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How do I create a Web Site in DotNetPanel?
for your hosting space you can use these instructions to create the website.
2. Click on your Hosting Plan under User Spaces.
3. Select the "Web Sites" link on the right menu.
4. Click "Create Web Site" Button.
5. Click "Add Domain" button and Enter the domain name you wish to add and click Add Domain.
6. Finally, select the new domain name from drop down box and Click "Create Web Site"
This creates your web site under your chosen domain name.
To change the domain name or activate a different web site under a different domain, simply delete this web site and then follow the above steps to recreate a web site using a different domain.
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Modeling a microprocessor results in defining its architecture (instruction set, registers, memory hierarchy, etc.), its microarchitecture (pipelines, branch prediction,etc.), and its hardware (gate level logic, cycleaccurate timing, circuitry, etc.). Several software based modeling tools exist for describing and facilitating simulation of the microprocessor model. Simulation at the hardware or system level in order to estimate power consumption is time consuming due to the complexity and size of the system level model. Simulation at the architecture level is significantly faster, but less detailed. If the simulation trace data generated by the architecture simulation are highly correlated with the operations of system level simulation, only part of the benchmark test may be required for simulation at the system level. In other words, if a number of trace sections, or slices, are identified as similar, then the corresponding instruction stream slices will yield similar power estimation results when simulated at the system level. Thus,identifying similar slices of the architectural simulation trace data may reduce the amount of benchmark testing required at the system level. Cluster analysis is used to identify similar slices of the architectural simulation trace data, resulting in clusters of slices. Feature selection is used to eliminate less relevant features within the trace data, allowing for better clustering. Finally, domain-specific knowledge is applied by prioritizing feature selection towards known power-affecting features. Experimentation demonstrates the effectiveness of the cluster analysis, feature selection, and use of power affecting features in order to achieve accurate power estimation while reducing the amount of benchmark testing required at the system level of simulation.
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What does it mean to dream of Polo?
1. To dream of a polo jumper, suggests that you will feel depressed and restricted by family or work.
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How can a subcontracted delivery service negatively affect your company image?
In recent years, companies have begun outsourcing sections of their business to private, independent contractors. Other companies, such as the Uber and Lyft ridesharing businesses, were built on the foundation of independent subcontractors running almost the entire service. The requirements to obtain a driving job at a subcontracted business are pretty simple. They typically involve owning a license, a car, a clean driving record and of course passing a background check.
In theory, these types of businesses sound great, with their selling point revolving around employees creating their own schedule while not having to report to an office. Now, more companies are jumping on the bandwagon to supplement their own independent driving services, especially in the shipping industry.
Amazon, one of the leading online retailers, has introduced Amazon Flex, a subcontracted delivery service, to select cities across the United States. Amazon began this service as a way to supplement their usage of large courier companies by using their own subcontracted drivers instead. Amazon Flex will certainly have its benefits, such as faster delivery for customers and flexible shifts for employees. However, there are mixed reviews over the new delivery system.
In the United Kingdom, there are two specific companies that subcontract their deliveries out to private drivers, similar to the concept of Amazon Flex. Both companies operate on a similar system: they hire external drivers to deliver packages. The major complaints for both companies revolve around the lack of service, increase in damaged packages, and late package arrivals. For both companies, there are countless reviews rating them the worst delivery services to use due to careless delivery drivers.
The reviews discuss the failed attempts at delivery, where private delivery drivers leave delivery attempt notices at the doorsteps of people who were actually inside of their home, awaiting the sound of their doorbell for the arrival of their package. Another common complaint is damaged packages due to improper handling and delivery methods. Often, damage claims are not addressed by this type of company and package liability terms and conditions are written in the hard to find fine print. Independent drivers can work out well, but they can also yield damaging effects towards a company’s image.
As successful as Amazon has been, it is hard to imagine this new delivery system running horribly. Like others, Amazon does require that applicants undergo a background check and submit a clean driving record. Yet considering the experiences of those who have utilized similar companies, it is hard to not be skeptical. It also is a bit disconcerting to consider a random driver arriving to your home as opposed to a representative from a reputable courier service.
Considering the complaints with companies subcontracting their services out, local and more importantly, reputable couriers are worth looking into. A quality courier company will often have the same drivers on the same route, allowing you to become familiar with team members. Not to mention, many of them do offer a package insurance guarantee for damages.
AER Logistics is a courier service located in Southern California offering same local and nationwide delivery services for a fraction of the price of our competitors. All of our clients have the ability to customize their delivery, whether a signature is required or a specific delivery location, at no added cost. Best of all, we do not subcontract out to independent drivers. Personal touch and cost effective services set AER Logistics above the rest in the courier industry. Give us a call on your next personalized delivery at 1-800-639-3900.
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Since the fall of 2010 (dissertation proposal: 2011; dissertation: 2014), I have been engaged in research intended to highlight and situate the work of online commercial content moderation (CCM) within the context of the production chain of digital media and the digital media landscape, in general. CCM employees work in a variety of settings and within a variety of workplace organizations throughout the globe, monitoring and vetting user-generated content (UGC) for social media platforms of all types, in order to ensure that that content complies with legal and regulatory exigencies, site/community guidelines, user agreements, and that it falls within norms of taste and acceptability for that site and its cultural context. In the early days of online community (on BBSes, MOOs/MUDs, AoL [Postigo 2003] etc.), this work often fell to volunteer community members, who were responsible for the self-policing of content and for the maintaining of that community’s collective identity and ambiance. This model is in effect still, on high-profile sites such as Wikipedia, which rely on volunteer labor to vet content, flag material deemed inappropriate, and so on.
Article: What is Content Moderation? What is Commercial Content Moderation?
MicroSourcing, a company from the Philippines, advertises the availability of “virtual captives” who can be engaged to provide content moderation and other services.
Yet, for the vast commercial platforms and properties that now comprise the Internet social media experience, the volunteer model, or that model alone, is not viable given the high stakes – legally, and from a public relations perspective – of a fiasco involving unsuitable content making it to or being left to be viewed on a site. For this reason, the work of content screeners and moderators is critically important in the chain of digital media production. Yet this work is often performed by workers at third-party companies, in call center-like environments, or, increasingly, by globally distributed workers engaged with online micro-work sites, who distribute the work as small tasks, a practice of “digital piecework.” Also increasingly, this work is taking hold around the globe in places far removed from the destination audiences of the sites’ content, such as in the Philippines, which recently surpassed India as the world capital of call centers despite being a fraction of the latter’s size.
In my dissertation, Behind the Screen: The Hidden Digital Labor of Commercial Content Moderators (2014), I conducted extensive interviews with several commercial content moderation (CCM) workers and managers in different contexts and sites in order to document their work-life experiences, attitudes and concerns, locating their work both theoretically and practically. The practices were then further mapped in the context of contemporary trends of globalization, outsourcing and other economic geospatial reconfigurations, themselves facilitated by the networked digital information world and predicated on new labor arrangements that transcend traditional barriers of space and time. With this research as its basis, I have developed and expanded this work into a forthcoming monograph entitled Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media, (Yale University Press, 2019).
The research engages with topics of information access, economics and ethics in social media, connects commercial content moderation on theoretical grounds to other scholarly work on digital and other kinds of labor, and sites it in the greater context of the ecology of social media to the end of recognizing, acknowledging and improving the conditions under which the workers toil. The goal of this research is to elucidate an important part of the digital information production chain that is almost always unseen and rarely acknowledged, and responds to collective notions of participatory media that may underestimate the costs – financial and human – to use said media. Outcomes from this research have the potential to shape regulatory and access policy for workers and social media platforms, as well as provide theoretical contributions expanding current understandings of digital labor in the contemporary information society.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you’d like more information about this research or if you would like to discuss your own experiences with CCM. Thank you for your interest.
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Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (e.g. inner product, norm, topology, etc.) and the linear operators acting upon these spaces and respecting these structures in a suitable sense. The historical roots of functional analysis lie in the study of spaces of functions and the formulation of properties of transformations of functions such as the Fourier transform as transformations defining continuous, unitary etc. operators between function spaces. This point of view turned out to be particularly useful for the study of differential and integral equations. The usage of the word functional goes back to the calculus of variations, implying a function whose argument is a function and the name was first used in Hadamard's 1910 book on that subject. However, the general concept of functional had previously been introduced in 1887 by the Italian mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra. The theory of nonlinear functionals was continued by students of Hadamard, in particular Frechet and Levy. Hadamard also founded the modern school of linear functional analysis further developed by Riesz and the group of Polish mathematicians around Stefan Banach. In modern introductory texts to functional analysis, the subject is seen as the study of vector spaces endowed with a topology, in particular infinite dimensional spaces. In contrast, linear algebra deals mostly with finite dimensional spaces, and does not use topology. An important part of functio al analysis is the extension of the theory of measure, integration, and probability to infinite dimensional spaces, also known as infinite dimensional analysis. Normed vector spaces The basic and historically first class of spaces studied in functional analysis are complete normed vector spaces over the real or complex numbers. Such spaces are called Banach spaces. An important example is a Hilbert space, where the norm arises from an inner product. These spaces are of fundamental importance in many areas, including the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics. More generally, functional analysis includes the study of Frechet spaces and other topological vector spaces not endowed with a norm. An important object of study in functional analysis are the continuous linear operators defined on Banach and Hilbert spaces. These lead naturally to the definition of C*-algebras and other operator algebras. Hilbert spaces Hilbert spaces can be completely classified: there is a unique Hilbert space up to isomorphism for every cardinality of the orthonormal basis. Finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces are fully understood in linear algebra, and infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert spaces are isomorphic to . Separability being important for applications, functional analysis of Hilbert spaces consequently mostly deals with this space. One of the open problems in functional analysis is to prove that every bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space has a proper invariant subspace. Many special cases of this invariant subspace problem have already been proven.
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A customer wrote me a very nice thank you note recently. When I asked her if I could use it as a testimonial on my website, she said I could but she only wanted me to use her initials. When I see a testimonial without a full name they look fake, but I'd like to post hers with just her initials because it's so positive. What do you suggest?
Your instincts are correct that testimonials followed by initials or "a satisfied customer" don't look "real" to most people. For that reason, only use testimonials provided by people willing to include their first and last name. Adding their home city and state is good, too. A photo of the person lends even more credibility to the testimonial, and video testimonials are best of all. If you sell from a booth or at home parties, make sure you bring a camera or video camera and don't be shy about asking for a video testimonial ... you might be surprised at how many customers are willing to do it! You were also correct to seek your customer's permission first. Always let a customer know what you want to quote, and where you intend to use the quoted material (for example, on your website, in a blog post, in a brochure, etc.). Finally, consider grouping testimonials together on your web page or in a marketing piece so they make the most impact!
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Research what it takes to become an orthopedic nurse. Learn about education, licensure and certification requirements, job outlook and salary to find out if this is the career for you. Schools offering Nursing degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
What Does an Orthopedic Nurse Do?
Orthopedic nurses specialize in the field of medical care for those with musculoskeletal problems. Their patients may be affected by a number of medical conditions, including arthritis, broken bones or osteoporosis. They may work in hospitals or doctors' offices, or for agencies that provide health care to patients at home. Orthopedic nurses may assist surgeons during surgery, and they may also work in health education. They inform people about musculoskeletal disease prevention, and they also educate people about treatment options.
What Is an Orthopedic Nurse?
You could play a number of roles as an orthopedic nurse, including staff nurse, supervisor, researcher or nurse manager. You might work in the designated orthopedic unit of a hospital or an operating room. Positions for orthopedic nurses may also be found in an emergency department, pediatric orthopedic unit, trauma unit or gerontology unit.
You will need to complete a formal nursing program to become an orthopedic nurse. Most nursing programs result in an associate's degree or bachelor's degree, but you can also find diploma programs offered by hospitals. A bachelor's degree program may have some advantages over associates' degree and diploma programs, such as training in communication and leadership skills.
In a bachelor's degree program, you would build your knowledge of counseling, disease prevention, health promotion, healthcare education and rehabilitation. You would learn to make confident decisions, lead healthcare teams, provide nursing care and work with other medical professionals. You can also find graduate level nursing programs that provide the option of concentrating in orthopedic nursing. These programs can prepare you to identify musculoskeletal conditions, manage the health of patients and provide counseling.
What Is Licensure and Certification Like?
To get your nursing license, you would have to take the National Counsel Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). You should consult your state's board of nursing to find out state-specific requirements.
You can become certified by the Orthopedic Nursing Certification Board, which awards the only credential that recognizes proficiency in orthopedic nursing. By passing the certification exam and earning the Orthopedic Nurse Certified (ONC) credential, you can demonstrate to employers and coworkers that you are dedicated to keeping up with developments in the field and able to provide quality care. You must renew your certification every five years by retaking the certification exam or taking continuing education courses.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in May 2015 that the median annual wage for registered nurses, including those who worked in orthopedics, was $67,490. Your salary may vary based on your place of employment. For example, the BLS noted that RNs who worked for the federal government earned an average of $82,620, while those who worked for nursing care facilities earned $63,490.
Dental hygienists and health educators perform some duties that are very similar to the duties of an orthopedic nurse. Dental hygienists help identify some diseases such as gingivitis, are involved in dental care, and may clean a patient's teeth. They are also involved in educating patients. They focus on informing patients about how to prevent dental issues. Dental hygienists need an associate's degree.
Health educators, who need a bachelor's degree, focus on informing members of the community about how to live a healthy life. They may create programs and provide information to community members. This information is intended to help people live a healthy life. They may also teach people about health conditions they have and help them with strategies to manage their condition.
What Are the Top Schools for Nurse Practitioners?
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Why did Galileo get in trouble with the Church?
Many theories have been put forth over the years to explain why Galileo came into conflict with the Church. The mystery arises precisely because Galileo actually stood squarely in the long history of the Church’s support of science. Many churchmen of high standing, such as Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, had suggested even more radical cosmologies than Galileo did; Copernicus’ work itself had been available without controversy for more than sixty years before Galileo first published his telescopic observations. Most theories explain Galileo's problems with the Church as a clash of strong personalities; as coming from a fear that his ideas would threaten the basis of contemporary theology; or as a reaction by the Pope to the political pressures of the day.
The interpretation of the bible was certainly one of the principal contributing factors to the controversy. At the council of Trent, at the height of the protestant reformation just about twenty years before the birth of Galileo, the Catholic Church had solemnly declared that only the church could authentically interpret the bible and that private interpretation was forbidden. Now in 1616, just as the controversy about a sun-centered Copernican universe was heating up, the church’s holy office declared that Copernicanism was formally heretical because it contradicted many passages in the bible (e.g. Joshua 10: 11-13, in which the sun stops moving in the sky). Galileo had already written several essays on the interpretation of the bible in which he essentially said that the bible was written to teach us how to go to heaven and not how the heavens go. In these documents he essentially anticipated by about 400 years what the Catholic Church would teach about the interpretation of the bible, but he did so privately.
In these documents and in many others Galileo certainly showed himself to be a person with an acerbic writing style who courted controversy. He also had friends in high places, including Prince Cesi, the head of the scientific “Academy of the Lynxes”. Unfortunately for Galileo, Prince Cesi died just before the controversy arose over Galileo’s book: “Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems” (Dialogue).
For many years Galileo had a close friendship with cardinal Maffeo Barberini who had even sent Galileo a latin ode composed by the cardinal in praise of Galileo’s telescopic discoveries. This same cardinal became Pope Urban VIII, the reigning pontiff at the time of the church’s condemnation of Galileo.
In addition, the trial of Galileo occurred during the Thirty Years War, which entered a critical phase exactly at the time of the Galileo trial in 1632. The trial may have been a reaction to the political pressure being put on Pope Urban VIII by the Spanish (and others). By attacking Galileo, the Pope could be seen as showing the more conservative elements that he was not a radical. Perhaps also this was a veiled way of putting political pressure on the rich and powerful Medici family, who were Galileo’s patrons, to stay out of choosing sides in that war.
Did the Jesuits train Galileo?
We know that Galileo, as a young teacher at Pisa, relied upon notes of Jesuits, which he obtained from the Roman College (a Jesuit institution). The Jesuits taught the Aristotelian nature philosophy, which today we call physics, but they were also open to new scientific discoveries. Galileo was a good friend of some Jesuits, including the famous Jesuit mathematician and astronomer, Christopher Clavius. When Galileo’s first book, the “Starry Message,” was published, Jesuits at the Roman College held a special symposium in his honor. At the request of Cardinal Bellarmine, himself a Jesuit, the Jesuit scientists at the Roman College were the first to corroborate Galileo’s telescopic observations.
However, once he became famous with his writings, Galileo had a falling out with some Jesuits. This was driven at least in part by arguments of priority, as he felt that some Jesuit scientists who were publishing their own results about sunspots and comets were challenging his priority in these matters.
Was the Church anti-science in that time?
Not at all. Clergymen devoted a lot of their time to the study of the sciences even then. Many science books of that era were written by priests, such as Fr. Clavius (1538-1612) who was instrumental in the reform of the calendar, and Fr. Riccioli (1598-1671) who published the first modern map of the Moon and named craters on the Moon after Jesuits and other scientists, including Copernicus and Kepler.
What is the Church position now?
Even after the Galileo trial, the Copernican system was taught in Catholic schools; but it was presented as a mathematical system, not a philosophical description of the universe. By the mid 1700s, even that stricture was lifted, though Galileo’s books themselves were listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (List of Prohibited Books) for another half century.
When Pope Leo XIII wrote on the importance of science and reason, he essentially embraced the philosophical principles put forth by Galileo, and many statements by Popes and the Church over the years have expressed admiration for Galileo. For example, Galileo was specifically singled out for praise by Pope Pius XII in his address to the International Astronomical Union in 1952.
No, few people were in those days. In a private letter of Jan 20, 1610, Galileo writes: “I am infinitely grateful to God who has deigned to choose me alone to be the first to observe such marvelous things which have lain hidden for all ages past.” Galileo had two daughters, and both became religious sisters.
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Birthstones are often the perfect gift for someone we cherish, a loving family member or a close friend, they are precious, personal and hold astrological and mythical meanings; each one is believed to own hold unique healing powers. You may know someone who owns a birthstone, perhaps you have one safely stored in your dresser, you may even be wearing one right now, but have you ever wondered where birthstones originated from?
Birthstones are gemstones that are usually held in the form of jewelry, such as rings, necklaces or pendants. They are precious or semi precious, with each birthstone representing a month, date, day of the week or zodiac sign, all depending on which birthstone chart or list you choose to consult (and there are a few!). Most commonly in the Western world a birthstone represents a month of the Gregorian calendar.
What's the difference between a mineral and a gemstone?
With the exception of a few organic gems, such as pearl, amber and coral, the majority of birthstones are minerals and it's interesting to see which minerals are classed as gems and which are not. Minerals need to have four basic properties; they must be natural (not man-made), they must be solid (they don't melt or evaporate), they must be inorganic (as opposed to being carbon-based living things), and they must be crystalline (having a distinct arrangement of atoms).
Now what makes a mineral a gem is far less to do with geology and more dependent on human belief and perception. Gems are basically materials that are considered precious and valuable because of their appearance, rarity, durability or due to certain cultural beliefs. Obviously, this can vary according to location, historical period and culture.
The traditional astrological concept of birthstone gems is one that dates back to the Bible, and in particular the Breastplate of Aaron. Aaron, often known as "Aaron the Priest", was the brother of Moses, a prophet and the first High Priest of the Israelites.
Aaron's ceremonial breastplate is said to be the origin of birthstones; the plate held four rows of three precious stones, symbolizing the 12 tribes of Israel.
"There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes." (Exodus 28:17-20).
The breastplate itself was said to be square, spanning 22 cm in length and width, and the 12 stones were mounted on a gold base, but the ordering and naming of the gems has always been under much debate and varies from translation to translation. This is also partly due to the fact that gemstones at the time didn't have specific names; they were usually named by their city or country of origin.
The most common naming of the breastplate stones is as follows; the first row of stones from left to right were ruby, topaz and beryl; the second row consisted of turquoise, sapphire, and emerald; the third row was made up of jacinth, agate and amethyst stone; and in the fourth row were chrysolite, onyx and jasper.
If we look at the New American Standard Bible reading of the breastplate we get a list that differs in places. It describes the layout of the gemstones as follows: (Row 1) ruby, topaz, emerald; (Row 2) turquoise, sapphire, diamond; (Row 3) jacinth, agate, amethyst; (Row 4) beryl, onyx, jasper.
The Modern Birthstone List was created by the American National Association of Jewelers, Jewelers of America and was officially taken up in 1912. Despite its controversy and being criticized by purists for moving and dropping some of the original gems, today it is most often seen as the definitive chart of astrological birthstones.
In the East there are other interpretations and listings of birthstones that don't relate to the biblical breastplate. Those are most notably the Mythical Birthstone List, which is of Tibetan origin and goes back well over one thousand years, and the Ayurvedic Birthstone List, which dates back to around 1500 BC and relates to Ayurvedic Indian medicine.
Traditionally, people tended to wear their own birthstone, determined by their date of birth, with the belief that the birthstone bestowed a unique set of mental and medical advantages. However, around the mid 15th century in Poland, the wearing of birthstones gained notable popularity.
The Polish custom of wearing birthstones was somewhat different. Rather than wearing their own unique birthstone, Polish people tended to own a set of 12 birthstones. As expensive and romantic as that may seem, one set would cover each month of the year and people would wear their birthstones according to the date, regardless of their own date of birth.
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Read a novel in Spanish and create a storyboard using target vocabulary.
Write a story from pictures using target vocabulary.
I can handle short social interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering simple questions about dreams.
I can understand the gist of a movie trailer.
FVR: Mi propio auto (Cinco (juntos) Seis (Partner 2 preguntas) Siete (Storyboard).
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Matching local geometric features on real-world depth images is a challenging task due to the noisy, low-resolution, and incomplete nature of 3D scan data. These difficulties limit the performance of current state-of-art methods, which are typically based on histograms over geometric properties. In this paper, we present 3DMatch, a data-driven model that learns a local volumetric patch descriptor for establishing correspondences between partial 3D data. To amass training data for our model, we propose an unsupervised feature learning method that leverages the millions of correspondence labels found in existing RGB-D reconstructions. Experiments show that our descriptor is not only able to match local geometry in new scenes for reconstruction, but also generalize to different tasks and spatial scales (e.g. instance-level object model alignment for the Amazon Picking Challenge, and mesh surface correspondence). Results show that 3DMatch consistently outperforms other state-of-the-art approaches by a significant margin.
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How can I connect my phone to a PC via a USB cable?
What kind of inappropriate phone using habits may cause hidden battery risk?
1) Using non-standard charger instead of official charger. 2) Using damaged cables or chargers, or charging with moisture , which might cause fire, electric shock, injury, or damage to your phone or other property. 3) Exposing your phone or battery to heating source. 4) Charging your phone for long time frequently will reduce the battery’s life. **When you use the LEAGOO original charger to charge your phone, make sure the USB cable is fully inserted into the adapter before you plug the adapter into an electric outlet.
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How Has Islam Influenced the Middle East?
Mining magnate Cecil Rhodes exemplifies the negative aspects of British imperialism.
The word "imperialism" first originated as a negative term used to criticize European colonization of other lands and peoples. Imperialism today continues to have negative connotations, though many scholars have tried to highlight the positive aspects of empire. Nevertheless, if we use the British empire, which historically was the largest the world had seen, we can see that imperialism has significant negative effects, ranging from economic exploitation to racism to world war.
At its core, imperialism is an economically motivated enterprise. Countries will colonize regions of the world, whether formally or informally, in order to gain access to some precious resource or to secure some important trade route, all in order to bring prosperity to the home country. The British, for example, were interested in colonizing parts of South Africa both for natural resources like gold, and to establish trade routes to connect their worldwide empire.
Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader of Russia, and J.A. Hobson, the British economist, each criticized this economic exploitation by arguing that it benefited only a small class of wealthy merchants. Lenin argued that colonization of overseas territories allowed merchants and investors to grow wealthy at the expense of indigenous populations. Hobson specifically targeted Cecil Rhodes, the mining magnate of South Africa, as an example of this phenomenon of exploitation.
Rhodes was responsible for the outbreak of the Boer War, a regional conflict between the British and the Boers, who were Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers in South Africa. Rhodes sought to expand his mining company into Boer territories after gold was discovered there, and the British government backed his attempts with military force. While the British successfully defeated the Boers, the war led to increased tensions between the British and the Germans, who had supported the Boers. These tensions eventually boiled over into World War I.
The deadliest consequence of imperialism may not have been World War I, but rather the more insidious spread of racist beliefs. Imperialism, though initially economically motivated, was justified on the basis of race. The British believed that white men had a duty to civilize the "barbaric" populations of the world, an idea exemplified in Rudyard Kipling's famous poem, "The White Man's Burden." The white man's burden led to institutionalized racism, as in South Africa, and to violent race-based conflict throughout the British empire.
Rashid, Aatif. "The Cons of Historical Imperialism." Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/cons-historical-imperialism-5463.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.
What Caused the Rise of Authoritarian Governments?
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Many of us have been using peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications in our home for a while now. What is peer-to-peer? A peer-to-peer network, also called P2P, is composed of participants who share a portion of their resources directly available to other network participants without the need for servers or stable hosts. It was popularized by file sharing systems like Napster.
Many of us have been using peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications in our home for a while now.
A peer-to-peer network, also called P2P, is composed of participants who share a portion of their resources directly available to other network participants without the need for servers or stable hosts. It was popularized by file sharing systems like Napster. It allows users to connect and transfers or shares files directly with each other's machine.
Nowadays, P2P applications are very popular. People often use P2P to search for and download songs and movies that they like. P2P has a big impact to the people socially and economically.
• BitTorrent – One of the most popular peer-to-peers file sharing used on the Internet involving a significant amount of traffic. It distributes large files, popular files and files available for free which includes films, videos, music, television shows, computer applications, etc.
• LimeWire – The free, simple and popular P2P file sharing program which offers unlimited simultaneous searches of MP3s, documents, software, videos and more. It also has family filters and integrated chat. Other features include improved privacy features, elimination of spyware, and support for podcasts, BitTorrent, iTunes, parental controls and extended file information.
• Kazaa – The single most popular P2P file sharing system of all time which is very easy and fast to use. It has been said that it causes more network compared to any other application.
• Morpheus – A safe and secure file sharing tool that permits you to search multiple P2P networks for MP3s, documents and videos.
• Bearshare – A file-sharing program that connects you with other users letting you to find, download, share and publish audio and video files.
• Tribler – A social community which helps the users to find, enjoy and share content such as videos, audio, pictures and more.
• Pando – A free P2P software which offers a fast, easy and fun downloading, streaming and sharing of large media files.
• Babelgum – A free revolutionary Internet and Mobile TV platform supported by advertising that professionally produces content and prevents piracy.
• Joost – Using P2P, it distributes TV and other video shows for free over the web.
• LiveStation – Runs on a peer-to-peer software created by Microsoft which delivers live TV and radio news as it happens.
• Mashboxx – The peer-to-peer software currently unreleased which promises to be the first to be authorized by major record labels, Sony BMG Music, and EMI Music.
• Ares - A free and open source P2P file sharing program that allows you to search the shared folders of other users for documents, images, sounds, videos and more.
P2P applications have been facing some issues dealing on how dangerous it can be to everyone. Since P2P allows the sharing of files with other peers, your computer might take the risks of being infected or damaged. A user might send you a harmless file, like a music file, only to find out in the end that it is a malicious program. One example of this situation is when Kaspersky Lab discovered the Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin virus. It is also known as Kazkaz which overwrites any file that is sent to Kazaa. Through P2P, files are everywhere and people can share and distribute them to everyone without asking the permission of the person or company who has the copyright on it. It is a violation of the law to download or provide available download for copyrighted files. Music files are one good example of these copyright protected files.
Nowadays, transferring of files is normally done by people every day. That’s why so many people are hooked using different peer-to-peer applications to exchange music, video and other files over the Internet. Even though many are taking advantage of these P2P applications, it is still risky to use because it might infect your PC. You have to configure your peer-to-peer applications correctly to prevent others from accessing you. You might be surprised one day that the world is accessing your PC and downloading your files.
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Bitcoin Technical Evaluation & Bitcoin Information Right now: After the ETF information from the SEC, the Bitcoin value crashed $500. I am going to check out the SEC report, and the choice of the SEC to delay the CBOE ETF one other 45 days. How will this affect the value? Additionally, the altcoins are bleeding, and are they a purchase now? To listen to my opinion, watch the video!
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I had wasted much time on follies and spent nearly all my youth in vain labors, and devotion to the teachings of a wisdom that God had made foolish (1 Cor. 1:20). Suddenly I awoke as out of a deep sleep. I beheld the wonderful light of the Gospel truth, and I recognized the nothingness of the wisdom of the princes of this world that was come to naught (1 Cor. 2:6). I shed a flood of tears over my wretched life, and I prayed for a guide who might form in me the principles of piety.
These are the words of the powerful fourth century Christian thinker, Basil of Caesarea, who along with his brother, Gergory of Nyssa, and his life-long friend Gregory of Nazianzus, came to be known as the Cappadocian Fathers, a trio of theological giants who continued the tradition of Athanasius into the late fourth century, hence for Basil, the title, "Basil the Great."
In the Eastern Church Basil has always been associated with January 1 because it was on that day in A.D. 379 that he died, not even quite fifty years of age. Almost immediately after his death January 1st became denoted as the Feast of St. Basil in the East and is celebrated to this day.
Basil was one of ten children from a solid Christian family, but it wouldn't be until much later that he would draw his conclusions about Christianity. Schooled at the greatest institutions of learning, including Constantinople and Athens, where his classmates included the future emperor Julian (361-363), the infamous "Apostate," and Gregory of Nazianzus with whom he forged a strong brotherly friendship, Basil was one of the great intellectuals of the time. In addition to his erudite nature, Basil's interest in the ascetic life along with his compassion for the poor marked him for a sacrificial life in the pastorate. His "shelter" for the homeless poor (called "Newtown"), which would also provide medical treatment and the teaching of work-skills would become a model institution for other dioceses.
Among his many achievements, Basil is most known for his emphasis on the unity of the Church, his liturgy (the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great), and his beautiful oratories (e.g. the "Hexaemeron" = "The Six Days [of Creation]", where he teaches the Christian view of the creation as opposed to pagan ideas such as Manicheism and the like); and most importantly his teachings which defended the Nicene doctrine of the "Logos" and its implications. A long friend and ally of Athanasius as well, Basil was the first to define "once and for all," the concrete meanings and distinctions of the creedal words "ousia" and "hypostases." His important work on the divine nature of the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sanctu) is to be noted as well.
"The confiscation of goods does not harm one who has nothing, unless perchance, for these tortures and sufferings you need a cloak and a few books which are my whole life. Exile I do not know, for I am bound to no one place: not only this my own land in which I live, but the whole world into which I may be banished, I hold as my own, for the whole world is of God, whose dweller and sojourner I am."
Modestus replied, "No one has ever spoken to me in such a manner!"
And Basil replied, Perhaps you have never met a bishop before... Fire, swords, beasts and the instruments for tearing the flesh are wished for by us as delights more than horrors. Afflict us with such torture, threaten, do all that you can now devise, enjoy your power. Also, let the Emperor hear this, that at all events you will not persuade us nor win us over to the impious doctrine [Arianism], though you threaten with cruel deeds.
Here, then, is Basil the Great ... and as you might imagine, the Emperor Valens abandoned any ideas of subduing the Bishop of Caesarea after this futile confrontation.
So, as we move into the New Year, perhaps we should spend some time and consider the life and writings of Basil the Great. Certainly, if we are without "resolutions," to study the lives of the Saints, whether it be Basil or another, we will find great strength from the lives of these Christian heroes who have gone before us.
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In this sentence Plenty of silicon is found on Earth, but it remains a valuable material for the computer industry. I'm still not sure if the simple subject is plenty or silicon, but I think it's silicon because the second part of the sentence says it.
Before the items that are complete sentences, write S. Before those that contain fragments, write F. Before a run on sentence, write RS. 1. We often walk through the woods, picking berries and listening to the birds. Is this a run on sentence?
1.I wash a car.(Active) 2.A car is washed by me. In sentence #2,"a car" is the subject and "me" is the object.Is it right?My teacher taught me passive sentence.But It didn't match the passive structure.
Pick a word from the parenthesis, or choose a different word, that best fits in the sentence below: Joe DiMaggio was (famous,known,remembered,recognized,etc..) for holding the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak (56 games) in 1941.
1. Of the four sentence types and purposes, the sentence type and purpose used most often in expository writing is: a. Simple b. Compound c. Complex d. Compound/Complex 2. Each of the committee members is expect to be there on time. Answer a. noun b.
Find the word to best complete the sentence. After Bob's father died, he truly appreciated the ________ advice he received from other men who took a kindly interest in his upbringing. A- avuncular B- patrimony C- matriarchal D- patronymic My choice is D.
The race began modestly, in 1970, with only 110 people in the race. This revision combines sentences (4) and (5) in paragraph 3. Choose which sentence type BEST describes this revision.
I need help concerning relative pronouns. For example, I'll use this sentence: The poem that he wrote was a sonnet. I know that the relative pronoun in this sentence is 'that'. Is it's antecedent 'poem'?
"The boys came and brought their hockey equipment" Is this sentence a compound, simple, complex, or compound-complex sentence?
Hello, The following sentence contains an unnecessary word... correct? Thank You The snake raised up its head and struck. Yes. This sentence has an unnecessary word. What do you think it is?
1. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Is this a declarative sentence? 2. Which of these is a declarative sentence? a. You will go to swim tomorrow. b. I am hoping to be able to go to swim. Is it a? Thank you so much.
i have a question on a math problem, please#1 explain why 7*8 is not a number sentence. Next question is write two true number sentence. thank you!
1. Do you want to know more? (What is the part of speech of 'more'? Is it an adjective or an adverb?) 2. Look at this map of Dokdo. 3. Look at this map of Dokdo's. 4. Look at this Dokdo's map. (Dokdo is a small island. Which one is right? #4 is incorrect.
1. I was sad at the sight of the scene. 2. I was sad to see the scene. 3. I was sad when I saw the scene. (Do they have a similar meaning?) 4. Let's make it at ten. (What is the meaing of 'make it' in the sentence? Does #4 mean #5?) 5. Let's meet at ten.
13. One of the following sentences contains an independent clause and a dependent clause, which makes it a complex sentence. Which is the complex sentence? A. I came home; I saw an envelope in the mailbox. [B. After the rain ended, the sky became blue.] C.
Hi thanks so much for your help but I am confused- I thought in the above it was there and these however in this sentence: Mike looked for the dogs, but there were none. -- I thought the pronoun was there but someone else answered and said it was none.
1. What can you predict about the poem by previewing the title, subtitle, and first line of the poem “In Response to Executive Order 9066”? A. It will be a letter to the Japanese-American citizens in which they are told they must leave their homes. B.
Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1.I bought these shoes in the sales.They were a real____. a.bargain b.economy c.cheap d.purchase e.barter 2.All questions must be answered____ and you must sign at the bottom where indicated.
From this morning, the rain will set in all over the country. ------------------------------- What is the meaning of 'set' in this sentence? Is 'set' used together with 'in' as in this sentence?
Select whether the sentence below is a simple, compound, complex or compound-complex sentence However, when David came to conquer the city with his army, he discovered that the Jebusites got their drinking water from a spring just outside the city walls.
Complete the sentence with a simile. 1. His tail wagged like.... 2. The old man petted him as tenderly as he would..... Help with these. I can't think of anything. --------------------------------------- Write two hyperboles to complete each sentence. 1.
Which of the following correctly describes this sentence? It looms menacingly over the road from the roof of a farmhouse, a flying reptile with a seven-foot wingspan. A. Simple B. Complex C. compound D. compound-complex I felt it was a simple sentence.
3.)Which principal part of the verb to know appears in sentence 1? The Sentence:Everything I know about gardening i learned from my good friend sandy. A.)Past Participle B.)Present Participle C.)Past D.)Present I Put B, IS IT CORRECT?
What is wrong with the following sentence? Do you advise me to go to college or that I should get a job after high school? Choices: 1. Run-on 2. Misplaced part 3. Lacks parallel parts 4. Properly constructed sentence Answer is 3 Lacks parallel parts.
An appeals court ordered the money returned,however,the IRS didn't comply. A. PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED SENTENCE B. DANGLER C. RUN-ON D. COMMA SPLICE I THINK THE SENTENCE IS A COMMA SPLICE, WHAT DO YOU THIMK? AM I CORRECT? You are correct!
Complete subjects and predicates - Bailey, Monday, March 14, 2011 at 9:52pm Ms. Sue, would crustaceans be the Complete Sub and the rest of the sentence be the complete predicate? If a sentence has the verb are, can that be a complete predicate as well?
theres just 1 more i needed help with that i was stuck on it says: Madison has 7 pairs of shoes in her closet. write a multiplication sentence to show how many shoes madison has. then solve the problem and write my answer in a complete sentence.
What type of sentence is this? (simple, complex, compound, compound-complex) 1. It looms menacingly over the road from the roof of a farmhouse, a lying reptile with a seven-foot wingspan. I think it is a simple sentence.
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The fundamental question of politics concerns power: is power an end unto itself?
If it is, politics is fundamentally about managing power. It involves creating and managing social practices that determine who wields power and the extent to which they wield it. In principle, power could be exercised with an eye to true, good or best outcomes, but, so long as power is seen as an end unto itself, gaining, maintaining and exercising power will always trump the true, the good, or the best. Inevitably, this kind of politics is or will become authoritarian because any balance of power will always eventually be upset in favour of someone or some group.
