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0.998967 | Interesting facts about famous classic movies that may be 'movie nerds' have never been known. Let's find out!
The edition of the same newspaper appeared in two films filmed 20 years apart. Only those who are really knowledgeable realize this interesting coincidence, this is the newspaper used in a scene of the sitcom series Married ... with Children first broadcast in 1987 and it also appeared. in a scene of an Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men was produced in 2007. The question is whether the newspaper is a very well-preserved props over 20 years or just Simply, the directors want to reuse the image, so they reprint the newspaper and use it?
The Godfather is a classic film produced in 1972 based on the novel of the same name by writer Mario Puzova, considered one of the best films of film history, it always ranks among leading position in the movie rankings or prestige.
The movie begins with the wedding scene of Connie Corleone, the only daughter of Vito Corleone, who knows that in that scene, the director actually invited real-life mafia, gangsters and their relatives to join. . He wanted the perfect image of thugs to actually appear on film, with the life of the characters being inspired by themselves.
The silence of the sheep (The Silence of the Lambs) is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Thomas Harris. The most Oscar-winning horror film in history for the best film, best director, best script, best actor and best actress. Interestingly hidden in the poster of this classic film, it is on the body of the butterfly that appears a skull, but few realize that it is a composite of six naked women.
Many people believe that the character Jack Dawson in the film, directed by James Cameron, inspired by a true character, has traveled on the Titanic in 1912. However, the truth is that only after completing the script, James just read the news that there was actually a passenger who died on the ship called J. Dawson but J was Joseph, not Jack. However, fans of the film's romantic love story did an extremely risky job of digging J. Dawson's grave in Halifax, Nova Scotia and burying that image of the film and image of Leonardo DiCaprio. .
The Devil's Advocate film starring Charlize Theron, Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. The film tells the story of a lawyer who sold himself to demons to advance in his career. The scenes of the boxing matches in the movie are real, the actors have actually watched the matches while acting in the stands.
In the part of the film Police Academy, the character Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry played by Paul David Graf left many impressions in the audience. The name "Tackleberry" then became popular. In the United States, law enforcement agencies use the term to describe jubilant police officers who are interested in engaging in attacks and learning about military weapons. .
Forrest Gump is a film from the US film about the life of Forrest Gump, a man with an IQ of 75, always experiencing misfortune in life, actor Tom Hanks play the role. Throughout the film, the film revolves around Forrest as a child, a teenager, and as an adult. But very few fans of the film realized that, at the beginning of each new phase of the film, the characters were wearing a blue checkered shirt. Forrest's son was also dressed in the same style of the final scene.
The carpet in front of Sid's room in Toy Story animation is exactly the same as the carpet design in the lobby of the hotel movie The Shining. It was the corridor along the hotel entrance, when Jack Nicholson was trying to kill his wife and son with an ax.
Famous Scream horror film inspired by the name of The Scream painting by artist Edvard Munch. Moreover, the mask that the killer wears in the movie is also a perfect copy of the scary face in the famous painting.
Flying through the cuckoo nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) is a famous film directed by Milo Forman in 1975 based on the novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film is the story of the struggle between the desire for freedom and the fear of patients at a mental health camp. Few people know that the scenes in the movie appear real mental patients and are their true actions every day.
In the movie Terminator, actress Linda Hamilton, who plays Sarah Connor in real life, has a twin sister named Leslie. In the scene where the T-1000 traces Sarah, acting is done by Linda's sister. There is also a scene using mirrors in which Linda and her sister work together.
Pulp Fiction, also known in Vietnamese as "Crap," is a US crime drama released in 1994 set in Los Angeles, the classic film rated by critics as a in the best movies in cinema history. There is a scene in the film that many believe in a suitcase that the criminal Marsellus Wallace always carries and takes care of is the place where his soul is hidden. But this is the inner instrument that creates the mysterious light in the suitcase. | 2019-04-22T17:02:15 | https://www.tingame360.com/2019/03/12-su-that-thu-vi-ve-cac-bo-phim-kinh.html |
0.998525 | Is this hadeeth saheeh (authentic)?
This hadeeth is not saheeh, and it is not proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Shu’ab al-Eeman (3/1437) from ‘Abd-Allah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The sleep of the fasting person is worship, his silence is tasbeeh (glorification), his du’a (supplication) is answered and his good deeds will be multiplied.” Its isnad (chain of narration) was classed as weak by al-Bayhaqi who said: Ma’roof ibn Hassan (one of the men in the isnad) is da’eef (weak) and Sulayman ibn ‘Amr al-Nakha’i is weaker than him. Al-‘Iraqi said in Takhreej Ihya’ ‘Uloom al-Deen (1/310): Sulayman al-Nakha’i is one of the liars. It was classed as da’eef by al-Manawi in Fayd al-Qadeer (9293) and it was mentioned by al-Albani in Silsilat al-Ahadeeth al-Da’eefah (4696) who said: It is da’eef.
What the Muslims should do in general – and this applies even more so to khateebs and da’iyahs (callers to Islam) – is to verify reports before attributing a hadeeth to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). It is not permissible to attribute to him anything that he did not say. He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Telling a lie about me is not like telling a lie about anyone else. Whoever tells a lie about me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.” Narrated by al-Bukhari (1391) and by Muslim in the introduction to his Saheeh (4). | 2019-04-19T19:05:08 | https://islamqa.info/en/answers/106528/authenticity-of-the-hadeeth-the-sleep-of-the-fasting-person-is-worship |
0.999996 | Ornithosis is define as an infectious disease that affects many bird species worldwide such as parrots , macaws , cockatiels , parakeets ,pigeons , sparrows , ducks , hens , sea gulls etc & generally spread to humans from birds, specially psittacine, or parrot-like, birds. It can also be moved to other mammals. Ornithosis is also known as parrot fever , parrot disease & psittacosis . It is recognized as a zoonotic infectious disease produced by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci.
This disease appears in the hole world specially to those people who are associated with occupational exposure to birds such as poultry farming, which is spread to humans by birds. This infectious disease ornithosis is characterized by pneumonitis and systemic symptoms (throughout the body).It is sometimes applied to infections from birds other than birds includes the parrots, macaws, and parakeets.
Ornithosis is an contagious disease originated by chlamydia and can be spread from birds,animals to man. The bacterium Chlamydia psittaci are discharged in the lachrymal fluid, droppings, beak and throat mucus and the crop milk. Sometimes transmission appears through direct or close interaction with contaminated secretions or body tissues, as in laboratory personnel who work with birds. Person-to-person transmission seldom occurs but generally results critical ornithosis.
The infected birds by ornithosis become the carriers & discharge the pathogen. The birds contract the disease by breathing in dust having the pathogen, by ingesting contaminated feed or water & by billing or feeding their young.
The infection may moved to the upper respiratory tract. Nasal catarrh appears, a milky yellow liquid may extract from the nostrils and then dry & obstruct them. The inflammation produces itching & pain , which the pigeon will try to scratch.
The incubation period in humans is 5-14 days & symptoms occurs from illness to systemic illness with severe pneumonia .The symptoms in the humans include are rash, mild fever, headache and commonly pneumonia. But in birds, the symptoms occur such as low appetite, ruffled appearance, eye or nose discharge, and diarrhea.
The acute ornithosis can be occur in young pigeons from wheezing noises, uni- or bilateral conjunctivitis & muco-aqueous enteritis with diarrhoea .
The chronic ornithosis is more often developed in adult birds, which, however, show few or no symptoms of the infection.
In some complex situations encephalitis, endocarditis , hepatitis , myocarditis , arthritis & keratoconjunctivitis may sometime occur.
Tetracycline, an antibiotics are often recommended to treat ornithosis in both humans and birds.
If the patient can't able to tolerate tetracycline, penicillin G procaine or chloramphenicol is recommended as an alternative.
Chlortetracyclin is also used for many years to ebb the as it is the one of the good drugs to treat the ornithosis.
About the Author: Steve Mathew is a writer, who writes many great articles on conditions, diseases and various other ailments. For more information on ornithosis, visit http://www.health-diseases.org. | 2019-04-18T16:59:42 | http://articles.whmsoft.com/index.php?get_videos_links=0&videos_subject=Health&identifier=28-article-27957.htm |
0.99918 | Theodore Roosevelt is still the youngest person ever to have been president of the United States of America. He was a war hero and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Is it any wonder that those who achieve legendary success, like Roosevelt, are the ones who have mastered how to build great relationships and unite other people’s talents and abilities around them?
1. Family Life - Through understanding people well you'll create a better family environment with less arguing, less confrontation, more mutual support through tough times with more empathy and togetherness.
2. Relationships - Through understanding people well you'll have more trust, stronger connection and commitment to each other, more common goals and more responsibility from both sides when you argue or disagree.
3. Business - By understanding people well you'll increase new opportunities, develop better teams, attract and develop the best talent, solve conflicts with suppliers, negotiate lower costs, have effective joint ventures, secure investment easily, increase your credibility, have better marketing, increase customer referrals and be able to handle confrontation in the workplace.
4. Career - By understanding people well you'll increase your employability, have better industry knowledge, be able to find a mentor, mentor others, get better at leading and managing others, negotiate a higher income and overcome problems and obstacles at work.
5. Society - By understanding people well you'll be able to relate to different walks of life, help solve local issues, be more resourceful, hold influence across the community and garner local support when needed.
Where does understanding people start?
Correct! They are all vitally important and play a key part in developing better people skills. But the best way to understand people is to understand yourself.
What does that mean? Understanding what makes you tick, what holds you back, what inspires you, what drives you, what your fears are and what challenges you… 90% of understanding people is getting to know the best example you have of that. You!
Not quite! They are all vitally important and play a key part in developing better people skills. But the best way to understand people is to understand yourself. | 2019-04-22T07:26:26 | https://www.legends.report/quote-theodore-roosevelt-on-the-most-important-ingredient-of-success/ |
0.999995 | WASHINGTON -- As reported by the (Washington) Post-Gazette: `` After Mickey Flynn attended the swearing-in ceremony for Washington County's elected officials 3 1/2 years ago, one official jokingly wondered whether the courtroom made Flynn nervous.
``So long-running and widespread were the bookmaking rumors that when state authorities charged Flynn two weeks ago with running a sports-betting operation from the Union Grill, his restaurant and bar a block from the county courthouse, some were surprised only that the stories had caught up with him.
``…Announcement of the charges Aug. 7 trumped the story of Gov. Ed Rendell's visit to Washington that day and left residents pondering two questions: What prompted state police and the attorney general's office to go after Flynn and, if the charges are true, how did he operate -- rumors notwithstanding -- under the noses of local law enforcement?
``…Flynn and Martin face a variety of charges, including participating in a corrupt organization, a felony punishable by 20 years in prison. Those identified as bookies face misdemeanor counts of bookmaking, and Cononge also faces felony drug charges because authorities said they found marijuana and steroids in his home.
``…The attorney general's office wouldn't say what led investigators to Flynn, who allegedly charged a 10 percent commission, called 'juice,' on the bets he took…" | 2019-04-25T15:04:31 | http://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article/all-bets-are-off-137108 |
0.999879 | Studies that have been done to determine overall brain power put humans as #1 and dolphins as #2.
It is believed that dolphins follow similar types of humans patterns in their communication efforts.
There are many studies out there that compare the size of brains from one living thing to the next.
Is it True that Dolphins Greet as Part of Socialization?
Dolphins are considered to be one of the most social animals in the world. Dolphins may greet as a way to socialize. | 2019-04-21T15:11:00 | https://www.dolphins-world.com/category/news/index.html |
0.996436 | Let's start with how to modify the cable carrier so you can remove links, remove an entire section of links, or add a section of links. You can either remove the yellow pins, or remove the top and bottom brackets. The tool you need for the entire process, for pin removal or top/bottom bracket removal is a standard small flat end screw driver.
The yellow pin on the side of the cable carrier contains a couple of lips that clip on to the pin seat. This clips is slightly flexible, but be careful, the plastic used is a bit brittle, so it will break if hit too hard. Use the screw driver to push the yellow pin out from the inside of the cable carrier.
Removing the top and bottom brackets that hold the sides of the links together can also be removed with a small screw driver. There are two clips that grab the link sides clips. You can access these clips at the top of the bracket and slightly pry the bracket off using the screw driver. You will need to remove the top and bottom brackets and the brackets before and after the initial brackets.
Reverse these steps to reconnect the links together. Remember that if you turn the cable carrier and reconnect them together, they will be locked in place. This may be intentional and can also be locked into two 45 degree positions.
These cable carriers with the yellow pins come in two sizes, 1 inch x 7/8 inch and 2 inches x 7/8 inch. These are inside dimensions of the cable carriers. Within the small cable carrier, you can fit all you need to create a 3 axis CNC machine with a water cooled spindle which requires two tubes (inlet and outlet) and a three conductor cable, and this cable carrier will also have room for the stepper motor cables for all three axes (three four conductor cables).
So, now you know how to modify the cable carrier, remove links, add links, put two sections of cable carrier together, or remove a section of cable carrier. You also know that two tubes, three (3) four conductor cables, and a three conductor cord for spindle power will fit within the inside dimensions of 1 inch x 7/8 inch cable carrier. Twice as many cables and tubes will fit within the 2 inch x 7/8 inch inside dimension cable carrier. | 2019-04-25T19:06:38 | https://buildyourcnc.com/Tutorials/tutorial-cable-carrier-demonstration |
0.999999 | Whatever you do. Don’t lose your seed.
As the Swarm Community grows at an astounding rate, we have been getting a lot of questions regarding password recovery. In hopes of sparing as many as possible from the potentially painful lesson of losing access to their wallets, I offer up this brief blog post about account security and the Swarm blockchain. Let’s get to it.
TL;DR: It is incredibly important to securely save your secret seed. If you lose it, along with your password, there is nothing anyone at Swarm can do to recover your account.
When you sign up for your account on the Swarm platform, the only two pieces of information you need to provide are your email address and a password of your choice. Until this point, everything looks exactly like any other web app. And here is exactly where the similarities end. What happens on the back end when you sign up with Swarm is actually completely different than what happens on the web 2.0.
As soon as you click the sign up button, a random sequence of characters, otherwise known as a seed, is automatically generated client side. Client side means that the process occurs on your computer, outside of and separate from anything Swarm can access or observe. Swarm utilizes standard public key cryptography, generating both your account’s public key and private key from this seed.
Your wallet’s public key is just that — public. You can share it with the world and the world will know that any asset sent to this address will eventually reach you.
Your private key, on the other hand, is used to encrypt data and to sign transactions in the network.
Your seed is the key pair generator. Anyone with your seed can access your wallet and generate both your public and private keys.
When you sign up for a new account with Swarm, the password you provided, together with what’s called a salt — a random piece of data — is used to encrypt the newly generated seed. Again, this happens entirely on your computer. Swarm never knows your seed. This encrypted seed, together with your public key, are then sent to a key server and saved. This triggers a confirmation email to be sent to the newly registered email. Confirming the email address triggers a request for a new account to be created in the Swarm blockchain using the public key associated with it. This is it. This is how a new account is created, and this is why every new user is emphatically prompted to save their seed as soon as they create a new account. The account owner is the only one who has access to the seed.
How a Swarm account is created.
If you lose your password, but you have your seed, you can still regain access to your account because the seed is what generated your key pair (public and private keys). Should you lose your seed and your password, however, you have literally lost access to your account. There is nothing Swarm can do to recover it. This heightened security is both a benefit and a challenge of a decentralized network. No one should have access to your funds but you, so make sure to save your seed and keep it in a secure place where only you have access to it. If you still have questions, make sure to join us on Telegram and feel free to ask the team. We are always happy to help. | 2019-04-20T11:08:00 | https://medium.com/swarmfund/whatever-you-do-dont-lose-your-seed-3d49c8561c75?source=collection_home---4------19--------------------- |
0.999943 | A faithful reader of my articles asked me to address this question. It comes at a time when low employee engagement is a global phenomenon and a major leadership challenge. I wrote an e-book for married folk who needed to rekindle their relationship entitled R.O.M.P.
I injected various connotations of romping into the experience to spruce it up. Lightening the atmosphere at work also looks like a step in the right direction. So, I have modified R.O.M.P. for the work environment.
The “again” in the question is important. Loads of individuals never loved their jobs in the first place. This step invites you to bring back memories of when you got the news that you had landed this amazing job. Recall some outstanding achievements. Think of times when you worked late and hard and the joy that you got from the successful completion.
Reflect on the shared vision. The mission that you bought into and the pride you had in being of service to the cause.
The only way forward is for you to open your mind to new possibilities. One high impact approach is to enrich your job through your own actions. Volunteering to play another role not only creates new interest and excitement but has been shown to put you in line for promotions that you might not have received.
You also have to stop being such a fuss box. Things are not nearly as bad as you are making them out to be. Change your mind-set and it will transform your work experience. Don’t underestimate the power of your mind and your capacity to transform your outlook.
The job that I loved the most was one in which I felt like I was going to a party every day. We did have a liberal dose of literal parties together but even during office hours there was a cool vibe – linked to reminiscing on or looking forward to the next social interaction.
Some people stick to “I am not here to make friends.” Jump to other end of the spectrum. Make friends at work and see how much difference it makes when you wake up in the morning and wend you way to p _ _ _ _. Fill in blanks.
I know that work is serious. It is not about partying and games. There is a ton of stuff to do without adequate time or resources. And added to that, there are these colleagues with whom partying or playing games is not an option for you or anybody for that matter. Sorry lot!
Take it easy. Games afternoons do in fact lighten the tension and help you to see others in a different light. Organize or participate in one. It is guaranteed to make a difference in how you experience work.
However, the PLAY here was actually about work. Look back to movies of agricultural workers or chain gangs and you will notice the injection of something pleasant to make the hours go by more easily. They insert unrelated things to enliven their workday. A receptionist could play Lotto, betting that the next caller will have a first name starting with S.
At the executive level you could experiment with a sprint-pause-sprint routine. Work intensely at achieving a clearly defined result and then reward yourself with your favourite (work appropriate) relaxer. Then bury your head down to achieve the next outcome.
The key is to focus on short sprints. Don’t set up results that cannot be achieved fairly quickly.
What about those energy-sapping MEETINGS?
If you chair, think like a seminar facilitator and find ways to sustain interest. Engage!
If you participate, skilfully amuse yourself without being inattentive – doodle. Better yet, proactively cause the meeting to address issues you consider important and relevant.
Master employee engagement and DISCerning Communication skills in our SHRM-accredited Certified Behavioural Coach and 3-D Leader Certification: Leading Difficult People programmes. Earn PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certifications.
Send your issues to: E-mail: [email protected].
Trevor E S Smith is a Behaviour Modification Coach with the Success with People Academy™.
Previous Post: Executive Burn Out: What Next? | 2019-04-25T08:55:16 | http://certifiedbehavioralcoach.com/how-do-i-fall-in-love-with-my-job-again/?ajaxCalendar=1 |
0.999957 | The text of the bill below is as of Apr 27, 2016 (Introduced).
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and a Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 .
There is established within the Commission the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (in this subsection referred to as the Office ).
encouraging small business capital formation.
The annual rate of pay for the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation shall be equal to the highest rate of annual pay for other senior executives who report directly to the Commission.
An individual may not be appointed as the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation if the individual is employed by the Commission at the time of the appointment.
The Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, after consultation with the Commission, may retain or employ independent counsel, research staff, and service staff, as the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation determines to be necessary to carry out the functions of the Office.
advise the Investor Advocate on issues related to small businesses and small business investors.
The Commission shall ensure that the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has full access to the documents and information of the Commission and any self-regulatory organization, as necessary to carry out the functions of the Office.
Not later than December 31 of each year beginning in 2016, the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report on the activities of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
any other information, as determined appropriate by the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation.
No report required under subparagraph (A) may contain confidential information.
Each report required under subparagraph (A) shall be provided directly to the committees of Congress listed in that subparagraph without any prior review or comment from the Commission, any commissioner, any other officer or employee of the Commission, or the Office of Management and Budget.
The Commission shall establish procedures requiring a formal response to all recommendations submitted to the Commission by the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, not later than 3 months after the date of the submission.
The Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation shall be responsible for planning, organizing, and executing the annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation described in section 503 of the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 80c–1).
Nothing in this subsection may be construed as replacing or reducing the responsibilities of the Investor Advocate with respect to small business investors.
the term smaller public companies means publicly traded companies with less than $250,000,000 in public market capitalization.
There is established within the Commission the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee.
The Committee shall not provide any advice with respect to any policies, practices, actions, or decisions concerning the enforcement program of the Commission.
1 of whom shall be appointed by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of services for the Committee, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
The Commission shall make available to the Committee such staff as the chairman of the Committee determines is necessary to carry out this section.
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply with respect to the Committee and the activities of the Committee.
Section 503(a) of the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 80c–1(a)) is amended by inserting , acting through the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and in consultation with the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, after Securities and Exchange Commission . | 2019-04-21T10:16:40 | https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2867/text |
0.998064 | On the sutra path, first, the cause for a dualistic view is analyzed. One finds that the root for this is clinging to an "I," our ignorance. Then one goes on analyzing. Where does this idea come from? What is the essence of clinging to an "I?" What are its signs? What is its cause, etc.? Finally, one comes to the conclusion that one's own identity does not truly exist. On the sutra path, one starts from the understanding that now we are in a state full of suffering and one looks for the cause of this suffering. One finds that the cause is the various actions one did before. Then one questions what led to these actions and their resulting karma. One finds that the cause is our disturbing emotions, which again are caused by our dualistic view and our clinging to an "I." Thus, one comes to the point where one recognizes that clinging to the "I" is the cause of all our experiences.
Based on this understanding one follows the sutra path in which one primarily maintains the rules of discipline with body and speech. Also, one comes to an understanding of the mutual dependence of all things, and that they do not inherently exist. Thirdly one tries to attain a benevolent attitude toward other beings.
Therefore, on the sutra path one proceeds by analyzing things, investigating the causes. Based on understanding which results from that, one applies different methods. Thereby one reaches the point where one becomes free from suffering. One attains liberation and the state of omniscience as well. However, this path is very long. It is said that the bodhisattva path takes three endless kalpas to attain buddhahood. On the tantra path, Vajrayana, one proceeds in a completely different way. One doesn't analyze causes, one works directly with one's own experiences. For example, when disturbing emotions come up, one doesn't analyze their cause, but experiences them directly and comes to the point where one is able to transform them. For that reason, it is said that this path works with the fruit and is therefore a very fast path. The result which is attained through both paths is the same: one becomes liberated from suffering and inner disturbances subside, one attains realization. The difference between the paths is only the way in which one practices.
The tantra path starts from different conditions than the sutra path. This path is only suitable for practioners with the highest capacities, since one works directly with disturbing emotions without analyzing their causes. On the other hand, it is also said that in this degenerated time this path is suitable for people with the strongest disturbing emotions. The reason is that these people don't have the patience to accumulate merit over a long period of time and to practice the bodhisattva path. They simply cannot manage it. If one really can practice the tantra path and is able to deal with the disturbances in one's mind, it is a very fast path. Nevertheless, one will not reach buddhahood in a few days or years.
It is always said that the Vajrayana is about bringing impure experiences and appearances to a pure level. However, this does not mean that this transformation consists only in thinking or believing that things are pure. It is rather about real transformation. In order to be able to do this, one needs the "three roots" (sources) of blessing, accomplishment, and activity. The root of blessing is the lama. The root of accomplishment (siddhis) is the yidam. The root of activity is the dharma protectors. The lama is the most important of the three roots. Yidams and protectors are manifestations of the lama. No yidam or protector is separate from the lama. For that reason, the lama has a very special meaning in the Vajrayana.
In order to understand this, it is beneficial to look again at the sutra path. Here one relies on a teacher or spiritual friend who shows one the way. According to their explanations one practices and in that way one progresses through the various bodhisattva levels and five paths (accumulation, junction, seeing, meditation, no more learning).
In the Vajrayana, the teacher has a much more important significance. One does not see him simply as one who shows the way, but one sees him as the Buddha himself. With this attitude, the blessing of the lama can directly enter one's mind, mature and awaken one's mindstream. In order to make this possible, two elements are needed. On the one hand one has to practice and on the other hand one has to open to the lama and really see him as the Buddha.
On the sutra path, one deals with one's actions very consciously. One puts effort into avoiding all negative actions and only doing positive things. But since one is always "accompanied" by one's own ignorance and since one has various disturbances, one never succeeds completely and always does something negative again. The sutra path takes so long because the striving for positiveness and the disturbances in the mind which tempt us to do negative actions, are always in conflict which each other.
On the tantra path however, there is an additional element in connection with the lama. In the true nature of mind there is no confusion to be found; it is only the way we experience things which is marked by confusion. If we open ourselves to the lama filled with trust, and therefore get his blessing, our mind will be guided to maturity. This means that through the power of blessing we are able to recognize the true nature of our mind. Thus the lama - the source of blessing - is so important in the Vajrayana and is called "the first root."
In order to get the blessing, several things are necessary. On the one hand, one needs to develop full trust and complete devotion toward the lama. However, this does not refer to just any lama. It refers to the one we have chosen after having extensively checked several teachers. It refers to the lama in whom we are sure we can develop complete trust. On the other hand, the lama should check the practitioner as well in order to be sure that he is really able to help him.
If one has attained certainty that one can develop this complete openness toward a lama, it should give rise to an unshakable trust. It should really be as unshakable and as indestructable as a diamond. If one is able to do that, the result is not being influenced and disturbed anymore by common thoughts. This unshakability of trust is also the reason for the name "Vajrayana", diamond-vehicle, because this trust is like a diamond - indestructable. Many people erroneously believe that there is no difference between a Vajrayana teacher and other teachers. A common teacher can show one the path in a perfectly pure and clear way, and explain how to behave, how things are, etc. A Vajrayana teacher however, is somebody who does not work and teach only with words, but on all levels. With bodily behavior, with verbal teachings and through the inspiration of his mind, he can lead the mindstream of others towards maturity and liberation. Only someone with this capacity is an authentic Vajrayana teacher. There are many common teachers, but only few can be called a teacher in the Vajrayana.
In the prayer of Dorje Chang it is said that devotion is the head of meditation. This refers to the devotion which should be developed in the Vajrayana- a kind of devotion which completely and naturally awakens in oneself without imagination or fooling oneself. When it appears in one's mind, common thoughts subside through the blessing of the lama and the experience of meditation arises naturally, without putting any effort into meditation. Then the inspiration of the body, speech, and mind of the lama can be effective in oneself.
There is the quotation of earlier Kagyu masters that the preliminary practices - the Ngondro, are more profound than all other practices. This statement refers much more to the Guru-Yoga then to the prostrations, Dorje Sempa or mandala offerings, because here one receives the inspiration of the lama's blessing. For the practices like Mahamudra, or the developing phases in connection with yidam practices, or the completion phases - the Six Yogas of Naropa - which are all based on the Ngondro, it is always necessary to prepare one's mind properly. This happens through the blessing one experiences in Guru Yoga. Only through this, is one able to bring impure experiences to a pure level and to work correctly with the other practices. The devotion one should have toward the lama is more than one's feeling when seeing a certain teacher who behaves in a pleasant way toward oneself. If the lama smiles or speaks in a pleasant way, a feeling of devotion may arise, but this is called the "arising of a feeling due to various conditions." The aspired devotion toward the lama however, is a deep inner feeling which is independent from such outer conditions. In the beginning of course, it still depends on outer things; then it becomes an inner feeling which awakens independently from outer conditions and momentary experiences. Only when this completely deep devotion and this unshakable trust have arisen can the blessing work in a way so that common thoughts and the like, calm down naturally. There are descriptions about the signs of devotion: tears appear in the eyes and the hair on the body stands upright. But for this to happen it is necessary that one has a connection to one's lama for many lifetimes; to build it up in one lifetime is impossible.
Only if one receives the authentic blessing is one in the position to realize the authentic fruit, the ultimate accomplishments, the highest siddhis. If one tries to forcefully build up an artificial feeling of devotion and trust, the blessing and the inspiration will be only imaginary and artificial, and so will the fruit (result). Teachers themselves are just human beings. They have a body. They are sometimes in a good or a bad mood. They are sometimes angry, sometimes sad, etc. Without real trust and unshakable devotion, one will be influenced by these things and feel insecure. One will wonder why the experience of meditation today is not as strong as the experience yesterday; one becomes unstable and insecure in one's confidence. All this results from the fact that devotion and trust are not yet really unshakable.
When one talks about reaching the highest accomplishments, it is not something outer or something new one attains. It is the realization of the nature of ones own mind. One has attained the highest accomplishments when one is free of all momentary changing states and conditions, and when one has realized the mind as it really is.
Blessing is the ability to bring the mind of other sentient beings to maturity and to liberate them. Blessing does not have any form, nor any specific symbol of expression. Although during empowerments different symbolic objects are used, the actual blessing is that one becomes free of the idea that someone receives a blessing and is given a blessing. This is the ultimate empowerment and the real blessing. Everything else is just symbols and examples for the receiving of blessing.
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0.99981 | A hillbilly from Tupelo, Elvis Aaron Presley was the first musical megastar of the rock and roll era, as well as being the most dramatic example of a celebrity transformed into a cult deity by premature death. Quite a bit could be learned about the nature of celebrity worship from the Cult of Elvis phenomenon that has emerged -- even more so than from the hysteria surrounding The Beatles -- but it generally tends to be regarded as no more than a freakish anomaly rather than an extreme form of what is actually a common human impulse; in fact, the fanaticism of Elvis' fans has now become as deeply rooted in Western (and other) popular culture as Presley and his music -- take a look at films such as True Romance (1993) or even Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) for two very different representations of this phenomenon. People have always displayed a need to create a larger-than life figure with which to associate themselves -- the shift to entertainment figures from political figures has been gradually taking place since the invention of the motion picture -- and Elvis has now become the patron saint of this tendency, sometimes even expressed as "fill-in-the-blank" is my Elvis, such as cartoonist Matt Groening's comment in a 1992 interview that "Frank Zappa is my Elvis."
Elvis Presley was brought into the world in 1935 by truck driver Vernon Presley and his seamstress wife Gladys Smith. His twin brother Jesse Garon Presley arrived at the same time but was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. Raised in poverty, Elvis developed his singing talents at the famiy's Pentecostal church, and by the age of ten managed to win second prize at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show with a version of the song Old Shep (a performance broadcast by local station WELO); this accomplishment motivated his parents to buy him an acoustic guitar, after which the young Elvis spent as much of his free time as possible teaching himself to play. In 1948 his family moved him to Memphis, and it was here that Elvis fell under the influence of black R&B performers such as B. B. King by way of the thriving music scene centered around the city's Beale Street clubs.
In Memphis, Presley's musical abilities continued to gain recognition, and in his next talent show the shy teen earned first place through the enthusiasm of his classmates. Blue-collar work at a machinist's shop was taken immediately after graduation in 1953, but Elvis' ambitions to become a professional musician were not abandoned: that same year he paid $4 to record himself singing My Happiness and That's When Your Heartaches Begin at Sam Phillip's Memphis Recording Service, but he was disappointed by the results. After a short-lived job with the Precision Tool Company, Elvis spent a period in his father's vocation, driving a truck for Crown Electric while also attending night classes to become an electrician. A second attempt at recording (A Casual Love Affair and I'll Never Stand In Your Way) was made at the start of 1954, but this time with Phillips himself in attendance; intrigued by the young singer's performance, the Sun Records owner invited him back to create further recordings later in the year.
Despite Phillip's dissatisfaction with his first session with Presley, he remained convinced that the singer's version of black R&B had considerable potential. A backing band featuring guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black was assembled, and after a few months of rehearsal the tracks I Love You Because, Blue Moon Of Kentucky and That's All Right were recorded in July of 1954. The last of these three tracks (backed by Blue Moon Of Kentucky was then released by the Sun label as Presley's first single, causing an immediate stir in the local music scene: listener response to the song's airplay was enthusiastic, as was the audience response to the trio's subsequent club performances. Moore took on the role of manager for the group, and appearances at various Southern radio stations (and one at the Grand Ole Opry in September) continued to build on the initial success brought about by the single.
Later in the year, Elvis began to make regular appearances on the popular live radio program Louisiana Hayride, which continued throughout 1955. After releasing his second single Good Rockin' Tonight b/w I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, he made his first televised performance on the local television version of Hayride in March of '55; by this time Moore had passed on management duties to disc jockey Bob Neal, who soon afterwards would be responsible for involving the dubious character Colonel Tom Parker in Presley's career. Public response continued to grow with each new release, the single Baby, Let's Play House b/w I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone climbing to #10 on the country charts in July of '55, followed by Presley's first #1 Mystery Train b/w I Forgot To Remember To Forget in September. This success increased the interest of Parker, who quickly pushed both Neal and Phillips out of the picture by arranging a lucrative contract for the singer with the RCA label.
With the re-release of his Sun singles on RCA, Presley's popularity quickly expanded from being a Southern to a nation-wide phenomenon. A series of performances on the national TV program Stage Show led to high-profile appearances on variety shows such as The Milton Berle Show, The Steve Allen Show and The Ed Sullivan Show throughout 1956 -- instigating a level of hype that would frequently result in riots at the singer's public appearances, and carried the first RCA-recorded single Heartbreak Hotel b/w I Was the One to the top of the mainstream pop charts. Parker took full advantage of the situation by arranging a seven-year contract for his client with Paramount Pictures, moving the focus of the next stage of Elvis' career from records to films. The first of these films, the Civil War drama Love Me Tender (1956) was met with enormous box-office success and even reasonably positive critical reviews.
Having been established as an international celebrity and the center of a multi-million dollar merchandising business, in 1957 Presley purchased Graceland Mansion as a home for himself and his family, where he would reside for the remainder of his life. His film career proceeded at full steam throughout '57 and '58, the feature Loving You (1957) once again providing him with the dual box office/record album success of Love Me Tender -- an achievement again repeated by his next two films Jailhouse Rock (1957) and King Creole (1958). Live performances also continued to be received with hysterical enthusiasm by crowds of teenagers throughout the U.S. (and, on a few occasions, in Canada). A widely-publicized interruption to this new lifestyle arrived in March of 1958, however, when Elvis reported to Fort Hood to begin basic training for the US Army, having received his draft notice in December of the previous year.
During the next two years the Army remained the focus of Presley's life, the singer only managing one recording session (scheduled after the completion of his training) before his discharge in 1960. The majority of his service was spent at Wiesbaden Air Force Base in Germany, and it was here that he met Priscilla Ann Beaulieu -- only 14 at the time, but whom he would eventually marry in 1967. The hype surrounding Presley was scrupulously maintained by Parker throughout his client's absence, and recording, television and film work was immediately resumed upon his re-entry into civilian life: the album Elvis is Back!, a television special called Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home, Elvis and the motion picture GI Blues were all completed and released before the end of 1960.
For the first few years of the 1960s, Presley's popularity remained unrivaled in his home country -- although response to the endless succession of the singer's films (his 21st (!) being released by the middle of 1965) went through unavoidable fluctuations. The arrival of the so-called British Invasion in the mid-60s (and particularly the impact of The Beatles) ultimately deflected the public taste in a different direction (despite the ironic fact many of these bands, Beatles included, would cite Presley as a major influence on their own creative output), and the social changes accompanying this shift in popular music also put the conservative-minded Presley out of step with the young people that used to stampede to his live performances. By 1966 attendance to his films began to decline, and his albums and singles ceased to enter the top 10; by his 28th film Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) his career was in an undeniable slump, the soundtrack album climbing only as high as #82 on the charts.
In an attempt to breathe some life into his stagnating career (and to restore his own enthusiasm for performing), in mid-1968 Presley staged a television special simply called Elvis, broadcast by NBC on December 3rd. This was his first performance in front of a live audience since a pair of concerts at Ellis Auditorium in Memphis in February of 1961, and featured a cross-section of his hit songs and musical styles, as well as reuniting him with Scotty Moore and D. J. Fontana from his original band. The program did briefly restore some of Elvis' previous glory, receiving both high ratings and strong critical notices. Presley then followed up with what would prove to be his last #1 single, Suspicious Minds, in the latter half of 1969 -- although the fortunes of his excessive film output (his 31st feature, Change of Habit, limping it's way in and out of theaters in Novemeber of '69) continued to decline.
Upon the arrival of the 1970s, the focus of Presley's activities moved away from film projects and returned to live performances. Most of these shows took place at resort-oriented venues such the Las Vegas Hilton and the Sahara Hotel in Tahoe, with the singer staging extended engagements at the Hilton every year between 1970 and 1976. The single Burning Love placed Elvis at #2 on the mainstream charts in 1972, and during the first half of the 70s several other of his singles would top the charts in Germany and the UK, as well as the country charts in the States. By 1973, however, physical problems ranging between his addiction to prescription drugs, pneumonia, hepatitis and various complications brought about by his weight gain began to interfere with his performance schedule, and in 1975 he would be forced to spend periods in the hospital on two different occasions. His unhealthy lifestyle inevitably caught up with him, and while taking a break after several months of touring, Presley was found dead of heart failure in his Graceland home on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42.
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0.999852 | Research has shown that majority of nurses feel that they lack relevant knowledge about immigrant's cultural backgrounds, and therefore, feel incompetent in providing these patients with good care. Last year alone, 4520 nursing students graduated from nursing schools throughout Sweden. Later on, they will meet and treat people from diverse cultural backgrounds and consequently, it is crucial that their educational training prepares them for their future work in a multiethnic society. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the nursing curricula in Sweden's nursing schools provide students with the necessary tools for becoming culturally competent. The present study was based on two main questions: (i) Do the present educational plans and courses provide nursing students with the opportunity to become culturally competent? (ii) How do the contents of the educational plans match the contents of the course plans? The study was conducted using a quantitative documentary analysis, where the authors analysed the curricula of 26 nursing schools in Sweden and then compared them to the theoretical frame of reference 'The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services', a model written by Campinha-Bacote. The results showed that 69% (18/26) had included the concept of culture in their educational plans, whereas 77% (20/26) had included this in their courses. In all, 15% (78) from a total of 504 curricula had included the concept of culture in some way or another. However, the analysis found that only three schools provided students with specific training on the topic. Conclusively, the results showed that nursing students were not prepared for their work in a multiethnic society and nursing education in Sweden has failed to implement existing research into the nursing curricula. | 2019-04-19T18:32:27 | http://esh.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?faces-redirect=true&language=no&searchType=SIMPLE&query=&af=%5B%5D&aq=%5B%5B%5D%5D&aq2=%5B%5B%5D%5D&aqe=%5B%5D&pid=diva2%3A795047&noOfRows=50&sortOrder=author_sort_asc&sortOrder2=title_sort_asc&onlyFullText=false&sf=all |
0.999887 | A great recipe to serve up for breakfast.
2. Grill the brioche slices and the banana.
3. While the brioche is on the grill, spread peanut butter on one brioche slice and some jam on the other slice.
4. Layer cheese slices over the peanut butter and let it sit on the grill until the cheese starts to melt.
5. Cut the grilled banana and place over the cheese slices.
6. Remove brioche slice with bananas from grill and place it on a serving dish. Cover with the other brioche slice. Slice in half and enjoy. | 2019-04-20T16:31:54 | https://ifood.tv/sandwich/509244-ballistic-breakfast-sandwich-day-1-of-our-outdoor-breakfast-special |
0.999999 | Analysis: A champion's performance by F1 team and driver. Can they keep it going?
A week after Mercedes made a very public mistake in not pitting Lewis Hamilton under a Virtual Safety Car, there was a big decision to be made in the closing stages of the British Grand Prix; whether to stop under a Safety Car or stay out on worn tyres and defend the track positions gained.
For Ferrari and Red Bull there was no discussion, they must stop. Mercedes decided to stay out. The race leader Sebastian Vettel fell behind Valtteri Bottas as a consequence, but passed him anyway on fresh tyres to win the race. Is it a similar scenario to Austria or something else?
This was one of the most memorable British Grands Prix for years, particularly because of the late race Safety Car that bunched the field up and put some of the players onto fresh tyres for an attacking finish.
Mercedes and Ferrari were closely matched on pace in both qualifying and race conditions. Ferrari had an aerodynamic upgrade on the floor and diffuser which really worked for them, especially on a track where last year they struggled.
This year, with Britain enjoying a heatwave, the temperatures were much higher than anyone could have expected when Pirelli selected the tyre compounds. Track temperatures on race day were up above 50 degrees, which is more like Bahrain than Northampton.
This made the race strategy planning quite a challenge. On paper after Friday's practice sessions, the fastest way was to do a one stop strategy, pitting around Lap 20 from soft to mediums. Without a Safety Car, that is what the majority would have done.
The outlier was Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull, who had been racing Kimi Raikkonen because the Finn lost track position at the start after colliding with Lewis Hamilton. Red Bull switched Ricciardo onto a two stop strategy, when Raikkonen was behind him, believing that the Finn, who had stopped early on Lap 13, would have to stop again, which he probably would have had to do. They avoided the undercut by Ferrari.
Raikkonen's early stop, combined with the added ten seconds time penalty for causing the collision, meant that he had dropped into traffic and taken some time to clear the Force India, Renault and Sauber midfield cars to close up to Ricciardo.
Unfortunately for Ricciardo a Safety Car was deployed soon after his stop, when Marcus Ericsson crashed heavily. So whereas he had taken his stop at full racing speeds, the others were able to get a cheap pit stop under the Safety Car (10 seconds of race time instead of 22).
It was clear immediately from pictures of Ericsson's high speed accident that a Safety Car would be deployed. But it took a few seconds for the order to go out.
At the point when the SC was finally deployed. Ferrari had Vettel in the lead and Raikkonen in fourth, Red Bull had Verstappen third and Ricciardo sixth. Mercedes had Bottas in second place and Hamilton fifth.
For Ferrari with Raikkonen on 20 lap old mediums it was a no brainer to stop. Likewise for Vettel on 13 lap old mediums, he had too much to lose by staying out. In that scenario, Bottas and Hamilton would have stopped for new softs and at the restart Vettel would have struggled to hold them behind.
