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0.999926 | Danny Simon, a veteran comedy writer who was a member of the fabled writing staff of Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" and the inspiration for many of the characters in his younger brother Neil's famous plays, has died. He was 86.
Simon died Tuesday of complications after a stroke at the Robison Jewish Health Center in Portland, Ore., his family said.
Teaming up with his brother in the 1940s, Simon wrote material for comics such as Buddy Hackett, Jan Murray and Phil Silvers. The Simons also wrote for various radio shows and for television shows such as "Broadway Open House" and the Red Buttons and Jackie Gleason shows, as well as "Your Show of Shows."
After the brothers split up as a writing team in 1954, Danny Simon became head writer on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" and later on Danny Thomas' "Make Room for Daddy."
He also wrote for shows such as "My Three Sons," "The Carol Burnett Show," "The Mac Davis Show," "The Kraft Music Hall," "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes" as well as jokes for Joan Rivers' guest-host appearances on "The Tonight Show."
As a director, his credits include many off-Broadway productions of his brother's plays.
"He was a very, very good man," Caesar told The Times on Wednesday. "He knew his business, he knew comedy, and he worked at it diligently. He really was such a dedicated man."
Writer-producer Larry Gelbart, who wrote a failed TV pilot with Neil and Danny Simon in the 1950s, said that, as a comedy writer, Danny Simon "was among the best."
"He thought about comedy a lot more than the average comedy writer thought about it," Gelbart told The Times. "He had definite ideas about what made a line funny, what made a play funny. A lot of people credit him with being terribly influential in their careers."
Woody Allen is one of them. Simon hired the young joke writer to write sketches on what was then called "The Colgate Variety Hour."
"I learned a few things on my own since, and modified some of the things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from Danny Simon," Allen once said.
There's no question that Simon was a major influence on his brother Neil's career. They not only wrote together for about nine years, but Danny Simon-like characters showed up in successful Neil Simon plays such as "Come Blow Your Horn," "The Odd Couple," "Plaza Suite," "Chapter Two," "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Broadway Bound."
"There have been more plays written about me than about Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc and Julius Caesar all put together," Simon often joked.
"Danny made me laugh.... He made everyone laugh," Neil Simon said in a statement Tuesday. "He was a character -- in more ways than one -- in at least nine or 10 of my plays, and I'm sure will probably be there again in many plays to come."
Born in the Bronx on Dec. 18, 1918 -- about 8 1/2 years before his brother -- Simon grew up keeping his eye on Neil in his baby carriage while playing stickball.
"Pain," he said. "We had a very unhappy childhood. My parents were always splitting up. I used to console Neil that one day we'd grow out of it and have a better life."
Simon was in his early 20s and working in a New York department store when he asked his teenage brother, whom he called Doc, to help him write a sketch for an employee show.
"Doc was coming up with these great jokes, never having written in his life," Simon recalled in a 1986 interview with the Washington Post.
"I knew he had a personal sense of humor, but I never thought he could write the stuff on demand that way."
The brothers' first big professional break came after World War II, when Danny Simon learned that Goodman Ace was assembling a team of comedy writers at CBS Radio. After landing an interview, he was told to bring in a sketch the next day.
"Neil and I wrote all that night in this tiny little bedroom we shared," he recalled. "Mother kept calling up asking what we were doing. It's just the way Neil pictures it in 'Broadway Bound.' Then, the next morning, we went over to see Goodman Ace -- he had a cigar in his mouth and looked like George S. Kaufman -- and he read one joke and fell off his chair. The cigar flew out of his mouth, and he said, 'OK, when do you guys start working?' "
During their years as a writing team, Danny Simon told People magazine in 1983, "I was the leader. When we were writing, it was Danny and Doc, not Doc and Danny. He would have starved if it weren't for me."
In the early 1960s, after they had split and Neil launched his career as a playwright, Danny Simon gave his brother the idea for what became one of his biggest hit plays, "The Odd Couple."
It is loosely based on Danny Simon's experiences while going through a divorce from his wife, Arlene, and sharing a home with a Hollywood agent friend whose wife had left him. Danny was considered the neater one of the two.
Danny wrote 14 pages about two divorced guys who move in together and have the same problems they had when they were married. But then he stopped.
"Neil thought it was the greatest idea ever and kept calling me up every four weeks to see how the play was coming," he told the Post in 1986. "But I kept looking for excuses not to write it."
Finally, he told his brother, "Doc, I'll never get around to writing this play. You better take it."
Later, Simon was reportedly irritated that Neil did not credit the script as being "From an idea by Danny Simon." Neil Simon gave his brother one-sixth of the royalties for the idea.
"At the beginning, when Doc left me to go on his own, I really resented it," Simon told the Post. "Why didn't I go on and write more plays? Nobody stopped me. I realize now I can't blame him for that. For a writer, I really hate to write. Neil is crazy. He thinks he likes writing. That's why he's such a success."
In 1980, Simon accepted an offer to lecture on comedy writing at USC. Over the next 15 years, he conducted three-day comedy writing seminars in Los Angeles and at colleges and universities across the country and abroad.
"The best comedy comes not from jokes but from character," Simon once said. He urged his students to avoid obvious feed lines and "joke jokes."
"I cannot teach talent, but I can teach technique and structure," he told the Times of London, where he was teaching his course in 1994.
"I teach how to think funny and how to write funny," he said. "I try to teach my students so that for the rest of their lives, they can keep teaching themselves."
In addition to his brother, Simon is survived by a son, Michael, of Portland; a daughter, Valerie, of Sherman Oaks; and two grandchildren. | 2019-04-20T17:19:50 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-28-me-simon28-story.html |
0.999495 | AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The tepid applause that greeted Patrick Reed on the first tee made it clear he wasn't the people's choice.
He turned back an early move by Rory McIlroy and a late charge by Rickie Fowler. Most daunting in the middle of the final round Sunday was a familiar name at Augusta National -- Jordan Spieth -- on the verge of the greatest comeback in Masters history.
He has proved that playing for his country. He did it Sunday for himself.
The final test was a 25-foot putt down the scary slope on the 18th green, and Reed pressed down both hands, begging it to stop as it rolled 3 feet by the hole. From there, the 27-year-old Texan calmly rolled in the par putt for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory.
Fowler did his best with three birdies in a four-hole stretch and the 8-footer on the final hole. It still wasn't enough. Fowler was runner-up for the third time in a major. He left the scoring cabin when Reed tapped in for par.
"You had to do it, didn't you?" Reed told Fowler as they exchanged a hug. "You had to birdie the last."
Spieth put up the most unlikely fight and was on the verge of the greatest comeback in Masters history. He started nine shots behind going into the final round and was inches away on two shots from a chance at another green jacket.
"I think I've proven to myself and to others that you never give up," Spieth said. "I started the round nine shots back, and I came out with the idea of just playing the golf course and having a lot of fun doing it and try to shoot a low round and finish the tournament strong and see what happens, if something crazy happens."
Trailing by three shots to start the final round, he closed to within one shot after two holes. That was as close as he came. McIlroy's putter betrayed him -- he missed four putts inside 10 feet on the front nine -- and he was never a factor on the back nine. He closed with a 74 and tied for fifth.
Patrick Reed won $1.98 million for winning the Masters. He made $1.62 million in 13 previous events, official and unofficial, this season.
Reed is old school among his generation, with a brash attitude and a willingness to speak his mind. He has never been terribly popular in this state, mainly because of allegations of bad behavior while playing for Georgia that led to an early departure from the Bulldogs. He transferred to Augusta State and led the outmanned Jaguars to a pair of NCAA titles. His parents live in Augusta but were not at the tournament. They weren't at his wedding in 2012, a relationship Reed chooses not to discuss.
Different about this victory for Reed was the fuchsia shirt he wore as part of a Nike script. Reed always wears black pants and a red shirt, because that's what Tiger Woods does, and Reed has long modeled his mental game after Woods. "Be stubborn," he once said about learning by watching Woods.
Before this week, Patrick Reed had zero rounds in the 60s and just two rounds under par in eight rounds at the Masters. He missed the cut twice and had finishes of T-22 and T-49.
Reed once claimed after winning a World Golf Championship at Doral that he was a top-5 player in the world, which subjected him to ridicule because it was only his third career title.
His first major moves him to No. 11. It also comes with a green jacket, which is worth far more notoriety, not to mention respect. | 2019-04-18T19:43:25 | http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/23081962/patrick-reed-wins-masters-first-major-title |
0.999246 | The Electoral Commission is stressing Māori can vote for whatever party they want regardless of whether they shift between the general and Māori rolls.
From 3 April to 2 August, Māori voters will have the chance to choose which roll they're on for the next two national elections.
Their choice will determine whether they vote for a local MP in a Māori seat (such as Te Tai Tonga) or a general seat (such as Wellington central).
"The next opportunity to change won't be till 2024," the commission's spokesperson Mandy Bohte said.
"So it's a really important decision that people are making ... over the next four months."
Media personality Mike Hosking was reprimanded last year after falsely suggesting those on the general roll could not vote for the Māori Party.
The Broadcasting Standards Authority said his comments were inaccurate and misleading and ordered TVNZ to broadcast the findings.
"That's why that's one of our key messages in this campaign," Ms Bohte said.
"Regardless of what roll you're on ... you still get to vote for [any] party on the party list. It makes no difference."
However the commission's focus was not a direct result of Mr Hosking's statements, she said.
"It's always an important message."
The response to the option, alongside the 2018 Census, will also decide the number of Māori seats in Parliament. The last Option was in 2013.
There are currently seven Māori electorates - Hauraki-Waikato, Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, Tāmaki Makaurau, Te Tai Hauāuru, Te Tai Tokerau, Te Tai Tonga and Waiariki.
Statistics New Zealand estimates that number could increase to eight if roughly 27,000 Māori moved from the general roll to the Māori roll.
It might also increase if about 64,000 unenrolled people signed up to the Māori roll.
On the other hand, the number of seats could drop to six if roughly 10,800 Māori shifted from the Māori roll to the general roll.
Information packs will be sent out in early April to enrolled voters who've identified themselves as Māori.
"If they're happy with the roll they're on, they don't need to do anything. It's as simple as that," Ms Bohte said.
They can either return the form by post or - for the first time - by taking a photo of the form and emailing it or uploading it online.
The commission will officially launch the Option at the Tai Tokerau Kapa Haka festival in Whangārei on Saturday.
The Māori Party has called TVNZ's Mike Hosking's comments on the Māori roll "appallingly misinformed" and has lodged a formal complaint.
The largest age group registered to vote on the Māori roll are 18-24 year olds, in contrast to the general roll where more older voters are enrolled.
In the lead-up to the Northland by-elections, the Electoral Commission has reminded Maori voters that they can choose between electoral rolls. | 2019-04-24T14:16:27 | https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/353209/maori-voters-get-to-choose-between-maori-and-general-rolls |
0.999934 | Is it possible to position the cursor to a specific location of a screen? I have a screen which has a "cancel" function that is recognized when the cursor is on top of the "cancel" text and it does not have a corresponding aid key. I would like to be able to position the cursor at the location of the "cancel" text. | 2019-04-24T08:29:34 | https://inventu.com/support/screensurfer/tickets/Ticket89.html |
0.999999 | Article: Are workspaces of today designed to fuel aspirations?
Are workspaces of today designed to fuel aspirations?
A survey report by The Office Group (TOG) reveals that about 80% of employees feel more productive in co-working spaces than in their previous offices.
Co-working spaces have grown as an asset to companies, by harnessing the drive to creativity and productivity. Today, companies thrive, not just to achieve financial profitability, but productivity enhancement too. Workspaces could be a great inspiration to outstanding performance and an influence to leading a motivational work life. Bright colours, quirky patterns and lively ambience are a great stress-buster and help nourish one’s creative thought-process. More than sharing just office spaces, co-working has evolved further into an environment where different minds function under one roof. New-age technology, flexibility, structure and design thinking – have together facilitated the co-creation of an all new community. This transformation from traditional offices with cabins and glass doors to sharing work bays and lunch boxes with friends from different companies definitely does hold a different meaning to the employees.
Enhancing the productivity of employees begins from the environment. In fact, a survey report by The Office Group (TOG) reveals that about 80% of employees feel more productive in co-working spaces than in their previous offices. Aspects such as company branding within premises, refreshments and breaks taken care, access to facilities and the overall ambience, not only speak of company values in terms of managing resources, but are also found to be feasible at shared spaces than own offices.
How different are workspaces of today?
Stroll through the city, and one can find umpteen number of co-working spaces in almost every corner, these days. Each co-working space definitely has something to offer. Walls painted with abstracts and quirky colours, bar stools replacing mobile chairs - these are ideally what define co-working spaces. So, what does this mean to the employees? Workplace plays a major role in setting the right tone of the surrounding and the brand, as a whole. A culture that began thriving for economy in operations has now gone far beyond, touching the need points of networking, flexibility and creativity. Networking allows access to wider perspectives, which in turn helps spark better conversations within the workspace.
Although the rise in need for co-working spaces is attributed to start-ups, today, even large corporate are looking to move to shared workspaces. Given that multiple industries such as IT, real estate, technology, arts etc, these days prefer to work out of co-working spaces, customisation is now the key trend in the industry. Start-ups, for instance, are flexible in terms of work timings, and the way they work - quirky backgrounds, fun while working, play around with pets etc, thereby creating a positive impact in the physical and mental health of the employees around. A corporate, on the other side, may want an ambience that resonates with the company's brand and values; companies with female employees who are mothers, want a day-care centre - needs vary with different types of audience. Rapid technological developments such as AI have been assisting companies with services such as reception desk, visitor tracking, food orders and even attendance management.
Keeping the spirit of competitiveness up, co-working space providers are now looking to expand operations to a wide variety of services, mainly to cater to the employee-community than the company as a whole. This change in attitude and expectations of employees towards contemporary culture definitely does raise a question in our minds - 'Are workspaces of today really designed to fuel aspirations?' Employees now have begun to seek motivation in perks other than remunerations, as against a trend which didn't exist earlier. With ambience having come to play a major role in triggering creativity in the performance of employees, the level of expectations have also begun to rise. Employees these days, prefer flexible working, creative backgrounds, programmes to keep them entertained and motivated while at work, and 24*7 assistance for services. The co-working culture, as popular as it is among the youth, has not only influenced the working population of today, but job seekers too. Candidates now give equal importance to the look and feel of the office as much as the work profiles.
Meghna Agarwal, Co-founder, and COO of IndiQube. | 2019-04-22T08:50:12 | https://www.peoplematters.in/article/life-at-work/are-workspaces-of-today-designed-to-fuel-aspirations-19249 |
0.998983 | The first step is to make the biscuit layer. Preheat the oven to 350 F and get a baking tray fitted with a large piece of parchment paper.
In a blender, take the 1/2 cup of raw almonds and pulse until its a transformed into sand like grains. Place the almond mixture into a large bowl and add 1/4 cup of arrow root powder, 1 tbsp of water, 1 tbsp of maple syrup, vanilla, a dash of salt and 2 tbsp of the coconut oil. Mix with a fork until its throughly blended and transfer directly onto the parchment paper. Use the parchment paper to press down the dough and make a square by folding one side of the parchment paper over each side of the dough and ensuring its even. Bake for 13 minutes.
Take it out of the oven and lift the parchment paper to the counter with the large biscuit piece still on it. Use a sharp knife to cut into 16 even pieces while still on the parchment paper . To ensure even pieces, dip the knife into hot water each time before slicing to make sure not unwanted almond bits are stuck to it. Place the slightly cut biscuit onto a wire cooling rack and refrigerate for 10 -15 minutes as you make the caramel.
In a microwave proof bowl, add 1 tbsp of the coconut oil, the almond butter, and 1/4 of maple syrup and microwave for 30 seconds. Use a fork to mix until smooth. Take the biscuits with the rack and using a teaspoon top each piece with 1 tsp of the caramel, going back again if needed to top with excess caramel. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Now heres the easy part, take the dark chocolate and place it in a microwave safe bowl with 1 tablespoon of water. Microwave it for 10 second and use a fork to mix it into a smooth chocolate covering.
Taje the biscuit and caramel bases out of the fridge and use you hand to dip each caramel side into the dark chocolate and place it back onto the parchment paper. It goes back into the fridge for another 15 minutes ( or longer) to solidify before storing in an airtight container for up to 1 week. When storing make sure you place pieces of clean parchment paper between the layers of Twix so they dont stick together.
Bonus points if you want to infuse more flavor and use bourbon infused maple syrup. For more texture in the caramel replace the almond butter with 1/2 cup of finely ground almonds ( just pulse it in your blender for a few seconds).
Heads up, get cozy going back and forth from your fridge and I am not talking about raiding your leftover pasta bowl ( who’s judging?). Its a process to get these delicious, gluten free, and healthyish Twix remakes. Were all familiar with the candy Twix, consisting of two layers, one biscuit and one caramel, and the entire thing is covered with something masquerading as chocolate. The good news is if you dont have the time to do it all in one shot, they still be needing your love later so you can take as much time as you need to assemble it.
Lets re-work the candy a bit shall we? The biscuit is made from raw almonds that are ground into a course like meal and then baked and cooled in the fridge. Then it gets topped with the caramel layer, which is really almond butter and maple syrup ( see the note for a different and personal favorite variation if you like more texture), and then it gets a small skinny dip into real 80% dark chocolate for that added crunch. The candy bar really tastes like the Twix your used to, but with 2 g of protein per piece and 120 calories, you can get away with calling it breakfast ( guilty as charged). The coconut oil used helps give it a satisfying flavor and pairs nicely with the raw almonds. The gooey caramel drips out, and the dark chocolate is just an added bonus of antioxidants. | 2019-04-20T08:43:25 | http://www.toastycupboard.com/2018/10/homemade-healthy-twix/ |
0.999998 | Shouldn't President Donald Trump's theme of "America First" also include American-grown flowers at the White House?
The Certified American Grown Flowers organization has mounted a campaign for several years to convince the White House to use flowers grown in the United States for its official events, just as it uses American wine and American food.
But it has had limited success.
Last Thursday, however, first lady Melania Trump got the message directly. American Grown furnished the flowers for the annual luncheon of the Congressional Club, a spouses group, in honor of the first lady.
And Carolyn Yoho, the chair of the luncheon and wife of Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., told the first lady and the crowd of several hundred attendees, "I urge everyone, including the White House, to support American-grown flowers."
The first lady has not reacted to the suggestion, but the statement from Yoho was music to the ears of the flower growers, wholesalers and designers who had furnished the flowers for the head table and the centerpieces at the luncheon in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton.
On top of Yoho's statement about the White House, the attendees were told they should take the centerpieces to their spouses' offices on Capitol Hill so they could be displayed.
This was the second year that the American Grown organization has provided the flowers for the annual luncheon sponsored by the Congressional Club, Kasey Cronquist, the administrator of American Grown and also the CEO of the California Cut Flower Commission, told The Hagstrom Report.
"Certified American Grown is proud to sponsor the flowers for this year's first lady's luncheon, and looks forward to continuing this tradition of featuring American Grown flowers and highlighting why origin matters," Cronquist said.
In a blog post (see link below), Cronquist also noted that he and floral designer Diana Roy had gotten a chance to speak with Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, after the event, and that she had encouraged the group to write a letter to her asking for support for the American Grown movement.
Cronquist also reported that flower farmers shipped more than 18,000 stems from California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and Maryland to Washington for the event, and that a team of 20 volunteers had assembled the arrangements.
The American Grown campaign started in 2014 and has had some success in re-establishing the U.S. cut flower industry, which is a fraction of what it was before flowers from foreign countries, mostly Colombia and Ecuador, were admitted to this country tariff-free in the early 1990s as part of a campaign to discourage drug production and processing. Today about 75 percent of the flowers sold in the United States are grown in foreign countries.
Kathleen Merrigan, the first Agriculture deputy secretary in the Obama administration, made "Know Your Flowers" a part of her Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food program. Her successor, Krysta Harden, played a role in President Barack Obama's and First Lady Michelle Obama's decision to feature American-grown flowers at the state dinner for French President François Hollande in 2014.
On a day-to-day basis, however, the White House does not give a preference to American-grown flowers. Privately, White House staff have said cost and availability are issues with using American flowers. But Merrigan said after the election that she recommends the Trumps express a preference for American-grown flowers.
This year's luncheon was the 105th time that the Congressional Club has honored the wife of the president of the United States. The group was incorporated by a act of Congress in 1908 to provide a nonpartisan setting for friendships among the spouses of House and Senate members, who were then all wives.
Today active membership includes spouses of members of Congress, Supreme Court justices and the president's cabinet. Honorary membership is conferred upon spouses of the president, vice president and the speaker of the House. Many retain their membership when their spouses are no longer serving in government.
Pence, who introduced the first lady, said that when she met Melania Trump she already had the luncheon on her schedule.
The first lady said she was pleased that some of the proceeds from the luncheon would go to Southeastern Guide Dogs and to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. | 2019-04-20T00:34:55 | https://www.tsln.com/news/white-house-urged-to-buy-american-grown-flowers/ |
0.985894 | University of British Columbia students are silhouetted as they wait to enter a ceremony where they received their degrees during a fall convocation ceremony at the university in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday November 21, 2012.
The University of British Columbia is striking a blow at gender inequity in professors' pay, promising all tenure-stream female faculty a 2 per cent pay hike by the end of the month – a rare approach expected to cost the school about $2-million this year.
The total cost of the initiative should prove much higher as the pay increase is retroactive to July 1, 2010. It comes as a result of a series of internal equity studies that found female professors of all ranks were paid $3,000 less on average, a discrepancy that could only be explained by gender after accounting for other factors.
Salary top-ups targeting gender pay gaps aren't uncommon in postsecondary education, and a series of Canadian and U.S. universities including McGill University and the University of Western Ontario have offered them over the last two decades. But many of those efforts have only boosted the salaries of those calculated to be underpaid, while UBC's approach is unusual in giving all 880 women in tenured or tenure-track positions a raise.
"I would say that there's been a huge step forward just in terms of the activity around addressing equity-on-the-job issues. I think it has a ways to go, but certainly it's increased a lot in the last few years," said Rachel Kuske, UBC's senior advisor to the provost on women faculty, and a professor of mathematics. "From what I've heard from other [universities], these [issues] are seen in faculties quite commonly."
The studies by the University's Equity Office pegged the overall difference in average pay between genders at more than $14,000. But half that differential comes from the fact that while women make up 38 per cent of associate and assistant professors at UBC, they account for only 21 per cent of better-paid full professors. The fact there are more men in higher-paying faculties, such as Commerce, also contributes to the discrepancy.
After accounting for these and other factors, UBC decided on the 2 per cent hike to close the remaining $3,000 average gap. In an agreement with the UBC Faculty Association, they chose to compensate every woman professor – even those with salaries at the high end of the scale. As a result, the measure will close the average gap in pay, but may not fix each individual shortfall, Dr. Kuske said.
That approach is rarer – the University of Manitoba is one of the only Canadian schools to try it – but UBC decided it would be better than having faculty argue for increases on a case-by-case basis, or paying "below-the-line compensation" only to those calculated to be underpaid. The case-by-case approach is painstakingly slow, and can be determined by "who's the best negotiator," Dr. Kuske said.
"You could have very high-performing women faculty and male faculty that you could compare, and even though that high-performer would be getting above-the-line, maybe she's even performing better [than her male counterparts]," Dr. Kuske said. "Below-the-line takes care of some things, but it doesn't really address the way discrimination can come in."
UBC also said it wished to settle the matter promptly, partly to avert the risk of a human rights complaint arising from the equity studies' finding, though Dr. Kuske said the main motivation was showing "the university is taking this quite seriously as part of their strategic plan."
As part of its review, UBC looked at 17 universities – 10 in Canada and the rest American – that had either considered or deployed salary top-ups to women, and focused on the fact that several reported the inequities returned years later.
"What we see as the bigger question is, what are the things that are going on going forward?" Dr. Kuske said. "You can do this one-time thing but if you don't have all the processes that affect advancement and future salary increases, then it's not going to really fix the problem in the long term."
Do women have an edge in the workplace? | 2019-04-22T14:27:03 | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/ubc-gives-all-female-tenure-stream-faculty-a-2-per-cent-raise/article8150659/ |
0.998939 | Tibetan Buddhism encompasses a wide range of Buddhist perspectives, including Hinayana (renunciation focused), Mahayana (focused on compassion and the Bodhisattava vow to aid all beings), and Vajrayana (the tantric practices focused on transforming negative states and energies into positive ones.) Like other forms of Buddhism, it has had a strong dialogue with Western psychology, psychotherapy, and counselling practices. In particular, many Tibetan Buddhist approaches share similarities with cognitive therapy in which unhelpful or unrealistic beliefs are challenged. The visualisation practices in Tantric Tibetan Buddhism have had a strong influence on the use of visualisation in Western transpersonal psychotherapy.
What are the benefits of connecting Tibetan Buddhism and psychotherapy?
Tibetan Buddhism has a well developed psychology of the mind, and can be psychologically beneficial in it's emphasis on the cultivation of open hearted warmth, generosity, devotion, and compassion. However, like other forms of Buddhism, Western practitioners tend to bring their own biases and psychological issues to the way they understand and practice the teachings.
One example is that practitioners who are not deeply grounded in their body, their identity, and their relationships may subtly dissociate from every day tangible reality, or from robust and direct interpersonal communication through a misunderstanding of the more otherworldly aspects of Tibetan Buddhism. For these practitioners psychotherapy can help reduce this split, and help bring them back to a fruitful path of spiritual development. | 2019-04-22T06:45:39 | http://www.lucidpsychotherapy.co.nz/tibetan-buddhism.html |
0.998735 | 90'+5' - Thats all. Game finished - Fulham 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
90'+5' - Second Half ended - Fulham 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
90'+4' - Toby Alderweireld - Tottenham Hotspur - receive yellow card.
90'+3' - GOAL!!! Fulham 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Harry Winks - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from few metres to the right corner. Assist - Georges-Kévin Nkoudou with a cross.
90'+3' - New attacking attempt. Fernando Llorente - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Kieran Trippier with a cross.
90'+2' - Georges-Kévin Nkoudou - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
90'+2' - Missed chance. Calum Chambers - Fulham - shot with right foot from more than 35 yards missed.
90'+1' - Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - won a free kick on the left wing.
86' - Substitution - Tottenham Hotspur. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou for Dele Alli - injury.
86' - Offside - Fulham. Calum Chambers with a pass, however Ryan Sessegnon is in offside.
83' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
82' - Missed chance. Fernando Llorente - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from the centre of the box is close, but missed. Assist - Danny Rose with a cross .
81' - Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick on the left wing.
81' - Substitution - Fulham. Ibrahima Cissé for Jean Michael Seri.
79' - Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur - receive yellow card.
79' - Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur - has gone down, but that's a dive.
79' - Substitution - Tottenham Hotspur. Eric Dier for Erik Lamela.
77' - Davinson Sánchez - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
77' - New attacking attempt. Joe Bryan - Fulham - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Ryan Sessegnon.
75' - Jean Michael Seri - Fulham - receive yellow card for a foul.
75' - Jan Vertonghen - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
74' - Davinson Sánchez - Tottenham Hotspur - receive yellow card.
74' - Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - receive yellow card.
73' - Davinson Sánchez - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
72' - Substitution - Fulham. Neeskens Kebano for André Schürrle.
71' - Missed chance. Erik Lamela - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from outside the box missed to the left after corner.
71' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
66' - Offside - Fulham. Jean Michael Seri with a pass, however Ryan Sessegnon is in offside.
64' - Denis Odoi - Fulham - won a free kick in defence.
64' - Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
61' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Maxime Le Marchand.
61' - Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
61' - Offside - Fulham. Jean Michael Seri with a pass, however Ryan Sessegnon is in offside.
60' - Missed chance. Fernando Llorente - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Dele Alli with a cross after corner.
60' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Denis Odoi.
60' - Shot blocked. Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Erik Lamela.
56' - Missed chance. Davinson Sánchez - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Erik Lamela with a cross after corner.
56' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
55' - Substitution - Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon for Ryan Babel.
55' - Shot blocked. Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
54' - New attacking attempt. Harry Winks - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Dele Alli.
51' - GOAL!!! Fulham 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Dele Alli - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from few metres to the left corner. Assist - Christian Eriksen.
46' - Shot blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Tim Ream.
46' - Tim Ream - Fulham - won a free kick in defence.
45' - Second Half starts Fulham 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
45'+2' - First Half ended - Fulham 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
45'+1' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
45' - New attacking attempt. Calum Chambers - Fulham - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Denis Odoi.
45' - Missed chance. Joe Bryan - Fulham - shot with left foot from outside the box missed after corner.
44' - Corner - Fulham. Conceded by Harry Winks.
44' - Corner - Fulham. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
44' - Shot blocked. Ryan Babel - Fulham - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Calum Chambers.
43' - Corner - Fulham. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
43' - Shot blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Tim Ream.
41' - Offside - Fulham. André Schürrle with a pass, however Aleksandar Mitrovic is in offside.
41' - New attacking attempt. André Schürrle - Fulham - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Ryan Babel.
40' - Missed chance. Ryan Babel - Fulham - shot with the head from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Cyrus Christie with a cross.
37' - Missed chance. Fernando Llorente - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Danny Rose with a cross.
36' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by André Schürrle.
34' - Corner - Fulham. Conceded by Danny Rose.
33' - Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - won a free kick on the left wing.
32' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
31' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Cyrus Christie.
28' - Offside - Fulham. Tim Ream with a pass, however Aleksandar Mitrovic is in offside.
27' - Dele Alli - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick on the left wing.
26' - Offside - Fulham. Tim Ream with a pass, however Ryan Babel is in offside.
24' - Denis Odoi - Fulham - won a free kick in defence.
23' - New attacking attempt. Fernando Llorente - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Jan Vertonghen with a cross.
17' - OWN GOAL! by Fernando Llorente, Tottenham Hotspur. Fulham 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0.
17' - Corner - Fulham. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
15' - Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick on the left wing.
14' - Corner - Fulham. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
13' - Missed chance. Denis Odoi - Fulham - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Ryan Babel.
12' - Missed chance. Denis Odoi - Fulham - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right after corner.
12' - Corner - Fulham. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
12' - New attacking attempt. Ryan Babel - Fulham - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Aleksandar Mitrovic with a head.
10' - Offside - Tottenham Hotspur. Jan Vertonghen with a pass, however Fernando Llorente is in offside.
9' - Offside - Fulham. André Schürrle with a pass, however Ryan Babel is in offside.
7' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Joe Bryan.
7' - Shot blocked. Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Kieran Trippier.
6' - Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - won a free kick in attack.
6' - Missed chance. Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Erik Lamela.
4' - Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick on the left wing.
2' - Cyrus Christie - Fulham - won a free kick on the right wing. | 2019-04-22T16:37:35 | http://www.football247.im/MatchDetails.aspx?matchid=2378573&teams=Fulham-Tottenham |
0.999379 | [Winnie] Stachelberg said those working on the passage of ENDA “ought to learn” from the strategy of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal campaign, which made those aggrieved by the status quo the public faces of the repeal effort.
She noted that gay service members outed under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” were visible in the campaign and said it was “terribly important” in the effort.
“From Mike Almy, to [Victor] Fehrenbach, to [Anthony] Woods, to Stacey [Vasquez] to all the members of the military who suffered this discrimination coming forward telling their stories — it’s essential that our community tell the story of LGBT workplace discrimination in an equally powerful way,” she said.
I agree, and page one of the book which tells that tale should be the degree to which her former employer – the Rhode Island Avenue Cesspool – as well as almost all gay rights organizations discriminate against trans people, particularly trans women.
Gay Americans from outside Washington should demand that they stop sacrificing progress to further their personal political careers.
Who is Richard Grenell, “Longest serving U.S. Spokesman in the history of the United Nations” (?), talking about?
The entrenched gay leaders in Washington, DC, have spent the last two years blaming Republicans for the fact that they themselves have struck out on Capitol Hill and will end the 111th Congress with nothing to show for their multimillion-dollar fundraising efforts. If this were a public company, the Board or the shareholders would have run these leaders out of town a long time ago.
Despite campaigning for decades to put Democrats in control of all of Washington, their dream ticket of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama failed to deliver what the gay leaders themselves promised the movement. Led by Joe Solmonese of Human <sic> Right Campaign and Aubrey Sarvis of the Servicemen’s Legal Defense Network, gay leaders have been tripping over themselves to protect President Obama from blame for not making the promised progress on gay equality. Solmonese and Sarvis are the faces of the most expensive failed gay campaign in history. Other gay leaders in Washington also have turned their comfortable and high-paying perches into a safe haven free from the consequences of job performance evaluations.
It’s time we found some young gay leaders who will work for equality and not be concerned about pleasing the Democratic Party.
I am not suggesting we dismiss the GOP sins of advocating for small government policies while practicing intrusive, big government tactics. But Republicans who advocate laissez-faire principles can be great allies, just as liberal Southern Democrats can be strong opponents working against us. But Solmonese and Sarvis have never seen it this way. For them, it’s all a process to help the Democratic Party win more seats. And for this failed strategy, they should be judged harshly.The partisan leaders of the gay and lesbian movement in Washington have spent endless political capital telling us that we would be better off if all of our elected officials were Democrats. They have spent millions of dollars trying to convince us that we will be taken care of by a partisan Democratic America.
It IS neo-Log Cabin Crap.
We could literally set up a guillotine on Rhode Island Avenue and force every employee and board member of the Scampaign to, um…, get jiggy with it.
The christianist psychosis – masquerading as ‘common sense’ economic populism – that has altered the DNA of the Republican Party officeholding elite?
Real people know what the answers are to those – and real people know that the fully-genetically-mutated Republican Party of 2010 is only slightly less likely to support the substantive legislative changes that real, living LGBT people need than was the proto-mutation version of 1995….
It is painfully obvious that the national gay leaders have promoted their own partisan agendas and careers within the Democratic Party instead of working to ensure passage of civil rights.
I can agree with this sentence – but I feel obligated to point out that this was obvious to trans people fifteen years ago.
And its not as if we kept our opinions to ourselves.
Of course, the fact that we didn’t keep our opinions to ourselves allowed the incestuous gay elite to refuse to hire any of us and then engage in a circle-jerk of rationalization for fifteen years.
The real tragedy is that gay leaders in Washington don’t have enough moxy to move their own political party — the party that controls the White House, the Senate and the House. It is a sign that they either don’t have the skills to make political progress or are too close to the Democratic leadership and therefore unwilling to make the necessary push.
Again – he’s presuming that any of them actually had accomplishing anything as a goal. It has long been clear that the non-trans-specific systemic disease pulsing through the veins of the Rhode Island Avenue Riviera is not an inability to accomplish what non-DC LGBTs want, it is not actually having what non-DC LGBTs want as any goal whatsoever.
We can do better and we should start by demanding for Somonese’s and [SLDN’s Aubrey] Sarvis’ resignations.
Sounds like a typical Obama Administration ‘compromise everything away from the start’ maneuver.
We should start by demanding that HRC shut itself down, open its books to the people it has claimed to speak for (as well as to the civil and criminal authorities), and liquidate its assets for distribution to the state and local organizations that actually have done work over the last three decades.
To our good and loyal members and donors: After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the actual conditions obtaining in D.C. today, we have decided to effect a settlement of the present situation by resorting to an extraordinary measure.
We have ordered our P.R. people to communicate to you that our Board acknowledges the attitude of disgruntlement currently festering among those for whom we have arrogated the right to speak.
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all gays and lesbians well as the security and well-being of our allies is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by our predecessors and which we lay close to the heart.
Indeed, we worked as we did for the past several years out of our sincere desire to insure the self-preservation of gay people and the stabilization of our rights, it being far from our thought either to infringe upon the goals of our allies or to embark upon personal financial aggrandizement.
But now the current leadership of our organization has lasted for nearly six years. Despite the best that has been done by everyone – the gallant lobbying of our lobbyists, the diligence and assiduity of those who attend our Black-Tie galas and the devoted service of our many millions of members – all of whose existence are thoroughly documented, trust us – the DC political situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of gays and lesbians, while the general trends of the nation have all turned against their interest.
What won’t be spelled out is that Solmonese will get a seven-figure severance. What will be further stated is that either Winnie Stachelberg, Hilary Rosen or Ken Mehlman will be the next HRC E.D.
…and the torch is passed, and another champagne cork poppeth.
And trans people are who really don’t get it.
We’ll get nothing from anything that that toxic HRC-radiation-emitting piece of garbage has any hand in crafting.
Ironically, its looking like gays and lesbians won’t either.
followed by a ‘but’ that consisted of the entirety of the Incrementalism-oid’s Guide to the Homosexually Pure Galaxy. I quote the last two lines of it and then, never panicking, I unleash the one weapon that Incrementalism-oids have no defense against: Reality.
541 words of toxic historical revisionism from one who will benefit from the spread of the disease of ‘gay-first compromise’.
You are everyone and every organization that ejected transsexuals and other trans people from the gay rights movement and/or actively or passivily worked to create the third-class status we stagnate in today.
You and people like you are not going to run away, gay-only ENDA in hand, from the reality of what has been done TO us by Gay, Inc., over the last 30+ years and pollute the historical record with your cries that ‘incremental progress’ was a neo-manifest destiny of the homoesexually pure.
Gee – if only a segment of the LGBT community had stood up and warned everyone else about what sort of diseased chicanery that Winnie Stachelberg is capable of.
I think it was the T.
More specifically, it was that portion of the T that actually wants to see substantive progress.
I know, the term “substantive progress” should be a redundancy. But, the term “Human Rights Campaign” shouldn’t be a self-contained lie.
John Aravosis of Americablog yesterday called out the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP).
As he notes, CAP has been on a rather public campaign to take credit for the entire Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell compromise that has much of the gay community in an uproar.
That compromise puts the power to nullify DADT into the hands of military leaders and the president six months or a year from now. It appears to be wildly unpopular in the gay community at large.
The Gay City News reported that the compromise had been drafted by CAP and circulated among legislators starting roughly two months ago, quoting Winnie Stachelberg.
Winnie Stachelberg, a former HRC employee and senior official at CAP, was instrumental in the “incrementalist” strategy that left transgender people out of ENDA for years, and stripped them out in 2007 once they managed to get in.
I note that Mr. Aravosis himself was fully in favor of incrementalism when it came to transgender people and ENDA in 2007.
So now we find out that Ms. Stachelberg, the ENDA incrementalist, left HRC, went to CAP, where she promptly applied her incrementalist strategies to DADT repeal.
The incrementalism shoe is on the other foot.
You remember Winnie the Shoe, don’t you? I do now – because I did then.
Another transphobic hack with a history of ties to HRC comes out in favor of ‘incremental progress’.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, H.R. 3685, introduced by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), would make it illegal to fire, refuse to hire, or fail to promote employees simply based on sexual orientation. Protections for the LGBT community exist in a patchwork of states due to the hard work of the LGBT community, but there are surprisingly no federal prohibitions on discriminating against individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Yes, its a shame – but a surprise?
Well, its also no surprise that someone who spent a good bit of time shilling directly for HRC would continue to party like its 1999. You can take the hack out of HRC, but you can’t take the HRC out of the hack it would seem.
The first step was, depending on your chronological scope, either (a) all of the transphobic, gay-only ENDAs from 1975-2006, or (b) 2007 HR 2015.
You have heard of that, Winnie?
[I]t is wrong to fire someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. But right now the votes to pass an inclusive bill are just not there.
The trans-inclusive ENDA, which, if there actually were not the votes for it, should not have been introduced in the first place?
But, it was introduced, no?
I believe we can and should make progress—one step, and one inch, at a time.
But, of course, she gets all 2.54 centimeters.
We get to continue competing for employment in situations in which someone like her can get to decide whether a trans person is actually the best candidate for the job.
What do you trust more? Her well-funded sincerity? Or trans activists’ hungry analysis of how ‘incremental progress’ is a lie?
Those of us who live in reality have always known that, ultimately, Aravosisism is as empty as NCTE’s concern for the lives of trans women not named Keisling. And some of us have been pointing out for years what those who could would never admit: that ‘incremental progress’ was even more of a lie than the Republicans’ mid-1990s ‘principled’ drive for term limits. After all, there were at least one or two Republican elected officials who voluntarily limited themselves to 12 years in Congress because they genuinely desired to limit themselves to the constructs of mid-1990s ‘term limits’ theory (even though we all knew then, and some Republicans have since admitted, that there was no ‘principle’ behind term limits; it was just a scam to force popular Democrats out of office.) But there never really seemed as though there would be the opportunity to show, via controlled experiment, precisely to what degree ENDA-related ‘incremental progress’ was a lie and to what degree those who were pushing its virtures were liars – or worse.
Strangely, if the reports of Winnie the Shoe’s involvement in the emptiness of the DADT ‘compromise’ are true, at least she’s maintaining some consistency – even while simply having shifted from one fraud to another.
Now, as for those actually defending the ‘compromise’….
You say you really believe that DADT – the policy itself, not the 1993 Congressional act which the ‘compromise’ targets – is going to go away? Put your money (yours, not a pile from some HRC slush fund) where your mouth is. There’ s bound to be a Las Vegas betting line on it.
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0.997507 | Summary and Definition: The Chippewa tribe are also referred to as the Ojibwe, Ojibway or Ojibwa in Canada. The Chippewa (Objiwe) tribe originally occupied a vast tract of lands around Lake Huron and Lake Superior and south in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota when their lifestyle was of the Northeast woodland cultural group. They were hunters, fishers and farmers. Their fierce, warlike reputation and their sheer numbers made the Chippewa one of the most feared tribes. They extended their territories across a massive are and many adopted the lifestyle of the buffalo hunters of the Great Plains.
This article contains fast, fun facts and interesting information about the Chippewa Native American Indian tribe. Find answers to questions like where did the Chippewa tribe live, what clothes did they wear and what food did they eat? Discover what happened to the Chippewa tribe with facts about their wars and history. The item known as the Dreamcatcher originated with the Chippewa (Objiwe) tribe.
The warlike Chippewa tribe were the largest and most powerful tribe in the Great Lakes area. The French established New France in the 1600's and established trading links with the Chippewa who they referred to as the Sauteux. Like most of the Algonquian speaking tribes they became strong allies of the French fighting against the English and the tribes of the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. The Chippewa expanded their territories to control most of lower Michigan and southern Ontario. Successes in tribal warfare and increased trade led them to expand their lands still further. Many of the people settled on the Great Plains. The Chippewa tribe adapted to their changing environment adopting different lifestyles and cultures during their migration. In 1769 the Chippewa formed a confederacy known as "The Three Fires" with the Ottawa and Potawatomi tribes aimed at forcing the Peoria tribe from the Illinois River. In 1785 the Chippewa joined the Western Confederacy that consisted of a league of many different tribes including the Potawatomi, Ottawa, Shawnee, Delaware, Kickapoo, Huron and the Seneca tribes. The goal of the Western Confederacy was to keep the Ohio River as a boundary between Native American lands and the United States. There were no wars between the Americans and Chippewa after 1815 and the majority of the Chippewa remained in their homelands in the United States and Canada.
The Chippewa tribe spoke in a related dialect of the Algonquian language. The Algonquian name for them 'Ojibway' was later corrupted by the English as "Chippewa". Their name means "Original Men" in their own language, other meanings of their name were said to mean 'people of the puckered moccasin'. They were known to the French as the Sauteux or Saulteurs meaning "People of the Falls", in reference to the place of their residence about Sault Ste. Marie on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. The a name still applied to them by the French Canadian.
The Chippewa were originally people of the Northeast Woodland Native American cultural group. The location of their original tribal homelands are shown on the map. The geography of the region in which they lived dictated the lifestyle and culture of the Chippewa tribe.
The pictures on this page show a variety of the different types of clothes worn by the Chippewa tribe that were dictated by climate and customs. The Chippewa wore breechcloths in the summer and in cold climates they wore fringed, decorated tunics, high moccasins and leggings and turbans of soft fur. The women wore wraparound skirts or buckskin dresses. Warm robes or cloaks were also worn to protect against the rain and the cold. Clothes were decorated and colored with red, blue, yellow and green dyes. The George Catlin picture depicts a Chippewa warrior called 'A-wun-ne-wa-be', meaning "Bird of Thunder". He is wearing the full regalia of a Plains Indian with a magnificent feather war bonnets with a long trailer of feathers that was worn as a symbol of honor and accomplishment. The war bonnet consisted of a band decorated with eagle feathers, ermine fur and beadwork with feathers trailing to the floor.