If power is not an end unto itself, politics is fundamentally a form of inquiry. It involves creating social practices that have the best chance of identifying true, good, or best outcomes. It is unlikely that any set of social practices will always identify true, good, or best outcomes, but the shared commitment to social practices that aim for these kinds of outcomes can, nevertheless, justify abiding by outcomes even when we or others disagree with them. This kind of politics relies on both the expertise of the individual and the wisdom of the crowd.
In principle, we could empirically determine which of these two approaches to politics works best for human flourishing. In practice, however, people who think power is an end unto itself are little interested in empirical justification. For them, the experience of power is the most important consideration. It trumps all other considerations, including empirical evidence.
The human propensity to treat power as an end unto itself is, I think, the essential challenge of all politics. The authoritarian urge seems to be primordial, in an infantile sort of way, and can manifest itself in anyone and everyone, wherever they happen to fall on the conventional political spectrum. It also seems highly unlikely that there is any particular set of social practices that will exorcise the authoritarian urge from human existence. Instead, we must constantly work to correct, inhibit and contain it whenever and wherever it might emerge.
We must also accept that people who treat power as an end unto itself are not interested in facts, figures, argument or reason unless these are used to buttress their own power. Accordingly, it is appropriate, I think, to use power to contain or dispose of those who treat power as an end unto itself. However, if we are successful, we must be careful to remember that it does not prove that we are right and they are wrong. It only shows that we are sufficiently powerful to contain or dispose of those who would use power to contain or dispose of us, whatever the merits of our beliefs and values may be. A successful exercise of power proves nothing about the truth, value or merit of anyone’s beliefs. Might does not make right, even if it is our right that it serves.
At some point in their growth and development, all things being equal, most humans will be able to make effective judgments about most matters that relate to them. No person will always be right but no person will always be wrong either. Furthermore, between right and wrong, there will always be many different judgments a person can reach that, all things being equal, are reasonable even if they are not wholly correct or wholly wrong.
Similarly, when a majority of people who are effective judges independently reach the same conclusion about some state of affairs, all things being equal, the fact of that independently shared judgement is the best evidence we have that the conclusion is correct. We can’t say with absolute certainty that the conclusion is correct but, in most cases and as a general rule, we should tentatively accept that the conclusion is probably correct even if we or others disagree with it. At the same time, we should also accept that we may learn in the future that the conclusion is incorrect. That is simply the nature of inquiry, political or otherwise.
It is the interplay between the effective judgments of individuals and the wisdom of the crowd that drives and shapes any politics conceived as a form of inquiry. The ultimate aim is to develop social practices that make the most of both. Practically-speaking, this means we should expect our social practices to evolve and change over time. We must always be ready to propose and test new ideas, mechanisms, and institutions and we must give up on the idea that any one person or any one group of people can, could have or will ever identify the one and only true form of government for all time. To do otherwise is to simply give up on the hope that our understanding of the world and each other grows and evolves over time.
Politics does not only happen at the ballet box or when parliament is in session or between the commercials of the nightly news. It happens wherever we live, work and play. It happens whenever we decide together how we are going to live, work, and play. It happens wherever and whenever we answer in word and deed the question: is power an end unto itself?
Our answers shape our lives, our communities, our society.
It takes only a moment of reflection to realize that we live most of our lives in authoritarian communities, organizations and institutions.
We are born into families that are authoritarian. We are educated in institutions that are authoritarian. We work at jobs that are authoritarian. Our political system is run, administered and governed by authoritarian individuals, groups and institutions. Our economy too.
The habits and practices of politics are like any other. We learn from doing and, if authoritarianism is all we do, then, our politics are also authoritarian, whatever we might think of the ribbons and bows of periodic elections. Elections are also an instrument of authoritarianism.
I want to tell a noble lie. I want to claim that we need only conceive of politics as a form of inquiry to ensure everything will always work out well for everyone. Unfortunately, inquiry doesn’t work that way. We can make better or worse judgements based on the evidence, but there is nothing in and of itself that can definitively point the way to the best outcomes for all people for all time. There are no guarantees.
We also can’t avoid the use of power and there is always — always — a risk that we will abuse it, even when we use it judiciously and cautiously. Nothing can absolve us of the responsibility of the wrongs we may do even when we intend to do right. There are better and worse ways to avoid the abuse of power, but there is nothing in and of itself that will prevent all people for all time from abusing power. Again, there are no guarantees.
And, perhaps, after all these years, that is all political philosophy I need.
I suspect now that I may have wanted much more than that only because I also wanted there to be some kind of secular magic that would guarantee the best outcomes for all people for all time and that would also absolve me of any responsibility to attend to the unintended consequences of my well-intentioned actions. I suspect I also wanted to avoid the messy and uncertain business of winning friends, influencing people, and fighting enemies. I hoped also, I think, that I might bequeath to the world some magical words that would help solve all problems everywhere. I would then be free to enjoy the beauty of the day safe in the comfort that I had done all that I could to do to make the world a better place without ever breaking an egg, pulling a trigger or currying favour. I see now that I was chasing a chimera, a wild goose, and a dragon all in one.
I am suddenly reminded that my very first essay in political philosophy was written in grade eleven or, perhaps, grade twelve. It was a short paper that attempted to explain what Marx had meant by the notion that religion is “the opiate of the masses.” I don’t remember if I wrote anything noteworthy, but I do remember struggling to write the paper. I also remember enjoying very much the struggle to write it. I also received a good mark. It’s easy to imagine that the struggle and the reward made me feel important — perhaps, even special. It probably provided a heady rush of meaning, purpose, and distinction at a time of lonely adolescence. Like opiates everywhere, it soothed and it distracted and, like junkies everywhere, I remember that first fix with a mix of fondness, regret, and understanding.
People who insist that there is no such thing as free will often make an important gaff, as they dismiss – often trenchantly – the opinion of people who insist there must be something like free will. This gaff points to an important – and often overlooked – implication of the fact that we likely don’t have free will.
If there is no such thing as free will, there really is no reason to be baffled by the fact that compatibilists continue to hold their position and argue for it. It’s not like the compatibilists can freely and consciously choose to believe other than they believe, or argue other than they argue. They aren’t deciding to hold on to their view in the face of evidence to the contrary. No, they persist in their compatibilist belief and argue for it because of a complex, probably unknowable, and wholly determined process. Yes, their beliefs may change, but it won’t happen because they freely and consciously will that change. It will only happen if the necessary pieces in the deterministic puzzle fall into place. Otherwise, they will continue to be compatibilists and argue for the compatibilist position for as long as whatever wholly determined process makes it so.
And these observations, I think, point to a very important implication of the non-existence of free will that seems to be often overlooked. If there is no free will, there really is no such thing as “rationality,” “choice,” or “decision,” as we have typically understood them in modern times, because typically they are thought to involve an ability to freely choose between the true and the false, the right and the wrong, the this or the that. But, of course, if there is no such thing as free will, that can’t be correct. Instead, it must be the case that people reason, choose, and/or decide because of a wholly determined process – in all likelihood, the interactions of our brains and genes with the environment. To put it bluntly, without free will, we must discard any notion of human reason, which presumes we can freely will our way in and out of beliefs or anything else about which we might reason.
Admittedly, for many people, that will be a difficult pill to swallow. Reason (or, if you prefer, rationality), like the enduring love of the one true God, is often thought to be the defining feature of our species. It is the secular magic wand that is often used to draw a line between us and the brutes. Without a totally free, capital-R reason, we humans don’t look very special when we compare ourselves to all the other wholly determined objects banging around the universe. For some, the prospect of having no special place in the universe might be as frightening as realizing that there is no God to answer our prayers.
To further complicate matters, on first impression, it will be very easy to think there are profound and scary consequences to this realization that human reason does not exist. While it is certainly true that we will need to rethink some of our theories about human behaviour, in practice, it won’t make a lot of difference in most people’s lives. Why? Because if it true that there are no such things as free will and human reason, it has always been true. Our description of an underlying process can change, but it doesn’t necessarily change the underlying process. To be sure, some people can be expected to act differently once the neurons in their brain realign to reflect the probably new belief that free will and reason don’t really exist, but how they respond to these changes is anyone’s guess. There is certainly no grounds to assume they will act any differently.
At the level of systematic inquiry, the biggest challenge – and opportunity – will be in the realm of moral and political theory, where it is very often assumed we humans are capable of the very kind of reasoning that is impossible in a universe of deterministic laws. As a result, I’m inclined to think many conceptions of morality and politics will need to be discarded or dramatically rethought. On the plus side, we will, I think, be able to look at old phenomenon from a fresh perspective. For example, the fact that voters often vote against their interests only seems perplexing when we think they can freely choose between the relevant candidates or policies. Instead, the fact that voters often vote against their own interests makes much more sense when we accept that those votes are determined by factors beyond the control of any one voter.
Strictly speaking, what I am proposing is not terribly radical, even if my characterization may be unsettling to some. For example, behavioural economists, primarily as a result of important and influential work in psychology, have already accepted the notion that we humans don’t reason anything like economists once thought we did. They are now adjusting their theories and research methods accordingly. Furthermore, it can be claimed, I think, that economists have always implicitly assumed that people don’t really reason freely because one of their fundamental claims has always been that the vortex of the market somehow magically makes all people freely choose to act in entirely predictable ways – which hardly seems free at all. Economists were, for a long time, perplexed by the fact that actual humans rarely act in accord with the predictions of their theories. Now, because of the historical evolution of the discipline, behavioural economists tend to talk as if we humans are poor at reasoning. However, it must be the case that we don’t reason at all, if by “reason” we mean anything that involves the exercise of one’s free will.
“If what you are saying is true,” the unsympathetic reader might ask, “why do you even bother sharing your ideas?” The answer, of course, is simple. I am one instance of a species that has reproduced successfully because a critical mass of us have always done something pretty much like what I am doing now – sharing ideas that cause people to take on those ideas as their own. Moreover, the part of me that thinks it is freely choosing to think and write in the way that I do can also point to research that suggests that mere exposure to an idea can cause people to judge it to be true, whether they realize it or not. So, if you’ve come this far, you’re already more susceptible to believing the claim that there is no such thing as free will and, for the part of me that thinks it is in control, that is as good a reason as any to share an idea.
I also happen to think the idea that there is no such thing as a free will can lead to positive and practical outcomes in one’s life. In my own case, as my neurons have rewired themselves in whatever way is required for my conscious mind to take seriously the notion we don’t have a free will, I’ve discovered I am much less likely to get frustrated and angry with myself and others. From this new perspective, for example, people who disagree with me aren’t willfully ignoring the facts or failing to reason properly, they are simply following a wholly determined path over which they and I have no control. On the other hand, if I am the one who is wrong and not aware of it, there’s not a whole lot I can do about it, other than put myself into situations and environments that might stimulate correct belief and then wait for the cognitive miracle to come. Similarly, along those lines, if I make mistakes in my day-to-day life or fail to live up to some personal ideal, I am also much less likely to get angry with myself. Instead of punishing myself for a failure of will, I focus instead on the mental gymnastics that will keeping me moving towards my goal or ideal, which – not surprisingly – is exactly what the best teachers do.
Coming full circle, the main claim I’m advancing is, I think, straightforward. If you accept the view that there is no free will, expressing bafflement, frustration or even anger about other people’s unwillingness to share your view on free will (or any view, really) doesn’t make much sense. Admittedly, even if you agree with me, accepting and acting on my observation is not likely to be automatic. It will take time for your neurons to rewire themselves in whatever way will produce in you a new habit or behaviour. Of course, there is also a good chance that you disagree with me (and, I’d enjoy hearing why in the comments section below), but, please remember, whether or not we agree — or come to agree — is ultimately beyond our control.
I blame Alex P. Keaton.
Alex P. Keaton, I think, is the butterfly behind the raging storm of the business-first corporate agenda we endure today.
Alex P. Keaton, written as a karmic comeuppance for his former-hippy parents, was probably originally intended to be an object of ridicule. He was, after all, an adolescent rebel dressed in pinstripes, suspenders, and Reaganomics because it was the only outfit he could find that would shock his all too liberal parents.
Alex P. Keaton, stupid with rebelliousness, even might have been conceived as a critique of the new Right agenda. Only a foolish adolescent, the writers seem to suggest, could buy into that revisionist claptrap.
Unfortunately for us and all of the politics that have come after, Michael J. Fox was too damn charismatic. The writers couldn’t help but re-imagine Alex in light of Michael’s charms.
Suddenly, accidentally, and unintentionally, the new Right had a human face. A generation of kids grew up thinking Republicanism, big business, and Wall Street might be best for them because it was best for their charming hero, Alex.
What might have come of Anglo-American society, I wonder, if Alex had been played by Kirk Cameron or Michael had played a social democrat?
I also wonder what other charismatic fictions, which beguiled us in our childhoods and youth, continue to shape and reshape our understanding of the way our lives ought to be.
Six Duties Or A Half Dozen Rights: Does It Make A Difference?
I have a hunch that’s probably untestable. I’d like to hear what you think of it.
If you read a first year political science, theory, studies or philosophy textbook, at some point, you will likely learn: for every claim of right, there is a corresponding responsibility of duty.
If a person has a right to food, someone has a duty to provide that food. If a person has a right to vote, someone has a duty to make it possible for that person to vote. If a person has a right to be let alone; someone has a duty to leave that person alone. So, whenever we talk of a human right; we are also always talking of a human duty.
I’m not sure why but, historically, we tend to frame political debate in terms of human rights rather than human duties. This may be because tyrants often justified their unacceptable behavior with an appeal to their rights and to the duties of others. It seems natural then that people would push back against this unacceptable behaviour by asserting that they also have rights. Perhaps, it was easier to convince people to storm the gates of hegemony to claim an entitlement rather than a responsibility. Who knows?
Whatever the reasons might have been, I can’t help but wonder if our focus on rights rather than duties has in the long run changed the tenor of our political discourse for the worse. Tyrants speak of rights to justify their tyranny and to dismiss the legitimate objections and proposal’s of others. I’m not at all convinced the ideal society is one in which we all have an equal right to be a tyrant.
To be clear, I’m not making the strong claim that an appeal to rights is intrinsically tyrannical but it seems to me that political discussions framed in terms of rights too often focus on claims and clashes of personal entitlement and, more often than not, those kinds of conversations eventually lead to bad outcomes; whereas my hunch is that political discussions framed in terms of duties would more likely be focused on our responsibilities to others and, more often than not, these kinds of conversations would eventually lead to better outcomes.
Of course, I can’t make this claim with any certainty, because a true tyrant is always able to subvert any manner of speaking to his or her own selfish ends; however, my hunch is that if we articulated our rights as duties, we would improve the tenor of our political debates and produce better political outcomes. We humans are at our best when we recognize each other’s common humanity and political discussions framed in terms of duties to others, almost as a matter of definition, forces us to recognize that there are other humans to whom we owe our regard. In contrast, the egocentric focus of rights claims make it very easy for us to forget that our rights exist only because other people accept the responsibility to do whatever is required to uphold them.
Would our political discussions and outcomes be usefully different if we had a Charter of Duties and Responsibilities rather than a Charter of Rights and Freedoms? Would there be any meaningful change in the tenor of our political debates if we discussed, say, our duty to ensure others have access to education rather than discussing our right to an education? Or, am I making too much an ineffectual change in tone? Is this a case of it being six of one and a half dozen of another?
As a way to wrap your head around what I’m driving at, the next time you make a claim of right or hear someone make a claim of right, try rephrasing it as a duty. E.g. I have a right to park wherever I want vs. You have a duty to ensure I can park wherever I want.
In the 200,000 years since Homo sapiens first appeared on the planet, our ability to use and create resources has improved dramatically and our population has exploded.
When I reflect on the tremendous technological, demographical, and social changes of the past ten, fifty, and hundred years, it seems to me the most significant change concerns how we associate with each other.
Thanks to our increased economic, political, and communicative powers, many of us seem much more willing to create relationships and groups based on personal attachments and shared purposes that are unrelated to brute proximity and / or blood relations.
We also seem more inclined to accept that persons can — and maybe even should — belong to more than one group.
I say “seem” because I suspect some humans always have been willing to associate in this fashion and, because some of us can in fact associate in this fashion now, I suspect we always have been able to do it.
After all, from an evolutionary perspective, we are the very same primates we always have been. The tools we use are different, there are many more of us but, biologically speaking, we are very much the same.
I also suspect we didn’t associate in this fashion only because of a scarcity of resources and a superabundance of coercion. Without today’s technology and freedoms, it was simply impossible for the necessary connections to be made.
The lesson I draw from this line of thinking is that some of us are on the frontier of a new kind of living that was, until now, impossible. I also suspect, because I have faith in the species, it is a kind of living that will one day be taken for granted.
Therefore, in this ephemeral moment of unrealized possibility, I think we should nurture, cherish, and celebrate these new opportunities, relationships, and groups. I am even tempted to say, we should create these relationship and groups as a matter of duty because so many persons previous to us who had no choice but to go alone into the wilderness.
I won’t make this strong claim, however, because I am sure all those brave persons who ventured into the unknown wilderness alone — whether it be real or allegorical — did so because they longed for a world where a person could choose to live and associate how she pleases — even when it means being alone in the wilderness.
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Women, Politics and Power: What Is Your Political Dream?
Women have a huge sway in politics, especially democratic politics. The female voting demographic is closely examined and catered to whenever possible. Yet, rarely are there a proportionate number of duly elected female representatives, even when political parties set specific targets. Why? Studies show, women tend not to vote for women.
Calgary businesswoman Anette Ceraficki, 44, said of him: “I really want to like him. I really want to get excited about him as a leader, but he’s not giving me much to work with.
It shocked me that the political dream of a 44 year old woman in this day and age is a powerful man surrounded by a gaggle of (I am sure, smartly dressed) women competing with each other to win his opinion. Honestly, this seems more like a male political fantasy to me. Even the most charitable reading of this women’s political fantasy seems to me inadequate. Why have a male figure-head enacting the will of a group of political über-women, when a woman could do it just as well?
Is this woman’s political dream representative of women’s political dreams, generally speaking? I suspect it is, or, at least, something very much like it. How else to explain the tendency of women to not vote for women, even when given the opportunity?
So my questions: what is your political dream and in what way is it different from this woman’s dream? Would you vote for a woman, if you knew she was going to be in charge? How would you assess her potential for political leadership? Is this article just another case of a male-dominated media perpetuating sexist stereotypes about about woman voting patterns or does it actually offer genuine insight into women’s voting patterns? How do you explain the tendency of women not to vote for women?
Personally, I’d like to know.
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Luffy is defeated by Magellan and thrown into Level 5 of Impel Down.Summary:At the doorway to Level 3, Hannyabal and his guards have defeated Buggy and Mr. 3. Elsewhere on the Level 4, Mr. 2 is running away from the Luffy-Magellan fight was plowing through a group of guards. Meanwhile, Magellan is a little surprised but otherwise not injured from Luffy's punch, while Luffy is already starting to suffer from the effects of the poison. Luffy summons all his strength to attack and impresses Magellan with his mental toughness, but chief warden proves to be too much for the young pirate. Magellan blinds Luffy with a poison cloud and finally knocks the young pirate out with his hydra attack. After defeating Luffy and leaving him for dead, Magellan orders the guards to throw Luffy into Level 5. A guard suddenly arrives and reports that a problem has occurred at the way back to Level 3.Magellan: Nobody gets to tap me in the belly. Nobody!!!Luffy is quickly dragged by the guards to Level 5, known as the Frozen Hell. Some of the freezing prisoners spot Luffy but notes that the young pirate has already been poisoned by Magellan.Back on Level 4, Magellan arrives at the entrance to way to Level 3 and finds Hannyabal and his forces have been completed annihilated. The defeated Hannyabal reports that he and the guards were defeated by Mr. 2, who ran back up to Level 3, but he left Buggy and Mr. 3 behind. Magellan states that Mr. 3 is not a big concern right now and reorganizes his troop for the clean-up. Hannyabal tells the guards to look for Mr. 2 and afterwards brings Buggy and Mr. 3 to an interrogation room. Inside the interrogation room, Buggy and Mr. 3 breathe a sigh of relief as "Hannyabal" is really Mr. 2 in disguise. Mr. 2 tells his co-escapees that they have no time to waste and must go rescue Luffy. Buggy and Mr. 3 wonder why Mr. 2 is so concerned about Luffy, and Mr. 2 adamantly states that it's because Luffy is his friend.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Luffy gets beat, but as a bonus he gets a free pass to Level 5 where Ace is. I didn't think that Luffy would be able to beat Magellan as it, but I thought he would make it to the kitchen for a recharge, but looks like that won't happen. Luffy is obviously going to be revived one way or another, so right now it's just a time-out for our dungeon-crawling pirate hero. On the other hand, Bon, Buggy, and Mr. 3 has eluded capture so far, but unfortunately for them Sadi-chan and the beast guards are still guarding the way to Level 5. I guess Bon will probably have to recruit some help (likely Mr. 1) in order to get past Sadi-chan.
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Is there a general, universal definition of what is considered to be appropriate office behavior? The simple answer is no.
There is no universal definition for what is considered acceptable for every workplace today. However, any behavior, language or gesture that makes someone feel uncomfortable is unacceptable and should be discontinued. If you work in a less formal environment in which creative thought and expression are encouraged, you may have fewer rules when it comes to proper business protocol. An advertising agency, for example, may encourage a far more casual environment in which free thought and expression are encouraged.
Furthermore, it is often difficult for an organization to promote a “wild card,” someone known for his or her envelope-pushing humor and behavior. If an employee has displayed less than suitable behavior, there should always be a concern for legal repercussions down the road. Individuals who take chances with humor may be viewed as careless and unprofessional. Furthermore, you do not know who is within earshot of your comments. Often, individuals who were not supposed to hear the comment do and are offended without anyone knowing.
We spend at least a third of our day in the work environment, surrounded by people with different definitions of what is considered appropriate. No one wants to be considered a fuddy-duddy or a stick in the mud. However, a business environment has limitations. It is not a bar or a club. It is a business and calls for a professional code of conduct. You must clearly understand the consequences of “trying to be funny” in the workplace and respect the differences of opinion in humor. In many situations, we spend more time with co-workers than loved ones. Creating a professional, comfortable work environment for everyone should be the ultimate company goal. Appropriate office behavior matters.
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In his first two appearances for the Cardinals, Ron Piche earned saves in both games, energizing a staff making a mid-summer push to get the club back into the pennant race.
Piche couldn’t sustain that splendid start, however, and, after finishing the 1966 season with the Cardinals, never pitched in the major leagues again.
Piche made his major-league debut with the Braves in 1960.
After four seasons with the Braves and a year with the Angels, Piche, 31, began the 1966 season with Class AAA Seattle of the Pacific Coast League. On April 30, 1966, the Cardinals acquired Piche for Earl Francis, a former big-league pitcher who was on their Class AAA Tulsa roster.
Piche, 31, was assigned to Tulsa, managed by Charlie Metro, and he performed well as a reliever. On July 4, 1966, he got his break. With Cardinals general manager Bob Howsam and farm director Sheldon Bender in attendance, Piche made a rare start and pitched a complete-game four-hitter in Tulsa’s 11-2 victory over Tacoma.
The win boosted Piche’s record to 5-3 with a team-best 2.20 ERA and impressed Howsam and Bender.
On July 17, 1966, Cardinals starter Art Mahaffey was lifted with one out in the first inning after surrendering three runs on three hits and two walks. With his staff weakened by injuries and overwork, Cardinals manager Red Schoendienst seriously considered using infielder Jerry Buchek and outfielder Mike Shannon in emergency relief.
Instead, the Cardinals dispatched Mahaffey to Tulsa two days later and promoted Piche, who was 6-3 with a 2.00 ERA in 25 games for the Oilers.
The Cardinals began winning, playing as hot as the mid-summer temperatures.
On July 21, 1966, against the Braves at St. Louis, starter Al Jackson took a 7-2 lead into the eighth inning. When he tired, allowing two runs with one out, Schoendiest turned to Piche to protect the 7-4 lead in his Cardinals debut.
Piche faced two batters in the eighth and three in the ninth _ and retired all five on groundouts, earning his first big-league save since 1961 with the Braves.
In two games with St. Louis, Piche had more saves than he had in his previous four big-league seasons combined.
Sparked by the improved pitching, the Cardinals climbed to seven games above . 500 before slipping back again.
He finished with a 1-3 record, two saves and a 4.26 ERA in 20 relief appearances.
In the winter, the Cardinals assigned Piche to Tulsa. He pitched well for manager Warren Spahn’s Oilers in 1967 (4-2, 3.07 ERA in 46 games) but never got called back by the Cardinals.
On April 22, 1968, St. Louis traded Piche and pitcher Jack Lamabe to the Cubs for pitchers Pete Mikkelsen and Dave Dowling.
Piche pitched in the minor leagues until 1972 before he became a coach, scout and community ambassador for the Expos. Nicknamed “Monsieur Baseball” in Quebec, he was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
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There are two artists named Jay Perez. 1) The one most often pictured is a Latin pop star Jay Perez. 2) Jay Perez is a hip hop and spoken word artist from San Diego. He is a part of the Freedom Writers collective of progressive artists that met at the University of California, San Diego. Jay Perez, the Tejano singer, was born in San Antonio and is known as "The Voice." Originally, Jay was a drummer. Then he played for the Latin Breed and became a singer. Don Luis el Tejano was one of their most famous songs and an anthem for the Chicano civil rights movement.
What do you think about Jay Perez?
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What to see and do when you have a long layover in BostonAll you really need is a plan.
A bird's-eye view of the Rose Kennedy Fitzgerald Greenway. –Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff Do you have several hours to kill while waiting for your connecting flight at Boston’s Logan International Airport? You could hang around the airport and grab a meal, or you could venture out into Boston, armed with a sure plan and a mindful eye on the time.
Directly from Logan, you can take the MBTA’s Blue Line subway or Silver Line bus to several downtown spots. Here are five Boston layover excursions you can plan when your itinerary allows it.
Something very ‘Boston’ to do: Visit the Freedom TrailBoston’s Freedom Trail.—John Tlumacki/Globe StaffIf you’re a Boston tourist, walking the Freedom Trail — a collection of historic sites that tell the story of the American Revolution and more — is about as Boston tourist as it gets. You may not have time to walk all 2.5 miles of the trail during your layover, but taking the Blue Line to State Street will put you right in the middle of the action — the train station is beneath the Old State House, one of 16 sites featured on the trail. You can wander through the 1713 building where the Declaration of Independence was first read from the balcony in 1776. You’ll visit period rooms and view items such as John Hancock’s red velvet coat, ammunition from Revolutionary War battles, and tea from the Boston Tea Party. Other nearby trail sites include Faneuil Hall and the Old South Meeting House.
When hunger strikes, you can walk across the street to the iconic Faneuil Hall Marketplace, which is full of restaurants, retail stores, and the massive Quincy Market food colonnade with dozens of eating options that range from seafood to Indian to Greek. For more of a local’s experience, though, walk an extra couple of minutes to the Boston Public Market, filled with fresh, locally-sourced food.
Something to do with the kids: Mingle with sea life at the aquariumMyrtle the turtle at the New England Aquarium.—New England AquariumAnother family-friendly option is to wile away your layover hours by peering into the faces of thousands of sea creatures at the New England Aquarium. Just take the Blue Line to the Aquarium stop, which drops you only 100 yards from the place. Once there, you’ll spend time at a four-story, 200,000 gallon Giant Ocean Tank, full of hundreds of Caribbean reef animals such as sea turtles, stingrays, and eels. The aquarium also boasts the largest shark and ray touch tank on the East Coast and is home to seals, sea lions, and penguins.
If your brood is hungry, it’s a five-minute walk to Granary Tavern on Milk Street, housed in a former grain mill and with a children’s menu that offers pizza, macaroni and cheese, and a grilled hamburger on a brioche bun. If you’re traveling on the weekend and enjoy brunch with the family, this spot serves it until 2 p.m.
Something artsy to do: Visit the Institute of Contemporary ArtThe art installation “Love Is Calling” by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is coming to the ICA this fall.—ICAFill your limited time in Boston by brushing up on modern art. Take the Silver Line to either the Courthouse or World Trade Center stops, both around a 10-minute walk from the Institute of Contemporary Art on the Boston Harbor in the Seaport. The museum, founded in 1936, features contemporary art, performances, and educational programs. It also recently acquired the psychedelic art installation “Love Is Calling” by contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. You’ll find it beginning Sept. 24 in the museum’s Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women, which currently includes 68 major works of 20th- and 21st-century art. If your layover is on a Thursday night, you’re in luck: Museum admission is free between 5 and 9 p.m.
If time allows, there are many nearby restaurants, including The Barking Craband Yankee Lobster Co.,where you can satisfy your post-museum hunger with a New England seafood staple.
Something outdoorsy to do: Take in Boston from a scenic parkA view of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.—Jonathan Wiggs/Globe StaffIf you’re searching for fresh air following hours of recycled plane air, take the Blue Line to the Aquarium stop, which will drop you off near the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway and the Instagram-friendly Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park. The former is a mile-and-a-half stretch of contemporary parks located in the heart of Boston where you can grab a meal from a food truck, ride a carousel, and stop by a beer garden. If you keep walking north, just past the Boston Marriott Long Wharf, you’ll find Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, where you can take photos beneath the park’s iconic trellis (which lights up at night), watch the boats coming and going in Boston Harbor, and smell the roses at the Rose Kennedy Rose Garden.
When hunger strikes, it’s a short walk to Boston’s North End, which is chock-full of historical charm, restaurants such as The Daily Catch and Neptune Oyster, and quick and famous pizza places like the original Regina Pizzeria, Ernesto’s Pizza, and Galleria Umberto. Don’t forget to grab a cannoli from Bova’s Bakery, Mike’s Pastry, or Modern Pastry.
Something like the locals do: Grab a beer at Trillium Brewing Co.The house pastrami sandwich at Trillium Fort Point.—Trillium Brewing CompanyIf you want to go where locals get one of the highest-rated beers brewed in the area, head to Trillium Brewing Co. in Fort Point. You can get there by taking the Silver Line to the Courthouse stop, then spend time in the first-floor taproom, the second-floor dining area featuring New England farmhouse-inspired food created by chef Michael Morway, or on the third-floor roof terrace. The company’s Twitter account keeps track of daily beer availability; recent offerings have included Gay Head Lighthouse double IPA, which “celebrates Martha’s Vineyard’s westernmost point with notes of sweet tangerine and candied grapefruit,” and Galaxy Dry Hopped Fort Point Pale Ale.
Do you have several hours to kill while waiting for your connecting flight at Boston’s Logan International Airport? You could hang around the airport and grab a meal, or you could venture out into Boston, armed with a sure plan and a mindful eye on the time.
If you’d rather grab your beer here and your grub somewhere else, you can head to the nearby Flour Bakery + Cafe in Fort Point, one of the local spot’s several outposts. Try something sweet — owner Joanne Chang won a James Beard Award in 2016 for Outstanding Baker.
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To mitigate the dry air, I line my nostrils with petroleum jelly. Since I started using it, I've noticed a drop-off in dryness and migraines and even in how often I get sick on planes.
If you’re considering a first cruise, it’s easy to feel daunted (I still can’t remember which side of the ship is starboard and which side is port).
Why You Should Take a Trip This Spring to Washington, D.C.
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Has the invention of a tanning accelerator given rise to all the problems associated with sun tanning and the risk of skin cancer?
As the name suggests, some tanning products use an accelerator that speeds up the process of tanning your skin. This effectively provides a natural looking tan in a shorter amount of time. How wonderful is that in this ever increasingly busy or fast pace world we love in?
Also, it caters to those in search of the perfect tan without having to go outdoors into the real sunshine or even having to spend time sitting indoors under tanning bed lamps.
Another appeal is to those people who have difficult skins for tanning, for example blondes and red-heads, or those with pigmentation sensitivities.
However, there are some bad sides to tanning accelerators.
How does the tanning accelerator work?
The essential essence of how it works, is by creating a natural looking tan from the inside out, so to speak.
There are many different types of accelerators but they basically all aim to do the same thing, which is to increase the skin's production of melanin faster than normal.
The majority of accelerators come in a pill or lotion form, but one of the more recent developments by injection has been discontinued.
Boosting the melanin content in the skin may reduce the effects of early skin damage and lessen the signs of aging. Darker skin is more resistant to the damaging and burning rays of the sun that can cause wrinkles and other skin problems as you age.
However, having gone to the trouble of obtaining a tan by using an accelerator, most people choose not to spend more time outdoors exposed to the sun's UV rays. This in effect means they lose out on the benefits of Vitamin D that the skin creates after exposure to UVB rays.
Read all of the directions provided and familiarize yourself with all the ingredients on the label. If all the ingredients are not on the label make sure to request this information. This helps to manage your tanning expectations, as the results tend to vary from person to person.
Remember that a hugely important aspect is managing the sanitization of needles.
The most popular or common ingredient that allows an accelerator to work is an amino acid called tyrosine, which increases and stimulates the skin's production of melanin. The more melanin that is present naturally in the body, the darker your skin will become.
This is a completely natural occurrence, meaning that dark skinned people naturally have significantly more melanin present in their skins than pale skinned people. This means melanin is not a foreign substance for our bodies and it is through this that we get our own individual skin color. Melanin is also responsible for the dark brown or black pigments we have in hair colors and even the color of our eyes to some extent.
Another common ingredient that helps tanning accelerators work is psoralen. It is an ingredient extracted from a Chinese herb, as a source of amino acids, whose main use is to increase the melanin levels in the skin.
Besides being used as a tanning accelerator, it is used for treating vitiligo, bald patches of hair, and psoriasis.
Psoralen can cause photosensitivity (sensitivity to light) so be sure to cater to your skin's needs if you decide to use this type of product.
Many years of research have resulted in the production of a man-made synthetic hormone that mimics the actions of melanin in our bodies. The commercial name of this is Melanotan. This has been administered via an injection, which causes the skin tone to darken and results in a tan.
Some of the down sides reported from using Melanotan, (apart from the mere fact that introducing an unnatural, synthetic substance into one's body is not desired by many), include nausea, headaches, leg pain, increased libido and decreased appetite. The latter 2 are not considered downsides by many and have even caused it to be nicknamed 'The Barbie Drug'!
According to Wikipedia it was originally "under development as drug candidate for female sexual dysfunction and erectile dysfunction but clinical development ceased by 2003, and as of 2017, no product containing melanotan was marketed and all commercial development had ceased. Unlicensed and untested powders sold as "melanotan II" are found on the Internet, and purported to be effective as "tanning drugs", though side effects such as uneven pigmentation, new nevi (moles) and darkening or enlargement of existing moles are common and have led to medical authorities discouraging use."
Melanotan-1 and Melanotan II are both synthetic versions of melanocyte stimulating hormone. They were created, synthesized and developed at The Arizona Cancer Center located at The University of Arizona. Melanotan-1 is a linear, full length peptide containing 13 amino acids. Melanotan II is a shortened, circular version of Melanotan-1.
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The Rose Cottage is an old house built around 1914. It was used by the park superintendents as a residence for many years. Now, it is used as offices by the Vancouver Parks Board and is not generally open to the public.
Where is the Rose Cottage in Stanley Park?
The Rose Cottage is located on Pipeline Road next to the Rose Garden and Shakespeare Garden in the centre of Stanley Park.
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The Celtics travel to Portland after a thriller in Oklahoma City while the Trail Blazers hope to rebound after their 13-game winning streak was halted in their showdown with Houston. Let’s check out the NBA odds and analyze this matchup of basketball powerhouses.
Portland is 5-0 ATS in their last five games as a favorite of 5.0-10.5.
Portland is 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
Portland is 14-2-1 ATS in their last 17 games as a home favorite.
Boston is 5-1 ATS in their last six games vs. a team with a winning percentage above .600.
Boston is 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games as a road underdog.
Boston is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
#comebackSZN@Celtics with another improbable win vs the @okcthunder.@jaytatum0, @MookMorris2 & @T_Rozzay3 were 🔥 late in the game.
This is one of the few matchups where the trends point positive for both squads, and getting an edge in our NBA picks will not be had by delving into situational stats. The Boston Celtics are ailing, with superstar Kyrie Irving on the shelf due to lingering knee issues, shooting guard Jaylen Brown missing his sixth consecutive game in concussion protocol, while reserves Marcus Smart (hand) and Daniel Theis (knee) are both done for the regular season. Nevertheless, the Celtics demonstrated their grit, and the importance of a deep bench, when they edged the Thunder on Tuesday night in a thrilling 100-99 victory as 4 ½ point home underdogs.
Portland fell 115-111 to the explosive Houston Rockets in their last outing and saw their 13-game winning streak come to an end. The Blazers’ power forward Al-Farouq Aminu had 22 points, including 18 from beyond the arc, in defeat. Portland had covered the NBA odds in 10 consecutive games before Tuesday night’s loss and managed a push as four-point home dogs in the loss to Houston. Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard leads the team with a season average of 26.6 PPG, had 20 in the loss, but had it not been for his 10-for-10 night at the free throw line he would have had a less than impressive performance as he shot 29.4 percent from the field. Lillard has struggled mightily shooting the three recently, connecting on only 19.4 percent of those shots over his last four contests.
Despite the Celtics' injury travails, it is hard for me to lay seven points against them unless the opposition happens to be Golden State or Houston. Terry Rozier has blossomed this season playing behind Kyrie Irving and has averaged over 16 points per game over the last four in Irving’s absence. In addition, Jayson Tatum has moved to small forward due to the injury plagued Boston roster and the transition has been seamless for the talented rookie. Tatum scored 23 points and pulled down 11 boards in the win over Oklahoma City at his new spot and continues to impress as the third-overall pick in the most recent draft.
One last thing, the Trail Blazers big man in the middle, Jusuf Nurkic, is questionable for tonight’s game with a back issue. Even if he does go, he won’t be at peak form. Let’s take what the oddsmakers are giving us and back a live road dog here. Go Green!