Conversely for Mercedes by staying out, Bottas would get the lead and Hamilton would move up to second. Mercedes had stopped both cars late, clearly looking at a comfortable one stop. Bottas' tyres were 12 laps old and Hamilton's just eight laps old. There were 19 laps to the finish of which probably only 15 or 16 would be at racing speeds.
The lap times of both had been strong prior to the Safety Car, in fact Bottas had been gently reeling in Vettel, the Mercedes displaying its historic tendency to be faster on the harder compounds of rubber (although Ferrari has improved a lot in this area).
By stopping Bottas, he would have come out behind Vettel, but on used softs rather than new ones. Unlike the Red Bull and Ferrari drivers, neither Mercedes driver had a new set of soft tyres available.
It's unusual for Mercedes to miss a detail like that, but in reality they would probably have done the same thing even if those tyres were available. Certainly with Hamilton; with Bottas in hindsight a switch to softs could have netted a podium rather than a fourth.
So it was a long shot for Bottas to win the race, defending against Vettel on new soft tyres.
For Hamilton the gamble was more weighted in his favour. He had been at the back of the field after the Lap 1 collision with Raikkonen and his recovery drive had brought him back up towards the front. By leaving him out until Lap 25, Mercedes put him back out on track into the large gap between Raikkonen and Hulkenberg so he was able to drive in clear air at his maximum pace. But he was still over ten seconds adrift of Raikkonen.
The Safety Car brought him back into contention and by staying out as others pitted, he jumped up to third place. Behind him were Verstappen and Raikkonen on fresh soft tyres. Hamilton questioned this, but Mercedes' calculations had showed that fifteen laps on relatively fresh mediums, with the Red Bull likely to hold Raikkonen for a while, Hamilton would not be passed from behind.
As it transpired, a second Safety Car was deployed soon after when Grosjean and Sainz collided, leaving just 10 laps of racing after the second restart.
This played into Mercedes' hands on one side, but on the other they still had the handicap of the medium tyres taking longer to warm up at the restart compared to the softs.
But the gamble also accepted that Hamilton wasn't going to win the race either. He would finish third, or second if Bottas had problems with the tyres. They were only four laps older than Hamilton's, but once he was passed by Vettel with a brilliant move into Brooklands, Bottas dropped back and was passed by both Hamilton and Raikkonen. Verstappen retired.
It was a great win for Ferrari of the kind that they need to roll out consistently to take this championship. The execution was perfect on every front; effective chassis updates, perfect strategy and driver. The whole thing came together and Vettel leads the championship by eight points.
They - and Vettel himself particularly - have left too many points on the table this season. But at Silverstone they looked like a team that can win the world championship.
The question mark is repeatability.
Look at the gap that Mercedes was able to put Hamilton back out into after his late stop, leaving him clear air. But he wouldn't have caught the front runners without the Safety Car. Look also at the damage the early stop did to Raikkonen, coming out into traffic. | 2019-04-22T06:39:58 | https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/analysis-a-champions-performance-by-f1-team-and-driver-can-they-keep-it-going-65093/3222106/?utm_source=jaonf1.com&utm_medium=acquisition-redirect&utm_content=analysis-a-champions-performance-by-f1-team-and-driver-can-they-keep-it-going |
0.975246 | When “world’s first” is used as an adjective phrase, are there any rules dictating the use of the apostrophe? Should it be “world’s first technologies” or “world-first technologies”?
An acquaintance believes “world-first technologies” is correct, but that just doesn’t sound right to me. I didn’t find anything that addresses this particular (admittedly persnickety) quandary in my Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) or online. Any and all insight would be welcome and appreciated.
I don’t much care for world-first technologies: why put the world first and yourself second (or something like that)? It reads wrong.
Given how we have no qualms when the guy at the door’s knock awakens you, you might put it at the end of the entire phrase leading up to it, but people get all squeamish about my wife and I’s dinner.
I guess you could go for a double-barrelled these world’s-first technologies or just plain these first-in-the-world technologies. That’s probably the best I can suggest, despite how ugly it looks.
But I would not go with these world’s first technologies without any hyphenation, lest it be misread as meaning something else. Consider the problem of speaking of just one of them: this world’s first technology has a different reading, and although your particular case of these probably disallows that, it is a bit of a head-scratcher upon first read.
The problem with my suggestions is that I just don’t much like a lot of all-over-the-place hyphens in my text. But there aren’t any solutions that are free of them but clearly stated.
There is merit in your friend's desire to add a hyphen, but I think tchrist is right to suggest keeping the apostrophe for "world's-first technology". Your friend's "world-first technology" sounds like the world is placed before all others (like me-first technology).
Regarding hyphenation: I generally hyphenate adjectival phrases that belong together as a service to the reader, who should never have to wonder if the words modify the object separately or together. So, as a hopefully clear example, I would hyphenate for "big-deal bureaucrat", but not for a "big fat bureaucrat".
You can make this distinction for when to hyphenate by asking whether the words hold the same meaning when either word is removed: in my example "big bureaucrat" might work but "deal bureaucrat" does not, so these should be hyphenated. In your case, neither "world's technology" or "first technology" is what you mean to say, so you should hyphenate to "world's-first".
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0.999999 | Here we go again! Peace talks regarding Syria are beginning once more in Geneva, Switzerland. Even if President Assad could be convinced to set up a transitional government in order to end the violence in Syria, lasting peace will be difficult to maintain. What would be the best scenario? Previously, regarding any prospective military action, President Obama has said "…we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force, particularly after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan." Obama's previous actions and any future military actions are based largely on conjecture, and such is their outcome. It is particularly dangerous to base actions on guesswork, especially in the Middle East. A massive regional firestorm could erupt. There is a scientifically-validated approach to effectively, efficiently, and quickly end turmoil. If President Obama has the political will to order his military to deploy an unusual but effective approach, he no longer needs to base actions on guesses. This means of violence removal is based on peer-reviewed research. The approach has beenfield-tested by non-US militariesand validated by 23 studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Based on 25 years of research, it has been endorsed by independent scientists and scholars. Where deployed by foreign military circles, it is known as Invincible Defense Technology (IDT). This preventive defense system is thought to work on the level of the unified field, where all the forces of nature are united. This defense technology supersedes all others based on weaker electronic, chemical, and nuclear forces. Forpolitical reasons, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has ignored this unified field-based approach. Despite the success of IDT deployment by Latin American militaries, the DoD continues to rely almost solely on its non-unified field-based weaponry, rather than on the IDT prevention-based approach. IDT involves creating Preventive Wings of the Military. Their warrior's daily routine includes two hours twice a day practice of a human resource-based technology, also known and researched as the Transcendental Meditation and its advanced TM-Sidhi program. As a military societal coherence-creating unit, they quietly practice these programs for about two hours, twice a day, seven days a week, preferably in a secure location near the targeted population. Their presence and operation does not need to be disclosed to achieve the effect of violence removal and conflict resolution. The 23 studies carried out indeveloped and developing nations in all continents, including the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, constitute the largest and the most successful experiment in social sciences of the 20th century. Such coherence-creating groups have achieved positive benefits to society, shown statistically, in even just 48 hours. Modern statistical methods used in this research preclude chance or coincidence. The IDT approach was used during wartime (drop in fighting and in number of deaths and casualties, progress toward resolving the conflict), and in peace (drop in crime rate, drop in violent death index, decrease of misery index, drop in unemployment, rise in a quality of life index). Societies using it perform extremely well in a very short time. This is what decreased the intensity of war in Lebanon in 1984 in a dramatic way in 48 hours, to name only one of the successful experiments. In 1992,President Joaquim Chissano, Lt. Gen. Tobias Dai, and the Chiefs of Staff of the Mozambique militarycarefully analyzed the IDT research. They made a unanimous decision to adopt it for their country by training about 3,000 soldiers and 16,000 police. As predicted, violence disappeared by 1993. Societies using these groups also become more self-sufficient. For instance, in Mozambique the economic growth reached 19%. Once the poorest world country in 1992, by 2000 it had moved up to be the world's fastest-growing economy. History has been shaped by technological innovation that was radical at the time. The Roman Empire developed a revolutionary sword. British soldiers used their new menacing muskets. The German war machine required fast engines burning fossil fuels to launch their Blitzkrieg. Powerful atomic weapons as well as the flying devices that carry them have greatly influenced political decisions since World War II. Such technological innovation is taking place now. At least one Latin American country is training 11,000 military IDT experts. The historical ramifications of this are profound. According to previous research, this number will create a global effect of coherence. By accessing the Unified Field of all the Laws of Nature, this military IDT group will harness the most powerful force in the universe, and hence become the most powerful military in the world - simply by creating a peaceful influence. If Commander-In-Chief President Obama really has "...a deeply held preference for peaceful solutions," he should have the courage to order the US military to use IDT. If he quickly acts, the US could once again make history by catching up just like it did with the Russians in the race for outer space. It could gain international prestige by winning both the race to conquer the ultimate "inner space" - the unified field and create lasting world peace. Teresa Studzinski is the President and Co-founder ofThe Global Alliance for Preventive Wings in the Military, a 501(c)(3) organization, and CEO ofTechnology and Transformation LLC. Teresa is an Expert in the Unified Field Technology - IDT Social and Military Application and a member ofThe Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association - AFCEA International. She is also a businesswoman and formerly investigative journalist, member of The Foreign Press Association in New York andThe National Press Clubin Washington, D.C., she travelled widely to interview such political figures as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Henry Kissinger, and many others. Dr. David Leffler is the author of "A New Role for the Military: Preventing Enemies from Arising - Reviving an Ancient Approach to Peace." He received his Ph.D. inConsciousness-Based Military Defense (Invincible Defense Technology - IDT) fromThe Union Institute & Universityin Cincinnati. Dr. Leffler was a member of the US Air Force for nearly nine years. He is a member of theU.S. Naval Instituteand served as an Associate of theProteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. Dr. Leffler now serves as the Executive Director at theCenter for Advanced Military Science (CAMS)and teaches IDT. He is onTwitter. | 2019-04-25T22:25:10 | https://middle-east-online.com/en/proven-solution-create-lasting-peace-syria |
0.999994 | The tweet that started it all. Na'ama, the girl behind the account @LegitTayUpdates, went to prison for refusing to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
To Taylor Swift "stan" Twitter account gained interest when its owner was released from prison last week. The Twitter fan account, called @LegitTayUpdates, tweeted on April 2, “as most of you know, I haven't been very active in the past couple of months because I was in prison."
A "stan" is a colloquial term for a super fan who keeps track of life of the celebrity they are obsessed with, usually with a Twitter account.
Both fans of Swift and other Twitter users were curious about why the account's owner was put in prison.
The owner of the account, Na'ama, is a fierce advocate for the freedom of Palestine. She refused to enlist in military service for Israel, which led to her imprisonment for two months.
While in prison, Na'ama's friend visited her to update her Taylor Swift. As any super fan would do, Naama provided a multitude of handwritten notes and diary entries for her friend from tweet for her – from prison.
A fangirl that runs a fan page of her favorite artist making a dramatic comeback. The law requires that Israeli women serve 21 months in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) once they reach age 18.
Na'ama refused to enlist because of her strong political opposition. She could have received exemption from military service because of her morals, but she was not allowed to wait because she was not considered a true pacifist.
Some LMU students saw the story as entertaining and unique.
Sophomore film and television production major Michael Gibbs was surprised by how casually the admin let her followers know she was in prison. "I think it a pretty wild story. That´s so bizarre because of the nonchalant way that she explains her absence from Twitter, "Gibbs said.
Something we usually do not see.
Cat Killedjian, a senior communications officer and English double major, thought it was an interesting story. "We hear a lot about the political conflicts between Palestine and Israel but at least I personally don't know any of the human aspects of it," Killedjian said. "Taylor can be such an abstract idea, so hearing about this girl who runs to account for Taylor Swift someone is so deeply affected by it adds a dose of reality to humanity."
Junior political science major Alina Mirzaian said that this surprisingly was not the first time she had heard of a "stan" account being run by someone in a country that is encountering serious conflict. "I think that social media and focusing on celebrities' lives has become a mechanism for millennials in places like the Middle East, where often times the practice of freedom of speech can result in terrible consequences," said Mirzaian.
Megan Loreto, a sophomore English and history double major, feels similarly. "I think the most interesting part of the political history of the country. Stanning Taylor Swift is simply a testament to the young age that people experience in the world such things and a reminder that these issues are closer to us than we might imagine. "
He loves her has turned into hunger for charity.
She has shared a link to a fundraiser for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF). The PCRF offers medical support to children caught in the crossfire of Israel and Palestine. As of April 8, the fundraiser has reached $ 1,760.
Whether or not supports Taylor Swift for fun or distraction for the reality of the world, it is clear that she is passionate about what she does.
This is the opinion of Donna Borges, a sophomore marketing major from Rancho Cucamonga, California. Tweet comments to @donnaborgess or email comments to [email protected]. | 2019-04-23T10:19:09 | https://www.archynetys.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-super-fan-went-to-prison-for-palestine-life-arts/ |
0.999254 | Below is an alphabetized list of the various terms and phrases used in the SmarterMail Product.
Account - An account consists of an email address and a password, used to log into a mail server to retrieve or send mail.
Administrator - The person or company that purchased and installed SmarterMail Professional Edition on a server with abilities to set global configurations and create and delete email domains and end users.
Alias - An email address representing another address that only forwards received mail to another address or group of addresses. For example, if your email address is [email protected] and you wanted to make an account for purchases without actually having separate inboxes to check, simply create the email Alias [email protected] and the mail for purchases will be redirected to your original mailbox.
APOP - APOP stands for Authenticated Post Office Protocol. Every mail connection made sends your username and password across the network in clear text (no encryption). With APOP, your password is encrypted while being transmitted over the Internet.
Auto Responder - A preconfigured message immediately sent back to anyone you receive an email from.
Bayesian Filtering - A statistical method of spam detection, Bayesian filtering uses the probability that certain words appearing in email are spam to identify emails that are likely spam.
Black List - Block email from email addresses and domains added to this list.
Content Filtering - Content Filtering allows a user to search incoming messages for certain words or string of words. Messages containing the filtered items can be acted upon, for example deleting them so it never reaches its final destination, or moving them to a separate folder away from the main inbox.
DNS Server - A DNS Server is a computer designated to holding a list of domain names and their corresponding IP addresses. For the purposes of SmarterMail, some Domain Name Servers hold a list of domain names and IP addresses associated with mass spam mail outs. SmarterMail makes it possible for Administrators to enter the URL and take advantage of these Domain Name Servers to filter out mail from known spammers.
Domain - A domain is the name associated with the last half of an email address, it resides after the @ symbol (e.g. in [email protected], example.com is the domain).
Domain Admin - The owner of a particular domain responsible for adding and deleting email accounts and setting configurations associated with that domain.
Domain Alias - An additional domain that forwards received mail to another address or group of addresses. For example, you may have two email addresses with different domain names, to combine their inboxes, add one email address to the Domain Alias List.
End User - A person who uses SmarterMail to send and receive mail, or to manage a domain consisting of other end user email accounts.
Folder Auto-Clean - Automatic deletion of older messages when a folder reaches a certain size. Used to keep folders like Junk E-Mail under control.
Forward - To redirect a received email to another email address.
IMAP / IMAP4 - Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a standard protocol for accessing e-mail from your local server. IMAP (the latest version is IMAP4) is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet server. IMAP requires continual access to the server during the time that you are working with your mail.
IP Address - Internet Protocol address is the numeric physical address of any computer. Therefore, you can access a computer by entering either the domain name or the IP address for the domain (e.g. 127.0.0.1).
IP Bypass - Pardon IP addresses from SMTP authentication enabled on any domain. This is often used to allow clients who have applications that do not support SMTP authentication to bypass this check.
IP4R / RBL List - A DNS lookup that attempts to determine if a mail server is likely to be sending spam. You take the IP address of the mail server, turn it around, and query a "DNS zone", to come up with something like "2.0.0.127.relays.example.com". If the mail server is listed in the spam database you queried, it will return an answer indicating that the mail server is listed.
Kill List - A list of domains that are denied access to the mail server.
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a communication protocol for accessing online directory services. Programs like Outlook and Thunderbird use LDAP to retrieve contact lists from SmarterMail.
List Server - A list server (mailing list server) is a program, or a feature in a program, that handles subscription requests for a mailing list and distributes new messages, newsletters, or other postings from the list's members to the entire list of subscribers as they occur or are scheduled. Note: A list server should not be confused with a mail server, which handles incoming and outgoing e-mail for Internet users.
Mailbox - A folder that contains messages.
Mailing List - A mailing list is a list of people who subscribe to a periodic mailing distribution on a particular topic. Mailing lists include each person's e-mail address. Mailing lists have become a popular way for Internet users to keep up with topics they're interested in. Many software producers and other vendors are now using them as a way to keep in touch with customers.
POP / POP3 - With Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) your mail is saved for you in your mail box on the mail server. When you read your mail, all of it is immediately downloaded to your computer and no longer maintained on the mail server.
Postmaster - A required default email account for a domain. In order to receive email from the postmaster account, it has to be forwarded to another email address.
Relay - Allows an SMTP server to accept any email destined for other hosts and re-deliver that mail to the proper host, much like a feild and track relay race where the SMTP servers are the the runners and the email message is the baton.
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a TCP/IP (Internet) protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail. However, since it's limited in its ability to queue messages at the receiving end, it's usually used with one of two other protocols, POP3 or IMAP, that let the user save messages in a server mailbox and download them periodically from the server. In other words, users typically use a program that uses SMTP for sending e-mail and either POP3 or IMAP for receiving messages that have been received for them at their local server.
SMTP Authentication - When the mail server requires an email address and password that matches an account in order to send mail, as opposed to requiring just an email address.
Spam Check - A resource used for checking the validity of an email sender.
Spam List - Some Domain Name Servers (DNS) on the Internet contain a list of addresses from mail servers that are solely used for email spam. Therefore, the Spam List is a editable list of DNS's so you can compare your incoming mail to those known spam email servers and filter them out accordingly (An example of an "anti-spam" DNS is opm.blitzed.org).
Spam Weight - The weight is a value assigned to a spam check according to its validity and competency. Generally, the higher the weight, the more likely an email message is spam.
Spool - A directory on the mail server that holds emails before they are viewed or downloaded from a client.
Stats - The overall calculations about email from a domain including total messages and bandwidth.
User - A client with an email account.
Web Mail - An interface for sending and receiving email through the use of a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) instead of an email program (e.g. Outlook). Configuring client side email is as simple as hyper linking to the correct URL and Logging in with a user name and password.
White List - Add an email address to this list to accept all mail from the sender, regardless of Black List restrictions. | 2019-04-19T06:57:54 | http://help.smartertools.com/SmarterMail/v4/Topics/Misc/Glossary.aspx |
0.99989 | To exerting an effort continuation is important.
If there is a strong will, the hope can be accomplished sometime.
To exerting an effort, continuation is important. | 2019-04-24T08:10:47 | http://taigongwang.net/fc/2014.php |
0.999676 | a skilled and proficient workforce which has a long track record of successfully completing projects and large-scale developmental infrastructure.
Among the host of other countries involved in the development of Iraq, China enjoys the optimal financial, political and logistical positions to bid competitively on large-scale infrastructure projects, while remaining profitable and domestically compliant in a harsh environment, irrespective of the massive political and security risk.
Mainland China's clear interest in Iraq's oil is driven partly by the highly lucrative petroleum profits, but also by its domestic need for natural resources. The table below demonstrates the amount of Chinese activity in Iraq pursuant to the first and second-bid rounds.
The four major Chinese oil companies competing in Iraq are all state owned. These companies arrived in Iraq with the clear domestic Chinese mandate to secure as much sustainable petroleum access as possible. Given China's unique combination of a communist political system and capitalist economic ideals, it can be inferred that such a mandate comes with the full support of the Chinese government and access to all China's resources.
The four state-owned Chinese oil companies involved in Iraq are: CNPC, SINOPEC, Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation and Sinochem.
CNPC is currently involved in the Ahdab oilfield, the Rumaila oilfield, the Halfaya oilfield and the South Pars gas field. SINOPEC is involved in the Kurdish oilfields following an acquisition of Addax and was not involved in the bidding rounds in Iraq due to its presence in the Kurdish oilfields, most notably Tak Tak oilfield. Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation is involved in the Misan oilfield, while Sinochem recently withdrew from the Missan oilfield project due to low profit margins.
While the recent global economic downturn has brought with it a drop in the demand for petroleum, China's oil consumption increased from 7.6 million b/d in 2008 to almost 8 million b/d in 2009. Despite being the fifth-largest oil producer in the world, China now imports more than half of its oil consumed in 2009 (approximately 4.1 million b/d). This number is projected to increase to 9.1 million b/d by 2020. Securing access to natural resources has become critical to China's economic expansion plans and also a salient nature of its worldwide foreign policy.
The Chinese government also contributes to the ability of the four state-run companies to be involved in upstream oil production and has used sovereign debt as a method to contribute towards its effectiveness. For example, China recently forgave 80% of the $8.5 billion debt owed by the Iraqi government to China. While the official statement identified furthering the long-term policy of assisting Iraq in its realization of stability and development as the reason for the cancellation, it was also meant to foster preferential business relationships and secure good relations within the three Iraqi oil and gas bid rounds.
China has already spent $557 million on signing fees alone in order to secure its oil position in Iraq. Given China's current focus on resources and its consistent national policy of growth, essentially a state-controlled oil firm has greater access to credit than any similarly situated private company.
Even before the Second Gulf War, China maintained significant ties and connections with Iraq. In fact, China was one of Iraq's top-five trading partners in 2000. At the end of 2000, 60 Chinese companies held more than 650 contracts with Iraq, valued at $1.6 billion. China advocated internationally and publicly for relaxing UN sanctions on Iraq. However, even before such statement was made, Chinese corporate interests were the recipient of $1.34 billion of projects which had already obtained UN approval. | 2019-04-26T07:42:35 | https://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Energy-Natural-Resources/Iraq/Iraq-Law-Alliance-PLLC/Petroleum-rounds-reveal-level-of-Chinese-involvement-in-oil-and-gas-sector |
0.999564 | This scenario is a brief narrative focused on retaining high performing teachers in a district. HR teams can use this to explore the individual nature of retention.This scenario is a brief narrative focused on retaining high performing teachers in a district. HR teams can use this to explore the individual nature of retention. | 2019-04-24T10:15:01 | https://www.humanresourcesineducation.org/resource/many-layers-retention-role-district-office/?cat=32 |
0.989398 | (female narrator) William Rowan was an eccentric and talented man who had many interests, including art, writing, nature, and science. But perhaps his greatest passion was birds. Originally from Switzerland, he immigrated to Canada in 1919 to pursue a career as a biologist. For Rowan, the Canadian wilderness presented a highly under-explored outdoor laboratory filled with biological discoveries waiting to be made. He was especially curious about bird migration: the annual journeys each spring and fall between breeding and wintering habitats. What was it that triggered birds to fly such great distances every year? How did they know when to go and when it was time to return? Leading theories of the time suggested that temperature and barometric pressure were the key environmental cues that birds used to calibrate the seasonal changes in their biology. Rowan saw things differently.
In 1924, Rowan accepted an offer from the University of Alberta to establish a new zoology program. It was there that he hypothesized that changing day length, not temperature or pressure, was the key environmental factor that triggered bird migration and reproduction. Further, he reasoned that if changing day length in any way affected the migratory impulse, it must do so through the seasonal growing and shrinking of the gonads. Rowan was not the first biologist to consider the importance of photoperiod, but he would be the first to directly test it's role in animals. He devised an experiment involving a small population of captive birds that would be housed in two outdoor aviaries during the winter. The control group would be kept un-manipulated to observe and use for comparison with the experimental group. The two aviaries would be identical. However, the experimental cage would also have electric lights that would be left on into the winter nights to simulate the increasing length of days birds would experience in spring. This pioneering experiment would make Rowan famous. But it didn't come easy. University of Alberta president Henry Marshall Tory had very different ideas about science. For Tory, science belonged in the lab and only the lab. In the 1920s zoology was focused on lab studies of invertebrates, fish, and amphibians. Many regarded studying birds, especially in the field, as a foolish scientific pursuit. It's a waste of time.
(narrator) Tory repeatedly discouraged Rowan and gave stern warnings to give up on his ornithological research. Fortunately for science, Rowan didn't listen, and he carried out his fieldwork in secrecy. As the nights got longer and the temperatures dropped, he made his day length experiment a reality, working in secrecy on his own property on nights and weekends. The bird he chose to work with was the dark-eyed junco, a common wintering songbird in Alberta that migrated northwards each spring. Juncos were an easy choice, as they were abundant in small flocks, easy to capture, and thrived in captivity. The experimental juncos received electric light well into the night for three months, with the duration of light increasing five minutes per day to simulate spring and early summer. Except for the artificial lights, the birds lived in winter conditions. In fact, it was an especially cold winter, even by Canadian standards. Every two weeks, Rowan recorded behavioral observations and measured the size of individual birds' gonads. And just as Rowan had hypothesized, the increasing light caused the experimental juncos' gonads to increase in size. By the end of the study, they courted and sang as if it were spring.
Scientist William Rowan is renowned for his research on the dark-eyed junco. Before Rowan, it was unknown what environmental cues animals used to time the seasonal changes in their biology. Through a groundbreaking experiment with the junco, Rowan discovered the physiological reaction of organisms to the length of day or night. Shot as an historical re-enactment, this segment provides a glimpse into the history and human dimensions of scientific research and reveals one of the first studies that made juncos well-known to biologists. Part of Ordinary Extraordinary Junco (Chapter 1). | 2019-04-25T14:02:18 | https://dcmp.org/media/9292-pioneers-in-science-rowan-and-the-junco |
0.999997 | Which is the best to use, car wax or polish? What is the difference?
"A well polished cleaning method."
Polish is a mildly abrasive substance which sands the surface of paint smooth and allows it to shine. Wax is a non abrasive coating which protects the paint finish and microscopically fills in the dents and dimples in the paint to help the shine.
Even some manufacturers confuse the terms polish and wax which really undermines their credibility. Putting wax over a bad paint finish will just seal in the imperfections and will not enhance the appearance of the paint so waxing is a final finishing job only.
Polishing is only something you should do when the paint finish has become flat. Years of dirt grime and road film along with sunlight can degrade the finish on a car. Red cars seem to be much more susceptible to sunlight degradation that other colours and the paint turns a dull pink colour (this is caused by oxidation).
You need to determine if the paint defect is above or below the surface and use either a finishing wax or polish the paint first.
Each time you polish the car you are removing a small layer of paint and if you do this too often you will go through to the undercoat and the only way of fixing that is to respray the car.
You need to determine if the paint defect is above or below the surface. After washing the car sweep your fingers over the paint and if it feels smooth any defects are below the surface and if it feels rough, pitted or slightly sticky it indicates above surface imperfections.
Below surface defects are dealt with by polishing and above surface defects like traffic film, tar, bug guts and the like are best treated with a clay bar. (Follow the instructions that come with the clay but it is a simply a case of wiping the warm clay over the paint with a supplied lubricant to trap the dirt particles. It is a time consuming process but this makes a big difference to the finish of your paint especially on lighter colour cars which seem to show every slight imperfection in the paint.
After a clay bar treatment look closely at the paint - if there are still imperfections these will be below surface and need to be polished out. Any stone chips and scratches should be touched up at this point before applying the wax because paint will not adhere very well to a waxed surface.
How to use car polish.
To polish the car apply the cutting paste to a soft cloth and rub in a circular motion, use plenty of polish and make sure the cloth does not dry out. If you are removing a scratch or specific flaw include the surrounding area, aiming to fade in the freshly cut paint to the old paint and make sure that the freshly polish paint does not stand out - you may even need to do the whole panel if the paint is badly faded in order to match it in.
It is best done in stages because you only want to cut away the smallest amount of paint to remove the imperfections. Although an electric polisher will make the job a lot quicker, it is very easy to remove too much paint and allow the undercoat to show through so avoid using one unless you really have to. Wax can be applied with an electric polisher and a fantastic finish is possible in a very short time.
Many scratches from keys, scrapes in car parks and other damage can be almost completely removed with polishing as these photographs show.
A nasty scrape is rendered virtually invisible with a bit of polishing. So, before you take the car to a body shop for a respray quote have a go at polishing out the damage and see what the true extent of the damage is.
Many thanks to forum member Freddie for his photographs which demonstrate that if you know the difference between wax and polish you really can make a big difference to the finish of your car. Generally wax a car every 3-6 months and polish the car only when the paint becomes dull as outlined in the method above. Please join the TorqueCars friendly chat forums and chat with other car enthusiasts about all aspects of detailing, car care and car ownership.
Our favourite wax is Collonite 476 - it lasts a long time and gives a good deep protection. We also recommend Meguiars NTX Tech wax and Autoglym super resin polish for older cars with slight imperfections in the paint and for cars with lots of imperfections the Bilt-Hamber Ultra Fine Paint Conditioner. | 2019-04-20T04:35:57 | http://www.torquecars.co.uk/articles/polishing-waxing |
0.998541 | Commentary: In what appears to be several subtle rebuffs to President Donald Trump's views, the former president underlines the need for freedom of worship and a free press.
George W. Bush wants America to be welcoming.
The former Republican president doesn't seem to be entirely on the current Republican president's side.
In an interview with NBC on Monday, George W. Bush was asked about Donald Trump's executive order, currently on pause, which temporarily bans immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Bush looked like he'd been expecting the question. "I am for an immigration policy that's welcoming and upholds the law," he said.
Some might see this as a rather presidential way of rebuffing the notion, seemingly espoused by the president, that the Muslim world offers a generalized threat.
The issue of immigration has vexed the tech industry greatly. After Trump put the ban in place, tech CEOs blanched. Apple CEO Tim Cook insisted that if we don't oppose the travel ban "we become a part of it." Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said "we need to keep this country safe, but we should do that by focusing on people who actually pose a threat."
One fear for tech CEOs is that their reliance on hiring the best from anywhere in the world might be threatened. Many of the biggest tech companies have signed a letter protesting the ban.
Bush's wording, though, suggests that he's for a more measured approach, one that doesn't enact blanket bans.
President Bush was also asked about whether the media really is the enemy of the American people, as was suggested by Trump in a recent tweet. Bush was unequivocal.
"I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy," he said. He then offered a wise analysis of why this is.
"We need an independent media to hold people like me to account," he said. "Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere."
It's an argument that applies not only to presidents, but to tech CEOs too. In recent years, they have enjoyed a speedy ascent to power that neither the law nor public policy could keep up with.
Apple's Steve Jobs was long known as someone who used the press to his own ends and chose to stay silent about material facts that were important.
And when a celebrated tech CEO decided the press displeased him, he banned certain publications. Who can forget Google's then CEO banning a publication for simply Googling his name and discovering simple details about his life? That publication? Oh, CNET.
The interview ranged across many of the most important topics of the day. The former president said we need answers to questions surrounding the relationship between the Trump campaign and Russia, which has been the subject of one or two leaks that have so annoyed Trump that he needed to tweet about them.
Returning to the notion of any sort of religious test for immigration, Bush said that freedom to worship -- or not worship at all -- was one of America's great strengths. "People who murder the innocent are not religious people," he added.
Ultimately, the former president's view, one that will please tech CEOs, is that America must continue to engage with the world. "I think it's very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we're in retreat," he said. | 2019-04-25T23:48:52 | https://www.cnet.com/news/george-w-bush-says-immigration-policy-should-be-welcoming/ |
0.999987 | Is the White House a 'Sleeper Cell'?
I'm still trying to figure out why Obama -- or any high-level U. S. government official other than Eric Holder, who was in Paris but evidently had better things to do -- didn't join the nearly 4 million people who marched throughout France protesting the terror killings at #CharlieHebdo and the Hyper Cacher market. White House press secretary Josh Earnest has admitted the mistake and apologized (perhaps a little wishy-washily, but we'll give him a pass), informing us that, unfortunately, there just wasn't enough time to arrange presidential security for the trip.
That's interesting. Somehow there was time for security for 40 or so other world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel (arguably the most highly regarded politician on the planet at the moment and the de facto president of the EU), the UK's David Cameron, Spain's Mariano Rajoy and even Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu (probably a considerably bigger target than Obama these days and not exactly welcomed by France's President Hollande, if reports are correct). Of course, the "American president" is supposedly more important but -- correct me if I'm wrong -- Obama was not originally so gung-ho on American exceptionalism, equating it with British exceptionalism and Greek exceptionalism, etc., etc. All countries, after all, feel they are exceptional.
Well, he's changed his mind on this several times, so who's to say? And there was a game on. I'm a sports fan, too, tennis more than football (wimpy, huh?), so I understand. You'd have trouble prying me away from the Australian Open when it starts next week. (Djokovic and Nadal ain't so wimpy.) But still, in the event of one of the biggest and ugliest terror events in recent years, if I were president, I hope I'd TiVo a couple of rounds.
Just yesterday I theorized the real reason Obama didn't go is he just couldn't put the words "Islamic" and "terrorism" together in one sentence even if, forgive the tired image, it hit him in the face. (The exception of course being when insisting that something is NOT Islam.) He just can't handle it after nearly fifty years of virtually non-stop anti-imperialist programming. His mind would fly apart if he had to utter the words "radical Islamic terrorism," which French PM Valls, and any honest person, was quite willing to do.
Now I admit that was just a supposition. Just because I've never heard him link Islam and terror doesn't mean in his heart of hearts he doesn't. Though not a genius, he does have an IQ in triple digits and sees what's right in front of his nose, I assume. He just interprets it differently. But why?
Is someone whispering in his ear?
Senator Dianne Feinstein has just informed us that, yes, there are Islamic terror sleeper cells in our midst in the USA. If that's true, I wonder why Feinstein wasted so much of her time wounding the CIA during the last weeks of her tenure as Senate Intelligence Committee chair, but never mind. Could there be one of those cells in the White House?
I started this post thinking it was kind of funny. I liked the hed -- "Is the White House a 'Sleeper Cell'?" It reminded me of, um... Charlie Hebdo. But actually it's not so funny. And it's not impossible. We know something close already happened during the communist era (Alger Hiss), and the Israelis famously planted an agent, Eli Cohen, at the highest echelons of the Syrian government until he was caught via the KGB and hanged in the central square of Damascus. They say it was Cohen's reports that were responsible for the rapid Israeli success against the Syrians in the Six-Day War.
But a "sleeper cell" in the White House? It would certainly explain Obama's not going to France, which was a decision that hurt the USA, hurt the effort against Islamic terror and hurt the president's already tarnished reputation into the bargain. There are so many other things that the existence of a White House "sleeper cell" would explain that I couldn't even begin to count them. And as you know, a cell doesn't have to be violent to be active. There are many ways to do damage.
But who would be a member of this cell? Is it one or all of them? Well that, I am sorry to say, I cannot tell you. I do not have the proper clearance. You are, however, free to guess. Who would stop you? | 2019-04-24T00:38:47 | https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2015/01/12/sleeper-cell/?singlepage=true |
0.999454 | Given events in his life since his last solo exhibition two years ago, the question of what preoccupies Nathan Ford in his latest body of work, for me prompts a more fundamental inquiry. Why does he paint?
Though far from being inarticulate, Nathan seems not to fully trust his ability to describe the whys or wherefores of what he does, at times stopping in mid-explanation as if he has let himself down, swimming energetically in the wrong direction and becoming tangled in tangential verbiage.
He is as an artist neither purely a planner or a discoverer. His large urban paintings have a purposeful and careful architecture, whilst the small portraits are underlaid with idiosyncratic skeletal patterns. Paintings large and small may include random-looking marks and smudges, or meandering lines and boxes. At times preliminary measurements and calculations are pencilled along the edges or near to the face of a portrait subject.
It seems when painting there is a desire to preserve a record of every visit to a canvas; the ground-work, the plan, but also the serendipity, the wondering and wandering which is sometimes neat and quick, or occasionally lost in battle near the finish-line. Nathan’s mother attests to his slow writing and ponderous reading, and at an early stage of his childhood he was conscious of having to develop strategies to get around this. It is not hard to see how a natural facility for drawing would be encouraged and amplified.
He has developed a flowing visual language with a pronounced, unashamed accent, reinforced by the graft and craft of years of practice. His paintings are effervescent yet finely balanced, here spare, there sharp, always suggestive rather than insistent, encouraging the viewer to seek out more, to look more intently. It is this that gives the work longevity.
Painting is Nathan’s prime mode of communication, a means for talking about his life, as well as to condense information into visual form. We see his children growing up, going out into the world, wandering through city streets, dwarfed by square urban building complexes or huge walls of graffiti. We see the children’s bees, their hulking monsters, their ragged-toothed fish, their flying pigs, informing the more expansive streetscapes, and standing as their own discrete works in the Grey Hope series.
There are portraits of people he is very familiar with, among these, of course, his parents. However the fulcrum of the show is 20 paintings of similar format which were included in a recently published book, How to Make a Proper Alien. The book was in part prompted by the death of two friends. However the major driver was the terminal sickness of his children’s closest friend, Nathan’s 10 year old nephew Thomas. It is Nathan’s response to the inability to impart suitable or relevant words of comfort to those nearest to him. These paintings are also a way of being, a creative pathway out of the interstices of grief; an act of something from nothing that allows one to be made new, to move forward.
The sense of renewal is pertinent. By the time his exhibition at Beaux Arts begins, the artist and his family will have moved house. The 3 studio window paintings in the show are lined with coloured bottles left from the previous occupant, unearthed from the garden years ago on moving in. They have contained plants that grew in the garden, placed in the bottles as momento mori. The objects in the window sill paintings appear to shimmer and fade, presaging change.
In order to say something meaningful about one’s life it seems necessary to shut out as much as possible any fear, doubt, or discomfiture that might ensue from the act of personal revelation that a solo show may involve. It requires confrontation, experimentation, a willingness to fail, a fair share of creative inertia, and simply keeping one’s eyes open despite the urge to look away. The bi-annual focus of a one man exhibition has given Nathan a rhythm to work within. He uses the cycle of time in the only way he knows; instinctively, with purpose, in a manner that will I am sure engage his many admirers, whether they know a particular work’s inspiration or not. In spite of the seam of precious mortality that runs throughout, these are not melancholy paintings. They are touched with a mature sense of skill and awareness, a child-like ingenuity, and most importantly of all, the subtle harmony of authenticity. | 2019-04-18T16:15:57 | http://nathanford.co.uk/essay2017.htm |
0.999932 | Stopping an unnecessary habit that you don't need, like drinking alcohol, is difficult enough. Gaining control over a behavior necessary for survival, like eating, can be much more difficult. Below are some things that can aid in eating helthfully.
- Do you eat visually (to finish all the food on your plate)?
- Do you eat while watching TV or playing games?
- What is the sequence of events that trigger overeating?
3) Eat for health and enjoyment, not compulsively.
- Eating three healthy meals / day, and if you need to some light healthy snacks at mid morning and mid afternoon, you will find yourself moving between a -1 and a +1. However, If you skip meals and end up -2, then you will be so hungry that the pendulum will swing and you will need to stuff yourself to a +2. And if you stuff yourself to a +3, then you will probably skip a next meal and end up out of sync. Understand what your feelings are at each of the stages, so that you can avoid going below a - 1 or above a +1.
- Most people overeat to reduce stress and self-soothe. Learn healthy methods of self-soothing, such as meditation, Tai Chi, exercise, self-hypnosis, or other self-help skills that you can use whenever you need to. If you do a five minute relaxation before each meal, you will find yourself eating less, and enjoying it more.
- Eat three healthy meals each day. Healthy eating means about 4oz of protein, a cup of starch, two cups of fruits and vegetables. Of course, avoid refined carbohydrates (sugars, white flour, potatoes), and fried foods, and snack foods. If you must have a mid morning or mid afternoon snack, eat a piece of fruit and a bagel or non-sweetened protein bar.
- If you are living a healthy lifestyle in this way, then you are doing all you can and will attain your healthy weight, obtain optimal health, and enjoy life more fully. | 2019-04-26T14:04:57 | https://www.pacificbehavioralhealth.org/compulsive-overeating.html |
0.999988 | What's going on here? We've got a good mother, who clearly cares a lot about her daughter and wants her to eat and be healthy, but somehow instead of succeeding in feeding her daughter, the mother ends up feeling unhappy and frustrated.
Here is an experience that most (if not all) parents share. You want the best for your child, you try to do what you feel is right and somehow, instead of everything working out as you planned, your child ends up ignoring you.
So what should this mother be doing differently? In my opinion, the main problem here is that the mother needs to have realistic expectations and be able to adapt her parenting approach to her child's developmental level. What does this mean in a layperson's terms?
In this case it means that you can't reason with an 18-month-old. Children under the age of two (and usually also until age three) simply do not understand or listen to reason. No child of this age will understand the threat of "not going to the park," nor is it meaningful to tell her that she should eat food because "God made this food and we need to appreciate it."
Basically, this mother is talking to herself and reasoning as she would with an older child or an adult, instead of using an approach that is meaningful to a one-and-a-half-year old.
So what should she do instead? Well, there are no guarantees at this age, but here is what I would suggest.
Young children often simply don't want to be bothered with the formalities of the eating experience. Sitting in a highchair and being fed is simply not fun. So get out a book and read while you feed your child. Sing some songs in between bites. Sometimes kids aren't really opposed to eating, they just feel they have better things to do. Make the experience enjoyable and you may be pleasantly surprised.
Also, eating does not only have to happen in the high chair or booster seat. Perhaps instead of worrying about getting her daughter to eat before going to the park, the mother could pack a picnic lunch and try to feed her daughter outside.
It's important when it comes to children and food, not to get overly involved in any one eating experience. Sometimes, no matter what we do, kids are just not in the mood to eat. As adults we have a concept of how often and how much kids need to eat. But that does not always fit with the child's realities.
Yes, as parents we need to do our best to help our children eat right. But we cannot let the desire for our child to eat a certain amount at a certain time affect our relationship with her. Is eating bananas at this point so important that it is worth letting a child feel anger and disappointment, instead of love and acceptance?