The Chippewa men were skilled fishermen and boat builders. The Chippewa who had lived around the Great Lakes built Birchbark canoes for hunting and trading expeditions and for transportation of their war parties. The Chippewa stripped the paper-like bark from the trees. The birch bark was stretched over a strong, lightweight, wooden frame to make a birch bark canoe that could be easily manoeuvred and steered. The ribs of the canoe were made of strong hickory, cut into long, flat pieces, and bent to the shape of the boat. The Chippewa (Objiwe) birch bark canoes measured about seven metres long and one metre wide and could carry four or five men and about 91 kilograms of cargo. The light, speedy birchbark canoe was perfect for travel along fast streams, rivers and shallow waters and were also sturdy enough for rough waters. The picture by George Catlin depicts a canoe race held by the tribe.
The Chippewa tribe lived in lived in several different types of shelters, the most common being the Wigwam, a form of temporary shelter that was used by Algonquian speaking tribes who lived in the northeastern woodland regions. Wigwams were small cone-shaped houses with an arched roof made from wooden frames that were covered with sheets of birchbark and woven mats that were held in place by ropes or strips of wood.
Chippewa wigwams were also covered with buffalo hides when they migrated to the Great Plains. Wigwams were usually about 8-10 feet tall and 10 - 15 feet wide at the base.
The Chippewa Tribe was one of the most famous tribes of Native American Indians. Discover the vast selection of pictures on the subject of the tribes of Famous Native Americans such as the Chippewa nation. The pictures show the clothing, war paint, weapons and decorations of various Native Indian tribes, such as the Chippewa tribe, that can be used as a really useful educational resource for kids and children of all ages. We hope you enjoy watching the video - just click and play - a great social studies homework resource for kids . | 2019-04-24T00:46:39 | https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/chippewa-tribe.htm |
0.999954 | Why should I check the manual?
Style manuals have all the details for doing your whole paper and how to cite unusual resources--how to make a title page, how to caption a picture, how to cite a map, etc.
These are the most common styles used at SCSU. Be sure to check with your professor, advisor, or editor before using a particular style.
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Chicago style is the standard for history and related fields. Also used at the professional/graduate level in Math Education.
For laws, bills, cases, and regulations, the APA Manual refers to the "Bluebook" for legal citation. The Indigo Book and the Introduction to Basic Legal Citation are based on the Bluebook. The EXAMPLES section of the Introduction site includes examples of citing many types of legal sources: laws, cases, regulations, etc. If you have questions about legal citation, please contact Librarian Jamie Aschenbach.
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The preferred style for Sociology and related fields. The OWL@Purdue also has a guide to ASA, including in-text and reference list formatting.
The most common style for the sciences, from the Council of Scientific Editors. The Name-Year version is most commonly used. Also know as CBE, the Council of Biological Editors style. CBE styled citations are available in the database Biological Science Collection from Proquest.
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From the National Library of Medicine. Recently (2015) updated with new examples for citing datasets, data repositories, ahead-of-print articles, and more.
If it has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), which many online data sets and journal articles do, CrossCite can generate a citation.
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0.998577 | Give your toddler a head start in understanding numbers.
This app is really easy to play. It has been designed for toddlers/ kids.
This app will present a random number (1-10) of objects. The task is to select each object. When an object is touched, the current object count is both displayed on the screen and heard on the audio. When all objects have been selected, the counting is complete Both the screen and the audio respond appropriately to signal the successful end of the count for that screen.
The objects presented also change randomly. The App screens have been designed to function both in portrait and in landscape mode. | 2019-04-22T06:19:30 | http://www.apppicker.com/apps/405328716/i-learn-to-count |
0.999432 | 1. Will You Review A Movie I Request?
I may sometimes make exceptions to this rule if a classic film didn't do well on release but gained more notoriety over time.
I also do not review comedies as my reviews are mostly satirical. I can't make fun of something that's already funny. Films with occasional humour (like Home Alone for example) are OK, but anything purely for laughs (like Blazing Saddles or Monty Python's Life of Brian), I won't review. Though I may still talk about comedies in non-review videos (e.g. a Top 10 list).
My movie reviews take a very long time to make. I try to cover as much of a movie as I can and writing funny analysis and jokes is very difficult. Because my movie reviews take so long I try to fill the gaps between them with mashups and more critical reviews for games. If you want to know how long off a movie review is, I'm afraid I can never say. Though once writing is done, the review will be no more than a week away after that.
2. Where Are You From? / What Is Your Accent?
I have a Yorkshire accent and was born and raised in the UK, namely the city of Bradford. Otherwise known as the home of celebrities like Zayn Malik, Kimberly Walsh, Gareth Gates, Chris Fountain, Tasmin Archer, Dynamo, Ade Edmonson and Scott Waites just to name a few. The city is right next to Leeds which is a bit more well known.
Adobe Photoshop CS6 - For any image editing, this is my go to program. I use this mostly for removing backgrounds on images and video thumbnails. Also, whenever I do green screen work, I make full use of the clone tool to remove any actor in the shot so I can replace them with myself.
Adobe After Effects CS6 - At the moment, I use this program for rotobrushing (i.e. removing backgrounds on video so I can get just a character on his/her own so I can overlay them onto something else in Premiere), green screen keying, motion tracking (creating a couple of tracking points on a video so I can put overlaying images or video onto it and have them move in relation to the video) and masking (whenever I need to remove elements from a video or add an object to a moving image).
Adobe Audition CS6 - This I use to remove dialogue in trailers when I do mashups of them. By using the central channel extractor tool, I can isolate the music. It's not perfect but it's the only choice I have when I can't find the music a trailer used. I'm also trying to learn how to use it to remove background noise in clips but I'm not having much luck with that yet.
Microsoft Word - For writing my reviews. Pretty simple really.
Handbrake - This is what I use to convert any video file that Premiere Pro or After Effects doesn't like. I use MP4 files to edit with. Handbrake is free too and conversion times are really quick so I highly recommend this.
Canon Vixia HFM300 Camcorder - This is what I use for all my filming. It's really not that good 'cos the battery life is terrible and it being a simple camcorder means I can't change the lens; but for what I need, it's fine.
RODE Video Shotgun Microphone - To capture sound I use this shotgun mic. I could always adopt for an overhead mic for better sound I suppose, but this is much less hassle. Simply plug in and record. I made the mistake of thinking that this was compatible with my camera so I needed to buy an adaptor so it would fit on top of it. But it's not a huge deal.
Hama Traveller Compact Pro Tripod - Like my camera, this is pretty standard, but it does the job.
Hauppauge HD PVR 2 - This is what I use for capturing video game footage. I used to have the original Hauppauge but I needed the PVR 2 for PS4 capture.
Zalman PC - My PC is running Windows 7. It has a AMD FX-8350 processor, 16GB RAM and a GTX 770 graphics card. This was bought of eBay as I'm clueless when it comes to PC builds.
ATH-M50X Headphones - These are my go-to headphones right now. They sound great though they're designed more for editors in mind so if you want some more bass heavy cans for music, look elsewhere.
Logitech K400r Wireless Keyboard - My PC is actually connected to my TV, not a monitor 'cos I use it for watching movies, shows and YouTube too. So this wireless keyboard allows me to sit back and relax. I suppose it's a little weird to use a trackpad to edit but for me, this works great.
5. What Got You Started Making Videos On YouTube?
At first I was inspired by James Rolfe and his successful game review show: The Angry Video Game Nerd. I liked the idea of combining comedy and a subject close to my heart (i.e. video games). I also was wasting my life away at the time doing nothing else but going to School/College and coming back home to immediately play more video games. I needed something more productive to do with my time. And my initial idea was that if I review games, I can still play them and feel like I'm doing so for a good reason.
So I started my own game reviews on YouTube on a channel called theshocksuspect. I eventually changed my channel to thenintendocritic after some copyright complications with some music mashups I made. After making game reviews for a little over a year, I realized my current style of reviewing wasn't right for me. I wanted to focus more on comedy and at the time, my reviews were mostly, well, reviews. So I started a new channel for movie reviews. These were inspired by Doug Walker (aka The Nostalgia Critic). I knew that my idea wasn't very original (as my film reviews are in exactly the same format as the Critic's) but I loved the NC's reviews so much, I decided to hell with it, and just made a review for the first Harry Potter movie in his style. The response was pretty good and this format allowed me to write more jokes and thus, make people laugh more. This is what I wanted.
Over time I also brought back game reviews and made them more comedic. I also love to create various kinds of mashups as editing is something I really enjoy doing. As of now I have over 80,000 subscribers on YouTube and am loving what I do. I am now on the verge of being able to do this as a career. It's amazing and I have you guys to thank!
6. What Is Your Favourite Film/Game/TV Show/Music Artist?
For favourite film, I'd have to go with 12 Angry Men. For a film about 12 guys who sit around in a single location just talking; it's amazing how it keeps you hooked. I also love L.A. Confidential, The Usual Suspects, Life of Brian, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Ace Ventura 1 & 2, Toy Story, Monsters Inc, The Blues Brothers and The Lord of the Rings.
My favourite game would be either: Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves or Tekken 3. Can't decide between 'em.
My favourite show on TV right now has gotta be Game of Thrones. Only 10 episodes a year is torture! Though I'm also loving The Walking Dead, Arrow, Agents of SHIELD, Attack on Titan and Gravity Falls.
7. What Advice Would You Give For Aspiring Reviewers?
How exactly do you film the reviews? Do you watch the movie while you're recording or do you have like a script that you read as you do it? Or something else?
Sorry for the late reply man. I don't actually watch the movie as I film, this is simple editing trickery. I have a script on standby and film all my lines. Then in editing, I cut between myself and footage from the film. I basically act like I'm watching the film.
At some point, do you want to do a Sonic Unleashed: HD (PS3/Xbox 360 vs. SD (PS2/Wii) battle review, or even other Sonic games in general?
Okay, so I want to review stuff and I read about your managed account or something. What is that? And should I do it before doing anything? If so how do I do it? Also should I ask the distributors for permission first?
Poll: Is Nirvana more iconic than The Beastie Boys?
What's the best kid's movie you've seen, Ross? | 2019-04-19T15:09:15 | http://theunusualsuspectblog.blogspot.com/p/faq.html |
0.999984 | I use a dictionary to look up the _________ of new words.
My parents always valued the importance of a good _________.
At this time of year the government sends _________ to check the levels of quality in the local schools.
I think that Alice in Wonderland is the most _________ book I have ever read.
Her presentation was very _________ and her boss was delighted with it.
My favourite _________ of classical music is Beethoven.
1） a， 2） c， 3） b， 4） a， 5） a， 6） c. | 2019-04-24T12:54:17 | http://5fanyi.com/index.php?action=userwenzhang&controler=seeuwz&value1=1064 |
0.998742 | What equipment do I need to shoot bands successfully?
The most important thing to consider for any photographer shooting live music is the speed of the lenses used and the low light performance of the camera body. On the other hand, the most important thing to consider for a photographer shooting studio-portraiture is probably the pixel count on the camera sensor along with the type of lighting used. Lens choice too is important for the studio photographer as depth of field becomes more important in the creative sense.
The D700 extends Nikon’s range of FX format SLRs, incorporating groundbreaking technologies and performance into a discreetly-sized body. The highly sensitive 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor provides an (extendable) ISO range of 200 to 6400 and features a self-cleaning dust-reduction unit. Its EXPEED image processing engine enables the capture of images with superb detail and tonal gradation at up to 5 fps (8 fps with the optional MB-D10 battery pack and EN-EL4a battery). The advanced Scene Recognition System delivers superior exposures and is supported by Nikon’s acclaimed 51-point AF system, which offers outstanding tracking accuracy even in low light. The selectable Picture Controls streamline in-camera image processing, saving time in post-production, and a high definition 3-inch LCD screen supports two Live View modes plus an HDMI video output. Protected by a tough, environmentally-sealed magnesium alloy body, the D700 is a perfectly-balanced DSLR that can handle the unexpected, wherever your photography takes you.
The D300 defines a new class of compact professional SLR, incorporating groundbreaking technologies and performance of the D3 into a compact DX format body. The 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor features a self-cleaning dust removal unit and delivers resolution suitable for commercial and stock photography. The EXPEED image processing engine supports a class-leading 6fps at up to 3200 ISO, and delivers superb tonal gradation. Its advanced Scene Recognition System produces superior exposures and is complimented by Nikon’s next-generation 51-point AF system, which offers broad coverage and high sensitivity in low light. Selectable Picture Controls streamline in-camera image processing, saving time in post-production, and the high definition 3-inch LCD screen supports two Live View modes plus a HDMI video output. Responsive, rugged and light, the D300 offers new levels of performance for pros on a budget..
The Nikon 14-24mm F2.8G ED AF-S lens is an extreme wideangle, fast aperture lens with a revolutionary optical design. This remarkable professional lens features a Nano Crystal coating to reduce the effects of ghost and flare, and delivers edge-to-corner sharpness that can surpass that of equivalent fixed focal-length lenses.
14-24mm zoom range features SWM (Silent Wave Motor) for whisper quiet and fast autofocus combined with ED glass to minimize chromatic aberration.
The lens has a rubber mount seal to cope in all weathers and has instant manual focus override for those moments where you have to take control (M/A or M switching).
ED glass to minimize chromatic aberration. Closest focusing distance is 0.38 m (at 50 mm). The lens has a rubber mount seal to cope in all weathers and has instant manual focus override for those moments where you have to take control (M/A or M switching).
The Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR lens is a compact, lightweight G-type fast telephoto zoom lens with the added benefit of Nikon Vibration Reduction (VR). It features built-in SWM for ultra-fast ultra-quiet AF operation. Nikon VR operation offers the equivalent of using a shutter speed 3 stops (eight times) faster than non-VR mode.
Two VR modes are available…Normal and Active. This lens is constructed using five ED glass elements and is a triumph of engineering excellence.
The Nikon SB-900 Speedlight is a professional i-TTL Speedlight compatible with Nikon FX and DX format SLRs. It is part of the Nikon Creative Lighting System which means it can be triggered remotely and controlled wirelessly from the camera body. This powerful Speedlight offers photographers extensive creative opportunities for their flash photography. Three illumination patterns – Centre-weighted, Even and Standard – provide total control over flash coverage and it covers a class-leading auto zoom range of 17-200mm in just 1.2 seconds. Advanced features include a booster circuit that enables high-speed recycling using four AA-type batteries and a built-in thermal protection system to warn of excessive heat build up. The SB-900 can automatically detect the presence of a fluorescent or incandescent color filter and transmit this information to the attached camera’s white balance setting, and its firmware can be upgraded via the camera body.
The Nikon SB-600 Speedlight is a mid range flash compatible with the Nikon Creative Lighting System. Featuring Nikon’s latest i-TTL monitor pre-flash metering technology, the SB-600 offers a powerful but attractively priced main flash for general photography. The SB-600 also offers fully automatic exposure control when used in groups with other Speedlights, controlled either by a Master SB-900 or the ‘Commander’ function of compatible Nikon camera bodies. This sppedlight features simplified buttons for ease of use and it’s packed with practical functions to meet the lighting needs of the most creative digital photographers. It has a Guide Number of 30/98 [ISO100,m/ft], 42/138[ISO200,m/ft] (at 35mm zoom) with auto zoom of 24 to 85mm. It features the same wide area AF Assist Illuminator as the popular SB-800.
The Dell™UltraSharp™ Flat Panel LCD Monitor redefines the performance of LCD displays with its stylish design and advanced functionality. The monitor offers resolution of up to 1680×1050 pixels and also provides an ultra fast response time to enable crisp clear images when using the display for fast motion video. It also offers high contrast ratio of up to 800:1 that generates sharper, crisper lines and images while, the wider viewing angle allows you to view the screen from various positions without compromising image quality.
Wacom is the most widely-known pen tablet manufacturer, and have an excellent reputation which is well-deserved. In 1989, Wacom introduced the first cordless, battery-free, pressure-sensitive pen, and their Intuos3 is the third generation of Wacom’s professional line of graphics tablets. Intuos3 supports tilt control and 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity).
Every MacBook Pro starts its life as a single block of aluminum. Each block is precisely machined into the basic unibody design. The top case is completely seamless. And it’s surprisingly thin and light. With an edge-to-edge glass overlay, the new LED-backlit display is instantly bright and incredibly thin. Its 60 percent greater color gamut means you benefit from richer, more vibrant colors. An ambient light sensor activates the illuminated keyboard in low-light conditions. It also controls the brightness of the display. The glass Multi-Touch trackpad feels as good as it functions. From the smallest detail to the biggest engineering breakthrough, the new MacBook Pro truly is the next generation of notebooks.
The Sekonic L-358 light-meter has been designed to meet the challenges and demands of today’s film and digital photographers. It offers versatile functions, to accommodate the most critical and precise photographic shooting conditions without sacrificing ease of use and affordability. It offers superior performance with new, redefined standards for precise, multi-function exposure and analyzing controls. The L-358 measures exposure accurate down to a tenth-of-a-stop for both ambient and electronic flash light readings (in full-stop mode). The meter can also display shutter-speeds and apertures in half or third-stop increments to mirror the exposure settings on your camera.
Compact, sturdy and highly functional: The new mobile Photo-PC JOBO GIGA Vu extreme is the successor to the award-winning GIGA Vu PRO evolution, and offers some new functions. In addition to the card slot for CF, also included is an adapter for SD/SDHC for fast image and data transmission. GIGA Vu extreme is available with disk capacity from 80 GB to 160 GB and is compatible with the new JOBO photoGPS.
GIGA Vu extreme is a compact alternative to a notebook for large quantities of photos, videos, audio and other files. Transfer speeds of up to 1GB in 2 minutes from the camera memory card to the device is assured. A bright (280 cd/m2) and large (3.7″) VGA display allows an extremely comfortable assessment and viewing of pictures without a PC, with excellent quality.
The LowePro SlingShot 350 AW is perfect for the photojournalist who wants a sling-style camera bag that allows easy access while wearing, plus room for a notebook. The ergonomic sling strap evenly adjusts weight and easily rotates from back to front—making it simple to work out of the bag. The roomy main compartment is outfitted with adjustable, padded dividers to customize up to a pro-sized camera kit. Additional features include: padded waist belt, mesh back pad, All Weather Cover™, built-in memory card pouch and microfiber LCD cloth, silent zipper pulls, Hypalon® SlipLock™ attachment loops, plus accessory pockets for easy access to personal items. A padded compartment fits most 15.4″ notebooks. | 2019-04-19T22:20:36 | http://www.endamadden.com/gear-equipment |
0.999999 | A jealous restaurant worker was convicted of trying to murder his ex-girlfriend's new partner by stabbing him 17 times after seeing the couple's first kiss streamed on Facebook Live.
Ashley Luff, 32, ambushed Chantelle Price's new boyfriend Nathan Birch as he left work in Fareham, Hampshire, having become enraged after seeing the video of the pair's first kiss on the social media site.
Armed with a knife and wearing gloves, Luff lay in wait, punching 24-year-old Mr Birch off his bicycle as he left work before repeatedly plunging the blade into him in a frenzied attack.
Now Mr Birch and Miss Price, 24, have spoken about the horrific attack - but revealed it has 'made them stronger' as they are now engaged.
Chef Mr Birch also said the attempted murder has had a serious impact on his mental health as he must now take sleeping pills as he 'wakes up every hour' and is 'always looking over his shoulder' at work.
TGI Fridays worker Mr Birch suffered three wounds to his chest, one of which was 'directly over the heart', as well as wounds to his neck, back and arms and a punctured lung.
Jurors at Portsmouth Crown Court, Hants, yesterday convicted Luff of attempting to murder Mr Birch after a week-long trial. He grinned and nodded as he heard the verdict.
Speaking outside the court, Mr Birch said: 'It's made us stronger to go through that sort of thing.
'Chantelle has been great all the way through with everything. We got engaged on New Year's Eve, it felt right.
'Now this is out of the way and I don't have to worry about it, it has pushed me [and I want] to get married even more and start to live my life.
'Once it happened and I came out of hospital and started going back to work, obviously I was always looking over my shoulder.
'I know he's been locked up but I never knew what was going to happen or whether someone else was going to come after me.
Opening the case, prosecutor Simon Jones said just two weeks before the attack on August 19, last year, Luff saw a video of Miss Price and Mr Birch sharing their first kiss on Facebook.
The court heard Luff then called Mr Birch's workplace at TGI Friday's in Fareham, Hants, to ask when he would be working, before launching his 'deliberate and carefully planned' attack.
Mr Jones said: 'The defendant suddenly appeared in front of Nathan.
'The defendant embarked upon a violent, frenzied attack, punching him to his body and although Nathan Birch tried to defend himself he was overpowered - it was no use.
Terrified Miss Price became concerned for her boyfriend's safety after he phoned her upon leaving work and was then attacked.
During the trial, she said she could hear her ex-boyfriend Luff in the background before he fled the scene, leaving Mr Birch severely wounded.
However, Luff tried to claim he had never intended to seriously hurt Mr Birch, but was in fact just trying to steal his bike and had ended up acting in self-defence.
Despite being brutally attacked, Mr Birch escaped when Luff fell as he tried to kick his victim into the ditch.
When paramedics arrived at TGI Fridays, where Mr Birch worked, they had to re-inflate his collapsed lung and rush him to hospital.
Gloves found in a nearby silver BMW were soaked in Mr Birch's blood.. Police also found the blood-coated knife in a nearby drain.
Judge Roger Hetherington told Luff, who has convictions for attempted robbery and common assault, he would sentence him on May 17.
The judge remanded the ASK Italian restaurant worker in custody.
Speaking after the conviction, prosecutor Mr Jones added: 'Ashley Luff pre-armed himself with a knife and waited for Nathan Birch, who was riding his bike on his way home.
'There is no doubt that Nathan Birch could have died from his injuries, had he had not managed to escape and seek medical help. | 2019-04-19T00:34:42 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6908649/Attacker-waited-ex-girlfriends-new-man-stabbed-watching-kiss-Facebook.html |
0.999588 | After Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump: Some statements about him in Mueller report are 'total bulls---' Colbert hits Trump after Mueller report: Innocent people don't say 'I'm f---ed' The Hill's Morning Report — Mueller aftermath: What will House Dems do now? MORE announced last month that the Justice Department would be tightening the criteria for those claiming asylum, the pro-open borders legacy media sprang into action. Rather than have an intellectual debate on the merits of the change, they predictably found and promoted a series of victims. The sad faces and tales of misery portrayed in the coverage tugged at the heartstrings and lead readers to one conclusion: the only reason Sessions enacted this policy is because he is mean-spirited and doesn’t like women and small children. It’s time to put aside this knee-jerk emotionalism and confront the realities of the issue.
President Trump Donald John TrumpGrassroots America shows the people support Donald Trump Trump speaks to rebel Libyan general attacking Tripoli Dem lawmaker: Mueller report shows 'substantial body of evidence' on obstruction MORE often talks about the loopholes in our immigration laws, and there is no better example than asylum laws. Unlike others seeking entry into the United States, those requesting asylum do so based on the honor system. The applicant need only assert persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution in their homeland by the government (or a non-governmental actor that the government is unwilling or unable to control) based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. No proof of persecution is required, and would be nearly impossible to acquire if it even existed. This “credible fear” standard is easily met and has allowed many illegitimate claimants to remain in the country. So the United States is expected to accept people about whom little is known and based on claims that may or may not be true.
In terms of what is good for America, that is a high-risk, low-reward proposition.
It gets worse. Asylum seekers are, by definition, those who have already entered the United States to request protection. The law of the land states that all asylum petitioners, the merits of their claims notwithstanding, must have their cases adjudicated. As the system has been overwhelmed with more applicants than it can detain, the overflow are released within the United States. The Executive Office for Immigration Review currently has over 312,000 cases with pending asylum applications. Those applicants are expected, again on the honor system, to appear at a future date for their hearing. Is it a shock to anyone that few ever show up?
Our courts have been complicit in the exploitation as well, since the criteria for asylum has creeped beyond the written law. In 2000 a federal court held that a Filipino “whistleblower” who stayed in the U.S. illegally qualified for asylum because he could face persecution if he returned to his country. Others claim asylum based on spousal abuse, persecution based on sexual orientation or they fear violence from drug gangs in their home countries.
Did Sessions overrule the BIA decisions because he is uncaring to victims of domestic violence? No. The fact is that broadening the asylum criteria would result in genuine asylum seekers being crowded out of the process and denied refuge. Like many areas of immigration law, our asylum process is in desperate need of overhaul. The adjudication time needs to be shortened. Applicants who arrive in the U.S. via another safe country should not be admitted. Illegal aliens in the deportation process should not be allowed to file asylum claims. Those are just some of the remedies that can be applied to stop this manipulation of our laws and sovereignty.
Is America still a compassionate nation? Of course it is, and we should continue to be a safe haven to those who legitimately meet the conditions for asylum. Allowing widespread fraud and exploitation of our asylum process, however, serves neither the new asylum arrivals nor the American citizens who welcome them. | 2019-04-20T03:20:09 | https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/397751-the-sessions-doj-is-working-to-end-the-great-asylum-hustle |
0.99989 | What's the point of sleep?
Almost as much as eating food or tormenting the local wildlife, my cats love to sleep. Which is probably why I get on so well with them, because I'm also quite partial to a good nap. The trouble with sleep is that no one's quite sure why we actually do it. But a new paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience provides clues pointing towards one possible function – sleep might help to repair support structures in the brain.
Chiara Cirelli and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison looked at the sleeping patterns of transgenic mice, which were modified to express a green fluorescent protein in a specific type of brain cell called an oligodendrocyte. Oligodendrocytes act as a sort of insulating scaffold structure for neurons. Located in the brain and spinal cord, they attach to the axon – the long fibre that extends out of the neuron's cell body and ends in a terminal that connects to other neurons – and produce a coating of fat and protein called the myelin sheath.
For neurons to function properly, myelin is extremely important. The presence of myelin allows impulses to "hop" along the axon, increasing the overall speed at which information is transmitted to other cells. If a neuronal axon wasn't covered in myelin, electrical impulses generated by the cell body would basically leak out into the surrounding fluid, resulting in a slower transfer of information from one neuron to another. Progressive loss of myelin is a key factor in multiple sclerosis, and can result in vision loss, limb weakness, memory loss and fatigue, among other things.
Cirelli's team were interested in gene expression in oligodendrocytes. When a gene is expressed, it plays a part in activating or deactivating what a particular cell can do – think of it like a switch that kickstarts different cellular functions. While we generally know that lots of genes are activated during different periods of the sleep wake cycle, we know less about how sleep affects specific cell types. So by figuring out which genes in oligodendrocytes are activated at different times in the sleep and wake cycle, Cirelli's team was able to understand more about the role that sleep plays in changing and regulating the activity in these key support structures.
They found that in mice that had been asleep, genes involved in creating myelin, or promoting the production of oligodendrocyte precursor cells, showed greater activation. On the other hand, for mice that were awake or had been sleep-deprived, there was greater activation of genes involved in cellular stress responses and cell death. In other words, sleep appears to promote the reproduction of cells that are essential in helping the brain to repair itself.
How does this fit in with other theories of sleep? One, called the repair and restoration theory, argues that sleep (especially REM sleep) helps to restore physiological resources that have been depleted throughout the day. In line with this, Cirelli's team found that the more time the mice spent in REM sleep, the more the oligodendrocyte precursor cells proliferated.
But while this all fits together, there are a lot of findings that contradict the repair and restoration theory. For example, on the basis of this theory, you might presume that the more active you are, the more sleep you need. But this doesn't seem to be the case. Furthermore, in assuming that there is only a single purpose for sleep, it ignores the fact that sleep patterns vary wildly across different species, and even between members of the same species.
An alternative suggestion that tries to take into account these differences is known as the evolutionary, or energy conservation, theory. The idea here is that animal species vary in their sleep habits in ways that make sense if you look at how many hours they need to be awake. For example, grazing animals, which need to eat for a large portion of the day, get less sleep than carnivores that can satisfy their nutritional needs with a single meal. Similarly, animals that need to be alert for predators get little sleep, and vice versa. It's difficult to see how the results from Cirelli's study fit with a theory like this, as it doesn't really explain why we have REM and non-REM sleep, for instance.
One thing that is worth pointing out is that Cirelli's study, on transgenic mice, is still a far cry from understanding the possible functions of human sleep. So while it's tempting to suggest from this study that chronic poor sleep might be a contributing factor to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, we're still quite a way off making that link between human sleep patterns, support cell reproduction, and neurodegenerative disorders. In the meantime, though, just to be on the safe side, I'm off for a nap. | 2019-04-18T11:19:57 | http://www.healthcarepct.com/Articles/What%27s-the-point-of-sleep%3F |
0.999407 | When playing the game for the first time, you will be confronted with some of the basic rules which are explained below. For starters, each player is dealt two hole cards in Texas hold'em with the overall goal of making the best five-card poker hand.
Play moves clockwise around the table, starting with action to the left of the dealer button. The first two players to the immediate left of the button are required to post a small blind and a big blind to initiate the betting. From there, action occurs on multiple streets: Preflop, Flop, the Turn and the River.
Before every new round, two players at the table have to post blinds, or forced bets that begin the wagering.
In Texas hold'em, every player receives two cards face down, called Hole cards. Every player keeps these cards to conceal until the end of all of the betting rounds, which is called the showdown. Texas hold'em is a game of community cards, where five cards are displayed in the middle of the table to be used in conjunction with the player's two hole cards in order to make the best five-card holding.
The five community cards are displayed in the middle of the table on the flop, the turn and the river. The flop consists of the first three community cards, the turn adds another and the river completes the board with one more. These five cards are visible for every player. Once all five cards are down, players have to make the best five-card poker combination from these seven cards. This can be done using both of your hole cards in combination with three community cards, one hole card in combination with four community cards or no hole cards and playing all five community cards as one's hand. The player with the best combination of cards wins the pot, which is the sum of all bets that have been placed during that hand.
The players who follow have the same three options: Call, Raise or Fold. In the case of raising, the minimum allowed amount for a raise must be equal to the original raise amount. For example, let's say the big blind in a game is $10 and the first player to act raises to $40 in a game of no-limit hold'em. The second player to act has the option to call for $40, fold and no longer play the hand, or raise to $70 as the first raise amount of $30, the difference between the wager placed and the original big blind.
The player with the best combination of five cards will win the pot.
Straight Flush: Five cards in consecutive numerical order, all of identical suite.
Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same rank, and one side card or 'kicker'.
In the event of a tie: Highest four of a kind wins. In community card games where players have the same four of a kind, the highest fifth card ('kicker') wins.
2 (two) dots series, 5 cards total and each card has two dots part on the upper or lower side.
In Domino QQ game each player get 4 of domino cards divided by 2 sections and call the two cards on the left are "Left Side" and two cards on the right are "Right Side".
In this game your card value is Left Side : Right Side. See example below for details, the white number represent the value of two card on the left and the right side.
Notes:You don't have to count each dots of the card while playing in the game, the left side value and the right side value will display automatically on the game. The left side value will be bigger than the right side value, or both sides with the same value In 99 Domino 4 cards game has 5 special mixed card beside normal card value.
These special cards displayed are the best card in domino game, these special cards also apply for jackpot winning, players who has one of this special card will get the jackpot depend on the buying jackpot and the prize, see the rules and jackpot prize from the jackpot menu.
The highest in special cards. If you have these cards, you win the game exactly, no other player will have cards like this.
Second place in special cards. If you have four of these cards, no other player will have same twin cards, you will win the game, except other player had 6666 cards.
Third Place in special cards, If you have total dots between 39 and 43 then you have a Pure Big Card, no other player will have same big cards, you will win the game, except other player had 6666 or Twin Series. Like the given example below the total dots are 41, so this series consider as Pure Big Card.
Fourth place in special cards, If you have total dots between 6 to 9 then you card is a Pure Small Card, no other player will have same small cards like this and you will win the game, except other player had 6666, Twin Series and Pure Big.
The last special card is Double 9 or QQ which is the total value of two cards on the left and the right side is 9, so you get 99 cards, the highest value in normal cards. Other player may have the same 9 cards, if do so the winning pot will be splitted.
If the player card number is greater than the dealer, then the dealer will pay the amount of player bets.
When the dealer card number is greater than the player, then the dealer will take the money of bets place by player.
Dealer will always win if the dealer get the same value as the player.
Player who has 9 Card, dealer has to pay double amount of player’s bet.
Dealer who has 9 card, dealer take all player bets even player has the highest number.
Special cards in ceme only applies for the Jackpot. Since the special card has to be 4 cards in order to win the jackpot, the winning combination will be the dealer’s cards and the player cards.
Third Place in special cards, If you have total dots between 39 and 43 then you have a Pure Big Card, no other player will have same big cards. Player and dealer have to have this combination of cards.
Fourth place in special cards, If you have total dots between 6 to 9 then you card is a Pure Small Card, no other player will have same small cards like this. Player and dealer have to have this combination of cards.
Click on the Tournament Tab to go to the Tournament Section.
Select the Tournament you want to join.
Click the Register button on the right side of the page.
When the tournament starts, go the Tournament Lobby.
And click on the Go to Table button and Start playing!
Once registered you may unregister (refund) anytime before the tournament starts if needed.
Once the Tournament starts and you are registered, your player will be sat out and still pay the the ante and blinds when it is your turn to do so. Until you log-in and go to your Table.
Tournament has started but still allow players who have not played yet to register.
The Tournament did start at all and was cancelled due to requirement not being met.
Buy In: Amount on how much to pay to join. ( Prize contribution + entry fee).
Players : Indicates the current number of players registered for the Tournament.
Prize: Indicates the current amount of prize in the Prize Pool.
Register: You join the Tournament and play by paying the Buy In. May only be done during Registration and Late Registration period.
Unregister: You refund your Buy In and removed from the Tournament registrants. This may only be done before the Tournament start time.
Starting Chips: Indicates the amount of chips all players start with.
Min/Max Players: Minimum and Maximum number of players that can register for the Tournament. If the minimum number of players is not reached the Tournament will be cancelled.
Players: Real time list of players, ranked according to their chip stack and how many chips the player has. It also shows the Prize payout of the ranks, which is how much a player would receive when eliminated in that rank.
More important is that you chips is at least 25 times the current Big Blind!
Table List: Shows the tables in the tournament and how many players are in each table.
Table Details: Select a table from the Table List to see the usernames of the players on the table, their rank and chip stack count.
Blind Structure: Shows how much the Small Blind/Big Blind, Ante and duration of each Level for the whole tournament.
Award Structure: The list of the Percentage from the Total Prize pool and amount that will be awarded to the winning players according to the Rank/Place.
There are no re-buys, once you lose all your chips you are out of the tournament. So play your best!
The Buyin is your payment for joining the Tournament; The more players join the bigger the Prize will be!!
You may register and unregister for a Tournament during the registration period, but when the Tournament starts, players cannot unregister anymore.
There's a minimum and a maximum number of players for a Tournament. If the minimum number of players is not reached the Tournament will be canceled. If the Maximum number of players is reached registration will not be allowed anymore.
The tournament will only end when there is only 1 player remaining.
If the tournament starts and have not logged on, your chips will be blinded out until you log on and sit on your table.
Players may not quit or leave the tournament as long as you have chips. (You may log off your account but it will continue blinding out, your hand will be killed at the beginning of each hand.) Sitting out will automatically fold your hand before the betting begins.
To win cash you must be eliminated in a position that has a prize. This depends on the Prize Structure of the Tournament. The more registered players there are, the more prize places there’ll be.
The Blinds will increase every level.
There will be scheduled breaks during the Tournament.
If you fail to select an action before you turn timer runs out, your action will be check or fold. Then your account will be sat out. You may Sit In at any time so you may play the next upcoming hand.
You may "sit in" by clicking the "Sit In" button located at the center of the player HUD.
In this game, every players will receive 2 cards in the beginning and will receive another 1 card after that. Every players will have 3 cards in their hand and the player who has the highest card value wins the game.
If the total value of the cards have 2 digits, we will use the last digit as the value. Each J, Q and K card will be counted as 10.
Minimum raise: The raise amount must be at least as much as the previous bet/raise in the same round.
Maximum raise: The size of the pot, which is the total of the active pot, plus all bets on the table, plus the amount the active player must first call before raising.
Check: Take no action and let the next player take his turn. This action can only be taken if there is NO bet/raise to call.
Call: match the amount bet/raised by another player.
Bet/Raise: increase the bet within the specific limits of the game.
Fold: Discard your hole cards and surrender any claim to the Pot.
The winner will be the player with the Best 5-card Poker Hand, using exactly 2 cardsfrom the players hole cards and exactly 3 cards from the Community cards.
10. High card: Any hand that does not qualify under a category listed above.
Click the 'Ready' button when you have finished arranging your cards, or click "Reset" button to cancel the arrangement and rearrange.
If you want to exit or finish a game, click the "Stand Up" button to stand up from a chair.
Click "Ready" button when you have finished composing the card, or click the 'Reset' button to cancel the arrangement and rearrange your cards.
Dragon Cards is the highest possible hand in the CAPSA game.
If the player or the dealer has dragon cards (Capsa), the reward will be 2.5 times from the total bet.
If players get a Straight Flush, payment will be 2 times from the total bet.
If the player has a Four of Kind, payment will be at 1.5 times from the total bet.
Full Houses will ranked by comparing the Three of a kind of each hand to determine the winner.
Player will win the match because player has Full House Ace.
Player will win the match because dealer has an a Heart Flush while the Player has a Spade Flush.
If player or dealer have a straight on their rearmost deck, Straight will ranked by comparing the highest card of each.
if player or dealer have a same highest card then the winner will be determine by the highest suites of the card.
If player and/or dealer has a Two Pair each, it will be ranked by comparing the higher ranked Pair to determine the winner.
Player win because have higher Kicker , Ace.
If player or dealer has a Pair, The higher ranked pair will determine the winner.
Player will win the match because player has pair of Ace.
If player or dealer has a High Card hand, the rank of the highest card will determine the winner. In case of a tie the next highest card will be compared.
If player or dealer has the same ranked cards the winner will be determined by the suite of the highest ranked card.
Dealer will win the match because Dealer has a heart symbol which is the higher rank compared to the Club symbol. | 2019-04-25T15:52:12 | https://help.ms88th.com/rules_idn_en.asp |
0.999999 | A good friend who has had type 2 diabetes for many years called and said, "My doctor told me I have to go on insulin." As soon as she said it, she began to cry. When I asked why, she said, "It means that I have failed, that I have let down my family." As I tried to assure her this wasn't necessarily true, she blurted out, "It means my diabetes is getting much worse, and I am afraid I am going to suffer and die." When I asked her why she believed this, she said that almost everyone she knew with type 2 diabetes who started insulin developed terrible complications and died soon after they began using it.
This conversation bothered me on several levels. I think it reflects a legacy of health care providers threatening type 2 patients with insulin as a means of improving compliance to diabetes therapy. All too often I have heard of physicians using insulin as a threat: "If you don't take your pills and watch your diet, I will have to put you on the needle!" In this context, it is not surprising that my friend saw the need for insulin as a failure to follow the doctor's orders.
Her comments about insulin and dying also concerned me and, unfortunately, reflect a view that many type 2 patients have about insulin. This is no surprise. For many people with type 2 diabetes, insulin is introduced only after all oral medications have been tried and failed; in essence, it becomes a drug of last resort. In many of these cases, the oral agents have not been effective for some time before insulin is considered. Thus, the patient has already developed many of the secondary complications that plague diabetes, including cardiac-related conditions that are the main cause of death in people with type 2. So, it's likely that my friend saw others placed on insulin after their health was significantly impaired and the chance of death was greater.
I believe that we should view insulin as one of many drugs to treat type 2 diabetes, not as the drug of last resort. Many providers argue that patients are unwilling to use insulin. Increasing research shows, however, that this is less true than many physicians believe. With proper education and discussion of their situation, many people would be willing to try insulin if recommended to do so by their doctor.
The fact is that type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease in which the insulin-producing beta cells may eventually lose their ability to respond to oral medications effectively. Indeed, it is estimated that 30 to 40 percent of people with type 2 diabetes will eventually need insulin. Needing insulin does not mean you have failed. Rather, it means that your body is changing and needs a different therapy. | 2019-04-20T00:34:23 | http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2012/jul/insulin-what-your-body-needs.html |
0.999757 | Running for re-election in 1982, Senator Ted Kennedy aired a series of sentimental television ads in which longtime supporters spoke of him as an empathetic human being who was no stranger to suffering and sorrow. One of those supporters was 83-year-old Frank Manning, founder of the Massachusetts Association of Older Americans. "He's not a plaster saint, he's not without his faults," Manning said in the ad. "But we wouldn't want a plaster saint."
I didn't vote for Kennedy in 1982 or any other year, and I have certainly never thought of him as a saint, plaster or otherwise. Play-to-win politics, not piety, has been the essence of his long career in the Senate. He has a gift for the poignant gesture, the moving turn of phrase; there is no denying he is a deft hand at evoking the affection of his many admirers. But beneath the tug at the heartstrings, there is always shrewd political calculation. Those 1982 TV spots, for example, had less to do with Kennedy's re-election in Massachusetts, which was never in doubt, than with the prospect of another presidential campaign and the need to improve his image in neighboring New Hampshire, where he had suffered a crushing defeat in the Democratic primary two years earlier.
Today Kennedy is gravely ill with brain cancer, but his political instincts are as sharp as ever. Given his condition, the letter he sent to Massachusetts political leaders last week could not help but generate a fresh wave of sympathy "I am now writing to you," it said, "about an issue that concerns me deeply the continuity of representation for Massachusetts, should a vacancy occur." As a human being, Kennedy is surely grateful for that sympathy. As a canny political navigator, he reckons it may provide the cover needed to change Massachusetts law so as to benefit his party.
Kennedy wants the Legislature to upend the succession law it passed in 2004, when at his urging it stripped away the governor's longstanding power to temporarily fill a Senate vacancy. Back then, John Kerry was a presidential candidate and Republican Mitt Romney was governor; Kennedy lobbied state Democrats to change the law so that Romney couldn't name Kerry's successor.
They followed his advice with gusto. When the final vote took place, the Boston Globe reported, "hooting and hollering broke out on the usually staid House floor," and House Speaker Thomas Finneran acknowledged candidly: "It's a political deal. It's very raw politics."
It still is. Now that Massachusetts has a Democratic governor, Kennedy is lobbying to restore the gubernatorial power to name an interim appointee who would serve until a new senator could be elected. That would guarantee Democrats in Washington two reliable Senate votes from Massachusetts, even if Kennedy isn't there to cast one of them.
Needless to say, Kennedy's letter says nothing about raw politics. No, it's all lofty principle and good government. "It is vital for this commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election," he writes.
Well, if Kennedy is sincere if his chief concern is that Massachusetts not be left for months without the services of a full-time senator then he should do the right thing right now: He should resign.
For well over a year, Massachusetts has not had the "two voices … and two votes in the Senate" that Kennedy himself says its voters are entitled to. Sickness has kept him away from Capitol Hill for most of the last 15 months. He has missed all but a handful of the 270 roll-calls taken in the Senate so far this year, including votes on the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and numerous appropriations and budget acts. Through no fault of his own, he is unable to carry out the job he was re-elected to in 2006. As a matter of integrity, he should bow out, and allow his constituents to choose a replacement.
"Democrats are keenly feeling the absence of Ted Kennedy," reported The Politico from Washington last week. "Senate Democratic insiders … say there's been little contact with the Massachusetts Democrat recently." Though his staff tries to keep up appearances, it is clear that Kennedy is no longer an active participant in Senate business. Few things are harder for those accustomed to power than letting it go. But there is no honor in clinging to office till the bitter end.
Senator Kerry told ABC News the other day that his friend and colleague "doesn't believe that under any circumstances, now or ever, Massachusetts should have anything less than full representation in the United States Senate." But it has less than full representation much less right now. For the sake of the state and Senate he loves, Edward Kennedy should step down. | 2019-04-23T10:56:01 | http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby082409.php3 |
0.998168 | Ivanhercaz removed a watcher for good first bug: Ivanhercaz.
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An option similar to the one @Ivanhercaz suggests would be choosing the accent color #eaf3ff instead of the base color #eaecf0 for the background; this color is documented on M101.
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Hi @Urbanecm. I have doubts about this task and T213173. I searched the socialauth package and I only find its documentation page and all its related stuff (PyPI, GitHub, etcetera). It isn't seem to be related or developed for Wikimedia projects, nor nothing tracked here. And the most strange is that I don't understand where is the MediaWiki method you are using, because it isn't in authentication.py neither in other files.