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(CNN) - At least one wealthy donor in New York City is skittish about Pope Francis' comments about capitalism.
Ken Langone, the billionaire Roman Catholic who helped found Home Depot, told CNBC he has heard grumbling about the Pope's comments about the wealthy. Langone is helping to run the New York Archdiocese's $180 million fundraising effort to restore St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.
The billionaire investor and philanthropist, who gave $200 million to New York University's medical center in 2008, told CNBC an anonymous seven-figure donor felt slighted by the pope's recent comments.
Langone has not been shy about sharing those opinions with New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan, telling him, "you get more with honey than with vinegar."
Dolan told the financial network in an interview on Monday he has heard from Langone that one wealthy donor got the "sense that the Pope is less than enthusiastic about us."
(CNN) - This week we celebrate Christmas, and as a Christian, I want to say I’m sorry.
I’m sorry that this season has become about fights over manger scenes on public property, about complaining when clerks say, “Happy Holidays,” instead of “Merry Christmas,” about rampant commercialism and faux persecution.
It is ironic, really, because in the church calendar, the seasons of Advent and Christmas call us to reflect upon and celebrate what Christians believe was the most radical act of humility of all time - the incarnation.
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Top headline is something about the Earthquake disaster in Haiti. The next big headline? Something about American Idol.
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I'm just back from the UFT Ex Bd meeting where they voted to go to the DOE to try to get the nurses part of the chapter, which did ratify the contract, their raises which I would term a stab in the back. But details on that in a follow-up.
Here is the Chief article.
Occupational and Physical Therapists who work at the Department of Education have chosen to forgo what they believed were minimal raises in order to achieve parity with other staff members who work with students with disabilities by voting against the United Federation of Teachers contract that was ratified Nov. 2.
Though 87 percent of the 90,000 UFT members supported the deal, just 36 percent of Occupational and Physical Therapists voted in favor of it. About half of the 2,500 non-pedagogical employees cast ballots, with 796 voting against the agreement, according to the American Arbitration Association. Employees in these titles will not receive the planned 7.5 percent raise and other provisions in the 43-month pact.
Nurses, who are under the same bargaining unit and overwhelmingly supported the contract, will also not receive the raises. It was unclear what steps were available to them in seeking better terms.
Occupational and Physical Therapists start off making $68,155 a year, which is comparable to Speech Teachers, who have similar duties but are considered pedagogues and share the same contract as Teachers. But once they reach top salary, the gap widens, according to several education staff members who spoke with The Chief. The non-pedagogical staff earn a base top salary of over $97,000—which would have increased to $105,000 under the new contract—about $22,000 less than the maximum base pay for Teachers.
Another difference was that Speech Teachers with a master’s degree received an education differential of about $7,000, while Occupational and Physical Therapists with the same qualifications got $1,505.
Marilyn Rosario, who has worked as an Occupational Therapist for eight years, said that she and her colleagues were “very upset” when they saw the pact’s terms.
“I don’t think they realize how many of us take second jobs,” she said.
Judith Loebl, who has worked as a Physical Therapist at the DOE for 16 years, said that the work the therapists did was important because they helped students who had disabilities that impaired their education stay on track.
“We work with the most-vulnerable students. It’s not fair to be treated as second-class citizens,” she said.
While the therapists argued that they earned less than Speech Teachers who performed similar duties, they noted that the Teachers had burdens they didn’t because they were considered pedagogues, including being observed and creating lesson plans. In order to become pedagogues, the State Legislature would have to reclassify the therapists.
In addition to the lower pay scale and smaller differential, the staff members mentioned a $5,000 bonus Speech Teachers with a Speech Language Pathologist license began earning in 2016 for using their license for Medicaid reimbursement services. Though the union argued that Occupational and Physical Therapists should receive the additional compensation, too, the state Public Employment Relations Board found that because the license was required for the therapists, they were not entitled to the bonus.
Some of the workers also lamented that the contract didn’t address the fact that some OTs and PTs do not qualify for the benefits under the Family Medical Leave Act because they were 37 hours shy of the annual 1,250-hour requirement to use the benefit.
Occupational Therapist Melissa Williams said she was “pleasantly surprised” to hear that 64 percent of those who voted wanted to fight for a better deal.
“The raises don’t even keep up with inflation. For 2 percent, I can hold out,” she said, referring to the first of three increases that would have taken effect Feb. 14, 2019.
The city has argued that the employees earned far more than Occupational and Physical Therapists at other city agencies, according to the union. Ms. Loebl, who previously worked at the old Health and Hospitals Corporation, noted that in other agencies those jobs were contract positions and couldn’t be compared in regards to salary.
He said that becoming pedagogues was a necessary step to address the parity issues.
A spokeswoman for the union said that it was working with the chapter representing the therapists but would not comment on negotiations.
On the more homepage I see only 16 people out of over 100 staff members in I.S. 230's photograph. It kind of mimics the 87% that voted for the contract. Isn't that ironic!
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I would like to see your photos taken inside abandoned buildings, such as abandoned factories, houses, or buildings that are claimed to be haunted. Abandoned prisons and hospitals can also make great photo opportunities. Some buildings may have furniture left behind, some have been covered with graffiti and some are just intriguing or have beautiful plant growth inside. Enter your best shots of the inside of an abandoned building.
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Located 1 mile east of Ruddington.
More commonly known today as Flawford, the name Flawforth was also used historically. Thoroton (1) writing in 1677 refers to the settlement as Flawforth, whilst Throsby (2), updating and extending his work records it as Flawford.
A Lost Village or just a Lost Church?
Any status as a 'Lost Village' is largely as a result of the documented removal of its church in the 18th century (see below), and the suggestion that, around the church, the site once also possessed a number of houses.
"Nothing remains of the village", he says, "which occupied the top of a slight hill. That the place was of some importance is witnessed by the fact that the church was the mother church of the chapelries of Ruddington and Edwalton".
Throsby (3) too makes reference to there having once been a village on the site: he says that leave was given to demolish the Flawford/Flawforth church in 1773 because it was in a very ruinous state and because "not a dwelling of the village remain[ed]" (our italics).
Again, a newspaper report (quoted by Throsby (2)) - from "the Nottingham paper" - at the time of the church's demolition refers to "the cottagers of the village have amused themselves, to the number of 30 or 40 at a time, with drawing wagons loaded with stone, containing near three tons, from the spot where the fabric stood, to a brook near two miles distant.... for the purpose of building a bridge...." (italics added).
The original church was Saxon, being largely replaced by a medieval structure in the 13th and 14th centuries.
The position of the church meant that it was on a crossroads and virtually equidistant from the villages of Ruddington, Plumtree, Edwalton and Bradmore. The fact that Flawford church was built in this location suggests that it was the earliest of the local churches, pre-dating those later established in the four surrounding villages. (There is only documentary evidence, however, to show that it served as the mother church for Ruddington and Edwalton.
Writing of the church at Flawford/Flawforth, Guilford (3) says "Various descriptions of the building remain, which show it to have been of considerable size. It was not used after 1718, and was pulled down in 1773". In fact parts of the church were demolished separately at different times - the nave in 1773 and the chancel in 1778 - with the graveyard continuing in commission till at least 1787.
Interestingly, the date of 1773 for the demolition of the churchis nicely recorded by Throsby (2) where he says "In an old memorandum book, shewn me by the clerk of Ruddington, which was kept by an old schoolmaster, is the entry 'Saturday June 12th, 1773, Flawford Church was demolished by colliers"
Today, the site of the church is preserved as open ground with the outline of the church depicted in stones.
This page was added by Website Administrator on 22/04/2015.
Wow, never realised Flawforth was a village. My aunt and uncle lived on Flawforth Avenue when I was a child and my cousin still lives there. Great information, thank you.
Very interesting account, the roads between the villages are still there but now essentially farm tracks. Saw the remainjng headstones and had to check why they were there.
Thanks to those who researched this.
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Dad On the Run: Hasbro's Iron Man 3 toys... not just for boys.
We were recently provided with a set of 3 toys from the Hasbro Marvel Iron Man 3 collection which arrived in a nifty box from "Stark Industries." To say my daughter was excited would be an understatement. She didn't know they were coming and, as far as I knew, didn't really have any idea about Iron Man. I was wrong. She was shouting "Iron Man, Iron Man! Are those for me!?" by the time I got the toys out of the shipping box. She hovered nearby watching with great interest and poorly contained impatience as I began the work of releasing the toys from their cardboard and plastic prisons. 4 days later, she's still playing with them all. Below is a description and my opinions on each of the toys we received. I'm new to the toy reviewing world, but hope to make it something I can do on occasion. Let me know what you think and how I could improve my reviews if you would.
Marvel Iron Man 3 Avengers Initiative Arc Strike Iron Patriot Figure (aka: War Machine) - Ages 4 and up. Requires 3 "AAA" batteries (included). This figure is about 10" tall and comes with a shoulder-attached missile launcher. The action figure moves at the neck, arms and legs but there is no movement at the elbows or ankles and only partial movement at the knees. War Machine comes with a flip-up double-barreled missile launcher (actually shoots a small projectile 2-3 feet). When you lift his arm, the launcher pops up, and you push the button to fire the missiles. The figure also sports combat sounds, pulsing lights and battle phrases.
Marvel Iron Man 3 Avengers Initiative Assemblers Battle Vehicle - This one is for ages 4 and up. No batteries required. The set includes a flip-up car (think funny car with a spring loaded Iron Man launcher), 1 Iron Man figure, 3 weapon-arm accessories (interchangeable arms for the figure which double as guns for the vehicle), and a figure-launch accessory (I call it Iron Man skates) and instructions. When the "assemblers" size action figure is loaded on his "skates" and into the springloaded cockpit, he can be ejected/launched forward by pressing down on the rear spoiler of the vehicle. If you are on a smooth surface and have the figures arms up, but not quite straight up, he can and occasionally does land on his feet and continue to skate across the surface for a foot or two. More often, if you don't have the arms in the correct position or are not on a perfectly smooth surface he falls on his face, not that this bothered my 4 year old at all. She was too busy launching missiles and changing arms guns around to care.
Marvel Iron Man 3 ARC FX Mission Mask - Ages 5 and up (probably due to the projectiles which shoot out with some force, probably good for 6-8 foot "targeting"). The web indicates the mask does not include batteries, but ours came with the 3 needed "AAA" batteries already installed. The mask has buttons on either side of the head for launching the missiles and activating the lights, blast sounds and battle phrases. When you hit the fire button the eyes light up blue giving a nice effect to the wearer and anyone on the receiving end of a missile attack, there is also a red light on top that lights up. This is probably my daughter's favorite toy of the collection. She thoroughly enjoyed taking it to school and intimidating the boys who tried to tell her it was a "boy's toy." How quickly their tunes changed once she activated the sounds, shot a few warning missiles over their heads and chased them with glowing blue eyes. I have also found the mask to be quite efficient for keeping bacon grease from popping into my eyes. Nothing makes cooking dinner go by faster than pretending to be a battle-suit-wearing superhero.
FTC Disclosure: The assortment of Hasbro Marvel Iron Man 3 Toys were provided to me by Hasbro for the purpose of review consideration. All opinions are my own with input from J Bean. I was not compensated otherwise for the review nor was I given any instruction or input by Hasbro on how to present the products (nor would I have listened if I was).
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Here is my problem for some of the Transcript stable ID I’ve found several UniprotKB ID but on the web version of Ensembl I find just one UniprotKB ID.
For the transcript ENST00000256186 there is only one result: Q6ZW33.
Is there someone knows why I got different results?
This gene has multiple transcripts and Uniprot seems to assign them with unique ID's.
@Emily_Ensembl had noted that the annotation philosophies for these two databases are different in a previous comment for a different human gene (C: Ensembl ID conversion - other than Uniprot ).
The table you point to in the Ensembl Browser has the protein column called UniProt, which is protein IDs from UniProtKB that match one of the translations of the Ensembl gene/transcript.
This means that that column can show either SwissProt IDs (e.g. O94851 and Q6ZW33) or TrEMBL IDs (e.g. E9PNC3 and E9PKI3). You will only find if the ID is SwissProt or TrEMBL if you click on it and explore the UniProt website.
In your BioMart query, I'd have picked both UniProtKB/SwissProt ID and UniProtKB/TrEMBL ID as attributes instead of the one you've chosen i.e. UniProtKB Gene Name ID.
If you search for each of those in UniProt, you will see that most are unreviewed sequences aka TrEMBL, apart from 2, which are reviewed entries aka SwissProt i.e. Q6ZW33 and O94851.
Also, note there seems to be a problem with Q6ZW33 being called as MICALCL not MICAL2 in UniProt, although the Ensembl Gene ID is the same for these two names. Worth reporting this back to UniProt.
Okey thanks for your response!! I will change the attributes to UniProtKB/SwissProt ID and UniProtKB/TrEMBL ID!
The MICALCL/MICAL2 case is confusing me because on GeneCards MICAL2 is listed as an alias for MICALCL ( https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=MICALCL&keywords=MICAL2 ). But they both have separate NCBI page with each separate Entrez Gene ID (9645 for MICAL2 and 84953 for MICALCL) but seems to have the same ensemble gene ID. I will try to report it to Uniprot.
EDIT : I've downloaded the Biomart with the attributes UniProtKB/SwissProt ID and UniProtKB/TrEMBL and I find the same results that on the Ensembl Browser ! Thanks a lot !
Please please do get in touch with HGNC (Human gene nomenclature committee) and Ensembl helpdesk regarding this.
HGNC has MICALCL and MICAL2 as two different loci. Maybe this is historical, but all those resources should agree on the official gene symbol and correct the mapping to external references. For example HGNC maps MICALCL to ENSG00000133808, now deprecated.
Entrez gene has two different gene IDs for MICAL2 and MICALCL but both maps to ENSG00000133816.
NCBI and EMBL-EBI are working together on a new project, MANE (The Matched Annotation from the NCBI and EBI). Please email their helpdesk so that they can advise on this better and organise the entries really match.
However the GENCODE annotation shown in Ensembl has recently merged these loci into one gene (ENSG00000133816) which they have retained the MICAL2 symbol for.
So the two annotation resources differ in their annotation of this region - one has it as two separate genes, while the other has one long gene. Hence until this discrepancy has been resolved we are retaining both MICAL2 and MICALCL as separate genes."
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Can I retire at age 68?
Person retiring at age 68 starting with $1,000,000, adding $4,387 every year, while hoping to spend $85,477 every year in retirement. These numbers increase with inflation.
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Read the book reviewers are calling "Enchanting," "Lyrical" "A thrill ride," "One of my top five books of 2016!"
"This book started out... confusing, I had no idea what was going on. I got hooked into it though after reading about a girl who could talk to flies. This is one of the most imaginative stories I have ever read.
I love how the author incorporated a devotion to the characters' family and how much Iolani would do for them. I was cheering, laughing and crying throughout the story.
I love the author's writing style, the whole book was detailed and flowing.
I was delighted with the plot line, it is so different and just plain brilliant.
This book is amazingly realistic and makes you believe that all these events of death, determination, and memory stealing men could happen.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that loves enchanting tales of survival, magic, and bravery.
"This is a book full of subtle magic and depth, which slowly sinks its hooks and leads to a fantastic world.
Iolani is a fourteen-year-old girl who has suffered much loss in her life, and within the beginning pages, tragedy hits again. The writing is very descriptive and sinks into the depths of Iolani's mind. When the opening pages have her following her cousin blindly into a forest under very strange circumstances, the read feels as if the world around is fogged and unclear. Mystery and uncertainty flood the first pages, making it difficult to understand exactly what's going on, but the horror of it all is palpable. It's during this time which Iolani's unusual talent to converse with flies becomes clear, although it's something she doesn't understand completely herself.
The writing has a literary feel, and first gains on action toward the second half of the book. The beginning chapters have little dialogue and concentrate on the thoughts and feelings of Iolani as she trudges across the country on horseback with her dazed cousin, trying to steer clear of the evil green light. The character depth is well done but the pacing isn't for action fans.
Still, the plot grabs in a subtle way and draws in. About halfway through, the action speeds up and enters a whole new level as if the story takes a flip. Not only does Iolani's own talent explode into new dimensions, but the secrets behind the green light lead to a large scale conspiracy. Iolani can't trust anyone and finds herself in all sorts of danger. The tension mounts as more layers are added to the plot, creating a much faster pace and more fantastical adventure as the story goes on. The ending rounds most things off, insuring this can be read as a stand alone. However, several things are left unclear, especially the reasoning behind Iolani's as well as her opposition's strange abilities. There's mention of magic, but hints at more scientific explanations as well. And this lack of a basis did make some of it a little hard to accept.
"Let me start off with saying what a delightfully different book! While I had read the summary of the story, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect and I was led on an adventure! It was a quick read and for the most part, I was completely entertained! There were moments where I felt a bit lost, but I was able to catch up pretty quickly and the story line kept on going, albeit a bit strangely. I’m still not completely sure I believe the flies aspect of the story line, but it definitely gave the story an edge that I haven’t found in another book.Flying Away was a book that was well written as the author’s first book, with delightful and mysterious writing and detailed, complex characters that were eager to keep the story going. Iolani, and her cousin Eleanor, were a delight to follow along on their journey. I loved how Mango, Lani’s mare, was a big part of the story. She was a great and well liked addition. The author did a magnificent job in developing the characters and the story line to the point that it was a refreshing new take for young adult readers! The men with the lanterns were something else that I wasn’t expecting and I have to say that they were definitely on the disturbing and sinister side with an uncanny ability to creep me out. Well written, Caroline Gill!
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of the dystopian/fantasy genres and looking for something that is on the new side. The interesting take on the young adult adventures that wasn’t your normal dystopian novel. It is the start of a fun new series that is sure to keep your attention!
Everyone looked at me. I was supposed to have the answers. I was just a kid. I had nothing.
I covered my ears. “Kill that alarm!” I mouthed over the pounding sound.
Looking at the full hallway, teeming with hope for the first time in, well, ever, I felt like an Amazon queen. “Up!” I yelled. “We go up!” A cheer rose up from people who had been comatose a half an hour before.
“Up!” they shouted. We had the keys. We had the stairs. We didn't have much time.
Pushing the stairway door open, Sam ran ahead of me, Eleanor on his shoulder, singing to herself. Twenty seven floors to go, I thought. Come on legs, don't fail me!
And up we went. Stair by stair, the smell of metal railing on our hands, the stench of manure, the stink of bodies, the odor of a hundred people breathing in hope for those precious moments. We surged upward. The stairway below us began to fill with a fog that we knew too well. A mist that we could not allow to overtake us, it was death.
“Faster!” We screamed. And then we stopped talking and just ran, step after step, one foot in front of another. Arms grabbing the rails, pulling up as we fled the never ending prison. Someone had managed to break the main alarm bell. Now the stairwell was eerie silent. Still, the wretched fog rose below our feet.
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(CNN) After months of outcry over splitting up migrant families at the border, the US government has until the end of the day today to reunite all eligible families it separated.
But we already know as many as 914 parents won't be reunited with their children by Thursday. In some cases, the parents can't be found or have serious criminal records. In other cases, they've already been deported without their children. A small number still haven't been linked to children, let alone tracked down.
That's the number of families the government has already reunited, officials said at a status hearing Tuesday. That's over 100 families more than the tally the government had reported Monday evening.
US District Judge Dana Sabraw, who issued the Thursday deadline to reunite all eligible families, called the progress "remarkable."
"The government has to be commended for its efforts in that regard," Sabraw said Tuesday.
But the judge also said the effects of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy -- which led to most of the separations -- have been "deeply troubling."
"It's the reality of a policy that was in place that resulted in large numbers of families being separated without forethought as to reunification and keeping track of people," Sabraw said, noting the number that would not be reunified on time. "And that's the fallout we're seeing."
That's how many parents the government believes are no longer in the United States. They were likely deported without their children.
What happens if the US misses the deadline?
"The records recorded reflect 463 with a code that suggests that they may have departed the United States," Justice Department attorney Sarah Fabian said Tuesday. "What I understand we are doing is taking a closer look at those. ... So it may be a removal, or it may be a voluntary departure that is unrelated to a separation, or it may be a prior code."
"There may be 463, there may be more, it's not certain," he said. "But it appears there's a large number of parents who are unaccounted for or who may have been removed without their child."
That's how many parents won't be reunified with their children because they either have criminal records or declined to be reunified, according to the government.
That's how many parents have been released from federal custody. Some may be wearing ankle monitors as they await immigration hearing proceedings.
An undocumented immigrant from Guatemala was given a GPS monitor by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to wear on his ankle.
That's how many parents' cases require further investigation, the government said Tuesday. The number includes some parents whom the government can't locate and those who authorities aren't certain are the parents of separated children. The number may also include some children who were already released to a different family member or friend.
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Is eczema caused by allergies?
Atopic dermatitis or eczema is a condition where there is inflammation and irritation of the skin. Due to this, skin can become itchy, dry and red. Eczema can affect 2-5% of the population with children being affected more than adults. In fact it is the single most common skin condition in children less than 11 years of age. Atopic dermatitis usually starts in early childhood and can range from mild to severe. A large percentage of children with severe eczema will later develop asthma or environmental allergies.
The exact cause of atopic dermatitis (eczema) is unknown. The current thinking is that eczema is caused by a combination of factors that include: genetics, abnormal function of the immune system, environment (with exposure to allergens and irritants), and defects in the skin barrier that allow moisture out and germs in. It is also important to find the triggers that make your eczema worse. A trigger is not something that causes eczema, but it can cause it to flare. Common triggers can include irritants in the environment such as soaps and cleansers, conditions that cause the skin to dry out, bacterial infections of the skin and allergies to environmental mold, pollen, dust mites and pet dander. Less than 1 in 10 children with atopic dermatitis have a food allergy. In general, it is young children less than 5 with severe eczema who may have a food sensitivity as a trigger factor.
Although there is no cure for atopic dermatitis, most people can effectively manage their disease with medical treatment and by avoiding irritants. An allergist can help you manage your atopic dermatitis and determine triggers including possible environmental and food allergies.
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I'd like to see if we can increase the number of people joining our community Discord server (https://discord.gg/R2qg2V4).
Post your ideas in the comments below!
Please include your wallet address in your submission!
I will send awards to the following users when they edit in a wallet address!
Not very important, but something to show that the community is alive, is a bot that sends a message to an exclusive text channel when a small pool (<10% network hashrate) finds a block. We used to have that on IRC, but it was a bit flooding (hence another text channel just for that).
How about a 6-month AEON Discord Community promotion, using a weekly prize give-away as the draw. There would be a weekly random selection of one registered Discord community member, and the selected member receives some amount of AEON as a prize? Some kind of app or bot, would need to be written, to select the winner each week. I am thinking something like the following would be fun: - To qualify for the weekly prize, you have to actually post at least 1 message in one of the "Community" topics or the "Productive Lobbies". These are the core interaction around the AEON project. Whether you post 1 message or 100, you get 1 entry into the week's drawing ... so equal chance of winning for any level of activity. - The AMOUNT of the prize is determined by your activity level during that week, maybe like this: 1 message posted = 0.5 AEON; 2 - 4 messages = 1.0 AEON; 5+ messages = 2.0 AEON. (This would encourage participation each week, but not to the extent of causing tons of spam messages ... post 5 one-liners over 7 days, and you would qualify for the highest prize.) This would have to be funded ahead, but 26 weeks would require at most 52 AEON for prize money. And maybe some AEON for the person who can write the random selection app. If enough AEON were donated for this cause, the prize amounts could be increased, which would provide a stronger incentive to sign up and participate in the Discord. - optionally, you could do something like a "grand prize" at the end of the 6 months, of a larger amount of AEON. This would be given to one of the 26 weekly winners, and selected by the Moderators (and can't be a moderator or Community Contributor), who has made the most valuable discussion contributions during the 6 month period. We would have to work out how the weekly prize payments are made since we don't collect wallet addresses from every discord member.
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27 The Nobel Foundation reached an agreement on guidelines for how the prizes should be awarded; and, in 1900, the Nobel Foundation's newly created statutes were promulgated by King Oscar.The cost of asus rt n66u promo code the Economic Sciences price.5 Million krona is paid by the Swedish Riks bank.Early on, the awards usually recognised recent discoveries.In 1939, the Peace Prize was not awarded.A group gag gift ornaments including 42 Swedish writers, artists, and wdfw raffle hunts literary critics protested against this decision, having expected Leo Tolstoy to be awarded.Heffermehl uwaa, e wiksze znaczenie w wyborze laureatów maj osobiste preferencje czonków komitetu ni intencje fundatora."Le Clézio uses Nobel lecture to attack information poverty".By Adam Kirsch Slate Magazine".Uroczysto odbywa si zawsze 10 grudnia.Second World War edit In 19, Adolf Hitler 's Third Reich forbade three laureates from Germany ( Richard Kuhn, Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt, and Gerhard Domagk ) from accepting their prizes.
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29 In accordance with Nobel's will, the primary task of the Foundation is to manage the fortune Nobel left.
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Compose a 500-word essay taking a position on the proposed Senator Paul Simon Foundation Study Abroad Act.
Paul Simon has the right idea!!
Get 'Em All to go Abroad!
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The character of Sandor Clegane was reintroduced in a cold open, to ensure that his presence in the episode was not given away by the actor's name appearing in the opening titles.
"The Broken Man" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 57th overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Mark Mylod.
Sandor "the Hound" Clegane lives a peaceful life with the pacifist community of Brother Ray; Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Davos Seaworth attempt to build an army; Margaery Tyrell convinces her grandmother to leave the capital despite Cersei's appeal to stay; Jaime Lannister attempts to negotiate with the Blackfish; and Arya Stark is ambushed in Braavos.
"The Broken Man" garnered high praise from critics, who noted the long-awaited return of Sandor Clegane, the introduction of new characters such as Lyanna Mormont, and the siege of Riverrun as highlights of the episode. The title of the episode is a reference to a speech given by Septon Meribald, a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, who was also used to create the character of Ray. In the United States, the episode achieved a viewership of 7.80 million in its initial broadcast. The episode earned a nomination at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Production Design for a Fantasy Program.
This episode marks the first appearance for Rory McCann since the Season 4 finale and the only appearance of Ian McShane.
Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, and Davos Seaworth begin searching for allies to retake Winterfell from the Boltons. First, they secure the allegiance of the Wildlings, after Tormund Giantsbane reminds them of their debt to Jon for saving them at Hardhome, and that the Boltons will wipe them out if they do nothing. They also manage to secure the allegiance of House Mormont when Davos warns the young Lady Lyanna Mormont of the dangers the White Walkers pose. However, they are unable to secure the allegiance of House Glover, with Lord Robett Glover pointing out how Robb Stark failed to protect his home from the Ironborn.
In the end, Jon and Sansa are only able to recruit a small number of minor houses, only adding a few hundred extra soldiers to their army. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Jon is adamant that they attack Winterfell as soon as possible before the Boltons rally more forces and before the weather turns on them. Sansa disagrees, insisting that they try and recruit more houses. When Jon refuses to change his mind, Sansa begins writing a letter to be sent by raven to an unknown party.
The High Sparrow chides Queen Margaery Tyrell that she needs to provide King Tommen Baratheon with an heir, and that she should try to convert her grandmother Olenna to the Faith, subtly remarking that Olenna's safety cannot be guaranteed otherwise. Margaery meets with Olenna, who attempts to convince her to leave King's Landing and return to Highgarden. Margaery refuses, stating that as Queen, her place is supposed to be at King Tommen's side. Margaery discreetly slips Olenna a piece of paper with the sigil of House Tyrell drawn on it, indicating that she is still loyal to her family, upon which Olenna agrees to leave.
Cersei Lannister confronts Olenna and tries to convince her to stay and fight the Sparrows. Olenna points out that they have already lost and blames the Sparrows' rise to power on Cersei's lack of foresight. Despite having no allies in King's Landing, Cersei decides to stay and fight.
Theon and Yara Greyjoy take the Iron Fleet to Volantis to take on supplies. Yara, who is enjoying a female Volantene prostitute, tries to encourage Theon to regain his former identity and confidence, as she will need his assistance in retaking the Iron Islands. Yara then reveals to Theon that she plans to take the Iron Fleet to Meereen and forge an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen before Euron Greyjoy reaches her.
Arya Stark successfully secures passage back to Westeros by bribing a Westerosi trader. However, she is subsequently attacked and repeatedly stabbed in the abdomen by the Waif, in the guise of an elderly woman. Arya pushes the Waif away and escapes by jumping off a bridge and swimming away underwater. After surfacing, she is then left stumbling through the streets, critically wounded.
Jaime Lannister and Bronn lead the Lannister army to Riverrun, where Lothar Frey and Walder Rivers attempt to coerce the Blackfish into surrendering the castle by threatening to execute Edmure Tully. The Blackfish calls their bluff and refuses to surrender. Disgusted with the Freys' incompetence, Jaime takes charge of the siege, orders Edmure to be bathed and fed, and attempts to parley with the Blackfish, warning him that the Lannisters will show no mercy to the Tullys if they do not surrender the castle. The Blackfish is unintimidated and dares Jaime to try and seize the castle, declaring that the Tullys have enough provisions stockpiled to outlast a Lannister siege.
Sandor Clegane, otherwise known as the Hound, is revealed to have survived his wounds, and is now living among a small band of villagers. Their leader, a warrior turned septon named Ray, talks with Sandor, and recounts how he found Sandor on the verge of death and nursed him back to health. Sandor still feels guilt over his past sins, feeling he has not been punished for them. During a sermon, a trio of men from the Brotherhood without Banners arrives and attempts to extort the villagers, but leave upon finding out that they have no worthwhile possessions. Sandor warns Ray that the Brotherhood will return, but Ray refuses to prepare for a confrontation with them. After Sandor goes out to the forest to gather some wood, he returns to find the villagers slaughtered and Ray hanged. Enraged, Sandor picks up an axe and marches off.
Series veteran Bryan Cogman wrote the episode, his second of two episodes of the season.
"The Broken Man" was written by Bryan Cogman. his second of two episodes for the season, the first being the previous episode, "Blood of My Blood". It also adapts the chapter "Jaime VI" from A Feast for Crows.[non-primary source needed] The title of the episode is in reference to a speech given by Septon Meribald, a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, who was also used to create the character of Ray. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cogman stated, "The speech itself didn't make it into the episode, but it inspired the character and some of his dialogue. So the title of the episode is a nod to that speech." He compared it to the second season episode "The Ghost of Harrenhal", whose title was also a reference to the books, but was not specifically stated in the episode. Ian McShane, who portrayed Ray, spoke about the writing in the episode in regards to his participation in the series, noting, "they wrote a two-page speech – so that's why they invited me. It’s a big soliloquy, like in Deadwood, and they needed to get somebody who could do that. It was really well written."
In the "Inside the Episode" featurette published by HBO shortly after the airing of "The Broken Man", series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss spoke about some of the thought process behind the motivations of the characters that were featured prominently in the episode. David Benioff began by speaking about Sandor "the Hound" Clegane, saying "I think suffering a near death experience probably changes anyone, and that certainly has changed Sandor Clegane. He's a more thoughtful person than he was when we last saw him, he's probably more aware of his vulnerabilities, he knows how close he came to dying, and he's really thinking about his past in a way that he never had before." Weiss continued, "The unfortunate, ugly reality of the kind of pacifism that Ray is preaching is often suicidal when you're in the middle of the kind of world that they're all in. Something sad about the fact that this person who tried desperately to walk away from what he was is being given no real choice but to go full throttle back in the direction of what he really is, which is a killer."
Weiss additionally spoke about the introduction of Lyanna Mormont in the series, with Weiss saying, "We were excited about the prospect of the character because she's mentioned in passing in the previous season," referring to her letter to Stannis denying him men, and swearing fealty to House Stark. Weiss added, "The more we thought about it, Jon is going to come up against so many old guys with beards in the North that like 'What if she was a tougher audience?' It seemed like an inherently fun scene to watch, it also is terrifying because it's putting a lot of dramatic weight on the shoulders of somebody who needs to be very young." David Benioff concluded the featurette speaking about the Ironborn story, noting "Yara's not a therapist, in our kind of sense of the word, she's not there to tell him to 'buck up' and 'everything's going to be okay,' it's a pretty brutal kind of therapy, but that's who they are, I mean they're essentially a Viking people. There's not a lot of room for sort of soft, and gentle psychology. I think it's the kind of tough love Theon needed at this point, and when he finally raises his eyes, and looks into her eyes, we see a glimpse of the old Theon that had been lost for so long."
In regards to the various stories throughout the episode, and the amount of time passing in each one of them, Cogman stated, "The timelines between the various storylines don’t necessarily line up within a given episode. For instance, the “Northern Tour” Jon and Sansa embark on would probably take a couple weeks, but Arya’s storyline over the past few episodes only spans a few days. We realized a while ago that if we tied ourselves in knots trying to make all the “story days” line up between all the characters the momentum would suffer."
The episode is only the fourth in the series with a cold open. The first three being the series premiere, "Winter Is Coming", the third season premiere "Valar Dohaeris", and the fourth season premiere, "Two Swords". Bryan Cogman stated that they felt it was necessary to utilize a pre-credits sequence due to the reintroduction of Rory McCann, saying "We figured it would make his reveal more impactful if the audience hadn't seen [McCann's] name in the opening credits first."
Actor Rory McCann returned as a series regular in his role as Sandor "the Hound" Clegane, last appearing in the season four finale.
The episode featured the return of several characters from previous seasons, as well as the introduction of new characters, who were either mentioned previously within the show, or had some connection to an established character. Rory McCann, who portrayed Sandor "the Hound" Clegane from the beginning of the series through the fourth-season finale episode "The Children", returned as a series regular. McCann had previously speculated about the return of the Hound, saying in an interview with Access Hollywood in 2014, "There's always hope." Bryan Cogman revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that there was always a plan to bring back the Hound, but the manner in which he was reintroduced was not always entirely known.
Another re-introduction involved the storyline surrounding the Siege of Riverrun, with actor Clive Russell returning to the show as Brynden "the Blackfish" Tully, who last appeared in the third-season episode "The Rains of Castamere", in which the Red Wedding took place, and the Blackfish successfully evaded. In an interview with IGN, Clive Russell stated he was hopeful to return to the role saying "I'd hoped that he'd come back because he comes back in the books again. But they're not doing the books -- there is no book to do it from. I'd hoped that would happen. I don't think I was surprised it would happen because they bring back all kinds of people at all kinds of times. But it was good to go back there, I must say."
Ian McShane, who previously starred in the HBO television series Deadwood, guest starred in the episode as Ray. His casting for the series was announced in August 2015. At the time, McShane described his role in the show as the leader of a peace cult, who was also a former warrior that has since renounced violence, also noting that it was a "complete one-off." McShane also revealed that his character would "bring back a much-loved character everybody thinks is dead," leading many to speculate prior to the season that he would either play a role in bringing back Jon Snow, or the Hound, whose fate had also been called into question since his disappearance. McShane was asked about whether there was pressure involved with joining a show that has become an "international hit," with McShane responding "No pressure! It's the most popular TV show in the world, isn't it? I enjoyed meeting showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss – nobody ever expects the kind of reaction this has gotten. It's kind of like Deadwood when we started off, but they've managed to go another three seasons. It's interesting because you're a part of the show, but you're not part of the show. I only needed Rory for my scenes, so I didn't meet anybody else in it." Bryan Cogman stated that the character of Ray was a combination of several different characters from the A Song of Ice and Fire series, most evidently the Elder Brother, and Septon Meribald.
With Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, and Davos Seaworth's attempt to unite the North against the Boltons, two different House leaders were cast to portray Lyanna Mormont and Robett Glover, with Bella Ramsey and Tim McInnerny portraying each character, respectively. Cogman noted about Bella Ramsey, "Bella is a terrific young actress – the whole cast and crew were very impressed. I think, much like the character does with Jon, Sansa, and Davos, Bella kept Kit, Sophie, and Liam on their toes!"
Jerome Flynn, who portrays Bronn in the series, made his first appearance in the season, last appearing in the season five finale episode "Mother's Mercy".
The sequences at Riverrun were filmed in Corbet, County Down, Northern Ireland.
"The Broken Man" was directed by Mark Mylod. Mylod previously directed the fifth season episodes "High Sparrow" and "Sons of the Harpy". Mylod also directed the subsequent episode, "No One", for the sixth season.
Filming of the Riverrun sequence began in October 2015, and led to some complaints by locals living in the area following the construction of a portion of the Tully castle. The shooting of the scenes took place in Corbet, County Down, Northern Ireland. Due to some concerns over the size of the structure, filming was unable to take place until local inspectors were able to determine if the production unit followed what had been agreed upon in the "planning application." Construction of a portion of the castle began in September, with tents and wooden additions being added shortly after.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ian McShane was asked about the process of shooting his final scene where he is shown hanging after being killed by the Brotherhood, with McShane saying that the filming of the scene was "very easy. You just have to hold your breath for 10 seconds and look sufficiently dead for them to get it." He also noted in the interview, "Rory was a delight to work with, and so was the director. The whole experience was five days in Belfast, and I enjoyed it a lot." Prior to the season, in August 2015, reports emerged about the spotting of Rory McCann at a hotel frequented by actors during filming of the series, in Belfast. McCann, whose character is frequently shown chopping wood in the episode, previously spoke in interviews about his prior career with chopping down trees, revealing "I was a lumberjack for years, [...] and I even trained myself to be a tree surgeon."
