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0.999217 | What is a Notice of Allowance Patent?
When the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to issue a patent, it sends the applicant a Notice of Allowance. For this to happen, an inventor provides information such as product description, design, and blueprints or drawings. A patent examiner then processes the patent application, and ultimately decides whether a patent should be issued. Thomas Jefferson and two friends were the first patent examiners, and granted America's first patent in 1790. Although opposed to monopolies of any kind, Jefferson recognized that inventors must have exclusivity over their products to encourage inventors to create new products.
A patent application has three parts: a description of the invention, the inventor's claims of what the invention is supposed to do, and drawings or blueprints (which may be in draft form) of the invention. Once the inventor provides this information, a patent examiner reviews the application, ensuring that the required information is included. He then searches for prior art, and compares the proposed invention with those already given patent protection. This search process will confirm whether the applicant has proposed a novel invention. If so, the inventor is entitled to patent protection.
When the examiner determines that the patent application is complete and meets all statutory requirements, he sends a Notice of Allowance to the applicant, indicating the intention of granting him a patent. For the patent to be issued, the applicant must complete two additional steps after receiving the notice -- pay the required issue fee and submit any final drawings. The USPTO must receive the issue fee and final drawings within three months of when the USPTO mailed the notice to the applicant. These are statute-mandated steps and no exceptions or extensions can be granted.
A Notice of Allowance And Fee(s) Due form (PTOL-85), has several parts. Part B of that form must be signed and returned to the USPTO address at the top of the form, together with the issue fee. If the applicant included draft drawings in the application, he must also send final drawings to the USPTO with Part B. Unless the final drawings change the patent specifications, the examiner does not need to review them again.
No earlier than 18 months after the earliest filing date of a patent application, the USPTO will publish the patent. Upon publication, the patent itself and the patent file is available to the public. The applicant may request that the patent be published earlier than the 18 month requirement, since the waiting period is to protect the applicant. Until the USPTO publishes the patent, no information about the patent may be disclosed to the public. The applicant must also pay a publication fee before the patent is issued.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: What Happens After I File My Application?
A patent gives an inventor the legal right to prevent others from making, using or selling the inventor’s new device, process, design or substance. In effect, a patent is a short-term monopoly for an invention. Most patents expire in 20 years. A patent grant encompasses the elements of the inventor’s patent application. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reviews patent applications and issues a certificate for each approved patent. This certificate acknowledges that the federal government has granted the inventor a patent for the invention. Patents have several required elements.
What Is a Child Patent?
When patent attorneys refer to parents and children, they mean something very different than when practitioners of family law use the same words. After you file a patent application, you can file a continuation of that application. The continuation is a new patent application that contains some of the same material as the original application. Under these circumstances, the original application is called the parent and the subsequent application is called a child. Continuations can be filed any time before the parent is accepted or rejected. The Manual of Patent Examination Procedures, commonly known as the MPEP, describes several important types of continuations.
A patent protects your right to use and profit from an invention. Many individuals and businesses retain patent attorneys or patent agents to represent them in the application process, especially if the technology is complex or litigation is likely. Absent these complicating factors, it is possible to file a patent application on your own. In the United States, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) administers the examination and approval of patent applications. A non-provisional patent is valid for the full patent term – in most cases 20 years. | 2019-04-23T13:56:46 | https://info.legalzoom.com/notice-allowance-patent-23246.html |
0.999982 | What interpretation of this possible/makes sense?
What can be applied/learned from it?
What he is saying is that good data structures make the code very easy to design and maintain, whereas the best code can't make up for poor data structures.
If you're wondering about the git example, a lot of version control systems change their data format relatively regularly in order to support new features. When you upgrade to get the new feature, you often have to run some sort of tool to convert the database as well.
For example, when DVCS first became popular, a lot of people couldn't figure out what about the distributed model made merges so much cleaner than centralized version control. The answer is absolutely nothing, except distributed data structures had to be much better in order to have a hope of working at all. I believe centralized merge algorithms have since caught up, but it took quite a long time because their old data structures limited the kinds of algorithms they could use, and the new data structures broke a lot of existing code.
In contrast, despite an explosion of features in git, its underlying data structures have barely changed at all. Worry about the data structures first, and your code will naturally be cleaner.
Code is just the way to express the algorithms and the data structures.
From the book is the following quote that expounds on what Torvalds is saying.
Code is easy, it's the logic behind the code that is complex.
If you are worrying about code that means you don't yet get that basics and are likely lost on the complex (ie data structures and their relationships).
To expand on Morons' answer a bit, the idea is that understanding the particulars of the code (syntax, and to a lesser extent, structure/layout) is easy enough that we build tools that can do it. Compilers can understand all that needs to be known about code in order to turn it into a functioning program/library. But a compiler can't actually solve the problems that programmers do.
You could take the argument one step further and say "but we do have programs that generate code", but the code it generates is based on some sort of input that is almost always hand-constructed.
So, whatever route you take to get to code: be it via some sort of configuration or other input that then produces code via a tool or if you're writing it from scratch, it's not the code that matters. It's the critical thinking of all the pieces that are required to get to that code which matter. In Linus' world that's largely data structures and relationships, though in other domains it may be other pieces. But in this context, Linus is just saying "I don't care if you can write code, I care that you can understand the things that will solve the problems I'm dealing with".
Show me your flowcharts [code], and conceal your tables [schema], and I shall continue to be mystified; show me your tables [schema] and I won't usually need your flowcharts [code]: they'll be obvious.
-- Fred Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month", ch 9.
I think he's saying that the overall high-level design (data-structures and their relationships) is much more important than the implementation details (code). I think he values programmers who can design a system over those who can only focus on details of a system.
Both are important, but I would agree that it's generally much better to get the big picture and have issues with the details than the other way around. This is closely related to what I was trying to express about breaking up big functions into little ones.
Well, I can't entirely agree, because you have to worry about all of it. And for that matter, one of the things I love about programming is the switches through different levels of abstraction and size that jump quickly from thinking about nanoseconds to thinking about months, and back again.
However, the higher things are more important.
If I've a flaw in a couple of lines of problems that causes incorrect behaviour, it probably isn't too hard to fix. If it's causing it to under-perform, it probably doesn't even matter.
If I've a flaw in the choice of data structure in a sub-system, that causes incorrect behaviour, it's a much bigger problem and harder to fix. If it's causing it to under-perform, it could be quite serious or if bearable, still appreciably less good than a rival approach.
If I've a flaw in the relationship between the most important data structures in an application, that causes incorrect behaviour, I've a massive re-design in front of me. If it's causing it to under-perform, it might be so bad that it would almost be better if it it was behaving wrong.
And it'll be what makes finding those lower-level problems difficult (fixing low-level bugs is normally easy, it's finding them that can be hard).
The low-level stuff is important, and its remaining importance is often seriously understated, but it does pale compared to the big stuff.
Someone who knows code sees the "trees." But someone who understands data structures sees the "forest." Therefore a good programmer will focus more on data structures than on code.
Knowing how the data will flow is all important. Knowing flow requires that you design good data structures.
If you go back twenty years, this was one of the big selling points for the object oriented approach using either SmallTalk, C++, or Java. The big pitch -- at least with C++ because that's what I learned first -- was design the class and the methods, and then everything else would fall into place.
Linus undoubtedly was talking in broader terms, but poorly designed data structures often require extra rework of code, which can also lead to other problems.
If I may, my experience in the last few weeks. The preceding discussions clarified the answer to my question: "what did I learn?"
I rewrote some code and reflecting upon the results I kept seeing & saying "structure, structure..." is why there was such dramatic difference. Now I see that it was Data structure that made all the difference. And I do mean all.
Upon testing my original delivery, the business analyst told me it was not working. We said "add 30 days" but what we meant was "add a month" (the day in the resulting date doesn't change). Add discrete years, months, days; not 540 days for 18 months for example.
The fix: in the data structure replace a single integer with a class containing multiple integers, change to it's construction was limited to one method. Change the actual date arithmetic statements - all 2 of them.
The new implementation had more functionality but the algorithm code was shorter and clearly simpler.
I changed data structure, not algorithm.
NO control logic was touched anywhere in code.
The data structure factory class did not change at all.
I like to imagine a very clever team of librarians in a beautifully made library with a million random and brilliant books, it would be quite a folly.
I've seen this is numerous areas.
Think about business analysis... Let's say you're analyzing the best way to support Marketing at a consumer products company like Colgate. If you start with fancy windows, or the latest technology, you won't help the business nearly as much as if you think through the data needs of the business first, and then worry about presentation later. The data model outlasts the presentation software.
Consider doing a webpage. It's much better to think about what you want to show (the HTML) first, and worry about style (CSS) and scripting (pick your tool) after.
This isn't to say coding isn't important too. You need programming skills to get what you need in the end. It's that data is the foundation. A poor data model reflects either an overly complex or unthought business model.
I find myself writing new functions and updating existing ones a lot more often than having to add new columns or tables to my database schema. This is probably true for all well designed systems. If you need to change your schema every time you need to change your code, its a clear sign you are a very bad developer.
It seems like this idea has various interpretations in the various types of programming. It holds true for systems development and also holds true for enterprise development. For example, one could argue that the sharp shift in focus toward the domain in domain-driven design is much like the focus on data structures and relationships.
Here's my interpretation of it: You use code to create data structures, so the focus should be on the latter. It's like building a bridge - you should set out to design a solid structure rather than one that looks appealing. It just so happens that well written data structures and bridges alike look good as a result of their efficient designs.
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How to approach program design with respect to data strucutres and algorimths - is there an equivelant of the OO design process for d.s.'s + algs? | 2019-04-19T22:17:59 | https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/163185/torvalds-quote-about-good-programmer |
0.999944 | The statistic illustrates the answers to the following survey question: ''What is the most beautiful FIFA World Cup stadium in Russia?'' As of 2018, approximately 30 percent of the respondents indicated that they think the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow is the most beautiful World Cup stadium in Russia. This stadium will host multiple games, including the opening game between Russia and Saudi Arabia and the final of the World Cup. | 2019-04-19T17:17:25 | https://www.statista.com/statistics/870155/public-opinion-on-most-beautiful-fifa-world-cup-football-stadiums-russia-in-the-netherlands/ |
0.999984 | ANCA is found in the vast majority of patients with active small-vessel vasculitis. This disease group includes what is now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and a renal-limited disease form featuring necrotizing crescentic pauci-immune GN (NCGN).1 ANCA is directed against neutrophils and monocytes and was initially considered a helpful clinical diagnostic and disease activity-monitoring tool.2 Over the last 3 decades, numerous ANCA-induced inflammatory responses mediated by ANCA-antigen expressing neutrophils and monocytes were described.3 However, a pioneering step was taken when a murine disease model for antimyeloperoxidase (MPO) antibody-induced NCGN was established, allowing the exploration of novel avenues.4 The role of complement provides an ample example for such a novel and, for most clinicians, unexpected disease mechanism.
A hallmark of ANCA disease is the scantly deposited Igs and complement components. In fact, this finding distinguishes ANCA NCGN from other NCGN entities that manifest with similar glomerular fibrinoid necrosis and crescents but with either granular or linear Ig as well as complement deposits. Moreover, until recently, the lack of complement consumption in ANCA-patient plasma by routine tests (e.g., C3 and C4) led clinicians to believe that complement is of no or, at most, trivial significance in this condition. Consequently, complement was not rigorously pursued in clinical and basic research on ANCA. However, not considering complement mechanistically may also have resulted in a missed chance for therapeutic intervention because promising complement-targeted strategies are emerging in clinical nephrology and beyond.
Xiao et al. were the first to take advantage of a murine ANCA model by demonstrating that the alternative pathway, but not the classic or the lectin-binding complement pathways, was needed to induce NCGN.5 The complement system consists of >30 plasma and membrane-bound proteins and the next steps were aimed at narrowing down the suspects. Huugen et al. identified C5 as a pivotal complement component that was essential in mediating NCGN in mice. They also showed that a C5-inhibiting antibody protected from NCGN.6 Neutralizing C5 could be achieved with eculizumab, a humanized mAb that is already successfully used in patients with another C5-mediated renal disease, namely atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. However, could the culprit be further delineated? C5 is processed by the C5 convertase (C3bBbC3b) yielding C5a and C5b. Together with C6, C7, C8, and C9, C5b forms the C5b-9 membrane attack complex (MAC).7 The MAC is instrumental in pathogen recognition and elimination and should therefore be preserved if possible. Another aspect is that C5a not only activates the C5a receptor CD88 but also engages the inhibitory C5a-like receptor (C5L2). Thus, neutralizing C5 might have unnecessary drawbacks that could be avoided if C5a receptor (CD88) engagement by C5a was of utmost importance for ANCA-induced NCGN and could be specifically targeted. Using a murine disease model and bone marrow from gene-deficient mice, our group established that ANCA-activated neutrophils promote C5a generation and that the C5a–C5a receptor (CD88) interaction on myeloid cells was pivotal for NCGN.8 These data implicated C5a receptor (CD88) blockade as a potential therapeutic strategy in ANCA vasculitis.
Despite these advances, we still faced several unresolved issues at this point. We did not know what the roles of the MAC and the C5L2 receptor were, nor did we have the tools to actually pharmacologically block the C5a (CD88) receptor. Xiao et al. rose to the challenge and now report the results of their study in this issue of JASN.9 Using passive transfer of antibodies to mouse MPO, the investigators induced pauci-immune NCGN. Anti-MPO IgG transfer into a C6 deficiency background showed no protection. These data answered our first question, namely the assumption that MAC had no role in the disease and thus MAC depletion was not a therapeutic goal. In fact, undisturbed C5, C5b, and thus MAC formation, would enable patients with vasculitis to fight infections under immune-compromising treatment protocols. The next question was to determine the role of the C5L2 receptor. Mice deficient in this receptor more than doubled the percentage of glomerular crescents with anti-MPO–antibody transfer, establishing that C5L indeed had an inhibitory function in ANCA vasculitis. These data indicate that preventing C5a generation by inhibiting C5 would unnecessarily abolish an important protective C5a effect mediated by the C5L2 receptor. How did the investigators tackle the issue of C5a receptor (CD88) blockade? They replaced the murine receptor by its human analog and were still able to induce NCGN by anti-MPO IgG injection, because both murine and human C5a stimulated human C5a (CD88) receptor–expressing leukocytes. This human C5a (CD88) receptor knock-in model was then suitable for testing a small molecule receptor antagonist in vitro and in vivo. The compound, CCX168, decreased chemotaxis of human C5a (CD88) receptor–expressing leukocytes in vitro and in a peritonitis model. Most importantly, daily oral CCX168 treatment dose-dependently abrogated ANCA-induced NCGN in these human C5a (CD88) receptor knock-in mice.
Where are we now? Further research is necessary because there are more questions to be answered. What activates the alternative complement pathway in ANCA disease? Reactive oxygen species, serine proteases, and properdin are still candidates to be inspected. We have not yet explored the occurrence of mutations in complement-inhibitory proteins or the presence of neutralizing antibodies to complement inhibitors in ANCA patients. Is complement a component of ANCA-induced neutrophil extracellular traps? Are C5a-mediated neutrophil priming and chemotaxis the only mechanisms promoting NCGN? Despite these open questions, we find it amazing how the complement story in ANCA vasculitis began with so little evidence for complement activation in patients and where this story stands today. Mouse experiments took a little more than 5 years to teach us that C5a and its receptor are important disease mediators in ANCA-induced NCGN and are worthy targets for human therapeutic intervention. Now, with the animal data in mind, investigators should look harder into the human condition. We had learned that we have nothing to expect from assessing plasma C4, because the classic complement pathway has no role, at least not in mice. Plasma C3 might just not be sensitive enough to reveal the alternative pathway activation. Investigators went back to their patients and looked for complement activation by more sensitive tools. Chen et al. detected C3c in the glomerular capillary walls by direct immunofluorescence in a third of patients with active ANCA,10 again raising the question as to “how pauci is pauci”? Importantly, patients who exhibited positive staining on their biopsies had more proteinuria and worse renal function at presentation. Gou et al. found that plasma C5a was significantly higher in patients with active ANCA vasculitis compared with patients in remission.11 Additional plasma complement components were elevated with active disease, and Bb correlated with the extend of crescent. Immunohistochemistry showed that Bb, C3d, and MAC were deposited in the glomeruli of patients with NCGN. In another clinical study, C5a was also increased in the plasma and urine of patients with active ANCA vasculitis compared with patients in remission. Renal C5a (CD88) receptor expression was downregulated and the C5L2 receptor was upregulated.12 Thus inspired by mouse data, increasing evidence from ANCA vasculitis patients has now accumulated, establishing alternative complement activation with increased anaphylatoxin C5a.
These recent findings provided an encouraging rationale for translating knowledge obtained in murine-model systems from bench to bedside. ChemoCentryx has launched a clinical multicenter trial to explore the effect of the very CCX168 compound that was used in the mouse experiments by Xiao et al. published in this issue of JASN.9 The study is designed as a placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial in patients with ANCA-associated renal vasculitis. The main objective is to determine whether CCX168 could at least partially substitute for glucocorticoid treatment in remission induction. We await these results with great anticipation. A truly translational research story could come to an (preliminary) end and encourage clinician scientists to stay on the complement path.
See related article, “C5a Receptor (CD88) Blockade Protects against MPO-ANCA GN,” on pages 225–231. | 2019-04-21T23:20:48 | https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/25/2/207?ijkey=0240675c5238cbb7175b1a9ed3fe45f21cfaf1ac&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha |
0.99914 | Takeaway: A surrogacy agreement should thoughtfully honor the opinions of all parties involved. An experienced lawyer will guide the way, but these are items to consider including.
Ah, the language of legalese. So clear to understand…as clear as mud that is.
There are many factors for both the intended parent(s) and the surrogate mother/gestational carrier to consider when drawing up an initial draft of a surrogacy contract, also known as a gestational surrogacy agreement (GSA). The good news is that an experienced attorney who specializes in reproductive law will be your lighthouse to help you navigate through the basic parts of a surrogacy contract. What might this process look like?
The first stage of drafting your surrogacy agreement consists of an initial consultation with your attorney. There, you will talk through the basic known factors of your surrogacy partnership, such as the type of surrogacy agreement and arrangement that you will be entering into. (Read about agreements and arrangements in Understanding Your Surrogacy Options.) This typically includes filling in the known blanks in a template, almost like you would if you were working on a will or a trust. This includes general information like the names of the intended parents, the surrogate mother/gestational carrier and her partner, and other known information.
One of the most important factors to consider when drafting your contract is that communication is key.
The second stage is not as straightforward because it is based on the wishes and requests of the involved parties. This is where things can get a little head-spinny for many intended parent(s) and first-time surrogate mothers/gestational carriers.
One of the most important factors to consider when drafting your contract is that communication is key. The process of generating a contract is a great vehicle to help turn over any un-flipped stone that you can think of before beginning your surrogacy journey. In this respect, a surrogacy agreement is a document that will help protect all who sign on the dotted line and it is also the road map of your surrogacy partnership. Let us help you weed through the "overwhelm” of where to start this second stage with a list of what you'll likely want to consider when drafting your surrogacy contract.
This is where it all begins—the surrogacy journey that is. Apart from being matched with your surrogate mother/gestational carrier, and moving through the initial medical testing and physiological screening process, it is time to come to a mutual agreement on some of the core logistics of the embryo transfer.
Medications will likely be prescribed by the overseeing fertility specialist. Participating parties involved in thestimulation, retrieval, and transfer will need to be amenable and agree to follow the fertility specialist’s protocols as well as take the prescribed medications both pre-transfer and post-transfer as specified.
Determine the type of transfer. There are two different types of transfers that can take place: a fresh or a frozen transfer. In a fresh in vitro fertilization (IVF) transfer, the intended mother or egg donor will undergo stimulation and retrieval of her eggs that will then be fertilized by the intended father or sperm donor, which is then cultured and grown to a viable embryo and transferred directly to the surrogate. If this is the case either the intended mother or egg donor and surrogate mother/gestational carrier would need to sync menstrual cycles.
In the case of a frozen embryo transfer (FET), the transfer is rather simple. The embryos are thawed and then transferred to the surrogate mother/gestational carrier.
How many to transfer? AND how many transfers? Tis the (very important) question. In your contract, you will need to specify how many embryos will be transferred for each attempt at a successful pregnancy. Most fertility specialists and surrogate mother/gestational carriers will request a single embryo transfer. Likewise, your contract will need to indicate how many attempts each party is willing to attempt and can afford before looking into alternative options.
No seriously, you’ll need to talk about this. Whether you have entered into a compensated surrogacy agreement or a compassionate surrogacy agreement, a few items concerning incurred and reasonable expenses will need to be clearly indicated within the context of the surrogacy contract.
The surrogacy fee for starters! If you have entered into a compensated agreement, then the fee which both the intended parent(s) and surrogate mother/gestational carrier have agreed on will need to be clearly indicated. This also includes the payment terms of the surrogacy fee. Some surrogacy contracts have it broken down in partial payments for every trimester with the final payment being after the birth of the child.
Medical expense reimbursement will also need to be clearly defined. The majority of the OB and all pregnancy-related billing will be sent to the surrogate mother/gestational carrier but it is ultimately the responsibility of the intended parent(s). This also includes prenatal vitamins and any needed medications throughout the gestation.
A maternity clothing budget may also be something that is mentioned in the contract. The reality is your surrogate mother/gestational carrier’s body will change throughout her pregnancy and it’s important that she is comfortable.
Other various surrogacy related expenses may be indicated here as well. Such as childcare reimbursement for when she attends her obstetrician appointments. House cleaning services for when she is further along in the process. This can also include a life insurance policy for the surrogate as well as any other specific requests that either party may have. Other things may include massages, acupuncture, special dietary requests, or any other request that would either provide comfort for the surrogate mother/gestational carrier or could positively impact the pregnancy. Each contract and surrogacy is unique as will be the fine line details of money and reimbursement of allowable and reasonable expenses.
Travel limitations are also something to mention. Especially as you turn the corner into the third trimester or if travel is requested out of the country. It may be wise to indicate a certain gestational time frame and limit it to inter-country travel.
This is a biggie. Not in terms of a hardline contract item, but more so to talk through a rough outline of a game plan prior to entering into a contract. It is all a matter of personal choice and preference. The surrogate mother/gestational carrier typically has the most influence on the birth plan, and understandably so.
The choice of the hospital mostly falls in the wheelhouse of the surrogate mother/gestational carrier. They’ll want to deliver at a hospital they feel comfortable with as well as dictate if the intended parent(s) can be present during the birth. Many surrogate mothers/gestational carriers will want someone there to support them through labor other than the intended parent(s). It is beneficial to everyone for the surrogate mother/gestational carrier to be as calm and as comfortable as can be expected. A bit of understanding can go along away. This is definitely something you will want to talk through and include in the contract.
Expect the unexpected. Unforeseen issues may happen and the prime time for those issues to occur undoubtedly is during labor. A few examples include labor induction, cesarean section, medications used for birth, delivery methods and emergent fetal care. Talk through all of the possibilities with all parties involved in crafting this section of the contract. You’ll find there will be a lot of “what ifs” to consider!
At the end of the day, it is important to have the opinions of all parties involved both considered and thoughtfully honored.
Maternity leave is something that will need to be addressed within the terms of the contract. It will likely involve compensation of lost wages and reimbursement for the amount remaining after FLMA or the surrogate mother/gestational carrier’s employer leave benefits, if applicable. However, this will depend on several factors including how long she will want and/or need for recovery and if there were any physical complications during or post labor.
Medical and psychological expenses should also be well thought out when drawing up the surrogacy contract. Aside from necessary post-birth follow up, consideration of mental health care should be duly considered. Especially, since many women experience postpartum depression after giving birth.
The one question that can be a hard lump in the throat for some intended parent(s), especially those who have battled years of infertility, is to imagine how you would have handled your own pregnancy if surrogacy wasn’t necessary. Thinking from this mindset will help you as an intended parent see things through a double-sided lens. At the end of the day, it is important to have the opinions of all parties involved both considered and thoughtfully honored. Everyone is on this journey together. | 2019-04-21T06:41:45 | https://www.fertilitysmarts.com/what-to-include-in-a-surrogacy-agreement/2/1821 |
0.998415 | The Modeling Advice.com web site is full information on modeling. But, after years of answering emails, there are some questions that keep coming up. The following are some of those questions.
How do I get started in Modeling? What are the height and size requirements for a high fashion model? Are there jobs for models who specialize in just parts of the body? How much do models make? Can a modeling agency tell just from a snap shot if I have what it takes to be a model? Are modeling conventions and searches a good place to start a modeling career or are they a total rip-off? Why is everyone giving different advice on modeling?
There is no single path to follow for getting started. Different models have found success through different routes. If you want to become a doctor, for example, there is a set course of schooling, experience, and testing to follow. But for a career in modeling, there is no clear path. Some of the ways that I know models have gotten started in the past are listed below. Although it is by no means an exhaustive list, it might help you launch your career in modeling.
Some models get started because they have an in. You hear stories of someone who has a friend who models and goes to a photo shoot with them and is then "discovered" by the photographer. Or maybe someone has an aunt who modeled or runs an agency and helped him or her get started. Others might work in a related field and one day finds them working not beside the camera but in front of it. In smaller markets child models are most often used because they are an art director's, buyer's, or photographer's child. Knowing someone in the business can help you get started in a modeling career.
Modeling agencies are constantly looking for new talent. This is especially true in fashion modeling. This segment of modeling is composed mostly of young models. By the time a model is 30, his or her career is over. There is always a need to find the next generation of models. Modeling agency personnel (owner, booker), photographers, art directors, and of course the "model scouts" are the ones who are out there looking. Some agencies are large enough to employ an individual whose sole job is to look for that next generation of new talent or to fill the new needs of a client. Unfortunately, rip-off organizations, web space salespeople, and scoundrels often use the term "model scout", so you should be suspicious of those calling themselves model scouts. But there are many stories of models being discovered at the mall, on the beach, or in some other public place. If you hope to start your career in modeling by waiting for the fates to smile on you, you must plan on spending a lot of time hanging in out in public places.
There is a whole industry built around this approach to getting started in modeling. Very few career models, however, actually succeed through this avenue. This area includes many of the modeling schools, modeling camps, model searches, internet listing services, modeling contests, modeling conventions, and pageants. This is not to say that these activities can't be interesting, educational, and fun. But most of these organizations will take on and take money from almost anyone who wants to be a model. This leads to a very low percentage of career models that actually come from these activities. Most of these organizations survive by playing on one's dreams, ignorance, and pocket book and not by finding and developing top modeling talent. But in spite of this, sometimes someone does make it and this is what these organizations feature in their sales pitches and videos.
What are the height and size requirements for a high fashion model?
This is the burning question. The general guidelines for women are height 5'9" to 6', around size 6, 34B-24-34, and 14-21 years of age (more details). For men the guidelines are height around 6' (a couple of inches over or under), size 40R. Are there exceptions to this? You bet. Is it fair? No. Are there petite sizes and plus sizes? Yes. Do commercial, glamour, acting, or smaller markets care anything about these sizes? Not much. Only if you want to work high fashion in the major markets like New York are these numbers important.
Are there jobs for models who specialize in just parts of the body?
Yes. It has been my experience that models that have photogenic faces and bodies do not necessarily have photogenic hands and feet. Hand models, for example, are difficult to find and frequently a photographer uses one model for the face while another model's hands may be reaching into the picture. Of course the photographer makes it look like one person, but in fact there are two. Jewelry photographers look for good hands, a nice neck, and photogenic ears. As with hands, good ears are hard to find, as they must have the right shape, with smooth skin, and pierced for only one earring, not five. Paying jobs for modeling jewelry, however, seldom come along. Body-parts models follow career paths similar to regular models. If you are interested in this type of modeling, be sure to read through the Modeling Advice section of this site.
How much do models make?
You hear about the fabulous big money that supermodels make, but only a handful of models in the world ever achieve this kind of income, which can be in the millions. Most models earn far less, assuming they get any work at all. Modeling fees for markets outside of New York, as a general rule will be in the same range as a photographer's fees. For example, in Portland, Oregon, when I last checked, modeling agencies fees were $150 an hour. As you move to larger markets fees for photographers and models go up (one agency in New York was asking $250 per hour).While you may not have the income of an elite supermodel, you can make a good living if you can find steady work. And that is a big "if".
Can a modeling agency tell just from a snap shot if I have what it takes to be a model?
First the YES part. Reviewing snapshots of potential models is a normal screening practice used by modeling agencies. You send them a couple of snapshots of yourself, usually a head-and-shoulder shot and a full-length body shot in a bathing suit or tight clothes. Some say they can tell from these snapshots whether you have what it takes for modeling.
You should send good, clear, properly exposed, properly composed photographs in which you are properly positioned. They can use these photos as a screening tool. This means that if there is an opening for someone with your look, the agency will be interested in meeting with you in person to see if, in fact, you look like your picture. This does not necessarily mean that you have or do not have what it takes to be a model. It just gets you an interview and maybe on to a test shoot.
Now the NO part. Most would-be models send bad pictures, or they may look great but they don't meet the agency's needs at that moment, or the agent guessed wrong. Modeling agencies say, "Don't spend money on getting photos taken; a Polaroid by your friend is just fine." But when they talk about sending in a simple snapshot, what they are really looking for is at least an advanced amateur level of photography or a would-be professional photographer level. Having taught photography for a number of years, I know that most beginners have problems with exposure, focus, and composition, let alone knowing how to position models for their best look. You may not want to trust your career to your best friend's ability as a photographer unless they meet the advanced amateur criteria.
You should try sending your photos to several modeling agencies to see if they are interested in you. One agency may be full of blue-eyed blondes while another may have none and be in need of one. It can be as simple as being in the right place at the right time. For example, one agency or photographer may tell a would-be model that he or she doesn't have what it takes; that wannabe model then goes to another agency and becomes a star model. I remember photographing a young 14-year-old whom I thought just didn't have the classic beauty look and told her I doubted if she would accomplish much in this field. Fortunately, she did not listen to me. She started working out, kept up her modeling and beauty work, switched over to the pageant side of things, and became Miss Oregon.
The initial snapshot, interview, and test shot are just screening processes to find those who would have an easier time in modeling. A special few may still find some measure of success in modeling by hard work and developing special talents. They may not become superstars but they can find enjoyment and financial rewards pursuing a modeling career.
Are modeling conventions and searches a good place to start a modeling career or are they a total rip-off?
I have never personally been to one of these events (nor are any of them asking me to come and check them out) and I have not seen any 60 Minutes type of journalistic investigation on them. I have looked over their web sites and I have seen endless chatrooms that call these events the biggest rip-offs out there. I don't know of any top models that have come out of conventions and searches, although I do know of one TV actress discovered at IMTA. What I do know is that for the money some of these organizations charge, you could fly to New York, stay for week, and do open calls at every top agency in the city. Personally, I don't feel that they are a very good investment. There are better ways to get discovered.
One young model hopeful, Cheryl, emailed me and told me of her experience with Model Search America (click here to read her letter).
Here is a string of postings from the Modeling Advice bulletin board (before its unfortunate demise) of a mother-and-daughter's experiences with model searches (click here to read).
Another model convention/search organization you may want to check out is ProScout. Modelnews.com has posted some comments about ProScout for you to consider.
The International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) puts on a big convention/search twice a year in New York or Los Angeles. IMTA takes a different approach by working through modeling schools to recruit for its events. In reviewing their material and their members' sites, I see this more as a modeling pageant. With pageants being on the outs, IMTA is filling some of the void in the market. They are also one of the most expensive.
Mille Lewis International Model and Talent Search is another model search company. They operate in the South.
Many of the top New York modeling agencies handle their own searches and model contests. Check out their individual web sites for details.
Why is everyone giving different advice on modeling?
Remember the story of the three blind men describing an elephant? One man felt the trunk, another felt the tail, and the third felt the leg. Each had a different description of what the elephant was like. The modeling industry is the same way. The modeling industry is big and has many specialty areas. What I have experienced is quite different from what fashion photographer Richard Avedon has experienced. And what he has experienced is quite different from what glamour photographer Jeff Dumes has. And what we all have experienced is quite different from what the modeling agencies are going to tell you.
Another thing that leads to different views on the industry is that we are all small business people, each one running his/her own business in as many unique ways, and hopefully better than the competition. This leads to a lot of different ideas about how things work and how things should be done. It can also lead to confusion and presents opportunities for con artists. Since there is no set way to become a model, it leaves the door open for the "expert" to "guarantee" to make you a top model for only a small, non-refundable fee. Watch out and try to educate yourself on the many areas of the modeling industry.
I am thinking of starting a modeling agency, do you have any advice?
Over the years I have gotten emails from a number of people wanting to start a modeling agency. Most of these have had little or no background with the modeling industry and really have no idea what it is about. They all have a desire to start a legitimate business and want to do right by all parties involved. The two best piece of advice I can give are know what business you are in and know your market. The first is a matter of knowing if you are a modeling agency, a model management firm or a modeling school. A modeling agency finds works for models. This can range for any type of runway (mall shows, tea room shows, fashion runway, department shows), photo shoots (fashion and commercial print) commercial acting, and personal appearance (auto show, samplers). In some states and agency is considered to be an employment agency and must meet all of the state laws and regulation for this type of business. Many businesses try to avoid this by calling themselves modeling management firm and their role is to work with independent contractors or businesses (the model) to develop their career and business and to put them in contact with firms that need their services. The last business form is a school. With a school the purpose is to train and prepare an individual for a career in modeling and not to find them work. Where I think a lot of folks go wrong is thinking these are all the same and not writing a business plan base on one of these types of businesses.
The second point, which is the most important, is knowing your market. A legitimate modeling business does not exist because someone thinks ‘wouldn’t it be neat to own a modeling agency.’ There first must be a need for models in the area you are defining as your market. So the first thing one must do before finding models, coming up with a cool name or finding a store front is to find out if anyone actually hires models in your market and how much (how often and for what rate). Doing market research first is the number one item someone thinking of starting a modeling business must do if they wish to start a legitimate and hopefully successful modeling agency/management firm. If there is no demand for models or not enough demand for models then there is no need for a modeling agency/management firm and any attempt to start a business is sure a failure. | 2019-04-22T22:32:31 | http://modelingadvice.com/modelingQuestions.html |
0.997932 | Construction is already underway on the new children's hospital.