That's a nice idea and easy to implement. I would do it, but as @thiemowmde and @Jan_Dittrich note, it is necessary to have a concern about it. Could we agree a basic style and then request comments about it?
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Ivanhercaz updated subscribers of T120072: Expose the fact that PWB is available more.
@Chicocvenancio, what's necessary to fix this task? I understand the main issue is to make easier to know that Pywikibot is available in PAWS, no?
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Ha! Didn't remember I made that.
@Ivanhercaz The live code for PAWS is in https://github.com/yuvipanda/paws PAWS-beta lives in https://github.com/chicocvenancio/paws/tree/dev PRs against either are very welcome.
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Thank you for the information @Dalba! If I find time to check this task, I will claim it.
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This is an easy task because can hide it as Framawiki suggested. But I would like to know how we can contribute to this kind of tasks. Is it explained in some page in Mediawiki or Wikitech? If someone explain me that, as you @Chicocvenancio, I could claim this task.
I would like to help with this task, that doesn't seem very hard to apply, but I have an important doubt with the source code of this script. In the line 188 there is a call to the method run() from the class MispellingRobot but, where is that method? I don't see it in the source code. I understand everything except that. Could anyone clarify me this?
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Ivanhercaz moved T193952: Create a "support" button that perform the signature automagically in one click from Backlog to Related issues with Commons/Meta pages on the Wiki-Loves-Love board.
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Ivanhercaz updated the task description for T193935: License of the messages written in the Telegram group.
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I will check it tomorrow to know if my knowledge I am able to do this or if I can learn to do it. For the moment, I am going to claim this task.
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All right @Romaine, excuse me because I was confused after the conversation. I think that @Krishna_Chaitanya_Velaga won't have any problem to let you claim this task. He also claimed T193939. There is work and tasks for everyone!
Ivanhercaz added a comment to T193796: Messages of appreciation and announcement.
Okay, I have read now T193952. Tomorrow I will check it fine.
I think that before we launch that, it would be better to have a simple "support" blue button, that directly edit the page, without requiring to type any wikitext.
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by removing them from Wikidata, or by some other solution yet to identify.
The second point is purely about writing some promotional, isn't it?
Ivanhercaz updated subscribers of T193796: Messages of appreciation and announcement.
Ok. So far I thanked people who signed the support section on Meta through the Mediawiki "thank" feature.
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Maybe this task has relation with the task that I recently opened (T183779). A dead link with a 404 error but not marked as dead link.
Ivanhercaz updated the task description for T183779: Dead links that are not marked as dead links.
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Ivanhercaz created T162853: VisualFileChange.js gets "You cannot execute new requests without reloading this page". . | 2019-04-21T05:08:57 | https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Ivanhercaz/ |
0.999818 | What are fibrocystic breast changes?
Many women have breasts that feel lumpy, thick, and tender, especially right before their periods. These symptoms are called fibrocystic breast changes. They may also be called cyclic breast changes, because they come and go with your menstrual cycle.
Fibrocystic breast changes are normal and harmless. They aren't cancer, and they don't increase your chance of getting breast cancer.
But having fibrocystic breast changes can make it harder to find a lump that could be cancer. This is a special concern if you also have a higher-than-normal risk for breast cancer. So if you or a close family member has had breast cancer or if you have had radiation treatment or a breast biopsy showing atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), talk to your doctor about how often you need a breast checkup.
What causes fibrocystic breast changes?
Experts think that fibrocystic breast changes are linked to the hormone changes that happen during a woman's menstrual cycle. Each month, a woman's body gets ready for a possible pregnancy. It releases hormones that signal the breasts to make milk. The milk (or mammary) glands get bigger, which may make some women's breasts feel lumpy and tender. These symptoms go away after a woman starts her period.
You are more likely to have fibrocystic breasts if your mother or sisters have them.
They feel tender or painful. Women often describe this as a dull or aching pain, heaviness, or soreness.
Your breasts feel lumpy. Your doctor may call this "generalized breast lumpiness." Lumpy (cystic) areas feel thick. You may have one or more lumps that are always in the same area and that grow and shrink with each menstrual cycle. The lumps move if you push on them.
Your symptoms get better by the time your period ends.
Symptoms can be on one or both sides and can occur up toward and under the armpit.
Many women first notice fibrocystic breast changes when they are in their 30s. At this age, your hormone levels start to vary more than before.
How are fibrocystic breast changes diagnosed?
If you notice a new breast lump, wait through one menstrual cycle. If it's still there after your period, see your doctor for a breast exam. If you aren't having menstrual periods, see your doctor for a breast exam as soon as you notice a new lump.
To diagnose fibrocystic breast changes, your doctor will do a breast exam and ask when you had your last period. Further exams and tests usually aren't needed. But if your doctor needs more information or you want reassurance, you may have other tests, such as a mammogram or a breast ultrasound.
You don't need to do anything about fibrocystic breast changes. They are normal, and they don't lead to cancer.
Take an over-the-counter pain medicine like acetaminophen (such as Tylenol) or ibuprofen (such as Advil). If this doesn't help, ask your doctor about using a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)skin cream. Stronger medicines are available, but they may have more side effects. Be safe with medicines. Read and follow all instructions on the label.
Wear a bra that gives your breasts good support.
Ask your doctor about low-dose birth control pills. For some women, these help reduce breast soreness and swelling before periods. They may be a good choice if your symptoms bother you and you want to prevent pregnancy.
Although there is no evidence that any of these help with breast pain, some women report that they feel better when they give up caffeine; eat a very low-fat diet; or take certain vitamin, mineral, or herbal supplements. Be sure your doctor knows about any supplements you're taking. And talk with your doctor before you make any major changes to your diet.
What is cyclic breast pain?
When do I need to see my doctor about breast changes?
What do I need to know about having a mammogram?
Goyal A (2014). Breast pain. BMJ Clinical Evidence, 10: 812. http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/0812/overview.html. Accessed November 14, 2014.
Mansel RE (2010). Management of breast pain. In JR Harris et al., eds., Diseases of the Breast, 4th ed., pp. 52-57. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. | 2019-04-23T00:47:31 | http://dobbsferrypharmacy.com/PatientPortal/MyPractice.aspx?UAID=C02C9140-EE45-4012-81AE-26B3E0C445ED&ID=HW5hw51937&Title=Fibrocystic-Breasts |
0.999986 | Windows PowerShell was designed with the following thought in mind: How could a technology be designed that combines the power of C# with the simplicity of a scripting language or shell? Therefore, PowerShell is architecturally a composition of types, especially those from the .NET framework. .NET access was necessary because the API of Microsoft's server products changed. The use of Visual Studio and high-level languages for administrative purposes was something that could no longer be reasonably expected. The result was the multilayer architecture of PowerShell.
The commands form the top of a pyramid, with a strong dependency on the underlying type library. This relationship is clear from the installation prerequisites for the different PowerShell versions (Table 1). The mutual dependencies between the installed .NET libraries, system components, and PowerShell make it impossible to use Windows PowerShell outside of Windows. The get-process command, for example, is based on the System.Diagnostics.Process type. However, if these classes are only available for Windows operating systems, the command pyramid lacks a basis. This changes with the new concept of .NET Core.
One disadvantage of the classic .NET architecture always has been the distribution of apps. Developers need an existing and suitable .NET framework version on the target system, and changes have to be adapted to the run-time environment. In principle, the environment determines the characteristics of the applications. The fixation on Windows is another limitation.
.NET Core looks to overcome these limitations through a modular structure. A subset of the .NET framework and the Common Language Runtime has been outsourced into a separate package. The portability of .NET Core and apps hosted within it on different processor architectures and operating systems is the central feature of Microsoft's modern class library, making it possible to scale applications from data centers to mobile devices.
This new variant of .NET, currently in versions 1 and 2, is open source and available for Linux and Mac OS. Because of the close relationship between the class base and PowerShell, these changes have a direct effect on PowerShell. PowerShell Core (PSCore) can be used on Linux and Windows and distributed as an application. As an administrative tool, PSCore cannot be removed completely from the operating system.
One example is Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Since Windows NT, the popular class library has offered administrators access to almost all hardware and software objects for the administration of servers and clients. However, the get-WmiObject command immediately results in an error message under Linux, because WMI is not available under Linux. Therefore, there are no classes on which the commands can be based. The same also applies to COM/DCOM objects.
PSCore sources and packages, along with short manuals, are available for various operating systems on GitHub . For Windows, an MSI package is available for download, and the installation routine gives you the choice of storage location. On Linux systems, the DEB package installs PSCore in the /opt/microsoft/powershell/<version number>/ directory.
The sources for developers are also found on the GitHub page. After starting the pwsh interpreter, I recommend selecting Edit | Profile Preferences from the menu, where you can set color and font. Further settings can be made under Edit | Profiles .
The three most important PowerShell commands are available for an initial test: Get-Command is used to explore the commands available in the console, Get-Help documents the use of these commands and retrieves explanations of concepts and constructs, and Get-Member displays the type from which a command is derived. To illustrate the differences between conventional PowerShell and PSCore, a Linux variant is recommended as the operating system.
When looking through the output list, you will notice that many familiar objects are missing, including service and eventlog . However, the Windows variant of PowerShell 6 still includes options for managing services and the WinNT event log.
A gap in the command scope between PowerShell 5.1 and PSCore continues from PSCore for Windows to PSCore for Linux. A look at the Management core module, for example, reveals various differences, as summarized in Table 2.
The final test is .NET Core. The get-Process | get-Member statement produces the same result under Linux as under Windows. Thus, the return value is definitely proof for the partial porting of the .NET framework to Linux. The three automatic variables $IsLinux, $isWindows, and $IsMacOs of Boolean type are new and allow the host operating system to be queried to implement OS switches for cross-platform scripts. The second host with a development environment familiar in the traditional PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, is missing in the PSCore variant. However, with Visual Studio Code, a very good development environment is also available for Linux (Figure 1).
Figure 1: PowerShell ISE is not available on Linux, but development environments like Visual Studio Code work well.
The default value under Linux is Emacs. | 2019-04-21T04:58:57 | http://www.admin-magazine.com/Articles/Platform-independence-with-PowerShell-Core |
0.999539 | Vast amounts of men wear hats. Baseball caps, top hats and beanies are just a few of the common head wearing trends that dominate much of the fashion and sport industry, and the hat wearing trend isn't about to stop anytime soon. But can wearing a hat cause hair loss?
The simple answer to this question is no. Wearing a hat of any kind does not cause men or women to go bald. Hair loss is caused by a number of different factors, the most common of which is male pattern baldness. Although, wearing a hat regularly can lead to hair damage, especially if worn quite tightly, any form of head gear will not lead to receding hairline or thinning scalp.
So, fear not, gents, wearing your stylish hat will not cause baldness. In fact, wearing hats does have its benefits for your hair - especially in the summer time. Harmful rays from the sun can lead to hair follicle damage, therefore wearing a hat can block these rays, leaving your hair fully protected. | 2019-04-19T17:06:31 | http://www.malegroomingreview.co.uk/2015/09/can-wearing-hat-cause-hair-loss.html |
0.998906 | This image of the Ring Nebula, NGC 6720, shows the distinctive shape of the glowing remains of a Sun-like star.
Combining the visible-light views from the Hubble Space Telescope with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope, this composite image reveals that the nebula is more complex than astronomers previously thought.
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope showcases the distinctive shape of the Ring Nebula and offers the best view yet of the nebula. The observations reveal a more complex structure than previously thought. A captioned inset on the back shows the variety of shapes of planetary nebulae. Includes a classroom activity.
An example of a planetary nebula. Use the inquiry-based classroom activity called In Search of Planetary Nebulae Shapes that is included with the PDF lithograph.
Ask students to find the answers to their questions by reading the text on the lithograph and/or the related materials listed below.
Have students exchange papers so that each student has someone else's questions. Then have them find the answers to the other students' questions by reading the text on the lithograph and/or the related materials listed below.
Gather the questions into a list by asking students to volunteer to read their questions while you or another student records them. Ask students to raise their hands if they had the same or a similar question. Count the number of hands raised and record this number next to the question. Once all the student questions have been added to the list, have students search for the answers to their questions in the text on the back of the lithograph. When they complete that task, ask them to decide if each of their questions was answered completely, answered partially, or not answered at all. Go through the original list and place an "A" in front of the questions that were answered completely, a "P" for those that were partially answered, and an "N" for those that were not answered at all. Determine if the most commonly asked questions were also answered completely. Encourage students to do further research to find answers to the unanswered questions.
A content reading tool. Have students read the text on the lithograph and then write a quiz for the class.
HubbleSite press release: "NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape" | 2019-04-25T02:13:39 | http://amazingspace.org/resource_page/53/stars_stellar_evolution/type |
0.999543 | "Filled with action with fast-paced chapters, Calejo's novel is sure to draw in readers and introduce them to the magic, beauty, and history of Hispanic myths and legends (many of which are elaborated on further in a glossary for those unfamiliar with the stories). This is a perfect pick for kids who love Rick Riordan's many series, particularly for those eager for mythologies beyond Greek and Roman stories."
"He's not the "chosen one"—but the bad guys think he is. Mexican-born, American-raised Charlie Hernández just grew horns. And feathers. It's inconvenient. All of a sudden, all the Hispanic (both Latin American and Iberian) myths he learned from his abuela leave the world of legend and reveal themselves in Miami—and everyone, good and bad, seems to be after Charlie. A winner for all kids, but it will be especially beloved by Latinx and Hispanic families who may recognize some of the characters."
This magical adventure brings the Hispanic mythologies . . . to life . . . "the detailed attention to various Hispanic folkloric and mythological traditions is accessible to readers new to the legends as well as old hands, and this multicultural story proves to be a satisfying read for anyone interested in fantasy action."
"The story is fast paced and jam-packed with many encounters with mythological creatures loosely based on folklore from around the Spanish-speaking world. The glossary at the end is helpful with a description and country of origin for each mythological being. VERDICT A great start to a new series that will be devoured by fantasy fans who enjoy action with ample doses of mythological inspirations." | 2019-04-25T06:03:59 | https://www.watchungbooksellers.com/book/9781534426580 |
0.997886 | If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath. A new paper by Mike Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., and Kevin Hand from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, also in Pasadena, details the strongest evidence yet that salty water from the vast liquid ocean beneath Europa's frozen exterior actually makes its way to the surface.
The finding, based on some of the best data of its kind since NASA's Galileo mission (1989 to 2003) to study Jupiter and its moons, suggests there is a chemical exchange between the ocean and surface, making the ocean a richer chemical environment. The work is described in a paper that has been accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal.
The exchange between the ocean and the surface, Brown said, "means that energy might be going into the ocean, which is important in terms of the possibilities for life there. It also means that if you'd like to know what's in the ocean, you can just go to the surface and scrape some off."
Europa's ocean is thought to cover the moon's whole globe and is about 60 miles (100 kilometers) thick under a thin ice shell. Since the days of NASA's Voyager and Galileo missions, scientists have debated the composition of Europa's surface. The infrared spectrometer aboard Galileo was not capable of providing the detail needed to identify definitively some of the materials present on the surface. Now, using the Keck II Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and its OSIRIS spectrometer, Brown and Hand have identified a spectroscopic feature on Europa's surface that indicates the presence of a magnesium sulfate salt, a mineral called epsomite, that could have formed by oxidation of a mineral likely originating from the ocean below.
Brown and Hand started by mapping the distribution of pure water ice versus anything else. The spectra showed that even Europa's leading hemisphere contains significant amounts of non-water ice. Then, at low latitudes on the trailing hemisphere-the area with the greatest concentration of the non-water ice material-they found a tiny, never-before-detected dip in the spectrum.
The two researchers tested everything from sodium chloride to Drano in Hand's lab at JPL, where he tries to simulate the environments found on various icy worlds. At the end of the day, the signature of magnesium sulfate persisted.
The magnesium sulfate appears to be generated by the irradiation of sulfur ejected from the Jovian moon Io and, the authors deduce, magnesium chloride salt originating from Europa's ocean. Chlorides such as sodium and potassium chlorides, which are expected to be on the Europa surface, are in general not detectable because they have no clear infrared spectral features. But magnesium sulfate is detectable. The authors believe the composition of Europa's ocean may closely resemble the salty ocean of Earth.
Europa is considered a premier target in the search for life beyond Earth, Hand said. A NASA-funded study team led by JPL and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., has been working with the scientific community to identify options to explore Europa further. "If we've learned anything about life on Earth, it's that where there's liquid water, there's generally life," Hand said. "And of course our ocean is a nice, salty ocean. Perhaps Europa's salty ocean is also a wonderful place for life."
The work was supported, in part, by the NASA Astrobiology Institute through the Icy Worlds team based at JPL, a division of Caltech. The NASA Astrobiology Institute, based at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., is a partnership among NASA, 15 U.S. teams, and 13 international consortia. The NAI is part of NASA's Astrobiology program, which supports research into the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life on Earth and the potential for life elsewhere. | 2019-04-25T14:07:29 | https://p4-r5-01081.page4.com/_blog/2013/03/06/1324-astronomie---salziges-wasser-auf-jupiter-mond-europa/ |
0.999993 | A refugee advocate says injuries sustained by the Manus Island asylum seeker, Azzam el Sheikh, were not self inflicted as was previously reported.
He was eventually moved to Port Moresby's Bomana prison, from where an attempt to deport him on Wednesday was thwarted by a doctor who found Mr El Sheikh was unfit to fly.
Ms Beech, who communicates with Mr El Sheikh on a daily basis, said she was told that during the second attempt to move him to Port Moresby on 3 April, an Australian man bribed a doctor to allow the 29-year-old onto the plane.
"He struggled violently on that plane. There were at least 12, possibly as many as 17 guards and during his physical resistance a plane window was broken," said Ms Beech.
"Azzam was taken off the plane and beaten up and taken back to Lorengau police station. In his cell there were at least ten men including the Australian who gave the order for Azzam to be roughed up, so he was beaten up again," she said.
"He didn't physically fight anybody on the 11th when they succeeded in taking him from Manus to Port Moresby and he said the reason for that was, he knew he couldn't take another beating."
Ms Beech said several doctors who saw Mr El Sheikh in Bomana prison were denied permission to take him to hospital.
Unable to walk and in the same clothes he had been wearing for almost a month, Mr El Sheikh was finally taken to a Port Moresby medical centre on Wednesday for clearance to board the plane back to Lebanon.
"He was told, 'we'll be taking you to the hospital, then you'll go to the airport. You're being deported today,'" said Ms Beech.
"But when he went to the hospital, the radiologist was concerned by the x-rays of his kidneys ... went outside and spoke to immigration officers and shortly after that Azzam was taken back to Bomana prison, which is where he is now."
Ms Beech said Mr El Sheikh was previously offered $US25,000 to return to Lebanon voluntarily, which he refused.
After four years in Australia's detention centre for refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island, the Lebanese man preferred prison to repatriation.
A Manus Island detainee known as 'Naji' said Mr El Sheikh feared for his life if sent home.
"He doesn't need any money ... he just asked to get protection. All I can say about Azzam is, he will be in danger if they send him back by force."
Ms Beech said she did not have all the details as to why Mr El Sheikh fled his country of origin.
"From what he has said to me, the situation in many parts of Lebanon is more dangerous now since the Syrian war began," she said.
"Comments that were made to me were things like, in Lebanon political parties can very quickly morph into militias and militias in your local area will demand adherence. If you are not a supporter then you're seen as an enemy."
Many of the over 800 men held at the Manus Island regional processing centre since 2013 have fled from conflict zones.
Most of the men have been found to be refugees, but the PNG and Australian governments have not reached resettlement outcomes for the vast majority of them.
There are around 200 asylum seekers processed on Manus who have been classed as "non-refugees", having had their applications for refugee status rejected.
In the past two months these men have been encouraged to return home by officers from both PNG Immigration and the Australian Border Force agency.
Reports from Manus indicate the men are sometimes offered payments of up to 25-thousand US dollars for "voluntary" repatriation. | 2019-04-26T15:44:36 | http://www.looppng.com/global-news/manus-detainees-injuries-not-self-inflicted-57733 |
0.999746 | I have written a short screenplay called The House With W-Fi that features limited locations, few characters, and can be produced on a low-budget.
Logline: A couple who park in the yard of an abandoned house to use the house's mysterious wi-fi connection, see a ghost-like old woman through one of the house's windows.
Late at night, Michael and Elsa, a young married couple, parked their car in the yard of an abandoned house. The couple had recently moved into the area and, in an effort to save money, were going to use a strange wi-fi connection that was from the house.
Elsa used a laptop and accessed the wi-fi connection through a link that ominously read: DIE1414. After she connected to the wi-fi, Michael and her noticed a light turn on in the house and a ghost-like old Woman who stood by one of the windows in the house. The Woman held a blood-stained chain and lead pipe in her hands.
The Woman looked at them and suddenly security-camera-like footage of the old Woman inside the house popped up on the screen of the laptop. Michael and Elsa looked toward the old Woman in the house and the footage on the laptop as the Woman walked through the house.
Several newspaper articles then popped up on the screen of the laptop. The articles were all about the Woman, how the corpses of fourteen children were found in her home, and that she committed suicide in prison after being arrested. The final newspaper article mentioned how her old home was supposed to be haunted.
Elsa and Michael, now terrified by what they have seen, were about to drive away when suddenly the light in the house went out and the Woman walked off-screen of the security-camera-like footage. Michael then put the car in reverse, turned around to look out the back window of the vehicle, and saw the old Woman in the backseat covered in blood and holding the blood-stained chain and lead pipe.
The e-script website LiteraryMovies.com selected my screenplay Louise to include on their site. If you are interested just e-mail me back at rhonnief[at]yahoo.com. Thank you for your time.
Interesting, I have a budget of $20,000 to make a film and I have been waiting for the right script, checking it out!
Just from reading the title, I knew this script/concept was going to be interesting. Great job on it; it's a brilliant idea to make a horror film. I'm also thinking of making a horror short myself. Anyways, I hope this becomes a film someday because I'd be down to watch it haha. | 2019-04-26T07:44:10 | https://www.filmmakerforum.org/archive/index.php/t-2662.html?s=547cabc06ad2a5218497509c3fd1db75 |
0.977444 | Experts and elected officials on Monday dismissed Donald Trump's claim that "millions" of Americans voted illegally on Election Day, as the Green Party redoubled efforts to organise ballot recounts in three key swing states.
NEW YORK: Experts and elected officials on Monday (Nov 28) dismissed Donald Trump's claim that "millions" of Americans voted illegally on Election Day, as the Green Party redoubled efforts to organise ballot recounts in three key swing states.
The Republican billionaire's shock victory on Nov 8 saw him clinch the crucial Electoral College count, which determines the presidency, but lose the popular vote to rival Hillary Clinton by more than two million votes.
Cloistered in his Florida resort for the long Thanksgiving weekend, the 70-year-old tycoon who has never previously held elected office took to Twitter to indulge in one of his customary tweet storms.
On Sunday, before returning by private jet to New York to resume meetings with potential cabinet picks, he claimed he would have won the popular vote if it were not for "the millions of people who voted illegally."
"Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California - so why isn't the media reporting on this? Serious bias - big problem!" he followed up later.
His outburst came with steps being taken toward recounting votes in three swing states which Trump won: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The campaign of Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who won a tiny fraction of the vote in each state and where Trump beat Clinton by thousands of votes, announced on Monday that voters had filed recount requests in more than 100 precincts in Pennsylvania and said more would follow.
The party requested a statewide recount in Wisconsin last Friday and plans to request a recount in Michigan on Wednesday, the campaign said.
But observers say there is no evidence of widespread fraud and few expect recounts to change the outcome of the vote, which former secretary of state Clinton conceded to Trump in an early-hours phone call on Nov 9.
Trump won 306 Electoral College votes, compared to 232 for Clinton after officials in Michigan on Monday certified the state's election results.
Elected officials from both major parties dismissed Trump's claims as totally unsubstantiated and some experts warned they set a dangerous precedent by potentially undermining trust in democracy or confidence in his leadership.
"I have not seen anything in the millions, I don't know what he was talking about," Republican Senator James Lankford told CNN.
At the White House, spokesman Josh Earnest said: "There has been no evidence produced to substantiate a claim like that.
"I think he's trying to plant a seed of doubt in the American public to negate against the things advanced on the other side of the aisle about potential irregularities or even fraud that are the basis for the recounts," said Costas Panagopoulos, a political scientist at Fordham University.
Trump spent weeks during the campaign warning that the result might be "rigged" and is now - with his aides - pushing back hard against proposed recounts.
Clinton's campaign has said it would join the process, but has also said it does not so far see any evidence of hacking or vote tampering.
The dispute roils what is already been a rough transition period, with Trump in back-to-back meetings with people he is considering for cabinet posts.
On Monday, he also threatened to end the thaw in US relations with Cuba, following the death of Fidel Castro, unless Havana makes concessions on human rights and opening up its economy.
Discord has flared in the Trump camp over the pick for secretary of state, the most prestigious job in the cabinet - in particular over the candidacy of Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
Other potential candidates are outspoken former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani; David Petraeus, the celebrated general who later resigned as CIA director and pleaded guilty to showing classified material to his mistress; and Bob Corker, a Republican lawmaker and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Petraeus arrived at Trump Tower to meet the president-elect on Monday. Trump was to meet Romney for a second time on Tuesday, in addition to a planned meeting with Corker.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, was one of Trump's most outspoken critics during the campaign, and Trump aide Kellyanne Conway declared, in an unusual public statement by a senior political aide, that she had received "a deluge" of concern from supporters warning against Romney.
Sandeep Mathrani, CEO of General Growth Properties, and Paul Atkins, former commissioner of the security and exchange commission, were among those who arrived for scheduled meetings with Trump on Monday.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Monday revised its forecasts to say that Trump's big-spending plan and tax cuts are expected to help double the US economic growth rate by 2018. | 2019-04-22T04:03:09 | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/experts-debunk-trump-claim-of-mass-vote-fraud-7699298 |
0.999878 | Al-Abadi defeated IS. Why won't he sweep Iraq's elections?
BAGHDAD — During four years in office, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has racked up a list of achievements that would make most politicians envious. He prevailed over an Islamic State insurgency that at its peak controlled one-third of the country. He steered Iraq's economy through a collapse in global oil prices. And he foiled a Kurdish bid for independence.
And yet, despite that record, a second term is far from assured when Iraqis go to the polls in national elections on Saturday.
With the conventional war against IS concluded, Baghdad is experiencing a relative lull in insurgent-style attacks and many Iraqis are expressing cautious hope for the future.
But the country continues to struggle with an economic downturn sparked in part by a drop in global oil prices, and the country's most powerful political block is deeply fractured.
The unified Shiite parliamentary block that gave its votes to al-Abadi in 2014 elections is now in pieces, with five factions competing for the popular vote on Saturday.
Al-Abadi has named his list al-Nasr — Arabic for "Victory" — in a clear reference to his military achievements against IS. But another list, headed by the leader of the country's most powerful Shiite paramilitary group, which fought alongside the Iraqi forces in the war on IS, is also trying to claim the mantle of victory, calling itself al-Fatah — Arabic for "Conquest."
Still, the victory over IS is far from voters' minds, while the country's grim employment situation is at the forefront.
"If you have a job today, you might not have one tomorrow," said Abdelhadi Mohammed, an upholsterer who left a job last month because he wasn't receiving his wages.
With two adult daughters still living at home, the 60-year-old Mohammed moved to another workshop an hour and a half away. Thin, soft-spoken, and losing his teeth, he said he would vote "for change."
"The security is OK," he said. "The economy needs to improve."
Under al-Abadi, the government cut public wages as oil prices plunged in 2014; the prime minister avoided mass layoffs and kept the currency afloat by securing support from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
In an address to the nation on the eve of the election, al-Abadi sought to reassure a dispirited electorate that a better future was in store.
"We have passed our ordeals," he said. "The economy is improving. Oil prices are rising. Investment is coming."
But voters fault him for failing to reform the country's vast patronage networks that have drained the private sector of its vitality. Iraq sits near the bottom of global governance indicators.
During his time in office al-Abadi faced waves of anti-government protests. In the summer of 2015, anti-corruption protests mobilized millions of Iraqis in Baghdad and the country's southern Shiite heartland, parts of the country that would traditionally be al-Abadi's base. In the summer of 2016 another wave of protests, largely led by influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
In both instances al-Abadi appeased his followers by promising sweeping reforms. But al-Sadr — who also commanded fighters in the war against IS and headed a powerful militia that fought U.S. forces in Iraq before that — is now running against him in a campaign focused on eliminating government corruption and other social issues.
Al-Sadr is heading his own list that is likely to capture a considerable share of the Shiite vote, especially in Baghdad's poorer slums.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is one of Iraq's most widely respected voices and holds immense sway over the country's majority Shiite population, has pointedly declined to endorse a political alliance, instead urging Iraqis to withhold their votes from "failed and corrupt" politicians, and especially those that "held positions of responsibility previously."
Al-Abadi hardly seemed destined for high office when Iraqis went to the polls four years ago. The biggest winner was then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a famously cynical leader who stoked sectarianism to build a Shiite voter base. Al-Abadi, a member of al-Maliki's Dawa party, won his seat in parliament on al-Maliki's coattails.
But the fall of Mosul to IS and the security and political crisis that followed forced Maliki to give up his post, and his party offered al-Abadi the position.
With the backing of both al-Sistani and the United States — a key Iraqi ally — al-Abadi inherited a country in desperate crisis.
Steadily, and with support from the U.S. and Iran, who flooded the country with munitions, supplies and advisers to support ground forces in the war against IS, al-Abadi rebuilt the country's security forces, stabilized the fronts and pushed back against the militant group.
Then, with Mosul recaptured last year, he faced down a bid for independence led by the country's Kurdish region's then-President Maasoud Barzani. Instead of recognizing the results of Barzani's referendum, Abadi ordered Iraqi forces to take back territory it disputes with the autonomous region, including the oil-city of Kirkuk.
But with his focus on governing, he made little time for campaigning, said analyst Ahmad al-Abyad, leaving him at a disadvantage as elections approached.
"He must change his style from employer to leader," al-Abyad said.
Holding a Ph.D. in electric engineering, al-Abadi has the charisma of a technocrat, and he has struggled to translate his achievements into enthusiasm in the polls.
This has left him vulnerable in a race that is less about substance and more about "brands," said Harith al-Qarawee, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
His chief opponents among the country's Shia parties are charismatic leaders with large voter bases built on years of loyalty and patronage.
Former Prime Minister al-Maliki is heading his own State of Law list that enjoys a close relationship with Iran. If al-Maliki's State of Law joins forces with al-Fatah, which also enjoys considerable support from Iran, to take more seats in parliament than al-Abadi's list, al-Abadi is unlikely to be named to the premiership again.
"Iran refuses to support al-Abadi for a second term," said a senior member of the State of Law list, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
But even if al-Abadi forms the largest coalition, likely with al-Sadr's list, it is not certain he will be named prime minister.
"We want a strong prime minister, a prime minister who can take decisions," said Sabah Mohsin, a candidate on al-Sadr's list. | 2019-04-22T00:19:57 | http://money.morningdispatcher.com/story/al-abadi-defeated-is-why-won-t-he-sweep-iraq-s-elections/0152512/ |
0.999396 | A light scanning apparatus configured to irradiate a surface to be scanned with a light beam, including: a light source configured to emit the light beam; a deflector configured to deflect the light beam to scan the surface; an optical element configured to lead the light beam to the surface; a housing configured to hold the light source, the deflector, and the optical element, and including fibers; and a rib formed integrally with a bottom portion of the housing on which the deflector and the optical element are disposed, the rib standing on the bottom portion between the deflector and the optical element to suppress a deformation of the housing in a scanning direction, wherein the fibers of the rib are oriented along the scanning direction, and the fibers of the bottom portion are oriented along the bottom portion and in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.
1. A light scanning apparatus configured to irradiate a surface to be scanned with a light beam, the light scanning apparatus comprising: a light source configured to emit the light beam; a deflector configured to deflect the light beam emitted from the light source so that the light beam scans the surface to be scanned; an optical element configured to lead the light beam deflected by the deflector to the surface to be scanned; a housing configured to hold the light source, the deflector, and the optical element, the housing including fibers; and a rib formed integrally with a bottom portion of the housing on which the deflector and the optical element are disposed, the rib being provided to stand on the bottom portion between the deflector and the optical element in order to suppress a deformation of the housing in a scanning direction in which the light beam scans the surface to be scanned, wherein the fibers of the rib are oriented along the scanning direction, and the fibers of the bottom portion are oriented along the bottom portion and in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.
2. A light scanning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the rib in the scanning direction is smaller than a mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom portion in the scanning direction.
3. A light scanning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rib comprises two ribs between which the deflector is interposed.
4. A light scanning apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the fibers of the bottom portion between the two ribs are oriented along the scanning direction.
5. A light scanning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing is formed into a box shape.
6. A light scanning apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the fibers of a side wall member of the housing having the box shape is oriented along the side wall member and in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.
7. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming portion; and a light scanning apparatus according to claim 1, configured to irradiate a surface to be scanned of the image forming portion with a light beam.
The present invention relates to a light scanning apparatus molded out of fiber-reinforced resin and an image forming apparatus including the light scanning apparatus.
Conventionally, in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, a light scanning apparatus using a housing molded out of fiber-reinforced resin has been often used.
The light scanning apparatus includes a deflector configured to deflect a light beam emitted from a light source so that the light beam may scan a surface to be scanned. The deflector includes a polygonal reflection member having a plurality of reflection surfaces configured to reflect the light beam, a motor configured to rotate the reflection member, and a drive board provided with an integrated circuit configured to drive the motor. The motor and the integrated circuit generate heat by electric power supplied thereto. A housing deforms by the heat generated from the motor and the integrated circuit. The thermal deformation of the housing changes the positions of a mirror and a lens supported by the housing. Thus, color misregistration may occur in a color image forming apparatus.
A mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in a direction along a fiber orientation of the fiber-reinforced resin of the housing is smaller than a mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in a direction not along the fiber orientation. The amount of thermal deformation of the housing therefore depends on the fiber orientation. The fiber orientation of the housing molded out of fiber-reinforced resin depends on a molding method of the housing. That is, the housing has an easy-to-deform direction and a hard-to-deform direction.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-168622 discloses a technology of controlling the fiber orientation of a member molded out of fiber-reinforced resin to reduce the amount of thermal deformation in an apparatus other than the light scanning apparatus. It is an object of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-168622 to prevent a heating member bonded to the member molded out of fiber-reinforced resin from separating or being broken by the difference in the amount of thermal deformation between the member molded out of fiber-reinforced resin and the heating member. In order to achieve the object, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-168622, the fiber orientations are uniformly aligned along a direction in which the amount of thermal deformation of the member molded out of fiber-reinforced resin is intended to be suppressed. In this manner, in the direction in which the amount of thermal deformation is to be suppressed, the difference in the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion between the member molded out of fiber-reinforced resin and the heating member is reduced, thereby reducing the difference in the amount of thermal deformation.
In the light scanning apparatus, the housing is provided with a rib configured to ensure the rigidity of the housing. Heat generated from a heat generating source produces a temperature difference between a bottom member of the housing and the rib molded out of fiber-reinforced resin integrally with the bottom member of the housing. The temperature difference may be responsible for distortion of the housing.
In addition, simply aligning the fiber orientations of the rib and the bottom member in one direction may result in an increase in the amount of thermal deformation of the housing.
The present invention provides a light scanning apparatus configured to reduce a distortion of a housing caused by a temperature difference between a rib and a bottom member of the housing.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a light scanning apparatus configured to irradiate a surface to be scanned with a light beam, the light scanning apparatus including: a light source configured to emit the light beam; a deflector configured to deflect the light beam emitted from the light source so that the light beam scans the surface to be scanned; an optical element configured to lead the light beam deflected by the deflector to the surface to be scanned; a housing configured to hold the light source, the deflector, and the optical element, the housing including fibers; and a rib formed integrally with a bottom portion of the housing on which the deflector and the optical element are disposed, the rib being provided to stand on the bottom portion between the deflector and the optical element in order to suppress deformation of the housing in a scanning direction in which the light beam scans the surface to be scanned, wherein the fibers of the rib are oriented along the scanning direction, and the fibers of the bottom portion are oriented along the bottom portion and in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.
FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D are diagrams illustrating a light scanning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional diagram of the light scanning apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating fiber orientations in a fiber-reinforced resin.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating fiber orientations in a housing of the light scanning apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C are perspective diagrams of a simple housing model illustrating fiber orientations.
FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, and 6F are diagrams illustrating a thermally-deformed simple housing model.
FIG. 7 is a graph showing the tilt of a front wall member to which a light source is fixed.
FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C are diagrams illustrating inflow and outflow gates and the flow of a resin according to the embodiment.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, a light scanning apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D are diagrams illustrating the light scanning apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating the light scanning apparatus 100 on which an upper cover 106 is mounted. FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating the light scanning apparatus 100 from which the upper cover 106 is removed for purposes of illustration of the inside of the light scanning apparatus 100. FIG. 1C is a vertical cross-sectional diagram of the light scanning apparatus 100 taken along the line IC-IC of FIG. 1B. FIG. 1D is a diagram illustrating the light scanning apparatus 100 mounted in a color image forming apparatus 200.
The light scanning apparatus 100 irradiates the surface (surface to be scanned) of a photosensitive drum (irradiation target) 202 (202Y, 202M, 202C, 202K) mounted in the image forming apparatus 200 with a light beam (laser light). The light scanning apparatus 100 includes a light source 101 (101a, 101b) configured to emit a light beam modulated according to image information, and a deflector 150 configured to deflect the light beam emitted from the light source 101.
The light source 101a includes a light source configured to form an image of yellow (Y) and a light source configured to form an image of magenta (M). The light source 101b includes a light source configured to form an image of cyan (C) and a light source configured to form an image of black (K).
The deflector 150 includes a polygonal reflection member (hereinafter referred to as polygon mirror) 102 having a plurality of reflection surfaces configured to reflect the light beam, and a motor 108 configured to rotate the polygon mirror 102. The deflector 150 may include a drive board 109 provided with an integrated circuit (IC) configured to drive the motor 108. The deflector 150 deflects the light beam emitted from the light source 101 so that the light beam may scan the surface of the photosensitive drum (photosensitive member) 202.
The light scanning apparatus 100 includes optical elements configured to lead the light beam deflected by the deflector 150 to the surface of the photosensitive drum 202. The optical elements include a plurality of lenses 103 configured to image the light beam as a spot onto the surface of the photosensitive drum 202 to scan the light beam at a constant speed, and a plurality of mirrors 104 configured to reflect the light beam to a predetermined direction. The optical elements constitute an imaging optical system configured to image the light beam onto the surface of the photosensitive drum 202.
The lens 103 may be an fθ lens having the function of scanning the light beam on the surface of the photosensitive drum 202 at the constant speed. In the embodiment, the lenses 103 are disposed as illustrated in FIG. 2, but the number of the lenses 103 is not limited thereto.
The mirrors 104 are disposed on an optical path of the light beam so that the light beam deflected and scanned by the deflector 150 is led to the surface of the photosensitive drum 202. In the embodiment, the mirrors 104 are disposed as illustrated in FIG. 2, but the number of the mirrors 104 is not limited thereto.
A housing (optical box) 105 includes bottom members (bottom portions) 111, 112a, and 112b, a front wall member 120, a rear wall member 121, and side wall members 122 and 123, and is formed into a box shape. However, in the present invention, the box shape is not essential, and the housing 105 is not limited to the box shape.
The housing 105 holds the light source 101, the deflector 150, and the optical elements. The light source 101 is fixed to the front wall member 120 of the housing 105. The deflector 150 is supported by the bottom member 111 of the housing 105. The lenses 103 and the mirrors 104 are positioned and fixed to respective mounting portions in the housing 105.
The light scanning apparatus 100 uses a system of scanning the respective light beams in opposite directions with respect to the polygon mirror 102. In order to realize downsizing of the light scanning apparatus 100, the light beam is reflected by the mirrors 104 a plurality of times in the light scanning apparatus 100. Accordingly, the number of the optical elements disposed in the light scanning apparatus 100 is large, and hence the rigidity of the housing 105 is somewhat insufficient. In view of this, in order to enhance the rigidity of the housing 105, ribs 110 (110a, 110b) having the heights extending from the bottom members 112a and 112b of the housing 105 to the upper cover (ceiling) 106, respectively, are molded integrally with the housing 105.
The housing 105 and the ribs 110 are molded out of fiber-reinforced resin 300 including reinforcement fibers 301 (FIG. 3).
However, there is a limit to where the raised ribs 110 having the heights can be disposed, because it is necessary to ensure the optical path of the light beam deflected by the polygon mirror 102. In general, the polygon mirror 102 is provided at the center of the light scanning apparatus 100. Accordingly, in order to enhance the rigidity of the housing 105 effectively, it is preferred to provide the ribs 110 with interposing the polygon mirror 102 between the ribs 110. In the light scanning apparatus 100 of the embodiment, the ribs 110 configured to ensure the rigidity of the light scanning apparatus 100 are provided in regions excluding a deflection scanning region with interposing the deflector 150 having the polygon mirror 102 between the ribs 110.
The ribs 110 suppress the deformation of the housing 105 in a scanning direction (a longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 110) in which the light beam scans the surface of the photosensitive drum 202. Each of the ribs 110 is provided between the deflector 150 and the optical elements and stands on the bottom member (111, 112a, 112b) on which the deflector 150 and the optical elements are disposed.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the two ribs 110 (110a, 110b) are provided in the housing 105 on both sides of the deflector 150 with interposing the deflector 150 therebetween. The ribs 110a and 110b are provided with opening portions 110a1 and 110b1, respectively. Light beams L (LY, LM) for images of yellow and magenta pass through the opening portion 110a1 of the rib 110a to travel toward the lenses 103. Light beams L (LC, LK) for images of cyan and black pass through the opening portion 110b1 of the rib 110b to travel toward the lenses 103.
The two ribs 110 are molded out of fiber-reinforced resin integrally with the bottom members 111, 112a, and 112b of the housing 105 which support the deflector 150 and the optical elements. The rib 110a is provided between the bottom member 111 on which the deflector 150 is provided and the bottom member 112a which is on a side opposite to the deflector 150 with respect to the rib 110a. The rib 110b is provided between the bottom member 111 on which the deflector 150 is provided and the bottom member 112b which is on a side opposite to the deflector 150 with respect to the rib 110b. That is, the two ribs 110a and 110b are disposed opposite to each other with interposing the deflector 150 between the ribs 110a and 110b. The two ribs 110a and 110b are provided in order to enhance the rigidity of the housing 105. Further, the two ribs 110a and 110b are provided in a state in which the deflector 150 is interposed between the ribs 110a and 110b in order to prevent flare.
The bottom member 112a on the side opposite to the deflector 150 with respect to the rib 110a supports the optical elements (lenses 103 and mirrors 104) configured to irradiate the photosensitive drum 202Y for forming a yellow image and the photosensitive drum 202M for forming a magenta image with light beams. The bottom member 112b on the side opposite to the deflector 150 with respect to the rib 110b supports the optical elements (lenses 103 and mirrors 104) configured to irradiate the photosensitive drum 202C for forming a cyan image and the photosensitive drum 202K for forming a black image with light beams. The bottom members 111, 112a, and 112b are support members configured to support the deflector 150 or the optical elements (lenses 103 and mirrors 104). Depending on the orientation of the light scanning apparatus 100 mounted in the image forming apparatus 200, the bottom members 111, 112a, and 112b constitute the lower portion or the upper portion of the light scanning apparatus 100, or are disposed along the vertical direction.
The rib 110a prevents so-called flare in which a reflected light from an incident surface or an exit surface of the lens 103 supported by the bottom member 112a returns toward the deflector 150 to enter the lens 103 supported by the bottom member 112b on the opposite side.
Similarly, the rib 110b prevents so-called flare in which a reflected light from an incident surface or an exit surface of the lens 103 supported by the bottom member 112b returns toward the deflector 150 to enter the lens 103 supported by the bottom member 112a on the opposite side.
The upper cover 106 is mounted on the upper portion of the housing 105. An opening portion 105a provided in the upper portion of the housing 105 is covered by the upper cover 106. The upper cover 106 shields the inside of the housing 105 from external light and prevents a foreign matter from entering the inside of the housing 105. The upper cover 106 is provided with holes 106a through which the light beams pass to the outside of the light scanning apparatus 100. In order to prevent a foreign matter from entering the holes 106a into the inside of the light scanning apparatus 100, each of the holes 106a is covered by a dust-proof glass plate 107 (107Y, 107M, 107C, 107K).