If you have a child who consistently refuses to eat or whose weight is below average, then a trip to the pediatrician and/or a nutritionist is certainly in order. But if your child is functioning and growing at a normal level, then making a "big issue" out of eating habits will probably not pay off in the long run. While many children are picky about what and how much they eat, most children will not starve themselves. | 2019-04-25T12:15:05 | http://wholefamily.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2013%3Abananas-mothers-babies-and-food&tmpl=component&print=1&Itemid=284 |
0.999645 | Managed Print Services is about more than just printers. It’s everything related to printers, their output, supplies and support, the way you use documents, and the people and processes that intersect with each of these. MPS helps you gain visibility and control of document processes and costs. This ultimately saves money, automates steps, boosts productivity, and improves document security and environmental sustainability.
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0.999944 | PALM BEACH, Fla., April 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes ordered by President Donald Trump against a Syrian airbase controlled by President Bashar al-Assad's forces in response to a deadly chemical attack in a rebel-held area, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
Facing his biggest foreign policy crisis since taking office in January, Trump took the toughest direct U.S. action yet in Syria's six-year-old civil war, raising the risk of confrontation with Russia and Iran, Assad's two main military backers.
Some 50 Tomahawk missiles were launched from U.S. Navy warships in the Mediterranean Sea, the U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. A target was identified as an airbase in Homs. Further details on the target and the results of the strikes were not immediately known.
ReutersThe Pentagon and the White House are in detailed discussions on military options to respond to a poison gas attack in Syria that killed scores of civilians, and which Washington has blamed on the Syrian government, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke by phone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday about a poison gas attack in Syria that the United States has blamed on the Russia-backed Syrian government, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.
ReutersA deadly poison gas attack in Syria this week led TV news bulletins across the West with images of the victims -- children and adults struggling to breathe -- front and center. In Russia, it was item 10 of 17 and the victims were not shown.
The United States has not excluded a military response to a poison gas attack that killed scores of civilians which Washington blamed on the Syrian government, a senior administration official said on Thursday.
Asked whether the military option had been taken off the table, the official said: "No."
It is unclear how much U.S. military planning exists on striking targets associated with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.
ReutersThe Syrian government set conditions on Thursday for any international inquiry into a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of people, saying it must not be "politicized" and should set out from Damascus and not Turkey.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday it was a scandal that the United Nations Security Council did not pass a resolution condemning a suspected chemical attack in Syria this week which killed at least 70 people.
"It was a barbaric attack that must be cleared up. The use of chemical weapons is a war crime," Merkel told a news conference in eastern Germany, adding there were some indications it was carried out by President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
"It is a scandal that no U.N. Security Council resolution materialised and those who opposed it must consider what responsibility they bear," she said. She declined to interpret U.S. President Donald Trump's comments that the attack went "beyond a red line".
The results from Turkish autopsies on the victims of a suspected poison gas attack in northwest Syria will be sent to the Dutch capital of The Hague for an additional examination, Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag said on Thursday.
The suspected chemical attack believed to have been carried out by Syrian government forces killed at least 70 people in the rebel-held Idlib province on Tuesday. Thirty-two victims have been brought to Turkey and three have subsequently died during treatment.
ReutersThe Syrian government set conditions on Thursday for any international inquiry into a suspected chemical attack that killed scores of people in northwestern Syria, saying it must not be "politicized" and should start work from Damascus.
U.N.'s Egeland welcomes U.S. interest in Syria, hopes for "watershed"
Renewed U.S. interest in the Syrian war is welcome if it leads to a fresh U.S.-Russian push for a political solution, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said on Thursday, after chairing a weekly Syria humanitarian meeting in Geneva.
"I hope that this is a watershed moment," Egeland told reporters, two days after a suspected chemical weapons attack killed scores of civilians in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, drawing outrage. "I hope it is a re-birth of diplomacy."
He said the U.N. had called on the United States, Russia, Turkey and Iran to push for 72-hour humanitarian ceasefires and aid access for besieged and hard-to-reach areas, including the 400,000 people trapped in eastern Ghouta near Damascus.
The Kremlin on Thursday called a deadly poison gas attack in Syria's Idlib province earlier this week a "monstrous crime," but said Washington's conclusions about the incident were not based on objective data.
"This was a dangerous and monstrous crime, but it would be incorrect to hang labels (to identify those who did it)," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call.
The use of chemical weapons was "unacceptable," he said, urging the Syrian army to ensure such arms did not fall into the hands of terrorists.
Peskov said evidence about the incident provided by the White Helmets civil defence group could not be considered reliable and added: "We do not agree with these conclusions."
"Immediately after the tragedy no one had access to this region ... any data which the U.S. side or our colleagues from other countries might have had access to could not have been based on objective facts," Peskov told reporters.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said earlier on Thursday it was too early to accuse the Syrian government of being responsible for the attack in Idlib and said a proper investigation was needed, the RIA news agency reported.
Syrian foreign minister says he recognises the "gravity of the latest U.S. statements"
Syrian foreign minister says any commission of inquiry into alleged gas attack must not be politicised and must "start its work from Damascus, not Turkey"
MORE: Asked if Syria would accept an international inquiry into the alleged gas attack, Syrian foreign minister says past experience is 'not encouraging'.
Syrian foreign minister says Nusra Front and Islamic State have been storing chemical weapons bought from Iraq and Turkey in urban and residential areas.
Syrian foreign minister denies and condemns use of chemical weapons.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it was too early to accuse the Syrian government of being responsible for a deadly poison gas attack in Idlib Province and said a proper investigation was needed, the RIA news agency reported.
The ministry also rejected U.S. assertions that the attack, which killed at least 70 people, meant a deal to rid the country of its chemical weapons stockpile had failed, saying that the process had in fact been "quite successful," RIA reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of going "beyond a red line" with the attack on civilians and said his attitude toward Syria and Assad had changed, but gave no indication of how he would respond.
Reuters UKAutopsy results have revealed that chemical weapons were used in an attack which killed at least 70 people in Syria's Idlib province, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told reporters on Thursday.
Reuters UKFrance is still seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria, foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Thursday, adding that diplomatic negotiations were a priority over possible military action.
Reuters UKSyrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is no "option except victory" in the country's civil war in an interview published on Thursday, saying the government could not reach "results" with opposition groups that attended recent peace talks.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday a United Nations resolution should be passed before any unilateral action was taken in Syria.
"It is very important to try first to get out a U.N. resolution," Johnson told reporters in Sarajevo.
"I cannot understand how anybody on U.N. security council could fail to sign up to a motion condemning the actions of the regime that is almost certainly responsible for that crime," Johnson told reporters. | 2019-04-20T12:16:57 | http://live.reuters.com/Event/Syria_conflict?Page=1 |
0.999831 | The following is a guest post written by Belinda Raji.
In 4 years, I think this only my 3rd guest post but it's an absolute must read and share.
There's so much I want to say n relation to this topic, so read this and I promise I'll be back with my response soon.
There seems to be a tendency in the UK for British naturalistas to be drawn to US hair care products, why is this the case? Some just follow the crowd, led by high subscribing YouTube vloggers whose income is now supplemented through the free products sent their way, and paid for reviews. Although I would like to add, there are a minority of YouTube vloggers who still remain scrupulous and real to the cause, supporting naturals on their journey through unbiased reviews, real advice and heartfelt support for UK brands. Some say price is a big issue, and so therefore choose to remain ‘in the pocket’ of big conglomerate hair care companies failing to understand the economics of the business; ‘big fish’ vs. ‘little fish’, and why price structures are set as they are.
Why am I writing this article? Why today do I feel like going on a mini rant? Because, I’m frankly fed up with small businesses being ignored, today I was witness to yet another US brand making its way to the UK shore, one who has had humble beginnings and accrued much deserved success. But it felt like a slap in the face (if this was a WhatApp message that would be followed by so many emoticons).
I too am a consumer and I love a bargain, or even better, a freebie but since starting BEUNIQUE Hair Care my eyes have been opened to how hard small business owners have to work, how hard it is to go up against big companies. This is made even harder when you produce a good quality product that not only works, but on an aesthetic level looks good and could sit on the shelf next to big conglomerate competition. Having this in my favour has also been my downfall – my projection of product professionalism and being, on the face of it, the same as the ‘big boys’ is somehow supposed be reflected in my prices, but it simply can’t.
This example is applied to just the product made but the same rules apply when purchasing packaging and labels. Think about this; ‘Big Fish’ can buy packaging for just a penny per jar but ‘Little Fish’ has to pay 80 pence per jar the same can be said of labels. ‘Big Fish’ can buy big, charge more (which seems like less to the customer) and get more profit. Everything costs ‘Little Fish’ more, they charge more than ‘Big Fish’ which seems extortionate to the customer but they earn less profit. The more you spend, or should I say invest in the ‘Little Fish’ the more they can spend like ‘Big Fish’ and in turn pass that down to you, the customer. But like all investments it can take a while to get your pay out.
There are many other things to consider when placing a product in the market and selling in the EU, which we have seen in the past many US companies don’t consider. There are EU regulations that have to be followed and trust me when I say it costs to follow them and it costs not to follow them. Products on the market in the EU all have to be safety assessed; the rules in regards to these assessments have changed in recent years. This has caused considerable cost to small business as all of their products have had to be retested to acquire new sets of paperwork. Products that have water in them need more tests and if you are making products for children these tests can cost even more. Even the way products are labelled are scrutinised and have to meet certain regulations. Unfortunately, (and I’m no whistle blower) there are products on the shelf right now in your local hair shop that shouldn’t be there, and if Trading Standards were doing their job they wouldn’t be there.
day commenting on the fact that ‘we need more natural products in the UK’ I wanted to scream ‘I’m here, we’re here!’.
United Kurls are a collective of UK brands, all owned and operated by beautiful black business women. We are wives, mothers, sisters, daughters and friends and we aim to uplift each other and join together to create a stronger alliance of small businesses. It has become overtly clear in recent years that it’s hard for small business owners to compete with the marketing budgets of ‘Big Fish’ US hair companies. The intention of United Kurls is to be a platform which member brands will use and cooperatively work together to promote brand awareness of our own individual businesses.
We hope to educate UK naturals about the hair care products they have available to them right here in the UK. We want to help them to see that there is choice and that choosing to spend your money with a small business such us the member brands of United Kurls is a real investment. We invest EVERYTHING in our businesses; we are the manufactures of our products, the accountants and the marketing department. We do everything singlehandedly and if that doesn’t warrant some support I’m not sure what does? | 2019-04-26T04:32:58 | http://www.theunitedkinkdom.com/2015/02/supporting-british-brands-lets-get-real.html |
0.999064 | For the racehorse, see Pelisse (horse).
A pelisse was originally a short fur trimmed jacket that was usually worn hanging loose over the left shoulder of hussar light cavalry soldiers, ostensibly to prevent sword cuts. The name was also applied to a fashionable style of woman's coat worn in the early 19th century.
The style of uniform incorporating the pelisse originated with the hussar mercenaries of Hungary in the 17th Century. As this type of light cavalry unit became popular in Western Europe, so too did their dress. In the 19th century pelisses were in use throughout most armies in Europe, and even some in North and South America.
In appearance the pelisse was characteristically a very short and extremely tight fitting (when worn) jacket, the cuffs and collar of which were trimmed with fur. The jacket was further decorated with patterns sewn in bullion lace, often in a pattern matching that if the dolman worn beneath it. The front of the jacket was distinctive and typically featured several rows of parallel froggings and loops, and either three or five vertical lines of buttons. For officers of the British Hussars this frogging, regimentally differentiated, was generally of gold or silver bullion lace, to match either gold (gilt) or silver buttons. Other ranks had either yellow lace with brass buttons or white lace with 'white-metal' (nickel) buttons. Lacing varied from unit to unit and country to country. It was held in place by a lanyard. In cold weather the pelisse could be worn over the dolman.
The prevalence of this style began to wane towards the end of the 19th Century, but it was still in use by some cavalry regiments in the Imperial German, Russian and Austro-Hungarian armies up until World War I. In the Prussian Army the pelisse had been abolished in 1853 but between 1865 and 1913 it was reintroduced for ceremonial wear by nine hussar regiments and the Life-Guard Hussar Regiment, usually at the request of the regimental Colonel-in-Chief. The two hussar regiments of the Spanish Army retained pelisses until 1931. The Danish Garderhusarregimentet are the only modern military unit to retain this distinctive item of dress, as part of their mounted full-dress uniform.
In early 19th-century Europe, when military clothing was often used as inspiration for fashionable ladies' garments, the term was applied to a woman's long, fitted coat with set-in sleeves and the then-fashionable Empire waist. Although initially these Regency-era pelisses copied the Hussars' fur and braid, they soon lost these initial associations, and in fact were often made entirely of silk and without fur at all. They did, however, tend to retain traces of their military inspiration with frog fastenings and braid trim. Pelisses lost even this superficial resemblance to their origins as skirts and sleeves widened in the 1830s, and the increasingly enormous crinolines of the 1840s and '50s caused fashionable women to turn to loose mantles, cloaks, and shawls instead.
^ Hagger, D.H. Hussars and Mounted Rifles. Uniforms of the Imperial German Cavalry 1900–1914. p. 22. ISBN 9780855241711.
Orbis Books (1973). Military uniforms: the splendour of the past. London, England: orbis books. ISBN 0-85613-136-9.
This page was last edited on 12 February 2019, at 10:33 (UTC). | 2019-04-24T12:26:29 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelisse |
0.998264 | Actor Andrew Scott at The Irish premiere of "The Stag"
People are more ignorant than homophobic when it comes to gay rights issues, Dublin actor Andrew Scott believes.
"I don't believe people are intrinsically homophobic. I think they're ignorant, and they need to be exposed to things," said actor, famous for his chilling portrayal of villain Moriarty in the BBC's Sherlock.
The 37-year-old from Churchtown, south Dublin, was speaking ahead of the release of his new movie, Pride, where he co-stars with The Wire actor Dominic West.
The film is the true story about how gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists gave financial support to miners during the lengthy National Union of Mineworkers strike in Britain in the 1980s.
Scott plays a young man forced to turn away from his hometown and his religious mother his because of his sexuality.
That's in contrast to the actor's own personal experience of coming out, which was a happy one.
Scott is in a long-term relationship in London and said it's "pretty cool" that gay marriage has finally been legalised in Britain.
"Sometimes I think people talk about different types of sexuality as if the were invented in 1973," he said on the delayed gay marriage legislation in Britain.
"It's going on since the dawn of humanity, and will continue until the end of humanity, whenever that may be," said Scott.
The Government here has pledged to hold a referendum on gay marriage next year.
Meanwhile, having portrayed a variety of straight and gay characters throughout his career, Scott said he has no preference between the two.
"In relation to this film [Pride], people keep talking about the notion of 'playing gay'. Which I always think is preposterous... when you've got ten leading characters who are gay, you're not playing 'the gay one'.
"This is a character where it's much more about his nationality, his national identity, anyway."
The movie, a comedy drama, also features performances by West as well as Bafta-winner Bill Nighy.
Growing up in Dublin in the 1980s, Scott - who also starred Irish comedy The Stag - developed his own views on the strike and the reign of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
"I remember the miners strike, of course, and I remember her presence. I remember that feeling of hatred," he said.
"I really do hate the idea of us and them, the idea that you have to be naturally suspicious of people that are different to you," said Scott. | 2019-04-19T17:16:34 | https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/irish-sherlock-star-andrew-scott-gay-marriage-is-pretty-cool-30590607.html |
0.999997 | Venture Capital - What is an Angel Investor?
Angel investing is much faster and efficient than applying for a bank loan but with large profits in a short period of time. Newly born of startup business organizations achieve superb benefits from the potent investor advice, the investor and the entrepreneur are given the opportunity to work together and move things forward in a sound way such that efficient growth and well being is achieved. Private and solitary investors are able to support you with larger amounts of capital than the banks as they are usually suspicious when it comes to lending large sums for you and also take a large amount of interest. The Government always encourages angel investors to invest in new businesses by means of tax reliefs and short profitable programs with easy processing.
How to Generate Working Capital For Small & Medium Business?
Working capital is life blood for any business. After launching the business, one has to meet the expectations of the customers and address the needs of the customers from time to time to sustain in the market. Bringing required changes in the business from time to time will keep you in the good books of the customers. Your product or service will become their priority when the need arises. To implement all these things effectively, you need good working capital. Big organizations won't find it difficult to raise the capital. It becomes little hard for small and medium business organization to procure some working capital whenever needed. If you are one among them, please look into few options that are listed below to help your working capital needs.
It is not easy to venture into the world of business. Starting it up is already a hard task as you need to know where you'd get the capital to put it on the go. You also need funds to expand it for a bigger profit. This is the common problem of aspiring entrepreneurs. However, there has been a formulated solution to this problem. Venture capital would be an aspiring entrepreneur's assistant in their smallest beginnings. | 2019-04-19T23:18:19 | https://allexpertarticles.com/en/tag-Capital.htm |
0.999999 | Where Are the Research Based Social Media Practices?
I've been reading a lot of research about the interplay of social media and libraries in preparation for something else I'm writing. As I've been making my way through the literature, one thing keeps coming to mind again and again: there's so much that's been written on this topic, but where are the research-based and proven-effective practices?
Don't get me wrong: I love my heuristic-rule-of-thumb approach as much as the next librarian. I've written about how I approach social media and social networking many times here, not least of which was the post in which I actively suggested my own rules-of-thumb for managing a Facebook page, and what I wrote is definitely in the category of "best practices." Further, people who share their opinions about social media can provide a lot of food for thought. There are two Medium pieces that made the rounds a couple of weeks ago, "A Teenager’s View on Social Media Written by An Actual Teen," by Andrew Watts, and "An Old Fogey’s Analysis of a Teenager’s View on Social Media" from Danah Boyd, for instance, that should be read.
But really, I'm so prone to shaking my fist - metaphorically speaking - at instruction and outreach that isn't at least partially research based, that I'm shocked I hadn't come to this conclusion about social media before now. I don't have the time to conduct research like this at the moment, but I'm hoping someone out there does. I've done basic action research myself in the past, so I imagine a proof of concept study would be simple. Anyone out there interested in this idea? You don't even have to credit me if you want. I won't complain as long as I get to benefit from what you learn.
As for me, I'm going to try to read up on research done in other industries. I haven't even begun to look yet, so please feel free to share citations in the comments, but I know I always learn a lot when I look at tangential fields like how much I learned about wayfinding from looking at how hospitals arrange their signage and maps. It just seems like there's got to be research, even if it's in fields that are only vaguely related, like behavioral economics or human-computer interactions, about how to get effective results from your social media presence.
It was probably my second week in my first public library job, and my branch manager was wearing a very nice suit, holding a toilet plunger and marching towards the public bathrooms. “Never be a branch manager, Jennifer. That’s my career advice to you--never be a branch manager.” It was advice he frequently gave to anyone who would listen, usually while rushing off to deal with an issue, dragging a shovel, a toilet plunger, a garbage can, a ladder, or something along those lines.
While I didn’t follow his career advice, he still taught me a valuable lesson--most libraries are in buildings, and buildings have issues. Sometimes there are big issues (Flash floods! Earthquake damage! Fire!) Most mostly it’s the mundane (clogged toilet, broken door, someone threw up).
1. Know who to call, and when. There are probably maintenance staff or facilities people to call when something happens. But they probably don’t work 24/7 and the people you call when the sidewalk didn’t get shoveled are probably different from the ones you call when a pipe bursts.
Related--know who’s in charge (of your branch during that shift, of your system that day, and of facilities in general).
Related-- do you know how to refill the soap and paper towel dispensers? Where’s the extra soap? Where’s the soap dispenser key? (Yes, they have keys).
Also related--know where your fire extinguishers are and how to use them.
4. Know where your fuse box is and which fuses control which parts of the building. Not just to keep yourself from electrocuting yourself during a flood, but you’d be surprised how many things will suddenly start working again if you flip the fuse a few times.
5. Know how to unclog a toilet. I mean, this is just a good life skill anyway, but a necessary librarian one--you never know when someone will try to flush a shirt.
Jennie Rothschild is branch manager with Arlington Public Library and her views her do not necessarily reflect those of her employer. Maintenance issues are her least favorite part of her job, but reader's advisory is her most favorite. She blogs at Biblio File, tweets @kidsilkhaze and likes to do crafty things while binge-watching TV shows everyone was into a decade ago, because she's forgotten all the spoilers. She just started The Wire.
My second anniversary as a library director is coming up. Anniversaries turn my thoughts to what I've learned and how I’ve changed. There has been a lot of both. More than I thought possible.
Let me backtrack a bit. We've all, at least once or twice, looked at the people for whom we work and thought we could do a better job. I'm no exception. I respected the library directors I knew up until I made the decision to become an administrator, but with each of them I'd had at least a couple of moments of "oh, c'mon! Are you kidding me?"
Now that I've been doing the job for a couple of years, I can see how off-base I was. It may seem odd, but I felt so silly once I realized my misconceptions that I actively thanked and apologized to directors I had worked for in the past. Now that I've been in the captain's chair for a while, I've learned how smart and forward thinking those directors were. The way they let me run with even my outrageous ideas, how there was never a piece of negative feedback without advice on how to fix the issue, how they respected not just what I did but also who I was.
So, thinking about my past directors and thinking about how I've changed made me want to share. One of the things that's changed most of all is my idea of the role of a library director. My ideas have evolved into a whole new species since I first came to this job. I wanted to share some of my thoughts with you all, since I know there are at least a few of you who are thinking about following in my footsteps.
Working with Strengths. I'm a big fan of the Clifton Strengths Finder for identifying strengths, but you don't have to pay for an expensive test - you can just get to know your staff. The thing is, not everyone is cut out to do instruction or outreach or grants writing or whatever other things you need in your library. You need people with big ideas AND people who can spot potential speed bumps. And people will be much happier and more productive if you let them work to their strengths.
Delegation is Your Friend. I can tell you the exact moment when I realized I could let go of being involved with every project in my library, and it came from an odd corner: our dehumidifiers. When we first got them, I would empty the tanks when I first got to the library in the morning. I did this for months. Then I had an early meeting and forgot to come in earlier, so I had to ask someone else to do it. I did a mental facepalm and asked myself why I hadn't done that months earlier. I asked the circ staff to add it to their morning duties, and that was that. I learned to trust my staff, and they responded to my trust.
It's Not Just About My Success. This is huge. HUGE. Words cannot express how happy I get when I see a member of my staff - professional, paraprofessional, or student assistant - succeeding with something at work. My staff has gotten used to me saying things like, "Look, I care but I don't care. This is your project and if you want my help, I'm here. But I trust you and know you got this under control." This has led to both little and big successes for my staff, which makes everyone happier at work and that happiness shows to our community.
Recognizing Success. No, I don't leave dead birds for my staff when they do a good job, but I do make sure to compliment their hard work. And not just to them, but also to others. One small example of this is how we built a tree out of green books, and whenever anyone said something nice about it, I responded with "really it was [staff member a] and [staff member b] that did the hard work, and didn't they do a great job?"
I know there are lots of other ideas I've had and changed as I've gotten more comfortable in my role, but these are the biggest changes.
How about you? If you are an administrator, of whatever level, what's the biggest change you've seen in your own approach to librarianship? If you're not, does anything I've listed here surprise you?
L to R: Matt Krueger, Dan Trout, Tyler Dzuba, Kourtney Blackburn, Lori Birrell and Marcy Strong. Phil Koyoumjian is missing from this photo.
The three of us had all attended conferences, and some of us had participated in planning one or two, but none of us had ever organized, planned, and executed a conference all on our own. Then an opportunity came up. We realized a leadership conference for early-career librarians was needed in our region (Upstate New York) and we decided to go for it. We are the Rochester Early-Career Information Professionals (RECIP) and this is the story of how we planned a one-day Leadership Summit.
In trying to avoid all the busy times of the semester, we landed the Leadership Summit on Yom Kippur! Panelists were in flux the week before the conference, but two super-gracious panelists stepped in at the last minute to save the day. We were also surprised at how our budget shook out. (Experienced conference planners are free to shake their heads at the naïveté that’s coming.) The space was donated in-kind, but aside from catering for lunch and coffee breaks, housekeeping and A/V staff were the biggest line items. Our keynote speaker graciously declined an honorarium, but we still provided travel reimbursement.
If you plan a conference, let people have built in social time to discuss items not on the agenda while they eat and drink. Let them be merry.
We thought we would have table talks during lunch. People could discuss a variety of topics and remain engaged in leadership topics through the entire conference. This didn't happen. It turns out, librarians like to chat with other librarians (shocker!), and they were wonderfully social. We planted ourselves at tables during lunch to try to guide the conversation, but we just ended up talking shop with other librarians. We learned and connected with other people more over those types of conversations rather than the topics we’d suggested.
Plan, plan, plan (and always have snacks).
The conference planning process took a year. We met once a month at coffee shops, the nearest Chipotle, and committee members’ homes. We always made sure we had snacks to keep us moving during those long conversations!
Good leaders acknowledge when help is needed and accept it when offered.
We are blessed to have a wonderful local library council, the RRLC, who provided advice and planning support. The council saw a need for this conference and worked with us through the entire process. Early on, we met with the executive director and the member services librarian for breakfast at a local diner (see Lesson #2) to get their input and continued this relationship throughout the whole year. They provided website hosting, administrative support for registering guests and coordinating refreshments, and even support in administering the grant funds. We didn’t set out on this planning process with all the answers, but with an understanding that we could look to leaders and experienced professionals for help in getting them.
Always keep your goals in mind.
One of the main goals for the conference was to put on a low-cost conference that many people could attend without institutional funding. We had originally intended to use some of our fiscal resources to provide travel scholarships to attendees. We began to work on scholarship criteria, scholarship amounts, and so on, but we soon realized we could increase the number of attendees if we focused on what we could provide with our budget to people who did attend. We wanted many people to be able to attend, and a free conference would make that possible. We decided to remove travel scholarships and focus on the conference logistics instead. Keeping it simple was important as we did not have any guidelines. Thankfully, we were allowed to deviate from our original grant proposal, which included setting aside funds for travel scholarships, and make this conference free to all, saving us much time and energy in the process.
Riding the momentum from the conference, we published a call for more volunteers to help with planning monthly events for our group and developing a formal leadership structure. As we work on our plan for the next year, we’re taking care to share our success with those who helped us along the way. Ours is an unmarked path in Rochester: unmarked paths are best with friends to share the trailblazing.
Tyler Dzuba is the Head of the Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library at the University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries. He has enjoyed the Rochester library community since 2012 and is passionate about early-career leadership across the profession. This is his second post for LTaYL: his first was "What Did I Do? Keeping Track of Accomplishments Without Going Crazy". Tyler would be happy to discuss librarianing, conference planning, or the magic of coffee by email (tdzuba [at] gmail) or on Twitter (@silent_d).
Dan Trout is the Nursing Liaison librarian at Edward Miner Library at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He previously worked at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Syracuse University. Dan is interested in open access, information literacy, helping early-career librarians find their voice, cooking and altmetrics. You can contact him on twitter @512dot72.
Kourtney Blackburn is currently the Access Services Librarian at St. John Fisher College’s Lavery Library. Previously, she worked as the digital initiatives librarian at the Rochester Regional Library Council. Kourtney is interested in issues relating to resource sharing, open access, and outreach.
I made some professional resolutions last year. Some I kept. I... got to know a few more academic librarians in my area; read more professional literature (although not as much as I'd hoped); made new mistakes and learned from them; and spent more time concentrating on my strengths than on my weaknesses. The one piece I haven't accomplished, write more professional literature, is understandable considering the year I've had at work.
Since being public about my resolutions helps me keep them and helps me be more honest about them, I thought I'd do it again this year. And, since this is technically a first Thursday (the first Thursday I'm posting this year, anyway), the day when I post more personal things on Letters to a Young Librarian, I'm going to mix my personal and professional goals for 2015.
Cook more. I'm not quite as bad about this as I used to be, but since I used to be similar to pop culture's idea of a stereotypical bachelor when it came to what I ate, there really was only room for improvement. I have in mind to try at least two new recipes per month, but I'm not promising anything.
Write more. I participated in National Novel Writing Month this past year, mostly because of peer pressure (I'm looking at you Susan and at you Barbara), but it was so much fun. Even when it was a slog, it was still something outside of librarianship and higher ed and it was goal oriented. I want to keep it up. Professional writing will be part of this goal, but writing in general is a source of joy for me.
Get outside more. One of the things that happened when I took my first administrative position is that my professional responsibilities blotted out everything else. The thing is, though, I live near some choice hiking spots and some fab parks. Even in inclement weather, so long as it's not a blizzard, I enjoy being outside.
Complain less. I'm not saying I won't point out injustices and errors and problems and the like, but there's a difference between noticing the bad and whinging about it. No whinging for me - or at least less of it.
Be kinder to myself. I may not have the rampant bouts of imposter syndrome that I did at the beginning of my career, but I still get down on myself sometimes. Why aren't I publishing more like [professional contact X]? Why isn't my library doing awesome things like [professional contact Y]? I'm not going to stop being inspired by X and Y and the rest of the library alphabet. I'm just going to stop - or slow - the "woulda coulda shoulda" spiral.
Read more women and people of color. I'm a feminist, and yet I've fallen into the habit of reading lots of cisgendered white European and American men. I've gotten better over the last few years, climbing from 18% up to 38%, but I want to do better.
How about you? Any things you want to change this year, professionally speaking or otherwise?
We recently had a couple of part time openings in my library. If you've never been the interviewer, you have no idea how much work it is. Even more than interviewing, in some ways. For us, the openings were both circulation aide positions. That means the interviews are more about the kind of person they are and the energy they put forth than their qualifications. Circulation aides are the first - and sometimes last - people who are seen by members of our community. They are also the first and last to be seen by prospective students and their parents while on a campus tour. It's easy enough to help someone learn computer skills and library culture, but you can't really teach an outgoing, calm personality.
It doesn't stop there, either. Sometimes you end up feeling like you interviewed one person but then end up working with their evil or lazy twin, the behavior and affect can be that different. This means you need to dig deeper: you need to check their references. I've skipped that step before, and let me tell you: it's a big mistake. We got left, high and dry, when a night person quit with no notice. We close relatively early as academic libraries go, but I still feel incredibly uncomfortable having someone close the library alone at midnight. I don't even like leaving people alone in the building if I can help it. So more diligence ahead of time is a must.
The truth is, if someone is bad enough, current employers might be tempted to lie to you in order to get rid of them. It's unethical, but I know people who have done it. There is no real way to 100% protect yourself from someone who ends up not working out, but you can do a lot while building up to the job offer. | 2019-04-25T11:57:18 | http://letterstoayounglibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/01/ |
0.998755 | Factual error: "Venus" by Bananarama is playing when Brian gets home for Christmas. The song was released mid spring 1986, but the movie takes place in 1985.
Factual error: During the "University Challenge" competition: Brian answers a question with "Calcium Sulphite" and the question-master says he gave the correct answer of "Calcium Sulphate" (a different compound).
Character mistake: Lucy says the source of the quote "To err is human" as Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Man." The quote actually originates from Pope's earlier work, "An Essay on Criticism."
Brian Jackson: Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to be clever. Some people are born clever, same way some people are born beautiful. I'm not one of those people.
Catherine Tate plays James McAvoy's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only 11 years older than him. | 2019-04-23T17:53:25 | https://www.moviemistakes.com/film6332 |
0.99893 | I am a beginner photographer, I just bought my first SLR (Minolta Maxxum 5) 5 months ago. I have taken many rolls of print film and have been expressed with my pictures. I then noticed the slides of my friend. The colors seemed to be more vibrant and saturated. My question is, which film is better for a beginning photographer, negatives or slide film?
Slides often look better than prints because the light shines through them giving them a luminesence, while prints can only reflect light.
Slides are very unforgiving of exposure errors and so are a good learning tool, especially if you keep notes. You can compare your notes to the slides and learn when your camera's meter is likely to be fooled so that you can recognize when exposure compensation is required.
Print film has very wide exposure latitude and is very forgiving of exposure errors. It is difficult to judge the negatives because of the reversed colors and orange mask, and the quality of your prints is heavily dependent on the printer getting the focus and color balance right. Adding +1/2 to +1 exposure compensation to many print films results in more saturated colors. | 2019-04-25T00:52:10 | http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/QnAdetail.asp?threadID=5119 |
0.999927 | Oxford - Roger Bannister returned to the track where he broke the 4-minute barrier for the mile 58 years ago, walking slowly but smiling broadly as he carried the Olympic torch across the finish line on Tuesday in a powerful moment just 17 days before the start of the London Games.
The 83-year-old Bannister walked 30m along the track, holding the Olympic torch aloft in his left hand as hundreds cheered for a man who is an embodiment of sporting achievement in Britain.
"In a way I'm back in the sport that I belong to," he said. "I spent 10 years training before I broke the 4-minute mile."
Bannister - who shattered an ankle in a car accident in 1975 and has been unable to run since then - put his walking cane aside and leaned on a young man to descend three stairs from the podium where the Olympic torch was lit to start the day's relay.
Wearing a blue blazer, red sweater and black tie, he walked down the track before handing the torch to an Oxford doctoral student who then ran a full lap wearing the white torchbearer uniform.
Bannister declined to wear the uniform, fueling speculation that the Oxford-educated neurologist may put on the outfit to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony in London on July 27.
Bannister is among those considered a candidate to light the cauldron.
He refused to speculate, saying he was fully focused on Tuesday's torch relay event.
Bannister said he felt "right at home" on the track where he ran the mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds on May 6, 1954. The Iffley Road track is now called the Roger Bannister track.
"It's an honour to be included in a list of torch carriers which has included injured soldiers back from Afghanistan and other places," Bannister said.
The strong winds on a chilly, rainy Tuesday reminded him of that historic day when "the weather was so bad that I nearly decided not to attempt it."
"In retrospect I'm glad because if I hadn't attempted it that day I might not have had another chance," Bannister said.
Among those on hand on Tuesday was Sebastian Coe, the former two-time Olympic 1 500m gold medallist and mile record-holder who chairs the organising committee for the London Games.
He called Bannister one of Britain's "national treasures of sport."
"Breaking the four-minute mile as a mark of athletic achievement is central in the history of our sport," Coe said. "He paved the way for what we did in the late '70s and early '80s."
Despite attending eight Olympics - one as an athlete and seven as a spectator - Bannister never won an Olympic medal. He finished fourth in the 1 500m at the 1952 Helsinki Games.
Had Bannister won the Olympic gold in Helsinki, he probably would have retired and the first sub-4-minute mile would have been achieved by someone else. Instead, he competed for another two years and attacked the mile landmark.
Australia's John Landy and American Wes Santee ran times of 4:02, and it was a question of who would get there first.
Bannister scheduled his attempt for May 6, 1954 during a meet between Oxford University and the Amateur Athletic Union. The weather was miserable - rainy, cool and windy. He only decided to make the attempt when he saw the English flag from a neighbouring church start to flutter more gently as the race time approached.
He was paced by English runners Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway. Brasher ran the first lap in 58 seconds and the first half-mile in 1:58. Chataway moved to the front and took them through three laps in 3:01. Bannister had to run the final lap in 59 seconds and did.
The record didn't stand for long. Six weeks later, Landy ran 3:57.9 in Turku, Finland.
Bannister settled the score with Landy in August 1954 at the Empire Games, now called the Commonwealth Games, in Vancouver in what was dubbed the "Mile of the Century" or the "Miracle Mile." Bannister won in 3:58.8, with Landy second in 3:59.
The current record stands at 3:43.13, held by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj since 1999.
Bannister had a distinguished 40-year medical career since retiring after the 1954 Empire Games. He was knighted in 1975.
He was among a number of sporting celebrities carrying the Olympic flame on Tuesday. At Henley-on-Thames, five-time Olympic rowing gold medallist Steve Redgrave carried the torch in his left and an oar in his right as he helped steer a boat to the Leander rowing club.
"To have my hands on the torch is pretty special," he said.
It may not be the last time. Redgrave is the British bookmakers' favourite to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony.
The torch also visited Queen Elizabeth II at Winsor Castle, and stopped at the Royal Ascot race course, where Italian jockey Frankie Dettori climbed aboard the retired Monsignor to carry the torch around the parade ring.
Dettori was initially forced to jump off the horse after the 18-year-old gelding appeared unnerved by the huge noise from spectators and later by the sight of the flame.
But after calming Monsignor, the Italian jockey rode the horse with the torch in his hand before jumping off again in his trademark leaping dismount.
"It is an honour and a privilege to be invited to carry the Olympic flame, especially at a track that holds such happy memories for me," Dettori said. "I've been round this paddock thousands of times, I've seen the queen here at Royal Ascot, but I've never seen a reception like it." | 2019-04-19T22:52:27 | https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympics2012/Bannister-carries-Olympic-torch-20120710 |
0.999994 | Inter-African flights: why do they cost so much?
Flying from one African country to another can be a trial for those who are not very patient, because of to its tedious and frustrating nature. This is due to the many transits, long hours spent in airports waiting for next flight, the unsafe nature of flights and most of all the huge sums of money paid for these flights.
With the short distances between Africa capitals, flights are normally supposed to be very affordable, like is the case in Europe and America. Unfortunate this is not the reality in Africa, as a flight from Douala to Brazzaville is two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) fcfa for a distance of 687 miles while a flight from Paris to London cost one hundred (100) euro, equivalent to sixty five thousand four hundred and seventy five (65,475) fcfa.
WHY ARE THESE FLIGHTS SO EXPENSIVE?
One can start by accusing the regulatory and legal barriers surrounding the aviation business in Africa. Before launching a new aviation route between two or more African countries, an airline needs to obtain clearance from all countries concerned, which can be very costly and take months or even years.
In the Yamoussoukro Decision of 1988, forty four African nations signed an agreement to promote competitive markets and limit regulatory barriers. Unfortunately, only few countries have executed the decisions of the agreement while other countries still hold tight to their protectionist tendencies by limiting access to their airspace by other African countries, especially Uganda and Nigeria.
These regulatory hitches make it difficult for Airlines to fly across Africa, so those who are able to acquire these new routes find a way to compensate their spending and the passengers suffer for it.
The exorbitant taxes related to aviation also contribute greatly to the high rate of inter-African flights. These high taxes make it very difficult for aviation companies to cover cost. For example the taxes on aviation fuel in Africa are two times higher than the world rates. A gallon of fuel; that is 4 litres, cost 3.78 dollars in Africa, which is way beyond the 1.40 dollars world average. An Airbus A320 needs approximately 24,230 litres of fuel, which implies that in Africa, an airline using Airbus A320 is expected to spend approximately 22,897.35 dollars on fuel alone. This coupled with taxes levied on passengers only aggravate the situation of high flight prices. This also makes it difficult for aviation companies to make any significant return on investment.
This is another reason for the high cost of inter-African flights. Given that Africa has about 12% of the world’s population, it is unfortunate that it accounts for only 6% of the world’s air traffic. Many passengers prefer travelling with foreign airlines which is very detrimental to African airlines that have to make do with the few customers they have. As a result, most airlines prefer to use smaller aircrafts for destinations with low demand. Those travelling to these areas incur more cost as they have to make up for the expenditures of the airlines.
African countries do not have many roads or railway infrastructure links, and the existing ones are falling apart. As a result flying remains the only option for those travelling from one African city to another. Unfortunately, Africa lacks large airports, maintenance facilities or training facilities. They depend on foreign aid for maintenance and training of their personnel or importing qualified personnel from developed countries which only contribute in fueling the operation cost.
Also many African airlines start on low a budget, which makes it difficult for them to acquire good quality infrastructure and aircrafts. They tend to use second, third or even fourth hand aircrafts and equipment, which pose great security problems. It is worth noting that African airlines account for some of the most disastrous flight and security accidents in the world, due to the outdated nature of their aircrafts.
In this light, African aviation companies that manage to meet up with world standards have outrageous prices.
It is sometimes difficult to have direct flights from one African country to another. These stops and transits only inflate cost especially for passengers. Take for example, for people flying from Cameroon to Congo, a direct flight equals less time spent on transits and relatively cheaper tickets. Unfortunately, this is never the case, as passengers flying with Asky Airline from Cameroon to Congo have to stop in Lome, Togo before boarding to Brazzaville, Congo. To get to Burundi from Uganda, one has to go through Kenya and Rwanda. These stops not only increase distances, they also time and cost.
Given that the African population is increasing drastically, its working population is expected to reach 1.25 billion by 2050. This implies an increase in demand for air travels. This means that the aviation companies in Africa have a lot of work to do to meet up with the forthcoming increase in demand; else foreign companies will continue to dominate the market. Improving the aviation industry in Africa can go a long way to improve the economic situation of the continent.
For now, Africans have no other choice than to pay what they are charged, while waiting that things get better in the nearest future. | 2019-04-20T22:33:09 | https://afric.online/7689-inter-african-flights-why-so-expensive/ |
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Please find in what follows the full listing of the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation available in Treetop.
View the interactive maps of Treetop and get road maps, satellite maps and much more. The maps cover a wide area centered on Treetop . | 2019-04-23T21:49:42 | http://usa.indettaglio.it/eng/13/067/1704851.html |
0.999944 | CRI: I have a distinguished guest in the studio, Mr. Eric Maskin, American economist and 2007 Nobel Prize winner for Eeconomics. He won the Nobel Prize for hiswork onMechanism Design Theory, a special form of Game Theory that attempts to maximize gains for all parties within markets. I hope I have explained it correctly. Thanks for joining us, Mr. Maskin.
CRI：Mr. Maskin, this time you are here to attend a healthcare-related conference. I think a lot of people might just wonder what does an economist do at a medical forum. So please tell us about the event and the things you are doing there.
Eric：Well, as an economist, I am interested in economic constitutions which can help promote medical technology. One important tool in medicine is the use of drugs or medicines in various kinds. These are typically expensive to invent. And if you want to invent a new drug, you have to put in aninvestment of time, energy and money. And so economists want to study under what circumstances inventors will be willing to make such investments. And that is what I talked about in the conference.