THE LABOUR PARTY is calling on the government to reverse its decision to name the new children’s hospital Phoenix Children’s Health.
Leader Brendan Howlin said it was “unclear why so much was invested in an extensive process to name the National Children’s Hospital” and said naming it after someone like Dr Kathleen Lynn would be more apt.
His criticisms come after the medical boards of all three children’s hospitals in Dublin expressed their displeasure at the plans to name the hospital Phoenix.
They argued against it because Arizona in the US is already home to a large academic centre called Phoenix Children’s Hospital. This would cause confusion at international meetings, they said.
It also said the name is insensitive to the families of children whose organs were retained and subsequently incinerated.
Howlin said: “Over the weekend, several commentators have suggested that naming the hospital after Dr Kathleen Lynn would be more appropriate – serving as a fitting tribute to one of the many women who fought for equality in Ireland, and for the best possible treatment for sick children.
[Minister for Health] Simon Harris has an opportunity to put an end to all of this. He should issue a direction that the National Children’s Hospital simply be named as it is, or alternatively, that it should be renamed in honour of Kathleen Lynn.
Lynn was a Sinn Féin politician and doctor, who was involved in the 1916 Easter Rising. She established St Ultan’s Children’s Hospital in 1919, and provided healthcare to Dublin’s inner city poor.
Construction begun on the new children’s hospital earlier this year. It will be located at the St James’s Hospital campus on the outskirts of Dublin city centre.
When it is completed it will incorporate the staff and operations of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital and Tallaght Hospital.
It was announced in August that the hospital will be fully secular.
Speaking last Monday, Harris said having a name for the new hospital made the project “even more real and meaningful”.
In a statement, the Department of Health said that the name “symbolises the birth of new opportunities”.
“The Phoenix is a mythological symbol of renewal, community regeneration, vision, hope and inspiration,” the statement reads.
It is a fitting and apt name for a service which will have a profound impact on the lives of children and their families in Ireland for generations to come.
Email “'A bizarre choice': Labour says the new children's hospital shouldn't be called Phoenix”.
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0.999975 | Artist Leiah Bowden speaks into a small microphone as she works on an energy portrait of a client in Bowden’s Schenectady home studio.
1 of 4 - Artist Leiah Bowden speaks into a small microphone as she works on an energy portrait of a client in Bowden’s Schenectady home studio.
2 of 4 - An energy portrait of Zach, a young man, by artist Leiah Bowden. Bowden’s paintings depict human forms in vibrant colors that she sees when she puts herself in a meditative state.
3 of 4 - Leiah Bowden did an energy portrait of Goldie, a horse who had never been harnessed and owned by a friend, before the horse was to live on an Amish farm where it would be harnessed. The horse’s owner was curious to see if there would be a difference in the animal’s energy fields.
4 of 4 - An energy portrait of Eliana, a middle aged woman, by artist Leiah Bowden. Bowden’s paintings depict human forms in vibrant colors that she sees when she puts herself in a meditative state.
Leiah Bowden of Schenectady painted her first picture when she was 5 years old.
For the past decade, Bowden, largely a self-taught artist, has concentrated on creating what she calls energy portraits or soul portraits.
She estimates she has done about 120 of the commissioned paintings so far.
She describes energy portraits as a form of healing art, a portrait based on her inner sight of the colors, movement and images emanating from her subject’s spiritual being.
In the energy portrait classes she teaches, Bowden, 63, tells her students it’s a matter of allowing yourself to have an idea that you perceive something.
“You put yourself in a state of meditation or visualization where you are allowing yourself to perceive, and you trust your body to pick up whatever crayon that feels right,” said Bowden, who admits the process is hard to believe for skeptics.
Still her paintings are bold and colorful, resembling shamanic art, though Bowden is quick to point out she does not consider herself a shaman — a healer, guru or magician.
Using soft pastels on black pastel paper, the finished portrait is sprayed with a workable nonglossy, matte fixative, which stops smudging.
Bowden said energy portraits depict the multi-dimensional, radiant beings we are beyond and beneath our outer selves.
“People use them to activate soul paths they thought lost or to find inspiration and renewed self-confidence, and to appreciate the greater depths and heights their souls reach,” she said.
Bowden said she does her energy portraits with an open heart.
Bowden said neither your beliefs and practices nor their absences will negatively affect the creation of an energy portrait.
“No matter what a person’s beliefs or personality is, everyone is created by the divine creator, and everyone is created with a divine spark,” she said.
When people see their energy portrait, Bowden said, she hopes it helps them to love and feel good about themselves.
She also gives people a tape recording that she records while she paints in which she sings, chants and gives information about the person.
On a recent afternoon, Martha Weiskott, 37, of Schenectady, sat down in Bowden’s studio in her home to have her energy portrait drawn.
Holding her pad on her lap, Bowden explains that she will be painting Weiskitt’s chakras, or centers of energy.
Bowden says green is the color of healing, and it’s unusual to find a crown chakra that is so dark green.
Weiskott tells Bowden she recently began working as a registered nurse.
Next, Bowden places some white over the green and uses her fingers to blend the colors together.
Next, she colors turquoise on top of the green, a color Bowden says denotes intense creativity.
“Boy, you hit that right on the head,” Weiskott tells Bowden. Weiskott says she is a divorced mother of two daughters who she has tried to be strong for.
The throat chakra is painted silver and blue, which Bowden said means Weiskott expresses ideas of what she wants in life.
Weiskott smiles and seems pleased.
The heart chakra is painted green and pink describing the love and affection Weiskott feels for other people and other people feel for her.
“You could not carry the horror and sadness with you without the balance of true happiness and affection. So make sure you are surrounded by people who feel it for you and about themselves and their lives, too,” said Bowden.
Bowden puts the finishing touches on the painting before spraying it and giving it to Weiskott. | 2019-04-20T15:16:18 | https://dailygazette.com/article/2008/01/27/0127_energyportraits |
0.999983 | Assume you are given a data set with 500,000 observations and 200 variables and are asked to report on (a) the most useful predictive models to build (b) their specifications in terms of dependent and independent variables and (c) their business impact.
How would you use PCA/FA in answering these questions?
- How variables are correlated. Is there multi-collinerity exits?. | 2019-04-19T20:36:17 | http://bhupendramishra.blogspot.com/2015/11/principal-componentfactor-analysis.html |
0.998196 | Can Twitter keep up its strong revenue growth?
For the most part, 2018 was a good year for Twitter's (NYSE:TWTR) business. Sure, monthly active users turned downward in Q2 and Q3. But this was due to the company's aggressive (and important) efforts to improve the health of its platform. In addition, Twitter's year-over-year revenue growth rates accelerated as the year went on.
But there's still one more quarter from 2018 for Twitter to report. The company will release its fourth-quarter update on Feb. 7. Following a period of accelerating revenue growth and four consecutive quarters of GAAP profitability, expectations are high. Can Twitter deliver?
Here's a preview of some key items to watch when Twitter reports fourth-quarter results.
Twitter's top-line growth has been impressive recently. Third-quarter revenue increased 29% year over year -- an acceleration from 24% revenue growth in Q2. This momentum has been driven by broad-based growth across Twitter's various ad products and geographies.
Though management didn't provide a forecast for its fourth-quarter revenue, Twitter CFO Ned Segal sounded confident during the company's third-quarter earnings call, noting that the company feels "really good about the momentum that we've got going into the seasonally strong fourth quarter."
Analysts, on average, are expecting Twitter to report fourth-quarter revenue of about $870 million, representing 18.9% year-over-year growth.
With four quarters in a row of GAAP profitability behind it, Twitter has morphed into a reliably profitable company. Net income in the company's third quarter was $789 million, or $106 million when excluding a one-time net tax benefit recorded during the period. This compares to a loss of $21 million in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP net income in Q3 was $163 million, up from $78 million in the year-ago quarter. The company's third-quarter non-GAAP profit translates to non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.21.
On average, analysts are currently expecting Twitter to report non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.25 in Q4. This compares to non-GAAP EPS of $0.19 in the year-ago quarter.
Twitter's user trends will likely see extra scrutiny when the company releases its fourth-quarter results. In Q2, Twitter's monthly active users declined by 1 million sequentially. This decline worsened in Q3, when monthly active users fell by 9 million sequentially.
Some of the key factors that drove this decline in Twitter's monthly active users were the enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union and greater prioritization of platform health by removing spammy and suspicious accounts.
Twitter expects its monthly active users to decline further in Q4, as these factors continue to weigh on the metric.
Impressively, Twitter's daily active user growth remained strong in Q3. Daily active users increased 9% year over year, helped by double-digit growth in five of the company's top 10 global markets. Investors should look for similarly strong growth in Twitter's daily active users in Q4.
Twitter reports its fourth-quarter results before market open on Feb. 7. | 2019-04-25T04:11:42 | https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/01/07/twitter-earnings-mark-your-calendar.aspx |
0.99951 | Will Chris Froome's decision to stay with Team Sky until the end of 2018 see him become one of the best Tour de France riders ever?
Chris Froome’s decision to stay with Team Sky until at least the end of the 2018 season is in no way surprising and could herald a three-season streak where the Brit writes his name in the Grand Tour history books.
Undoubtedly Froome will be well compensated for his hard work over the next few years, and as Daniel Friebe pointed out on Twitter, he’s worth a lot more to Sky than he would be to any other team.
But take finances out of the equation (which is always tough when moneybags Team Sky are involved), there’s really no reason for Froome to leave the team.
At Sky, Froome has a dedicated team, designed to support him every time he steps on his bike in a race. A team at which he can virtually pick and choose his race schedule, where the main sponsors have little geographical affiliation to one particular Grand Tour – he won’t be forced to ride the Giro d’Italia any time soon to appease a major sponsor, for example.
It’s clear that the way Sky works suits the way Froome likes to ride – his two Tour de France wins and four other top-five finishes at the Grand Tours attest to that. Three more seasons racing the Team Sky way should see Froome collect a fair bit more silverware for his trophy cabinet and move him higher in the echelons of cycling’s greats.
With two Tour wins, Froome sits a little way behind five-time champions Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain, but in the next three years who would bet against Froome winning all the yellow jerseys?
A crash ended his first Tour defence in 2014 as Vincenzo Nibali took the title in a relatively poor field, while in his two victories in 2013 and 2015 he rarely looked like giving up his lead.
With the retirement of Alberto Contador at the end of this season, Froome will virtually sit as the lone Grand Tour all-rounder – a rider who can climb well and time trial their way to victory.
The 2016 Tour is Froome’s to lose, with the two individual time trials standing him head and shoulders above his likely challengers. Nairo Quintana has improved against the clock, but isn’t a patch on Froome in time trials.
Judging by recent Tour routes, Quintana’s best chance of beating Froome to the maillot jaune was in 2015, but Froome still managed to out-duel the Colombian – although it came down to the very last mountain stage.
Contador’s last chance for Tour glory will come in 2016, but despite him winning the Vuelta and Giro in the past two years he hasn’t looked like a Tour de France contender since his 2012 doping ban.
Once a formidable time trialist, Contador’s abilities against the clock are by no means completely faded, but he likely won’t be able to challenge Froome in 2016.
As the legendary Merckx said recently, Froome doesn’t have any real rivals for the Tour crown. Vincenzo Nibali is seemingly out of favour at Astana, with the relatively inexperienced Fabio Aru getting the nod for the Tour next year.
Whether Tom Dumoulin develops into a perennial Grand Tour contender is yet to be seen, while the French trifecta of Thibaut Pinot, Romain Bardet and Warren Barguil will have to raise their games to challenge Froome in the coming seasons.
A Tour de France contender is perhaps the most valuable commodity in cycling – apart from a Peter Sagan – and there wouldn’t be many teams who would pass up the opportunity to sign Froome should the opportunity arise.
But could you imagine Froome riding for another team now that you’ve seen him achieve so much with Sky? Trek-Segafredo are reportedly keen to lure Nibali to lead them in the Grand Tours, but can you see Chris Froome racing in pinstripes? How about riding alongside Quintana at Movistar, or under Alexander Vinokourov at Astana?
No, Froome knows that Team Sky will help him achieve his goals, Sky know that Froome will help them achieve their goals.
A mutually beneficial partnership could see Froome become the first rider to (officially) defend the Tour title since Indurain, and would you back any of his current challengers to beat him in the two following years? | 2019-04-25T14:50:26 | https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/comment-chris-froomes-new-contract-with-team-sky-could-see-him-become-tour-de-france-great-206534 |
0.999794 | 1. Preheat oven to 175˚F/80˚C.
2. In a food processor or blender, puree kiwi, spinach, honey and Sun Chlorella. Blend it about 2-3 mintues.
3. On a baking sheet lined with silicone mat or parchment paper, pour the puree and spread evenly over the paper, being careful not to let it spill over the edges.
4. Bake for 5-6 hours, or until it is mostly dehydrated and is no longer sticky. (This may take up to 6 hours depending on the oven.) It is done when it has a bendable, leathery texture.
5. Cool completely and cut into strips, leaving the parchment paper attached.
6. Roll each strip up and tie with a ribbon or twine. Store in airtight jar.
2. Mix together the coconut, organic rice syrup, Sun Chlorella and coconut oil in a large bowl.
3. Shape the mixture into balls with your fingers, press firmly, and place each one on a lined baking tray.
4. Pop in the freezer to harden up for 30 minutes.
5. Melt the dark chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of water.
6. Dip each coconut ball into the chocolate, coating fully. Place them on a wire rack to set. Garnish with shredded coconut. Pop in the freezer to harden up for 30 minutes. | 2019-04-25T07:58:45 | https://www.ntd.com/simple-and-healthy-superfood-snacks_204335.html |
0.999602 | Which F1 driver was the best performer during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend?
Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most during the last race weekend.
Lewis Hamilton ? Spun in final practice after touching the artificial grass in turn three, and from then on seemed to lose the initiative to his team mate, who beat him to pole position. A poor start cost him one place to Vettel and almost another to Bottas. Unable to pass Vettel on the track, he tried to undercut the Ferrari at the first pit stop but was thwarted by a slow left-rear tyre change. A switch to a three-stop strategy got him ahead, but by the time he?d made his extra pit stop Rosberg was too far ahead to be caught.
Nico Rosberg ? Collected a reprimand early in the weekend for entering the pit lane on the wrong side of the marker bollard, but other than that rarely put a wheel wrong. He beat Hamilton to pole position for the first time this year with a tidy qualifying effort and made a clean start to hold his advantage at the start. From then on, with Hamilton stuck behind Vettel, he was in cruise mode.
Daniel Ricciardo ? Covered just 13 laps on Friday due to yet more Renault power unit problems on his car. Judged tenth on the grid to be ?my worst quali since I started with the team? but was much more satisfied after a trouble-free run to seventh. With Mercedes, Ferrari and Williams ahead, it?s doubtful there was more to be had.
Daniil Kvyat ? Also missed out on some running on Friday and Saturday, but managed to out-qualify Ricciardo for the first time this year. He made a very poor start, however, dropping back five places. Although he got back in the hunt for points he lost ninth to Sainz on the final lap after the pair tangled at turn one.
Felipe Massa ? Blamed an error at turn three for his disappointing qualifying performance. Started well but ran wide at turn two, losing some of the advantage he gained, but he was able to recover sixth using a three-stop strategy.
Valtteri Bottas ? Sat out first practice while Susie Wolff drove his car but was able to take advantage of Raikkonen?s troubles to qualify fourth. He then held off the Ferrari in the latter stages of the race to keep the place.
Sebastian Vettel ? Took third on the grid in the upgraded Ferrari, albeit more than three-quarters of a second off Rosberg?s pole position time. Ran in front of Hamilton for the first half of the race but when Mercedes put their man on a three-stop strategy Ferrari stuck to their guns and Vettel, perhaps inevitably, lost his hold on second place.
Kimi Raikkonen ? Mystified by his car?s handling on Friday and repeatedly complained about a lack of grip during the afternoon session. For Saturday the decision was taken for Raikkonen not to use all of the team?s newest parts, and having been compromised further by an unusual problem with a tyre warmer he could only manage seventh on the grid. A combative first lap got him past both the Toro Rossos, but the extra step needed to get him ahead of Bottas wasn?t there ? he spent the last ten laps pressuring the Williams driver.
Fernando Alonso ? Had an inconsequential spin at the end of first practice. In qualifying he got his car through Q1, but his race came to an end with brake trouble ? unable to stop his car at his pit box, Alonso?s front jack man had to dive for cover as the car missed its marks.
Jenson Button ? Set the eighth-quickest time on Friday and accompanied Alonso into Q2 ? a first for the team this year. However he was disturbed by his car?s handling in the first half of the race, and though it improved later on he could only manage 16th in front of the two Manors.
Nico Hulkenberg ? Having been 12th in final practice Hulkenberg hoped to qualify better than 17th, but the VJM08?s shortage of downforce made life difficult. ?My final lap was not great,? he admitted, ?but it?s not easy when the car is working in such a narrow window?. He fell behind Perez at the start and spent the middle of the race stuck behind Maldonado?s ailing Lotus, which confined him to 15th.
Sergio Perez ? A long final stint on medium tyres allowed him to hold off Ericsson for 13th place, but any repeat of his Bahrain heroics was out of the question on a track where the VJM08?s shortcomings were so clearly exposed.
Max Verstappen ? Shared the third row with his team mate but out-dragged him to turn one. Couldn?t keep Raikkonen behind on the first lap, though. Both Toro Rosso drivers were passed easily on the straight by cars with better straight-line speed, but with four laps to go Verstappen lost out to his team mate and he finished just outside the points.
Carlos Sainz Jnr ? Having been unsure about his car in practice he found its handling transformed in qualifying and duly took a best-yet fifth on the grid. Spent most of the first stint being overtaken, but kept his cool and at the end of the race his tyres were still in good enough shape for him to pass Verstappen and Kvyat for ninth place.
Romain Grosjean ? As usual it was Grosjean who sat out first practice while Jolyon Palmer drove the Lotus. Grosjean?s run in second practice was then disrupted by technical problems including a dramatic rear bodywork failure. Despite having reached Q3 in the first four races, after Friday he was pessimistic about their chances of getting beyond Q1. He made it, but couldn?t progress beyond Q2. Lost places early in the race after running wide at turn one, lost time when he overshot his marks at his second pit stop, and lost fourth gear as well, but took points for eighth.
Pastor Maldonado ? Gearbox trouble limited his running in first practice. Having qualified behind Grosjean he passed his team mate early in the race but picked up rear wing damage as he did, which cost him time at his first pit stop as the broken end plate was removed. This put him back down the order, and the team later decided the limited potential for points scoring was not worth the risk of incurring further damage.
Marcus Ericsson ? Raffaele Marciello drove his car in the first practice session, and his lack of running perhaps told in Q1 where he failed to make the cut. He struggled to make progress in the race and was unimpressed at being held up by his team mate at one stage.
Felipe Nasr ? Blamed the Sauber?s lack of downforce for an inability to get the most from either the medium or the hard tyre, and said his finishing position of 12th was the best his car was capable of.
Will Stevens ? Came out on top of the two Manor drivers as usual, despite falling behind Merhi at the start of the race.
Roberto Merhi ? Merhi is 12 kilos heavier than his team mate, which goes some way towards explaining the performance gap between them. He was unable to do his second run in qualifying when his car developed an ERS fault after he?d been called to the weigh bridge, and in the race he finished a good 40 seconds behind his team mate. It remains to be seen if he?ll be in the car for the next race.
Which driver do you think did the best job this weekend?
Cast your vote below and explain your choice in the comments.
When this poll is closed the result will be displayed instead of the voting form. | 2019-04-26T07:38:22 | http://hausapotheke-de.eu/vote-for-your-2015-spanish-gp-driver-of-the-weekend-2015-spanish-grand-prix/ |
0.999908 | In forensic investigations, investigators must think through the case logically, paying special attention to details many people might miss. The following logic puzzles are designed to help students do just that.
The Wife Puzzle: Students use small clues to solve who killed the cashmere sweater.
The Wife Puzzle Solution: Check your solution to the Wife Puzzle.
The Liar's Puzzle: Use logic to figure out who is lying and who is mistaken.
The Liar's Puzzle Solution: Check your solution to the Liar's Puzzle. | 2019-04-26T15:42:57 | http://shodor.org/succeed/curriculum/workshops/Forensics/logicPuzzles/intro/ |
0.99886 | A Cayucos Elementary School District board member is under scrutiny for using his personal email to urge the community to oppose possible changes to the district.
OPTIONS The Cayucos Elementary School District is making headway on an age-old discussion about where to send its students after they graduate from eight grade.
At the Nov. 8 district board meeting, a few public commenters questioned district board member Ron Wilson's use of his personal email and the message enclosed, which pushed community members to oppose one of the K-8 district's potential paths to a high school.
"Mr. Wilson, what is your agenda? Why are you so forcefully wanting this high school option? It doesn't seem to be what the community wants," Bliss Quimby said at the meeting.
The district currently sends its students to Coast Union High School in Cambria, which is part of Coast Unified School District, and many of its students apply for inter-district transfers to be able to attend Morro Bay High School, which is in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District. Cayucos is currently looking to change that process. The options include unifying the district into a K-12 district; changing Cayucos from a component district of Coast Unified School District to a component district of San Luis Coastal; or pursuing a memorandum of understanding between Cayucos, Coast Unified, and San Luis Coastal that would allow students to attend high schools in either district.
That second option, switching the district that Cayucos Elementary feeds into, would require a change in educational code. To do that, a written amendment to the current legislation would have to be adopted.
In Wilson's email, he urges the community to oppose adoption of the legislation because he said it would result in a tax increase.
"Cayucos school legal counsel, Ochoa and Moore, has concluded that if this legislation were to be adopted, the territory of Cayucos would assume liability for the San Luis Coastal bonded indebtedness of $33.22 per $100,000 of assessed valuation," Wilson said in his email.
New Times reached out to the law firm, but it did not respond before press time.
Cayucos community member Karry MacDonald has written a proposed amendment for the code that could allow the district to remain independent or a component district of San Luis Coastal. The proposal requests that students be able to attend Morro Bay High without having to file for an inter-district transfer.
"The legislation itself [wouldn't] do anything other than allow the option to be available," MacDonald said.
But before any actual changes could take place, a petition to change the legislation would need to get signed and supported, and public hearings, studies, and meetings would have to take place to inform the community.
MacDonald sent the request to change the education code to state Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel). The Cayucos Elementary School District also sent a letter to the senator to ask for his support on the legislation.
Cayucos Elementary School District board member Kerry Friend said she wants to be respectful of her board members and make it apparent that she is speaking as an individual not on behalf of the board.
"I'm not saying property taxes won't rise, they might, but it's too premature to say that," Friend said. | 2019-04-22T14:46:21 | https://www.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobispo/cayucos-heats-up-over-school-district-options/Content?oid=3775840 |
0.999209 | Context. Investigating the relationship between radio and infrared emission of Hii regions may help shed light on the nature of the ionizing stars and the formation mechanism of early-type stars in general. Aims. We have taken advantage of recent unbiased surveys of the Galactic plane such as Herschel/Hi-GAL and VLA/CORNISH to study a bona fide sample of young Hii regions located in the Galactic longitude range 10°–65° by comparing the mid- and far-IR continuum emission to the radio free-free emission at 5 GHz. | 2019-04-23T22:35:50 | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/50078/ |
0.999843 | Does human life have any meaning? Does the question even make sense today? For centuries, the question of the meaning or purpose of human life was assumed by scholars and theologians to have a religious answer: life has meaning because humans were made in the image of a good god. In the 19th century, however, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution changed everything-and the human organism was seen to be more machine than spirit. Ever since, with the rise of science and decline of religious belief, there has been growing interest - and growing doubt - about whether human life really does have meaning. If it does, where might we find it?The historian and philosopher of science Michael Ruse investigates this question, and wonders whether we can find a new meaning to life within Darwinian views of human nature. If God no longer exists-or if God no longer cares-rather than promoting a bleak nihilism, many Darwinians think we can convert Darwin into a form of secular humanism. Ruse explains that, in a tradition going back to the time of Darwin himself, and represented today by the evolutionist E. O. Wilson, evolution is seen as progress -- "from monad to man" - and that positive meaning is found in continuing and supporting this upwards path of life. In A Meaning to Life, Michael Ruse argues that this is a false turn, and there is no real progress in the evolutionary process. Rather, meaning in the Darwinian age can be found if we turn to a kind of Darwinian existentialism, seeing our evolved human nature as the source of all meaning, both in the intellectual and social worlds. Ruse argues that it is only by accepting our true nature - evolved over millennia - that humankind can truly find what is meaningful. | 2019-04-22T22:26:58 | https://hillofcontentbookshop.com/p/critical-thinking-a-meaning-to-life |
0.999999 | For some, a day without chomping on a crunchy snack is incomplete. Unluckily though, most of the snacks are high in fat and in calorie content and are almost lacking different essential nutrients. One of the snacks that is a favorite of a lot of people is corn, specifically the sweetcorn. Are the corn kernels good for the health? What are the health benefits of sweetcorn? If you want to know the answers to these questions give this article a read!
The sweet corn is a certain species of maize, which vary genetically from the other species. The kernels of it are tender, delightful, and people eat it as as a vegetable in various cuisines all over the world. Contrary to the traditional field corn, the sweet corn is picked while its corn-ears have just reached the milky stage. Moreover, the cob is either frozen for the later use or be used immediately. It is frozen in order for its sugar to not turn into starch quickly.
Moreover, corn is native to Central America, which is then introduced to the world by the Spanish explorers. The sweetcorn varies genetically from the field corn through the mutation at the sugary locus. Furthermore, the crop has already achieved a huge success as one of the essential commercial cash crops in various semi-tropical and tropical countries, like the USA.
Several cultivars of the sweetcorn vary from their maturation, color, and sweetness. They are grown bearing in mind of the regional and local demands. Most of the farmers choose crops which attribute superior eating and keeping the quality and high harvests. Depending on what type of sweetcorn cultivar, the crop may be ready for harvest 65 to 90 days. The harvesting takes place when the silk end of the corn-ear is already full when the silk is already brown, and the kernels are already firm yet in the milky stage.
The sweetcorn is rich in highly essential nutrients that are useful for the body in various ways. As a matter of fact, it is beneficial in ensuring the idyllic functioning of various internal systems, including the cell generation. It is also able to prevent constipation and some other digestive issues. Sweetcorn is a blessing for those who are diabetic. This nutrient-rich starch snack is low in fat content and has zero saturated fat, cholesterol, or even sodium. It is also high in vitamin C and fiber.
Aids in digestion. The sweetcorn has an ample amount of dietary fiber. The insoluble fiber in it is beneficial in digestion, and also helps in preventing constipation. Those who experience irritable bowel condition and even diarrhea may also find relief after munching on sweetcorn.
Good for cardiovascular health. Sweetcorn is rich in omega-3 fatty acid. This is essential in the reduction of the risk of contracting heart conditions. The sweetcorn also contains oil that has good fatty acids in it.
Helps in preventing diabetes. The vitamin B content of sweetcorn is essential in regulating protein, carbs, and lipid metabolism. Not just that, the phytochemicals that are present in it also regulates the insulin release.
Helps in improving the vision. Sweetcorn kernels possess beta-carotene that is beneficial in producing vitamin A, which promotes better vision. Moreover, the carotenoid in it also helps in reducing macular degeneration that impairs the vision.
Lowers the cholesterol levels in the body. There is a soluble fiber in the sweetcorn, which is essential in lowering the levels of cholesterol in the body. Furthermore, there is also bioflavonoids and carotenoid in it, which helps in the control of the cholesterol in the blood.
Aids in anemia. There is a lot of vitamin B12 in the sweetcorn, same with folic acid and iron. Having less of these in the body may cause anemia. Therefore, eating sweetcorn is essential in preventing anemia. This is one of the best health benefits of sweetcorn, especially for those who experience anemia.
Helps in strengthening the hair strands. The lycopene, vitamin C, and other antioxidants in the sweetcorn is essential in strengthening the hair strands. this works effectively in hair loss.
There is no doubt, sweetcorn really is beneficial for the health.
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0.99953 | Analyze Good Health Hospital’s records and itemize recent nosocomial infections that occurred within the past year. In your report, categorize the different parameters (i.e., person, time, place, ethnicity, and gender) used in the compilation of data into the information summative. The Good Health Hospital records of 2013 have indicated that was an E-Coli O157:H7infection spread among the patients in the Tampa Bay area.” The E coli can be ingested from contaminated foods and cause bloody diarrhea and create a form of kidney failure ( Friis, Sellers,2014)”. There was two males and two woman that were infected .The males were ages 15, and 23; the females were ages 21 and 42. The ethnicity of the females was African American and Caucasian; the males were both Mexican. The outbreak occurred on very hot summer day. Propose at least six (6) questions for the health care administrator at Good Health Hospital, regarding potential litigation issues with infections from the nosocomial diseases. Rationalize, in your report, the logic behind your six (6) questions. The question that would occur during the litigation would be as followed. *Did the employee’s use hand washing techniques or did they use gloves? *Was the kitchen area clean during the preparation of food?
*Did the Vendor have refrigeration in the transporting vehicles? *Was the food left out in the kitchen in warm temperature?
*Was the food packaged properly?
*Was the expiration date, time, and temperature, examined by vendor and food service worker/double verified? It is very important that all employees that handle food should always practice hand washing techniques. “According to the CDC,(2013 )hand washing should be used frequently; “such as when one use restrooms and caring for sick people, after blowing your nose sneezing in your hand , and after handling pet foods etc; duration of the happy Birthday song being sing twice.” Hands should always be washed with warm soap and water lathered well for at least 20 seconds and rinsed with water”. Employees in food service should use sanitary precaution by using gloves; they are used to protect the germs from being spread from worker to food and other items (LI, 2011). Training must be given to remind employee’s that wearing gloves do not replace hand washing, gloves can become as filthy as one hands and hand washing should always use along with changing gloves. Kitchen area where food is prepare must be kept clean to prevent the spread of food borne pathogens that would cause one to get E- Coli or other food poisoning. A good example of an unclean prep area in the kitchen could be someone placing fresh chicken on the counter top to be cut without washing the area down with bleach before placing the chicken there. Someone could have come out of the bathroom and placed their dirty toothbrush that fell on the bathroom floor on the counter. The bathroom floor could have possibly had feces on it that is not visible.
References: Friis, R. H., & Sellers, T. (2014). Epidemiology for public health practice (5th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
LI, B. (2011). Food Safety Training in Corrections. Corrections Forum, 20(4), 42-44. | 2019-04-19T23:18:00 | https://www.studymode.com/essays/Ecoli-Hospital-Outbreak-61556995.html |
0.999179 | When my desperation for Japanese food gets the better of me (which is often) I seem to repeatedly find myself fleeing to the Bond Street Atari-Ya branch. I think it serves one of the best sashimi/sushi for its price/quality ratios in London. Having partook of their raw selection multiple times, I was always curious to see how their cooked food fared. However, such an undertaking required an audacious trip to the provinces (Swiss Cottage).
We were the first ones in the restaurant at 6pm but by the time we left, it was packed to the rafters.
With quite a substantial menu, we were initially confused over what to order. Thankfully, we were rescued by one item which caught our eyes – sashimi octopus. Excellent with wasabi mixed in, it had a real kick and set the bar for the rest of the meal high.
Black cod miso. There was some excitement by other members of the group over this. After Nobu first pioneered this, it seems rather ubiquitous. Sometimes jumping on the band wagon can be a good thing, but it this case it was sadly average. Nothing to write home about.
Negi toro (minced tuna with spring onions) and spicy salmon roll. These were both good as expected, although in the take away branch you get about double the quantity for the same price.
Kaki furai (fried oysters). One of my favorites when I was in Japan, I remembered eating this whenever I could when I was in my long exile there. Crispy on the outside with a juicy oyster inside, these were definite fried delights. I had to restrain myself from ordering more.
For our main course, soba noodles. These were a bit of a disappointment as they were flat, stale and altogether boring. Kind of like some people I know. These tasted as if they had been re-hydrated from dried form, just like how the airplanes like to do it. I prefer it when more labour is involved with soba, kneading the buckwheat dough, beating and making the noodles. A little bit of love seems to rub off on them in the process, making them taste sweeter.
The accompanying tempura was also a step down. Unfortunately lacking taste. Taste of anything really. Although maybe I have been spoilt by tempura in Japan, these seemed to complement the soba well as this too lacked a spark.
At the end of the meal, I was a bit puzzled. How could such a variance in quality exist in the same restaurant? The sashimi was excellent as expected although the cooked food seemed a bit lacklustre at times. Although I would return just for the fried oysters, I could do without the other offerings. Although for this price in London, you can’t really complain.
Dinner (2 courses) was GBP20 per person excluding drinks and service. | 2019-04-23T18:37:18 | https://www.quieteating.com/atari-ya-swiss-cottage/ |
0.999975 | This is not an unbiased review. I have met and been profoundly impressed by the woman who inspired this movie. I’ll say this much, in case one paragraph is all you have time for: Unplanned is worth viewing. Whatever your belief about abortion – especially if “trust women” is your visceral response to pro-life messages – take the time to watch Abby Johnson’s story. Trust her. This dramatization of her book of the same name might seem unbelievable, but it is faithful to the true story.
The film’s R rating is a puzzler. Violence is apparently the issue, which is odd in a world where an ad for a television show about zombies is more violent than anything in this movie.
About ten years ago, Johnson quit a Planned Parenthood job she had once loved and at which she had excelled. She had no clear idea of what was to come next. What she was certain about was that her commitment to women’s health and her job at PP were no longer in sync. Abortion had become a bottom-line concern for her agency even as her own understanding of abortion had evolved.
At the same time, over a period of many months, past the barrier of a tall fence, the sidewalk outside Johnson’s PP facility was the scene of peaceful prayer by people committed to public witness to the value of life. (This was the first location of what later became 40 Days for Life, now a twice-yearly worldwide pro-life event.) They slowly built relationships by engaging in conversations with the workers at the clinic whenever they could. They offered assistance to women willing to consider alternatives to abortion. They were undeterred by the occasional spray from sprinklers on the clinic’s property, set off to discourage their presence.