Maisie Williams also spoke with Entertainment Weekly and described the process behind Arya's scenes, saying "We wanted people to think this could be the end, or the start of the end. Like maybe her wound is going to fester – like The Hound. We did so many different takes of emerging out of the water the first time she's stabbed and sliced. I had been to a music festival so I hadn't slept the whole weekend. Then I was jumping in the Irish sea. It was a totally manic day. We did a million different takes. We wanted it to be real frantic and panicked. Arya hasn't been emotional in a long time and we wanted to bring that emotion."
"The Broken Man" was viewed by 7.80 million American households on its initial viewing on HBO, which was a significant increase from the previous week's rating of 6.71 million viewers for the episode "Blood of My Blood", a low that was attributed to the Memorial Day weekend in the United States. The episode also acquired a 3.95 rating in the 18–49 demographic, making it the highest rated show on cable television of the night. In the United Kingdom, the episode was viewed by 2.720 million viewers on Sky Atlantic, making it the highest-rated broadcast that week on its channel. It also received 0.133 million timeshift viewers.
"The Broken Man" was positively received by critics, who listed the return of Sandor Clegane, the introduction of Lyanna Mormont, and the siege of Riverrun as high points for the episode. It has received a 98% rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes from 46 reviews with an average score of 7.8/10. The site's consensus reads "The return of long-lost characters and the introduction of some sharply-drawn newcomers keep "The Broken Man" from feeling like mere setup for the season finale."
Matt Fowler of IGN wrote in his review for the episode, ""The Broken Man" gave us back The Hound, but his return felt a little diminished, given the parade of returns we've already seen this year, and there weren't as many notable moments in this chapter as other Game of Thrones episodes. There were some fine scenes, but nothing on par with the show's usual goods, though Lady Mormont was a highlight and Jaime and the Blackfish's standoff is an interesting scenario, not to mention the questions raised by Sansa's letter. Arya getting her guts punctured was a shocker, but it didn’t feel right that she couldn't see her attacker coming." He gave the episode an 8 out of 10.
Alan Sepinwall of HitFix praised the episode structure, writing "The quick transitions and constant back-and-forth movement among subplots generated more energy that, when combined with several characters we either didn't know before or hadn't seen in a long time, made "The Broken Man" feel livelier." Similarly, Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph also praised the episode, noting, "Once again there was a sense Game of Thrones was steeling itself for battles - and expensive set-pieces - chugging down the track. A storm is brewing - for now, we were invited to enjoy what remains of the calm." Jen Chaney of Vulture also felt the episode was more of a set up episode for storylines to be resolved in the close of the season, writing "Although two bombs get dropped in this week's episode of Game of Thrones, it's an hour focused on putting the narrative chess pieces into place. "The Broken Man" doesn't finish off any of its major moves. Those bold turns are yet to come."
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So there were two paths for completing this stage in the nanodegree: semantic segmentation or functional safety. I felt that first option was closer to my heart as it was connected with area of deep learning, which gaves yet another oportunity to spend some hours with hands on tensorflow.
The lessons supplied by Udacity together with specialists from Nvidia, were also meaningful and gave good overview over existing solutions in that field. In the advanced deep learning lessons we came through canonical models like VGG or ResNet, and concentrated on more adequate solution for this problem - fully convolutional networks. We learned also how to speed up the learning process (inference optimisation) using techniques like fusion, quantization and reduced precision.
So lets clarify what really semantic segmentation is. In simple definition it's a task of advanced understanding about the objects on the image scene (understanding on a pixel level) and clustering parts of the image together with other pixels which belongs to the same object. The visual output of this process used to be represented as separate, colored regions, just like on the image below.
You can look on it as more advanced object recognition comparing to the bounding boxes used in the Vehicle Detection Project in Term 1. You probably already see the advantages right? Semantic segmentation gives the machine ability to more precisely understand the scene and distinguish objects, measure them and then maybe predict their behaviour and adjust it's own behaviour and planning.. okay I know, we're still in 2D here, but still it gives a lot of higher level informations.
In the project we had to cluster only the pixels, which were drivable part of the road.
As always we had starting project template, which consist of barebones of the project in order to concentrate more on the actual deep learning solution instead of thinking how to start and why this way.
The dataset used in the project was taken from Kitti Road dataset - I had to register in order to get my own dataset copy. There was 1550 images in summary for training and testing. That's not a big number but in combination with more advanced convolutional network it was producing a lot of load to my machine. With the dataset there was also supplied VGG model with weight of 537MB - the model was used later as a base for my FCN.
After doing few iterations of my code development, I soon realised that my machine was too weak for that project and CPU is not enough to finish it on time and make fun with checking different solutions. After having some hard times with my AWS machine before (which I have decide to drop after last deep learning project), I decided to setup finally own machine in my office at Polbyte. Udacity, thank you very much for forcing me to do that, that was great decision! So yes, I had to decide about the hardware - Nick Condo thanks for your article, and yes I had to came through the complicated setup, but this time I was lucky, because my setup worked after first installation - this time Vivek Yadav saved my day(s) with his article. I did not plan that move and I had to do all that on the road in just few days - hopefuly there are some gamers always around and they often changes their gear so you can always get something good for half of the price. From now on my setup was complete.
So as it was suggested in the course and as it later turned after reading some papers (check the links at the end of this article), the fully convolutional network architecture was potentially one of the best solutions for the problem.
I strongly encourage you to read the whole paper about FCN - Fully Convolutional Networks for Semantic Segmentation.
After short introduction to the VGG16 neural network architecture and some code implementations of FCN using tensorflow I started my own work on implementing FCN. I have loaded VGG16 model using Tensorflow and added skip layers, by adding deconvolution or transpose strided layers on top of VGG model. I have used AdamOptimizer for the optimization step with learning rate of 0.0001. There were 2 classification classes - pixel belongs to driveable road or do not belongs to it. Training was done in batches of size 1, because of big memory usage by the FCN.
Semantic segmentation is not trivial topic, but using todays tools and developed architectures we can create solutions for real world applications in only 200 lines of code - amazing!
Amazing article. Thanks for sharing the source code!
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For those people out there who love to take care of their gardens, are you making the most out of it? It’s easy to overlook areas which you can improve, especially if you’re already satisfied with what you have. However, there’s always a way to improve a system, so why not give it a try? If you already love gardening, then it’s no problem for you to invest in improving your garden. The amount you need to invest really depends on what you want to do with your garden, and how much space you have for it.
While it might seem as if it will take up a lot of space, it can be useful if you want to cover a smaller area in more plants. It’s not for growing large plants in, but can be useful to you if you like to keep a large variety of different plants growing at once. Greenhouses provide the exposure and space needed for small plants, and allow you to grow on multiple levels; something you might struggle with in any other kind of construction. Another great use of a greenhouse is protecting your plants! Not only do they get the exposure they need, they also protect them from bad weather! As different plants require different amounts of attention, it’s best to have full control over what they receive, rather than risking some of them drowning in heavy rain. Sometimes it can be bad to keep your plants out in the cold, too; especially when it comes to the exotic ones, so don’t be afraid to invest in them to expand your gardening capabilities!
It’s quite common nowadays for people to grow some of their own plants. It’s not like you can rely completely on your garden to provide for you, however, it’s a small hobby that you can get some use out of; while it may only help a little in some cases it can work out better for you to know what’s going on the crops, and make sure there are no chemicals that might harm you. In most cases, store-bought fruit and veg won’t harm you, but some are sceptical about what they put into their bodies, so growing your own food might be healthier for you in the long run.
If you have a lot of gardening to do, it’s likely that your water consumption is going to be high, and depending on where you live that might be a problem. Fear not though! There are ways around limiting your water, such as plastic storage tanks; which you use to collect rainwater over time. With this method, you’re making use of a free water storage without your excessive use damaging your environment, as you can just order it and set it up where you need it, and never worry about using too much water ever again!
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DESPITE seeing his family die in World War II and being imprisoned in Auschwitz, George Bielski never allowed his war experience to be the sum of his life. Despite living a long and busy life between Europe and Australia, he said he would not write his memoirs because he was only a speck in history.
Jerzy Stefan Bielski, known as George, who has died aged 87, was born in Stockholm and spent his first few years there with relatives to keep him safe from the Polish-Russian war, where his Polish parents were serving as army doctors. His mother, Miriam Majzner, from a Jewish family, had converted to Catholicism to marry his father, Jerzy Bielski.
In 1936 George went to Paris to join the International Brigade. The recruiting officer, Josef Broz, later the Yugoslav leader Tito, said they did not take boys, so George returned to Poland. His father enrolled his reluctant son in the army medical school.
In 1939 his father was taken by the invading Nazis and is thought to have been shot. George took Miriam and his sister, Maria Christina, 11, to a family farm near Kielce, where Miriam was denounced as a Jew by the manager and she and Maria Christina were arrested.
George offered a bribe for their release. The bribe was taken but instead Miriam was tortured and later murdered by the Gestapo in front of him. She begged George to say he was adopted, not Jewish born, which he did but forever felt guilty about it. Maria Christina was released but died of tuberculosis at the end of the war.
He was arrested, tortured and then sent to Auschwitz in 1941. There he worked in construction teams that were sent all over the camp and saw what was going on. He was beaten, starved and suffered from typhus, but still took part in the unsuccessful uprising of the camp's Polish underground.
In 1945 the prisoners were sent on a forced march towards the North Sea. The Germans planned to put any survivors on boats, sink them and blame the Allies, but the prisoners were rescued by US soldiers.
Bielski was greatly underweight, spoke German and several east European languages and had lost faith in all religions. His teeth were smashed, his upper spine damaged and he had shrapnel in his left heel.
He testified at the Nuremberg trials of Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Hermann Goering and Oswald Pohl. In 1997 the Shoah Foundation Library, University of California, interviewed him on camera for many hours. The NSW State Library also interviewed him.
He was also active in tracing other Nazi war criminals, was a member of the Polish Socialist Party and the Polish Combatants Association, and ran a Polish language newspaper, the Literary Review.
He arrived in Australia in late 1949 and was sent to the Bathurst Migrant Camp, where he quickly learned English. He was assigned to work in the leprosarium at Little Bay.
However, the Australian Workers Union, wanting to reach out to immigrant workers, sought advice from the International Federation of Free Trade Unions, who recommended Bielski. He began working for the AWU in 1950 as an organiser and wrote articles in many languages on Australian labour law in the union journal. He was also a member of an ALP advisory committee on immigration.
In 1953 Bielski met and married Joan Ward, later a well-known feminist and educator. Thus began 56 years of a long, happy, sometimes challenging, marital and intellectual relationship. He always said that meeting her was the best thing that ever happened to him.
Bielski worked for the AWU for 10 years until he realised the contempt with which it treated immigrant members. Bielski spoke out about this and was beaten up and later arrested, charged with stealing office paper. The charge was dismissed.
He was then nominated for state secretary, and the union said he was ineligible to do so. In a court action that followed, the AWU produced a loose-leaf minute book as proof he was ineligible, and the court ruled in the union's favour. The union's barrister said many years later: "With hindsight, I think my clients committed perjury."
Bielski and others then formed the New Citizens Council, on a low subscription basis, providing industrial advice, document translation services and job placement for immigrant workers. He was secretary for about eight years.
Many council members were older single males with no relatives in Australia, who asked Bielski to be the executor of their wills. In August 1970 he was arrested and charged with forging signatures on the wills. After being bailed, he left Australia. The wills were subsequently probated without question. No effort was made to find him and the matter was not proceeded with.
Bielski travelled, and wrote on art and music and on politics for Polish language newspapers in France, Britain and the US. Joan visited him frequently from Australia.
He returned to Australia in 1978 and entered the most peaceful period of his life, spending time on his great loves - philosophy, history, the theatre, music, art and gardening.
In 1983, to his joy, his daughter Yola Theresa, born in Germany after the war but lost in the maelstrom of postwar Europe, found him. Yola had two daughters, and they had five children, so he became both a grandfather and great-grandfather.
Bielski is survived by Joan, Yola and her family, brothers-in-law James and Frank Ward and their families.
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Remember the Colonel and his greasy and sometimes delicious chicken, and his claim that it's "Finger lickin' good"? I sure do. It's amazing how long those ridiculous advertising campaigns stay in your mind.
De todos modos (anyway), if you want to express the same sentiment in Spanish, you can say "La comida es para chuparse los dedos".
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Context. Jesus’ running debate with the Pharisees and the scribes from Jerusalem continues unabated. The narrative in Mark 7 was placed between the bookends of the two stories of a miraculous feeding of the crowds (6:34-44 and 8:1-10). Last week’s conflict with the Pharisees and Jerusalem scribes was preceded by the story of Jesus walk on the water and the healing of the crowds. What follows the conflict encounter is the healing of the Canaanite child, the cure of the deaf-mute (23rd Sunday gospel), and the second feeding of the crowds.
Jesus seems to have concluded that there is simply a persisting blindness among the Pharisees that reflects a hardened heart for which no sign will be convincing. This is why Jesus warns his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees – that interior disposition that leads them away from the Kingdom of God already present among them (Mark 8:14-21). At the same time, Jesus hints that the disciples too may suffer from a degree of blindness – as they do not seem to grasp the fullness of the meaning of the miraculous feedings.
But even as Jesus warns them he continues his ministry of healing – in this instance, healing blindness. But note that the healing seems to occur in stages: blindness gives way to a less opaque seeing and eventually to clarity of sight. So too, if the apostles will remain with and in Jesus, they too will gradually come to fully “see” and understand the larger mission of the Holy One of God. (Mark 8:22-26) Mark’s gospel is the only one that records this particular miracle. This miracle story suggests three groups of people: (1) the uncured blind, (2) those who have received a touch from Jesus and see partially, and (3) those who have received the second touch and can see clearly.
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April 15, 2019 Tweet - "While we mourn a deeply painful tragedy at #NotreDameCathedral, let us join together in our commitment to see this symbol of faith and history rebuilt. My thoughts are with the people of France, and I salute the brave first responders on the scene."
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April 9, 2019 Tweet - "I said at my weekly press conference that House Democrats will work to pass appropriations bills through the House by the end of June, and the House will take action to set top-line funding levels so that we can get our work done on time."
April 9, 2019 Tweet - "House Democrats continue to be focused on lowering health care costs, and I'm pleased @EdLaborCmte just approved a bill to reverse the Trump Admin's expansion of junk health plans that increase the cost of comprehensive health insurance."
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April 4, 2019 Tweet - "Today, @EnergyCommerce is marking up #HR9, which prohibits @POTUS from withdrawing from the #ParisAgreement. Following consideration by committees, I will bring this bill to the Floor to address the threat posed by #ClimateChange to public health & the economy. #ActOnClimate"
April 3, 2019 Tweet - "Last week, the Trump Admin supported a court case that would end the #ACA, kick millions off coverage, & raise costs for millions more. This week, the House will vote on @RepColinAllred's resolution to condemn @POTUS' attempts to sabotage Americans' health care. #ProtectOurCare"
April 2, 2019 Tweet - "I spoke on the Floor today in support of @RepColinAllred's resolution to condemn President Trump's sabotage of the Affordable Care Act. I urge Republicans to join Democrats in voting to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions."
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Matt Damon sports some impressive abs and a false nose in "Invictus"
(CNN) -- As another Oscar season kicks into gear, Clint Eastwood returns with his annual contribution to Hollywood's self-esteem, in this case a solidly uplifting historical drama about President Nelson Mandela and South Africa's bid to win the Rugby World Cup in 1995.
Based on John Carlin's nonfiction book, "Invictus" follows in the tradition of blazed by screenwriter Peter Morgan in "The Last King of Scotland," "The Queen" and "Frost/Nixon."
All these films bask in the personal charisma of a political leader while interrogating, to some extent, his or her attempts to harness the will of the people. Curiously, while "Invictus" is credited to screenwriter Anthony Peckham, Eastwood has teamed up with Morgan for his next project.
Of course Nelson Mandela is no Richard Nixon, let alone an Idi Amin, and the film sometimes borders on hagiography.
Apparently Mandela suggested Morgan Freeman for the role himself, which is a bit like hand-picking the Almighty, but nevertheless feels appropriate.
Freeman only gestures towards Mandela's distinctive voice and speech pattern, but has the familiar dignity and flirtatious charm down pat: he makes it his business to know everyone on his staff by name and ask after their family -- especially the ladies.
When he assumes the presidency in 1994 after the first post-apartheid elections, Mandela is faced with innumerable problems, not least nearly 40 million citizens living in terrible poverty, many of them deprived of education, health care and basic sanitation.
Ministers and colleagues in the African National Congress are mystified when he breaks from his schedule and intercedes to overturn an order to abolish the Springboks, the rugby team that was hated in the townships as a symbol of the Afrikaans' regime.
Eastwood illustrates the problem very adroitly in the film's first shot: a slow pan from white kids playing rugger in a smartly appointed school field to sparsely dressed black children kicking a soccer ball across a patch of wasteland on the other side of the road. When Mandela and his entourage drive down between them, the black kids wave and cheer while the whites stand and watch in apprehensive silence.
Mandela realizes that axing the 'Boks will only alienate the Afrikaans and fuel their fear. But he also sees opportunity.
South Africa is due to host the Rugby World Cup in 1995. If they were to win it, the tournament might unite his new "Rainbow Nation." The trouble is, after years of international isolation they're rank outsiders even in their own eyes.
"Here is the problem: how to inspire people to be better than they think they are?" he says, or words to that effect, over afternoon tea with the frankly overawed team captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon sporting impressive abs and a false nose). At first Pienaar only dimly appreciates what his President is up to; he's offering himself as a talisman for the team.
Eastwood cast a rather more cynical eye over national morale-building in the homegrown "Flags of our Fathers."
Uniting the blacks behind a team with only one coloured player might be considered a skin-deep accomplishment, but "Invictus" makes the political calculation clear: South Africa needs to keep its white population if it's to function as a society. And it reminds us that in such dire circumstances, reconciliation is no mean feat.
Laconic as an actor, Eastwood the director has a tendency to underline and italicize his messages. "Invictus" could have been significantly shorter than 134 minutes and stronger for it. It could also have been improved with a less maudlin score than the gloop credited to Michael Stevens and Kyle Eastwood.
As a sports film, it's functional. But whatever its shortcomings, the movie has substance and conviction. At its heart is Mandela, a man who appreciates the value of symbols, and who continues to symbolize something very precious to the world.
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Moved out to the country?
It really depends on the town. I grew up 10 mins outside of a small country town (a post office, bakery, butcher, 2 grocers, hardware store, 2 petrol stations and 3 pubs) and the sense of community was awesome. It was a little gossipy as with all small towns but very friendly in general and just a real sense that we all had each other's back.
I moved to the city for 10 years and hubby and I decided we wanted a more slow peaceful life for the kids with lots of space and "greener grass". We moved to a little town about an hour out of the city (a post office, a general store/takeaway and a pub).
I wouldn't say it was the worst decision of our lives (because we learnt a lot of lessons) but we did absolutely hate it. It was so unbelievably bitchy and gossipy - I've never met more immature, petty and bitchy women in my life.
I would go to collect the mail from the post box and when I opened the box I'd hear the women on the other side (the queen bee and her group all worked together there) bitching about whoever just walked out - every single time.
The school was rough as hell (so much so that when we moved away and my daughter had her first day at her new school she ran out and said "mum! No one even hurt me once!"), we were "weird" because we don't drink much and the neighbors didn't have much to do with us after they found that out because the only way they socialised was by getting absolutely hammered together.
There were a lot of bogans but there were also a lot of just "country" people who seemed really lovely but once you got to know everyone they were all just really bitchy and miserable and alcoholics (but the women weren't alcoholics because they drank wine, which is fancy, so that doesn't count apparently).
I found myself having to dress down because I realised we had a reputation as rich snobs (later found out we got that rep just because we built our brand new house - which was pretty modest, plain but 4 bdr - and had a brand new car - a work car).
Didn't matter how nice I was, how helpful or friendly I tried to be, once the queen bee didn't like me (which was from the start) that was it, the main group of women wouldn't say boo to us - just smirk as I walked past. Their kids even started being rude to us and the mums would just stand there and giggle.
I think they were all just really bored and because they worked at the post office they knew everyone's business and it made them feel like they were really important.
We also hated being so far from everything. There was nothing to do. I missed being able to duck down to a cafe and grab a coffee with someone just to get out of the house. Or taking the kids to the park.
We lasted 2 years and sold up. We'd never in a million years consider living in the country again. It just wasn't for us.
I think to make a move to the country successful you need to be sure of the types of people there so you can make lots of friends. If you don't have friends to visit then you really don't have any reason to leave the house (apart from work, if you work) because everything is to far away to warrant a trip to do anything. But I guess that would also depend on the location. If you lived near a lake or river at least you could go fishing/swimming etc.
Like I said, I think it really depends on which town you go to.
- spend some time in the town on holiday a few times first and get to know the types of people there. Are they people you click with? Do you have things in common? Do you have the same drinking habits (lol)? How do people spend their time there?
Moved 1 hour away to the country. we have 6 acres. I built my house,( I was single), and met my husband a couple of weeks before the house was finshed.
We both love the quiet, and heaps of space around that we have. The kids love it, much better than living with really close neighbors.
Real rural as in on your own property or to a town?
As in actual country where they only have the small country towns and not close to the city.
I have lived in small towns for the last 20 years and prefer it to the city, but they do have a lot of cons. They are all different. I spent 12 years in a small town that didn't have a hospital, one supermarket, 2 pubs a fuel station, a post office and a bakery. Everything else was 3 hours away. You couldn't just go and buy a pair of shoes or an extra blanket in winter, pair of socks or undies. Stinking hot for 9 months of the year. You realise how much society rely on trucks when you live in a small town because if something happens to the road your town goes without fresh food, no mail, can't even do a blood test. But I love the community spirit and everyones individual personality just make up the towns vibe. You always find the nutters in small towns but they make it what it is. Its great for the kids too because they can still be kids in the bush. You can let them walk to their mates or ride bikes up and down the street without worrying.
I live in the country, I love the city but not to live in.
There are tons of pros and cons, There are mininal places to eat out, the shopping is terrible, our closest kmart is 3 hours away 😞 we tend to go on holidays as much as we can afford to for a change of scenery, it can be boring if you don't feel like doing anything outsldoorsy or the weather doesn't allow you to, job oppurtunities are far more limited if you need new employment, the hospital here doesn't do a lot of things which means staying (and paying) in the city of any of the kids need a hospital stay, there are lots of negatives but also tonnes of positives.
Have you spent much time in the country? If not you probably should before making such a life changing leap.
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William Shakespeare (/ˈʃeɪkspɪər/; 26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some the best work produced in these genres even today. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, John Heminges and Henry Condell, two friends and fellow actors of Shakespeare, published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's. It was prefaced with a poem by Ben Jonson, in which Shakespeare is hailed, presciently, as "not of an age, but for all time."Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the 19th century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry". In the 20th century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed, and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.
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The Republic of Macedonia, a small landlocked Balkan state, has been in dispute with its neighbour Greece over its name ever since its creation after the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. This is, in a nutshell, due to the historic Ottoman region of Macedonia encompassing an area much larger than the modern Macedonian state, including large sections of modern-day Bulgaria and Greece. Thus, many Greek administrations have seen the decision to name Macedonia as it is as a co-opting of historic Greek culture by a people who have less cultural right to it than they do. This has led to tensions between the two nations, and fired up nationalist sentiment on both sides. On January 21st and February 5th, two large protests were held in Greece, counting 90,000 and 140,000 people showing their dissatisfaction with the possible settling of the decades-long dispute.
Almost immediately following the state’s creation, Greece imposed a trade embargo on the new republic, which was only lifted after 19 months following concessions from Macedonia. These included Macedonia agreeing to remove the Star of Vergina, a 16-pointed star which Athens argued was an intrinsically Greek cultural symbol deriving from the legacy of Alexander the Great, from its flag. Greece also blocked the recognition of Macedonia by the pre-EU institution, the European Community, arguing that the country’s name implied ‘territorial ambitions’ on northern Greece. Macedonia had to agree to formally remove any hint of territorial ambition on historic Macedonia in its constitution as a part of this deal. Nationalist tensions have been contributed by the different ethnic makeups of the two countries – with Macedonia predominantly Slavic, and Greece Greek.
The many dimensions at play in this dispute are why it has lasted so incredibly long – 27 years in 2018. Relations seemed to be improving between the two nations in the period 2000-2008 with talks about qualifying Macedonia’s name to distinguish the state from the region, only to again deteriorated rapidly. Greece blocked Macedonia’s talks with NATO and Macedonia responded by actively renaming public infrastructure after Alexander the Great, which to some Greeks was further evidence that Macedonia was trying to steal their cultural identity.
Diplomatically, there seem to be progress once more, with the leaders of both countries eager to settle the dispute, having spoken at the Davos summit on the issue. Greek leader Alexis Tsipiras stated that ‘[Greece] doesn’t want only to solve the name issue. We want to build the relations of our countries on sound foundations’, while the Macedonian leader Zoran Zaev said he wanted Greece to be ‘counterparts in the EU and allies in NATO’ with his country. However, national emotions in this case have proven to be extremely elevated and protest turn-out continues to be very high, so the settlement might not go as smoothly as the leaders’ statements seem to suggest. Only time will tell, but after 27 years of contention over a name, resolution can’t come quickly enough.
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Are there any psychological tricks that can be used in chess to throw off an opponent regardless of rating? It also does not matter if it is the opening, middle, or end game.
By psychological, I really don't mean rude/annoying gestures to upset the opponent, but more tricks or tactics that have more to do with making psychological moves to throw an opponent off and they can be specific instances, for example, a specific move for a specific line that might make the opponent wonder "what is going on here...".
Sometimes when your opponent is in zeitnot (English: "time trouble"), it can make him nervous if you repeat moves a couple of times.
Also when your opponent in zeitnot, it is a good idea to think on your moves thoroughly and not to try to play as fast as your opponent does. This also applies to when you're in zeitnot; you should at least try to make your opponent play as fast as you do.
I often try to learn rarely used variations to disappoint my opponent and make him think with his own brain instead of mindlessly replaying moves from theory.
If I know that my opponent is rather a strategic player, I will try to play very tactical positions against him and to overcalculate him. When my opponent is better at tactics then I'll try to play more closed, maneuvering positions. In other words, when I know my opponent well, I'll try to play positions that he feels least comfortable in.
I've heard of other tricks of questionable taste, and I personally don't think they fall under "fair play" in my understanding of it.
Another thing I always do (though it is hardly psychological), is that I never inform my opponent if he forgot to press his clock. I use his time for analyzing position, and do my move only after the opponent pressed the clock.
This episode from a game in the 1961 Botvinnik - Tal match does not directly answer the question, but I believe is interesting enough to point out.
"After two days of play and two sleepless nights I was thoroughly tired out, yet I did not take my usual thermos flask of coffee with me to the adjournment session - this would be the most weighty proof that I would make just a few more moves and then resign the game. It was during these few moves that Tal had to miss the stalemate". - Botvinnik.
Draw offers are useful for psychological reasons, provided of course that you don't particularly mind getting a draw as a result of your offer now and then.
Let's say you have a more or less equal position, where both players have to play pretty cautiously, neither can really attack at the moment. Then you offer a draw, and your opponent declines. Now he will a) feel morally obligated to play for the win, and b) believe you are only playing for a draw! This leads to excessive risk taking by your opponent.
Another way to use them is to be just slightly obnoxious, when you know he isn't going to accept. Let's say you know he's traveled two hours to get here, he outrates you and you offer a draw after 8 moves. Irritated people have trouble staying objective and he's more likely to take excessive risks, again. Although I don't actually do this as I think it's over the line.
Another thing I do is when I'm walking around while my opponent is thinking, and he is really using too much time for this move and seems unable to make up his mind, then I will continue walking around. The moment you sit down is often the moment they take a decision and make a move, I want to make them waste as much time as possible in those situations.
Of course, when I'm walking around, notice I've actually made a blunder but he may not have seen the combination yet, then I will sit down immediately hoping he'll promptly move... If he doesn't, just get up again.
As mentioned in comments, staring at your opponent might off-balance some of them, just as behaving abnormally in anyway — constantly replacing pieces, or smiling as if there was a reason comes to mind.
As I mention elsewhere, you can try the long-shot trick of not pressing your clock to distract them. Probably not achieving much though.
Obviously nothing of that belongs to fair play, but I guess that's not much of this question's issue.
What actually happened to me in the last game of a 15-minutes tournament, as I had not much time remaining¹ was my opponent² — in an obviously losing position — play very fast, misplacing many pieces on the way, and, as I played my move and replaced some pieces on their squares, play his, and pretend I had touched the piece I was replacing, therefore had to play it³.
As I made the move I wanted, he would move the piece back and press his clock again, repeatedly, muttering some foreign words⁴ about “having to play”. In the end, he would keep his finger pressed on the mechanical clock, preventing me from stopping it. I lost most of my time to all of that, and wouldn't have had enough to mate would he have played till the end after the referee finally came and let me play the bishop. Hopefully, he just went self-righteous against the referee, so I won by “that”.
Not very psychological, will definitely get you a bad reputation, and unlikely to achieve anything in major events, but definitely throws-off your opponent, probably also for the next game. Rank pressure helps, especially after a tense game, etc.
¹ Like 4 minutes : well enough to win the endgame-with-a-bishop-advantage the combination we where playing lead to, but not enough to deal with nasty clock tricks.
² Ranked ~150 better than I did, he was playing for a prize, I was playing for 4th place and to enhance a friend's prize.
³ Hence faking a trebuchet zugzwang where I was about to move the said bishop.
⁴ It sounded like engrish, but in a French town that'll definitely catch off-guards your usual chess player.
TL;DR: When your opponent has an extremely cramped position, sometimes they can "crack" and make bad moves (if you don't help them out of it, and give them time).
The Chessmaster series of games had an (IMHO) excellent set of instructional videos by Josh Waitzkin. Although probably nothing revolutionary, he had one regarding the psychology of chess, which I've found to be very interesting.
One of the concepts involved games where your opponent found themselves in a cramped (but otherwise balanced / drawish) position. Here, if you are able to bide your time (in such a way that you don't give up tempo), you can often cause your opponent to attempt to break out of the cramped position without sufficient preparation. In the video, Josh played quiet moves to bide his time, and without any obvious forced defensive moves to play, his opponent had to try come up with something new. Unfortunately for the opponent, there were no "excellent" moves present; he really had no way to break the position open in a way that was beneficial (but neither did the other player). Objectively, the position was equal, but one player felt that pressure was building up. Eventually, Josh's opponent decided to open the game up, and ended up losing very quickly.
I guess this would be the chess equivalent of "give somebody enough rope (to hang themselves)", and it's also a pretty good example of legitimate psychological tricks in chess. I'm not sure how this would apply at high levels of play, but it's certainly applicable up to low-level tournament play, in my opinion. If you do decide to try this, just make sure you're not giving your opponent the free tempos they need to win the game (this is the hard part).
One suggestion I read, and really liked -- is that your opponent is more likely to miss a tactic if it looks like an ordinary developing move.
If your opponent is low on time, try to keep the position complicated. Avoid making moves that have an obvious answer (e.g., captures and checks), and try to keep tension on the board, so that he has lots of options to consider every move.
Every player has his own habit: one will first make his move and then write it down, while another will do things the other way around. Incidentally, in recent years Fischer has actively objected to this 'other way round', expressing the opinion that a scoresheet is not a black-board for writing down exercises. However, in our game Fischer first wrote down the move 22.Rae1!, without a doubt the strongest, and wrote it not in his usual English notation but in European, almost Russian! Then he not very deftly pushed the scoresheet towards me. 'He's asking for an endorsement', I thought to myself, but how was I to react? To frown was impossible, if I smiled he would suspect 'trickery', so I did the natural thing. I got up and began to calmly walk up and down the stage. I met Petrosian, made some joke to him, and he replied. The 15-year-old Fischer, who was essentially still only a large child, sat with a confused expression on his face, looking first at the front row of spectators where his second was sitting, and then at me.
This is the 1914 St. Petersburg Tournament, where the first Grand Master titles were allegedly invested on the top five players by none other than Czar Nicholas II (they were Lasker, Alekhine, Capablanca, Tarrasch, and Marshall). It was the most important tournament at the time and Lasker as reigning World champion had a moral obligation to win, particularly since he had not played in a tournament for five years.
Unfortunately for him there was this young upstart by the name of Capablanca who had only won one major event (San Sebastian 1911), and who pulled ahead to first position. At the very end, Lasker was trailing by half a point, and a win was necessary. In the second to last round he met Capablanca, and the stage was set for an epic clash. Needing a win against an all-confident opponent, Lasker decided to play the exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez. This surprised everyone since this choice leads to the elimination of queens and drawish endgames. Needless to say, Capablanca lowered his guard and was unprepared when Lasker's real strength came to the surface. The champion outplayed the newcomer, edged ahead in the table, and won the tournament by 1/2 a point.
Something I like to do in online chess is if I lose a Pawn or more in material, and if I'm higher rated, I offer them a draw. That usually burns a few seconds on the clock as they try to weigh the utility of accepting the draw while up material or whether or not they should play on and convert, but the opportunity cost of them even contemplating this decision means they lose time on the clock.
It's kinda stupid, maybe disrespectful, and will definitely make your opponent rage if they decide to play on and lose, but just a little something I like to do.
If you are interested in this topic, there is a book called "How to get lucky in chess" that you should look up and download (pretty sure there is a pirated copy somewhere online) that discusses issues you ask about in your post.
If he just got into time trouble and he is hovering at the board, hand ready to move, eyes wide open … wait (if you still have plenty of time). After 15-20 min his adrenalin level will drop and he will be much less ready to deal with what follows.
Don't go for a forcing variation. If possible, change the pawn structure. Play in time trouble is often conducted on a higher level than blitz, because the time trouble addict can draw on all his thoughts about the structure from earlier in the game. If you change the pawn structure, you take that away from him. If you cannot change the pawn structure, just making a quiet move is often very hard to react to.
Think deeply about the position and try to anticipate his response. Then bang out the next 3-4 moves. If you have done it right, he will be in terra incognita, with no time, low adrenaline and a new pawn structure to adapt to.
Another little thing, that for some reason works incredibly well against some players: If you see him fall into deep thought, stand up and go away from the board. But whenever he straightens up and seems ready to move, go back to the board and just look at the position. Often that is enough to make him "go back to sleep" again.
Here's another trick it's worth knowing about. It's not one I've ever managed to pull but I've fallen for it a few times and lately I've managed to spot it and avoid it. Sadly I didn't learn the trick by analyzing what was going on in my games rather I spotted it when watching friends fall for it.
The setup: a 400+ rating difference and the game is heading for a draw! In fact it is dead drawn. So dead drawn that as long as the weaker player steadfastly sticks to his ambition to draw it is going to be a draw.
With such a large rating difference the stronger player really can't afford a draw. The tactical draw offer isn't likely to work. The stronger player can't accept the draw. So, what is he going to do? What he needs is a sucker punch.
My club runs a regular Monday night 9 round Swiss standard FIDE rated competition with large enough prizes that 3 or 4 grandmasters will usually turn up to hoover up the prize money. Nevertheless for us low life players we occasionally get the chance for a shot at glory against one of these chess demi-gods. Usually it ends quickly and ignominiously, fortunately before any of our friends' games have finished so they don't witness our humiliation.
But once or twice a year you'll get up from the finish of your game, look up to see how Joe is getting on against the GM and, lo and behold! the pair of them are still sitting at the table. Maybe he's in there with a chance?
About a year or so ago I got up in that situation and saw that a regular sparring partner was in that exact position. Not only that, the game looked to be a dead draw. 2 rooks and a few pawns each, a couple of weaknesses each, no real chance to mount a serious attack against any of the weaknesses. All Joe had to do was hold his nerve and glory (at least from his peers) was guaranteed.
They must have just recently reached the position because Joe made the regulation draw offer and without blinking or hesitating the GM made his move and pressed his clock. What followed was some fairly meaningless looking maneuvering by the GM. Joe didn't move from his bunker. Then the GM made a weak looking move. Joe could move one of his rooks into the GM's position and make a couple of threats. They were easy enough to parry but there was no danger. If the threats didn't come off Joe could always move his rook back into the bunker.
The GM parried the threats but did so clumsily. Joe could, if he wanted penetrate even deeper and it looked like he could win a pawn. However with my extra 200 ratings courtesy of supporting my weight on my feet rather than backside I could see that once that pawn was won the rook would take a while to get back into play and in the meantime his remaining bunkered rook and king wouldn't be able to handle the threats from the GM's two rooks and king.
"Don't do it!" I wanted to shout, but it wouldn't have made any difference, apart from getting me thrown out. Joe was seeing through red mist, he thought he'd won the lottery. He wasn't just going to draw with the GM, he was going to win! The GM landed his sucker punch and Joe was the sucker.
Losing a dead drawn game to one of your peers hurts a bit but doing so against a much, much stronger really hurts. It hurts so much that the pain spreads to the spectators. Everybody loves an underdog and an upset and you nearly did it.
Why did it happen? If you're like me your whole game plan was aimed at the draw. Luck was on your side and you cooly managed to execute 98% of the plan. You did the hard work but at the last moment you let emotion overwhelm your rational side and fell for a cheap trick from the GM.
Remember the GM has earned his title. If he appears to do something stupid just remember who you are playing. You have two choices. The first is to trust your opponent and stick to your plan blindly. A bird in the hand and all that. Opportunities like that are scarce. The second option is to suspect that despite all the evidence your opponent has made a mistake. After all, he played badly enough to let you get the drawn position in the first place. Maybe it just isn't his day?
If you are going to do that you better have plenty of time on your clock and you better put in your maximum effort in analyzing the consequences.
If you massively outrate your opponent and you end up in very drawn position what do you do? You give him hope of even greater glory, a win! You lure him gradually down a path of getting more and more out of position with the promise of material or positional gain. Only you've seen just a little bit further. The alluring path leads to his doom.