CRI： So what was the main idea that you gave in your presentation there?
Eric：There is an old idea that in order to protect inventors from imitation, they need to be awardedsome intellectual property rights, such as patents. If I have a patent in my discovery that prevents you from imitating, and so it helps me get back the investments that I’ve made in developing that invention. But in the talk, I was suggesting that there are some circumstances where patents can actually be counterproductive. And that was the main focus of my talk to say that in some kinds of industries we do not actually benefit as a society from awarding patent protection to innovators. We are better off if imitation can occur.
CRI： I know you are very famous for your theory on patents. You suggestedthat some patents will inhibit innovation rather than stimulate progress. I actually find your own words on Wikipedia, a magic website that patent protection may reduce overall innovation and social welfare. Here in China, we areall emphasizing the importance of patent protection, IPR protection. So you’d better give us some examples.
Eric：Well, let me say, first thatI’m not arguing against all patent protection. But in some industries, innovation tends to be sequential. That means that each discovery builds on a last one, and in order to make progress, we have to take many small steps instead of a few big steps. In industries where innovation is sequential, then patents can actually interfere with innovation. If I’ve made a discovery, and I put patents on it that makes it hard for you to build on what I’ve done and take thenext step because I can block your improvements. And that might be good for me, but it’s not going to begood for you and it may not begood for society, because society will be deprived of the improvement that you make on my discovery.
CRI：Yes, if I want to stand on the shoulders of a giant, it’s impossible. Because thegiant won’t let you tostand on his shoulders. I can see that. But still for other people, it’s a reasonable demand that they get patented. How can you solve this conflict?
Eric：You have to decide which industries are truly sequential,and which are not. If anindustry does not involve sequential innovation, if it takes the form of unique big discoveries, then patent protection probably is important to safeguard innovation. But if an industry, andI think software is a good example of this,and maybe pharmaceutic alsalso, if innovation is highly sequential, then patents might be a bad idea. So rather than having a policy where you always give patents or you never give patents, you need a more discriminating policy which distinguishes different industries from each other.
CRI：You are a Nobel laureate and we really want to understand your theory. Can you please explain verybrieflyin layman'term about your Game Theory? We want to learn, we want to know about it.
Eric：I’m contributed to a field, a part of the game theoretical mechanism design. In mechanism design, we start with some particular goals that we want to achieve, the society wants to achieve, then we try to figure out what mechanism, what game or what institution will best achieve those goals. I can give a little example if you like. Suppose that you have a cake, that you want to divide between two children. And your goal is to make sure that each child is happy with the piece that he or she gets. So first child prefers his own piece to the second child’s piece and vice versa. How do you achieve that goal? (Cut it in half?) That sounds good, but theproblem is that you don’t know how the children do the cake themselves. So you might think you cut the cake exactly in half, but the children might disagree. How do you proceed if you don’t know how the children feel the cake? That’s mechanism design. So it turns out that there is a very simple but very ingenious solution to this problem. It’s called the Divide and Choose Mechanism where one child cuts the cake and the other child chooses which piece she wants for herself. And this works because the child who cuts the cake knows that the two pieces are unequal, the other child will take the big one.That’s the kind of idea that we use in Mechanism Design Theory--how do you achieve a fare outcome or a desirable outcome when we don’t know how the participants themselves view the possibilities.
CRI：You participated in the 2014 World Nobel Prize Laureate Summit and gave a plenary talk at the meeting. What’s your memory about this event?
Eric：I was here in Beijing for the 2014 Nobel Prize Laureate Summit two years ago. And I met many Chinese traditional medicine doctors and scientists. I was impressed with the TCM theory and clinical practice. Last year Dr. Youyou Tu, a TCM scientist won China's first Nobel Prize on natural sciences. I do believe that modern TCM will join the main stream of world biomedical sciences and have a great future.
CRI：You’ve explained your theory in a very simple way, easy to understand, but sadly we don’t have enough time to go deeply into that. Thank you very much for your time here and for your views. | 2019-04-25T09:51:00 | http://www.ac513.org/tw/news/81.htm |
0.999999 | What is the most accurate rifle action out there? I'm mostly interested for hunting, but off the bench would be fine here to illustrate the point.
Most people will say that a bolt action is the most accurate rifle a person can get, generally speaking.
Wouldn't a single shot rifle be just as accurate if not more then?
What about a pump action rifle? Nothing is moving when the rifle is fired, at least not that I know of.
Generally speaking most people agree that semi-autos aren't as accurate as the kinds listed above, even though several are incredibly accurate. I don't want to start an arguement over some autos are more accurate than others.
I know we could all get caught up in argueing one gun makers brand over the other but let's just keep it simple.
I'm particularly interested in seeing how accurate most people think a pump rifle is compared to these others. | 2019-04-20T13:13:35 | http://thehunterslife.com/forums/showthread.php?s=0abdebcd3ac6abee9c35ed0df39fdd68&t=2352 |
0.999664 | Educating in the 21st Century: Are the students not suited for the learning environment or is the learning environment not suited for the students? How are you personalizing learning?
Are the students not suited for the learning environment or is the learning environment not suited for the students? How are you personalizing learning?
A young teenage boy is walking through the hallways of a busy high school, textbook, binder, pencil case and calculator in hand. He momentarily pulls the headphones from his ears in order to talk with a couple of close friends. They are discussing what time they will meet online tonight to play video games with each other. After the short conversation, the student puts his earphones back in his ears and pulls his smart phone from his pocket to check how much time remains before the bell will ring to start class. He notices he has received a text message from a friend so he continues to read the message as he begins walking to class. As he reaches the entrance to the classroom he is typing a message back.
The bell rings as he drops his textbook, binder, pencil case and calculator on his desk. He sits down on his chair, wedging himself into the small seat that is attached to his desk. He checks to make sure his phone is on 'vibrate' and quickly shoves it into his pocket. He yanks the earphones from his ears, allowing them to dangle from the collar of his shirt and then reaches into the pocket of his hoodie to switch off his MP3 player. He turns to see what the excitement is that's coming from the crowd of students sitting in the rows of desks at the other end of the room. They are watching a classmate post a comment on another student's Facebook wall.
The teacher approaches the front of the classroom and the room becomes quiet as students focus on the teacher. Today's class is similar to most other days with the teacher providing instruction using a combination of a whiteboard and overhead projector. Following this, students begin working on an assignment, periodically reading sections of information from their textbook and using their calculators to answer specific questions. At multiple points during the 80 minute class, students' concentration levels dip and their attention shifts. They converse with classmates, turn to listen to a fellow classmate, daydream about what they will do after school and occasionally they leave the classroom to walk down the hallway to the bathroom.
Recently I had a conversation with a teacher about some students who he was concerned about. He described them as restless, fidgety, easily distracted, occasionally disruptive and generally disinterested in their learning. He explained that he is frequently forced to redirect these students to their seats to do their work and even when he does so, the students do not accomplish nearly what they are capable of. Finally, he said "I just don't think these kids are suited for this environment, sitting in desks, listening to a teacher and working on pen and paper tasks."
As much as I agree that these students are not particularly well suited for their learning environment as it currently exists, I believe the better questions to ask are: Is the learning environment suitable for these students? And, what changes need to be made to the learning environment and the learning opportunities to make them more suitable for these students?
This has made me reflect on the importance of meeting our students where they are, differentiating our instruction for all learners and personalizing the learning for our students. There are pockets of innovation occurring in many schools that are personalizing the learning experience for students. Unfortunately, many of these innovations are tied to specific teachers and quite often these ideas are not shared with the larger educational community.
So, if you are involved in or have witnessed an innovation that is personalizing learning for students, I encourage you to share it with others by commenting on this blog. Thanks.
The world has changed considerably since the time many of us entered the teaching profession. While students still have some of the same basic needs (relationships with caring adults, safety, challenge), the scenario you describe illustrates how the world where today’s students live is vastly different than the one we started teaching in.
The call for a more personalized learning is gaining traction. Daniel Pink’s RSA animate – Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=channel) points to autonomy (self-direction), mastery (the urge to get better at stuff), and purpose (relevance) leading to better performance and increased engagement in the workplace. Can the same principles be applied to secondary schooling to achieve similar gains in performance and engagement?
I think it’s a tremendously motivating time to be an educator and I look forward to a growing urgency for changes to traditional models that are not adequately meeting the needs of our current learners. And like you, I’m encouraged by the many examples of excellence in the educational community. Let’s keep the conversation going!
Hi, Grant Frend from Garibaldi Secondary in Maple Ridge here. I think partnership programs and academies are fantastic ways to personalize learning and engage students. At GSS we have an Arts Academy, BCIT Electrician and BCIT Auto Program. All 3 engage students and help keep them motivated to complete academic requirements for graduation. Can I contact someone at DSS about the First Responders Program?
How do you address late work?
Is this for marks? A need for Engagement! | 2019-04-20T03:09:24 | http://aakune.blogspot.com/2010/11/are-students-not-suited-for-learning.html |
0.995268 | Identity: Aelfyre Whitemane's existence was unknown to the general populace of Earth.
History: Aelfyre Whitemane, who went by the nickname "Whitey," was a Kymellian, a member of an alien race dwelling somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy. Whitey was a scientist whose field was the study of alien races, and his first assignment was the observation of Earth's human beings. He carried out this assignment by monitoring Earth communications transmissions and by tapping into Earth computers from his sentient starship, called a "smartship."
Through monitoring Earth computers, Whitey learned that the scientist Dr. James Power had discovered a method of converting matter to anti-matter without impractically large expenditures of energy. Power's machine, which he called a matter/antimatter converter, would also cause antimatter to contact matter under controlled conditions.
In ages past the Kymellians had discovered the same matter/antimatter conversion process, but they had tested it without realizing that they had not yet mastered all of the physics that the process involved. As a result, they had unwittingly set off a chain reaction that had destroyed their planet, killing all the Kymellians living upon it. However, there were many Kymellians living on space stations and on planets they had colonized, so the race survived. Whitey feared that the testing of Dr. Power's matter/antimatter converter might similarly destroy the Earth, and he sent a message to the Kymellians telling them of Power's discovery and asking permission to warn Power of the conversion process's dangers despite Kymellian laws against interference with alien races.
The message was intercepted by the Z'nrx, a reptilian race from another galaxy whom Whitey called "Snarks." The Sharks intended to use Power's matter/antimatter conversion process as a weapon for conquering their own galaxy, and shot down Whitey's smartship. Damaged, the smartship landed on Earth near Dr. Power's home. The Sharks .then kidnapped Dr. Power and his wife Margaret, intending to force them to reveal the formula for the matter/antimatter conversion process.
Dr. Power's four children found Whitey's smartship, and two of them, Alex and Katie, met Whitey himself. Whitey used his powers to rescue the two other children, Jack and Julia, from the Snarks, but in doing so, Whitey was mortally wounded by a blast from a Snark laser gun.
A Kymellian can transfer his powers to another Kymellian. Whitey decided to try to divide his powers among the four children, so that they could escape the Snarks and stop the converter from being activated. Aelfyre Whitemane initiated the transfer of power to the children and then died, vanishing from sight. The children soon discovered that they each now had one of Whitey's superhuman powers; although the powers did not function in exactly the same way that they did for Whitey. Using their powers and their own wits, the Power children escaped the Snarks, destroyed the converter, and rescued their parents. The Power children, calling themselves the Power Pack, still operate as adventurers today.
Strength Level: Aelfyre Whitemane possessed the normal strength of a Kymellian of his age, height, and build who engaged in moderate regular exercise. It is not known exactly how this strength compares to that of a human being.
Known Superhuman Powers: All Kymellians are born with the potential to absorb and project energy, by altering the molecular density of matter, to move themselves at superhuman speed through teleportation or flight, and to vary or reverse gravitational attraction. However, a Kymellian must spend years of training to develop real skill with these abilities. A Kymellian who does so is called a "sorcerer" by the Snarks, although these powers are not magical in nature. Having devoted his life to science, Aelfyre Whitemane had not engaged in the continual training necessary to develop his powers fully. | 2019-04-20T05:06:45 | http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/w/whitemaneaelfyre.htm |
0.999995 | A millionaire car dealership owner is being investigated for allegedly shooting wombats with rifles and pistols and reportedly posing for photos alongside the slain animals.
Tony Azzi, who owns Larke Hoskins Honda dealerships in Sydney, is under investigation by National Parks and Wildlife Service over the wombat shooting allegations.
The shootings are alleged to have occurred on Mr Azzi's private property at Bookham, about 300km south of Sydney, over a four year period.
Mr Azzi released a statement on Monday night, defending himself against the allegations and saying he does not kill local animals for sport on his land.
'Cats, foxes, rabbits and other animals are known to destroy flora and kill native animals by the tens-of-millions each year, and as a licensed gun owner it is my responsibility to keep them off my land,' Mr Azzi said.
'For the record, I do not kill native animals, and any suggestion that I do is wrong.
It comes after the Office of Environment and Heritage confirmed to Daily Mail Australia they were investigating the alleged shooting of wombats, but could not go into detail while it was under investigation.
NSW Police referred the case on to the government department to investigate as wombats are classified as protected fauna and it is a criminal offence to harm them.
Unless a licence has been granted, people can face fines of $11,000 and possible jail sentences for killing wombats.
A former associate of Mr Azzi gave a statement to the National Parks and Wildlife Service about his alleged shooting sprees, Fairfax Media reports.
He said he witnessed Mr Azzi killing wombats, kangaroos, ducks and goats on his property over a four year period.
Photos of Mr Azzi reportedly show him posing with a rifle next to a dead wombat. He was also pictured with his sales manager Nick Karagiannis in 2013 armed with rifles.
Mr Azzi told Fairfax Media that he had shot wildlife on his property but not before checking with local farmers for advice.
'I do not shoot animals for fun and when killing them it will be done in a very human [sic] manner. I am an excellent marksman,' he said.
His employee, Nick Karagiannis, reportedly suggested that any photos of the pair posing alongside the carcasses of dead animals would have been altered because he has never fired a gun or shot an animal on Mr Azzi's property.
Mr Azzi owns the Larke Hoskins car dealerships in Rosebery and Homebush in Sydney. | 2019-04-20T10:21:46 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3368086/Multimillionaire-car-dealer-Tony-Azzi-investigated-shooting-wombats.html |
0.999889 | Powers/Abilities: Rudolf Parsons was a clever criminal who could handle a gun. He was nimble and handled projectile weapons like spears with seeming ease. He was also good at disguise and acting.
(U.S.A. Comics#4/4 (fb)) - In the 1920s, Rudolf Parsons (then dubbed Repulsive Rudolf) masterminded the theft of $1 million from Falls National Bank and was aided by Ambrose the Ape and Jake Paskuniak, who received $20,000 apiece for their efforts. However, Rudolf informed the police and the two bank robbers were jailed for 20 years.
(U.S.A. Comics#4/4 (fb) - BTS) - Rudolf's brother found out about his criminal activities, and offered to shield him and protect the family name by taking him in at Malamoor castle as Dr. Jurk, a live-in psychiatrist. Rudolf hid his loot in the monument to the medieval knight Black Arthur. He later adopted the identity of the Mad Monk, a dark legend associated with Malamoor, and occasionally ran around in a hooded cloak causing trouble.
(U.S.A. Comics#4/4) - Pat Murphy was assigned to investigate the whereabouts of the stolen money given new clues, and took on his costumed identity of Vagabond. The two other investigators, Grogan and Kelly, looked into the appearances of the Mad Monk at Malamoor castle, where they were told by Penelope Parsons that she had called them, but this was overheard by Dr. Jurk. That night, Rudolf disguised himself once more as the Mad Monk but was spotted by Vagabond, and tried to eliminate Penelope, but was stopped by the sudden appearance of the two investigators and the newly arrived two former partners of Rudolf. The Mad Monk quickly jumped through a window to escape, returning shortly after to impale Paskuniak before the ex-crim could tell his suspicions regarding the Monk's identity. Rudolf again escaped. Vagabond's arrival distracted the shocked people, although Ambrose looked for the hidden money in another room, suspecting that it was hidden in the armor monument. However, the Mad Monk was watching and shot him before running off, although with his last breath Ambrose told the others that Rudolf was the Mad Monk. Rudolf, back in his role as Dr. Jurk, was assembled with the others by Vagabond and the two D.A. investigators, but this yielded no resolution to the investigation. Later that night, Vagabond examined the armor of Black Arthur and discovered the loot, but was attacked by Rudolf, now the Mad Monk again, but was knocked out by Vagabond.
Comments: Created by Ed Winiarski (writer/artist) and an uncredited inker (possibly George Klein).
So why did Rudolf decide to take on the identity of the Mad Monk? He was cited as the "mad brother", but potentially took on the role to scare off his brother and niece to keep the castle and loot to himself.
At the end of the story, Vagabond called the inert form of Rudolf as his "mortal remains", so did Vagabond kill Rudolf with two mighty punches?
In the story, Malamoor was an ancient Scottish castle that had been transported piece by piece to America.
In the story, Black Arthur was said to have fought for Mary, Queen of Scots (ca. 1560s). Interestingly, there was a Black Arthur Forbes in Scotland around this time who was killed in a clan war (1571). However, the Forbes clan supported Protestantism at that time, which runs counter to this Black Arthur's support of the Catholic Mary.
It's suggested in the hardback Marvel Masterworks reprint that the inker was George Klein.
Ambrose the Ape helped Repulsive Rudolf rob a bank and was given $20,000 of the loot; however, Rudolf informed the police of his whereabouts. He was imprisoned for 20 years and joined Jake Paskuniak in tracking down Rudolf at Malamoor castle, where they met Vagabond and the residents of the old castle. Unfazed by Jake's bloody murder at his side, he investigated where the stolen money could be but was shot by Rudolf, disguised as the Mad Monk, when he came too close to the hidden stash in the Black Arthur monument.
Mr. Parsons (first name unrevealed) was Rudolf's brother. He found out about Rudolf's involvement in a major bank robbery and took him in at his residence at Malamoor castle to shield him from the police and protect the family name. He had become nervous with the new appearance of the Mad Monk but resisted police involvement.
Penelope Parsons was the niece of Rudolf. Her college days over, she returned to her father's residence at Malamoor castle where she saw the troublesome shadows of the Mad Monk. Frightened, she informed the D.A.'s office regarding this, with Grogan and Kelly arriving to investigate. That night, the Mad Monk attacked her but she was rescued by the two police officers and the timely arrival of Rudolf's two former accomplices. Soon after, she was told all that had happened.
Jake Paskuniak helped Repulsive Rudolf rob a bank and was given $20,000 of the loot; however, Rudolf informed the police of his whereabouts. He was imprisoned for 20 years and joined Ambrose in tracking down Rudolf at Malamoor castle, where they met Vagabond and the residents of the old castle. He was killed by a harpoon-like spear thrown by the Mad Monk when he was about to voice his suspicions as to the identity of the Mad Monk.
Black Arthur was a knight who served in the battle to save the crown for Mary, Queen of Scots (presumably the mid-1500s - see comments). A memorial, mounted with his assembled black armor, was based inside Malamoor castle. The Mad Monk hid his cash in the base, where Vagabond later found it.
It's not confirmed, but Black Arthur may have been an ancestor of the Parsons given the connection with Malamoor castle. | 2019-04-23T19:55:28 | http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix5/madmonkga.htm |
0.99893 | How can I add a progress field to tasks?
Depends on how you're defining "progress"?
I want to set and show progress in percentage, for example 10%, 20% etc. Best option for me it would be if it's possible to show progress in graphic version, as a progress bar.
What is "progress"? How are you measuring it? Lets say you want your progress to say "20%" - 20% of what?
However, you would probably get a lot more from estimates and worklogs. If you use estimates, you put in an estimated amount of time to do the work. Your developers log how much work they do. You'll be able to see progress as Jira will calculate it automatically, but also if the estimates are wrong, changes to the estimates, and there's quite a lot of reporting on estimates available too, so you won't be scrabbling around having to build even simple estimate/progress reports from fields that aren't really designed for it.
I think you need to be a bit more clear on exactly what you're trying to track, why, and how your users are going to use it. Think through what you really want the reporting to track (again, that "20% of what" is important - 20% bricks? 20% of the hours estimated? 20% of the Story points? 20% of the subtasks? 20% of arbitrary-work-units?). Once you have a clear definition of progress, you can then define how you want to report on it, which then determines how you're going to enter and update it.
The estimate field does do a lot of this for you, and gives you progress bars. It might not be right for you, but you do need to think carefully about what you are measuring before you can start looking for solutions.
<sigh> That's a pretty useless metric. 20% is a proportion of <something>, but it's useless without the measurement unit. Are you estimating time? Effort? Subtasks? Number of lego bricks?
Without a unit to tell what you're measuring, your field is pretty much useless. There's also no "arbitrary percentage telling us nothing" field in Jira, so however you implement it would probably be a bodge or a non-calculable compromise which you can't really usefully report on.
On the human side, your users are unlikely to use it correctly - they'll forget, or put random numbers in, mostly because they'll be thinking in different units - I measure progress by how much time I've estimated it will take vs useful time spent on the task. At one site. At the next one, we work in Story points.
I am completely agree with Pawel, I come from Redmine where such a simple widget exists and it is very useful.
It is not necessary for Jira to provide some logic to that progress, it is just a progress and the progress and what is it are being decided by developer, stop.
I'm not complicating anything, I'm simply pointing out that there is no definition of "progress" here, so we can't answer the question.
What are you measuring? Time spent vs estimate? Story points? How many lego bricks you've added to the model?Without knowing what you are measuring, saying "it's 80% done" is utterly useless.
How do you can state that it is useless?
Users asking features decide what is useful for them, I don't know if you represent Jira or not sorry, anyway imho Jira should only evaluate request without entering to much deep since the logic is often user-side, so why so many questions, why Redmine did it many years ago and users want it, imaybe is it really useful?
Ok, let me put it another way. It is useless because it tells us nothing.
"Progress" is a "suitcase word". It has a generally understandable concept (suitcase = a box full of things I carry), but tells you nothing about the actual meaning.
"This is 80% complete". As a user, looking at an issue with that on it, what does it actually tell us?
When me, my coworkers, my boss, my project-manager etc... open whatever issues list, they immediately could see the progress, the progress which the issue owner think surely, it will be his responsability inside his company declare something helpful and meaningful, am I wrong?
That's a circular answer that does not answer the question.
80% progress means I've done 80% of it.
What does 80% done mean?
What is it measuring? I've already explained that "progress" is meaningless because you aren't measuring anything.
What is the 80% actually OF? A percentage without knowing what it is a proportion of is meaningless.
No hope with you I'm sorry, you are asking the same question, the thread starter has already answered and I think I gave you much more elements to better interpret request.
No, you're just failing to answer the question, the same way the thread starter did.
Let me put it this way: You say "80% complete".
Do you mean you've spent 80% of the money? When will it be done? Is 80% of my house physically built? What?
instead of arrogantly repeating your invalid statements over and over again, you should actually listen to what is being said.
First of all, percentage, by definition is a unitless measure. I'm not one to teach basics of calculus, but CAKE divided by CAKE does not result to % OF CAKE, it results to %.
And now, to the problem at hand, it can be % of whatever user needs. It's up to the defined process to decide what the % mean to them. It can be % of time taken, scope done, money invoiced or resurses used, DOES NOT MATTER. Progress is progress.
So yea, it does have a real use, even if it's counting cakes.
That is exactly my point. I think you've misunderstood what the others are saying, and have understood what I've been saying. The percentage is utterly usless unless you know what it is measuring. A percentage without knowing what it is a proportion of is meaningless.
Why would you assume they don't know? It's up to them to decide what it's supposed to mean, and letters "€", "h" or "SP" near the field is not required for it to be useful.
Because that's what the posters above explicitly stated - they wanted a percentage complete without defining what it meant. Which is useless. You don't have to put a unit on it on-screen, the point is that 80% of <i don't know> is useless.
No, that's not what they stated.
You want them to define what it means to them, but they do not have to.
It's up to them to agree how they define the progress. It can be absolutely subjective gut feeling for all it matters. They just want a tool to be able save it, and display it. | 2019-04-19T18:36:19 | https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Progress-field/qaq-p/410394 |
0.999997 | What produces the unique phenotype associated with a specific allele?
Answers from physics, chemistry, and the study of infectious disease gave rise to the field of molecular biology. Biochemical reactions are controlled by enzymes, and often are organized into chains of reactions known as metabolic pathways. Loss of activity in a single enzyme can inactivate an entire pathway.
Archibald Garrod, in 1902, first proposed the relationship through his study of alkaptonuria and its association with large quantities "alkapton". He reasoned unaffected individuals metabolized "alkapton" (now called homogentistic acid) to other products so it would not buildup in the urine. Garrod suspected a blockage of the pathway to break this chemical down, and proposed that condition as "an inborn error of metabolism". He also discovered alkaptonuria was inherited as a recessive Mendelian trait.
George Beadle and Edward Tatum during the late 1930s and early 1940s established the connection Garrod suspected between genes and metabolism. They used X rays to cause mutations in strains of the mold Neurospora. These mutations affected a single genes and single enzymes in specific metabolic pathways. Beadle and Tatum proposed the "one gene one enzyme hypothesis" for which they won the Nobel Prize in 1958.
Since the chemical reactions occurring in the body are mediated by enzymes, and since enzymes are proteins and thus heritable traits, there must be a relationship between the gene and proteins. George Beadle, during the 1940s, proposed that mutant eye colors in Drosophila was caused by a change in one protein in a biosynthetic pathway.
In 1941 Beadle and coworker Edward L. Tatum decided to examine step by step the chemical reactions in a pathway. They used Neurospora crassa as an experimental organism. It had a short life-cycle and was easily grown. Since it is haploid for much of its life cycle, mutations would be immediately expressed. The meiotic products could be easily inspected. Chromosome mapping studies on the organism facilitated their work. Neurospora can be grown on a minimal medium, and it's nutrition could be studied by its ability to metabolize sugars and other chemicals the scientist could add or delete from the mixture of the medium. It was able to synthesize all of the amino acids and other chemicals needed for it to grow, thus mutants in synthetic pathways would easily show up. X-rays induced mutations in Neurospora, and the mutated spores were placed on growth media enriched with all essential amino acids. Crossing the mutated fungi with non-mutated forms produced spores which were then grown on media supplying only one of the 20 essential amino acids. If a spore lacked the ability to synthesize a particular amino acid, such as Pro (proline), it would only grow if the Proline was in the growth medium. Biosynthesis of amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) is a complex process with many chemical reactions mediated by enzymes, which if mutated would shut down the pathway, resulting in no-growth. Beadle and Tatum proposed the "one gene one enzyme" theory. One gene codes for the production of one protein. "One gene one enzyme" has since been modified to "one gene one polypeptide" since many proteins (such as hemoglobin) are made of more than one polypeptide.
The Beadle and Tatum experiment that suggested the one gene one enzyme hypothesis. Images from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
Linus Pauling used electrophoresis to separate hemoglobin molecules. Sickle-cell anemia (h) is a recessive allele in which a defective hemoglobin is made, ultimately causing pain and death to those individuals homozygous recessive for the trait. Pauling reasoned that if Beadle and Tatum were correct, there should be a slight (but detectable) difference between the structure of a normal (HH) and sickle cell (hh) hemoglobin due to genetic differences. Heterozygotes (Hh, also sampled by Pauling) make both normal and "sickle cell" hemoglobins. Later, Vernon Ingram discovered that the normal and sickle-cell hemoglobins differ by only 1 (out of a total of 300) amino acids.
The coats of viruses act as antigens, initiating an antigen-specific antibody response. Remember that vaccines work by either prompting the immune system to make antibodies or by supplying antibodies. If a virus (or anything else for that matter) mutates its antigens, the immune system is forever playing catch-up.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) was discovered after DNA. DNA, with exceptions in chloroplasts and mitochondria, is restricted to the nucleus (in eukaryotes, the nucleoid region in prokaryotes). RNA occurs in the nucleus as well as in the cytoplasm (also remember that it occurs as part of the ribosomes that line the rough endoplasmic reticulum).
The central dogma. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
The blue-background graphics throughout this chapter are from the University of Illinois' DNA and Protein Synthesis site.
RNA polymerase opens the part of the DNA to be transcribed. Only one strand of DNA (the template strand) is transcribed. RNA nucleotides are available in the region of the chromatin (this process only occurs during Interphase) and are linked together similar to the DNA process.
The code consists of at least three bases, according to astronomer George Gamow. To code for the 20 essential amino acids a genetic code must consist of at least a 3-base set (triplet) of the 4 bases. If one considers the possibilities of arranging four things 3 at a time (4X4X4), we get 64 possible code words, or codons (a 3-base sequence on the mRNA that codes for either a specific amino acid or a control word).
The genetic code was broken by Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei, a decade after Watson and Crick's work. Nirenberg discovered that RNA, regardless of its source organism, could initiate protein synthesis when combined with contents of broken E. coli cells. By adding poly-U to each of 20 test-tubes (each tube having a different "tagged" amino acid) Nirenberg and Matthaei were able to determine that the codon UUU (the only one in poly-U) coded for the amino acid phenylalanine.
Steps in breaking the genetic code: the deciphering of a poly-U mRNA. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
Likewise, an artificial mRNA consisting of alternating A and C bases would code for alternating amino acids histidine and threonine. Gradually, a complete listing of the genetic code codons was developed.
Deciphering the code: poly CA. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
The genetic code consists of 61 amino-acid coding codons and three termination codons, which stop the process of translation. The genetic code is thus redundant (degenerate in the sense of having multiple states amounting to the same thing), with, for example, glycine coded for by GGU, GGC, GGA, and GGG codons. If a codon is mutated, say from GGU to CGU, is the same amino acid specified?
The genetic code. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
Prokaryotic gene regulation differs from eukaryotic regulation, but since prokaryotes are much easier to work with, we focus on prokaryotes at this point. Promoters are sequences of DNA that are the start signals for the transcription of mRNA. Terminators are the stop signals. mRNA molecules are long (500- 10,000 nucleotides).
Subunits of a ribosome. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
Two models of tRNA. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
Translation. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
Termination. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
Many ribosomes translating the same message, a polysome. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com), used with permission.
We earlier defined mutations as any change in the DNA. We now can refine that definition: a mutation is a change in the DNA base sequence that results in a change of amino acid(s) in the polypeptide coded for by that gene. Alleles are alternate sequences of DNA bases (genes), and thus at the molecular level the products of alleles differ (often by only a single amino acid, which can have a ripple effect on an organism by changing ). Addition, deletion, or addition of nucleotides can alter the polypeptide. Point mutations are the result of the substitution of a single base. Frame-shift mutations occur when the reading frame of the gene is shifted by addition or deletion of one or more bases. With the exception of mitochondria, all organisms use the same genetic code. Powerful evidence for the common ancestry of all living things.
Protein Synthesis Cartoon by Millard Susman (University of Wisconsin) Download an animation of the process (sorry, you will need a Macintosh).
Animated GIF of Translation From the Gene Zine.
Amino Acid Anatomy Cartoons and animations on the basics of amino acids.
Amino Acids Linear formulae and links to images of the twenty amino acids common to all life (at least as we know it).
Protein Synthesis Slideshow (West Georgia College) Slideshow and downloadable animation of the process.
Ribosomes A text with links to illustrations. More than you ever wanted to know about ribosomes!
Protein Synthesis A series of drawings (all on one web page) illustrating the process.
The Genetic Code (Whitman College) and modifications.
Codon Usage Database Search for your favorite organism and check out its genetic code.
DNA and Protein Synthesis (University of Illinois) Nice graphics and text as well as links to additional resources. The color drawings above are from this site.
The RNA World (IMB Jena, Germany) Links to WWW RNA sites and resources. Lots of very cool images.
Text ©1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007, by M.J. Farabee, all rights reserved. Use for educational purposes is encouraged. | 2019-04-24T10:25:26 | https://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookPROTSYn.html |
0.999998 | <B> Feb. 27</b> <p> Alabama's Courtney Upshaw takes it all in at Indy.
Christian Tupouus hits the bag.
New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin scouts players in Indy.
Nevada's Brett Roy makes a grab.
Rice's Scott Solomon takes part in a drill.
Texas' Emmanuel Acho performs at Indy.
UT's Kheeston Randall runs a drill.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III of Baylor meet during the 2012 NFL Combine.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III warms up at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III sticks his landing in the broad jump.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III warms up.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III runs a drill.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is measured at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck runs the 40-yard dash.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck does a broad jump.
Houston quarterback Case Keenum throws a pass.
Houston quarterback Case Keenum runs the 40-yard dash.
Houston quarterback Case Keenum throws a pass at the NFL football scouting combine.
Baylor receiver Kendall Wright makes a catch during a drill.
Baylor wide receiver Kendall Wright of Baylor runs a drill.
Baylor's Philip Blake runs a drill.
A look at where the action is going down.
Iowa's Riley Reiff works out.
Lamar Holmes goes to battle with AJ Green.
Mike Adams and Ben Jones tussle.
Notre Dame's Taylor Dever takes instruction.
Scouts check out the talent at Indy.
SMU's Kelvin Beachum wants to make the NFL.
Players stretch before doing drills.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck answers a question during Friday's news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III laughs as he answers a question during a news conference.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck leaves the podium following Friday's news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III listens to a question during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine.
Alabama running back Trent Richardson answers a question during a news conference.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck answers a question during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd speaks during a news conference.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck answers a question during a news conference.
Southern California offensive lineman Matt Kalil speaks during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis.
Alabama running back Trent Richardson answers a question during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III listens to a question during a news conference.
Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III is questioned as he leaves a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine.
Southern California offensive lineman Matt Kalil speaks during a news conference.
Ohio State offensive lineman Mike Adams speaks during Friday's news conference. | 2019-04-26T10:22:42 | https://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2012/02/nfl-scouting-combine/ |
0.999862 | The Hampton College indoor rowing champions. The squad members in the picture are: Year 7 Boys - Taylor Shortland, Etienne Hoare, Domantas Dambrauskas. Year 7 Girls - Venus Illesamni. Year 9 Boys - Ryan Gilkes, Ethan Lee, Lukas Kekstas, Arunav Bagla. Year 8 Girls - Alice Swindells. Year 9 Girls - Lily Mace.
Hampton College are celebrating a sporting double.
Their outstanding Year 9 football team, who earlier in the year reached the last 32 of the English Schools FA Cup competition, recently won the Peterborough Schools final and that came soon after the school had clinched the Peterborough Schools Indoor Rowing Championship title.
The Hampton College trophy-winning year nine football team.
It was the third year running that the footballers had won the Peterborough Schools final and in this year’s decider they beat Arthur Mellow Village College 5-3 after extra-time at The Grange.
Brad Gilbert scored another hat-trick, his fourth for the school this year.
The Peterborough Schools Indoor Rowing Championships have been going since 2003 and they are run over five months with one round per month.
The final was held at Hampton College and the hosts finished first in front of last year’s winners Peterborough School, Kings School and former winners Jack Hunt School.
Hampton last won the trophy in 2011, but since that point it has been dominated by Peterborough School.
The squad members in the picture are: Year 7 Boys - Taylor Shortland, Etienne Hoare, Domantas Dambrauskas. Year 7 Girls - Venus Illesamni. Year 9 Boys - Ryan Gilkes, Ethan Lee, Lukas Kekstas, Arunav Bagla. Year 8 Girls - Alice Swindells. Year 9 Girls - Lily Mace. | 2019-04-21T00:44:41 | https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/local-football/school-sport-hampton-college-rule-at-rowing-and-football-1-7392045 |
0.998637 | Do I have to fill in the citation information on request forms manually? Is there somewhere I can enter a PMID number?
The NIH Library offers a method to pre-populate the document delivery order from with citation information. To use this feature to start your search in PubMed @ NIH. Look for the NIH Library Fulltext Plus button. This service will populate the request form from the PubMed citation. The same service is available in Web of Science, Embase, Scopus and Google Scholar.
Do I have to submit my manuscript to PubMed Central?
As noted on the NIH public access website, your peer-reviewed papers should be submitted to PubMed Central (PMC) immediately upon acceptance for publication by a journal. PMC will make these papers publicly available within 12 months of publication. The Policy applies to all peer-reviewed papers that you author or co-author as part of your NIH or NIH-funded duties, even if the corresponding author or other authors are not supported by NIH.
There are four methods to ensure that an applicable paper is submitted to PubMed Central (PMC) in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy. Authors may use whichever method is most appropriate for them and consistent with their publishing agreement. Click on the method in the table below for details.
Task 1: Who starts the deposit process?
Task 2: Who approves paper for processing?
Task 3: Who approves paper for Pub Med Central display?
The EndNote styles collection contains more than 4,500 bibliographic styles for a variety of disciplines. If you do not see the style you need, check the EndNote website.
If you find the journal style you need, download the file and save to the desktop.
For windows: left click on the Start menu, click Explore, go to Program Files, click on EndNote, click on the Styles folder.
Drag and drop the output style file from your desktop to the folder.
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From the Edit menu, choose Output Styles and select Open Style Manager.
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How can I find information to supplement an incomplete article citation?
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How Can I Use One of The New Private Study Carrels?
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How do I access the Library's electronic resources when I am off campus?
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How do I register for a 3D printing orientation?
The orientations are listed on the library's website as they come up. We plan to hold one once a month in 2015. If they have problems registering, they can come to the class and add their name to the bottom of the sign in sheet.
Please email [email protected] to request an ILL renewal 5 business days before the due date.
How do I request articles from a PubMed search?
Loansome Doc allows users to order full-text copies of articles via the NIH Library-Bldg 10, directly from MEDLINE, using PubMed. You must register to use this service. There is no charge for this service.
How can I register to order journal articles via PubMed with the Loansome Doc System?
Fill out the NIH Library/Bldg 10 PubMed Document Delivery registration form. You must complete the form to obtain a Library Identifier (LIBID). The NIH Library will send you your LIBID within 2 business days of receiving the form, as well as instructions for completing your registration.
After I am Registered How Do I Place an Order for an Article in PubMed?
Click on the box to the left of the reference that you want to order.
Click on the order button and enter the userid and password you created. Your requests will be processed by the Library staff and sent to you via e-mail or interoffice mail.
How do I request library materials (articles, books, etc.)?
What is the preferred browser?
Who can request an item?
How do I create an ILLiad account to request materials?
How do I submit a request for an item?
How do I request a book, book chapter, conference paper, patent, report, or thesis?
I received an email telling me that my item is available. How do I access it?
What does the date in the "Expires" column mean?
How can I edit a request?
Who can I contact with a question or problem with requesting materials?
If you need an article, book, or other item that is not available in the NIH Library’s collection, the Library can get it for you through our online request system, ILLiad. You must have an ILLiad account to request materials.
The NIH Library provides access to a premier collection of scholarly resources to support research at NIH and HHS, including thousands of journals and eBooks. The NIH Library collection is used extensively but there are times when the trail of research leads to an article, book, report, or other item that is not available from our collection. In those cases, the Library leverages a global network of connections and agreements to find and obtain many of these items for you at no additional cost.
ILLiad works best with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. ILLiad does work with Internet Explorer, but when using Explorer you may experience issues viewing PDFs for filled requests.
You must create an ILLiad account, which requires the use of your NIH, CMS, or HHS email address and your ID number, which is located on the back of your PIV card.
ILLiad is available from the NIH Library website under Services. Click on Order an Article, Book or Document. It can also be accessed directly: https://nih.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/ or from a database search result screen through the NIH Library Go button.
Select the Services menu and click on Order an Article, Book or Document under the Get Help column.
From the ILLiad login page, click on the link First Time Users click here to the right of the grey Logon to ILLiad button.
Fill out the registration form. We recommend you use your NIH or HHS email address for the username, and then set a password of your choice.
Use your NIH, CMS, or HHS office mailing address and telephone number.
If you are not on the NIH main campus, select Mail to Address for the Preferred Loan Delivery Methodoption.
If you have conducted a database search, you may see the NIH Library Go icon, which will link you to the full-text of the article if it is owned by the NIH Library. If the Library does not own the article and you want to request it, you will need an ILLiad account.
From the database article page, click on the blue NIH Library Go button.
At the next screen, if the NIH Library does not have a subscription to the journal, you will have the option to request the item through document delivery.
Click the blue button Request this item from the NIH Library.
If you already have an ILLiad account, log in using your username and password. If you do not have an ILLiad account, go to How do I create an ILLiad account to request materials? and follow the directions from there.
5. How do I submit a request for an item?
You may submit requests directly from the ILLiad login form. You may also submit requests from a PubMed @ NIH search or from another database search, via the NIH Library Go button.
If you submit the request via a database search, citation information will be automatically populated into the request form. However, you must already have an ILLiad account in order to request the item.
Log into your ILLiad account. If you forgot your password, click on the Forgot Password? link to reset it.
From the main screen, select the most appropriate option listed under New Request on the left side of the screen.
Type in the citation information for the item you need. Please be as complete as possible.
If you access PubMed (PubMed @ NIH) or one of the other NIH Library databases (e.g., Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, etc.) every record in PubMed and many of those in the other NIH Library-subscribed databases will show the blue NIH Library Go button to indicate the item is either available through the Library or, if it is not available, can be requested via ILLiad.
Click on the blue NIH Library Go button. You will be directed to the full-text article if the Library subscribes to the journal. If the Library does not have access to the full-text, click the blue Request this item through Document Delivery button to request the article through the ILLiad system.
Log into your ILLiad account. Your username is your NIH or HHS email address. If you forgot your password, click on the Forgot Password? link to reset it.
Once you’ve logged in, the form should be pre-populated with the article information. Confirm the information is correct and then click Submit request.
If you have a PubMed ID number (PMID) for your request, you can use it to submit your request rather than entering the item information in full.
Identify the PMID, which is located below the abstract on every PubMed record.
Enter the PMID in the top box. You can only enter one PMID at a time.
Select the remaining preferences and submit your request.
After logging in to your ILLiad account, under New Request, select the type of item you want to request (Book, Book Chapter, Conference Paper, Patent, Report, or Thesis).