Johnson was not naive about abortion, having had two of her own. Her facility provided abortions in the name of “health care.” While her husband and parents were pro-life and uncomfortable with her work, she deliberately chose not only to work at Planned Parenthood but to rise to the level of facility manager. So what happened?
One little thing after another over a long period, a word here, an observation there, along with prayers from people she barely knew, came together for Johnson one day. She was asked to assist at an ultrasound-guided abortion. As the film’s tag line says, what she saw changed everything for her. The humanity of the preborn child, no less than the humanity of the woman undergoing the abortion, hit her with full force.
The fateful sonogram and the “aha” moment. Photo from unplannedfilm.com.
The people praying outside her clinic gave her a place to land and catch her breath. Eventually, she joined them at the fence.
To this day, years later, the real-life Abby Johnson is calling on people to pray outside clinics. “Abortions aren’t happening in the halls of Congress,” she likes to say.
I wish the film had more room for Johnson’s more recent work: she founded an organization called And Then There Were None, dedicated to abortion workers seeking to leave the abortion industry. She and the team working with her have helped about 500 people make the transition away from abortion and toward life-affirming work.
Stories told in broad, bold strokes don’t always translate well to film. A pair of experienced filmmakers, Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman (God’s Not Dead) nonetheless took on the job with Unplanned. The film is as blunt and forthright as the woman whose story it relates.
Abby, as played by Ashley Bratcher, stands out in such sharp relief that the supporting characters in some scenes are overshadowed. One exception is Robia Scott, in the role of a Planned Parenthood supervisor ferociously protective of abortion as an integral part of her organization’s mission.
Planned Parenthood does not come off well in this story. Since leaving PP, Abby Johnson has been outspokenly critical of the organization and its financial reliance on abortion. Her own experience led her to conclude that women’s health was not PP’s core value. As anyone can discover who has examined Planned Parenthood and its influence on public policy, PP is the largest abortion provider in the nation, with the help of about half a billion dollars annually in taxpayer funding.
Two scenes may be responsible for the film’s R rating. Had the directors left them out, they would have left inexplicable holes in the story.
The first is the opening scene, showing the a-ha moment that drove Abby Johnson from her job. A grainy image on a sonogram screen (simulated but not exaggerated by special effects) shows what happens during a suction abortion.
The second scene is more extended and difficult to watch. One of Johnson’s abortions was “medical,” a sanitized term for a chemical abortion induced with drugs and completed at home. The counseling Johnson received did not prepare her for the pain and protracted hemorrhaging she experienced at home, alone, with no one from the clinic there to help her.
But an R rating? Why would anyone set up a barrier between a teen and Abby Johnson’s story? Not to protect the teen, that’s for sure.
I won’t dodge the inevitable comparison between Unplanned and the recent Gosnell movie. Gosnell was in essence a police procedural about horrific crimes, and its power was due in part to its understated tone. There is nothing understated about Unplanned. It’s personal. It’s the story of a woman with vivid memories, passionate commitments, and dramatic experiences. The mood is urgency. There’s no room for subtlety.
As the most fully-realized character in the story, Abby has to be just as believable as a college student as she is as a clinic director and later an ex-director. We have to stick around after that startling early scene to find out how she got from point A to such a distant point B. In portraying her, in persuading us to wonder what’s next, Ashley Bratcher carries the film.
Unplanned is such a cause célèbre among pro-life activists that people who consider abortion to be a facet of health care might be put off from seeing it. Go anyway. Something might strike a chord.
What can Unplanned offer a wider audience? Something they won’t find on any other screen: a chance to learn about Abby Johnson, who is a true American original; an invitation to walk with her on part of her still-unfolding journey; and a challenge to trust her and her witness to the value of all human life.
The dramatization of Abby Johnson’s book Unplanned, scheduled for theatrical release in March, has been given an R rating by the MPAA, the folks who hand out ratings. That means a 16-year-old won’t be admitted to a film depicting abortion unless she brings along a parent or guardian, but she could get an abortion without parental consent (or even knowledge).
The first book I ever bought when I acquired an e-reader was Unplanned by Abby Johnson. I had never heard of her before. I knew that the book was by an ex-Planned Parenthood worker, and I’d never met such a person, so I thought I might have something to learn by reading her book.
I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. Abby’s story forced a course correction on the work I’d been doing my entire adult life. If not a correction, then an expansion. I had known abortion workers only from public hearings and press conferences. I’d certainly never known one who had left the industry.
My horizons have been expanded since the book was published in 2010. Unplanned nudged me out of my comfort zone.
Unplanned has been made into a movie, and it’ll be released in theaters next month, March 2019. I’m looking forward to it. Here’s the official trailer.
Gosnell is subtitled the Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer, signaling a true-crime story. The film is that, and more. For all the horror and injustice inherent in the crimes of Dr. Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia, this movie is about ordinary people and how they went about clearing away the horror and bringing justice to victims.
In Gosnell, the focus is on people, not on issues or causes. Therein lies the film’s strength.
The real-life Kermit Gosnell is serving life in prison after being convicted in of three counts of first-degree murder, one count of manslaughter, and a host of lesser charges. He got away with murder and a filthy clinic for many years, as authorities in Pennsylvania – Republican and Democrat alike – determined that regulation and oversight of abortion facilities was bad for women. Politics collided with women’s health.
The result at Gosnell’s abortion “clinic”: women died, women suffered, and children who survived attempted late-term abortion were ghoulishly murdered. Body parts from aborted children were kept like trophies; leaking bags of medical waste littered the facility. Gosnell’s crimes were discovered by authorities only by accident, as police raided the clinic as part of a drug investigation.
In the hands of an inept screenwriter or the wrong director, this true-crime story could have gone badly awry. The makers of Gosnell got it right. The script leans heavily on trial transcripts and a grand jury report, yet dialogue flows naturally. The filmmakers thankfully manage largely to avoid melodrama; the sensational subtitle of the film is an exception.
The film’s subject matter made conventional funding hard to come by. The team behind the movie resorted to crowdfunding, and 30,000 people donated a total of $2.3 million to bring Gosnell to the screen.
Individual human beings matter in this film, including the women who came to Gosnell for abortions. The only judgment that viewers are invited to make regarding the women is about the mistreatment to which they were subjected.
The film takes time to do something that Philadelphia health authorities never did: tell the story of Karnamaya Mongar, who came to Gosnell for an abortion. She wound up dead from an overdose of drugs administered by a poorly-trained staff acting under Gosnell’s direction. Eventually, Gosnell was convicted of manslaughter in her death, no thanks to the state and local health authorities who failed to inspect Gosnell’s facility for more than a decade.
The first glimmer of justice for Gosnell’s patients came thanks to police, most of them indifferent to abortion, who carried out a drug raid and discovered much more than they bargained for. They had no political agenda. They simply did their jobs and followed the evidence.
Dean Cain portrays Detective James Wood, engaging and friendly. His laconic partner, Stark, is played by AlfonZo Rachel, better known for his social commentaries on various media platforms.
At times during the film, the scenes of investigation are so ill-lit as to be irksome. One strains to see what’s happening on the screen- can’t there be more light? All that can be seen at one time is what’s illuminated by a single police officer’s flashlight: a dirty piece of equipment, bloody linens, quick (but never gratuitous) views of Gosnell’s “trophies.” No gore, no exaggeration, yet those glimpses pack a punch.
Evidence from Gosnell’s office and home landed on the desks of prosecutors in Philadelphia who harbored no illusions about the trouble that would accompany the prosecution of an abortionist. Lead prosecutor Lexi McGuire – a composite character played by Sarah Jane Morris – is pro-choice, but she refuses to look the other way when investigators bring her evidence of children killed by Gosnell after they survived attempted abortion. Like the investigators, she’s an ordinary person who does her job, and in so doing finds herself changed.
Earl Billings is unsettling as Kermit Gosnell. Unflappable in the face of investigators, bizarrely concerned about the welfare of his cats and turtles, calmly playing piano as police and prosecutors search through his files, Billings’s Gosnell seems like an affable if slightly ditzy grandfather. His face gives no clue to his taste for carnage. The screenwriters’ version of the doctor tracks closely with the documentation of the actual case and with interviews Gosnell has granted since his conviction.
Gosnell’s office was raided in 2010. The trial was in 2013. During all that time, the Philadelphia Inquirer covered the case as a local-crime story, while most other media outlets ignored it. Finally, during the trial, national reporters were goaded (shamed?) into covering the story as a few journalists called attention to Gosnell. In the movie, the intrepid few who covered the case from day one are blended to create the character Molly Mullaney, a blogger (or “citizen journalist,” as she crisply introduces herself), played with attitude by Cyrina Fiallo.
Gosnell is based in part on the book by the same name by Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, husband-and-wife authors who documented the trial and later teamed up to produce the film. In the book, McElhinney describes how her own views were affected by the doctor’s crimes.
I never trusted or liked pro-life activists. Even at college I thought them too earnest and too religious….
A story so powerful deserves to be told with care, and Gosnell meets the challenge.
After viewing the film, I went back to re-read the grand jury report that led to Gosnell’s trial. It underscores how much restraint was exercised by the makers of Gosnell as they brought the story to the screen.
Had state and local officials performed their duties properly, Gosnell’s clinic would have been shut down decades ago. Gosnell would have lost the medical license that he used to inflict irreparable harm on women; to illegally abort viable, late-term fetuses; and to kill innumerable babies outside the womb….Let us say right up front that we realize this case will be used by those on both sides of the abortion debate. We ourselves cover a spectrum of personal beliefs about the morality of abortion. For us as a criminal grand jury, however, the case is not about that controversy; it is about disregard of the law and disdain for the lives and health of mothers and infants. We find common ground in exposing what happened here, and in recommending measures to prevent anything like this from ever happening again.
Gosnell premieres nationwide on Friday, October 12, 2018. See gosnellmovie.com for a list of theaters. | 2019-04-26T11:51:38 | https://leavenfortheloaf.com/category/media/films/ |
0.999159 | "Work Your Way Out" (2006) on the albums Ani DiFranco(1989), Like I Said: Songs 1990-1991(1994).
It's never-ending, haven't you heard?
Albums has song "Work Your Way Out" | 2019-04-25T15:02:26 | https://yeutienganh.com/music/song/work-your-way-out-30145 |
0.999998 | Fill the blanks in the nicknames of these NFL teams.
How much do you have to pay them to show up?
Or, how much do you have to pay the players on the field?
Rumor has it that Johnny Manziel had to take a pay cut to turn pro.
As a Redskins fan, I couldn't bring myself to answer the Cowboys question. If you want to read something logical and unbiased, stop reading now. I have never seen a more inappropriate nickname. A large number of teams have been around longer. Bob Ryan was referring to the popularity of the team during a snapshot in history (1978). America tends to root for excellence, which has been absent from the Cowboy's organization since 1995. Tony Romo? Really? The perennial underachiever is my favorite player in the NFL because he always breaks Texas hearts, but is guaranteed to remain. America is a democratic republic. Jerry Jones is a totalitarian tyrant. Maybe they should be North Korea's Team. Hey Jerry - have any minions clean your glasses lately? The Packers are older, have more people, and are owned by the fans - much more deserving of the nickname. Go Skins - I'm out!
There's no such thing as America's Team. It's a meaningless term with no defined metric by which it can be defended. By my reckoning, if you had to define a metric (one for which data can actually be looked up), it would probably be the team that draws the biggest crowds for their road games. Higher percentage of butts in seats = higher degree of fans scattered to the four winds across the country. Evaluating that metric back through 2006 (the first year ESPN has good road attendance data for all teams), the rankings would be: 1. Chicago 2. Dallas 3. Pittsburgh 4. NY Giants 5. Green Bay 6. Philadelphia. But keep in mind, we're talking about less than 1% of difference between Chicago and Philadelphia. So take that FWIW.
I agree. many other teams like the Packers or the Steelers are much more deserving of this title.
you are right, the Packers are America's team.
Seahawks fans should be called "Fans since 2011."
The list to the right of of the individual games used to include Random games, but now only has new and popular games. Why change it?
An oversight on my part which has now been fixed.
I agree with the long list of commenters above who believe Twelfth Man should be an acceptable answer. Was only trying it on a hunch & figured I had it wrong, so never even attempted 12th Man.
You could maybe add the Legion of Boom and No Fly Zone. The Seahawks' and Broncos' secondaries deserve some credit with their nicknames.
And then there's the Fearsome Foursome (LA Rams defensive line of the late 60s), the Over the Hill Gang (1972 Redskins defense), Air Coryell (late 70s SD Chargers offense), Ground Chuck (LA Rams/Bills/Seahawks running attacks under coach Chuck Knox), Doomsday Defense (1970s Cowboys defense), Killer B's (1982 Miami Dolphins defense), the Ain'ts (woeful 1980 NO Saints), Kardiac Kids (1980 Browns), and my favorite, the Electric Company (1970s Buffalo Bills offensive line, who blocked for OJ Simpson, in effect, turning on the Juice).
Raider Nation?? Please... that's probably the easiest one on their. Change it to "The Black Hole," the more appropriate name for the team, since the Raiders are falling into a hole of sadness. Yes, the Black Hole is an actual thing, look it up.
I live in Chicago, and the only reason I know the one for the Bears is because there's a bad comic in the Chicago Tribune called that nickname. | 2019-04-22T00:06:45 | https://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/nfl-team-nicknames |
0.998326 | Can Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s new president, save his country?
When Laurent Gbagbo was dragged out of his hole beneath the presidential residence in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, wearing a white vest and a bemused expression, it seemed on the surface a fitting end to his country’s miserable post-election stalemate. The recalcitrant strongman who would not step down was humbled, but not dead. The Republican Forces rebels, who had been opposing Gbagbo for months, took a live captive, and they denied their vanquished opponents a martyr.
Despite Monday’s theatrics, however, Alassane Ouattara—the internationally accepted winner of last year’s disputed election and now Ivory Coast’s president—is not yet out of the woods. His situation remains profoundly challenging, even if he is no longer confined to Abidjan’s Golf Hotel, where U.N. peacekeepers guarded his parallel headquarters for months during the standoff. Crucially, despite the international consensus that Ouattara won last year’s poll, in Ivory Coast itself, the picture has always been different.
While to the wider world Gbagbo is irredeemably cast as a petulant refusenik, within the country, his substantial support—he garnered 46 percent of the vote at November’s polls—persisted throughout the post-election crisis. Thousands of youths in Abidjan answered a call in March to join the army, and support was also sustained by a torrent of propaganda on state media. Indeed, President Ouattara may now find himself with tremendous moral capital abroad—not withstanding the reported atrocities committed by rebel forces sympathetic to his cause, which must be investigated—but he faces a much more fractious constituency at home. How he manages the challenges posed by his own people will dictate his future as president—and the future of his country as it reels from the recent crisis and other, more deeply seated problems.
The president’s first task in the short term is to splint the divisions that erupted after the election—an enormous challenge. He must seek to assert his authority, while striving to bring on board those who fought against him. But there is no correct way to proceed in such work; assessments of who to rehabilitate and who to purge are subjective and bound to cause resentment in both camps. For instance, Ouattara was photographed shaking hands with Gbagbo’s erstwhile military chief General Philippe Mangou, but if confused reports from Friday prove accurate, he also arrested Charles Blé Goudé, the leader of the former president’s thuggish Young Patriots militia, which is bound to anger some Gbagbo supporters. What’s more, Ouattara will have to contend with allegations of neo-colonialism: the suggestion that the French installed him as a puppet. After all, the French with their helicopters and Licorne force made the capture of Gbagbo feasible (although they claim it was Ivorians themselves who arrested the former president).
Ouattara must also put his own house in order. When I met Republican Forces rebels in the far west of Ivory Coast a few weeks ago, shortly before their headlong advance on Abidjan, their commander insisted his men were operating under Ouattara’s civilian authority. But how robust the president’s control over these fighters was or is remains unclear. That ambiguity is significant because there are credible indications that the rebels committed atrocities, notably in the western town of Duékoué. Ouattara, for his own survival as well as his own personal moral reckoning, needs to show that post-war justice is not of the victor’s variety.
As he attempts reconciliation, however, Ouattara has the relative brevity and nature of the conflict on his side. For Ivory Coast’s population, the four-month impasse after the election was far too long. Ivorian refugees I interviewed in eastern Liberia recently, men and women who had walked through the bush for days to escape fighting, cared more about peace than politics after their ordeal. But, by the standards of Africa’s often-lengthy civil wars, December to April is short, even when viewed in the context of a decade of instability that included a civil war that began in 2002.
Moreover, certain parts of what will in all likelihood be known to history as the Second Ivorian Civil War also resembled a Clausewitzean, old-fashioned conflict, rather than the disorganised brigandage that is often the stuff of African fighting. The rebels advanced toward Abidjan, taking and holding territory. There were atrocities, but there was also a front line. There is some chance that such a conflict will prove easier to come to terms with than the internecine slaughter of other sub-Saharan wars.
Yet there are deeper challenges, much older than the election crisis, that Ouattara must also grapple with. While from an outside perspective, the Ivorian post-election conflict condensed to a simple morality tale of an elected winner and an immovable loser, internally, the Ouattara-Gbagbo standoff was the small, albeit internationally visible, portion of an iceberg, whose submerged bulk consisted of less easily resolved issues. Most notably, there is the potent concept of “Ivorité,”the notion of who is a true Ivorian, which casts the descendants of migrant laborers from other African countries as second-class citizens and has stoked land disputes in the western part of the nation. The most high-profile casualty of the “Ivorite” concept was Ouattara himself, once disqualified from running for president on account of his father’s Burkinabe (from Burkina Faso) extraction.
Then, there is the tension between the Christian south and Muslim north of Ivory Coast. As in much of West Africa, ethnic boundaries run east-west, while national borders, themselves a relic of colonial boundaries, run north-south. Since its 2002 civil war, Ivory Coast has effectively fractured along the latter. Gbagbo drew his support from the south, while Ouattara’s powerbase is rooted in the north—and the division will likely continue, despite Gbagbo’s arrest.
How will Ouattara do, juggling all of these issues? Only time will tell. Domestic, regional, and personal obstacles—including the seductive nature of presidential power in Africa—won’t be easy to tackle. Ouattara stands on the high ground now, but he is only at the very beginning of a long and inevitably arduous road. He has won the war; the greater challenge will be for him to win the peace.
Simon Akam is Reuters’ correspondent in Sierra Leone. You can find him at www.simonakam.com. | 2019-04-21T08:45:23 | https://newrepublic.com/article/86912/ouattara-ivory-coast-gbagbo-trc |
0.99983 | The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who raced each other around the world-for bragging rights and a very expensive bottle of Scotch It started as a friendly wager: two old friends from The Harvard Lampoon, now hotshot Hollywood scribes, challenged each other to a race around the globe in opposite directions. There was only one rule: no airplanes. The first man to cross every line of longitude and arrive back in L.A. would win Scotch and infamy. But little did one racer know that the other planned to cheat him out of the big prize by way of a ride on a quarter-million-dollar jet pack. What follows is a pair of hilarious, hazardous, and eye-opening journeys into the farthest corners of the world. From the West Bank to the Aleutian Islands, the slums of Rio to the steppes of Mongolia, traveling by ocean freighter and the Trans-Siberian Railway (pranking each other mercilessly along the way), Vali and Steve plunge eagerly and ill-prepared into global adventure. The Ridiculous Race is a comic travelogue unlike any other, an outrageous tale of two gentlemen travelers who can't wait to don baggy cardigan sweaters, clench corncob pipes between their teeth, and yell at their sons, "You lazy bums! When we were your age, we raced around the world without airplanes!" The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who raced each other around the world-for bragging rights and a very expensive bottle of Scotch It started as a friendly wager: two old friends from The Harvard Lampoon, now hotshot Hollywood scribes, challenged each other to a race around the globe in opposite directions. There was only one rule: no airplanes. The first man to cross every line of longitude and arrive back in L.A. would win Scotch and infamy. But little did one racer know that the other planned to cheat him out of the big prize by way of a ride on a quarter-million-dollar jet pack. What follows is a pair of hilarious, hazardous, and eye-opening journeys into the farthest corners of the world. From the West Bank to the Aleutian Islands, the slums of Rio to the steppes of Mongolia, traveling by ocean freighter and the Trans-Siberian Railway (pranking each other mercilessly along the way), Vali and Steve plunge eagerly and ill-prepared into global adventure. The Ridiculous Race is a comic travelogue unlike any other, an outrageous tale of two gentlemen travelers who can't wait to don baggy cardigan sweaters, clench corncob pipes between their teeth, and yell at their sons, "You lazy bums! When we were your age, we raced around the world without airplanes!" | 2019-04-19T07:26:46 | https://www.bookwire.com/book/USA/The-Ridiculous-Race-9781429954358-Steve-Hely-24036438 |
0.997732 | The good news is that starting with ASP.NET 3.5 SP 1, the ScriptManager control in the ASP.NET AJAX Framework includes functionality for creating history points in an AJAX-enabled web page. Adding a history point creates an entry in the browser's history for a particular page state. What's more, this page state is encoded in the querystring of the browser, meaning that visitors can bookmark a particular state of an AJAX application.
This article shows how to add history points using the ScriptManager control. In particular, it shows how to record history points whenever the user pages or sorts a GridView. Read on to learn more!
As noted in the Introduction, the history feature became part of the ASP.NET AJAX Framework in ASP.NET version 3.5, SP 1. (For a link to download SP1, and for more information on the features included in SP1, see: ASP.NET in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1.) It was originally part of the Microsoft ASP.NET Futures, although at that point in time this functionality was implemented using a History Web control. In the ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 release, this functionality was moved to the ScriptManager control.
Each installment of this article series has included a demo available for download. This installment is no different. However, the previous installments worked with ASP.NET version 2.0 and up. Because this installment's demo uses features only found in ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 it only works with that version of ASP.NET and beyond. If you do not have ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 installed, you can download the free Visual Web Developer 2008 and use it for running this article's demo. The Visual Web Developer installation will install the appropriate framework version for you, if needed.
You, the page developer, decide what actions are cause for a history point to be added. These actions can be client-side actions (clicking on an HTML element) or server-side actions triggered by a partial page postback. The set of actions that should cause a history point depend on the web page and its user interface. The download available at the end of this article includes two pages that display a sortable and page-able GridView. In one page, each sort action causes the insertion of a history point; in the other, both sorting and paging actions cause the insertion of a history point.
When an action that should cause the insertion of a history point fires, you need to add a history point. This is done by creating some string that models the state and registering that history state with the ScriptManager control. You can also update the page's Title based on the state so that the browser's title bar and history information includes an apt description for each state.
Finally, you need to create an event handler for the ScriptManager's Navigate event. This event fires whenever the user reaches the page by clicking the Back or Forward buttons or when coming in from a bookmark. The Navigate event handler is responsible for restoring the history state.
In short, the history feature allows you to say, in response to certain user actions, "I want to save the application's current state." Doing so injects the current page information in the browser's history and encodes the state that you specify in the querystring. Later, if a user returns to this "state" by hitting the Back or Forward buttons or via a bookmark, you must restore that state.
The remainder of this article looks at how to save a history point whenever a GridView is sorted, and how to restore that state when needed. Let's get started!
Before we concern ourselves with ASP.NET AJAX's history feature, let's start by creating and demonstrating the standard AJAX behavior with regard to the Back button and bookmarks. The demo available for download at the end of this article includes an ASP.NET page named StandardBehavior.aspx that contains a sortable and page-able GridView that lists the contents of the Products table in the Northwind database. The GridView is placed within an UpdatePanel and therefore any postbacks triggered by the GridView are handled as partial page postbacks.
In addition to the UpdatePanel and GridView, the page includes a ScriptManager control. As discussed in the first installment of this article series, AJAX Basics and Getting Started with Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX Framework, the ScriptManager control must be on any page that uses the ASP.NET AJAX framework, as it serves as the plumbing between the client-side and server-side aspects of an AJAX-enabled web page. As we'll see shortly, the ScriptManager control also is key in adding history points and restoring prior state.
Visit the StandardBehavior.aspx and sort and page through the grid. Each time a sort or paging link is clicked, a partial page postback ensues and the grid's display is updated. Because partial page postbacks are used, the browser does not maintain any sort of history when sorting and paging. Therefore, if you click the Back button you will not be taken back to the previous sort order or the previous page. Instead, you'll be returned to the page you were visiting before you reached the StandardBehavior.aspx page. The following screen shots illustrate this behavior.
Let's extend our example to save a history point whenever the user sorts the grid. By doing so, each time the user sorts the grid the browser will record a new history state and the browser's URL will have its querystring updated to include the state information (this allows the page to be bookmarked). With recording history points whenever the grid is sorted, the user could sort the grid by Price, then by Name, and then by ProductID. If the user, while viewing the grid sorted by ProductID, clicked his browser's Back button, he would be returned to seeing the grid sorted by Name (rather than being returned to the page visited prior to reaching this page). The demo available for download at the end of this article includes an ASP.NET page named BehaviorWithHistory.aspx that implements this functionality.
Decide what actions cause a history point to be inserted.
Add the history point whenever one of the actions from task #1 is performed.
Create an event handler for the ScriptManager's Navigate event that restores the state when the user clicks the Back or Forward buttons, or when he reaches a page via a bookmark.
We've already knocked out task #1 - we've decided to record the history whenever the GridView is sorted. Whenever a GridView is sorted it raises its Sorting event. We need to create an event handler for the Sorting event to add a history point.
A history point is added via a call to the ScriptManager class's AddHistoryPoint method. This method requires that we supply a string that describes the current state. This string will be used later in the ScriptManager's Navigate event handler to reconstruct the state of the application when a page is reached via the Back or Forward buttons, or from a bookmark. Because we are basing the history point on the sort criteria, the GridView's SortExpression and SortDirection properties define the state. Therefore, we need to pass the values of these properties into the AddHistoryPoint method.
The following code shows how I encode the GridView's state and add it as a history point.
Note that for each item I want to store in the state I call the AddHistoryPoint method, passing in a "name" for the state item and its value. In the above code I register two items in the state, named "SortExpression" and "SortDirection" and storing the values of e.SortExpression and e.SortDirection, respectively.
After saving the state, I update the page's title. The GetPageTitle method generates and returns a suitable title given the passed-in SortExpression and SortDirection values. For instance, when sorting by the UnitPrice column in ascending order the GetPageTitle method returns the string "Viewing Products Sorted by Price (Ascending)". This value is assigned to the Page object's Title property. (For more information on how to set an ASP.NET page's title programmatically, see Dynamically Setting the Page's Title.
If we visit the page with this code in place, each time we sort the grid the URL in the browser's Address bar is updated to include a querystring that specifies the state information. Note the Address bar in the following screen shots. When the BehaviorWithHistory.aspx page is first visited the URL is, as we'd expect, just BehaviorWithHistory.aspx.
But as soon as the grid is sorted the querystring is updated to include the encoded state information. Also the Back button is now available. In the screen shot below the grid is sorted by Price in ascending order and the URL in the Address bar now reads: BehaviorWithHistory.aspx#&&+2toRdN1TcuXKFN4BhNSqrMXMtnAEvRpZEk2MUzyrUhoPiJPO4mIypwAP9J+s7VtZ+uMZ0ub2iUXY5KDMgwufg==.
While the Back button is now click-able, going back does not return us to the previous state of the grid before it was sorted by Price. Rather, we remain on the BehaviorWithHistory.aspx page, but the data is still sorted by Price. This is because we have yet to complete the final step - task #3 - which is to create an event handler for the ScriptManager control's Navigate event. The Navigate event handler fires whenever the user visits a page by clicking the Back or Forward buttons or via a bookmark. The Navigate event handler is responsible for rendering the state as specified through the querystring.
The Navigate event handler starts by checking to see if the expected state was passed in. If so, it grabs the values from the history state (via e.State), sorts the GridView, and updates the page's title. If the state information was not passed in, it defaults to the default state - the grid sorted by the ProductName column in ascending order.
That's all there is to it! With this code in place, the Back and Forward buttons work as expected. What's more, a user can bookmark the web page after sorting by a particular column. When the user returns to that bookmarked page, the GridView will load and automatically sort by the appropriate column.
The BehaviorWithHistory.aspx page adds a history point whenever the user sorts the grid. It does not, however, add a history point when paging. If a user sorts the grid by, say, Price, the querystring is updated to reflect the state information. If they then go to page 2 in the grid the the querystring is not updated and no entry is added to the browser's history. If at this point they hit the Back button, they are not returned to page 1, sorted by Price. Instead, they are returned to the grid prior to sorting it by Price. Likewise, if a user sorts the grid by Price, navigates to page 5, and adds a bookmark to their browser, if they later visit that bookmark the screen will load the grid sorted by Price, but will show page 1 of the data.
If you want to add a history point whenever the grid is sorted or paged, then you'll need to record the GridView's PageIndex property as an additional history state item in the Sorting event handler. You'll also need to create an event handler for the GridView's PageIndexChanging event, which fires whenever the user navigates to a new page. In this event handler you'll need to add a history point, recording the sort- and paging-related properties. Finally, you'll need to update the ScriptManager's Navigate event handler to set the GridView's PageIndex property to the value stored in the history state.
The download includes a complete, working example of a GridView that records history points whenever it is sorted or pages. See the BehaviorWithHistory2.aspx ASP.NET page.
Because AJAX-enabled web pages circumvent the standard browser request/form submission model, partial page postbacks do not register as new entries in the browser's history. This behavior neuters the usefulness of the browser's Back and Forward buttons, as well as bookmarks. The good news is that the ASP.NET AJAX framework, starting with ASP.NET 3.5 SP1, includes functionality to record history points. Recording a history point saves the state that describes the history in the querystring and adds an entry to the browser's history. This enables visitors to use their browsers' Back and Forward buttons to navigate through different states in an AJAX-enabled web page. It also allows for bookmarking of different states in an AJAX-enabled application. | 2019-04-21T07:01:06 | http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/100808-1.aspx |
0.999849 | A new study has revealed over three quarters of a brand's Facebook fans are already customers.
The research from social intelligence company Syncapse was conducted in order to discover why users of the social networking site became fans in the first place.
The Syncapse report said: "Since being a brand user is usually a prerequisite to becoming a Fan in consumer goods categories, marketers should prioritise their Fan acquisition investments on converting existing customers."
The most popular responses to the question, "Which, if any, of the following reasons led you to become a Fan or Like the following brands on Facebook?" were 'to support the brand I like' at 49%, 'to get a coupon or discount' at 42% and 'to receive regular updates from brands I like' at 41%.
Other responses included, 'seeing my friends are already a fan or 'liked' at 20% and 'to share my personal good experiences' at 31%.
In terms of a social media marketing however, the Syncapse report warned against the over use of things such as coupons.
It said: "Many brands, particularly retailers and lower-cost brands with high purchase frequencies, often resort to rewards and direct-response incentives for driving Fan membership.
"However, these tactics are often blindly targeted to brand-promiscuous deal hunters, resulting in a lower-quality, fickle Fan membership."
The research went on to conclude the value of a Facebook fan was $174, an increase of more than 25% since 2010, and urged brand marketers to try to get to grips on why Facebook users became a fan of the brand in the first place, as there may be far more effective and efficient strategies to gain the right kind of fan in a marketing sense - a regular spender. | 2019-04-21T18:11:04 | https://www.clickthrough-marketing.com/blog/research-warns-against-use-of-coupons-as-social-media-marketing-tactic |
0.999511 | This is my first challenge so apologies if it is very simple! In this challenge, your task is to write a program or function which takes in a list of integers and a desired sum and outputs a truthy or falsey value based on whether the list contains two numbers that can be summed together to achieve the desired sum.
The input must be acquired in a standard way for your language. The list of integers can be any standard collection type for your language but cannot be a hashed set, sorted set, or any highly functional collection type. Don't assume the input is sorted, any valid integer type is acceptable.
The desired sum is also an integer and must be provided to your program as input.
The output may be a function return, console log, writing to a file, etc... Any valid Truthy or Falsey value is acceptable.
The input list may or may not be sorted.
Standard loopholes are not allowed.
This is code-golf, so the shortest code in bytes wins!
-1 byte thanks to Erik!
Try it online! Example usage: [1,3,2,5] # 3. Returns True or False.
Uses destructuring to take the first and rest of the input list (and subsequent recur of rest), and returns the number "target - value1" if found in the set of remaining numbers (a "truthy"), nil otherwise.
sadly it's quite big but at least better than 2 loops. +a fails with a warning if the sum can be made => non empty output => truthy. Outputs nothing if the sum can not be made => falsey.
Recursive aproach with flexible input and output. Returns an empty set as falsy.
Returns an anonymous function. combn returns all combinations of l taken m at a time, in this case 2, and then optionally applies a function, in this case sum. Returns an empty logical vector logical(0) for an empty first input, which I define for this problem as falsey, and TRUE or FALSE corresponding to the other elements otherwise.
This defines an anonymous function with inputs a: column vector (possibly empty); b: number.
The code also works in Octave except if the first input is empty, which causes an error. Try it online!
pdist(a,@fun) applies function fun (in our case, addition) to each combination of two rows of the input matrix a (in our case, a column vector). The output is a column vector. any(...==b) gives true if any of the results equals the input number b.
Yes, I know there is already a better solution posted.
Input is whitespace separated numbers with the last value being the desired sum.
where i are the inputs.
v1.1 - -1 byte - Thanks to TheLethalCoder suggestion.
v1.0 - 103 bytes - Initial solution.
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Does the start equal the end?
Is this number a factorial?
My array should equal this, but it doesn't! | 2019-04-20T02:47:08 | https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/120803/does-the-sum-of-2-numbers-in-the-list-equal-the-desired-sum |
0.99904 | Liverpool are running out of games to mount a serious bid for a place in the top four, but Sunday's game against Manchester United would be the perfect time to start the run they need.
If Jurgen Klopp's side lose at Anfield, it leaves them with a mountain to climb to earn a Champions League spot.
