match against Costa Rica.
^ Includes matches against the Soviet Union.
The following players were called up for a friendly game against Nicaragua on 26 March 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2019 after the game against Nicaragua.
The following players have been called up during the last twelve months.
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to injury.
Players in bold text are still active with Guatemala.
* Banned from Football on suspicions of fixing match results.
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^ "Guatemala, 100 años de Fútbol". prensalibre.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. | 2019-04-21T20:14:46 | http://wiki-offline.jakearchibald.com/wiki/Guatemala_national_football_team |
0.999996 | Assume that a plaintiff has begun to recuperate following a serious accident. If her injuries stabilize at their current level, she will suffer a loss of earnings of $20,000 per year. If, however, she has a relapse, her losses will increase to $40,000 per year. Her doctors tell you that there is a 50 percent chance that there will be a relapse (and a 50 percent chance that there will be no relapse).
This conundrum, in which there is uncertainty about the outcome of future events, is common in the assessment of personal injury (and fatal accident) damages. Not only is there uncertainty about the future course of the plaintiff’s injuries, as in the example above, we also face uncertainty concerning the age at which the plaintiff will retire, the plaintiff’s life expectancy, the probability that the plaintiff would have (and will be) unemployed, and a host of other factors.
The general approach that virtually all financial experts take in such cases is to calculate the average outcome that would arise from the uncertain event, if the event could be repeated a large number of times. For example, if the injury described above was to be repeated 100 times (for example, if there were 100 plaintiffs with that same injury), we would expect that the plaintiff’s injuries would remain stable in approximately 50 cases, leading to a loss of $20,000 per case. In the other 50 cases, the plaintiff would suffer a relapse and her loss would rise to $40,000. Thus, the total annual loss, across all 100 cases, would be ((50 × $20,000) + (50 × $40,000) =) $3,000,000. The average annual loss would be $30,000; which could also be calculated by multiplying 50% times $20,000 and adding 50 % times $40,000. That is, the average value of a loss can be calculated by multiplying each of the possible losses by its probability and then adding the resulting numbers together.
This type of calculation is most commonly used when dealing with the uncertainties associated with mortality. Take the extreme case in which there is a ? probability that a plaintiff will live exactly one year (and then die), a ? probability that he will live exactly two years, and a ? probability that he will live exactly three years. If he would have earned $60,000 per year but has now been left unable to work, his loss can be calculated using the technique described above. That is, there is a ? chance that he has lost one year’s income ($60,000), a ? chance he has lost two years’ income ($120,000), and a ? chance he has lost three years’ income ($180,000); for an average of $120,000 (=? × $60,000 + ? × $120,000 + ? × $180,000).
What is clear is that it would be inappropriate to mix together the two calculation techniques. It is not appropriate, for example, to estimate the loss by multiplying each of the first two years’ losses by their associated probabilities and assuming that the loss continues for only two years. That would produce an “estimated” loss of only $60,000 (=? × $60,000 + ? × $120,000), $60,000 less than the true loss.
The techniques described here can also be used to estimate the effect of uncertainties about the plaintiff’s retirement age. Assume, for example, that there was a ? probability that a 63 year-old plaintiff would have worked for exactly one year (i.e. to his 64th birthday) and then retired, a ? probability he would have worked two years, to his 65th birthday, and a ? probability he would have worked three years, to his 66th birthday. If he would have earned $60,000 per year while working, his loss, again, can be found from the formula: ? × $60,000 + ? × $120,000 + ? × $180,000 = $120,000; or by multiplying the average number of years to retirement by his annual earnings, to produce $120,000 = 2 × $60,000.
As with the mortality example, it would clearly be incorrect to multiply each year’s earnings by the probability it would occur and assume the individual would have retired at the average age, of 65. That would produce an “estimate” of, (? × $60,000 + ? × $120,000 =) $60,000, again, only half of the correct estimate. | 2019-04-23T21:52:42 | http://economica.ca/death-and-retirement-allowing-for-uncertainty/ |
0.998466 | Time in Rishikesh, India. What time is it in Rishikesh right now?
No daylight saving time (DST) in Rishikesh. | 2019-04-26T14:52:02 | http://dateandtime.info/city.php?id=1258128 |
0.999467 | Do parallel threads have much impact?
This is my 11 yo girls team's third season. Their second season they wrote a timer that runs parallel to their scheduling program and displays how much time is left on the clock. This season the scheduling program samples the time before and after missions, recording in a file how much time their robot spends in base vs how much time it spends on the field. After the last mission, they display the results on the screen. It's cool, and had no reliability impact. They have State in a few weeks, so they are not making this change now, but for next season they plan to have a second parallel program that samples and stores the x,y coordinates continuously, sampling the gyro and rotation sensor and converting polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates as fast as the EV3 will allow. Then they can plot their mission paths and look for variances. They alternatively want to have their turn and move myblocks sample and store the continuous (but unstored) x,y,heading to study repeatability. One girl thinks instead of driving in the polar world, they could drive in the x-y world.
This question is impossible to answer. Software can be sensitive to or oblivious of timing issues. For example, a PID line follower will be greatly affected if the code does nothing to meter time. The sample rate is every bit as important as the gains. This is also true for a logic based (switch block style) line follower or "bang-bang" controller. The rate at which the "bang"s occur adjusts the the granularity of the turning gain, acting like "pulse width modulation". The faster the loop runs the better the results. On the other hand a proportional only line follower doesn't care much at about time. I can fun my proportional only line follower at 100 Hz or 20 Hz and not see any difference in performance. If you write to a file you will occasionally have fairly long pauses where the data is written to SRAM. If this pause happens at the wrong time I suppose it could cause problems.
This question is either in the "try it and find out" or "who cares?" camps. I sounds like your team is having fun solving a problem that has nothing to do with FLL. Maybe they are bored with solving FLL missions. That happened with my daughter's team after their third season. I did them no favor talking them into a fourth season just because they were finally old enough to be eligible to win an invite to the World Festival. The girls were tired of FLL and the challenges of the game were not challenging anymore. That last season they had to make up their own challenges to make the season bearable. They still had fun, but there was no doubt a fifth season was not going to happen.
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I agree with Dean... Results will vary, Clearly the girls are capable of trying this themselves. If they really want to do it, let them do it! I understand where you are coming from by asking the question, but it will heavily depend on how their particular code is written. Chances are, the girls will write this multi-threaded in a way that it will be easy to remove if it gets in the way, especially if they know it could cause problems.. Controlled experiments could be written to test when and how threads can bog down the brick, but they would only be applicable to the code that is running at that time.
My team and I have actually done this and have just started a series detailing our program, which includes this style of movement. The way that we have programmed it the robot does manage to keep up with running multiple threads at the same time. If you're interested, here is the link to the first video.
Cool. Great minds think a like. I'll show my kids after they finish. | 2019-04-23T22:48:02 | https://forums.usfirst.org/forum/general-discussions/first-programs/first-lego-league/the-challenge/programming-ab/87494-do-parallel-threads-have-much-impact |
0.987864 | An issue that arises early in many discussions about this topic is whether to use email addresses of the form [email protected] or to use extension numbers as the account identifiers.
In most cases, users still need to be able to be contactable using either type of address, but the question remains: should their phone login to the system using a named username or using an extension number?
Extension numbers are the standard in many traditional phone systems and some people have simply tried to replicate this model when moving to IP-based RTC.
There are three big reasons why numbers are popular: numbers can be dialed from anywhere else in the PSTN, numbers are easier to dial for people who are not calling from a computer (phones only have 12 buttons) and there is not always a one-to-one mapping between people and phones. One additional feature of numbers is that they are slightly less personal, somebody does not know exactly who will answer when they call a landline in a house shared by a large family and when somebody leaves a job, their phone number can be assigned to their successor.
Mobile telephones and smartphones in particular have dramatically reduced the significance of these factors that encouraged the continued use of numbers. For example, the inconvenience of manually dialing a SIP or XMPP address is not such a big factor because people are more likely to have these details in their address books.
Phone numbers also have disadvantages. One of these is the dependency on phone companies, the ITU and government bureaucracies who administer the numbering system. Users can be forced to change their phone number when changing provider. Dialing codes change, making it necessary to update old records in an address book. Each group of numbers is tightly bound to the infrastructure of a specific the telephone exchange, leading to inflexibility when relocating or when a local service outage occurs.
Use alphabetic usernames rather than extension numbers internally. SIP, XMPP and email each support a slightly different set of characters in usernames so only use the set of characters supported for all protocols. Wherever a device is being used with named accounts, such as a desktop PC where users login and have access to their own company email account, or a smartphone that is only used by one person and has been configured to access a named email account, provision the same personalized SIP/XMPP address on that device. Where a device is shared, such as a conference room phone, create a named account for that purpose.
It is generally helpful if the same username is used for login, email address, SIP and XMPP addresses. If the login names are not the same as email addresses, use the email addresses as the SIP and XMPP addresses.
To give users the convenience of dialing extension numbers from regular phones, create mappings from the extension numbers to the usernames.
This strategy offers significantly more potential for the future as more and more services will rely on usernames and fewer services will place emphasis on phone numbers.
When using this strategy, it is necessary to implement mappings from phone numbers to usernames as part of the ingress processing and for calls that go out to the PSTN over SIP or ISDN trunks, it is necessary to implement the reverse mapping, ensuring that the caller ID of each outgoing call is personalized based on the internal username.
It is not strictly necessary to use passwords for SIP, XMPP and TURN, you can use certificate authentication instead. Nonetheless, many people find that some of their users can only support password authentication or they don't want the complexity of managing public key infrastructure (PKI).
XMPP transmits passwords in cleartext, so all XMPP connections should be secured with TLS to avoid eavesdropping. The benefit of this approach is that XMPP users can be authenticated against any type of pre-hashed passwords or using a method such as LDAP bind to verify the supplied credential.
SIP and TURN use a DIGEST algorithm very similar to HTTP DIGEST. The DIGEST algorithm requires the server to have either an unencrypted copy of the password, a password encrypted with the HA1 algorithm or a service (such as RADIUS) that can perform delegated DIGEST authentication.
If unencrypted passwords are available, then the SIP and TURN servers can use them to construct the HA1 hash value or you can precompute the HA1 values and store them in a database.
HA1 hash values should be considered as sensitive as unencrypted passwords. Even though the plaintext password can't be recovered in a simple manner, anybody in possession of the HA1 value is able to use it to construct a response to a HTTP or SIP DIGEST challenge, thereby impersonating the user who owns that password. Therefore, do not keep HA1 hash values in world-readable configuration files or publicly accessible in LDAP.
The HA1 hash includes the username, the password and the realm. A HA1 hash can be easily constructed at the UNIX command line as demonstrated in Example 7.1, “Computing HA1”.
In both examples, the realm is example.org.
In the first case, the user authenticates using the username alice. In the second case, the user authenticates using the username [email protected]. This second permutation is referred to by some products as HA1B. Some people prefer to use the full user@domain syntax to support virtual hosting with a single realm value on a single SIP proxy or TURN server. | 2019-04-20T10:10:48 | http://rtcquickstart.org/guide/multi/user-authentication-credentials.html |
0.999009 | I've been away. Let me show you.
Imagine Europe, as pictured from above. Find the Aegean sea, and pan across a bit, to where Europe meets the East, in Turkey.
Zoom in a bit. Focus on the Southwest coast.
Zoom in a bit further. Picture the Muğla Province, rich in scattered ancient ruins and modern marble quarries.
Zoom in further. Find the coastal resort of Sarigerme.
Track SouthWest, until you find the 4-star First Choice holiday village. In the South corner, you will see a block of apartments. Head for that, observing as you do that the fine people of the Marriott hotel chain are building a 5-star luxury golf resort some 25 metres away.
But leave that aside for now. Continue zooming. Swoop down through two floors and find apartment 3011.
More specifically, find the bathroom. And that, my friend, is where you will find me.
On the toilet. At my lowest ebb all week.
I have been sitting for some time, lamenting both the second chicken kebab with chili sauce that I ate the night before (and which I believe is responsible for my current situation), and my new swimming trunks, which were purchased in haste a few days before leaving for holiday. They feature a blue and white floral pattern and, in the the lengthy time I have had while seated to examine them puddled around my sunburnt lower shins, I have decided they make me look ridiculous.
a) Myself, in a large mirror that runs across one full wall. This allows me to catch the occasional glimpse of my contorted, sun-reddened face, which is extremely disconcerting - because with one thing and another I am not really looking my best.
b) A large inflatable whale. This was purchased for my daughters to ride on in the swimming pool, and which they have decided in the meantime to store on the bathroom floor. This means that, by happy accident, it can 'observe' everything I am doing with its big cartoon eyes. Every 30 seconds I stare malevolently at its stupid painted smile and think about stabbing it with some nail scissors - but that would involve rising from my throne, which currently feels inadvisable.
"How is your poo doing, Daddy?"
"Are you trying hard, Daddy?
"Go away. I'm begging you."
"You need to try hard, Daddy....."
"Go and see Mummy, will you?"
"Concentrate, OK, Daddy? Concentrate and try..."
At this point I notice the absence of toilet paper. I recall with some sadness that I removed the last roll myself, in order to show my eldest daughter that if you draw something in wax crayon and then rub it hard with tissue paper the wax melts and soaks into the paper, leaving a translucent pattern. Even now she is in the other room, making a series of stained-glass window pictures to adorn the window, tearing up sheet after sheet of precious toilet roll and throwing it in the bin.
Outside the door, my youngest daughter discovers she can reach the bathroom light switches. As a result, both the main room light and the one above the mirror start going on and off intermittently.
"Keep trying, Daddy..." she calls through the door.
In the flickering light, the whale continues to smile at me. I swear it is laughing at my swimming trunks.
Zoom out now, and just keep going. Up through the apartment roof, up away from the turtle beach, higher and higher, until Turkey is spread below you, the planes heading for Dalaman are passing beneath your feet, and you can clearly see the curvature of the earth.
Too funny! Love it, great post.
Am highlighting your blog on BMB this week.
I'm going on holiday this weekend. My sister asked if I was looking forward to it.
I said I was definitely looking forward to it having been a total success.
I'll avoid the kebabs though.
Found you on the Daddy Blogger website. Enjoyed reading this and quite a few of the earlier posts too - some great writing here. Nice to see that. I'll look again. | 2019-04-19T05:11:44 | http://www.lemondrizzle.com/2009/05/turtle-trouble-postcard-fromturkey.html |
0.999278 | 1. Turn off device you wish to connect via bluetooth and remove batteries, leave off for 10 seconds, insert new / fresh batteries, turn device back on.
2. Turn off the computer, leave off for 10 seconds, turn back on.
3. Connect your USB bluetooth adapter to a USB 2.0 (black) port, if nothing appears use the FN + bluetooth keys on your laptop (if it is a laptop) to turn your bluetooth adapter on (see your computers manual for instruction, where available).
4. From the bluetooth applet go to bluetooth settings.
5. Select the device if you have attempted to add it already and failed, remove it using the "-" button; click remove when prompted, otherwise skip this step.
6. Select the bluetooth icon in panel, make sure to select from the right applet, as there may be two bluetooth icons in the panel, then select setup new device.
7. Turn the device on & click continue.
8. Use a paper clip and press on the "connect" button.
9. Select your bluetooth device and click continue.
10. Enter the number if prompted on the device itself and hit enter.
11. If the device has connected successfully and things are working click close, if not repeat instructions from step 1.
1. If your computer does not have Bluetooth connect a USB Bluetooth dongle to your USB port.
2. Install any required batteries, turn the device on, and put the device into discover mode. This is usually done by holding in a small button with a paper clip or pen for a few seconds.
3. From the desktop click on the Bluetooth icon in the top right corner.
5. Read the introduction.. and click forward.
6. If everything has gone ok you will see your device appear. Select it and click forward.
7. Your device is now setup. | 2019-04-20T18:44:40 | https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/bluetooth-support-information |
0.99892 | What were the Gilbert American Flyer Wiring Standards?
Part of the challenge to Gilbert engineers of providing American Flyer electric trains for the public was to set up a wiring system that would enable the kids and non technical adults to easily and successfully set up the trains and accessories. To do this they set up a series of standard ways of powering and connecting the American Flyer trains and accessories.
Standard Number 1: All locomotives, lighted cars and action cars must operate on the 7 to 15 volt variable output from the transformers. Since Gilbert engineers designed and the factory built the motors and solenoids used for the locomotives and action cars, they could adjust the designs to operate correctly with this standard.
Standard Number 2: All lighted accessories and operating accessories must operate on the 15 volt fixed output from the transformers. Again since Gilbert engineers designed and the factory built the motors and solenoid used for the operating accessories, they could adjust the designs to operate correctly with this standard.
All of the American Flyer transformers were designed to take the incoming 120 VAC power line voltage and reduce it to the 15 VAC fixed and 7 to 15 VAC variable voltages to operate the American Flyer trains and accessories.
The wires have a color code.
Gilbert American Flyer calls this the Base and it functions as the power return for all wiring in a way similar to the mains power neutral wire. (Here there is a caution as the standard for low voltage wiring used for the trains is the opposite of the standard for house wiring. In house wiring Black is the hot or power wire). The transformer label for this wire is the Base Post.
Gilbert American Flyer designates black as the wire to provide the 7 to 15 Volt connection to the track for locomotive, and lighted car power. (Again there is a caution here as the standard for low voltage wiring used for the trains is the opposite of the standard for house wiring. In house wiring White is the neutral or return wire for the power.) The transformer label for this wire is the 7-15 Volt Post.
Yellow is the color standardly used by Gilbert American Flyer for the power wire for lighted and action accessories and for action cars. The transformer label for this wire is the 15 Volt Post.
Gilbert American Flyer used other colors for wires used for switching functions for various accessories. The specific color used for a specific function depends upon the accessory and the safest way to know the function is to refer to the wiring diagram for the accessory. Generally the function color will have a logic to it but not always. For example, the green is used for the wire that activates a remote control switch to move to the straight position and lighting the green light on the controller and on the switch. Red is used for the wire that activates a remote control switch to move to the curve position and lighting the red light on the controller and on the switch. The yellow and black wires to the switch provide power for the light bulb.
Similar logic applies for the accessories. Yellow and Black are the 15 volt power and the other colors activate various functions.
White, Black, Yellow, Green, Red and Orange are the most commonly used colors for the wiring and are used according to the standards above. However, there are exceptions. There were shortages for some of the colors immediately after World War II and during the Korean War. Due to these shortages Gilbert would substitute a non standard color for the standard one. Usually there would be a note included in the box to explain the change.
Since the action cars use one of the rails as the power return or neutral, the orientation of the action car metal wheels and the action car activation track is critical to enable the operation of the car. The Base Post must be connected to the rail in contact with the metal wheels and the activation section must have the contact bar on the side of the track away from the Base Post side. This often limits the direction of travel for an action car such as the Mail Pick-up Car, or the dumping direction for one of the log, or coal dump cars. Careful planning for the expected operation of the trains containing these cars and the direction of travel or dumping is necessary for the correct operation of the units.
For a short time in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s Gilbert American Flyer produced locomotives that were powered by direct current or DC motors. When using these locomotive and power supplies, the wiring for the action cars becomes more difficult as it is necessary to supply the DC power to the track to operate the locomotive and AC power to the activation section and the Base Post side of the track to enable operation of the action car. There are special instruction sheet sections for this.
Normally accessories such as street lights, lighted towers, lighted stations, and lighted bridges would be expected to be provided with 15 VAC to power the light bulbs. Gilbert American Flyer often included a No 690 track terminal with these lighted accessories to enable the user to avoid long wire runs to parts of the layout away from the transformer. Usually both the wires supplied with the accessory were black but some of the time a black and a white wire were provided. While this use of the track terminal saved on wiring it provided lighting around the layout that would be on and off with the control of the locomotive and would be dimmer or brighter depending upon the 7 to 15 volt transformer output being used to control the speed of the locomotive.
Wire supplied with the accessories and action car controls or included in permanent wiring connected to the accessories and action car controls is usually vinyl (plastic) coated number 18 AWG (American Wire Gauge or size of the conductor [ wire is like pipe, bigger pipe carries more water, bigger wire carries more power ] just to confuse things the bigger the wire number, the smaller the wire). Most often the wire supplied by Gilbert American Flyer is stranded (many small wires bundled together within the plastic coating) but again due to wartime shortages, there were some things supplied with solid wire (single bigger conductor within the plastic coating). Again the wire size was number 18 AWG. | 2019-04-25T03:01:11 | https://traindr.com/what-were-gilbert-american-flyer-wiring-standards/ |
0.999896 | Kavanaugh and Ford appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, where they answered questions about the allegations.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Friday she was stunned that Kavanaugh had joined in the Republicans' political attack.
As President Trump exited the White House for a flight Tuesday, he spoke with reporters on the South Lawn about the topic you'd expect: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the allegations against him. Kavanaugh has denied all allegations against him.
"I was in Tennessee last night and I want to say that those people we had a sold-out arena with thousands of people outside, everywhere I go - I'm going to Pennsylvania to the same thing they are so in favor of Judge Kavanaugh - you've never seen anything like it".
He has also denied an accusation from Ms Ramirez, who said he exposed himself to her at a dorm party more than 25 years ago. She said further that over a series of parties, she saw Kavanaugh "consistently engage in excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with women during the early 1980s".
Judge has denied Ford's allegations. The votes from the three Republicans and those of red-state Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota will largely determine whether Kavanaugh is confirmed.
In a White House press conference overnight, the United States leader sought to excuse excessive drinking by teenagers, while going beyond Kavanaugh's own testimony on his past use of alcohol to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), said Tuesday that he expected the Federal Bureau of Investigation report to be released before Friday, but that he wasn't sure exactly when.
He said the Democrats are undermining Kavanaugh's credibility and are "willing to do anything or hurt anyone" to submarine his agenda. If all Democratic senators vote against Kavanaugh, Republicans - who have a 51-49 edge in the Senate - can only afford to lose one vote to get the judge's confirmation passed.
Ms Heitkamp, meanwhile, noted that Mr Trump himself called for a "broader" FBI investigation into the allegations.
When Ford's allegations became public, Collins was one of the first senators to say that she wanted to hear directly from Ford.
While Trump's press conference was called Monday to discuss the trade deal struck Sunday between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the questioning soon turned to the controversy surrounding Kavanaugh's nomination. The nominee claimed that Ramirez was "calling around to classmates trying to see if they remembered it".
But Trump and Republicans have defended Kavanaugh, and Trump again stood by his nominee on Tuesday, saying that the way the allegations were being treated shows it's a "very hard time" for young men.
She also watched a nurse demonstrate how vitamins are administered to babies by mouth and toured the neonatal intensive care unit. Trump, 48, also had tea with Ghana's first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, at the presidential palace, known as the Jubilee House.
You'll need to be 17 or over, in the USA , and have an internet connection capable of at least 25 megabits per second. It has partnered with Ubisoft to build a demo of Project Stream around the upcoming Assassin's Creed Odyssey .
Perhaps I was frustrated. "I was lashing out more at the media". Her message for the Duchess was: "You don't isolate family".
According to Bloomberg , Netflix is developing shows and movies that will allow the viewer to choose how the storyline progresses. If you've ever wanted the power to decide how your favorite television show ends, you will soon have that chance.
You look at our team and we had a very strong team. "I'm not asking who you speak to". This latest reverse added to the pressure on under-fire coach Mourinho.
Third, they are temporarily turning off the " View As " feature while we conduct a thorough security review. But the benefit comes at a cost, all these platforms will share the same access credentials.
Flannery replaced Welch successor Immelt , himself pushed out earlier than expected last summer after nearly 16 years at the top. The company has been forced to sell off divisions and lay off employees, a process that accelerated under Flannery. | 2019-04-25T18:13:36 | http://desdelabanda.com/2018/10/03/some-democrats-questioning-kavanaugh-are-not-angels-media/ |
0.999999 | English tests: Past simple or past continuous?
Put each verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
1. Somebody (follow) me.2. We (go) to London three times last month.3. I (think) of moving abroad, but eventually I've stayed here.4. We (wait) there an hour and didn't know what to do.5. I was reading a book while Mike (listen) to music.6. Paul, Martha (phone) you three times last evening.7. I have a terrible headache. What (we do) last night?8. TV was on but nobody (watch) it.9. I noticed her when she (jog) in the park.10. I (meet) Kate at the airport.11. She (come) to my room and started shouting at me.12. She (leave) the room and went outside.13. After the concert finished, I (walk) home.14. The party was so boring that I (want) to go home from the very beginning.15. The soup you (prepare) tastes very good. | 2019-04-22T02:50:31 | http://testyourenglish.org/test-29 |
0.999943 | Deciding is a daily activity that involves a series of complex cognitive processes. The complexities are related to the lack of information and unknown environments that people usually face when making decisions. In order to understand the substrates involved in such situations, pupil dilation has been studied as a relevant marker of cognitive efforts and attention responses within different experimental contexts (Beatty, 1982; Backs and Walrath, 1992; Granholm et al., 1996). Recent studies have specified the role of pupil dilation within decision-making environments, associating this marker to variables such as uncertainty, outcome probability, surprise and valence (Satterthwaite et al., 2007; Preuschoff et al., 2011).
Pupil dilation has been linked to Locus Coeruleus (LC)—Noradrenaline (NA) activity (Aston-Jones and Cohen, 2005; Einhauser et al., 2008; Jepma and Nieuwenhuis, 2011; Kuipers and Thierry, 2011) which in turn has been related to uncertainty signaling (Rajkowski et al., 1994; Yu and Dayan, 2005). However, the precise variables that modulate pupil dilation and the way of measuring it remain controversial. While some evidence indicates that there is greater pupil dilation facing uncertainty, violation of expectations and negative outcome feedback (Satterthwaite et al., 2007), others using different tasks point out that pupil dilation changes are greater facing less uncertainty regardless of outcome valence (Preuschoff et al., 2011). This second interpretation is in line with the mentioned role of NA in uncertainty signaling, and suggests that as dopamine plays an important role in the reward pathway (Holroyd and Coles, 2002), NA is involved in a less studied circuit of uncertainty signaling involved in the learning processes of decision making in unknown environments (Nieuwenhuis et al., 2005; Yu and Dayan, 2005; Preuschoff et al., 2011; Payzan-Lenestour et al., 2013). In order to test this hypothesis, we studied pupil dilation responses in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT; Bechara et al., 1994), a decision-making task that requires active learning from participants.
The IGT is a well-studied paradigm in which participants face a gambling situation. In each trial subjects have to choose a card from one of the four decks presented (named A, B, C and D respectively). Participants are told that a gain will always be associated with the election of the card, but that sometimes there could be a loss altogether with the gain. Unknown to participants is that two decks are more beneficial than the others. This task requires the involvement of high cognitive functions such as outcome monitoring processes, error detection, and hypothesis testing, important variables within the traditional study of human decision making (Carter et al., 1998; Gehring and Willoughby, 2002; Hewig et al., 2007).