Complete the Item Information form with as much detail as possible. You can add additional details or a hyperlink to a webpage in the Notes section to assist with locating the item.
I received an email telling me that my item is available. How do I find it?
Under View, in the left-hand column, click on Available Articles to view your requests.
From the Available Articlesscreen, you will see the record for each available item requested.
Click on the View link (PDF icon) to access the PDF file of the item requested. You can then download the PDF to your computer or print the file.
If you cannot access the PDF, go to the main ILLiad page. Under View, in the left-hand column, click on All Requests. Open the relevant transaction number. If the article is available, the link to the PDF should appear at the top of the transaction number page.
Materials are available in your account for 90 days from the date of posting. You may view and save your items at any time during those 90 days. After 90 days have passed, items are deleted from your account, on the “expires” date.
You need to know your current password to change it. If you forgot your password, click on the Forgot Password? link from the main ILLiad login screen to reset it.
Log in to your ILLiad account. The main screen will display your Outstanding Requests.
For the article you want to cancel, click on the link located in the Transaction column. The record for that article will open.
Click on the Cancel Requestlink at the top of the record. Your request will be cancelled and removed from your list of Outstanding Requests.
Click on the link for the article you want to edit located in the Transaction column. The record for that article will open.
Click on the Edit Requestlink at the top of the record. Add or update the information and click Submit Request.
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How do I schedule time on the 3d printers?
The 3D Printing Service is a self-service and first come first served.
How do I search for literature in specific subjects such as AIDS, Bioethics, alternative medicine, toxicology or cancer?
The National Library of Medicine produces many databases which are devoted to specific subject areas. Many of these files can now be accessed within their web-based search interface called PubMed®. These are available on the Limits screen on the Subset pull-down menu, unless otherwise noted. Subsets of PubMed include AIDS, Bioethics, Complementary Medicine, Toxicology and Cancer.
The AIDS subset includes citations to AIDS/HIV literature covering research, clinical aspects and health policy issues.
The Complementary Medicine subset will retrieve literature on complementary and alternative medicines.
The Toxicology subset covers toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals.
The Bioethics subset covers the literature of ethics and related public policy issues in healthcare and biomedical research.
The Cancer subset uses a strategy with terms from the Neoplasms and related branches of MeSH, cancer-related text words, and MEDLINE journal titles. It was created jointly by NLM and the National Cancer Institute to facilitate searching for subjects in all areas of cancer, ranging from clinical care to basic research. For additional cancer information try searching cancer.gov, the National Cancer Institutes' web site which includes a variety of information sources for cancer related information. Included in cancer.gov is PDQ®, a comprehensive cancer database, including summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention and supportive care.
You may also schedule a personal tutorial with an NIH Librarian to learn how to search these databases more effectively.
If you prefer not to perform a search yourself, you may submit a search request to the NIH Library.
How do you get colors or can you have more than one color?
The Replicator 2 has one extruder, one color. We change the rolls of filament at the back to change colors. If you prefer a different color, we can change it, or if we don’t have the desired color, they can bring their own filament and we will put it on. The Replicator 2x has two extruders and can use 2 colors.
How do you get print jobs on the Library's 3D printers?
Print jobs are saved on an SD card less than 2 GB. If the card is bigger the machine can’t read it. Place the card in the reader and select the print from Build from SD card. If you do not have an 2 GB SD card, you can borrow one for up to 3 days from the Information Desk.
How high is the resolution on the 3D printers?
The highest resolution is .1mm. It takes significantly longer to print high resolution and Standard resolution is recommended for most jobs - .2mm.
How long does it take to print on the 3D printer?
Average print times are 8-12 hours. Prints running more than 30 hrs are not recommended.
How long has the printer been available in the Library?
The Makerbot Replicator printers have been in the Library since 2014 and the uPrint SE Plus was implemented in 2016.
How many print jobs have been done on the Library's printers?
At the end of 2014 the library had printed 174 unique prints.
How much did the Library's printers cost?
The Makerbots we have were about $2,000.
Is it expensive to print?
No, a roll of filament runs about $48 and you can produce 9-10 prints, depending on the size of the jobs. This service is free to NIH staff.
Interested in popular science titles? Look no further. Through the NIH Library, you can now instantly borrow popular science eBooks and audiobooks through OverDrive to read on your computer, mobile device, or Kindle. You can even download content for offline usage. OverDrive is compatible with all computers, smart phones, tablets, and eReaders.
Visit https://nihlibrary.overdrive.com to view the titles that are available through the NIH Library. You can check out items, read or listen to them on your device or computer, place holds, and even recommend new content. PLEASE NOTE: You will need your NIH PIV card (computers) or NIH username and password (computers or devices) to download and use the content.
Visit the NIH Library OverDrive page.
Browse the collection or search for your next great read through the OverDrive interface.
Visit your device’s app store to locate the “OverDrive” app and install it on your device. Go to http://app.overdrive.com for information on how to find the app and get started.
Once installed, open the OverDrive app on your device.
At the first main screen, click "Add a library" then search or browse for and select “National Institutes of Health Library” which should open the main browsing screen for the NIH Library collection.
Click “Borrow” or “Place a Hold” on the item you want to check out.
You will be prompted to enter your PIV card information (computers) or NIH username and password (computers and devices) through the NIH iTrust page. If you can't remember your NIH password, you can reset it at https://iforgotmypassword.nih.gov/.
To read on your computer: select “Read now with kindle” to read on your Kindle, or select “Read now in Browser” to read directly through your browser.
To read on your device: select “Read now with kindle” to read on your Kindle, or “Download EBPUB eBook” to read in the OverDrive app on your device.
To listen on your computer: select “Download MP3 audiobook”, or “Listen now in browser” to listen through your computer.
To listen on your device: select “Download MP3 audiobook” to listen through your device.
Do I need an OverDrive account?
No. NIH staff already have an account through their NIH credentials.
Do I need to be on the NIH network to access the NIH Library collection?
No. NIH staff can access the NIH collection on any device on any network, using their NIH credentials.
Can I access and use the NIH Library’s OverDrive collection on my personal computer or device?
Yes, but you must use your NIH credentials to download or access and use the items.
I already have OverDrive on my device. How do I add the NIH Library to my libraries?
Search or browse for and select “National Institutes of Health Library” which should open the main browsing screen for the NIH Library collection.
If I’ve checked out an item on one browser/device, can I access that same item on another browser/device?
Yes. All items checked out to your account will be available on any device/browser once you’ve logged into your NIH Library account using your NIH credentials.
Select “Loans” from “My Account”, locate the item you want to renew, and click “Renew.” Please note that the “Renew” option only becomes available once your item is within 3 days of expiring. If the item is on hold for someone else, the item will be placed on hold for you to check out once it becomes available.
You can check out items for 7, 14, or 21 days.
You can borrow up to 2 titles at a time. You can place holds on up to 10 titles at one time.
More information on using OverDrive is available on the OverDrive help page.
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0.999998 | You have seen the χ2 test statistic used in three different circumstances. The following bulleted list is a summary that will help you decide which χ2 test is the appropriate one to use.
H0: The two variables (factors) are independent.
Ha: The two variables (factors) are dependent.
The goodness-of-fit test is typically used to determine if data fits a particular distribution. The test of independence makes use of a contingency table to determine the independence of two factors. The test for homogeneity determines whether two populations come from the same distribution, even if this distribution is unknown.
Which test do you use to decide whether an observed distribution is the same as an expected distribution?
What is the null hypothesis for the type of test from [link]?
Which test would you use to decide whether two factors have a relationship?
Which test would you use to decide if two populations have the same distribution?
How are tests of independence similar to tests for homogeneity?
Answers will vary. Sample answer: Tests of independence and tests for homogeneity both calculate the test statistic the same way . In addition, all values must be greater than or equal to five.
How are tests of independence different from tests for homogeneity?
For each word problem, use a solution sheet to solve the hypothesis test problem. Go to [link] for the chi-square solution sheet. Round expected frequency to two decimal places.
Is there a difference between the distribution of community college statistics students and the distribution of university statistics students in what technology they use on their homework? Of some randomly selected community college students, 43 used a computer, 102 used a calculator with built in statistics functions, and 65 used a table from the textbook. Of some randomly selected university students, 28 used a computer, 33 used a calculator with built in statistics functions, and 40 used a table from the textbook. Conduct an appropriate hypothesis test using a 0.05 level of significance.
H0: The distribution for technology use is the same for community college students and university students.
Ha: The distribution for technology use is not the same for community college students and university students.
Conclusion: There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of technology use for statistics homework is not the same for statistics students at community colleges and at universities.
If df = 2, the chi-square distribution has a shape that reminds us of the exponential.
The test statistic is always positive and if the expected and observed values are not close together, the test statistic is large and the null hypothesis will be rejected.
Testing to see if the data fits the distribution “too well” or is too perfect.
Comparison of the Chi-Square Tests by OpenStaxCollege is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. | 2019-04-18T22:18:33 | http://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/introductorystatistics/chapter/comparison-of-the-chi-square-tests/ |
0.999124 | Is it a player taken in the sixth round who leads his team to three Super Bowls?
Is it the No. 1 pick who won three MVPs and lived up to the hype?
Is it a player who amassed huge statistics but never won a Super Bowl because he played for a poor team?
What about the Hall of Fame left tackle from the 1960s whom everyone wanted on their team but wasn't a superstar household name?
ESPN Stats & Information set out to create a simple formula to judge NFL players drafted in the modern draft -- a formula that the average fan could understand without a Ph.D. in mathematics.
We ranked the 13,808 players drafted in 1967-2008 based on their performance during their NFL careers, regardless of how they fared with the team that drafted them.
TOTAL: 76 points. That ranks Manning 13th out of 13,808 picks.
The rankings measure players' career performances. Some have done it for one team (Peyton Manning), others for five teams. The rankings don't account for players who are traded. Trying to rate players on their performances only with the teams that draft them is a whole other analysis.
The system ranks the best players regardless of draft position. We felt players such as Peyton Manning shouldn't be penalized for being drafted early.
ESPN tried to keep discrimination of position to a minimum. That means players didn't receive points in our system for 10,000 rushing yards (favors running backs) or 4,000-yard passing seasons (favors quarterbacks).
Players get rewarded for appearing on Super Bowl teams, but not for playoff wins (players after 1990 would benefit too greatly from an expanded playoff system with more playoff games).
Hall of Famers receive a huge bump. Players who could be Hall of Famers were not given points, because it's too subjective in some cases. Some might think Kurt Warner and Cris Carter are surefire Hall of Famers, but until they get inducted, one never knows.
The rankings will change each year. Players will move up and down based on awards handed out. Current players will rise up past retired players. For example: Peyton Manning could be the best player in our rankings by the time his career is over. But he's not there yet.
We used the ranking system to determine the highest point total for a team's draft class. Some draft classes are boosted by just one player (drafting Hall of Famer Barry Sanders, for example, makes for a top draft class).
Fans will have a chance to vote for the all-time best draft classes starting April 2.
Special thanks to stats editor Jason Paradise and stats researcher Hank Gargiulo for their work on the rankings. | 2019-04-20T09:00:36 | http://insider.espn.com/nfl/insider/news/story?id=4008442 |
0.999956 | Skills and competencies in information systems and operations management to contribute to an organization upon entry.
Command of the conceptual frameworks of information systems and operations management.
Knowledge of the processes of organizations and the key role that information systems play.
Discernment of, and responsible approaches to, ethical issues in technology use by society, organizations and individuals.
Goal 1: Students will demonstrate an informed understanding of the law and social responsibility relevant to managing an organization domestically and internationally.
Objective 1.1: Students will be able to describe how the American legal system operates, including alternatives to litigation.
Objective 1.2: Students will be able to describe how lawyers and judges engage in legal reasoning and to identify and evaluate a judge's argument.
Objective 1.3: Students will be able to explain how the law responds to complex social issues, including employment discrimination, securities issues, and issues related to cyberspace.
Objective 1.4: Students will be able to explain the corporate governance system, including the law related to agency.
Objective 1.5: Students will be able to explain principles of private law (e.g., tort law and contract law) and public law (e.g., employment law, securities law).
Objective 1.6: Students will be able to explain how ethical norms underlie judicial decisions.
Objective 1.7: Students will be able to explain how those in control of the organization's assets, operations and management take into consideration the company's local and global impacts on society and the environment, often informed by the opinions of multiple affected stakeholders in their decision-making.
Goal 2: Students will apply higher-order critical and analytical thinking skills when responding to legal and/or ethical dilemmas.
Objective 2.1: Students will be able to identify an author's argument, including the author's issue, conclusion, and reasons in support of the conclusion.
Objective 2.2: Students will be able to systematically evaluate an argument, searching for ambiguous words, reasoning fallacies, faulty evidence, and significant information an author has omitted.
Objective 2.3: Students will be able to identify the ethical norms or value priorities that underlie a particular argument.
Objective 2.4: Students will be able to use integration skills to identify and explain relationships among concepts.
Goal 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to apply an informed understanding of the law and social responsibility to individual, organizational, and social issues.
Objective 3.1: Students will able to identify appropriate applications of legal principles to solving social and managerial problems.
Objective 3.2: Students will be able to articulate how legal and social responsibility principles can be used to explain social issues and inform public policy.
Objective 3.3: Students will be able to explain how organizational decision makers create and maintain an ethical and socially responsible organizational governance system and culture.
Objective 3.4: Students will be able to explain how and why corporate social responsibility extends beyond legal compliance and how business interacts with civil society organizations to establish acceptable levels of corporate responsibility.
Objective 3.5: Students will be able to describe the fundamental concept or goal of sustainable development as it applies to commerce and conservation.
Goal 4: Students will be able to effectively communicate understanding and application of legal and ethical concepts in a variety of formats.
Objective 4.1: Students will be able to demonstrate effective writing skills in a range of appropriate formats, including essays, legal briefs, case studies, papers, memoranda and other forms of composition.
Objective 4.2: Students will recognize the use of different techniques for specific purposes and be able to demonstrate effective written communication for varied purposes of research, information, explanation, persuasion, defense of a position, and similar objectives.
Objective 4.3: Students will be able to demonstrate effective oral communication skills in various formats in diverse settings.
Objective 4.4: Students will be able to demonstrate familiarity with the use and meaning of the language of the law and concepts of legal and social responsibility in a business context.
Goal 5: Students will be able to weigh evidence, tolerate ambiguity, act ethically, and recognize and understand the complexity of individual and societal diversity.
Objective 5.1: Students will be able to recognize the necessity for ethical behavior in using legal means to achieve business objectives.
Objective 5.2: Students will be able tolerate ambiguity and realize that legal explanations will often be complex and tentative.
Objective 5.3: Students will be able to recognize and respect human diversity and understand that legal explanations may vary across populations and contexts.
Objective 5.4: Students will understand how privilege and power may affect the law.
Objective 5.5: Students will appreciate the student-citizens role in influencing the continuing evolution of the law.
Goal 6: Students will develop innovative thinking skills that enable them to use knowledge to bring about something new.
Objective 6.1: Students will be able to describe how thinkers work creatively.
Objective 6.2: Students will be able to use techniques to create new ideas, including problem evaluation reformulation and classic brainstorming.
Objective 6.3: Students will recognize the evolutionary nature of law and social responsibility, appreciate the need for continuous self-education in the area, and learn skills to perpetuate and broaden their knowledge of the changing legal and social obligations of business. | 2019-04-23T20:34:30 | https://www.loyola.edu/sellinger-business/academics/departments/information-systems-law-and-operations/learning-goals-and-objectives |
0.997913 | The politicization of the highly anticipated report from special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE is now in full swing. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiTrump pushes back on impeachment talk: 'Tables are finally turning on the Witch Hunt!' Moulton enters 2020 White House race Trump takes aim at Dem talk of impeachment MORE has argued the report is a necessary prerequisite to begin impeachment proceedings, while the public availability of the report has created confirmation headaches for attorney general nominee William Barr.
Enter Barr, the nominee for attorney general. If he is confirmed, Barr would supplant Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod Jay RosensteinEx-Trump lawyer: Mueller knew Trump had to call investigation a 'witch hunt' for 'political reasons' Mueller questioned by TV journalist over details of report Cummings: Barr acting like 'defense counsel' for Trump rather than AG MORE as the overseer of the special counsel investigation, giving Barr the power to decide whether to publicly release the report. Barr has refused to guarantee the release of the report during both testimony and his statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
But whether the Special Counsel Transparency Act becomes more than just messaging legislation that purports to advance a particular interest but stands no chance of actually becoming federal law now rests squarely with new Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamHillicon Valley: House Dems subpoena full Mueller report | DOJ pushes back at 'premature' subpoena | Dems reject offer to view report with fewer redactions | Trump camp runs Facebook ads about Mueller report | Uber gets B for self-driving cars DOJ: Dem subpoena for Mueller report is 'premature and unnecessary' Dems reject Barr's offer to view Mueller report with fewer redactions MORE and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellThe Mueller report is a deterrent to government service Senate Republicans tested on Trump support after Mueller Anti-smoking advocates question industry motives for backing higher purchasing age MORE. Their political interests pose some problems.
In theory, the bill introduced by Grassley and Blumenthal matches up nicely with the bill introduced by Graham, known as the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act. Bipartisan action to ensure that Mueller has the ability to complete his investigation, while also ensuring the American people will see the evidence his special counsel team has uncovered, would help restore Congress to a functioning institution. But legislative logic is rarely that straight forward. There are two problems.
First, the increasingly hard line support that Graham has shown for the White House agenda, especially with respect to border wall funding, creates an open question as to his political courage to serve the interests of the American people when those interests conflict with the political interests of the president. With what is already known about the contacts between his campaign and Russians, Trump has little political interest in the final report becoming public ahead of his bid for reelection in 2020.
Second, even if Graham moves the bills through the Senate Judiciary Committee, the willingness of McConnell to ensure public disclosure is likewise in grave doubt. Having finally come out of his hiatus during the government shutdown, McConnell is now the most important defender that Trump has in Congress relative to House Democrats, but only as a means to protect and maintain his Republican majority in the Senate.
As his role in ending the government shutdown has shown, McConnell understands that chaos is not a governing philosophy. But if past is truly prologue, and because he is facing his own reelection campaign in deep red Kentucky in 2020, the likelihood of McConnell embarrassing the president by bringing either legislation to a full Senate vote is minimal.
Thus, the road to full disclosure is depressingly in doubt. The idea that the American people may never see a detailed report of what Mueller finds ought to be repugnant to every citizen. The fact that it is not is yet another indignity of the Trump era. Now more than ever, bipartisan efforts like the Special Counsel Transparency Act are necessary and worthy of support. | 2019-04-23T00:51:38 | https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/428319-let-the-american-people-see-the-complete-special-counsel-report |
0.998682 | Step 1: Heat The oven for carrot cake.
Heat the oven to 160°C fan (180°C/gas 4). Grease a deep 18cm round cake tin.
Step 2: Carrot cake mix.
Beat the eggs in a large bowl, then add the carrots, oil, sugar, and walnuts. Mix well. In a separate bowl, combine the flours with the cinnamon. Gently stir the two mixtures together until half combined.
Heat the milk in a pan until warm, then remove from the heat and stir in the bicarbonate of soda. Add this liquid to the cake mixture and stir together until just combined. Do not overmix.
Step 3: Test the Carrot Cake.
Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 30–35 minutes.
Test if the cake is cooked by piercing the center with a skewer: it should come out clean. If not, return to the oven and bake for a further 5 minutes, then test again. Leave to cool in the tin.
Step 4: Frosting the Carrot Cake.
Place all the ingredients for the frosting in a food processor and process until smooth (or beat with an electric mixer or wooden spoon). Cover the cake all over with the frosting. Refrigerate until set before slicing. | 2019-04-18T12:47:29 | http://foodietaste.com/recipe_detail.asp?id=1512 |
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0.999999 | When is a mandate a mandate?
President Bush won more than 59 million votes last week -- more than any other presidential candidate in history and enough, his supporters have said, to claim a mandate. But other comparisons between this year's election results and those of previous contests suggest his win was somewhat less decisive.
Bush's unofficial three-percentage-point margin of victory, for example, was the fifth smallest since 1920. John F. Kennedy won in 1960 with 0.2 percent more votes than Richard M. Nixon. Nixon, in turn, won in 1968 with a slim 0.7 percent advantage over Hubert H. Humphrey. In 1976, Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald R. Ford by 2.1 percent. In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral one. Conversely, 10 of the previous 21 presidential races were won by at least 10 percentage points -- and five of them were decided by more than 20 points.
Bush's chunk of the popular vote -- unofficially, 51 percent -- also places him in the middle of this historical pack. Thirteen of the winners of the previous 21 elections won a larger share of the vote. Lyndon B. Johnson won the highest percentage, when he swamped Barry Goldwater in 1964 with 61.1 percent. Bill Clinton won with the lowest, when he took 43 percent in 1992. Bush, however, is the first to win a majority of the popular vote since 1988.
While he won more votes than any previous presidential candidate, second place goes to John F. Kerry, who took 56 million votes. Ronald Reagan came in third with 54.5 million in 1984, when he defeated Walter F. Mondale by 18 percentage points, followed by Al Gore with 50.9 million in 2000 and Bush, again, who won 50.4 million votes the same year.
Call it the second coming of the Moral Majority. Jerry Falwell said yesterday he is launching a political organization that will be "a 21st century resurrection" of the Moral Majority, the Christian lobby he founded and led from 1979 to 1987.
The new group, named the Faith and Values Coalition, will "utilize the momentum of the Nov. 2 elections to maintain an evangelical revolution of voters who will continue to go to the polls to 'vote Christian,' " Falwell said.
At 71, Falwell said he is committing to a four-year stint as national chairman. Mat Staver, founder of the conservative legal group Liberty Counsel, will be vice chairman. Tim LaHaye, co-author of the Left Behind series of novels, will head the board of directors. And Falwell's son, Jonathan, will serve as executive director, the evangelist based in Lynchburg said.
Falwell's old antagonist, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, called his announcement "just another fundraising gimmick."
"After Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, Falwell sent letters to religious conservatives nationwide asking them if he should reopen the Moral Majority and seeking donations. Falwell never reactivated the group, but he did keep the money," Americans United said in a statement. | 2019-04-23T18:17:23 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41006-2004Nov10.html?nav=rss_politics |
0.999746 | American consumers Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, especially in this case. Lloyd Grove, a columnist for the New York Daily News, says that the pharmaceutical lobby in the United States, a group called PhRMA, actually commissioned the writing of a fiction novel designed to scare Americans into avoiding prescription drugs from Canada. The book was supposed to tell a story of terrorists who altered prescription drugs from Canada in order to kill Americans who were buying them over the internet or crossing the border to buy them at lower prices. Bizarre, huh? What an interesting tactic to try to convince people to pay sky-high prices -- monopoly prices, in fact -- for prescription drugs in the United States. But that's only part of this story. When the book project fizzled, the authors were offered $100,000 to keep quiet about the deal, says Grove. The book was also supposed to be "dumbed down" for women, because apparently women make up a large part of the prescription drug buyers in the United States, and the people in charge of this project wanted to make sure women could "understand it."
How disrespectful can this pharmaceutical industry be? To what lengths will it go to try to convince us that drugs from outside the United States are unsafe? I wouldn't be surprised if the industry actually commissioned a terrorist attack on drugs from Canada. Then it could say, "Look how unsafe drugs are from Canada! Now you have to buy them here in the United States." Prescription drugs aren't safe, no matter where you get them Prescription drugs are actually the fourth-leading cause of death in this country, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Those are numbers that come out of conventional medicine. The actual number of deaths caused by prescription drugs in this country is actually much higher when you look at independent sources of information, such as the Death by Medicine report, authored in part by Dr. Gary Null.
Just type "Death by Medicine" into any search engine, and you'll find that article.
I have a question, though: Suppose the pharmaceutical industry did commission a terrorist attack on the drugs coming from Canada, and suppose the American people started taking those drugs and dying. How would we know? How could we tell the difference between people dying from prescription drugs that are somehow tainted by terrorists, versus people dying from prescription drugs that are dangerous and toxic enough themselves?
People are dropping dead right now from prescription drugs in record numbers. In fact, according to my own analysis, prescription drugs are 16,400 percent more dangerous than terrorists. In other words, if you take all the prescription drug deaths since Sept.11, 2001 and compare it to the number of Americans who have been killed by terrorists since the Sept. 11 attacks, the drugs are 16,400 percent more dangerous than terrorists. Drugs are killing more people than terrorists, murderers, car accidents, plane accidents, swimming pool accidents and infant deaths combined. In terms of what's killing people in this country, nothing compares to prescription drugs.
We have a memorial in Washington, D.C. for all the veterans who died in the Vietnam War. It's a wall, and it's a fairly sizeable wall. It would take you some time to go through all the names on that wall. But if we had a wall built to honor all the American citizens who have been killed by FDA-approved prescription drugs, that wall would look like the Great Wall of China. It would stretch on for miles. You would never be able to read every single name on that wall unless you dedicated a couple of years to doing so, because prescription drugs are killing people in this country at a rate that dwarfs the number of deaths in the Vietnam War.
Big Pharma wants to scare consumers away from prescription drug alternatives In fact, what is happening in this country today is a chemical holocaust. We have drugs that are killing our children, causing them to commit violent acts and suicide. We have drugs that are killing middle-aged people and, of course, we have drugs that are killing our senior citizens in record numbers. What does the drug industry want to do about it? It wants to make sure that you're afraid of alternatives.
The industry message is this: "Don't you dare touch those herbs. Don't you dare think about vitamins, and don't make the mistake of thinking you can get nutrition from food. You need our prescription drugs to keep you healthy. You need to take these drugs every day for the rest of your life. And just in case you might think buying drugs from somewhere else as a way to get a good deal, we'll scare you with language about terrorists somehow tainting prescription drugs from Canada."
By the way, this is not the first time we have heard that language. People in the conventional medical industry brought this up more than a year ago. They said that drugs from Canada were dangerous because terrorists could attack Americans by tainting the prescription drug supply in Canada. They must have really great imaginations to come up with this stuff. It should be the first topic in the book, 101 Ways to Scare Americans into Doing What You Want Them to Do.
In this country, we have all types of fear at work in order to convince you to do something the people in charge want you to do, like giving up your civil liberties or paying ridiculous prices for prescription drugs in the monopoly market in the United States.
Profiteering and social engineering Some prescription drugs, by the way, are marked up as much as 55,000 percent over the cost of the raw materials. In most industries, that would be called criminal profiteering. In the prescription drug industry, I guess it's just called a return on investment. Shareholders are happy. The board members are happy, and that includes a lot of people who have high-powered positions in Washington. One of our biggest drug companies, Eli Lilly, was once home to people like George Bush, Sr. and Donald Rumsfeld, a man with a strong history in various food and drug giants. There are very strong ties between pharmaceutical companies and the Bush administration. I think that's why you see such a strong push to convince people they have to buy prescription drugs here in the United States at ridiculous prices to treat fictitious diseases that don't even exist, and then stay on those drugs for a lifetime. The report that the pharmaceutical lobby tried to fund a fiction novel designed to scare Americans away from buying drugs from Canada doesn't surprise me. I think this industry would do anything to make more money. I think it would put people's lives at risk, and I think it has done this and will continue to do so. I think it would fabricate fictitious diseases ("disease mongering") and market those to the American public to try to get people to take more drugs that they don't need. In fact, I think it would collude or conspire with federal regulators to make sure there is a drug-friendly environment in this country that discredits alternatives.
You can call it a conspiracy if you want, but I just call it straight old-fashioned corporate greed. It's all about money, and there's a lot of money changing hands in the drug racket now operating in this country. It's a swell deal if you're the guy at the top, pocketing the take, and if you don't have any ethics. Unfortunately, that's who we have running a lot of the corporations and government departments in this country today. It's sad, but true.
Public education can change the greedy U.S. drug racket All of this doesn't mean I'm a pessimist. I'm actually a cautious optimist.
I think we can change things for the better through public education. My aim is to help people realize how atrocious the pharmaceutical industry is and take action to make positive changes.
Obviously, we need a whole new system of medicine in this country. We need to hold people responsible for the crimes against humanity that are taking place right now in the pharmaceutical industry. I think a number of individuals, CEOs and legislators need to do a little prison time, and clearly the FDA needs wholesale reform from top to bottom so that it can once again act like an agency concerned with protecting the public rather than protecting the profits of the pharmaceutical industry.
I think we can make changes for the better. I think we can help people realize the healing power of foods if we teach the fact that foods contain all the medicine we need and that healthy, unprocessed foods make most prescription drugs obsolete. If we can talk about nutrition and the healing power of natural sunlight and physical exercise and drinking pure water, then we can change this world for the better. We can make a difference, and we can move past this era of the dark ages of modern medicine we're living in now. I think that, together, through public education, truth, honesty and integrity, we can unleash a new golden age of nutrition and healing.
That's what I wish to be a part of. That's why I'm bringing you information like this. Even though it may sound scary and negative at first, I just want to open your eyes to what's going on out there, so that I can invite you to a whole new realm of healing where you can live life free of chronic disease, free of fear, free of corruption and free of medical bankruptcies. You can be healthy, happy, energetic, energized and creative. You can be a super healthy human being if you turn to healing foods and do away with conventional medicine -- the "drugs and surgery" approach to "managing disease," which just manages your disease, without actually helping you get rid of it.
I'm all about pointing us in a new direction and continuing to learn from nature. My work is about helping us awaken to the idea that we can be healthier individuals. We can have healthier families, communities, cities, nations and a healthier world if we just realize what's going on and make some positive changes in a meaningful direction. | 2019-04-19T19:15:11 | http://lookingglassnews.org/printerfriendly.php?storyid=6282 |
0.998619 | Mean amounts of smear layer and debris recorded at the 3 mm, 6 mm and 9 mm levels in the four test and two control groups are listed in Tables 2 and 3. Of a possible maximum of 5, mean smear layer scores in all six groups at the three levels evaluated ranged from 1.85 0.61 to 3.67 0.84 (Table 2). Significantly higher (P < 0.05) smear layer scores were found at the 3 mm compared to the 9 mm levels in all groups. Between the three ProFile groups (Groups 1–3), no significant differences in smear layer scores were recorded at the three levels examined (Table 2). Similarly, no significant differences in smear layer scores were recorded at the three levels examined between the Lightspeed control group and the two Lightspeed test groups (groups 4–6).
Of a possible maximum of 5, mean debris scores in all six groups at the three levels evaluated ranged from 1.30 0.38 to 2.48 0.95 (Table 3). As for smear layer scores, significantly higher (P < 0.05) debris scores were found at the 3 mm compared to the 9 mm levels in all groups. However, there were no differences in the means at the three levels evaluated between the six groups.
Between the three ProFile groups, no significant differences in debris scores were recorded at the three levels (Table 3). Similarly, no significant differences in smear layer scores were recorded at the three levels examined between the Lightspeed control group and the two Lightspeed test groups. On the basis of these findings, there were no differences in the amounts of smear layer and debris on canal wall prepared with ProFile or Lightspeed instruments.
Table 2. Mean smear layer scores (+ - SD) for the six groups at 3 mm, 6 mm and 9 mm levels.
Significantly different scores within groups are indicated.
Table 3. Mean debris scores (+ - SD) for the six groups at 3 mm, 6 mm and 9 mm levels.
The effects of ultrasonic energy are studied by grouping all canals together regardless of the rotary technique used. Smear layer and debris scores produced by the stainless steel files (Figs 4, 5) and by the blunt nickel–titanium wires (Figs 6, 7) were then compared to that produced by the two negative control groups (Fig. 8). Overall, significantly higher mean debris scores were recorded at the 3 mm level compared to the 9 mm level for the K-file group, the control group and the Ni–Ti-wire group (Fig. 8). Furthermore, there were significantly higher mean debris scores at the 6 mm level compared to the 3 mm level in the control group.
Significantly higher mean smear layer scores were recorded at the 3 mm level compared to the 9 mm level for the control group and the Ni–Ti-wire group. In addition, significantly higher mean smear layer scores were noted at the 6 mm level compared to the 3 mm level in the control group and the Ni– Ti-wire group (Fig. 8).
Figure 4. SEM micrograph of an apical area prepared by Lightspeed and the irrigant then activated using a size 15 stainless steel K-file. Small amounts of debris and complete removal of smear layer is visible (original magnification 400x).
Figure 5. SEM micrograph of an apical area prepared by ProFile .04 and the irrigant then activated using a size 15 stainless steel K-file. Large amounts of debris and smear layer were present (original magnification 400x).
Figure 6. SEM micrograph of an apical area prepared by Lightspeed and the irrigant then activated using a blunt Ni-Ti-wire with a diameter of 0.26 mm. The canal wall is almost completely covered with debris (original magnification 200x).
Figure 7. SEM micrograph of an apical area prepared by ProFile .04 and the irrigant then activated using a blunt Ni-Ti-wire with a diameter of 0.26 mm. The canal wall is free of debris. Many dentine tubules are open, while the remainder are covered by a thin smear layer (original magnification 200x).
Figure 8. Bar diagrammes showing both mean debris and smear layer scores (+ - SD) at 3 mm, 6 mm and 9 mm levels for canals ultrasonicated using K-files, Ni-Ti-wire or without ultrasonic energy (control). Significant differences are indicated as *P <0.05 or as **P <0.01. | 2019-04-24T18:04:28 | http://endodonticsjournal.com/articles/71/2/Effects-of-rotary-instruments-and-ultrasonic-irrigation-on-debris-and-smear-layer-scores-a-scanning-electron-microscopic-study/Page2.html |
0.996122 | In this series we are working to expose the myth that humans are incapable of keeping God’s Law. In our previous article we began seeking to understand what Peter was referring to when he described a yoke “that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear” (Acts 15:10). Was he referring to the Torah in this context, or was he referring to something else? We began by discussing misconceptions within Christianity and what the Scriptures themselves have to say about the Torah and the perceived difficulty of following its directives. Whereas Christianity believes that the Torah is impossible to live out, Judaism knows no such concept. According to both Judaism and the Torah itself, the Torah is God’s boundaries and guide for life. It is the minimum standard expected from members of the covenant. But many Christians are confused over this because of how we have misunderstood the words of Paul. We tend to interpret Paul’s letters in terms of making a formal break from Judaism rather than being in continuity with it. We have to keep in mind, however, that although Paul was at times a bit of a maverick, he willingly submitted to authority, particularly Scriptural authority. His doctrine of “grace through faith,” was never intended to supplant over a thousand years of Scriptural precedent, no matter how inspired we believe it to be. His intention was never to override the Torah, but to uphold its principles, particularly in the light of two incredible revelations given to him: (1) Yeshua as the fulfillment of the Messianic hope of Israel, and (2) Gentiles were to be included into an exclusively Jewish (up to this point) faith. While we are still working to understand Peter’s claim regarding the unbearable yoke, we need to better examine the purpose of the Law before making any assessment of his statement.
We were slaves to Pharaoh in the land of Egypt. And the Lord, our God, took us out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched forearm. And if the Holy One, blessed be He, had not taken our ancestors from Egypt, behold we and our children and our children's children would [all] be enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt. And even if we were all sages, all discerning, all elders, all knowledgeable about the Torah, it is a commandment upon us to tell the story of the exodus from Egypt. And anyone who adds [and spends extra time] in telling the story of the exodus from Egypt, behold he is praiseworthy.
Three primary passages have lead many to believe the Torah to be impossible to keep: Acts 15:10, James 2:10 and Paul’s circuitous argument in Romans 6-7. This series of articles will address each of these cases. We will begin with the first passage, the famous argument Peter puts forth at the Council of Jerusalem. | 2019-04-25T18:32:37 | https://www.emethatorah.com/?page=43 |
0.999994 | Welcome to the Salon Owners Podcast, Phorest FM Episode 96. Co-hosted by Killian Vigna and Zoé Bélisle-Springer, Phorest FM is a weekly show that puts forth a mix of interviews with industry thought-leaders, salon/spa marketing tips, company insights and information on attending Phorest events and webinars. A new Phorest FM episode airs every Monday morning for your enjoyment with a cup of coffee on your day off.
You might remember Louis Grenier from past Phorest FM episodes “The Art Of Effective Marketing Focus” and “Humanising Your Brand Through Marketing.” Back on the show for episode 96, Louis discusses customer feedback: how to get it, use it, but more importantly, what to ask and not to ask. TL;DR, you cannot afford not asking for feedback. The more the feedback, the better the client experience.
Killian Vigna: Welcome to the Phorest FM Podcast, episode 96. I’m Killian Vigna.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: And I’m Zoe Belisle-Springer. In this week’s episode, we’re talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly side of customer feedback. Why you should pay less attention to praise, and how to turn negative feedback into a positive, and make your business really stand out. As always we’ll top off the show with our latest announcements and upcoming Phorest Academy Webinars.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Good morning, Killian. This week, all about customer feedback.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Although it is nice.
Killian Vigna: It is nice. It is great. But basically what we’re going to focus on here is why feedback shouldn’t always be full of praise. That’s kind of where the good, the bad, and the ugly is going to come into it. But we’re pretty sure most of you out there are doing a great job of it anyway, so not to worry about that.
So, some of you may remember today’s guest from past episodes such as Humanising Your Brand Through Marketing and The Art of Effective Marketing Focus. Or, for regular podcast listeners, you’ve probably come across Everyone Hates Marketers: The No-Fluff Actionable Marketing Podcast. That’s a real big-up there. So that’s some good customer feedback for our guest today, Louis Grenier. So welcome back to Phorest FM, Louis!
Louis Grenier: Bonjour, bonjour. Thank you. Thanks for having me again!
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Good to have you.
Louis Grenier: Yeah, I can’t forget where I’m coming from, you know?
Killian Vigna: Just makes it sound so smooth. It really eases us into it, doesn’t it? Cool. So, Louis, let’s kick it off. What do we mean by feedback? What are we talking about here? Are we talking about testimonials, are we talking about reviews that we see on the likes of Google, Facebook, Yelp?
Louis Grenier: To put it simply, it’s about what people think. That’s as simple as it is. Feedback should be about people telling you what they think about your business, about you, about what you should improve, about what is great that you should do more of. And so whatever the channel, whatever the format, that’s what customer feedback is.
So you mentioned online reviews, that’s one form of feedback. Talking directly to someone, one of your customers, that’s feedback. Talking to a group of people, that’s feedback. Sending a survey and getting answers, that’s also feedback. So it doesn’t really matter the channel or the format, as long as you’re listening to what people have to say.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Well, do you think there is stigma, then, associated with this? You know, expecting the worst or finding it hard to accept… even when it’s good, do you find… I know you’ve worked a lot in that sphere. I remember you even working on the Phorest website and gathering feedback. How do you feel about that?
Louis Grenier: So that’s a very leading question, right? One of the things not to do when we send a survey is to send this kind of question. It’s good for conversations like this, because that actually triggers me to talk about it, but the reason why I say it’s leading is that we assume that there might be stigma, even though there might not be.
So I never really saw customer feedback or feedback as a negative thing, me, personally. And then I can say for the business in general, why it’s helpful. I don’t think people rely enough on feedback and they think they know enough, or they may be a bit scared of getting feedback from customers because that could be painful sometimes.
Some people might have imposter syndrome, like feeling like they’re a fraud and therefore people telling them what they could improve might trigger them to go within their shell and not get out. And others are scared of asking. I mean, at the end of the day you cannot not afford… you cannot afford… no, hold on a second. The double negative thing is throwing me off here. You can’t afford not to ask for feedback. Right?
And the reason why I said that is we did this… at Hotjar, which is the company I work for, even though my podcast is Everyone Hates Marketers, that’s a side project… but anyway, at Hotjar we did a customer experience study recently. And one of the key learning was that customer feedback is the number one driver of successful companies, specifically the ones that really deliver an outstanding customer experience. And the better the customer experience they deliver, the more customer feedback is the number one driver of that.
So that means for any salons out there, even the small ones, that might be delivering a great experience already, if you listen to more feedback, if you ask for more feedback, you will get better. And for the ones who are not there yet, if you start listening to good customer feedback, and we’ll explain how to get that in the next few minutes, then you will also improve. Because that’s just empathy, right? It’s just you connect with people, they tell you stuff, you improve. And that’s how it works.
Killian Vigna: So you’re saying there feedback is the number one driver. You’ve proved that with Hotjar. But sometimes feedback can be biased. It can be based on our moods or our past experiences. So is it sometimes a good idea or even better to ignore feedback? How do we deal with that? Or do we take all feedback on board?
Louis Grenier: So it’s a tricky question, because there are always reasons behind people telling you what they think. And they might phrase it in a weird way, they might phrase it in an angry way, they might be moody and they might tell you something that is kind of harsh. But at the end of the day, there is always a reason behind this thinking, right?
So customers going to your salon might be in a mood when they go to your salon. So you can’t control that. Customers going to your salon might not exactly fit your personas, the type of people you want in. I mean, you need to listen to that type of feedback in order to understand your business better.
And so I guess the way to process feedback in general, and as general advice, is really to understand why. To ask why. So if you have the luxury or the chance to talk to someone directly and they tell you, listen, “I hate your salon. I can’t deal with it. There’s too much delay. I’m always waiting an hour to be treated, and all of that. I’m going to leave.” That’s actually a very, very good way to get your customer back and offer an outstanding experience so that they will come back and they will even bring their friends.
So you start to empathise a bit more and you say, hey, hold on a second. What if we offer something for those busy people who are just off work and have just an hour slot in their day to go to a salon? Why don’t we create, I don’t know, a prioritised track that only those people are allowed to take appointments during this hour? So it’s the after-work slot and there will never be any delay or it’s your money back.
You can already start thinking of [inaudible] conversation about these type of ideas. So you shouldn’t take feedback personally, for sure. You should really try to dissociate yourself from what they tell you about your business and what it is about yourself; it’s never about yourself, it’s always about the business. And you should dig deeper into the why behind all of that. And there’s always a good reason.
And even if you think this person is “emotional” or not rational, well, that’s the way they think and you can’t control that. What you can control is the way you react to it.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Fair enough. Well, how do you feel about then saying, the customer’s always right?