But if the Reds win it will be fascinating to see what a draw against leaders Arsenal then beating United in the space of four days does for their momentum and confidence.
The way this Premier League season is going - with so many clubs in contention at the top of the table - believing in themselves is going to be a big factor, and beating United will be a big boost for the Liverpool players.
For the fans, Sunday is already special. I grew up as a Liverpool supporter and went to watch games against United long before I played in them, so I always knew what the rivalry means to people and how big this game is.
Most of the Liverpool players involved this weekend won't quite get that, which in a way is not a bad thing - they can play their normal game and not let the occasion get the better of them.
Instead it is just another huge game against a big club, and an opportunity to put one over a rival for the top four and gain an edge in that race, which is wide open.
A fast Liverpool start, but United to attack too?
The game is at Anfield so I am expecting a very positive performance from Liverpool and I am anticipating a fast start similar to the one they made against the Gunners.
So it will be very interesting to see how United approach the game tactically. When they stay in shape and keep everybody in position, they are very good at soaking up that sort of pressure.
But I have an inkling they may try to have a go themselves because of the weakness in Liverpool's back four at the moment, and the calls for Louis van Gaal to play more attack-minded football like we saw in United's draw at Newcastle.
Both teams have been inconsistent so it is very difficult to predict the outcome, but if Liverpool play with the same intensity they did against Arsenal on Wednesday they have got a really good chance.
They certainly do not have anything to fear - and there is more pressure on United to get a positive result at the weekend.
How Liverpool end this week will give a good indication of their chances of the top four, but whether they win or lose against United it is still too soon to judge Klopp's impact on the club.
This time next season we will be in a much better position to do that, when he has brought in some of his own players and then had some proper time, including a pre-season, to work with the team.
Right now it is too early to tell. It is just over three months since he took charge and in that time Liverpool have had some great games and some really poor ones, much like they did under his predecessor Brendan Rodgers in the first part of the season.
There have been some encouraging signs, such as the zest and zip in their play during the first 30 minutes against Arsenal, and their response when things were not going well to drag themselves back into that game and pick up a point.
But the Liverpool we saw against the Gunners - and in their impressive wins over Chelsea and Manchester City - were nowhere to be seen when they went to Watford and West Ham and were well beaten.
The amount of hamstring injuries Liverpool's players have suffered under Klopp is also a concern, because there are too many to push under the carpet.
They will be linked with what the players are doing in training, usually to do with extra sprint work, but I suspect that part of the problem is down to players trying to impress the new manager - and there is a bit of bad luck involved too.
I am sure Klopp and his staff will be aware of what is happening and trying to find out why, but there is no way he is going to just change everything overnight to try to solve the problem.
If his feeling when he took over was that the squad was not fit enough to play the way he wanted to, then he will have upped the workload.
Whatever he has done, it has worked - their application and effort against Arsenal was impressive and it is with that intensity where he has made the most obvious difference since taking charge.
Statistically they have made more tackles and had more shots than any other top-flight side since he took charge, as well as increasing their average distance covered and sprints per game.
But there is still a long way to go before the team is where Klopp wants them to be, and he is probably looking all over the world at different players who could come in and improve the quality, especially defensively.
Liverpool have a few injuries at the back, notably to Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel, but even when that duo are fit the middle of their defence looks vulnerable.
There is also a huge question mark over goalkeeper Simon Mignolet too, who keeps making errors that lead to goals.
I see a massive difference when I watch Arsenal or Tottenham with Petr Cech and Hugo Lloris in goal - you see the confidence they spread through their team.
Klopp has already signed centre-back Steven Caulker on loan and brought goalkeeper Danny Ward back to the club from Aberdeen.
And that is where I think he will be looking to add players this month, not in positions up the field where he already has plenty of options.
Liverpool have not been prolific since he took charge and they miss plenty of chances, but some of the other players who are unavailable through injury - like Daniel Sturridge and Danny Ings - will add that missing firepower when they are fit.
Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan. | 2019-04-25T01:03:03 | https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35305839 |
0.985585 | Was wondering if we could use 'multiple' checkout options at the same time, such as offering Google Checkout, PayPal, and Check/money order mail in?
Please explain "use 'multiple' checkout options at the same time".
As store owner you can enable a few payment extensions.
It would be a good feature I think to allow payment split in multiple processors. Something to consider.
Sending Money to seller partially from one and then from others is a bad bad idea .
I quite agree. It is however, one which is encouraged by the various credit card companies from time to time. In fact, at one point, VISA was going to require this capability from all ecommerce merchants.
They had to back off, as most of them refused to implement the capability. | 2019-04-26T04:10:35 | http://forum.abantecart.com/index.php/topic,721.0/prev_next,next.html |
0.999999 | This article is about the planet. You may be looking for the ship or Mrisst.
Mrlsst was a planet located in the Tapani sector's Freeworlds Territory on the Shapani Bypass. It was the homeworld of the Mrlssi and a voting member of the League of Tapani Freeworlds.
Mrlsst was the only planet in the sector with an indigenous alien race. It was a moist and humid world, with terrain dominated by marshes and sandy swamps. Nearly everywhere, one could find the towering greenstalk plants that grew all over the planet, except the poles.
Mrlsst Landscape (around Academy Main Hall).
A thick asteroid field surrounded the planet, which was used for raw materials and was the location of several research stations.
Mrlsst was the home of the famous Mrlsst Trade and Science Academy, the best university in the sector, and one of the best beyond the Core Worlds.
The first contact between the Mrlssi and Humans occurred sometime before 7000 BBY. Mrlsst joined the Galactic Republic shortly thereafter. Canny Mandary Bertar represented the planet in the Galactic Senate, and after the Republic was reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, the Imperial Senate.
Thousands of years ago, the planet's continents were unstable, resulting in frequent groundquakes and tidal waves; the natives became used to losing possessions amidst such disasters, and came to appreciate knowledge as a result. The planet had grown much more stable by the time of the Galactic Civil War, but the tradition of learning endured among the Mrlssi.
It was while en route to Mrlssi that the Margrave Octan's colonial transport from the Darpa sector, the Sun Runner, vanished c. 4000 BBY, when it attempted to make a supply run from the nearby jungle-moon Nallastia only a week after the colonists arrived on the Fondor satellite. The ship and its three precious power gems—known thereafter as the Lost Stars of Nallastia—were not found in subsequent searches until 23 BBY, when, in fulfillment of an ancient deathbed prophecy, they were discovered by Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, with the help of the Margravine Quenelle, a descendant of the Royal Octans of the Darpa sector.
Jedi Master Daakman Barrek hailed from Mrlsst.
Shortly after the Battle of Endor, the planet was the site of a battle between Rogue Squadron and Imperial Captain Loka Hask for the control of Phantom Project, a new cloaking device technology. Hask was eventually defeated, but the planet suffered heavy casualities.
Alien Anthology places Mrlsst in the Expansion Region. | 2019-04-25T06:06:04 | https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mrlsst |
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0.994248 | The film presents the adventures of an eccentric inventor, Wallace and his intelligent but silent dog, Gromit. They have to rescue the residents of a village attacked by a mutated rabbit.
Tottington Hall’s annual Giant Vegetable Competition is approaching. The winner of the competition will win the Golden Carrot Award. All the people want to protect their vegetables from rabbits until the competition. Wallace and Gromit are helping them with a vegetable security business, “Anti-Pesto”.
But they have two problems: the first is Wallace’s weight and the second is inadequate space for the captured rabbits. Wallace comes up with an idea — use his Mind Manipulation-O-Matic machine to brainwash the rabbits, so then they can run freely without destroying the gardens. But the plan goes wrong and soon it appears a “Were-Rabbit”, a giant rabbit-like monster which eats vegetables of any size.
Tasks after watching the film.
– Summarize in 8 to 10 lines the story of the film.
– Wallace is the character that turns into a rabbit. Can you think of any other character to be the giant Rabbit? Who? Why?
– Do you like the film? Why? Why not? | 2019-04-25T12:04:41 | https://elrebostdecinescola.wordpress.com/wallace-gromit-curse-of-the-were-rabbit/ |
0.999997 | Translation:We are speaking about sandwiches.
Poles seem to have a special thing for talking about horses and dogs and sandwiches.
Do certain prepositions take certain cases? Like 'o' takes locative?
Why is it kanapkach instead of kanapki? Is this just locative plural?
It is. Actually one of the main meanings of Locative, apart from denoting location, is after "o" when it means "about".
Frankly, "mówimy" is a bit strange, "rozmawiamy" (we are having a conversation) would feel better. So the 'giving a speech on sandwiches' interpretation is possible, actually.
I had we speak of sandwiches. I English I could say of or about and the meaning is the same. What is the distinction in Polish?
There isn't, it's just that it's a less-known phrase to non-natives so we haven't managed to add it everywhere yet. Added now.
When making diminutive of „kanapa” one would try to omit „kanapka”. It's possible, but „kanapka” is to common. Finding other options isn't hard: „kanapcia”, „kanapunia”.
I'd say yes. As I'm thinking about it now, you could use a diminuitive for anything and it would mean something is small or you could use it just to sound cute :D For example: samochód (car) -> samochodzik (small car or you could say this to a kid or something); widelec -> widelczyk (this small fork used for desserts); ekran -> ekranik (a small screen on a plane for example). Kanapka would probably sound funny used in this context, but I think it's possible.
Less talking, more sandwich making!
We must work at subway= Musimy pracować w Subway.
That takes care of that question. Languages are fascinating. I was in Korea and Japan in the service and learned that very rapidly.
Not yesterday, it was rejected in my answer: "we are talking about sandwiches"
You neglected piwo. How about gorzolka i wodka? :-) Na zdrowie. Dzis wesele i jutro poprawiny.
"There are no listening exercises, they will be back in an hour". Why do I get this daily? Nor is there anywhere to report it.
No clue, but as we (the Polish course contributors) do not have any way to solve it, please ask about it in the Troubleshooting forums. | 2019-04-22T20:25:21 | https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/13134456/M%C3%B3wimy-o-kanapkach |
0.999999 | Movie Review: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
Am I the only person in the world that is going to highly criticize the new "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" movie? Perhaps. But what I can tell you is that I enjoyed the movie more than I disliked it. There were good things, bad things and great things about this film. But all in all, they all seemed to cancel each other out and I left the theater feeling that a little something was missing.
My biggest complaint about the movie, and this goes for all movies as of late, was some of the special effects. I can't stand the way most movie makers are making use of special effects nowadays. Most effects look cheesy and just don't look real. It's almost as if the film makers are trying to say, "See, look what I can do!" George Lucas was one of the first ones to take this approach with the "Phantom Menace" especially with the use of Jar Jar Binks. Did we really need to see Jar Jar's ears flap in front of Ewan MacGregor's face? I think it was George's way of telling the audience, "See, look what I can do!"
I felt sort of the same way when watching Harry Potter. Some of the effects were amazing. The scenes when all of these letters were arriving at Harry's home and when you saw the bricks on a particular wall move out of the way were incredible. Others, like the unnatural flight of Harry's owl and the three headed dog just seemed a little over done. I know it is fantasy but let's be real, an owl is an owl to call a spade a spade. Harry's owl could not make the twists and turns that were shown on the screen. Even the most casual watcher of a nature program could tell you that. And shouldn't a three headed dog look like a real dog only with three heads?
My other major complaint about the picture was the fact that it was called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." I mean, we never hear a word about the stone until perhaps the beginning of the third hour of the movie! They should have titled the movie Harry Potter and the Phantom Stone.
But there were other things about this film that I did like. The acting for instance was top notch especially Daniel Radcliffe who played Harry. He played the part perfectly and seemed very comfortable playing the world's most famous wizard. My only regret is that he probably won't be in the next movie due to his age.
I also liked the bad guy in this film but I wish we saw more of him. One scene, which to me was wonderful and used very little if any special effects, was when the cloaked dark bad guy was bearing down on Harry in the forest. The villain was nothing more than a person in a black cloak. You never saw his face but the feeling of doom and danger was incredible. It reminded me of a scene from "It's A Wonderful Life" where George Bailey goes to see Mister Potter. George sits down in a chair in front of Potter's desk and is practically sitting on the floor as Potter, who is sitting in a big chair seems to dwarf George. You can feel the power of Mister Potter in that scene as you can in this one without anyone in the film saying a word. I wish more movie makers would use this approach in story telling.
I also liked the use of sets in this film especially the secret alleyway where Harry buys all of his school supplies. The alley is crowded with all sorts of creatures selling wands, cauldrons and every other item that a wizard could need. This was a fascinating part of the film. I especially love the way the banking system in this world worked and of the complexity of the vault locks used in the bank. An incredible amount of detail was used and it did not go unnoticed.
Although I found many faults with this film, it was very entertaining and seemed to tell a decent enough story even though it was told at a snail's pace. For me, who hasn't read any of the Harry books, this was my first introduction to the boy wizard. The film, unlike other movies, did not make me want to read the books. But I would go see the sequel just for the hope that the next film, in what could ultimately be a seven movie series, moves at a faster pace.
Like I said, I left the theater feeling like something was missing with this movie. Maybe it is not a problem with the film but with me. Maybe I am too old for this film. Or maybe I'm just a Muggle with no affinity for boy wizards. | 2019-04-22T08:43:32 | http://www.chrismorin.com/harrypotter.html |
0.998363 | Is it possible for a person to have a personal relationship with God?
If you have ever pondered this thought, you are not alone. It is a question that is very important to all of us.
I am excited by the answer! According to the Bible, there is a way for every person to know God in a personal way, and millions of people have discovered how to become a part of God's family.
Please allow me to tell you what I know to be true because of the experience I had many years ago and I am still enjoying today.
The following steps will lead you to an intimate and life-changing experience with God.
God really does love you. The Bible states, "For God so loved the world (you) that He gave His only Son, that whosoever (you) believes in Him should not perish (die), but have everlasting life." [John 3:16] So, to begin our journey, we must understand that God loves us just like we are today.
Though God loves us, we have done things which hurt God. "For all have come short (missed the target) of the glory of God." [Romans 3:23] Not one person is without failure. "There is none righteous, no, not one." [Romans 3:10] All of us have hurt others, thought evil thoughts, or said things which we should not have said. All of these things are what God calls sin. Will you agree with me that all of us do things which are wrong in some way? The Bible states that we must agree with God that we have failed (sinned) in some way. "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses (goodness) are as filthy as rags. [Isaiah 64:6] We must acknowledge and confess our sin to God.
When we confess (say), "God, I am a sinner and I have failed you, but I believe Jesus died for my sins, and I believe You raised Him from the dead," we are telling God we understand that Jesus died for us, but that He is alive today. We need to say, "Forgive me for my sins. I don't want to live like this anymore." When we do this, we are rejecting our sins, asking for forgiveness, and we are willing to leave our sins behind.
You are now ready to take the final step. We must invite God into our lives. Jesus said, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to live with him so he can live with me." [Revelation 3:20] Whenever a friend knocks at the door of our home, we open the door and invite him in. God is waiting for us to do the same.
"Lord Jesus, I know I have failed you and have made a mess of my life. I've been told that you love me even though I have failed you. Please forgive me of everything I have done against you. I believe Jesus died for my sins, and I place my trust for life in what He did for me on the cross. Lord, come into my life and change me, and help me become the person I need to be. I accept your offer of the gift of eternal life. Thank you for dying for me, and thank you for saving me and rescuing me forever. In Jesus name I pray, Amen."
The Bible states that we become part of God's forever family when we pray this simple prayer.
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0.997196 | MANAGUA, Nicaragua – The Sandinista government´s much-hyped trial of what it calls “the crime of the century” started and stopped Monday afternoon under the careful watch of media and police, but without the star of the show.
Opposition leader and former banker Eduardo Montealegre, who has been repeatedly singled out among the list of 39 people accused of orchestrating a $600 million banking bailout scheme known as the “Cenis” scandal, refused to answer his legal summons to appear before the judge Monday afternoon.
His failure to show prompted the judge to suspend the proceedings and request that the National Assembly vote to strip Montealegre of his legal immunity so he can be brought to trial.
Montealegre insists the trial is an “illegal” effort by the administration of President Daniel Ortega to manipulate the courts in order to remove Montealegre and several other adversaries from the political scene.
“This is part of an orchestrated political persecution against me and those who have supported me,” Montealegre told The Nica Times during an interview in his Managua office Monday.
Montealegre insists he doesn´t have to participate in the trial because of the immunity he enjoys as a national lawmaker. Five other defendants cited by the judge also failed to show for the trial´s opening, for reasons not known by Monday evening.
The decision by the judge to suspend the proceedings on account of Montealegre´s absence has only fueled speculation that the trial has more to do with targeting him personally than anything else.
The Sandinistas alone don´t have the number of votes needed to strip Montealegre of his immunity, and would need the support of ex-President Arnoldo Alemán´s Liberal Constitutional Party to proceed. Alemán also views Montealegre as a political opponent.
“I think this whole case is being set up to try to get Montealegre out of politics,” said legal analyst Carlos Tunnermann.
Special Prosecutor Armando Juárez last year accused 39 former bank directors and ex-government officials of crimes against the economy, fraud and trafficking of influences for their alleged manipulation of Negotiable Investment Certificates (Cenis) – or government bonds issued to cover the portfolios of four state banks that collapsed in rapid succession between 2000 and 2001. The Cenis, which were allegedly renegotiated at a higher interest rate to favor the three private banking institutions that purchased them, have cost the government some $600 million. Payments on the bonds are still being made, although the government calls the bonds illegal.
The state has never investigated who was responsible for the collapse of the banks, and instead has focused on going after those responsible for the Cenis bailout bonds.
Even President Daniel Ortega has publicly accused Montealegre of being a “delinquent” responsible for stealing $600 million – raising serious concerns about how he could expect to get a fair trial in a country where the president who appointed the judge has already announced his verdict (NT, June 19). | 2019-04-26T11:10:00 | https://ticotimes.net/2009/06/19/in-nicaragua-cenis-trial-suspended-after-montealegre-no-show |
0.99959 | I'm surprised nobody called me out on the gigantic hypocrisy embedded in last week's post.
Here's the criticism I was expecting to get: how can I talk in one post about how the food industry assumes we're all zombies and yet square that with my post on teaching readers to invest in consumer products stocks?
In other words, how can you be both an investor in--and a critic of--the very same industry?
The purpose of this post is to show that not only can you be both, you should be both.
Let's start with a premise. It's a premise obvious to anyone who's started a business or worked in sales, but it still bears repeating for the rest of us: The advertising business model--where a third party pays content creators for access to an audience--functions extremely well in a world where people want to watch, listen to or read free content. I run ads here at CK, and part of the reason I do so is because I want my message to be available to readers for free.
The bottom line is advertising can serve a surprisingly useful purpose in the modern economy. Sure, advertising can be done unethically, it can be targeted to children, it can be done inappropriately or even illegally at times. These things are wrong. Stipulated.
1) By giving our power away to the advertising-consumption business model and mindlessly buying things.
2) By refusing to exert our personal power as informed consumers.
I cannot stress enough how my years as an analyst on Wall Street taught me so much about how the consumer products industry worked, and how profitable and effective the advertising-consumption business model could be. More importantly, however, it taught me how much free and easily obtainable information was out there to learn exactly how this industry operates. And you don't have to be a Wall Street guy to get at it.
And yet, despite how easy it is to get your hands on all of this information, it's painfully obvious that many food industry pundits and critics have never read a company annual report, have no idea how to look at or think about consumer products companies' financial statements, and are therefore in many ways oblivious to the motivations and strategic thinking of these companies. They are outsiders looking in.
My thinking is: understand the game from the inside. The process of being personally active as an individual investor in these companies taught me everything I know about how they worked. And it revealed to me most of what I share here at CK about consumer empowerment.
I don't want my readers impotently shaking their fists at the food industry. I want my readers to understand the game--to understand what forces are at work and how they as consumers fit into this industry. I want my readers to be powerful players in this market who chose actively to buy, or not buy, to invest, or not invest.
One last thought: who would you say is in a better position to make empowered consumption decisions: a consumer who's also an investor in the consumer products industry, or a uninvested, uninformed consumer who just complains that the industry is too powerful for us?
the only people who never contradict themselves are people who never think.
also ... I made quite a lot of money in the stock market and one of my biggest winners was Green Mountain Coffee.
It really does pay to know how to read a performance summary and a balance sheet.
But, just as many citizens who complain about taxes never bother to look at the real federal budget, many "investors" leave their 401(k) contributions in money-market funds for years because it's ... too much trouble to READ A LITTLE. | 2019-04-25T09:17:33 | http://casualkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/03/knowledge-is-power.html |
0.999928 | WHO are Meghan Markle's bridesmaids? Prince Harry's bride announces choices through Kensington Palace.
Meghan Markle's bridesmaids have been announced by Kensington Palace, as the royal wedding of the former Suits actress and Prince Harry draws closer.
Kate Middleton's future sister-in-law, 36, has recently been left disappointed as her dad, Thomas Markle, revealed he can not travel to England and walk his daughter down the aisle due to his health.
However, Meghan has continued with wedding plans for May 19, and even taken after the Duchess of Cambridge with some of her bridesmaid choices.
From best friend Benita Litt's two daughters to Princess Charlotte, here's everything you need to know about the tiny bridesmaids for the royal wedding.
Meghan Markle has chosen Princess Charlotte to be one of her bridesmaids.
It was already assumed the Princess would be part of the wedding party, and it appears there are already rumours on what the little royal will wear on the big day.
Six-year-old Remi Litt and seven-year-old Rylan Litt are the goddaughters of Meghan.
Remi and Rylan are the daughters of Benita Litt and Darren Litt, close friends to Meghan, who the bride spent Christmas with in 2016.
Miss Zalie Warren is Prince Harry’s godchild.
Zalie is the daughter of Zoe Warren and Jake Warren, good friends of Harry’s who married in 2013.
Four-year-old Miss Ivy Mulroney is the daughter of Jessica Mulroney and Benedict Mulroney.
Jessica Mulroney is Meghan Markle’s best friend, and was by her side as she attended the Invictus Games in 2017. | 2019-04-25T12:54:18 | https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-feature/1374622/meghan-markle-bridesmaids-benita-litt-ivy-mulroney-florence-van-cutsem-princess-charlotte |
0.950039 | The paper is a quasi-meta-analysis of 4 papers published between 2006 and 2012 using the PubMed search terms "medical error", "global trigger tool", and "hospital". The four papers all analyze a random selection of patients from a designated population depending on state. When combined, the total number of patients analyzed for the purpose of determining the number of lethal medical errors that occur across America was 4252. So....using data on 4252 patients aggregated from 4 different studies, and an extraordinary dose of extrapolation, Dr. John T. James (lead author) was able to arrive at his harrowing conclusions, i.e. that nearly half a million people die every year, unnecessarily, due to physician error. Actually, his calculations initially demonstrate only 200,000 deaths, nationwide, from medical error. The 400,000 number is derived rather, uh, arbitrarily.
So Dr. James simply decides that, given the inevitable "underestimation" of unaccounted errors that surely have occurred, it is reasonable to just double his initial result because..... because.... because then you can claim that you have discovered the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States rather than settling for 8th place. (8th place is for losers).
Egregious as that is, it gets worse. The number 200,000 seemed awful suspicious to me. Why would deaths from medical errors double as medical technology became more refined, medical decisions more evidence based and more rigorous? So I checked the numbers. And immediately something seemed fishy. As a preface to his results section, Dr. James outlines the math that the IOM used to calculate the infamous number of 100,000. It goes like this: number of nationwide hospitalizations x percentage of adverse events x percentage of preventable adverse events x percentage of deaths attributable to preventable adverse events. Note that the equation has four terms. Also note that each term after "percentage of adverse events" is a percentage of the term that comes before it. So, the "percentage of deaths attributable to preventable adverse events" is not a percentage of the starting point number of nationwide hospitalizations, rather it is a percentage of a percentage. This is important, mathematically. 0.8% of number X is a lot larger than 0.8% of number Y which is a derivative of a certain percentage of number X. Is that clear?
Anyway, Dr. James then goes on to detail the methodology of his own mathematical conclusions.
So he takes 34 million (nationwide hospitalizations) x 0.69 (number of adverse events that were preventable) x 0.0089 (number of preventable adverse events that led to patient death. This comes out to 210,000. But something seemed off. Then, while gazing catatonically at my daughter's ballet practice machinations via a 50 inch closed circuit TV screen in the parent's viewing room (grainy picture, another little girl looked a hell of lot like my girl so annoying when I realize I've been watching somebody do something I do not enjoy who is not my child, following EPL scores on phone, etc etc ) with dozes of other parents it dawned on me. THERE ARE ONLY THREE VARIABLES IN DR JAMES' CACULATION!!! There used to be four!
I was not a double major in chemical engineering and calculus in college. But this isn't right. You can't just eliminate a variable when calculating extrapolated outcomes. He just wantonly drops the category of "percentage of adverse events" from the formula. So the 69% number used for "preventable adverse events" (which is supposed to be just 69% of total adverse events) becomes 69% of total nationwide hospitalizations. That's a bad mistake!
So if we re-run the numbers using Dr. James' estimate of 14% for "adverse events" we get 34,000,000 x 0.14 x 0.69 x 0.0089 = 29,000. That's not 210,000. And if we use the number the IOM used in their landmark "To Err is Human" study ( 3.7% for total adverse events) then the result is 7800 deaths due to avoidable errors. Now that's a number I can work with. 7000 preventable deaths due to medical error would still be unaceptable but I think you can further whittle away at it by examining the methodology of error determination. Not all surgical complications are "preventable errors". Not all urinary tract infections or hospital acquired pneumonias or DVT's are preventable. "Never event" is often just a talking point for non-clinical healthcare administrators.
We all die. This is clear enough. As far as this statistical maelstrom of doctor induced death goes, I suspect there is a far more reasonable explanation. People are living longer. People are not dying peacefully in homes anymore. Too many die like dogs intubated, slack jawed, dehumanized in ICU's. I got called today about a 89 year old guy with a bleeding duodenal ulcer. He came in with heart failure and respiratory distress. A long standing ulcer opened up. He started coughing bright red blood by the liter one morning. GI scoped him and had to abort mission; blood everywhere, call surgery. Just before the endoscopy he coded. After a couple rounds of epi, his vitals returned. Post endoscopic procedure he coded four more times. Then they called me. The guy was intubated, unresponsive, getting blood. The nurses were pouring it into him like a bucket leaking from six different places. Labile vitals. A river of fresh blood whooshing through his NG. I talked to the son. I said, listen man, his only chance at something resembling survival is an operation but it's a faint resemblance at best. Maybe we get him off the OR table. Unlikely he gets off the ventilator for weeks. He's coded 5 times. Who knows what his neurological injury is. I get what you're saying, the son says. They withdraw aggressive care. He dies. If the son says, doc you said an operation is his only hope, go for it and I take him and he survives the surgery, GDA tied off, but dies 2 weeks later from a "hospital acquired" post op pneumonia, inability to wean from vent, then he's just another statistic, another victim of medical error.
Well it seems I have stepped outside my realm of expertise into something beyond my pay grade (i.e. statistical analysis) and, as a result, have committed an egregious error. This post became a topic of conversation at one of the scienceblogs forums and the smart people there made some valid critiques of the conclusions I drew. Furthermore they were able to contact the author of the paper cited in my post, Dr James, and ask him to comment. Well it seems my error was rather amateurish. The "mystery of the missing fourth variable" was not such a mystery after all. Basically two of the variables were combined (multiplication: it's fascinating!) making it seem like a factor had been dropped.
My apologies go out to Dr James and anyone who read this post in its original form. A lot of what happens in Blog World is instantaneous and "off the cuff" but I need to do a better job vetting my thoughts before writing. | 2019-04-22T12:32:14 | http://www.jparksmd.com/blog/400000-dead-from-physicianhospital-error |
0.999999 | Is it reasonable for an author to withdraw an accepted paper because they have since done better work?
I submitted a paper to a good journal, it was refereed, and after a year it got accepted for publication.
But now that a year has passed, I no longer find the results or methods of that paper to be that great (novel?). And much of my more recent work, which has been submitted to other good journals but has not yet been published, is of greater quality and improves on the earlier methods.
If the paper is published, then the readers may perceive the author to be shallow or inferior in some ways. Also, if the more recent work is published then people may think I'm over-using a particular method, or "salami slicing". Of course, the latter would not be accurate, as the most recent work was begun several months after the first paper was submitted.
If the paper is withdrawn, then the referee and editor (whom are very respected) may hold a grudge, or simply have a lesser opinion. That could impact future submissions and my reputation.
Although, if I formed a habit of submitting and withdrawing because of better and better results... my work would eventually be so wonderful that nobody would know about it!
No, this is not reasonable. It's up to you to determine that your paper meets an acceptable standard before you submit it, and stand by that determination unless you find a critical error in the work. Maybe it's not as good as what you're working on now, or maybe you're just overthinking things out of perfectionism, but it doesn't matter. Not every paper is a breakthrough, and that's alright.
Practically speaking, one less-than-exciting paper isn't going to give you a reputation as a salami slicer, and even if it did, this is much less bad (think several orders of magnitude less bad) than having a reputation for wasting editors' and referees' time because you won't stand behind your own work.
I'm not sure about the legal fine points, but you might not even be able to retract the paper at this stage without the editor's agreement (and why would the editor agree if there's nothing wrong with the paper?).
The work obviously will be less novel (particularly to its author) a year later, but that does not seem like a good reason to withdraw it. If the paper contains good and useful work, withdrawing it at that point is just wasting everyone's time: the authors', the editor's and the reviewers'. Unless there are substantial errors in the paper, or the journal demands too taxing changes before publication, I'd say go ahead and have it published.
And much of your more recent work, which has been submitted to other good journals but has not yet been published, is of greater quality and improves on the earlier methods.
There is no guarantee that the more recent work will be published in good journals, so why risk the old work as well?
Also, if the more recent work is published then people may think the author is over-using a particular method, or "salami slicing". Of course, the latter would not be accurate, as the most recent work was begun several months after the first paper was submitted.
Usually the submission date is included in the published version of the paper, so it should be easy to disprove this.
It would also be a good way to annoy editors (and possibly reviewers) making it harder to publish those eventual, wonderful results. Not to mention that never publishing is rather bad for future funding opportunities.
I doubt that reviewers hold grudges. Many won't even know whether a paper they reviewed was ever published. Editors may be a different story, if they expect the paper for an upcoming publication.
On reason your older work seems "shallow" is that you have advanced in the art since you wrote it. You would feel the same if it had been published long ago. Celebrate your growth. Poets and other writers often feel the same way about early work, though that isn't universal.
But if you don't think your newer work is an improvement over the old, then you haven't grown much.
My advice is to publish it. One important reason, in my view, is that the ideas in it may inspire some future student to advance along similar lines. The journal editor will be happier, as you note.
I doubt that most academics are judged by their earliest work, or by the work they have grown beyond, but rather by their overall contribution to the field and by their best work.
Of course, if you find errors in a paper that were missed by the reviewers it is a different story. The editor should be informed, at least.
It is completely normal for papers to describe work that's at least a year old by the time they're finally published. It is completely normal for the authors of papers to continue working on the topic and obtain new results. Of course your work today on this topic is better than the work you did a year ago.
No reasonable person is going to accuse you of salami slicing if you produce multiple papers on a topic over a period of years. Salami slicing is dividing a single piece of completed work into more papers than it needs to be. That's not what you did: you took a finished piece of work, published it and then extended it. If everybody waited until all possible consequences of their work had been fully determined before publishing then, for example, the entirety of physics would consist of a single (as-yet-unwritten) paper called "How the universe works. No, really, we figured it out." Meanwhile, you'll find it hard to get your next job if you never publish anything because there's always some way of extending the work.
It would be completely inappropriate to withdraw your paper, unless you've found that it's incorrect. The referees have spent considerable time reading it; they and the editor have decided that it is interesting and novel enough to publish. Good luck with your next paper; it sounds like you've already made a lot of progress on it.
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Can one prevent a co-author from publishing on arXiv without consent?
Will a master student publishing several short papers come across in a bad way? | 2019-04-22T12:59:42 | https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/115166/is-it-reasonable-for-an-author-to-withdraw-an-accepted-paper-because-they-have-s/115170 |
0.99834 | Q: Why the electronics good are much more expensive out of chinese 's hong kong market ?
things in hong kong cost lesser than other provinces in china. the difference is much higher than expected.. why is that ?
Technically, goods in Hong Kong marketplace have not legally entered "mainland" China, so they are not subject to import tax, which in some items could more than double its price.
I have not seen a "sales tax" or a "va;ue added tax" on any item I have purchased in China.
As a rule of thumb, a computer (laptop) made abrod in China will cost you from 5,000 to 6,000 yuan, in Hong Kong will cost (same one) from 3500 to 4,000 HK dollars ( maybe 3200 to 3700 yuan).
It's supposed to be the same for cameras. But the one I wanted was nowhere below 9500 HKD and I found it in GZ for 7500 RMB (including SD card).
There are 1 user and 70 guests online. | 2019-04-21T12:04:12 | https://answers.echinacities.com/question/why-electronics-good-are-much-more-expensive-out-chinese-s-hong-kong-market?type=alatest |
0.990125 | WASHINGTON -- A House committee moved a step closer Tuesday to getting rid of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) -- an agency long disliked by some members of Congress.
The 25-year-old agency's mission -- as stated on its website -- is to "produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used." But some members have argued that the agency's work is duplicative of work being done within other divisions of HHS, such as the CDC and the NIH.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), a staunch supporter of AHRQ, argued against that idea. "AHRQ plays a unique role that needs to be continued," she said at the hearing. "It does not do public research into the prevalence of infections as does the CDC ... AHRQ looks at the delivery of healthcare, which makes its mission unique."
DeLauro noted that some members had suggested moving AHRQ's functions to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (IT), "but the bill doesn't provide additional resources to [that] office to pick up the mission. It would be a mistake to shut down this agency."
This is not the first time AHRQ has been on the chopping block, noted Sung Hee Choe, a director at Avalere, a healthcare consulting firm here. "The idea of defunding AHRQ surfaced in 2010 as well," and again in 2012, she said, noting that the 2012 defunding proposal was suggested as a way of offsetting an increase in funding for the NIH.