In the IGT the underlying probability distribution associated with the decks is never presented to participants. Previous pupil-dilation paradigms provided explicit information about the probability levels of receiving either positive or negative feedback (NF), for example when participants had to bet whether an unknown card had a higher value than a known one (Satterthwaite et al., 2007), or did not let participants learn from the task (Preuschoff et al., 2011). In these cases, participants did not have to learn the probabilities associated with a given scenario, but instead they were provided during or after the decision epoch. In the IGT such information is not provided, letting subjects interact with the task in a more ecological manner. In the IGT subjects have to learn from experience, allowing a proper measure of learned uncertainty, expectations and feedback monitoring. Thus, observing pupil dilation responses toward these variables in the IGT can clarify the role of this marker and explore the hypothesis that pupil dilation signals uncertainty as a part of the LC-NA complex involved in learning within decision-making tasks.
Ten healthy participants with normal or corrected to normal vision performed an adaptation of the IGT (Bechara et al., 1994). Their age range was between 20 and 26 (M = 23.4, SD = 2.4; 5 women). Subjects were asked to fill and sign an informed consent before the experiment. All procedures were made in accord to the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association, 2000).
The task was modified in order to equalize the luminance of the display for the pupillometry and to stabilize the amount of winnings and punishment of the task. Equalized luminance was achieved by tuning each color used in the display to yield ~15 cd/m2 (see Figure 1A). The stimulation was presented in a 19” CRT monitor located at 70 cm from the participants. We recorded participants’ pupil diameter at a sample rate of 1 kHz with an infrared eye-tracker system (EyeLink 1000, SR Research1), in between each series of trials the eyetracker was calibrated with a nine point standard grid provided by the manufacturer. Data analysis was performed with custom routines written in MatLab (The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA): First, raw signals were low-pass filtered with a Savitzky-Golay2 filter (Savitzky and Golay, 1964) (polynomial degree: 2, span: 10). Second, pupil signal was averaged across both eyes and finally locked to the onset of feedback. When the signal was zero in both eyes it was interpreted as a blink period and the pupil dilation signal was inferred through cubic spline interpolation. Subjects were instructed to blink before feedback presentation in order to minimize blinking periods.
Figure 1. Display depiction, trial timeline and behavioral results in IGT. (A) Schematic of the display. The colors of the stimuli were isoluminant to prevent pupil changes due to luminance, and the relevant stimulation was kept near the center of fixation in order to prevent saccades. The four decks were represented by cards presented 1° above the fixation cross. After a selection the card was highlighted (double line stroke and 80% gray, here depicted in deck 3). The two rectangles holding the positive (green outline) and negative (red outline) were kept during the whole trial. (B) A typical trial started with a fixation cross followed by the decision screen where the participants were asked to pick one of the four decks (5 s), immediately after the selection the chosen deck was highlighted and the PF was presented (3 s) followed for the NF (3 s). (C) Top: Temporal evolution of subjects’ choices across the experiment, trials were pooled in 50 trials’ bins. Note the interaction between time (trials) and deck selection especially in the rising and sinking in preferences of decks C and B, respectively. Data depicted as mean +/− SEM. Bottom: Example of trial-by-trial evolution of deck selections of one typical subject. Note the progressive change in preferences towards deck C.
Like in the original IGT, subjects started with a virtual loan of $2000. They were told that the game consisted in a long set of card selections, one card at a time. Subjects were asked to pick one card from four virtual decks (A, B, C and D) by pressing the numbers 1, 2, 3 or 4 respectively in a standard computer keyboard. They were instructed that cards from each decks always involved a standard winning (following the selection and varying with the decks) and that sometimes they may receive a punishment (appearing after the positive feedback (PF), and varying with the decks as well) altogether with the winning. Participants first faced the decision screen in which they had 5 s for picking a card from one of the four decks. If they did not choose any card then the trial was repeated. After the selection of the card, the PF was presented for 3 s occasionally followed by a NF presentation for 3 s either (see Figure 1B). In the cases where no NF was presented the next trial started after the PF. Participants played two series of 100 trials each with a 5 min break between them. The instructions were preserved from the original IGT, where participants were told that the goal of the game was to maximize their winnings, and they were free to switch from any deck to another at any time. Subjects were neither told about the probability and magnitude distribution over the decks nor how many trials they had to play. They were told that there was a base payment of €15 for their participation, followed by a bonus based on their performance. However, all the subjects were equally rewarded with €25 regardless of their performance at the end of the experiment. This information was provided to the subjects after the experiment.
The underlying distribution of rewards and punishments was maintained from the original IGT as well as the order in which the cards were presented through each deck (Bechara et al., 1994), with small changes in the quantities of the feedbacks. Decks A and B always presented a winning of $100, and while deck A had a punishment of $-250 with 0.5 of probability, deck B had a $-1250 punishment with 0.1 of probability. Both decks had a net value (NV) of $-250 per 10 cards. The change regarding the traditional IGT is that the punishment of the decks A was standardized to $-250, while in the original it fluctuated between $-150 and $-350. This change did not affect the NV, which remained the same. This was done in order to exclude possible effects produced by the novelty of having different feedback magnitudes in each trial of the same deck. Decks C and D always presented a winning of $50, and while deck C had a punishment of $-50 with 0.5 of probability, deck D punished with $-250 with 0.1 of probability. Both decks had a NV of $250 per 10 cards, being the most convenient options for the participants. Deck C was changed in the same way than deck A and for identical reasons, but again the NV was maintained as in the original IGT (Bechara et al., 1994).
In order to assess subjects’ behavior in the IGT, we analyzed the behavioral data with a two-way ANOVA, with time (blocks) and deck as factors. We found a main effect of deck (F(3, 144) = 4.73, p < 0.05) as well as a significant interaction between time and deck (F(9, 144) = 3.4, p < 0.001). This shows that the time on which participants interacted with the task shaped their decisions. The IGT structure comprises two convenient decks (C and D, NV = 250) and two inconvenient ones (A and B, NV = −250), therefore task learning is expressed when subjects progressively prefer the convenient decks over the inconvenient ones throughout the time of the task (Bechara et al., 1994; Figure 1C).
To explore the effect of learning we pooled the data into four bins of 50 trials each, thus we could observe the distribution of deck selections throughout the task. Results show that participants started preferring deck B (see first bin in Figure 1C), but over the time their selection moved toward deck C (see last bin in Figure 1C) suggesting that subjects indeed pursued a strategy to maximize their benefits from the task. We ran a post-hoc paired t-test comparing the frequency of elections of deck B in the first and fourth bins, and the same comparison was performed for deck C. We found that deck B was chosen significantly more by subjects in the first 50 trials than in the last 50 selections (paired t-test (9) = 3.1540, p < 0.01). We found an inverse relation with deck C, which was significantly more chosen by participants toward the end of the task compared to the first bin (paired t-test (9) = −2.9198, p < 0.01; see Figure 1C).
Pupil diameter data was analyzed in two periods of interest, positive and negative feedback periods associated with uncertainty and surprise coding respectively. For analysis of PF and NF, pupil traces were aligned to the time of both feedback presentations. All traces were normalized by subtracting and dividing by the diameter at the time point of the feedback presentation, thus we obtained a percentage signal chance measure relative to PF and NF. This normalization prevents confounds derived from effects that last longer than individual trials (Preuschoff et al., 2011).
During PF period the uncertainty is related to the unknown probability associated with receiving a future NF when choosing a card. Thus, when this probability is 0.5 there is higher uncertainty about an actual result (decks A and C), than when the probability is 0.1 (decks B and D). During PF, surprise cannot be examined since in the instructions subjects are told that they will always receive a standard PF. During NF period surprise is defined as a function of probability (Qiyuan et al., 1985; Preuschoff et al., 2011). Following, Preuschoff et al. (2011), NFs from decks with low probability (decks B and D) are expected to elicit greater surprise than NFs with high probability (decks A and C) since NFs with lower probability generate expectations that are not met when the feedback appears. The normalization of the pupil trace explained above was conducted in order to eliminate interferences of PF’s responses over NF period.
First, we explored the PF period, where uncertainty-related pupil modulations were expected. To control family-wise error rate, p-values were corrected for multiple comparisons with the false discovery rate (FDR) method of Benjamini and Hochberg (1995). We analyzed the data distributions with an ANOVA with PF magnitude, NF probability and NF magnitude as factors. Because we found neither main effects nor interactions involving PF magnitude (p > 0.05) we moved to a more parsimonious model including two factors (NF probability and NF magnitude) and its potential interactions. We found a main effect of NF magnitude for a brief period after positive reward presentation (200–400 ms, pFDR < 0.05) followed by a main effect for NF probability for a sustained period beginning at 480 ms until the end of the positive reward window (pFDR < 0.05, see Figure 2A). The early effect of NF magnitude was present just during a brief early period and may be due to a decision-related response more than a feedback-evoked effect. Thus, in the PF period, an anticipatory response was consistently found in that greater pupil dilation change appears when a future NF was unlikely (decks B and D), compared to uncertainty about future NF (A and C). Interestingly, there were no sustained differences between decks B and D, and neither between decks A and C, showing that the magnitude of NF presentation was not relevant.
Figure 2. Pupil dilation dynamics during an IGT. (A) Pupil dilation dynamics during PF. An ANOVA performed over successive data points over the whole PF period, yielded a main effect for NF magnitude during a brief period after positive reward presentation (200–400 ms, green shaded area) as well as a main effect for NF probability for a sustained period starting at 500 ms until the end of the period (gray shaded area). (B) Pupil dilation dynamics during NF. Data from four decks were pooled by NF probability in HighP decks (A and C), and LowP decks (B and D). Significant differences were found during a brief period around 500 ms, and in two later sustained periods ranging from 1200–1300 and 1700–2400 ms. Significant results are reported after FDR correction, pFDR < 0.05. Data depicted as Mean +/− SEM.
Following this, and in order to measure learning responses over the task, we pooled the data of PF into four bins of 50 trials each and compared the pupil dilation changes over the first and second bins. Observing behavioral data (Figure 1C) it is possible to see that while the first bin (from trials 1–50) is mainly exploratory, in the second block (trials 51–100) trends of selection start to appear despite that there is still dispersion over the deck selections. On the other hand, in bins 3 and 4 (from trials 101–200) the deck selection is much more concentrated in deck C, which entails that there are not enough trials from each deck choice for conducting a statistical comparison (see Figure 3B for a depiction of a good and poor performer in the task). Thus, when analyzing pupil dilation over the first 50 trials we found no pupil differences between the four decks (pFDR > 0.05, see Figure 3A). However, when analyzing pupil dilation responses in the second bin we did find the effects previously exposed. We found greater pupil dilation changes in decks B and D, compared to decks A and C (pFDR < 0.05) beginning at 500 ms and sustained through the rest of the feedback period (with a brief interruption around 1100 ms, see Figure 3A) emulating the effect in uncertainty modulation found in the grand averages.
Figure 3. Pupil dilation dynamics during PF in the first half of the IGT. (A) Average across all subjects. Left: Pupil responses to PF in the first 50 trials, note the overlapping of traces. Right: Pupil responses to PF in the trials 51–100, note the formation of the general pattern reported in the pooled data and statistical differences arising in similar periods (500 ms to the end of the period, gray shaded area). ANOVA and FDR correction identical as the applied to pooled data. Significant results are reported after FDR correction, pFDR < 0.05. (B) Pupil dilation dynamics during PF across the whole duration of the IGT for two subjects with extreme performances, data organized in four bins of 50 trials. Top: Subject with worst outcome. Bottom: Subject with best outcome. All data depicted as Mean +/− SEM.
Next, we examined the NF period, where we predicted surprise related pupil responses. Following the main effect of feedback probability in the PF period, the null effect in PF magnitude and the fewer number of trials including a NF, we pooled the trials according to probability of negative outcomes by high (HighP; decks A and C) and low (LowP; decks B and D) probability. Significant differences (pFDR < 0.05) were found in three periods, an initial brief period around 500 ms, and in two later periods ranging from 1200–1300 and 1700–2400 ms (see Figure 2B). Thus, NF with lower probability elicited greater pupil dilation changes (decks B and D), compared to NF with higher probability (decks A and C). Following the same procedure as described for PF, we pooled the data into four bins and compared the first two bins with the aim to assess differences in pupil responses over the duration of the experiment. No differences were found in the first bin, and only brief periods of significant differences were found in the second bin (100–200 and 600–750 ms, data not shown).
The results demonstrate that subjects learned to increase their winnings during the game and exhibit a consistent effect of uncertainty and surprise on pupil dilation. In our paradigm, uncertainty is related to the known probability of getting feedback. Given the structure of the IGT we interpreted PF presentation as the uncertainty condition, and NF presentation as the surprise condition. The IGT feedback presentation always involved PF first (probability = 1), and then NF whose probability was unknown to participants. The distribution of NF probability over the four options had two decks with 0.5 probability (decks A and C) defined as high uncertainty, and two decks with 0.1 probability (decks B and D) defined as low uncertainty. The division of uncertainty conditions based upon risk has been traditionally used as a consistent model of experimental decision-making tasks (Weber et al., 2004; Mohr et al., 2010; Preuschoff et al., 2011). Surprise is defined as an improbable result over an expectable scenario. This means that in low uncertainty NF decks are more surprising compared to high uncertainty decks.
In the IGT, subjects do not have any knowledge of the probability and magnitude distributions of the NF in the four decks, besides their own experience after receiving the feedback. In this sense, our paradigm differs from previous pupil dilation studies (see Satterthwaite et al., 2007; Preuschoff et al., 2011) in that the risk involved in the participants’ choice is learned. The probability and magnitude distributions of the game contain two inconvenient decks (A and B), and two convenient ones (C and D). Thus, subjects can learn based upon their experience to avoid the inconvenient decks in order to increase their winnings. Behavioral results indicate that subjects learned to avoid inconvenient decks (A and B) in favor of at least one of the convenient ones (deck C, see Figure 1C). This finding is consistent with the trend found in the original study using the IGT (Bechara et al., 1994), and indicates that subjects were engaged in the task.
The uncertainty effect is found during PF presentation, where the certainty level about future NF modulated subjects’ pupil dilation from 480 ms until the end of the PF epoch. First we conducted an analysis over the whole deck selection distribution in which we found greater pupil dilation changes in low uncertainty decks (B and D) without differences between them, compared to the high uncertainty ones (A and C) which also did not present differences between them. Complementary to this analysis, we conducted an analysis comparing pupil responses from the first 50 trials to the second 50. We ran this analysis in order to see whether pupil responses were actually modulated differently once subjects learned how to perform the task. We found no differences in pupil responses during the first time block (trials from 1–50), but we did find differences in the second block (trials 51–100) that show the trend of the results observed out of the total deck selection. This suggests that pupil responses signal learned uncertainty of the different probability conditions of decks A–C and B–D. Given the structure of the task (in that the number of trials per deck depends on subjects’ selections), the final 100 trials are highly concentrated over deck C, which makes a comparison of pupil responses difficult due to the lack of trials for the rest of the decks. Moreover, in Figure 3B we included a graphical comparison of the subject who got the worst payoff in the IGT to the one that obtained the best payoff. This case illustrates the concentration of decisions found in good players and the dispersion found in the poor performers.
This consistent effect suggests that pupil dilation works as a learning marker of the different conditions of certainty during a decision-making task. These results replicate the findings of Preuschoff et al. (2011) and add information about the responses of pupil dilation facing uncertainty in learning conditions. In the Preuschoff et al. (2011) paradigm, subjects had to bet whether one card had higher value than another one in a scale from 1–10. Thus, after knowing that the first card was 1 there was absolute certainty that the second was higher, but when the first card was 5 there was high uncertainty about the future outcome. In this paradigm subjects start the game knowing those conditions of certainty/uncertainty. However, in the IGT this is not the case and subjects also have to learn the different conditions of the game in order to improve their performance. Our results suggest that pupil dilation changes serve as marker of not only responses facing different certainty levels, but also as a marker of learned uncertainty about future feedback conditions using bottom-up information.
The observation of pupillary responses toward the uncertainty conditions of the IGT also contributes to the understanding of cognitive mechanisms involved in the successful performance of decision-making under uncertainty. The somatic marker hypothesis (Bechara et al., 1994; Martinez-Selva et al., 2006) has been proposed to explain the physiological mechanisms responsible for successful performance in decision-making scenarios under uncertainty, as in the IGT. This hypothesis points out that in successful IGT performers, somatic responses differentiate NF and PF and that such responses work afterwards as anticipatory markers of risky decisions (Bechara et al., 1994; Martinez-Selva et al., 2006). Crone et al. (2004) using an adapted version of the IGT, reported greater heart rate slowing and skin conductance levels in subjects before choosing disadvantageous options compared to advantageous ones, but only in good performers. These responses were reported as critical to explain the physiological differences between bad and good performers in the IGT. Our results contribute to understanding processes that may work in parallel to such anticipatory responses, related to the signaling of uncertainty levels involved in learning tasks. While the anticipatory responses reported by Crone et al. (2004) were sensitive to feedback magnitudes, pupil dilation is sensitive to the level of uncertainty comprised in the different decks regardless of the magnitude of the feedback. This goes in the direction of a hypothesized risk-prediction error system that is thought to be involved in the identification of levels of uncertainty (Preuschoff et al., 2011). An interesting future study could replicate the Crone et al. (2004) experimental design and include investigating pupillary responses of different groups of players in order to evaluate whether pupillary sensitivity to uncertainty levels is impaired in bad performers. This could provide further evidence for the NA involvement in this risk-prediction error system (D’Acremont et al., 2009; Preuschoff et al., 2011).
Results also show a trend in pupil dilation responses related to surprise. As we stated before, in the IGT surprise appears during NF presentation, since subjects at this point do not experience more uncertainty (they are informed about the final outcome of their decision). Results from the two high uncertainty decks (A and C) are less surprising since there are no specific expectations about them (their probability of appearance is 0.5). On the other hand, when subjects can be more certain about the outcomes (decks B and D) higher surprise is predictable if their expectations are not met (Preuschoff et al., 2011). This implies that when subjects are expecting not to have a NF, surprise is expected when they actually receive such feedback. Results show that there were greater pupil dilation changes during surprising NF presentation, compared to low surprising decks. This result is consistent with evidence relating improbable or rare stimuli to pupil dilation (Brown et al., 1999; Siegle et al., 2008; Raisig et al., 2010). However, in our study surprise is not merely related to the oddity of a given stimuli, but to the exploratory behavior of subjects while learning under risk.
In order to measure the different pupillary responses during the task, we compared pupillary reactions between the first two bins of 50 trials (trials 1–50 and 51–100 respectively). We did find differences in pupil dilation, but this effect was not sustained throughout the whole interval of feedback presentation. We believe that this shows a trend in that the knowledge about the task modulated, though not steadily, pupil responses indicating differential processing of improbable feedback. This effect, although not conclusive, matches with evidence suggesting that pupil dilation signals errors related to uncertainty estimations, being a marker of surprise when a given feedback does not meet expectation (Preuschoff et al., 2011). This interpretation also matches with the relation between NA and unexpected uncertainty signaling (Yu and Dayan, 2005). Although the evidence is indirect, it goes in the direction that greater pupil dilation related to surprise can be taken as a marker of NA signaling errors to judge uncertainty, process that ultimately enhances task learning. Thus, since the violation of expectations involves a constant updating of the mental representations about underlying probability distributions, surprise might play a relevant role in suppressing top-down expectations in order to adapt behavior to a convenient strategy (Yu and Dayan, 2005). Further research is needed in order to provide better support for this interpretation, and overcome the issue of the fewer numbers of trials that IGT offers of NF presentation. Since the IGT is a learning task, toward the end of the game the distribution of election is progressively concentered on one deck. There is also the issue of task relevant stimuli that may be affecting pupil responses independently of the processing of an informative feedback.
Our paradigm measured pupil dilation in a decision-making task that involves active learning from subjects in order to adapt their behavior towards a convenient strategy. Results indicate that subjects learned how to face the task in order to increase their winnings. Pupil dilation was modulated by the different levels of uncertainty that the decks offered to participants, which had the features of an anticipatory response in the experiment. Although PF presentation was chronologically in first place, it was during this epoch that subjects exhibited pupil dilation modulation related to the learned risk of a future NF. After NF presentation, subjects’ pupil dilation was modulated by the level of surprise of the outcome, signaling estimation errors that potentially contribute to the task learning process. These results suggest that pupil dilation serves as a marker of learned uncertainty and support previous evidence that demonstrates the association of pupil dilation to surprise. These results also provide indirect support for the hypothesis that pupil dilation may serve as a marker for NA changes modulated by external cues that help people adapt their behavior within unfamiliar contexts.
We thank the two reviewers whom contributed to improve this manuscript with insightful remarks. We also thank to Miriam Schwalm and Amanda Tose, whom read and commented earlier versions of the manuscript. Eduardo Rosales Jubal was supported by a doctoral fellowship, from CONICYT Corporation, Chilean Ministry of Education. Claudio Lavín is supported by FONDECYT-Chile Grant 1130455.
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Published online: 03 January 2014.
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0.998917 | A former member of the Church of Scientology claimed in the High Court yesterday that she had been subjected by the church to hypnosis techniques without her permission and had been upset by the procedures. Ms Mary Johnston (40) said that the procedures involved a countdown and prolonged staring for hours to induce a trance.
Ms Johnston, who operates a sports equipment centre at Westwood, Foxrock, Co Dublin, is suing the Church of Scientology Mission of Dublin and three of its members, John Keane, Tom Cunningham and Gerard Ryan. She is seeking damages for alleged conspiracy, misrepresentation and breach of constitutional rights.
Yesterday Ms Johnston agreed with her counsel, Mr Michael Cush SC, that she was given no warning that aspects of mind control would be involved arising from her participation in the church.
Earlier, cross-examined by Mr Michael Collins SC, for the church, Ms Johnston denied that she had a close connection with a trust which attempted to persuade people to leave Scientology. She said: "I don't work against Scientology. I simply say what happened to me. When people come to ask for help, I help them when I can."
She objected to being described by Mr Collins as a "deprogrammer" and said she was not in a conspiracy with anybody to do anything. Because of the length of the litigation and the stress involved in the court action, she said, she hated to see families coming near her.
The court was told that in May 1994 the plaintiff was persuaded by her family to leave Scientology. She described this as a major turning point and "a fantastic time in her life".
Elaborating on earlier evidence on why she had not sought medical or psychiatric assistance, Ms Johnston said she believed she had been healed through her relationship with God, which had given her a sense of peace, healing and joy.
Two witnesses gave evidence yesterday of a man so far unidentified by name who spoke to them about Ms Johnston.
Ms Mary McKeown, a legal secretary, said that Ms Johnston lived in the same house as her mother-in-law. A man had called to the house on the morning of February 2nd, 2001, looking for the plaintiff, and she had told him that Ms Johnston was probably at work. In the witness-box she was shown photographs which she believed were of the same individual although, she said, he looked younger in one of them.
Ms Ann Sexton, a personal trainer at Westwood Gym, also described a man unidentified by name who spoke to her in the restaurant area of Westwood in January 2001. He had asked her about "Ms Obnoxious Johnston", remarking that he had seen her sitting with the plaintiff.
The man had claimed that Ms Johnston had "diddled" a friend of his out of money. Ms Sexton said she had told him that he should discuss the matter with Ms Johnston if he had a problem.
The case continues next Tuesday. | 2019-04-20T14:59:20 | https://culteducation.com/group/1284-scientology/23228-hypnosis-sessions-upset-plaintiff.html |
0.999058 | SYNOPSIS: It is the story of a woman with a necklace and a young man who had been in love with her but she had an affair with his father.
For a film that deals with such an emotional and dramatic topic, the end product is surprisingly flat. There are moments of great acting and some good dialogue, but overall it feels as if something is missing.
Review For a film that deals with such an emotional and dramatic topic, the end product is surprisingly flat. There are moments of great acting and some good dialogue, but overall it feels as if something is missing.
Interesting idea, but it is not realized in the best way.
Review Interesting idea, but it is not realized in the best way. | 2019-04-19T02:36:33 | https://sofy.tv/viewer/film/the-woman-with-a-necklace |
0.999999 | According to SN 14.13 (= SA 457), the conditions of paññāpeti 'to reveal' are derived from the dhātu of avijjā 'ignorance' (see Choong Mun-keat, The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism, p. 138). The noun form of paññāpeti is paññatti 'concept'. So, paññatti should be a mental phenomenon, i.e. a dhamma.
However, paññatti in the Abhidhammattha Sangaha "Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma" (p. 25, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi) is regarded as not a dhamma.
Is it correct to say paññatti 'concept' is a conditioned phenomenon (dhamma), according to suttas, but not Abhidhammas?
According to SN 14.13 (= SA 457), the conditions of paññāpeti 'to reveal' are derived from the dhātu of avijjā 'ignorance' (see Choong Mun-keat, The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism, p. 138).
One explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals the inferior.
One explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals the superior.
then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals it.
Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānīkaroti.
In the suttas, it seems everything is a "dhamma"; including unwholesome, wholesome and enlightened.
Unless I am mistaken, it seems this way. It seems this book or Abhidhamma has given the word "dhamma" a specific meaning, as shown below. Without reading any more, it seems this book or Abhidhamma has used the word "dhamma" similar to how the suttas use the word "dhatu" ("element"). Otherwise, it might be less confusing of the book capitalised the letter "d" as "Dhamma".
I don't think so. Especially, since paññatti in the suttas can also mean "mere designation", similar to Abhidhamma.
Yes, mostly paññatti meant making known/lay down/set forth/declaring. Interesting that the word mostly appeared in the late KN texts and in the Parivara of the Vinaya.
Designation (for paññatti) suggests it is a mental phenomenon, a product of mental construction. It should be a dhamma (phenomenon), according to suttas.
But according to Abhidhammattha Sangaha (p. 25, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi), paññatti is not a dhamma.
I think the word "dhamma" used in the Abhidhamma book is not similar to how the suttas use the word "dhatu", which also means "natural condition" (cf. Choong Mun-keat, Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism, p. 149 on the Dhatu-samyutta).
The meaning of "dhamma" used in the Abhidhamma book is the so-called paramattha "ultimate reality". It seems not found in the suttas.
Is it the only Abhidhamma book using the word "dhamma" in this particular idea?
I think the above meaning can be derived from the suttas, such as in AN 3.136 (quoted below) and even in the Anapanasati Sutta, where the final tetrad (contemplation of Dhamma) of contemplation of impermanence (unsatisfactoriness, not-self), dispassion, cessation and relinquishment appears to be contemplation of ultimate reality (Dhamma).