Louis Grenier: Yeah. So I have a good answer for that. I’ve been thinking about that a lot, because in marketing people… can I curse on this podcast, within reason?
Zoe Belisle-Springer: I mean, you’ve done it before.
Louis Grenier: No, all right. In marketing there’s also this phrase, right, that is being said a lot, which I cannot stand it. And it’s about, yeah, the customer’s always right. Or the opposite, which is… you know, Henry Ford said, if we had asked a customer, they would have asked for faster horses, right, instead of a car. So therefore you shouldn’t listen to customers because they don’t have a clue.
So it’s really about, once again, that if people tell you what they think, that’s the way they think. And thinking that you shouldn’t ask them anything because they won’t know anything is the wrong way to think about it. Purely because it’s never about what they think you should be doing; it’s about the root cause of the problem. So as I mentioned before, it’s not because a customer will tell you, oh, we want this. You really need to change this. You need to change the colour of your chairs, or whatever. You need to listen. However, the underlying problem they’re trying to tell you is what you need to understand, so that you, yourself, can come up with a solution or innovation.
So for the Henry Ford quote, instead of asking customers what do you want, they’re only thinking of their own world, and so yes they would ask for faster horses. But if you ask them, “what is the biggest pain point in your life today, what are you struggling the most with,” they might say, “it takes me eight hours to go from point A to point B to be with my mom.” Now that you know that, you might innovate and try to think of a solution for this problem, right?
So that’s the answer to the opposite of it. Now, is the customer always right? Not if you consider solutions. If they just tell you, you should be doing that and you should be doing that, no, that’s up to you to decide. But the problems that they suffer from, the problems that they think they have from their perspective, is always right. Because that’s how they feel.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Right. That makes sense. But then it illustrates then that it’s really about asking the right question or the good question to get to that underlying reason of why they’re leaving X or Y comment or thought.
Louis Grenier: Yeah. So it’s about I think more than just asking the right question; it’s really about being curious. So let’s say you’re speaking with a friend at a café, or having a pint if you’re back in Dublin someday, Zoe. And you ask them, what’s going on in your life? And they might start to say, “oh, I don’t really enjoy myself at the minute; I’m really struggling at work.” If you just move on to another topic and say, “Oh, okay, cool. And how about personal life, how is it going?” That’s not the normal way to have a conversation with someone, right?
Or whatever it is, right? So by just being curious and asking the right question, which is always why. Why, why, why. You can drill into the deeper problems that you can solve.
And another thing I want to say before we move on to maybe some more practical tips is the fact that you shouldn’t necessarily listen to everyone. And that’s difficult to do at the very start of your business. But if you have an established business or even a business that is already making some good money, you should try to listen to the right customers, to the right type of customers. Ideally the customer that you care about the most. So if your salon caters to working moms in particular, you know you have a sweet spot for them and they’re very good for you, maybe you shouldn’t really listen to people outside of that.
You should listen if they speak to you, right? You shouldn’t say, sorry I don’t care about what you have to say. Because they might have friends that fit the demographic. On the other hand, you might not put as much weight from the conversation you have with them or the feedback they give you than a working mom that fits exactly your demographic, fits exactly your persona. And that’s because obviously you can’t have a business for everyone. If you have a business for everyone, then you have a business for no one.
So if you have really a good understanding of your ideal customers, who they are, that should solidify the type of feedback you should get from who. And that should allow you to get the right type of feedback, the good and the bad feedback, and process it better so you can improve your business.
Killian Vigna: So it’s almost like saying, rather than just having a general feedback form, you know, the typical questions, how did you find your experience today. It’s almost like tailoring it to… you essentially have to find what are your business objectives and get feedback based on those objectives. Because people are always going to give you feedback based on what they think, but if they don’t align with how you want to drive your business, then it’s almost irrelevant, isn’t it?
Louis Grenier: Well, as long as it comes from the right type of customer then it’s okay to get feedback all the time, right? You should have the pulse of your market, right? Which means that you should be able to get feedback and collect feedback on a daily basis and have your staff being open to hearing recommendations and hearing feedback. Or have on your website a small widget that enables you to collect feedback on the go. Or on social media to just keep listening to what people have to say.
You shouldn’t ever close your eyes, your ears to that, because there might be nuggets of information that you would have never guessed otherwise. You don’t know what you don’t know. On the other hand, you’re right, if you really want to improve something specifically… just take the example of let’s say improving your website… then it makes total sense to ask questions that are very targeted towards that, so that you get the right answer when you have an issue that you want to solve. But both are very relevant and I don’t think you should do one or the other.
Killian Vigna: So we’ve structured our feedback; we know we want to get actionable feedback that will help us improve our business. But what stops us falling into the trap of, right, I want to find out feedback that I can help improve my business, but as I’m doing the feedback I constantly fall into the loop of just trying to hear good things. What percentage should I be looking at towards positive and negative feedback?
Louis Grenier: So I can’t give you a percentage. What I can give you is that you cannot control the bad or the good feedback, because it’s just feedback. So it’s the way you see that is bad or good. To me, bad feedback, which is something like, oh, I hate that, is just an opportunity to improve. It sounds a bit cliché, but it’s true. They are gifting you with feedback that a lot of people are not willing to tell you, because they really don’t care.
So they care enough to tell you something that could be bad in your eyes, but it’s just an opportunity for you to improve. So for good feedback it’s the same thing. Okay, it’s good, your business is going well, they’re happy with it. What can you do to wow them even more? To impress them even more? How can you do to double down on that?
So both negative and positive feedback, good and bad, is the same thing. And then it’s just an opportunity to improve. And if you’re actively shielding yourself from “bad” feedback, I have bad news for you. I’m not going to say what the bad news is, but it’s bad news.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Yeah. Well, okay, let’s get you thinking creatively. Let’s get into more I suppose actionable things. Let’s say I’m a salon owner or spa owner and I want to improve on a few things. We’ll give you a few scenarios. Like say, for instance, customer service. What’s a good example of a good question to ask a client? Say, I don’t know, Killian was my client. What’s a bad example of asking that to be able to improve then on customer service?
So they should answer that. And then, and this is when the magic happens, is the follow-up question. So you ask them to rate and then you ask them why. What’s the main reason for your score. And I would even add something like, please be 100 percent honest. We love feedback. Something like that. That’s it. And so that goes back to what I was saying at the start. The why behind all of that.
So, yeah, you can get a score if you want. Oh, we have a 9.7. Oh, good. But so what? So you ask them for a score and then you ask them for the follow-up. And you really make sure that they can tell you anything they want. Anything that they have in their heart.
Another good reason to start with a score is that it leverages the foot-in-the-door principle, which is basically the fact that if someone does something small for you, they’re more likely to do something bigger afterwards. So if you ask them to rate on a score, it’s very easy action; it’s one click or it’s one word to use. Then they will be more likely to tell you more about what they felt.
Killian Vigna: Cool. So let’s say a client did have a problem with a treatment then. How would you go about that one?
Louis Grenier: I would handle it like a normal conversation. Can you tell me more about this problem? Exactly how did you feel about it? And how would you solve it if you were me? Something like that. So first question would be, how bad was it? Describe it in detail so that you know exactly what’s the root cause. And then I would probably ask them, how would you solve it?
Killian Vigna: But see, if the treatment was really bad, would there be a fear of trying to dig into the issue?
Louis Grenier: Yeah, but if you don’t dig into the issue, you’re never going to solve it and you’re going to lose money.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: Yeah, absolutely. What about showcasing… I don’t know, you’re building some sort of leaflet or something like that and you’re trying to get feedback to be able to showcase a strength, maybe get a testimonial out of someone. How do you go about asking for that?
Louis Grenier: Well, I think there are good times to ask for praises. And that’s one of the good use cases, right? In your marketing you want to make sure that you have a strong value proposition, which is a very strong message that is simple enough for people to understand. Give them the main reason why they should come to your business, to your salon and not someone else’s.
And what you do this way is that not only do you get people who know their stuff, because they know your salon very well, to answer that. You also naturally select your core customer persona, your core ideal customers. And so by asking them what they like the most, you will see a pattern that you can reuse in your marketing to attract more of them. Because you don’t want everyone, right? You want only the right type of customer.
So by simply asking that question, which I’m going to repeat, which is: “What do you like the most about our business? What’s the one thing that you really like the most about our business, that makes you coming back? Please be super detailed in your answer.” That should give this answer.
Killian Vigna: So would you use your ideal customer then also to improve a service or a treatment? Or even if you had a new service or treatment, or say a new staff member who you are training up, would you use your ideal customer then? Or would you use someone who has never come in to your salon?
Louis Grenier: I mean, if you had to do one thing, I will always focus on your ideal customers and your happy customers. Because they know more. However, word of mouth is also very important. And in a different industry, at Hotjar we know that as well. So we have specific customer personas that are very targeted towards e-commerce and subscription companies. But we also understand the power that… it’s not because I work in software that all of my friends work in software. Very much like it’s not because I’m a working mom that all of my friends are going to be working moms. So if you deliver a good experience for every one of them, if they come to your salon, they might speak to others and therefore that might attract your ideal customers.
But that’s really if you have the luxury to do that in your marketing and stuff like that. And most of the time what I see happening is you need to really focus on your happy customers. They will attract more people like them. And feedback should be a bit the same.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: And how do you go about, say if you wanted to learn a bit more about your competitors around town, to see what you could do better or to see what you could do more of or even something that no one’s doing in your area?
Okay, so you didn’t look at any salon. Okay, why not? And then they could say something like, well, because I had no other choice. I searched on Google; you were the only one. Or they say, well, a friend of mine told me that I should come by here and I didn’t want to be searching for hours. But if they say yes, then this is when you can ask, okay, “Why did you pick us instead of the others? What was your choice behind that?” And that should help you with your marketing as well.
Having said that, you can go a bit deeper than that. Because there is a concept in marketing that is around direct competitors versus indirect competitors or alternatives. So you might think you compete with other salons, but you actually don’t; you also compete with all of the other alternatives out there. So if your salon is mainly made around the idea of relaxation, like let’s say massage and all of that, just an example, you might not only compete against other salons doing the same. You might compete against running in the park. You might compete against staying on your sofa watching TV. Because that’s how other people relax.
So in your question you can ask something like that. If you know that relaxing is the core value proposition and the core reason why they come, you ask them, “Did you consider anything else to relax beside going to our salon?” And then in your marketing this is what you compete against. It’s not necessarily against your other salons, but against what other alternatives they might have.
And I’ll just finish with this thought, the fact that sometimes you compete against nothing. Meaning that you have to convince people to do something instead of planning to do nothing. As I said, a good alternative to going to the salon to get a massage might be just to ask your husband or your wife to give you a massage, right? So this is the kind of stuff you compete against in marketing. And so I wouldn’t overly obsess over competitors directly, because you might be surprised; your biggest competitor might not be what you think it is.
Killian Vigna: I really like that because that’s taking it back to look at outside your industry again, so it’s not always, right, I’m a hair salon. I gotta see what other hair salons are doing. It’s, what are other people… I can’t beat that relaxation example, actually. That was just a really good one.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: And I suppose my last one, and maybe Killian you have another one after, but the other one that comes to my mind kind of relates to what Hotjar does. You can kind of see heat maps and stuff of where people are going onto websites. If you don’t have the means to use a tool like that, how can you even know where to start on improving a website?
Louis Grenier: So take five of your happy customers, people you’re close to… you probably have at least five… and just ask them, you know, I give you a treatment for free if you spend 10 minutes with me and we just go through our website together. You put them in front of the screen, you sit back, and you watch them do what you think is easy to do. Such as, can you Google treatment again for me. And then oh, yeah, where’s the Book Now button again. Oh, yeah, it’s there. Okay. But why do you ask for these card details at this stage, et cetera, et cetera.
So if you don’t have money for feedback, that’s not a problem at all. Just talk to people and make them do what you want them to do in front of you. If it’s for a website, then you show them the website. If it’s for a marketing poster, show them the marketing poster. If it’s for the inside of your salon, show them the inside of your salon. That’s what I would say.
I will say something else, though. It’s a plug because I have to plug it, because actually the question implies it. Hotjar is free forever, if you need to, right? So you don’t need to pay for it to have a way to listen to customer feedback on your website.
Killian Vigna: All in all, they always say, it should be easy enough for a child to navigate around, isn’t it? It should be nice and simple. You shouldn’t have to question where you’re going to find what you want on a website.
Louis Grenier: Yeah. There are plenty of principles like this, right? Make it easy and all of that. I’m afraid of spending too much time on that, because it might vary. I might say something like keep your navigation simple, but in fact it might work better if it’s very complex for certain type of people. The best thing I can really say is, if you spend time with your happy customers or people that fit your ideal customer, looking at your website with you and performing actions with you and listening for feedback, you will improve your website. But it’s difficult for me to just tell you, if you do that and that and that, your website will improve.
Killian Vigna: So all right. So let’s try and recap what you’ve talked about at this stage. What are some tips that you use to get some honest feedback now, I suppose, if someone was to start straight after listening to this, what should they do?
Louis Grenier: In essence, it’s really about asking them directly to be super honest and telling them that you love feedback. So even if it’s face to face, you can say, “What did you think of this treatment right now. And please be 100 percent honest. I genuinely love feedback, so I do care. I want to know.” And then you let them talk.
So act like a journalist, not a salesman in a sense. So be very curious about things. Ask them why and have a normal conversation with people. That’s as simple as it gets. How would you talk to a friend that would explain a problem they suffer from in their life or whatever. Same thing.
So if you send a survey and you have an interesting answer coming in, pick up the phone, talk to them and say, “I want to know why. Can you give me more details. And be open.” People will know from your body language and the way you ask that you genuinely care. So show you care and people will care in return.
And I know I’m going to answer a question you are not asking, but there’s a main objection to this, which is oh, but I don’t want to ask for feedback because nobody’s going to give me feedback; they don’t care. I wouldn’t leave feedback to anyone. Sure you will. To businesses that you care about you will. And you already did, I guarantee it.
So that’s why asking your happy customers, asking people who care about your business, they will be more likely to give you feedback. But you will also be surprised about even your first-time customers will be happy to help out, if you ask them nicely. I would be conscious of not to offer prizes for simple feedback, like just, how can we improve this salon. I would give prizes or money back for big tasks, like if you have to sit down for 15 minutes using your website in front of you. That kind of stuff. But for normal feedback I wouldn’t ask for compensation.
Killian Vigna: Yeah, because you do see that on the likes of social media, don’t you, where, it’s like, oh, take this two-minute survey and you can get a voucher or win a voucher. It’s almost like… and I know I’ve done it before… I flew through the survey, gave answers without thinking about my answers, just to get the voucher.
Louis Grenier: There you go. You messed up a business right there.
Killian Vigna: I know. Yeah. For the sake of a voucher. I would have been more honest if they’d given me nothing.
Louis Grenier: There you go! Exactly. That’s exactly why. So if you want people to give honest feedback, just make sure you get the feedback from people who care. And if you’re only starting, ask few questions, not too many. It’s better to focus on the one thing and do it well, rather than asking 40 questions.
Killian Vigna: And on that note, you should check out episode 24, where Louis talks about the Art of Effective Marketing Focus.
Louis Grenier: There you go.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: It’s just like anything, yeah. More focus, better answers, better results. There you go!
Louis Grenier: If I may finish, just going to give a few resources that I mentioned throughout. So the study I mentioned about customer experience… it’s a bit heavy in term of corporate. It’s corporate-heavy; I’m not sure too many salon owners would enjoy reading the lot, but the first five findings are interesting. So it’s hotjar.com/blog/customer-experience to have the point about feedback. If you want some survey questions, ideas, it’s hotjar.com/blog/survey-questions. If you want some ideas on website feedback in particular, you guessed it, it’s hotjar.com/blog/website-feedback.
It’s all for free. There’s a lot of use cases and of course hotjar.com, which is a free tool forever if you only use the free plan.
Killian Vigna: Well, look, Louis, thanks very much. It’s a pleasure always to have you on the show and I’m sure we’ll see you in the future as well doing more Phorest FM’s for us.
Louis Grenier: As usual, great chatting with you. Merci!
Killian Vigna: So there were Louis’s points on how to generate customer feedback and why you shouldn’t focus necessarily just on positive feedback, but really embrace negative feedback. As long as it aligns with your business goals.
Zoe Belisle-Springer: If you know anyone with a story who’d be great on this show, slide into our DMs. We’re still planning our early 2019 calendar for Phorest FM. And if you have any feedback, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes or on Stitcher. We’re always looking for suggestions on how to improve the show. And we really do love feedback, so please be 100 percent honest. Otherwise, have a wonderful week, guys. We’ll catch you next Monday! | 2019-04-23T02:59:43 | https://www.phorest.com/fm/phorest-fm-episode-96/ |
0.998961 | Is energy from onshore wind competitive? The industry claims it is on the basis of 5 common assertions. If these assertions are wildly over-optimistic, to the point of misleading, then wind power fails, because offshore wind will never be able to compete.
Conclusion No 1: This assertion is 25% (a) over-optimistic.
Conclusion No 2: On average, once every 3½ days, only negligible power was delivered from the available 1600 MW average capacity.
Conclusion No 3: On average, once every 6.38 days, for a period of 4.93 hours, only negligible power was delivered from the available 1600 MW average capacity.
Conclusion No 4: At each of the four highest peak demands of 2010 wind output was low being respectively 4.72%, 5.51%, 2.59% and 2.51% of capacity at peak demand.
Conclusion No 5: The entire pumped storage hydro capacity in the UK can provide up to 2788MW for only 5 hours then it drops to 1060MW, and finally runs out of water after 22 hours.
Onshore wind power technology fails miserably on all 5 assertions, which underpin the claims of the industry and its supporters.
What is the point of building anymore onshore wind farms when such dismal levels of generation punctuate their actual performance so frequently? Nuclear power, the only other zero-emissions form of generation, cannot correct the problem, so it's left to carbon-emitting technologies to do so.
Wind power is inextricably linked to the extra cost of duplicating its capacity with fossil-fuel burning technologies, to provide our electricity, when the wind doesn't blow. It's that simple! | 2019-04-24T14:09:43 | http://prismsuk.blogspot.com/2012/12/onshore-wind-power-delivered-versus.html |
0.999985 | What is the theological rationale for the Health Ministry via the Faith Community Nurse?
You are here: Home Resources Articles What is the theological rationale for the Health Ministry via the Faith Community Nurse?
I was ordained 30 years ago in Liverpool cathedral, England, by Bishop David Sheppard. For the first year of my ordained life I was a Deacon, under training from my wise and vastly experienced Rector, former prisoner of war of the Japanese, Owen Eva. It was Owen who asked me to preach my first sermon as a curate one week later.
I did not keep a copy of that first sermon as I discarded all my sermon texts 10 years later in an attempt not to reuse them time and time again. However, I do remember the New Testament passage very well. It was from the Act of the Apostles chapter 3. Allow me to read it to you.
"One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon. And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms. Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, 'Look at us.' And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, 'I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.' And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. All the people saw him walking and praising God, and they recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him."
I can just about remember some of the points I made, I think! Starting a new ministry with a new congregation, I remember saying something like "I come to you not as someone with pots of money (and that hasn't changed!) or even the length of experience of the Rector, but what I have I would like to share with you: in the name of the risen Christ I would like to help you to walk the Christian faith and spiritually, to leap and praise God." I also recognised the importance of maintaining a regular pattern of worship as the disciples did in those early days of the church. | 2019-04-25T12:38:54 | https://www.faithcommunitynursing.nz/resources/articles/30-what-is-the-theological-rationale-for-the-health-ministry-via-the-faith-community-nurse |
0.999777 | I've been using the coaxial cable inputs at Tuner0 on both my Hauppauge 250 and my Hauppauge 350 thus far, but wanted to be able to record my digital cable as well. There's two problems to overcome for this task: getting the audio & video from my digital cable into MythTV, and changing the channel on my Motorola Digital Cable box. I'll start with the latter problem.
I bought myself a MyBlaster Serial IR Blaster from My.Tv store for $40 (plus tax & shipping). It's a pretty cool little box that I have sitting next to my MythTV box. It plugs into the computer's serial port, and faces the back wall of my family room.
I decided to go with this device rather than a simple short-range IR blaster that I could tape in front of the cable box because this one has a long range and I'd like to be able to control more than just the cable box. The signals are bouncing off of my back wall and back at the entertainment center without any problems.
So, I had to start by figuring out what my MyBlaster device code was, so I could enter that in William's script. I did some digging around, and found that this box wasn't actually made by Motorola, but by GE (as far as I can remember). The MyBlaster code for my cable box is "0276".
The script works great! I'm able to change channels on my cable box using MythTV without any problems. I'm very happy with my $40 purchase.
Tuner0 on the 250 has been working great to bring in the analog coaxial cable into the MythTV box, but I needed a way to bring the Digital Cable into the MythTV box. My digital cable box has two outputs: one for coaxial cable, and one for composite A/V cables. I did some rewiring so that the coax goes into the TV, and the composite A/V cables go into the Hauppauge 250's composite input. From trial and error, I found that this input is Composite4 (not Composite0, which would seem to make sense).
Now that I have this new Video Source with several new channels, I have to tell MythTV what those channels are. To do so, I logged back into my DataDirect account, and added the new channel list. I had to unselect the channels I didn't purchase, including the HDTV channels and other premium channels. No reason to let MythTV think it can record a movie, only to tape 2 hours of "Premium Service Channel" error message.
I'm too lazy to unselect 78 checkboxes, so I chose the latter solution. If a recording is scheduled on ABC, MythTV will use the coaxial cable input. The preferences will probably also push off digital cable recordings if they're going to repeat on analog cable -- it's a great feature.
I then ran mythfilldatabase to go out and populate the database with the new channels and their line-ups. Last, but not least... I restarted mythbackend. If you don't do that, then the change-channel script won't be called. I'm not sure you'd even have access to the new channels if you didn't restart mythbackend.
** I'll include my IRBlaster_DigitalCable.pl script soon. | 2019-04-21T10:53:43 | http://mythtvbox.blogspot.com/2005/01/dual-input-hauppauge-250-pvr-card-for.html |
0.999999 | Anyone remember ESA? Nvidia's attempt at making the PC platform its own with the 'Enthusiast Systems Architecture' software? The idea was to get other manufacturers to include little chips in their hardware that enabled them to talk to Nvidia's motherboards. Nvidia's ESA software would then report all the readouts: voltages, temperatures, speeds and so in a single, central interface.
The problem? Other companies (mostly motherboard makers) already had their own software, and they were (and still are) key features with which to differentiate and sell their products. They already did most of the same tasks, such as temperature and voltage monitoring, as well as overclocking, even if they lacked the fancy 3D interface.
Despite its noble ideals, ESA was never really accepted and it died as quickly as it arrived.
Roll on three years and Corsair is trying the same trick with its new Corsair Link software. The difference is that Corsair isn't trying to drum up support from other companies, as it already builds many different products. Instead, Corsair Link is the company's selling point for its own hardware range, which has considerably diversified in the last 12 months.
In case you didn't realise quite the scope of Corsair's products, it now makes speakers, headphones, PSUs, PC cases, heatsinks (both air-cooling and closed-loop water-cooling), SSDs, flash drives and memory. In fact, you would only need a Corsair graphics card, sound card and motherboard in order to make an entirely Corsair PC. I bet its Pokemon set was unbeatable in school.
As you would expect, all those components can throw out a lot of useful stats for enthusiasts who like to know (okay, often obsess about) what's going on, so tying all that together under one software roof makes Corsair Link a potentially very powerful tool.
It could well work too, because the technology isn't competing with that of other companies - cases, PSUs and memory don't come with monitoring software, although they can be read remotely by the motherboard through its own software.
However, the ways in which Corsair Link differs from the software included with motherboards remains to be seen: does the company have (or plan to have) ESA-style monitoring chips in its cases, PSUs and memory? We'll have to wait and see.
Corsair is busy making a platform for itself, and given its brand strength I can really see it working. But I'm worried; will this help kill competition by pushing the PC more towards being a closed platform?
It's unfortunate that Nvidia's ESA wasn't taken up, as it potentially offered an open standard across the industry to give a greater level of monitoring and control for customers, no matter what hardware you bought. However, with every company wanting to stamp its own brand, design and influence on everything it makes, it was bound to fail. Corsair trying to entice you to buy other Corsair components via technological treats is a different matter, though. | 2019-04-26T00:50:01 | https://bit-tech.net/blogs/tech/can-corsair-succeed-where-nvidia-failed/1/ |
0.999999 | Opened in 1981, The Humber Bridge was the longest single span suspension bridge. It has a 2,220-metre single span.
Staying close by for the weekend, I took the opportunity to get some shots as the sun went down. Though I was on the wrong side of the bridge for a full-on sunset. It costs £1.50 each way, so stayed on the north side this time.
Also tried some longer exposures here to try and smooth out the water.
A weekend in Hull!? Opened in 1981, The Humber Bridge was the longest single span suspension bridge. It has a 2,220-metre single span. | 2019-04-24T20:06:10 | https://timhyde.uk/post/humber-bridge/ |
0.999653 | How can I fully remove Ubuntu 12.04 from my MacBook Pro?
I want to remove Ubuntu 12.04 from my MacBook Pro. It's a trial boot system, with MacOS in the first partition, Windows 7 in the second one, and Ubuntu in the last. Now, I want to format this last one, in order to expand the Windows partition.
I tried to do this from MacOS, but I could not.
There are 2 ways to accomplish this. The easiest way is to boot from your Ubuntu Live CD or USB device.
Once the Ubuntu desktop has loaded, start Disk Utility (gparted).
Next, find your Ubuntu partion(s) and format them all as free space. Next, resize your Windows partition (NTFS) to consume the rest of the disk. Accept the operations and wait for a few moments.
You could try to format it with an Ubuntu live CD.
Ok, I solved. The problem was that I tried with a live CD of Ubuntu 10.04. After a lot of workarounds (for instance, I can boot from the live distro only if there are both CD and USB plugged in!), I solved using the Ubuntu 12.04 live CD, and gParted.
Thank you to everyone who wanted to help me!
OS-Uninstaller is a small graphical tool to perform a clean and quick uninstall of any operating system (Windows, OS X, MacOS, Ubuntu, other Linux distributions...) from your computer.
It supports removing only selected OS boot list entries in the GRUB.
Or completely remove the GRUB and replace it with the original MBR (master boot record) that was there before installing Ubuntu.
It also automatically reformats the partition of the OS that you just removed into NTFS (default) or ext4, depending on the OS that was there before.
Change the GRUB menu’s display timeout.
Backup the partition table and the boot sectors (just in case).
It also lets you manually change the MBR and its installed location of hard disk and the partition it’s linking for booting. But for most users, you don't have to tweak any of these.
Download Boot-Repair-Disk. Then create a live USB flash drive of it.
In order to make a Boot-Repair live USB, use UNetbootin. The flash drive you use should be 1GB or larger and formatted to FAT32. The formatting procedure will delete all of the files that are already on the flash drive.
In UNetbootin click the Diskimage radio button and then click the ... button.
Select the boot-repair-disk ISO file that you downloaded and click the Open button.
It is very important to verify that the device that you are installing the boot-repair-disk ISO to is indeed your flash drive, so that you don't overwrite any of your system or personal files which may make your operating system unbootable. In OS X you can find the device name of the USB flash drive using Disk Utility.
Insert the USB drive into an available USB port.
Reboot or turn on the Mac.
Immediately after the startup chime, press the Option key (sometimes marked Alt).
Select the USB drive from which to boot by using the left and right arrow and Enter keys.
Boot from the Boot Repair live USB. A window (Boot-Repair) will appear, close it. Then launch OS-Uninstaller from the bottom left menu.
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Boot from disc using Ubuntu on 2009 MacBook Pro? | 2019-04-19T18:16:42 | https://askubuntu.com/questions/152652/how-can-i-fully-remove-ubuntu-12-04-from-my-macbook-pro/152672 |
0.999927 | It has been interesting to read about potential causes and solutions of HGF these last few months- and I think we are getting closer to getting the right answers (or is that blind optimism on my part? ;o) So I thought now might be a good idea to summarise the maintanence checks and preventative measures- especially as some information has come my way on the aetiology of HGF from the MGF racing fraternity.
1. regular checks of fluid levels and function of the auto-bleed valve.
2. regular checks/replacement of the ECU coolant temperature sensor.
3. Ensuring adequate bleeding of the coolant system, with the use of the appropriate antifreeze.
Another potential cause of the HGF problem has come to light as a result of MGF related motorsports. Basically, from what I gather, the problem is as already been highlighted here, namely due to the remote nature of the radiator causing larger than 'normal' [in FWD applications] changes in coolant temperature entering the engine. This, as was rightly pointed out, causes the standard type thermostat to occasionally be fooled and close when the engine is actually hot, thus allowing localised 'micro' overheating. This phenomena, over a period of time, may weaken the perfectly good head gasket leading to failure.
The common solution, apparently, is to drill four equi-spaced 6 mm holes in the thermostat ring. This mod allows the cooling system to continue to function in a normal fashion, but crucially also some circulation when the thermostat is shut. Thus, when the thermostat is inappropriately shut, some cooling circulation continues avoiding the excess oscillations of temperature caused by a negative-feedback system such as this with a remote effector system.
There is a draw back- the warm up time is increased. It has been suggested to me that a compromise for a road car would be two 6 mm holes- faster warm-up time, but still adequate closed-thermostat circultion to prevent a temperature peaks causing head gasket failure.
This solution certainly sounds sensible to me, and I may try it out. It may also be an extremely sensible mod to consider if your car has already suffered from one failure- and perhaps almost essential if there is ' history of repeat failures?
What is the consensus view on this?
Rob how do you check the ECU coolant temperature sensor?
Any chance of some sort of BBS meet, where the smarter/more experienced guy's can show some of these excellent tips 'n' tricks to the not so well initiated amoung us ?
What do people think ???
As the heater circuit is open even when the thermostat is closed, this will still provide some form of cooling.
However, will it stop the cyclic problem that the 6mm holes are designed to cure ?
I may have missed something, but I think it'll solve the problem as well.
Whereabouts in herts are you?
Thank you for this idea, Rob. As a newbie, I am especially interested in formulating a list of things we can do to reduce the chances of HGF. Should we add the following?
4. look at the gauges? Or is this too obvious?
5. Should we be checking coolant pipes for deterioration? Isn't sudden pipe failure a cause of dramatic 'unavoidable' HGF?
Dunno, what do you all think?
Like Rob, I'd be interested to know the consensus view on drilling the thermostat ring. Also, what do we think for a recommended frequency of changing the ECU coolant sensor? Every 24000 miles? I'd gladly cough up for that.
How do you check the auto bleed valve. I'm just about to reread the 'Temperature Teaser' thread, so if it's decribed there, please ignore me!
David- not too obvious at all- do check the guages (but not always a reliable indication as we have heard over the years), but the corrosion checks on the rad return pipes are very important.
Paul, does the heater have the capacity to really make that much impact on engine temp? I admit that when the ECU temp sensor packed up I used the heater in this way- but I am not sure how effective it was- at least it was something I could do when the temp needle attempted to dive into the red!
ECU temp sensor replacement? From what Per has suggested regarding progressive deterioration, perhaps replacement should be every 3 years? Ten quid a shot seems a reasonable price to pay.
Kieren, we could have a BBS met at Silverstone on the Saturday evening- over beers? Otherwise, as Chris suggest, pop along to the Essex roadsters meet (this evening is the next one).
Think that the heater matrix (with fans on!) would have at least as much capacity as 2x6mm holes.
No facts, just gut feeling.
At Donnington with the heater on full the rad fan did not kick in after a thrashing that took the oil to 150degC.
Without the heater on, the rad fan did kick in very quickly.
So it's enough to tip the balance there.
Spencer from London mentioned it in 1998 to the thread 'How to extra-cool my VVC'.
Carl was IMO the only one currently who modified the thermostat by changing to a 10° C cooler one.
Here are some more. Go and get them.
Only the pictures are there. More to follow.
BTW Carl mentioned the other year that the thermostat disassmbling is a difficult job. Breaking fingers 'included'.
Sounds good to me, I will be at Silverstone, probably Sunday only due to hopefully going onto the track, which reminds me, I need to pay up!
Maybe there'd be the case for a second "heater matrix" sized "radiator" (complete with its own thermostatic fan) in the engine bay itself?
Paul, I just added the old threads from the archive as PDF to the above link. Worth to read.
Some famous experianced comments inside.
Anyway, that drilled thermostat gets in as soon as any coolant works get done at my car !! Guess my official MG workshop will not do it.
Steve, Silverstone.... :( got quite expensive for continental F-ers. Lack of $$$ on my humble side.
Paul, I honestly do not know whether the heater could vent sufficient heat, or indeed would be capable of ameliorating the temp oscillations, but your observations are very interesting. The fact that the rad fan still comes on even with the heater on suggests that the heat dissipation is not adequate- albeit, it may reduce the rate of rise.
Heater matrix on full -> no rad fan.
Heater off -> rad fan needs to come on.
ie. It made the difference.
And this was with a hot hot car (oil @ 150degC).
IMO getting rid of heat from the engine can be no bad thing, so I keep the internal heater on as much as is tolerable when racing/'track-day'ing.
Ah yes, I see what you are saying Paul... As you say, any method by which heat is disappated is 'a good thing'. Never gave it a thought before- but now will certainly leave the heater purposefully on 'hot' for track days and sprints!
Still, the perforated thermostat sounds like the best way to go for a permanent solution?
intruduce the same theorie some hours ago at the german Forum.
Response is low currently, but you know.
Isn't any Mathematics student or Measurement and Controls Student out here who can enlighten the theory a bit more ?
Have studied Measurement and Controls 'some' years ago myself, so I do not need to know how to setup the affiliated differential analysis formulars for open sytems any longer ;-). Dunno the english expressions though.
- Temperature gradient of the engine .. somebody can check at let me suggest constant 4000 revs at any known outside temperature.
Any else more or less known parameters ?
Just some ideas to mind up the scientists on board.
Has anyone used a water wetting agent?
That is supposed to help get rid of aeration and aid cooling.
Rob, one of my thoughts on reading about the localised hot-spot was 'why not remove the thermostat altogether' - being used to lower-tech cars we always did this with any engine that showed regular signs of running too hot, eg straight after a rebuild while still tight. So yes I believe you are on the right lines here, the drilled thermostat merely refines this 'sledgehammer' approach. Someone (Rog P?) mentioned using an 82 degree stat, that might also help if the normal one is higher ?
5th update online. Added some pictures with less holes. Just to know how a thermostat with one hole looks like.
Chris,I am based in Hitchin and live in Arlesey. How about you ?
Rob, Can't get a pass for Silverstone unfortunately - It's my daughters 1st birthday and wife is threatening divorce if I don't start paying more attention to them and less o the little red rocket. Sorry I missed the Essex meet last night, But I'll be at the next one as long as I know enough in advance.
Had a discussion with a Rover garage this morning.
Comment on the hole in the thermostat.
'koennte man ja mal ausprobieren', which means in english a very carefull: 'Why not, this could be tried'.
On the other hand the coolant temperature sensor (brown on left top of the engine) came up. The guy mentioned about adding a resistor to the sensor and force the ECU to start the front cooler at lower temperatur.
I'll write this comment also to the 'temperature teaser' thread.
Graham, people have tried water wetter in the past- although many have expressed fears that it may adversely effect the performance of the antifreeze additives. I know of one anecdotal case where water wetter was present, and a HGF occured- for what that is worth.
I like Neil's idea of an additional heater matrix- perhaps controlled by an electronic valve... but it is perhaps too complex?
David, you are right, Carl is already using a cooler thermostat- 82C I think. Not sure that this would always help, but may reduce the frequency of overheat spikes?
Kieren, the next Essex MGF meet is Thursday next (the 17th). Hope to see you there (the Halfway house, A127 near Orsett).
I don't think I'd bother with "controlling" the water flow to the additional matrix - simply put it in parallel with the heater itself.
Depending on exactly where you put it, you could arrange that it didn't get much airflow unless the fan was actually running. Thus it would have little more impact than the passenger heater when the car didn't need the extra cooling (i.e. when its fan wasn't running) as in when still warming up.
The drawback would probably be yet another bleed point! | 2019-04-26T07:55:02 | http://mg-cars.net/mgf-technical-bbs/dont-lose-your-head-%5Bgasket%5D-2001050310063327736.htm |
0.995218 | In my view, Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) had one of the worst IPOs I've seen since the Facebook IPO (NASDAQ: FB), if you look at the trading perspective , Before the IPO, the company initially positioned itself in a price range of 62 to 68 USD. However, they increased this to $ 72. This initially signaled high demand for the IPO. Initially, the stock reached a high of $ 88.60, up ~ 23% from the IPO. During the day, the stock began to decline. It fell to a closing price of $ 78.29, a drop of ~ 12% from the daily highs. This may indicate that demand slowed during the day.
On the second trading day, the stock fell to a closing price of $ 69.01, a decrease of ~ 12%. The extent to which Lyft shares have fallen has triggered fears about the success of the IPO. For Luit's business, the IPO was a success, adding $ 2.34 billion to its existing $ 518 million cash balance. This means that Lyft's liquidity stack should reach US $ 2.858 billion after the IPO, providing a cushion of funding to offset potential heavy losses. For shareholders who made the purchase after the IPO, success was the last word that came to my mind. The tenacity of the price decline signaled a weak initial demand after the IPO. Lyft reminds me after the flotation on Facebook. While Lyft's IPO was not as uncertain as that of Facebook, the controversy was directed at both sides.
A weak initial demand for Lyft's initial public offering could signal a mixed / negative investor sentiment and negatively impact the stock as a catalyst (such as earnings reports). arise. Coupled with reports from early investor Carl Icahn, who sold his stock, there could be a period of heightened investor uncertainty and heightened volatility.
These four data points help platform metering and how well monetization of the platform is progressing. Let's start with active drivers.
The first measure in Lyft's growth analysis is how quickly Lyft increases its driver base. In recent years, Lyft has not only expanded internationally, but also invested a lot in consolidating itself at home. That makes sense. After all, platforms such as Uber (UBER) and Lyft are subject to increasing regulatory review due to numerous practices. In some international areas, platforms such as Lyft and Uber have been completely banned. Why expand into a turbulent international market when there is plenty of domestic space to grow? Let's look at the growth of Lyft's drivers.
Lyft continues to increase at least one million users per quarter. However, the Y / Y comparisons begin to deteriorate. In the fourth quarter of 2017, Lyft improved its number of drivers by 6 million, an increase of 90%. In the fourth quarter of 2018 Lyft increased its number of drivers by (again) 6 million drivers, an increase of 48% . The growth of the drivers starts to slow down. However, this can be misleading as Lyft continues to add more than one million drivers.
The problem with Lyft is that I believe that Lyft's growth will stagnate in the longer term. Lyft made abundantly clear in his S-1 SEC filing that she expected no profitability in the coming years. So if investors buy Lyft, they buy it for the next 5-10 years, not the next 12-18 months. The problem is, you have to bet that rideshares become mainstream and not just a niche part of the transportation market. Could carpool become mainstream? It could be over 5 years. There are some issues that can limit the growth of the driver. First, the call for carpooling could be located in extremely urbanized areas such as New York City or Los Angeles, where the cost of owning and using a car is not ideal.
16-year-old US drivers with driving licenses dropped from 46% in 1983 to 26% in 2016.
In 2018, ~ 300K Lyft customers have unleashed their car. As far as the first point is concerned, there is no direct relationship between carpooling and new driving license registrations. Lyft was founded in 2012. Uber was founded in 2009. The cause of the decrease in the ride-in is naive. Ridesharing has gained great popularity only in recent years.
As for the second argument, this simply proves my point of view that ride-sharing is a niche, which is especially true in extreme cities where buying a car does not mean so much an option. Let's put this 300K number in context with the overall base. Only ~ 1.6% of Lyft's driver base has left their cars. While the customers of Lyft are less and less dependent on their car, the ride-in program does not replace the cars. These 300,000 customers are most likely customers from areas such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC.
Another issue that I want to address has to do with the cultural barrier in the US of not owning cars. An important measure for the socioeconomic ascent (together with the home) is the ownership of a car. While younger generations will use Lyft and Uber more often, it is unlikely that US consumer cultural dynamics will move so viciously towards a center-centered transportation industry. In my opinion, carpooling will be a niche market, unless the expectation is a total culture of nearly "180".
The next part of the "growth cake" is the idea of increasing monetization. Lyft's positive business model is the company's ability to generate recurring revenue. In contrast to traditional, established car manufacturers, Lyft focuses more on customer loyalty. When an automaker sells a car, its economic goal is to move to a new consumer instead of ensuring the quality of the consumer who has just bought it. Lyft is unique. Transportation, be it the daily commute to work or shopping, is always recurring. As a result, Lyft is able to generate recurring revenue as long as Lyft's customers travel across the Lyft platform.
Lyft continues to maintain strong ARPU growth (average revenue per user) of 20 to 30 years (average revenue per user) as drivers become less dependent on their own vehicles and become increasingly less dependent on carpools such as Lyft and Uber. The company's ability to sustain solid ARPU growth is impressive. However, as with the counter-growth of the driver, the monetization headwind can harm the company in the longer term.
Consider Lyft's revenue per trip.
Q4 & # 39; 2017 344.64 million 116.3 mln $ 2.96 At the end of the day earning platforms like Uber and Lyft money with rides, not with drivers. Let's hypothetically assume that the price (revenue per trip) only increased by 27% compared to the previous year. With 178.4 million trips, this represents revenue of $ 528.06 million, up 53% year-on-year. If we include price growth back into the equation, we will see growth of 94% yoy. Without increased pricing, Lyft's revenue growth would be significantly lower than its reported 94%. In the longer term, I believe revenue per trip will stagnate or even decline.
There are several reasons for this belief. First, the carpooling market is highly competitive, even in its current duopolism. Second, autonomous driving leads to unavoidable cost reductions per trip. Let's take a closer look.
A phenomenon in which a product or service becomes more valuable as the number of people grows.