The light scanning apparatus 100 is mounted in the image forming apparatus 200 while supporting the light source 101, the deflector 150, and the optical elements 103 and 104. In this manner, the light source 101, the deflector 150, and the optical elements 103 and 104 are positioned with respect to the photosensitive drum 202 of the image forming apparatus 200.
Referring to FIGS. 1D and 2, an image forming process in the image forming apparatus 200 provided with the light scanning apparatus 100 will be described below.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional diagram of the light scanning apparatus 100 according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 illustrates the relationship between the light scanning apparatus 100 and an image forming portion 220 of the image forming apparatus 200.
The image forming portion 220 is disposed above the light scanning apparatus 100. In the image forming portion 220, four photosensitive drums 202 (202Y, 202M, 202C, 202K) are arranged side-by-side in line. A charging roller 209, a developing device 203 (203Y, 203M, 203C, 203K), and a primary transfer roller 201 are disposed around each photosensitive drum 202. The photosensitive drum 202 is rotated in a direction indicated by the arrow D of FIG. 1D. An intermediate transfer belt 204 is disposed between the photosensitive drum 202 and the primary transfer roller 201 and rotates in a direction indicated by the arrow R.
The charging rollers 209 (209Y, 209M, 209C, 209K) uniformly charge the respective surfaces of the photosensitive drums 202 (202Y, 202M, 202C, 202K).
The light scanning apparatus 100 provided in the image forming apparatus 200 according to the embodiment irradiates the lower surfaces of the photosensitive drums 202 with the light beams L (LY, LM, LC, LK), respectively. The light scanning apparatus 100 scans the surface of the photosensitive drum 202, which has been uniformly charged by the charging roller 209, with the light beam L modulated according to image information, to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photosensitive drum 202.
The developing device 203Y develops an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 202Y with a developer (yellow toner) to form a yellow toner image on the photosensitive drum 202Y. The developing device 203M develops an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 202M with a developer (magenta toner) to form a magenta toner image on the photosensitive drum 202M. The developing device 203C develops an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 202C with a developer (cyan toner) to form a cyan toner image on the photosensitive drum 202C. The developing device 203K develops an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 202K with a developer (black toner) to form a black toner image on the photosensitive drum 202K.
The toner images of the respective colors are transferred and superimposed onto the intermediate transfer belt 204 by the primary transfer rollers 201 (201Y, 201M, 201C, 201K). The toner images superimposed on the intermediate transfer belt 204 are collectively transferred by a secondary transfer roller 205 onto a recording material fed from a recording material containing portion 206 provided in the lower portion of the image forming apparatus 200. The recording material on which the toner images are transferred is conveyed to a fixing device 207. The fixing device 207 applies heat and pressure to the recording material and the toner images so that the toners are fused and mixed so that a full color image is fixed on the surface of the recording material. After passing through the fixing device 207, the recording material is delivered to a delivery portion 208. In this way, the color image formation is completed.
Next, in comparison with the housing of the present invention, a thermal deformation of a housing of which a fiber orientation is not regulated will be described. The housing for comparison has the same outer shape as the housing 105 in the embodiment, and hence the reference symbols illustrated in FIGS. 1A to 1C and FIG. 2 are used to hereinafter describe the thermal deformation of the housing of which the fiber orientation is not regulated.
Each of the motor 108 and the integrated circuit on the drive board 109 mounted in the light scanning apparatus 100 generates heat by electric power supplied thereto. The motor 108 and the integrated circuit on the drive board 109 are main heat generating sources in the light scanning apparatus 100. Heat generated from the motor 108 and the integrated circuit of the drive board 109 is transferred to the housing 105. The heat transferred to the housing 105 increases the temperature of the housing 105 to thermally deform the housing 105. Due to the deformation of the housing 105, the light source 101 fixed to the housing 105 is tilted. A light beam L emitted from the tilted light source 101 scans the surface of the photosensitive drum 202 at a position deviated from a predetermined scanning position. In a color image forming apparatus configured to form an image by scanning of light beams LY, LM, LC, and LK of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, the deviation of the scanning position has been the main cause of color misregistration, which is misregistration of superimposed images of the respective colors.
Next, how the housing 105 thermally deforms and the main cause of the thermal deformation will be described in detail.
The ribs 110a and 110b are adjacent to the motor 108 and the integrated circuit of the drive board 109, which are the main heat generating sources in the light scanning apparatus 100. Due to an air heated by the heat generating sources, a heat transfer from the heat generating sources via the housing 105 to the ribs 110a and 110b, and a radiation from the heat generating sources, the temperature of the ribs 110a and 110b rises. On the other hand, the bottom member 112a on which the optical elements 103 and 104 are disposed on the side opposite to the motor 108 with respect to the rib 110a and the bottom member 112b on which the optical elements 103 and 104 are disposed on the side opposite to the motor 108 with respect to the rib 110b have a lower temperature as compared to the temperature of the ribs 110a and 110b. Therefore, the amount of thermal expansion of the bottom members 112a and 112b is smaller than the amount of thermal expansion of the ribs 110a and 110b. Thus, thermal expansion at the lower portions of the ribs 110a and 110b connected respectively to the bottom members 112a and 112b is inhibited by the bottom members 112a and 112b. However, a binding force exerted on the upper portions of the ribs 110a and 110b is small, and hence the amount of thermal expansion differs between the upper portions and the lower portions of the ribs 110a and 110b. Due to the difference in the amount of the thermal expansion, the rib 110 undergoes a upwardly protruding convex curvature deformation as indicated by the arrow W in FIG. 1C.
In this case, the upper cover 106 for the dustproof is not firmly connected to the housing 105 in view of ease of assembly. Accordingly, the binding force exerted on the upper portion of the rib 110 by the upper cover 106 is small.
The longitudinal direction of the rib 110 is indicated by the arrow Y in FIG. 1B. Along with the curvature deformation of the rib 110, the front wall member 120 of the housing 105 is tilted, the front wall member 120 to which the light source 101 is fixed being provided on a line extending in the longitudinal direction Y of the rib 110. As a result, the scanning position of the light beam L deviates.
The curvature deformation of the rib 110 is mainly caused by the difference in the amount of the thermal expansion between the rib 110 and the bottom member 112 connected to the rib 110.
In order to reduce the difference in the amount of the thermal expansion between the rib 110 and the bottom member 112 of the housing 105, in the embodiment, the fiber orientations of the rib 110 and the bottom member 112 of the housing 105 are regulated.
Next, the fiber orientation in the fiber-reinforced resin for molding the housing 105 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the fiber orientation in the fiber-reinforced resin 300. The fiber-reinforced resin 300 has a fiber orientation depending on a molding method. The mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the fiber-reinforced resin 300 depends on the fiber orientation. In other words, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the fiber-reinforced resin 300 differs in accordance with the direction with respect to the fiber orientation.
A resin 302 of the fiber-reinforced resin 300 includes the reinforcement fibers 301. The mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the reinforcement fibers 301 is smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the resin 302. Accordingly, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in a direction indicated by the arrow V along the fiber orientation of the reinforcement fibers 301 is smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in a direction indicated by the arrow H perpendicular to the direction indicated by the arrow V. The ratio of the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in the direction indicated by the arrow H to the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in the direction indicated by the arrow V is about 1.4 to 5 times.
In the embodiment, utilizing the fact that the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the fiber-reinforced resin 300 differs depending on the direction with respect to the fiber orientation of the reinforcement fibers 301, the curvature of the rib 110 caused by thermal deformation is suppressed. According to the embodiment, the thermal deformation of the housing 105 can be suppressed simply by changing the molding method without changing the structure of the light scanning apparatus 100.
As described above, the main cause of curvature deformation of the rib 110 is a large difference between the amount of thermal expansion of the rib 110 of a higher temperature and the amount of thermal expansion of the bottom member 112 of a lower temperature. In view of this, by regulating the fiber orientations of the rib 110 and the bottom member 112, the difference between the amount of thermal expansion of the rib 110 of the higher temperature and the amount of thermal expansion of the bottom member 112 of the lower temperature is reduced, thereby reducing the curvature deformation of the rib 110.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating fiber orientations FO1 and FO2 of the housing 105 of the light scanning apparatus 100 according to the embodiment. FIG. 4A is a vertical cross-sectional diagram of the light scanning apparatus 100 illustrating the rib 110a. FIG. 4B is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the light scanning apparatus 100 illustrating the bottom members 111 and 112.
The arrow FO1 of FIG. 4A represents the fiber orientation of reinforcement fibers included in a fiber-reinforced resin out of which the rib 110a (110b) is molded. The arrow FO2 of FIG. 4B represents the fiber orientation of reinforcement fibers included in a fiber-reinforced resin out of which the bottom members 112a and 112b are molded.
As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the fiber orientation FO1 of the rib 110 is aligned along the longitudinal direction (laser scanning direction of the light scanning apparatus 100) Y of the rib 110. As illustrated in FIG. 4B, the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom member 112 is aligned along the direction X perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y (fiber orientation FO1) of the rib 110. The fiber orientation FO1 of the rib 110 is perpendicular to the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom member 112. By regulating the fiber orientations of the rib 110 and the bottom member 112 in this way, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the rib 110 in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y becomes smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom member 112 in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y. In other words, the fiber orientation FO1 of the rib 110 and the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom member 112 are regulated to be different from each other so that the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the rib 110 in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y may become smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom member 112 in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y.
The ribs 110 are disposed adjacent to the motor 108 and the integrated circuit of the drive board 109, which are the main heat generating sources in the light scanning apparatus 100. Therefore, the temperature of the ribs 110 is higher than the temperature of the bottom members 112 provided on the side opposite to the heat generating sources with respect to the ribs 110. However, because of the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 110, the amount of thermal expansion of the ribs 110 of the higher temperature in the longitudinal direction Y is reduced to be smaller than the amount of thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 110 of which a fiber orientation is not regulated. Further, because of the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 112, the amount of thermal expansion of the bottom members 112 of the lower temperature in the longitudinal direction Y is increased to be larger than the amount of thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y of the bottom members 112 of which a fiber orientation is not regulated. As a result, as compared to the case where the ribs 110 and the bottom members 112 have the same coefficient of linear thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y, the difference in the amount of thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y between the ribs 110 and the bottom members 112 can be reduced. Therefore, the curvature deformation of the ribs 110 and the tilt of the light source 101 can be suppressed.
In the embodiment, the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 110 is orthogonal to the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 112, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For suppressing the curvature deformation of the ribs 110 caused by thermal expansion, it is not necessary that the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 110 and the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 112 are orthogonal to each other. For suppressing the curvature deformation of the ribs 110 caused by thermal expansion, it is only necessary that the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 110 of the higher temperature in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y is smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom members 112 of the lower temperature in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y. In other words, it is only necessary that the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 110 and the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 112 is regulated to be different from each other so that the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 110 in the longitudinal direction Y may become smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y of the bottom members 112 which are provided on the sides opposite to the deflector 150 with respect to the ribs 110.
To facilitate the understanding of the above-mentioned effect of the fiber orientations of the rib 110 and the bottom member 112, a simple model is used to describe hereinafter the thermal deformation of the housing 105.
FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C are perspective diagrams of a simple housing model 405 illustrating fiber orientations. In FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C, the housing 105 is illustrated as the simple housing model 405 having a box shape. In FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C, the ribs 110 (110a, 110b) which contribute most to thermal deformation are simulated as ribs 410 (410a, 410b). Further, a front wall member 401 of the simple housing model 405 corresponds to the front wall member 120 of the housing 105 to which the light source 101 is fixed.
As illustrated in FIG. 1B and FIG. 4B, the rib 110 of the housing 105 is connected to a rib having a different angle. However, as illustrated in FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C, the rib 410 of the simple housing model 405 extends straight while crossing the simple housing model 405. The ribs 110 of the housing 105 and the ribs 410 of the simple housing model 405 have no essential difference in the manner of curvature deformation and in the cause of curvature deformation.
FIG. 5A illustrates Comparative Example 1. In Comparative Example 1, a fiber orientation F03 of the ribs 410 is aligned along the direction Z perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 410. A fiber orientation FO2 of bottom members 412 (412a, 412b) is aligned along the direction X perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 410. That is, the fiber orientation F03 of the ribs 410 and the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 412 are aligned along the directions Z and X perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 410, respectively. Accordingly, a direction in which a mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 410 is the largest and a direction in which a mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom members 412 is the largest are both parallel to the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 410. In other words, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 410 in the longitudinal direction Y is equal to the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom members 412 in the longitudinal direction Y.
FIG. 5B illustrates Comparative Example 2. In Comparative Example 2, a fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 410 and a fiber orientation F04 of the bottom members 412 are both aligned along the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 410. Accordingly, a direction in which a mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the rib 410 is the smallest and a direction in which a mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom member 412 is the smallest are both parallel to the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 410. In other words, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 410 in the longitudinal direction Y is equal to the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom members 412 in the longitudinal direction Y.
FIG. 5C illustrates the embodiment. In the embodiment, the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 410 are aligned along the longitudinal direction Y, and the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 412 are aligned along the direction X perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y. Accordingly, the direction in which the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 410 is the smallest and the direction in which the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom member 412 is the largest are both parallel to the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 410. In other words, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 410 in the longitudinal direction Y is different from the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom member 412 in the longitudinal direction Y. Specifically, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 410 in the longitudinal direction Y is smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom members 412 in the longitudinal direction Y.
FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, and 6F are diagrams illustrating the thermally-deformed simple housing model 405. FIGS. 6A to 6F illustrate calculation results of thermal deformation of the simple housing model 405 which are obtained under the condition that the temperature of the ribs 410 become higher than the temperature of the bottom members 412 because of heat transfer from the motor 108 and the integrated circuit of the drive board 109 to the simple housing model 405.
FIG. 6A is a perspective diagram illustrating the calculation result of the thermal deformation of the simple housing model 405 according to Comparative Example 1 illustrated in FIG. 5A. FIG. 6D is a diagram illustrating the calculation result of the thermal deformation of the simple housing model 405 according to Comparative Example 1 as viewed from the side (in a direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 5A).
FIG. 6B is a perspective diagram illustrating the calculation result of the thermal deformation of the simple housing model 405 according to Comparative Example 2 illustrated in FIG. 5B. FIG. 6E is a diagram illustrating the calculation result of the thermal deformation of the simple housing model 405 according to Comparative Example 2 as viewed from the side (in a direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 5B).
FIG. 6C is a perspective diagram illustrating the calculation result of the thermal deformation of the simple housing model 405 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5C. FIG. 6F is a diagram illustrating the calculation result of the thermal deformation of the simple housing model 405 according to the embodiment as viewed from the side (in a direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 5C).
It is found from FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6D, and 6E that, in the respective simple housing models 405, the ribs 410 undergoes the upwardly protruding convex curvature deformation, and as a result, the front wall member 401 is tilted so that the upper portion of the front wall member 401 to which the light source 101 is fixed is widened outward. However, as compared to the models of Comparative Example 1 (FIG. 6D) and Comparative Example 2 (FIG. 6E) in which the orientation directions of the reinforcement fibers 301 in the ribs 410 and the bottom members 412 are aligned in one direction, the amount of tilt of the front wall member 401 in the model of the embodiment (FIG. 6F) which defines the different fiber orientations is smaller.
FIG. 7 is a graph showing the tilt of the front wall member 401 to which the light source 101 is fixed. In FIG. 7, the horizontal axis represents the position of the front wall member 401 in the X direction, and the vertical axis represents the amount of tilt of the front wall member 401 with respect to the axis in the X direction.
It is found from FIG. 7 that the amount of tilt of the front wall member 401 in the embodiment is smaller than the amounts of tilt of the front wall member 401 in Comparative Examples 1 and 2.
In the embodiment, the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 110 is different from the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 112 provided on the side opposite to the deflector 150 with respect to the ribs 110. As a result, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 110 is smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y of the bottom members 112 provided on the side opposite to the deflector 150 with respect to the ribs 110. Therefore, the difference in the amount of thermal expansion in the longitudinal direction Y between the ribs 110 and the bottom members 112 can be reduced, thereby reducing distortion of the housing 105. Thus, the tilt of the light source 101 fixed to the front wall member 120 of the housing 105 caused by thermal deformation can be reduced, thereby reducing the deviation of the scanning position of the light beam L emitted from the light source 101.
According to the embodiment, by regulating the fiber orientations of the reinforcement fibers included in the housing 105, the upwardly protruding convex curvature deformation caused by thermal deformation of the ribs 110 disposed in the vicinity of the heat generating source can be suppressed. Thus, the deviation of the scanning position of the light beam L emitted from the light source 101 can be reduced.
In the embodiment, it is only necessary that the direction of the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 110 and the direction of the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 112 is orthogonal to each other rather than in parallel.
According to the embodiment, the fiber orientation FO1 of the ribs 110 and the fiber orientation FO2 of the bottom members 112 are regulated to be different from each other so as to reduce the difference in the amount of thermal expansion between the ribs 110 of the higher temperature and the bottom members 112 of the lower temperature. However, the fiber orientation of the bottom member 111 interposed between the rib 110a and the rib 110b may be regulated, as a result of that, the distortion of the housing 105 can be further reduced.
The main heat generating sources in the light scanning apparatus 100 are provided on the bottom member 111, and hence the temperature of the bottom member 111 is higher than the temperature of the bottom members 112. Therefore, the amount of thermal expansion of the bottom member 111 is larger than the amount of thermal expansion of the bottom members 112. In view of this, the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 110 in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y is decreased and the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom member 111 in the direction along the longitudinal direction Y may be also decreased. Thus, the amount of thermal expansion of the ribs 110 can be further reduced, thereby further reducing the distortion of the housing 105.
Specifically, for example, by aligning the fiber orientation of the bottom member 111 along the same longitudinal direction Y as with the fiber orientation of the rib 110, the difference in the amount of thermal expansion between the bottom member 111 and the bottom members 112 can be reduced. Also in this case, as described above, the fibers of the bottom member 111 may not be oriented in the longitudinal direction of the ribs 110. The effect of the embodiment can be obtained as long as the fiber orientation of the bottom member 111 is regulated so that the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom member 111 in the longitudinal direction Y may be smaller than the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the bottom members 112 in the longitudinal direction Y.
Further, the temperatures of the side wall members 122 and 123 are lower than the temperature of the ribs 110. In view of this, the fiber orientation of the ribs 110 are regulated to be different from the fiber orientations of the side wall members 122 and 123 so that the mean coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the ribs 110 in the longitudinal direction Y may be smaller than the mean coefficients of linear thermal expansion of the side wall members 122 and 123 of the housing 105. In this manner, the distortion of the housing 105 can be reduced.
Next, a resin molding method of regulating the fiber orientations of the ribs 110 and the bottom members 112 according to the embodiment will be described.
The fiber orientation of the reinforcement fibers 301 is determined by the direction of shearing force generated inside the flowing resin 302. The fiber orientation of the reinforcement fibers 301 is the same as the flowing direction of the resin 302. Therefore, the positions of an inflow gate and an outflow gate for the resin 302 in a mold (not shown) are set so that the resin 302 flows in directions in which the reinforcement fibers 301 is intended to be oriented.
FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C are diagrams illustrating inflow gates 501 (501a, 501b) and 502 (502a, 502b) and outflow gates 503 and 504 (504a, 504b) and illustrating the flow of the fiber-reinforced resin according to the embodiment. The inflow gates 501 and 502 are an entrance configured to pour a resin into a mold (not shown). The outflow gates 503 and 504 are an exit configured to drain a resin from the mold (not shown). In the embodiment, the ribs 110 and the bottom members 112 have different fiber orientations, and hence different inflow and outflow gates are provided for the ribs 110 and the bottom members 112, respectively.
FIG. 8A is a perspective diagram of the housing 105, illustrating an example of the inflow gates 501 and 502 and the outflow gates 503 and 504.
The circular inflow gates 501 (501a, 501b) are provided in the front wall member 120 of the housing 105. The inflow gate 501a is provided in the front wall member 120 at a connection portion of the rib 110a and the front wall member 120 or in the vicinity of the connection portion. The inflow gate 501b is provided in the front wall member 120 at a connection portion of the rib 110b and the front wall member 120 or in the vicinity of the connection portion. The circular outflow gates 504 (504a, 504b) are provided in the rear wall member 121 of the housing 105. The outflow gate 504a is provided in the rear wall member 121 at a connection portion of the rib 110a and the rear wall member 121 or in the vicinity of the connection portion. The outflow gate 504b is provided in the rear wall member 121 at a connection portion of the rib 110b and the rear wall member 121 or in the vicinity of the connection portion.
As illustrated in FIG. 8A, the inflow gates 501 and the outflow gates 504 are disposed so that the fiber-reinforced resin flows through the ribs 110 along the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 110.
The circular inflow gate 502 (502a, 502b) is provided in the bottom member 112 of the housing 105. A plurality of (four in the embodiment) inflow gates 502a are provided in the bottom member 112a in the vicinity of the side wall member 122 of the housing 105 and side by side in line along the longitudinal direction Y. A plurality of (four in the embodiment) inflow gates 502b are provided in the bottom member 112b in the vicinity of the side wall member 123 of the housing 105 and side by side in line along the longitudinal direction Y. A plurality of (four in the embodiment) circular outflow gates 503 are provided in the bottom member 111 between the rib 110a and the rib 110b and side by side in line along the longitudinal direction Y. In this case, the plurality of inflow gates 502 and the plurality of outflow gates 503 are provided side by side in line in order to create a uniform flow of the fiber-reinforced resin in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y.
As illustrated in FIG. 8A, the inflow gates 502 and the outflow gates 503 are disposed so that the fiber-reinforced resins flows through the bottom members 112 and 111 along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 110.
FIG. 8B is a plan view of the housing 105, illustrating the flows of the fiber-reinforced resin.
Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 501 flow to the rib 110 and the front wall member 120. Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin flowing thorough the ribs 110 flow to the outflow gates 504. In this manner, the fiber orientation of the ribs 110 is aligned along the longitudinal direction Y.
Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 502 flow to the bottom members 112. Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin flowing to the bottom members 112 pass under the ribs 110 to flow to the outflow gates 503 provided in the bottom member 111. In this manner, the fiber orientation of the bottom members 112 is aligned along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y.
Therefore, the fiber orientation of the ribs 110 and the fiber orientation of the bottom members 112 are different from each other.
Note that, similar fiber orientations can be obtained even when the flow direction of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 501 to the outflow gates 504 is reversed or the flow direction of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 502 to the outflow gates 503 are reversed.
FIG. 8C is a perspective view of the housing 105, illustrating another example of inflow gates 511 and 512 and outflow gates 513, 514, and 515.
The rectangular inflow gates 511 (511a, 511b) are provided at the centers of the ribs 110 (110a, 110b), respectively. The outflow gates 514 and 515 are provided in the rear wall member 121 and the front wall member 120 of the housing 105, respectively. The rectangular outflow gates 514 (514a, 514b) are provided in the rear wall member 121 of the housing 105. The outflow gate 514a is provided in the rear wall member 121 at a connection portion of the rib 110a and the rear wall member 121 or in the vicinity of the connection portion. The outflow gate 514b is provided in the rear wall member 121 at a connection portion of the rib 110b and the rear wall member 121 or in the vicinity of the connection portion. The rectangular outflow gates 515 (515a, 515b) are provided in the front wall member 120 of the housing 105. The outflow gate 515a is provided in the front wall member 120 at a connection portion of the rib 110a and the front wall member 120 or in the vicinity of the connection portion. The outflow gate 515b is provided in the front wall member 120 at a connection portion of the rib 110b and the front wall member 120 or in the vicinity of the connection portion.
As illustrated in FIG. 8C, the inflow gates 511 and the outflow gates 514 and 515 are disposed so that the fiber-reinforced resin flows through the ribs 110 along the longitudinal direction Y of the ribs 110.
The rectangular inflow gates 512 (512a, 512b) are provided in the bottom members 112 of the housing 105. The rectangular inflow gate 512a is provided in the bottom member 112a in the vicinity of the side wall member 122 of the housing 105, and extends along the longitudinal direction Y. The rectangular inflow gate 512b is provided in the bottom member 112b in the vicinity of the side wall member 123 of the housing 105, and extends along the longitudinal direction Y. The rectangular outflow gate 513 is provided in the bottom member 111 between the rib 110a and the rib 110b, and extends along the longitudinal direction Y. The rectangular inflow gates 512 and the rectangular outflow gate 513 extending in the longitudinal direction Y are provided in order to create a uniform flow of the fiber-reinforced resin in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y.
As illustrated in FIG. 8C, the inflow gate 512 and the outflow gate 513 are disposed so that the fiber-reinforced resin flows through the bottom members 112 and 111 along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y of the rib 110.
Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 511 flow to the outflow gates 514 through the ribs 110. Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 511 flow to the outflow gates 515 through the ribs 110. In this manner, the fiber orientation of the ribs 110 is aligned along the longitudinal direction Y.
Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 512 flow to the bottom members 112. Parts of the fiber-reinforced resin flowing to the bottom members 112 pass under the ribs 110 to flow to the outflow gate 513 provided in the bottom member 111. In this manner, the fiber orientation of the bottom member 112 is aligned along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction Y.
Note that, similar fiber orientations can be obtained even when the flow direction of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 511 to the outflow gates 514 and 515 is reversed or the flow direction of the fiber-reinforced resin from the inflow gates 512 and the outflow gate 513 is reversed.
Further, as a resin molding method of realizing the fiber orientations as described in the embodiment, the two-color molding may be used to create different fiber orientations at respective regions.
According to the embodiment, the fiber orientations of the rib and the bottom member of the housing are regulated, and hence the difference in deformation amount between the rib and the bottom member, which is caused by a temperature difference between the rib and the bottom member, can be reduced, to thereby reduce a distortion of the housing.
This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-258642, filed Nov. 28, 2011, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. | 2019-04-23T12:23:02 | http://www.patentsencyclopedia.com/app/20130135423 |
0.998803 | The automotive industry is facing one of its biggest challenges in decades, namely developing wholly or partially self-driving vehicles that are safe for the mass market. This represents perhaps the most complex safety certification problem ever attempted.
How do you prove to a suitable level of confidence that a system as complex as a modern automobile can safely operate autonomously, in the middle of multi-lane traffic, pedestrians, bicyclists, farm vehicles, construction vehicles, bridges, cloverleafs, stop lights, toll booths, etc.? The answer is that you might not be able to prove the desired level of safety as the systems are currently envisioned. So are self-driving automobile efforts doomed before they really begin?
The aviation industry faced the challenge of autonomous operation of aerial vehicles many years ago, and advanced autopilots are now a standard feature on every modern commercial jet – including autopilots that can take off and land the planes. Fully autonomous aerial drones have also become commonplace. Clearly there are lessons to be learned from the aviation industry, despite the fact that its challenges are substantially simpler than those of the auto industry because of the much more controlled nature of the air and ground environments. Whatever the aviation industry has done to ensure safety, the auto industry will likely have to do even more to convince a skeptical public.
What has the aviation industry done to produce their remarkable safety record? The aviation industry has embraced rigorous development, testing, and maintenance processes, with safety certification required before commercial use of products in civil airspace. Software has been an important element of aviation control systems for decades, and there are special safety-oriented processes (e.g., DO-178C) specifically aimed at reducing the likelihood of software failures. Furthermore, when some part of the software is not amenable to direct verification (for example, because it is part of a commercial off-the-shelf product (COTS)), a separate "runtime safety monitor" may be required to detect and flag what might be "hazardously misleading information" (HMI).
The record of these efforts by the aviation industry to ensure safety in their software-intensive systems is impressive, with no known catastrophic commercial aircraft failure being tied directly to a software fault. Nevertheless, there have been catastrophic failures that were due to the software being misled by unexpected combinations of bad sensor data, and cases where loss of life was avoided only thanks to the expertly trained pilots on board.
Both the record of safety in the aviation industry and the cases where bad sensors caused failures (or trained pilots avoided them) indicate that the safety-oriented processes used in aviation help, but are not infallible, and to some extent rely on human backup. To create a fully self-driving car, the auto industry needs to learn from these lessons and realize that their problem is even harder – not just because of the more challenging environment in which cars operate, but also because of the possible lack of an expert driver trained and ready to take over in an emergency. To compound complexity for the auto industry, machine-learning-based (ML-based) approaches are being widely adopted to provide intelligent controllers for self-driving cars, and traditional means to verify the safety of software do not necessarily apply to machine-learning-based control systems.
So what can the auto industry do to face this safety-certification challenge as they develop self-driving automobiles? First of all, the industry and the agencies that oversee the use of highways need to recognize that software-intensive systems require disciplined approaches to development, verification, and maintenance. The number of internal states of a software-intensive system is far greater than a largely-mechanical system typically has, and ensuring that the system will behave within a desired safety "envelope" requires formal, systematic development and verification methods using the best software tools and languages available.
The second step for the auto industry, particularly as ML technologies take over critical parts of the control system, is to incorporate into their self-driving systems a software component that is not machine-learning based, but which continuously monitors the ML-based system to ensure it remains within its safety envelope (similar to the runtime safety monitors used in the aviation industry for certain COTS components, as mentioned above). With ML approaches, a runtime safety monitoring approach may be the only way to produce a system that can be certified as safe. Active ongoing research in the area of runtime safety monitors is being conducted at several institutions.
Finally, certifying a safety-critical system as complex as an autonomous automobile will inevitably require a convincing demonstration of safety. The FAA, FDA, and other agencies are beginning to adopt the notion of a formal "assurance case" or "safety case". A safety case is a tree-like structured argument that shows a system is safe by breaking the argument down into claims and subclaims, and then showing how each claim is backed by a combination of direct evidence and verified subclaims. Using this approach from the beginning helps identify what critical evidence is needed to demonstrate convincingly that the system is safe.
If self-driving vehicles are ever going to become a mass market reality, the systems will need to be developed systematically, monitored continuously, and shown to be safe in a structured and convincing way.
3. "Assurance Cases." Performance & Dependability | Tools & Methods | Assurance Cases. November 27, 2017. Accessed December 01, 2017. https://sei.cmu.edu/dependability/tools/assurancecase/index.cfm. | 2019-04-21T08:20:31 | https://www.embedded-computing.com/articles/where-the-software-meets-the-road-certifying-the-safety-of-self-driving-cars |
0.999974 | LAWRENCE, Kan. - Bryce Petty threw for 430 yards and three touchdowns in fewer than three quarters, Lache Seastrunk ran for 109 yards and a score and sixth-ranked Baylor routed Kansas 59-14 on Saturday night for its school-record 11th straight win.
The nation's highest-scoring offense still finished with 743 yards, and eight of its nine scoring drives took fewer than 2 minutes. Four different Baylor players had touchdown runs - Petty among them - while Tevin Reese hauled in two of his three TD tosses.
Jake Heaps was held to just 85 yards passing and a touchdown for Kansas (2-5, 0-4), which has now lost 25 consecutive Big 12 games. He split time with freshman Montell Cozart, who was 4 of 14 for 69 yards and also lost a fumble that led to one of Baylor's touchdowns.
Brandon Bourbon had a 22-yard touchdown run for the Jayhawks.
It was the sixth time in seven games the Bears have scored at least 50 points, and the result was the program's first 7-0 start since 1980. The once-downtrodden program hasn't lost since Nov. 10, 2012, at Oklahoma - the same high-profile program that's next up for Baylor on Nov. 7.
Kansas actually held the Bears' dazzling offense to punts on its first two possessions, and a paltry crowd bundled up against the chilly autumn air had reason for hope.
Baylor dashed it all in four brutally efficient offensive series.
Petty started the scoring rush when he threw a 62-yard strike to Reese, who had gotten open over the middle of the field. After the Jayhawks went three-and-out, Seastrunk got loose on a hip-swiveling scamper over the right side that turned into a 29-yard touchdown run.
When the Jayhawks went three-and-out for the third straight series, Baylor needed just 1:32 to go 82 yards with Glasco Martin's 14-yard TD run capping the drive. The Bears added another TD just a few minutes later when Petty sold a fake so well that everybody on defense converged on his running back, and the quarterback glided over the left side untouched for the score.
In a span of roughly 12 minutes, the Bears had built a 28-0 lead.
Baylor tacked on a field goal later in the second quarter, and a 25-yard touchdown pass from Petty to Reese with 2 minutes remaining made it 38-0 at the break.
It also sent the few fans that were left in the stands scattering for the exits.
Petty hit Corey Coleman for a 49-yard touchdown pass early in the second half, and that was enough for Briles to start giving his vast collection of stars the rest of the night off.
Bourbon's touchdown run off an option pitch got Kansas within 45-7, but Shock Linwood matched him with a TD run for Baylor. Rodriguez Coleman hauled in a 30-yard TD strike from Heaps later in the fourth quarter, only for Linwood to add a 68-yard touchdown run to cap the scoring.
Linwood finished with 106 yards rushing, all but five of it in the second half. | 2019-04-23T15:52:43 | https://www.lubbockonline.com/sports/2013-10-27/petty-leads-no-6-baylor-59-14-rout-kansas |
0.998751 | Incorrect Information About Addiction - Is it Harming Addicts' Treatment?
Addiction treatment is important for long-term recovery but when the incorrect information about addiction is given, the results can be more harmful than helpful. Depending on your viewpoint, you may choose to see addiction as a moral flaw, a behavioral problem, a genetic trait, or, perhaps the most popular opinion, as a chronic, relapsing disease, similar to diabetes or cancer. The idea of addiction as a disease has gained some notoriety over the years, with those who are strongly for it, but some people would argue that this mindset is actually detrimental to addicts, and may end up hindering their treatment in the long run. For more drug addiction information, or to learn how treatment at a rehab facility can help you, call and speak to one of the experts at A Forever Recovery today.
Addiction is a physical and psychological dependence on and the compulsive use of a substance, despite negative consequences. While there is some evidence to support the idea of addiction as a disease, such as the changes prolonged substance abuse can generate in the reward center of the brain, incorrect information about addiction may be counterproductive to an addict’s recovery. Classifying addiction as a disease could make addicts believe that their substance abuse is beyond their control.
In his book titled The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease, author and neuroscientist Marc Lewis states, “Medical researchers are correct that the brain changes with addiction. But the way it changes has to do with learning and development – not a disease.” That being said, there are ways to successfully treat addiction, and with the right treatment program, it is possible for addicts to overcome their substance abuse, while identifying and addressing any underlying factors that may be causing it. At A Forever Recovery, substance abuse treatment is customized to suit the individual recovery needs of each client.
In some cases, an addict may successfully keep his substance abuse a secret from those around him, but many times, the signs of addiction are apparent to his closest friends and family members, and even to co-workers or schoolmates.
If you are facing an addiction, it’s important to be aware of the latest information on drug and alcohol abuse, so you can choose the treatment program that is right for you. At A Forever Recovery, there are a number of treatment programs available, which can be combined to address the various aspects of a client’s addiction.
Don’t let the incorrect information about addiction stop you or a loved one from asking for the help you so deserve. By opting to enroll in substance abuse treatment at a rehab facility, you are making the decision to turn your life around. By being aware of the most up-to-date addiction information, you can ensure that your recovery from substance abuse is long-lasting. If you are struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol, contact A Forever Recovery today and speak with a trained substance abuse counselor. With the help of a professional addiction recovery expert, you can overcome your addiction and return to your life as a healthy and productive member of society. | 2019-04-19T23:11:13 | https://aforeverrecovery.com/blog/treatment/addiction-treatment-how-incorrect-information-is-harming-addicts/ |
0.999995 | Consolidating a financial statement is a significant decision, whether you are an individual or a business looking to bolster your financial profile. There can be some significant advantages to consolidating, such as a greater access to credit and interest rates. But the potential advantages can be easily erased by some of the pitfalls of consolidation. For this reason, it's important to understand the potential impact of consolidating before following through.
Just as much as consolidation can improve your credit, you can also lower your credit profile by consolidating with a person or business with worse credit than your own. Unless both parties have similar credit profiles, it is likely that one party is taking a hit to their credit to some degree. This can be minimal depending on the advantages of other factors, but it could be a significant impairment to your ability to get lines of credit at good rates. If this person is a spouse, you may find yourself getting better credit and interest rates by not consolidating your financial statements and remaining financially independent.
It is important to trust the individuals involved in your consolidation. If the financial change is between spouses and individuals, it is likely you already trust that person with having access to your personal financial history and credit information. In a business situation, though, this can be dangerous -- allowing untrustworthy individuals access to your business' financial statements, credit history and other information which can be mishandled or used to attack your company.
Different individuals and businesses have different amounts of debt and income. A healthy debt-to-income is desired, with debts comprising only a fraction of total earned income. The smaller this ratio is, the better for both your credit and financial stability. Because of the multiple ways in which this can affect your personal finances or a company's financial profile, it is important that the debt-to-income ratios of all parties be examined. If you are taking on much more debt at the gain of minimal income -- particularly income that does not cover the debt or does not seem promising -- your party may be at a distinct disadvantage. | 2019-04-18T16:27:15 | https://healthfully.com/310761-the-disadvantages-of-consolidating-a-financial-statement.html |
0.997957 | The Islamic State terror group has responded to Republican Donald Trump's election victory by calling the president-elect a "donkey" who will bring about the fall of America on his own.
The Mirror and other news outlets report that IS' social media accounts are filled with statements calling Trump a donkey and a "fool," describing his election victory as "an indication of the end of the American empire."
One of the jihadists' statements read: "What we want is their country to be delivered to a donkey like Trump who will destroy it.
"In the end, they are all our enemies and we will only meet them on the battlefields," the statement continued.
"It is either them or us. We ask Allah to make their destruction caused by their own plans and their death come among themselves."
The terrorists' prediction is that Islam will take over the world after Trump's term as president.
Some tweets even reflected that Trump's victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, which was announced in the early hours of Wednesday, fell on Nov. 9, a date which is the mirror image of September 11, 2001, when terrorists struck the U.S. homeland.
"On 9/11 U.S. struck with disaster at the hands of al-Qaeda. On 11/9, U.S. struck with disaster at the hands of their own voters," the jihadists wrote.
The U.S. has been engaged in warfare against IS and has carried out many airstrikes against terror targets in Iraq and Syria, though Trump has said throughout his campaign that if elected president, he will be even tougher on the Islamic radicals.
"Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody," the Republican has vowed.
One point that Trump has focused on has been the importance of working with Russia to drive out the extremists, as his campaign website states.
"I also believe that we could find common ground with Russia in the fight against ISIS," the document reads. "They too have much at stake in the outcome in Syria, and have had their own battles with Islamic terrorism."
Trump has said that his administration will "aggressively pursue joint and coalition military operations to crush and destroy IS, international cooperation to cut off their funding, expanded intelligence sharing, and cyber warfare to disrupt and disable their propaganda and recruiting."
He has also noted IS' heavy use of social media to spread its propaganda and jihadist messages, something which he vowed to try and put an end to.
"We cannot allow the internet to be used as a recruiting tool, and for other purposes, by our enemy. We must shut down their access to this form of communication, and we must do so immediately," Trump's plan states. | 2019-04-23T18:04:56 | https://www.christianpost.com/news/isis-mocks-americans-for-electing-donkey-trump-he-will-destroy-america-on-his-own.html |
0.999993 | Assaulted by my ex-boss, still denied benefits in NY??
I worked for my former boss for 2 years. During the middle of tax season he was going through personal issues and was highly stressed. He had given me verbal permission to process my friend's return for a reduced fee at the beginning of the week. On Friday, he came storming into my office and started yelling that I had processed this return without his constant (sadly he approve the return verbally) I told him he gave me permission and even had an the invoice that he provided to me, prior to the return being processed. Long story short, he started to yell and scream at me, grabbed my wrist and almost broke my pinky. He was arrested and the criminal case is pending.
I was denied by the telephone rep, although I had stated that I could not understand him as he had a VERY heavy accent and felt he was not completing understanding my side of the story.
I had a hearing in front of a judge. I did have a laywer (pro bono) as I qualified but she wasn't very good I could tell that I wasn't going to win and of course I lost. I ended up sending an appeal letter on my own listing all the reasons I disagreed with the judge (mind you I didn't have a typical hearing as I had 2 hearings, 1 for my ex-employer & 1 for me and each hearing was 2-3 hours long) In his decision, he didn't list ANY of evidence, issues or statements. And for some reason the fact that I was assaulted on the job (with copies of police reports) was never mentioned! Thankfully, I found another job so I stopped filing for benefits soon after and fired the pro bono.
I guess the whole point of this story is to find out how long it will take the appeal board to come to a decision. I feel I have a great chance of winning if it's based off of the evidence alone. | 2019-04-24T01:09:01 | https://www.unemployment-tips.com/assaulted-by-my-exboss-still-denied-benefits-in-ny.html |
0.999995 | These passages tell us that God has predestined to save people in Jesus Christ. To do so, God has called them in Christ, justified those whom He called, and glorified those whom He justified. All the basics of the Scripture are planned and worked out within Jesus Christ. This is what the Book of Romans tells us, yet many theologians and false ministers have turned this clear and simple truth into a mere doctrine, consisting of their own thoughts and self-interests, and earnestly spread it. We will now turn our attention to examine how many misunderstand this truth.
Some theologians deduce five major doctrines from this passage: 1) prescience, 2) predestination, 3) effective calling, 4) justification, and 5) glorification. These five doctrines are known as the “Golden Chain of Salvation” and have been spread as the truth to both believers and non-believers alike. But their claims are full of flaws.
All five doctrines speak only of what God has done–that is, “God already knew, already elected, already called, justified, and glorified someone.” But the Doctrine of Predestination is a doctrine that claims that God has unconditionally elected those whom He would save even before their births. Yet the Biblical truth of predestination teaches that God has made sinners His children by pouring His love over them. Having thus elected them, God has called them, justified and glorified them.
In Christian theology, we can find the “five great doctrines” of Calvinism proclaimed by John Calvin. Among them are the Doctrine of Predestination and the Doctrine of Election. In the following discussion, I will point out the Biblical errors of these doctrines and bear witness to the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
The Doctrine of Election originated from a theologian named John Calvin. Of course, God spoke of the election in Jesus Christ long before Calvin’s time, but his Doctrine of Election has led many to confusion. This false doctrine limits God’s love and defines it as discriminatory and unfair. Fundamentally speaking, there are neither limits nor boundaries to God’s love, and as such, the Doctrine of Predestination that imposes such limits on God’s love cannot be anything but wrong. Yet the reality is that many believers in Jesus today have accepted this doctrine as natural and fatalistic.
The ideas of this Doctrine of Predestination have come to rule over many minds, as the doctrine is fitting for those who like philosophizing, and, as such, dominate their minds, making it believable to them. The doctrine claims that even before Creation, God unconditionally predestined and elected some, while others were predestined to be left out of this election. Were this doctrine true, those souls that were not selected would have grounds to protest against God, and He would turn into an unfair and prejudicial God.
Because of these doctrines, today’s Christianity has fallen into great confusion. As a result, many Christians are suffering while wondering, “Have I been elected? If God had reprobated me before Creation, what is the use of believing in Jesus?” They end up being more interested in whether they were included or excluded from God’s election. This is why the Doctrine of Predestination has produced so much confusion among the believers in Jesus, as they assign more importance to the question of their elections rather than to the true gospel of the water and the Spirit, given by God.
This doctrine has turned the truth of Christianity into just another world religion. But it is now time for us to cast these wrong doctrines out from the Christendom with the gospel that has born witness to the righteousness of God. As such, you must first see to yourself whether the Doctrine of Predestination is correct or not, and be delivered from all your sins by knowing and believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Those who have truly been selected by God are those who know and believe in His righteousness.
Ephesians 1:3-5 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” The election spoken in this passage from Ephesians is an election chosen “in Him (Christ) before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4). It also tells us that Jesus Christ has not excluded a single person from the grace of the salvation from sin.
From this passage, we must ascertain what is exactly wrong with the Doctrine of Predestination. The fundamental error of this doctrine is that it is bias against the standard of God’s election–that is, its basis of who is to be saved or not does not depend on the Word of God, but instead on His arbitrary and unconditional decision.
If we were to base our faiths in Jesus on the logic of such unconditional predestination and elections, how could we ever believe in Jesus in our nervous uncertainties and worries? Calvinism preaches of a false doctrine that turns the just God into an unfair and unjust God. The reason why Calvin made such a mistake is because he took out the condition of “in Jesus Christ” from God’s predestination, and the error has been grave enough to confuse and mislead many. But the Scripture clearly tells us, “God chose us in His Son Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 1:4).