This is an old trick and is standard procedure against computers, usually with prepared variations. Often prepared with the help of computers ;-) Lure the computer with a sacrifice who's payoff is outside the computer's calculation range and it will blindly fall into the trap.
As already pointed out the tactical draw offer is a fine psychological weapon.
The variant that I used to fall for and then later adopted went like this.
The Setup: A rating difference (ELO or equivalent) of 100 - 200 points. The weaker player struggling in the opening.
The Hit: Just as you are about to equalize make the offer.
The Psychology: Improving kiddies in my chess club used to do this regularly to me as their ratings approached mine. The feeling in the "mark" is one of indignation. "How dare this patzer / pipsqueak (or whatever) make such an impudent offer? I'm going to crush the little ****!"
The losing blunder often follows shortly afterwards.
Once I cottoned on to what was happening I managed to fix my attitude and even used the ploy myself successfully a few times against a stronger player in our club.
EDIT: I've been rereading Jonathan Rowson's "Chess for Zebras" ( an excellent book, by the way) and came across this example where he fell for the tactical draw offer from the weaker player. I've just included two of Rowson's comments. He comments almost every line at times giving great insight into his thinking.
My opponent offered a draw with this move. Had I accepted, the match would also have been drawn, and this would have been a huge disappointment for our team, but not a complete disaster. In any case, I didn't really come to terms with the fact that my position had deteriorated over the last few moves, and I felt somehow possessed, as if I had to win this game at all costs. I arrogantly rejected the offer with an immediate "No!" and this arrogance tainted my thinking in what follows.
A truly painful defeat, compounded by the fact that it meant our team lost the match, and with it any realistic chance of winning the league that year. In any case, this game made a deep impression on me and I resolved to understand what happened, not so much on the board, but psychologically - in terms of my competitive attitude.
Whether or not you try any of these tricks in your own games you should take away one important point. You should work out in advance what your approach is to draw offers to make sure you yourself don't fall for these tricks.
The first point to note is that the reason your rating is 200 points higher than your opponents is because over the long run you make fewer mistakes than your opponent. It does not mean that you are superior to him in every way nor are you entitled to win every game. There will be days when he plays well and you play badly and if he offers you a draw when he is clearly winning then take it!
1) Is it just too early? I'm enjoying myself too much in the struggle?
2) Do I have a plan to win the game?
If both answers are no then I accept the offer.
Special circumstances and question 1 are answered very quickly. For question 2 I can take as much time as I have left on the clock minus the time I estimate it will take to implement the plan. Take my time, try and work out a winning plan. If I don't find one then irrespective of our relative ratings I accept the offer. It must be a good day for him and a bad day for me but let's not make it worse.
The only ethical psychological "tactics" in my opinion are 1) getting opponent out of "book" by playing "unusual" moves, 2) playing "trappy" openings if you want to risk opponent already knowing the trap (e.g. Blackburne Shilling, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 (4.Nxe5? Qg5)), and 3) if opponent is not using good time management, that is, playing either too slowly or too quickly, then shade your own time management in the opposite direction -- play just a little quicker against dragging opponents and a little more deliberately against impatient opponents.
If you are the underdog (in rating points), be satisfied with a draw. Let him come to you, because he will lose rating points from a draw, and you will gain them. He is likely to overreach in those circumstances.
As a previous poster pointed out, make sure that you calculate any potentially winning candidate in that situation right to the end. What's the best move for each player after everything has settled down and you're ahead in material or positionally? If you find another potential tactic, your analysis isn't finished.
As for draw offers, by all means make one if you think a) the draw would be a good result for you, and b) it might antagonize him. Nigel Short once said, "If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse." So, expect the draw offer to be rejected unless your opponent has demonstrated that he's committed to winning.
Don't make repeated draw offers. It constitutes annoying behavior, and can get penalized.
If your opponent is low on time and you have plenty, don't try to blitz him in the hope that you'll deprive him of thinking time on your move. You have an advantage; use it. I once played an opponent rated 250 ELO higher than me, and pinned one of his pieces. There was no way out, but he thought for half his time about how to fix the problem. I just walked around the room for nearly half an hour, letting him stew.
He finally made a move when he had only 15 minutes left on his clock, and I had nearly 45. When he got down to a minute left on his clock, he went for an all-out pawn storm against my king's position. After each of his moves, made in 10 seconds or less, I would spend at least 45 seconds on an obvious reply, and 3-4 minutes on moves that could complicate the position but were still winning. I burned another 15+ minutes playing defense, but when it was over, his attack was simply coming apart, and he lost on time anyway.
BTW: Don't mess around with using the scoresheet in psychological games. USCF has changed the rules so that the player must make his move before he writes it down. Writing it down first can (and should) be claimed as illegal, and earn you a time penalty.
There's an old example that I forget when and where it happened, but a man wrote very clearly each move he made before he made it. Of course this took some extra time, but an opponent was sure to notice it.
At some point when he was in not such a good position, he wrote down three moves ahead, the sign for losing the game for himself.
That particular opponent interpreted this as a concession coming, but curious to play three more moves.
After those three moves, he simply crossed out the concession and continued playing and his opponent, in euphoria, had lost significant position in those turns and ended up with a draw.
He was kind enough to say that this wasn't intentional on his opponent's part, but I'm not so sure.
Though... these kind of psychological tricks can be as much as a distraction as they can have an effect. Kinda like astrology sometimes.
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Introdução: É sabidamente conhecido que o exercício físico promove diversos efeitos benéficos no trato gastrointestinal. No entanto, entre indivíduos que praticam exercícios predominantemente aeróbios e de longa duração, como maratonistas, ciclistas e triatletas, a prevalência de sintomas gastrointestinais é frequente, condição que pode prejudicar o desempenho durante uma prova. Objetivo: avaliar a prevalência de sintomas gastrointestinais durante competição nacional de triathlon. Materiais e Métodos: Participaram do estudo 11 triatletas amadores, de ambos os sexos (33,3 ± 8,5 homens e 25,0% mulheres), idade (33,3 ± 8,5 anos), massa corporal (76,8 ± 9,1kg homens e 60,1 ± 4,4kg mulheres), que responderam ao final da prova um questionário sobre a presença de sintomas do trato gastrointestinal superior e inferior durante a competição. Resultados e Discussão: Das 14 ocorrências relatadas, 78,6% foram referentes ao trato gastrointestinal superior e apenas 21,4% relacionadas a sintomas inferiores. O sintoma de maior prevalência (36,0%) foi a eructação, seguido da dor lateral, que equivaleu a 21,0% da amostra avaliada. Diversos são os fatores etiológicos envolvidos no aparecimento dos sintomas gastrointestinais durante o exercício, como hipoperfusão intestinal, endotoxemia, desidratação, fatores dietéticos e mecânicos, bem como aspectos relacionados ao próprio exercício, os quais possivelmente explicam a prevalência sintomática observada no presente estudo. Conclusão: os triatletas avaliados apresentaram diversos sintomas gastrointestinais, sendo esses predominantemente do trato gastrointestinal superior.
Introduction: It is notoriously known that physical exercise promotes many beneficial effects on the gastrointestinal tract. However, among individuals practicing predominantly aerobic exercises and long-lasting, as runners, cyclists and triathletes, the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms is common, a condition that can impair performance during a race. Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms during national triathlon competition. Materials and Methods: The study included 11 amateur triathletes, of both sexes (33.3 ± 8.5% men and 25.0 women), age (33.3 ± 8.5 years), body weight (76.8 ± 9.1kg men and 60.1 ± 4.4kg women) who responded to the finish a questionnaire about the presence of symptoms of upper gastrointestinal tract and lower during the competition. Results and Discussion: Of the 14 reported incidents, 78.6% were related to upper gastrointestinal tract and only 21.4% related to lower symptoms. The most prevalent symptom (36.0%) was the belching, followed by lateral pain, which amounted to 21.0% of the sample. There are several etiologic factors involved in the onset of gastrointestinal symptoms during exercise, such as intestinal hypoperfusion endotoxemia, dehydration, diet, mechanical factors, as well as aspects related to the exercise, which possibly explains the symptomatic prevalence observed in this study. Conclusion: the evaluated triathletes had several gastrointestinal symptoms, and those of the upper gastrointestinal tract predominantly.
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To raise funds for this he was betrothed to Philippa, daughter of the count of Hainaut.
In 1373 to his grand-daughter Philippa, wife of Edmund Mortimer, and confirmed to Richard, duke of York, by Henry VI.
While residing here he captivated and seduced the beautiful daughter of the prince, Philippa, sister of the empress Maria.
Queenborough Castle was built about 1361 by Edward III., who named the town after Queen Philippa and made it a free borough, with a governing body of a mayor and two bailiffs.
In the summer he took part in an abortive campaign against the Scots, and was married to Philippa at York on the 24th of January 1328.
After the death of Queen Philippa he fell entirely under the influence of a greedy mistress named Alice Perrers, while the Black Prince and John of Gaunt became the leaders of sharply divided parties in the court and council of the king.
The opposition to John was led by the Black Prince and Edmund Mortimer, earl of March, the husband of Edward's grand-daughter,Philippa of Clarence.
In 1415 Ceuta was taken from the Moors by his sons who had been born to him by his wife Philippa, daughter of John, duke of Lancaster; specially distinguished in the siege was Prince Henry afterwards generally known as "the Navigator."
Prince Albert was costumed as Edward III., the queen as Queen Philippa, and all the gentlemen of the court as knights of Poitiers.
Lionel, the next surviving brother of the Black Prince, left an only child Philippa, who married the earl of March, in whose heirs was the right to the succession.
His next brother, Edmund of Langley, who was created duke of York (1385),(1385), founded the Yorkist line, and was father, by a daughter and co-heiress of Pedro the Cruel, king of Castile, of two sons, Edward, second duke, who was slain at Agincourt, and Richard, earl of Cambridge, who by marrying the granddaughter and eventual heiress of Lionel's daughter Philippa, brought the right to the succession into the house of York.
Philippa queen of Portugal and Elizabeth countess of Huntingdon.
And Queen Philippa, was born in March 1340 at Ghent, whence his name.
In 1387 he had married Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt; Richard II.
The three eldest sons of King John and Queen Philippa - Edward, Pedro and Henry, afterwards celebrated as Prince Henry the Navigator - desired to win knighthood by service against the Moors, the historic enemies of their country and creed.
His wife was Jeanne of Valois, niece of the French king; in 1323 the emperor Louis the Bavarian wedded his daughter Margaret; and in 1328 his third daughter, Philippa of Hainaut, was married to Edward III.
His inheritance was claimed by his eldest sister, the empress Margaret, as well as by Philippa of Hainaut, or in other words, by Edward III.
PHILIPPA OF HAINAUT (c. 1314-1369), queen of the English king Edward III., was the daughter of William the Good, count of Holland and Hainaut, and his wife Jeanne de Valois, granddaughter of Philip III.
Before 1 335 Philippa had established a small colony of Flemish weavers at Norwich, and she showed an active interest in the weaving trade by repeated visits to the town.
Philippa was the patron and friend of Froissart, who was her secretary from 1361 to 1366.
Edward Berkeley of Pylle in Somerset, head of a cadet line of the Bruton family, married Philippa Speke, whose mother was Joan, daughter of Sir John Portman of Orchard Portman, baronet.
Humphrey, Philippa, duke of married Gloucester.
He was the third (or, counting children who died in infancy, the fifth) son of John (Joao) I., the founder of the Aviz dynasty, under whom Portugal, victorious against Castile and against the Moors of Morocco, began to take a prominent place among European nations; his mother was Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt.
By Mary Bohun Henry had four sons: his successor Henry V., Thomas, duke of Clarence, John, duke of Bedford, and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester; and two daughters, Blanche, who married Louis III., elector palatine of the Rhine, and Philippa, who married Eric XIII., king of Sweden.
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A recent meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of acupuncture for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and arrived at bizarrely positive conclusions.
The authors state that they searched 4 electronic databases for double-blind, placebo-controlled trials investigating the efficacy of acupuncture in the management of IBS. Studies were screened for inclusion based on randomization, controls, and measurable outcomes reported.
Six RCTs were included in the meta-analysis, and 5 articles were of high quality. The pooled relative risk for clinical improvement with acupuncture was 1.75 (95%CI: 1.24-2.46, P = 0.001). Using two different statistical approaches, the authors confirmed the efficacy of acupuncture for treating IBS and concluded that acupuncture exhibits clinically and statistically significant control of IBS symptoms.
As IBS is a common and often difficult to treat condition, this would be great news! But is it true? We do not need to look far to find the embarrassing mistakes and – dare I say it? – lies on which this result was constructed.
The largest RCT included in this meta-analysis was neither placebo-controlled nor double blind; it was a pragmatic trial with the infamous ‘A+B versus B’ design. Here is the key part of its methods section: 116 patients were offered 10 weekly individualised acupuncture sessions plus usual care, 117 patients continued with usual care alone. Intriguingly, this was the ONLY one of the 6 RCTs with a significantly positive result!
The second largest study (as well as all the other trials) showed that acupuncture was no better than sham treatments. Here is the key quote from this trial: there was no statistically significant difference between acupuncture and sham acupuncture.
finally, this meta-analysis seems to be a prime example of scientific misconduct with the aim of creating a positive result out of data which are, in fact, negative.
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Explore surprising facts about one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War.
1. Confederate commander Braxton Bragg had fought near Chickamauga before.
Bragg, an 1837 graduate of West Point, was just 21 when he received his first military assignment, attached to the 3rd U.S. Artillery, first in Florida and then in Georgia and Tennessee. In 1838, Bragg was part of a unit tasked with rounding up members of the Cherokee tribe near Chattanooga and Chickamauga for settlement in the American West. More than 5,000 Cherokee died, primarily of disease and starvation, on the brutal 1,200-mile trek that became known as the Trail of Tears.
2. Future President James Garfield served at Chickamauga.
James Garfield joined the Union army in 1861, serving with distinction in Kentucky and at the Battles of Shiloh and Corinth. By September 1862, he had risen to the rank of brigadier general and was named chief-of-staff to General William Rosencrans. When the Union lines were breached at Chickamauga, Rosencrans and his staff tried to rally their troops, before retreating to Chattanooga. Just months later, Garfield—who had a been active in Republican politics in his native Ohio—was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, despite the fact that he was still in the army and had not actually campaigned for the office. He resigned his commission to enter Congress, and in later years would dramatically play up the importance of his role at Chickamauga, often at the expense of former commander Rosencrans. Garfield was elected president in 1880, but was shot just four months after his inauguration. The president lingered on for almost three months before succumbing to his wounds on September 19, 1881—the 18th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga.
3. James Longstreet caught a lucky break.
On the second day of the battle, confusion reigned at Union headquarters, as limited vision in the thick woods around Chickamauga caused a scout to erroneously report that a Union division was out of position, leaving Rosencrans’ with a gap in his line. The scout’s report was incorrect; the division was there, but partially hidden by the forest. Unaware of the mistake, Rosencrans ordered one of his generals, Thomas Wood, to close the gap, which Wood begrudgingly did (he was aware of the lack of a gap). By doing so, however, Wood opened up a real hole in the line, which Confederate General James Longstreet immediately exploited, decimating the Union forces.
4. New weapons played a key role in the battle.
Three months before the Battle of Chickamauga, Union Colonel John T. Wilder had garnered wide praise for his decisive role in the Union victory at Tullahoma, Tennessee. Crucial to Wilder’s success had been the newly introduced Spencer repeating rifles, capable of firing up to 20 rounds per minute, more than twice the speed of traditional firearms. Wilder and his well-armed men of the 17th Indiana Infantry Regiment saw action again on September 18, 1863, when they fought off approaching Confederate troops on the eve of Chickamauga. An on the battle’s second day, his mounted infantry was one of the only Union regiments to withstand James Longstreet’s assault and attempt a counterassault. Longstreet was so surprised by the barrage of firepower laid down by Wilder’s “Lightning Brigade” that he mistakenly believed a fresh group of Union reinforcements had arrived.
5. Union Major General George H. Thomas earned the nickname the “Rock of Chickamauga” after the battle.
The Virginia-born Thomas was a veteran of the Seminole and Mexican-American Wars and had served alongside Robert E. Lee and other future Confederate adversaries in Mexico before the outbreak of the Civil War. Choosing to stay loyal to the Union, he saw action at Corinth, Perryville and Stones River and was once offered command of the Army of the Ohio (soon renamed the Army of the Cumberland)—a post he refused. Serving under the Cumberland’s new commander, William Rosencrans, Thomas led the XIV Corps at Chickamauga, successfully (but temporarily) holding his line against the Confederate onslaught on Horseshoe Ridge and preventing a complete Union rout. It was reportedly Rosencrans’ chief-of-staff, James Garfield, who noted Thomas’ bravery, stating that the officer was “standing like a rock” in the face of certain defeat. The nickname stuck, and Ulysses S. Grant chose Thomas as Rosencrans’ successor at the helm of the Cumberland soon after.
6. The South won the battle, but Chickamauga is often referred to as the “death-knell” of the Confederacy.
Bragg’s decisive victory at Chickamauga came at a high cost, with more than 20 percent of his forces killed or wounded, including 10 generals. Instead of pressing his advantage after the victory, Bragg allowed the Federals to safely reach Chattanooga, intending to secure the heights around the city and lay siege to Union forces. When Ulysses S. Grant’s reinforcements arrived that fall, they drove the Confederates from the region. With Chattanooga secure, Sherman used the city as a base for his campaign against Atlanta in 1864.
7. It was the first National Military Park.
Thanks to the efforts of two Chickamauga veterans who had served in the Union army, a portion of the lands that saw fierce fighting in both that battle and the later clash at Chattanooga, were used to create the first National Military Park (NMP) in the United States. Officially opened in 1895, it served as the model for all future military parks, including those at Gettysburg, Shiloh and Vicksburg. Today, the Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP is comprised of more than 9,000 acres and receives nearly 1 million visitors annually.
8. Chickamauga was used by the U.S. military long after the Civil War.
Thanks to its strategic location at the junction of several rail lines, the battlefield at Chickamauga remained an important location for the U.S. army for more decades. In 1898, as conflict between Spain and the United States heated up, the grounds were used as a training site for soldiers, with more than 60,000 men passing through the site, which was temporarily renamed “Camp George H. Thomas.” A summer heat wave combined with hastily assembled facilities resulted in unhealthy conditions in the camp, and when a deadly typhoid epidemic it killed approximately 400 men—more than the total combat deaths the United States would suffer in the subsequent Spanish-American War.
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The chief cities are LiEge (the capital), Verviers, Herstal, Huy, and Seraing.
The province is French-speaking (see Walloons) except in the eastern districts of Eupen and MalmEdy, located near the German border, where the German language prevails.
LiEge is part of the industrial Meuse valley and of the agricultural Ardennes plateau.
Liege is a vibrant and friendly city known in French as the Citée ardente, due to the warmth and enthusiasm of the local folk.
Liege then became the capital of the indepedent Principality of Liege from the creation of the Holy Roman Empire (to which it belonged) in the late 10th century to the French Revolution in 1789, thus never belonging to the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands of the Habsburg family.
Liège (Dutch: Luik, German: Lüttich) is a major city located in the Belgian province of Liège, of which it is the capital.
It is situated in the valley of the Meuse River near Belgium's eastern borders with the Netherlands and Germany, at the point where the Meuse meets the Vesdre.
The city, and the surrounding province, was ruled by a prince-bishop.
Liège is the easternmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium.
It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and the Belgian provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Limburg.
It has a surface area of 3844 km² and is divided into four administrative districts (arrondissements in French) which contain 84 municipalities.
Though Liege is not a State capital, it is invested with important missions in diverse areas: political (as the capital of the Province); economic (the Vertbois site is the headquarters of many economic institutions of the Walloon Region); judiciary (tribunals and courts), educational (important network of secondary schools and higher education institutions), cultural, etc.
Liege is a motorway interchange, an obligatory route to the Netherlands, Germany and all of central Europe.
A tourist city, a city of hospitality, a passageway at the intersection of three borders, Liege is a cosmopolitan metropolis, as attested to by the composition of its population.
The city of Liege is the capital of Liege province.
Liege, heavily industrialized, was the economic engine of Belgium in the 19th century, but saw decline in the late 20th century with the closing of the local coal mines and heightened international competition.
The detetive novelist George Simenon is a Liege native.
The first capital of this diocese was Tongres, northeast of Liège; its territory originally belonged to the Diocese of Trier, then to Cologne; but after the first half of the fourth century Tongres received autonomous organization.
In the middle of the eighteenth century the ideas of the French encyclopédistes began to be received at Liège; Bishop de Velbruck (1772-84), encouraged their propagation and thus prepared the way for the Revolution, which burst upon the episcopal city on 18 August, 1789, during the reign of Bishop de Hoensbroech (1781-92).
After the establishment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the diocese comprised the Provinces of Liège and Limburg.
Two Belgian provinces have not offically adopted a flag: Hainaut and Liège.
Only one half of the current province of Liàge belonged to the former principality of Liège, represented by the perron and letters L and G. The other half was split between the former duchy of Limburg and abbey-principality of Stavelot-Malmédy, which are not represented on the provincial banner of arms.
Léon Nyssen, editor of Vexillacta [vxl], designed a flag proposal for the province of Liège and send it to the provincial authorities on 30 October 2001.
194,596), capital of LiEge prov., E Belgium, at the confluence of the Meuse and Ourthe rivers, near the Dutch and German borders.
Greater LiEge includes the suburbs of Herstal, OugrEe, and GrivegnEe.
It is located on the Albert Canal and on the LiEge-Maastricht Canal and is the center of a road and rail network connecting Belgium and Germany.
It lies on the right bank of the Meuse above Liege, with which it is connected by rail and tramway.
The Cockerill family has long disappeared, and the enterprise is now known as the John Cockerill Company It is one of the largest factories of engines and machineryapart from war materialon the continent.
Its headquarters occupy the old summer palace of the prince-bishops of Liege.
Today, the Province itself does not house any large construction plants, however, it is home to some 30 enterprises that earn their living by either manufacturing parts for the automotive industry or by shaping and equipping vehicles.
The Province of Liege is not only the home base of the steel group Cockerill Sambre, owned by Usinor which supplies steel to all the European car constructors, but also of Continental, producing tyres for trucks, and Faymonville, manufacturing trailers, bodies and caravans, as well as Jonathan’s Industries, preparing car-interiors and providing coach work-parts.
The Continental plant in Liege produces a part of the latest generation of eco-tyres that are economic and environmentally-friendly, in both their use of raw materials and the advantages they offer customers.
capital of Liège province, eastern Belgium, on the Meuse River at its confluence with the Ourthe.
Liège is the capital of Liège province, and is called Luik in Flemish and Lüttich in German.
He was quite at ease now about in spite of the dangers which threatened himself, he felt strangely calm ornaments taken off, and her couch carried on to one of the palace- broad-leaved plants, and a kind of awning.
From this veranda, she could look down into the great fore-court of the courtiers, generals and governors of provinces.
Anxiety and suspense eagerness, she could hear much that was said.
Geographically speaking first, the province of Liège is symbolically the border between Northern and Southern Europe at the intersection of the Latin and the Germanic world (in the Eastern Canton, German is spoken and Dutch localities are less than a dozen miles from Liège).
The province of Liège was also the first region of continental Europe that experienced that major change called Industrial Revolution, although it is yet covered with grass and woodland on nearly three-quarters of its territory.
The official websites of the Province de Liège (http://www.culture.prov-liege.be/index.go) and of the Ville de Liège (http://www.liege.be/cadreslg/cadvisit.htm) propose, in the cultural pages, all the useful information.
, a town of Belgium, in the province of Liege, not far from the Prussian frontier, and on the main line from Liege to Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne.
It is a modern town owing its prosperity to the cloth trade which began here in the 18th century.
A monument to a local celebrity named Chapuis - is interesting for the reason that his execution by order of the prince-bishop of Liege was the last act of sovereignty taken by that prelate.
Voeren is a Flemish enclave, squeezed between the Walloon province of Liège and the Netherlands.
Before the language laws, it actually was a part of the province of Liège, but it was turned over to the province of Limburg later on.
Moreover, in the thirthies, the municipal council pressed the point at the province of Liège that education of French in the schools of Voeren be intensified.
Local florists at Liege will deliver your next day and will be received by the recipient in his/her hands.
Flower Arrangements sent in Liege are created by proffesional Liege florists and are delivery in any part of Liege.
FTD Liege florists because Interflora its the name of FTD in Europe.
In 1225, the castle passes to the Prince-bishop of Liege due to the absence of heir.
The head of the family still lives in the 17th-century château d'Oultremont in Warnant, a village a few kilometres north of Moha and Huy, although it is not open to the public.
Prince-bishop Adolph de la Marck reinforces the walls of Moha in 1315, and in 1345 Englebert de la Mark is crown prince-bishop of Liege in the castle of Moha.
In 1814–1815, with the formation of the new Kingdom of the Netherlands, one of the new provinces was to receive the name Maastricht, after its capital.
When the Netherlands and Belgium separated in 1830, there was support for adding Limburg to Belgium, but in the end (1839) the province was divided in two, with the eastern part going to the Netherlands and the western part to Belgium.
The south of the province is remarkable when compared to the rest of the country, as it is one of the few regions that has hills.
This spring, The Province of Liege was represented at the Bio’2000 Congress in Boston.
The Province of Liege was present because of its impressive wealth of knowledge in the area of biotechnology and its related fields.
It established itself in Liege in 1996 and operates in the field of sterilisation of disposable medicines through a so-called ethylon-oxide technology.
Bouillon is in Belgium, province of Luxembourg, close to the French border.
In fact, the present-day arms and flag of the province of Liége include a quarter with the arms of Bouillon.
But, at the Congress of Aachen where the four Allied Powers were assembled, it was decided that, since the question of sovereignty had been settled, the dispute bore only on private matters which were within the purview of the local courts.
Huy was then included as a "good city" in the principality-bishopric of Liege.
The flag is not recognized by the Heraldic Council of the French Community in Belgium.
The bisshopic, originally founded in Tongeren (in the present-day Belgian province of Limburg), and in the 4th century moved to Maastricht (nowadays in the Dutch province of Limburg), resided since the 8th century in Liège.
The episcopal bisshopic stayed out of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands, but became occupied by the French in 1794, and was annexed in 1801.
In 1815, it became Dutch territory, but since the revolution of 1830 it has been a Belgian province.
Another idiosyncrasy survives today: the head of the province, referred to as the "Queen's Commissioner" in other provinces, is addressed as "Governor" in Limburg.
The daily affairs of the province are taken care of by the Gedeputeerde Staten, which are also headed by the Queen's Commissioner (Governor); its members (gedeputeerden) can be compared with ministers.
The most important river is the Meuse, that passes through the entire length of the province from South to North.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 3 -- The Province of Liege, Belgium has announced significant investment incentives for automotive companies, including an industrial park next to the famous Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix track created exclusively for automotive engineering enterprises.
Jean-Paul Dispas, international relations counselor for Liege's economic development agency, will be at the University of Michigan's Automotive Briefing Seminars here on August 2-6 to present information about Liege's strategic advantages to the leaders of the global auto industry.
Liege is an especially strategic location for a distribution center, Mr.
Voeren (French: Fourons) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
Voeren has been a part of the province of Liège from the French occupation (1794) until 1963 when it was transferred to the province of Limburg, and thus became part of Flanders.
Voeren is economically dependent on the province of Liège so most people in Voeren got an education in Wallonia.
Taking advantage of this favourable situation, the province of Liege has built up a top-level transportation infrastructure incorporating the most advanced facilities for road, water, air and rail transports.
For goods transportation, the city of Liege is connected to the major European economic and industrial zones through the seven dedicated links of the Belgian Railways guaranteeing rapid and reliable transportation.
A large number of stations are also spread in the whole province.
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How to create additional guides.
To create additional guides, hold down the Ctrl key, then drag on an existing one. To eliminate guides, drag them off the edge of the slide.
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Fill a key role in our Business Planning & Analytics Team, the analytic hub of NVIDIA product marketing organization.
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Today, visual computing is becoming increasingly central to how people interact with technology. NVIDIA is built on a foundation of leadership in visual computing. We attract the best minds in the field. And we build technologies and products that span its entire spectrum - from fundamental inventions, to processors incorporating our GPUs, to system components, to fully integrated systems.
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Do you have a toddler or preschooler at home where you would like get her engaged in some fun early childhood reading activities?
I’ve come up with a three fun pre-reading activities you can do with your child, that not only introduces her to the alphabet, builds up her memory skills, but also have fun learning through play!
Young kids are busy workers who learn best through play. So while you might be anxious for her to learn through a more formal structure, informal play is the best learning medium for young kids.
Does your child recognize the alphabet? Usually kids learn to identify the uppercase letters first while the lowercase letters recognition come later.
Give your child a fun activity to do so she could learn to identify both the lower and uppercase letters.
Create two sets of letters of the alphabet on index cards, with one set printed with the uppercase letters in one color, and the other set printed with the lowercase letters in another color.
After you’ve completed both sets, have one set of cards lay out on the floor or table with letter side up. Then have your kid pick out a card from the other pile of cards and match it with its partner card from the floor or table.
This activity will also build on her memory skills.
Gather some magazines, scrapbook paper, scissors and glue and you’re set to go.
Firstly create a scrapbook with 26 pages, and on each page, print out a letter from the alphabet. Include both the upper and lowercase letter.
Then for each of the 26 letters, have your child pick out about three object pictures he likes from some old magazines. Clip out the pictures and glue them onto the corresponding letter page.
For example, for letter A, find pictures of an apple, an ant, and an arrow. For letter B, find pictures of a baby, a boy, and a box.
This activity will demonstrate to your child that each letter could be used to represent different things, and let him know that things in daily lives could be associated with letters. The completed scrapbook could be used for his independent reading.
My son was given a set of word and picture flash cards from his older twin cousins when he was a young toddler. I used to show him the cards and read out the words of the pictures to him. Through repetition, he soon picked up that pictures are associated with words.
Later on, he would take out the stack of cards and lay them on the bed on his own, where he would “study” the pictures and look at the words himself. Naturally over time, he is able to identify the pictures and read the names of the objects.
You can create your own DIY version by gathering some index cards and old magazines. On one side of the index card, cut out and glue on an object your child likes from the magazines. At the back of the index card, print out the name of the object.
Show your child the picture and have him name the object. Then flip over the card and show the name printed on the back of the card. Point under the word and move your finger along as you sound out the word slowly to your child. This will help him understand that words are made up of letter sounds.
As your child grows in his reading confidence, have him read the words first before showing him the picture.
What other fun early reading activities have you been through with your child? Leave a comment below and I’d love to read them!
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The Native Americans were the local people in North America who occupied the boundaries of the today's continental United States. When European adventurers came to North America, they were able to conquer the Native Americans in their North American continent due to various disadvantages they faced. Some of the factors that made them vulnerable include their vulnerability to diseases and the high level of technology of the European Technology.
Europeans brought diseases in the continent that the Native Americans did not have immunity to. The Native Americans had also never been exposed to such diseases unlike the Europeans who had developed resistance to their diseases. Both communities suffered for the disease but Europeans suffered just minor ailments and did not experience the full force of the diseases. Since they were disease of the European origin, the Europeans had developed drugs and other remedies to assist them in dealing with the diseases. Their immunity had become well developed to resist such diseases. On the other hand, the Native Americans lacked all these abilities since the diseases were new to them. Their bodies were therefore severely affected by these diseases and the Europeans took advantage of this and were able to conquer them.
Europeans had very superior technology that was very new to the Native Americans. The Native Americans had never experienced things like the gun powder, the firearms and the wheel by the time the Europeans arrived in the continent. Europeans had very high level of technology that the Native Americans had never experienced and therefore had no mobility to fight the European conquests. Europeans had rifles, horses and carriages that aided in mobility during the conquest.
Other reasons for Native Americans' Vulnerability include the large number of the invaders, slavery tactics used by the Europeans, the strong warfare, and general abuse that led to death of almost 99 percent of the Native Americans.
Diseases and high level technology were the main elements used by the Europeans in conquering the Native Americans. The disease weakened them since they had never been exposed to such diseases and were easily conquered by the Europeans.
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I am approaching the 6 years of H-1B status in United States. Can I ask my employer to file PERM Labor Certification for me now? or is it too late for me? and what are the rules for H-1B extensions beyond 6 years?
The allowable time for H-1B status in U.S. is 6 years. For an alien to be eligible to extend H-1B status beyond 6 years, it is necessary to qualify certain requirements and conditions, as defined in the "American Competitiveness in the Twenty First Century Act (AC21)". The first requirement is that the H-1B holder must be the beneficiary of an Labor Certification filed 365 days before (known as the 365-day rule), or the Labor Certification and USCIS Form I-140 must be approved already.
The 365-day rule relates to an alien's ability to extend the H-1B status beyond 6 years. Therefore, it is often recommended that the U.S. employer should file the PERM Labor Certification application at least 365 days before the end of the six years of H-1B status, but it does not mean that the PERM Labor Certification cannot be filed within the 6th year of H-1B status.
The outcome of a Labor Certification filing is not connected to the time the beneficiary has remaining in H-1B status. A Labor Certification application decision does not depend upon the immigration status of the alien beneficiary. The U.S. Green Card application is related to a future job offer concept, unlike the ability to obtain H-1B extensions to live and work legally in U.S.
Some aliens with H-1B status often ask whether it is too late for the U.S. employer to file a PERM Labor Certification for them, because they are approaching the 6th year of H-1B status, and the economic downturn have delayed the employer's ability to file the PERM Labor Certification early for these H-1B status holders. Some people may assume that it is difficult to file a PERM Labor Certification, if one is in the 6th year of H-1B status already, but actually Labor Certification can be filed at any time, even in the 6 years of H-1B status in U.S.
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It is one of the most debated concepts in psychology, whether altriusm is a result of nature or nurture.
Now, a pair of Stanford psychologists has conducted a new series of experiments that show altruism has environmental triggers, and is not something we are simply born with.
In 2006, a study involving toddlers found that the 18-month-olds were willing to provide a helping hand to the experimenters without being prompted.
This expression of altruistic behaviour in such young children aligned with what many scientists believed to be an expression of innate altruism, and the findings have served as the basis for dozens of studies since.
However, Rodolfo Cortes Barragan, a psychology graduate student at Stanford, and Carol Dweck, the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, suspected there might be more to the story.
The researchers behind the 2006 study engaged in a few minutes of play with the children, in order to make them comfortable with new people in a new setting, they found.
But this interaction, however brief, might have primed the toddler subjects toward altruistic behaviour and affected the outcome of the experiment, they believe.
'Kids are always on the lookout for social cues, and this is a very prominent one,' said Barragan, the lead author on the research paper.
Barragan and Dweck designed a new experiment to isolate the effect of the pretest warm-up period.
They enlisted 34 one- and two-year-olds and split them into two groups.
In the first group, the experimenter would roll a ball back and forth with the child and chat.
After a few minutes, the experimenter would 'accidentally' knock an object off the table, and observe whether the child would help pick it up, exactly as in the 2006 study.
The difference was in the second group.
Here, the experimenter and the child would each play with their own ball, known as 'parallel play,' while the experimenter engaged in the same kind of chitchat.
Again, after a few minutes, the experimenter would knock an object off the table.
The children who engaged in reciprocal play were three times more likely to help pick up the items as the children who had engaged in only parallel play.
When the scientists repeated the experiment under slightly different conditions with older children, the reciprocal-play group was two times more likely to lend a hand.
The results suggest that altruistic behaviour may be governed more by relationships, even brief ones, than instincts.
'I think the findings will stir up some controversy, but in a good way,' Dweck said.
One of the arguments for innate altruism was that it was an evolutionarily beneficial adaptation – instinctively caring for others would result in reciprocal care, improving one's own chances of survival.
And there might still be evolutionary pressures toward altruism, Dweck said.
The researchers said that more studies are needed to verify the findings, particularly in children younger than 18 months.
'Following the reciprocal play, children felt a sense of trust in the other person,' Barragan said.
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Damage per second (DPS, Damage Dealer or DD) is a measure of the damage dealt by a person, spell, weapon, or group over one second.
DPS (Damage per second) refers to a rate of damage expressed as D / T, where "D" is the total damage done, and "T" is the time in seconds over which the total damage was applied. Therefore if a character did 6000 total damage in a fight that lasted 30 seconds, his DPS would be 6000 / 30, or 200 DPS.
"DPS" is an acronym for "Damage Per Second," and as a rate is primarily used as a benchmark to find ways to improve a character's damage output, usually by fine-tuning statistics related to damage, upgrading gear, or by discovering more efficient ways to chain attacks in a damage rotation to increase damage output.
In general, longer fights yield more accurate measurements of a character's DPS capabilities. Shorter fights are more dependent on doing maximum damage quickly. Such damage is commonly referred to as "burst" or "spike" damage. These terms serve to differentiate the common types of damage-dealing classes, since one may be better at applying a large amount of damage over a very short period of time (burst) while another may be superior in applying a large amount of damage over a longer period of time. The latter type of class is often referred to generally as a "DPS class."
This term can be used as an adjective, noun and is often informally used as a verb.
DPS is used as an adjective to describe a style of play. For example, a class, build, or soul whose primary purpose is to do high damage over time, might be referred to as a "DPS class" or "DPS soul."
Example: "We're not doing damage fast enough to beat this boss. We need you to change to a DPS soul."
In standard use when referring specifically to a rate of damage, DPS is a noun.
"My DPS was 550, but since I added this new skill, it has gone up to 625!"
"David, I looked at the parses of that fight, and your DPS needs to improve."
DPS is often used informally as a noun in the following fashion: "Jack switched from being a tank to being a DPS."