Lyft only earns money when an economic transaction takes place between a driver and a driver. Lyft then receives a "take rate", usually 30% of the transaction value. This is the main source of income for Lyft. For Lyft to receive a takeover rate for a transaction, however, there must be an underlying transaction. The platform is built on drivers who drive for a fee. As the number of available rides increases (due to an increase in riders), it is more likely that a ride will be purchased. It is necessary to have more drivers in the network and more popularity than the competition in order to maintain market share and maintain the current revenue rates of 30%.
There are far more drivers working on the Uber platform than on the Lyft platform. In addition, Uber riders earn more money with Uber than Lyft riders on Lyft. While this adds value to Lyft, the difference between Lyft and Uber prices is miniscule and negligible for most riders. As Uber has more riders on the platform, Uber drivers have less to wait for driving and more flexibility and customization in terms of what they drive.
Uber uses its large network to leverage its drivers and maintain its high market share through Lyft. At the end of the day, Uber has nothing concrete (other than network effects) to distinguish itself from competitors like Lyft. The rest of the competitive advantages are intangible assets such as the brand. However, Lyft and Uber are not fashion companies, smartphone manufacturers or car manufacturers. These are rideshare services where the relevance of the brand is less likely to affect customers.
Basically, Lyft has nothing really unique about its platform. One thing a company can do to keep the competition out is to lower prices. However, the price reductions will reduce Lyft's gross profit margins, making profitability even more difficult to achieve than it already is.
Overall, Lyft is due to the current Mitfahrwettbewerb Lyft in a difficult place. If it ultimately wants to become a profitable company, a price cut is not an option. If it wants to expand its customer base, then price cuts may be one of the only options it has.
Another important set of problems with the Lyft operating model is the classification of labor and insurance costs associated with it. This could affect their ability to penetrate other international markets.
Lyft regards his driver as a general contractor and not as a paid employee. Therefore, Lyft does not tend to union work, minimum wage or benefits / insurance. This could be one of the most important elements of Lyft's bear work. While media focus on social media regulation, rideshares could be the more controversial business model. The biggest problem with the way Lyft recognizes its drivers is the fact that Lyft drivers are more likely to be considered prime contractors rather than paid employees. While this lowers the cost of the business model, it carries several risks.
I believe that Lyft's current business model is broken, as there is no way (without autonomous driving) to profitability. The business model of Lyft could be even more damaged if they are forced to employ their "general contractor" drivers as salaried employees. It is well known that Lyft and Uber's drivers work well below a living wage far below the minimum wage. When booking these persons as general contractor, however, Lyft does not have to stipulate a salary. If these drivers were to become paid employees of Lyft, as some regulators in the US and abroad have urged for it, Lyft would have to raise wages to the minimum wage, cover higher benefits, insurance, etc.
One of the unique carpool business model states that the platform (Lyft, Uber, etc.) makes the drivers independent of the platform. Some international and domestic regulators have argued that Lyft and Uber drivers do not earn a living or even minimum wage. They believe that Lyft should cease these "contractors" to receive a living wage for them. Lyft also has to deal with the fact that carpooling marks the beginning of the end of the taxi age. As the number of taxi drivers still exceeds the number of Lyft / Uber drivers, the taxi drivers were greatly disturbed by the popularity of Lyft and Uber.
Overall, Lyft could be under pressure to hire Lyft drivers as employees. This could lead to an even greater increase in operating expenses and increase profitability even further.
The next edition of Lyft concerns the accounting of insurance costs. While most drivers use their own vehicles for the service, Lyft itself is responsible for the insurance of the vehicle and the passengers inside the vehicle. You post these insurance costs below the cost of goods sold in the income statement. Lyft inherits the risk of accidents with drivers directly in his books.
The last and possibly most relevant question builds on my previous point regarding Lyft's potential work problems. My point is Lyft's ability to expand internationally. As I have already outlined in my article, driving a car could be a niche market as investors believe. Although this could be a pretty niche, it is unlikely that this will be the megatrend that Lyft Bulls are hoping for. If anything, driving may be limited to very urban areas where owning and operating a car is not feasible, and riding a much more sensible and convenient option.
In my opinion, barriers to entry are far greater in international markets than in the domestic markets of the United States and Canada. On the one hand, international regulators are more inclined to see US companies enter their markets. This was one of the main reasons for Uber's withdrawal from China and other international markets in Asia. In addition to the regulatory overhang, there is local competition. In China, for example, Didi is the biggest competitor. In Southeast Asia, GrabTaxi is one of the biggest players. The lack of awareness of the brand in international markets makes it difficult to use Uber or Lyft. It really depends on network effects in every single economy. Since replacing Travis Kalanick, Uber has strategically moved away from international markets to focus on safer, more developed domestic markets. Lyft's mission is to be local, with international expansion left to Uber. As Uber tumbles, they will focus more on the US market and affect Lyft's growth prospects.
The first approach is to develop Lyft's proprietary autonomous driving software and / or hardware technology use throughout the fleet. For example, they could buy vehicles from other automakers, install the necessary software and / or hardware in the vehicle, and add them to the fleet. The most important thing is the idea that Lyft develops its own software for autonomous driving. In the long run, this will prevent Lyft from having to outsource its autonomous driving software requirements, which will cut costs. From what I've seen, Lyft is trying to develop its own autonomous driving software. Without becoming too technical, the autonomous driving software improves with more experience. This "experience" stands for data. As the amount of data increases, the software becomes more accurate and powerful.
What platforms with rides like Uber and Lyft have to their advantage is their ability to use miles driven on their platform to enhance autonomous software. Lyft and Uber have hard data that could be beneficial in the long run compared to platforms like Waymo that have far less actionable data. The problem is that software for autonomous driving is extremely competitive. For example, let's take a look at Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA).
Tesla is in my opinion a unique participant in the market for autonomous driving. All newly produced Tesla's are manufactured with autonomous driving hardware, with semi-autonomous software available for a fee. Tesla is able to use autonomous miles to make improvements to its software. Lyft and Uber, on the other hand, because such a small portion of their total mileage is semi-autonomous (if available), they have less leverage. Outside of Tesla, competitors such as Waymo (NASDAQ: Jag) (NASDAQ: WelfL) and GM (NYSE: GM) are market leaders. There are dozens of companies dedicated to autonomous driving in the future. Many of these companies (Tesla, GM, Uber, Alphabet) have much more capital and resources to devote to autonomous driving technology.
Put simply, Lyft's competition is ahead of them. If Lyft wants to compete, they need access to much more capital and more talent. At this point, Lyft is a laggard in autonomous driving. If autonomous driving is Lyft's only real path to profitability, even if autonomous driving is lagging behind the competition: will the company ever be profitable?
There are three final points that I would like to address when it comes to Lyft about my Bearenthesis. Uber's IPO, Lyft's stock selection structure and Lyft's insane rating.
Let's start with Uber's IPO. As I mentioned earlier and include the current pricing measures, Lyft's trading after the IPO was subpar, to say the least. This lack of sound trading activity could be compounded by a strong IPO by rival Uber. Uber has already submitted its S-1 and is preparing for an IPO. It is unclear whether Uber will start trading in April or May or not, but I think a Uber IPO could affect Lite's trade. In general, I believe (and I'm not the only one) that Uber's business model and its stock are less risky than Lyft. The business is much larger and has a much better economic base than Lyft. Thus, institutional money from Lyft can flow in the direction of his "bigger sibling" Uber. This could lead to an increase in the demand for shares in craters, as Lyft still has to gain a material retail chain. As a demand crater, prices are falling. If anything, Uber's IPO will do more harm than good to Lyft's price action.
Next, I'm skeptical of a new topic among the new IPOs introduced by companies like Facebook. The dual stock structure allows founders / management to have far more control over the company than public shareholders. Founders do so by issuing "Founder-Exclusive" or Management Exclusive Private Supervoting stock. These shares enable the company's management teams and / or founders to control the company's business almost directly, regardless of what the A-share shareholders have to say. Again, this is not as big a problem for Lyft as for new IPOs. I think Lyft's stock structure was better than a few IPOs before, in my opinion. It simply is not an ideal voting structure for new shareholders.
After all, anyone who reads my content knows that, from my point of view, rating is one of the most important aspects in analyzing a business. For the most part, I have discounted cash flow models in the companies I cover. However, due to the lack of profitability and the path to profitability, I will not use a DCF model for Lyft. In fact, I will not set a price target for the stock. As Lyft is currently the only publicly traded corporation on the market, it is also difficult to make a relative assessment. Per Nasdaq Lyft has an outstanding number of shares of 273,597,091. With a closing price of $ 59.90, Lyft's valuation is $ 16.142 billion. With sales of $ 2.156 billion in 2018, Lyft's current valuation is ~ 7.5X. Does Lyft still earn 7.5x the revenue from all the issues described in this article? I let you decide.
Lyft: A Dot Com Era Tech Bubble? The Next Snap?
In my opinion, Lyft's trade will be catastrophic over the next few years as the road begins to come true. Lyft is a FOMO title (fear of staying away). While optimists believe the company will expand and grow into a new rating, there is still significant headwinds that make such a rally extremely difficult. I would like to pass the readers on to the Snap Card (NYSE: SNAP). That's how Lyft could look in the next few years.
This could be another snap. If anything, Lyft may be longer than Snap.
Disclosure: I am / we are long FB, General Manager, TSLA. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinion. I can not get any compensation for it (except from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with a company whose shares are mentioned in this article.
Additional Information: At this time I do not have a short position in LYFT shares. However, in the next 72 hours, I can take a short position in the form of put options. My initiation of such a position depends on the price action. | 2019-04-24T02:09:40 | https://newsbeezer.com/lyft-a-bubble-that-could-end-worse-than-an-end-lyft-inc-nasdaq-lyft/ |
0.998359 | Identify the producer in an ecosystem.
Classify consumers as herbivores or carnivores.
Investigate the interdependence of the organisms in an ecosystem.
Determine what each organism eats based on the results of experiments.
Explore the long-term effects of changes to the ecosystem.
NECAP isnthe New England Common Assessment Program and serves Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. T... (more)his GIZMO has been adapted to reflect the style and format of the NECAP inquiry task.
Great Gizmo for food chains and population. Also good for effects of each organism on the ecosystem.
Nice tool for showing the interrelationships of organisms in an ecosystem.
Great way to show the impact of events on ecosystems.
Analysis questions excellent; graphs show change over time. | 2019-04-19T23:16:11 | https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?resourceID=647&method=cResource.dspDetail&desktop=1 |
0.997381 | Is it time to close your GST/HST account? If think the answer is yes, keep in mind that you may close your GST/HST account with the Canada Revenue Agency for the following reasons.
If, for instance, your small business's revenue drops below the $30,000 annual threshold which means that you have to charge GST/HST, you can close your GST/HST account and reclaim your small supplier status according to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). However, you must have been a GST/HST registrant for at least one full year before they will close your account.
To close your GST/HST account, you will need to complete Form RC145, Request to Close Business Number Accounts (BN) and send it to your tax services office or call the Business Window at 1-800-959-5525.
As part of closing the account make sure you file any outstanding GST/HST returns for the period up to the day the account is closed (and pay any remittances due).
If you are closing the business, you are assumed to be disposing of the assets of the business and have collected GST/HST on the sale of the assets. You will need to determine the fair market value of the assets and report this on the final GST/HST return.
What Are Other Reasons for Closing a GST/HST Account?
you are filing for bankruptcy. You have to send copies of the court issued bankruptcy documents to your tax services office.
the business is a partnership, and one partner leaves the business or passes away. Depending on the circumstances the existing business number may be reused or a new one required.
What Happens If I Don't Close It?
If you don't close the account the Canada Revenue Agency will assume that you are still in business and will expect GST/HST returns to be filed.
If your business has closed or is inactive, but you intend to reactivate it at some time in the future, you can file nil returns (no GST/HST collected or remitted) until your business starts up again. If you continue to file nil returns for several years, the CRA may eventually contact you to ask if you want to close the account.
If you stop filing GST/HST returns and don't close the account, you will receive notification by mail from the CRA that you are required to file for the missing date(s). If you do not respond (either deliberately or innocently because your business has changed addresses), you will likely receive a phone call and/or a visit from a CRA officer to your place of business.
If your GST/HST account is still open and after investigation, the CRA determines that your business is still active you can be criminally prosecuted under the Excise Tax Act for failing to file GST/HST returns. If convicted, you could be liable for penalties and interest. | 2019-04-24T18:47:33 | https://www.thebalancesmb.com/close-my-gst-hst-account-2948158 |
0.999417 | 1. Preheat oven to 200ºC. Line a 12- hole (1/3 cup capacity) muffin pan with paper cases.
2. Melt butter and set aside to cool slightly. Combine flour, sugar and choc bits in a large bowl. Place egg, buttermilk, vanilla extract and butter in another bowl and whisk to combine. Add banana and whisk until mixed through.
3. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in banana mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. Spoon mixture evenly into cases. Bake for 20 minutes or until muffins are firm. Stand for 5 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. | 2019-04-26T16:41:04 | http://bundysugar.com.au/recipes/snacks/bananachocmuffins.html |
0.999978 | A small but entertaining roadside crag situated four miles north of Larne and just south of Ballygalley village on the Antrim Coast road. Grid Ref. D 384079 NIOS 1/50,000 Sheet 9. The rock is dolerite, of columnar formation and dries quickly after rain. The routes are all one pitch, up to 30m in height and mostly follow crack lines offering good protection. Some of the easier routes contain loose rock and should be treated carefully. The roadside nature of the crag has its drawbacks, and the occupiers of the surrounding land, Ballygalley Golf Club, have withdrawn their permission for climbing to carry on. Their fears apparently stem from any liability they may have if climbers on their land cause any accident to road users. The MCI has been negotiating for some years now to improve the situation but the Golf Club are currently refusing to discuss the matter further. The MCI has asked that its members do nothing to further aggravate the situation and requests that any climbers exercise caution if climbing on the crag. The situation may well change and such changes will be published in Irish Mountain Log and on the MCI's website www.mountaineering.ie.and on fairheadclimbers.com There is a car parking area about 100m south of the crag – below the old quarry where climbing stopped many years ago to protect nesting seabirds. The crag is made up of two bays, containing Stable Gully and Castle Gully respectively, separated by the roadside wall. The main hazards to road users stem from stones being knocked down while descending Castle Gully, so it is best to avoid this and follow a small track down the northern side of the headland to reach the road about 50m north of the crag. If climbing at Ballygalley is to have any future then it will only be as a result of sensible use. '''Tapiola''' 10m VD<br> K Lindsay, A Blair. Autumn 1994.<br> Takes the clean crack, wall and arête left of WC. Pleasant climbing. '''WC''' 10m VD<br> W Jenkins, C Torrans. 1967.<br> Takes the short crack at the extreme left-hand side of the cliff. '''Iky-Mo-MO''' 15m S 3c<br> D C Agnew, I Smyth. 31/12/1967.<br> The twin cracks immediately right of WC, finishing either straight up or exiting right. '''Slipskid''' 28m E1 5c<br> J Codling, P Douglas. 7/1979.<br> The arête between IKY-MO and Lucky Strike. '''Lucky Strike''' ** 28m VS 5a<br> R Cowan. 5/1968.<br> A fine delicate climb that takes the thin crack 3m below and left of IKY-MO. The route follows the crack directly with the grade easing after about half height. '''Reprisal''' * 28m VS 4b<br> J McGrath, D C Agnew. 30/4/1968.<br> The next crack to the right and the wall to the right of this are climbed past a small notch to a good ledge. Easier climbing to the top. '''Sabre''' 30m S<br> D C Agnew, J Roche. 25/5/1968.<br> The thin crack, 1m right of Reprisal, is followed through a bulging overhang to the top. '''Astronaut''' 30m S<br> D C Agnew, F Devlin. 1965.<br> It takes a line just right of Sabre to the large corner and straight up to the right hand end of "sabre" ledge '''The next ten routes have all become very grassy and a bit loose and are not recommended.''' '''Christmas''' 30m VD<br> J McGrath, D C Agnew. 25/12/1967<br>. Route takes a thin crack, left of a rib about 3m right of Astronaut, to reach the Oval and the top. - '''this route has fallen down''' '''Cutlass''' 30m VD<br> J McGrath, D C Agnew. 1/1968.<br> Climb the crack, right of the rib, right to Cutlass to stand on a doubtful flake. Mantelshelf to a small ledge on the right and finish as for Hammer. '''Hammer''' 30m S<br> R Cowan. 5/1968.<br> The next crack to the right. Climb with an undercut followed by an awkward mantelshelf. Up the left past a rib to a notch. Finish up rightwards. '''Stiletto''' 30m S<br> DC Agnue, M McGrath. 1/1968.<br> The next crack to the right. Start with an undercut followed by an awkward mantelshelf. Up and left past a rib to a notch. Finish up rightwards. '''Satellite''' 30m S<br> D C Agnew, P Southwark. 5/1967.<br> The next crack to the right. Climb the bulging crack, then the rib on the right to gain an alcove. Continue to the flutings above and then a grass ledge. Reach the top via a short crack in the right-hand corner. Alternatively climb to the right-hand side of the alcove and back left from the perched block. '''Jake's Progress''' 30m S<br> B McFarland, B Gallwey. 3/7/1979.<br> Start 2m right of Satellite. Climb the crack to a small overhang. Move out left onto the small wall and surmount the overhang. '''Skylab''' 30m VD<br> B McFarland, B Galwey. 11/7/1979.<br> Start 4m right of Satellite. Climb up a large open crack to a small jammed block at 12m. Up and over this and finish up the crack. '''Grass Stupidity''' 30m S<br> B McFarland, B Galwey. 7/1979.<br> Start 2m right of Skylab directly behind the middle of the old lay-by. Pull up onto a grassy ledge on the left and proceed up the right-hand crack to the top of the pillar. Climb diagonally left to a larger grass ledge and then to the top. '''Sputnik''' 30m S<br> D C Agnew, F Devlin. 4/1966.<br> Start about 3m left of Postie. Follow a thin crack widening into a notch below a grass ledge. From the right-hand corner of this climb up to another ledge and over a bulge to the Spillikin. Take a short wall on the left to a grassy balcony and then move diagonally right to the top. '''Pull Through''' 150m S<br> D Marriott, A Price. 9/6/1979<br> A girdle traverse, starting as for Sputnik, moving left from a large grass bay along the obvious fault line to cross the arête of Slipskid into IKY-MO and finally WC. '''Quiet Times''' 12m. HVS 5b<br> K Lindsay, T Spiers, A Blair. 20/5/1995.<br> The crack left of Postie. Up Postie until flat handholds enable the crack to be gained. Strenuous moves up the crack gain another flat hold. Up to the ledge and belay. Either move left and up Sputnik or abseil off. '''Postie''' 30m HVS 5b<br> C Torrans, R Cowan. 12/6/1968.<br> The first crack on the left side of the left wall of Stable Gully. The crux is low down and short. From a small shelf left of the crack move out into the crack and up using holds on the left wall. Reach a big ledge known as the Hay Loft and easier ground to the top. '''Rupert Bear and Bright Red Wellies''' * 30m HVS 5b<br> P Douglas, J Codling. 7/1979.<br> Takes the thin crack between Postie and Stable Gully. Sustained and difficult climbing to the Hay Loft ledge with easier ground above. '''Warm-up''' 30m VS 4b<br> P Douglas, R Lawson. 5/1979.<br> Start as for Stable Gully but take the crack in the left wall to gain the Hay Loft. '''Stable Gully''' 30m S<br> S J Crymble, C Torrans. 15/5/1968.<br> A loose, nettly, brambly route – leaders should carry panga knives. Start climbing at the right-hand side of the gully and pull up over the overhang to a jamming crack. Keep to the left-hand side but exit on the right. '''Cigarette''' 28m HVS 5a<br> C Calow, J Codling. 7/1979.<br> Interesting climbing up the arête just right of Stable Gully. '''American Beauty''' * 30m VD<br> I Rea, T Maguire, K Lindsay. 25/9/1980.<br> A big corner at the right-hand end of the lay-by right of Cigarette is climbed on a glut of holds. add comment '''The next nine routes are on the wall between the two bays of rock, and in some cases start from the road itself.''' '''Lunar Probe''' 25m VD<br> D C Agnew, F Devlin. 5/1966.<br> The obvious arête on the right-hand side of the lay-by with some loose rock. Climb the undercut nose and up the arête. Step into the chimney on the right and continue up until it is possible to scramble right to the top. '''Germinal''' * 25m VS 4b<br> T Maguire, I Rea. 11/10/1980.<br> Takes the crack line splitting the pillars to the left of Dirty Sox, with the crux at the overhang. '''Dirty Sox''' * 33m VS 4b<br> A Price, G Murray. 7/6/1979.<br> Start 8m right of Lunar Probe at a crack rising from a small grassy bay. Follow the crack to the obvious bulge. Climb this and from a good ledge enter a groove and climb to the overhanging rock which is surmounted on the left. '''Silent Running''' * 25m HS<br> I Rea, T Maguire. 11/10/1980.<br> Takes the corner immediately right of Dirty Sox. The belay at the top is a long way back. - '''overgrown''' '''Pocket''' 22m HVS 5a<br> T Maguire, I Rea. 12/6/1981.<br> The second crack line right of Silent Running. Crux at about 15m. '''Blackballed''' * 25m E2 5c<br> N Harkness, P Holmes. 8/1984.<br> The first crack right of Pocket – thin and sustained climbing. '''Full Tilt Boogie Crack''' 25m HVS 5b<br> S McIIwaine, B Stewart. 1985.<br> The first crack left of Days of Heaven, starting on the same grassy ledge. Jam up the crack to an awkward stance below the overhang. Climb the overhang directly using delicate bridging. '''Days of Heaven''' * 25m HVS 5a <br>- '''has become a bit loose''' I Rea, T Maguire. 30/9/1980.<br> The shallow fault immediately left of Illegal – gained by climbing the front of the big ledge recess. '''Illegal''' ** 25m HS 4b<br> T Maguire, I Rea, K Lindsay. 25/9/1980.<br> The right-hand end of the roadside wall is marked by a fine arête of rock that comes right down to road level. Dire Straits takes this arête and Illegal takes the crack line just to the left of it. Crux at 20m – '''now loose''' '''The second bay of rock enclosed by arêtes on either side with a loose gully in the upper right-hand side. This area contains the best concentration of quality routes on the crag.''' '''Dire Straits''' * 30m E3 5c<br> J Codling, P Douglas, C Calow. 12/7/1979.<br> The left-hand arête of the bay. Up the arête to a flat-topped spike. A traverse into Vindication can be made to place runners. Hard moves on the arête lead to a shaky flake and peg runner. Hard laybacking gives access to an easier wall above. '''Vindication''' *** 30m E1 5b<br> D C Agnew, C McCartney. 23/5/1968.<br> The left-most crack on the left gully wall, starting at the road. The crack slants to the right and becomes a diedre near the top. Climb the crack awkwardly to a small grass ledge at 15m. Move up the groove by wide bridging (for the tall) or chimneying. As the groove steepens, better holds materialise and the top section is best climbed facing left. '''Cat's Eyes''' * 30m VS 4c<br> L N Griffin. 5/1972.<br> Start in a shallow recess a few metres right of Vindication. Climb the corner crack until the angle eases. Move delicately up to the right across the wall to gain a parallel crack that runs down from the terminal overhang. Follow this with one awkward move to the top. '''Night Flight''' * 30m E1 5b<br> M Manson, P Douglas. 5/1980.<br> Good wall climbing. Start at the thin crack just right of Cat's Eyes. Climb this moving right at the top. '''Deadline''' ** 30m HVS 5a<br> R Lawson, D Stelfox. 5/1979.<br> Climbs the thin crack between Night Flight and Kleptomaniac, with the difficulties easing above half-height. '''Kleptomaniac''' ** 30m VS 4c<br> S J Crymble, B Beattie. 10/4/1968.<br> Start about midway between Vindication and Castle Gully, at the right-hand end of the road facing the wall. Climb the obvious crack with the crux being the bulge near the top. '''These Foolish Things''' 30m HVS 5a<br> P Douglas, M Manson. 5/1980.<br> Takes the thin crack starting high on the wall between Kleptomaniac and Star Spangled Banner, eliminate '''Star Spangled Banner''' * 25m HVS 5a<br> L N Griffin. 5/1971.<br> Follows the large, overhanging corner, on the left wall of Castle Gully. '''Clearway''' ** 25m E1 5b<br> D Stelfox, R Lawson. 7/6/1979.<br> Takes the crack line starting 1m to the right of Star Spangled Banner and trending right to the top. Sustained and varied climbing. '''Chancery''' * 25m HS 4b<br> M Curran, M Henry. 5/1976.<br> This route takes the cracks on the left wall of Castle Gully, between Clearway and the gully itself. Climb the cracks to a ledge on the right. Move back left by a strenuous pull-up to easier ground. '''Singer''' 24m HVS 5b<br> P Wright, T McQueen. 4/1982.<br> Start as for Chancery until a move can be made onto a large ledge on the right. Up a short wall behind this to another ledge and finally up a crack behind with increasing difficulty. '''There follows Castle Gully, nasty, muddy and loose.''' '''Fina''' 30m VD<br> D Howard, M Curran. 14/4/1976.<br> Opposite Chancery on the right-hand gully wall this climb takes the broken corner left of Equity. '''loose and dangerous''' '''Equity''' 20m S<br> M Curran, M Henry. 1976.<br> The obvious deep crack culminating in the overhang near the top of the left-hand gully wall. Straightforward climbing leads to the overhang which is awkwardly surmounted on good holds. '''loose and dangerous''' '''Harry''' *** 25m VS 4c<br> R Merrick, M Mills (One aid point). 30/5/1978. <br>A McQuoid (First free ascent).<br> The left-hand of two parallel leftward-trending cracks about half-way down the gully wall. Begins easily but gradually becomes more technical leaving the crux to the last few moves. '''Debbie''' ** 27m VS 4c<br> A McQuoid, R Merrick. 14/4/1978.<br> The right-hand of the two cracks. Follow the crack to small overhang which is climbed directly. Continue up the corner enjoying the protection. '''Dodgems''' 28m HS 4a<br> D Stelfox, J Clark. 7/1978.<br> The right-hand arête of the Castle Gully area. Start on the gully wall just right of Debbie, gain the arête and follow it to the top with minimal protection. '''Close to the Edge''' 28m HVS 5b<br> P Douglas, C Calow, J Codling. 7/1979.<br> A direct start to Dodgems starting from the road at the foot of the arête. '''Roadside Attraction''' * 21m HVS 5a<br> M Geary, P Wright. 3/1981.<br> The first crack right of Close to the Edge joining the arête at half-height. '''Mister Guilty''' * 21m HVS 5a<br> T McQueen, P Thompson. 6/1981.<br> The crack immediately right of Roadside Attraction. Follow the crack until it closes at half-height. Move slightly right and up an easier-angled section. Pull back left onto the ledge and follow the grass ledges to the top. '''Nokey's Arête''' 20m HVS 5a<br> I Rea, M Rea, G Banks. 17/4/1982.<br> 7m to the right of Mister Guilty there is a steel post. Start 5m right of this at a prominent corner. Climb a slabby wall immediately right of the corner until it is possible to step right onto good footholds on the arête. Climb directly to the top. | 2019-04-26T15:47:52 | http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php?title=Ballygalley_Head&action=edit |
0.999326 | Why is the data storage industry locked in by hardware?
The data storage industry revolves around the coupling of storage hardware and software. Will it evolve to allow for the separation of the two?
When you stop and think about it, the storage systems we use are all made to a pretty simple formula. The SAN, the NAS, the disk backup and data deduplication hardware -- from the lowliest desktop NAS to the enterprise Fibre Channel behemoths, they are all made from two ingredients.
The first key ingredient is the thing that actually effects data storage: the hard drive, of which there are relatively few variations that are almost completely interchangeable. The second key ingredient is the controlling software, the operating system. This is the bit that enables storage vendors to make billions of dollars and to lock customers into their product eco-systems.
There are some hugely wealthy empires built on this structure, which in some senses appears quite fragile. After all, it isn't the hardware in a storage system that is unique but merely the software; it's literally a set of ideas about how systems should operate set down in coded form. It's a wonder that software-only products and, in particular, open source software have not taken off in storage to a greater extent than they have.
We've seen the revolutionary effect of a separation between hardware and software elsewhere in IT. In the world of servers, open source, specifically in the form of Linux, shook up a large chunk of the industry over the past decade or so. Look back to the turn of the millennium and the server scene wasn't dissimilar to what you'll find among the giants of storage today. There were several large players in the Unix server market, each with its own flavour of Unix that ran only on its specific version of the RISC processor: HP with HPUX, IBM with AIX, Sun with Solaris, Compaq with Tru64 and so on.
That world collapsed as Linux became a viable alternative as a server operating system for the type of jobs formerly the preserve of Unix and that, crucially, were able to run on commodity x86 servers. Suddenly, the existing in-built lock-ins of the Unix world evaporated, and Linux became an economic option for core enterprise apps such as SAP and database serving.
This separation of hardware and operating software by open source, and in particular its Linux manifestation, brought some huge changes in the IT landscape, but it didn't conquer the world. The desktop, for example, remained stubbornly resistant to Linux except among a tiny number of nerdy enthusiasts and was certainly never on the cards for the enterprise. The key lack of traction here was not only a result of the poor evolution of Linux as a desktop OS, but simply because there was no need to sidestep the processor/OS lock-in that existed with Unix servers.
Storage subsystems are, however, almost as far as you can get from the commodity nature of an organisation's desktop estate. SAN and NAS systems are often bought in pairs or clusters of multiple devices and are the biggest ticket items in the data centre. They also manifest a clear hardware/software lock-in. So, are they vulnerable to the type of wedge that open source drove into the server market?
Well, there is a small but significant current of open source storage available.
Sun's ZFS, for example, is a file system that is fully featured and scalable and, although not on general release, can be incorporated into Linux and the Free BSD operating systems and unified storage systems built from it using commodity hardware. Some small vendors, such as GreenBytes and Nexenta, have done precisely this, but it's a project theoretically within reach of an in-house IT department.
Meanwhile, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform provides shared-storage access, including support for CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel and FCoE. And FreeNAS, which is built on FreeBSD Unix, supports CIFS, NFS, FTP, iSCSI, Rsync and AFP (Apple File Protocol).
So, the idea of an open source storage revolution, with an operating system and file system built into commodity hardware, isn't too great a stretch of the imagination. Illustrative of this is the fact that EMC, for example, uses versions of Linux in its Rainfinity, Data Domain, RecoverPoint, VPlex and Avamar appliances, albeit with code bases customised to those implementations.
And the potential separation of storage hardware and software is not restricted to the use of open source OSes. Vendors such as LeftHand and DataCore, for example, already offer their SAN products as software, while the likes of Nasuni and TwinStrata sell virtual NAS devices that only exist as software too.
Logic seems to suggest that one day it will be common for customers in businesses of all sizes to buy storage operating systems, processing power and disk hardware separately. But when that day will come is open to speculation. All kinds of commercial interests and practical challenges lie between here and there, and that is a subject for reflection in a future editorial.
Great article. Fibre Channel has some pretty solid architecture for data transmission. Have you looked at cloud hardware providers such as http://www.savageio.com/ ? Most people don't consider the specialized servers required for enterprise data storage needs. | 2019-04-25T14:26:01 | https://www.computerweekly.com/Why-is-the-data-storage-industry-locked-in-by-hardware |
0.999998 | The network's decision comes after the BBC also dropped plans to broadcast the programme days ahead of the Brexit vote.
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are unlikely to face each other in a televised Brexit debate after a second broadcaster scrapped plans to broadcast it.
ITV withdrew on Thursday after the Conservatives and Labour spent days arguing about whether to take up the network's offer of a head-to-head exchange.
The BBC, which had been favoured by Number 10, pulled of the running to host a Sunday night debate which would have featured other voices as well as the two party leaders.
ITV's one-on-one format had been favoured by Labour.
The debate would have taken place ahead of Tuesday's crucial Commons vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal.
A spokeswoman for the broadcaster said: "ITV invited the prime minister and leader of the opposition to appear in an ITV programme this Sunday evening, and we have been clear that it is up to those invited to decide whether they want to accept the invitation.
"ITV is developing its plans for covering the build-up and reaction to the crucial Commons vote next Tuesday, and a range of voices and opinions will be represented on the subject of Brexit in our output."
Labour has accused Mrs May of "running scared" of debating with Mr Corbyn.
The same phrase was deployed by Downing Street when the BBC abandoned its plans on Tuesday.
The broadcaster said on Tuesday said it was "disappointed" not to have reached an agreement on the proposal for a debate involving the two leaders, saying it wanted the programme to include other voices.
At the time Downing Street blamed Labour for raising "false and flimsy objections" to the BBC's proposed format.
A Labour spokeswoman said Mr Corbyn would still "relish" the opportunity to debate the prime minister, adding: "Labour believed the head-to-head offer from ITV was the most straightforward format.
"A head-to-head would give viewers the greatest clarity and allow both speakers to get into detail.
"The prime minister has refused to join Jeremy in a head-to-head debate.
"Her team tried to confuse people with a convoluted format.
"But the British public will see this for what it is - Theresa May unable to face real scrutiny over her crumbling deal."
White paper, common rulebook, facilitated customs arrangement... what do all the terms likely to be used in Brexit proposals actually mean?
The prime minister expressed concern on Monday that holding the debate on ITV would mean she missed Strictly Come Dancing.
It followed Mr Corbyn's complaint last week that the BBC's proposal would clash with jungle-based reality show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Channel 4 is due to air The Real Brexit Debate on Sunday which will feature "four high-profile politicians" reflecting a range of opinions.
It comes as Theresa May is under pressure from loyalist MPs to delay a vote on her Brexit deal, amid fears it could be "heavily" rejected.
Roughly 90 of her own MPs expect to rebel during the vote on Tuesday. | 2019-04-23T15:53:30 | https://news.sky.com/story/itv-pulls-out-of-hosting-theresa-may-and-jeremy-corbyn-debate-11573640 |
0.987633 | At restaurants throughout the world, menus feature ``Maine lobster," that sweet, succulent stuff that makes grown people don bibs and make a delicious mess. Like Idaho potatoes, Vermont maple syrup, and Florida oranges, Maine lobster has become a name brand. The state produces 75 percent of the lobster catch in the United States, and it brings a premium price, both at the docks and on the table.
But are you really getting Maine lobster, or is it what some Mainers call an ``impostor lobster," from Canada or elsewhere? Under a new program that kicks off today in Portland, lobster dealers will be encouraged to tag the catch, identifying it as being caught in Maine waters. The plastic tags will hang from the claw knuckles and state simply: ``Certified Maine Lobster." On the front will be a picture of a lobster and a lighthouse; on the back, ``lobsterfrommaine.com." At a press conference, Governor John Baldacci will tag the first ``official" lobster, caught in Casco Bay.
Because of increasing competition from Canada, the Maine Lobster Promotion Council is having to market a product that's been a mainstay of the state for centuries, and whose iconic crustacean image graces the state's license plates. ``We hope every lobster caught in Maine waters will soon be wearing these new ID bracelets," said Kristen Millar, the council's executive director. ``It's truth in advertising. All lobsters are called `Maine lobsters' and yet they're not all from Maine. It has become this generic term, like Kleenex."
``Don't buy impostor lobster" is the campaign slogan, which will be printed on all sorts of items, from lobster bags to placemats.
The program will be voluntary, dependent upon everyone from the dealers who buy lobster off the docks for resale to retailers or processing plants. John Hathaway, a lobster dealer and processor who owns Shucks Maine Lobster in Richmond, loves the idea. ``We have the best lobster in the world, and we need to let people know what they're getting."
What they're getting, he said, are environmentally sustainable creatures carefully harvested by experts. ``It's not some big trawler out there dragging the bottom. These are guys who go out and they take them by hand, only take the right size, and they place them down carefully. There's a lot of TLC involved."
Maine's new tagging program won't change Canadians' habits, but officials are hoping to raise awareness among US consumers. If the program works, customers will be able to determine whether the lobster they're buying is really from Maine. Ultimately, the state's fishermen say more local processing plants need to be built to support an industry that last year harvested 65 million pounds of lobster, for sales of $300 million.
Naturally, if you ask anyone in Maine, its lobster is vastly superior to Canada's. Michael Gagne is chef/owner of the Robinhood Free Meeting House, a five-star restaurant on Georgetown Island. He'll use only local lobster, which he said is incomparable. ``Most of Maine lobster tends to be softshell so it's easier to eat, not so fibrous, and is sweeter," he said.
But chef Jasper White, who owns four Summer Shack restaurants in the Boston area, said he uses lobsters from Canada and Maine, as well as other New England states. For him, it's not a matter of which is better, but which is available. ``If people come in here in February and ask for Maine lobster, I'll tell them to go wake up the lobstermen and the lobsters, because the lobsters go dormant in winter," said White, who wrote the cookbook ``Lobster at Home."
Canada has the majority of the North American market, said White. He added that he's glad Maine is starting to market its product. ``For rolling up your sleeves and enjoying steamed lobster, you can't beat Maine lobster in the summer."
Maine lobstermen and dealers tend to be an independent lot, and supporters of the tagging program hope they'll cooperate. ``The quintessential symbol of independence in this area of the country is the Maine lobsterman," said Gagne. ``And that is both the boon and the bane. They need to work together because this is a global marketplace."
Millar recently sent a letter to Maine lobster dealers, explaining the program and asking them to sign an agreement that they will participate. Once they do, they'll receive the tags and other promotional materials.
But once the lobster leaves the dealer's hands for a fish store or a restaurant, it's the honor system: What's to stop a retailer from advertising his Canadian lobster as Maine lobster? ``We will hear through the grapevine, through the marketplace . . . . We are going to be very aware of those folks who say they're serving it, but they're not, and we'll make a big deal out of it," stressed Millar. | 2019-04-21T12:53:36 | http://archive.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/07/31/sure_its_a_maine_lobster_check_for_an_id/?page=2 |
0.999663 | Do men get attached more easily than women? And if so, does that represent a sea change in gender behaviors?
The researchers behind a new survey from Match.com seem to think that might be the case. Men apparently fall in love more quickly than women: 54 percent of guys say they've felt love at first sight, for instance, compared to 44 percent of women. Guys are also less interested in having time to themselves, away from their significant other: 77 percent of women say having personal space is "very important," compared to just 58 percent of men, and only 23 percent of guys think it's crucial to have regular nights out with their pals, as opposed to 35 percent of the ladies.
In a USA Today story about all this, biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, who helped develop the survey, said, "Men are now expressing some traditionally female attitudes, while women are adopting some of those long attributed to men." Social historian Stephanie Coontz, who collaborated with Fisher on the project, added, "It's just amazing confirmation about what has changed in the last 40 years."
If you ask me, maybe what guys will admit to has changed, but as far as I can tell, men have always seemed a little bit more sappy (in a good way!) than women. Sure, ladies might be more open to possibility than men, and they're more willing to give guys they're not certain about a chance. Nevertheless, when guys fall, they fall hard — and once they're hooked (even if it happens slowly) they're almost always a bit more attached to the relationship than their female counterparts are.
Why's that? It might have to do with the kinds of intense personal relationships women tend to have outside of their romantic partnership. Women are more likely to be emotive and confessional with their friends. They like playing the role of arm-chair psychologists. And when a man gets into a relationship, he comes to depend almost exclusively on his girlfriend for emotional support and amateur therapy sessions — whereas women often continue to turn to their closest friends for help through any psychological difficulties or blue periods.
Think I'm on to something here? Or totally off the mark?
Love lasts! The study gathered data from nearly 5,200 single people — and found that 29 percent reported remaining deeply in love with their last partner for two to five years, eight percent felt this way for six to 10 years, and 18 percent did for more than 10 years. Not bad, really.
Is Your Hookup The Exception or The Rule? | 2019-04-22T02:40:55 | https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5767/study-men-in-relationships/ |
0.999297 | طرحهای عمرانی از ملزومات اساسی رشد و توسعه پایدار به شمار میآیند. روال ناکارآمد تصویب و اجرای طرحهای عمرانی، بدون تناسب با ظرفیتهای مالی و اجرایی، حجم عظیمی از پروژههای ناتمام و بعضاً متوقف را بر اقتصاد ملی تحمیل کرده است. هدف اصلی مقاله حاضر پاسخ به این سوال است که آیا ادوار سیاسی بر روند تصویب و اجرای طرحهای عمرانی استانی تأثیرگذار است یا نه؟ برای پاسخ به سوال مورد نظر، مقاله پیشرو، دو فرضیه را مد نظر قرار داده است. فرضیه اول، ادوار سیاسی بر سرنوشت طرحهای عمرانی تأثیرگذار است و فرضیه دوم، میزان اثرگذاری ادوار سیاسی بر روند تصویب و اجرای طرحهای عمرانی در سال قبل از وقوع سیکل سیاسی (انتخابات) بزرگتر است. ازاینرو، جهت برآورد مدل و آزمون فرضیه تحقیق از روش داده¬های تابلویی پویا و تخمین¬زننده گشتاور تعمیم یافته طی سالهای 1393-1376 استفاده شده است.
نتایج حاصل از آزمون دو فرضیه حاکی از آن است که، سیکل سیاسی مجلس و ریاست جمهوری ارتباط مثبت و معناداری با اعتبارات عمرانی دارد و سیکل سیاسی ریاست جمهوری تأثیر بیشتری بر اعتبارات عمرانی دارد به این معنا که اثرگذاری ادوار سیاسی ریاست جمهوری بر روند تصویب و اجرای طرحهای عمرانی در سال قبل از وقوع سیکل سیاسی بزرگتر است. در این راستا، برای از بین بردن اثر سیکل سیاسی دولت و نمایندگان مجلس بر طرحهای عمرانی، تعیین مرجعی که از صلاحیت کارشناسی لازم و همچنین استقلال و قدرت نظارتی کافی بر مطالعات توجیهی طرحها برخوردار است، پیشنهاد میشود. زیرا، مرجع یادشده به صورت بیطرف طرحها را تنها براساس مطالعات توجیهی – فنی و نیاز منطقه به تصویب میرساند و از تصویب طرحهای عمرانی براساس ملاحظات سیاسی دولت و نمایندگان مجلس جلوگیری میکند.