If, as the Calvinists claim, God unconditionally chose some in order to be their God while excluded others without any reason, what could be more absurd than this? Calvin turned God into an unfair God in the minds of many people. But the Bible tells us in Romans 3:29, “Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.” God is the God of everyone and the Savior of all.
Jesus is the Savior of all. He gave redemption to everyone by taking upon all the sins of mankind on Himself with His baptism by John and His blood on the Cross (Matthew 3:15). The Scripture tells us that Christ saved every sinner by bearing all the sins of the world with His baptism and carrying these sins to the Cross (John 1:29), being judged for these sins in our place (John 19). Also, John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Jesus Christ took upon everyone’s sins with His baptism, died on the Cross, and arose from death for all of humanity in God’s righteousness.
It says here that the purpose of God might stand “of Him who calls.” Whom, then, has God called in Jesus Christ? They are precisely sinners whom God has called. Between Esau and Jacob, whom did God love? He loved Jacob. God did not love people like Esau, who was full of his own righteousness, but He called sinners like Jacob and allowed them to be born again through the gospel of the water and the Spirit. This was the very will of God’s righteousness that chose sinners like Jacob to love and call through Jesus Christ.
Because Adam was the forefather to everyone, all were born as the offspring of a sinner. In Psalms 51, David says that he was conceived in sin from when he was in his mother’s womb. Because people are born as sinners, they commit sins, regardless of their determinations. Throughout their lives, they continue to bear the fruits of sin until the very end. Mark 7:21-27 tells us that just as apple trees bear apples and pear trees bear pears, humans are bound to live in sin for their entire lives because they were born with sin.
You must have had an experience of committing a sin against your wishes. This is because from the very beginning, you were born a sinner. People are born with evil thoughts including adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, and others such sins in their minds. This is why everyone lives his or her life in sin. Sin is inherited. Since we were born with the sins that our forefathers passed on to us, we are fundamentally determined to live in sin. This is the reason why we need to believe in Jesus as our Savior and believe in God’s righteousness.
Does this then mean that God’s first work, Adam, ended in failure? No, it doesn’t. God decided to make mankind His children, so He allowed the first man to fall into sin. He fundamentally permitted us to be sinners in order for God to save us and make us His children with the baptism of Jesus Christ and His blood. So, we must know that we were born as sinners without exception.
However, God decided to send Jesus Christ to this earth before Creation, knowing that mankind would become sinners. He then placed on Jesus, through the baptism of Jesus received from John, all the sins of the world and had Him die on the Cross. In other words, He decided to bestow upon anyone who believed with the blessing of the redemption from sin and of becoming God’s children. This is God’s plan and His purpose for creating mankind.
Some people might ask in their misunderstandings, “Look at Jacob and Esau. Was not one selected and the other abandoned by God?” But God did not unconditionally elect those who insisted to be saved outside of Jesus Christ. He clearly chose to make everyone His children through Jesus Christ. When only considering the Old Testament, we may get the impression that God chose only one side, but with the New Testament, we can unmistakably see that He elected people like Jacob to save all sinners through Jesus Christ. We must have a clear understanding and believe in whom God called with His Word.
Of Esau and Jacob, who did God call and love? He called no other than Jacob, a man full of shortcomings, deceit and unrighteousness, to love and save him in God’s righteousness. You, too, must believe in this truth, that God the Father has called you through Jesus Christ in His righteousness. You must also believe in the fact that the gospel of the water and the Spirit in Jesus Christ is the very righteousness of God.
The way to save sinners through Jesus Christ was to completely fulfill the righteousness of God with His love. This was the law of salvation set by the righteousness of God for sinners. To clothe them in His righteousness, God called people like Jacob, who had no self-righteousness at all, and those who answered His calling through Jesus Christ.
Did God call those who were self-righteous and who seemed just fine? Or did He call those who had no self-righteousness who were full of shortcomings? Those whom God called were people like Jacob. God called and saved sinners bound for hell because of their sins. You must realize that from your very birth, you, too, have been a sinner who has come short of God’s glory, and as such, were bound for hell. You need to know, in other words, your true self. God called all sinners through Jesus Christ and saved them in His righteousness.
The people of God are those who have been justified by believing in His righteousness. God predestined to call all sinners and redeem them in Jesus, and He fulfilled what He had predestined. This is the predestination and the true election in Jesus Christ that God speaks of. To understand the true election of God, we must first understand the background of this truth on election, as described in the Old Testament.
Genesis 25:21-26 tells us about the story of Jacob and Esau while still in the womb of their mother, Rebecca. Between the two, God chose Jacob. Calvin based his Doctrine of Election on this passage, but we will soon find out that his understanding departs from the will of God. There was a reason why God loved Jacob more than Esau. This reason is that people like Esau, rather than relying on and trusting in God, live by believing in their own strengths, while people like Jacob live by their reliance on and trust in the righteousness of God. When it says that God loved Jacob more than Esau, it means that God loved people like Jacob. This is why we were “chosen in Christ” (Ephesians 1:4).
“Unconditional election” without Jesus and outside of God’s righteousness is only a false Christian doctrine. This idea is akin to bringing and believing in a god of fate into Christianity. But the truth tells us that God elected all sinners in Jesus. Because God chose to save all sinners “in Jesus Christ,” His election was a just election. Had God chosen Jacob unconditionally and reprobated Esau groundlessly, He would have been an unfair God, but He called us in Jesus Christ. And to save those whom He called, He sent Jesus to this earth to take upon the sins of the world with His baptism, which has fulfilled the righteousness of God, and to shed His precious blood on the Cross. This is how God has chosen and loved us through Christ Jesus.
We need to throw away our human thoughts and believe in the Word of the Scripture, not in a faith of literalism, but in our spiritual faiths. God the Father, in other words, chose all of us through Jesus Christ. But how does Calvin treat God’s election? True faith is found when one knows and believes in God’s righteousness. To believe in human thought as the truth is the same as worshiping an idol, not God.
Believing in the righteousness of God through Jesus is clearly distinct from believing in the erroneous Doctrine of Predestination. Were we not to know and believe in Jesus according to the written Word of God, we would be no different from mere beasts incapable of reasoning. We have been chosen as God’s children by the seal of God’s righteousness “in Jesus Christ.” We should examine our faiths with the basis of the Word of the Scripture.
One of the five doctrines of Calvinism speaks of “limited atonement.” This doctrine claims that among the many people of the world, some have been excluded from God’s salvation. But God’s love and His righteousness cannot be so unfair. The Scripture tells us that God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4). If the blessing of salvation were a limited blessing that is granted to some but not permitted to others, there would be many people who would give up on their faiths in Jesus. Those who believe in such false doctrines must return to the gospel of the water and the Spirit, be saved from their sins and receive eternal lives by knowing and believing in Jesus Christ as their Savior. God has saved everyone through Jesus Christ with His righteousness.
If God had indeed loved some and hated others, people would turn their backs from God. Let us suppose that God is standing right here, right now. Were God to select all those who were standing to His right for salvation and those who were standing to his left for hell without any reason, would this be just? Those who are to His left would have no choice but to turn against God. If God were like this, then who in this world would serve and worship Him as the true God? All those who were unconditionally hated by God would protest and in turn, they, too, would hate God. Even the criminals of this world are said to have their own morals and fairness. How, then, could our Creator be so unfair, and who would believe in such an unfair God?
Our Father decided to save all the sinners with the righteousness of God found in His Son Jesus Christ. This is why the Calvinist Doctrine of Limited Atonement has nothing to do with God’s righteousness. Yet because of such erroneous doctrines, many people are unfortunately still going astride, believing in God wrongfully or turning away from Him, all from their own misunderstandings.
Stephen King’s novel entitled, “The Stand,” was made into a TV mini-series some years ago, and was highly acclaimed all over the world. The plot of the novel unfolds like this: In the year 1991, a plague strikes America, leaving only a few thousand people alive, who are “immune” to the epidemic. Of the survivors, those who instinctively serve God meet in Boulder, Colorado, while those who worship the “Dark Man” are drawn to Las Vegas, Nevada. The two groups separately rebuild societies, until one must destroy the other.
Among the survivors, a young man named Stuart repeatedly dreams that the end of the world has come, and an elderly woman named Abigail tells him in his dreams to go to a certain place, reminding him that God elected him already. In this movie, God saved this young man because He predestined him before Creation, even when he did not believe in God or Jesus.
Does God, then, unconditionally save those who do not even believe in Jesus? Of course not. God has predestined everyone in Jesus Christ to save those who believe in His righteousness from their sins.
The storyline of this movie is based on Calvin’s Doctrines of Predestination and Election. This movie is merely a story that only tells a part of a theologian’s doctrine. How could God arbitrarily decide to send some people to hell and yet elect others for salvation? Because God is just, He has predestined and selected everyone through Jesus Christ, and there is none who is barred from the salvation of His righteousness. God’s predestination and election without Jesus Christ are meaningless and unbiblical. It’s unfortunate that so many theologians continue to claim that God elected some while He reprobated others.
Even before He created the universe, God planned to save all sinners and make them His children with His righteousness through Jesus Christ. He elected, in other words, all sinners through the gospel of Jesus. How, then, do you believe?
Do you believe that the Buddhist monks meditating deep in the mountains are excluded from God’s election? If God’s predestination and election were unconditional without Jesus Christ, there would be no need for us to preach His Word, nor believe in it. If, without the Savior Jesus Christ, some people were destined to be saved and others were not, there would absolutely be no need for sinners to believe in Jesus. That Jesus has saved us from our sins through His baptism and His blood on the Cross, in the end, it would also be meaningless. But in the righteousness of God found in Jesus Christ, God allowed salvation to even these Buddhist monks who do not believe in Jesus, only if they repent and turn their minds toward God.
There are many people in this world who live their lives believing in Jesus. Were we to divide them into two groups, one group would be those who are like Esau and the other would be those who are like Jacob. People like Jacob identify themselves as sinners bound for hell, and as such, are saved from their sins by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit given by Jesus. The other group is made of people like Esau, who try to enter the gates of heaven by adding their own efforts to their faiths in Jesus.
Who are you like? Jacob or Esau? Do you believe in the righteousness of God? Or do you believe in the erroneous Doctrine of Predestination? Your choice between these two faiths will decide where you will end up–in heaven or hell. You must throw out these erroneous doctrines and receive the righteousness of God to make peace with Him by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, spoken of by God’s righteousness. Only this faith gives us perfect deliverance from our sins and eternal lives. | 2019-04-19T22:19:36 | https://www.bjnewlife.org/english/bstudy/sermons_128_romans.php |
0.999775 | Is it permissible to sell Zamzam water?
I have a question regarding selling and buying of zamzam water. I heard from somebody that selling zamzam water is not permissible. I want to know if this is true and can somebody bring the zamzam water from saudi arabia and sell it in other countries? please answer with references from hadith.
The basic principle is that it is not permissible to sell water so long as it is still in its spring or stream. But if someone collects it and puts it in a vessel, for example, then he may sell it and there is no difference of opinion among the scholars.
With regard to what he collects in his vessel of water, he takes possession of it thereby and he has the right to sell it, and there is no difference of opinion among the scholars. … Based on that, it became customary in some regions to sell water in vessels without anyone objecting to that, and no one has the right to drink from it or to do wudoo’ or to take any of it without the permission of its owner. The same applies if he comes to his own well or a public well and draws water in a bucket or by any other means; whatever he collects of water becomes his property and he may sell it, because it became his property when he acquired it in his vessel. Ahmad said: It is forbidden to sell water that is still in the well and water that is still flowing in the spring, but it is permissible to sell the well itself, or the spring, and the one who buys it has more right to its water.
Shaykh al-Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him) was asked: Is it permissible to sell water and when?
That is subject to further discussion. If a person has collected water in his vessel or in his pond, then he has taken possession of it and it is permissible for him to sell it, because he has collected it and it has come into his possession, and he has expended effort to acquire it, so it has become his property.
But if the water is still in the well or river or stream that runs through his property, then this is the subject of a difference of opinion among the scholars. The correct view is that it is not permissible for him to sell it; rather he is more entitled to benefit from it than anyone else, but he does not have the right to prevent others from benefiting from it in ways that do not harm him or his property, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade selling surplus water. End quote.
No distinction is made in this regard between Zamzam water or any other water.
There is nothing wrong with selling Zamzam water or transporting it from Makkah. End quote. | 2019-04-22T18:40:11 | https://islamqa.info/en/answers/150559/is-it-permissible-to-sell-zamzam-water |
0.999113 | Two late goals from Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema helped Los Blancos to get a draw.
Los Blancos visit Jorge Sampaoli's side again shortly.
The Andalusans are currently second in the table ahead of Barcelona.
Zinedine Zidane has sent a warning to his Real Madrid players ahead of the coming La Liga trip to Sevilla on Sunday (15 January) after admitting that Los Blancos were lucky to get a 3-3 draw in their Thursday's Copa del Rey encounter with the Andalusians side. Yet, the France boss said that he is not surprised that Jorge Sampaoli's side are currently ahead of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in the La Liga table as they are doing a great job since the summer arrival of the Argentinian tactician.
Two late goals from Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid to secure the qualification to the Copa del Rey quarter final with a 6-3 victory on the aggregate after having won 3-0 in the first leg played at the Santiago Bernabeu. Furthermore, the draw saw Real Madrid breaking a new Spanish record of 40 games unbeaten, previously set by Barcelona under Luis Enrique in 39 between 2015 and 2016.
Zidane was happy for his side's late reaction to keep the unbeaten run, but admitted that Sevilla should have won the game as they arrived at the 82nd minute with a 3-1 advantage.
"It was a tough game, very draining. They played incredibly well and deserved more from the game in truth. After that first goal we eased off a bit and they were able to put two past us. In the end we were able to get a draw. Over the course of the two games we deserved to go through," the Real Madrid boss admitted in the press conference.
Los Blancos visit Sevilla once again on Sunday for a crucial game in the La Liga title race as Real Madrid, who have one game in hand, are currently leading the table four points ahead of the Andalusian side and have five more than Barcelona.
Zidane: "Over the course of the two games we deserved to go through."
Zidane warned his side to expect another difficult challenge as he believes that Sevilla are consistently proving that their second-place position is not a mere "coincidence".
"We really had to soldier on against a resilient side who are fast paced, and home support who really pile the pressure on. Sunday will be yet another game where we will have to fight. That is always going to be the case against Sevilla, who are tough opposition to face," Zidane said. "It is no coincidence that they are second in LaLiga, that is all down to their own hard work. What they are doing and what they did (today). I'm not sure what is going to happen on Sunday, but we will have to dig deep."
The new encounter against Sevilla is expected to be especially ill-tempered after Ramos was abused by a number of the local fans during the Copa del Rey match. The Real Madrid captain came though the youth ranks of the Europe League winners, but his complicated relationship with the ultras of his former side worsened on Thursday night after he celebrated his Panenka penalty goal cupping his ears in front of them.
Asked about that controversy, Zidane said: "I can't be happy about that and nor can he. It is not nice when they insult you. We can't avoid it however. Sergio played his part in the game and I'm not thinking about anything else, it is an ugly thing to happen but it can't be avoided. He played here for a long time. He is from here and I'm certain he'll be hurt by that. These things can happen from time to time and neither he nor his family will be happy with that". | 2019-04-18T10:35:50 | https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/zinedine-zidane-admits-real-madrid-deserved-lose-copa-del-rey-3-3-draw-sevilla-1600960 |
0.704488 | Others have written oodles on how comics work and the mechanics of the comic book medium. Scott McCloud, for example, has several books examining how layout, composition and the space between the panels affect what works, what has been tried, and how to use the "rules" of comics. I'm not going to attempt to add or refute any of that.
Considering the recent attacks in Paris at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, however, one has to ask how is it that cartoons can have such an impact? What is it about a cartoon that causes someone to hate so much they end up killing? I can barely comprehend it, but I understand the power of cartoons to focus ideas and emotions. Look at any comic book convention to see how comics and cartoons gather people together to flock among their tribes. For example, I offer my own personal anecdote on how cartoons can bring us together.
One Christmas, years ago, I received a copy of "Ten Ever-Lovin' BLue-Eyed Years with Pogo " by Walt Kelly. As a kid, I thought this was the best book ever. "Pogo" which started in newspapers in 1949, relates the antics of Pogo Possum and his friends who live in the Okefenokee Swamp. Characters include Albert Alligator, a turtle named Churchy La Femme, and the self-declared wise Howland Owl. The daily strips have a goofy mix of foreground earnestness often undercut by minor or unnamed swampland folk. Kelly used multi-week story arcs punctuated by daily humor, a storytelling formula which kept readers hooked for years. And best of all, the strip had an edge which made it unpredictable. Often the edge consisted of skewering national political figures, but other times it was a chance to comment on national fads or opinions such as atomic energy, the Communist witch hunts, and even when Armistice Day was renamed to Veteran's Day.
I find so many great things in this strip. The line art is amazing - cartoony without slop. So many curved lines: in the characters, the speech balloons, the desk, even down to the panels, it all feels organic. Yet, the lines are spare, not a lot of hatching, no cross-hatching, no grays. The art was designed for appearing on newsprint in a poorly printed daily. The images have been distilled to the most essential, distinctive elements. For example, see how Pogo at the typewriter in the background of the first panel is clearly identifiable. Despite the swamp setting, this is some kind of office. Meanwhile, in the foreground Churchy and Owl carry the action, and the black field of grass makes the foreground pop even more.
The dialogue is also engaging. Owl's first balloon: "A cat! Phoo! You calls that news? Everybody must of seed a cat sometime." It's not at all grammatically correct, but it captures a distinctive voice. How does he pronounce "Phoo"? Is is "poo" or more like "foo"? Perhaps Kelly himself doesn't know the answer, but the reader's internal voice knows what someone like Owl would say when his reporter has a cat story, and it is "Phoo!"
Of course Churchy has something more than a cat story, but there's a fact-checking problem. Churchy explains, and then challenges. Owl, the self-proclaimed brains of Okefenokee, doesn't want to admit his ignorance, and after a perfectly timed awkward pause decides to run the cat story. Is Kelly commenting on the superficiality of the news, deciding to go with the easy story rather than pushing the comfort zone? Or is it just a funny animal story? "Can you spell armadillo, chief?"
The best part of this strip is that there's something funny in every panel, and some panels have multiple funny bits. In panel one I find the following funny: Owl's dialogue, the sign that says "Noose Desk" (news desk), the "Gloo + Ink" pot, Churchy's snappy reporter outfit, and the fact that I can read the entire news items on the page ("my pa saw a cat las yr"). The humor is strong through final panel: we have not only the punch line and the frog child in the wastebasket, but check out Churchy's expression - he considers it "another job well done". I can't tell from Pogo's expression whether he's going to question the story or not. He looks like he'd going to question it, but knowing Pogo's a pretty easy-going 'possum so he might accept it at face value.
Now, when I'm in a situation where people are avoiding the central topic because it's a hard question, I think "My daddy saw a cat last year."
The magic of a cartoon is that it is an effective method of communication. It uses at least two modes -- graphics and text -- to share an idea between the author and the reader. As a reader, my brain can't not read the words, but the images support the story, filling in any information not contained in the dialogue. Together they are a one-two punch straight to the brain.
Effective cartoons use images and text in a complementary way, but also distill them to the essence. Ivan Brunetti's "Cartooning" spends pages discussing how to refine drawings until every line is absolutely necessary. Before cartooning, Walt Kelly worked as both a journalist and as an animator and storyboard artist for Disney. Journalists have to learn how to write concise stories that still convey all the information. At Disney, studios artists had plenty of practice drawing but also learned how to capture the personality of a character in the sketch. This comic strip is not an owl, a turtle and a possum. It is a set of lines on paper, but through his artistry Kelly has given them life and set them in a milieu that exists for us, the readers.
Years later my own son was looking for something entertaining to read and I gave him my copy of "Ten Ever-Lovin' BLue-Eyed Years with Pogo ." He loved it as much as I did, reading it multiple times. One day we read the cat strip together and we both laughed. But then something interesting happened.
Much later, we were having a family discussion and we came to some hard topic. I said, "My daddy saw a cat last year." My wife, who may or may not have read Pogo, was baffled. But my son understood the reference immediately, and the humor from the strip spilled into the discussion and gave us some perspective. This is also the magic of comics: The one-two punch stays in the brain, and even when only part of the work is referred to, the rest comes along for the ride.
So, from the genius of Walt Kelly, I not only receive his vision, but get to share it with others, and in sharing it becomes a common point of reference in our lives. Much like Brady Bunch was to a generation of kids, or like Caddyshack is with my college pals, or The Simpsons, Star Trek, and Wonder Woman are to millions of fans.
"a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary 'auteur' (the French word for 'author'). In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through studio interference and the collective process."
In comics, the production process is small enough that one or two or a few creators can work together to ensure the artist vision.
So, this is the magic of cartoons: a cartoonist can create a world using only a few pen strokes and this world is transmitted directly into our brains using both language and imagery. It's a direct feed to the brain, and that's why it inspires both so much love and hate. Cartoons are a medium, and used effectively that medium can bring people together, or divide them; cause them to question the establishment, follow a religion, or brush their teeth. It's a powerful magic. Remember that next time someone says they saw a cat last year.
The attack on Charlie Hebdo is a coward's act.
Using guns and violence to silence voices who are seeking to explore and enlighten the world is the result of someone who fears their own reality. The result of someone who can't reconcile their thoughts with the world around them. Unfortunately, people use religion and weapons as a way to justify their actions.
The details of the attack are unclear. This is known: three masked gunmen attacked the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine similar to early Mad magazine or the National Lampoon. The result, twelve people dead, many more in mourning.
The magazine's site now has a black page that says "Je Suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie"). If you click on the link for the pdf, you will see the same phrase in Arabic, German, Spanish, and other languages.
I recently wrote a blog post about the evolution of comics in France. Despite its age, Charlie Hebdo is still admittedly edgy A 2011 issue was renamed "Charia Hebdo," guest-edited by Mohammed. So, I was surprised to hear it mentioned on the morning radio news. Then saddened. Then devastated.
We are all Charlie. Art makes a difference. Look at the world for enlightenment. | 2019-04-25T10:13:21 | http://comicsbin.blogspot.com/2015/01/ |
0.999984 | What is Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy?
This is a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure performed for early stage (clinically confined) prostate cancer, done by placing pencil thin instruments and a camera through small incisions with the aid of surgeon controlled robot. A large abdominal incision is avoided and open surgery is avoided. In this procedure the prostate gland and seminal vesicles are removed intact (in one piece), and in proper candidates, the nerves for sexual function are preserved. In selected patients, the pelvic lymph nodes that may contain spread of prostate cancer are also removed.
In the hands of experienced surgeons, the state-of-the-art daVinci S surgical system has made this procedure extremely precise. This computer enhanced surgical system is comprised of two components, robotic arms that hold the pencil thin surgical instruments, and a surgeon's console that controls the robotic arms. The robot's surgical instruments move to the direction of the surgeon's hands, while the surgeon views the operative field through a 3-D TV screen. The tips of these tiny instruments have six degrees of freedom, allowing for movements like a tiny wrist around the prostate. Non-robotic surgical instruments (open or laparoscopic) cannot move in this manner and do not have this degree of range of motion and flexibility. The highly magnified 3-D viewing screen allows the surgeon to feel "immersed" within the patient, allowing for better visualization of the surgical field than open or standard laparoscopic surgery. There is more precise differentiation between healthy and diseased tissue, thereby making this surgery highly effective in curing prostate cancer. In effect the surgeon accurately removes the prostate and pelvic lymph nodes, while preserving the vital structures such as the neurovascular bundles responsible for erections and pelvic floor muscles responsible for quick recovery of bladder control.
Is daVinci Robotic Prostatectomy experimental?
No. This procedure is FDA approved.
Is Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy proven safe and effective?
Yes. Over 200 research articles have been written on Robotic Prostatectomies. This minimally invasive procedure has been shown to be extremely safe and effective. Chances of operative complications or side effects have been shown to be minimal. Robotic Prostatectomy has been shown to be highly effective in removal of prostate cancer.
How effective is Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy in removal of cancer?
The efficacy of any prostate cancer surgery has to do with positive and negative margins. Positive margins mean that at least one of the boarders of the prostate, where the surgeon made the cuts to remove the prostate have prostate cancer at the cut edge under microscopic exam. A positive margin indicates that cancer was possibly left behind in the area or surgery. Conversely, negative margins mean that all the boarders of the prostate, where the surgeon made the cuts are fee of cancer under microscopic exam.
Research has shown that Robotic Prostatectomy has a low positive margin rate and high negative margin rate, meaning that this procedure is highly effective in removal of all the prostate cancer. Furthermore, the rates of positive and negative margins are the same between open and robotic prostate surgery. Therefore, Robotic Prostatectomy is highly effective in removal and treatment of prostate cancer.
Why is it necessary to be able to feel the prostate in open surgery but not in robotic surgery?
In open surgery, the surgeon relies on feeling the prostate and surrounding tissues, because of difficulty in visualizing the vital structures deep in the pelvis. Since the prostate is located underneath and deep to the pubic bone, the prostate and tissues surrounding it are difficult to see. Therefore, surgeon has to rely on "feeling" his/her way around the prostate for a successful surgery.
In Robotic surgery, the camera can be placed underneath the pubic bone or any other location deep in the pelvis and near the vital structures. The field of vision is 3-Dimensional and magnified 15 times. The robotic viewing screen allows for the surgeon to be virtually placed inside the patient's body. Since the surgeon's visualization is far superior in robotic surgery than in open surgery, the need for "feeling the tissues" is a mute point.
Do all Urologists perform Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy?
No. Since laparoscopic robotic prostatectomy is only about 7 years old, most urologists have not been trained in this advanced type of surgery. Consequently, they are unable to offer robotic surgery as a treatment option.
What qualifications are important in a surgeon who performs Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy?
Qualifications of the surgeon should include experience, excellent results, and a desire to mend a personal relationship filled with compassion and personal attention towards the patient. It takes a large number of Robotic Prostatectomies before a surgeon would be considered highly experienced and skilled in performing such operations. A highly qualified surgeon must have done at least 150 Robotic Prostatectomies. He or She must be willing to share his/her personal results. Furthermore, as a physician, the surgeon must make a personal relationship with the patient, and not view the patient as another opportunity to do surgery. A patient with prostate cancer deserves respect, compassion, and personal attention by his doctor.
Having performed and taught over 800 robotic prostatectomies, Dr. Ramin's rates of complications are among the lowest of published and reported series. His rates of continence, nerve sparing and potency are among the highest. His oncologic results (negative/positive margins) are among the best results.
Is it true that the surgeon can see better with robotic surgery than open surgery for prostate cancer?
Yes. The field of visualization is better with robotic surgery for three reasons.
better. In fact one can even see underneath the prostate, which is not a possibility with open surgery. The muscles that wrap around the urethra, the urethra itself, and the nerves that control erection are visualized much better, making this method a more accurate surgery. It is important to note that an experienced surgeon in robotic prostatectomy can better understand the anatomy and the vital structures under vision than a surgeon that has recently started to perform robotic surgery.
2. There is less blood loss in robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy as compared to open surgery. The average blood loss in open surgery is around 500 to 1000 cc's (16 to 32 ounces). The average blood loss in robotic laparoscopic surgery is 150 to 250 cc (3 to 8 ounces). The chance of needing a blood transfusion with robotic prostatectomy is less than 1%, while it is about 10% -15% in open surgery. Since less blood accumulates around the prostate in robotic laparoscopic surgery, the field of vision is cleaner and better visualized.
3. Field of surgery is highly magnified in robotic surgery. The 3-dimensional robotic telescope (laparoscope) magnifies the field of surgery 15 times greater than open surgery. This makes the field of surgery even more accurate and better seen than open surgery. To compensate for this difference, some open surgeons use "surgical loops" or magnifying lenses during open radical prostatectomy. These loops usually magnify the field by two to five times, still not as high as robotic surgery. Field magnification can help the surgeon dissect the vital structures such as neurovascular bundles (for erection) more accurately.
Can nerve sparing surgery be done with Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy?
Yes. Nerve sparing surgery can be done with a high degree of accuracy using the da-Vinci Robotic Surgery system. This system allows for accurate nerve dissection for many reasons. The field of surgery is magnified 15 times, making it easier to recognize the small, delicate neurovascular bundles. Also, the tips of the microscopic instrument can turn, swivel, bend, and rotate, just like the human wrist. This is known as the "Endowrist Technology". The ability to have wrist like movement around the prostate gland allows the surgeon to dissect the neurovascular bundles more accurately. In experienced hands, nerve sparing surgery can be successful in as much as 90% of men.
What are the advantages of Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery?
What are important factors in choosing a doctor? | 2019-04-20T14:51:19 | http://www.roboticcancersurgery.com/DaVinci-Prostatectomy/Questions-and-Answers.aspx |
0.999999 | Do cicadas spend seven years underground before emerging?
I just found the first cicada larvae emerged from the ground a couple of days ago here in New Mexico (the first one I've seen this year), and now I hear them buzzing in the trees. I'm wondering if the stories I've always heard about them are true. Do they really spend seven years underground as larvae, just to emerge and get one season to fly and buzz and mate? Kind of a bummer. Anyway, I'm wondering if this is true of all cicadas, or just the ones found in the east?
It sounds like someone gave you a bum steer, if they said 7 years, because the most infamous cicadas are the “periodical cicadas” (the genus Magicicada), those with a 17-year or 13-year life cycle. That’s not to say there aren’t some with a 7-year life cycle (there are dozens of cicadas in the US with life cycles from 2-9 years or so, varying with species and with environmental conditions), but they’re wimps compared to the Magicicada species. There are six Magicicada, three that are mostly northeastern (with 17-year cycles), and three that are mostly southeastern (with 13-year cycles), and what you have there in New Mexico is another type altogether, probably an Okanagana species.
Regardless of species, all cicadas feed as nymphs buried underground on tree roots (meaning their diet is almost pure water, which is one big reason they develop so slowly), and then have a very brief non-feeding adult stage that survives at most a few weeks, only to reproduce (inserting eggs into twigs; the nymphs drop to the ground after they hatch) and die. The males sing their songs to attract females, by clattering a pair of plates over the openings to a resonant air chamber in the abdomen. Each species sings a different song, which is useful considering that you normally will find 2-3 species that overlap in a given area.
At any rate, it may be a bummer to spend 13 or 17 years sucking on a tree root, only to die after a week or two of freedom at the end, but other organisms like century plants and many salmon have that same sort of reproductive strategy (called “semelparity”) and it works — you saturate your potential predators so that they can’t possibly eat every one of you before you’ve had a chance to pass on the ol’ genome and start the whole thing all over again.
Good answer! But you didn’t say how long New Mexico Okanagana cicadas stay underground (by the way, I like the Magicicada name much better)? When we found that first larvae, I took my daughter outside and had her listen to how silent it was outside in the early evening. We took the grub inside and watched it transform into a cicada over the next few hours. The next evening, the air was buzzing outside with adult cicadas! I told her that the one we found would lay eggs and the babies wouldn’t emerge from the ground until she was fifteen. So how old will she really be?
I haven’t heard of any research on the life cycle of Okanagana — and there are two or three other genera that could be in your area, also probably unknown. Tell your daughter the truth about how science works — there are lots of things about the natural world, especially regarding insects, that no one knows because no one thinks it’s important enough to pay someone to figure it out. It’s amazing how much of the field of entomology is stuff learned just because someone pursued their own curiosity at their own time and expense, rather than being paid to do it.
Well, I do, Doug. And I am going to find out.
Jill, you think it’s important enough to pay someone to find out?
No, dammit. I saw a cicada egg fall to the ground, I saw where the larvae burrowed into the lawn, and I ain’t moving till it comes out. So I’ll see you all in either 2002 or 2016. Somebody‘s gotta do it.
Do ultrasonic bug repellers keep away cockroaches and crickets?
How do we know the cockroach is 250 million years old? | 2019-04-22T17:17:16 | https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1672/do-cicadas-spend-seven-years-underground-before-emerging/ |
0.999899 | Primary sources for research papers. Finding Sources. SUMMARY. Another reason why Wikipedia should not be cited in an academic research paper is that it aims to be like an encyclopediaa source of reference information, not scholarly research or primary or secondary sources. One must delineate between general reference for general knowledge and scholarly sources How can the answer be improved?
In history, for example, primary sources include documents from the period or person you are studying, objects, maps, even clothing; in literature or philosophy, your main primary source is usually the text you are studying, and your data are the words on the page. In such fields, you can rarely write a research paper without using primary When you write a historical research paper, you are creating a secondary source based on your own analysis of primary source material.
Examples of primary sources include diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, letters, memos, photographs, videos, public opinion polls, and government records, among many other things. Primary sources, for historical purposes, are most often defined as eyewitness accounts of eventshistorical periods.
Those accounts written or created at the time, not with 2020 hindsight. These sources reflect the point of view of a participant or observer at a particular point of time. How to Research Primary Sources history scholars use both primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources are actual records that have survived from the past, such as letters, photographs, or articles of clothing.
sources in the form of books, personal papers, government documents, letters, oral accounts, diaries, What Are Primary Sources? A primary source for a research paper is any material used for research that is considered to be an original document.
This can lead to problems in writing research papers that require primary sources. The best way to meet the requirements of an essay or research paper is to know what type of sources are needed, which means knowing the difference between primary and secondary sources. The objective of this essay is to compare Internet research with other sources of information which include books, word of mouth and primary research. | 2019-04-25T18:37:06 | http://greyhoundscansit.com/y8js8s4f5.html |
0.998819 | How does the drainage system work?
Causes of a blocked tear duct.
A blocked tear duct occurs when the tear drainage system becomes partially or completely obstructed, resulting in the improper and incomplete drainage of the tears from the tear ducts. Blocked tear ducts can occur at any age, but are often seen in newborn babies where the blockage will mend by itself after a few hours or days. Understand why blocked tear duct home remedies are important.
In adults, blocked tear ducts can usually be treated effectively.
Not all tears are drained from the face, there is a whole drainage system designed to carry tears through to the nose, hence why you get a runny nose when you cry or your eyes water.
Here's how it works. The lacrimal glands are found inside of the upper eyelids and produce the majority of our tears. Under normal circumstances, tears will flow down from the lacrimal glands, over your eye and then drain off into the puncta (tiny holes on the corners of your eyelids).
The canaliculi canals on your eyelids will move the tears down to a sac located where the side of the nose joins the eyelid (also called the lacrimal sac). From the lacrimal sac, the tears travel down the nasolacrimal duct and drain into the nose where the tears are reabsorbed into the body.
Blockages to the tear duct drainage system can occur at any point, causing your tears to drain improperly and increasing the risk of infection.
There are several symptoms of a blocked tear duct that go beyond simply excessive tearing, you may notice that the whites of the eye become red, the corners of the eye become painfully swollen, repeated bouts of pink eye are suffered, there is crusting on the eyelids or pus/mucus discharging from the eyelids onto the eye's surface.
There can be many different reasons as to why a tear duct has become blocked.
Congenital blockages occur from birth and are usually seen when the tear drainage system hasn't fully developed, or there is an abnormality in the tear duct or tear glands.
Age can also be a factor; increased age can cause the tiny holes (puncta) that drain the tears from your eyes, to become narrower, causing a blockage.
A common cause of blocked tear ducts is infection or inflammation of the area. Nose, eye and tear duct infections can cause the drainage system to become inflamed and blocked.
Injury to the eye area can cause a disruptive force on the flow of tears through the drainage system. Damage to the optical bones can cause blockages within the draining system and even tiny particles of dust or grit that has gotten into the puncta can cause a blockage to form.
Medical treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy for cancer patients can include side effects that cause the tear ducts to become blocked.
Tumors formed along the drainage system, including the nose, can cause a blockage to the tear ducts.
Frequent use of eyedrops can rarely cause blockages to the tear duct system.
Blocked tear duct home remedies are a great way to treat a baby's problem until the problem resolves itself.
With a clean finger, massage the corner (crook) of the eye gently and clean the area after sleep with a sterile, moist cotton bud - or use baby eye wipes when away from home. In around 90% of cases the issue will resolve itself with time, so using these simple home remedies can give your baby some comfort until then.
Blocked tear duct home remedies in adults can also be used to alleviate symptoms.You can use the massage method at the corner of your eyes to try to stimulate and unblock the puncta. Lay a warm, moist, cotton washcloth over your eyelids for a few minutes as a warm compress and massage your eyelids clockwise and counterclockwise to try to soothe and open up the canaliculi and lacrimal sac and pinch the bridge of your nose to help blockages in the lacrimal sac area.
Choose one, two or all of these methods, depending on where you believe your blockage to be, which methods are more effective for you should help determine this, and repeat at least twice a day. | 2019-04-18T15:02:19 | https://healthery.com/blocked-tear-duct-home-remedies/ |
0.995798 | WASHINGTON — Democrats on Friday revealed a planned revamp of last year's $700 billion Wall Street bailout, promising to steer more money to smaller lenders and troubled homeowners, and pledging tougher oversight.
The legislation will move first through the House Financial Services Committee, and Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., wants any recipient of new bailout money to report every three months on how much its lending has increased or decreased and why. He also proposes a number other of tougher reporting and accountability requirements and limits on executive compensation.
To restore the original purpose of the bailout — to help cure housing-sector problems — the proposal would require that at least $50 billion of remaining funds be used to reduce the record number of mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures. The bill directs the Treasury Department to provide a plan to address the housing crisis by April 1.
Lenders gave mixed reviews to Frank's plan. They liked some provisions and criticized others.
The legislation will impose on future recipients the tougher executive compensation provisions that were included in the December bailout of automakers. The top 25 executives in institutions receiving TARP money would be prohibited from collecting bonuses or other incentive-driven pay.
While the compensation provisions reflect public outrage over taxpayer support to banks that paid their top executives handsomely and lavished them with perks, the housing provisions of proposed TARP revamp are meatier.
For example, its directs the Treasury Department to give mortgage servicers — those who collect mortgages on behalf of investors — limited liability from lawsuits when they agree to modify a loan and authorizes payments to them for loan modifications.
While technical, the liability provision is important. Most mortgages are packaged with others and sold into a secondary market as a type of security. If 39 investors in this security agree to modify a loan but one disagrees, the mortgage servicer is open to a lawsuit from the dissenter. This provision could remove a major obstacle to stemming foreclosures.
In a break from the Bush administration, Frank's plan also would authorize the use of TARP funds for the purchase by the Treasury Department or the Federal Reserve of complex securities that are backed by pools of car loans, student loans or municipal bonds. These so-called asset-backed securities have been a key part of why Americans enjoyed cheap and easy access to finance, and with the credit markets seized up the purchase of these troubled assets could spark more lending to consumers.
The legislation also requires Treasury to create a program outside of the TARP to stimulate demand for home purchases, especially in areas with high rates of foreclosure. This provision could raise objections because it could involve government-subsidized mortgage rates.
As important as what's in the proposed legislation is what isn't.
Frank didn't include a provision to allow bankruptcy judges to modify the terms of mortgages. Key senators on Thursday announced an agreement with Citigroup on legislation that would allow bankruptcy judges to modify mortgage terms on primary residences, because judges can already do this on vacation homes and luxuries such as yacht purchases.
Mortgage bankers and other lenders staunchly oppose this, arguing it would create incentives for homeowners to not pay their mortgages and seek better terms from a judge.
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, which represents a wide variety of lenders, issued a statement Friday opposing the Citigroup announcement.
The association said that letting judges rework mortgage terms "would have serious and negative consequences — increasing risk and uncertainty in an already challenging mortgage market and raising mortgage rates for future homeowners at a time when the availability of consumer credit is already severely constrained." | 2019-04-21T22:27:53 | https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24519748.html |
0.999879 | Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a shallow pan large enough to hold all the tomatoes.
Slice off tops of tomatoes; using a teaspoon, hollow out and turn them upside down to drain on paper towels. Reserve some of the tomato flash (about 1/2 to 2/3 cups) and keep it in a strainer over a bowl.
Sauté mushrooms and the white part of the scallions in butter in a skillet over medium heat, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until tender and golden brown; add garlic and cook stirring for a little longer. Set aside.
Combine sour cream, flour, cheese and Sherry in a saucepan and cook constantly stirring over low heat until the sauce is smooth and thickened. Add the mushroom – scallion and garlic mixture; then add the reserved tomato flash, salt, pepper and herbs. Stir until well combined.
Stuff tomatoes, arrange them in the prepared pan and bake for about 15 minutes until tomatoes are just tender, but still hold their shape. Serve warm or at room temperature, garnish with reserved green tops of the scallions.
There is a typo in step 2. The correct way is: Reserve some of the tomato flash (about 1/2 to 2/3 cups) and keep it in a strainer over a bowl. | 2019-04-26T08:08:54 | https://food52.com/recipes/25281-tomatoes-stuffed-with-mushrooms-and-roquefort-cheese |
0.995571 | Occasionally, it may be necessary to extend an award offer to an individual who did not apply to the appropriate opportunity. Awards must be extended at the opportunity level in the system, therefore an application to the opportunity must be created in order to extend the award offer appropriately. How can administrators extend an award if the user does not have an application in the appropriate opportunity? How can administrators extend an award if the user does not have an user account in the system?
Awards must be extended at the opportunity level in the system, therefore an application to the opportunity must be created in order to extend the award offer appropriately. In order for an application to be created, the applicant must also exist in the system by having an user account.
If the user already has at least a Drafted or Submitted General Application, administrators may force-apply the applicant to the appropriate opportunity to generate the necessary opportunity application. But what can administrators do if the user has not started or saved a General Application? What if the individual never created an account in the system?
What if the User Has an Account But Did Not Save or Submit a General Application?
The General Application is the foundation of an applicant's experience in the system. It is the first major step in being considered for any award. If an applicant creates an account in the system but fails to at least save a draft of the General Application, they lack the primary element needed to extend an award offer.
Encourage the applicant to return and complete this step. It is always preferable to have information created and submitted by the applicant. Inform the user that they have been selected for an award, but in order to receive it they must first return to the system and submit a General Application.
Become the user and save a Drafted General Application on the user's behalf. This is not preferable, as it is always better to have information submitted directly by applicants. However, should administrators be unable to encourage interaction from the user, a General Application can by created on his or her behalf by administrators using the Become User button.
To become a user, select Site>Users>All Users.
Select the All Users tab (or any of the other tabs as appropriate.
Use the search box to enter the applicant's name, email address, or UID.
Once the correct applicant is located, click View.
Click Become User, and save a drafted General Application.
What if the User Never Created an Account in the System?
Without a user account, the system has no way of tracking application materials or award data for an individual. If your intended awardee never created an user account (and thus never completed the General Application), they lack the primary element needed to extend an award offer in the system.
Encourage the applicant to create an account and submit a General Application. It is always preferable to have an account established by the individual, as well as a General Application with information submitted by the individual. Inform the individual that they have been selected for an award, but in order to receive it they must first visit the system and create a new General Application.
Create an account on the individual's behalf. This should be the final option considered, and only if administrators are unable to otherwise engage the individual. The process required to create an account on someone's behalf will vary according to your system's authentication method.
While signed in as an administrator, select Site>Users>Create New.
Complete the Create a New User page and provide the appropriate UID.
After completing the Sign Up page, log into your administrator account normally.
Locate the newly-created account, and click View.
Locate the Confirmation URL. Copy this URL (tip: use the "Copy" button) and paste it into your web browser's address bar.
You will be signed into the new applicant account, and will land on the General Application. Complete the General Application as needed. | 2019-04-24T20:18:55 | http://kb.blackbaud.com/articles/Article/120767 |
0.996513 | The JAT flight took off from Belgrade at 12:30 GMT for a flight to Vienna. At 14:25 the flight contacted Vienna Approach Control. Five minutes later the flight reported over the OEW beacon and was instructed to remain 500 feet above the clouds. A little later the flight was cleared for a runway 12 instrument approach and to descend to 3500 feet. At 14:40 the aircraft crashed on the uphill slope of the Kahlenberg hill.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft flew for a longer period on the outbound track and descended below the prescribed minimum altitude laid down at the time by the airline for operations into Schwechat aerodrome."
Distance from Beograd-Dojno Polje Airport to Wien-Schwechat International Airport as the crow flies is 466 km (291 miles). | 2019-04-21T12:31:32 | https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19551010-0&lang=de |
0.999998 | Hate Chipotle queso? Blame Chipotle customers.
We did this. This queso is on all of our hands.