“Uppādā vā, bhikkhave, tathāgatānaṃ anuppādā vā tathāgatānaṃ, ṭhitāva sā dhātu dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā.
Dhamma1 (m. & rarely nt.) [Ved. dharma & dharman, the latter a formation like karman (see kamma for expl;n of subj. & obj. meanings); dhṛ; (see dhāreti) to hold support: that which forms a foundation and upholds constitution.
And this is explained as something which holds/has its own nature, i.e. something which actually exists and cannot be "split" to a smaller constituents. House is a concept because it consists of four walls. Khandhas, āyatanas, dhātus are ultimate.
The important thing is that three characteristics are applied only to absolute reality. And I don't think this idea is so alien to Nikayas, since Buddha would always apply anicca-dukkha-anatta only to what in Abhidhamma is called "absolute reality": khandhas, āyatanas, dhātus, etc. He wasn't saying something like: "Is Koṇḍañña permanent or impermanent, is he sukha or dukkha, atta or anatta?" in Anattalakkhana sutta, but he refered to 5 khandhas, same in many other suttas. Therefore I think Abhidhamma here simply recapitulates, what was already in the suttas to make this distinction clear, which is essential for practice of vipassana.
Seeing and knowing 'anicca, dukkha, anatta' in the SN suttas, for e.g., is indicated as yathaabhuuta.m 'things as they really are' (dhammas), not as paramattha 'ultimate reality' (dhammas).
Khandhas, āyatanas, dhātus are not ultimate reality, according to the SN/SA suttas. They are rittaka 'without reality' and su~n~naka 'just empty' (e.g. SN 22.95, SN 35.197. Cf. Choong MK, The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism, pp. 54, 92).
Seeing knowing khandhas, āyatanas as anicca-dukkha-anatta is not ultimate reality; it is just 'things as they really are'.
Eg. dukkha, being not real, arises (by conditions); having arisen it ceases completely (by conditions). It is a result of previous action (karma), but there is no doer (anatta). When dukkha arises, it arises; when dukkha ceases, it ceases. Everything exists, this is one extreme. Everything does not exist, this is the other extreme (e.g. SN 12.15. Cf. Choong MK, The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism, pp. 193-4).
Let's do it one by one. First, do we agree that khandhas, etc. are intrinsically different from "person, house, table", etc and vipassana (seeing 3 characteristics) is meant to be practiced only for the former ones (i.e. khandhas, etc)?
khandhas, ... person, house, table (concepts) ... are all anicca, anatta, and rittaka 'without reality' (dhammas).
I don't think you answered my questions. Rather you have made your own question and answered to it.
Khandhas, āyatanas, dhātus are not ultimate reality, according to the SN/SA suttas. They are rittaka 'without reality' and su~n~naka 'just empty' (e.g. SN 22.95, SN 35.197. Cf. Choong MK, The F.
rittaka means void- it is void of anything lasting, void of self .
khandhas , ayantanas and dhatus are real but insubstantial, void of self.
It is empty (void) of both, existence and non-existence, which are based on self-attachment. | 2019-04-18T20:54:33 | https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=32476&p=482354 |
0.99949 | The South Africa government is to investigate contract awards in its Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, after a contract awarded to a supplier had to be withdrawn.
Tina Joemat-Pettersson, minister of agriculture, forestry & fisheries, said her department would set up an inquiry into tender practices following allegations of procurement irregularities. The investigation concerns the tender process, and the company awarded the deal is not under any suspicion.
Last November the department awarded the diversified business Sekunjalo a deal to manage and look after the maintenance of the department's fleet of research and fisheries patrol boats, but withdrew the award on the advice of the government’s lawyers. “As a result of our own flawed processes, an innocent company, Sekunjalo, has been portrayed as the culprit in this saga,” said Joemat-Pettersson.
The inquiry, due to be established in April, will assess tenders and tender processes at the department to determine whether any fraud or maladministration has been committed.
The minister added: “This inquiry is not a witch-hunt, it is an attempt to allow fisheries to restore its image as a clean and capable branch."
The department’s existing contract for the management of fisheries patrol boats (with another supplier) finishes at the end of March. As a result of the withdrawal of the contract award made in November, the ministry is currently looking for a temporary supplier. The minister said its department would determine whether to put the contract out on tender or not, based on legal advice. | 2019-04-24T10:10:13 | https://www.cips.org/en/supply-management/news/2012/march/withdrawal-of-fisheries-contract-leaves-department-on-the-hook/ |
0.999907 | What if the Alberta Liberals found a leader who could generate a little excitement -- say like Dan MacLennan, the former union leader controversial in labour circles for not being a New Democrat and beloved by the media for his entertainment value and easy way with a quote?
Full-disclosure here: the charismatic former jail guard known to his friends as "Buff" was my boss for many years, and I've seldom met a better retail politician, or a luckier one. Never afraid to do something no one else had tried, MacLennan left the union movement more than four years ago to become a senior manager for a major oilpatch construction company.
MacLennan was always a Liberal, and, in case you missed it amid the buzz about the Progressive Conservative leadership race and all the Tweets about the Alberta Party leadership, the Alberta Liberals are choosing a new leader too.
Outside Liberal circles, however, up to now there's been very little public engagement with the effort to replace Opposition Leader Dr. David Swann, who never caught on with the public. This lack of interest is a sign of the depth of the trough into which the Alberta Liberals sank during Swann's uninspired leadership.
Reasons now include the widespread assumption -- most likely correct -- that after the next general election the Wildrose Alliance will become the Official Opposition. Plus, there's the fact leadership of the eight-member Liberal caucus is mainly of interest to people whom the public know of, but aren't particularly thrilled about.
Still, it would be a mistake to rule the Liberals out completely. After all, even if the Wildrose Alliance becomes the Official Opposition, Liberals will continue to play an influential role among the parties of the centre and moderate left.
The thing to remember about the Liberals is that while they are the perpetual victims of their "damaged brand" (hence the rise of the Liberal-like Alberta Party), and haven't seemed to have what it took to challenge the governing Conservatives since Laurence Decore was at their helm in the 1980s and 1990s, they have a determined base that just won't vote for anyone else.
The most recent Alberta polls show that this is true. So, no matter how you cut it, there will always likely be a few Liberals in the Alberta Legislature.
Moreover, if voters fail to cotton on to the Alberta Party, as even that group's enthusiasts must recognize is a possibility, where are disillusioned Alberta Partiers to drift but back to the Liberals?
Which is another way of saying that, for all its troubles, leadership of the Liberals is still a prize worth fighting for.
The trouble is, as noted, most of the names of potential leaders being bandied about so far are present or former Alberta Liberal caucus members -- nice folks, capable local politicians, hard workers for their constituents, but no one that's going to set the world afire.
Perennial Edmonton-Centre MLA Laurie Blakeman, now justly famous for demonstrating the political verities of Alberta using fruits and vegetables, is the only candidate officially in the race. Not so many days ago she was musing about running for the Alberta Party leadership.
However, Blakeman will soon be joined by others. There's talk that Calgary-Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr is also interested. Not so many weeks ago he was thinking about running for mayor of Calgary. (As the whole world knows, that didn’t work out.) Former Edmonton-McClung MLA Mo Elsalhy, who tried for this particular brass ring once before, may try again.
Likewise, Edmonton-Gold Bar MLA Hugh MacDonald will probably take a run at the job, out of a sense of duty if nothing else. If there was only one Liberal left on earth, MacDonald would be that person, which seems a better motivation for wanting to be leader than seeing the job as Door No. 2 of a political exit strategy.
But the lack of enthusiasm generated by these good people brings us back to MacLennan.
There have always been reports he might someday, somehow be interested in making a run for the Liberal leadership -- maybe even an eventual bid for the leadership of a united left. They've mostly been wishful thinking by people looking for a liberal saviour.
Lately, though, MacLennan's been dropping hints he might actually be interested in the job. Leastways, he's not denying the rumours any more.
Does he mean it? Beats me.
I can tell you one thing, though. I hope so. Because, if he does, the Liberal leadership race just got a whole lot more interesting! | 2019-04-19T22:16:15 | http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/djclimenhaga/2011/02/former-labour-leader-buff-maclennan-eyes-alberta-liberals-maybe |
0.999999 | JOEL Selwood excels even at suspensions. Not reported in his football lifetime until Monday, he will miss Geelong's next four matches after his striking case failed at the AFL Tribunal last night. The Cats are unbeaten in the post-Ablett era, but their resilience and resourcefulness will be tested in matches against St Kilda, Adelaide, Essendon and West Coast.
''Bitterly disappointed,'' Geelong football manager Neil Balme said. Selwood said nothing. An appeal is unlikely.
Selwood was reported by the match review panel for an alleged strike that cost Hawthorn opponent Brent Guerra a perforated eardrum late in Saturday night's MCG epic. He pleaded guilty to the strike, but sought to have its gravity downgraded from intentional to reckless, which - if successful - would have mitigated his sentence at two matches.
Tribunal members Emmett Dunne, Wayne Henwood and Stewart Loewe deliberated lengthily. It is a matter of conjecture how those deliberations unfolded, but it is easy to imagine that Selwood's defence might have foundered on two points.
One was this declaration from Selwood. ''You have to take into account what time of the game it is,'' he said to the tribunal. ''Two minutes to go, game in the balance. You do anything to help your side win. That's the way I play. That's the way I always will play.'' As a defence, it could have been viewed as a double-edged sword.
The only available video evidence, a long-range shot from behind the Punt Road goals, was sketchy. In it, Selwood makes for space on the half-forward flank, but is blocked by Guerra, who goes to ground. ''I've never, ever - never, ever - struck anyone intentionally in my life,'' Selwood said.
Selwood's counsel, Peter Murdoch QC, asked the tribunal to note that Selwood's arms were by his side as Guerra fell. From this, Murdoch suggested that Guerra might have lost his footing because his perforated eardrum had unbalanced him, ''not because of some blow inflicted by Mr Selwood''. Here was the defence's other soft spot: Selwood already had pleaded guilty to striking.
Selwood said that - intent on the game - he was not looking at Guerra, did not know at the time that he had struck him to the head, and did not know that he had fallen. Television footage shows Guerra being assisted from the ground, wincing in pain. Hawthorn's medical report said Guerra had complained of ''dizziness, hearing disturbance and ear pain'', and was briefly stunned. He has since been seen by an ENT surgeon and cleared to play this week.
AFL legal counsel Jeff Gleeson said that for what he called an ''unremarkable jostle'' to lead to hearing loss made for inconsistency in Selwood's evidence.
Selwood said that he had started playing football at eight-years-old and had never been reported or suspended in any competition. Murdoch said that because of his unblemished record and his reputation as a fearless, but fair ball player, he ''should be taken at his word''. Tribunal chairman David Jones also made particular note of Selwood's clean record.
Selwood's original penalty was four matches, reduced to three because of his good record. If successful last night, it would have become two. Instead, the four stands. When it was confirmed, Selwood ran his tongue inside his bottom lip, as if discovering a bitter taste. But he showed no other emotion. Repeatedly, Selwood said that in pushing past Guerra, he was trying to get to the ''dangerous space''. Seemingly, he found it, but not in the expected place. | 2019-04-25T03:32:56 | https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/selwood-strikes-out-20110614-1g1yl.html |
0.999999 | How can I be so sleepy? For the last couple of days I've slept a lot. I slept for over 13 hours last night, and I could have had a nap again at 3pm. I feel like I've been run over by a truck.
I figure that must be coming down with something. I don't think that I'm depressed - I'm still interested in doing things, and I'm happy and positive most of the time. As well, the biopsy area is healing up well - there's no sign of infection or anything - so I don't think that it's the cause. My painkiller usage has also stabilized to reasonable levels - 0-2 Percocet and 4-6 Oxycodone per day. I know I was really tired when I was taking a lot of Percocet, but I'd think that with the stabilized usage that I wouldn't be so tired. I could be wrong, I guess.
There was a bug on our patio door today. It stayed there for hours, and so I took a couple of pictures of it. They're here. I don't know what kind of bug it is - maybe someone can identify it?
I spent most of today sleeping, which is not a huge surprise. I am feeling ok - I was able to go for a walk with Ian tonight - but I'm still in a bit of pain. I'll be happy to see this pain go away.
We saw Jet Li's Fearless today. It was really, really good. The story was plot were very well thought out and were easy to believe. The fight scenes was of course beautifully choreographed, since the choreography is by Yuen Wo Ping (who also choregraphed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Iron Monkey, The Matrix, and others). It appears to have been sort of based on a true story; at least, the Chin Woo Athletic Organization that was founded in the film really does exist. I wonder if the rest of the story is true.
Apparently it is Jet Li's last martial arts epic movie. Does that mean that he won't make any more Hong Kong martial arts epic movies, but Hollywood ones are ok? Or is he really done with martial arts epic movies and will be doing other kinds of movies from now on?
I'm less fearless about the biopsy tomorrow. I don't want to go through it again... sigh. But at least it'll be over tomorrow. If the results are inconclusive again, when we're not going to do any more biopsies, we'll just do the surgery. Still, I just want all this testing to be over so that we can start treatment. I'm looking forward to feeling better - which I will, once treatment starts.
We decided to rent and watch some movies tonight since there was nothing on tv.
The first movie that we watched was Severed, a Canadian zombie horror movie. It's no Shaun of the Dead (or even Dawn of the Dead), that's for sure. It wasn't the best movie ever. The plot didn't make too much sense, none of the characters was particularly likeable, and none of the character's motivations were clear. The special effects weren't that good, either - there was a lot that looked like jello. It wasn't that gory, and we all like some gore in a good zombie movie :) As well, the timing was a little slow and it wasn't too suspenseful. I didn't get spooked at all during the movie. We did laugh occasionally, but I'm not sure it was supposed to be funny. I think this was released straight to DVD, and I see why :) I wouldn't recommend this film.
The second movie that we watched was District B13. It was a really, really good movie. It's a dystopian view of the future in Paris. It seems to be the natural extension of the riots that occurred in the suburbs there a year or two ago in that certain areas are blocked off and left to fend for themselves. The plot and characters make some sense; or at least, I was able to suspend disbelief to believe that it could be true. It's sort of a martial arts move, and the action scenes are amazing. The stunts are beautiful to watch; they're clear, crisp, and fluid. I would highly recommend this film. Note that it is a French movie, and so the DVD had both subtitled and dubbed versions available. While we usually prefer subtitles, the dialog moved too quickly for us to easily keep up. Therefore, we watched the dubbed version.
Every once in a while you hear about older women who collect a lot of pets (usually cats, it seems to me). A woman like this was arrested and committed for 72 hours of psychiatric observation in Kitchener the other day. They found over 4000 mice, 50 guinea pigs and rabbits, three turtles, and two pigeons in the house. They've condemned the house due to wiring damage from the rodents. All of the animals have been taken into custody by the Kitchener-Waterloo Humane Society. There is a story about this situation in the local paper here (I hope you can read it). I feel sort of sorry for the woman - she's clearly got issues. I wonder whether they can actually help people suffering from whatever she's got.
Unfortunately, the humane society doesn't have the resources to look after all of these animals. They've received free food and supplies from a local business, but they don't have enough resources for the increased staffing, vets, and ongoing upkeep of these animals in addition to the animals they already have there. I ended up donating money to them - I don't think that they're a registered charity, but I still wanted to help.
I'm feeling better about the Spirituality and Healing support group. I'm not a religious person at all, but I think I consider myself a spiritual one. I also felt much more welcomed in the group today - I felt that people listened when I shared, and I really appreciated that.
Today we talked about how terrible times can turn into blessings. There are many people who've had cancer or another major illness that say that the illness is the best thing that happened to them. They say that it forced them to stop and think, and to live more in the moment; that they enjoy life more and seek out experiences that they like. They cull out negative people and influences in their lives, and tend to fill their lives with positive people and influences. I think that this is true for me - I've been happier since my first cancer than I had been for years prior to the cancer. I don't know whether I would have been quite this happy had I not had the cancer.
One of the reasons that I hadn't wanted to start taking narcotics is that they make a person woozy. Ten years ago I'd never have said this, but I don't particularly like the woozy effect when it continues for days on end. I also knew that this effect would lead to a point where I'd be told that I wasn't allowed to drive.
And that point has come, at least for a little while. I saw my family doctor today. We're going to markedly increase the amount of oxycontin that I'm taking (from 2 per day to up to 8) so that we can decrease the amount of Percocet I'm taking (which is hovering between 5 and 10 a day). Because of these changes, my doctor says that I'm not competent to drive. Since I don't see my family doctor again until October 10, I'd think that I shouldn't be driving until at least that day. After all, his declaration that I'm not competent to drive would stand until he says that I am competent, right?
The Stratford event, held today, marks the end of the Silvermaster dragonboat season. The Silvermasters came in 19th out of 66 in the event, which is a strong finish for the team. There were a number of very good teams there, as well as 12 breast cancer survivor teams. We were lucky to have a reasonably nice day; it was neither too hot nor too cold. It was overcast for most of the day but cleared up in the afternoon.
Lots of friendly local people turned out to watch. Many of the teams include people who live in Stratford, and so their friends and neighbours came out to watch.
The portalets were plentiful and cleaned often.
There were two flush toilets that were also cleaned regularly.
Free water was given to the participants after each race.
The event was well-organized. It ended up running a few minutes late which isn't too bad given that there were 66 teams competing in heats of up to 4, and that they started late.
The beer tent had a big tv that showed the finishes of each race, live.
There was lots of competition at every level.
The event ran a little long. It started at 8am and wasn't scheduled to finish until after 6pm, and then the awards ceremony is held afterwards. They could have done without the breast cancer challenge (the breast cancer teams tend to race each other anyways) and the women's challenge. This would have sped things up a bit. As well, they had 2 extra teams and therefore extra heats, which contributed to the lengthy day.
The female announcer. Her voice is rather annoying. Also, right when the teams finish each race, ashe asks them for a cheer or a yell and when they don't (because they've just paddled like crazy for 500m and are panting to try to catch their breath) she says things like the team doesn't have enough team spirit. She has improved over last year - she correctly calls the activity "paddling" instead of "rowing". Also, when she is repeatedly extolling the virtues of the beer tent, this year she mentioned that there were pop, coolers, and water there in addition to beer.
There were no programs. Normally each event prints up programs that might include team bios and sponsorship information as well as a timetable.
There were early delays due to megaphone issues (as in, the first two megaphones they took to the start line didn't work. What are the odds?).
The water in Stratford is awful - it's narrow, shallow, and, well, not that clean.
I go for a walk around the neighbourhood just about every evening. I'm not getting much other exercise these days, and the walk is good for me :) On this walk I notice things like which houses are for sale and how long they've been listed. The housing market in Waterloo is still pretty hot, so things tend to sell reasonably quickly. If something hasn't sold for months and months, you have to ask what's wrong with the place.
There's this one house that has been up for sale for about three months. It has a path beside and behind it, a fairly large lot, and a bunch of trees. It's a single-family home, the area is quiet, and it looks pretty nice and well-kept from the outside. So why hasn't it sold?
I looked on the mls site, which allows you to search find all houses for sale in a given region in Canada. Houses like this one in this area are selling for around $330-350K. This particular house was listed at $420K, but the price has been dropped to $399K. The house itself is listed here. These pictures show a pretty nice house with the kinds of amenities you'd find in this area (well, the sauna is a little unusual, but some would say that it's a selling feature). It's a little expensive, but that shouldn't have necessarily stopped it from selling. There must be something that makes it worth the extra money.
The realtor has uploaded some additional photos for this house. They're here. I think the mystery is partly solved by careful perusal of these pictures. The first few photos show a nice house from the front and the entryway. The next couple show an underdecorated dining and living room. And then - whoa, what is that thing on the ceiling over the breakfast nook? Is that a real plant? That is some kind of decorating.
Compare that house to the ones here and here, which are in this same area. These ones are much nicer and haven't been for sale for nearly as long. They're also quite a bit cheaper and will probably sell pretty quickly.
My family doctor has taken me off the Duragesic patches because I'm getting blisters when I take the patch off. It isn't surprising that I'd have some reaction to the adhesive (I have trouble with adhesives), but blisters are really weird.
Anyways, he's now put me on Oxycodone (aka OxyContin), which is a time-release version of the narcotic ingredient in Percocet. I'll still be taking the Percocet as needed for breakthrough pain. So we'll see how this goes. I don't know what we'll try if the Oxycodone doesn't work, but I'm sure we'll try something.
I will be very, very happy when we finally figure out a set of painkillers that works and that doesn't have many side effects.
The biopsy has been scheduled for September 25, and I'm supposed to get the results from the oncologist on October 13. Does that seem like forever to anyone else? They're putting me in as routine and not urgent, which is really frustrating. Some people (like, say, me) might think that someone who's 37 and who's faced with a recurrence and possible bone mets should perhaps be considered a more urgent case. But perhaps I'm biased :) Or maybe the hospital needs a third classification - so they could have "urgent" (for those people who are in dire need of the service, and who are in danger of dying), "routine" (including elective tests and people who are definitely not in danger of dying), and maybe something like "semi-urgent" (not in imminent danger of death but not elective or routine, either)?
My family doctor also said that if they don't get results from the new biopsy that we'll just go ahead and remove my ovaries. So we're most likely looking at the oophorectomy towards the end of October.
I went to my first Spirituality and Healing support group today. I knew one person from the previous group but I didn't know anyone else. All of the other people knew each other and had been participating in this group for years. At least one person had been going to the group for 5 years. Needless to say, that was a bit intimidating.
Each 6 week session has a theme, apparently (which is probably why people can take them for years and years), and this session's theme is Gratitude. It looks like the focus will be on being mindfully grateful for the good things that we each have.
I hope I like this group - I have some small reservations, because some of the people are a little over the top with the spirituality (although I did notice that those people tended to be very poetic). I don't know whether or not I believe in this spirituality thing that strongly. I think I don't disbelieve, so I guess I'm sort of neutral. I'll stick it out in the group for this session, and re-evaluate afterwards.
I picked Ian up from the airport today at the crazy hour of 6:45am. He enjoyed his trip - apparently they gambled a lot and stayed up really late and stuff. He ended up winning enough to cover some of his expenses, which is pretty good :) He brought me back a Borg teddy bear which is very cute.
Note to self: if you sleep all day, it can be hard to get to sleep at night. I did finally get to sleep, but it was much later than I would normally go to bed. And then I got up at a semi-reasonable time.
Needless to say, I didn't do so much today. I did do some sewing, but I certainly didn't finish anything. I want to be sure that I'm good and tired for bedtime because I'm picking Ian up from the airport tomorrow morning at 6:45am. Since I didn't nap all day and I'm quite tired, I should be able to get to sleep and get a good rest tonight.
Oh, and the orb spiders have returned. They're spiders that I've never seen anywhere except around here. They make really nice webs :) I took some pictures of one of them today; they're here.
Today was very quiet - I ended up sleeping most of the day. I did manage to get the interfacing ironed on to all of the pattern pieces. It worked out that every single piece except two needed interfacing, so it took almost two hours to get the pieces prepared. I'll start sewing tomorrow.
I'm now watching Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut. Donnie Darko is an awesome, if creepy, movie. It may not be the smartest thing for me to be watching this movie alone at night, of course :) I must say that the bunny freaks me out - it's the scariest bunny I've ever seen. I'm expecting the director's cut to be even better than the original.
The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal of Brokeback Mountain fame. It also stars Mary McDonnell as his mother. She's the president in the first new season of Battlestar Galactica (also an awesome series :). Drew Barrymore and Patrick Swayze also make appearances in the film.
My family doctor has put me on Duragesic 25 instead of the Tramacet. Duragesic is a 72 hour time release patch of Fentanyl, an opioid. So now we're finally into the narcotic pain relievers. I knew this was coming, but, well, I guess I was hoping to not have to do this.
It looks like the Duragesic I've got isn't going to be quite the right dose - the pain is still definitely there. My doctor also gave me more Percocet. I'm supposed to take it as needed for the pain and keep track of how much I'm taking so that we can tweak the dose of the Duragesic. I see him again next Wednesday.
The Duragesic is very powerful; so much so that people who aren't accustomed to opioids can't take it. There are very specific protocols for applying and disposing of the patch once it's used, because there have been recorded deaths of people who came into contact with the patch and who weren't accustomed to opioids. I'm a bit nervous about taking this drug along with the Percocet - I know how much Percocet I can handle, but not how much I can handle in combination with the Duragesic. Since Ian's going to Las Vegas tomorrow night, I've arranged for someone to check on me periodically for the next couple of days (normally Ian would do that). I'm sure I'll be fine, but I'd rather have this peace of mind while starting the new protocol.
I also talked to my doctor about the upcoming menopause. I have a family history of depression, and I've read that people with this kind of family history are more likely to experience a severe depression after the ovaries are removed. My doctor will be putting me on anti-depressants. He might wait until after the surgery, or he might start me on them next week. I think it might be better to start them before the surgery, to get them into my system. My doctor knows best about this, of course.
Maybe the pain isn't as under control as I thought it was. For the last few nights, I've either had trouble getting to sleep or I've been woken up by the pain. I've had the dubious pleasure of seeing 4am on each of these days, and that's not all that fun.
The pain seems to be getting a bit worse, especially on the right side. The Tramacet is still doing some good, but it isn't holding the pain back completely anymore unless I go over the toxic levels, which I'm not willing to do. I just haven't been able to get the pain completely under wraps today, and I even had to cancel a lunch because it hurt too much. As well, I'm having to take more Percocet than I should to control the bad pain in the middle of the night. These are signs that the pain is no longer well-controlled.
Fortunately, I'm seeing my family doctor tomorrow. Hopefully we can figure something out.
I was thinking about my winter hobbies today. Last year, I curled in two leagues and also took bellydancing. I could easily fit all of those hobbies into my schedule this fall. Part of me still wants to be able to do all that, but I think it might be better to not overload myself. Also, the fees for all of those activities are due in the next few weeks, and I've only got a guaranteed income for the next couple of weeks. If my long-term disability is approved, then I won't receive a payment until mid-October.
We went to see Wordplay today. It's a documentary about Will Shortz, the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle and the people who solve these puzzles. There are people that can solve the NYT crossword puzzle in 5 minutes! I can only solve the Monday and sometimes Tuesday puzzles. I can barely attempt the weekend puzzles, and these people can solve them in almost no time at all. The documentary focused on the annual crossword puzzle tournament held in Stamford, Connecticut each year. I guess people will compete at almost anything.
Then on the subway we saw a guy roll a joint, pop some pills, and prepare a needle, all in plain view of everyone on the subway car. I don't think I've ever seen such a blatant display in public. I think I'm glad I don't live in Toronto.