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0.999332 | A way of looking at verb forms not purely in relation to time. Aspect relates to the type of event, e.g. whether it is long or short, whether it is complete or not, whether it is repetitive or not, whether it is connected to the time of speaking or not. There are two aspects in English, the continuous/progressive and the perfect. The continuous aspect, for example, suggests that something is happening temporarily.
A clause generally consists of a subject and a finite verb relating to the subject and any other elements, e.g. object. A clause can be a full sentence or a part of a sentence. Main clause When the teacher arrived, the learners stopped talking. Subordinate clause When the teacher arrived , the learners stopped talking. Relative clause The learners who were sitting near the front stood up.
A _______ is a noun that refers to a group of people or things, e.g. the police, the government.
A sentence containing a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
A compound noun is a combination of two or more words, which are used as a single word, e.g. a flower shop, a headache.
A verb form that refers to a possible or imagined situation. Grammar books often mention four kinds of conditionals: First conditional - refers to present or future possible or likely situations, e.g. I will come if I can. Second conditional - refers to present or future situations which the speaker thinks are impossible or unlikely, e.g. I would go if they asked me. Third conditional - refers to past situations that cannot be changed, e.g. I would have seen her if I had arrived earlier (but I didn't so I couldn't). Mixed conditional - is used when the speaker wants to refer to different time frames in one sentence, e.g. If I'd arrived on time, I wouldn't have to wait now. If I'd arrived refers to the past and I wouldn't have to wait refers to the present.
A conjunction (or connector) is used to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences, e.g. I like tea but coffee because it's too strong for me.
A demonstrative adjective shows whether something is near or far from the speaker, e.g. this (near), that (far).
A demonstrative pronoun is a word which refers to a noun (phrase) and shows whether it is near or far from the speaker, e.g. this, that, these, those.
A dependent preposition is a word that is always used with a particular noun, verb or adjective before another word, e.g. interested in, depend on, bored with.
A determiner is used to make clear which noun is referred to, or to give information about quantity, and includes words such as the, a, this, that, my, some, e.g. That car is mine.
The actual words someone says, e.g. He said, 'My name is Ron.', 'What do you mean, Sue?', asked Peter. See indirect speech, question and reported speech, statement, question.
An example of a grammar point, function or lexical set.
A punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence, e.g. I like chocolate.
A form of a verb functioning as a noun, which ends in -ing, e.g. I hate shopping .
A grammatical structure is a grammatical language pattern, e.g. present perfect simple, and the parts which combine to make it, e.g. have + past participle.
The words someone uses when they are telling someone what somebody else said or asked, e.g. He told me his name was Ron. Peter asked Sue what she meant.
An indirect question can also be used when someone wants to ask something in a more polite way, e.g. 'I was wondering if you could help me.' (indirect question) instead of 'Could you help me?' (direct question).
This is used to express why something is done, e.g. I went to the lesson to learn English.
An -ing/-ed adjective describes things or feelings. An -ing adjective describes things or people, e.g. The book is very interesting An -ed adjective describes feelings, e.g. I am very interested in the book.
A word used to make the meaning of another word stronger, e.g. He's much Interrogative A question form. taller than his brother. I'm very tired.
Is used to describe a verb which does not take a direct object, e.g. She never cried. See transitive.
A modal verb is a verb used with other verbs to show ideas such as ability or obligation or possibility. They include can, must, will, should, e.g. I can speak French, but I should study even harder.
is an object affected by a verb but not directly acted on, e.g. He gave the book to me. In this sentence, the book is the direct object and me is an indirect object.
A small grammatical word, often an adverb or preposition which does not change its form when used in a sentence, e.g. look after, after is a particle.
First person - the person speaking, e.g. I, we. Second person - the person spoken to, e.g. you. Third person - the person spoken about, e.g. he, she, they.
Personal pronouns are words, which are used instead of the name of that person, e.g. I (subject pronoun), me (object pronoun).
The study of sounds in a language or languages.
A group of words often without a finite verb that do not form a sentence, e.g. the green car, on Friday morning are phrases. Also a group of words that together have a particular meaning.
A plural noun is more than one person, place or thing and can be regular or irregular, e.g. boys, women.
Ways of showing or asking who something belongs to, e.g. 'Whose book is it?' 'It's Sue's' .
A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase just mentioned. See demonstrative pronoun, object pronoun, personal pronoun, possessive pronoun, reflexive pronoun, relative pronoun.
A proper noun is the name of a person or place, e.g. Robert, London.
The symbols or marks used to organise writing into clauses, phrases and sentences to make the meaning clear, e.g. full stop (.), capital letter (A), apostrophe ('), comma (,), question mark (?), exclamation mark (!), 'at' symbol (@) and speech marks (" ").
A word or phrase such as much, few or a lot of which is used with a noun to show an amount, e.g. I don't have much time; I have a lot of books.
A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause, e.g. the book which I'm reading is interesting. | 2019-04-21T08:39:05 | https://quizlet.com/45095943/tkt-selection-flash-cards/ |
0.99887 | What caused radiation spike in Xian: North Korean blast, European accident, or one closer to home?
Radiation levels in a Chinese city nearly 2,000km from a North Korean nuclear test site spiked following Pyongyang’s latest and most powerful nuclear weapons test in September, Chinese scientists say.
However, they say the spike in iodine-129 levels Xian was probably not related to the detonation of a 100-kilotonne hydrogen bomb in a tunnel at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site on September 3 and was more likely to have originated in Europe.
The spike was recently declassified by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, prompting heated discussion among researchers about its possible cause, with some disputing the Europe theory.
From September 3 to 11, levels of iodine-129 in Xian, the capital of Shaanxi province in central China, jumped to at least 4.5 times above average, according to readings picked up by instruments at the academy’s Institute of Earth Environment, which is based in the city.
Iodine-129 is an isotope of the element iodine that rarely occurs in nature. It is mostly produced by man-made fission and is closely monitored around the world as evidence of nuclear weapons tests or nuclear accidents.
The levels in Xian, nearly 2,000km west of Punggye-ri, peaked between September 5 and 6, when they were nine times as high as the day before the test.
Zhang Luyuan, a physicist at the institute who is leading the investigation of the incident, said she had goosebumps when she first saw the spikes on the chart.
But the matter turned out to be much more complicated than the researchers thought.
Zhang and her colleagues checked the data collected by devices set up along the Chinese-Korean border due to concerns in Beijing that the Punggye-ri test site, under a mountain near the border, might collapse and release a large amount of radioactive pollutants.
While some stations reported an increase in overall radioactivity, they did not detect trace elements such as iodine-129.
Zhang said the researchers pondered whether the radioactive particles might have been blown towards Xian but discovered winds had been blowing towards the east for most of the time in question.
The team also calculated that in order to generate enough fallout to boost the amount of iodine-129 in Xian by so much, the bomb detonated in North Korea would have had to have been “many, many times” larger than reported estimates, Zhang said.
of the world’s largest spent nuclear fuel recycling plants, in France and Britain, had released more than six tonnes of iodine-129 into the environment since the 1960s, more than 100 times the amount produced by all the nuclear weapons tests conducted in the atmosphere.
But that suggestion came under fire from many people in the research community, who pointed out that Xian was more than 8,000km from France and Britain.
Professor Guo Qiuju, a nuclear physicist leading the research programme on nuclear hazard monitoring at Peking University, said that if Europe was to blame, there must have been a very large, very serious accident that had not been disclosed.
But Guo, also a member of an expert panel that advises the Chinese government on dealing with North Korea’s nuclear threat, said the incident was unlikely to have been caused by the bomb test either.
A nuclear safety expert who requested anonymity said Xian was home to a major research centre for China’s nuclear weapon programme.
Zhang admitted the need to avoid public panic was one reason the information had been kept from the public until the end of November.
“Our investigation was not completed then,” she said. | 2019-04-25T23:41:13 | https://nuclear-news.net/2017/12/30/what-caused-radiation-spike-in-xian-north-korean-blast-european-accident-or-one-closer-to-home/ |
0.999795 | In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the filling and adjust the seasoning. Refrigerate the mixture for at least 1 hour. Place one lettuce leaf and a quarter of the cheddar cheese slices in each pita pocket. Place the filling between the cheese and the lettuce to keep the pita from getting soggy. Wrap well and refrigerate.
In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the filling and adjust the seasoning. Refrigerate the mixture for at least 1 hour.
Place one lettuce leaf and a quarter of the cheddar cheese slices in each pita pocket. Place the filling between the cheese and the lettuce to keep the pita from getting soggy. | 2019-04-18T22:35:51 | https://www.metro.ca/en/recipes-occasions/recipes/curried-turkey-pita |
0.999227 | I love being on the shooting stage—there is a creative energy there that exists nowhere else. This is where the film starts coming together! But, then, when the material comes into the editing I always disagree with myself: No, this is where it starts coming together! The task of assembling varying shots in sequence is what differentiates film from photography, theatre, painting, and the other visual arts. | 2019-04-24T15:06:08 | https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-lean-forward/9780321591005/ch07.html |
0.999552 | What do I need to tell my doctor BEFORE I take Testosterone Topical Solution?
If you have an allergy to testosterone or any other part of testosterone topical solution.
If you are a woman. This medicine is not approved for use in women. If you are a woman using testosterone topical solution, talk with your doctor if you are pregnant, plan on getting pregnant, or are breast-feeding.
If the patient is a child. Do not give testosterone topical solution to a child.
This is not a list of all drugs or health problems that interact with testosterone topical solution.
Tell your doctor and pharmacist about all of your drugs (prescription or OTC, natural products, vitamins) and health problems. You must check to make sure that it is safe for you to take testosterone topical solution with all of your drugs and health problems. Do not start, stop, or change the dose of any drug without checking with your doctor.
What are some things I need to know or do while I take Testosterone Topical Solution?
Tell all of your health care providers that you take testosterone topical solution. This includes your doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists.
If you have an enlarged prostate, your signs can get worse while you use testosterone topical solution. Call your doctor if this happens to you.
High blood pressure has happened with testosterone topical solution. Have your blood pressure checked as you have been told by your doctor.
Treatment with testosterone topical solution may lead to higher cholesterol and triglycerides. The effect of these changes on heart health is not known. Talk with the doctor.
If you are taking warfarin, talk with your doctor. You may need to have your blood work checked more closely while you are taking it with testosterone topical solution.
This medicine may affect certain lab tests. Tell all of your health care providers and lab workers that you take testosterone topical solution.
Do not switch between different forms of testosterone topical solution without first talking with the doctor.
Blood clots have happened with testosterone topical solution. Tell your doctor if you have ever had a blood clot. Talk with your doctor.
If you are 65 or older, use testosterone topical solution with care. You could have more side effects.
How is this medicine (Testosterone Topical Solution) best taken?
Use testosterone topical solution as ordered by your doctor. Read all information given to you. Follow all instructions closely.
Do not take testosterone topical solution by mouth. Use on your skin only.
Use testosterone topical solution at the same time of day.
Do not get testosterone topical solution on other parts of your body or on other people.
After putting testosterone topical solution on, you will need to wait some time before you bathe, shower, or swim. Be sure you know how long you need to wait. Read the package insert for more details.
Put on clean, dry, healthy skin using the applicator under the arm.
Do not use your fingers or hand to rub testosterone topical solution into the skin.
Change armpits with each dose.
Allow skin to dry between uses.
If you use an antiperspirant or deodorant, put on at least 2 minutes before you put on testosterone topical solution.
Very bad irritation where testosterone topical solution is used.
What are some other side effects of Testosterone Topical Solution?
Irritation where testosterone topical solution is used.
How do I store and/or throw out Testosterone Topical Solution?
This medicine comes with an extra patient fact sheet called a Medication Guide. Read it with care. Read it again each time testosterone topical solution is refilled. If you have any questions about testosterone topical solution, please talk with the doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider. | 2019-04-23T10:44:36 | https://www.drugs.com/cdi/testosterone-topical-solution.html |
0.999554 | What surname will Harry and Meghan's royal baby have?
The countdown is on for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first royal baby, due in April.
While there’s been speculation over where Meghan will give birth and the child’s gender, there’s also been questions about what last name he or she will have.
It’s a complicated matter, but it’s all down to whether the baby will have a title.
Currently, none of Harry and Meghan’s children will be a prince or princess, unless the Queen steps in.
READ MORE: When will Meghan Markle start her maternity leave?
While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first born George was always set to be a prince (as he is the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales), their daughter Charlotte would have been known as Lady Charlotte without the amendment.
The Queen issued a new letters patent in 2012 so that all children of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would be a prince or princess and given the HRH title.
Her Majesty could decide to do the same for Harry and Meghan’s children, but at this point, they will be a lord or lady.
When it comes to surnames, all descendants in the male line of the monarch, other than females who marry or have married, use the last name Windsor, as set out in the Letters Patent 1917.
The Duke of Edinburgh wasn’t able to pass his surname to his children. He had hoped that when his wife took the throne, his adopted last name, Mountbatten, would become double-barrelled with Windsor, but that was not agreed to by then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
But a declaration made by the Queen in Privy Council in 1960, said that male-line descendants of the monarch, without royal styles and titles, shall bear the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
If Harry and Meghan’s child is not issued a title, they will carry that last name.
When the Earl and Countess of Wessex had their first child Lady Louise in 2003, she would have been entitled to be styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wessex, as she is a child of one of the monarch’s sons.
However when Edward and Sophie were married in 1999, it was announced that their children would be styled as the children of an earl, rather than as prince or princess.
So while her full name is Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor, she is styled as Lady Louise Windsor.
Princess Anne was the first royal to use the surname on her marriage certificate at her wedding to Captain Mark Phillips in 1973. | 2019-04-26T03:54:51 | https://ca.style.yahoo.com/surname-will-harry-meghans-royal-baby-120136282.html |
0.989913 | Week 7: Vikings at Giants (video) The Arkansas Association of High School Officials gets it. The NFL does not. If you are an official at any level, may I suggest you print this tweet, cut it out, and laminate it: 1. Clock status 2. Downs 3. Penalty enforcement 4. Whistle control 5. | 2019-04-24T17:51:10 | http://www.footballzebras.com/tag/vikings/ |
0.999789 | Once code has been pushed into a GitHub branch and a pull request has been created the WebQA team will be notified. So what happens next?
1.1 When doing a code review where should you start?
1.2 Who can do a code review?
1.3 Who can't do a code review?
4 Who can do merges?
When doing a code review where should you start?
Make sure you click on the diff button and add comments in line there. It makes life easier for others doing code reviews since they don't need to hunt for your comment.
Run the tests to make sure they pass.
This means making sure than any tests affected by the pull request pass, which may include tests that were not changed by the pull request. For example, if a page object changes then any tests that use that page object should be tested. If in doubt about which tests may have been affected, just run the complete test suite.
Who can do a code review?
The whole Mozilla Web QA team can do code reviews and the whole team is encouraged to do code reviews. The reason behind this is that we all learn by new techniques that people think of. It also opens a discussion between the whole team if we feel that something should change. Voluntary contributors are also encouraged to do code reviews, especially those with significant experience with our tests.
Who can't do a code review?
Read and respond to all comments made by reviewers.
When making changes to your code in response to comments, create a new commit for the changes and push it individually to Github. Do not squash commits at this point as it makes it much harder for your reviewers to see what you have done to address their comments.
After pushing a new commit add a comment to the pull request as GitHub will not automatically inform anyone of the fact that you have pushed a new commit.
Once the pull request has received the required number of positive reviews (usually one or two), you should squash your commits locally if you are able to and then push a new single commit to your fork to replace all of the commits that were created during the review process. If you are not comfortable doing this squash then request that it be done by someone else by leaving a comment on the pull request.
Make sure all the tests are still passing.
Make sure the pull request has at least one positive review.
Make sure that the commits in the pull request have been appropriately squashed.
If they have not been, ask the submitter whether they are comfortable doing so, and offer to help them if they would like to learn.
If the submitter is not comfortable doing the squash themselves, you can do it locally for them via the command line. In this case you would not use the "Merge pull request" button in Github.
Note that if the review process was particularly lengthy and resulted in multiple changes it may make sense to keep more than one commit, but in general commits should be squashed.
After verifying the above, click the big green "Merge pull request" button in Github, unless you have already done the merge via the command line.
After the merge is complete please watch the next build in Jenkins to ensure that it is green, or at least adds no new failures.
In general, you cannot merge-in your own code/pull requests, but if it has received a positive review from someone else you can merge it yourself on their behalf.
There are two suggested ways of squashing commits locally in order to reduce the number of commits in a branch to one before merging the branch into master. The first one, interactive rebase is likely the simplest, so we suggest you try that first.
You will use git's interactive rebase feature to take all of the commits that are currently in the branch and squash them into a single commit.
Note: If all the commits are ones that were added only to the feature branch then you should not run into any issues. If your feature branch includes commits from master that were pulled in during development of the feature, you could encounter conflicts when doing the interactive rebase which you'll need to address. In this case it might be simpler to go with the second option merge with --squash.
Note that you can just type an s instead of the whole word squash.
Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/my_branch.
This method is a bit simpler than the above, but it requires an extra step which can be prone to user error. This is because when you do a merge with --squash, you lose the author information, so you need to know what those values need to be and then update them afterwards. Here's an example.
This will open your editor to specify the commit message, and it will be pre-populated with information from each commit in the feature branch. You can use some of these commit messages, or you can create your own. Make a note of the author specified in this file as you will need to use that value to update the author.
After you save the file you will be returned to the command line and the new commit will be added to the repo.
This will open your code editor one last time, which will allow you to edit the commit message again, but you won't need to change it as you will have already edited it in the step before, so just save and close the file.
This page was last modified on 18 September 2014, at 13:29. | 2019-04-18T10:53:13 | https://wiki.mozilla.org/Web_Testing/Automation/CodeReviewProcess |
0.999964 | How do you convert polygons to multiple rasters in model builder?
I am attempting to build a process model in model builder and keep getting stuck at a point where I need to convert vector data to raster. Model builder wants to take all of my overlapping polygons and create a single grid. I thought I would be able to use an iterative process in Model Builder to cycle the process through each of the 100+ records (polygons) in my original feature class, but have not been able to do this.
How do I convert a set of polygons to multiple raster files where each polygon results in a single raster?
How can I systematically process only one record at a time?
I would add a field to the polygon feature class and populate in with an incremental number 0 to whatever. Then use either the "Select" or "Select Layer by Attribute" tool as your first process to select the feature whose number is equal to variable %n% which represents the number of iterations that your model is going through (keep in mind %n% starts at 0 not 1).
I have to same issue and I'm not sure until now you can find the solution or not. If you know how to solve this problem, could you please share with me?
Vannareth, this is FAR easier in ModelBuilder at 10x/Pro, which supports iterator tools. | 2019-04-20T12:29:56 | https://community.esri.com/thread/31667-how-do-you-convert-polygons-to-multiple-rasters-in-model-builder |
0.999987 | Law schools teach the law but they don't teach business. I recently started my own estate planning firm and am struggling to make what I think I should. Are there benchmarks for earnings and expenses I can use?
I know a bunch of lawyer jokes but not much about the business of law, so I asked the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys (AAEPA), an organization that provides its members with educational materials, research, and practice management techniques for insight.
Easy to calculate: Gross revenue divided by total employees. A half-time employee counts as a .5, an employee who works four days a week counts as a .8, etc.
If your firm falls below $130,000 per person that's a huge warning sign. (Of course, since your practice is new it could take time to get there.) Otherwise your firm is likely to be over-staffed and/or inefficient.
Revenue between $150,000 and $175,000 per employee is great. To get there you'll need to charge consistent fees, not under-sell your value, put solid systems in place, and maintain an extremely low employee turnover rate.
I know what you're thinking: "How can my paralegal generate $150,000 a year?" Obviously he won't, but your setup should ensure that you are freed up to as much high-revenue work as possible--which then raises your per-employee average.
Gross revenue divided by attorneys on staff.
Well-run firms tend to have per-attorney revenue of at least $500,000, but many of the AAEPA's member firms are closer to $1 million per attorney. Of course those firms have worked long and hard to reach that level and their structure supports it; a two-attorney firm might have one "back-office" lawyer fulfilling the majority of the other lawyer's $1 million rainmaking, client-landing efforts.
Since you're new a lack of clients may be your biggest revenue issue. Past that, firms that tend to fall below this benchmark tend to do so because their attorneys are doing non-attorney work like drafting correspondence, drafting and editing documents, attending final signing meetings, checking the mail--all the stuff that should be delegated.
Of that amount, a firm's owner should be paying themselves 40 percent of gross revenue. In your case that might be high since you've likely made significant early investments in furnishings, equipment, etc.
Then 25-30 percent of gross revenue should go to staff and non-equity attorneys. You might fall on the low range because your employees are relatively new and possibly inexperienced. Firms with long-term skilled employees may decide to pay a little more, both to reward service and to keep turnover low.
Generally speaking, spend less than 8% of gross revenue on landing new clients and you'll probably struggle to meet revenue goals. Spend more and you're probably not marketing wisely.
Another way to look at marketing results is on a per-case rather than per-client basis. If you land me as a client, that's one client. If you do an irrevocable trust, a family limited partnership, and a durable power of attorney for me, those count as three cases. Divide your marketing expense by the number of cases you handle. If you're spending more than $250 per case your marketing is relatively inefficient.
You might spend more for prestige address, and only you can decide if that expense is worth it.
Otherwise, spending more probably means your space is too large. Total office space, counting offices, lobby, conference rooms, and other common areas, should range between 250 and 350 square feet per employee.
If your number is higher you could consider moving, but you could also consider subletting space to a complementary firm like a CPA or financial planner. Not only will you reduce expenses, you might create a nice cooperative setup that benefits both firms.
Unhealthy fees. Too low or too high.
Fudged fees. Different fees for different clients, different fees from one attorney to another in the same firm, tossing in additional services at no extra charge for some clients and not for others... in short, sloppy fee structures.
High employee turnover. Constantly training and ramping up new employees.
Poor marketing plans. To paraphrase Field of Dreams, "Spend it... but they won't necessarily come."
Attorneys performing non-attorney tasks. Leave non-attorney work to non-attorneys; attorneys should generate revenue.
Ignoring additional work. The client who comes to you for a Will may also needs a Trust, a Durable Power of Attorney, maybe a Pourover Will--basic needs meetings can often uncover additional client needs--if you're paying attention.
Your results may eventually vary (hopefully in a good way), but for now, use these benchmarks as targets to shoot for as you build your practice.
And then call your law school and ask, "Granted I took business law, but why didn't you teach me anything about the actual business of law?" | 2019-04-22T20:08:46 | https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-to-evaluate-law-firm-financials-wed.html |
0.998797 | As a relative newbie I'm looking for some guidance as regards quotations to agencies. In ballpark terms what percentage of their "normal" (i.e. direct-to-the-customer) rate do freelancers charge to agencies?
In general, you will have to do your own research, by looking at web sites of agencies for any clues.
As a rule of thumb, agencies will (reluctantly) pay you an absolute maximum of half of what they charge the customer. However, you (being an individual, not an agency) cannot charge your direct customers what they charge theirs. You might possibly squeeze out of your direct customers about 2 cents per word more than the agencies pay you - but you will really have to stand your ground in order to get even that.
The only power you will ever gain, to be paid more by anybody (agencies or direct clients), is if you build up a reputation for reliable work - and that takes time.
As Astrid says, it varies widely and is essentially a question of supply and demand (i.e. how much do you want/need the work, how much is the agency prepared/able to pay, taking factors such as reliability and quality of translator into account, etc.).
Having made that proviso, however, I can tell you that my 'agency rate' is around 75% of the rate I charge direct clients and I would be loathe to accept anything lower than that.
However, you (being an individual, not an agency) cannot charge your direct customers what they charge theirs.
Erm... why not, out of interest?
Probably many times you won't know how much they charge to their clients.
You may want to check the average translators charge in your language pair(s) and take any point as your basis for quoting agencies. There are some agencies who want to pay you low rates because, they argue, are in a lower market. So, if your basis is a given rate in any currency, you are to get a standard income based on it and not on a pecentage of the agencies income.
I charge my direct clients more than the agencies do. Agencies get lower and lower (this is a competitive world), especailly if they are responding to tenders, whereas if a direct client asks me to work for him, I can charge normal rates.
By the way, good agencies take care of their good translators and pay them well - for instance 70% or two-thirds of what they charge the client. If an agency asks you to work for 0,05 € or 0,06 € this means that they haven't been able to sell the translation very well, and you can ask yourself if they are sufficiently well organized to pay you.
The way I see it is that when a direct client chooses to work with an individual translator he wants a more direct contact, consistency in the output, a certain profile to be matched etc. Sometimes it's even a question of confidentiality - only one person having contact with a certain document, for example.
I agree that the agencies are probably cutting down the prices, as an agency owner with whom I used to work told me that in order to get projects, he had to cut prices... Well, I'm sorry, but this is a business decision, and if that's good for him, ok. But, at that particular moment, it wasn't good for me, and I didn't accept the job.
At the end of the day, they might end up losing clients due to quality problems.
After all, the client never accepts the excuse of "but with the prices you pay me..." for receiving a bad translation. They expect the same quality, as they should. It's up to us, as the providers, to set limits and say: "sorry, for this amount of money I couldn't offer the same quality".
Don't sell yourself low and accept the offers that make sense to you.
Just choose a chunk of text and let some agencies bid for the translation. Then you know how much they charge on average.
Many thanks to all of you for the useful pointers - I appreciate your having taken the time to answer! | 2019-04-18T11:00:19 | https://www.proz.com/forum/money_matters/35928-quotations_to_agencies.html |
0.999976 | HOW many times per day!?
Pet owners tend to feed their beloved cats just twice a day, but now it looks like our poor moggies might need to eat much more regularly than we ever realised.
As The Metro reports, two animal welfare experts have revealed that your furry BFF may actually need a whopping five meals a day.
Through their work with International Cat Care for Birmingham-based science event The Big Bang Fair, veterinary experts Dr Sarah Ellis and Dr Lizzie Rowe have suggested that we should give our cats five smaller meals per day, rather than two larger bowls.
They believe this feeding plan more closely resembles a feline's natural eating patterns in the wild, where they would spend most of their time hunting for small prey, such as mice.
The experts believe our tendency to offer cats two large bowls of food could make them overeat and gain too much weight, so 'little and often' may be the best approach when it comes to feeding them.
Doctors Ellis and Rowe believe that cats eating five small meals a day tend to experience lower levels of stress, reduced anxiety and aggression, as well as weight loss.
Additionally, they'll be less likely to engage in attention-seeking behaviour – good news for your sofa if your pet is always scratching it!
Dr Ellis says: 'The way we feed our cats generally does not match the lifestyle they were designed for.
'Cats have undergone little in the way of selective breeding during the domestication process and therefore have an instinctive need to hunt.
'This modern lifestyle could be dangerous to pets, but by making a few simple changes to the way we feed them, we can help our cats to live longer, healthier and happier lives.
They also recommend turning meal times into a bit of a game forcats to mimic the natural hunting process and keep them entertained. | 2019-04-19T17:13:05 | https://www.prima.co.uk/family/pets/news/a37336/cats-should-be-fed-five-times-per-day/ |
0.999642 | Overseas Exile: How did I get to Europe?
How did I get to Europe?
I should just get my own experiences out of the way because people are going to ask: I did it the hard way by building up my CV (résumé) and marketing myself. When I was gathering some paperwork the British government needed for my work permit application, one of my former colleagues asked: "why do you get to go to Europe and we don't?" I replied "I know that some of you are better computer programmers than I am, but nobody knows who you are."
Basically, I started volunteering with The Perl Foundation, a non-profit organization which works to advance the programming language that I specialize in. I also started blogging prolifically at a major Perl Web site, answered questions online for people, and tried to always be polite and answer even the simplest questions nicely. I even started going to conferences. One thing led to another and I found my name on the cover of a book about that programming language (not linked because that's probably not why you're reading this blog). I was actually offered a position only a couple of years after I started doing this, but that was a bit of a fluke (long story and I only landed in Europe for about 3 months of 2001). It was after a few years of doing this that a serious offer came through and I moved to Nottingham, UK in 2006.
If you remember my Why you'll say "no" to moving abroad post, I talked about the things you need to do to make it easier to move to another country. When my UK employer contacted me, they really had no idea how to do this. It was a recruiter who put me in touch with them. During the phone interviews, I explained to them, at length, how to hire an overseas employee and I later sent them links on the Home Office Website explaining the process, the paperwork they would have to complete and the costs they would have to pay. I also explained that I was leaving my possessions in the US, so they wouldn't even have to pay to ship my household goods. In short, I made it as easy as possible for them to say yes and make this work. It took several months for my work permit to go through, but I made it.
On a side note, I also took a road trip through Europe with a friend of mine. That's where I took this lovely picture of a Corsican sunset. If you ever have a chance to visit Corsica, I highly recommend it. It's gorgeous.
Please note that my experiences are not typical, but then, many people's experiences aren't. I knew one guy who simply bought a round trip ticket to the UK and threw away his return ticket. I was also housemates with a woman who flew to South America and kept taking under-the-counter work as she worked her way from country to country. She didn't speak Spanish or have a legal right to work, but she traveled across South America for six months doing this. You can do this, too. It's all a matter of determination and courage. There's really not much luck involved.
That poses the question: what did you do with your possessions in the US? We encounter this all the time. Do we rent our house out furnished for expats from the country we want to move to? We own a house in Portland, and would like to keep it, if not just for its resource potential (right now, it could likely net us 800$/month if we were to rent it out). But the stuff... selling it all that, while possible, is tedious. And generally wasteful.
@thedr9wningman: I've a friend back in the US who kindly agreed to let me keep some in his basement. Other than that, I sold almost everything I owned aside from a few items I took with me in suitcases.
I've another friend who put her stuff in storage for a while and once she knew she was not moving back to the US, she flew back and arranged shipping for all of her goods. There are plenty of international shipping services which will help you move house. I can't recommend any since I haven't used them.
@Sharon: thanks for that fantastic link. Great tips! | 2019-04-25T20:50:28 | http://www.overseas-exile.com/2010/11/how-did-i-get-to-europe.html |
0.999999 | How do I download an XPI without Firefox trying to install it?
Mail Redirect, a TB addon, recently switched to Sourceforge because MozDev was shutting down or something. However, attempting to download the latest XPI from Sourceforge (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mailredirect/mailredirect-0.7.7-sm%2Btb.xpi?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fmailredirect%2F%3Fsource%3Ddirectory&ts=1370301869&use_mirror=iweb) fails, because Firefox assumes the download is supposed to be an install of a Firefox addon, and Mail Redirect's metadata is set to be incompatible with Firefox.
There is no way to override this and force an actual download; clicking "Direct Link" on the page does the same thing, and dragging either of the links to the Downloads window (Ctrl-J) downloads an HTML document with a .XPI extension, which is obviously useless. What's more, Thunderbird has no convenient way of opening arbitrary webpages.
I finally caved and used IE to download it. It took about 30 seconds.
Mail Redirect, a TB addon, recently switched to Sourceforge because MozDev was shutting down or something. However, attempting to download the latest XPI from Sourceforge (http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mailredirect/mailredirect-0.7.7-sm%2Btb.xpi?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fmailredirect%2F%3Fsource%3Ddirectory&ts=1370301869&use_mirror=iweb) fails, because Firefox assumes the download is supposed to be an install of a Firefox addon, and Mail Redirect's metadata is set to be incompatible with Firefox. There is no way to override this and force an actual download; clicking "Direct Link" on the page does the same thing, and dragging either of the links to the Downloads window (Ctrl-J) downloads an HTML document with a .XPI extension, which is obviously useless. What's more, Thunderbird has no convenient way of opening arbitrary webpages. I finally caved and used IE to download it. It took about 30 seconds.
You will have to right-click such a link to save the file (you now have such a link above).
Alternatively you can set the Boolean pref browser.altClickSave to true on the about:config page.
Then you can hold down the Alt key and left-click a link.
security.crl.autoupdate.errDetail.VeriSign Trust Network: Download of the CRL failed due to Network problems.
security.crl.autoupdate.errDetail.VeriSign Trust Network SGC: Download of the CRL failed due to Network problems.
How to disable firefox asking if I really want to launch .msi file?
You will have to right-click such a link to save the file (you now have such a link above). Alternatively you can set the Boolean pref <b>browser.altClickSave</b> to <i>true</i> on the <b>about:config</b> page.<br /> Then you can hold down the Alt key and left-click a link.
Right-click the direct link and Save Link As instead of Left-click.
Right-click the '''direct link''' and Save Link As instead of Left-click.
Well, don't I just feel stupid. I should have tried that earlier, but somehow I didn't?
Ah well. Humility is good for the soul or something.
Well, don't I just feel stupid. I should have tried that earlier, but somehow I didn't? Ah well. Humility is good for the soul or something.
Hmm. Sure enough; not sure why the README is inserted at the bottom, but I guess that's SF's fault. | 2019-04-20T17:11:34 | https://support.mozilla.org/es/questions/961164 |
0.776528 | Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth on "Arrested Development"
I know, this deranged Fox comedy is sort of canceled -- it'll come back in December for a few episodes -- and there's not a ton of hope it will ever come back after that (Showtime, which is rumored to be interested in the loopy comedy, won't comment on whether it might pick up the show).
It's very hard to choose which Bluth family member I'll miss most. But for today, it's Lucille, who's the polar opposite of Rochelle on "Everybody Hates Chris": Lucille is perpetually drunk and couldn't care less what kind of trouble her kids get in. She volunteered one son for the Army, fooled around with her husband's brother and could barely bring herself to attend her husband's court dates. Her only concern is keeping the cocktails coming, and making sure she has an ample supply of her husband's ill-gotten loot.
Her blithe disregard for every precept of good parenting is refreshing, and Jessica Walter wisely doesn't try to make Lucille likable. She's much more fun as a slightly sloshed, wickedly sarcastic non-nurturer, and TV won't be the same without her.
Tichina Arnold as Rochelle on "Everybody Hates Chris"
As the mother on this hit UPN comedy, Arnold is a master of The Look. "That look means, `There's a smack over here if you want it," narrator Chris Rock explains.
Rochelle's brand of mothering is decidedly old-school; you're unlikely to hear a modern-day parent threaten to "slap your face out the phone book." The funny thing is, Rochelle never follows through on her threats; she doesn't lay a hand on her kids, but then she doesn't have to. This mother hen just needs The Look and her sharp tongue to get her brood into line.
Behind that look, though, there's a protective, loving mother, which Arnold makes clear. It's rare to see a mother this funny and this fierce all at once on television; props to Arnold for making Rochelle much more than just another wise-cracking sitcom mom.
Kelly Bishop and Edward Herrmann as Emily and Richard Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls"
"Gilmore Girls" has been uneven at best this season; the protracted fight between Lorelai and Rory Gilmore left the writers scrambling to cram the show with filler plots that stretched many fans' patience to the limit.
Through it all, Bishop and Herrmann have been, as usual, one of the main reasons to tune in to this comedy-drama: As Rory's ultra-WASP grandparents, they've been an unbeatable combination for six seasons. This year, Herrmann's work has been particularly moving, especially when Richard began to question whether he and his wife did the right thing by taking in Rory after she dropped out of Yale and fought with her mom. His pain at the realization he may have wronged both Lorelai and Rory is palpable. And Emily's smackdown of the mother of Rory's rich boyfriend was an instant TV classic. Nobody does polite evisceration quite like Emily Gilmore.
These two characters could have been stereotypical preppies, but thank goodness, they're so much more, thanks to Herrmann and Bishop's fantastic work. Do you hear me, Emmy voters?
Robert Knepper as T-Bag on "Prison Break"
T-Bag is used to attention. Strutting around Fox River Penitentiary with his posse in tow, Theodore Bagwell, a.k.a. T-Bag, revels in the fact that he's one of the institution's most feared inmates. Whether he's terrorizing a string of young male "companions" or fomenting a riot, T-Bag is compellingly unpredictable, cracking jokes with his lilting Southern accent one minute, threatening ultra-violence the next.
T-Bag may revel in attention, but Robert Knepper, who has worked in television, theater and film for 25 years and has a role in the acclaimed movie "Good Night, and Good Luck," is finding it strange to be recognized for his work on "Prison Break."
"People look at me now," the actor says over dinner at one of his favorite haunts, The Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company. "It's gone from, `Are you that guy?' to, `You're that guy!'"
Indeed, throughout dinner, fans stop by to pay their respects to the actor; the reaction is just as warm at a Lincoln Park bar later. Though it's a new thing, Knepper appreciates fans' attention; it makes his return to Chicago all the sweeter.
Knepper, who grew up in a small town in Ohio and was a theater major at Northwestern from 1977-'81, made a splash in several early '80s Chicago theater productions, including Victory Gardens' "Ties," as well as "Class Enemy" at Next Theatre and David Mamet's "Lake Boat" at the Goodman.
"I worked every day. I was so lucky," Knepper says of his time in Chicago's tight-knit theater world. "You didn't do theater to get discovered, you did it to do theater. And I've never felt that sense of community anywhere else."
Though Knepper, who can be found most days on the "Prison Break" set doing Dr. Seuss-inspired drawings, which he faxes every night to his 3-year-old son in Los Angeles, has little in common with T-Bag (aside from a sly sense of humor), he thinks working in Chicago gives his performance an extra edge.
"I don't know if I could have done the same work if the show was shot in L.A.," he says. "People say, `What do you draw on to play such a desperate character?' But T-Bag treats the prison like his castle. He's the leader of this group of people. . . . T-Bag can walk down the [halls] feeling like, `This is my place.'"
And that's how Knepper feels about the Windy City. "It's like the old days, it's like a great theater experience," Knepper says of "Prison Break," which is filmed in and around Chicago. "Everyone depends on everyone else, and it's truly an amazing team of actors and writers."
Though it's not yet known when "Prison Break" will return after its Nov. 28 "fall finale," Knepper, having lived through the blizzard of 1979, is prepared for whatever happens before shooting wraps up in Chicago in March. "I'm ready, I have my Arctic coat," Knepper says with a laugh.
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0.999796 | The charts below show the percentage of Irish students at one university who spoke an additional language to English from 2000 to 2010.
The pie charts illustrate the percentage of Irish students who were able to speak languages other than English at a particular university over a ten year period.
Overall, the proportion of students speaking a foreign language had increased by 2010, especially those of European languages closer to Ireland.
In 2000, seventy percent of all students were bilingual with Spanish, French and Celtic accounting for over half of all languages spoken by students. While Spanish was certainly the most popular second language (30%), ten percent of students reported speaking three languages that year. Speakers of only one language or another language accounted for 20% and 15% respectively.
Ten years later, three in four students spoke a second language at the expense of mono language speakers who declined by half. Spanish remained the most popular second language overall increasing by 5%, meanwhile, the number of trilingual students rose slightly to 15%. Although French decreased slightly, the number of Celtic speakers stayed the same and those who spoke another language recorded a slight rise.
This paragraph paraphrases the question using different terms for “an additional language” and stated time.
The languages that increased were Spanish and French which are nearest to Ireland.
In general, people knowing more than one language had become more numerous by 2010, though single language speakers had declined.
Describe each pie chart segment. Group Spanish, French and Celtic together to give the total number of bilingual students and state a general trend for your first sentence. Give details in following sentences.
Use comparative language to relate 2010 to 2000.
Give the least significant information last.
The pie charts illustration the percentage Irish students who were able to speak languages other than English at particular university over ten year period.
Overall, the proportion of students speaking a foreign language have increased 2010, especially those of European language closer to Ireland.
In 2000, seventy percent of all students were bilingual with Spanish, French and Celtic accounting over half of all languages spoken by students. While Spanish is certainly most popular second language (30%), ten percent of students report speaking three language that year. Speakers of only one language or another language accounted 20% and 15% respectively.
Ten years later, three in four students speaking a second language at the expense of mono language speakers who declined half, Spanish remained the most popular second language overall increasing by 5%, meanwhile, the number of trilingual students rose slightly 15%. Although French decreases slightly, the number of Celtic speaker stayed the same and those who speaking another language record a slight rise.
Ten years later, three in four students spoke a second language at the expense of mono language speakers who declined by half, Spanish remained the most popular second language overall increasing by 5%, meanwhile, the number of trilingual students rose slightly to 15%. Although French decreased slightly, the number of Celtic speakers stayed the same and those who spoke another language recorded a slight rise.
How many speakers were bilingual in 2000? What was the most/least popular tongue spoken in addition to English? What about three languages? Can you think of any other words for language? What about people who can speak one, two or even three languages?
What were the changes per segment by 2010? Use the grouping of bilingual and trilingual to make comparing the two charts easier. What trends do you notice by 2010? | 2019-04-25T23:46:31 | https://www.bestmytest.com/ielts/ielts-academic-writing/37 |
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0.997326 | Has anyone else noticed a reduction in the quality of antialiasing of all line work when saved to a 3D PDF using the Rhino PDF plugin? Surfaces render smoothly.
For me it is now very poor - it doesn't look as though there is any line antialiasing in effect. I don't think it's the fault of the Simlab plugin, as I've just opened a 3D PDF I made with it some years ago (and that I always remembered to be smoothly rendered in the past) and that too is very jaggy.
I've had a play around with the program-specific settings for Adobe Reader in the nvidia control panel, but they don't seem to have any effect. The PC I'm using has a Quadro K4000 GPU.
Any hints or tips to improve this?
Once the security setting that's mentioned is disabled (i.e. disable Protected Mode as default behaviour), it looks as though Acrobat Reader then allows any changes to settings made in the nvidia control panel to take effect when viewing 3D PDF's. Lines are anti-aliased and any lines that have been drawn on surfaces in Rhino are shown fully and cleanly, where previously only bits of lines could be seen. | 2019-04-18T15:25:15 | http://simlabforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10532&p=18780 |
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