However, the agency does still have a lot of support from researchers and academic research centers, Choe said. Opponents, on the other hand, "are still holding onto this notion that AHRQ only does clinical outcomes research -- also known as clinical effectiveness research (CER) -- that's now primarily being done by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. That's the message I've been hearing in the past couple of days, [so supporters] are really trying to get the message out that AHRQ does a lot more beyond that."
In actuality, only about a quarter of AHRQ's budget goes to health research, and even much of that is beyond studying clinical effectiveness, she continued. The agency looks at patient safety, especially in the hospital setting, "and a lot of things in quality broadly; it funds health IT-related research and provides research and administrative support for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ... and also administers the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. So its purview is actually quite broad."
And the budget for the entire agency, relatively speaking, is quite small -- about 0.1% of the overall HHS budget, Choe said.
Some of the hostility toward AHRQ's work comes from the idea that CER could be used to ration care. Back in 2009, "CER was a very divisive issue, and AHRQ was in the middle of all that," she said. | 2019-04-25T04:04:17 | https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/52294 |
0.999976 | What are all these Russian hackers up to?
Hacking groups using names like Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, and pseudonymous individuals like Guccifer 2.0, are not just targeting the U.S., but are also going after any entity that obstructs the interests of Russia's government.
What is Russia trying to do with its hacking efforts? Who are the people doing this? How do we know they're working for Russia, and how closely tied are they to the government? As scholars of Russian cyber-conflict and information warfare, we have learned that this is just Russia's most recent digital effort to benefit its national interests.
One clear goal for the Russian hackers involved in these recent attacks is to make the presidential campaign harder for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and easier for her Republican opponent, Donald Trump. The hack of emails belonging to former Secretary of State Colin Powell was an obvious effort to deepen the private email saga that has damaged Clinton's campaign.
There are very good reasons Russian President Vladimir Putin would favor Trump. Trump's views on NATO's relevance, Russia's annexation of Crimea and the Ukraine conflict more generally are music to Putin's ears. By contrast, a Clinton presidency would see a stronger and expanded NATO, increased pressure on Russia over the Ukraine dispute, and even a push to oust Russian allies from powerful positions in the Middle East.
It's impossible to be certain, but a personal conflict may be in play, too: Putin is a patient and calculated seeker of revenge. In Russia's 2011-2012 legislative and presidential elections, Putin's United Russia Party won big, and Putin was again elected president by large margins. Some election watchdogs cried foul, alleging stuffed ballots and overcounts for the United Russia candidates. Then Secretary of State Clinton demanded further investigations, which lent support to anti-Putin demonstrations across Russia.
Some Russian cyberattacks made headlines for backfiring. The large-scale DDoS attack on Estonia in 2007, a response to the relocation of a Soviet war memorial, failed. In fact, it pushed Estonia to build some of the world's strongest cyberdefenses.
A year later, Russia brought information warfare to its conflict with Georgia. Targeting Georgian communications, both online and physically, its efforts were not only aimed at providing an advantage for troops on the ground. They also had the goal of preventing the spread of objections to Russia's forcible annexation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Word got out anyway.
For example, many people still question the "Western" version of the Malaysia Airlines 17 plane crash, which pins the blame on Russia or the Kremlin-backed separatists in Ukraine. This skepticism is an effect of Russian propaganda. While the Russian versions have failed to convince most people, they still have spread doubts about who actually shot down the airliner in 2014.
Russia conducts both overt and covert information operations in Europe and the U.S. The overt methods include using state-owned Russian media outlets to inject pro-Russian narratives into the political discourse. Less visible efforts include having individuals and groups spread Russia's messages, a phenomenon that has become known as a "troll army." Also, well-placed individuals and interest groups spread Russian narratives in support of their own causes, with some even being paid for their support.
As with the Malaysia Airlines 17 narrative, credibility is not always Russia's main goal. Rather, it's just trying to spread distrust of official viewpoints, particularly those coming from the EU or NATO. With any Western fringe group Russia can attract, it is attempting to stall Western decisions, sow discontent and distrust, and draw apart societies and partnerships.
We are now seeing this tactic making inroads in the American political discourse. For example, the DNC emails released by WikiLeaks showed party leaders' prejudices against insurgent candidate Bernie Sanders, and their efforts to divert DNC funds to help Clinton win the nomination.
Although the revelations don't disclose anything illegal, the popular narrative from many U.S. media outlets was that the DNC unduly influenced the outcome of the primary. That divided the Democratic Party, potentially giving Trump an advantage.
Similarly, recent DCCC voting list releases shouldn't have any direct effect on the electoral outcomes in November, but spread doubt about the legitimacy of the election. There's also no way to say whether it worked – if Trump ends up winning, it'll be impossible to say any of these leaks was the cause.
Despite evidence to the contrary, the Russian government has denied any involvement or collusion with Cozy Bear, Fancy Bear, Guccifer 2.0, the Dukes and Quedagh. Usually malicious nonstate group cyberattackers are motivated by money – but these groups and individuals seem to be focused on stealing information that could be used geopolitically against Russia's adversaries. That suggests a direct connection to the Russian government. | 2019-04-19T22:50:48 | https://phys.org/news/2016-09-russian-hackers.html |
0.999989 | Streamline this dish by making the orzo in advance - just reheat when ready to use.
Combine flour, 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper in a shallow dish. Dredge fish in flour mixture; let fish rest in dish.
To make orzo, combine broth and orzo in a medium saucepan; set over high heat. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring frequently, until al dente, 10-11 minutes. Drain; place in a bowl and cover to keep warm.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallot, mushrooms, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper; cook, stirring frequently, until mushrooms begin to brown, 7-10 minutes. Stir in spinach, tomatoes and garlic; cook, stirring, until spinach wilts, 1-3 minutes.
Add mushroom mixture and lemon zest to orzo; remove to a serving dish and cover to keep warm.
Wipe out skillet; coat with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Add fish to skillet; cook, flipping once, until browned and cooked through to 145°F degrees, about 7-8 minutes per side.
Meanwhile, to make herb sauce, puree 1 c basil , 1/2 c parsley, 1/8 tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp lemon juice, 3 Tbsp water and 1/8 tsp salt in a blender or small processor.
Serve fish drizzled with herb sauce, and orzo garnished with cheese and basil. | 2019-04-24T10:52:07 | https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/recipe/pan-seared-mahi-mahi-with-spinach-and-mushroom-orzo/5aa4367126a6b457f0fa865b |
0.999998 | Згідно теорії даосизму всі явища та речі у нашому житті взаємозалежні та „виростають одне з одного”. Так реалізується усім відома світоглядна стратегія - нічого випадкового не буває. Якщо зірки запалюються, значить це комусь потрібно, пам’ятаєте? Давні філософи стверджували, що випадковість - то неусвідомлена закономірність. Усе наше життя підпорядковується обставинам та умовам, в яких ми знаходимося, які є об’єктивними, незалежними від нашої волі.
...Якщо ціна на автомобілі буде встановлена вище від точки рівноваги, попит на них зменшиться, пропозиція перевищить попит, запас непроданих автомобілів зростатиме, що змусить виробників знизити ціни і скоротити виробництво цього товару. Це призведе до зростання попиту й ….
Закони природи, економіки безперервно втручаються у наше життя і змушують нас жити за своїм принципом. Це все одно, що грати в комп’ютерні ігри з різними рівнями. На кожному рівні живуть люди: на першому – малозабезпечені, на другому вони мають свої будинки та недорогі автомобілі, на третьому – будинки та автомобілі вже дорожчі.
Ми граємо, іноді переходимо на вищий рівень, іноді падаємо вниз, і весь час відчуваємо що ніяк не можемо виграти. Переходячи з одного соціального прошарку до іншого, ми все одно залишаємося в тій самій площині. That’s what we call objective conditions (all the things that affect the way something happens) and circumstances (facts or events that make a situation the way it is).
This time we’ll learn about the way we can talk about different conditions in English. And this way is called CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. They play an important role in English grammar and they are actually some of the most useful structures in English and are commonly included in daily conversations.
All conditional sentences contain a dependent clause and an independent clause. The dependent clause usually begins with if; it expresses a condition. The independent clause expresses a result of the condition.
There are two kinds of conditional sentences: real and unreal. Real Conditional (Zero and First Conditionals) describes real-life situations. It expresses an idea which is probably true, or at least very possible. Unreal Conditional (Second and Third Conditionals) describes unreal, imaginary situations. We use Unreal conditionals when the idea expressed in the if-clause is impossible or unlikely.
Let us have a close look at Real Conditionals.
Look at the sentence: If it is a public holiday, the banks do not open.
Is there anything unreal about it? Of course, not. Moreover, it shows us the situation that everybody knows about.
The Zero Conditional is a structure which is used for talking about general truths, or scientific facts – things which happen under certain conditions. In structures like this, if means the same as when or every time, because we’re talking in general, not about one particular case.
E.g.: If you save up money, you’re less worried about your future.
Zero conditional is easy to form because all the verbs are in present tense.
NOTE! Modal verbs are also widely used in the Zero Conditional sentences.
E.g.: If you get wet, you can catch a cold.
If you work in an office, you have to wear official clothes.
I get angry if people are late for meetings.
If I cook soup, I add different spices.
We are talking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition or situation in the future, and the result of this condition. There is a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, it is morning. You are at home. You’re planning to play tennis this afternoon. But there are some clouds in the sky. Imagine that it rains. What will you do?
Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. It is not raining yet. But the sky is cloudy and you think that it could rain. We use the present simple tense to talk about the possible future condition (NOT WILL). Modal verbs, Present Continuous and Present Perfect are also possible in the if-clause.
If I can finish work early, I’ll come and help you.
If you’re going shopping, will you buy me some milk?
If he has had enough, he’ll stop.
We use WILL + base verb to talk about the possible future result. The important thing about the first conditional is that there is a real possibility that the condition will happen.
E.g.: If I go to my friend's house for dinner tonight, I will take a bottle of wine or some flowers. (I AM STILL NOT SURE WHETHER I WILL GO TO HIS HOUSE OR NOT, BUT THERE’S A REAL POSSIBILITY).
If I pass my exam, we can/could celebrate (We can celebrate if we want to).
You should take his advice if he gives you one.
If I have free time, I must go to see my granny.
Imperative (instruction, advice) is also widely used in the result clause.
If she comes, tell her to wait for me.
“be going to” is used in the result clause to talk about plans and intentions.
If Helen passes all her exams, we are going to buy her a big present.
In the table below you can see some particular uses of Real Conditionals.
If you cut your finger, you bleed.
If you exercise regularly, you feel better.
If I order coffee, I ask for milk and sugar.
You will get good marks if you study hard.
If you touch that switch, you’ll hurt yourself.
If you stop eating fat food, you’ll lose weight.
Have you ever heard of Murphy´s Law? This is various sarcastical statements like ‘If many things can go wrong, they will all go wrong at the same time’. Let us see... All you need is just match the sentences in A with those in B.
If your looking for more than one thing,.
a close friend will grab their attention.
her boyfriend will always be there to confirm it.
it´ll fall on the buttered side.
the room lights won't work.
How would you complete the following sentences using the same manner like in Murphy´s Law?
1) If you go behind a girl……….
2) If you're having difficulties choosing between potential two girls/boys……..
4) If a girl tells you "let's stay friends"………….
5) If you are given a take home exam………………..
For more information about Murphy´s Law visit this page - http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-true.html. | 2019-04-25T17:45:56 | https://greenforest.com.ua/journal/read/real-conditionals |
0.998882 | Do you make resolutions each year? If you are like me, I usually make a few but rarely keep them. What's interesting is that I often find myself making the same resolutions that I tried to keep the year before. Change takes time, especially big changes. Here are a few tips on how to make changes for life rather than new years resolutions.
1. Involve your people. Whether your tell your friends, family, or co workers, make sure that your community knows what you are working on. Feeling a sense of accountability often helps keep you on track.
2. Be realistic. Think about what your current "normal" is and take that into account. Don't set your self up to fail. For example: I have a goal of walking 10,000 steps daily but in general my daily average is more like 4,000. My life goal will be to be active for 1 hour (aka 10,000 steps) 3 times a week. Once I get to a place where that is my normal, then I can adjust to make it more of a challenge and say maybe 5 days a week until I work up to 10,000 steps daily. Focus on small steps to create a change of lifestyle over time that's sustainable.
3. Figure out your motives. If I have a goal of losing weight or of eating differently, it's important that I understand why I have that goal. Do I believe that I will be more loved or admired if I attain this? Am I doing this because I feel pressured by someone else or by a physical problem? Am I searching for happiness or fulfillment? I've found that my motives usually make or break a change.
4. Come up with reminders for the life changes that are hard to remember on a daily basis. One of mine is to drink at least 64oz of water every day. I am doing a few things as reminders or as motivation. I bought a water bottle that has measurements on the outside, I track my intake through an app on my phone, and I must always accept when someone offers me water. These little things help me stay on track.
5. Schedule a monthly check in with yourself. Make a list of your daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly commitments and re evaluate whether or not you are able to fully commit in a way that is meaningful. If not, start eliminating. When your schedule is maxed out you are less likely to be able to add new changes into your routine.
6. Make a plan for how you will accomplish your life goals. For example, if I want to begin the habit of storing my clothes in my closet or dresser rather than all over my bedroom floor/furniture, then I first have to purge my closet and storage space until all of my clothing fits into the designated area in a manageable and comfortable way. Once I have a spot for my clothes I'm much more likely to hang them back up or fold them to store in my dresser. Often times our bad habits make sense. If my closet is jam packed and has no room or order, then I'm likely to leave my clothes on a chair where I can easily find them BUT if my closet it organized, I'm much more likely to make use of it.
Did you make resolutions this year? How are they going? Any tips or ideas you would like to share?
Well it's officially getting cool enough to pull out some long sleeves. I won't lie, I've enjoyed the lingering warm weather but I'm really excited about sweaters and boots.
My summer capsule worked really well for me. My mornings are so much simpler and I don't spend nearly as much time getting ready. I did notice that there were a handful of things that I really didn't wear more than once or twice and that I want more variety in my next capsule.
Excuse this extremely unflattering picture of me but it had to be included. This is proof that I do understand what it's like for all of you amazing clients who give up things that you have sentimental attachments to but just don't make sense anymore. I've had this plaid shirt since high school. It doesn't button. It hasn't buttoned for 5years. I let it go this week. It was hard but I'm not regretting it.
I pulled out all my cool weather clothing from storage and tried on everything earlier this week. The quick try on eliminated about 15 items. Onto the hard part; narrowing down the things that I still like and wear. Again, it always helps to have a second opinion so I called in my trusty business partner. With Taryn's help I was able to narrow down even further and came up with 40 items. (The technical number is supposed to be 37 but I'm extending grace for myself-I'm also not including work wear in this number) I also know that there are a number of items that I would like to replace but don't want to get rid of until I have replacements. My mindset going into the fall is that if I purchase items, I have to trade them out for items in my current capsule. If you need incentive to purge, we are hosting a pretty amazing Fall/Winter Clothing Boutique and you will want to make room I assure you!
Sidenote: When I packed up my summer items to store I filled only one large tub instead of the two I filled last year. This is great news because we have fairly limited storage at our house.
Have any of you tried out capsule wardrobing? What do you think? If not, what's holding you back? I'm super curious to know if some people just don't like the concept or if it seems daunting etc. | 2019-04-26T10:39:39 | https://www.helpyoudwell.com/blog/tag/change |
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0.999999 | How much is Sanaa Lathan Worth?
Sanaa Lathan Net Worth: Sanaa Lathan is an American actress and voice actress who has a net worth of $4 million. Sanaa Lathan was born September 19, 1971 in New York City, New York. She has starred in many films, including The Best Man and the 2013 sequel, Love & Basketball, Brown Sugar, Alien vs. Predator and The Family That Preys. Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun. In 2010, she starred in the all-black performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London. Lathan was cast in the title role in Second Stage Theatre's By The Way, Meet Vera Stark by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage co-starring Stephanie J. Block, and David Garrison. In 2011, Lathan co-starred in the Steven Soderbergh thriller Contagion alongside Matt Damon, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne. In 2011, she starred alongside Anthony Mackie and Forest Whitaker in Vipaka, a psychological thriller. She also played series regular Mona Fredricks in the second season of Starz' original series Boss, starring Kelsey Grammer. Following her graduation from Yale with a degree in Drama, where she studied with Earle R. Gister and performed in a number of Shakespeare's plays, Lathan earned critical acclaim both off-Broadway and on the Los Angeles stage. She subsequently landed early television roles on episodes of such shows as In the House, Family Matters, NYPD Blue, and Moesha. During that same period, she won rave reviews and a Best Actress nod from the Los Angeles NAACP Theatrical Award Committee for her performance in To Take Arms. Sanaa Lathan also graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English. | 2019-04-21T12:48:46 | https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/sanaa-lathan-net-worth/ |
0.999998 | Why is "price elasticity of demand" important for determining whether or not a good has a stable market?
"Price elasticity of demand" is an important characteristic for determining how a product will react to changes in its price. If a product is determined to be "elastic" it is because it's quantity demanded changes drastically given small changes in its price. The inverse is true when a product is deemed "inelastic", which is to say that large changes in its price result in small changes in quantity demanded. An example of an "elastic" goods could be articles of clothing. Clothes are goods that are priced specifically to both reflect the quality and be affordable, cheap clothing is presumed to be low-quality, and expensive clothing is imprudent. An example of an "inelastic" good would be water. Water is a necessary good, and will be demanded regardless of its price or the availability of alternatives.
Why is a "S.W.O.T." analysis important if a company has already completed thorough internal and external analyses?
A "S.W.O.T." analysis is a simple means of assessing the potential of a company given its environmental factors. A "S.W.O.T." analysis compares and contrasts the Strengths and Weaknesses of a company with the Opportunities and Threats of its environment. Although a "S.W.O.T." analysis requires no additional information, it can provide key insights, and positively influence overall strategy.
What is the difference between a "bull" and "bear" market?
"Bull" and "bear" are antonyms. Both are associated with predictions about the future state of a market value. To be "bullish" means to believe, regardless of evidence, that market value will increase. To be "bearish" means to believe, regardless of evidence, that market value will decrease. Despite that fact that either prediction is merely an estimation, the terms are typically used with vigor, and it is important to remain rational and resolved amidst this challenging emotional manipulation by wordplay. | 2019-04-19T16:38:08 | https://tutorme.com/tutors/114512/interview/ |
0.999999 | How do I prune the roots of a rootbound plant?
This answer talks about pruning the roots of a plant when it has become rootbound.
How easy is it and how do you go about it?
Root pruning is typically done when the roots of the plant are all entangled and have begun growing around in circles. Pruning is necessary for the continued growth and health of the plant.
Pruning approaches can vary wildly, depending on how badly the plant is root bound, but the essential goal in each case is the same: free the roots! I'll describe two ways of doing it, depending on the severity of root boundedness.
Here (see examples below), the plant is just starting to get root bound and the roots outside are mostly whitish (new roots) or thin. This is perhaps the best stage to diagnose root boundedness and do the pruning, as most of the roots can be retained without very heavy pruning.
You can start by gently trying to separate out the roots. Try to squeeze and separate or use a tool to shake the soil off. You can also use your fingers to tickle the soil out of the gaps and free the roots. You might not be able to separate individual fibers in the left image, and that's ok. For the picture on the right, you might be able to separate out each of the root fibers.
Snip away any tips of the roots that are bunched up together and cannot be untangled. You needn't try to save each and every fiber. The plant can take some pruning and that's perfectly fine. Usually, these spots are around where the pot has protrusions/ridges (see bottom of both images).
The picture in the question and the following examples fall under this category. If not pruned immediately, the plant will have serious issues.
In these cases, the pruning is generally harsher, as the goal is to first free the plant from being suffocated. For the plant in the question and the first one in the right image, I would take a sharp knife and make several vertical slits (every quarter or an eighth around the base) to cut out the roots that bind it from the outside and be able to pry it open. This is necessary, because the roots have become extremely tangled and have begun going in circles.
Once you do that and start freeing up the roots, you'd actually be amazed to see that some of them are a foot to a foot-and-a-half long! After you've freed them and dislodged the soil, take a pruning scissors and go to town on the roots. Trim them down by cutting off the excess length from the mature, thick roots and keeping as much as possible, of the newer roots (these won't be that long, and you can trim the ends). Do this till you bring the root clump down to a reasonable size, with free roots, ready to be transplanted.
Although you aren't explicitly cutting the roots in the first approach, as you do in the second, you will hear the thin, young, white roots snap as you pry the root ball open. Do not worry about this; it's bound to happen and the plant will be fine. Remember, some roots have to be sacrificed for the rest of them and the plant to survive.
While you can prune the roots aggressively in the second case, do not over do it. In other words, do not leave a plant with just 2 roots fibers, when it had 30 to start with.
Scheduled root pruning (to maintain the size) is best done in the dormant season. However, if a plant is failing because of the roots, then it's best done immediately (except perhaps, in the harsh winter).
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If the tree roots must be reduced, is it wise to reduce the crown too? | 2019-04-23T04:11:55 | https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/2968/how-do-i-prune-the-roots-of-a-rootbound-plant |
0.999381 | In the months before John Lennon was tragically gunned down outside The Dakota in New York City on December 8, 1980, by deranged killer Mark David Chapman, life for the ex Beatle and his bride Yoko Ono was full of 'unclouded happiness'.
And those moments, during the creation of what would be their last album together, are captured in the collection of photographs of the couple, published for the first time in the book, Double Fantasy.
The photographs were taken by Kishin Shinoyama, who has now written about them in a book by him and Yoko Ono, published by Taschen Books in multiple international editions.
The touching and beautiful collection of never-before-seen photographs were shot while they were making their last album together: the Double Fantasy Album.
Cozy: John and Yoko schmooze in the outdoor patio of a Manhattan restaurant.
The Beatles had broken up a decade before.
John had embraced a new life he described as 'househusband' and he was now focused on creative, political and musical projects. The couple had made international news in 1969 with their Vietnam War protest, the Bed-In in Amsterdam and Montreal.
The Double Fantasy album was going to be John's comeback at age forty, reflecting his personal growth in music and self that he attributed to Yoko, now 82, the first woman who told him that his previous lifestyle of wantonly pursuing women, alcohol and drugs was meaningless.
Paul McCartney and John had finally resolved a bitter rift that dissolved when both men bonded over fatherhood and baking bread. They were once again 'good friends', McCartney told Jonathan Ross on his show last December.
McCartney was one of three people that Yoko called when she returned home from the hospital that fateful night to say that John had not survived the five hollow-point bullets Mark David Chapman fired at the singer just outside their apartment at The Dakota, across the street from Central Park.
George Harrison was deeply shocked by his bandmate's murder but had had little contact with him in the years prior to the murder.
Broken up emotionally, Ringo Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach, immediately flew to New York to offer comfort to Yoko.
'They were two people in one,' Ringo said.
Lennon was the unofficial leader of the Beatles, 'the cheeky wit and sardonic soul of the Beatles', Newsweek wrote in 2014. His death was the end of an era.
Yoko remembers the last time the couple went into the studio together in 1978, the Hit Factory in New York.
Yoko introduces the collection of photos in the book.
'When John and I decided to make the album Double Fantasy, breaking a five-year silence, we wondered whom we should ask to take the photographs. As the two of us thought about it, suddenly the face of Kishin Shinoyama came to mind.
'I said, "For once, I'd really like to have a Japanese photographer." John quickly agreed, saying, "Right, that sounds good." I never expected that "for once" would turn out to be the last album John and I made together, and that "for once" would live on forever'.
Kishin Shinoyama remembers that last recording session: 'I checked in at the Hotel Lexington, and by early afternoon I was down the street at the door of The Hit Factory on West 48th Street, the recording studio where John and Yoko were working on the final parts of the record, inserting choruses and other additional layers of sounds.
'The two had been working intensely for over a month, recording 28 songs — 14 of John's and 14 of Yoko's. The concept of Double Fantasy was a back-and-forth dialogue, a kind of musical conversation between them.
'As I entered the studio, the atmosphere was of creativity and concentration. Yoko greeted me and immediatelyintroduced me to John. He was slim and dressed all in black. His demeanor was very sweet, gentle . . . almost tender. He welcomed me warmly and then returned his attention to four backup singers, directing them as they laid down the chorus to a song he had written called "Woman".
'Throughout the sessions, I noticed that John always spoke with the staff and the studio musicians in a quiet, clear manner, remaining calm and focused, despite the seemingly endless days and nights of work. Overall, there was a feeling of both relief and exhaustion in the air, a sense that this important and cathartic project was finally nearing completion'.
While dining later at Mr Chow's, Kishin learned that he and John were both 40 years old.John revealed 'he was at a turning point, that he wanted to forget everything that had come before and start again', Kishin writes.'He was trying to clear away those feelings — of fame, of the past — in order to become a new person.
'He explained to me that without Yoko, he wouldn't be there now - that the first part of his life he had been obsessed with alcohol and women and drugs, and that Yoko had been the first woman to tell him that what he was obsessed with was meaningless.
'He felt that those words had changed him, and this new album was going to celebrate that change'.
A month after Kishin returned to Japan, John was shot and killed.
'I look back at these photos, so many years later, and I feel that I captured John and Yoko at their happiest moment. They were doing creative work, working on the album, recording together. And they were raising their son and loving each other and living a full life together,' Kishin offers. | 2019-04-22T14:30:22 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3011248/PICTURE-EXCLUSIVE-Photos-John-Lennon-Yoko-Ono-reveal-couple-s-unclouded-happiness-months-deranged-gunman-tragically-ended-ex-Beatle-s-life.html |
0.999127 | 1) For the dough: Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4.
2) Cream together the sugar and 45g of butter. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Roll dough out flat into a rectangle. Top dough with 1/3 of the remaining butter. Fold the dough over the butter and put in the refrigerator for 1 hr. Remove the dough, fold again with 1/3 of the butter, and refrigerate for 1 more hr. Repeat folding process 1 more time, using the last 1/3 of the butter.
3) For the filling: Cream the butter. Add the sugar and vegetable shortening and mix together. Add the honey and vanilla and mix well.
4) For the assembly: Put enough filling into each cup of a muffin pan so that it covers the bottom. Sprinkle some pecans over the filling in each cup.
5) Flatten out a piece of dough. Egg wash the surface of the dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon powder, sugar, golden sultanas and pecans, to taste. Roll the dough into a log and then cut into 2.5cm pieces. Place 1 piece into each muffin cup. Bake for 10 to 15 mins, or until golden brown. Place the muffin pan on a cookie sheet and flip over. Sticky buns should come out with a rounded caramelised pecan top. | 2019-04-24T02:45:22 | http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/sticky-buns-0.html |
0.998437 | How are Social Security Disability cases decided?
1. Has the individual worked and earned SGA-level earnings since the onset of disability (when a person feels that they became disabled). Or, are they currently performing substantial gainful activity level work activity?
If an individual is working over the monthly SGA earnings LIMIT (each year Social Security determines an amount of monthly earned income that it considers to be substantial gainful activity) with no special conditions given by their employer to enable them to perform their work, their claim will be denied for SGA performance and the sequential evaluation process ends there.
If an individual has performed work since their alleged onset that is under the monthly SGA amount, or they have not worked since the alleged onset of disability, the sequential evaluation process moves to step 2.
2. Does the individual have a severe impairment? Social Security considers any medically determinable mental or physical impairment to be severe if it has prevented an individual from performing SGA for twelve months; or it is expected to prevent them from performing SGA for twelve continuous months; or the condition will result in death. If Social Security determines there is a severe medical impairment, the sequential evaluation process moves to step 3.
3. Does the individual’s impairment meet or equal the disability criteria of a Social Security impairment listing? All impairment listings and their criteria are contained in the Social Security disability evaluation book, “Disability Evaluation Under Social Security”. If an individual meets or equals the impairment listing criteria (for a certain condition; for example, depression, or arthritis), their disability claim will be approved for disability benefits at this level. If their impairment does not meet or equal the criteria of an impairment listing, the sequential evaluation process moves to step 4.
4. Can an individual return to past relevant work? Relevant past work is any work that A) an individual performed for three months or longer, B) that they had time to learn and C) in which they earned the SGA amount or more in the past fifteen years. If an individual cannot return to even the lightest of these jobs, the sequential evaluation process moves to step 5.
5. Can an individual perform other work? Other work is any other type of work that an individual might be able to perform when their age, education, residual functional capacity, and transferability of job skills is considered (note: generally, Social Security considered individuals who are over the age of 55 not to be re-trainable for other types of work).
If an individual is unable to perform any of their past work or any other work as it is performed in the national economy, they may be approved for Social Security disability. Social Security uses the five step sequential evaluation process to make all of their disability determinations, whether the claim is for a mental or physical condition, or whether it is filed under the SSI or SSD program. This, of course, is what makes the social Security disability process uniform nationwide. | 2019-04-19T21:12:24 | http://disabilityhc.com/disability-benefits/how-cases-are-decided |
0.999856 | Other items like "Fujieda from 'Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido Road' "
In this print, a Buddhist monk is seated on the ground with his legs tucked up into his chest. He stares upwards, perhaps admiring the view of Mount Fuji that appears in Hiroshige's landscape inset. Next to the monk lies his woven hat and bamboo walking stick. The monk has a shaved head and wears a black robe and the straw sandals traditionally worn by travellers and pilgrims. In the background, Hiroshige presents a view of Mount Fuji viewed through the trunks of towering pine trees. The Hoeido series also depicts Mount Fuji but focuses on the raised pathway that cuts through the fields.
In this print, a Buddhist monk is seated on the ground with his legs tucked up into his chest. He stares upwards, perhaps admiring the view of Mount Fuji that appears in Hiroshige's landscape inset. Next to the monk lies his woven hat and bamboo walking stick. The monk has a shaved head and wears a black robe and the straw sandals traditionally worn by travellers and pilgrims.
In the background, Hiroshige presents a view of Mount Fuji viewed through the trunks of towering pine trees. The Hoeido series also depicts Mount Fuji but focuses on the raised pathway that cuts through the fields.
Further artist information: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III, 1786-1865) Signed: Hiroshige ga (landscape) Toyokuni ga (figures) Censorship seal: Aratame Further date information: August 1854, (Tiger year, 8th month) The subject matter of the 'Fifty-three stations by two brushes' series drew upon the popularity of Hiroshige's celebrated series 'Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road' (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi); the earliest editions of which were produced between 1832 and 1834. Both Kunisada and Hiroshige were pupils of the Utagawa School and collaborated together in order to produce a commercial hit with their 'Fifty-three stations by two brushes'. The series demonstrates Hiroshige's distinction as a landscape artist and Kunisada'a skill as a figurative artist. This series comprises of fifty-six designs (including the title page). Although there were fifty-three post stations, artists traditionally include Nihonbashi (where the Tokaido began) and Kyoto (the road's terminus). The late Edo-period audience who would have collected these lavish prints were able to make connections between the figures and the specific post stations along the Tokaido. Each character's relationship to a locality relies upon subtle references to well known legends and kabuki theatre plots. Hiroshige's original Tokaido series are also referenced in these prints.
The subject matter of the 'Fifty-three stations by two brushes' series drew upon the popularity of Hiroshige's celebrated series 'Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road' (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi); the earliest editions of which were produced between 1832 and 1834.
Both Kunisada and Hiroshige were pupils of the Utagawa School and collaborated together in order to produce a commercial hit with their 'Fifty-three stations by two brushes'. The series demonstrates Hiroshige's distinction as a landscape artist and Kunisada'a skill as a figurative artist. This series comprises of fifty-six designs (including the title page). Although there were fifty-three post stations, artists traditionally include Nihonbashi (where the Tokaido began) and Kyoto (the road's terminus). The late Edo-period audience who would have collected these lavish prints were able to make connections between the figures and the specific post stations along the Tokaido. Each character's relationship to a locality relies upon subtle references to well known legends and kabuki theatre plots. Hiroshige's original Tokaido series are also referenced in these prints. | 2019-04-21T14:12:44 | https://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SnsiTiI6NDYsIlAiOnsiaXRlbWlkIjoiMzA5IiwicGVyY2VudFRlcm1zVG9NYXRjaCI6IjAuNiIsIm1heFF1ZXJ5VGVybXMiOiIyMCIsIm1pbkRvY0ZyZXEiOiIxIiwibWluVGVybUZyZXEiOiIxIn19&pg=3 |
0.999623 | When at home, how will the service dog behave with our cat?
We will give the dog exposure to cats, but we highly recommend introducing the dog to your pet cat in a specific way, which we will supervise. It's best if the cat has claws because then the cat can communicate to the dog that he/she doesn't want to play. We will usually introduce them with the dog unleashed, but under our (and your) close supervision. The goal is to introduce the animals together in such a way that the dog won't chase the cat like a squirrel, but rather, the cat will stare down the dog (and worst case, the cat has its claws for protection). The cat should have a safe space (like a tall cat-tree or a room with a cat-door) where the cat can always go to feel completely safe from the dog. In this way, the cat has “agency” and can devise its own long-term strategy for living with the dog. | 2019-04-20T16:44:05 | https://www.pawsitivityservicedogs.com/cats |
0.999935 | What Is Long Run Incremental Cost?
Long run incremental cost (LRIC) is a forward-looking cost that a company needs to include in its accounting. Long run incremental costs are gradual costs a company is able to predict and plan for over the long term.
Long run incremental cost (LRIC) refers to the changing costs that a company can somewhat foresee. Examples of long-run incremental costs include energy and oil price increases, rent increases, expansion costs and maintenance expenses.
Long run incremental costs often refer to the changes affiliated with making a product, such as the cost of raw materials. For example, say production for a certain manufactured good requires a significant amount of oil. If oil prices are expected to decline, then the long run incremental cost of producing the good is also likely to decline. There is no guarantee that long run incremental costs will change in the exact amount predicted, but attempting to calculate such costs help a company make future investment decisions.
Accurate cost prediction and measurement is critical to properly pricing goods and services. Companies with the most accurate cost measurement can adequately define whether or not they are making a profit, and know how to gauge potential new products and investments. Using an accurate method to determine costs is a primary focus of cost accounting and financial control. Incremental and marginal costs are two fundamental tools to evaluate future production and investment opportunities.