The pain is well under control now (not that I was going to let a little pain stop me from going tonight). | 2019-04-24T06:18:30 | http://blog.tellean.net/2006/09/ |
0.999998 | How are hand conditions diagnosed?
Arthrography - a contrast dye is injected into the hand to allow for better visualization of the joints on x-ray.
Bone scintigraphy - a dye is injected into a vein and images are obtained to show the distribution of activity of the dye in various tissues and structures. The study is usually conducted in phases, with images of the hand taken at different times after the injection of the dye.
Computed tomography scan (also called a CT or CAT scan) - a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a combination of x-rays and computer technology to produce both horizontal and vertical cross-sectional images (often called slices) of the body. A CT scan shows detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, fat, and organs. CT scans are more detailed than general x-rays.
Electromyogram (EMG) - a test that measures the electrical activity of a muscle or a group of muscles. An EMG can detect abnormal electrical muscle activity due to diseases and neuromuscular conditions.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - a diagnostic procedure that uses a combination of large magnets, radiofrequencies, and a computer to produce detailed images of organs and structures within the body; allows for visualization of the tendons, ligaments, vessels, and nerves in the hand.
Ultrasound (also called sonography) - a diagnostic imaging technique which uses high-frequency sound waves and a computer to create images of blood vessels, tissues, and organs. Ultrasounds are used to view internal organs as they function, and to assess blood flow through various vessels. In the hand, ultrasound is useful for locating fluid collections, such as cysts.
Video fluoroscopy - a diagnostic test that allows visual examination of the movement of the hand that can be recorded on a video for repeated viewing. A fluoroscope is a device that takes an x-ray and allows for immediate projection of the image on a screen for examination.
X-ray - a diagnostic test which uses invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film. | 2019-04-23T06:14:38 | https://www.mydochub.com/conditions/diagnosing-hand-conditions |
0.999653 | Digital transformation is the strategic adoption of digital technologies, such as a digital workspace, to improve processes and productivity, manage business risk and improve customer service. Modern digital transformation strategies leverage increasingly sophisticated solutions to replace simpler digital technologies. Today, businesses implement these strategies to improve productivity, control costs and increase an organization's value.
Importantly, digital transformation represents a universe of solutions and processes; an effective transformation strategy is a tailored fit for each unique organization. To remain competitive in the modern business landscape, digital transformation is a necessity. Few organizations can stand the test of time without a plan to strategically adopt beneficial technologies.
At the end of the 20th century, digital transformation was a much more literal term. Businesses digitized processes that were once analog in nature. Over the years, a number of common business solutions were updated to fit in an increasingly technology-driven world. With every new innovation, the pace of change became more rapid. The rate companies are able to adopt new technologies directly impacts its ability to compete within the global marketplace. The fact that the global economy has become more tightly knit in recent decades is also a result of digital transformation.
After the turn of the millennium, businesses began to look at digital transformation not as a one-time event, but as an ongoing strategy. The rate of change is simply too fast to allow for periods of rest. Like a shark in the water, companies must keep moving forward to survive. Stakeholders must be vigilant about their adoption of new technologies. Keeping up with the global market requires not only a strategic mindset, but also a deep understanding of economic realities. Investments in the wrong technologies could be disastrous for an organization. Therefore, stakeholders must find a balance between a desire for bleeding edge technology and the stability of known systems.
What are examples of successful digital transformation strategies?
One of the most well-known examples of a digital transformation success story is the battle for in-home movie rentals. When Netflix was founded in 1997, it was up against a behemoth of a competitor: Blockbuster. Founded in 1985, the Blockbuster organization was not prepared to compete with a digital rival. When Netflix's DVD-by-mail service launched, Blockbuster had no way to compete in that space. In fact, it took the company seven years to establish its own DVD-by-mail service offerings.
Netflix proved to be the more agile of the two companies, offering digital streaming while its competitor was still struggling to monetize its rental-by-mail service. The speed with which Netflix was able to offer new digital solutions to its customers was a key ingredient in the company's lasting success.
In the retail space, national brands like Walmart and Target have adopted digital transformation strategies to extend their online reach and compete with another giant of the digital revolution: Amazon. Walmart and Target were able to leverage their existing brick-and-mortar stores as convenient pickup and shipping points for customers who prefer to shop online. These brands now operate massive ecommerce operations that not only supplement revenue from in-store shoppers, but also extend each brand's reach into areas with less competition.
What are the common challenges of digital transformation?
Company stakeholders understand that digital transformation is critical to their organizations' continued success; however, the implementation phase is never without a few roadblocks. The first challenge is to identify which existing technology investments are in need of replacement, the second is to determine which new solutions will generate the most value. Finally, stakeholders deploy the solutions. This critical stage may take several weeks or months to complete, depending on the scale of the transformation.
The most common barrier to working toward an improved digital strategy is money. If an organization does not properly research and budget for new technologies, it could run into problems during the implementation phase. For example, a business that wants to move its internal data center to a cloud may not realize that a hybrid solution is a better fit, compared to a strictly public cloud. Failing to understand this reality before the budget becomes finalized could slow down the entire project at a crucial juncture.
Businesses in the digital age depend on a complex structure of technologies to maintain productivity and operational efficiency. Often, legacy technology cannot be replaced until an underlying technology has been updated. For example, deploying a new application to global branches could take weeks if the organization's network management relies on traditional hardware-defined protocols. Companies at scale may see better results if they first deploy an SD-WAN solution before attempting to deploy a new application across the globe.
To overcome this challenge, business decision makers require a deep understanding of their organization's existing technology infrastructure. Failure to grasp the current system's limitations could make future technology implementations slow or impossible.
Any business transformation, digital or otherwise, is more likely to succeed when leadership is engaged. Engagement should not be limited to simply signing off on the project, but rather should extend to active participation. Stakeholders must take on active roles in the deployment of new digital solutions to ensure the investment is a success.
For instance, imagine a company has partnered with a financial institution to deploy a virtual credit card solution. If the goal of the solution is to encourage spending that adheres to the company's established policies and procedures, everyone needs to participate. C-suite leadership needs to understand why the company is moving to a virtual payment system, and then take steps to follow the new protocols. When everyone is on the same page and invested in the success of the transformation program, tangible results are more likely.
When leaders implement a new piece of technology without engaging the people who actually use the solution on a daily basis, they risk investing in a tool that does not actually meet the company's needs. Leaders require insight into end-user experiences to ensure that the solution works properly and does not introduce new challenges.
During the early stages of a new investment, decision makers should ask employees about their experiences with the existing system and get insights into how the process could be improved. Then, during the implementation of the new solution, stakeholders should continue to solicit feedback from the people who actively use the technology. Over time, the insights gained from this feedback loop will aid additional transformations, contributing to a cycle of continued improvement.
Companies that partner with a technology consultant will be better prepared to overcome any unforeseen hurdles during a digital transformation project. The more insights and data that can be collected ahead of time, the better prepared everyone will be to implement new solutions on schedule and within budget.
Users also are confronted with having a fragmented experience. For example, users may need to access their files from multiple repositories some of which are stored on-prem while other data might reside in public or private clouds. Additionally, with a distributed app environment, many users find themselves having to remember more logins and passwords. Also, with more SaaS apps, slow Internet connections result in poor user experiences particularly for users in remote branch offices.
Traditional approaches to security and management are no longer sufficient as users are more mobile, and applications as well ad data is distributed in a digital world. One of the first challenges faced by IT is enabling common access controls regardless of where applications are hosted. Cloud-hosted SaaS services in particular introduce security challenges as SaaS apps are often no longer within IT’s control. A heterogeneous environment of endpoints combined with frequency of OS and application updates break legacy client management processes and tools.
What are examples of modern digital transformation strategies?
Today, digital transformation strategies look at existing technologies and seek to introduce increasingly complex solutions. Rather than switching from the analog to the digital, companies today are constantly on the lookout for more sophisticated ways to achieve their business objectives. Leading organizations find that they can gain control of their digital transformation journey with a few key strategies that is centered on the user.
As society becomes increasingly digitized, mobility grows in importance. Not only do consumers spend several hours a day on mobile devices, but also individuals in the business world are tied to smartphones, tablets and laptops. Agile companies need mobile solutions that do not diminish the user experience when compared to desktop applications. Modern users expect comparable experiences across channels.
Many digital transformation projects take mobility as a central theme. Broadening end-user experiences to include mobile platforms is essential for the modern enterprise. Across industries, companies take advantage of mobile capabilities to increase productivity, enhance operational efficiencies and improve satisfaction rates.
Effective digital transformation projects can support an organization's commitment to data security. Stakeholders must understand, however, that a new solution is not more secure by default. Instead, leaders must take into consideration the various security concerns that come with each new project.
For instance, any transformation projects that leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) will necessarily introduce more potential for a security breach - but this is not to say that IoT is inherently less secure than traditional implementations. IoT projects involve a number of entry points, like connected sensors. These assets could create productivity improvements for the organization, but they also require a new security policy to ensure that the risk of a breach is kept to a minimum.
Security should also be a top concern for any transformation project involving big data analytics. Taking into consideration any relevant data sovereignty responsibilities, stakeholders must be vigilant about protecting user information, especially when entrusted with large quantities of sensitive information. Globally, companies may be subject to a number of international privacy laws. These should be reflected in any transformation strategy.
Technology leaders have discovered that user experience is an integral part of a solution's success. Business decision makers are beginning to adopt new technologies not only for their functionality, but also for their ability to enhance worker productivity through simpler interfaces and more intuitive interactions.
Enterprise applications with cumbersome user interfaces can make work more difficult for employees, even if the backend is efficient. For example, when Deloitte audited one of its enterprise resource planning applicants, stakeholders discovered it took 36 steps for an employee to request a purchase. The organization streamlined the process by overhauling the user interface. As a result, worker productivity increased by 300 percent and training time was reduced by 55 percent. Digital transformation is possible at every level, not only with backend functionality.
Who is responsible for Digital Transformation?
In most organizations, the responsibility of digital transformation falls upon the chief information officer. Some global organizations have created a new title, chief digital officer, to exclusively handle transformation projects. However, there's little distinction between these two roles and in most cases the two positions work in tandem to identify opportunities for new technology.
Experienced CIOs will have an understanding of their organizations' current suite of technology, which helps them to pinpoint which new solutions will best help their enterprise succeed. Most large digital transformation projects will require input from several stakeholders, including the chief financial officer and chief operations officer. Projects involving user data will likely need the input of the legal department to ensure necessary compliance measures are met and risk is kept to a minimum.
Today, many digital transformation projects revolve around emerging artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. These solutions enhance the abilities of human workers, often reducing the amount of menial work humans have to do, allowing them to focus on complex problem solving.
AI/ML solutions encompass a large number of unique solutions. At a basic level, chatbots represent a simple AI technology that can make teams more productive. At the other end of the spectrum, a big data analytics solution can sift through massive amounts of data to spot patterns and suggest future improvements. Data sets that would take a human years to comb through can be processed by an algorithm in a short period of time, significantly speeding up the organization's ability to act on emerging insights.
Digital transformation is a concept that will only grow more complex over time. As old technologies get replaced with more sophisticated solutions, future breakthroughs will be ever more complicated. Stakeholders must understand that complex functionality must be paired with a streamlined user experience to be maximally effective.
As technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain become more commonplace, the pace of transformation is likely to speed up rather than to slow down. Digital transformation is no longer a one-off project, but rather a continual process, which must be managed in a strategic manner. At the enterprise level, transformation activities should be systematic and measured.
Learn how Citrix is leading digital transformation with digital workspace solutions. | 2019-04-23T04:23:58 | https://www.citrix.co.kr/glossary/what-is-digital-transformation.html |
0.999999 | 在示范段落 1-1，主题句是： We all know that cigarette smoking is a dangerous habit because it causes health problems.
结论句是： It is clearly identified as one of the chief causes of death in our society.
在上述示范段落中，隐含的问题是“What are the health problems caused by cigarette smoking？”结论句作出的回答是 It is identified as one of the chief cause of death in our society.
Our neighborhood has been greatly changed. When I last visited there， about half the homes had been torn down to make way for a superhighway. The remaining buildings were plastered with billboards and surrounded by traffic signs and litter. Now the whole neighborhood has become dirty， noisy and full of cars.
主题句： Our neighborhood has been changed.
结论句： Now the whole neighborhood has become dirty， noisy andfull of cars.
Directions：Read the following paragraph.Find out the topic sentence and the concluding sentence， and rearrange the details so that the paragraph will make sense.
① In less than three years the farm had gone to pieces.②All the windows had been broken out of the big two-story farm house.③In the front of the house the grass was about three feet tall andthe barn yard was full of weeds instead of pigs squealing to be fed.④There were no more cows to milk or horses to ride.⑤My grandmother’s farm has a lot of enjoyable memories for me，but after she died， I left home to join the army and when I returned，I was disappointed at the changes that had taken place.⑥ Paint was peeling off the house and the porch roof was sagging.⑦ Lively as the place had been before my grandmother died， it seemed to have died with her now.⑧This farm had once been lively with the noise of a tractor plowing the land and a dog barking whenever someone came up to the house.
Directions： Read the following paragraphs and underline the topic sentence of each. Then write your own concluding sentence to complete each paragraph.
Pollution has caused three major problems in the last decades.First， with the development of industry， more and more factories have been built and have sent out smoke and poisonous gases.Thus the air is polluted. The increasing number of cars adds to the air pollution. Second， farmers use chemical fertilizers to increase production and insecticide to kill insects. When rain flows with these poisonous chemicals to rivers， water is polluted. A third formof pollution， noise， is becoming more and more serious. Very loud noises can make people sick， and even drive them mad. | 2019-04-24T06:59:13 | http://www.pnstudy.com/archives/1647 |
0.998471 | Quiffs and Collars, Fops or Fighters?
Article from the Express & Star Newspaper.
It is over 50 years since Edwardian jackets, drainpipe trousers and DA hairstyles suddenly appeared on England’s streets.
Peter Rhodes recalls the rise and fall of the Teddy Boys.
Look around at the old blokes in the pub or the pensioners in the post-office queue. What were they doing 50 years ago?
It's a fair bet that some of them were pulling on stylish Edwardian coats and drainpipe trousers a night-and maybe a fight-in town. Half a century ago the Teddy Boy's emerged in England. But with hindsight, do you remember them fondly. or think of the darker side?
While everyone remembers the flashy clothes and Rock 'n' Roll dance sessions, Teddy Boys were also implicated in the first racial attacks and full-racial riots seen in Britain.
The BBC recorded the 50th anniversary at the weekend in Ready Teddy (Radio 4). Ray Gosling, who claims to be one of Britain's first Teddy Boys, took a nostalgic trip to his home town of Northampton.
He met the barber who gave him his first quiff and met Johnny Facer who he called the king of the Teds. He recalls how the Teds marked the gradual end of the austere world of post-war rationing. But Gosling is also big enough to accept that those working-class dandies were no angels. Ted's and trouble seemed to go together. In February 1957, a group of Teddy Boys posed peacefully for the Express & Star, prompting the newspaper to comment "not everyone who wears Edwardian clothes is a delinquent." Yet before long the trail of street fights, wrecked cinemas, juke boxes and milk bars horrified Middle England.
In 1958,the infamous Notting Hill race riots kicked off with attacks on black people by Teddy Boys associated with the fascist British Union. The Express & Star reported on April 6,1959 that 30 teddy Boys had attacked a group of black men outside the Pavilion dance hall in High Street, Blackheath. The incident was described as the town's "first racial street fight".
In 1961 hundreds of recruits from RAF Cosford marched to a dance hall in Albrighton after Teds beat up two of their comrades. Local police defused the situation by promptly arresting the teds.
The Teddy Boy phenomenon first hit the headlines in London in March 1954 in a court case at Dartford. Someone had pulled the communication cord on a late-night train. When police arrived they arrested a gang dressed in Edwardian suits. A magistrate sneered at the Ted's clothes: "They are ridiculous in the eyes of ordinary people. They are flashy, cheap and nasty and stamp the wearer as a particularly undesirable type." But the Teddy Boy myth was born. In August 1954 the first 'Best Dressed Ted' contest was held on Canvey Island.
The Teds' fashion had curious origins. After the Second World war, some gays in London began wearing long Edwardian jackets with velvet collars. The trend was taken up by young upper-class officers in the Gaurds to reflect a longing for the lost grandeur of Edwardian England.The style quickly moved downmarket into working-class London and then into the provinces. Hairstyles changed overnight. Out went the traditional short back and sides. In came the Brylcreemed quiff with the hair cut into a DA (ducks a***) at the back.
The Ted style may have started in tribute to Edwardian England but the Teds quickly adapted their look to the Wild west, as seen in a host of post-war movies.
Narrow ties gave way to bootlace ties, held together, Texas style, with a crossbones or a dollar-sign medallion. Teddy Girls wore tight waisted skirts over massive net petticoats, topped off with beehive hairdos. But the Teds looked smart on the outside, those carvernous frock pockets might contain anything from a flick knife to a bike chain.
For thousands of lads,being a Teddy Boy was a rite of passage for years between adolescence and National Service and whatever fate in store in Cyprus, Malaya or Suez. They may have been the terror of the milk bars and dance halls but once inside an army camp, the hardest Ted was broken by ferocious NCO's. Quiffs that took years to produce fell in a matter of seconds to the base barber's clippers. The process reduced many Teds to tears.
By the mid-60s the last Teddy Boys to complete National Service came home to find the world had changed utterly. Mods and Rockers were scrapping on the seafront at Clacton and Teddy Boys passed into history. | 2019-04-26T11:54:54 | http://www.edwardianteddyboy.com/page23.htm |
0.998352 | Can you recommend a grass that does not need mowing? It's a question posed perennially to turfgrass professionals, and the answer is "no," unless you desire a meadow instead of a lawn. Although some new turfgrass cultivars do grow to lower maximum heights, they all require some mowing if you wish to maintain them as typical turf.
Fast growth, though it often results in more mowing, is beneficial because it allows turf to become established, to spread and recover quickly from injury. However, growth habit is as important as growth rate, and both affect your choice of species and maintenance practices for a particular site.
For example, turf that will receive heavy wear, such as a sports field, should consist of types that spread quickly to fill in worn areas. Turf that must be mowed at low heights, putting greens being the extreme, must consist of grasses that tolerate close clipping.
When a turfgrass grows is as important as how fast it grows. Cool-season species grow quickly in spring and fall, but slowly in summer. Warm-season species grow best in hot weather. The conditions that predominate in your region affect your choice of species.
Growth rate factors Turfgrass growth rates involve many variables (see Table 1, page 30). Genetics determines potential growth rates and interacts with the environment and cultural practices to produce the actual growth rate. Conditions being equal, some turfgrasses are inherently (genetically) faster growing than others, even different varieties of the same species. Conversely, the same variety will grow at varying rates in varying conditions.
Grasses grow with one of two basic forms, or habits. Stolons (aboveground spreading stems) and rhizomes (belowground spreading stems) allow grass plants to spread horizontally. Grasses that grow via stolons or rhizomes are termed spreading grasses.
Other grasses lack stolons and rhizomes. These grasses grow in slowly expanding bunches and are termed bunch-type grasses. All major warm-season turfgrasses are spreading types, as are bentgrasses and bluegrasses. Most fescues and ryegrasses are bunch-type species.
Growth habit affects optimal mowing height. Bunch-type grasses grow upright and tend to perform better with higher cutting heights than spreading grasses. Also, finer-leaved grasses (for example, bentgrasses) usually tolerate closer mowing than coarser-leaved grasses (such as tall fescue).
Thus, you'll see putting greens-the most closely mowed turf-usually consist of creeping bentgrass or hybrid bermudagrass, which both are fine-leaved, spreading grasses. St. Augustinegrass, a very coarse-leaved species, and tall fescue, a moderately coarse bunch-type grass, do best when maintained at high mowing heights.
Examine the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) data for more complete information on which grass species and cultivars grow best at various cutting heights. NTEP provides extensive cultivar information on its website at www.ntep.org.
1. Environmental conditions. Environmental conditions play a major role in determining growth rates and also can affect growth habit. Temperature, available moisture and available light are some of the most important environmental factors that affect growth.
* Temperature. Cool-season grasses grow most rapidly in spring, followed by another growth flush in fall. Temperatures of 60 to 75 degrees F promote the greatest development, while above 85 degrees F, growth drops off. An exception is tall fescue, which tolerates heat better than the other cool-season turfgrasses. As long as temperatures are above 40 degrees F, it is possible for cool-season grasses to produce some growth.
Warm-season turfgrasses begin growth at 65 degrees F, thriving best in the 85 to 95-degree F range. Some species can continue to grow at temperatures as high as 110 degrees F. Below 55 degrees F, warm-season grasses generally cease active growth and may go into dormancy.
* Water. As a rule of thumb, most turfgrasses need about 1 inch of water per week in the warm season. During stressful periods, you should increase water by an additional 0.5 to 1.0 inch per week, or consider allowing the grass to go dormant (if it is a species that tolerates dormancy).
Soil quality relates to water availability. Adequate retention of rain or irrigation water is necessary for the best growth rates. Loamy soils provide good water retention while maintaining adequate porosity and aeration. You can amend heavy or sandy soils with organic matter for more optimal soil quality.
* Temperature. Turfgrass grows most rapidly in full sun. In shade, you should raise mowing heights as much as 50 percent to compensate for the more upright growth that grasses produce in low light. This not only improves the appearance; it allows the grass plants to retain more photosynthetic leaf area, a critical factor in shaded areas. Grasses poorly adapted to shade or mown too low will weaken and eventually die.
2. Cultural factors. Cultural factors that affect growth rates include fertilization (rates and timing), pH adjustments, aerification and de-thatching.
Fertilizing, liming, aerating and controlling thatch promote turfgrass growth. Just remember that more is not always better. Fertility should match the needs of the turf. Too much fertility can produce excessive growth that requires frequent mowing and ultimately can weaken the turf. You should lime turf if needed, but first test your soil to find out. Aeration should be a regular part of your maintenance program, but other measures such as vertical mowing or power raking may be necessary as well, depending on the turf.
Mowing within the proper range for each species promotes tillering and yields a denser turf. To a point, higher mowing heights favor turf growth and health. However, excessively high cutting heights may decrease density. Conversely, mowing too low reduces food production and storage, and rooting, which can lead to a host of secondary problems.
In mixed stands, mowing frequency should match the grass with the fastest growth rate. This will not harm the slower growing turfgrass in the mix.
All the above factors-environmental and cultural-interact to affect turfgrass growth rates. Prudent turf managers alter their cultural practices to compensate for less-than-ideal environmental factors. For example, during the heat of the summer, grass growth rates slow. You should then raise mowing heights to reduce stress to the turf and promote rooting. The combination of slow growth and higher mowing heights greatly reduces mowing frequencies of cool-season grasses, compared with spring and fall periods. In drought conditions, growth may cease altogether, sending the plants into dormancy (and seriously cutting into mowing revenues of lawn-care operators).
Table 2 (page 32) lists relative growth rates and habits of major turfgrass species, as well as typical mowing heights and frequencies. Mowing intervals vary according to the height of cut you use and environmental and cultural conditions, so it's hard to be more specific.
Golf course and athletic field managers tend to maintain turf at lower heights, while higher heights are more typical for home lawns and parks. As a general rule, you should choose mowing heights and frequencies to ensure that no more than one-third of the leaf surface is removed in a single mowing. Short mowing heights mean that mowing frequency must increase to adhere to the "one-third rule."
Cool-season turfgrasses * Bluegrasses. Bluegrasses generally spread rapidly, via rhizomes in the case of Kentucky bluegrass or stolons with roughstalk bluegrass. Most grow best when you mow them at heights greater than 1 inch. Cool, moist summers favor these species, with roughstalk bluegrass best suited for wet, shaded conditions. Under extreme heat, the sun-loving Kentucky bluegrass will only grow slowly, even with irrigation.
Some new cultivars of Kentucky bluegrass tolerate cutting as low as 0.5 to 0.75 inch. Breeders have selected these new cultivars for their low growth habit, which allows them to better tolerate closer mowing.
* Fine fescues. The growth rates of fine fescues vary. Creeping red fescue spreads fastest within this group, doing so via rhizomes. Chewings, hard and sheep fescues exhibit bunch-type growth, so they don't spread as much as creeping red fescue.
All fine fescues grow upright, with preferred mowing heights between 1.5 and 2.5 inches. These species grow well in cool summers and high altitudes, as well as cold and arid climates. Fine fescues grow slower than bluegrasses or ryegrasses, allowing for somewhat longer mowing intervals.
Among the cool-season grasses, fine fescues exhibit superior shade tolerance. Nevertheless, in these conditions growth is slower, more upright and more stretched out. Therefore, you should use a higher mowing height for fine fescues in shaded areas.
Unmowed fine fescues produce a meadow-like appearance with the tanned seedheads and unmowed blades. They reach full height by mid-summer. You should mow fescues grown in this manner once or twice a year to stimulate new growth.
Some cultivars of Chewings fescue tolerate mowing as short as 3/16 inch. Because of this ability, these cultivars are occasionally used for overseeding dormant bermudagrass greens.
* Ryegrasses. Annual and perennial ryegrass, known for their rapid germination, spread minimally by tillers, but exhibit rapid vertical growth. Perennial ryegrass mowing heights vary greatly, depending on the cultivar and the site needs. For example, some cultivars with low-growing crowns may tolerate mowing at 0.75 inch or less. In fact, perennial ryegrass is frequently used to overseed dormant bermudagrass putting greens. Mild winters and cool, moist summers favor the most rapid growth with this species.
* Tall fescue. Like perennial ryegrass, tall fescue grows vertically much faster than it spreads horizontally. A few cultivars have short rhizomes that aid horizontal spread. The greatest growth rates occur with moderate winters and warm summers, the conditions to which this species is best adapted. Thus, tall fescue performs well in the Transition Zone. Dwarf or semi-dwarf tall fescue cultivars require less mowing than their non-dwarf counterparts.
* Bentgrasses. Bentgrasses include creeping, colonial and velvet bents. Generally, creeping bentgrass spreads faster than velvet bentgrass, which spreads faster than colonial bentgrass. In my experience, however, velvet bentgrass may be more competitive in the long term than creeping bentgrass.
Stolons are the means of spread for creeping and velvet bentgrass. Weak stolons and rhizomes keep colonial bentgrass's growth at a slower pace, such that it behaves somewhat like bunch-type grass. The more upright growth habit of colonial requires higher mowing heights than are desirable for creeping or velvet bentgrasses, which are well-suited to greens heights. Some of the newer greens-only creeping bentgrasses require mowing heights of 1/8 inch or less to perform optimally.