Chipotle rolled out queso nationwide this month, and reviews remain less than spicy.
The cheese dip, long requested by customers and offered by competitors, sparked uproar online as the Internet reeled with disbelief.
Positive reviews do exist — GQ's Drew Magary, who once won Food Network's Chopped, deemed it "perfectly fine queso" — but many derided the dip for lacking queso's classically gooey texture. "Powdered," one Twitter user called it. "Gritty," a Yelp reviewer said. A review in this publication called it "pungent, veggie-speckled cheese soup" that clashed with Chipotle's tart, limey chips.
Chipotle expected bad reviews, a rep told the Consumerist, and plans to alter the recipe. But Chipotle fans should point their foil-wrapped burritos at themselves: Blame Chipotle customers, not Chipotle, for the ill-received dip.
Consumers' growing taste for healthier ingredients caused headaches in recent years for corporations from Hershey to McDonalds. But it skyrocketed Chipotle, which built its brand by catering to customers demanding food both natural and "authentic."
And that's the rub: Authentic queso is not natural, and natural queso is not authentic.
Genuine Tex-Mex queso requires processed cheese, as Texas native LinYee Yuan noted at Quartz, citing food historian Robb Walsh's remark that the dish "probably first became popular as a way for Tejano families to use up their supply of ‘government cheese.’” The classic recipe, of course, is essentially melted Velveeta.
That posed a problem for Chipotle and the craft-beer swilling, Whole Foods-shopping hordes who wanted the familiar taste of queso to be all-natural, too. It simply can't. So Chipotle, hands tied by yuppie tastes, had to improvise, crafting a queso with tapioca and potato starches and a grainy mouthfeel.
“When you compare it to the more synthetic ones, it’s got a different texture," said Mark Crumpacker, Chipotle's chief marketing officer. "But it’s melted cheese, and that’s what actual cheese taste like."
Hippies, yuppies, millennials, snobs of all stripes: Lower your health standards, or dip at your own peril. We did this. This queso is on all of our hands. | 2019-04-25T20:43:52 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/09/21/hate-chipotle-queso-blame-chipotle-customers/686195001/ |
0.998966 | In order to achieve the best performance possible from text ads, which is a best practice that should be followed?
Use at least five keywords from the ad group directly in the ad text.
Use account statistics and reports to monitor ad performance.
Include words like “find” and “searchA” in the ad text.
Include no more than one ad text per ad group. | 2019-04-21T10:50:18 | http://certificationexamanswers.890m.com/en/in-order-to-achieve-the-best-performance-possible-from-text-ads-which-is-a-best-practice-that-should-be-followed/ |
0.998589 | new york - The New York Times has traced the secret purchaser of the most expensive painting in the world, the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. His name? Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud. In other words, 'Prince Bader'.
The Salvator Mundi was swapped for owner of 450 million dollars (382 million euros) at the Christie's auction house in New York in mid-November. Never before has so much been paid for a painting.
According to the newspaper, a well-kept secret has come out with the name of Prince Bader, which gives a glimpse into the intrigues within the Saudi royal family. It is striking that a member buys such a Christian painting in the strictly Islamic country, and still for such a large amount- while there is chaos within the royal house now that prominent members have been arrested for corruption, the newspaper describes.
Prince Bader is a good friend of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who conducts corruption investigations. | 2019-04-26T08:05:30 | https://www.hotrecentnews.com/news/mysterious-art-emperor-is-known-prince-with-t/32519 |
0.999999 | Description Located on the Niagara Escarpment, the camp has two lodges both with complete kitchens, electrically heated, bunk platforms, and hot and cold running water. One lodge has flush toilets in the same building while the other has a wood-burning fireplace and flush toilets in a separate building.
Located on the Niagara Escarpment, the camp has two lodges both with complete kitchens, electrically heated, bunk platforms, and hot and cold running water. One lodge has flush toilets in the same building while the other has a wood-burning fireplace and flush toilets in a separate building. <p>There is a picnic shelter, nine campsites, including one with an Adirondack shelter, and open areas consisting of four separate fields which can easily accommodate 1000 campers. Additional water and toilet facilities are located throughout the camp. <p>Various nature trails are available in camp and access to the Bruce Trail is across the road. On the Bruce Trail, it is a 17 km hike south to <a href="?camp=mountnemo">Mount Nemo Scout Camp</a>, a 3.5 km hike north to Crawford Lake Conservation Area which features a reconstructed Native village, and a 10.9 km hike north to Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area which has caves and group camping. | 2019-04-24T17:48:32 | https://scoutdocs.ca/Camps/Camps.php?camp=manitou&edit=1 |
0.998885 | The book begins with twelve-year-old Dan Hatch describing his family and sharing that he resents his baby brother, Ryan. If you are really interested in a book about this specific event and it is based on an actual historical event , you might find this book interesting; otherwise, there are better kids' disaster adventures out there. For one, the novel is too short for there to be any emotional investment in the characters. While there, Bob Irisen — a with the — is driving down a country road to track a massive. At the armory, Stacey and Arthur reunite with their relieved father, working in his office, who had been out searching for his two oldest children the previous night.
Smiley and Dad is out at that farm helping Grandpa. You never know ahead of time when you're getting one of those. Dan found his family and decided to go live with his grandma out on the farm. Seconds after the sirens sound again, a worried Arthur rushes to tell Danny of a tornado alert that was just broadcast over the radio. The author came to my school and I still have my signed copy. I think that it's a very wonderful book.
Dan, his baby brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to the basement before the monstrous twister is on top of them. There were also a few places where it felt like the author was purposely putting the kids in action's way, when realistically the adults should have taken charge of the situation; obviously, in a kids' book, you want the kids to be at the center of things, but you have to give a plausible reason for them to be there, and it's pretty iffy in a couple places here. Hour by hour, Dan Hatch, 12 years-old recounts the series of events the night seven tornadoes touched down in his small town in Nebraska. It also made you feel like if you were in the story. I want to talk about the spirit between this story and my real life.
I will ask the author: You wrote this fiction, what is the purpose to create this story? I don't know, but something about the way the author writes all the details make them very mysterious and weird. In the novel, Danny and Arthur fail in their attempt to escape the basement of the Hatches' wrecked house because of the fallen and other debris blocking their way; Stacey — who arrives there, after convincing her mother to let her search for Danny and Arthur — instead helps the boys out of the basement through an opening in the bathroom. I liked this just as much as an adult as I did as a kid. I suggest reading this book no matter what part of the world you live in because if you aren't familiar with tornadoes it will help you understand them more. As the film is structured as a story, most of the adaptation both follows portions of as well as differs from the book among the differences, Danny's mother — who is renamed Laura — works as a diner waitress, instead of as a hair dresser-turned-homemaker; the inclusion of characters such as storm chaser Bob Iverson and a more prominent role of Danny's grandmother; as well as the absence of four of Arthur's younger siblings and the Hatch family cat, Minerva , with more of a focus on Danny's heroic efforts to try and reunite with his family. If you are familiar with tornadoes it will only strengthen your courage and strength when it comes to facing these horrific storms.
They notice it had gotten a lot cooler in the last few hours. I would also like to children compare and contrast this book with the opening scenes from the movie: The Wizard of Oz. Smiley were sleeping on a rug in the minister's study — three hours and 15 minutes later but unable to find Danny when at the police station. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. Night of the Twisters has an enthralling, Hollywood-worthy plot, but it largely fails to deliver.
I believe that child have huge potential. Read this to the girls while traveling Nebraska. Another tornado touches down and almost takes them out in route. The windshield and Kelly's glasses are blown out by the near miss tornado contact and Dan has to drive he rest of the way to the police station. But it's also a story about a community coming together and giving each other strength after a terrible tragedy.
He shows us only what Eliezer sees and thinks at a given moment—his limited perspective and lack of knowledge make the story all the more terrifying. They would have to be over the age of ten. Some blasphemous profanity also messed things up. It's an action packed story, filled with nail biting, tense, and scary real life situations. Then the emergency siren starts to wail. Just before Minetti escorts Danny to the Kmart where Linda and Ryan are, Mr.
Why is it so big? Some blasphemous profanity also messed things up. Night is not meant to offer an extended autobiography of Wiesel. I won't tell anymore about what happens to the boys or anyone else at the end of the book! Right then, a violent tornado hits their neighborhood, sending Danny and Arthur scrambling to get Ryan and take cover in the basement. After dinner, Goldie arrives to borrow Linda's bowling ball to attend a bowling league night at Meves Bowl, as the boys are about to take a bike ride through their neighborhood, where they run into their 81-year-old neighbor, Belle Smiley, whose hair Linda is supposed to style before a that Friday — and visit the Darlington's house. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. At the time of the tornadoes, Dan, baby brother Ryan, and Dan's friend Arthur are the only ones at home. | 2019-04-19T14:46:08 | http://paintbottle.com/night-of-the-twisters-summary.html |
0.999808 | As soon as the first child received the first LEGO set, the world's first LEGO critic was born. Since that time, reviewers have gotten slightly older, more sophisticated and uploaded their videos to the Internet by the thousands (20,000+ on YouTube currently).
Brothers Jason and Stephen Forthofer are hoping to change the way we look at LEGO set reviews and potentially launch a new business in the process on The Brick Show. Their videos begin with a WWE-style introduction that lets you know the brothers have a sense of humor, before they get into the piece count and unboxing of the set. They give you a look at the finished set and their thoughts on the end result.
It's also nice to see adults play with LEGO bricks -- people of every age roll a car on a desk -- but most grown men aren't comfortable enough to film it. I caught up with the brothers Forthofer via e-mail (Jason is in Georgia, Stephen is in Florida) to find out the story behind The Brick Show, which launched last month.
What inspired you to start shooting the videos?
As LEGO fans ourselves, we realized just how popular the reviews were on YouTube. We noticed that some review that were awful would have like 300,000 views. So we thought, hey, let's do this but do it so much better. Let's show our faces, create a branded name and create a consistent release of the videos. Really, we just noticed how popular it was to post LEGO reviews on Youtube and wanted to make them better than what was currently out there.
Would you consider yourself an adult fan of LEGO?
Absolutely. We both ask for LEGO sets for our birthdays/christmas presents and buy sets that we like and would buy even without the show.
I noticed that there are a few sites attached to the podcasts. Is this a business venture, a hobby, or both?
Right now, we are trying to spread the word everywhere we can. I (Jason) am a web entrepreneur for my day job so I'm pretty savvy with getting the web traffic so I'm using my experience with search engines and social media to help get the word out about The Brick Show. As for a business, we would LOVE to one day have this as a full time gig, but right now it's just a small business venture/hobby.
What's been most exciting or surprising about shooting the review videos?
We've been surprised with how much positive feedback we've been getting just a month into this and how quickly we've been able to get a little following. Just 4 weeks into the show, we've had 10,000 YouTube views already. We also initially planned to do just 1 show per week, but we've been enjoying it so much we've been doing two per week.
I have an office were I do all the shows and I've been storing the sets there. We typically sell them after we do the show so we can offset the costs of buying in that volume. | 2019-04-23T14:41:54 | http://www.brickbender.com/2010/02/brick-show-thinking-outside-lego-box.html |
0.998725 | How to plan for the festive season throughout the year?
I am sure many of you will agree that every year we have to plan a budget to make plans for the holiday season. Is there any way to plan it over the year, If yes, how?
Very good question. I think it's better to plan throughout the year for the festive season.
For example, if you plan to spend $1000, then you can set aside $100 every month and you'll save the amount in 10 months. Thus, you can enjoy the holiday season and won't have to fall into debt.
However, if you're planning a vacation, then it's better to set aside a specific amount separately, since it'll cost you more.
Also, try to shop for the gifts beforehand so that you can take advantage of various discounts over the year. | 2019-04-20T18:25:30 | https://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/forum/income/holiday-season-budget-plan.html |
0.999971 | 1. The dress: Grace Kelly-esque bride Kate Middleton wore an ivory and white satin dress with lace sleeves and shoulders, designed by Sarah Burton of the Alexander McQueen fashion house, according to CNN. Her thigh-length veil was held in place by a Cartier diamond tiara, and her train measured 2.7 meters (almost 9 feet) according to the Sydney Morning Herald of Australia.
2. The titles: Prince William and Princess Catherine are now known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, reported CNN and E! Online.
3. The crowd: About a half million people were expected to watch the event on giant screens at Hyde Park in central London. Cheers from crowds outside could be heard inside Westminster Abbey after key points during the ceremony, such as the vows. About a million people lined the streets of London, cheering as the couple and guests arrived at the abbey. It's estimated that 2 billion people watched the ceremony on TV around the world, according to Forbes.
4. The ceremony: The traditional, solemn service was full of pomp and circumstance, choirs and hymns. Prince Harry served as best man, and Middleton's sister Pippa was maid of honor. Middleton's father walked her down the aisle and stood up with her during the ceremony, and brother James gave a reading. The prince greeted his bride with a "You look beautiful" at the altar. The service lasted about an hour.
5. Afterward: As the couple left the abbey, bells pealed, crowds cheered, flags waved and confetti was launched. The couple, beaming and chatting, proceeded around London in an open-air carriage.
What's next for the royal couple? A honeymoon, a visit to Canada, the prince's continued duty in the Royal Air Force and, quite possibly, children, reports the UK's Evening Standard. | 2019-04-26T05:39:29 | https://www.timestelegram.com/x540201006/5-highlights-from-the-royal-wedding-and-whats-next |
0.999999 | Recall the Arabian proverb that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"? That is certainly true in politics as practiced by Democrats. Democrat-linked groups are pouring money into Florida to help the candidate they would prefer run against Barack Obama: Newt Gingrich.
Complicating matters for Romney, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union has launched a $1 million ad campaign in Florida attacking him on the theme of "corporate greed.'' Nearly $100,000 of the buy is on the Internet. Meanwhile, the Service Employees International Union and the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action intend to spend more than $100,000 on Spanish-language radio ads accusing Romney of having "two faces'' when it comes to the Latino community.
"The last thing that President Obama and his cronies want is Mitt Romney as an opponent -- which explains their 'all hands on deck' approach for their strategy to 'kill Romney,' the same way they engaged in a campaign of personal destruction against Hillary Clinton,'' Andrea Saul, a Romney campaign spokeswoman, said.
Democratic allies are making such early and big buys for one reason -- and it has nothing to do with the general election in November. Their campaign is focused on interfering with the GOP primary. I have written about this before.
The Obama campaign has a dream candidate -- aside from Obama himself. That would be Newt Gingrich.
Is there a message here for Republicans? Is there a message that some of America's most dedicated conservatives (Ann Coulter among them) are warning that Newt Gingrich is a disaster waiting to happen for the entire conservative movement; that he will not just be one more Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell going down in flames, but that he will drag down conservatives all over the nation and gives us not just four more years of Obama but a Democratic Congress that will provide no firewall to restrain his worst impulses. | 2019-04-25T22:07:36 | https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/01/more_obama_allies_funding_anti-romney_ads_to_help_gingrich_in_florida.html |
0.729277 | United States officials are praising what they see as the beginning of a widespread political commitment in Latin America to wipe out the illicit narcotics trade. It is a change in attitude among government leaders in the region that is viewed in Washington as a major boost to US efforts to combat the international production and trafficking in heroin, cocaine, and marijuana.
``We are seeing far more regional cooperation and awareness than ever before,'' says Jon R. Thomas, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics matters.
``And that creates opportunities for us to do more than we have ever been able to do in the past,'' he adds.
In the past, Latin American officials in the major narcotics-producing nations seemed intent on blaming the proliferation of drug smuggling groups in their countries on the high rate of drug addiction in the US. To them, it was a US problem. They resented what they saw as the US trying to spread the blame for its narcotics problems on countries where the illicit drugs were grown.
``There is now universal recognition . . . that illicit narcotics trafficking is our mutual problem,'' says Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D) of New York, chairman of the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, who returned this week from a seven-nation tour of South America.
``We can end the debate over whether producers or consumers are to blame, and move on to cooperative efforts in the hemisphere to protect our citizens from the plague of narcotics trafficking,'' Representative Rangel says.
Increasing drug addiction among young people in Latin America.
A growing threat to the national security of the producing countries from subversive groups and corrupt officials financed by drug runners.
A recognition that the US is serious about its antidrug campaign, and is pursuing a hard-line approach domestically as well as overseas.
The government's hard-line approach is evident in a measure signed recently by President Reagan that would cut off US foreign aid to Bolivia and Peru unless they take steps this year to increase eradication of illicit coca crops. Coca is the leafy plant used to produce cocaine.
Bolivia, slated to receive $56.8 million in US aid, must enact a series of antidrug laws and destroy 10,000 acres of coca. There are about 80,000 acres of illegal coca currently being grown in Bolivia.
Peru, with $132 million in US aid on the line, must develop a formal eradication program and begin to carry it out. There are an estimated 150,000 acres of illict coca in Peru.
US officials expect that recently elected governments in Peru and Bolivia will satisfy the aid requirements. They also hope the new governments will boost cooperation with the US in antidrug efforts and -- even more important -- work within their countries to build a political resolve to put narcotics growers and traffickers out of business.
In Colombia, the commitment was evident last year after the assassination of the country's justice minister, who at the time was involved in a crackdown on drug traffickers. Colombian President Belisario Betancur responded to the murder by declaring war on the illicit narcotics industry. His country has launched a large-scale marijuana and coca eradication program with US assistance.
According to US estimates, Colombian police are currently destroying or seizing between 50 to 55 percent of Colombia's marijuana crop.
In addition, Colombia is cooperating with its neighbors to help them battle drug traffickers. Last week Peruvian police were transported in Colombian police aircraft to remote cocaine-manufacturing sites in Peru. Some 3,000 pounds of cocaine base were confiscated along with five aircraft and an arsenal of weapons, says David L. Westrate, assistant administrator for operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration.
While officials are encouraged by the changing attitudes of regional leaders, they stress that the war on narcotics traffickers is not over.
According to estimates by the House Narcotics Committee, production of raw coca leaves has more than doubled in the last two years in both Bolivia and Peru. In Colombia, the committee estimates that illicit coca-leaf production has increased from 15,000 tons two years ago to about 25,000 tons now. | 2019-04-25T14:57:10 | https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/0822/amex.html |
0.999991 | Review Summary: The first - and, in this reviewer's opinion, only worthwhile - album from British artist Leo Sayer.
Few people know that before Leo Sayer became the white-fro sporting King of Disco, he was an artist. It's a real shame, too, because Sayer's first release, "Silverbird" showed promise.
"Silverbird" is very dark and depressing at its heart. It's a concept album, in that the themes of isolation and sadness weave each of the songs together. The compositions (music written by David Courtney) are fairly simple, but effective, made all the stronger by Sayer's lyrics.
The album starts with "innocent Bystander", a song about chasing dreams and never fulfilling them. Then we dive right into "Goodnight Old Friend", which could either be about the loss of a relationship through death or separation, or about a person putting away their personal demons. Sayer displays a wide-vocal range, which can jump from a sweet and thin tenor to a gravelly, harsh rock voice within one song.
The break-out song on this album is "The Show Must Go On," which was made famous to US listeners by the glorified cover-band Three Dog Night. Sayer's version, however, is in my opinion much stronger. When I listen to it, it sounds to me like a circus clown singing shortly before offing everyone around him. It's a song about being trapped by one's own mistakes, and about the deadly world of show business. We then get to "The Dancer," a creepy, atmospheric piano piece, featuring Sayer's angelic falsetto, about a Dancer who takes a nasty fall from the high wire.
For all of the album's strengths, a few lame, generic songs bar it from becoming a pure classic. "Tomorrow" and "Oh What A Life" are poor attempts at rockers, and come off as forced and insincere. "Don't Tell Me That It's Over" is an alright ballad, but nothing special, and the subject matter of a lost love is definitely well-trodden ground.
I would give this album a 4 out of 5. This is a side of Sayer we only see briefly in his follow up album "Just A Boy," and then it dies, replaced by a bad disco singer who sold out. Trivia: if Roger Daltrey's first solo album wasn't rocky enough, blame Sayer - he and David Courtney wrote it!
Before you write anymore, I think you should know that it's generally against site etiquette to have multiple review on the front page at a time. It's fine to have two occasionally, but three is a bit much.
Ok, thank-you for informing me. I was unaware. It will not happen again.
I unironically have always wondered if there was a good Leo Sayer album.
Haha, I was surprised as well. | 2019-04-25T05:57:40 | https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/41198/Leo-Sayer-Silverbird/ |
0.99871 | How did Formula E come into being, what are the business relationships between Formula E and the teams, or Formula E and host cities, and just how did Formulec get to be the provider of cars to Formula E? Those questions and others are covered in an article in Square Mile Magazine, that was the source for the previous post about Formula E looking to add Monaco to the 2014 schedule.
Alejandro Agag is a businessman, and active in the world of Motorsports. For example he owns a racing team in a Junior series to the Formula 1. When he married a relative of the former Spanish Prime Minister, the wedding was attended by the likes of Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch, indicating that he is one of the Elite.
Formula E is entering a sphere where the gasoline-powered game is incredibly expensive. For example cities that host Formula 1 races pay a "hosting fee" to Formula 1 of £18 million, and fans are paying perhaps £110 for a three day pass to see the full weekend. Big money, and gives a sense of the challenge Formula E faces in getting itself established. For what it's worth, the TTXGP has faced a similar challenge in electric motorcycle racing, and was trying to establish itself without the support of the equivalent organization (FIM), and has recently been able to negotiate a deal with the FIM.
How did Formula E and the folks at Formulec get hooked up? Agag heard of Formulec, and the article describes that company as the makers of the "first prototype single seater full electric race car." The people at Kleenspeed or Drayson Racing might quibble with this, but there's no arguing that Formulec was a pioneer in this field. In any case Agag got investment money from a Spanish real estate developer and bought Formulec for an amount in the tens of mullions of dollars US, under $100 million, while ensuring that the Formulec team stayed on board.
The purpose of buying Formulec was to give Formula E credibility, and to give the teams a car to drive.
What they've developed is a Formula-style racing car, electrically powered, with a top speed around 150 miles/hr. To put that into perspective, the Detroit Electric sports car just announced is claimed to have a 155 miles/hr top speed, and at the 2012 TTXGP World Championship the Brammo Empulse RR's were hitting 170 miles/hr in racing conditions and could possibly have gone a bit faster if the controllers had been less wonky at that speed.
The business arrangement between Formula E and host cities is different than it is for Formula 1. Rather than demand a large fee, Formula E asks for $0 in fees, but requires that the city provide the best position in the city, introductions to local sponsors etc, and provide police and infrastructure assistance. Hence, the host cities are ponying up some resources but not monetary ones.
Where Formula 1 races last 90ish minutes, the Formula E cars have battery pack capacity for 25 minutes of racing. To get around that the racers will have two cars apiece - two racers per team - for four cars per team. The race format includes at least one phase (should be three or four phases) where the racers switch from one car to the second car. To make that switch, the racer parks the car in one spot, then has to run 160 meters to where their second car is parked.
The Square Mile article does not say this, but if they want the Formula E race to follow the format of Formula 1 races (be the same total length of time) it will mean more than one car switch. To last 90 minutes with cars that have 25 minute capacity means three switches between cars, and each car is used twice. That in turn will mean a complete recharge within 25 minutes. And that in turn means some sort of fast recharge capability. That will either mean a fast battery swap, or actual fast recharge. FWIW, Drayson Racing has been experimenting with the Qualcomm Halo wireless fast recharge system.
During a race each car will have "access to three power boosts" and a fourth "power boost" will be granted to the driver who gets the most number of telephone votes during a race.
There will be a Formula E video game that will offer a unique feature - the ability to compete in the race online while the actual race is running.
The prize fund will be £330,000 ($500,000) per race giving a total of £3.3m ($5m) per year.
Another way Formula E diverges from Formula 1 is in the cost of participation. Formula 1 teams build their own cars and also have a large staff, sometimes 600 people. It's thought the annual budget for a Formula 1 team is £120 million. Formula E is providing teams with cars, though teams have the right to build their own if they choose, on a lease basis, and Formula E rules also limit the number of people who can be at the race thereby limiting the size of the team. It's thought the per-team budget will be on the order of £2 million. | 2019-04-22T22:19:09 | http://www.electricracenews.com/2013/04/formula-e-business-arrangements-and.html |
0.999999 | Disambiguating an utterance occurring in a dialogue context is a complex task, which requires input from many different sources of information -- some syntactic, some semantic, and some pragmatic.
The central question addressed by this thesis is how to integrate data sources for utterance disambiguation within a bilingual human-computer dialogue system. First, a simple scheme is proposed for classifying disambiguation data sources; then this scheme is used to develop a method for combining data sources in a principled manner. Next, several actual sources of disambiguation data are explored; each is fitted into the previously described implementation framework. In particular, a probabilistic grammar is developed and augmented using novel techniques to increase its performance with respect to the local dialogue context.
In a dialogue system, ambiguities which cannot be resolved automatically can be clarified by asking the user what was meant. This thesis also presents a model of clarification subdialogues which is integrated within the utterance disambiguation framework. This is followed by a brief treatment of how user errors may be accommodated, and how this process can also be fitted -- conceptually and in implementation -- into the previously described disambiguation framework.
Finally, I describe the details of implementing these techniques within an existing dialogue system, and give examples demonstrating their effectiveness. | 2019-04-24T11:48:39 | https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/2665 |
0.999083 | As rising ocean temperatures and other threats devastate coral ecosystems around the world, a new study has found that losing just part of those reefs could lead to $4 billion a year in flood-related damages.
The top three feet, to be precise.
That layer of the reef, though small in size, packs some power, breaking up waves that might otherwise wreak havoc on coastal cities and send destructive storm surges inland, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature Communications.
The findings follow a particularly devastating year of storms, with Puerto Rico, Houston, and the Philippines hit particularly hard. But the annual damage could double with the loss of reefs' topmost three feet, researchers led by scientists from the Nature Conservancy found.
They calculated that corals reduce the cost of storms by an average of $4 billion annually—savings that would disappear along with the top three feet of reefs as the reefs subside due to sea-level rise, destruction from storms and coral bleaching. Damages from smaller, once-every-25-year storms would rise fastest. Reefs as a whole currently prevent $36 billion in damages from those periodic storms and $130 billion in damages from 100-year storms, the researchers found.
As climate change accelerates, the financial hit from disappearing reefs would also grow as storm surges reach farther inland. The area of land flooded by a 100-year storm would more than double if reefs lose three feet of height and sea levels rise as predicted under a business-as-usual scenario without dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
"We asked what's the benefit provided by reefs right now, with their current height and roughness, what would the flood damage be by floods around the world where there are reefs right now, what would those be if they lost one meter of reefs," said study co-author Michael Beck, lead marine scientist for the Nature Conservancy and a research professor at the University of California–Santa Cruz.
Beck and his colleagues found that, on average, globally, the dollar damage would double without that top three feet of reefs.
That cost could be higher in certain places, though. Cuba, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, and the Philippines would each be able to avert more than $400 million in average annual damages by retaining that top three feet of reef, according to the study. The United States would save $100 million.
"Despite all the calls for protection of coral reefs, not a lot of work has been done that really helps you [quantify reef benefits] beyond on a place-to-place basis," Beck said. "We expected to find higher values in places that were in the hurricane belt and where there were shallow reefs and a lot of assets. So some of the hot spots we found we expected to see. But we had really no idea what values we would get."
The main surprise, Beck said, was that global annual average damages from coastal flooding would double with diminished reefs.
And reefs are already declining dramatically. Coral bleaching events—in which ocean temperatures rise beyond corals' tolerance—are happening so frequently that reefs may no longer be able to recover before the next wave of bleaching hits. Climate change remains the overwhelming threat to coral reefs, but new ports and other terrestrial developments can damage or destroy reefs, too, as can direct impacts from other forms of human activity, such as the use of sunscreen, which can contain coral-damaging chemicals, and plastic pollution.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef lost half its coral in back-to-back bleaching events in 2016–17. A UNESCO study last year predicted that all the world's iconic reefs would die off by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions weren't significantly reduced. Some estimates have found that the world has already lost half its reefs over the past three decades and that more than 90 percent of them will be gone by 2050.
But projecting the consequences from losing all the world's reefs seemed too extreme to Beck and his colleagues. So they chose the three-foot loss figure, which is the portion of reefs often damaged by destructive storms and subject to drowning by sea-level rise. "We wanted to do a comparison that we think is the sort of the thing that could happen," he explained. "We're not trying to make a prediction ... but what's a reasonable expected amount of reef loss."
The study's estimated benefits in terms of savings don't take into account how much it might cost to maintain or protect reefs—but they also don't take into account the many other ecosystem services coral reefs provide beyond protection from flooding, such as spawning grounds for fisheries and attractions for tourism. A 2009 estimate placed the total average annual economic benefit of the world's reefs at $172 billion.
Beck said the savings quantified in the new study should be used as guidelines for investment in managing reefs.
For the most affected countries, that would mean investing an average of $400 million a year in reefs to avoid having to spend a comparable amount on rebuilding following flooding.
"We would say you should be investing at least that level in protecting reefs," Beck said. "The benefits are more than $400 million a year just in averted flood damages, leaving out other benefits."
The insurance industry is increasingly paying attention to that cost-benefit equation.
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re worked with the Nature Conservancy to help the Mexican state of Quintana Roo create a trust fund to purchase the first insurance for a coral reef. The policy would immediately pay out if a Category 4 or 5 hurricane hits a specific stretch of Yucatan peninsula so that the funds could be used to restore the part of the Mesoamerican Reef that protects the $9 billion tourism industry around Cancun.
Beck said the Nature Conservancy is working with Munich Re on another funding tool to encourage coral preservation and restoration in exchange for reductions in insurance premiums.
The economic benefits of flood protection from reefs may be gaining acceptance in Washington, D.C., as well. Beck said the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has been working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to assess damage to reefs around Puerto Rico following the hurricanes that hit the island last year.
He said the findings from his new study were provided to the NOAA to help the agency make the case to FEMA that there is hard data to quantify the benefits of those reefs.
"It's really a kind of first recognition by FEMA of the value of these habitats," Beck said. | 2019-04-22T21:02:29 | https://psmag.com/environment/the-financial-cost-of-losing-a-reef |
0.999994 | Would you clarify something for me? How do I know for sure I am hosting an image, do you mean save the image as a file on my computer and then repost it from the computer file?
Good question, Erin - it was something that confused me a bit at first and my web designer had to walk me through it several times until I got it.
...do you mean save the image as a file on my computer and then repost it from the computer file?
Yes, that's exactly what you do, Erin - from the way you've phrased the question it sounds like you may know how to do that already but I'll run through the exact steps just in case other people are a bit unsure about it.
I do this by left-clicking on the image, holding down the mouse button and dragging the image until it's off the browser and onto my desktop. You can also do it by hitting the right mouse button and clicking on 'copy image' but I think dragging and dropping is quicker. Make sure that you're dragging a reasonably sized image and not a thumbnail.
The image file is now on my computer. If it's too large and I need to make it smaller I can edit the size in Photoshop but I usually don't need to do this.
In WordPress there's an upload section just beneath the text box where you write posts. Hit the 'browse' button, locate the image on your desktop and click on it to select it, write the artist's name and the title of the work where it says 'title' (this is optional but I always do it), then hit upload. After a few moments a thumbnail of the image will appear in the 'Browse All' page - the file is now loaded onto your server. You can put the image in a post by selecting 'show fullsize', followed by 'link to file' and then hitting 'send to editor'. You'll see that a bunch of html appears in your post, this is the image file, it'll become an image when you publish the post.
If you're using Blogger you do the following: Go into dashboard and select new post. Now hit the little image button on your blogger toolbar - this is the 6th button along or the second from last. This will bring up an image page. You'll see that it says 'add an image from your computer' on the left, hit the browse button next to it and select the image from your desktop by clicking on it. Now choose the size and layout you want and then hit the 'upload image' button at the bottom of the page. Your image or the image html should now appear in your blogger editing software. This article from Blogger give more details on uploading images, including where the images are stored and how you can check how much room you've got.
The only thing left to do is to add the artists name and the title of the work - oh, and write the rest of the post, of course!
Posted in Blog, Succeed online. Tags: business, Series: Artists Online on September 20, 2007 by Kirsty.
I'm glad it was helpful, Erin. | 2019-04-20T20:12:46 | https://kirstyhall.co.uk/2007/09/20/how-to-host-images/ |
0.998795 | I would like to create a multi-part question with numerical answers. I do not see any instructions in the instructor guide about these types of questions. Here is an example.
Price per unit = $10; Cost per unit = $8; Number of units = 100.
Furthermore, I would like to assign different points for each part. Thanks.
M P Narayanan, there's no way to do this directly in Canvas, but it is possible through the use of multiple questions. Below is an example of how this would look/work. The first version is the Instructor view and the second is how it would look to students.
M P Narayanan, the way I would create this is to place the instructions for the three questions in a "Text-No Question" question type, along with a directiive to students that the next three questions will use the information. I would then create three separate questions for the three calculations, with each question carrying the point values you want assigned to it. If you decide to use this method, make sure not to use question groups to randomize your questions, because if you do, the three questions won't immediately follow the "Text-No Question" question containing the instructions.
This works to some extent. I have a follow up question. I tried to title the initial text (no question) "Question 1" and the actual 3 questions "Question 1a", "Question 1b", "Question 1c" which makes it clear to students that the three questions are linked to the initial text. While these titles show up in my Edit view, they do not show up in the Preview. In the Preview they show up as Question 2, Question 3, and Question 4. Another complication is that under Assignments, it shows as if the quiz has 4 questions (Canvas is counting the initial text as a question) which might confuse students. Any suggestions?
Unfortunately there's nothing that can be done about either of your issues. You can't set your own numbers for questions, the best you can do is add a number or A, B, C, etc... to the actual question text. As for the other issue with text (no question) showing up as a question is well known and I'm not aware of a way around it. | 2019-04-19T03:28:23 | https://community.canvaslms.com/thread/9386-multi-part-question-with-numerical-answers |
0.999998 | Mockaroo is a great tool for creating test data, with lots of good options as well as extensive base data. Sometimes though, you need to build custom fields. Here are a few I have used recently.
The top items are lacking in sophistication, but they do get better I think. To do – replacing random with a better probability function, and adding some more as I progress through making up more test data.
Decreasingly likely selection’ ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'].slice(0, random(1,6)).sample Upper param for random is length of list to select from.
Slightly more realistic range of Title if field('gender') == 'Male' then 'Mr.' else ['Ms.', 'Miss', 'Mrs.', 'Mrs', 'MRS', 'Dr', 'Dr.', ''].sample end Assumes a gender field.
Male honorifics ['Mr', 'Mr.', '', 'MR', 'MR.', '', 'Dr.', 'DR.', ' ', 'Imam', 'Rabbi', 'Sir', 'Prof.', 'His Honour Judge', 'Lord' ].slice(0, random(1,15)).sample No link to gender field. Note use of blanks to make values decreasingly common as you go to the right. Don’t infer anything from the ordering especially of religious titles. If ‘Rabnbi’ is too long, you can use ‘R.’ instead.
Female honorifics ['Mrs', 'Mrs.', '', 'MRS', 'MRS.', '', 'Dr.', 'DR.', ' ', 'Imam', 'Rabbi', 'Lady', 'Prof.', 'Her Honour Judge', 'Lady' ].slice(0, random(1,15)).sample Follows same probability distribution as male list.
Month names ['JAN', 'FEB', 'MAR', 'APR', 'MAY', 'JUN', 'JUL', 'AUG', 'SEP', 'OCT', 'NOV', 'DEC'][month(__dob)-1] Used for Oracle import.
Oracle date format format(day(__dob),0) + "-" + ['JAN', 'FEB', 'MAR', 'APR', 'MAY', 'JUN', 'JUL', 'AUG', 'SEP', 'OCT', 'NOV', 'DEC'][month(__dob)-1]+ "-" + format(year(__dob),0) Use as a formula field. | 2019-04-18T12:34:32 | https://hyperoceanic.wordpress.com/author/hyperoceanic/ |
0.999637 | Juliana Redding, a young model and aspiring actress grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she attended Catholic school, participated in the drama club and played varsity golf. In 2005, Juliana moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a modeling and acting career.
At 18, Juliana landed a small part in the comedy Kathy T. In 2007 she received a lot of attention when she appeared in the men's magazine, Maxim.
She lived in a small apartment in Santa Monica, loved her little dog, worked part time at a local bistro and was taking classes at Santa Monica College. She was close to her family and spoke to them on a daily basis. Juliana was good friends with many of her coworkers at the restaurant. The restaurant was a place where many of her friends came to meet, have a meal and hang out.
She was stunningly beautiful; talented. She had opportunities and a full life ahead of her. Tragically, Juliana was found beaten and strangled to death in her apartment on March 16, 2008.
Juliana Redding, taken hours before her death.
Juliana's murder went unsolved for over two years until Kelly Soo Park (an associate of Juliana's former boyfriend, Munir Uwaydah), was arrested for her murder. Uwaydah had bragged to Juliana's father, Greg Redding that he had a "female James Bond" in his employ. Kelly Soo Park's fingerprint and a drop of her blood was found on a dinner plate in Redding's kitchen sink. Park's DNA was found around Juliana's neck, on the t-shirt she was wearing, her cell phone and on the kitchen stove.
Park went on trial in May 2013 and was found not guilty of Redding's murder on June 4, 2013.
A happy moment at Juliana's 21'st birthday party.
We all know who murdered her, don't we.
There was strong DNA evidence against the defendant and she was acquitted.
I will forever not have *any* understanding of how this jury could ignore all the DNA evidence and other compelling evidence that proved Kelly Soo Park's guilt.
It's been a while since I've read the defense closing arguments, but I will try my best to summarize their main points as I remember them almost 2 years later.
There were two key witnesses to the defense closing arguments, argued to the jury.
One was the interior designer, the other was Juliana's friend who helped her move out of Uwaydah's home.
Additionally, the state's DNA experts testified that you cannot 'date' when DNA gets on an item. They also testified that there is no way to determine if DNA got on an item (Juliana) via secondary transfer. I recommend reading up on secondary transfer of DNA.
The interior designer testified that she saw Park and Juliana in the Uwaydah home where Juliana lived for a short time, at the same time. This potentially puts Park's DNA on items in this home.
Juliana's friend testified that she helped Juliana move her things out of the Uwaydah home.
The defense argued that Park's fingerprint and drop of blood, could have gotten on the dinner plate, at the Uwaydah house.
The defense argued that Park's DNA could have been left on towels Juliana may have taken from the Uwaydah home. The real killer, could have used those items to clean up the scene, and left Park's DNA behind. | 2019-04-23T02:23:11 | http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2015/03/julianna-maureen-redding-102586-31608.html |
0.999805 | I am a newbie to Zigbee. Someone told me that Zigbee devices of different manufacturers are not compatible. Does that mean, that all devices in one Zigbee network must use the same chip from a manufacturer?
I have searched the answer in internet for a long time but could not get the correct description.
They supposed to be compatible, but certification process ensures that they are compatible only against reference device (Golden Unit), but not with each other. So occasionally you may face minor incompatibilities.
In regular ZigBee implementations most of incompatibilities are already eliminated, but there are a lot of them in newer features, like new profiles or security schemes.
How can I know if my Zigbee devices with Atmega128RFA1 are compatible with others in advance?
So far as I understand there is no standardized application layer for Zigbee. Is it correct? OK, the added profiles such as Home Automation belong to application layer.
You don't until you try.
There is no application layer. ZigBee "guarantees" compliance on a network layer. When profiles are added on top of the stack they should be compatible, but profiles are relatively new and some of them utilize very complex security schemes (Smart Energy for example), so it does not always work as expected between multiple vendors.
I am a newbie to Zigbee. Someone told me that Zigbee devices of different manufacturers are not compatible.
Just checking to confirm you know: ZigBee is not a synonym of IEEE 802.15.4. Just like IP is not a synonym of IEEE 802.3 or 802.11. Network layer.
802.15.4 assures interoperability of chips (MAC and PHY) if both use the same IEEE defined options. ZigBee and 6LoWPAN and ISA100.11 and others try to assure interoperability at the network layer atop 802.15.4. | 2019-04-25T16:55:20 | https://www.avrfreaks.net/forum/compatibility-zigbee-devices |
0.986885 | Based on recommendations from breeders in my area, I've located a trainer who is about an hour away. He works with both the dog and the owner, but prefers that he keep the dog for 2 1/2-3 months straight for training. He says the dog slides too much if you do it at 1 month intervals and the training takes longer to finish than it should.
How do you part with your beloved pet for 3 months?!?
Parting with your dog for that extended period of time will be tough, but will have its upsides as well. That is a long time for the dog to be with a trainer...make sure that your expectations are very clear as to what you want done while the dog is under his/her care. I would strongly recommend going to work with the dog at least once a week, twice would be better. Too often, people leave the dog with a trainer expecting to return and pick up a polished bird dog. In these cases, the dog may perform like a champion under the guidence of the trainer, and while on the land that it has become used to training on. When brought to the field, they might act like a different animal all together. I would make certain that you and the trainer work the dog on different areas of land if possible. Remember, these are very smart dogs, who relate many things including bird finds, commands, and places. A dog may turn on a whistle perfectly, but if it is done in the same area all the time, it may begin to relate the whistle and command with the field. I hope this helps!!!! Just out of curiosity, how old is the dog, and what will the trainer be doing with him/her?
You can never plan too early You may want to consider working with her before you think about sending her to the trainer. When she gets older, you can teach her basics right at home. If you teach her whoa, here and heel (at least so that she knows what they mean) it will be advantagous when you begin your field training. Do you have any pictures of her? My wife would love to see them!!!
The breeder she's coming from said that he'd show me what I need to do to get her started in that first year, so between the breeder and an occasional visit to the trainer to make sure we're on track, I'm hoping to have her well-started by the time she goes away for training. The breeder is about 45 minutes away from me, so he's close enough to visit frequently for help.
The trainer also recommended a hunt club that is designed specifically for pointing dogs and has many Brittany members. We're suppose to be moving close to it in the next couple of months, so as soon as we're settled in our new home, I'll definitely be looking into a membership there.
The breeder asked us to wait to visit until the pups are 4 weeks old, so we'll be taking lots of pictures when we're there, and will be present when the litters are graded on August 21st. He actually had a litter on Thursday and one on Friday so we'll get the best female out of both litters (a total of 7 to choose from). Both pedigrees are impressive but very different. I have another breeder whom I respect pouring over the pedigrees to see what she'd do if everything is equal between a dog from each litter.
Something to consider now (and ask about once you've figure it out) is if you are going to trial or test.... they are very different competitions. If you are going to test and/or field trial, will you be doing so on horseback or on foot (only an option for trials... test are all on foot)? If on foot, you may want to look for "gun dog" field trial titles, or ask about the types of field trials the parents earned. If they were "all age horse back" you should expect a lonnnnggggg ranging dog that you'll need to handle on horseback (or have handled by a pro trainer/handler on horseback). A number of "amature" field titles "AFC" (maybe not out east...) are foot trials. Anyway.... There are a good many dogs that can do both open all age FC and get hunt test titles, but generaly they're done one after the other because it requires "reeling" the dog in and somewhat retraining them a bit. But an AFC or better yet, a NGDC or GDSC (can't remember which is the title for gun dogs). The upside to that would be being able to run the dog in test and trials during the same season without much, if any, tuning to do because the range should be similar for both. Anyway, just a thought.... good luck picking your puppy! I'm excited for you!
It sounds like you are planning well ahead... and that ought to help with the seperation when it occurs. It also sounds like you will have established a good working relationship with your trainer long before she leaves.
I am fortunate, especially since I am so new to this, to have found a trainer about 45 minutes from me here is West Michigan that trains you with your dog. Its either pay as you go or pay for the season and then pay for your birds for each lesson. Its been great for both me and the girls.
My Tara (13 months old) has a lot of potential and it was suggested earlier this year that we send her to the Dakotas with a professional trainer for a month. My husband would not even consider letting her go that far away for that long - I thought it would be awesome but only if I could go with her!
Right now Dee and I are training for Senior Hunt Tests in the fall. Tara is doing really well and may be ready to go for Senior as well. (We had gotten one leg towards our Junior when I broke my foot last month). I am also hoping once she is broke to compete in Gun Dog Stakes. Are you planning on training your Tara for Field Trials? All-Age or Gun Dog? Mine could probably do All-Age, but I will be real happy with Gun Dog. I am uncomfortable with my dog being out of my sight and the endless stories of dogs being lost has not made me any less nervous.