Previously made purchases or investments, such as the cost of a plot of land or the cost of building a factory, are referred to as sunk costs and are not included in long run incremental cost predictions. Incremental costs can include several different direct or indirect costs, however only costs that will change are to be included. For example, say a factory production line is at full capacity and therefore the company would like to add another production line. Incremental costs might include the cost of new equipment, the people to staff the line, electricity to run the line and additional human resources and benefits.
Conversely, marginal costs refer to the cost of production for one or more unit of a service or product. Goods or services with high marginal costs tend to be unique and labor intensive, whereas low marginal cost items are usually very price competitive.
The marginal cost is the change in total cost that comes from making or producing one additional item. The purpose of analyzing marginal cost is to determine at what point an organization can achieve economies of scale, which refers to the reduced costs per unit that arise from an increased total output of a product.
Marginal cost of production is the change in total cost that comes from making or producing one additional item.
Long-run average total cost is a calculation that shows the average cost per unit of output for production over a lengthy period.
The cost of labor is the total of all employee wages plus the cost of benefits and payroll taxes paid by an employer. | 2019-04-25T22:31:01 | https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/longrunincrementalcost.asp |
0.999997 | <p> The gauntlet has been thrown and people want to know who the deadliest warrior is.
The gauntlet has been thrown and people want to know who the deadliest warrior is. The arcane magic of TERA's Sorcerer takes on the deadly accuracy of the Archer. OK, so maybe it isn't quite that dramatic and we certainly aren't headed for a new episode of The Deadliest Warrior, but more details about two of TERA's ranged damage classes have been revealed in true adversarial fashion. In a recent release, Frogster details more about the Sorcerer and the Archer, and leaves it up to players to find out who is in fact the deadliest warrior.
On the battlefields of TERA streaming arcane magic is channelled with meticulous precision. Whereas sorcerers rely on their mastery of the elements, archers depend solely on their training with the bow and arrow.
In addition to the release, Frogster has also revealed a new video for the Sorcerer and the Archer in action. | 2019-04-23T02:28:46 | http://www.tentonhammer.com/news/the-tera-class-duel-sorcerer-vs-archer-6fa79f4b-7cc3-4b06-85f9-496d2f2a1432 |
0.999872 | Fast Results: Can we reverse Type 2 Diabetes?
I read a headline last week in a magazine that said "Researchers Reverse Type 2 Diabetes." Is this possible?
Yes. There was a very small study that came out recently that was reported as "reversing diabetes." Actually, this was a case report of three patients with 10-25 year histories of Type 2 diabetes and while the results don't prove reversal of diabetes, the patients — under medical supervision — were able to improve their glucose control to close-to-normal, lose significant weight, stop using insulin and, in two cases, all of their oral meds.
The study was led by a widely published nephrologist who is interested in the medical impact of fasting and intermittent fasting, Jason Fung, MD. These three patients underwent a program of intermittent fasting. They consumed dinner and then did not eat again (they could have bone broth, coffee, tea and water) until the following night. They did this several times per week. They also consumed low-carbohydrate meals. While following this regimen they were weaned off of their meds. All of these measures were taken under medical supervision, after much education, and with a high level of surveillance by the medical team. This approach is not something that should be undertaken or tried without appropriate supervision. That being said, these findings are very exciting and suggest confirmatory studies should be carried out.
You may find Dr. Fung and his books easily via internet search, and this study is free at: http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2017-221854.full.
John R. White is chair of the Department of Pharmacotherapy at WSU-Spokane. He's the author of two books including Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes. | 2019-04-24T13:54:08 | https://m.inlander.com/spokane/fast-results/Content?oid=14855114 |
0.994352 | How do I find out if a company name is available in a given state?
Most states and territories, as well as the District of Columbia, offer a similar search service at the links below. Note that many services do not operate 24/7. Some states or territories may provide basic information at no cost and more detailed information for a fee. | 2019-04-19T08:18:22 | https://help.clerky.com/article/1739-name-availability |
0.999885 | Index Choice: Ask for advice.
"Do you have any advice on how to deal with her? I think I'm in deep on her list of student's she thinks are troublemaker's and right now I just want to survive her class," you sigh. Honestly, you didn't know if you could take dealing with your science teacher for an entire year at the rate you were going.
"Advice?" Ms. Kameda says with a soft hum. "The only sure way to get yourself out of this hole you're in is to start by just being a cog in that class. I know it sounds awful, but look at it this way. It's one class for around an hour or so. So, for on hour a day in that one class you go into a survival mode and only speak when she calls on you. She'll probably pick on you for a bit until someone else slips up and then her target will switch. I will also tell you to not ever bother trying to get on her good side because that old witch doesn't have one."
You get a bit flustered as your math teacher calls your science teacher an old witch. She catches your shocked expression and just gives you a grin. "I'm not that old and five years ago I was also in high school. You won't tattle on me will you and tell her I called her that?" She gives you a playful wink and brings her index finger to her lips for a moment. The bell rings and she ushers you off to take your seat.
When your class ends you head directly to your art class with Ms. Kameda giving you a friendly wave as you walk out of the room. You walk at a slower pace as you feel like the day has become longer than usual. Kaoru passes you a note before heading off to their next class themselves. You get to your next class though Naoto seems to have dropped off his stuff and wandered off somewhere.
Read the note from Kaoru.
Go through Naoto's things to find the sketch.
[fa]fa-chevron-right[/fa] [fa]fa-envelope[/fa] Read the note from Kaoru.
[fa]fa-chevron-right[/fa] [fa]fa-ellipsis-h[/fa] Go through Naoto's things to find the sketch.
[fa]fa-chevron-right[/fa] [fa]fa-mobile[/fa] Play a game on your phone.
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Hmmmm, Read the note from Kaoru. Yeah, I don’t see why not.
What @Idea said. I also don't want to get in trouble with another teacher if we get caught going through Kaoru's stuff.
Read the note from Kaoru. Although I think that Naoto might like that. He just seems like this kind of person.
What’s this, our third unanimous vote?
Maybe we should discuss more, disagree with each others. Maybe brawl a little.
Nah I’m good. Can’t speak for everyone else but still.
Index Choice: Read the note from Kaoru.
Choice: Read the note from Kaoru.
You were tempted - you weren't going to deny that fact - to take a peek at Naoto's sketchbook, it was right there and the secrecy was bothering you. Honestly, the sketch was probably nothing more than some awful stick figure and he was just teasing you to gain your attention. Sure, lets go with that. You pull out Kaoru's note she had given to you between classes as you walk over to your seat. Old school since they could have probably just texted you.
You had never asked her for her contact information! You mentally face-palm. You had probably been too distracted and forgot to ask them for it. Who didn't have their roommates socials?! You groan out loud as you realize now why they had to hand you off a note. Next time you two meet up you'll have to exchange contact information.
Just as you are about to open the note you feel someone lean over your shoulder and you freeze as a very familiar voice speaks very closely to your ear.
"Ooooh, did someone get their first hand-written love confession? And on the second day of the semester too! My my my," came Naot's sultry voice. You jerk and somehow end up headbutting him in the process to get away due to being startled by his closeness and presence. You heart pounds from the shock of being startled and you point at him angrily.
"W-What the hell?! Don't sneak up on people," you exclaim loudly getting stares from the other students in the class who begin to whisper amongst their friends. Naoto's hands nurse his injured nose and his eyes watered slightly in reaction to the pain.
"So I guess I was right, so who confessed hmm?" came his muffled voice.
It's not a love confession!
[fa]fa-chevron-right[/fa] [fa]fa-asterisk [/fa] It's none of your business!
[fa]fa-chevron-right[/fa] [fa]fa-certificate[/fa] It's not a love confession!
[fa]fa-chevron-right[/fa] [fa]fa-bolt[/fa] Oh are you jealous?
[fa]fa-chevron-right[/fa] [fa]fa-leaf[/fa] It's from my roommate!
Playful and sassy. Seems to be the coolest option of the bunch.
Because really, that's all we know, since he didn't let us read it yet!
But it might be fun to play back, too.
Oh are you jealous? Hey, he practically put the opportunity on a silver platter.
Index Choice: Oh are you jealous?
Choice: Oh are you jealous?
"Oh, are you jealous?" you ask in a flat tone as you step away to a safer distance from Naoto whose smile was completely unfazed. You quickly shove the letter from Kaoru into your book bag and cross your arms over your chest. You didn't want him reading your note over your shoulder so you would have to read it later before you went to your homeroom at the end of the day.
"Oh I am very jealous and curious about who confessed to you," Naoto replied as his tall frame leaned over slightly.
"Too bad, it's none of your business."
"Of course a love rival is my business," he laughed. "I can't compete fairly if I don't know who they are." The bell rings and Naoto ruffles your hair playfully before giving a small wink, "We'll have to finish this conversation later then. Maybe I could give you a sketch in exchange for information."
You sigh and go to take your seat quickly. Naoto was so easy going that it seemed no matter what you said didn't bother him at all. It also made it hard to tell if he was joking or serious about anything he did or said. You glare at him from across the room as you ponder his purpose and Naoto gives you a friendly wave which prompts you to quickly look away and focus on the lesson.
By the end of your art class your neck was so tense from trying to keep your eyes from wandering over to Naoto that the muscles ached. You sigh and quickly make your way to grab your lunch. Akane like before had a gaggle of girls sitting with her. Naoto was sitting with his friends along with Daichi. Hana was also with some of her friends and Kaoru was mingling with that group.
Who will you eat lunch with? | 2019-04-23T22:29:35 | https://www.rpnation.com/threads/doki-doki-vol-1.420819/page-25 |
0.999998 | generation of historians came of age, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt has increasingly been seen as, at best, standing idly by while this atrocity occurred. But is this an accurate picture? In his new book, SAVING THE JEWS: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust (Thunder's Mouth Press, April 25, 2006), Robert N. Rosen argues that, in fact, FDR was one of the few men of his time who understood -- and sought to defeat -- the enormous threat Hitler posed, and that the Roosevelt Administration did all that could reasonably be done, under the circumstances, to save the Jews and other victims of Nazism.
Based on vigorous research, this narrative and interpretive history places FDR's actions in the context of the time period in which they occurred -- an era characterized by The Great Depression, widespread American isolationism, strict immigration legislation, and extensive anti-Semitism. Rosen reveals that, seen in this light, FDR's achievements in battling Nazism and saving Jews were very nearly monumental. "Roosevelt did not abandon the Jews of Europe," he writes. "On the contrary, he led the worldwide coalition against Nazism in a war that took fifty million lives."
• Failure to denounce the Holocaust -- Although FDR has been described as being part of a conspiracy of silence with regard to the Holocaust, Rosen shows that there was no such conspiracy, and that FDR was not silent. He points, for example, to a published and widely disseminated 1942 declaration condemning the German policy of extermination of the Jews on which Roosevelt joined with Churchill, Stalin, and ten Allied governments in exile.
• The Allies' decision not to bomb Auschwitz -- Rosen points out that even Roosevelt's critics agree that the window of opportunity to bomb Auschwitz was both small and late in the war. He also explains that World War II's aerial bombardment capabilities were not very precise, and that Jewish leaders and the U.S. government were unwilling to take the risk that bombing would kill Jewish inmates, but fail to halt the extermination process.
Judging Roosevelt's actions -- or inactions -- by the lens of what we now know -- and feel -- about the unprecedented atrocities committed by Hitler against the Jews is to hold FDR to an impossible standard, argues Rosen. With extensive documentation, SAVING THE JEWS demonstrates FDR's prescience in understanding the real threat Hitler posed, not only to the Jews, but to democracy in Europe and in the U.S. And Rosen outlines how Roosevelt's decisions about saving the Jews necessarily had to be subordinated to his highest goal -- saving the world from Nazism. | 2019-04-23T10:08:44 | http://savingthejews.com/index.htm |
0.999933 | 1 - Do not eat a harsh diet: with harsh dieting you will certainly lose your muscles.
2 - Do not strain yourself in cardio exercises: Cardio is effective in drying, but it prevents muscle building if exercised excessively, especially on exercise day.
3 - Do not remove any nutrients from your diet, such as fats or carbohydrates. Muscle needs all the nutrients to grow, but the optimal is controlling quantity and how, such as removing saturated fat (harmful) and compensating the non-saturated (beneficial) and reduce the amount of carbohydrates.
abundant vitamins and minerals to carry out protein synthesis.
5 - Follow a high-protein diet: 2 grams protein per kilogram of your body weight without fat, but without sticking to point 1, a high-protein diet will not help you.
6 - Sleep well: At least 6 hours a day, muscles are built during sleep.
7 - Exercise in medium and heavy weights: Contrary to what everyone thinks, the exercises with light weights and high repetitions do not burn any fat.
8 - Use dietary supplements: You can use them if you can not provide your daily requirement of proteins. | 2019-04-20T15:02:38 | http://www.femalebodybuilders24.com/2018/06/how-do-you-build-muscle-and-burn-fat-at.html |
0.999921 | Management Guide for the black spruce type in the Lake States.
Summarizes information on: (1) soil-site relations; (2) associated vegetation; (3) methods and requirements for reproduction; (4) stand development; (5) yield and 10-year net growth; (6) damaging agents. A key to recommended management practices is given for pulpwood and Christmas tree stands, and requirements for successful broadcast burning are included.
Manager's handbook for black spruce in the north-central states. | 2019-04-20T22:35:41 | https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/10585 |
0.999965 | Millions of people all over the world, read J.R.R Tolkien's story About The One Ring..
In this part of the trilogy, the young Hobbit Frodo Baggins inherits a ring; but this ring is not an ordinary ring. It is the One Ring, an instrument of absolute power that could allow Sauron, the dark Lord of Mordor, to rule Middle-earth and enslave its peoples. Frodo, together with a Fellowship that includes his loyal Hobbit friends, Humans, a Wizard, a Dwarf and an Elf, must take the One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom, where it first was forged, and destroy it forever. Such a journey means venturing deep into territory manned by Sauron, where he is amassing his army of Orcs. And it is not only external evils that the Fellowship must combat, but also internal dissension and the corrupting influence of the One Ring itself. The course of future history is entwined with the fate of the Fellowship. | 2019-04-26T09:42:12 | http://tathiel.tripod.com/lotr/id16.html |
0.995209 | The BH02300E06HE is a single stack 4 pole NEMA23 high speed brushless DC servo motor with a custom E winding and a US Digital [http://www.usdigital.com/products/encoders/incremental/rotary/kit/e3/ E3-1000-250-I encoder]. The original manfacturer was Hathaway, which has since become the Emoteq division of Allied Motion Technologies. It looks like Allied Motion doesn't want to acknowledge the BH series, but the datasheet is still available from them [http://www.alliedmotion.com/Data/Documents/BH_High_Speed_Motors_Selection_Guide2.pdf here] (it took a bit of googling to find it).
The E3 encoder is a 1000 line (4000 count/rev) incremental optical encoder for a 0.25" shaft with index pulse. The standard E3 encoder has single ended outputs; however, the one on the BH02300E06HE has a differential line driver with flying leads. It is not a standard US Digital line driver (PC4 or PC5), since those have a 10 position pin header instead of flying leads.
I was able to verify the location of the A+,A-,B+,and B- signals, but I am not positive I have the I+ and I- phases correct..
One of my two BH02300 motors does not have the index signals (I+, I-) connected, and does not appear to output the index pulse, even if you connect wires to the empty positions.
I highly recommend having some strain relief near the encoder - the connections can be very brittle and break easily, and it's not easy to re-solder the wires. It would have been much nicer if Hathaway had used a PC4 line driver.
The single stack BH02300 is very fast (its torque curve starts at 20000 RPM, and I've run mine at 21000 RPM at 150V) with relatively low continuous torque (14.3 oz-in) and a high maximum to continuous torque ratio (161:14.3, which is 11:1; most servo motors have a 3:1 ratio). The longer BH0230x versions with more torque, such as the double stack BH02301, are significantly slower.
Most encoders are rated for a high mechanical speed, but lower electrical/optical speed (maximum number of cycles (optical lines) per second). For example, the US Digital E3 is rated at 60,000 RPM mechanical, and 100,000 cycles per second, while the CUI AMT102 is rated at 15,000 RPM mechanical and 250,000 cycles per second. '''Note:''' I recall seeing 30,000 RPM for the AMT102, but the current specifications show 15,000 RPM for max speed.
So a 1000-line/4000-count E3 is rated at 6000 RPM. That's probably pretty conservative, since I didn't notice problems at 21,000 RPM -- except it appears my optical encoder disk got too hot and deformed. My guess is that for some reason it was rubbing against one side of the encoder read head.
I could replace the disk (since US Digital sells the disk only), but I'm considering replacing it with a CUI AMT102, since they're affordable and I can set the resolution via DIP switch. Then I can set the AMT102 to high resolution (8192 counts/rev) for lower speeds, and low resolution (2048 counts/rev) for high speed.
Since I do not have the specifications for this winding ("E"), I do not know the motor's electrical specifications. It looks like the "E" winding is between the "B" (43V) and "C" (130V) windings. My guess is that the "E" winding has a design voltage of ~75V, and a Kb (V/kRPM) of ~7 since I reached about 7500 RPM with a 52V power supply and about 21000 RPM with a 150V power supply.
The motor power wires are the red, white, and black wires coming from the motor's body.
The motor encoder outputs are the eight flying leads coming from the encoder (six on one of my motors - it has no index signal). In general, without documentation it is impossible to tell which signal is the positive signal and which signal is the negative signal; however I was able to verify the A+/A- and B+/B- signals. Switching the A+ and A- signals reverses the encoder direction.
My standard is positive is when the motor, when viewed from the front, is turning clockwise.
The Accelnet's motor outputs are on the J1 connector (6 position removable screw terminal block).
The Accelnet's hall sensor inputs are on the J2 Feedback connector. The Copley wire colors are for a Copley ACP-FC-10 Feedback Cable.
The Copley wire colors are for a Copley ACP-FC-10 Feedback Cable.
The Copley Accelnet drives accept almost any cable configuration, since they will auto-phase to figure out the correct motor phase, hall phase, and encoder phase sequence. However, my connections below minimize any changes; in other words, the motor phasing is not inverted, the encoder is not inverted, and the hall sensor order is UVW. My connections are done so positive motion is the shaft turning clockwise when facing the motor.
Since I do not have the specifications for this winding ("E"), I do not know the motor specifications (which can be entered in the ''Motor'' tab of the ''!Motor/Feedback'' dialog). Instead, I let CME2 autotune the current loop. The autotuning produced a reasonable starting point. | 2019-04-20T08:37:17 | http://trac.factoryswblog.org/wiki/EmoteqBhCopley?action=diff&version=1 |
0.999931 | A federal judge in Alexandria, La. has overturned the death sentence of Willard Allen, who was convicted in the 1993 shooting murder of a nightclub patron during an armed robbery in Natchitoches.
A federal judge has overturned a 56-year-old man's death sentence and conviction in a 1993 murder during an armed robbery of a Natchitoches Parish nightclub.
U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell of Alexandria granted Willard Allen's petition seeking to overturn his 1994 first-degree murder conviction in the Sept. 7, 1993, slaying of Herman Ferguson during an armed robbery of a night club where Ferguson was a patron.
"We find the state trial court allowed an avowedly biased juror ... to be seated on petitioner's jury," Drell wrote in his ruling, issued last Thursday.
"The juror ... was never otherwise rehabilitated, nor did he ever indicate he would weigh the evidence and/or decide the case fairly and impartially," Drell wrote.
In addition, the court granted Allen's appeal of whether he had adequate assistance of counsel.
Allen's trial attorney, James Calhoun, did not challenge the juror's inclusion either for cause or with one of his peremptory challenges, and the trial court seated him on the jury, the ruling said. "The issue was never considered on appeal, as the appeal was handled by petitioner's trial attorney, who did not raise it," it said.
"Accordingly, we find petitioner's unreliable conviction cannot be the basis for criminal punishment, much less a sentence of death. ... he has met his burden to have that conviction vacated and for a new trial," the ruling states.
New Orleans attorney Andrew Lee, who was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1999 to help with Allen's post-conviction relief, described the decision as thorough.
"It addresses the points in a very solid way, and we appreciate the hard work that went into the result," Lee said.
Lee added that Allen "has the right to a new trial because the first trial was constitutionally infirm, not a fair one."
Lee said he spoke with his client, who remains in custody at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, after the judge's decision. "He was very pleased," said Lee, who took over the case within 21 days of Allen's scheduled execution.
"We managed to get the execution stayed and then we went through the state (appeal) system then the federal (appeal) system and now we're here," he said.
Drell returned the case to state court with instructions to conduct a bail hearing within 45 days of the judgment. In addition, the state has 270 days to decide whether to retry the case. If that doesn't happen, the judge said, the state must "unconditionally discharge petitioner from custody," he wrote.
Lee said he did not know how the state would proceed.
Natchitoches Parish District Attorney Van H. Kyzar was not immediately available for comment Friday. The office was closed through Monday for Presidents Day. | 2019-04-20T12:12:21 | https://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/2014/02/death_sentence_overturned_louisiana.html |
0.998319 | Method: 1. Start by pounding the chicken between two layers of cling film until approximately 1cm thick. 2. Coat the chicken in the seasoned flour and fry in a hot pan until browned on either side and cooked through (approximately 1-2 minutes per side). 3. In the meanwhile, combine all the ingredients for the dressing and set aside. 4. When the chicken is cooked, remove from the pan and serve topped with the dressing. | 2019-04-19T00:21:41 | http://bmfoods.co.za/recipe3.php?cat_id=1&rec_id=85 |
0.998646 | Finding and consistently producing fish is the goal of every fisherman every trip out on the water. The question is how can it be done? This article will communicate the importance of GPS for filling the cooler and returning home safely.
For those of you not familiar with GPS I will give you a brief overview of the product. Global Positioning System is a series of satellites that circle the earth each with a distinctive signal. This signal is sent by the satellites to a receiver. The receiver will then tell you your location on the earth in longitude and latitude. The accuracy of this information is within 15 feet. The price of a GPS can range from $80 to several thousand dollars. The more expensive units will offer more graphic information that makes them easier to use, although the accuracy is the same. My experience with both high and low priced units tells me I do not need an expensive unit. The key to successful operation is learning how to apply the extensive information available.
The question is how do I use my location as provided by GPS to fill the cooler and return home safely? Let's start with safety. You should always enter in the memory of your unit the spot where you put your boat in the water. We will call this your home waypoint. Most units will store 500 or more waypoints. Assuming there is no shallow water or obstacles like land in your path, use your home waypoint and compass to find your way home. Fog, darkness or bad weather does not effect the operation of this unit. In the event of an emergency you could call someone with your coordinates and they would know where to find you. In the more sophisticated units a map showing your position with the depth of water at your location is displayed. The use of this information is critical when working bottom structure for fish.
There are many ways to use GPS for finding fish. On my boat we log the coordinates of every fish caught on a sheet of paper. These coordinates are used to return to the same spot day after day. After a fish hits a lure it makes perfect sense to turn the boat around to try the same spot again. Many times we will get another fish on immediately as we pass the same location. When no additional fish are taken, we will circle in that area using the original coordinates as the center of our search. I usually enter one of the areas where action has been very good as a waypoint in the GPS for future trips. Working with latitude and longitude numbers takes a little practice, stay with it the work is worth it. There are chart plotter units that draw a line showing the path of the boat on the display screen to simplify this process. As I mentioned earlier a chart plotter GPS with a map chip for your area will give you your position relative to water depth, land features and harbor entrances. I use the water depth when I follow a bottom contour for fish holding near the bottom. Lake trout are known for staying near the bottom. This technique is very effective for them.
We often fish in areas where wrecks are located. The location of wrecks entered in the GPS will save a lot of lost tackle. It will allow you to fish near wrecks without the fear of hanging up on them. I like to enter the location of schools of bait fish you see on the locator when under power heading out to a spot or trolling for further investigation. On a trip that starts before daylight, you must have GPS to pin point the location of yesterday's hot first light action.
I could go on and on about the importance of knowing precisely where you are and where you want to be. Some would consider GPS a luxury or not needed. I find the information this unit supplies as invaluable and you will too. Good Luck Captain Jim. Let's go fishing!!
Jim charters out of Milwaukee, WI. With Blue Max Charters. He can be reached at 414-828-1094 or visit his web site at Blue Max Charters. Copyright 2006, James J. Hirt, All Rights Reserved. | 2019-04-22T16:54:43 | https://www.thejump.net/fishingarticles/by-the-numbers.htm |
0.999293 | The UK needs to iron out its customs isssues to keep BMW.
BMW has fired out a warning over Brexit, saying that it could exit the UK if Britain's exit from the union effects its supply chain.
The German marque currently has a presence in the country with its factory in Oxford which produces the Mini and will also handle the production of the upcoming electric Mini which will arrive next year.
But Brexit has brought with it a number of doubts in the motor industry, doubts which could lead to BMW's manufacturing operations leaving the country entirely.
'We always said we can do our best and prepare everything, but if at the end of the day the supply chain will have a stop at the border, then we cannot produce our products in the UK,' BMW customs manager Stephan Freismuth told the Financial Times.
Freismuth insisted that BMW wanted to keep its British plant open, but nearly 90 percent of the parts used by BMW in the UK come from mainland Europe, so should the supply chain be held up due to customs complications, it could cause havoc for manufacturing operations, with BMW's just-in-time production method requiring the absolute free movement of goods across Europe.
'If you have a stop for one day, it costs a lot of money, but at the end if there are more stops our management have to decide how this can be sorted,' he said.
Meanwhile the government insists it is working towards a positive free trade deal post-Brexit.
A spokesman for the British government said it was working for the 'most free and frictionless trade with our European neighbours'.
'We are working with the sector to put the UK at the forefront of new automotive technologies to ensure we remain the destination of choice for future investment,' he said. | 2019-04-23T06:44:19 | https://uk.motor1.com/news/250272/bmw-warns-post-brexit-exit/ |
0.999196 | In which decade of the twentieth century did each of these fads or fashions reach their height? A. Bathtub gin B. the beat generation C. Bra burning.
A. Bathtub gin is a homemade spirit made from a concoction of cheap alcohol, water, essences, flavorings and, at times, essential oils.
The 1920s saw an increase in the consumption of alcohol and gin was the primary drink to be had at that time. The term was coined in reference to the poor quality of gin being made by topping off the alcohol with water and distilling and fermenting it in the bathtub.
B. The Beat Generation is an American cultural and literary movement famous for its portrayal of the human condition and a renunciation of materialism.
After World War II, the 1950s saw a time where young adults saw capitalism as damaging to the lives of the people. The founders of this movement include Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg who met at Columbia University.
C. Bra burning was a symbolic act meant to show women’s independence from men and a gesture to support women’s rights.
After the liberating decade of the 1960s, the feminist movement proceeded to move forward in the 1970s. The symbolic gesture of the bra burning came about when women tossed items, such as high heels and girdles in a trash can to do away with masculine oppression. It was rumored that the trash can was lit on fire. | 2019-04-23T14:23:11 | http://www.irariklis-trivia.com/fads-trivia/ |
0.999927 | Music quality matters a lot, and while for many people the 128 kbps MP3 files they download from Limewire might sound "jut fine", I rip my music at 256 kbps in MP3 format and if I have to buy digital copies of music instead of CDs I try to find the highest bit rate possible. MSN Music had 160 kbps VBR WMA files, which sounded quite excellent, but no one seems to have discovered what type of quality level the Zune Marketplace songs will be sold at. I emailed a contact I have at Edelman, the PR firm handling the Zune account, and I was told that the Zune Marketplace songs are in <strong>192 kbps WMA format</strong>. That's tasty - very high quality! He didn't know if the songs were CBR or VBR, but regardless, 192 kbps is some nice high-quality audio.
I'd venture to guess that they're constant bit rate, since that's exactly what Urge does (192 KBPS CBR).
In fact, I'm surprised that most of the articles I've read about the Zune Marketplace don't make more references to WMP 11 and Urge. They're basically the same products. | 2019-04-19T00:17:58 | http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/archive/index.php/t-228.html |
0.99885 | A man has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. His wife and their sons have the normal number of digits. If extra digits is a dominant trait, what percentage of the children would be expected to have the extra fingers and toes?
A worm has a genotype of AaBbCcDd. Based upon this information, what are the possible genotypes of the parents?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited disease that is recessive in origin. If a couple, who are both carriers, have three children, what is the probability that all three children are of normal phenotype?
If two parents both are carriers for phenylketonuria, what is the probability that one of their three children will have the disease?
In corn plants, having kernel color (c) is recessive to the gene that inhibits kernel color (C). Color appears when the homozygous condition is present. At a different locus, the dominant allele (P) results in purple kernels, whereas the recessive allele (p) results in red kernels, again when homozygous. If plants heterozygous for both loci are crossed, what will be the phenotypic ratio of the offspring?
Tigers have a recessive allele that causes both a cross-eyed condition and an absence of pigmentation in their fur (resulting in white tigers). If two normal-appearing tigers that are heterozygous for both traits are mated, what percentage of the cross-eyed offspring would be white?
Hank and Marci each have a sister who expresses sickle cell anemia. Neither Hank nor Marci nor any of their parents have the disease, and none of them have been tested to determine if they are carriers. What is the probability that a child of Hank and Marci will have sickle cell anemia?
A man with type A blood has a child with a woman who has type B blood. The child has type O blood. What can be determined about the blood types of any future children this couple may have?
All future children will also have type O blood.
There is a 10% chance that future children will be type AB.
The future children have an equal chance of having all of the four possible blood types.
The only other blood type that is possible for the future children to have is type B.
One characteristic Mendel examined was pea pod shape. If a pea plant that is heterozygous for inflated pods (Ii) is crossed with one that is homozygous for constricted pods (ii), what are the possible genotypic and phenotypic ratios of the offspring?
The genotypic ratio would be 1 Ii : 1 ii. The phenotypic ratio would be 1 inflated : 1 constricted.
The genotypic ratio would be 1 II : 1 Ii : 2 ii. The phenotypic ratio would be 2 inflated : 2 constricted.
The genotypic ratio would be 3 Ii : 1 Ii. The phenotypic ratio would be 4 constricted : 0 inflated.
The genotypic ratio would be 1 II : 2 Ii : 1 ii. The phenotypic ratio would be 2 inflated : 2 constricted.
A cat has been found that possesses curled ears. Many people find this trait favorable and would like to incorporate the allele for this trait into the cat population. If you are the owner of the mutant cat, how would you determine whether the trait is dominant or recessive in order to pass the trait onto the cat's offspring? | 2019-04-26T01:43:57 | https://www.helpteaching.com/tests/353266/mendelian-genetics-problems-advanced |
0.998651 | Some nouns in English are uncount nouns.
We do not use uncount nouns in the plural and we do not use them with the indefinite article, a/an.
He gave me some useful advice.
They gave us a lot of information.
How much luggage have you got?
Let me give you a piece of advice.
That’s a useful piece of equipment.
We bought a few bits of furniture for the new apartment.
She had six separate items of luggage.
but we do not use accommodation, money and traffic in this way.
I have a small doubt that which one is correct, 'One and a half an hour' or 'one and a half hours'?
'one and a half hours' is the correct form here.
why Arts always been written in plural contrary to Science and Commerce.
The 'arts' refers to the various kinds of arts - music, sculpture, dance - but in any case I'd just recommend you accept this as how the word is used.
I'd like to appreciate your work, which helped me a lot. My question is " What is the difference between "help" and "help out"? I looked up that in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, but I did not completely figure out. Could you please give me a hand?
'Help out' is only used with people, whereas an object (a tool, a dictionary etc) many 'help' you. 'Help out' is often used when one person takes part of another's responsibility to make things easier. For example, if my friend is cleaning their house then I may 'help out' by doing the bathroom for him. 'Help' is the more general word and can be used in any context; 'help out' is more limited.
I'd suggest you look up 'inconvenience' in several online dictionaries so that you can read the example sentences to see how it's used. You can also search the internet for 'inconvenience' to see how it's used on different websites. I haven't searched myself, but I think you'll find that 'a little inconvenience' is not very common at all – you're much more likely to see this idea expressed with an adjective (e.g. 'It was a bit inconvenient that ...'), I suspect.
What is the difference between " detail information" and "detailed information"?
'detail information' does not sound correct to me. Perhaps in some very specific context, it might be OK, but in general you should use 'detailed information'. | 2019-04-23T10:22:43 | http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ar/english-grammar/uncount-nouns?page=7 |
0.999997 | A Winnipeg man says a weekend flight to the Arctic ended up being the longest flight of his life after a mix-up on the tarmac sent him nearly 2,300 kilometres in the wrong direction.
Christopher Paetkau, an adventure and wildlife photographer and filmmaker, was heading from Yellowknife to Inuvik on Sunday when he accidentally boarded a flight to Iqaluit, 2,260 kilometres in the other direction.
"Somehow I managed to go on the exact wrong airplane going in the wrong direction," said Paetkau.
"I actually ended up [thousands of] kilometres east of Inuvik. That's pretty far in the wrong direction," he said.
The filmmaker left Winnipeg on Saturday around 6 a.m. CT and stopped in Calgary before heading to Yellowknife.
He stayed the night there and was set to board a First Air flight Sunday morning that would take him 1,100 kilometres northwest to Inuvik.
Instead, he flew east to Iqaluit.
Paetkau says when he arrived at the airport in Yellowknife the computers at the airline kiosk were down and staff were entering ticket information manually.
"I'm standing at Gate 4 and I see there was three airplanes that are sitting out there on the tarmac, and also three boarding calls happening simultaneously pretty much at Gate 4, and they're all final calls," he said.
After being told to wait about 15 minutes while staff sorted things out, Paetkau said he made his way back to the ticket booth where they checked his ID and the flight manifest and sent him out onto the tarmac.
"After the 15 minutes people start moving out, and I'm thinking, is this my flight? People are leaving. I need to get on this flight," said Paetkau.
"So now I'm following like a lemming, I'm following the rest of the people who are going on this flight."
Paetkau says he asked a flight attendant as he boarded the plane if he was on the correct plane.