Warm-season turfgrasses * Bermudagrass. Dense, low-growing bermudagrasses spread rapidly from stolons and rhizomes. Hybrid bermudagrasses grow at lower heights than "common" bermudagrass cultivars. This permits use of the hybrids on close-cut golf greens. Two relatively new bermudagrass cultivars thrive under extremely close mowing. 'FloraDwarf' grows to only about 0.3 inch even when unmowed and will tolerate mowing as low as 3/16 inch. 'TifEagle' requires mowing at least down to 1/8 inch daily, but can be cut as short as 1/16 inch and mowed two to three times daily.
Common bermudagrasses for home lawns grow more upright and necessitate mowing between 1 to 2 inches. Hot, humid summers promote the most rapid growth of bermudagrasses. Growth continues at temperatures as high as 110 degrees F. Shade tolerance is poor, however, and adequate growth is unlikely to occur in less than full sun.
* Buffalograss. Buffalograss tolerates low soil moisture well. This makes it a suitable species for low-maintenance sites. It spreads rapidly by stolons and reaches a maximum height of 4 to 6 inches. This species tolerates lower mowing heights if you wish to give it a finer appearance, and it requires less frequent mowing than bermudagrass.
* Centipedegrass. Centipedegrass grows rather slowly despite having stolons. Even though optimum mowing heights range from 1 to 2 inches, the slow growth keeps mowing frequency to every 10 to 14 days during active growth periods. Unmowed, heights rarely top 4 inches. Centipedegrass continues growing at temperatures as high as 100 degrees F.
* St. Augustinegrass. This species spreads fairly rapidly by stolons. Due to the coarse nature of this grass, preferred mowing heights are 3 to 4 inches, although some of the newer, lower-growing cultivars may be mown as low as 0.75 inch. However, I caution against lower heights because stands become thin as mowing heights decrease. Even cultivars that tolerate lower heights will do better at 1.5 inches or higher.
* Zoysiagrass. Many people associate zoysiagrass with slow growth, which is true of some older cultivars such as 'Meyer'. However, certain newer cultivars exhibit dramatically faster growth rates. With rhizomes and stolons, I have seen some types spread laterally as much as 4 feet from the original plug in one season. Finer-textured zoysiagrasses tend to have relatively low maximum heights, even though some still exhibit vigorous horizontal spread. Zoysiagrasses vary widely in their shade tolerance, but all grow slower in less than full sun. Zoysias continue growing to temperatures of 100 degrees F and, like other warm-season species, go dormant at temperatures less than 55 degrees F. Of all the warm-season grasses, zoysiagrasses and buffalograss survive the coldest winter temperatures, though considerable variation exists among varieties.
Many factors-genetic, environmental and cultural-affect turfgrass growth and development. While some factors are beyond your control, selecting suitable species and cultivars and using proper cultural practices will help you achieve the most vigorous turf possible.
Dr. Bridget Ruemmele is associate professor of turfgrass science at the University of Rhode Island (Kingston, R.I.). | 2019-04-23T05:09:15 | http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_watching_grass_grow/ |
0.999976 | Critical Section - Are You a Bright?
Are you a bright? Do you know what the question is asking?
These days "bright" is like "gay", an ordinary noun pressed into service to paper over an earlier, less-flattering term. Being a gay sounds better than being a homosexual, more normal, less scientific, more acceptable. And being a bright sounds better than being an atheist or agnostic for the same reasons. A significant number of people are coming "out of the closet" and admitting they are brights.
Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett are brights. They just happen to be two of my very favorite authors, philosophers, avowed Darwinists, and opposed to mysticism in any form.
Dawkins: "Brights constitute 60% of American scientists, and a stunning 93% of those scientists good enough to be elected to the elite National Academy of Sciences (equivalent to Fellows of the Royal Society) are brights. Look on the bright side: though at present they can't admit it and get elected, the US Congress must be full of closet brights. As with gays, the more brights come out, the easier it will be for yet more brights to do so. People reluctant to use the word atheist might be happy to come out as a bright."
Dennett: "If you're a bright, what can you do? First, we can be a powerful force in American political life if we simply identify ourselves. (The founding brights maintain a Web site on which you can stand up and be counted.) I appreciate, however, that while coming out of the closet was easy for an academic like me - or for my colleague Richard Dawkins, who has issued a similar call in England - in some parts of the country admitting you're a bright could lead to social calamity. So please: no 'outing'."
Yeah, I'm a bright. I believe in a naturalistic world view. I believe everything can be explained rationally, logically, and scientifically, without resort to "magic". (Arthur C. Clarke famously noted "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". I would add, "any sufficiently complex scientific process is indistinguishable from magic".) I am excited by science, the relentless pursuit of truth, piling fact upon fact, testing hypothesis, gradually revealing underlying simplicity, building understanding.
So, I'm a bright. Does this mean I don't believe in God? The quick answer is no, it doesn't mean that. The slow answer is a question; "what do you mean by God"? If you mean a Judeo-Christian God, no, I don't believe in that God. If you mean a Muslim Allah, or the concept of Buddha, no, sorry, not for me. Those Gods are concepts invented by people thousands of years ago to explain the unexplainable. My world view doesn't require a God to explain anything. But my world view does have room for spirituality, for feelings, for emotion. For beauty. For symmetry. For simplicity and elegance. For science. That is my god (and it doesn't require a capital letter, either).
For some, replacing an all-powerful, all-good, all-knowing, all-everything deity with "mere" science is horrible. That's okay, I don't ask anyone to think as I do, and I can accept that your reality (as perceived by you) is different from my reality. But for me, I can't imagine anything more beautiful. | 2019-04-20T09:08:07 | http://www.w-uh.com/posts/030910-are_you_bright.html |
0.997325 | It's the second last day of the year, the last day of work for the year and hence the last day I have internet access for the year and I have been reflecting.
Mostly on how little I have written in this blog despite last year's best intentions.
It's the taking photos, then the editing, then the writing, the adding all the links, it all gets a bit too hard. But I'm not giving up quite yet.
I have made a lot of things in the past year, including some that I am very proud of - two pairs of jeans. I had never made a dress until 12 months ago and now I have made seven.
I have also joined real-life sewing group (possibly the reason for less blogging?) this year and met a lot of lovely people who speak the special language of sewing.
The first was a Grainline Alder - basically just a lengthened sleeveless shirt.
This was the second and I bought the silk, a lovely Autumn floral pattern, from Tessuti when they had their In Season silk competition, when the silk was on sale for $20/metre, to make a dress to wear to an April wedding.
I had the pattern, Vogue 8241, bought for $5 during a very rare Spotlight pattern sale.
I bought the silk in plenty of time, I shopped for lining and matching thread. I carefully traced the pattern. I made a calico toile two weeks out from the wedding and created a dart fix the gaping armhole at the front, then traced my changes back onto the pattern.
And then I had a fit of lethargy in the week before the wedding and didn't start cutting out and sewing until the Friday after work, for the 1pm Saturday wedding the next day.
I got it done, just in the nick of time. Was madly hemming at 11am when a friend called to see if I could pick him up early, so he could collect a missing part of his suit (I think the waistcoat, or maybe the tie) on the way to the church. I texted back 'sure' and hit the pedal at top speed. Did my makeup in record time then threw myself in the car with a plastic lunchbox of toast and peanut butter (I hadn't eaten all morning and it was a Catholic service). Then drove through and around and across the city as it started to rain.
We both made it, well on time and all correctly attired.
What can I say about this dress? Despite the vogue brand and the slinky lady on the envelope, this is a very basic sleeveless dress with an elastic waist. The armholes gape and you might need a dart or a gathering stitch around the armhole. The armscye is also cut in which looks nice but can lead to bra-straps popping out.
The pattern included the odd direction, which I didn't follow, to cut the waist elastic to your waist measurement plus two inches. How is that supposed to work? It wouldn't gather would it, or nip the waist in at all? My elastic is quite a bit shorter than my waist measurement.
I learned that silk is nothing to be scared of and fairly straightforward to sew. It also irons well but does not crease much with wear and has a lovely texture.
I did enter in the Tessuti comp, didn't win (there were some truly gorgeous dresses in the comp, this one was my favourite) but I'm happy just to have made it. I have worn it twice since, once out to dinner and recently to my work Christmas lunch. It's a good dress.
Lining: about $20 I think, from Fabulous Fabrics. | 2019-04-20T07:07:30 | https://houndstoothcheck.blogspot.com/2016/12/wedding-flowers.html |
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0.995341 | The Problem with "Just Fun"
So if we want truth in games, our task is to integrate rules into game systems so that they reveal something truthful about how the world works. Before we explore how to craft rules in this way, it is useful first to recognize how current design trends have caused truth in games to be obscured.
The problem is not that games are lacking truth; in fact, many popular games and mechanics already derive their fun from underlying truths.
Take for example everyone's favorite gaming trope: the health bar representing a value ranging from 0 to 100. By representing health as a simple, quantifiable number, designers have allowed players of all ages to build metaphors that help them understand a basic yet important concept: survival.
Interactions with a health bar show us that our health can deteriorate, that we can heal over time if we allow ourselves to rest after damage is taken, that sustaining enough damage can lead to death, etc.
Survival is a fundamental concept all humans have to master, though modern advances have thankfully made these lessons less immediately applicable to our everyday lives.
The trouble here is two-fold. At an industry level, it seems we only make games about survival. The primary genre of survival games, the shooter, sees hundreds of new entries released each year and at the core of each is some sort of simple health metaphor.
Occasionally new games come along that define new health paradigms, and some of those even shed light onto more subtle truths about survival (for example, compare Metal Gear Solid 1 to MGS3; each explores survival, but the latter explores an array of more detailed truths by allowing players to damage and heal individual limbs).
But ultimately these games end up exploring the same narrow band of truth, making the industry as a whole look uninspired and adolescent by comparison to other popular art forms. We could be exploring a broader set of truths.
This copycat approach has led designers to create games with truths that are largely indiscernible or incoherent. Like a non sequitur joke that breaks a scene in improvisational comedy, this new mishmash of game rules may sustain an initial burst of enjoyment, but it breaks down any sort of discernable metaphor that might be being built in the player's mind.
The player is entertained by the novelty of the new interaction, but they walk away from the experience with a disparate set of new understandings that have little utility outside of the game itself.
1. Understand the truths in your game, by drawing inspiration from your unique life experiences and not solely from other games.
2. Intentionally focus and simplify the systems that make up your games, to enable players to discover the meaningful metaphors they contain.
So how do we accomplish this? How do we encode a truth into a game, and how do we structure our experience so that players notice? Thankfully, there are already games and designers we can examine to help us understand how to build a game from the truth-up. | 2019-04-21T20:31:17 | https://gamasutra.com/view/feature/132651/truth_in_game_design.php?page=2 |
0.999999 | The use of "archive" has been attracting attention for a long while.
An archive is a record that implies more than a record of an event.
In the art industry, a huge amount was recorded because the cost of the record media decreased.
And it is dead without being utilized.
Of course, it is not impossible to search arbitrary records later by retrieving data based on some significant features, but the burden of such accesses is unexpectedly heavy. And by the time we get there, there is often one tag attached to the data. It is a category that is distinguished from the present = "Record of the past". In other words, the distance between us and the present is born.
What should we think of this distance?
Is this distance really the right one?
If this question is invalid, can there be another option?
For example, is there no way to connect and generate the archive now?
Here are two attempts to introduce.
As a filmmaker, Vincent Moon is a music explorer who shoots traditional, customs and Shing rituals around the world, as well as old folk songs. And while exploring how these sounds are being played by younger musicians, the project "Hibiki" is being developed to continue moving to the next place while showing footage.
On December 27, 2017, at vacant in Tokyo, the sound from shooting material etc. was impromptuously attached to their own video work, and "Live cinema" where Japanese musicians further played was performed there.
The video taken by Vincent Moon is a method called Cinema Verito that records the interference level with the object to be photographed without erasing the photographer. Aesthetic frames utilizing backlighting positively and using multiple exposure by elevation angle and editing are actively adopted. A viewer who is in front of the subject's natural behavior will forget to discriminate recorded images / fiction. The lump of sound that makes a disconnection run over there is superimposed with multiple raw sounds, and the degree of the fiction and the rate of that increases.
On December 16, 2017, at the Takiguchi Timber Warehouse in Shinkiba, an attempt was made to bring the archive from the archive to now which VS? Collective planned.
For the past 100 years, the artists who live in Tokyo in 2017 are now hosting an attempt to retell the human story by using art for the Human Image Archive (=ECfilm) collected from around the world.
A group of stupid images captured by this planet from a century ago when human definitions are cut down so much.A human space as a ritual for prayer, death, life, and beyond in front of the camera.It is a technique called the art, and the trajectory of time which traces the outline of man.
An encyclopedia of images that aim to accumulate records of knowledge around the world. In the Germany National Science Film Institute, a plan for scientific images began, and many researchers and cameramen spent nearly 30 years in the world, and now have a record archive of 3,000 titles, including valuable records of techniques and rituals of lost living.
Archive as an opportunity to increase the number of "places" and laminating "time"
The wall of a certain timber warehouse is replaced as the screen. Takumi Hashimoto who twisted to the floor and reacts by responding to the context in the picture which has no context at the moment. Tappei Noguchi who seeks while dragging and running with the tire, at the point where his own exploration = art is joined.
"Then, once you live everyday, you thought to be trivial might be not thought to be inferior compared with other jobs, so proceed with this hope."
The archive is a reflection of the future, a recursive generation. Fold the line tense of the past and present the future at least three dimensions. The archive is a baton by mixture the tense.
The combination of the word "Utilizing Archive" still has the nuance to subordinate the past to the present. But in fact, the archive will always live the present again.
To do so, the archive is now reacting to the present and the past so that humans can live together again. It is imperative that we continue to react. Not to stop, but to keep going.
And, it expands from the individual's occupying the method to the sharing which circulates in the network. Furthermore, the network itself may be self-proliferation.
In any case, the concept of "self" will also break down. There is no one who will blame to find a constellation in a tiny piece floating in the hollow.
The recipe of【Human on images・Story of the arts with ECfilm #1】will be coming soon.
If you would like to arrange & cook yourself, please check http://vscollective.club/. | 2019-04-20T04:24:42 | https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/aki-iwaya/life-in-archive_a_23320016/ |
0.999482 | Negotiate the reduction of MOQs/MPQs and occasionally purchasing price in coordination with the approval of the Strategic Supply Chain Management and Global Commodity Management teams.
Waterfall analysis to determine Flextronics liability based on the SMI Freshness clause (30, 60, 90 days or as signed in the SMI Agreement).
Training and full support to the Purchasing and Planning teams within the SMI implementation procedure.
Generate and update weekly reports such as Days of Supply (DOS) as well as SMI implementation % by suppliers and projects.
Duties to mention a few: Responsible for directing the Planning, Development, implementation, and maintenance of processes and procedures within the organization related to Purchasing of direct material. Responsible for managing and overseeing the methods and processes in Support of both Planning and Production Control departments.
Responsible for procuringelectronicandelectro-mechanical components, rawmaterials, andother production supplies atthe optimum, price, quality, and service. Authorizespurchaseorderswithinestablished guidelines. Monitors supplier performance andrecommendsandfacilitates corrective action for recurringquality or deliveryproblems.
Researchingdiscrepancies in invoiceswithAccounts Payable and corrects withsuppliers. Resolving issues with Shipping andReceivingregardingreceipt of damagedgoods, short shipments, and documentation discrepancies.
Excellent knowledge and experience in introducing new parts to the VMI (VendorManagedInventory) programme.
To perform all assigned work according to the relevant company manuals, methods and procedures. To fully record and document all assigned work including modifications to company procedures, anomalous observations and malfunctions of either equipment or methodology, and to report such observations to the Head of Laboratory or his/her deputy at the earliest opportunity.
Purchasing of integrated circuits, semiconductors, microchips, etc. passive, actives, passive interconnect electromechanical, etc. Daily dealing with Japanese, Chinese, and American market as a principal supplier. Organisation of shortage meetings with working team.
Anglia Ruskin University Business School, Cambridge UK.
BA International Relations and Management (equivalent to British University).
Pre-degree study (equivalent to British A levels).
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0.999796 | What is FASORACETAM (aka NS-105 or LAM-105)?
Fasoracetam as well know as a.k.a. NS-105 and LAM-105,drug for a potent HACU-inhibiting, cAMP-modulating, GABAB receptor upregulating/antagonizing, mGluR-modulating, non-monoaminergic anti-depressant nootropic.
How FASORACETAM (aka NS-105 or LAM-105) works ?
It is now a nootropic smart drug which portrays itself in one of the most powerful racetams in the nootropic universe. Made from a class of compounds called the racetams, and acting on not only acetylcholine but also GABA receptors in the brain, this has the ability of activating both cholinergic and glutamate receptors of the cerebral cortex, and is a revolutionary racetam drug due to its extremely unique mechanism of action. Fasoracetam currently also shows benefits as an anti-depressant, ADHD stimulant, and an anxiolytic, it also, as proven in laboratories across the nation, helps with the formation and retention of new memories.
Fasoracetam has also been observed to block the amnestic effects of scopolamine in a rat model of cholinergic dysfunction, which was noted as an increase of both ACh release in the cerebral cortex, as well as HACU enhancement in both the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. ChAT activity remained unaffected. In the same study, Fasoracetam was able to reverse baclofen-induced memory disruption, thus suggesting a blocking role at the GABAB receptor.
Once again, for research and testing Fasoracetam is not yet clear, understand the wise dosage is different. To be fair, research has shown that fasoracetam seems fit for human consumption, without troubling side effects. Experts offer these security has appeared in the patient's daily dose of 100 mg seems to be effective, however, indicates that small doses are more sensible and others still shows a positive increase mental and brain function, is the ideal. Said to more research and studies devoted to the benefits and risks associated with these drugs, used to treat diseases, but also to supplement, use a day on average citizens. Like any and all matter, drug or supplement, should be taken seriously before you consider to take them, even once, let alone every day. In fairness, nootropic racetam drug appears to be relatively safe, in fact, have a lot of health benefits, so I still continue to study field is worth it. | 2019-04-24T04:16:20 | http://www.puresynmr.com/index.php/Index/pdetail/fasoracetam-(aka-ns-105-or-lam-105)-51.html |
0.999998 | How do you find time for the online-part of your business?
I do Wordpress websites and I'd like to offer my customers, who are often small one-man businesses (like myself) more advice on how to organize their time.
I've done websites and webshops for people who have a lot to do aside from taking care of the online-part, whether it be some services for sale that took a lot of time or maybe a physical shop to take care of. And then of course there is book-keeping, orders, budgets, customer meetings and all the other stuff.
So many of my clients say they have difficulty in finding the time just to take care of their websites, like update their blog, or do new product images for the webshop, much less time for social media and other marketing online.
1) A solid, well-organized business - whatever it is you sell. Obviously for these small businesses the turnover isn't great but what I mean is that they have something to sell that actually sells and has growth potential. And they are not hopelessly in debt. Otherwise the distractions can be too great for doing something meaningful online.
2) An interest in and flair for learning the technical stuff, since you do have to do most of it yourself and you can't afford to pay for much - maybe a few adwords campaigns here and there but that's it.
3) A clear idea about what they need online (how big a website, what functions etc.) and what they need to do online (i.e. social media or other marketing).
But what are your experiences with this kind of organising your business and your mind to get everything done - including the online part? What advice would you pass on?
And as they feel that they have less time, they can outsource the tiny but important things out.
I would tell them to ditch the social media, and put money when they have it into Adwords.
Social Media typically takes up a lot of time, for meager results.
I'm a store manager and run a solo ad business so between the two I have very little time. I'm not big enough to quit my job and don't feel comfortable outsourcing yet. To get everything done I write out a list of things that must be done and set a time limit for each task. When you set a time limit you get a sense of urgency to get stuff done. I have to be to work at 8am most mornings and sometimes work until 9pm. I wake up 1 hour earlier than normal and stay up an extra 1-2 hours to get things done. That's 14-21 hours per week to work on online business! If you stay on task that should be plenty of time to work on your business.
Time and Tide Wait for None, we know. We spend the time to enjoy our life, doing our job and finish our responsibilities.
Online is the most important option to promote any business from home. So we must find the time for online part of our business.
I am doing online marketing and it is my profession so I have all the time for my business.
I think it's best to specialize in something you do really well and try to hire out the rest. If you know how to build relationships with clients and bring in work, you should have no problem finding people to fulfill it. Most people aren't very good at sales and would prefer to have steady work. If you can offer that, you could just rock the sales and leave the online stuff alone.
No need to find time. Just outsource the online works to an expert and get more time to focus on your core business.
Determine what's your 5% - the most important thing for your business - and focus your time on that. The more confined you are, the less distracted you get. Everything else should be outsourced or limited.
Everyone who start an online business, if he's not a young boy, has a job.
It's important cause otherwise u don't have enough money to invest in traffic strategies.
So it's VITAL to have a dream board of what you want to accomplish, and visualize it and AT THE SAME TIME to have a list of task to do every day.
one list of what you want to do in life, as an example to be an Internet Marketer.
one list of what you have to do in the current month to gain your goals.
one list with 7 tasks to get done every day. Better to compile this list the night before.
Time Rubbed: when you are solvin other's psychometabolic problem, or let people take your time.
So the key imho is treat your time as gold and online marketing as a serious business.
Thanks everyone who chipped in so far!
I'm really pleased to hear about this from a variety of people in a variety of situations. For, after all, doesn't it all come back to some of the same habits and decisions - what we do to make the best of the time we have?
One thing I've thought a lot about, and which should apply whether or not you have any kind of business, is the 'dreaded' social media. I used to pride myself on throwing out our television 10 years ago and how I would not waste time on that. But recently I've become more and more uneasy because I have a rising awareness about how much time I spend on social media, with little or not benefit - not even joy. I mean, I can barely remember what I looked at 5 minutes later, if I just surfed Facebook randomly for 10-15 minutes.
I'm trying to be tough on myself and plan what I will do online before I go online but I find it extremely difficult. There is a strong urge for me to just ... surf out there, freely, no restrictions and follow various side-tracks to my original task, if I see something interesting, etc. etc. You know what it's like!
And I doubt that I could give such advice to any of my clients, about how to manage their time. Although perhaps I should.
I dunno, you could always tell them to do this while walking?
Throwing the tv, out seems a bit excessive, they do have something good on a few times a year.
I find that in our culture in America here, we have a hard time 'gifting' ourselves with down time. I actually had a college professor tell me that I should give myself one hour a day to 'do nothing' - or, as I think of it now, to do something that makes you happy (because it will feed my soul).
I have a hard time not being distracted on social media too! - if I do not set a timer, then I am in trouble and it leaves me feeling anxious because I know I am just following the 'eye candy' around - accomplishing nothing - there is something about it that is so addicting! Also, I realized about 2 years ago that I had some really bad habits - as in they were not helping me grow or thrive and they have been hard to change! As a child, I was more disciplined! So, live and learn.
There are lots of tools today to aid one in managing one's time.... one just has to consistently use them... and we can choose to do that everyday, even if we messed up today! For me, it has been a journey of training myself to be my own supporter and NOT my own worst critic. In working with clients, I would say you can give advice - share the tools... in the end, I think it is being the consistent support to them to APPLY them.... we all need more positive voices everyday - and an acknowledgement of what we DID do that is positive and good!
More people should do a Project Management course. I did one earlier this year at my local university.
Also I blog and work full time so I've found a great way to organise my thoughts is to write it all down in Trello. Then if I wake up 20 minutes earlier than I need to I can pull a card off the pile and do a micro-task.
Talk them through the importance of working 'on' the business (ie planning for the fututre of the business) as well as working 'in' the business (doing the day to day stuff). They should probably be looking at about an 80(in)/20(on) split once the business is up and running.
I would also recommend laying out a default diary for when they are going to do various tasks each day/week - again, to add a bit of structure.
Similarly, the last thing to do each evening before stopping work is to look at what needs doing the next day so that mentally they are prepared and can hit the ground running.
I think there might also be an opportunity for you here too - providing asn added time management element to your service! | 2019-04-22T22:09:03 | https://www.warriorforum.com/mind-warriors/1286030-how-do-you-find-time-online-part-your-business.html?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=discussion-list&utm_campaign=feed&utm_term=comments |
0.998493 | How can behavioral scientists incorporate tools from machine learning (ML)? We propose that ML models can be used as upper bounds for the “explainable” variance in a given data set and thus serve as upper bounds for the potential power of a theory. We demonstrate this method in the domain of uncertainty. We ask 600 individuals to make 6000 choices with randomized parameters and compare standard economic models to ML models. In the domain of risk, a version of expected utility that allows for non-linear probability weighting (as in cumulative prospect theory) and individual-level parameters performs as well out-of-sample as ML techniques. By contrast, in the domain of ambiguity, two of the most widely studied models (a linear version of maximin preferences and second order expected utility) fail to compete with the ML methods. We open the “black boxes” of the ML methods and show that under risk our ML methods essentially “rediscover” expected utility with probability weighting. However, in the case of ambiguity we show that the form of ambiguity aversion implied by our ML models suggests that there is gain from theoretical work on a portable model of ambiguity aversion. Our results highlight ways in which behavioral scientists can incorporate ML techniques in their daily practice to gain genuinely new insights.
Previous research often interprets the choice to restrict one’s future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time-inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism that may contribute to the demand for commitment technology: the desire to signal to others. We present a field experiment where participants can choose to give up money if they do not follow through with an action. When commitment choices are made public rather than kept private, we find significantly higher uptake rates.
In settings with uncertainty, tension exists between ex ante and ex post notions of fairness (e.g., equal opportunity versus equal outcomes). In a laboratory experiment, the most common behavioral pattern is for subjects to select the ex ante fair alternative ex ante, and switch to the ex post fair alternative ex post. One potential explanation embraces consequentialism and construes the reversals as manifestations of time inconsistency. Another abandons consequentialism, thereby avoiding the implication that revisions imply inconsistency. We test between these explanations by examining the demand for commitment, and contingent planning. The hypothesis of time-consistent non-consequentialism receives strong support.
There is significant variation in the percentage of adults registered as organ donors across the United States. Some of this variation may be due to characteristics of the sign-up process, in particular the form that is used when state residents apply for or renew their driver’s licenses. However, it is difficult to model and predict the success of the different forms with typical methods, due to the exceptionally large feature space and the limited data. To surmount this problem, I apply a methodology that uses data on subjective non-choice reactions to predict choices. I find that active (ie yes-no) framing of the designation question decreases designation rates by 2-3 percentage points relative to an opt-in framing. Additionally, I show that this methodology can predict behavior in an experimental setting involving social motives where we have good structural benchmarks. More generally, this methodology can be used to perform policy pseudo-experiments where field experiments would prove prohibitively expensive or difficult.
Do Hypothetical Choices and Non-Choice Ratings Reveal Preferences?