In the above example, the true noun being omitted is "class" as in "to being a DPS class." By omitting the object of the adjective, DPS becomes the informal noun.
"We have John to heal for us. You need to DPS."
"We're running out of mana. DPS faster!"
"I don't like healing. I prefer DPSing."
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Summary: Make your way around the classroom- see who answers first.
Goal: To get back to your original seat by answering the question quickly and correctly.
1. Start at one column of desks. Have two kids at the beginning of the column to stand up.
2. Explain the rules. You will be asking the two kids a math question (for example, “What is 5 x 6?”). The first person to answer the question correctly will move to the next challenger in the column, while the other person sits down. The person who answered correctly and the new challenger stands up together.
3. A new math question will be given- the first person to answer the question correctly will move to the next challenger in the column, and so forth throughout the classroom. If a person answers five questions correctly consequtively, they have to sit down at the challenger’s desk and the game starts again with two new challengers.
4. The person who makes his or her way around the room back to their original seat wins the game.
– You can also play this game with U.S. states and capitals as well (For example: “What is the capital of Kentucky?”).
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Why is the business being valued.
The first step in the valuation process is to determine the reason the valuation report is for. Shareholder disputes and minority interest valuations may also vary from the common valuation process. Quite often a family law valuation will use a different valuation approach than a business being valued for sale.
3-5 years of income statements and balance sheets is ideal. If the business property is leased, the lease agreement is needed as well as any agreements or contracts the business has with clients. The information required depends on the scale and ulitmate use of the valuation. Public company valuations require extensive information, whereas a small sole trader business requires less.
Choose the business valuation approach.
For a family court valuation a "Value to owner approach" may be used.
Once the data has been assembled and the business valuation approach chosen, the result should produce an accurate, concise and easily justifiable results.
It is sometimes prudent to cross-check the assumptions but utilising one or more approach. Some valuation methods utilise all the methods and then weight each result.
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also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a chest described in the Book of Exodus as containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed. According to the New Testament Letter to the Hebrews, the Ark also contained Aaron's rod, a jar of manna, and the first Torah scroll as written by Moses; however, the first of the Books of Kings says that at the time of King Solomon, the Ark contained only the two Tablets of the Law.
According to the Book of Exodus, the Ark was built at the command of God, in accordance with the instructions given to Moses on Mount Sinai In the Deuteronomy 5:6, these events are described as having transpired at Mount Horeb. God was said to have communicated with Moses "from between the two cherubim" on the Ark's cover.
The biblical account relates that about a year after the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, the Ark was created according to the pattern given to Moses by God when Israel was encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai. Thereafter the gold-plated acacia chest was carried by the Levites some 2,000 cubits in advance of the people when on the march or before the Israelite army, the host of fighting men.
When the Ark was borne by Levites into the bed of the Jordan River, the waters parted as God had parted the waters of the Red Sea, opening a pathway for the entire host to pass through (Josh. 3:15–16; 4:7–18). The walls of the city of Jericho were shaken to the ground with no more than a shout from the army after the Ark of the Covenant was paraded round them for seven days by Levites accompanied by seven priests sounding seven trumpets of rams' horns (Josh. 6:4–20). When carried, the Ark was always hidden under a large veil made of skins and blue cloth, always carefully concealed, even from the eyes of the priests and the Levites who carried it. There are no contemporary extra-biblical references to the Ark.
Maccabees 2:4-10, written around 100 BC, says that the prophet Jeremiah, "being warned by God" before the Babylonian invasion, took the Ark, the Tabernacle, and the Altar of Incense, and buried them in a cave on Mount Nebo, informing those of his followers who wished to find the place that it should remain unknown "until the time that God should gather His people again together, and receive them unto mercy." Mount Nebo is also described in the Bible (Deuteronomy 34) as the site from which Moses views the Promised Land, and apparently also is his final burial place. Mount Nebo is approximately 29 miles (47 km) slightly south of due east from Jerusalem, near the east bank of the Jordan River.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church claims to possess the Ark of the Covenant, or Tabot, in Axum. The object is currently kept under guard in a treasury near the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. Replicas of the Axum tabot are kept in every Ethiopian church, each with its own dedication to a particular saint; the most popular of these include Mary, George and Michael.
The Kebra Nagast, composed to legitimise the new dynasty ruling Ethiopia following its establishment in 1270, narrates how the real Ark of the Covenant was brought to Ethiopia by Menelik I with divine assistance, while a forgery was left in the Temple in Jerusalem.
In his book The Lost Ark of the Covenant (2008), Parfitt also suggests that the Ark was taken to Arabia following the events depicted in the Second Book of Maccabees, and cites Arabic sources which maintain it was brought in distant times to Yemen. One Lemba clan, the Buba, which was supposed to have brought the Ark to Africa, have a genetic signature called the Cohen Modal Haplotype. This suggests a male Semitic link to the Levant. Lemba tradition maintains that the Ark spent some time in Sena in Yemen. Later, it was taken across the sea to East Africa and may have been taken inland at the time of the Great Zimbabwe civilization.
According to their oral traditions, some time after the arrival of the Lemba with the Ark, it self-destructed. Using a core from the original, the Lemba priests constructed a new one. This replica was discovered in a cave by a Swedish German missionary named Harald von Sicard in the 1940s and eventually found its way to the Museum of Human Science in Harare. Parfitt had this artifact radio-carbon dated to about 1350, which coincided with the sudden end of the Great Zimbabwe civilization.
French author Louis Charpentier claimed that the Ark was taken to Chartres Cathedral by the Knights Templar.
Several recent authors have theorised that the Ark was taken from Jerusalem to the village of Rennes-le-Château in Southern France. Karen Ralls has cited Freemason Patrick Byrne, who believes the Ark was moved from Rennes-le-Château at the outbreak of World War I to the United States.
The Ark of the Covenant was said to have been kept in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, surviving the pillages of Rome by Genseric and Alaric I but lost when the basilica burned.
In 2003, author Graham Phillips hypothetically concluded that the Ark was taken to Mount Sinai in the Valley of Edom by the Maccabees. Phillips claims it remained there until the 1180s, when Ralph de Sudeley, the leader of the Templars found the Maccabean treasure at Jebel al-Madhbah, and returned home to his estate at Herdewyke in Warwickshire, England taking the treasure with him.
In 1922 in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) was opened by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. Among the artifacts was a processional ark, listed as Shrine 261, the Anubis Shrine. Almost immediately after publication of the photographs of this sensational archaeological find some claimed that the Anubis Shrine could be the Ark of the Covenant. John M. Lundquist, author of The Temple of Jerusalem: past, present, and future (2008), discounts this idea. The Anubis Shrine measures 95 centimetres (37 in) long, 37 centimetres (15 in) wide, and 54.3 centimetres (21.4 in) high in the shape of a pylon.
The Biblical Ark of the Covenant is approximately 133 centimetres (52 in) long, 80 centimetres (31 in) wide, and 80 centimetres (31 in) high in the shape of a rectangular chest.
He points out that Shrine 261 is not strictly analogous to the Ark of the Covenant: it can only be said that the Anubis Shrine is "ark-like", constructed of wood, gessoed and gilded, stored within a sacred tomb, "guarding" the treasury of the tomb (and not the primary focus of that environment), that it contains compartments within it that store and hold sacred objects, that it has a figure of Anubis on its lid, and that it was carried by two staves permanently inserted into rings at its base and borne by eight priests in the funerary procession to Tutankhamun's tomb. Its value is the insight it provides to the ancient culture of Egypt.
In Assassin’s Creed, the mythology of the First Civilization is heavily inspired by Ancient Astronauts/Aliens theories, except for the fact that the First Civilization evolved on Earth and did not come from space.
Religious figures and miracles in the Assassin’s Creed lore are often explained by the fact that said prophet used a Piece of Eden to simulate the miracle itself or to lure the people into thinking that it actually happened.
Moses used a Piece of Eden to simulate the Splitting of the Red Sea, and to turn staves into snakes, Jesus Christ use a Piece of Eden to turn water to wine..etc.
The Ark of the Covenant was first witnessed in the Solomon Temple, by Altair, who claimed that it’s just a story, and there’s no such thing. And that was before Altair found the Apple and used it to learn more about the First Civilization.
That’s the first and only time we’ve seen this object and according to various scriptures, was moved to various locations.
The Ark of the Covenant, in the biblical story and the Zohar, is a mysterious object that defies logical explanation, and it could very well be science that we cannot yet comprehend, and of course, for a primitive civilization at that time, of course seeing the effects and the powers of such a mysterious device will certainly be translated as magic and miracles.
Now, when you read the stories about the Ark, written above, you’ll certainly notice a lot of familiar names, locations and monuments that you’ve heard of before in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, and specifically the Templars, or the Knights Templar, the main antagonizing group to the Assassins. And those were the ones who took place and carrying the Ark and transporting it from and to one of it’s possible locations.
One of the known locations is Ethiopia, which, long ago, was the First Civilization city “Eden” (possibly their capital or the center of power and government). If the Ark had such boundless powers like the ability to create life with the Manna or destroy through seemingly Nuclear-like devastating explosions and radiation, so there must have been some sort of place that they wanted to store such device with immense power. Perhaps there’s some sort of First Civ. “Temple” where the Ark is stored in, in Ethiopia.
One of the other possible locations is the United Kingdom, where the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Victory will take place.
So I can’t help but wonder whether this is the Piece of Eden that we’ll be searching for in AC:V. Abstergo said they’ll focus their resources on finding other artifacts than the Holy Grail, because they weren’t certain about it’s whereabouts and existence. So if we can exclude the Holy Grail from our possibilities, this could be what we’re looking for.
Another potential P.O.E. for AC Victory could be Excalibur, the Sword in the Stone, also known as The Sword of Eden, which we encountered in AC:Unity. In AC:U, we did not know much about where it came from or even if it will remain forever in Arno’s hands, and for all we know, there could be more than just one or perhaps the same Sword was somehow taken away from Arno and somehow found its way back to England. And it’s not new in Assassin’s Creed where we encounter a Piece of Eden more than once.
Could King Arthur possibly have been a Sage, hence he could be the only one to wield the sword, and we might somehow see him at the start of AC:Victory like how we saw Jacques De Molay in AC:U and centuries later, we encountered his reincarnation, Germain with Arno. Another possibility would be that King Arthur was perhaps someone like Desmond with high First Civ. DNA.
The Sword of Eden Saga. I dig it.
They said that Subject 16 found the grail, and the grail was to be a main thing in Assassins Creed 2,but the plot is changed.
you know about that old history of the Holy Grail being a metaphor for a woman,dan brown says that was jesus possible wife.
unite the points and you see that in AC universe the Holy Grail is Eve.
Yeah. I mean since we knew next to nothing about the SOE in AC:U, so why not expand further, especially that the UK is Excalibur was.
Oh... my... God.. I just had an Assassin-gasm reading this!
I really doubt that that was the case. Granted, the 'Mary Magdalene as the Grail' crackpot-theory is older than Dan Brown (though apparently a 20th-century concoction altogether); but they wouldn't borrow that obvious an element from the bestselling thingy of the day. It would be like releasing a sorcery-themed game about a kid wizard named Harvey Pitter that takes place in Hogwash Academy.
It's interesting that they've never used those aspects of the real-life Knights Templar mythos & the collection of crackpot theories. One such theory is that the original 'Poor Knights of Christ' on a mission ostensibly fo protect Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem, actually had the hidden agenda of making excavations at the site of Solomon's Temple, and actually found the Ark there. The 'Ark', in turn, was supposedly a high-tech power source of some sort, nicked from the Great Pyramid by none other than Moses himself. So when they returned to France, they became rich and influential thanks to the device (doing what, I wonder? Setting up charging stations for people's mobile phones?), etc., etc. Though maybe the 'power sources' that we collect in AC3 is a nod to that crackpot theory.
... Speaking of crackpot theories, it's interesting that you bring up Graham Hancock, a self-confessed pothead who was in the 'alternative history' business until recently. Nowadays he campaigns for the 'loving and responsible use of psychedelics', and the 'spiritual' dimensions of drug use. He's been a proponent of an Atlantis/Mother Civilization 'theory', and in vehement opposition to 'ancient aliens' people. I think AC borrows a lot more from *his* work, compared to the 'ancient aliens' people. From the latter they adopt the idea of humanity as 'genetically engineered workforce', but that's about it. The rest comes from the Atlantis crack-heads. In one of AC4's Abstergo documents (those on the floating tablet), there was a reference to 'the Fingerprints of Those Who Came Before' -- I think that's an obvious nod to Graham Hancock's bestseller, 'Fingerprints of the Gods'.
Eve will be in AC victory like is hinted in dead kings.
We might at least see a reference of this in ACV.
Don't forget the Koh-i-Noor guys.
"Dalhousie arranged that the diamond be presented by Maharaja Ranjīt Singh's young successor, Dulīp Singh, to Queen Victoria in 1850."
"Dulīp Singh was the youngest son of Ranjīt Singh and his fifth wife Maharani Jind Kaur. Dulīp, aged 13, travelled to the United Kingdom to present the jewel. The presentation of the Koh-i-Noor and the Timur ruby to Queen Victoria."
Like what Rino theorized, it also has a strong possibility of being in Victory.
But I do like the sound of a "Sword of Eden" saga along with a possible connection between Arno & Sam.
Haven't forgotten about Kohi-i-Noor. Golden did talk about it in detail in his thread.
The Victory speculation one right?
Nobody here has read ASSASSIN'S CREED: BRAHMAN, where the Koh-I-Noor plays a major part. According to that book, which Rogue confirms is canon, the diamond in the Crown Jewels is a fake, and the real one is a powerful peace-of-eden that's currently missing.
However, there is one diamond that can play a role. The Hope Diamond, currently in the Smithsonian Museum. The real-life Hope Diamond was part of the French Royal Jewels which went missing during the Revolution and ended up in 19th Century London in the possession of a businessman called Henry Philip Hope and his family. So it has a connection to UNITY they can take forward, alread foreshadowed diamonds via BRAHMAN (and the Hope Diamond was cut from the same mine from which the Koh-I-Noor was cut).
Joan of Arc had the Sword of Eden that most people thought would never be seen. Then Unity happened.
Who says the same can't happen for the Koh-i-Noor? Its pieces were shattered, yes, but they still had enough power inside them.
But like others, I haven't read much of Brahman myself. Maybe Rino is more informative to this.
Maybe that'll be the "Koh-I-Noor" instead?
I've really been waiting for this kind of thing to happen. But if I recall correctly, isn't the Excalibur a whole different sword, not the one in the stone? I think Arthur got it from some woman in the lake.
Sure, other artifacts may show up, and figures from the canon may be name-dropped -- but from this point onwards, their purpose is nothing more than 'dressing'. Brand identity requires that there be a few stable elements, and those elements will be 'sprinkled' in the game as necessary: But neither the player character, nor any of the NPCs will have thoughts, beliefs, desires, etc., etc., related to any of them.
So as much as I'd like to speculate about what mystery/conspiracy elements might show up in the next game, I *really* have no expectations this time around. I can only hope Victory will prove me wrong, of course; and I really do.
Ah, so much thought to this theory but my sucky english comprehension prevents me from understanding it.
Can someone give me a brief summary?
Basically another sword of Eden could be in Victory which could be Arno's or a different sword altogether.
Thus making it a "Sword of Eden" saga in a way.
I don't really care about the swords though. All they seem to do is shoot lightning. Slow down there, Thor.
But yeah, it does seem pretty basic for a POE.
I prefer the Koh-I-Noor for its power is very destructive and can destroy other POE's as well.
Plus it's new and sounds interesting.
I want to see those PoE that bring back the dead temporarily or fully heals the near-dead.
Yeah. That one will likely be in the Egypt game.
Wasn't the Ankh simply a hologram recording device?
The 'resurrection' device was the Shroud, used by Brutus's allies at Philippi, and Jesus; later winding up in Monteriggioni.
Yeah, it probably would make sense.
Wise words never been so true.
Not when your pessimism has been proven justified via poor release, thus saving yourself from disappointment.
I guess. But you may never know when something may surprise you.
Doesn't mean I'm not open to surprises.
I found the black box gameplay of Unity surprisingly delightful.
I never said you weren't and that's good.
I just hate people expecting the worse in something when you may never know what might happen.
It's this mentality that keeps people unhappy and me not chatting here as much because of the pessimism.
But I agree with you ofc.
I just hate people expecting the worse in something when you may never know what may happen.
When I have high hopes and things turn out bad, I'm crushed.
So I rather just expect the worse to save my suffering in exchange for little to look forward to.
Yeah, I really wasn't talking about you entirely, just the community as a whole at the moment.
But I rather not delve into that here.
I don't really blame you for feeling that way. A bit after AC3 and Unity, I now know better than to have high expectations before a game release.
I never had/have hype or high expectations for any game.
Not because I'm cynical or anything, I just don't.
Yeah I ignore the hype.
I'm never hyped for a game unless I happen to see something gameplay or story wise that personally interests me greatly.
If a game tries to be like "omigod look at this, thisll be the best thing since sliced bread" i tend to raise suspicion.
Me neither. I don't get over-hyped or too excited, I just try to be enthusiastic and hopefully I might be pleasantly surprised.
I will follow any news closely as I did with Unity but I just wont give up to the hype. I might get like that once the annual releases are done, but that WONT happen.
Can't deny how tempting AC marketing can be.
Overall I think Unity is decent, but its E3 trailer is phenomenal!
I follow all the news but just keep my expectations in check. I'm neither cynical nor totally optimistic, so whether or not the title delivers or is disappointing I'm really not that bothered.
The way I see it, it IS just a game after all - I don't want to waste my energy. What annoys me is advertising things in the game that may or may not be in the final game. Sure, development is subject to change, which is exactly why you should never hype up features you aren't totally sure will be included in the final release. I'm looking at you, AC3. Frozen lakes my arse.
Glad I wasnt around during AC3 ads.
Would be pissed if frozen lakes and canoes werent there.
If they do a remastered version 100,000 years from now, they should add those in.
I'm neither cynical nor totally optimistic, so whether or not the title delivers or is disappointing I'm really not that bothered.
Also representative of this thread.
But yeah, it's most likely the Sword or the Koh-I-Noor guys.
I don't cry and wonder what might've been.
I don't know about you guys, but I don't see what's wrong with ACIII.
Everyone's complaining about the gameplay and the lack of ambient music or the stuff that didn't make it to the final cut, but the game on its own was pure perfection. Even the lack of ambient music made the frontiers feel so alive, and the cities too. I love the ambient music in ACR and the others, but there was a different and new taste in ACIII.
People also complained about the naivete or the coldness of Connor, while in reality, that was one of the original aspects of the game. It's a story about a new type of character. He doesn't always have to be the cool, funny and likable guy. Different kinds of people can be fighters, make a difference and can be worth having their stories told.
The game was part of the overarching story, it had a lore, it had modern day and first civ. elements. To me, give me a game with all those stuff, and even if it doesn't have any new gameplay mechanics, hell even if it was an interactive movie/adventure game like Heavy Rain or Beyond: Two Souls and I'll warmly welcome it.
The ONLY thing that ruined ACIII for me was the ending. That's all. Change the ending and I'll give it 12/10 not 10/10. With all honesty and all respect to the makers of all AC games, I prefer ACIII over the games that followed. Yes, The Ezio Trilogy for me is No.1 and always will be, but ACIII is never as bad as people make it sound like. I know it had the potential to be a lot better, but it was still good enough. Maybe it's just because I love the lore so much and it was the last game that dives that deep into it.
I just think everyone was saying how those "promises" would've enhanced the experience.
But like you, I enjoyed it regardless.
^ I still like AC3 nonetheless. If it did contain what was promised and was less linear, I would've simply loved the game even more.
Yeah. I agree. I just think that the lore in the Desmond Saga could justify almost every gameplay or graphical flaw in it.
To be quite honest, I loved the linearity because ACUnity felt way too open for its own good, especially with side missions which are all open from the get-go, it's like there's no regard to which happened before which. I do admit that stuff that like that happened in ACIII as well with stuff that happened before Achilles' death showing up even after his death. But I guess I prefer when the world is open but the story still feels cohesive enough to keep you engaged, going from one "!" to another.
Perhaps it's because I'm so into AC BECAUSE OF the story rather than anything else.
I didn't expect a thing from Unity and got nothing and worse. So I'll Exocet nothing and worse from Victory. The only thing Unity deserves something for is gameplay.
To be quite honest, I loved Arno, I loved Elise, I loved the premise and I loved the two together as a couple in addition to the gameplay. But her fate was SO UNNECESSARY AND CLICHÉ and the fact that Bishop said what she said in the end was the most unrewarding thing ever.
Agree, people say that games is for fun and gameplay. My usual response is that the stories is fun, gameplay is vessel to me. A track meant to guide to the story. You can't have a train without tracks, just like you can't have tracks without trains. Gameplay is build upon the lore, the lore says what a franchise can and can't do but ignoring the lore would make the gameplay empty vessel. I'm not a fan of empty vessels.
I had a general idea of Arno's story alone but I never expected a reward. It was obvious after the confirmation of cutscene MD with "me", The premises was good as an idea but it got no reason to be. It's an empty vessel, Unity is a train without tracks. As for her death, the story was inspired by the movie with the lovers who kill themselves(don't remember the name), she's a Templar, it's a love story and it's AC standard to kill a few close to the protagonist. I loved Elise more than Arno. We also know that Abstergo relived Arno's memories so they know his life it's a waste of time.
Liked Arno, dislike Unity´s story.
Dislike Connor and liked AC III´s story.
Well for me, I can trade all these gameplay mechanics, side missions, multiplayer, co-op, many outfits and weapons and customizations, for a story that is as good as the Desmond Saga. For me, I don't need 100 weapons to enjoy game, nor do I need 300 collectibles on the map to enjoy a game nor do I need to change clothes and their colors a thousand times to call it good. I just need a proper lore and some decent gameplay like the classics were.
It's true that in video games, story and gameplay go hand in hand, but from what I can see, what's happening is more focus on side missions (which are a lot longer than the main missions in total) and multiplayer and online contents than the story itself, and to me that's an overkill because I loved the franchise for its lore, otherwise, I'd go play Call of Duty or Battlefield or Destiny or even GTA, where the story is the least of anyone's concerns.
Romeo and Juliet? I think had they died together, it would've been a lot better than the ending we got. I don't understand why anyone thinks that the only way to get a "deep" ending is by killing someone or making it sad. I mean Uncharted games are very successful and they always end with them smiling and walking towards the sunset. And forget all that, the fact that there's unity between an Assassin and a Templar gives a lot more interesting possibilities to go for than this typical cliché kind of conclusion.
1 Boring setting for an AC game! I know that can be said about AC IV´s, but the latter did a MUCH BETTER job at it. The frontier although gorgeous, lacks that gritty atmosphere you could expect from an ongoing WAR, instead it looks and feels like my backyard. The cities are better in that regard, but even the developers admitted how poorly designed for parkour those were.
2 Super linear and not in a good way! Bare to none freedom at all to a point in which a huge percentage of the missions consists of going straight from point A to point B. Horrendous stuff in the likes of being Paul Revere´s personal chauffeur, giving orders from a horse and having an ENTIRE linear sequence and let alone assassinations, two or three open ones at best. The rest???? Quick time events and mediocre action oriented ones.
3 Combat and naval were really fun, though.
4 On the other hand I like the story, although Connor´s VA bores me, which prevents me from liking him, quite the opposite scenario of Arno and Unity, for instance. Then the modern part begins strong, but then fails apart thanks to the developers inexperience of including AC gameplay into the modern times, which leads into one of the most cringe worthy moments of the franchise: Infiltrating abstergo. Extra points for turning Daniel Cross, that super boss character of the comics, into a wuss. And let´s not mention Minerva´s sudden appearance out of NOWHERE to cause the climax of the story.
From my point of view, one game has what the other lacks and vice versa. Unity´s main story doesn´t feel like AC, the side stuff on the other hand, along the gameplay, do. AC III´s story is everything I would like for this franchise, but the gameplay screams "Warrior´s Creed" to me.
Ac3 was relatively lackluster in terms of gameplay, I agree. AC3 was my first AC game and the automatic parkour was a disappointment and auto-win combat was a bore.
I felt the same at first, but then I got so immersed into the world. I loved the contrast between the beautiful nature and the seemingly troubled cities. I do think they needed bit more work, but I totally disagree about the cities being "bad for parkour". I mean if the city looks like that, do you want them to create a fictional city just so you can jump from one building to another? I wouldn't want that.
I'd like the games to go where the story wants not where it has more buildings to climb and roofs to run above. To me, it's all about the story and where it needs to go, and I think the "new world" was being hinted since ACII (the codex map) which is why I think going to NA was necessary, even if it didn't offer the same gameplay opportunities. It was just different.
I have to agree about these stuff being, boring, but then again, beating up civilians in ACII wasn't my idea of fun either, even though it's my No.1 AC game.
Not a big fan of naval, but it was fun while it lasted. I hated the demanding optional objectives, though.
I really don't understand what was there to hate about modern times. Infiltrating Abstergo was pretty cool, especially when Desmond hugged his dad. Though that's when the signs of rushing, evident in the ending began to show up. I hated Daniel Cross' death, but I loved how the modern day missions were a bit more diverse than before.
From my point of view, one game has what the other lacks and vice versa. Unity´s main story doesn´t feel like AC, the side stuff on the other hand, along the gameplay do. AC III´s story is everything I would like for this franchise, but the gameplay screams "Warrior´s Creed" to me.
Yeah. I think that's the part where our differences begin. I'm here for the lore, you're here for gameplay. If you make a non-open world, linear AC game like say The Last of Us, with a deep story I'd favor it over a game like Unity where the whole world is open and full of black box missions, and customization but no interconnected story and lore.
Naval is the one time I will concede regarding optional objectives.
Was expecting 8 pages of a thoughtful discussion regarding the SoE. Should have expected this, honestly.
Sword of Eden itself isn't very compelling.
I finished ACIV:BF 100%, some objectives were ridiculous and did not make sense. But I managed, eventually. And I'm not the kinda guy who goes for 100% in every game. I only happened to finish ACII and ACIV 100% but I just hated how some of them were totally illogical like skinning an alligator while tailing a boat like it's the highest priority and the least time consuming for him in real life.
But in ACIII, I ignored most side missions and optional objectives. ACIII is a flawed game, but to me, it's still a lot better than Rogue and Unity in terms of historical and overarching story, characters, and lore, and also better than ACIV in terms of modern day and first civ contents. I love Edward so damn much and had the game had Desmond or new 3rd person protagonist and MD gameplay on the same level as that of the Desmond Saga, it would've been my 2nd favorite after Ezio's trilogy, but sadly, that did not happen.
Would you take the challenge of completing every AC 100%? That includes Liberation.
I can do it, yes. However, to be quite honest, I really don't feel motivated at the moment. I mean I finished all the games (again) before the launch of Rogue and Unity, so I don't know if I wanna do them all over again, now. But maybe close to ACVictory?
You're always upset once you complete all of the games. If you put in the extra hours to enjoy the side content, that's more AC for you. You should skip the collectibles and do the ones that have story like warning the Assassins in Black Flag and the homestead missions in AC3.
Well for me, I can trade all these gameplay mechanics, side missions, multiplayer, co-op, many outfits and weapons and customizations, for a story that is as good as the Desmond Saga.
The Desmond Saga does have the most relevant stories, so I understand. The Kenway Saga may not have accomplished much but compared to Unity they're not that much filler as they used to. I expect a couple of years with useless and pointless games before we get the entire story back. Now we just have half of it and that half does nothing alone. I'd do the same for the story, it's what I play for.
For me, I don't need 100 weapons to enjoy game, nor do I need 300 collectibles on the map to enjoy a game nor do I need to change clothes and their colors a thousand times to call it good. I just need a proper lore and some decent gameplay like the classics were.
It's true that in video games, story and gameplay go hand in hand, but from what I can see, what's happening is more focus on side missions (which are a lot longer than the main missions in total) and multiplayer and online contents than the story itself, and to me that's an overkill because I loved the franchise for its lore.
In terms of lore AC isn't limited to a specific design or gameplay. AC has everything since it's based on present day, history and myths/legends, AC has unlimited potential but Ubisoft don't have the guts to it and fans are to nostalgic to accept change. I'd take a Uncharted style AC, Splinter Cell style AC, Red Dead Redemption style AC, TellTale style AC and more. It could talk for days how much AC can be. It's just sad seeing the story Irrelevant, broken and potential thrown away.
Otherwise, I'd go play Call of Duty or Battlefield or Destiny or even GTA, where the story is the least of anyone's concerns.
I play all games for story, it's rear fir me to play for gameplay only. Never had interest in GTA, Destiny has no story and is online MP only with the entire game itself missing, BF: Healine us interesting but don't care for the rest and COD has some excellent stories(MW series and AW), decent stories(BO1 and WW) then the rest but COD fir me is also a relaxing game. Their easy.
Romeo and Juliet? I think had they died together, it would've been a lot better than the ending we got. I don't understand why anyone thinks that the only way to get a "deep" ending is by killing someone or making it sad.
Yes. I would have liked it better if she survived the blast but Dead Kings would be a bit different and a build up for a sequel with Napoleon as antagonist. She dies in the sequel fighting Napoleon instead because the blast from the SOE that made her less of a good fighter than she was(trivia: She's better than Arno, confirmed during marketing). And of course both stories would actually do something is tread of being pointless. Both Templars and Assassins could work together to fight Napoleon. So that game would be Unity, the French Revolution AC would have a different name.
I mean Uncharted games are very successful and they always end with them smiling and walking towards the sunset. And forget all that, the fact that there's unity between an Assassin and a Templar gives a lot more interesting possibilities to go for than this typical cliché kind of conclusion.
Agree. AC is having the Game Of Thrones effect, we know some or who that will die. We knew Elise would die after the first trailer she was in.
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A free Guile-based library implementing flexible control files for scientific simulations.
I can compile it without -fPIC.
Is your locale correctly set?
I am getting the following "A failure occurred in build()" error trying to install this package in an attempt to ultimately install python2-meep. Any help will be appreciated.
Below is the reelvant part of the compiling process pasted here for help.
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-r/aur-libctl/src/libctl-3.2.2/utils/gen-ctl-io --code -o ctl-io.c ./geom.scm ..
ERROR: Throw to key `decoding-error' with args `("scm_from_stringn" "input locale conversion error" 22 #vu8(40 105 110 99 108 117 100 101 32 34 47 116 109 112 47 121 97 111 117 114 116 45 116 109 112 45 114 97 109 107 105 107 47 97 117 114 45 108 105 98 99 116 108 47 115 114 99 47 108 105 98 99 116 108 45 51 46 50 46 50 47 117 116 105 108 115 47 46 46 47 98 97 115 101 47 99 116 108 46 115 99 109 34 41 32 40 105 110 99 108 117 100 101 32 34 47 116 109 112 47 121 97 111 117 114 116 45 116 109 112 45 114 97 109 107 105 107 47 97 117 114 45 108 105 98 99 116 108 47 115 114 99 47 108 105 98 99 116 108 45 51 46 50 46 50 47 117 116 105 108 115 47 46 46 47 117 116 105 108 115 47 99 116 108 45 105 111 46 115 99 109 34 41 32 40 115 101 116 33 32 99 120 120 32 102 97 108 115 101 41 32 40 105 110 99 108 117 100 101 32 34 46 47 103 101 111 109 46 115 99 109 34 41 32 40 111 117 116 112 117 116 45 115 111 117 114 99 101 41))'.
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build libctl.
I think you should add gcc-fortran as dependency. I got a compile error before installing it.
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Let's get to know this important part of the tech giant.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has broad exposure to a lot of different markets within tech. The company's sheer breadth, coupled with its strong positions within most of the markets that it serves, has allowed it to become one of the most valuable technology companies on the planet.
One area where Microsoft is a major player is in the world of gaming. The company develops the Xbox line of game consoles and related services, has multiple in-house game development studios, and also offers the Windows operating system, which is the main platform for the growing PC gaming market.
Here, I'd like to go over the basics of Microsoft's gaming business.
Where are the financials recorded?
Microsoft reports its revenue in three major segments: more personal computing, productivity and business processes, and intelligent cloud. The company's gaming business is part of the more personal computing segment, which also includes revenue from Windows licensing, its Bing search engine, and sales of devices.
Now, what exactly does Microsoft count as part of its gaming revenue? The company says that this sub-segment incorporates "Xbox hardware and Xbox software and services, comprising Xbox Live transactions, subscriptions, and advertising ("Xbox Live"), video games, and third-party game royalties."
Put simply, if it's related to Xbox, it goes under the company's gaming business.
How big is Microsoft's gaming business?
In the company's most recent 10-K filing, Microsoft said that its gaming revenue during fiscal year 2018 "increased $1.3 billion or 14%." With a simple calculation, we can determine that Microsoft's gaming revenue was about $9.3 billion in fiscal 2017, meaning that its fiscal 2018 gaming revenue was about $10.6 billion.
Putting that into perspective, Microsoft's total revenue in fiscal 2018 was $110.36 billion, so gaming made up a little more than 10% of the software giant's net revenue that year. Gaming is both a meaningful part of the company's more personal computing segment as well as its overall revenue.
While the company's fiscal 2019 isn't over yet, it's worth noting that during the first six months of that year, Microsoft's gaming revenue reached $6.97 billion, growing 20% from the first six months of fiscal 2018. Gaming made up 11.3% of the company's revenue during that period, growing a bit from 10.9% in the same period a year ago. So not only is gaming a significant part of Microsoft's business, it's growing in importance.
On Microsoft's most recent earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella provided some additional insight into its efforts in gaming. The executive said that the company "acquired two new studios this quarter, bringing the total to 13 and more than doubling our first-party content capacity in the past six months."
This is extremely important because the greater the number of compelling exclusive games that exist on a particular gaming platform, the more likely it is that platform will succeed. Microsoft's gaming business is certainly successful, but it's widely known that a key edge that rival game console maker Sony has over Microsoft is that the former's PlayStation 4 platform has a greater number of compelling exclusive titles than Microsoft does on its Xbox platform. Building out a stable of strong in-house studios is one way Microsoft seems to be hoping to gain ground against Sony.
Nadella also provided some additional metrics, claiming that Xbox Live monthly active users "reached a record 64 million with the highest number of mobile and PC users to date," and also observing that its Minecraft franchise "delivered record revenue as we expanded into new platforms, geographies and segments like education."
And, given that Alphabet's Google recently drummed up hype for its Stadia cloud gaming service, it's worth noting that Nadella said that Microsoft's own cloud gaming effort, known as xCloud, "will be public-trialed later this year as we make progress on our ambition to build a world-class gaming platform spanning mobile, PC and console."
Gaming is a hot market that seems poised to only get more exciting over time. Microsoft's gaming business is contributing to the company's financial results today and should help fuel its growth for tomorrow -- and beyond. I think that Microsoft investors should be quite pleased with how the company has gone after the gaming opportunity and should be confident that it will continue to make the right moves to ultimately thrive in this industry over the long term.
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Chess960 (originally called Fischer Random Chess) is a chess variant created by Grandmaster Bobby Fischer (who was world chess champion from 1972 until 1975). It was originally announced on June 19, 1996, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fischer's goal was to create a chess variant in which chess creativity and talent would be more important than memorization and analysis of opening moves. His approach was to create a randomized initial chess position, which would thus make memorizing chess opening move sequences far less helpful.
* The black pieces are placed equal-and-opposite to the white pieces.
Note that the king never starts on file a or h, because there would be no room for a rook.
* Roll the die, and place a white bishop on the black square indicated by the die, counting from the left. Thus 1 indicates the first black square from the left (a1 in algebraic notation), 2 indicates the second black square from the left (c1), 3 indicates the third (e1), and 4 indicates the fourth (g1). Since there are no fifth or sixth positions, re-roll 5 or 6 until another number shows.
* Roll the die, and place a white bishop on the white square indicated (1 indicates b1, 2 indicates d1, and so on). Re-roll 5 or 6.
* Roll the die, and place a queen on the first empty position indicated (always skipping filled positions). Thus, a 1 places the queen on the first (leftmost) empty position, while a 6 places the queen on the sixth (rightmost) empty position.
* Roll the die, and place a knight on the empty position indicated. Re-roll a 6.
* Roll the die, and place a knight on the empty position indicated. Re-roll a 5 or 6.
* This leaves three empty squares. Place a white rook on the first empty square of the first rank, the white king on the second empty square of the first rank, and the remaining white rook on the third empty square of the first rank.
* Place all white and black pawns on their usual squares, and place Black's pieces to exactly mirror White's (so Black should have on a8 exactly the same type of piece that White has on a1, except that bishops would be on opposite colors).
This procedure generates any of the 960 possible initial positions of Fischer Random Chess with an equal chance; on average, this particular procedure uses 6.7 die rolls - an optimal procedure would use on average somewhere between 4 and 4.45 die rolls. Note that one of these initial positions is the standard chess position, at which point a standard chess game begins.
It is also possible to use this procedure to see why there are exactly 960 possible initial positions. Each bishop can take one of four positions, the queen one of six, and the two knights can have five or four possible positions, respectively. (That leaves three open squares and the king must occupy the middle of those three squares, with rooks taking the last two squares, with no choice.) This means that there are 4x4x6x5x4 = 1920 possible positions if the two knights were different in some way. However, the two knights are indistinguishable during play; if they were swapped, there would be no difference. This means that the number of distinguishable positions is half of 1920, or 1920/2 = 960 possible distinguishable positions.
Once the starting position is set up, the rules for play are the same as standard chess. In particular, pieces and pawns have their normal moves, and each player's objective is to checkmate the opponent's king.
Fischer random chess allows each player to castle once per game, moving both the king and a rook in a single move. However, a few interpretations of standard chess games rules are needed for castling, because the standard rules presume initial locations of the rook and king that are often untrue in Fischer Random Chess games.