I am really looking forward to hearing about how you choose your puppy. We were last in line for females with both of ours which made it really easy! Best of luck with her and am really looking forward to the pictures.
The breeder she's coming from hunt tests his breeding stock and hunts with them regularly. Looking at the 5 generation pedigree, Litter #1 has 42 show champs with 10 hunt & field titles mixed in.
Litter #2's pedigree has 25 hunt & field titles and 33 show champs (some are dual), but is a first time breeding where the other is a repeat.
The dam of litter #1 is sister to the sire of litter #2 (so hows that for confusing!).
We'll get the pup that appears to have the best conformation in the bunch and hope for the best.
As for tests or trials....I just don't know yet. I need to do more research and then I'll make that decision in six months or so.
Wow - very impressive pedigrees! I am sure you will get good advise from the breeder and your other friend on picking your puppy, but don't forget personality. She is going to be a member of your family first and foremost, long after her show or hunt career is over.
And - I just had to go and look at my Tara's pedigree after reading your post. She has 8 Dual Champions (some of these are also have AFC and Hunt test titles), 4 FC/AFC titles, and just one show champion. But what is even nicer is that her Great-great Grandma on her Mom's side belonged to another member of my Brittany Club so I know that even the ones without titles that were out of her were well thought of hunting dogs.
We'd have a really hard time sending Ryker away for a month or two. He's become so much a part of our family. We've had four sessions with our trainer in the last five weekends. Session five is on Monday. I handle him and the trainer directs us both.
We usually do three exercises over about two hours. With Ryker on a check cord, he hunts two pigeons in remote control launchers a couple of hundred yards apart. I only direct him to get him downwind of the birds. Once he picks up the scent he steers right in to each bird and stalks until he locks on a hard point about 10 to 12 feet from the bird. Jim, the trainer releases the bird after Ryker holds point for a minute or two. Jim fires four or five rounds from his starter pistol and Ryker goes after the bird when he gets a verbal release. Ryker only reacted to the shots the first time we did this. We hunt up the two birds and then head back to the trucks for water and a break. We do this again and after another break work on something like e-collar control or he roads for a mile or two. During the week I work with him on obedience or getting him to bring a dead quail to me.
The plan on Monday is to replace the pigeons with quail. Jim will shoot the released quail and we'll see if he reacts to the shotgun and what he does with the bird when it falls and doesn't keep on flying like the pigeons do.
I don't know Ryker's pedigree but Jim thinks he hunts and responds like a Maverick. He's natural pointer, with a great nose and quarters well. We pay a flat rate per session, plus birds. Just the quail, the pigeons are homing pigeons. This is a great set-up and works real well for us. | 2019-04-20T12:24:19 | http://forum.americanbrittanyrescue.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=196&p=1117 |
0.997935 | This document contains important information regarding "Sectional Title Living".
b.An undivided share in the common property.
A section can be either a specific portion of a building (a flat in a multi storey apartment block) or a building in itself (a townhouse). A section must be shown on the sectional plan and each section is given a unique number. The section number does not need to correspond to the flat / townhouse number.
What is an "undivided share in the common property"? This includes the land on which the buildings are situated together with those parts of the building(s) which are not included in a section (e.g. roads, lifts, swimming pool area, staircases, carports). Lock-up garages may either be common property or constitute separate sections.
All the owners of the various sections are entitled to use the common property - However, parts of the common property may be set aside for the exclusive use of the owner of a particular section(e.g. garden adjacent to a section, carports, parking bays, patios). These exclusive use areas must be shown on the sectional title plan.
An owner may not sell his section and retain his exclusive use area. However he may sell and transfer the right to an exclusive use area to another owner of a section in that scheme.
The participation quota of a section is a percentage expressed to four decimal places (e.g. 0.5478). It is calculated by dividing the floor area of a section by the sum of the floor areas of all the sections in the scheme, (i.e. the larger the section, the larger the PQ and vice versa). A schedule of PQ's is lodged together with the sectional plan at the deeds office and may only be changed with great difficulty.
WHY IS PQ SO IMPORTANT?
1. It determines the size of the owner's undivided share in the common property.
2. It determines the value of the vote of an owner of a section (in the case where the vote is reckoned by value).
3. It determines the amount of the owner's levy.
4. It determines the amount a particular owner can be held liable for the payment of a judgement debt of the body corporate.
A Body corporate is formed on the date the developer transfers the first section to another owner. The body corporate is made up of all owners of a section in a sectional title scheme.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BODY CORPORATE.
1. The Body Corporate must establish a fund for administrative expenses which it believes will be sufficient for the repair, upkeep, control, management and administration of the common property, reasonable provision for future maintenance and repairs, for rates and taxes and the supply of electricity, water and other services to the building. You the owner have the responsibility to maintain and repair your section. The dividing line between your section and the common property is the middle of the wall surrounding your section.
2. The Body Corporate must insure the building to its replacement value against fire and other prescribed risks and pay the premiums from the fund. (It is your responsibility to insure your possessions).
3. The Body Corporate may require the owners, whenever necessary, to contribute to this fund to an amount determined by it from time to time. This is your levy, which must be paid on the first of each month in advance. The Body Corporate may charge interest on outstanding amounts.
4. The Body Corporate must maintain the common property.
1. The Body Corporate may appoint such agents and employees as it may deem fit.
2. The Body Corporate may purchase, hire or otherwise acquire movable property for the use of owners for their enjoyment or protection, or in connection with the enjoyment or protection of the common property.
3. The Body Corporate may establish and maintain on the common property suitable lawns and gardens and recreational activities.
4. The Body Corporate may borrow monies required by it in the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers. 5. The Body Corporate may invest any moneys of the fund.
6. The Body Corporate may do all things reasonably necessary for the enforcement of the rules and for the control, management and administration of the common property.
The trustees are elected at the first general and each subsequent annual general meeting (AGM), and hold office from the one AGM to the next AGM. The members of the Body Corporate determine how many trustees will hold office for the period, but there may not be less than two trustees at any time.
A trustee does not have to be an owner provided that the majority of trustees are owners, or spouses of owners, and provided that the Managing Agent in that capacity may not be a trustee.
A sectional title scheme is controlled and managed by the Body Corporate by means of rules. The rules comprise both management rules and conduct rules.
2. Trustees (all matters to do with trustees and their meetings their duties and obligations).
a. Annual General Meetings are held once a year.
i.Schedule of replacement value of the building and all improvements to the common property and the replacement value of each unit.
ii. Proposed budget for the forthcoming year.
iii. Annual Financial Statements for the period.
Voting at the AGM is done on a show of hands - each owner having one vote, unless prior to the vote a request is made for a poll, in which case the PQ will be used to establish the value of the vote.
a. Pets - Owners must obtain the permission of the trustees in writing to keep pets. Owners of pets must have consideration for their neighbours. Barking dogs are a nuisance to everyone except for their owners.
d. Damage, alterations and additions to the common property.
e. Owners may not put anything on any part of the common property which in the discretion of the trustees is aesthetically displeasing or undesirable, when viewed from the outside of the section.
f. Placing of Advertising signs and notices.
g. Littering. (It is your complex - litter leaves a bad impression).
h. Laundry - owners may not hang laundry so as to be visible from outside the buildings or from any other sections.
i. Storage of inflammatory material and other dangerous acts.
j. Letting of units - all tenants must abide by the management and conduct rules. | 2019-04-20T01:06:35 | http://redhillunion.co.za/index.php/property-management/sectional-title-home-owner-association-management/a-guide-to-sectional-title-living |
0.999451 | At its core, an asana sequence is a general yoga prescription designed for many people (as opposed to the traditional prescriptions that are tailored for each individual). Instead of making something perfect for each unique person's fitness level and goals, a general sequence makes each person adjust to it.
A sequence takes into account the general health of the individuals that are likely to come to class. For the most part, nothing taught is too complicated or dangerous in a general class. That means it will be beneficial for the majority of people who take the class.
Western cultures have gotten around the issues that this causes by using modifications when necessary in asana classes. For example: Someone who cannot balance can hold onto the wall while attempting a posture. Also, advanced students may "up-level" a posture to bring it to their level of ability. In this way, each student can approximate a personalized practice while doing the same practice as the rest of class.
There are pros and cons to the Western approach of sequenced yoga classes.
1. There's no consultation or one-on-one time required. Any prospective yogi can come in and take class with no preparation.
2. A brand new teacher can get through a class without needing to identify and address individual issues.
3. If the sequence is set already, a teacher doesn't need to come up with what they are teaching.
4. This approach can potentially provide a communal feel, as everyone is taking part in the same actions.
1. Students cannot progress at the same rate they would with individual attention. They are most likely not pushed as much as they could be in some areas, and are pushed too hard in others.
2. Teachers may be able to get by without continuing to develop their own education since they can "get through a class." This often leads to teacher burnout as well.
3. Without knowing a student's physical condition, a teacher may instruct something that is potentially dangerous for the student.
4. Large parts of the population are underserved. Old, injured, kids, etc. don't often come to class, because they need special attention and the classroom environment doesn't provide that.
Just as yoga in the West evolved from its prescriptive tradition, it will continue to change based on cultural values and the systems in place.
The con number 4 bums me out. What would you suggest for that?
Tony, I agree. We hear this concern from a lot of teachers and students. I'm not sure we can expect the studio culture to change overnight, but as teachers we can offer individual lessons or special classes directed toward underserved populations. It may be as simple as asking your studio for one class per week for elders or injured students. I think you will be surprised at the positive response in the community.
Naming these issues is great! I have managed to shape my studio culture and structure so that the pros of the sequenced group class ARE happening and the cons are NOT. It is amazing to witness the good things coming from this approach. It is actually not that hard to implement in a small school...just takes the right intention and setting up a certain structure.
A quick thought: the remedy to the Con#4 would be for the teacher/studio to come up with another sequence or two. One for the old/injured, one for the kids, one for the prenatal, etc.—according to need.
That way, there's a general sequence in place for the majority of the classes on schedule (which takes advantage of the pro's of teaching set sequence). Then, there a re a couple of classes a week for the special cases, with their own sequence, to "fill in the gaps."
An extra advantage of teaching set sequence: it's easy for the beginners to realise and track their progress, which inspires them to practice more. Good for them, and good for business! | 2019-04-24T13:48:39 | http://www.ghoshyoga.org/blog/sequencing-pros-cons |
0.999993 | A coin collector "sowed the seeds of his own destruction" when he shared rare coins with a fellow enthusiast who later murdered him for the hoard, a court heard.
Gordon McGhee, 52, was stabbed 14 times in the bedroom of his flat in Colchester, Essex, in a killing which was described as "savage".
Danny Bostock denied he was responsible for attacking McGhee to get his hands on his Beatrix Potter 50p pieces.
However, Bostock, 33, was convicted of murder and attempted arson by a jury following a three-week trial at Ipswich Crown Court and was today sentenced to a minimum 30 years in prison.
Judge David Goodin said Bostock's attention was "sparked" when he was given duplicates from Mr McGhee's prized collection.
The court heard Bostock was a collector of limited edition 50ps including Beatrix Potter coins.
He had got to know Mr McGhee through their mutual friend Melissa Mcgrory and knew he was also a coin enthusiastic and had seen - and even been offered spares - from his impressive coin collection.
A group had been drinking at the flats in the hours before Mr McGhee was killed with tensions rising between Bostock and another man at the gathering - Daniel Welham - over coins which had gone missing from Miss Mcgrory's home.
To shock the pair and stop the bickering, she cut herself and Bostock followed suit.
Mr Welham then stormed off, Miss Mcgrory went to hospital and Bostock entered Mr McGhee's flat in an apparently opportunistic attempt to steal his coveted coins.
When Mr McGhee intervened he was stabbed 14 times, including to his face and neck, and his flat was searched.
Gas hobs were turned on and a dish cloth was set alight in an apparent bid to cause an explosion and destroy the evidence left behind.
But Mr McGhee's blood was found on his bike and footprints of trainers Bostock had on were traipsed around the flat.
Bostock, of Colchester, claimed Mr Welham, who was never arrested nor charged, was responsible for the murder as Mr McGhee did not like him.
But the jury saw through his lies and unanimously convicted him.
Judge Goodin said Bostock will serve a minimum of 30 years minus the 211 days he has already spent in custody.
"Gordon McGhee was 52, not in the best of health, couldn't easily walk far and was drinking perhaps rather more than was good for him, rather too often and living with the assistance of carers.
"He was kind and highly regarded by his neighbours who said he would do anything for anyone.
"He showed you his prize coin collection and gave you one, two, three of them - his duplicates - in recognition of your own interest in that to add to your collection.
"When he did that it sparked your attention and sowed the seeds of his own destruction at your hands.
"You decided you would have that collection and in the early hours of the morning of August 22 you went after it having spent part of that evening with Gordon McGhee and his neighbours, your friends." | 2019-04-26T10:44:55 | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/26/coin-collector-sowed-seeds-destruction-shared-coins-fellow-enthusiast/ |
0.997948 | Why Is an Islamic Cleric Thanking Obama For Waging "Jihad for Allah"?
Syria retains the vast majority of its chemical arsenal, can likely weaponize biological agents, and has restored the pace of its missile production to pre-war levels, according to a stream of analysis and reporting published on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Relations between China and Israel are good -- and appear to be getting better.
In 2012 it was announced that Israel and China Will Work Together On The New Eilat Railway.
Last year it was clear that Netanyahu's Visit To China Brings Opportunities For Both.
during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
It has become increasingly clear in recent years that the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel by Arab states with Jerusalem does not equate to accepting Zionism, which is to say, accepting that Israel is a state created by Jews as a homeland for Jews. This weblog entry pursues that theme, focusing on two topics: Israeli insistence on being recognized as the Jewish state and Arab responses to this demand.
I never expected Ariel Sharon to be treated fairly by the mainstream media. I’d like to reiterate one point made by Prof. Jacobson in his post memorializing Sharon: Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount was not the cause of the so-called Second Intifada.
An increasing body of evidence has begun pointing to a major shift in American foreign policy in the Middle East. Over the course of the Obama Administration's tenure, amid the turmoil of the Arab spring, the United States has shown itself unwilling to defend some of its traditional allies (such as the military in Egypt), or to stand by its own threats and red lines (such as punishing the Syrian regime for using chemical weapons); in many cases willing to cede significant influence to other outside powers (such as Russia); and to attempt to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran that is far more conciliatory to Iranian demands than had been the previous policy (such as allowing for uranium enrichment).
Instead, those who have the most to lose are the oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia. | 2019-04-24T22:38:56 | http://daledamos.blogspot.com/2014/01/ |
0.999996 | Logistics Coordinator £26-30K + Benefits Slough, Berkshire Why should you be interested in this role? - You want to work for a Global technology provider who has ambitious plans for different verticals in the future - You're looking for a logistics / supply chain role where you take ownership of this process within the UK - You want a busy, diverse and challenging position where you can make a genuine difference to the logistics process on a daily basis - You want an employer who offers a competitive basic salary as well as a strong benefits package (life insurance, health insurance, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, 3 / 5% pension scheme, business travel insurance, access to dental insurance) What will they want you to have? - A proven background in European wide logistics / supply chain coordination - The ability to take ownership of the order to delivery process (handling purchase orders, organising shipping details (liaison with freight forwarders), forecasting accurate stock levels etc.) - Strong - A superb 'customer first' attitude; you'll be able demonstrate a structured approach to always keeping a customer base informed of what is happening throughout the order-to-delivery process - Previous experience of working with a major ERP solution (SAP, JDE, Epicor, Netsuite, Sage ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP / NAV etc.) So what type of character will work well in this role? - A tenacious, self-starter is an ideal fit; this role reports into the Supply Chain Manager but is a stand-alone function so will need someone who can roll up their sleeves and take ownership of the position - Someone with ideas but who will listen carefully; there is scope for process improvement in the role but at the same time, consistency in existing procedures must be maintained - A person who genuinely takes care and has accuracy in the work they do; there is little room for error in this role (it can cost the business huge sums of money). You'll be a person who prides them-self on getting a job done right first time - Someone who is flexible; you will report into a variety of stakeholders on a global basis. This will require the successful candidate to be available for contact throughout the working day - Resilient; this is a fast moving consumer driven business which is going through a period of significant change. This means the person has to be able to accept change and adapt quickly as the role (and company) develops If this opportunity sounds appealing to you, please do not hesitate to apply today via this website. Suitable profiles will be contacted ASAP to discuss their current situations. Park Street People Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role. | 2019-04-24T17:00:19 | https://www.parkstreetpeople.com/jobs/logistics-co-ordinator-1 |
0.999565 | A mother has been cleared of murdering her three babies by a jury at Reading Crown Court.
There were cheers as the jury acquitted 35-year-old pharmacist Trupti Patel - who put both hands over her mouth and let out a sob as she was cleared of three counts of murder.
Outside the court she said she was "absolutely delighted".
"Words can't describe how we've been feeling. It should never have come to court."
After the verdict, the NSPCC called for an overhaul of the way child death cases are investigated.
Mrs Patel's solicitor, Margaret Taylor, said in a statement: "Trupti Patel has spent the last year in torment.
"She walks from the court a free woman.
"She wants to publicly acknowledge the tremendous support she has received from her husband, friends and family."
The jury of 10 men and one woman acquitted Mrs Patel shortly after being sent out to deliberate on Wednesday, following a six-and-a-half week trial.
Her family and friends erupted with a cheer of "yes" from the public gallery as the verdicts were announced.
Mrs Patel closed her eyes and began to shake as the verdicts on Amar and Jamie were read out but began sobbing when the jury foreman gave the not guilty verdict on Mia.
Mrs Patel was arrested following the death of Mia, the third of her children to die.
She denied she had smothered her babies or restricted their breathing by squeezing their chests.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police defended the force's decision to investigate.
"We took a decision that there was evidence which a jury should have an opportunity to decide on, as has now occurred," he said.
The NSPCC has now called for an overhaul of the way child deaths are investigated.
Chris Cloke, of the NSPCC, said: "Sometimes it can be very difficult to ascertain why infants die.
"It is therefore absolutely vital that these tragic incidents are properly investigated without stigmatising parents.
"The NSPCC wants to see systematic review and analysis of all child deaths by teams made up of health experts, police and social service professionals."
Joyce Epstein, director of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, said most sudden infant deaths were natural and that there was a high risk of it happening with more than one child in a family.
"Unfortunately, there is a current eagerness by some to view all sudden and unexpected deaths with suspicion, particularly where there is a second death in the family," she said.
Mrs Patel said they now wanted to "get back to some sort of normality" and said of her family: "They have never wavered. And that's what families are all about." | 2019-04-24T00:01:10 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/2982148.stm |
0.99907 | The best way to contact me is via email. My personal email is j e f f r e y - at - g m a i l - dot - c o m. Please remove the spaces and the symbol instructions to get the full address.
You can also reach me on Google Hangouts via the same address. Likewise for FaceTime. | 2019-04-25T05:46:35 | https://jeffreyrandow.org/about/contact/ |
0.999995 | Reduction of accidental contamination of the near-patient environment has potential to reduce acquisition of healthcare-associated infection(s). Although medical gloves should be removed when soiled or touching the environment, compliance is variable. The use of antimicrobial-impregnated medical gloves could reduce the horizontal-transfer of bacterial contamination between surfaces.
Determine the activity of antimicrobial-impregnated gloves against common hospital pathogens: Streptococcus pyogenes, carbapenem-resistant E.coli (CREC), MRSA and ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Antimicrobial-impregnated gloves may be useful in preventing dissemination of organisms in the near-patient environment during routine care. However they are not a substitute for appropriate hand-hygiene procedures.
In European hospitals, 5.7% of patients have a healthcare associated infection at any one time . These infections form a quarter of all patient-adverse events and cost 7 billion Euros per year . The emergence of multidrug resistant Gram negative pathogens has made efforts for the reduction of healthcare-associated infection a priority. Staff hand hygiene is thought to be the most effective method to prevent transmission of these pathogens. In critical care the most frequently touched surfaces are the bedside computer and equipment trolley . Hand hygiene compliance between computer keyboards and surfaces within the vicinity and the patient is poor. Adoption of electronic patient records with hand held tablet computers on patient wards increases risk of transmission especially as bacteria and spores may survive there for several weeks. Although hospital infection prevention policies require removal of gloves and hand hygiene between patient contact and touching nearby surfaces, this may not be performed, particularly in the emergency situation. Soiling of gloves may not be visible to the wearer yet harbour pathogenic organisms. Soiled/contaminated gloves should be removed between activities but this may not be immediate. Once organisms are transferred to any nearby surface there is a potential for further dissemination [4, 5].
An antimicrobial additive to the glove material could reduce the risks associated with accidental contact with surfaces. The antimicrobial-efficacy of poly-[hexa-methylene]-biguanide-hydrochloride (PHMB)-treated non sterile medical gloves was tested against a range of bacteria associated with healthcare infections. The effect on transfer of organisms to and from computer-keyboard surfaces under various levels of soiling is assessed.
Clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant E.coli (CREC), meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA; EMRSA-15 variant B1), an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and a type-culture of Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615 were tested.
Overnight culture of the test bacteria (10 μL) was transferred to sterile nutrient broth (10 mL; Oxoid, UK), mixed thoroughly and incubated aerobically at 37 °C for 18 h. Broth cultures were centrifuged at 3000 rpm (1500 × g; Jouan CR3i centrifuge: Thermo, UK) for 10 min and the remaining pellet re-suspended in 10 mL of 0.5% w/v Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) (Sigma-Aldrich, UK), sterile horse blood (Oxoid, UK), or no soil (sterile distilled water).
Where appropriate, antimicrobial activity was inactivated with a neutralising solution comprising: 3% (w/v) Tween 80, 0.3% (w/v) Lecithin, 1.0% (w/v) Sodium thiosulfate, 1.5% (w/v) K2HPO4, KH2PO4 0.05% (w/v), 1% (w/v) Poly-[sodium-4-styrenesulfonate], 0.1% (v/v) Triton® ×100 (Sigma-Aldrich, UK) and prepared in Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution (Oxoid, UK). Solutions were sterilised by autoclaving (121 °C for 15 min) and refrigerated (2–5 °C) until required.
The capacity of the neutraliser to quench the antimicrobial activity of PHMB was confirmed and any toxicity against the test organisms assessed as previously described . An excised square (1 cm x1cm) from an un-used PHMB-treated nitrile glove was immersed in 1 mL sterile de-ionised water and incubated at room temperature for 1 h to allow PHMB to leach into the solution (PHMB leachate). A sterile test tube was dosed with: (A) 1 mL Neutraliser +1 mL PHMB leachate + excised test-glove, (B) 1 mL Neutraliser A + 1 mL Sterile distilled water or (C) 2 mL distilled water (control) and incubated at room temperature for 1 min to allow neutralisation of the PHMB-leachate solution. This was inoculated with 1 mL (103 colony-forming units [cfu]) of S. pyogenes, CREC, MRSA or K. pneumoniae suspension prepared in sterile distilled water.
The resulting suspensions were incubated a further 10 min at room temperature before spread-plating 0.1 mL onto either Staph/Strep agar (S. pyogenes only) or Columbia blood agar plates (CREC, MRSA or K. pneumoniae). Plates were incubated aerobically at 37 °C for 48 h.
MA, MB and MC represent the mean number of spores recovered from preparations (A), (B) and control populations (C) respectively. Results were based on 10 replicate test samples.
Using documented criteria6, the neutraliser efficacy and toxicity ratios were calculated as being ≥0.75 for all test-preparations (results not shown) demonstrating that the neutraliser was effective against PHMB solution and non-toxic to the test organisms.
The finger pad of the index finger of PHMB-treated and untreated (control) gloves was marked with a 1 cm × 1 cm test-area and the area rinsed 3 times with sterile distilled water followed by immersion in 70% ethanol solution before allowing to air-dry. Marked-areas were inoculated with 10uL (~104cfu) of the test organism (S. pyogenes, CREC, MRSA or K. pneumoniae) suspended in a soil solution (0.5% BSA or sterile horse blood) or in sterile distilled water (DW; control) and incubated at room temperature.
After the appropriate contact time (0.25, 1, 10 or 15 min) at room temperature, test-areas on the finger pad of gloves were excised, transferred to 2 mL neutralising solution and homogenised at high speed for 30 s by vortexing. Assays were incubated in neutraliser for 10 min at room temperature. Serial dilutions of suspensions were performed prior to spread-plating 0.1 mL aliquots either Staph/Strep selective agar (S. pyogenes only; Oxoid, UK) or Columbia blood agar plates (CREC, MRSA or K. pneumoniae). Plates were incubated aerobically at 37 °C for 48 h prior to reading.
A standard computer keyboard key was prepared as an example recipient-surface. Keys were scrubbed manually using non-chlorinated detergent then rinsed three times using sterile distilled water followed by immersing in 70% ethanol solution and air-dried prior to use.
As previously described (section 2.1), test-areas on treated and untreated (control) gloves were inoculated with 10 μL (~104 cfu) of the test organism prepared in a soil or distilled water (no soil). The inoculated gloves were donned by the investigator either immediately (wet inoculum) or after allowing the inoculum to dry (15 min incubation at room temperature) and the seeded finger-pad pressed onto an un-inoculated recipient surface (computer key) for one second.
The recipient-surface was swabbed immediately with a sterile cotton-tipped swab (pre-moistened in neutralising solution) and the swab transferred to a universal tube containing 2 mL neutralising solution. Swab suspensions were homogenised by vortexing at high speed for 30 s and incubated a further 10 min at room temperature. Aliquots (0.5 mL) of the neat suspension and 0.1 mL from 1/10 and 1/100 serial dilutions were surface-plated onto the appropriate agar and incubated aerobically at 37 °C for 48 h prior to reading.
A test-area was marked on a standard computer keyboard key (donor-surface) and a second key (recipient-surface) with a 1 cm × 1 cm square and decontaminated as described previously. Donor-surfaces were seeded with 10 μL (~104 cfu) test organism ±soil-challenge/control soil. An unused treated or untreated glove (control) was donned by the investigator and the finger-pad of the index-finger pressed onto a wet or dry inoculum on the seeded donor-surface for one second. Immediately, the same contaminated finger-pad was pressed onto a second uncontaminated key (recipient-surface).
Donor and recipient-surfaces were swabbed immediately with a sterile cotton-tipped swab (pre-moistened in neutralising solution) and the swab transferred to a universal tube containing 2 mL neutralising solution. Similarly, the finger-pad of each contaminated glove was excised and transferred to a universal tube containing 2 ml neutralising solution. Solutions were vortexed at high speed for 30 s and the resulting suspension incubated in the neutralising solution for 10 min at room temperature. Aliquots (0.5 ml and 0.1 ml) of neat and serial dilutions were plated for incubation as above.
Test gloves were inoculated with 2.8 × 104- 6.1 × 104 (i.e. 4.45 log10–4.78 log10) cfu bacteria. Approximately 4.50 log10 cfu bacteria could be recovered from both PHMB-treated and untreated gloves when sampled immediately (Table 1).
Untreated gloves remained contaminated with high numbers (4.50 log10 cfu) for up to 15 min with the test organisms regardless of the soil type (distilled water, 0.5% BSA, Blood). The only exception was S. pyogenes, where the absence of a soil (distilled water only) caused numbers to decline by 2.5 log10 cfu over the same period.
PHMB-treated gloves effectively reduced the numbers of S. pyogenes, CREC and MRSA by 4.50 log10 to below the detection limit (2 cfu) and K. pneumoniae by 2.50 log10 within 10 min of contact time when a soil-challenge was absent (distilled water only).
When the organic challenge was increased to moderate soiling (0.5% BSA) PHMB-treated gloves achieved 2.5 log10 reductions (<99.9%) in S. pyogenes, CREC, MRSA and K. pneumoniae contamination after 15 min exposure. When a heavy soil was present (blood), reductions were only <1 log10.
Finger-pads of PHMB-treated and untreated (control) gloves were inoculated with approximately 2.5 × 104- 4.8 × 104 (i.e. 4.41 log10–4.68 log10) cfu bacteria prior to touching the recipient surface. Regardless of the soil type, similar numbers of bacteria could be transferred from an untreated or PHMB-treated glove to an uncontaminated keyboard key when the inoculum was wet (Table 2).
When the contaminating inoculum was dry, untreated-gloves were able to transfer the same numbers of bacteria to a keyboard surface as when the contamination was wet (under all soil conditions; Table 2). However, no contamination was detected (detection limit: 2 cfu) on keyboard keys that were touched with a dried inoculum on PHMB-treated gloves (distilled water and 0.5% BSA soil). When dry contaminated PHMB-treated gloves were soiled with blood, between 1.5–2.5 log10 bacteria could be transferred to the recipient surface.
Keyboard keys were contaminated with approximately 3.3 × 104- 8.2 × 104 (i.e. 4.52 log10–4.91 log10) cfu bacteria (S. pyogenes, CREC, MRSA and K. pneumoniae) suspended in 0.5% BSA, blood or no soil (distilled water).
When recently contaminated (i.e. wet) keyboard keys were touched with the fingertip of PHMB-treated and untreated gloves, approximately 3–4 log10 bacteria were transferred to these finger tips (Table 3). Where the inoculum on the keyboard surface was dry (15 min incubation at room temperature) fewer numbers of bacteria could be transferred to the fingerpad (2.5–3.3 log10 bacteria) of both test and control gloves.
Touching a wet donor (i.e. previously contaminated) keyboard key with the fingertip of either PHMB-treated or untreated gloves and then immediately touching an uncontaminated recipient keyboard key transferred approximately 2.4–3.6 log10 cfu bacteria (Table 3).
In the presence or absence of a moderate soiling (i.e. 0.5% BSA or DW respectively) on the donor surface, between 1.0–1.9 log10 cfu bacteria (S. pyogenes, CREC and K. pneumoniae) could be transferred with an untreated glove to the recipient surface when the contamination was dry (i.e. present on surface for 15 min).
Under the same conditions, between 0.3–0.6 log10 cfu bacteria were transferred to recipient surfaces using the PHMB-treated gloves. The numbers of MRSA transferred from donor to recipient surfaces were the same whether treated or untreated gloves were donned. No difference was observed in the numbers of bacteria transferred from donor to recipient surfaces using either treated or untreated gloves when blood soiling was present (P > 0.05).
The most frequent causes of healthcare-associated infections are E. coli (15.9%), S. aureus (12.3%) and Klebsiella spp. (8.7%) . All of these may be spread on hands. Hand hygiene compliance varies widely depending on the staff category, clinical setting, and whether gloves are worn during patient care [7, 8].
Gloves are an essential part of personal protective equipment but not a substitute for hand hygiene. The use of medical examination gloves during patient-care is recommended as a “barrier” to infectious organisms in cases where contact with bodily fluids, mucous membranes or damaged skin is likely. However gloves should always be removed and hands decontaminated when moving away from the immediate patient-environment [9, 10]. The inappropriate use of gloves has been implicated in the cross transmission of clinically significant pathogens in the ICU setting . In one study, it was shown only 5% of healthcare workers wearing gloves were likely to contaminate the skin of their hands after routine patient care compared to not wearing gloves (37%), demonstrating the benefits of a “barrier-protection” .
The various activities associated with patient care increase the likelihood of transmission of organisms from an infected patient to surfaces in their vicinity, especially in situations where there is repeated contact between staff, patient and environment. For example, during induction of anaesthesia the number of gloved-hand contact between the patient and environment is too frequent to allow hand-hygiene on every occasion.
In an effort to prevent the transmission of micro-organisms during procedures involving patient contact, double-gloving of the hands was implemented in an anaesthetic operating room. Removal of the outer glove of a double-layer significantly reduced the presence of contaminating organisms in the intraoperative environment, suggesting the rapid elimination of microorganisms on the surfaces of the hands may reduce the risk of cross-transmission from surfaces near patients. However, the implementation of double-layer gloving to complement hand hygiene may not be practical in emergency care situations. Consequently, the use of gloves impregnated with antimicrobial agents would be expected to reduce the risk of transmission from a patient to their environment and then to another patient .
PHMB is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent supported under Directive 98/8/EC for use as a disinfectant. It is used as a preservative and as an antimicrobial agent in wet wipes, to prevent microbial contamination in wound irrigant or gel and sterile dressings, and to disinfect hard surfaces for food handling in institutions and hospitals. In a randomised controlled trial of impregnated dressings, it was superior to silver in reduction of bacterial load in chronic wounds . However the EU Scientific Committee did not recommend its use in cosmetics as 0.3% preservative or spray-formulation .
In this study we showed PHMB-treated nitrile gloves can reduce S. pyogenes, CREC and MRSA contamination by ~4.5 log10 cfu (~99.99% reduction) to below the detection limit (2 cfu) within 10 min of contact time. There is an approximate 2.5 log10 cfu reduction of K. pneumoniae. This demonstrates a potential for PHMB-treated gloves to reduce the risk of contaminating nearby surfaces. Both PHMB-treated and untreated glove types could transfer high numbers of contaminating bacteria to uncontaminated surfaces if still wet. However, PHMB-treated gloves that were donned for 15 min (i.e. when the contaminating inoculum was visibly dry) did not transfer bacteria to uncontaminated surfaces in the absence of soil or when only moderate soiling (0.5% BSA) was present.
The concentration of contaminating organisms carried in an inoculum may influence the degree of cross-contamination. Hands or gloves contaminated with a small inoculum concentration may result in greater percentage transfer to an un-contaminated surface than a large inoculum . Therefore, reductions in bacterial numbers to low numbers on a glove using antimicrobial PHMB may not directly correlate to a relative risk-reduction in potential cross-contamination of these organisms. Nonetheless, the efficacies demonstrated in our study show numbers may be reduced to below the detection limit (2 cfu) in short contact times (i.e. 10 min). The risk of spread could be further minimised if gloves are removed and changed between frequently and between activities.
A criticism of the study is that glove fingertip pads were homogenized to remove bacteria instead of using a swabbing technique. Homogenisation of the excised fingerpad of the glove allows the capture of bacterial cells from the microscopic contours of the glove material that may otherwise be inaccessible if using a swab. The antimicrobial PHMB additive was impregnated uniformly throughout the treated-glove material during manufacture and not applied superficially, thus minimising variation between structure and microscopic surface with the untreated (control) glove. More bacteria may be deposited from a glove than from a bare hand . While swabbing will indicate the potential transfer of superficial contaminating cells homogenisation will permit the isolation of cells transferred in successive contacts to uncontaminated surfaces.
The application of antimicrobial PHMB in medical examination gloves has been evaluated recently . However, in that assessment, the contaminating numbers were low (up to 102 cfu) and did not address the potential risks of cross-transfer to uncontaminated surfaces. In another study the antimicrobial efficacy of PHMB impregnated gloves was enhanced with the application of pressure (75 g weight for 1 min) to increase contact with the inoculum and therefore facilitating antimicrobial activity .
The antimicrobial potential of gloves impregnated with a variety of antimicrobial agents other than PHMB have been explored, though the design and test-criteria for the selection and development of antimicrobial gloves vary depending on the end-use and requirement pre-determined by the investigator.
Gentian violet and chlorhexidine impregnated into PVA gloves demonstrated rapid bactericidal activity against several clinically relevant pathogens (MRSA, vancomycin-resistant enterocci, multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and a carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae) when assessed following the criteria described within the JIS Z 2801 standard for the determination of antimicrobial non-porous surfaces . However, this test requires the application of glass cover-slips to increase surface contact and does not incorporate an interfering-substance/soil challenge, therefore permitting “enhanced” in-vitro antimicrobial activity that may not be achievable under realistic conditions. In the current study, antimicrobial activity was assessed without the application of enhanced pressure or cover slips to maximise contact. The presence of heavy soils, such as blood, limited bacterial reduction on PHMB-treated gloves to <1 log10 cfu. Nonetheless, the transfer of bacteria from PHMB-treated glove was significantly less compared with untreated gloves regardless of whether the contamination was recent or up to 15 min old (P < 0.05).
During use, micro-perforation of the medical examination glove is common [20, 21]. Loss of structural integrity may result in the bi-directional migration of contaminating organisms between the hands of the HCW, the patient and proximal surfaces in the clinical environment. In one study, chlorhexidine gluconate in a matrix on the inside of gloves was used to protect the staff member from accidental puncture contamination with body fluids . In another study, coating antimicrobial chlorhexidine digluconate onto the inner surfaces of a glove demonstrated antimicrobial efficacy against S. aureus and K. pneumoniae for up to two-hours of continued use in a surgical setting .
A study by Reitzel, et al. showed rapid bactericidal activity for gloves impregnated with brilliant green and chlorhexidine but the organic solvents required in the process compromised glove integrity . Compatibility of the glove material with the antimicrobial agent and the intended use should therefore be addressed prior, as disintegration of the glove material may expose the wearer to potentially pathogenic organisms. In the current study, the inner surfaces of the treated gloves used in the current study were not assessed for antimicrobial activity. However, the PHMB agent used was distributed throughout the inner and outer surfaces of the glove. This property indicates PHMB-impregnated gloves may reduce the risk of bacterial transfer upon puncture of the glove material. Although not assessed, the nitrile examination gloves evaluated in our study were designed to be compatible with the PHMB antimicrobial additive and did not compromise the physical integrity of the material during testing.
In conclusion, the use of antimicrobial nitrile gloves has a potential benefit in the clinical environment in reducing accidental environmental contamination. Soiling (e.g. blood) significantly reduces the efficacy of such materials so the gloves will have less effect on transfer of organisms between different sites on the patient. The test criteria for the evaluations of antimicrobial activity should be based upon realistic measures and relevance to the application and setting.
The use of medical examination gloves treated with antimicrobial agents (e.g. PHMB) should be utilised in conjunction with appropriate hand hygiene practices and gloves changed frequently between activities and after prolonged use.
A poster was presented at the Healthcare Infection Society Conference in Lyon between 16 and 18 November 2014 (number 3405).
This research was funded by unrestricted grants from Ansell (Ansell Science & Technology Innovation Centre, Malaysia) and supported by the National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre. PHMB-treated gloves were provided free-of-charge by Ansell and financial support provided to subsidise microbiological media costs. However, Ansell was not involved in the study design, research outcome or writing and editing of any part of the manuscript.
The datasets used and analysed during the current study may be made available from the corresponding author upon request in writing and approval sought from all corresponding authors.
S. Ali co-conceived the project with APR Wilson and equally involved in the interpretation of the data, writing and editing of the final manuscript. S. Ali performed the testing, reading and reporting of results. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
None required: No human or animal participants involved in this study.
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Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety. Opinion on the safety of 355 poly(hexamethylene) biguanide hydrochloride (PHMB). doi:10.2772/4883 2nd 356 Revision 13/7/15. http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/consumer_safety/docs/sccs_o_157.pdf. Accessed 24 Oct 2015. | 2019-04-25T19:56:51 | https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-017-2661-9 |
0.999999 | Read each sentence in sequence. Please don't skip any steps or the mathematics will be thrown off.
Take the following test mentally. Don't write down answers and don't shout them out.
1. Pick a number from 2 to 9. It can be 2 or 9, or any number in-between.
2. Take your number and multiply it by 9.
3. That should give you a 2 digit number. Take these 2 digits and add them together.
4. Take the resulting number and subtract 5 from it.
5. Take that number and correspond it to the alphabet, numbering the letters. A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4 and so on.
6. Take your letter, and think of a country that begins with that letter.
7. Take the last letter in the name of that country, and think of an animal that starts with this letter.
8. Now, take the last letter in the name of that animal, and think of a color that starts with this letter.
9. Oh, and one more thing . . . . .
There aren't any orange kangaroos in Denmark! | 2019-04-22T08:01:30 | http://waynesthisandthat.com/brainteaser.htm |
0.999313 | 被動語態： He is taught by me.
主動語態： I am teaching him.
被動語態： He is being taught by me.
主動語態： I have taught him.
被動語態： He has been taught by me.
主動語態： I have been teaching him for a week.
主動語態： I taught him yesterday.
被動語態： He was taught by me yesterday.
主動語態： I was teaching him when you came.
被動語態： He was being taught by me when you came.
主動語態： I had taught him before you came.
被動語態： He had been taught by me before you came.
主動語態： I had been teaching him an hour before you came.
主動語態： I shall teach him tomorrow.
被動語態： He will be taught by me tomorrow.
主動語態： I shall be teaching him when you come.
主動語態： I shall have taught him before the sun sets.
被動語態： He will have been taught by me before the sun sets.
主動語態： I am looking for you.
被動語態： You are being looked for by me.
主動語態： We must do it now.
被動語態： It must be done ( by us ) now.
主動語態： You can do it now.
被動語態： It can be done by you now.
主動語態： I gave him a book.
被動語態： He was given a book by me.
被動語態： A book was given him by me.
This building was completed in 1980.
The meeting has been postponed till Friday.
A press conference was held last night.
The teacher loves the students and is loved by them. | 2019-04-22T12:19:07 | https://ananedu.com/begrammar/lessons/lesson35.htm |
0.999892 | A doctor at Hackensack University Medical Center navigates the InTouch Health's RP-6 for Remote Presence robot, known as Mr. Rounder, while roaming the hallway in 2005.
Isabel also has a brother of sorts, an IBM supercomputer called Watson. In 2011, Watson demonstrated its artificial intelligence prowess by handily defeating two flesh-and-blood champions on the TV game show "Jeopardy." But Watson has the potential to do a lot more than win trivia contests. Its developers envision using the system's ability to store and retrieve data to amass what could become the ultimate digital collection of medical data in existence. But that's not all.
Unlike less powerful systems, Watson has the ability to answer questions and analyze information in natural language -- that is, the way that humans express themselves -- and generate all the possible diagnoses that might come from the information. Not only that, but Watson actually can rank the diagnoses according to its understanding of the medical knowledge in textbooks, medical journals and reports of medical cases. In one demonstration of Watson's diagnostic abilities, researchers gave the system a fictitious case involving a patient who lived in Connecticut and had blurred vision and a family history of arthritis. Watson responded with a list of possible causes, topped by Lyme disease -- a seemingly unlikely diagnosis, but the one that researchers were looking for [source: Lucas-Fehm].
In the future, researchers envision adding speech recognition abilities to Watson, so that doctors will be able to communicate with their virtual advisor simply by talking into a smartphone or some other hand-held device. And information that doctors contribute to the system from their cases may be amassed and leveraged to help treat future patients. But there's also the possibility that medical supercomputers may expand their knowledge base beyond just research and doctors' observations. Conceivably, they also could begin data-mining lay sources, such as patients' blogs and comments made on medical Web sites. "What people say about their treatment ... it's not to be ignored, just because it's anecdotal," Dr. Herbert Chase, a Columbia medical school professor told Physicians News. "We certainly listen when our patients talk to us" [source: Lucas-Fehm]. And eventually, so will digital healers. | 2019-04-21T00:39:34 | https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/future-tech/medical-profession-using-ai-systems2.htm |
0.998606 | What is an Arrhenius Acid?
What Happens When an Acid & a Base Are Combined?
Chemists have three separate theories for what constitutes an acid and a base, but there's no disagreement on the fact that they neutralize each other. When they combine in a water solution, they produce a salt. Acids and bases can combine in other ways, however, and when they do, the product isn't always a salt. For example, when you add zinc to ammonia, the reaction results in a complex ion. Until the introduction of the Lewis theory of acids and bases, this wouldn't even have been considered an acid/base reaction.
In aqueous solutions, acids and bases combine to neutralize each other and produce a salt. Acid-base reactions that do not occur in water usually also produce salts, but they may also produce complex ions.
According to a theory advanced by Svante Arrhenius. a Nobel prize-winning physicist and chemist, an acid in solution donates an H+ ion in water. The ions don't float around freely, but instead attach themselves to water molecules to form hydronium ions (H3O+). The pH of a solution, which refers to the "power of hydrogen," is a measure of the number of these ions present. pH is a negative logarithm of concentration, so the lower the pH, the higher the concentration of these ions, and the more acidic the solution. Bases, on the other hand, donate hydroxide (OH-) ions. When a solution has a preponderance of hydroxide ions, its pH is above 7 (the neutral point), and the solution is alkaline. Acids and bases that behave this way are known as Arrhenius acids and bases. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) is an example of an Arrhenius acid, and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is an Arrhenius base.
When you combine an Arrhenius acid and base in the same solution, the positively charged hydronium ions combine with the hydroxide ions to produce water, and the leftover ions combine to produce a salt. If all the available ions combine in this way, the solution becomes pH-neutral, which means that the acid and base neutralize each other. The best-known example is dissolving hydrogen chloride and sodium hydroxide in solution to produce free sodium (Na+) and chloride (Cl-) ions. They combine to form NaCl, or common table salt. This process is called hydrolysis.