We develop a method for determining likely responses to a change in some economic condition (e.g., a policy) for settings in which either similar changes have not been observed, or it is challenging to identify observable exogenous causes of past changes. The method involves estimating statistical relationships across decision problems between choice frequencies and variables measuring non-choice reactions, and using those relationships along with additional non-choice data to predict choice frequencies under the envisioned conditions. In an experimental setting, we demonstrate that this method yields accurate measures of behavioral responses, while more standard methods are either inapplicable or highly inaccurate.
Find me on Google Scholar, RePeC, or SSRN. | 2019-04-23T10:27:59 | http://jeffnaecker.com/research/ |
0.999999 | GroundWork Stainless Steel Sprayer Wand with Nozzle Tip at Tractor Supply Co.
The GroundWork's Stainless Steel Sprayer Wand with Nozzle Tip keeps sprayer in the proper working order.
GroundWork Stainless Steel Sprayer Wand with Nozzle Tip is rated 2.8 out of 5 by 4.
Rated 1 out of 5 by BEYEL from Product failure Item used one time and when used a second time 1 week later the wand had rusted and leaks from the top of the bend. Supposedly stainless steel but evidently a very poor quality. Liquid in the sprayer was weed killer.
Rated 1 out of 5 by MeDee from Doesn't work for the pump sprayers. Bought the metal GroundWork® Farm & Ranch Sprayer, 2 gal. last spring and needed a new wand. Since this is right beside the canisters and doesn't list size, I assumed it would be the right one. NOPE it is the exact same size as the wand it is suppose to slide into. Can't find a replacement for either the plastic or metal pump sprayers.
Rated 4 out of 5 by DHarvey from Doesnt Fit The GroundWork® 1.5 gal Pump Sprayer Doesnt Fit The GroundWork® 1.5 gal Pump Sprayer I purchased the stainless steel sprayer wand and the GroundWork 1.5gal Pump Sprayer since they were side by side in the store. The diameter of the stainless steel wand is slighty larger than the fiberglass one that came with the 1.5gal pump spayer and will not fit. Im assuming this is simply a replacement for the sprayers that already come with the stainless steel wand and not an upgrade for the ones that don't. It would have been nice to know that this didn't fit the sprayer it was hanging right next too. There are no sizes or anything to say otherwise. Either way, this wand looks to be good quality and I have enjoyed their pump sprayer as well.
What Groundwork sprayers does the wand fit?????
It only fits to SKU#1059000 GroundWork Backpack Pump Sprayer, 4 gal. Capacity and SKU#1212100 GroundWork Battery-Powered Backpack Sprayer, 4 gal. Capacity.
does this product contain the gasket that is located between the wand and the handle?
Yes, this has a black gasket.
The length of the wand is 17 inches.
What is the OD tube diameter? I have a 2 gal Groundworks. My brass tube is .3125” / 5/16” OD. I just looked at this advertised wand at my local Tractor Sup and in the package it looks larger.
The diameter of SKU#4428713 is 0.3937". And this product only fits SKU#1059000 and SKU#1212100. In order to fit your 2 gal. Groundwork Pump Sprayer (SKU#4403200), we recommend to buy SKU#4428705 (GroundWork Fiberglass Sprayer Wand with Nozzle Tip). | 2019-04-22T06:40:50 | https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/groundwork-stainless-steel-sprayer-wand-with-nozzle-tip |
0.998624 | Pulling a trailer or vehicle behind a pickup, SUV or motorhome that exceeds the vehicle's towing and gross combination weight ratings (gcwr) is a formula for trouble. Likewise, overloading a tow vehicle, trailer or motorhome with passengers and/or cargo beyond its maximum carrying capacity (gross vehicle weight rating, or gvwr) may also contribute to many potentially negative consequences.
Some of the more-serious results include insufficient power in a tow vehicle or motorhome, handling difficulties and poor fuel mileage. Too much weight can also contribute to increased wear and premature failure of engine and transmission components, brake linings, U-joints, axle bearings and a host of other critical parts. To avoid such problems before they can develop, it's best to know how to determine all towing and carrying limits of any tow vehicle, trailer or motorhome before spending a lot of money.
Let's take tow ratings, for instance. If your sights are set on buying a trailer, the main question to ask is: Will your current tow vehicle handle the weight of the towable, including its passengers, plus any cargo and fluids it may carry? Buying a tow vehicle poses a similar question: Is it rated to handle the weight of your existing trailer? And if you buy a motorhome, Is it rated to tow a dinghy vehicle?
A good place to find tow ratings is by reading the owner's manual of the intended tow vehicle or motorhome. However, the most accurate estimation of a vehicle's towing ability is to weigh the vehicle with all fluids (water, fuel, etc.), LP-gas and approximate cargo aboard. Add to this about 154 pounds per passenger. Finally, subtract this amount from the vehicle's gcwr and the remaining weight is the amount it can reasonably tow.
Trailer and motorhome weight-related capacities, such as gvwr, cargo carrying capacity (ccc) and the unloaded vehicle weight (uvw) may be found on a manufacturer's plate or printed label in a conspicuous location on the unit itself. However, don't make the mistake of assuming empty or dry weight is the amount your vehicle will weigh when loaded; this can be a far cry from reality.
The ccc of a trailer, truck camper or motorhome is very important, and indicates the weight that can be safely added without exceeding a vehicle's gvwr. This figure can be determined by subtracting the wet weight of the vehicle (which includes full freshwater, LP-gas and fuel tanks) from the vehicle's gvwr. For good measure, subtract the estimated weight of all intended passengers as well.
If you are not sure of the ccc on a vehicle, ask the dealer or seller for a certified weight slip. Then add in the estimated weight of water (8.3 pounds per gallon), LP-gas (4.2 pounds per gallon) and gasoline (5.6 pounds per gallon) or diesel fuel (6.8 pounds per gallon). Subtract the maximum weight of all fluids, including the water in the hot-water tank (usually 6 or 10 gallons), plus estimated weights of all passengers calculated at 154 pounds each, from the vehicle's gvwr and you've got your ccc. If there is little or no ccc after doing the above calculations, it's best to shop for a different vehicle. | 2019-04-18T17:11:05 | http://www.rvbg.com/Articles/Default.aspx?id=1981639 |
0.999267 | $ million: The cost of the Kepler planet-hunting mission at its launch in The habitable zone is a belt just far enough from the star for any. 3 days ago NASA's Kepler Space Telescope was revolutionary space telescope dedicated to Many of these planets were discovered in a small region of the constellation lower-cost spacecraft for exploration of the solar system; Kepler was selected in . Since Kepler does not have a precise gauge on its fuel tank. Kepler is a retired space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting Kepler was part of NASA's Discovery Program of relatively low- cost science This meant the current mission needed to be modified, but it did not .. To determine how many Earth-size and larger planets there are in or near the.
William Borucki, principal investigator for NASA's Kepler mission. (HST) and thus far too expensive to qualify as a Discovery-class mission. An accidental spilling of liquid nitrogen during the lab tests did not cause loss of precision The mission cost was estimated in three different ways to show that the. How far--in miles--are the target stars from Earth? B4. How much did the Kepler spacecraft weigh at launch? D5. What is the mission cost?. The Kepler Mission is specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way The size of the planet is found from the depth of the transit (how much the . Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
NASA's Kepler space telescope helped us find our place in the cosmos. Like many space missions, Kepler had a long journey just to get to the launch pad. series of competitively selected, low-cost planetary science missions. . It did. The mission moved on to campaign 19, which, according to NASA. It would cost about $20 million per year to keep the Kepler mission how much it would cost to keep the mission running the way it does today. NASA managers say the WFIRST mission, the next in the agency's WFIRST's repurposed primary mirror, made by Harris Corp., did not on the planet-hunting capabilities of NASA's Kepler telescope. building a coronagraph for a much larger future telescope that could find another planet like Earth. Even as the Kepler space telescope was making one amazing planet discovery How galaxies die is one thing, but the question of how many. | 2019-04-24T08:56:18 | http://ayurveda-salzburg.com/business/how-much-did-the-kepler-mission-cost.php |
0.999154 | U will choose a proposal make Earth store CO2 or poposal can't make Earth store CO2 ?
I have 5 proposals : 1 Shifting behavior for a changing climate Global Serious Errors of Design and Environmental , Green Standard of the World Analyze : US EPA Region 4 , 5 , NOAA CWCP 2 Creating public demand for green buildings Global Serious Errors of Design and Environmental , Green Standard of the World Analyze : University of Texas at Dallas , NOAA CWCP 3 U.S. Federal Agencies Global Serious Errors of Design and Environmental , Green Standard of the World Analyze : US EPA Region 4 , 5 , NOAA CWCP 4 Urban Resilience: Climate Actions for Urban Areas Global Serious Errors of Design and Environmental , Green Standard of the World Analyze : US EPA Region 4 , 5 , NOAA CWCP 5 Industry Global Serious Errors of Design and Environmental , Green Standard of the World Analyze : General Mills Inc , Better Living Mill Shop . ' Environmental laws , Green standards never force us to calculate how much CO2 our environment absorb before and after we build buildings ' And we build our cities , towns some thousand years without knowledge about how much CO2 plants of the location where we build buildings . Main idea is when we build a building , you will have to destroy some wild trees or wild grass area . But AFTER WE FINISH TO BUILD THE BUILDING , WE NEVER PLANT SOME TREES TO MAKE EARTH SOAK , STORE MORE CO2 BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING DESTROY TREES , PLANTS . NO ONE SUPPORT ME .
And we build our cities , towns some thousand years without knowledge about how much CO2 plants of the location where we build buildings ABSORB , STORE , SOAK . SORRY . A WHOLE WORLD DESIGN WITH A MISTAKE .
If 1 building destroy tree can absorb 1000 lbs CO2 per year , after we build a building , we must plant trees or anything can absorb 1000 lbs CO2 per year . And environmental laws , green standards , sustainable design accept this - are environmental laws , green standards , sustainable design destroy soaking , storing , absorbing CO2 of Earth , YES . But no one support me . Very sad . | 2019-04-26T05:20:48 | https://www.climatecolab.org/discussion/thread/1318150 |
0.998523 | But perhaps the problem is not so bad if we reject Platonism. I tend to think that philosophical (as opposed to material) facts are not really things that exist out in the world. Though objective enough, their ontological status is better seen as that of a rational construction. According to this view -- call it "Conceptualism" [Update: "Constructivism" seems a better label] -- philosophical truth "just is the ideal limit of a priori inquiry; it does not answer to the sort of independent reality that might sensibly be considered beyond all epistemic reach." Whereas physical facts are made true by existing things in the world, philosophical facts are made true simply by the fact that they are what ideally rational agents would believe. For example: the truthmaker for "the cat sat on the mat" is a particular physical event involving a cat and a mat in the appropriate arrangement. The truthmaker for "2+2=4" is that ideal rational reflection would lead one to endorse the belief.
So what does all this mean for the reliability of our intuitions? Well, if they no longer have to answer to an independently existing realm of facts, perhaps they're not in such bad condition as we thought. Note that I'm not denying that there is an objective truth of the matter for many philosophical questions, so that our intuitions may in fact lead us astray (if ideal rational reflection would cause us to revise them, for example). Our intuitions must answer to this rational construction; the point is that the construction may not be wholly independent of them in the first place.
In short: the views we hold now, which are prima facie coherent and plausible, are reasonable - if fallible - guides to what we would find coherent and plausible on ideal rational reflection (which, for philosophical questions, is simply to say what is true). Intuitions have justificatory force because they're already on the road to constituting truths. Sure, obstacles might arise on further reflection that prevent the initial beliefs from being true after all. But otherwise, they're home free.
Good post, I'd been meaining to write a near identical one myself! It's worth noting, as I intend to post on now instead, that my argument about moral intuitions can be made consistently with this approach.
"philosophical facts are made true simply by the fact that they are what ideally rational agents would believe."
I hope (and believe!) you mean this merely as an expository device, and not as analysis. If it's analysis, it's open to a euthyphro dilemma (in a manner that I assume is obvious, but tell me if its not!).
1)To intuit a truth =def. to comprehend something.
2)When something is comprehended, there is no need for additional justification.
There can be different attempts of grounding the comprehension in something else, one is for example the Kantian attempt to explain its possibility (though he frames it little differently, i.e. "How are synthetic a priori judgments possible?"), but to my thinking in ideal case the answer can be nothing but comprehension of relation of thought and notion (or subject and world).
intuition is just what we call decisions made where we can't remember what the justification was.
Actually almost everything is intuition.
Would an ideally rational agent think that their intuition motivated beliefs aimed at an independent reality?
Clayton - I'm committed to saying that the ideally rational agent would believe in Conceptualism rather than Platonism, if that's what you mean?
Alex - yeah, there are obvious risks of circularity here (compare my old post on bootstrapping modality). So we'll need to take something as primitive. I'm inclined to favour the normative facts (e.g. about what ideally rational agents would believe; or, to avoid Euthyphro, whatever reasons lie behind these beliefs). What do you think is the best option here?
"we'll need to take something as primitive"
"philosophical truth "just is the ideal limit of a priori inquiry"
I think we have to take the methods of a priori inquiry as primitive. I don't think that talk of the ideally rational agent plays any explanatory role at all - if we should mention it at all, we should do so only as an aid in describing this "conceptualist" position.
If you do this, then metaphysical worries about "where" philosophical truths are, or how they relate to the physical world, reduce to epistemological concerns about what a priori truths there are, and how we reason using these truths.
Are you therefore embracing a form of "costructivism" as a meta-philosophical theory? Scanlon is such a constructivist. Do you think there is a necessary connection between being a constructivist in your sense and being a contractualist in Scanlon's or Rawls sense? Or one could be either without being the other?
I'm not too familiar with any of that -- possibly 'constructivism' and what I called 'conceptualism' are the same thing? I don't see any obvious link here to moral contractualism. What did you have in mind? | 2019-04-26T14:25:10 | https://www.philosophyetc.net/2007/01/conceptualism-and-intuitions.html |
0.999823 | 30 years on, will China keep its promises?
Hardly two years after the end of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (and Mao Zedong's death), a diminutive man climbed the rostrum for the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
He was to change the face of China.
On December 18, 1978, Deng Xiaoping, the new strongman of the Middle Kingdom, proposed to the Central Committee an the 'open door' policy as well as drastic economic reforms.
The new path chosen by Deng would later be known as 'socialism with Chinese characteristics'. Since then, China has maintained an average annual growth rate of 9.8 percent over the past three decades, making the developed world dream of a miracle a la the Chinese for their own economies.
He admitted the challenges facing his country, particularly 'a weak agricultural foundation and less-developed rural areas' as well China's inability to innovate in many domains.
This is a rather surprising statement and only the future will reveal what political reforms he has in mind.
Mao Zedong's death in September 1976 had brought winds of change and ushered the beginning of a new era for China. Deng formalised it.
Those who had suffered the brutal repression of Mao's follies during the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward began dreaming of a brighter and more harmonious future.
Soon after Jiang Qing, Mao's disgruntled widow, and her colleagues, who were known as the Gang of Four, had been forcibly removed, Deng walked onto the political stage. He had himself suffered, been 'purged' and disgraced several times. The years which followed Deng's return were years of hope for the people of China.
Things moved very fast after the Third Plenum.
On January 1, 1979 the United States officially recognised the People's Republic of China.
He also wanted to move fast to solve certain problems inherited from the past -- primarily the Tibet question.
In November/December 1978, Li Ju-sheng, a Deng confidant (designated as 'Xinhua Director No 2' in Hong Kong) met Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's elder brother, several times in the then British colony.
The encounters lasted five or six weeks, at the end of which Li recommended to Deng to invite Thondup for further talks in Beijing. Thondup reported the offer to his brother, who gave his green light.
The meeting between the supreme leader of the People's Republic of China and the Dalai Lama's brother took place in Beijing on March 12, 1979. Deng immediately blamed the Gang of Four for the difficult situation in Tibet. It was then the standard excuse for all what had gone wrong in China (and in Tibet) since the mid-1960s.
It is in these circumstances that three delegations were sent by the Dalai Lama in 1979 and 1980 to visit their native land after a gap of 20 years and much suffering.
A few months earlier, the Panchen Lama, the second-most important Tibetan religious figure, and Bapa Phuntso Wangyal, the 'first Tibetan Communist' who led the Chinese troops into the Tibetan capital in September 1951, had been released after more than 15 years in Chinese jails.
But many in China would soon discover that Deng's 'reforms' had limits.
The first were the Tibetans.
Based on Deng's statement to his brother, the Dalai Lama decided to drop the independence of Tibet from his agenda and instead seek 'genuine' autonomy.
So much for the reforms!
A few weeks before the Deng-Thondup meeting, India had also been at the receiving end of the Chinese leaders' double-talk. In February, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then the external affairs minister, was the first senior Indian official to visit Beijing after the 1962 Sino-Indian conflict. The relations between Delhi and Beijing had begun to improve, when in the midst of Vajpayee's official visit, Beijing chose to attack Vietnam.
Another example demonstrates the limitation of the new wind blowing over China: Wei Jingsheng, one of the leaders of the Spring of Beijing and editor of the magazine Exploration, was arrested on March 29, 1979.
He was accused of 'passing military secrets' and condemned to 15 years of prison. Wei had made the mistake of writing slogans on the Wall of Democracy in Beijing and publishing editorials to denounce the inhuman conditions at the Qincheng prison, where the Panchen Lama and Phuntsok Wangyal spent so many years.
Paraphrasing Deng's slogans about The Four Modernisation, he had written about The Fifth Modernisation, the democratic one.
When Hu Jintao recently spoke about 'reforms of political system in pace with economic reforms', did he mean the Fifth Modernisation? And what about Deng's promises to the Dalai Lama: 'Everything except independence'?
On December 10, 2008, 303 prominent Chinese lawyers, academics, writers and artists signed a Charter 08 (modelled on the Charter 77 written by Vaclav Havel and his friends in former Czechoslovakia). It said that political democratisation cannot be delayed any longer.
The answer did not take long to come.
Several of the signatories, including the dissident writer Liu Xiaobo and the scientist Zhang Zuhua, were arrested. Is history repeating itself?
Will 'killing some chickens to frighten the monkeys' work like 30 years ago or will this usher in a Fifth Modernisation?
We may not have to wait long to know. | 2019-04-23T01:58:13 | http://www.tibet.ca/cms/en/library/wtn/5223 |
0.936485 | Though it is not in the headlines much these days, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is worsening, with the number of infected people and the number of people killed by the disease being dramatically under-reported.
In fact, as noted by Britain's The Guardian newspaper, the number of people in West Africa who have contracted the disease has risen well above 16,000, and the death toll nearly 7,000, according to the World Heath Organization, which warned that those figures are most probably low.
Again, WHO officials have warned that the agency's figures are most likely being significantly underestimated. That's because reliable data from the outbreak has been spotty, at best, and totals often rise a great deal when information backlogs are cleared.
The latest confirmed figures indicate that nearly half of those who were known to have been infected with the deadly virus have perished.
Just how many have died?
Moreover, the disease is beginning to seep out of West Africa. There have been a handful of cases in the U.S., and The Guardian reported that two children from Africa were tested for Ebola in Britain in recent days, but neither was found to be infected, according to officials with Public Health England. The agency went on to say what American agencies have said -- that chances of contracting the virus in Great Britain are "very low."
"The children, whose ages and names have not been released, underwent precautionary tests in Newcastle for both the virus and malaria," the paper said.
The current Ebola outbreak is the worst since the disease was discovered in 1976, and it has been centered primarily in three West African nations: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The vast majority of cases thus far have come from those three nations, and there have been about three dozen cases elsewhere.
The largest number of recorded deaths has occurred in Liberia, but world health officials say the disease spread is slowing there. Now, it is spreading much faster in neighboring Sierra Leone.
Also, the African nation of Mali has begun to record infections of its population after sick Guineans crossed into the country. There have been two new cases reported in Mali in recent days.
"This outbreak has been the worst partly because it occurred in a highly mobile region, where Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone meet, and quickly spread to their respective capital cities," The Guardian reported.
The dearth of information regarding the Ebola outbreak -- how wide the disease is spreading, how much at risk the world really is (including the U.S.) and how badly it is ravaging key populations -- is understandable, given the U.S. government's instructions to the mainstream media to downplay or ignore stories about the pandemic.
Natural News readers were told this two weeks ago, but now it's official: the federal government has ordered the mainstream media to stop reporting on suspected Ebola cases.
"At the urging of the Obama Administration, the Associated Press and other news outlets have agreed not to report on suspected cases of Ebola in the United States until a positive viral RNA test is completed," writes the Gateway Pundit.
"[T]he sudden departure of Ebola stories from the state-corporate media doesn't pass the smell test," reported Downtrend.com. | 2019-04-24T11:01:44 | http://www.theweepingeagle.com/2014/12/1000-new-ebola-deaths-in-just-two-days.html |
0.999952 | This is an interview with the first Music Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, Ben Fong-Torres..
The name Ben Fong-Torres may not be a household name but the magazine that he edits is. Rolling Stone magazine is found in many homes and in the hands of many drinkers at the coffee shops. Currently Ben writes a column dedicated to music in the San Francisco Chronicle. He is also a well recognized speaker on Bay Area radio station KSAN, an FM station that helped pioneer radio without any type of genre-classification, time-specifications or subject matter criteria.
Ben was the first ever music editor for Rolling Stone magazine. Eventually he created an office in California when the headquarters were moved from California to the east coast. He still picks the music for more then one internet radio service. Lately Ben has been working with the members of The Doors that are still known to be alive and helped them produce their first book which tells the story of The Doors from their point of view. The Doors by The Doors with Ben Fong-Torres is a285 page coffe table book which offers just a peak into the Morison family including Jim Morrison's dad, The retired Admiral George Morrison who has never spoken about his son on record. This interview by jambands.com is a window into the world of Ben Fong-Torres. | 2019-04-20T05:12:43 | http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/59313 |
0.999358 | I can't get you tickets.
There is plenty of evidence to suggest Trump is both ignorant of and disinterested in democratic norms, but what does that mean?
Here's a quick mental exercise to help that answer that question.
First, the setup: In 2013, President Obama nominated Republican James B. Comey to run the FBI. He could have chosen a member of his own party, but in the spirit of bipartisanship he didn't. Democrats helped to confirm Director Comey. The Senate voted 93-1, with only Republican Senator Rand Paul voting against.
Leaving aside the question of how much damage Director Comey's unprecedented politicizing of the Bureau's investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server did to her chances of winning the Presidency, we know from reporting done by the New York Times and others that Comey's October 28th letter to Congress was likely in response to pressure he felt from "rogue" anti-Clinton agents in the FBI's New York field office. Apparently worried that a leak from these agents would reflect badly on his apolitical reputation, Comey notified Congress about the discovery of emails on a laptop used by Huma Abedin and the news dominated the final two weeks of the campaign, dampening enthusiasm for a Clinton presidency and energizing Trump's Republican supporters.
Here's the exercise: In a Trump administration, will these anti-Clinton FBI agents be investigated and punished for leaking information to a sympathetic reporter at the Wall Street Journal and the Trump campaign itself (via Trump surrogate and rumored future Attorney General Rudolph Giuliani)? Or might they even be rewarded and promoted for their unethical and criminal acts which helped Trump secure the White House (and Giuliani the top law enforcement job in the country)?
If your answers are "no" to the first question and "yes" to the second, congratulations, that's dictatorship - where the nation's police force uses its investigatory power to undermine and discredit the leader's political enemies.
Back to Obama's nomination of Comey, who had formerly served as a senior Justice Department official under President George W. Bush. Will Trump and the GOP follow Obama's bipartisan example by nominating and confirming a Democrat to run the FBI? Or will President Trump instead choose a useful ally, one who might be counted on to authorize or at the very least permit the power of the FBI to undermine Trump's enemies, including the next Democratic nominee?
If your answers are "no" to the first question and "yes" to the second, congratulations, you have a sense of what's coming. | 2019-04-24T16:13:25 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congratulations-thats-dic_b_12930940 |
0.999999 | Are Food Allergies On The Rise? Experts Say They Don't Know : The Salt Despite assumptions that peanut and other allergies are becoming more common in the U.S., experts say they just don't know. One challenge: Symptoms can be misinterpreted and diagnosis isn't easy.
A new report from the National Academy of Sciences says it's hard to know how many people in the U.S. actually have food allergies or whether they're on the rise.
Part of the challenge is this: Food allergies are often self-diagnosed and symptoms can be misinterpreted. Sometimes people can't distinguish a food allergy from other conditions such as lactose intolerance or gluten sensitivity, which don't fit the medical definition of an allergy.
"There are a lot of misconceptions about what a food allergy is," says Dr. Virginia Stallings, a board-certified nutrition pediatrician at the The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the chair of the committee that wrote the new report.
One scenario is this: A parent of a young child introduces a new food — say, milk — into the diet, and then notices the child has an upset stomach or other symptoms of gastrointestinal distress.
The parent may suspect a food allergy. But, perhaps, these are signs of lactose intolerance — a completely different condition.
"The reason food allergy symptoms are often confused with other [conditions] such as lactose intolerance is because there's an overlap in some of the symptoms," Stallings explains.
An allergy is an immune response to a food or other substance that is normally harmless. Common symptoms include hives and swelling or GI distress. Food allergies can be life threatening. Lactose intolerance, on the other hand, means a person can't easily digest the natural sugar found in milk. And, as the American Academy of Pediatrics points out in this FAQ on the topic, "while lactose intolerance can cause a great deal of discomfort, it will not produce a life-threatening reaction such as anaphylaxis."
Adding to the confusion, food allergies can be complicated to diagnose.
"We do not have an optimal diagnostic tool. There isn't one skin test or blood test" that can accurately determine whether a person has an allergy to a specific food, says Stallings.
Stallings says if parents recognize clear signs of allergic reactions, such as swelling lips or difficulty breathing, they should seek emergency care.
But, often times, the symptoms are milder. In these cases, rather than self-diagnosing an allergy, families should see an expert, such as a pediatric allergist. The National Academies of Sciences "committee really does recommend that people seek more expert advice," Stallings says.
Lots of families jump to conclusions about food allergies before being tested. "We unfortunately see kids avoiding a food unnecessarily because of some fear of a potential allergy," says Bruce Lanser, who directs the pediatric food allergy program at National Jewish Health in Denver.
Lanser says the gold standard test used to diagnose a food allergy is known as an oral food challenge. Under medical supervision, patients eat small amounts of the food they may be allergic to. "We start with a small amount of food and slowly give increasing doses up to a full serving," Lanser explains. If the patient has a reaction during the test, "we obviously stop and treat."
Lanser says he tests many of his patients once a year to see if they've outgrown their food allergies. And often they have. "Milk and egg allergy are commonly outgrown," he says. And "about 1 in 5 people outgrow their peanut allergy."