After castling, the rook and king's final positions are exactly the same positions as they would be in standard chess. Thus, after a-side castling, also known in some places as c-castling, (notated as O-O-O and known as queen-side castling in orthodox chess), the King is on c (c1 for White and c8 for Black) and the a-side Rook is on d (d1 for White and d8 for Black). After h-side castling, also known in some places as g-castling, (notated as O-O and known as king-side castling in orthodox chess), the King is on g and the h-side Rook is on f. It is recommended that a player state 'I am about to castle' before castling, to eliminate potential misunderstanding.
1. Unmoved: The king and the castling rook must not have moved before in the game, including castling. 2. Unattacked: No square between the king's initial and final squares (including the initial and final squares) may be under attack by any opposing piece. 3. Vacant: All the squares between the king's initial and final squares (including the final square), and all of the squares between the rook's initial and final squares (including the final square), must be vacant except for the king and castling rook. An equivalent way of stating this is that the smallest back rank interval containing the king, the castling rook, and their destination squares contains no pieces other than the king and castling rook.
* If the initial position happens to be the standard chess initial position, these castling rules have exactly the same effect as the standard chess castling rules.
* All the squares between the king and castling rook must be vacant.
* Castling cannot capture any pieces.
* The king and castling rook cannot 'jump' over any pieces other than each other.
* A player may castle at most once in a game.
* If a player moves his king or both of his initial rooks without castling, he may not castle during the rest of the game.
* In some starting positions, some squares can stay filled during castling that would have to be vacant in standard chess. For example, after a-side castling (O-O-O), it's possible to have a, b, and/or e still filled, and after h-side castling (O-O), it's possible to have e and/or h filled.
* In some starting positions, the king or rook (but not both) do not move during castling.
* The king may not be in check before or after castling.
* The king cannot move through check.
When castling on a physical board with a human player, it is recommended that the king be moved outside the playing surface next to his final position, the rook then be moved from its starting to ending position, and then the king be placed on his final square. This is always unambiguous, and is a simple rule to follow.
* If only the rook needs to move (jumping over the king), you can simply move only the rook.
* If only the king needs to move (jumping over the castling rook), you can simply move the king.
* One can move the king to its final square and move the rook to its final square as two separate moves, in either order (this is called 'double-move' castling). Obviously, if the rook is on the square the king will occupy, the player needs to move the rook first, and if the king is on the square the rook will occupy, the player needs to move the king first.
In the meantime there has been an adjustment setting of the WNCA that when performing a castling move it is irrelevant in which sequence involved pieces were touched. All pieces involved in a move may be touched arbitrarily. When castling those pieces are the King and Rook, and in capturing moves they are the capturing and the captured piece. Especially with players new to Fischer Random Chess it might make sense also to announce a castling to avoid misunderstandings. When a chess clock will be used, pressing the button could be taken as a sign that a castling move has been completed.
When castling using a computer interface, programs should have separate a-side (O-O-O) and h-side (O-O) castling actions (e.g., as a button or menu item). Ideally, programs should also be able to detect a king or rook move that cannot be anything other than a castling move and consider that a castling move. Recommended gestures are: the King is moving to his at least two steps distant castling target square or else upon the involved Rook, to avoid by this a possible confusion with normal King's moves.
When using an electronic board, to castle one should remove the king, remove the castling rook, place the castling rook on its new position, and then place the king on its new position. This will create an unambiguous move for electronic boards, which often only have sensors that can detect the presence or absence of an object on each square (and cannot tell what object is on the square). Ideally, electronic boards should detect a king or rook move that can only be a castling move as well, but users should not count on this.
Many published castling rules are unfortunately ambiguous. For example, the rules first published by Eric van Reem and chessvariants.org, as literally stated, did not specifically state that there must be vacant squares between the king and his destination except for the participating rook. As a result, those rules appeared to some to allow the king to 'leap' over other pieces.
In 2003 David A. Wheeler contacted many active in Fischer Random Chess to determine the exact castling rules, including Eric van Reem, Hans-Walter Schmitt, and R. Scharnagl. All agreed that there must be vacant squares between the king and his destination except for the participating rook, clarifying the castling rules.
Examining openings for Fischer Random Chess is in its infancy, but opening fundamentals still apply. These include: protect the King, control the center squares (directly or indirectly), and develop your pieces rapidly starting with the less valuable pieces. Some starting positions have unprotected pawns that may need to be dealt with quickly.
Some have argued that two games should be played with each initial position, with players alternating as white and black, since some initial positions may turn out to give white a much bigger advantage than standard chess. However, there is no evidence that any position gives either side a significant advantage.
R. Scharnagl does not agree. There is no need for distinguishing its so called variants 'normal', 'nocastle' and 'fischerandom', because the different or skipped castling rights could be completely encoded in an appropriate FEN string. It would be a bad solution to inflate a PGN file with superfluous tags only to cover weaknesses of some protocols. FRC-aware engine will always play FRC. Loaded with a Shuffle Chess FEN string it would play correctly, just like it would handle a traditional chess starting array without error. A game of traditional Chess could easily be recognized via the missing SetUp and FEN tags.
FEN is capable of expressing all possible starting positions of Fischer Random Chess. However, unmodified FEN cannot express all possible positions of a Fischer Random Chess game. In a game, a rook may move into the back row on the same side of the king as the other rook, or pawn(s) may be underpromoted into rook(s) and moved into the back row. If a rook is unmoved and can still castle, yet there is more than one rook on that side, FEN notation as traditionally interpreted is ambiguous. This is because FEN records that castling is possible on that side, but not which rook is still allowed to castle.
A modification of FEN, X-FEN, has been devised by Reinhard Scharnagl to remove this ambiguity. In X-FEN, the castling markings 'KQkq' have their expected meanings: 'Q' and 'q' mean a-side castling is still legal (for white and black respectively), and 'K' and 'k' mean h-side castling is still legal (for white and black respectively). However, if there is more than one rook on the baseline on the same side of the king, and the rook that can castle is not the outermost rook on that side, then the file letter (uppercase for white) of the rook that can castle is used instead of 'K', 'k', 'Q', or 'q'; in X-FEN notation, castling potentials belong to the outermost rooks by default. The maximum length of the castling value is still four characters. X-FEN is upwardly compatible with FEN, that is, a program supporting X-FEN will automatically use the normal FEN codes for a traditional chess starting position without requiring any special programming. As a benefit all 18 pseudo FRC positions (positions with traditional placements of rooks and king) still remain uniquely encoded.
A variant of random chess defined by former World Champion Bobby Fischer and introduced formally to the chess public on June 19, 1996, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bobby Fischer must have been shocked to see how opening theory had developed since his last game in 1972. It is said that friends from throughout the world sent him masses of analysis, which he ignored during the match against Spassky in 1992.
Fischer's goal was to eliminate what he considers the complete dominance of openings preparation in chess today, and to replace it with creativity and talent. Since the opening book for each possible opening position would be too difficult to devote to memory (959 'book opening' systems), therefore, each player must create every move originally. From move 1 on both players have to come up with original strategies and can not use well-known thinking patterns. By eliminating memorized book moves, Fischer believes that it will level the playing field; and as an accidental consequence, it makes computer chess programs much weaker, as they depend on the opening book to beat humans.
The first Fischer Random Chess tourney was held in Yugoslavia in the spring of 1996, and was won by Grandmaster Pé;ter Leko.
In 2001, Leko became the first Fischer Random Chess world champion, defeating GM Michael Adams in an eight game match played as part of the Mainz Chess Classic. There were no qualifying matches (also true of the first orthodox world chess champion titleholders), but both players were in the top five in the January 2001 world rankings for orthodox chess. Leko was chosen because of the many novelties he has introduced to known chess theories, as well as his previous tournament win; in addition, Leko has played Fischer Random Chess games with Fischer himself. Adams was chosen because he was the world number one in blitz (rapid) chess and is regarded as an extremely strong player in unfamiliar positions. The match was won by a narrow margin, 4.5 to 3.5.
In 2002 at Mainz, an open Fischer Random tournament was held which attracted 131 players. Peter Svidler won the event. Other interesting events happened in 2002. The website ChessVariants.org selected Fischer Random chess as its 'Recognized Variant of the Month' for April 2002. Yugoslavian Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric published in 2002 the book Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess, popularizing this variant further.
At the 2003 Mainz Chess Classic, Svidler beat Leko in an eight game match for the World Championship title by a score of 4.5 - 3.5. The Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess) open tournament attracted 179 players, including 50 GMs. It was won by Levon Aronian, the 2002 World Junior Champion. He played Svidler for the title at the 2004 Mainz Chess Classic, losing 4.5-3.5. At the same tournament in 2004, Aronian played two Chess960 games against the Dutch computer chess program The Baron, developed by Richard Pijl. Both games ended in a draw. It was the first ever man against machine match in Chess960. In 2005 The Baron played two Chess960 games against Chess960 World Champion Peter Svidler; Svidler won 1.5-0.5. The chess program Shredder, developed by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen from Dusseldorf, Germany, played two games against Zoltan Almasi from Hungary; Shredder won 2-0. Almasi and Svidler played an eight-game match at the 2005 Mainz Chess Classic. Once again, Svidler defended his title, winning 5-3.
During the Chess Classic 2005 in Mainz, initiated by Mark Vogelgesang and Eric van Reem, the first-ever Chess960 computer chess world championship was played. Nineteen programs, including the powerful Shredder, played in this tournament. As a result of this tournament, Spike became the first Chess960 computer world champion.
object to many of Mr. Fischer's actions over the years.
3. It should be understood worldwide.
This effort culminated in the name 'Chess960,' deriving from the number of different initial positions.
R. Scharnagl, another proponent of this variant, had used the term FullChess instead. But today he uses 'FullChess' to address chess variants consistently embedding the traditional chess game, e.g. Chess960 and some new variants based on the extended 10x8 Capablanca piece set. He actually recommends the use of the term 'Chess960' instead of Fischer Random Chess.
There are other chess variants with rules similar to Fischer Random Chess.
* King's Corner chess: like Fischer Random Chess, the placement of the pieces on the 1st and 8th row are randomized, but with the king in the right hand corner. Black's starting position is obtained by rotating white's position 180 degrees around the board's center.
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An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of the Five Armies, known collectively as The Hobbit, are three live-action films based upon J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel of the same name. The three films are being directed by Peter Jackson and are conceived as prequels to Jackson's earlier project, The Lord of the Rings (film series).
Martin Freeman plays the films' title role of Bilbo Baggins. Thorin Oakenshield is portrayed by Richard Armitage, and Benedict Cumberbatch plays the dragon Smaug. Several cast members from The Lord of the Rings (film series) reprise their roles, including Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Andy Serkis as Gollum, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Christopher Lee as Saruman, Orlando Bloom as Legolas and Elijah Wood as Frodo.
Filming in New Zealand began on 21 March, 2011 and ended on 6 July, 2012; Like The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, The Hobbit films were produced back-to-back and released over three consecutive years: An Unexpected Journey was released in North America on 14 December, 2012, The Desolation of Smaug on 13 December, 2013, and The Battle of the Five Armies on 17 December, 2014.
The three Hobbit films follow the plot from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in addition to added details revealed in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings.
Whilst the studios announced that filming would begin the following February, the dispute remained unsettled. With the studios seriously considering moving the production abroad, large numbers of New Zealanders protested in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. A settlement was finally reached on 27 October, 2010, with the Prime Minister himself announcing the news, hoping to prevent the loss of jobs in New Zealand and to reinforce the country's Tolkien tourism industry. As part of the agreement, the New Zealand government passed legislation which clarified that film industry workers are independent contractors rather than employees. Filming finally began on 21 March, 2011.
With principal photography coming to a close in July, 2012, Jackson began to discuss the notion of a third film with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
On 31 August, 2012, it was revealed that the titles of the second and third films would be The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: There and Back Again respectively. The release of the first and second film remained unchanged, whilst the third film is due for release on 17 December, 2014 (moved from the initial release date of 18 July, 2014).
On 24 April, 2014, Peter Jackson revealed that the final film would be re-titled The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies were filmed in 3D using RED Epic cameras. A rig designed by 3ality Technica is being used in the filming of the three films; here two cameras and a mirror are used in order to achieve an intraocular effect similar to that of a human's (the distance between the eyes). This is how the depth required for 3D film is achieved.
Breaking with conventional filming techniques, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies are being filmed by capturing 48 frames per second (FPS), twice the normal film standard of 24 frames per second. This makes the film look far more realistic. When describing what people thought when they saw clips of The Hobbit shown at 48 frames per second, Peter Jackson said that it's 'like the back of the cinema has had a hole cut out of it where the screen is and you're actually looking into the real world'.
In late 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment would release a video game based on The Hobbit in lieu of the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in December 2012.
In September 2012, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that it would produce two free-to-play video games, in co-operation with Kabam.
The first, a mobile-phone game named The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth, was released in November 2012. In this game the player is able to manage his own kingdom and play as either Elves or Dwarves.
The second, a strategic browser-based game called The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age, allows the player to play as either the Elves, Dwarves or Orcs (including several heroes from The Hobbit films). It is unknown when The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age will be released.
Guardians of Middle-earth, a "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena" video game by Monolith Productions, will include some playable characters ("guardians") from The Hobbit films. Additional The Hobbit "guardians" will be added after the release of The Hobbit, to tie in with the films.
On 17 December, 2011, it was announced that the Lego Group had received the rights to create Lego sets based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The first sets on The Hobbit were released in the end of 2012.
'Bilbo' and the 'thirteen dwarves' (N.B. Rob Kazinsky has since been replaced by Dean O'Gorman to play Fíli).
↑ Conan Stevens was initially cast as Azog. (see: Peter Jackson, "Casting News for The Hobbit" dated 19 May 2011, Facebook (accessed 21 December 2011)).
↑ Ryan Gage was initially cast as Drogo Baggins. (see: Earl, "Ryan Gage Tweets About Hobbit “Costume Fitting”" dated 2 August 2012, TheOneRing.net (accessed 2 August 2012)).
↑ In his brief, unidentified appearance in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Bolg was played by Conan Stevens. (see: MrCere, "Exclusive: ‘Hobbit’s’ Conan Stevens chats with TORn" dated 22 April 2012, TheOneRing.net (accessed 2 August 2012)).
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Who has done better in economic growth, Bush II or Obama? Think carefully before answering.
Using 4th Q 2009 through 1st Q 2012 GDP figures, after things stabilized somewhat from the debacle of the 2008 recessions, as a baseline for Obama, and comparing to the 6 similarly long periods from Bush's Presidency, begining in 4thQ 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 2005, and 2006, in which ones did Obama do better. Obviously Obmama clobbered Bush the starting in 2006, but how about the others?
Bush led us down this hole. Obama has been clawing his way out the hole the entire time.
Remember, Hank Paulson, as Treasury Secretary destroyed the financial markets by taking over Fannie and Freddie. Two months earlier, he told investors they were fine. TARP originated partly because of the exposure of banks to Fannie and Freddie preferred stocks that were wiped out. The Treasury told the banks to buy this stuff and then made a conscious choice to destroy them. Paulson was a Bush Administration appointee.
Yes he did/yes he has, but by 2010, Obama made it most of the way back, just not employment;most recessions of this type don't; Reagan certainly didn't. Nevertheless, the answer I am wanting would be 1 (a given), 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 slices of time.
President Obama, I think, has done a better job when it comes to economic growth. Why? Because he inherited an economic crisis created, at least in large part, by the previous administration.
True, true, but do you think Obama has done a better job, growth-wise in the last 10 quarters once out of possible 6 slices of time(a given), 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6?
How can fewer jobs, lower growth, lower home prices, and a smaller job universe = a better economy? The fact is Bush's spending policies helped create the problem, just as Obama's policies have exasperated the problem.
Look at my answer to my question on the lower growth, Obama's first time jobless claims are in line with the last six presidents before him and better than Bush IIs now, home prices are not far from where they should be if it weren't for the bubble.
Asking who is a better pilot based upon altitude gained is really only a valid question when both pilots start with the same plane in the same position.
When one starts with a perfectly good high-flying jet and the other with one plunging to earth in a death dive, it doesn't seem very comparable.
But being that the first guy took the high flying rising jet and plunged it into the death dive and the second guy pulled it out of the death dive I'd much rather fly with the second guy than the first.
I know what you are saying junkseller, but even Bush started with a sinking economy helped along with 9/11 and our response to it. They you have his own bungling. Nevertheless, the answer would be 1 (a given), 2, 3, 4, 5 or all 6 slices of time.
Well, I don't want to fly with either, but even if you consider it a valid comparison, it could still be argued that Bush II's growth was simply riding the housing bubble which then burst. That's not good economics.
Obviously you are an Obama supporter. So I'm not going to argue any points...I will only point out that in 2011 there were 130,000 fewer millionaires. More Americans are now leaving and renouncing American citizenship than at any time in history under the Obama Marxist socialist regime.
And now the LARGEST TAX IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND is being imposed on the American people due to Obamacare, which Obama declared was NOT a TAX, but which was declared by the Supreme Court as a TAX.
So do you think your home is worth more know than when Bush left office, are you earning more money, can your kids find a job, is 8.2 percent unemployment less than 5 percent unemployment (which existed under Bush), can you keep your current doctor and healthcare plan, will you be one of the people the government decides to kill (like the British did last year in which they killed 130,000 people) and in General -- Are you better off today than you were Under Bush?
VP Biden said it best -- he called the Obama economy a "depression". So let us dispense with the attempts at appearing to be smarter than one truly is and accept the brutal facts that the current economy under Obama is comparible to the Great Depression.
High five to Lions Den!!
I think he said it all very well.
Yep, I am. No doubt you are right, but I bet there are more millionaires today than there were say in Oct 2009 when the Bush recession finally hit bottom. Actually, my home is, about $20,000 more after losing $200,000 under Bush.
"Stick with the facts" from a guy talking about the "Obama Marxist socialist regime." That's a good laugh.
Prove Obama isn't a socialist...Fact Obama did place 1/6th of the US economy under gov control and force you to do anything.
Exactly what parts of the economy put "under gov't control"? I am not aware of any. If you are talking about Obamacare, show me specifically what parts of it that are now under gov't control that wasn't before. As I read it, there isn't any.
Even if part of the economy is under gov't control, gov't control of the economy is not socialism, unless the control was fully exercised by the people and was for their benefit. Which it isn't.
as a Canadian all i can say is you bush loving, obama hating people are hilarious. bush almost destroyed your country in so many ways and you folks are too blind to see it.
What to do with Health care, solution: blow it up start all over. Does anyone believe that will work easier or quicker. We had a surplus when Clinton left Bush came, spent unconstitutionally furthermore how can we expect 8 years to be undone in 4.
So you think the founder made a mistake including the Commerce Clause in Article 1 of the Constitution? Given your opinion of EPA regs, you prefer acid rain, a dead Lake Erie, and a smog blanket over Los Angeles ... things the EPA made industry fix.
ken - there was no such surplus. Bush came into office after Clinton with a national debt of over $4 trillion. How is that a surplus...is that new math?
Surplus refers to the deficit, not the debt. Bush II started with a surplus and than proceeded to nearly double the federal budget. Bush II increased spending and deficits more than any other modern president.
Junk: your point is like claiming you have money in the bank because even though you're in debt, you have a capital surplus because you have a bunch of checks. Fact Clinton started w/$4trillion left $5.9 trillion in debt. The rest is semantics.
Sorry Lion, Junk has you on this one. He is talking apples - annual budgets, you are talking oranges - debt. In fact, if Bush had stayed Clinton's course, the actual debt would have come down because of the budget surpluses Clinton got going.
By definition a surplus is having a budget where revenue exceeds spending, which existed at the end of Clinton's term. Bush changed that to a massive deficit and Rep's force it to stay that way by refusing revenue increases or fair spending cuts.
Junk I don't disagree and refuse to defend Bush's spending as I'm one of the few conservatives consistently rip Bush. There was no surplus because the interest alone would eat that up. And plus there were other issues with the methodology used.
No, a surplus means a surplus. For the last one or two years of Clinton and the first year of Bush, the federal government took in more in revenue than it spent in outlays which included interest payments on the debt.
Arguing with irrational thought? If you have $10,000 in your pocket, but owe $100 million - do you have a cash surplus? Using that same logic-would a private company using Clinton's #s be profitable or bankrupt?
You are still talking about assets rather than budgets. An entity can have debt but still be taking in more money than they outlay. Paying on the debt is simply part of its outlays. I doubt you'll find many organizations who don't have any debt.
Lol, accounting 101 by comment, I have the same problem with my business partner. "Cash in pocket" and a debt of $100 mil are both balance sheet accounts and have nothing to do with profit and loss. If income exceeds expenses, you are profitable.
I think you should think carefully before asking your question.
The president presiding over good/bad economic times does not mean that the president is the cause of a prosperous/unprosperous economy. Fiscal policy conducted by the government has far less influence on the economy than monetary policy conducted by the Federal Reserve.
More to the point, the government cannot effect economic outcomes in a society where "free market capitalism" reigns free.
The ugly recession of 2008 was not caused by one single factor; but it's fair to say deregulation was a major contributing factor vis a vis the collapse in "mortgage backed securities" -- which are derivatives.
Wall Street was opposed to the regulation of derivatives and still remains opposed to the regulation of derivatives -- for somewhat obvious reasons. After all, people on wall street don't want outsiders scrutinizing the absurdity associated with various financial products that are concocted for the sole purpose of generating profits (rewards) and at the risk of the taxpayer, where if the banks are unable to make true on their so called "commitments" they threaten financial Armageddon to strong arm bailout money from the citizens.
You speak the truth, of course, but the question is very relevant because of the propaganda war the Right is winning against the President on this issue. Only facts can defeat them by pealing away from their ranks those who actually think.
Regulations and gov demands for banks to loan to unqualified borrowers via threat of criminal prosecution on discrimination charges. "Opposed regulation"? The financial services industry is the most regulated industry.
It all depends on how the economic debacle has impacted your life, and your personal politics. For someone who is a staunch Republican the question is irrelevant. If Obama made everyone a millionaire they would complain it's socialism gone mad.
If you're a struggling family some members suffering with unemployment you'd blame the Republicans for letting the banks have complete freedom to do what they wanted to do in the name of freedom.
Probably more so with American politics, emotion has a higher weighting than hard facts. So facts might indicate you draw one conclusion but emotion will get in the way so you take a contrarian view.
The fact is that socialism does not create millionaires, unless you are part of the political power structure. Second - it is NOT about money - it is about Liberty and the constitutional principles. I disdain Bush and Obama because of their policies.
OK, I got a lot of good comments, but no answers. So, here is the answer, actually two of them depending on which set of stats you like best. The first is a little more straight forward but both answers aren't too different from each other.
In terms of annual GDP, there were seven, 10 quarter time slices, one beginning in 2001 incrementing by one year through 2006, then jumping past the recession years to 2009, Obama's 10 quarters.
LOOK #1: Averaging the 10 quarterly % growth or declines together - 2002, 2003 were the best; 2001, 2005. 2009 were the next best, and way behind are 2006 and 2007.
LOOK #2: Subtracting each Bush yearly slice from the Obama baseline and averaging the resulting differences - Bush beats Obama in 2002 and 2003; 2001 and 2004 were a tie; Obama beats Bush in 2005 and clobbers him in 2006.
Do Tax Cuts Lead to Economic Growth?
To all conservatives out there, what are the 10 ways that President Obama is destroying this countrybesides instituting Obamacare?
More Good Economic News...Thanks President Obama!
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Story: He sees what he shouldn't. She sees what he couldn't. So the question is, does he see it or not?
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Syrah is one of the most popular varieties in the world. The red grape is the fifth most planted vine internationally, covering a total of around 137,000 hectares. Its origins lie in southwest France, where it was cross-bred from Mondeuse Blanche and Dureza, and is thought to date back to the Roman era. It is particularly popular in the Rhône Valley and in Australia where, as Shiraz, it is the most popular black grape. There has been a recent explosion in Syrah growth, especially in France, where its total growth area leapt from 2,700 hectares in 1968 to 50,700 hectares in 2000. It is increasingly employed to give Grenache a longer lifespan in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and adds structure to wines in Languedoc-Roussillon. It is also used to create hugely successful varietal wines in Southern France.
Syrah can vary hugely depending on the soil and climate. In cooler climates, such as northern Rhône, it produces medium to full bodied reds that are high in tannin, featuring notes of black pepper, mint and blackberry. In warmer areas, such as Crozes-Hermitage, it gives a wine with more earthy and leathery aromas, with notes of coffee, red berries and cocoa. Those produced in Côte Rôtie tend to be more aromatic, with an elongated ageing potential. In general terms, those in warmer climates are full bodied with less tannin and notes of aniseed and leather. In cooler regions they are mid to full bodied, with notes of black pepper and blackberry and higher tannins.
In northern Rhône, Syrah grapes are often divided into two categories: Petit Syrah, which has small berries and is considered superior, and Grosse Syrah, which has a lower concentration of phenolics and therefore flavour and colour. This distinction is, however, disputed by many ampelographers. Syrah grows best in warmer climates, where it can fully ripen and retain its characteristics. Other than in France, it is grown notably in Tuscany, Spain, California, Washington and South Africa. In Chile there are around 2,500 hectares planted, which produce rich, dense wines.
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We would all be in a better, moneyless society tomorrow if everyone understood how and why it works, but the truth is that it's a very difficult idea to convince people. So why is that? As someone who has been trying to sell this idea to people for about five years now, I've had plenty of time to think about this question, and this article is what I've come up with so far.
If selling this idea to people is the main obstacle to making it happen, then we really need to understand why before we can progress.
Convincing someone about the potential of a money-free future is basically a two-part exercise. First, you have to convince them of the benefits, then you have to convince them of the feasibility. The benefits are many and most reasonable people will have no trouble accepting them: better quality of life for all, less inequality, poverty, crime, greed, corruption, pollution and waste; greater health, education, trust, respect, awareness, sustainability, community values, technological advances, etc. Most people want these things, so our problem is not really about convincing them of the benefits – it's convincing them of the feasibility. How is a money-less society possible?
I have come to realize that the reason it's so difficult to grasp is that it requires the simultaneous suspension and reevaluation of several beliefs that are fundamental to how we perceive the world.
In order to convince someone, we have to first demonstrate the misconception of those beliefs, and then supplant them with ones closer to their true origins. Of course, it's a big task of anyone in the bustle of their busy lives to devote time and energy to this kind of mental juggling, but if they apply themselves a little, then, like a wooden puzzle, the pieces will start to slot together.
And once they solve it, there's no going back.
The good news is that all of these objections can be overturned quite easily using just plain common sense and basic observations. There's no proof required, but before someone can arrive at the same conclusion as you – that a money-less society is possible – they need to simultaneously suspend and reevaluate all those beliefs.
a) No-one would do anything (money motivates people): People are motivated by money, yes. It is perhaps the biggest motivator of people, but the only reason for that is because we need money to live. It's linked to survival – our most fundamental instinct. This is what gives it such power.
There are, of course, many other human motivators: the desire to love and be loved, to meet people, to have children, to help others, to improve ourselves and our surroundings, to look good, to feel good, to learn, to challenge ourselves, to express ourselves, to innovate, to demonstrate our skills, etc. Every person alive is motivated by these desires to some degree. Because, after survival, these desires are what give our lives value and meaning.
So if we didn't need money to survive, and society could be better without money, then it follows that any or all of these desires would become our primary motivators. Since technology can now make the basic business of survival incredibly easy for us, all we would have to do – rather than working and earning – is to spend just a little time serving our community to ensure that the system works for everybody, then spend the rest of our time doing whatever it is that makes us happy.
Of course, this doesn't mean we all have to go and live in the forest and eat berries! If technology was not limited by a market system and peoples' desire to help, innovate and improve became their prime motivators, then our technology could be completely maximized to take in almost all jobs that no-one wants to do, and create a highly advanced culture.
b) People would take advantage (greed is human nature): Greed is not human nature – it is simply the desire to stockpile something scarce, which you need to live. Like a squirrel collecting nuts, greed makes good sense – because we don't know what the future will bring. In a monetary world, the greatest scarcity is money itself, so it makes sense to accumulate it, and, since there is no upper limit to the money and property you can have, there's no reason to stop accumulating it.
But if society can work better without money and everyone has access to everything they need, then there would be no point in stockpiling anything in large quantities. Who wants a basement full of coffee, cornflakes or tomatoes when all these things are freely available at any time?
For the first time in history, we have the technology to eradicate scarcity and create an abundance of necessities for all humans on Earth with minimal physical effort. The market system is the only thing that prevents this from happening, as it intrinsically requires scarcity to perpetuate itself.
c) I will lose everything I have (fear of loss, ownership): Any marketing guru will tell you that the most influential factor of human decision-making is the fear of loss – even more so than the desire to gain. So arguing what someone will gain living in a moneyless society versus losing their exclusive property rights probably isn't going to convince them, as the fear of loss will be overriding. It is better to just tackle the whole notion of ownership altogether.
We all need privacy and a certain amount of exclusivity, right? Who wants to share their toothbrush, or have strangers walking around their home, for example? Our normalized belief tells us that we define who uses what through something called 'ownership'. Our laws define and protect ownership, with the threat of punishment to those who disobey (ie. stealing).
But where does this concept of ownership come from in the first place? Did we own nothing before someone wrote the law? Of course we did, but in our early egalitarian days it was more like moral or logical entitlement. Moral, as in, we implicitly deserved entitlement to an object, or logical, as in, it made logical sense for it to belong to us. The point is that most things in the community belonged to no-one. Whatever items within the community that were not morally or logically entitled to anyone were used and shared by all.
So without ownership, what stops people from stealing? What actually stops people from stealing from each other is that it is anti-social, disrespectful and invasive, and people who do so are liable to become deeply unpopular. This social incentive for certain behavior is far stronger than any rule could ever be, as it is dictated by how we feel about ourselves and our position in society. Yet we commonly mistake the rule of law as being the only thing that governs this behavior.
d) Chaos and violence would ensue (society requires control): To address this belief, it's worth first pointing out that our world under its current system is already rife with crime and violence, so any argument for a moneyless society must be measured against that standard for comparison. Also, no-one is suggesting that a free world would be perfect – just a whole lot better.
Most crime and violence is driven by desperation through lack of basic requirements for living, ie. theft, armed robbery, burglary, etc. Almost all other crimes can be seen as the secondary effects of poor upbringing. ie. where parents are poor, over-worked, unemployed, frustrated, depressed or disillusioned, etc. – all factors that can contribute to an unstable and unloving environment for children, who may later turn to crime as a result of low self esteem or maladjustment.
If society can work better without money, then most of the reasons and contributing causes of anti-social behaviour will no longer exist. Society will automatically be more cooperative and inclusive, and everyone will have free access to good food, housing, education and technology. It won't be perfect or eliminate all crime, but if everyone has a good quality of life and free access, then crime will have little or no incentive.
e) Society would stagnate or regress (markets fuel progress): Many economists or entrepreneurs cite economic incentive and competition as good for progress. But since the money system is everywhere, people who make this claim really have nothing to compare it with, so are drawing a false conclusion. Are we really to believe that all innovators, inventors and artists will put down their tools the moment someone calls time on money? Obviously not, since we all know so many creative people that never achieve financial success, it shows us that they are not driven by money, but rather by their passions and desire to innovate.
We have already seen the rise of the Open-Source movement and how large scale innovative projects are becoming the optimum means of production without a monetary incentive. Many computer programs like Linux, Chrome and Android have been developed freely by enthusiasts in their spare time. The computer industry has led the way on this, but of course, there is no reason why 'open source thinking' cannot be applied in agriculture, crafts, construction or education, etc.
History has shown that, in general, our greatest innovators and artists have come from privileged backgrounds. Does that mean that they were smarter? Of course not. It means that they had a comfortable upbringing, access to good food and education, and had the luxury of time – not labouring for their keep – but spending it on developing their ideas and skills instead.
If society can work better without money, then all potential young Einsteins and Mozarts will have the optimal opportunity to exercise and advance their talents.
Now allow to simmer...For most people, taking all this new information on board is quite a mental feat, and in my experience, it usually takes some time – maybe some weeks – for the information to filter through the subconscious and back into the conscious mind.
This is why I believe it's very important not to labour the point. You may be very excited and enthusiastic about a moneyless world, which is great, but remember most people won't get this straight away, so don't expect them to. If you feel like you are not getting through, you may end up getting frustrated and angry, possibly creating a negative association for your ideas with them. The best thing you can do is give them all this information in your own, friendly way, and let them think about it later themselves.
I arrived on Belize March 23, 2014 and I've learned a great deal about this little country since then.
In my opinion, Belize is not a 3rd world country, but a developing country and I hope other than getting better internet and roads, it stays pretty much the same.
I've learned that Belize is a beautiful, multi-cultural country with visitors from all over the world. Belize is populated by the Maya, Mestizo, Kriol, Garifuna, East Indian, Mennonite, Arab and Chinese, who own all the grocery stores and many restaurants on San Ignacio, Santa Elena and surrounding areas.
On any given day, you'll find street vendors selling fresh fruit, some cut up and bagged and fast food, such as tacos, burritos Since I don't eat meat, I can't tell you what some of the other foods are called.
Also, taxis and buses are plentiful here. Taxi fares from $2.00 BZ for in-town to Bullet Tree Falls, while long distance taxis cost $100 BZ or more. I take the bus to Belmopan every month to visit IMS (Immigration) and I pay $3.00 BZ and $4.00 BZ (each way) for Express buses, which are old school buses.
My favorite time is Saturday mornings at the Market where fresh, organic produce can be purchased reasonably. Ten bananas cost $1.00 BZ, which is $.50 USD. Beautiful, large heads of green leaf lettuce for $3.50 BZ. There are many established booths as well as many farmers who bring in their produce fresh from the fields.
The Mennonites also bring their cheeses and fresh butter, while other booths sell and make jewelry, sell fresh meat, trinkets, CD's and DVD's, clothing, shoes. You name it, you can probably find it at the market.
I've learned that fresh-farmed eggs ($10.00 for 2 dozen) and bread ($1.75 BZ) are very cheap, but many canned goods and imported food is expensive. For instance a 28 oz container of Jiffy Peanut Butter is $14.95 BZ, while I can buy a local brand, a little smaller container for under $5.00 BZ. Soda's are mostly in bottles and only $1.00 BZ. Pasta is very cheap and the local, packaged cheeses are reasonably priced, though they are pasteurized.
I've learned that the Belizean people are very welcoming and a happy people for a population around 331,000.
I've learned that during election year, the roads receive great improvement or even replacement, as I witnessed on Burns Avenue (I renamed it Bank Street due to the 3 banks located there). All roads here are created using concrete and sometimes are more than 6" deep, reinforced with a great deal of rebar.
I've learned there are very few street signs, so we mostly find our way by landmarks. There are very few traffic signs, but speed bumps are prevalent. There are some billboards, but mostly it's just a clean landscape, other than the litter. I would love to see a giant sweeper that collects litter and deposits it at the landfill where they are just beginning to recycle.
I've learned that the septic systems here really need an overhaul. While enjoying a meal on the second half of Burns Avenue, renamed Tourist Avenue by my friend, Lois, the wonderful odor wafts on the breeze and I have to stop breathing for a minute to let it keep on moving. I feel EM Technology would be most beneficial and to educate the septic installers on the proper way to install a sewer system.
I've learned that I must visit the Immigration office every month and the return visit is minus one day. For instance, I arrived March 23rd, yet I have to visit Immigration next month, a year later on March 8th. The first 6 months, I paid $50.00 BZ and now I pay $100.00 per month to live here, though recently I've read on some official websites that after 6 months, one is considered a resident. I need to investigate this further because many people apply for residency, which is not only time consuming, it is costly.
I've learned that to work here or even volunteer, one must have a permit, which costs $2000 BZ, and the employer must show that they have advertised the position properly to hire a foreigner. This policy has been a huge drawback for me, though I didn't come here to find a job, but to change our world, it would help me greatly as I have a great many skills, not to mention, I could really use the money!
I've learned that in spite of the high humidity, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I love looking out and seeing the palm trees and hearing the birds sing and chirp, and no, I haven't begun identifying them yet.
I've learned there are many stray dogs on the street and many who are mistreated, prompting me to add an animal rescue to Purple LoveLand.
I have learned that besides English, Belize Creole and Spanish are the main languages spoken here, though many still speak the Mayan dialect. I was told by soldiers guarding the Mayan ruins at Xunatunich (shoon a tu nich), that they are required to speak Mayan and are the only ones recruited to protect all Mayan ruins on Belize.
I've learned that while I love the summer months here, which feels like 110-150°F to me, I'm loving these cooler months. When the Resort is built though, you'll find me either in my own pool or most likely, the water park when not contributing elsewhere.
Rents around San Ignacio vary greatly. Furnished apartments, cabanas and homes tend to get pricey. I've paid $250 per month for a furnished room, including utilities and internet, up to $475 BZ. I rented a small cabin when I first arrived for $950 BZ per month, including utilities and internet.
Hotels and Hostels range from $11.00 USD per night to $137.00 USD. Cahal Pech Village and Resort rates start at $90.00 through $137.00 USD. There are some campgrounds being built, but I don't have rates on that yet. Hode's has 4 rooms with 2 double beds for $50.00 USD per night. Venus Hotel, which is located downtown, costs $30.00+ USD per night. There is a wide variety of inns/hotels and resorts to choose from. I would be glad to help you select what's best for your stay.
There are many tourist attractions, which can be booked all over town. Zip-lining, tube caving, canoe caving, air tours, hiking, visiting Mayan ruins. All tours have a licensed guide.