A pair of chemists, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and Thomas Martin Lowry, independently introduced a more generalized conception of acids and bases in 1923. In their theory, an acid is a compound that donates a proton (H+) while a base is a compound that accepts one. This conception extends the Arrhenius definition to account for acid-base reactions that don't occur in aqueous solution. For example, according to the the Brønsted-Lowry definition, the reaction between ammonia and hydrogen chloride to produce the salt ammonium chloride is an acid-base reaction that doesn't involve the exchange of hydronium or hydroxide ions. It would not be considered an acid-base reaction under the Arrhenius definition. Bronsted-Lowry acid-base reactions don't always produce water, but they still produce salts.
Also in 1923, G.N. Lewis from UC Berkeley modified the definition of acids and bases to account for reactions that couldn't be explained using the Brønsted-Lowry conception. In Lewis' theory, bases are electron-pair donors while acids are electron-pair acceptors. This conception helps explain reactions that occur, not only between solids and liquids but also gases, as acid-base reactions. In this theory, the product of the reaction may not be a salt. For example, the reaction between zinc ions and ammonia produces tetraamminezinc, a complex ion.
What is Transferred Between a Conjugate Acid Base Pair?
Deziel, Chris. " What Happens When an Acid & a Base Are Combined?" Sciencing, https://sciencing.com/happens-acid-base-combined-5132830.html. 27 April 2018.
What Happens in a Lewis Acid Base Reaction? | 2019-04-22T10:44:45 | https://sciencing.com/happens-acid-base-combined-5132830.html |
0.998203 | The ladder includes two fixed uprights and steps fixed between each other mainly applicable to swimming pools. is characterised in that the uprights have diametrically opposed holes in an area on each step which attaches to a bushing on the upright formed by two halves with a lower peripheral step which is supported onto the step by an opening near to its ends. This coupling is fixed by a nut which is screwed onto the upper peripheral thread of the two halves forming a bushing which is supported on the step. The holes in the uprights consist of openings housing the respective lugs in the internal periphery of the bushing halves. The step comprises a base to which a base is attached, both of which are made from plastic. | 2019-04-25T07:56:09 | https://www.kunststoffe.de/en/specialized-information/patents/artikel/ladder-562028.html |
0.999349 | Usually the current of energy as a spirit family unit moves fairly similarly when they all reincarnate though they don't all necessarily reincarnate at the same time. Many family members may reincarnate and have similar experiences and similar likes.
When people in trance speak of being part of a soul cluster group, they are talking about a small primary unit of entities who have direct and frequent contact, such as we would see in a human family. Peer members have a sensitivity to each other which is far beyond our conception on Earth...Members of the same cluster group are closely united for all eternity. These tightly-knit clusters are often composed of like-minded souls with common objectives which they continually work out with each other. Usually they choose lives together as relatives and close friends during their incarnations on Earth.
I want to summarize what I have learned about the basic principles of soul group assignments: There appears to be a systematic selection procedure for homogeneous groupings of souls. Similarities of ego, cognitive awareness, expression, and desire are all considerations.
As a rule, members of the same soul group do not return in their next incarnations as members of the same genetic human family.
You may be born into your present family for many reasons. You may find after death a much stronger relationship emotionally with a personality from a past life. If you are married, for example, and have no true rapport with your mate, you may instead find a past wife or husband waiting for you. Oftentimes members of various groups - military groups, church groups, hunting groups, will in another life form family relationships in which they will then work out old problems in new ways. | 2019-04-18T12:16:18 | http://www.afterlifedata.com/life-after-death-topics-102-1-Interaction-in-a-spirit-family-group.html |
0.999732 | Which of the following statements is true of organizations that practice the entitlement approach? Employees reward vary little from person to person and are not much based on individual performance differences.
Which of the following is true regarding global competitiveness For U.S. employers, the challenge related to training a globally competitive workforce has increased because of the decline in specialized skilled and technical workers. | 2019-04-21T06:54:40 | https://brainybro.com/which-of-the-following-best-exemplifies-cooperative-training |
0.999999 | Philosophy, et cetera: Are Sophisticated Consequentialists Irrational?
The Railtonian 'sophisticated consequentialist' (SC) acquires, maintains, and acts upon whatever first-order desire set would be (expectably) best. So, if a bias towards one's own family is a fortunate disposition to have, SC will possess this and hence be biased towards his own family, rather than impartial like a direct utilitarian. My question: is SC rational?
The mere fact that a disposition is expectably fortunate (hence rational to acquire and maintain) does not entail that the disposition is rational (in the sense of manifesting 'sensitivity to reasons' or 'an orientation towards the good') or that it disposes you towards rational actions. As seen in Parfit's case of transparent "threat-fulfillers" and "threat-ignorers", it can be rational to make ourselves irrational. So, we may wonder, is SC like Parfit's threat-ignorer: someone who is now rationally impaired - aiming at the 'wrong' things, or unresponsive to certain reasons - though their past self did the right thing in bringing about this impairment (given its fortunate consequences)?
Perhaps so. The main reason to conclude that SC is irrational is that his dispositions are desirable for reasons other than the actions they produce. (Otherwise there would be no need for such 'sophistication' -- he could just be a straightforward act consequentialist with 'rationality-enhancing' dispositions, as described here.) And the possession of dispositions whose value depends on their external (non-act) effects is, we may think, the sign of fortunate irrationality. In this respect, SC is like the pure threat-ignorer.
(1) 'Rational irrationality' typically requires self-manipulation (e.g. by pill or brainwashing), whereas the 'sophisticated' psychology is meant to be acquirable by "natural" psychological processes. Railton gives the example of a competitive tennis player who learns that he would play better if he were less focused on winning, and more focused on enjoying the game for its own sake. It seems that his aim of winning can guide the development of this new intrinsic (but contingent) desire. This may in part be due to the fact that the content of the new desire (viz. to play and appreciate the game) is consonant with the overarching aim of winning the game. If the player had to acquire a desire to lose in order to better win, that does not seem possible without external manipulation.
So, there are at least important constraints on the Sophisticated Consequentialist psychology. SC cannot acquire just any old fortunate dispositions: even if a malicious desire would somehow prove fortunate, the cognitive dissonance would be too great to maintain this in virtue of its fortunate character. (He could take a pill to make himself just plain malicious, but that is to make himself no longer a consequentialist, just like the threat-ignorer.) But so long as SC only acquires the sorts of motivations that can be naturally maintained consistently with his overarching consequentialist aim -- so, perhaps, special motivations to attend particularly to certain goods, such as the welfare of his friends and family -- then we may think that he is at least free of any gross irrationality. It's not like he ever aims at the bad. At worst, he fails to aim at every good to the precise degree that is warranted. But this is a fairly modest rational failing, and one that needn't require any kind of self-deception (again, unlike the threat-ignorer).
(2) The second, and much more straightforward difference, is that SC continues to regulate his dispositions in a way that the threat-ignorer (TI) does not. In a world where dispositions are transparent, threat-ignoring initially has high expected utility, since the threat-fulfillers should realize there's no point in even trying to threaten the ignorers. TI can expect to remain safe. But now consider what happens when a threat-fulfiller slips up and stupidly threatens to blow up the world unless TI shines his shoes. At this point, the expected value of TI's disposition is extremely low. Since he maintains his disposition unconditionally, he ignores the threat, and -- predictably enough -- the world blows up. Disaster.
The Sophisticated Consequentialist would never bring about disaster in this way. He acts on the dispositions that are (expectably) best to have. But if circumstances change, then so do his dispositions. In this sense, SC as an agent remains rational (responsive to reasons), even if his particular actions aren't so much. | 2019-04-24T10:22:39 | https://www.philosophyetc.net/2009/10/are-sophisticated-consequentialists.html |
0.998946 | IEP Goals: Given a picture with a two-step direction to trace and then draw (copy from a model), STUDENT will independently complete the activity, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a picture with a two-step direction to trace and then draw (copy), STUDENT will independently complete the activity, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
IEP Goals: Given a picture with a two-step direction to trace and then draw (copy), STUDENT will independently complete the activity, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
IEP Goals: IEP Goals are listed with each of the products included with this Sunday Sampler.
IEP Goals: Given a social story related to school (end of school year), STUDENT will read or listen to the story and ask or answer up to ____(number of) questions pertaining to his/her personal experiences (what he/she does over the summer/how he/she feels at the end of the school year), in 4 out of 5 trials, by MONTH, YEAR.
IEP Goals: Given an instructional level reading passage, STUDENT will _________(independently/with prompts) read and mark the correct response out of a field of up to four possible answer choices, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a reading passage read aloud by STUDENT (or the teacher), STUDENT will describe what is occurring in the picture and state the act of kindness shown, in order to provide correct responses to four questions, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
IEP Goals: Given words placed in random order, STUDENT will move the words within the correct positions in order to form a complete sentence, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
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IEP Goals: Given a simple token reward system in order to complete a task or improve positive behavior, STUDENT will place a token on the board as each task is completed, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
IEP Goals: Given a visual which indicates safety measures within a specific location (ex. kitchen), STUDENT will _________ (read/listen to an adult read aloud) the safety rules and provide one example of how the item can be used safely, or the procedure followed, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
This is a BUNDLE containing 11 items.
Given a set of four pictures with only three being the "same", or identical, STUDENT will mark or point to the one that is NOT the same, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given pictures of objects to sort by size (big and small), STUDENT will place the pictures in the correct category, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a story related to a holiday (read by STUDENT or adult), STUDENT will match the pictures to the correct pages, demonstrating comprehension of the details, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
IEP Goals: Given a familiar or pre-taught skill independent work task to complete, STUDENT will complete the task within a pre-determined amount of time, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
This is a BUNDLE containing 15 items.
IEP Goals: Given a social scenario presented as a question (yes or no/responsible behavior), STUDENT will mark, clip,provide a verbal response, or indicate on voice output device, whether it shows responsible behavior with a "yes" or "no" response, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a brief written social scenario and a choice of two emotions, STUDENT will mark, say, point to, or indicate on a voice-output device, the emotion he/she would most likely feel, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a question related to a social scenario, STUDENT will respond with a "yes" or "no" answer to determine if the person has good manners, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a question related to a social situation (gift giving), STUDENT will read/listen to the scenario and determine which gift would be more appropriate, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a one sentence scenario, STUDENT will determine if the act described is representative of kindness, sharing, gentle, or helpful, by responding with a "yes" or "no" response by marking the response or providing a verbal response, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a scenario related to weather, environment, or social situation, STUDENT will determine what type of clothing should be worn by providing a written or verbal response/choosing "casual" or "smart", with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a written scenario described as "safe" or "unsafe", STUDENT will mark the correct response, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a question in which a scenario is provided, STUDENT will write, type, or say an appropariate solution to the problem, by including up to three details in sentence or list form, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a written scenario designed to invoke a response to a situation which may be associated with an emotion, behavior, or social skill, STUDENT will provide a written or verbal solution to the sentence starter, "What could I say?", in 4 out of 5 trials with 80% accuracy, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a written scenario and a choice of "yes" or "no" response, STUDENT will independently read/listen to the scenario and using prior knowledge, will determine if the situation presented is "safe" or "unsafe", with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a scenario in which a problem must be solved, STUDENT will ____________ (read or listen to the teacher read the scenario aloud), in order to determine the solution by describing what needs to happen, in 4 out of 5 trials , by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a verbal or written one sentence scenario related to a topic or theme (first aid), STUDENT will complete the sentence by choosing the correct response, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a question with a choice of two possible responses, STUDENT will respond to the question asked, "Which is more important?", by marking the most appropriate response, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.
Given a written scenario with a questions based upon social, safety, or a life skill, STUDENT will provide a ________written/verbal answer which includes how they would appropriately respond to the situation, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 scenarios, by MONTH, YEAR. | 2019-04-21T14:42:30 | http://autismeducators.com/browse-worktasks/free |
0.999974 | Brighter students or easier exams?
A sixth former has cast doubt on the standards of public examinations, after scoring a C in A-level business studies on the strength of four hours of private tuition.
Alex Hobbs, 17, from Goring near Reading, said standards must be falling, as he was "no genius".
The teenager's claims follow a scathing attack on Thursday by retiring maths examiner, Jeffrey Robinson, who said pass marks at GCSE level were being systematically lowered.
Mr Robinson's allegations were fiercely rejected by the government, teachers' unions and examinations boards.
Alex, who starts in the upper sixth in September, went to a tutor three or four weeks before his exams for help with his AS-level in economics.
His tutor, Chris Sivewright, persuaded him to do a full A-level in business studies as well as four AS-levels.
"I passed with a C grade - and as I got two Bs and two Cs in my AS results, it's clear that I'm not some sort of genius and the only other solution is that either A-level standards are slipping or I've got some sort of supertutor!" said Alex.
"I was just overwhelmed, I wasn't expecting to get anything like that - I wasn't expecting to pass or maybe a D or an E at best.
"But it can't be right, can it? There has to be something going on with standards - they have to be going down.
"There's no way someone should be able to pass an A-level with four hours' tuition and reading a bit of a book," Alex said.
A spokeswoman from the Qualifications and Curriculum Agency said Alex was being humble and was clearly an intelligent young man, though not outstanding.
"We must remember that we're not talking about knowledge of the subject here - we're talking about passing an exam," she said.
The teenager would have been able to use transferable data and skills from his economics studies, she said.
"There is no evidence of standards falling, but there is now greater familiarity with the technique of taking exams, closer tuition from teachers and dedicated work on the part of pupils."
But Alex's tutor, Mr Sivewright, believes many public exams have got progressively easier over the years.
"If some of my A-grade candidates are getting too cocky, I just give them an old paper from a few years ago and they can't do it."
Some subjects were especially easy, he said.
"If people are good at economics and need another A-level, I tend to tell them to enrol for the business studies exam - they just turn up on the day and people pass!"
"I took an entire class through business studies A-level in two months and we got a 100% pass rate - and they were then free to do other A-levels," said Mr Sivewright.
Mr Sivewright, who is also principal of a tutorial college in Oxford, said too many people had got too much to lose by admitting exams were getting easier.
"If it was accepted that some A-levels are easy, universities would have to raise entrance levels and they've got all these spare places they want to fill, so they won't do that," he said.
"The exam boards make a huge difference because they compete by dropping standards," he claimed.
"It's a cartel of vested interests because boards are businesses and they make a lot of money selling marking guidelines and courses.
"Chief examiners appear on commercially-run Easter courses and, of course, write text books - so clearly they have a vested interest in two-year courses that are supposedly difficult," he said.
It was known that some exam boards set tougher papers than others, he said.
"But it's a pity that only when people retire or leave, like Chris Woodhead, do they start making noises - why didn't they do it before?"
The former chief inspector of schools, Chris Woodhead, said the government was failing to take claims of falling examination standards seriously.
Jeffrey Robinson was saying publicly what a number of chief examiners had being saying privately over the years, Mr Woodhead said.
"The fact that more people are getting university degrees doesn't mean that the university degrees maintain their intellectual rigour," he said.
"We've got 42% more candidates achieving top grades in GCSE than we did a decade ago, the minimum marks for the top grade in maths have been reduced by 25%.
"We've got a massive problem and the government refuses to acknowledge it."
Paul Sokoloff, convenor of the Joint Council Examining Board, said: "If you look at degree level pass rates they are going up year on year. I think it is the whole education system improving its performance."
"He believes it is happening in other subjects"
Gap years: A waste of time? | 2019-04-19T17:15:12 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/1507358.stm |
0.999997 | Why is laser mode hopping so bad?
Semiconductor lasers have found widespread use in fiberoptic communications, entertainment (videodisc and compact disc players), merchandising (bar-code scanners), and in the scientific field as well (spectroscopy) thanks to their variety of wavelengths, compact size, low price and ease of control. Unfortunately some applications require a minimum degree of stability of wavelength that is not always met by semiconductor lasers, especially when mode hopping occurs.
Before reviewing why laser mode hopping is so bad, let's remember what mode hopping refers to. Laser diodes (DFB, DBR, VCSEL, VeCSEL, ECDL, QCL, ICL, DH, quantum well lasers), which are semiconductor lasers, are available in many different shapes and sizes with laser powers ranging from a few mW to hundreds of watts. The emitted wavelength depends mainly on the semiconductor material of the laser diode cavity and its length, providing laser wavelength from the visible to the infrared range. Under some external influence, a laser diode can operate on a single resonator mode for some time and then switch to some other modes. This rapid switch in wavelengths can happen discontinuously in a back and forward manner. This is so called mode hopping.
Is mode hopping only a rapid discontinuous wavelength shift? Yes and no. Mode hopping introduces a wavelength shift that causes an intensity noise, directly correlated to the occurrence of mode hopping. When mode hopping occurs, the other mode suddenly takes over all the optical power and at some point there may even be power in both modes.
So you see why mode hopping causes intensity noise and also make it difficult to obtain continuous wavelength tuning. And this is undesirable in many applications. Let's review some of the applications that suffer from laser mode hopping.
For videodisc systems, mode hopping causes wavelength dispersion which causes variations in beam direction which leads to variations in the location of data written to the optical surface. And this finally results in a degraded signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), causing degradation in the quality of the data (image/video) derived from the disk.
For video transmission via fiber optics, mode hopping also causes intensity noise.
For telecommunications, mode hopping affects the maximum data transmission rate as shift in wavelength causes variations in velocities in those single-mode fibers with high dispersion.
For spectroscopy, mode hopping causes small or large laser wavelength shifts. And one knows that spectroscopy usually requires great wavelength stability.
Fortunately, there are combinations of laser case temperature and injection current that lead to mode hopping and other combinations for which the laser is stable. We will see in a next article when and why laser mode hopping occurs.
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Dear Éléonore, Thank you for raising this interesting feature. Please let me add an example on an application which would seriously suffer by mode-hopping. Acetylene shows significant absorption bands due to vibrational and rotational states. A nice example is the absorption band centered in the 1530nm spectral regime, c/f https://www.sacher-laser.com/applications/overview/absorption_spectroscopy/acetylene.html. Even a quasi-continuous tuning with steps like 5pm would cause a significant loss. A truly continuous laser tuning is required for not missing one of the lines.
Thanks for sharing this insightful comment with us Joachim! | 2019-04-21T20:48:58 | http://mylaserspectrum.com/2016/02/mode-hopping-a-drawback-in-semiconductor-lasers/ |
0.999862 | The top pharmacy degree programs online allow students to achieve their dreams of becoming a pharmacist in a convenient and affordable way. A pharmacy degree takes four years of schooling after you complete your undergraduate degree, so it is about eight years of schooling total after high school. Once students achieve a pharmacy degree, they have to pass a lot of tests to get certified to be a pharmacist. Fortunately, there are several degree programs that can be pursued online. Much of the study at this level is on an individual basis, so doing the program online is often not a hindrance at all. It may take a little longer, but the positive side is, you may take as long as you like and work at your own pace with an online program. There are more and more schools offering online degrees. The top three schools offering pharmacy degree programs online are Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and Rutgers. Ask the following questions to find out more about the top pharmacy degree programs online.
Will an online degree be as good as a traditional degree?
The short answer is yes. Online degrees have become better and better, and many traditional and state universities are now offering online pharmacy programs. There are not a lot of choices, but those that are available have all the necessary accreditation you need to become a pharmacist.
What kind of preparation do you need for pharmacy school?
While in undergraduate school, you will need to take chemistry, biology, and anatomy. Some colleges offer a pre-pharmacy program that will help prepare a student. Some also offer an undergraduate pharmacy degree that is good preparation for pharmacy school.
A Bachelor's degree with an emphasis on chemistry, biology, and anatomy is a good start. From there it takes four years in pharmacy school. After that, a student must pas licensing examinations in order to start practice. States are different and you may have to take a different test in a different state.
What makes the University of Cincinnati a good choice?
The University of Cincinnati offers complete masters of pharmaceutical science programs online. They have programs that emphasize cosmetic science, drug development sciences and a pharmacy leadership program. This program is at the postgraduate level and takes most students eight semesters to complete.
Why is Rutgers a top school?
Rutgers offers an undergrad program that is good preparation. Rutgers offers online programs in biochemical engineering with a concentration in pharmacist engineering. Students need an undergraduate degree in science, engineering, or pharmacy to be admitted. Online students will have access to everything traditional students have.
What makes the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine a viable choice?
This is a new program, started in 2014, and has a complete Pharmacy degree available. Students have to come to the campus for some orientation and some lab classes, but almost all of it can be completed online. Students must also complete experiential internships at wellness centers, hospitals or at pharmacies. Students will also have to travel for some exams.
What is the cost of pharmacy school?
At traditional universities, students pay about $25,000 per year for the program and could spend as much as $125,000 for the entire program. The cost for online is still significant, but not as high as it is for a traditional student.
How much money does a pharmacist make?
The average pay for a pharmacist in the United States is $112,000 per year or about $53 per hour. The pay ranges from a low of $84,000 to a high of $144,000 in different areas of the country.
Pharmacists can work in hospitals, clinics or any healthcare facility. They also often work in retail drug stores. Armed services also hire pharmacists, as well as some other government agencies. Thee are mail services and internet companies that also hire pharmacists. | 2019-04-21T14:11:27 | http://askthis.org/TopPharmacyDegreeProgramsOnline/ |
0.999933 | What Does "No Purchase Necessary to Enter or Win" Mean?
Do You Know Why Sweepstakes Are Free to Enter?
When you read sweepstakes rules, you'll see these terms come up regularly: "no purchase necessary" or "no purchase necessary to enter or win". This seems strange when the goal of any giveaway is to increase business for the company that's sponsoring it. Wouldn't it be more effective for companies to only give away prizes to people who buy their products?
It's true that most companies hope that their giveaways will drive sales. But in the United States, you can't say that you have to make a purchase to enter or win randomly-drawn sweepstakes. It's illegal.
You'll also see a related disclaimer in sweepstakes rules: "a purchase will not affect your chances of winning." That means that companies cannot let people enter and then disqualify them if they don't buy something, and they can't give better odds to people who do buy their products.
What Does Consideration Mean When It Comes to Sweepstakes?
Making a purchase to enter a giveaway is also known as "consideration." What does consideration mean? In sweepstakes terms, consideration is simply exchanging something of value for a prize, or for a chance of winning a prize. In the United States, sweepstakes that award prizes by chance cannot require any consideration or they will be in violation of the law.
In the United States, only the government can run lotteries and some states prohibit them altogether. So in order for sweepstakes to be legal, they cannot meet the definition of a lottery.
The definition of a lottery is a randomly-drawn giveaway with a chance to win a prize that has monetary value and has an element of consideration. at least one of those three characteristics must not be present for sweepstakes to be legal. The most common element to eliminate is consideration.
Consideration doesn't have to be just a matter of money exchanging hands; anything that financially profits the sponsoring company counts. So a sweepstakes sponsor cannot force entrants to purchase a product to enter sweepstakes, and they also can't require that entrants fill out an extensive and time-consuming survey or that they listen to a sales presentation to claim a prize.
Now that might sound clear, but there are plenty of gray areas about what qualifies or doesn't qualify as consideration when you are entering sweepstakes. For example, some giveaways make it mandatory for entrants to opt in to receive their newsletters to enter their sweepstakes. Does that count as consideration? Having a larger email list is a benefit to the sponsor, but it might not directly translate into profit. The question would have to be brought before a court of law for there to be a definitive answer.
But many companies make signing up for a newsletter optional, to stay on the safe side.
But I've Seen Sweepstakes Where You Need to Make a Purchase to Enter!
So if sweepstakes can't require a purchase to enter or to win, why is it legal to run giveaways where entrants have to look under a cap of a soda bottle to enter? Or those where you have to show a receipt proving you've purchased certain products?
It is legal in most jurisdictions to let people enter with a purchase if there are also ways to get the same number of entries without making a purchase. These are called alternate entry methods (AMOEs).
So if a beverage company is holding an under-the-cap giveaway, read the rules and you'll find that you can use the alternate entry method to enter for free by mail, with a telephone call, or another free entry method.
By the way, alternate entry methods can also give you more chances to win, more easily. It's a good idea to always read the sweepstakes rules to find out if you can boost your odds of winning.
Note that the requirement is that no purchase must be necessary to enter AND that a purchase can't affect your chances of winning. That means that entrants have to be able to get the same number of maximum entries through non-purchase entry methods as through entry methods that require a purchase.
What About Sweepstakes Where You Need to Be a Paid Member to Enter?
Sometimes companies like Verizon or Sirius XM hold giveaways where you have to be a paying member to enter. Why doesn't that violate the no purchase necessary law?
If you read the rules, you'll find that they are using another loophole: they'll say that you have to have been a member before the giveaway began.
That's because most jurisdictions will accept that paying money to join wasn't a requirement to enter or win since the payment had to have been made before the chance to win existed.
What About Internet Access? Does That Count as a Purchase?
Consideration doesn't even have to be paid directly to the company sponsoring a giveaway. If sweepstakes require entrants to do anything costing money, they risk violating the no purchase entry sweepstakes laws.
But what about the methods used to enter sweepstakes? While a stamp and envelope for mail-in sweepstakes don't count as consideration, what about buying a computer and signing up for internet access? Will hosting sweepstakes online get companies in trouble?
There has been some concern that requiring a computer and/or Internet access to enter a sweepstakes could be deemed consideration. However, as long as consumers are not specifically induced to purchase Internet access and/or a computer for the purpose of participating in a promotion, Internet sweepstakes are not likely to be deemed an illegal lottery on that basis alone.
Is getting online 'consideration'?Another consideration quandary pops up when deciding whether it constitutes consideration to require a person to go on to the Internet to enter a sweepstakes. Many argue the Internet is so ubiquitous and accessible that requiring someone to enter online can't be considered consideration. Others argue equally forcibly that only about 70 percent of Americans have Internet access at home, so not everybody can enter an online sweepstakes or play a game free of charge. They also argue that while most U.S. residents are familiar with use of the Internet, some still may not be comfortable registering for a sweepstakes online online.
To be safe, sweepstakes sponsors use a few different methods ensure that their giveaways are legal. For example, some use an alternate entry method, as described above. Others state in the rules that, in order to be eligible to enter, entrants must have a computer and internet service before the beginning of the giveaway begins. And others suggest free ways to get online, such as using free computers at libraries.
Why Can Contests Charge Money to Enter?
If selling entries into sweepstakes, or requiring a purchase to enter, is illegal, why do some creative contests charge fees to enter and win?
To find the answer, go back to the three elements of an illegal lottery: consideration, a prize with monetary value, and a random drawing for the winner.
Contests, by their nature, don't draw winners at random. They use a judging system to select the winning entries, so they don't have the three elements required to be an illegal lottery.
Many contests are free to enter, meaning that they avoid two out of three of the elements of an illegal lottery. But if the winner is selected by judges (or another skill-based manner), a no purchase necessary entry method isn't mandatory.
So Who Enforces No Purchase Necessary Laws?
The FCC: The Federal Communications Commission is responsible for advertising that takes place online or on the internet. The FCC can get involved in giveaways that are available on or which are advertised through these methods. You can read what the FCC has to say about sweepstakes and lotteries here: Broadcast Contests, Lotteries, and Solicitation of Funds.
The FTC: The Federal Trade Commission is responsible for protecting consumers and promoting fair competition. This includes making sure that sweepstakes entrants aren't told, or tricked into believing, that they must make purchases to win. The FTC also has specific rules regarding sweepstakes that must be followed. You can read more about the FTC's involvement with giveaways here: Advertising FAQ's: A Guide for Small Business.
The USPS: Mail-in sweepstakes and sweepstakes that are advertised through the mail also fall under the jurisdiction of the United States Postal Service. Read more about what the USPS has to say about no purchase necessary to enter rules here: Publication 546 - A Consumer's Guide to Sweepstakes and Lotteries.
Your State's Attorney General: Aside from federal regulations, states also have requirements about how sweepstakes are handled. You can find more information and also report violations by visiting your local attorney general's website.
If you find a giveaway that is in violation of the no purchase necessary sweepstakes law, you can report it to the appropriate agencies above. | 2019-04-25T14:40:19 | https://www.thebalanceeveryday.com/no-purchase-necessary-to-enter-definition-4126050 |
0.999999 | - Language and the world share a common logical form.
- Sentences are logical pictures of the world: The logical relations between the elements of a sentence reflect the relations between the elements in the world.
- Sentences can show their form but they cannot say it; sentences that attempt to say what can only be shown are pseudo-sentences or nonsense.
- Language consists of 'language games' that reflect forms of life.
- For many expressions, the meaning is the use: To grasp the 'meaning' of such an expression is to know how to use it.
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, born on April 26th 1889 in Vienna, Austria, was a charismatic enigma.
He has been something of a cult figure but shunned publicity and even built an isolated hut in Norway to live in complete seclusion. His sexuality was ambiguous but he was probably gay; how actively so is still a matter of controversy. His life seems to have been dominated by an obsession with moral and philosophical perfection, summed up in the subtitle of Ray Monk's excellent biography Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius.
His concern with moral perfection led Wittgenstein at one point to insist on confessing to several people various sins, including that of allowing others to underestimate the extent of his 'Jewishness'. His father Karl Wittgenstein's parents were born Jewish but converted to Protestantism and his mother Leopoldine (nee Kalmus) was Catholic, but her father was of Jewish descent. Wittgenstein himself was baptized in a Catholic church and was given a Catholic burial, although between baptism and burial he was neither a practicing nor a believing Catholic.
The Wittgenstein family was large and wealthy. Karl Wittgenstein was one of the most successful businessmen in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, leading the iron and steel industry there. The Wittgensteins' home attracted people of culture, especially musicians, including the composer Johannes Brahms, who was a friend of the family. Music remained important to Wittgenstein throughout his life. So did darker matters. Ludwig was the youngest of eight children, and of his four brothers, three committed suicide.
As for his career, Wittgenstein studied mechanical engineering in Berlin and in 1908 went to Manchester, England to do research in aeronautics, experimenting with kites. His interest in engineering led to an interest in mathematics which in turn got him thinking about philosophical questions about the foundations of mathematics. He visited the mathematician and philosopher Gottlob Frege (1848-1925), who recommended that he study with Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) in Cambridge. At Cambridge Wittgenstein greatly impressed Russell and G.E. Moore (1873- 1958), and began work on logic.
When his father died in 1913, Wittgenstein inherited a fortune, which he quickly gave away. When war broke out the next year, he volunteered for the Austrian army. He continued his philosophical work and won several medals for bravery during the war. The result of his thinking on logic was the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus which was eventually published in 1922 with Russell's help. This was the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. Having thus, in his opinion, solved all the problems of philosophy, Wittgenstein became an elementary school teacher in rural Austria, where his approach was strict and unpopular, but apparently effective. He spent 1926-28 meticulously designing and building an austere house in Vienna for his sister Gretl.
In 1929 he returned to Cambridge to teach at Trinity College, recognizing that in fact he had more work to do in philosophy. He became professor of philosophy at Cambridge in 1939. During World War II he worked as a hospital porter in London and as a research technician in Newcastle. After the war he returned to university teaching but resigned his professorship in 1947 to concentrate on writing. Much of this he did in Ireland, preferring isolated rural places for his work. By 1949 he had written all the material that was published after his death as Philosophical Investigations, arguably his most important work. He spent the last two years of his life in Vienna, Oxford and Cambridge and kept working until he died of prostate cancer in Cambridge in April 1951. His work from these last years has been published as On Certainty. His last words were, "Tell them I've had a wonderful life."
Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and regarded by some as the most important since Immanuel Kant. His early work was influenced by that of Arthur Schopenhauer and, especially, by his teacher Bertrand Russell and by Gottlob Frege, who became something of a friend. This work culminated in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the only book that Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. It claimed to solve all the major problems of philosophy and was held in especially high esteem by the anti-metaphysical logical positivists.
The Tractatus is based on the idea that philosophical problems arise from misunderstandings of the logic of language, and it tries to show what this logic is. Wittgenstein's later work, principally his Philosophical Investigations, shares this concern with logic and language, but takes a different, less technical, approach to philosophical problems. This book helped to inspire so-called ordinary language philosophy. This style of doing philosophy has fallen somewhat out of favor, but Wittgenstein's work on rule-following and private language is still considered important, and his later philosophy is influential in a growing number of fields outside philosophy. | 2019-04-24T02:10:31 | http://www.wisdomsupreme.com/dictionary/ludwig-wittgenstein.php |
0.998702 | Can someone identify bicycle in this 1930 photograph?
I'm wondering if someone can identify this bicycle my grandfather was riding in 1930. It appears to have a rear fender, front fender is probably missing. I'm guessing bike is most likely between 1915-1925 as it obviously looks well used in this 1930 photo.
I know not much to go on unless someone recognizes the paint darts in the head and fork.
It looks to be a youth model, short frame single straight top bar. Hawthorne made them, but So did Elgin I believe. The straight horizontal stem is seen lots of late teens bikes. The frame darts look Hawthorne, but enlarged or over painted. | 2019-04-20T22:33:28 | https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/can-someone-identify-bicycle-in-this-1930-photograph.146020/ |
0.999999 | This article is about the Mexican lightweight boxer. For the Mexican heavyweight boxer, see Humberto Soto (heavyweight boxer).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Soto and the second or maternal family name is Ochoa.
Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa (born May 11, 1980), best known as Humberto Soto, is a Mexican professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for over 20 years, he is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC super featherweight title from 2008 to 2009, and the WBC lightweight title from 2010 to 2011. Additionally, he held the WBC interim featherweight title from 2005 to 2006.
Soto made his pro debut at the age of 17 and accumulated a record of 36-5-2, which included a 14 fight undefeated streak, before challenging for his first major title.
On August 20, 2005, Soto won the interim WBC Featherweight title by beating Rocky Juarez, in a fight which he accepted on two weeks notice.
On January 17, 2006, Soto defended his interim title by knocking out Oscar León in the 9th round. He vacated his interim featherweight title and defeated Ivan Valle in a WBC Super Featherweight title eliminator bout.
On January 22, 2007, Soto defeated Humberto Toledo (30-2-2) by third-round knockout. In his next bout, he defeated Bobby Pacquiao by seventh-round knockout.
On November 17, 2007, Soto fought reigning WBO Super Featherweight champion Joan Guzmán but lost the bout by unanimous decision.
On November 17, 2007, Humberto Soto fought WBO Junior-Welterweight champion Joan Guzman. The Dominican champion dominated the fight based on his speed of hands, reflexes, and superior boxing skills, effectively counter punching the relentless attack of Soto, who showcased tremendous strength, courage and determination. Guzman won the bout by Unanimous Decision.
On June 28, 2008, Soto faced off against Francisco Lorenzo (33-4, 14 KOs) for the vacant interim WBC Super Featherweight title. Soto knocked Lorenzo down twice in the fourth round with a barrage of punches. However, after lengthy consultations with officials at ringside, referee Joe Cortez disqualified Soto for hitting Lorenzo after he was down in what appeared to be a grazing punch. Cortez's decision was widely criticized and the WBC refused to award Lorenzo the title.
WBC president José Sulaimán condemned the decision as a "gross injustice" and one of the biggest he has seen in a long time. Sulaiman also announced that the WBC board of governors will vote on whether to declare the fight a no contest or to declare Soto the winner by knockout. Lorenzo, therefore, was not presented the green WBC belt as its champion, since it, though, opted to ignore the official verdict, and declared the title vacant. Sulaiman stated he wasn’t seeking to overrule the decision, but: "While we respect the authority of the (Nevada commission) for a decision of the fight, we are the only ones to have the authority to decide on the decision relating to the WBC world title."
On October 11, 2008, Soto defeated Gamaliel Díaz to win the interim WBC Super Featherweight title by technical knock out. Soto knocked Diaz down in the first round and dominated him throughout the bout. Diaz was docked two points for excessive holding and his corner refused to send him out for the eleventh round.
On December 20, 2008, Soto captured the vacant WBC Super Featherweight Championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over Francisco Lorenzo in a rematch of their controversial bout. Lorenzo was repeatedly warned for low-blows and headbutting throughout the bout. Lorenzo was docked one point in the 7th round for headbutting and another in the 8th for excessive holding. The final scores were 117-109 from two of the judges and 118-108 on the other card in favor of Soto.
In 2009, Soto successfully defended his WBC Super Featherweight title 3 times. On December 12, 2009, Soto moved up to the lightweight division and defeated former two-time champion Jesús Chávez by a 10-round unanimous decision.
On March 13, 2010, Soto claimed the WBC Lightweight Championship by defeating David Diaz. Soto dropped Diaz in the opening and final rounds en route to a unanimous decision victory.
On May 15, 2010, Soto made his first title defense against Ricardo Dominguez. Soto won the fight with a 12-round unanimous decision with the judges scoring the fight, 118-110 on two of the scorecards and 117-112 on the other one for Soto.
The lost interest in Saturday's fight card resulting from a canceled main event did not apply to Soto and Urbano Antillon, who staged a stirring world lightweight title bout at the Honda Center. Soto, relying on his ability to strike the challenger with barrages, made his third successful title defense by outlasting Maywood's Antillon in a close unanimous decision.
In July 2011 Soto relinquished his WBC Lightweight Title in anticipation of competing in the junior welterweight division.
A bout between hard-hitting Argentinian junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse and Soto has been confirmed for late April. Soto is riding a 14-bout winning streak that includes six knockouts.
On June 23, 2012 Humberto Soto faced hard-hitting Argentinian junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse. Matthysse dropped Soto in the fifth round. Soto's corner stopped the bout between the rounds.
77 Loss 65–9–2 (1) Antonio Orozco UD 10 Oct 3, 2015 StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.
49 Win 41–5–2 (1) Bobby Pacquiao KO 7 (10), 1:48 Jun 9, 2007 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
48 Win 40–5–2 (1) Humberto Toledo TKO 3 (12), 1:50 Feb 22, 2007 Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort, Chester, West Virginia, U.S.
47 Win 39–5–2 (1) Ivan Valle TKO 4 (12), 0:48 Aug 12, 2006 Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
40 Win 33–5–2 Wilson Alcorro TKO 6 (10), 1:23 May 28, 2004 Congress Theater, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
39 Win 32–5–2 Manny Rivero KO 1 (10) Apr 30, 2004 Isleta Resort & Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
37 Win 30–5–2 James Baker UD 10 Dec 12, 2003 Edgewater Hotel and Casino, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S.
36 Win 29–5–2 Luís Fuente UD 10 Sep 12, 2003 The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
34 Win 27–5–2 Armando Cordoba UD 10 Jun 27, 2003 The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
32 Win 25–5–2 César Figueroa TKO 7 (10), 2:36 Feb 28, 2003 The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
27 Win 21–4–2 Marco Angel Pérez TKO 3 (8), 1:16 May 17, 2002 The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
26 Win 20–4–2 Mark Burse MD 10 Apr 26, 2002 Spa Resort Casino, Palm Springs, California, U.S.
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This page was last edited on 27 February 2019, at 17:18 (UTC). | 2019-04-18T20:46:46 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Soto |
0.999999 | Why are my cats peeing everywhere?
I have four cats. Three are male and one is a female. Two males are fixed and one male and the female are not. They have grown up together.
For a short period the two males were separated from the unfixed male and female. I have brought them back together. It's been a month now and they all are peeing right outside the litter box and they occasionally poop outside the litter box.
I clean the cat box regularly and I’ve sprayed vinegar and other agents to delete the odor but no matter what I do, they continue to pee right outside the cat box. Does any one know why?
They have previously never done this. The female is the mother to the unfixed male and the female and one of the fixed males are siblings.
My thoughts: I'm sorry to hear your cats are having troubles. I'm assuming all cats have been health checked. If one or more cats is sick and triggered the domino effect, you'll need to address the health issue.
That said, cats are very territorial, and they need to work out the hierarchy. Sometimes when cats are separated for a time, it's necessary to do a "reset." Keep them in separate areas of the house and then reintroduce them slowly.
If these were my cats, I'd try splitting them up into two groups for a time, and following this cat-to-cat introduction process.
I'd also like to have multiple litter boxes for four cats (ideally, five litter boxes). The litter box might seem too crowded to them now, or one or more of them might be box guarding. Getting everyone fixed will likely help with territorial related issues as well.
The moral to the story is, if your cats are away from each for a time and bringing them back together quickly causes problems, divide them up again and slow things down. | 2019-04-24T16:36:23 | https://www.cat-lovers-only.com/why-are-my-cats-peeing-everywhere.html |
0.999119 | What are the best indoor plants in Kenya?
What an interesting question! I don't know what indoor plants are grown for the Kenyan market, but I would guess they're quite similar to what's grown for the European market, which are quite similar to the plants in the States. The most critical factor to consider when choosing plants for your home is light. I have a short video on YouTube that should help you with that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv7-3p-nqMM&feature=plcp..The next thing to consider is the size you need. After you answer these two questions, find your local suppliers, a nursery or plant store or whoever, and see what they have available that fits your requirements. Good luck with your search. I'd love to know what you find. | 2019-04-19T03:14:38 | https://questions.gardeningknowhow.com/inquiry/ |
0.999108 | How can I import POP3 email?
Bill has a Windows desktop and a MacBook Pro and he wants to sync them together with email. He uses POP3. Leo says to stop using that, and use IMAP instead. IMAP is the best way to go because it doesn't take his email off the server. POP3 downloads email and then deletes it from the server. So Bill should go with IMAP and then he can have a central location for all of his email that's accessible from any device.
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The way your email client is set up on your phone or tablet can determine how email is handled on your desktop as well. For instance, you may find that after downloading all of your email to your phone, the email disappears on your desktop. This behavior can be changed by either using IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) or POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3).
Should I use IMAP instead of POP 3 for email?
Greg hears that POP 3 is going to be obsolete and that he should go with and IMAP through Microsoft Exchange for an extra cost. Is that true? Leo says that it is, but he recommends going with Gmail instead. He could also buy the Google Apps account, and they do a great job with organization and spam filtering. IMAP will also work better with iOS devices. Leo also says he can shop around and get a better deal on IMAP. But Leo uses Gmail.
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How can I delete all email on my iPhone?
Alan would like to delete all the emails at once on his iPhone. Leo says if that email is on an IMAP server, then the messages are on the server and not on his phone.
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How can I sync Outlook to Apple Mail?
Kenny wants to know if there's any easy way to sync Microsoft Outlook with Apple Mail? Leo says that if the email is handled via IMAP, then all that email is on the server. So if it's on an IMAP server, both Apple Mail and Outlook will access it in the same place. It may not get everything, though. If it doesn't then he'll have to export all of his mail and import it into Apple Mail.
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What's a good alternative to AOL?
Frank is ready to finally get rid of AOL and wants to know what's a better alternative; especially for email. Leo likes Gmail because he can sync all of his devices thanks to the IMAP email protocol which keeps all email at the server level. Frank can just use the webmail version or he can use an email client like Outlook. Mozilla has one called Thunderbird.
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Why can't I get all my email on my Android phone?
Don has been having trouble getting his email through Windows Live Mail. Some of it shows up on his Galaxy S4, but not all of it. He's learned that POP3 won't give him email on both devices. Leo says that's true, and the problem could be how Don added his account to his Galaxy S4. Don says it's a Gmail account, though. Leo says Gmail and Live mail are two different services and that explains why Don isn't getting all his email. He's only getting his Gmail.
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How can I get my Cox email to work on my PC?
Mary is having trouble getting her email. Leo says her email may be configured incorrectly. It may also be getting blocked from her antivirus software suite. Norton 360 is a perfect example. Leo suggests using POP3 as opposed to IMAP to see if that works. She can also try using port 9954 for incoming, and 465 for outgoing mail. That can bypass any blocking from the ISP. Here's a technote from Cox on how to fix it.
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Why can't I get my gmail lately?
Louis says he's having trouble getting his Gmail lately. Leo says this has been the third caller with this problem. He adds that there was a problem with Google's Gmail back in September, but Google says that it's been fixed. Leo suspects it's more a local issue. Or it's possible that Louis's gmail account has been hacked. If he goes down to the activity link at the bottom right side, he can click on that and see if there's any nefarious activity going on. Leo also recommends looking at "All Mail" rather than any particular tab.
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How can I download Yahoo Mail with Outlook?
Winn has been having trouble downloading his Yahoo Mail with Outlook 2010. Leo says to delete the account completely from Outlook and re-enter it. It may also be that Winn has to buy the Yahoo pro account to have Pop3 access. Leo suggests dumping Yahoo and using Gmail instead. Gmail can collect all email for him and keep it central. It's also better at fighting spam.
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