"I have a funny feeling, I'm like, 'Am I on the right flight?' I'm not totally sure; there was a bit of chaos happening," he said.
"Is this flight going to Inuvik? [he asked]. And she says 'yeah eventually,'" said Paetkau.
Paetkau took his seat and says he was on his phone sending last-minute texts before the plane took off.
"You know, just trying to get that last bit of cell service in, so I'm not fully paying attention to what the pilot is saying about our flight, like where we're going," said Paetkau.
After several hours the plane landed in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, and Paetkau assumed it was just a stop along the way.
"I've been flying around the Arctic often and many times these planes do a milk run, and I wasn't totally aware of my itinerary, like I knew that maybe we were stopping, maybe we weren't?" he said.
It wasn't until Paetkau asked another flight attendant how long it would be before they arrived in Inuvik that he realized there was a mistake.
"Her face just dropped, like completely dropped, she's like, 'What are you talking about? We're not going to Inuvik, we're going to Iqaluit'."
Paetkau said he had to travel the second leg from Rankin Inlet to Iqaluit because the crew didn't know if they'd be able to return for him because of high winds.
"The woman who told me that we'd be arriving in Inuvik eventually, she felt horrible. She was like, 'Oh my God I didn't take you seriously, like, I thought you were joking," he said.
"In fact the person who had boarded previously, I later learned … had got on the plane and said, 'When do we arrive in Hawaii?'" said Paetkau.
"So she thought I was joking, so she responded back with a joke."
Paetkau said despite the mix-up, the flight crew were amazing and the airline staff did everything they could to help him.
"If I wanted to be angry at them I could be, but they did everything that they could," he said.
"[The flight attendant] and I became basically buds. We were in the air for like 14 hours, longest flight of my life, longer than any international flight I've ever done," he said.
In a stroke of serendipity, Paetkau said he ended up running into a friend on the flight back to Yellowknife whom he hadn't seen in about a year.
"Well, I had two choices: am I going to be upset about this or should I just roll with it and have fun? So I ended up having a ton of fun," he said.
Paetkau eventually made it back to Yellowknife where he was put up in a hotel before flying to Inuvik on Monday afternoon.
"I am not upset. I guess you could say [I'm] grateful, because they handled it perfectly. A different airline might not have," he said.
The airline responded to Paetkau's post about the ordeal on Twitter.
"We aim to please! Since you're buds with our crew and captain, you're friends with the entire First Air family too! We expect a holiday party invite of course!" the airline said in a tweet.
In a statement sent Tuesday morning Dan Valin, a spokesperson for First Air, said "although we are happy that Mr. Paetkau was able to 'make the most of the situation' in his words and that we were able to make his unexpected journey as pleasant as could be with our staff, we take this matter very seriously."
Valin went on to say the incident will be investigated.
Paetkau plans to return to Winnipeg later this month and hopes his flight plans go a little smoother.
An earlier version of this story said Christopher Paetkau flew nearly 3,000 kilometres in the wrong direction. In fact, while Iqaluit and Inuvik, N.W.T., are 2,840 km apart, he flew 2,260 km in the wrong direction, the distance from Yellowknife to Iqaluit. | 2019-04-19T01:16:22 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arctic-flight-wrong-way-1.4784287 |
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0.997367 | Letters: What is the point of the bible codes/numbers?!
I would like to take an opportunity to thank you for your faithfulness, and the obvious efforts to which you have put into serving God. I will leave this very brief, as I wanted merely to let you know that what you have done is very appreciated by me. I was once given a prophesy that God would use my paintings in various ways, after much reading of your site, I am seeing things with a whole new perspective. Thank you, Sir, for everything.
Thank you, too, for the encouragement. Much appreciated.
I believe that the Lord spoke to my heart earlier today (before I read your letter). Someone earlier this week wrote and asked, "What's the point?" I gave him an answer, but today, as I was showing my son an amazing photograph of the stars, he too said, "What's the point?" Then the Spirit said to my heart, "The point is that it glorifies Me!" Then I spoke to my wife and said that it is like a great painting; you take it to someone who then looks at it and tritely says, "So what!" They do not appreciate the effort and heart that went into the painting. So it is with the Lord's handiwork with the heavens, the codes, the numbers, or your paintings. Beauty for beauty sake only makes sense because God is Love---and where there is love, there is beauty. "He makes all things beautiful in its time."
"Whatsoever you do, do to the glory of God." | 2019-04-24T19:53:31 | http://bible-codes.org/Letters-what-is-the-point.htm |
0.999824 | Keywords / Skills : You should possess the following skills and competencies: Excellence in strategic and analytical problem solving Excellence in Business analysis to address customer problems, quick analytical thinking, and able to have focused energy in transforming the requirements into solutions Outstanding leadership and communication skills Polished verbal and written communication style. Ability to confidently build a strong rapport with project teams and the customer teams. Good networking skills to work across different multi-cultural teams towards focused goal. Comfortable in interacting with and presenting to executives and senior business leaders Personal Drive Entrepreneurial drive with a can-do attitude, a strong desire to learn and shape your own career path. Commitment to making a positive lasting client impact Self-Guided Attitude The ability to succeed in a professional environment where client and project direction is not always well defined. Qualified candidates will understand how to produce results when working in challenging client environments and/or new business areas.
You should possess the following skills and competencies: Excellence in strategic and analytical problem solving Excellence in Business analysis to address customer problemsquick analytical thinkingand able to have focused energy in transforming the requirements into solutions Outstanding leadership and communication skills Polished verbal and written communication style. Ability to confidently build a strong rapport with project teams and the customer teams. Good networking skills to work across different multi-cultural teams towards focused goal. Comfortable in interacting with and presenting to executives and senior business leaders Personal Drive Entrepreneurial drive with a can-do attitudea strong desire to learn and shape your own career path. Commitment to making a positive lasting client impact Self-Guided Attitude The ability to succeed in a professional environment where client and project direction is not always well defined. Qualified candidates will understand how to produce results when working in challenging client environments and/or new business areas. | 2019-04-18T23:19:35 | https://www.monsterindia.com/job-vacancy-marketing-assistant-manager-wipro-limited-other-india-0-50-years-23621019.html |
0.998185 | Victor Cruz sounds like a man pondering his options — even though at the moment he doesn't have many at all.
Cruz, the Big Blue receiver who is scheduled to become a restricted free agent on March 12, was quoted again on Saturday about his desire to sign a long-term deal with the Giants, and hopefully "soon."
But he also tossed in the possibility that he could eventually end up "somewhere else" — even though that's probably not an option until 2014.
"Hopefully we can end that talk soon, man," Cruz told MassLive.com on Saturday in Amherst, Mass., where he was watching his alma mater, UMass, play basketball. "Hopefully we can get a deal done, if not with the Giants then unfortunately somewhere else. But I want to be a Giant for a long time, so we'll see how it goes."
That's similar to what Cruz has been saying all along, but there's undoubtedly been a slight uptick in tension in the contract negotiations since the regular season ended. That was clear at the Super Bowl in New Orleans, when Giants co-owner John Mara said there was a "limit" to how far the Giants would go to re-sign Cruz and he indicated Cruz's asking price was too high.
Cruz's counter was to avoid answering a question later that same day from the Daily News about whether he'd consider a contract holdout.
"I have no answer to that," Cruz said at the time.
Since then there was a report that said re-signing Hakeem Nicks was more of a priority for the Giants than Cruz — a report that Mara said was false when he spoke at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last week. Meanwhile, according to a source familiar with the situation, talks on a Cruz contract extension have made little progress since the end of the season.
The most likely scenario still appears to be that the Giants will place a "first-round tender" on Cruz, guaranteeing him a one-year salary of approximately $2.9 million (the exact amount has not been set yet). That would give Cruz the right to seek offers from other teams, but the Giants would have the right to match and the right to compensation in the form of a first-round pick if they don't.
Restricted free agents — especially ones with high tenders — have rarely found much of a market for their services, which would mean Cruz is a virtual lock to remain with the Giants next year. Then the two sides would have another year to work out a long-term extension before Cruz becomes an unrestricted free agent and is free to sign with anyone in March 2014.
CLEARING SPACE: The Giants cleared about $1 million in salary cap space by restructuring the contract of DE/LB Mathias Kiwanuka , who is still signed through 2015. The Giants are believed to be about $5 million-$6 million under the 2013 cap. | 2019-04-20T05:11:43 | https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/cruz-contract-blues-continue-article-1.1273482 |
0.999999 | How do the numbers contribute to the strength of the narrative?
I like how the numbers correlated with the person/ people it represented. This correlation strengthened your work by creating a bond between your subjects.
If the writer were to add detail to one paragraph, where would you want to know more and why?
I liked 5 the most and I think you can add more about it because pain is something that everyone feels and a pain is a story that's waiting to be told.
Good job. I look forward to reading more of your work. | 2019-04-19T00:56:44 | https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/10736/version/24403/peer_review/show/7308 |
0.999988 | Explain how Bradbury uses figurative language to characterize the fireman, Montag, the fire, and Clarisse. Synthesize information from the chapter to infer the central conflict of the novel.
The people of Fahrenheit 451 have to come to equate this motion, fun, and distraction with happiness. However, Fahrenheit 451 makes the case that engaging with difficult and uncomfortable thoughts and experiences is the only routes to true happiness. | 2019-04-20T08:29:44 | https://www.reference.com/web?q=fahrenheit+451+central+conflict&qo=contentPageRelatedSearch&o=600605&l=dir |
0.99928 | Elizabeth Warren torches Big Oil in a signature Elizabeth Warren moment: "We weren't sent here to work for them"
Big Oil would like to export unlimited amounts of crude oil outside of the U.S. to increase their profits, but there is a longstanding ban on crude oil exports standing in the way. What's a Big Oil executive to do? Spend millions to lobby Congress to change the rules, of course.
The export ban was originally imposed as a response to the 1973 oil crisis and applies only to crude oil, not refined oil products. For the last 40 years, American companies could export products such as gasoline or diesel fuel, but most crude oil drilled in the U.S. has not been allowed on the international market.
[T]he oil industry has financed organizations whose scholars have generated reports praising the proposal. It has placed op-eds in Capitol Hill newspapers and paid for television spots in key markets, including one round of new ads introduced last week naming a dozen Democratic House members the industry is trying to pressure to back the measure.
Industry executives have even pressed foreign governments to communicate their support through “diplomatic channels.” And they have enlisted help from lawmakers from major oil-producing states, including Representative Joe L. Barton, Republican of Texas; Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Democrat of North Dakota; and Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska. These lawmakers alone have also benefited from more than $3 million combined in direct industry campaign contributions during their careers.
Louis A. Finkel, the top lobbyist at the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, calls the effort a “campaign-style engagement,” more akin to a presidential campaign.
Think tanks have been a critical part of the repeal effort, with prominent centers like the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute issuing reports or sending scholars to Capitol Hill endorsing the move. These same organizations have taken large donations — in some instances exceeding $1 million a year, as was the case for Brookings — in combined contributions from industry donors.
While the offensive will likely work in the Republican-led House, which is set to vote on repeal this Friday, the White House has already intimated it has no interest in reversing the ban, citing environmental concerns associated with increased production, and at least one Senate Democrat is fed up with the so-called "experts" Big Oil has trouted out before Congress to downplay the effects of climate change.
"We've held a hearing on the export ban in July," Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren said during a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee last week. "But the only witness -- the only witness testifying on the climate effects of this bill was a conservative economist who thinks, quote, 'No one really knows' the extent to which humans are causing climate change," she added incredulously.
"The most obvious effect of lifting the crude oil export ban would be to produce enormous profits for a number of big oil companies," Warren continued. "And that is a reason by itself to be skeptical of study after study and expert after expert that have been funded by big oil to try to sell this deal."
"This committee apparently has no interest in hearing from any of the many, many experts who apparently do believe that manmade climate change is a problem. And for those of us who want to listen to these scientist, lifting the ban without thoroughly considering and addressing the potential environmental consequences sounds pretty darn reckless," she argued.
Warren, who just last week went after the Brookings Institute last week for shilling before Congress on behalf of corporate interest, conceded that the oil export ban may need to be reevaluated for some adjustments but warned that "any changes we make should be based on independent data and should address legitimate concerns."
"Big Oil may not like that but we weren't sent here to work for them," she concluded before Republicans quickly adjourned the hearing.
Watch Warren drop the proverbial mic on her Republican colleagues and Big Oil's shady lobbying scheme over at Huffington Post. | 2019-04-22T00:18:28 | https://www.salon.com/2015/10/07/elizabeth_warren_torches_big_oil_in_a_signature_elizabeth_warren_moment_we_werent_sent_here_to_work_for_them/ |
0.999999 | "Generals prepare for the last war. Economists prepare for the last crisis."
"Like World War II, no single account of this vast and complicated calamity is sufficient to describe it."
"THERE WERE all sorts of other problems in the system, and they gave rise to a variety of theories purporting to explain the crisis. The problems were so many and so varied that the crisis became a kind of Rorschach test; you could find at least some evidence to support almost any theory that confirmed your prior ideological biases, no matter where you stood on the political or economic spectrum."
"Accounts of the financial crisis, in particular, have assumed the character of Mr. Potato Head kits. There is a box of standard explanations, and each writer picks the ones he finds most appealing."
"Five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, we still lack a true understanding of what caused the financial crisis and Great Recession. Oh, there are standard stories from left and right. Liberals blame a naive faith in free markets, deregulation and Wall Street greed. Conservatives slam government: lax monetary policy and ruinous home-lending by Fannie and Freddie. These selective narratives are self-serving, intended to advance political agendas and not to illuminate the messier reality."
"Lehman was more the consequence than the cause of a deteriorating economic climate. Lehman�s financial plight, and the consequences to Lehman�s creditors and shareholders, was exacerbated by Lehman executives, whose conduct ranged from serious but non-culpable errors of business judgment to actionable balance sheet manipulation; by the investment bank business model, which rewarded excessive risk taking and leverage; and by Government agencies, who by their own admission might better have anticipated or mitigated the outcome."
"Instead of a discussion about what happened, we've gotten into a government-vs.-free-market shoutfest. These fragmented days, many people tend to see things in black and white terms, in ways that reinforce what they want to believe. The real world is more complicated than that. Black and white have their places -- but to understand the financial meltdown, you need to see some gray."
"You can argue about whether the government could have done better. It certainly could have. You can argue about the government officials� thinking about how to tackle the crisis, how they approached the bailout. And you could debate their methods. But the problem with the financial crisis, ultimately, isn�t that we are still in search of answers. The problem is that so many people don�t like the answers."
Determining the "primary causes" of the Global Financial Crisis is one of the most debated financial tasks in recent decades. There is a long list of suspects, yet more than five years removed from the critical events of the crisis, there is much disagreement over what parties are most responsible for the crisis and what fixes are needed. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) was created to determine the primary causes and it's Final Report was released on January 27, 2011. The report included a tremendous amount of information and background, but rather than a single conclusion, the report included a majority view representing the six Commissioners appointed by Democrats and two dissenting views from the Commissioners appointed by Republicans (more background on the FCIC).
While researching the crisis I started making a list of books with substantive discussions about the housing crash and/or financial crisis (honestly not realizing what I was getting into and how many have been written). In some cases I asked the authors if they felt their book belongs on the list. Of the more 350 books I've listed, roughly 40 (in bold on the list) qualify as "bestsellers" (The Big Short topped the NYTimes list for an extended period in 2010 and has sold well over 1 million copies worldwide).
The books come from a diverse collection of sources (some lost everything and others that made fortunes). In addition to many books from reporters and journalists, there are books by professionals in the mortgage, real estate, and investment industries, government officials, and academics around the world. Given the divide that emerged among the FCIC commissioners, some fear that we may never get a consensus conclusion about the primary crisis causes. I am attempting to clarify opinions by surveying the authors about the FCIC report, the primary causes of the crisis, and their prescriptions.
The Book list is split by 1) pre-crisis books (some arguably predicted or at least warned pre-crisis) and 2) the books that have been written since the crisis began. Clearly, some that claimed to have predicted the crash were at a minimum "early" and some predicted a real estate crash but limited impact on the overall economy. Separately, predicting the crisis didn't necessarily translate into profits or reduced losses. Still, Robert Shiller predicted the real estate bubble bursting as well as warned about the dot.com bubble, and I personally clipped this 7/5/2006 WSJ article in which Ken Heebner predicted a major price drop in hot real estate markets. Of course, there have also been numerous books documenting our history of financial debacles (like Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds which was first published in 1841, and Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises which was first published in 1978).
The beginning date and event of the crisis are debatable. HSBC's 2/7/2007 announcement that it anticipated increased losses from subprime mortgages is considered by some to be the start of the crisis, and it was followed by New Century's 4/2/2007 bankruptcy. Yet the stock market didn't peak until 10/9/2007 and JP Morgan's purchase of Bear Stearns wasn't until 3/16/2008. The crisis intensified in September of 2008 with the government seizures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, BofA's purchase of Merrill Lynch, the government loaning AIG $85 billion, and Washington Mutual's bankruptcy and asset sale to JP Morgan. Yet the stock market did not bottom until 3/9/2009.
I use the term "Global Financial Crisis" but other (arguably related) terms have been suggested including "The Second Great Contraction," "The Great Recession," "The Global Recession," "The Global Debt Crisis," The Credit Crunch," "The Great Slump," or "The Financial Debacle." I created this page to serve as a central portal for research on the topic, which I began aggregating on my web site investorhome.com in 2011.
Why Did So Many People Make So Many Ex Post Bad Decisions?
Post-panic, as part of my research on who warned in advance of the crisis, I also read How to Profit from the Coming Real Estate Bust (2003), The Coming Crash in the Housing Market (2003), Sell Now!: The End of the Housing Bubble (2006), and Financial Armageddon (2007). I had previously read Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds, and the fifth edition (2005) of Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises. | 2019-04-19T09:14:49 | http://investorhome.com/gfcresearch.htm |
0.999924 | This is an embarrassing question for me to ask, but this is the first year we have sung the Alleluias from the Liber Usualis during Eastertide (previously we were working up to them with Rossini).
D) Alleluia is repeated by schola.
What's been nagging at me is the suspicion that, with two Alleluias, maybe something should be different? I can't find anything specific to address this, but does one repeat the first Alleluia after the antiphon, or not?
In other words, is this the proper sequence?
To add even more confusion, looking in the Liber Usualis for the 5th Sunday after Easter, the usual symbol to repeat the intonation of the Alleluia 2 (Exivi a Patre) is not present. Intentional or a misprint?
P.S. Jeff O. wrote an article about here.
Julie is correct, and this format is supported by the Liber (see Rubrics for the Chant of the Mass pp xv & xvj).
one or two voices as far as the asterisk * : and then the choir repeats the Alleluia.
and the full choir sings only the closing neum.]."
The brackets (for the purpose of reading in an order that makes sense) and emphasis are mine, but the words are directly from the Liber. This is why the sign to repeat the incipit isn't on the second Alleluia.
I'm relieved that we've been doing it right. It really isn't obvious.
Now THIS is the sort of thing that needed to be cleared up in the 1955 reforms.
It should be noted that if you are singing Gregorian propers in the OF, you can also sing two alleluias, the first replacing the gradual, and the second then serving in the normal place of the alleluia. In the OF, one alleluia thus follows each lesson. The Graduale Romanum of 1974 prescribes this manner is performance: the alleluia is intoned entirely by cantors and then repeated by the choir The verse is sung by the cantors and then the alleluia is repeated by the choir. This applies to each alleluia in the Easter season. | 2019-04-19T02:45:14 | https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/12329/ef-two-alleluias-during-easter |
0.999999 | 5. Out of the remaining 22 nomads, 50% were men.
Can you tell the total number of members in the group and the number of males?
Answer: There were a total of fifty nomads in the group out of which 29 were male. | 2019-04-21T14:50:12 | http://www.puzzlevilla.com/puzzles/sherlock-holmes-puzzles/puzzle/182 |
0.996191 | Badass Digest claims to have details about the plot of Episode VII, and, if true, it's going to have a ridiculous MacGuffin. So, spoilers if you chose to read on.
Let's preface this with the standard disclaimer: This could all be fake, so take everything with an entire box of Morton's kosher salt.
According to the article, the thing that sets the whole plot in motion is: Luke Skywalker's hand and lightsaber from The Empire Strikes Back. The hand's apparently been chilling in space for a few decades and now is falling to a desert planet.
There, the new heroes of the trilogy find it: Daisy Ridley and John Boyega. The two decide to return it — it's unclear if "it" is just the lightsaber or the hand and the lightsaber — to the proper people. They run into Han and Chewie, who recognize it as Luke's, but they haven't seen him since Return of the Jedi. Which, seriously? They haven't seen Luke in 30 years?
I really hope they ditch the hand and just keep the lightsaber, otherwise this is A) going to be unintentionally hilarious and B) be very reminiscent of Doctor Who. So the whole quest of the film is a search for Luke.
Other details include an ice planet where evil people are building a weapon that can destroy whole solar systems. (Of all the things that survived the great EU purge, I was not expecting the Suncrusher to be one of them).
The initial report was followed up by a second, clarifying article which stated that the sources of the first report have been reliable in the past. It also contained the detail that Boyega's character is a Stormtrooper who switches sides, which Badass Digest's Devin Faraci says is "the single most confirmed piece of news I've ever written about in terms of sheer volume of independent sources who agree." He also says that all the desert filming that people have assumed is Tatooine is actually a different planet. | 2019-04-22T00:51:39 | https://io9.gizmodo.com/if-the-rumors-are-true-star-wars-episode-vii-is-weird-1608208842 |
0.999998 | There are at least 5 bands with this name: 1) Ravenous is a synthpop band from Germany, formed in 1995. Side projects consist of Funker Vogt in conjunction to Fusspils 11 and also Fictional. 2) Ravenous is a thrash metal band from Jyv?skyl?, Finland. 3) "The Ravenous" is a retro trash-death metal band from San Francisco, USA. It's members are Chris Reifert (also played with Autopsy), Killjoy and Dan Lilker. In 2002, they released their album Assembled in Blasphemy. 4) Ravenous is a RAC band from Australia. They have released an album called Blind Faith.
1) Ravenous is a synthpop band from Germany, formed in 1995. Side projects consist of Funker Vogt in conjunction to Fusspils 11 and also Fictional.
2) Ravenous is a thrash metal band from Jyv?skyl?, Finland.
3) "The Ravenous" is a retro trash-death metal band from San Francisco, USA. It's members are Chris Reifert (also played with Autopsy), Killjoy and Dan Lilker. In 2002, they released their album Assembled in Blasphemy.
4) Ravenous is a RAC band from Australia. They have released an album called Blind Faith.
5) Ravenous is a stomp rock/sludge pop band based in Brooklyn, NY. | 2019-04-19T08:17:33 | https://payplay.fm/a2af31-ravenous |
0.999928 | This article is about the Supreme Court decision relating to the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans program. For the May 2016 case regarding transgender rights (Texas v. United States), see Gender identity under Title IX. For the college football all star bowl game, see Texas vs The Nation.
United States of America, et al., Petitioners v. State of Texas, et al.
Issuing preliminary injunction, 86 F. Supp. 3d 591 (S.D. Tex. 2015); stay denied, 787 F.3d 733 (5th Cir. 2015); preliminary injunction affirmed, 809 F.3d 134 (5th Cir. 2015); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 906 (2016).
The judgment was affirmed by an equally divided court.
Take Care Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Administrative Procedure Act, United States immigration legislation from 1952, 1965, 1986, 1990, 1996, etc.
Over the next eight months the Obama Administration went through sixty iterations of different possible executive actions. Finally, on November 20, 2014, President Obama delivered a primetime televised address to the nation announcing DAPA. The Office of Legal Counsel advised that the program was constitutional, finding it was similar to President George H. W. Bush’s 1990 "Family Fairness" program. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson then released two memorandums directing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make aliens without criminal histories the lowest priority for removal, and to grant deferred action to illegal immigrants who are the parents of a U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident.
The President’s program, when combined with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, would have delayed deportation of slightly less than half of the 11 million undocumented aliens in the United States. The New York Times reported that “more than 10 million people live in households with at least one potentially DAPA-eligible adult” and that “two-thirds of these adults have lived in the United States for at least 10 years”. Over half the undocumented aliens eligible for the President’s delayed deportation live in California, Texas, and New York.
Two weeks later, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, joined by twenty-six other states, sued in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Of the 3.6 million illegal aliens eligible for DAPA, 2.2 million reside in states that did not join the lawsuit.
On February 16, 2015, United States District Judge Andrew S. Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, issued a preliminary injunction against an executive action taken by President Barack Obama that would have given Illegal immigrants legal status and protection and let them apply for work permits.[why?] The U.S. government on February 23, 2015, asked the Court to lift the injunction while it appealed his ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans; it also proposed that the Court could issue a partial stay that would allow every state except for Texas to start implementing DAPA.
The Obama Administration appealed the order for a preliminary injunction and asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans to stay the district court's injunction pending appeal. On May 26, 2015, the administration's motion for a stay was denied by a divided three-member motions panel, over dissent by Judge Stephen A. Higginson, meaning that the government could not implement DAPA until the Fifth Circuit ruled on the appeal of the injunction order itself. Arguments were heard on an expedited basis on July 10, 2015. On November 9, 2015, a three-member panel of the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's preliminary injunction, over one dissent.
The divided circuit court affirmed the preliminary injunction and ordered the case back to the district court for trial. Judge Jerry Edwin Smith, joined by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod agreed with the district court that Texas has standing because of the cost of issuing drivers licenses to aliens, and that President Obama’s order violated the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. The majority made a new finding that the Immigration and Nationality Act “flatly does not permit” deferred action. Judge Carolyn Dineen King dissented, arguing that prosecutorial discretion makes the case non-justiciable, and that there had been “no justification” for the circuit court’s delay in ruling.
On June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court announced it had deadlocked 4-4 in a decision that read, in its entirety, “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.” The ruling set no precedent and simply left in place the lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking the program. The case may reach the Supreme Court again after Judge Hanen has held a trial.
While the case was awaiting a decision from the United States Supreme Court, Trial Court Judge Hanen issued a temporary hold on three-year renewals of work authorization for some illegal immigrants. The federal government gave three-year renewals of work authorization for 2,500 young, illegal immigrants, despite Judge Hanen's order. The federal government later reversed the three-year extensions for those 2,500 people, and attorneys for the Department of Justice said the renewals of work authorizations were made in error. Judge Hanen accused the attorneys of purposely misleading his court, he barred them from appearing in his courtroom, he demanded ethics classes for the attorneys, and he ordered other sanctions for those who argued the case in his courtroom. Judge Hanen also ordered Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint someone within the department to ensure compliance with his order.
On November 18, 2016, attorneys for both parties filed a joint motion to stay proceeding until one month after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. On June 15, 2017, new Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly signed a memo rescinding DAPA, ending the matter. DHS's announcement clarified that the new memo does not effect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, leading the White House to announce it had not decided if it will or will not keep that other policy. However, on September 5, 2017, the Trump Administration announced that they planned to end DACA if Congress was unable to pass it into law within six months.
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0.986633 | Paragraph 5 : Its Courts.
1-5. Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is not a several, but a joint power, to be exercised by presbyters in courts. These courts may have jurisdiction over one or many churches but they sustain such mutual relations as to realize the idea of the unity of the Church.
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is not a several, but a joint power, to be exercised by Presbyters in courts. These courts may have jurisdiction over one or many churches but they sustain such mutual relations as to realize the idea of the unity of the Church.
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is not a several, but a joint power, to be exercised by Presbyters in courts. These courts may have jurisdiction over one or many churches; but they sustain such mutual relations as to realize the idea of the unity of the Church.
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is not a several, but a joint power, to be exercised by Presbyters in Courts. These Courts may have jurisdiction over one or many Congregations; but they sustain such mutual relations as to realize the idea of the unity of the Church.
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is never a several but always a joint power, and is committed to church-courts, consisting of presbyters of the two classes. These courts may have jurisdiction over one or many congregations; but they sustain such mutual relations as to realize the idea of the unity of the church.
"Of the power in common of all these Assemblies."
It is lawful, and agreeable to the word of God, that the several assemblies before mentioned have power to convent, and call before them, any person within their several bounds, whom the ecclesiastical business which is before them doth concern.[o] They have power to hear and determine such causes and differences as do orderly come before them. It is lawful, and agreeable to the word of God, that all the said assemblies have some power to dispense church-censures.
but a joint power, to be exercised by Presbyters in courts.
Presbyter means an officer having joint jurisdiction with other officers.
These courts may have jurisdiction over one or many churches; but they sustain such mutual relations as to realize the idea of the unity of the Church.
It is necessary to note the distinction between "church" and "Church." The latter has been already defined in paragraph 2, and the former will be defined in paragraph 20. The Church is one. No group of churches is together independent of the whole Church; and especially can no particular church be, of right, independent of the Church catholic, any more than an individual member. This is an emphatic denial of Independency. | 2019-04-26T16:06:15 | http://pcahistory.org/bco/fog/01/05.html |
0.998206 | What are called sensors? Broadly speaking, the sensor is able to perceive the external information and according to certain rules will device available signal convert these information into; simple sensor is a device of external signals are converted to electrical signals. It consists of sensitive components (sensor) and the converter is composed of two parts, some semiconductor sensitive element can be directly output signals, in itself constitute a sensor. Sensitive components variety, the principle of its perception of external information, can be divided into physical, stress, heat, light, electricity, magnetic and other physical effects based on. The chemical class, based on the principle of chemical reaction. The biology class, enzymes, antibodies, and hormone based on molecular recognition function. Usually according to its basic cognitive function can be divided into thermosensitive element, a photosensitive element, gas sensor, force sensor, Ci Min element, humidity sensors, acoustic sensors, radiation sensitive element, color sensors and taste sensors and other ten categories (and there are people who have the sensor can be divided into 46 categories). The commonly used thermal, light, gas sensor, force sensor and the magnetic sensor and its sensing element is introduced as follows.
The temperature sensor is mainly composed of a heat sensitive element. The thermosensitive element varieties more, market sales of the bimetallic strip, copper thermal resistance, thermocouple and platinum thermal resistance, thermal resistance. In a semiconductor thermistor as a temperature sensor detecting element widely, this is because the allowable working conditions in the element, semiconductor thermistor has the characteristics of small size, high sensitivity, high precision, and simple manufacturing process, low price.
According to the temperature characteristic of thermistor can be divided into two categories, with the rise of temperature resistance increased as the positive temperature coefficient thermistor, contrary to the negative temperature coefficient thermistor.
This thermistor with barium titanate (BaTio3) as the basic material, then adding proper amount of rare earth elements, the use of ceramic technology high temperature sintering into seoul. Pure barium titanate is an insulating material, but is doped with rare earth elements such as lanthanum amount (La) and niobium (Nb) and later, a semiconductor material, known semiconducting barium titanate. It is a polycrystalline material, there is grain boundary between grains, for conducting electronic, grain boundary is equivalent to a barrier. When the temperature is low, because of the action of electric field in the semiconducting barium titanate, conducting electrons can easily cross the barrier, so the resistance value is small; when the temperature increases to the Curie point temperature (critical temperature, the components' temperature control points' general barium titanate Curie point is 120 ℃), the electric field within the subject failure, can't help conducting electrons across the barrier, so the performance is dramatically increased resistance value. Because this element has not reached the Curie point of resistance with temperature changes very slowly, with a constant temperature, temperature control and automatic temperature control function, not only fever, redness, no fire, not easy to burn, the voltage AC, DC 3 ~ 440V can, long service life, is very suitable for motor overheating and other electrical device detection.
Negative temperature coefficient thermistor with manganese oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide, copper oxide and aluminum oxide as the main raw material, the manufacturing technology of ceramic and. These metal oxide materials have semiconductor properties, quite similar to germanium, silicon crystal material, the body of carriers (electrons and holes) the number of small, high resistivity; temperature, carrier number increases, the natural resistance to reduce. A lot of negative temperature coefficient thermistor type, used to distinguish between low temperature (-60 ～ 300 ℃), temperature (300 ～ 600 ℃), high temperature (>600 ℃) three, has the advantages of high sensitivity, good stability, fast response, long life, low price advantage, widely applied to fixed-point temperature temperature automatic control circuit the temperature control system, such as refrigerator, air conditioner, greenhouse.
Thermistor is combined with a simple amplifying circuit, can detect a thousand one degree change in temperature, so the electronic meter thermometer, can achieve high precision temperature measurement. The working temperature of general use thermistor is -55 ℃ ~ +315 ℃, special low temperature thermistor temperature below -55 ℃ to -273 ℃.
I made the thermistor is according to the standard SJ1155-82 to make model, consisting of four parts.
The first part: the LORD says, by the letter 'M' said sensitive element.
The second part: categories, said the positive temperature coefficient thermistor with the letter 'Z', or 'F' letters represent negative temperature coefficient thermistor.
The fourth part: serial number, but also by the digital representation, representative specification, performance.
Usually manufacturers for differences between special needs of this series of products, plus' derived number 'in number, consist of letters, numbers and' - 'number and.
A variety of thermistor working conditions must be in the factory parameters within the allowed range. The main parameters of the thermistor has more than ten: nominal resistance values, the use of ambient temperature (maximum working temperature), measurement of power, rated power, rated voltage (maximum working voltage), working current, temperature coefficient, the material constants, time constant. The nominal resistance is the resistance at 25 ℃ zero power value, in fact there is a certain error, should be in within 10%. Operating temperature range of ordinary thermistor is larger, can choose according to need from -55 ℃ to +315 ℃, notably, the highest working temperature differences between different types of thermistor, such as MF11 sheet negative temperature coefficient thermistor is +125 ℃, +70 ℃ and MF53-1 only, should pay attention to students' experiment (generally do not more than 50 ℃).
The preferred ordinary use of negative temperature coefficient thermistor, because it changes with temperature is generally higher than the positive temperature coefficient thermistor resistance value is easy to observe, continuous decreased significantly. If the selected positive temperature coefficient thermistors, temperature should be in the vicinity of the Curie temperature of the element.