The new report recommends more research to determine the prevalence of food allergies. In addition, the report is full of recommendations to address food-allergy safety.
For instance, if kids do have an allergic reaction to food, they may need a shot of epinephrine to treat severe symptoms. Many schools only have a school nurse trained to deliver these potentially life-saving shots. The committee says schools should consider training other administrators and teachers to be ready to administer the drugs in case of emergency. | 2019-04-23T05:29:02 | https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/11/30/503899747/are-food-allergies-on-the-rise-experts-say-they-dont-know |
0.997347 | Why are Health and Safety meetings so important?
All employers are required under the HSE Act to provide reasonable opportunities for their employees to participate effectively in processes for improving health and safety at work; and some employers, (depending on size of workplace or on whether there is direct employee interest) in cooperation with employees and any unions representing them, are required to develop a system for employee participation. Health and Safety meetings help to meet some of these obligations.
Safety meetings encourage safety awareness. Other means of getting the safety message across are often too easily ignored. But, when a group of workers get together to discuss the hazards they have encountered and the steps they can take to eliminate them, it increases each worker's safety consciousness.
Safety meetings get employees actively involved. In a sense, safety meetings put employees "on the spot"; that is, they demand feedback. They get employees thinking about safety and encourage them to come up with ideas and suggestions for preventing accidents and minimising the hazards with which they are most familiar.
Safety meetings motivate employees to follow proper safety practices. Small group meetings are the best place to demonstrate the uses of protective equipment, proper lifting techniques and other safety procedures.
Safety meetings can help to nip safety hazards in the bud. A safety meeting is the time to pinpoint minor hazards before they result in real problems. It also presents a good opportunity to discuss hazards that are inherent in the environment and that experienced employees are likely to take for granted.
Safety meetings introduce workers to new safety rules, equipment and preventive practices. In addition to introducing new things, a safety meeting is a good time to reinforce the importance of long-standing safety procedures and to remind employees of the reasons behind them.
Safety meetings provide vital information on accident causes and types. Regular meetings are the best way of keeping employees up-to-date on the hazards in their environment and what can be done about them. They also make it easier for the company to maintain accurate accident statistics, an important tool in tracing the progress of prevention efforts. | 2019-04-19T14:16:00 | https://www.verticalhorizonz.com/why-are-health-and-safety-meetings-so-important- |
0.998764 | Greece's 2004 vintage: where are they now?
Following Kostas Katsouranis's retirement at the age of 36, UEFA.com catches up with the Greek side who prevailed against all odds at UEFA EURO 2004.
Nikopolidis, who kept three clean sheets in the UEFA EURO 2004 knockout stage, is considered one of the best keepers the country has produced. He enjoyed successful spells at Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, becoming central to the latter's domestic dominance after moving to the Piraeus club in 2004, his combined tally of 11 league titles and nine domestic cups being unrivalled by any Greek player. Nikopolidis retired in 2011 and following spells as Olympiacos assistant coach has been named as coach of Greece's Under-21s.
Seitaridis was an accomplished presence at right-back during Greece's march to glory. He contributed to a parsimonious defence while also providing an attacking outlet: his burst earned Greece a penalty in their tournament opener against Portugal. He marked Thierry Henry and Milan Baroš out of games and victory completed a wonderful season in which he won the domestic double with Panathinaikos. After the tournament he joined Porto, and had stints at Dinamo Moskva and Atlético Madrid before returning to Panathinaikos, where he stayed until summer 2013.
Dellas was key to Greece conceding only four goals throughout their campaign. Dubbed the 'Colossus of Rhodes' by coach Otto Rehhagel, he turned in a series of memorable displays and headed the silver goal – his only strike in 53 internationals – in the semi-final against the Czech Republic. Dellas left AS Roma in 2005 and had two subsequent spells with AEK Athens – either side of two years with Anorthosis Famagusta, whom he helped to the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage. He retired in summer 2012 and was appointed AEK coach in April 2013, leading them to back-to-back promotions from the Greek third tier to the top flight.
Football was in Kapsis's genes, as his father Anthimos was a Greek international and a member of the Panathinaikos team that lost to Ajax in the 1971 European Cup final. Michalis earned his first senior cap in June 2003, showing his man-marking skills by keeping Spain's Raúl González quiet in a surprise 1-0 win. He did a similar job on Jan Koller in the final tournament. After the finals he joined Bordeaux, going on to play for Olympiacos, APOEL, Levadiakos and Ethnikos Piraeus (also his first club), where he retired in 2012.
Fyssas began his career at Panionios and made his top-flight debut in 1990. After establishing himself with Panathinaikos, he signed for Benfica in December 2003 and scored in the 2004 Portuguese Cup final, denying José Mourinho's Porto a treble. A month later, he was starting left-back all the way to his 'home' final at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He had a spell at Heart of Midlothian and returned to Panathinaikos before retiring in summer 2008. He subsequently took over as technical director of the Greece national team, and became director of football at Panathinaikos in August 2014.
A former PAOK president, Zagorakis became a Member of the European Parliament in 2014. He did not score in Portugal – his first goal for his country did not arrive until cap No101, against Denmark, seven months later – but, the heart of the midfield, he was Greece's most effective player in the final. Zagorakis could never have imagined during a journeyman career that included spells in England and Italy that he would reach such lofty international heights. He retired in 2007 with 120 caps, his only major club honour a 2002 cup triumph with AEK.
Formerly of Panathinaikos, Mallorca, AEK, Portsmouth, Arles-Avignon and Feyenoord, Basinas is studying for his coaching diploma. One of only four players to have amassed 100-plus caps for Greece, he earned his first on 18 August 1999, the same day as his close friend Nikopolidis. He was a key player at UEFA EURO 2004. Utilised as a holding midfielder, he scored a penalty in the opening 2-1 victory over Portugal and delivered the corner from which Angelos Charisteas headed the winner against the hosts in the final.
A versatile defensive midfielder, Katsouranis called time on his career at the age of 36. He played at three UEFA European Championships and two FIFA World Cups, making three appearances in Brazil in 2014 when Greece reached the knockout stage for the first time. He earned the first of his 116 caps in August 2003, moving to Benfica from AEK in 2006. Katsouranis returned to Greece in 2009 with Panathinaikos, helping them to a domestic double in 2010. Later with PAOK, he played in India and finished up with a six-month stint at Atromitos.
Giannakopoulos is a regular pundit on Greek TV. In 2010, he retired from playing to become president of Greek Professional Footballers' Association and two years later started his coaching career with Paniliakos FC. The suspension of Giorgos Karagounis meant Giannakopoulos started the Lisbon final. Almost 13 months earlier he had scored in a 1-0 qualifying win against Spain in Zaragoza, a victory that kick-started Greece's run to glory. The former Bolton Wanderers, Hull City and Larissa man enjoyed his best years with Olympiacos, winning the league in each of his seven seasons.
The most memorable moment of an international career spanning 88 caps and featuring 25 goals came when he headed the winner in the UEFA EURO 2004 final, having scored in a group match against Spain and versus France in the quarter-finals. The tall striker had something of a nomadic existence post-Portugal, leaving Werder Bremen for Ajax and then spending time with Feyenoord, Nürnberg, Bayer Leverkusen, Arles, Schalke, Panetolikos and Al Nassr. He was briefly technical director of Aris – his first club – in 2014.
The tall forward's goal in the group stage defeat against Russia helped Greece lever Spain out of runners-up spot on goals scored. A fans' favourite at PAOK, where his fine equaliser at Highbury featured in a celebrated 2-1 aggregate success against Arsenal in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup, Vryzas played abroad with Perugia, Fiorentina, Celta Vigo and Torino. He returned to Greece in 2006, becoming PAOK technical director after retiring in 2008. Briefly Fernando Santos's assistant with the national team and PAOK club president, Vryzas has been technical director at Veria since August 2015.
A talented, reliable left-back, Venetidis made his Greece debut in the same game as Giorgos Karagounis – a 3-0 win against El Salvador on 20 August 1999. Having shone at Xanthi, Venetidis joined Olympiacos a month after winning the 2000/01 Greek Cup with PAOK. His UEFA EURO 2004 adventure came midway through a five-year spell in Piraeus which netted him four league titles and two more Greek Cups. Capped 42 times, he hung up his boots in 2012 after a stint at Larissa FC. Now assistant coach at Panthrikakos.
Currently a free agent, Papadopoulos was – at 22 – the youngest member of the 2004 finals squad. He came to Portugal fresh from winning a domestic double with Panathinaikos, and represented Greece at the Olympics later that summer. Adventures with Lecce, Dinamo Zagreb and Celta Vigo heralded a drift away from international football, but Papadopoulos was recalled in August 2013 after winning Greece's player of the year award at Panthrakikos. Now at Asteras Tripolis following a spell at PAOK.
'Rehakles' is enjoying his retirement again, having briefly interrupted it to take over at Hertha Berlin – a club he played for in the 1960s – in 2012. Now 75, Rehhagel reinvented the Greek national team from 2001–10, having previously worked marvels in his native Germany. Known as the 'Kind der Bundesliga' (child of the Bundesliga) for his 1,000 top-flight games as a player and coach, the charismatic Rehhagel transformed Bremen into a major force, earning two titles (1987/88, 1992/93) and the 1991/92 European Cup Winners' Cup, then won the league with promoted Kaiserslautern (1997/98). | 2019-04-25T00:27:56 | https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/memories/newsid=2121457.html |
0.998505 | The following staff member(s) had served more than 10 years with the University and its predecessor institutions between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012, and were recognised for their contribution to the University at a presentation held during December 2012.
The following staff member(s) had served more than 20 years with the University and its predecessor institutions between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012, and were recognised for their contribution to the University at a presentation held during December 2012.
The following staff member(s) had served more than 30 years with the University and its predecessor institutions between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012, and were recognised for their contribution to the University at a presentation held during December 2012. | 2019-04-21T09:00:40 | https://federation.edu.au/staff/working-at-feduni/human-resources/staff-awards/service-milestone-awards/service-milestones-2012-recipients |
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Vitamix: select variable 1 and increase to 10, turn to high and blend for 30 seconds. Blender: blend until smooth, about 60 seconds. | 2019-04-22T10:36:05 | https://recipes.ps1000.com/recipe/sorbet-with-a-healthy-twist/ |
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0.999999 | Assuming «aliens» is the pejorative term for «extraterrestrials».
There is not yet any evidence on the existence of extraterrestrials. It is just a very likely and very popular conjecture.
That some people refuse the existence of extraterrestrials is a possibility. But I must say that all along my life I saw a substancial shift: in the 1950 and early 1960, speaking ETs was considered barmy, and scientists were saying that their existence was unlikely. (back then the theory on the formation of planets was that they needed a close encounter between two stars, making them very rare). Today it is much easier to speak of them, and mainstream science is also very supportive of the idea.
In fact, today, the ET hypothesis has become so popular that deniers have to resort to boosting disinformation and denigration: conspiracy theories about the government hidding stuff, ugly or evil ETs invading Earth, fake frightening «alien abduction» stories (which turned out to be benign sleep paralysis experiences), etc.
Consider today that China built a larger replica of Arecibo (since some idiots were speaking of closing it). One of their main displayed purpose was SETI.
It is not against social constructs as most people have high expectations there is alien life elsewhere in our universe.
However any craft that has aerodynamic characteristics, have smoking exhausts, spinning parts or lights are certainly not from any other planet.
If they are real then they are from earth and made here by humans.
The only real aliens would come from a different realm of existence.
The Bible, Torah, the Book of Enoch and many other religious texts report the appearance of beings of light materializing.
These aliens talk of other realms of existence that Christians call heaven.
Already there's more evidence they exist than they do not.
And despite their alleged devotion to science and the scientific method, skeptics -- like many believers -- are still prone to putting belief ahead of the science.
The idea that anyone is visiting us from who knows how many lightyears away is hard to believe, many are dead set on saying it's impossible.
And despite the numerous loopholes, they still stick with Einstein's theory of relativity to prove why it's impossible even though science says this may not be so.
It is probably much simpler than that.
There is just no available verifiable evidence.
If there was, it would be studied carefully by all disciplines of science.
The nearest star system is 4.4 light year away. That is a loooong way.
I personally, would be very excited if there was some evidence found.
Will people still be alive when the Sun dies? What will happen to them?
If all humans evolved without intelligent input through chance, what evidence is there that mindless matter can produce human intelligence?
3667 | Why do most poor people remain poor?
9459 | Can a demon possess a demon?
8312 | How can someone make life go faster?
9153 | Is there actually more evidence to prove that aliens are real and that people are ignoring solid evidence because it goes against people's social constructs?
8031 | Who would win if humans and all insects went to war?
5041 | Why is the American government promoting the use of fossil fuel when the rest of the world is investing in renewable resources?
1677 | How long will democracy survive?
Why is it that atheists do not believe in miracles?
What UFO sightings have never been explained?
Why do people believe in god when priests themselves don't believe in god?
What's the difference in being a studio musician and being a performance musician?
What's the real reason Democrats and liberals oppose voter ID laws? Doesn't it make sense for the security of election results?
My sister reads the ending of every books before she starts reading it. Why do some people do that?
A star is 10000 light years far from the Earth. If it destroys suddenly, how much time does light take to disappear from the Earth? | 2019-04-24T10:26:02 | http://dreamstrikes.com/asking/Is-there-actually-more-evidence-to-prove-that-aliens-are-real-and-that-people-are-ignoring-solid-evidence-because-it-goes-against-peoples-social-constructs.shtml |
0.999985 | Abiotic stresses constitute a global threat to agricultural crop production and natural ecosystems. One of the most prominent abiotic stresses is drought, which dramatically alters plant physiology and morphology. Studies in model organisms have shed light into how plants respond to drought stress, including transcriptional reprogramming of genes responsive to the hormone abscisic acid (ABA) (Song et al., 2016), and epigenetic modifications, like histone acetylation (Kim et al., 2008). Exciting results by Li et al. (2018) further illuminate our understanding by mechanistically linking plant drought tolerance and resilience with ABA-responsive gene activation through differential histone modifications in the tree species Populus trichocarpa.
To gain an understanding of the global histone acetylation landscape in P. trichocarpa during drought stress, the authors performed ChIP-Seq of well-watered and drought-stressed plants using antibodies against acetylated histone H3 at lysine 9 (H3K9ac), which is associated with an open chromatin and is a known activation mark for gene expression. Using the ChIP-Seq results vis-a-vis parallel RNA-Seq analyses, they found that genomewide changes in both H3K9ac profiles and transcript levels were heavily associated with ABA signaling pathway-related genes. In these genes of interest, there was significant enrichment of the ABA-Responsive Element (ABRE) promoter motif that could be bound by the AREB1 (ABA-Responsive Element Binding 1)-type transcription factor (Fujita et al., 2005).
Because ABA-associated genes encoding transcription factors (TFs) have been shown to be effective for drought tolerance, the genes of interest were narrowed down to TF genes that met three important criteria: (1) differentially expressed during drought stress; (2) contained the ABRE motif; and (3) possessed changes in promoter H3K9ac levels. From this set of TF genes, Li et al. (2018) systematically narrowed them further to those with orthologs in other plant species that can enhance drought tolerance. Ultimately, three were selected as representative Populus TF genes for detailed functional characterization – PtrNAC006, –007 and –120. When these PtrNAC genes were overexpressed, transgenics lines had enhanced drought tolerance and resilience. The plants not only recovered after water deprivation but also resumed the same growth and development as their well-watered counterparts after recovery.
But what is the mechanism of drought tolerance and resilience? For this important question, the authors examined changes in physiology and morphology. PtrNAC-overexpressing plants had increased water potential during drought stress. Additionally, their xylem vessels had reduced sizes and higher numbers compared to wild-type controls. Probing deeper into the molecular mechanisms linking ABA-responsive gene expression and drought tolerance, a protoplast system (Lin et al., 2014) was used to show that the Populus ortholog of AREB1 protein (PtrAREB1-2) can activate the transcription of the drought tolerance-associated PtrNAC006, –007 and –120 genes. ChIP and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) confirmed that PtrAREB1-2 binds to the ABRE promoter motifs of these PtrNAC genes.
Because these PtrNAC genes also had differential H3K9ac levels in their promoter regions, it was important to test if the PtrAREB1-2 transcriptional activator can associate with a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complex. Remarkably, using in vitro and in vivo protein interaction assays, PtrAREB1-2 was found to interact with the HAT complex catalytic subunit PtrGCN5 and the adaptor protein PtrADA2b. The P. trichocarpa AREB1-ADA2b-GCN5 regulatory complex dramatically induced transcription of the three PtrNAC genes by increasing H3K9ac levels and RNA polymerase II recruitment. Functional characterization of the ternary complex proteins by RNAi silencing and CRISPR editing provided convincing evidence that PtrAREB1, PtrADA2b, and PtrGCN5 are required for drought tolerance.
Overall, this study by Li et al. (2018) is a comprehensive investigation into the molecular mechanisms leading to plant responses to drought stress. The authors successfully connected drought tolerance responses (like higher water potential) with ABRE-directed gene expression and H3K9ac enrichment. In the future, it would be interesting to characterize the downstream target genes of the PtrNAC transcription factors leading to enhanced drought tolerance, and also upstream cellular signals leading to the formation of the AREB1-ADA2b-GCN5 ternary complex.
Fujita Y, Fujita M, Satoh R, Maruyama K, Parvez MM, Seki M, Hiratsu K, Ohme-Takagi M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K (2005). AREB1 is a transcription activator of novel ABRE-dependent ABA signaling that enhances drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 17: 3470-3488.
Kim JM, To TK, Ishida J, Morosawa T, Kawashima M, Matsui A, Toyoda T, Kimura H, Shinozaki K, Seki M (2008). Alterations of lysine modifications on the histone H3 N-tail under drought stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 49: 1580-1588. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcn133.
Lin YC, Li W, Chen H, Li Q, Sun YH, Shi R, Lin CY, Wang JP, Chen HC, Chuang L, Qu GZ, Sederoff RR, Chiang VL (2014). A simple improved-throughput xylem protoplast system for studying wood formation. Nat. Protoc. 9: 2194-2205.
Song L, Huang SC, Wise A, Castanon R, Nery JR, Chen H, Watanabe M, Thomas J, Bar-Joseph Z, Ecker JR. (2016). A transcription factor hierarchy defines an environmental stress response network. Science. 354 (6312). pii: aag1550. | 2019-04-24T18:13:09 | https://plantae.org/research/the-areb1-ada2b-gcn5-complex-regulates-gene-expression-during-drought-stress-2/ |
0.999947 | With so many autonomous and electric trucks nearly on the market, what is Elon Musk up against?
Elon Musk has unveiled the Tesla Semi, the firm's first electric truck. This semi-trailer is completely electric and, like everything else Musk makes, is predictably good-looking.
The Semi can be attached to any trailer and production is planned for 2019. Reservations can be made already for the princely sum of $5,000 (£3,789) per truck.
Musk claims his Semi can reach 65mph while climbing a hill with a five per cent gradient. "The best diesel trucks can only get to 45 mph at a five per cent grade," Musk said at the truck's unveiling.
Unusually, the driver's seat is positioned in the middle of the cockpit for improved visibility. It's also appropriately high-tech, with two large touchscreen displays either side of the driver showing navigation, blind spot monitoring and data logging.
The Semi is also semi-autonomous and can follow a convoy with a local Wi-Fi connection letting a manually operated truck at the front lead the way.
New megachargers will give the trucks 400 miles of charge in 30 minutes. But, despite its speedy charging, Tesla has been relatively slow to the party. In April, Musk tweeted that the Tesla Semi would be revealed in September. The two month delay finished off a rocky year for the company.
WIRED takes a look at the traffic jam of competition Tesla faces.
The Nikola Motor Company is hoping to power its trucks with hydrogen instead of electricity. In 2016 the startup unveiled its Nikola One truck. This 18-wheeler has a 320-kWh battery fuelled by a hydrogen fuel cell. Fully charged, the truck will have up to 1,200 miles of range. The Semi has a 400 mile range. Nikola expects to complete development of its trucks by 2020.
In March Toyota announced the development of a hydrogen fuelled semi-trailer truck. The trucks have a 12kWh battery and maximum capacity of 80,000 pounds, like the Tesla Semi. Toyota began testing these trucks on a 200 mile route in Los Angeles this October.
Uber announced its self-driving truck project last year, but it doesn't actually have anything on the road or ready to pre-order yet.
Despite originally partnering with Otto, Uber recently dropped Otto branding and is now working with software firm ATG. The Uber trucks will have a combination of software from the two companies.
Uber has been making moves to create a completely autonomous truck, but currently the company has a Level 2 driver assistance system, meaning the driver still needs their feet on the pedals, and does not actually meet the definition of a self-driving car under California law. In 2016 Uber successfully drove a truck using a Level 2 system down a 120 mile motorway, with a trailer full of beer.
The American self-driving truck startup raised $15 million in funding this summer. While its trucks are not yet electric, they currently have a Level 2 system for autonomous driving. The trucks are based on the classic style American Peterbilt 579.
Embark has partnered with Frigidaire and Ryder to get the trucks on the road. As of October, Embark had already completed 650 miles of test trips while delivering fridges ordered by customers.
The German automotive company plans to get its self-driving truck on the road next year. But unlike Tesla the trucks will not be electric. In April 2016, a platoon of six trucks completed the first European cross-border trip.
Daimler is also working on a separate electric truck project. Designed specifically for city driving, it's Urban e-Truck has a range of 124 miles and runs on lithium-ion batteries. | 2019-04-19T01:35:17 | https://www.wired.co.uk/article/new-tesla-semi-electric-truck-elon-musk |
0.999999 | Two switches on, the bulb lights up.
One switch off and one on the bulb will not light up.
Made up of binary.The first switch is input A, The second switch is input B. So if input A is off or 0 and input B is off or 0 the bulb will be off or 0. If input A is off or 0 and input B is 1 or on the light bulb will not be on. However if both inputs are on or 1 the light bulb will be on. | 2019-04-24T18:42:03 | https://www.smore.com/n9ef |
0.999028 | 1. Green tea and cancer: Green tea helps reduce the risk of cancer. The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 24 times better than vitamin E. This helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to cancer.
2. Green tea and heart disease: Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol. Even after the heart attack it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells.
3. Green tea and Anti-aging: Green tea contains an antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight against free radicals. What this means it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity.
4. Green tea and weight loss: Green tea helps with your body weight loss. Green tea burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate naturally. It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day. That translates to 7 pounds in one year.
5. Green tea and skin: The antioxidant in green tea protects the skin from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging. Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.
6. Green tea and arthritis: Green tea can help prevent and reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Green tea has benefit for your health as it protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage.
7. Green tea and bones: The very key to this is high fluoride content found in green tea. It helps keep your bones strong. If you drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone density.
8. Green tea and cholesterol: Green tea can help lower cholesterol level. It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol, by reducing bad cholesterol level.
9. Green tea and obesity: Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells. If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be obese.
10. Green tea and diabetes: Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolism, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level and balances your metabolism rate.
11. Green tea and Alzheimers: Green tea helps boost your memory. And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's it helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to Alzheimer's.
12. Green tea and Parkinson's: Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage in the brain which could cause Parkinson's. People drinking green tea also are less likely to progress with Parkinson's.
13. Green tea and liver disease: Green tea helps prevent transplant failure in people with liver failure. Researches showed that green tea destroys harmful free radicals in fatty livers.
14. Green tea and high blood pressure: Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure. Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.
15. Green tea and food poisoning: Catechin found in green tea can kill bacteria which causes food poisoning and kills the toxins produced by those bacteria.
16. Green tea and blood sugar: Blood sugar tends to increase with age, but polyphenols and polysaccharides in green tea help lower your blood sugar level.
17. Green tea and immunity: Polyphenols and flavonoids found in green tea help boost your immune system, making your health stronger in fighting against infections.
18. Green tea and cold and flu: Green tea prevents you from getting a cold or flu. Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold.
19. Green tea and asthma: Theophyline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.
20. Green tea and ear infection: Green tea helps with ear infection problem. For natural ear cleaning soak a cotton ball in green tea and clean the infected ear.
21. Green tea and herpes: Green tea increases the effectiveness of topical interferon treatment of herpes. First green tea compress is applied, and then let the skin dry before the interferon treatment.
23. Green tea and stress: L-the theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea, can help relieve stress and anxiety.
25. Green tea and HIV: Scientists in Japan have found that EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea can stop HIV from binding to healthy immune cells. What this means is that green tea can help stop the HIV virus from spreading. | 2019-04-20T01:03:30 | https://sonycrystal.vpweb.com.au/blog/Benefits+Of+Drinking+Green+Tea.aspx |
0.999477 | Using StarSan to sanitize i have noticed the water gets really cloudy like really thin skim milk. Is this normal? I am getting similar with the low-foaming Saniclean, muddy water. I am using well water through a carbon filter.
I use well water, too, and my StarSan mixture gets cloudy within a few minutes. The pH remains below 3, though, so I'm pretty confident that it's OK to use. Checking the pH is the only way to know what's really happening.
You can use distilled water to mix with an d it will stay clear for weeks or months. I mix up 5 gallons in a old bucket with a well sealing lid and keep it around for ages.
Like Denny said, as long as the ph stays around 3 it will work fine.
Even though I have super soft water mine will get lightly cloudy after a few weeks or a months. I was concerned so I contact 5 star. They pretty much stated what Denny has said under a pH of 3 you are good to go.
The cloudiness is due to the water hardness. Use either RO, distilled, or ion-exchange softened water to prepare your Star San sanitizing solution. I have used both RO and softened water and they both stay clear forever.
And you thought there was no use for ion-exchange softened water in the brewery.
I have some in a spray bottle that is 4+ years old. Crystal clear and effective. I make it with RO water 1/2 gallon at a time in a five gallon bucket. It'll get a bit murky with sediment and I've had bugs floating in it- which didn't affect anything. Still, I like to toss it periodically. Crazy at how well it works.
It also helps to keep the previous batch of StarSan around as a pre rinse. With that I get about 6 batches of beer out of one 5 gal batch.
Does it take much change in mineral content to see it clouding up? In the past I have seen it take a week to a month for mine to cloud up, but for the brew session I had on Monday, after six hours my bucket looked like skim milk. As far as I can tell, my water comes from a (Maryland) river and is held in a reservoir till needed. If I could I would tell you the makeup of my water, but the water report I can get online is pretty much useless from a brewing standpoint (no numbers for pH, alkalinity, etc.). | 2019-04-23T22:12:27 | https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=13568.msg172195 |
0.999999 | A four stage process for success conflict resolution in the workplace.
The heat generated in a conflict creates in most of us a "fight" or "flight" response. Those who fight aim for victory without regard for their victims. They take an extreme position, issue threats, and demand concessions. Those people who run away from conflict believe a "peace at any price" approach will save relationships. They're quick to accept losses and yield to pressure.