Coarse thermistor value should be selected range, moderate and a thermistor measuring small electric current multimeter. If the 10K thermistor, can choose MF10 multimeter, the shift switch to the ohmmeter R × 100, replace the probes are respectively clamped thermistor with alligator clip two pin. When the environment temperature is significantly lower than the body temperature, 10.2k thermistor readings, knead by hand, can see the indication of resistance decreases; the hand, increased resistance, gradually restored. Such a thermistor can be selected (the highest working temperature 100 ℃).
A air conditioner: special temperature sensor thermistor sealed in the copper metal.
Light sensor is mainly composed of light elements. At present, the rapid development of photosensitive element, variety, widely used. The market for the sale of a photosensitive resistor, diode, triode, photoelectric photoelectric coupler and optical cell.
Photosensitive resistors by semiconductor photoelectric crystal transparent, because the semiconductor photoelectric crystal composition is different, can be divided into visible light photosensitive resistor (cadmium sulfide crystal), infrared light photosensitive resistor (GaAs crystals), and ultraviolet light photosensitive resistor (zinc sulfide crystals). When the wavelength of the light sensitive semiconductor photoelectric surface of the crystal, crystal carrier increased, the conductivity increased (i.e., reduced resistance).
The light current, light resistance: under a certain applied voltage, when light (100lx) irradiation, current flows through the photosensitive resistor called the light current; voltage and the current ratio of light resistance, usually within a few tens of K Ω K Ω ~.
The dark current, resistance in the dark: under a certain applied voltage, when there is no light (0 LX) irradiation, current flows through the photosensitive resistor called dark current; voltage and the current ratio of resistance in the dark, generally a few hundred thousand more than k Ω K Ω to.
The maximum working voltage: General tens of volts to hundreds of volts.
◆ environment temperature: -25 ℃ to +55 ℃, some models can be -40 ℃ to +70 ℃.
◆ rated power (power): photosensitive resistance light current and voltage product; can be 5mW to 300mW a variety of specifications to choose.
◆ photosensitive resistance of main parameters and response time, sensitivity, spectral response, light, temperature coefficient, I-V characteristics.
Notable is, light (with the strength characteristics of the changes of light), temperature coefficient (temperature dependent properties), volt ampere characteristic is not linear, such as CdS (CDS) resist photoresistance sometimes increased with the increase of temperature, sometimes with increasing temperature and smaller.
Compared with ordinary diode, in addition to the tube core it is a PN junction, has a one-way conductive properties, others are very different. The first tube PN junction in the core of deep and shallow (less than 1 microns), in order to improve the photoelectric conversion ability; second PN junction area of relatively large, the area of the electrode is very small, in order to facilitate the photosensitive surface to collect more light; the third photodiode has a lens made of organic glass sealing, can gather light from the photosensitive surface "window" in appearance; so the sensitivity and response time photodiode is far superior to that of photosensitive resistance.
2DU has a very, very, before after ring pole three pole. The ring is to reduce dark current photodiode and increase working stability and design, application should be connected to the positive pole. The main parameters of the photoelectric diode has: maximum working voltage (10 ~ 50V), dark current (≤ 0.05 ~ 1 a), the photocurrent (> 6 ~ 80 a), response time, photoelectric sensitivity (tens of ns to several s), junction capacitance and forward drop.
Advantages of photodiode is of good linearity, fast response, wide range of wavelengths of light has the advantages of high sensitivity, low noise; drawback is the output current (or voltage) alone is small, need to add the amplification circuit. Applicable to communication and photoelectric control circuit.
The photodiode detection can be used multimeter R * 1K block, to avoid the optical forward resistance should be 10K Ω to 200 Ω K, reverse ∞, remove the shade right after the deflection angle is larger, the higher the sensitivity.
Photoelectric triode can be regarded as a combination of elements of a photodiode and a triode, with amplification function, so the dark current, photocurrent and photoelectric sensitivity is much higher than the photodiode structure, but the junction capacitance increase, response characteristics. Photoelectric control circuit is widely used in low frequency.
Semiconductor optoelectronic devices and MOS structure, such as a common scanner, camera CCD (charge coupled device) is integrated photodiode array or MOS structure.
Textbooks only requires the thermistor and photosensitive resistance characteristics of a simple experiment. Due to the close correlation of gas and the daily life of human, the detection of gases is to protect and improve the ecological environment indispensable means, gas sensors play an extremely important role. For example, the concentration of carbon monoxide in the living environment of 0.8 ~ 1.15 ml/L, will appear shortness of breath, rapid pulse, even syncope state, up to 1.84ml/L when there is a risk of death within a few minutes, so the carbon monoxide detection must be fast and accurate. Using SnO2 metal oxide semiconductor gas sensing materials, preparation of SnO2 nano particles by ultrafine particle refinement and doping process, and as a catalyst substrate doping, the appropriate sintering process for surface modification, made by thermal sintering CO sensitive element, can CO gas detection range of 0.005% ~ 0.5%. There are a lot of explosive and combustible gas, alcohol gas, automobile exhaust and other toxic gas detection sensor. Commonly used in the main contact combustion type gas sensors, electrochemical gas sensor and semiconductor gas sensor etc.. Contact combustion type gas sensor detecting element is generally platinum wire (also can be coated with platinum, palladium and other rare metal catalyst layer), use of platinum wires connect with current, maintaining 300 ℃ ~ 400 ℃, if contact with combustible gas, the combustible gas will burn in the rare metal catalyst layer therefore, platinum wire temperature rises, the resistance of platinum wire also rose; value changes by measuring the electrical resistance of platinum wire size, known concentration of combustible gas. Electrochemical gas sensor by the liquid (or solid, organic gel electrolyte, etc.) the output could be in the form of direct current oxidation or reduction gas generated, and can also be electromotive force acting on the ion ion electrode. Semiconductor gas sensor with high sensitivity, fast response, good stability, easy to use features, the application is extremely broad; the following highlights the semiconductor gas sensor and a gas sensor.
Semiconductor gas sensor with N type and P type division. Type N in the detection of resistance decreases with the increase of gas concentration; P value increases with the concentration of gas. Like the SnO2 metal oxide semiconductor gas sensitive material, which belongs to the N type semiconductor, at 200 ~ 300 ℃ it absorbed oxygen in the air, forming a negative ion adsorption of oxygen, so that the electron density in the semiconductor is reduced, so that its resistance value increases. When a combustible gas supply electronic (such as CO), the adsorption of oxygen desorption, and the combustible gas in the positive ion adsorption on metal oxide semiconductor surface; oxygen desorption emitted electron, combustible gas line in the positive ion adsorption state to emit electron, increasing the oxide semiconductor conduction band the electron density, the resistance decreases. Combustible gas does not exist, the negative ion adsorption of metal oxide semiconductor will automatically restore oxygen, make the increase of resistance to the initial state. This is the basic principle of semiconductor gas sensor detection of combustible gas.
There are 2 kinds of gas sensor made in china. One is the direct heating, heating wire and a measuring electrode to sintering in metal oxide semiconductor tube core; heating type gas sensor on ceramic substrate, through the pipe heating wire, two measuring electrode tube outside, metal oxides gas sensing materials for measuring electrodes, made by high sintering.
Parameters of gas sensor is mainly a heating voltage, current, voltage measurement circuit, the sensitivity, response time, recovery time, calibration gas (0.1% butane gas) voltage, load resistance etc.. QM-N5 type gas sensor suitable for natural gas, coal gas, hydrogen, alkyl, alkene gases such as gas, gasoline, kerosene, acetylene, ammonia, smoke detection, which belongs to the N type semiconductor device. High sensitivity, good stability, short response and recovery time, the market wide application. The following parameters: QM-N5 gas sensor calibration gas (0.1% butane gas, the best working conditions) voltage is greater than or equal to 2V, the response time ≤ 10S ≤ 30S, recovery time, the best working conditions of 5V, heating voltage measurement circuit voltage of 10V, load resistor RL as 2K, allows the working conditions of electric heating pressure 4.5 ~ 5.5V, measurement circuit voltage 5 ~ 15V, 0.5 ~ 2.2K load resistance. Below is a simple test circuit for gas sensor (sensor), voltage meter pointer changes more, the higher the sensitivity; just add a simple circuit can realize the alarm. Common gas sensor and MQ-31 (dedicated to the detection of CO), QM-J1 alcohol sensor etc..
Li Min of the many kinds of sensors, the traditional measurement method is using the deformation and displacement of elastic material to represent. With the development of microelectronic technology, based on the piezoresistive effect of semiconductor materials (i.e., pressure, the one direction and the resistivity changes) and good elasticity, has developed the Li Min sensor has the advantages of small volume, light weight, high sensitivity, widely used in the measurement of mechanical pressure, acceleration, weight.
The magnetosensor with Holzer device (based on the Holzer effect), magnetoresistive devices (based on magnetoresistive effect: magnetic field made the semiconductor resistance increases with the magnetic field increases.) , magneto diode and triode. Magnetic sensor based on magneto sensor is widely used in the measurement of electrical, magnetic and mechanical quantities of.
In a certain sense sensor and the sense of people have a corresponding relationship, the perception has been far more than human senses. For example, was observed by using the target's infrared radiation of infrared imaging system (night like instrument), the night can be found 1000 m, 2000 meters found the vehicle; the core components of the imager is infrared sensor. In the 1991 Gulf War, the Iraqi tank configuration of night vision instrument detection distance of only 800 meters, is less than half the coalition, the darkness was badly defeated is inevitable. At present, all the countries in the world to sensor technology as the focus of high-tech development priority. In order to greatly improve the performance of the sensor, the constant use of new structure, new materials and new technology, miniaturization, integration and intelligent direction. | 2019-04-23T00:29:31 | http://szkemin.com/en/?sers/201311291799.html |
0.999999 | Energy Level: moderate to high .He gets excited if another dog plays with him but typically just like to nap , be on his bed or cuddle.
Good with other dogs: yes , he loves playing with my alpha female dog.But not sure with more than one dog .
Good with cats: yes. Previous owner had two cats and Boris loved to play with them. He can be gentle and playful with cats.
Object Aggression: he doesn't like sharing his bed with other dogs but just sometimes , depends in his mood.
Medications: No , he only needs to get clean his facial folds twice a day with wipes as needed.
Crate Trained: Yes . He hates to be on a crate but he does very good in a space with a baby gate.
Physical Fence Required: Preferred but not required. He loves being outside and smell the grass.
Boris loves taking naps in his bed and he will stay there all day if he could. He also loves being outside and playing around. He would be fine in an apartment or house because he does not run around in the house that much. Boris is very well trained and he will not jump in the furniture unless you give him permission to do so . He does love being around people. Boris will bark with strange noises so he is a watch dog. He will go investigate where are the noises coming from.
Boris loves his naps. Sometimes he will try to take his bed with him wherever he goes. Its pretty funny to see him moving his bed with his mouth around the house. Boris does not like being push and he will let you know if he feels threaten . He will growl and bark at you. But if you change your tone and let him know it is okay , he will be fine.
Boris loves his car rides and he does very well in public places. He will just ignore people and be very calm. Boris is very well behaved and looks like he was trained in his past. he knows when you say NO. He will wait for you to allow him to jump in the couch .
Boris loves to have his belly rubbed.
Boris likes sneezing a lot . And he will sneeze when he is near you .
Boris just wants a family that can take him to the dog park,play with him , take him to the lake or do activities , take very good care of him taking him to the vet to do his check ups, spend LOTS of time with him and give him lots of attention and good food because he deserves it . He is a sweet guy who loves to be near people.
Please consider sponsoring Boris to help with medical bills.
Boris is an owner surrender who's schedule changed and does not have the time needed to give to him. Boris is said to to well with cats, as his previous home had two that played well with. | 2019-04-21T18:19:31 | http://www.buckeyebulldogrescue.org/boris.html |
0.999999 | In this article I will describe how to make a light sign shows status that someone sitting on chair in real time.
- The chair - when someone is sitting on the chair - the RF transmitter will send "seating" status to the sign, If noone is sitting on the chair for more than 5 seconds the transmitter will send "not seating" status to the sign.
- The sign - The lighted sign show the status it gets from the transmitter located on the chair, another option is changing the status manually by using a button placed on the sign.
You can make this project as it is or use parts of it to build something esle.
First I designed the electric circuit and the arduino program.
The program is writen for arduino uno and I burned it to micro chip Attainy 85.
Use the Attainy is a great way minimize the cost and electronic circuit size of your product.
In the first picture you can see the burner my brother made, and in the second picture the Attainy 85 architecture.
The source code files are attached.
After you burn the micro chips connect all the pieces to testing breadboard before soldering.
Only if it works well continue to the next step.
This electronic circuit should be really small because it needs to get into a chair pillow.
I Used 5 volt power input, and connect it to regular rechargeable battery.
Connect the Click Button by long wire to the chip.
Else, if the button is free for 5 seconds the Tx will send '0' to the sign.
I used one led as an indication light built on the chair circuit.
The chip is programed this way: when the Rx get "seating" status indication the red light string will turn off.
Preper all the circuit and solder it only if it fit to your box, in my case I solder the USB cable and the change mode button only after placing the circuit and drilling holes in the box.
Take a nice pillow fits to the chair size it's better to use pillow with a zipper.
Cut 2 plastic boards or cardboards and glue the switch sensor between them.
Check the switch is hold down when sitting and free when noone is sitting.
Use some sponge between the plastics boards to balance the tens on the button.
Connect a bank power to the 5 volt Usb port.
Hide the electric circuit and the bank power well and comfortably in the chair pillow.
Print on a paper your sentence in big font.
Cut the letters with a knife and make a pattern.
Use the pattern to cut the letters from the polystyrene than cut the whole sign around to fit your box frame size.
Hope you found a nice box.
Drill 3 holes on the box: power cable, on\off switch, manual change mode button.
Connect the on/off switch and the changing mode switch.
Solder the power cable to the electric circuit only after the power cable passed through the hole.
After shhiling the power cable thru the hole, solder it to electric circuit.
Drill another hole behind to hang it on the wall.
Place all the products in the box close the polystyrene on it and the sign is ready to use..
Step 7: It's Really Work All Together!
Connect the final products to power and test it!
I found the wireless connectivity works fine in range of 10 meters.
Great Thanks to my brother Barak for helping me a lot, I couldn't do it without you.
I may have some technical or grammer mistakes, let me know to make this article beter. | 2019-04-26T02:46:22 | https://www.instructables.com/id/Wireless-status-indicator-for-seating-on-a-chair/ |
0.999999 | Hypercalcaemia. What does it signify?
Hypercalcaemia can be caused by many disorders, but is most commonly due to primary hyperparathyroidism in outpatients, and to malignant disease in hospital inpatients. When mild (less than 3 mmol/L) it does not cause symptoms, but can have long term effects such as renal calculi. It is important that the aetiology of the hypercalcaemia be established, as it can reflect serious disease. In most patients the correct diagnosis can be suspected from clinical history and examination, and confirmed by laboratory tests and x-rays. The most difficult diagnostic problem is the patient with negative clinical findings, mild hypercalcaemia and mild renal impairment, when the parathyroid hormone level is normal or slightly elevated. When hypercalcaemia is severe (greater than 3.5 mmol/L), it can cause vomiting, polyuria, dehydration and renal impairment, and is then an important therapeutic problem. Therapy includes treatment of the cause, such as radiotherapy for malignant disease or surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism. In addition, it is usually necessary to treat the hypercalcaemia itself, and the initial step is always rehydration. If the plasma calcium concentration remains high, drug treatment must be added, the most effective and reliable agent being intravenous mithramycin. Aminohydroxypropylidene diphosphonate (APD), though less studied, may be equally useful in this situation. Glucocorticoids are not always effective, and phosphate may cause renal damage, particularly when given intravenously. For long term treatment of malignant hypercalcaemia, oral glucocorticoids and phosphate are often effective, and can be given in combination. When primary hyperparathyroidism cannot be corrected surgically, the hypercalcaemia (and hypercalciuria) are probably best treated with a low calcium diet and cellulose phosphate, a regimen also effective for the hypercalcaemia of sarcoidosis. | 2019-04-21T05:11:34 | http://www.curehunter.com/public/pubmed3940849.do |
0.996605 | In the Funk & Wagnalls New Comprehensive International Dictionary of the English Language, Deluxe Edition, we find the following definitions: (Condensed to save space).
TRESPASS: 1 Law; To violate willfully and forcefully the personal and property rights of another; commit a trespass with on or upon. 2 To pass the bounds of propriety or rectitude, to the injury of another, intrude offensively; encroach with or upon. 3 To violate a positive law, rule, or custom.
INVADE: 1 To enter with or as with hostile intent as for conquering or plundering. 2 To encroach upon; trespass on, to invade privacy. 3 To spread over or penetrate injuriously, etc.
TRANSGRESS: 1 To break over the bounds of, as a law; violate. 2 To pass beyond or over (limits); exceed, trespass, etc.
AGGRESSION: 1 An unprovoked attack; encroachment. 2 Habitual aggressive action or practices, etc.
I could continue to define words for those who naively believe the redefined definitions of actions we see today.
I won’t even define “immigration” for everyone is familiar with the migration of birds in the winter seeking a better climate. WE ARE NOT BIRDS, WE HAVE PROCEDURES and laws we follow when we intend to move to another house, apartment, city, or country. These procedures involve compliance with the provisions of your new contract, landlord, city ordinances, or new country.
We legal immigrants from all over the world know this. We have obeyed and complied with the immigration laws of this United States.
The left continues to do what it is known to do, i.e. to rename an action with a new term, one that is harmless or endearing so we go along with the left’s manipulations. Instead of Trespasser or Invader, they have the words “Migrant”, “Undocumented”, “Dreamer”, etc.
Political Correctness or renaming a crime has served them right everywhere in the world. If you want to hear the truth about the tragic events that are visiting us, the citizens of the United States, natural-born or legalized, you need to go to another country and read their news the way they report it.
The Canadians have been speaking loudly about the demise and betrayal of our country for a long time, as have the Australians, Europeans, and Israelis. All of them see what’s wrong in the United States, and are bracing for impact, praying that we, the people will wake up and do something.
I believe that our time has come. We, the legal immigrants in this country are called upon to defend it. We, who have received enormous blessings and acceptance from our fellow Americans no matter their color or ethnicity, need to save our country. We need to become a thorn in the flesh to our members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.
This, I repeat, is not a political issue any more. Now it is a matter of the survival of the United States as we know it, a resistance to what Washington is doing from their ivory tower. Transforming us into a country only the elite will enjoy. Impoverishing us is part of the plan. Dividing us in every way is also part of the plan.
Instead, I say. WE ARE A FAMILY. Those in Washington that prefer the invaders, trespassers, and bring in people that want to harm us have betrayed us. If you see a crime being committed against someone and you stay silent, you become an accomplice. That’s why I will hold both parties responsible.
This article could be five pages long if I were to describe the harms that we, the citizens of the United States, legal immigrants and descendants, have been unfairly targeted for. It’s DISCRIMINATION against the law-abiding citizen.
I urge you to visit www.golifa.com and read numerous articles on the subject of immigration alone. If you want to learn more about other issues go to www.bwcentral.org. Learn the truth, without political correctness. Join the move to save our country.
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0.999162 | DrugScience - Cocaine: the perfect heart attack drug?
Cocaine: the perfect heart attack drug?
A recent paper, presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012, suggests that using cocaine as little as once a month can lead to stiffening and narrowing of blood vessels (atherosclerosis) and thicker heart muscle walls (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). The results of study have broken new ground: firstly because the cocaine users in the study did not use massive amounts of the drug; secondly because the cocaine users in this study were not dead, most other studies suggesting that cocaine may cause stiffening of blood vessels being post mortem.
Being about drugs and death, this study was quickly picked up by newspapers, using the soundbite, ‘Cocaine- the perfect heart attack drug’. Now, the negative effects of cocaine on the cardiovascular system have actually been explored for some time and are not surprising given cocaine’s well known acute effects of blood pressure and heart rate, and the substantial amount of case reports of cocaine induced heart attacks. Very relevantly, there have also been some larger studies (epidemiological studies) linking regular cocaine use to an increased likelihood of having a heart attack. The point here is that there is already a body of evidence linking cocaine use to heart attacks and associated damage to the cardiovascular system.
This is important because the study in question only involved 20 cocaine using participants, meaning without past research, it would make a weak case for the relationship between cocaine use and the increased likelihood of having a heart attack. With this in mind, you can take the Daily Mail’s headline ‘Cocaine is ‘the perfect heart attack drug’- even if you use it a few times a year’, with some scepticism. All of the participants used the drug at least once a month and there were only 20 of them meaning, as it stands, it really applies to regular (at least monthly) users.
This is not to say that cocaine does not have a specific underlying action that causes damaging changes to the heart and blood vessels as the study suggests, quite the opposite. This study provides an answer to the question of why cocaine may cause heart attacks in those otherwise not at risk. The problem is that how the study has been reported (and drug science is often reported) sensationalises the drug harms without really providing any useful information.
For example, it would be common sense to mention that cocaine use would be more dangerous if you were doing something that also causes atherosclerosis, namely smoking (if you need convincing, here is a study of 91 case reports of cocaine induced heart attacks- 87% of which were cigarette smokers). Additionally, some people have a genetic predisposition to thickening of heart muscle, which is actually one of the most common genetic heart conditions out there, and can often go undetected (until people have sudden heart attacks). The main advice here is that anyone with a family history of sudden heart attacks (especially in younger relatives) may be at particular danger from further thickening of the muscle in the heart.
It would have been helpful if papers mentioned that taking cocaine if you have high blood pressure or pre-existing heart problems could be particularly harmful or at the very least linked readers to some kind of cocaine harm reduction information. In absence of this, the impression we get is that the writers of such articles take it upon themselves to portray drugs in as harmful a light as possible, to convince people to never use the drug ever. Whilst this may deter people who have never used the drug, drug users can be those who are fully aware of the risks, but don’t see them as that personally relevant.
Thickening of the heart’s walls and stiffening of blood vessels is likely with regular (even just monthly) use of cocaine.
If you are already doing something that can cause athesclerosis (e.g. smoking), regular cocaine use could add to this, making it riskier.
If there is a history of sudden cardiac deaths in the family, cocaine may be particularly harmful to you. | 2019-04-22T20:45:17 | http://drugscience.org.uk/blog/2016/8/1/cocaine-the-perfect-heart-attack-drug |
0.998355 | It's more complicated than whatever age I may have been. The main thing was that I was turning away from exposure to commercial music radio at precisely the time period in which Journey was apparently reaching its zenith of airplay.
Looking at the Wikipedia article on Journey, I see that "Who's Crying Now" was one of their hits from 1981. I definitely remember that one though I have no memory of knowing that the song was by Journey. I guess the same is true of "Don't Stop Believing" - also from 1981. I remember that song but I am not sure I knew it was a Journey song before the coverage of The Sopranos finale. I imagine there were other Journey hits from the early 1980s I'd recognize too.
My main memory of Journey's existence was some TV show I remember watching in the early 1980s which profiled Journey. Also on this show there was an interview with Stephen Stills and I remember him saying that Neil Young showed up to Crosby Stills Nash & Young recording sessions stoned and that this caused a strain on the group. So I remember that kind of detail, but Journey all I remember was the name and that they had long hair.
I am pretty sure Journey was not popular with the kids I was going to school with at the time. Which might mean there was already a class thing going on and Journey was seen as a variety of Jersey/Long Island band (cf. my vague association of Journey with New Jersey).
Beginning at the end of summer 1982 I began listening to all sorts of alternatives to commercial music radio (this was in the New York radio market - the stations I discovered were WBGO (jazz), WKCR (better quality jazz and weird classical stuff), WNYC (classical but I was mainly interested in John Schafer's 'New Sounds' show), also the more conventional classical station around 103 FM whose call letters escape me. This opened up multiple new worlds for me although I did not quite leave behind commercial FM music radio, because I remember still listening to WLIR as late as fall 1983, though I think it was mainly something to listen to in the morning while getting ready for school.
The other issue was MTV. Remember that I lived in Brooklyn and (beginning fall 1983) Queens -- which had no access to cable TV at the time or for several years after that, related to the Donald Manes scandal. I had some exposure to MTV at a sort of summer school/camp for elite snobs that I went to in the summer of 1982. It didn't make a huge impression on me. | 2019-04-19T20:46:32 | https://identi.ca/fontana/comment/pnReWx7UQJ6otw2-NT_RNw |
0.998847 | Apple Investors Vent on Dividends, but What's Next?
Apple avoided mentioning a potential dividend at its shareholder meeting on Thursday, but can investors do anything to force the issue?
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Apple(:AAPL) avoided mentioning a potential dividend at its shareholder meeting on Thursday, despite the company's ever-growing cash haul. With nearly $100 billion in cash on its balance sheet, calls for Apple to share some of its wealth with shareholders are reaching fever pitch.
Many commenters and tweeters on TheStreet's blog of Apple 's shareholder meeting were clamoring for a dividend announcement. "There will be some news today IMO about div.......there have been too many comments recently by CEO and CFO to leave it on the back porch," wrote mjohnh.
"Most attractive part of a possible dividend to me is the possibility of the shares being opened up to more funds," added Joe, a sentiment which was echoed elsewhere in the blog. "With a dividend, plenty of funds will now be able to purchase shares of apple," explained a commenter called John. "Will it see 600 before year end?"
There has been plenty of talk that a dividend could spur institutional investment in Apple. In a research note released on Friday JP Morgan noted that Apple's stock remains underowned institutionally. "Of the 282 mutual funds indexed to the Russell 1000, a surprising 40% do not have Apple as a top 10 holding - this despite the fact that Apple is the largest stock in the Russell 1000," explained JP Morgan analyst Thomas Lee.
There's clearly plenty of appetite for Apple to rethink its cash strategy, as evidenced by a commenter called 'p' on TheStreet's Live Blog, who urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to be more forthcoming on the dividend issue.
In a recent poll conducted by TheStreet, some 70% of respondents said that Apple should start paying a dividend again. The tech bellwether made its last dividend payment in 1995.
However, the dividend brouhaha poses the question: "Do Apple shareholders have a legal right to the cash, and could they sue Apple to get it?"
A famous example of suing a company to pay a dividend occurred almost 100 years ago, when the Dodge brothers sued Ford Motors(:F) to try to extract a dividend.
In 1916, the Dodge brothers sued Henry Ford for keeping his company's cash, nearly $60 million (remember when $60 million was a lot of money?) and not distributing it to shareholders. Ultimately, the Michigan Surpreme Court ruled in favor of the Dodge brothers and forced Ford to declare a dividend.
The major difference, however, between Apple in 2012 and Ford in 1916 is that Ford was a closely held company, says Lynn Stout, visiting professor of corporate law at Cornell Law School.
"Essentially, corporate law reserves the right to say that if the board doesn't want to pay a dividend, the only recourse shareholders have is to replace the board or get them to change their mind," Stout recently told TheStreet. "Dodge v. Ford Motor still applied to closely held companies, but Apple is a public company."
She also explained that the Dodge v. Ford is frequently mis-cited, and is not applicable in this case.
"When you look at Dodge versus Ford, it's not about the company obligation to pay a dividend, it's about the ability of a majority shareholder abusing the minority shareholders," said Nicholas Rogers, associate attorney at Gaskins Bennett Birrell Schupp LLP.
Shareholders continue to press CEO Tim Cook and his team about what Apple's intentions are for its massive cash hoard. Some Investors, however, are split on whether Apple should opt for a special one-off dividend payment or start making regular payments.
Cook has said before he is "not religious" about holding cash, potentially setting the stage for a dividend later this year. During Apple's first-quarter conference call, CFO Peter Oppenheimer said the company was "actively discussing the uses of its cash," but that it had nothing to announce at the time.
Channing Smith, portfolio manager of Capital Advisors Growth Fund said that he wants to see a dividend sometime this year. "When you look at the cash position, obviously we would like to see a healthy mix between a dividend, acquisitions and a buyback, but we wouldn't be surprised to see a dividend initiated sometime this year," Smith said over the phone recently. "Right now, the cash is an asset that's not really working for investors today."
Shareholders of companies such as Google(:GOOG) could argue against paying a dividend, as shares have performed exceedingly well since going public in 2004. The Internet giant has never paid a dividend. Microsoft(:MSFT), however, was pressured by shareholders to pay a dividend in the early 2000's, and did so by paying a special $3 dividend in 2004, in addition to buying back $30 billion worth of stock. The software giant now pays a regular quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share.
Even though there's growing pressure for Apple to start paying a dividend again, the board does not have an obligation to pay, despite investors' cries for something to be done.
"Apple has every right to its cash holdings and to reinvest as the company sees fit," said Dr. Margaret M. Blair, Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, during a recent phone interview. "If the board was doing a terrible job of reinvesting its cash, that might be a different story, but it looks like they are doing a great job of it."
Corporations are not charities, say lawyers, and are designed to earn a profit, which they can't do effectively if shareholders are demanding financial capital back. "Otherwise, corporations would have problems," Stout noted.
At the end of the first quarter of 2012, Apple had $97.6 billion in cash and cash-equivalents on its balance sheet. The tech giant has presumably passed the $100 billion mark by now, assuming the company is generating over $3 billion in free cash flow per month. (Apple had cash flow from operations of $17.5 billion in its most recent quarter).
Cook recently acknowledged that Apple has more cash than it needs, but he asked that shareholders be patient with the decision making process.
This could signal a dividend is coming sooner rather than later, but like all things Apple, it will come when they are good and ready. And not a moment too soon for many investors. | 2019-04-21T00:45:04 | https://www.tauntongazette.com/x1679919483/Apple-Investors-Vent-on-Dividends-but-Whats-Next |
0.99957 | Can wikis be decentralized using blockchain technologies? Projects like Substratum, Shift, Sia, Golem, and IPFS might help to enable the decentralization of wikis. Cryptocurrencies like Steem can perhaps be used to reward contributors and editors on the decentralized wikis. Perhaps a new cryptocurrency will be created to reward and tip contributors and editors on decentralized wikis.
Wikipedia is the most popular wiki. There are many wikis out there. Wikipedia runs on software called MediaWiki. Wikipedia content is licensed under a Creative Commons license. The license of Wikipedia is CC-By-SA, which means it is a Creative Commons license that allows you to edit and re-publish content, and even to monetize the content, as long as you reshare it under the same Creative Commons license and give attribution to the contributors/creators of the often collaborative content.
So perhaps the software running wikis can be decentralized. Perhaps also, wikis can have functionality to reward people for editing, and also allow for people to tip one another cryptocurrency. Individuals who run nodes of the decentralized wikis can be rewarded with cryptocurrency. Perhaps MediaWiki or WordPress can be forked, edited, or have plugins/extensions created to support decentralization and cryptocurrencies. Perhaps readers can mine cryptocurrency in their browser while viewing content from the wiki, or perhaps a decentralized advertising platform could serve ads to users who do not contribute to the wiki, and who do not want to mine cryptocurrency in their browser. Perhaps viewing the content of the wiki (which could include text, pictures, video, and audio) wiki can be free to all. More closely examining cryptoeconomics can determine what the best sustainable structure might be. It will be interested to see if wiki technology can be decentralized and incentivized using blockchain and cryptocurrencies. | 2019-04-24T21:46:18 | https://tenriff.com/decentralizing-wikis |
0.998611 | Review for the film " Superman Vs Batman"
One aspect of significance is that Zack Snyder, the director of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, has made us to witness the lives of the two heroes in the same film. Well, let’s see how the movie has turned out to be.
Bruce Wayne aka Batman (played by Ben Affleck) sees his parents being killed before his eyes, and he is hell bent on avenging the wrong-doer.
There is also the story of Superman (played by Henry Cavill) who wages a battle against the attacking Kryptonian multitudes of Gen.Zod. In fact, the Metropolis has been destroyed.
While the significant scenes have been shown in flashback, the current scenario of the movie is 18 months after the raid had taken place. The world is yet to get accustomed to the apparently never-ending presence of Superman. There is no iota of doubt that Superman’s actions are gallant, and he has a humanitarian side, but Bruce Wayne feels him to be a threat to humanity just like many others. In fact, Bruce Wayne has witnessed several people being changed to fiends.
There is also the plot of Lex Luthor (played by Jesse Eisenberg), a jittery rich man, and he is upset that he is not able to have power over the world. Luthor develops a monster called Doomsday (which seems to have more power than Batman and Superman) to wipe out Metropolis. And well, do Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman (played by Gal Gadot) stop Luthor from causing further damages? Watch the movie to find out.
The admired Man Of Steel was depicted with a grim touch way back in 2013 through the film Man of Steel. The present film Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice also has its dark side. Having said that, the movie sometimes seems to be confused in defining what a real hero means.
The acting more or less compensates for the poor script. Ben Affleck slips into the role of Batman with aplomb. For those who were worried whether he would compensate for the missing of Christian Bale (of Batman Trilogy), the good news is that Affleck has done a fantastic job. Henry Cavill has done an earnest job. The character of Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot, is by far the most powerful ones in the film, and she leaves no stone unturned in doing justice to her brief character. She has a fighting spirit in her, and her energy in the movie is infectious. One would surely feel that her role could have been extended, after watching the movie. Jesse Eisenberg has understood the nuances of his character well and does a near-perfect job as the scheming villain.
The cinematography of Larry Fong is par excellence.
Editing of David Brenner gives the proper cuts to simplify the confusions in the movie.
The brief flashbacks are astutely executed.
The combat between Batman and Superman is executed in an awesome manner.
Junkie XL and Hans Zimmer music is one of the highlights of the movie.
The movie also has some worthy moments, despite some flaws.
The movie is straight-forward enough in depicting the repercussions of Superman’s actions.
The action scenes are commendable.
CGI is up to the mark.
The movie provides the viewers with a better insight as to why Batman dislikes Superman.
Though the movie seems to be promising initially, it lacks luster in the later half.
Director Zack Synder could have expressed what he wanted to convey in a clear manner.
There is minimal humor in the movie.
There is a dearth of logic in some places.
The fight scenes that are quite grave may not be liked by some people.
At least, we can see the Superman, the Batman, and Wonder Woman in the same film. And not to miss the superb acting of Ben Affleck and Gel Gadot.
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