Experts agree that both are no-win approaches to conflict resolution. Each produces an unsatisfactory agreement with resulting anger and resentment.
Claire marches into your office to complain about the number of errors John makes on his reports. John is directly behind her shouting that Claire is to blame because she always gives him the data late and expects miracles. Both seek victory. Using the principled approach, you say, "I can see you are both upset and can understand why, but can we look at the problem and possible solutions rather than focusing on who's to blame?"
Although they both periodically digress into name-calling, you maintain a single-mindedness on problem identification. John finally suggests that communication is the problem; Claire agrees. Bingo! They've taken the first step away from positional arguing.
Your goal in the first stage is to allow both individuals to discuss their perceptions of the problem, acknowledge their emotions as legitimate, and obtain mutual agreement on the definition of the problem.
While Claire agrees that communication is the problem, she's quick to point out that John, as her subordinate, should be responsible for initiating communication when he doesn't understand her data. John counters that Claire is his superior and should be responsible for giving better instructions. You quickly head off their growing discontent by asking: "What is your goal with these reports?" John and Claire agree that their goal is an accurate, timely document that can be used to make wise decisions.
Your objective in the second stage is to look for the mutual interests of both parties. If the parties fail to identify common interests, you might begin by stating, "I see some areas of agreement here," or "Can we agree that . . . ?"
3. Generate options before deciding what to do.
The focus now is to determine how to communicate to ensure an accurate, timely report. Here John and Claire are asked to generate many possibilities. Claire states that weekly meetings might help; John suggests that a standardized form would show where data was missing. Both agree to see ways to solve the problem.
In stage three you seek to separate the act of inventing options from the act of judging them. You might state, "Let's come up with as many ideas as possible to get an accurate report out in a timely manner." You could shift the focus off the report by asking: "Are there other methods that would provide the information we need to make wise decisions?"
4. Insist on objective criteria.
Claire and John had entered your office determined to maintain their positions. Throughout the discussion, you have focused on objective criteria: defining the problem, identifying the goal, and listing alternative solutions. Objective criteria should include: agreement on fair procedures, agreement to reason and be open to reason, and agreement never to yield to pressure tactics.
As John and Claire start to leave your office, they are trying to identify what categories should be listed on the standardized form. You interrupt their discussion with a final question: "What rules are you both willing to live with as you work on the problem?" Both agree to communicate regularly until they have reached the best solution.
The same approach to conflict resolution can be used when you are a party in the conflict. Begin by stating "I want to know the rules of the game we're going to play. Are we both trying to reach a wise agreement with as little effort as possible, or are we going to play `hard bargaining' where only the most stubborn of us will win?" While the other person stops to consider your question, you have time to shift your thinking from a positional to a principled approach.
As Fisher and Ury state in Getting to Yes, "Principled negotiation employs no tricks and no posturing. It enables you to be fair while protecting you against those who would take advantage of your fairness. Whether there is one issue or several; two parties or many; a prescribed ritual or an impromptu free-for-all, principled negotiation is an all-purpose strategy." | 2019-04-23T02:49:26 | http://www.sideroad.com/Management/conflict-resolution-in-the-workplace.html |
0.998673 | The docs for the Stepper Motor HAT say "The motor driver chips that come with the kit are designed to provide up to 1.2 A per motor, with 3A peak current."
Does that mean 1.2 A per DC motor? It can drive 4 DC motors or two stepper motors, so is it double for the stepper motors?
I have a stepper motor that the seller says was tested at 24V and drew 1.2A. I'm using a 12V power supply, so I expect it to draw 2.4A.
Is this safe to do with the Motor HAT or not?
Maybe seeing the specification for the capacitor that sits next to the driver chip would help, is that available?
wsmoak wrote: Does that mean 1.2 A per DC motor?
wsmoak wrote: It can drive 4 DC motors or two stepper motors, so is it double for the stepper motors?
The limit is still 1.2A.
The circuits that drive the motors are called 'half bridges'. They can send up to 1.2A through a load when their output is high, and can accept up to 1.2A from a load when their output is low.
With stepper motors, you need a half-bridge at each end of a coil. During one phase, the left side is high and the right side is low. During another phase the left side is low and the right side is high. You'd connect a DC motor the same way if you wanted to make it rotate forward and backward.
A motor powered by two half-bridges like that is called an 'H-bridge'. When you draw the circuit, the pattern of transistor and motor connections looks like a capital H.
Each side of the H-bridge is still limited to 1.2A. It's just that you can choose which direction the 1.2A goes.
wsmoak wrote: I have a stepper motor that the seller says was tested at 24V and drew 1.2A. I'm using a 12V power supply, so I expect it to draw 2.4A.
Actually, you're more likely to get about 600mA. The current-to-voltage ratio in a motor coil roughly follows Ohms Law. Half as much voltage gives you half as much current.
The good news is that it should be well within the Motor Hat's comfort zone.
wsmoak wrote: Maybe seeing the specification for the capacitor that sits next to the driver chip would help, is that available?
We don't have any formal specs for that. It's an optional part you can connect if you want to reduce noise on the incoming motor power rails.
Anecdotally... things are not adding up. We tried with a 12V 1.6A power supply and the Motor HAT seems to be pulling more power than it can supply-- every time I step the motor, it moves a little and the indicator light on the HAT goes out.
I looked back at the code and I am double-stepping the motor -- single-stepping was not powerful enough to turn the augur it is attached to.
We're going to try with a 12V 5A power supply and see how that works.
Keep in mind that most stepping modes energize both phases at once, so your total current demand will be twice that. | 2019-04-23T14:23:21 | https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=93466 |
0.999806 | Morris now lives in North London with his wife and two young children. Dentro da grande quantidade dos personagens há alguns caracteres bem realizados e as descrições duma São Petersburgo gélida são muito atmosféricas. The writing style and description is vastly different from the story it is continuing. Making his living as a freelance copywriter, he has continued to write, and occasionally publish, fiction. The Gentle Axe has potential for a follow up novel;let's just hope the Inspector's next mystery is less over-plotted and more humane. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this truly atmospheric mystery. The descriptions with which the author builds 'The Gentle Axe', similar enough to Dostoevsky's to retain continuity, are deliberately distinctive enough that imitation is clearly not what Morris had in mind.
Why do so many powerful interests seem intent on blocking his efforts? The prose is very ordinary. Persecuted but never eliminated, the Old Believers experienced a tremendous revival during the reign of the reactionary Tsar Nikolai Pavlovitch, which ended in 1855. It's not a timid author who dares to write a sequel to Dostoyevsky's immortal Crime and Punishment, featuring the same judicial investigating magistrate who prosecuted Raskolnikov;to Morris' credit, he does an adequate job of painting the bleak,existential,soul-stealing, impoverished,authoritarian world of 1860s Russia. He studies the background of the victims and uses his considerable understanding of the workings of the criminal mind to get to the bottom of this perplexing enigma. In the tradition of such first-rate historical novels such as The Alienist and The Dante Club, Fresh off the case of a deranged student who murdered his landlady, noted police investigator Porfiry Petrovich barely takes a breath before a bizarre and very grisly double murder lands him back on the streets of the tsarist St. What does he mean by this? Petersburg, complete with the horrific living conditions for the poor that made revolution seem so imperative. Ultimately, the plot threads draw together to a shocking climax.
In what ways does The Gentle Axe reflect the changes occurring in Russia during the latter half of the nineteenth century? Gentle Axe is not littered with red herrings and preemptive spoilers, instead it is based on a clever plot, written with artistic flair. After reading Crime and Punishment, don't at all expect the same dialect or language. Morris ably describes the social and economic conditions in St. I must confess or it wouldn't be a sequel to C and P that I did enjoy the eccentric characters and the philosophical musings, which I like to think even Fyodor D. Morris clearly spent time in St.
In conducting his cases Porfiry Petrovich has to negotiate the formal social structures and politics, as well as mix with the poor and needy. If I have not solved the case, you may suspend me, indefinitely--without pay. Making his living as a freelance copywriter, he has continued to write, and occasionally publish, fiction, including Taking Comfort 2006 written as Roger Morris. Petersburg during the late nineteenth century. The characterisation and the interactions between them is nicely observed. A burly peasant twirls in the wind, hanging from a bowed tree by a rope about his neck, a bloody axe tucked into his belt.
But most of all he needs to be capable of looking into his own heart. Morris imbues his strange and complex tale with a healthy dose of black humor, and he skillfully explores the hypocrisy of those who hide their malicious nature behind a veneer of respectability. I simply can't ask for more from an author. Perhaps unsurprisingly then the reader is left guessing as to who the murder is and their motives until the end. But by the end I wanted more and have pre-ordered Morris' next Inspector Porfiry Petrovich novel. A Gentle Axe Two frozen bodies are found in Petrovsky Park — a dwarf neatly packed in a suitcase, and a burly peasant hanging from a tree.
The author took a significant, yet calculated risk- borrowing the lead character, setting and back story from the famous work of a beloved writer, which could easily garner a host of negativity. I give it a B+ on my personal grading scale. As to who did it, Morris keeps the reader guessing until the last chapter. Petersburg he knows all too well. Porfiry Petrovich finally puts everything together and explains why the crimes were committed. A burly peasant twirls in the wind, hanging from a bowed tree by a rope about his neck, a bloody axe tucked into his belt.
His investigation takes him everywhere from the rooms of a young prostitute to publishing house specializing in philosophic translations. A laundry list of items were initially left at the scene, however, by the time investigator Petrovich is alerted, via an anonymous tip, anything of value is missing, thus complicating an already difficult case. This book is not a continuation of 'Crime and Punishment', but an individual attempt to branch away from Raskolnikov's life, remain in 1860s St Petersburg, and run with a new concept loosely linked to previous work. Meanwhile the old lady who found the bodies has spent much of her 6,000 roubles on the acquisition of hundreds of icons to adorn the room she shares with a tender-hearted prostitute no Dostoyevskian novel would be complete without one. Porfiri Petroviç asıl dedektifimiz, Pavel Paveloviç isimli bir karakter daha var o da aç öğrenci kitapta. I can't give it a glowing review.
As Porfiry Petrovich tries to navigate a compassionate yet moral path through the turmoil of 1866 Russia we are drawn with him into the poverty, corruption and decay at the heart of an empire. I'm not a fan of hard boiled or classic police procedurals, I like the ones with more of a psychological bent P. It was fun finding references throughout the book to Dostoevsky's novels, although I'm sure I missed most of them. The psychological and spiritual themes seem worthy of Dostoyevsky; there are traces of Gogol and Gorky, too. It's that and now I also want to re-read Crime and Punishment, where is my copy. | 2019-04-19T09:00:27 | http://vitecgroup.it/a-gentle-axe-morris-r-n.html |
0.998944 | I'm sure many of us have heard of the final instalment of Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy called 'The World's End' in which a group of friends come together again to attempt to complete an epic pub crawl in their home town which involves visiting twelve pubs and drinking twelve pints and concluding their night at a pub called 'The World's End'.
However, this is not a review of the film, and if you wish to read my thoughts on this particular production you can do so on IMDB. So, you may ask, how does this film relate to this particular post? Well, after watching this rather amusing story of five men's attempt to complete was is called 'The Golden Mile' I remembered that Adelaide has a pub called 'the World's End' (or more precisely 'The Worldsend') so one day I decided to try and work out how I could replicate the Golden Mile in the sleepy little town of Adelaide. As it turns out, the centre of Adelaide is referred to as 'The Square Mile' (though using Google Maps I realised that the city centre is actually larger an a square mile) and after picking twelve pubs and plugging the route into Google Maps I discovered that it was pretty close to a mile (though more recent calculations using Google puts it at 3.6 km, which is well over a mile, though the length of North Terrace, according to Google Maps, comes in at 2.6 kilometers - however let us dispense with all of these semantics and simply call it 'The Golden Mile').
So, when I arrived in Adelaide I gave a friend a call and asked him if he wanted to visit 12 pubs in one night and finish off at the Worldsend, to which he replied "I don't think so". So I then suggested that we go to a nearby pub and have some lunch (beef schnitzel with pepper gravy of course), watch a movie (The World's End) and then go and visit 12 pubs, finishing of at the Worldsend, to which he agreed (I'm not really sure what caused him to change his mind - maybe it was my persistent pestering). So, after watching The World's End, we jumped onto a bus and began out epic pub crawl.
However, before I go on, I would be negligent if I did not make a statement about the responsible consumption of alcohol. I wish to point out that we did NOT visit twelve pubs and drink twelve pints (I certainly would not have been able to make it to the end if that was the case) simply because I really don't drink to get drunk - I drink because I like beer, and when I go out and drink beer I generally want to be able to make my way home in one piece at the end of the night. Mind you, while I may believe in the responsible consumption of alcohol, I sometimes wonder if the pubs in Adelaide are with the same mind. The reason I say that is because at a lot of the pubs I visited when I ordered a schooner (the smallest size, and they go by different names depending on where you are - unless you are in Germany because the smallest size there happens to be a pint - Sie Sind in Deutschland, das ist eine kliene bier!) they would respond by saying "but a pint is cheaper" - so much for the responsible service of alcohol.
Anyway, enough of that because you are probably more interested in the pubs as opposed so some moral discussion on the consumption of alcohol. However, I should also mention that since Adelaide has one of the largest concentration of pubs in the city centre, a number of them has struggled to survive, and unfortunately one of the pubs on this list has succumbed to that fate.
Located at the corner of East and North Terrace, this was the start of our trek. Okay, it's probably not the best pub in Adelaide (though there certainly are worse) but it seems to have been progressively been going downhill ever since the first time I was dragged here by some friends and set up with some unknown woman in the nightclub. They used to have a really cool bar out the back with another, hidden, bar attached to it. I say that because when I was here with some friends having a drink we would watch people go behind a curtain and not come out. While we were wondering what had happened to them one of us decided to take the plunge and look behind the curtain himself, and when he didn't come out we became a little worried. It turned out to be okay because it was just another bar hidden away from the rest of the pub. Oh, I should also mention that there is a painting of my all time favourite dictator on the wall - Napoleon.
Apparently this is was voted as Adelaide's worst vegetarian restaurant, at least that is what the banner that hung from the balcony stated. While I wasn't there, I've heard that they changed the banner to say 'Now we serve vegetarians'. Well, from what I gather, if you are a vegetarian then this is not the place to visit. Apparently even if you order a chicken salad everybody looks at you as if you were strange. I have been here for a meal once, but I can't remember what I ordered - most likely it was steak because that is what they claim they specialise in (and I can't even tell you if it is any good). However, what I do remember is that I wanted to go into the nightclub for a dance but they wouldn't let me in because I wasn't dressed appropriately, which is when I grabbed one of my female friends and gave it another shot - and it worked! So, it is true, if you are with an attractive woman, it doesn't matter how you are dressed, you can get into anywhere (unless, of course, you are wearing nothing but underpants).
I had never heard of this place until a friend of my gave me a call one night and asked me if I wanted to come out and have some drinks with some friends. Well, that couple of drinks turned out to be a night that lasted until the first train in the morning when we watched the last of our group head off home. However, that night left this place permanently embedded in my mind. At later times I returned to discover a rip-roaring night club going on, but that has long since gone. Still, I quite like this place because the beer garden out the back will forever remind me of that first night I came here.
Fortunately for me, I have never been barred from this pub, which meant that I didn't end up grabbing a mostly unfinished drink from a table outside - something that I wouldn't do in any case.
Now this pub holds lots of memories because there was a time when I would pretty much spend every Saturday night sitting at the bar with my friend drinking beer and talking about absolutely nothing. This place has a vibe all of its own and everybody seems to accept you for who you are (though you won't find any people in suits here - actually, you probably will because the Cranker is that type of pub). I even remember sitting at one of the tables late one night when guys would come past trying to sell us various different things (or looking to buy stuff). Mind you, I was put off this place for a while, but that was probably because I had spent way too much time here, but now, all I can say is 'the good old Crown and Anchor'.
Fortunately for me, when I went into the toilet in this pub I didn't get into a fight with a teenager resulting in a bunch of alien robots charging after me.
Well, so far it seems like all of the pubs that I have visited hold some special memory for me, and the Exeter is no exception. Okay, not all of them are good, but that is not the pub's fault because the pub has always been good to me (except for the fact that it can be nigh impossible to find a seat at times). Okay, it may not be the Cranker, but it still has that same vibe that the Cranker (that is the Crown and Anchor) has, though it tends to be a lot more crowded than the former place. They even have this beer garden out the back, which once again becomes really crowded and can be very hard finding a seat. Still, this is one of 'The Pubs' in Adelaide.
Well, as you can see from the photo above, this place is pretty much jammed packed full of people, so once again, good luck finding a seat. Actually that is not as big a problem as it appears to be because I have always managed to find a seat in one of the bars around the side where the pool tables are located, which is funny because I would have expected that to be the more popular part of the bar. They used to have a beer garden as well where live bands would play, that is until the developers moved in and threw some apartments up nearby. They still have live bands, but this time inside.
This used to be one of my favourite pubs in Adelaide, if only because it was next to the bus stop that I used to get home. However things appear to have changed in the years since I would sit outside on the benches having a quiet beer and reading my book. I remember coming here and having a beef schnitzel for my farewell work lunch, however when I returned a year later all of the sudden those schnitzel's had vanished - it was now a gastro-pub. I guess this place will still hold some fond memories, even though the cheap beers and pub grub has gone. Oh, and standing on the balcony people watching was one of the great things that we would do back in those days.
Oh, and we didn't get into a fight with some robots masquerading as a couple of girls we knew from our younger days, which is always a good thing.
I wonder why they decided to change the name from the Marakesh to the James Place hotel - maybe because they wanted it to reflect more on its location. However, I preferred the old name because it gave this little pub hidden on one of Adelaide's side alleys a character all of its own. I still find this place a nice, quiet little place to visit, with a small bar up on the second story (ignoring the pokie machines on ground floor) where I would occasionally stop by and have a beer after work. I still remember the time when we landed up here late at night after were had been kicked out of the other pub we were frequenting (namely because it was closing) and then spending the rest of the night sitting at the table in a smoke filled haze.
Unfortunately for us there was no marmalade sandwich here that night.
Well, maybe this is no longer the pub that we would spend the last friday night of the school term playing pool and drinking beer, but it is still one of those pubs that hold good memories. These days it is a restaurant that offers decently priced food, and at night (or at least on Friday and Saturday nights) it transforms itself into a nightclub. The problem is that it tends to be one of those teenie nightclubs where high school students attempt to sneak in with their fake IDs. Even thought I am much older than the main patrons in this pub, I still have had some good nights sitting in the booths, or even getting out and partying on the dance floor.
Mind you, the night I came past here with my friend the pub was closed for a private function, so unfortunately I had to skip this one, however I made it up by visiting another bar that had recently opened on Hindley Street.
This can be a funny pub at times because late at night they close the bar off to all us regular people and only have people working 'in the industry' come in and have a drink. I do remember one night hanging around with one of those guys and it is amazing some of the doors that he managed to open for us, especially getting us into pubs that we normally wouldn't be able to get into. I've even had a friend get kicked out of this place, though it is still beyond me what he actually did. However, this place has had a bit of a make over in recent years and was incredibly crowded when we arrived. Still we managed to find a seat. Hey, the beer garden out the back was pretty cool.
Fortunately I didn't run into one of my high school principles, which is always a good thing because I really didn't want to have another lecture on how I had mucked up my life (yes, I know, that was supposed to be in pub number nine, but remember The London Tavern was closed, so technically this was a ninth pub we visited - such is life).
This is that sort of pub: a magnate for the student crowd who come here for cheap beer, cheap food, and live bands. Hey, I really like this place - I always have because of the culture that has developed here. Inside there are a number of nice comfy places to sit, but it is the beer garden that I love the most. I is large, it is where the bands play, and even has a massive Buddha head in the centre. I've even been here for a couple of work functions, and have always found myself downstairs in the beer garden as the night began to wind down - great pub.
Oh, and still no alien robots, or at least they weren't making themselves known (probably because I hadn't picked a fight with any of them).
And here we have it - the final pub of the night and the one at the end of the 'Epic Pub Crawl'. I've been here before so I wasn't expecting all that much, however, as it turned out this was a pretty epic pub. They had certainly changed a lot since I was last here with the addition of a beer garden, a balcony looking over the said beer garden, and a live rock band thundering away. What was even better was when I arrived here with my friend, the balcony (as small as it was) was empty which meant that we had an awesome view of the band below and we were not having to deal with trying to find a seat (because there was only one table, and a ledge running along the balustrade). So, despite not running into any aliens, nor finding ourselves in an alien spaceship hidden under the pub after pulling the wrong beer tap, this was still an epic night (though not one worthy of a movie by Edgar Wright).
However, since the night finished off with a live rock band, I'll finish this post off with Def Leppard playing 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' live in Denver Colorado.
Not surprisingly, this post also appears on my travel blog.
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World's End Poster: Source Wikipedia used under the fair use provisions to provide an illustration as to the film to which is being referred. | 2019-04-18T12:20:21 | http://www.sarkology.net/2015/04/12-pubs-but-skipping-12-pints-adelaides.html |
0.999951 | Online Poker Bots Threat or Not?
Online Poker Bots: Threat or Not?
Are Online Poker Bots a Threat or Not?
Harrison (not his real name) is a regular player in our poker games at home. Late one night (and after a number of beers) the conversation got onto online poker and another player complained about poker bots (short for robot) ruining online poker. Harrison, being recently out of college (with qualifications in pure math/finance and experience working for an investment bank) told us a story about how he wrote a poker bot and re-assured us that there was nothing to worry about. I asked him if he would like to write an article for our website and he kindly obliged. Here it is.
Online games from chess and backgammon to 1st person shooters are rife with people who use computer assisted play or computer robots - even when there is no money at stake. With the appropriate program any player is able to play at a world championship level ruining the game for honest players. What makes online poker different, given that there are huge amounts of money at stake?
In this article I will explain how I developed a poker bot and what I learnt from this experience. My conclusion is that although it is possible to construct a poker playing bot the threat from poker bots to the online poker player is extremely small to non-existent.
For interest and college courses I had previously written computer playing programs or bots for games including chess, Connect 4, Othello, backgammon, bridge and various others. For games such as Connect 4, Othello, chess and backgammon where all players have the same available information about the game state, the theory on how to construct expert bots is well known. Deep search techniques, looking many moves ahead, are used for games such as Othello and chess. Recently (10 years ago) it was discovered neural networks could be taught to play backgammon better than almost any human player. Games such as poker and bridge contain hidden information where the players can see their own hand but not that of the other players. The published theory behind writing expert computer bots for these incomplete information games is decades behind the complete information games and there are doubts techniques will be developed so that computers can play at expert or world championship level. At present the best techniques for these incomplete information games seem to involve some form of simulation and opponent modelling.
2) Data Processing - using the information from the data gathered to determine whether to fold, call or raise.
3) Output - Pressing the appropriate button on the poker room client.
My program was written in early 2004 with Microsoft .Net C++ and was developed to play at one online room only. For the technically minded the program relied heavily on MFC and the Win32 API.
My bot gathered information about game state and history from online poker tables by taking repeated screenshots and analysing the image. To begin with I just observed games, taking screenshots automatically so I could gather data on the position of the cards, chips and button. By determining the color of a certain few pixels I was able to gather all this information about the state of the game. Eventually I was able to gather data from multiple poker tables (4 at a time) by repeatedly bringing each window to the foreground and taking a screenshot. From this screenshot I was able to determine my cards, board cards, button position, who was left in the hand, pot size and player bet sizes.
This is the component that eventually bought my poker bot project to an end, unable to develop a strong enough strategy to win consistently. I tried various rules based, neural net and simulation techniques. At best my bot was able to make a very small profit at $1/2 and $2/$4 limit hold'em, but nowhere near the thousands of dollars a week I envisioned earning when I started the project. In the end it just wasn't worth my time to continue to put resources into developing my poker bot further.
This was the easiest component to write. This involved programmatically moving the mouse pointer to the appropriate screen co-ordinates and then sending a mouse down/mouse up command signalling a left-click. I did give consideration to adding the ability for the bot to use chat but never progressed that far.
Although you might run into a poker playing bot whilst playing online the odds are it plays very poorly. At any level of play you are much more likely to run into an expert human player than an expert computer player.
University Of Alberta Game's Group - World's leading researchers into games of all types. Home to Poki, arguably the world's strongest poker AI.
Computer chess programming - Excellent computer chess programming website.
Temporal Difference Learning and TD-Gammon - Paper by IBM's Gerald Tesauro on developing the first world champion strength backgammon-playing program using neural networks. | 2019-04-23T06:22:44 | http://www.reviewpokerrooms.com/poker-games/general/online-poker-bots.html |
0.998111 | Last year, about 100 lucky Bob Dylan fans in Europe came across a pretty amazing find on record store shelves: a four-CD set titled The 50th Anniversary Collection. The set contains 86 Dylan songs recorded in 1962, including numerous takes of "Mixed Up Confusion," "Sally Gal," "That's All Right, Mama" and "Baby, Please Don't Go." Contrary to appearances, this was no bootleg. It's an official release from Sony and copies are already selling on eBay for upwards of $1,000.
"This isn't a scheme to make money," a Sony Music source tells Rolling Stone. "The copyright law in Europe was recently extended from 50 to 70 years for everything recorded in 1963 and beyond. With everything before that, there's a new 'Use It or Lose It' provision. It basically said, 'If you haven't used the recordings in the first 50 years, you aren't going to get any more.'"
Bob Dylan's 1962 debut LP became a part of the European public domain on January 1st, meaning anybody in Europe can release the music without paying Dylan one dime. "The whole point of copyrighting this stuff is that we intend to do something with it at some point in the future," says the source. "But it wasn't the right time to do it right after he released Tempest. There are other things we want to do in 2013 though."
Roughly 100 copies of the collection were given to random record stores in France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Fans who logged onto Bob Dylan's official website from France or Germany in the final days of 2012 were also allowed to download the collection for 100 Euros.
These 86 songs, many of which have circulated in bootleg circles for years, don't even represent everything Dylan recorded in his first year on Columbia Records. "This isn't every shred," says a source. "But these are all fully realized songs and the kind of things fans would enjoy. Some takes were just 90 seconds or so long, and we didn't release those."
Recordings by Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry and other stars of the 1950s and early 1960s hit the European public domain in recent years. Pressure mounted on lawmakers to change the law as it began to threaten the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and other superstars of the era. As the law stands now, songs released after January 1st, 1963 won't hit the public domain for 70 years. Expect that to change, however, shortly before New Years Day 2033. | 2019-04-23T14:03:26 | http://www.wjsginternetradio.com/2013/01/sony-releases-limited-edition-86-track.html |
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