I love the energy of San Ignacio. Though the prospective resort property is several hours north of here, I'm very grateful to be here right now and I met my soul family here, of all places after feeling their existence for years.
I've learned that Belize is very encouraging when it comes to self-sustainability. Many homes have cisterns and some are totally off the grid. There are many homes being built in almost every community I have visited, and there are many old structures that I see need updating or torn down and rebuilt.
I've learned there are no building codes here, at least the places I've lived. Having a construction background, I'm amazed that even common sense isn't used, hence the scariest is what is called 'suicide showers'. Above the shower head, wires are taped up that run to the heating unit for the water. A little nerve-wracking to say the least. I'm very careful not to splash!
Speaking of self-sustainability and building, I feel it is time to get things rolling for the resort, but I need your help physically and financially. I have been receiving support from friends who resonate with my mission and I'm asking you to please consider contributing to My Project.
I could also use your help here on Belize and ask that you use the form on the Contact Us page to tell me what your interests are and how you can help.
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HOMER: Los Angeles Angels Vladimir Guerrero hits a solo home run in the third inning.
ANAHEIM—Rangers nemesis Vladimir Guerrero hit a solo homer and a pair of RBI singles Tuesday night to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-3 victory over Texas.
Guerrero went 4-for-4 and was walked intentionally with a runner on second and two outs in the sixth inning.
In 56 career games against the Rangers, he is hitting .442, with 21 home runs, 49 RBIs and 49 runs. He had an RBI double in their 4-1 victory over Texas in the season opener a night earlier.
Kelvim Escobar (1-0) went 5 1-3 innings and allowed three runs and three hits. One of them was Ian Kinsler’s second solo homer in as many games. The Angels’ right-hander walked five and struck out four.
Justin Speier, signed by the Angels as a free agent during the offseason, threw 1 1-3 scoreless innings, and Scot Shields closed with two perfect innings.
The Angels pounded Vicente Padilla (0-1) for six runs and nine hits in 4 2-3 innings.
The Rangers’ Sammy Sosa, back after taking a year off, went 1-for-4, with two strikeouts _ including taking a big cut and missing on a chest-high, 3-2 fastball for the final out of the fifth inning as Escobar pitched out of a bases-loaded jam.
Gary Matthews Jr. went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice against his former teammates in his second game for Los Angeles. He went 1-for-3 and scored a run in his Angels debut.
Los Angeles opened a 6-2 lead with three runs in the fifth. Matthews singled leading off and came all the way around when right fielder Nelson Cruz misplayed Orlando Cabrera’s single for a two-base error. Guerrero and Casey Kotchman had RBI singles later in the inning.
Texas had closed the gap to 3-2 in the top of the fifth with an unearned run on second baseman Howie Kendrick’s fielding error.
Guerrero hit a towering shot just outside the left-field foul pole in the third inning, then drove another Padilla pitch over the fence in straightaway center for his first homer of the year.
After Matthews walked leading off the first inning for the Angels and Cabrera singled, Padilla greeted Guerrero with an inside fastball that made him whirl away from the pitch. The Angels’ slugger then singled sharply to left to drive in their first run, breaking his bat in the process.
Los Angeles made it 2-0 later in the inning when Padilla, covering first, dropped shortstop Michael Young’s relay throw as the Rangers tried to complete a double play on Garret Anderson’s grounder.
Kinsler’s homer pulled the Rangers within 2-1 in the top of the third, but Guerrero got the run back in the bottom of the inning with his leadoff homer.
Notes:Before the game, Rangers rookie manager Ron Washington explained his theory of keeping Guerrero in check, saying: “You’re not going to stop him completely. The best thing is when he’s in situation where he can hurt you, don’t pitch to him. All I can say is, get him off the plate and then throw offspeed down and away where he can’t get the big part of the bat on it.” … The Rangers have stranded seven runners at third base in their first two games, while leaving the bases loaded three times. … Tim Salmon, who retired after last season after 15 years with the Angels, was honored in pregame ceremonies. Salmon, among the most popular players in the team’s history, holds club records in homers (299), runs (986) and walks (970). Among the tributes was a video message of congratulations from Baltimore Hall of Famer Cal Ripken.
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Think about this question for a moment. How often do you experience democracy?
We've all been told that we live in a democracy. We've heard it repeated over and over by our schools, media, friends, family, co-workers and random people on the street. Democrats and Republicans alike say we've got so much of it here in the U.S. that we've got to export it overseas on fighter jets. Surprisingly though, whenever I ask people this question all I get is silence.
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What are some common symptoms of overdose?
A decreased effort to breathe (respiratory depression).
Can barbiturate overdose cause complications?
Complications will surely arise from barbiturate overdose. Complications of overdose can include noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. If death occurs this is typically due to a lack of breathing.
What to know before taking barbiturates.
Because of its relaxing effects on many of the body’s organs, long-term barbiturate use can lead to breathing problems and pneumonia. Long-term use can also cause sexual dysfunction, delayed reflexes, a short attention span, and memory loss.
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In its comment on the report of the Commission, the human rights organisation said that the government should implement the recommendations from families of the missing and from non-governmental organisations concerned with the issue without further delay.
The Commission of Inquiry was set up by the Lebanese Government in January 2000 as a result of pressure from the families of those who 'disappeared' during the 15-year civil war from 1975 to 1990. A Committee for the Relatives of the Kidnapped and Missing has been holding vigils near the weekly cabinet meetings, outside the Beirut Museum, at a notorious checkpoint between east and west Beirut where many were seized by militias and ' disappeared '.
The Commission issued forms for families of the missing to fill in and then, according to their report, they followed up each individual case, questioning, in confidence, former victims, eyewitnesses and members of militias involved in kidnappings and extra-judicial executions. The Commission examined several mass graves but stated that they had not been able to ascertain the identities of those who were buried. The report states that none of the 'disappeared' was alive in Lebanon, and one of the conclusions of the reports recommends that those missing for at least four years should be considered dead.
A list of 216 persons whose families believed they had been taken by Israeli forces or transferred to Israel was sent to the Israeli Government through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). A list of 168 persons whose families believed they had been taken by Syrian forces or transferred to Syria was sent to the Syrian Government. Both governments denied knowledge of the whereabouts of those on the list.
Notwithstanding its flaws (such as the short timeframe, the failure to include independent non-government members in the Commission and the failure to discuss the 'disappearances' of those whose family failed to fill in the forms) the Commission's report is a positive step.
Amnesty International called on the Lebanese Government to accept the demand of the families of the 'disappeared' (supported by the Commission of Inquiry) for compensation and social rehabilitation. The Israeli Government and the Syrian Government should compensate families of those who 'disappeared' while in their charge.
'Many Lebanese remain in unacknowledged detention in Syria; others are still held in Israel,' Amnesty International said. 'If this report is to be a beginning and not an end to justice, the Syrian and Israeli governments should release all those held in relation to the conflict and open their records in order to further elucidate the fate of those who 'disappeared' while in their custody'.
Amnesty International welcomed the fact that the families of all those missing and kidnapped would be given the details of what had been found out relevant to their case. However, since many relatives live far from Beirut, and those who filled in forms include relatives living overseas, the organisation called on the Commission to ensure that each person who contacted them should be informed of the established facts. The organisation also called on the Lebanese Government to order that the whole report be made public.
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Why do so many non-residents not know about this tax?
I am an English chartered accountant with a fairly decent knowledge of tax matters but managed to own a property in Spain for several years without submitting a form 210 or paying any taxes or even having heard of the requirement. How can this fairly basic requirement be so widely ignored and misunderstood? Most people with Spanish holiday homes pay the local property taxes (IBI, SUMA) due on their properties. Perhaps the difference is that these taxes are collected by the local Town Hall who are not going to let non-payment go easily (although backlogs of years of unpaid IBI are not unknown). Also the property tax should come up as part of the property purchase process when the buyer's lawyer checks to see that they have been paid up to date by the seller.
But I think the main reason why local property taxes are more commonly understood and paid is that they are similar to British rates and thus expected. We would expect to pay local property taxes or rates if we bought a property practically anywhere in the world. That is how local amenities and services are mostly financed, so a rates bill is hardly unexpected or resented. The problem with non-residents tax is that it is additional to rates and not directly equivalent to anything in the UK.
In fact paying tax on "imputed income" from a holiday home which is not rented out seems downright unfair, which is perhaps why so many people avoid it even when they know about it.
Ignorance is no defence when it comes to unpaid taxes but a lot of the foreigners who don't pay the tax are not even ignorant. They know of it because neighbours pay it or they have read about it, but choose to ignore it. This could either be because they are making a calculated decision to avoid paying the tax because they think they can do so safely or possibly because they are put off by the thought of having to deal with a strange tax office and system, i.e. it is not the expense of paying the tax that they are avoiding just the hassle of having to sort it out. This is where Advoco can help, but even without assistance it is not such a tough obligation to get on top of, particularly after the first year of setting it up.
The big question is can Spanish tax dodgers expect to get away with it? I can't answer that with 100% certainty because in part it is the luck of the draw. There are many people who have lived or owned property in Spain for years without ever having paid tax and nothing has ever caught up with them. I myself managed to avoid non-residents tax (through ignorance) for about 5 years before I begun getting involved with Spanish tax and accountancy and learnt the truth. Periodically you do hear of tax drives against people who avoid their obligations and it is not as if it would be hard to find out all foreign property owners who haven't registered for tax or submitted a return. However I haven't heard of anyone caught out directly.
A bigger problem for avoiders could be when they come to sell the property they have avoided paying tax on. Non-resident taxpayers are hit with a charge equal to 3% of the sale price when they sell their property. This is meant to be an advanced payment against capital gains tax on the sale. If there is in fact no capital gain on the property then the 3% is recoverable but generally the tax authority (the Agencia Tributaria) will want to see Tax Forms 210 paid up to date.
In general non-payers can expect to have to pay the tax they owe plus interest and a "sancion" which can add 50% to 150% to the bill.
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Does it matter what college you go to if you want to study in kinesiology?
Hi! The answer to this question depends on what you want to do with a degree in kinesiology. If you want to become a physical therapist, for instance, it helps if the college has a graduate program in physical therapy. Some graduate schools take a specific number of students from their undergraduate programs. Generally speaking though, the degree matters more than the school. If you are compatible with a company, your knowledge/skills take priority over the school.
I want to become a doctor after completing college.
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The following file contains images and text that are carriers for anomalous cognitohazardous influences. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. Due to this, it is imperative that all personnel accessing this file be certified as having a Cognitive Resistance Value (CRV) of no less than 14.5. Should you fail an automated CRV verification, please remain calm and do not move. A member of your site's medical staff will be with you shortly.
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Special Containment Procedures: Under no circumstances are Foundation personnel to approach SCP-2316. Observation of SCP-2316 must only be carried out by remote dummy probes utilizing video and audio recording equipment. Only those personnel adequately rated for exposure to cognitohazardous anomalies may review footage and audio of SCP-2316.
The lake in which SCP-2316 is located has been quarantined and fenced off, and is to be routinely patrolled by individuals who have not been exposed to SCP-2316, and have no prior knowledge of its characteristics. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. Individuals who attempt to bypass the enforced quarantine must be apprehended and moved to Site-33 for a full cognitive influence screening. Individuals who come within 50m of the lake containing SCP-2316 are to be considered lost.
Description: SCP-2316 is the designation for an anomalous phenomenon existing within Lake ███████████ within ████████ County, ███████. SCP-2316 manifests as a group of human corpses1 floating in a small group at the surface of the water. The identities of these corpses are [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Change: UNKNOWN], though DNA testing has been inconclusive.
While SCP-2316 appears to be individual instances, it is theorized that SCP-2316 may instead be an entity composed of a collective consciousness. Individual instances of SCP-2316 do not act on their own, but do seem to be able to act collectively as a2 single unit. The individual instances of SCP-2316 are3 unrecognizable, and you do not recognize the bodies in the water.
SCP-2316 hosts a powerful cognitohazardous effect, causing those who have viewed SCP-2316, are aware of certain parts of its nature, or who were enrolled in the [COGNITOHAZARD REMOVED] [Automated Message: INVALID] to believe that the individual instances of SCP-2316 are human beings they recognize, typically from their childhood4.
Attempting to come into contact with SCP-2316 instances, by way of entering Lake ███████████ or touching an instance of SCP-2316, will cause other instances of SCP-2316 to appear. You do not recognize the bodies in the water. The additional instances only serve to reinforce and add to the strength of the cognitohazard5, compelling affected individuals into the lake. Individuals who enter the lake in this way are lost, and to date none have been recovered.
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Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: What? No! Of course not. There's nothing wrong with them, they didn't drag me in. I saw them in the water and went in myself. I needed to see them, I wanted to hear what they were saying. They're my friends.
Youdonotrecognizethebodiesinthewater: Faces. My friends. Faces I recognized, some I didn't, but they became more familiar as I saw them. I'd known them my whole life, but there was something wrong with them.
Dr. Harrison: Wrong with them?
Dr. Harrison: Subdue them! Get them out of here. Take them to amnestics, and turn that goddamn recorder off.
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1. Due to the nature of SCP-2316, it is uncertain how many individual corpses exist within the group. The number is currently estimated at forty-five, but has been estimated as high as two-hundred or more.
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For other people named Brian Cox, see Brian Cox (disambiguation).
Bryan Keith Cox (born February 17, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. His most recent position was as the defensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Western Illinois University, a small college football program, but received attention for his aggressive style of play. Although Cox was a relatively late fifth-round pick by the Miami Dolphins in the 1991 NFL Draft, he rose to prominence as a standout linebacker during his twelve NFL seasons from 1991 through 2002. He was a three-time pro bowler with the Miami Dolphins, and was also a member of the New England Patriots club that won Super Bowl XXXVI.
Cox was a member of the East St. Louis High School Flyers high school football team, where he was coached by Bob Shannon.
Cox attended Western Illinois University and was a mass communications major and a letterman in football. In football, he was a four-year letterman and a two-year starter. As a senior, he was named as a first-team All-America selection by the Football Gazette and was a first-team all-conference selection. As a junior, he was named the Western Illinois Most Valuable Player. As a sophomore, Cox played in every game, and finished his sophomore season with 54 tackles, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two interceptions and three blocked kicks. As a freshman, Cox was a reserve nickel-back and finished the season with 30 tackles.
Cox was drafted by the Dolphins in the fifth round of the 1991 NFL Draft, chosen 113th overall. As a rookie, Cox started 13 games as the Dolphins right outside linebacker, racking up a total of 61 tackles along with two sacks. Miami finished out the season 8-8. In his sophomore campaign, Cox blossomed and helped lead the Dolphins to an 11-5 record and the AFC Championship Game. He made his first Pro Bowl and was named to the All Pro team after recording 127 tackles, 14 sacks and five forced fumbles. Miami switched to a 4-3 defense in 1993 and Cox was moved to right linebacker. The team started out 9-2, but lost their last five to miss the playoffs. Cox again led the team with 122 tackles, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. He also collected five sacks and an interception.
Cox earned his second Pro Bowl selection in 1994, starting 16 games at middle linebacker, leading the team with 100 tackles. Miami finished the season 10-6, winning the Wild Card Game against the Kansas City Chiefs, 27-17 before losing the Divisional Playoff to the San Diego Chargers, 22-21. In 1995, Cox was selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl, and third overall. He again started every game at middle linebacker, finishing the year with a team high 119 tackles, 7.5 sacks and three forced fumbles. The Dolphins went 9-7 before bowing out in the Wild Card Game to the Buffalo Bills, 37-22. The defense tied for the AFC lead by allowing only seven rushing touchdowns. Overall, Cox spent five years with the Dolphins playing both outside and middle linebacker, starting 75 out of a possible 78 games.
Cox would go on to play seven more seasons in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, New York Jets, New England Patriots, and New Orleans Saints. In a career encompassing 165 games, Cox recorded 764 tackles, tallied 51.5 quarterback sacks, caught four interceptions and forced 22 fumbles. Among his most famous plays was a 27-yard interception-return touchdown against the Patriots in September 1999 while playing with the Jets; another famous play came with the Patriots in September 2001 in a game against the Indianapolis Colts; Cox hit receiver Jerome Pathon in the first quarter, a hit that briefly knocked Pathon out.
Throughout his NFL career, Cox was easily recognizable on the field due to the unusual headrest- or "surfboard"-style neck roll he wore and colored to match his uniform jersey.
From 2004-2005 he worked as an analyst for TVG Network. Cox also co-hosted an afternoon drive radio program for Fox Sports Radio in 2006 alongside Chris Myers.
He was an assistant defensive line coach for the New York Jets for three seasons (2006–08) under Eric Mangini. After Mangini was fired and became the coach of the Cleveland Browns in January 2009, he brought Cox with him, where Cox was the defensive line coach.
On February 21, 2011, Cox was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their pass rush coach.
On February 17, 2012, Cox was hired to become a defensive assistant at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was hired the same day as Bill Sheridan.
On January 11, 2014, Cox was hired by the Atlanta Falcons as their defensive line coach.
In the 2016 season, Cox and the Falcons reached Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017. Against the New England Patriots, the Falcons would fall in a 34–28 overtime defeat.
On February 8, 2017, the Atlanta Falcons relieved Cox of his duties as the defensive line coach. COX is now a football analyst on FS1.
Bryan's son, Bryan Cox Jr., played football as a defensive lineman for the Florida Gators and was a member of the Carolina Panthers practice squad, but got promoted to the active roster in late September of 2017.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bryan Cox.
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How does one express his or her true essence?
Q. If living a life as Keats is ultimately about experiencing one's true essence, what does this really mean? Can you please describe a life of expressing one's true essence.
A. Gandhi described happiness as, "when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." And if you add "and how you genuinely feel" to that maxim, you'd be very close to experiencing the answer to your question.
To express one's true essence is to be aligned from the inside out and to live consciously from that center of being, rather than being unconsciously pushed and pulled by one's environment and mental conditioning.
Expressing one's true essence means being 100% comfortable in every and all situations. It means never looking up or looking down on anyone or anything. And it means interacting with others (and with every thing) in a caring and considerate way, being respectful of their essence, which is exactly the same underlying, egoless essence as yours.
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Article - Why We Should Stop Calling Adult Women "Girls"' - Thoughts?
There's a racial aspect and some pretty bad history being called "boy". For a group of white guys, "what'll it be, boys?" sounds like the server is just trying to be chummy. For a group of black guys, it could be seen as chummy but it also most definitely may not be taken that way. You can complain about PC culture and pine for everyone to have thicker skin, but if you're in the service industry you absolutely should be aware of how your words land on the people who are directly responsible for a large part of your compensation.
I'm just worried about all my mother's new sexual exploits. She's been pretty tame since I stopped logging onto xbox Live, but I'm afraid a platform this large will really open my eyes to all the terrible things people seem to be doing with her.
Thanks. Have you seen my sack?
I get it. But, outside of being a zit-faced angsty 14 year old, I could probably say the same about most points in my life. at 6 I was crushing it on my Atari had neighborhood friends and was happy as a pig in ####. at 19 I was in in college having all the fun that should entail. It was great. didnt want it to end. at 25 I had just started dating the future MrsAhrn, and it was great. lock me right there and I'd be happy. ~30 I got married and bought a house and had a pair of dogs and life was great. at 38 we had a kid and life was great. Nowadays watching my boy grow up and seeing him tune into the world is great and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Point is, I don't know what 5,10,20 years down the road will bring but I have no reason to believe it won't be similarly rewarding. disclaimer: this may be the most pollyanna post I've ever typed out in my FBG career. I better go throw a puppy in the sewer and step in front of a moving bus on the way home just to keep karma in check.
You have a loving family. You have (from what I can see from afar) healthy, happy girls growing up. You can afford amazing new toys and experiences. You should have the potential to be able to retire young (or at least, not-old). You're likely going to have grandkids down the road. You'll have people to change your diaper when you start peeing yourself in in about 4 years. Oh Boo-hoo, you don't get to chase after bar sluts anymore. Boo-hoo, it's been 12 years since you took @Righetti to the hospital because he knocked out 6 teeth after faceplanting when a sweet ### Warrant song came on at some jabronie's wedding. Cheer up GB OATS. It's what you make of it.
You havent lived until you've hated King Joffrey.
I eat two dozen eggs a week easily. sometimes more. COME AT ME, SCIENCE.
Lmao. Jorge is not playing games here. https://www.mmamania.com/2019/3/16/18269279/jorge-masvidal-on-leon-edwards-ufc-london-brawl-i-had-to-give-him-the-three-piece-and-soda ”I’m doing my interview and this hooligan comes by saying some stuff, like ‘July, get your ### kicked in July, July!’” Masvidal said. “I go ‘Maybe bro, whatever, because maybe I wanna kick your ### in April. Maybe I don’t wanna wait until July. Maybe I don’t want to fight you in a prize ring because you’re not worth the training camp, I’ll just fight you here because you’re a scrub.’ You know?” ”So I tell him to just say it to my face like a man,” he continued. “You’re saying it and walking away? We’re both men, and as I’m walking to him I got my hands behind my back to signal to him that I’m not looking for problems. But he put his hands up like this and he walks towards me. Well ... where I’m from if you do that you’re going to punch me in the face and that’s not going to happen.” ”You are what you are, you’re just a loser in life, man,” Masvidal finished. “You’re not going to get a hit off on me. So I had to give him the three piece with the soda and then just glide out of there, you know?
Just caught the end of this card now. All this. I've been a Masvidal honk for a long time now. Love seeing him get a huge win like this.
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The modern technology used for burning coal to generate electricity has evolved over a period of more than a century and until awareness grew of the environmental damage coal burning could produce, the coal-fired power station developed in a single direction.
The basic principle underlying this type of power station is to burn coal in air and capture the heat released to raise steam for driving a steam turbine. The rotation of this steam turbine, in turn, drives a generator; the net result is electricity.
converts the heat energy captured by the steam into electrical energy. In other words, chemical energy held within the coal is first translated into heat energy and then into mechanical energy, and finally into electrical energy. Modern plants also include additional units to remove dust and acid emissions from the flue gases before they are released into the atmosphere.
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Please summarize your healing story in 100 words or less In May of 2013, I was diagnosed with an inoperable primary low grade glioma brain tumor located on the brainstem. Not having many options, I decided against radiation and have not done any type of conventional treatment. I then sought out alternative healing methods and researched brain cancer survivors which led me to Dr. Kelly Turner’s work. I enrolled in Chris Wark’s Square One program and I also studied at the Raw Food Institute and the Kushi Institute. I have focused on nutrition and eat a plant-based whole foods diet while using various forms of energy healing. My condition is stable.
While working as a speech-language pathologist in May of 2013, I experienced a visual disturbance during a group session with some of my students. I was sent to the hospital and diagnosed with an ocular migraine. The neurologist then ordered an MRI “just to be sure”. I was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in the brainstem area which would later be deemed a primary low grade glioma. My doctor told me we would need to “watch and wait” and did not give me any guidance on what I could do to heal. In March of 2015, and after being stable for about two years, there was new growth of the tumor. After seeking out second and third opinions at the leading hospitals in my area, none of the doctors agreed on the same treatment. Feeling very confused and overwhelmed, I agreed to meet with the radiation oncologist. After asking many questions, I was told that I could not do anything nutritionally to help my diagnosis. My intuition told me otherwise and thus began my healing journey.
I started researching brain cancer survivors and was led to Dr. Kelly Turner’s work and the Radical Remission site. These survivor stories gave me hope and direction. Nutrition became my main focus. I then came upon Chris Wark’s story and his Square One program. My research also led me to Jeanne Wallace's Nutritional Solutions practice and I worked with a nutritionist on her team. I began implementing dietary changes and then studied at the Raw Food Institute as well as the Kushi Institute. My diet is based on raw food and macrobiotic principles. I sought out the guidance of a health coach and other natural health care practitioners. I focused on making my immune system strong and began adding various supplements to my diet (Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, mushroom extract, turmeric, frankincense oil, etc.). I also use alternative healing methods such as shiatsu, Donna Eden’s energy healing, using a Biomat, meditation, yoga, rebounding, and Reiki. As laughter has been researched and found to be immune boosting, I was inspired to become a certified Laughter Yoga teacher. I believe that we all need a creative outlet in our lives, especially so when on a healing journey, and mine is photography. I like to say that photography has been my medicine of choice.
In July of 2017 and after my 13th MRI, I was told that my tumor was stable. My doctor said that if I had been in a clinical trial then he would have told me it had worked. This news gave me the encouragement to continue on my path and I then completed the Radical Remission online program to reinforce the nine healing factors that are outlined in Dr. Turner’s book. In October of 2017, I attended the Radical Remission Teacher Training program at Omega in New York and am excited to now be offering workshops to share Dr. Turner’s wonderful work. I am very grateful to be where I am today and to have the love and support from family and friends. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. This can be a difficult journey but it is easier when shared by others who have been there. For anyone interested in upcoming workshops in the Boston area I will post them on my Facebook page at Kristi Cromwell: Radical Remission Workshops.
*Update: My most recent MRI was in September of 2018 and the tumor remains stable. I was very happy to hear my doctor tell me to continue doing what I'm doing.
Possibly radiation from a CT scan I received when I was younger, stress and/or environmental toxins.
Thank you, Mari, I appreciate the support!
How nice to read your story :). I have the same tumor. They found it by mistake when I had tonsilcancer in 2015.
I have made huge changes in life, like you, and it’s been in remission niw for 3 years!
Hi Jonna! Thank you for reading my story and congrats to you on your good health! Wishing you continued success on your journey.
Hi Kristy; I just wanted to say I am happy you’re in remission. I’v had a brain tumor also and wanted to reach out to you. Mine was Mets to the brain from breast cancer, I did take a new rom of radiation because they had already operated on mine and there wwas cancer left and the diet did alter a nything enough o get rid of it. It was called Stereotactic rads and it is quite safe. I experienced no brai damage from it but a minor ear thing.
Ive been using deit and hrbs as well as both raw and macrobiotic and I’ve been totaly cancer free for 6 + years going on seven.
Im areiki master and I do biomat and essential oils as well.
sending you healing adn well wishes. Keep up the good work.
Hi Marcia! Thank you for your well wishes and for sharing your amazing story as well! I’m glad you had success with the stereotactic radiation and it looks like we are on a similar path with holistic healing. Wishing you continued good health!
I found your inspiring story. Do you conduct any Radical Remission 2-3 Day Workshops in Boston? My son and his family live there and I can stay with them. Thank you.
I’m trying to schedule something for January or February. Thank you for your interest and please email me at [email protected].
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Article: AS Syndrome Grows Up/adult AS | ConductDisorders - A soft place to land for battle weary parents.
Discussion in 'General Parenting' started by MidwestMom, Oct 15, 2006.
Thanks MWM, I am going to send a page at a time to difficult child. He would be overwhelmed with this many pages.
The one thing that struck me is that if difficult child doesn't accept his diagnosis(in my mind-obstacles) he will not use any of the tools offered. Makes me really sad but it is what I have seen and experienced.
I don't think I have seen this particular specialty.
I had asked this a few days ago. Page 11 of general is where it's posted. There are some good descriptions and a link. Hope it helps.
Thanks Amy. I appreciate it.
Actually, my easy child did this for anxiety and it was very helpful.
I just thought they were refering to something different for an AS adult.
My difficult child's anxiety isn't the issue.
I had CBT. I LOVED IT. It was the only type of counseling that ever helped me. Rather than talking about "How are you doing?" or "This happens because your mother did that to you when you were ten" it is very much a teaching therapy. It taught me that life is NOT black and white (I thought it was) and many other things. I still use it. The book "Feeling Good" by Dr. David Burns started CBT as something consumers know about. I love the book. My 22 year old daughter is reading it now and also feels it is really helping her. Many people with bipolar/mood disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) think only in terms of black (all bad) or white (all good) and don't see the gray areas of life--don't even know they exist. This type of therapy teaches you to react more realistically to situations that used to make you livid. I'm very anti-therapy, but I highly recommend this type. A reactive person may go to a restaurant and when the waitress ignores her or him get furious thinking, "She's an idoit! She's incompetent! I'm going to go up to her and yell! I'm leaivng the restaurant! I'm going to rip her a new one, etc" causing anger for NO reason. Cognitive behavioral therapy taught me to write down an option to getting angry OR being passive. I would think rationally, "Yes is being rude, but that doesn't make her a jerk and I shouldn't take it personally. Maybe her husband yelled at her this morning, maybe she's has a migraine, maybe her child is sick, maybe her mother is in the hospital, maybe she's new and confused--" offering me many reasons not to get upset and to be very rational when I called her over, smiled, and asked for service. There are exercises you do and I found a psycologist that ONLY did CBT. He rocked and I learned a lot. And, because it's a certain technique, the therapist doesn't bring his or her baggage with. He isn't offering an opinion to any problem or issue. He is offereing a new way of looking at life. It is extremely helpful.
Thankss MWM, I think I'll order the book. It sounds like you gained a lot of insight.
Great article. So MWM, what exactly would I ask for if I was getting this type of therapy for my son?
I think you and I have talked about how therapy has never worked for my kid, but it seems this one you just suggested might.
This is how black and white my difficult child is! His grandpa has a serious brain tumor, with not long to live. My son's response to the therapist when asked about he is coping with his grandpa is, "my Pop is dead". He literally knows he is not, but it is his way of being able to cope with the problem. I think he thinks, "How can you be dying? That is too gray and intangible. So I will make it concrete. He is dead." It scares me, to tell you the truth, to hear him talk this way. He seems to just be getting more and more rigid in his thinking. And I feel like I need someone to basically do occupational therapy with his brain, which is what you seem to be saying.
So, where do I find these people?
CBT is used alot for things like agoraphobia. It did wonders for a friend of mine. I wanted my H to do it to get over his fear of flying and of bridges and almost had him convinced but then 9/11 came along and you could smell the smoke from our town and he has never said boo about getting on a plane again.
The way I understand CBT is that it is really useful for someone who has one particular issue on which they are hung up (or a set of issues which can logically be tackled one at a time). The theory behind it is somewhat like behavior modification. So with my agoraphobic friend, the therapist would at first come to her house with the goal of my friend allowing her in and chatting with her. Eventually, that was easily done and they moved on to having her husband bring her to the T's office. Later they moved to her getting there with her H but with her driving, then her getting there alone. The ultimate goal was to get her to be able to do things in public like shop in the supermarket or drive to the mall and get out of her car and shop. It worked - she ultimately ran for and was elected to a local political position in her town!
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for medical care commodities were 1,103.24% higher in 2018 versus 1935 (a $33,097.23 difference in value).
Between 1935 and 2018: Medical care commodities experienced an average inflation rate of 3.04% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, medical care commodities costing $3,000 in the year 1935 would cost $36,097.23 in 2018 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.56% during this same period, inflation for medical care commodities was lower.
Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $3,000 in 1935 has the same "purchasing power" as $36,097.23 in 2018 (in the CPI category of Medical care commodities).
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Africa is the second-largest continent on earth, after Asia, in both size and population. Covering more than twenty percent of the world's land area, Africa accounts for about sixteen percent of the world's population. Africa is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the India Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Included within the continent are Madagascar and several island chains.
Geographically, Africa can be divided into a highland and a lowland zone through a line from the mouth of the Congo River in the west to the Ethiopian-Sudan border in the east. South of this line, the continent is made up mostly of an interior plateau of various heights, an area that is rich in mineral wealth. Above this line, Africa is composed largely of plains and basins.
In the depressions on the African plateaus are shallow lakes and swamps that once hosted a large supply of fish and large populations of hippopotamuses. Its rivers begin in the higher mountain ranges, descending to the valleys through a series of rapids and waterfalls, sometimes through narrow gorges, so they are not navigable for great distances. East Africa is split by a large trough or fault that runs most of the way across the continent. This is known as the Great Rift Valley which, in Kenya and Uganda, splits into the Eastern Rift and the Western Rift. The Great Rift is an area where compression and tension of the earth's crust have pushed the land up to form high ridges and mountains, while the deeper portions have filled with water, to become deep lakes. Today, Africa is home to several ethnicities, cultures, and languages.
Colonized by European countries in the late 1800s, the continent is now made up of several sovereign countries, territories and independent states, originating from an often bloody process of decolonization that began in the 1900s. France, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom still have interests in some portions of Africa.
The continent's fifty-four sovereign nations have borders that were largely drawn during the era of European colonization, and are mostly republics operating through a presidential system of government, although instability has been common and military dictatorships are not unheard of. Africa's largest country is Algeria, while its smallest is Seychelles, an island group off the east coast of the continent. The Gambia is its smallest country on the mainland.
The African nations have attempted to cooperate with the African Union, a 55-member federation consisting of all of Africa's states. Regions and territories in North Africa include Algeria, Canary Islands, Ceuta, Egypt, Libya, Madeira, Melilla, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. East Africa has Burundi, British Ocean Territory, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In Central Africa are Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland are in South Africa, and West Africa includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo are in West Africa.
More than a thousand languages are spoken in Africa, most of African origin.
Founded in 1996, the guide offers information and tips on hundreds of safaris, tours and holidays to choose from, as well as a comprehensive travel guide to every country in Africa, with detailed travel information, accommodations, relevant links, books maps, videos, and other resources. Also included is a photo gallery, a newsletter, and a discussion forum, as well as credits and contacts.
Available in English and French, the site offers national, regional, and international news reporting, business topics, cultural events and information, sports stories, and subjects relating to science and technology. Articles also include references to other articles on similar topics, as well as those from the same country in Africa. Also included are daily video content, an online discussion forum, and live streaming content.
The ABA is a non-profit organization campaigning to raise the standards of living for Africans on the continent, largely by teaching the African people to do for themselves. An overview of the organization, its hours of operation and contacts are posted to the site, along with its programs and projects, a gallery of photographs, a calendar of upcoming events, and various publications.
The portal was set up to promote the arts and artisans of the African continent, providing information on African arts and crafts, including distinct sections for craftspeople, artists, and designers. Visitors to the site may also find photographs representing African art, a schedule of programs and exhibits, a list of books which may be purchased from the site, links to related sites, and a list of contributors.
AMREF Africa began in 1956, and is committed to working for the improvement of the health of people in Africa by empowering communities and strengthening health systems within the continent. Its history, vision and mission are posted, with information about its promises, programs, policies, and leadership. Other resources include a discussion of its strategic priorities, capacities, and contacts.
Based in the United States, and stablished in 1957, the ASA encourages the production and dissemination of historical and contemporary information about the African continent. The official web site offers a schedule of annual meetings, ASA publications, awards and prizes, as well as its membership policies and rates, member news, and opportunities to participate, a blog, and an overview of its advocacy programs.
Established in 2001, AFRUCA serves as a platform for advocating for the rights of African children and became a registered charity in 2002. Its history, mission, vision, aims, and objectives are featured, with an overview of its policies, principles, and theory of change. Its areas of activity are defined, and its leadership staff and funders are acknowledged. Other resources include statistics and news.
Available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, the site serves as a portal for African and Caribbean cultures, news, music, arts and culture, society, travel, and events. Its content is categorized by region, including the Caribbean, North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, South Africa, and the Indian Ocean. A gallery of photographs and an online discussion forum are included.
With a focus on all of Africa, the site features news aggregate content, as well as unique content relating to the African continent. Operating from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Monrovia, Nairobi, and Washington, DC, the site offers news and information from specific African regions or countries, and content related to all of Africa. Other topics include the economy and development, entertainment, sports, and governance. A media kit is available.
Operating business and resort hotels in Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Zambia, Cresta Hotels offers descriptions, photographs, features, and a list of amenities and services for each of its facilities, along with a loyalty program. Its partners, awards, and accreditations are presented, and employment opportunities are posted to the site, and details of its destinations, conference facilities, and special offers are included.
The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency was established in 2010 as an outcome of the integration of NEPAD into African Union structures and processes. Serving as the implementing agency of the AU, NEPAD facilitates and coordinates the development of continent-wide programs and projects, mobilizes resources, and participates in global projects. Its leadership structure and governance are highlighted.
The campaign and advocacy organization has members throughout the world. The organization takes action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. An overview of the organization is set forth, along with financial information, its leadership structure and board of directors, policies, issues, programs and projects, Press releases are posted to the site, and a blog is included.
Created by SOS Children, a global children's charity that provides support for orphaned and abandoned children in several African countries, the site feature films that are planned, scripted, shot, and edited by local African children, many of which include interviews with member of their communities, depicting their own lives and that of the people around them, as well as their own interests, goals, and aspirations. A history and overview of the project is included.
The online magazine reports on science news from Africa. Its topics include the latest research news and successes from African scientists as well as general science, health, food and agriculture news, information about science funding, job opportunities, and major scientific events. Other topics include insight and opinion features, biotechnology, environmental reports, blogs, and advertising opportunities.
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Aerobic activities like walking are an essential component of a good health plan. But you my be surprised at just how much time you need to spend walking to get the full benefits of the exercise. There are different walking recommendations based on your fitness goals. Pick the plan that works for you and get walking to get fit.
At the very least you should get 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, like walking, per week according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's 2.5 hours worth of exercise over the course of a week. That might seem like a lot, but it's a manageable amount of time when you break it down. For instance, you can achieve this by walking just 22 minutes per day if you walk every day. If you were to talk just five days per week you would need to increase your workouts to 30 minutes.
If you want to get maximum health results, then you need to increase the time you spend walking. For the most benefits, the CDC recommends getting twice as much exercise -- 300 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week. That works out to about 44 minutes of walking per day if you walk every day, or an hour of walking if you take two rest days per week.
If maintaining a healthy weight is your aim, then you should know that the American College of Sports Medicine recommends getting 150 to 250 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise per week, such as walking. According to the ACSM this amount of exercise is also appropriate if you're looking for modest weight loss. But if you're looking for significant weight loss, you'll need to increase your walking; the ACSM recommends getting 250 weekly minutes or more of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for significant weight loss.
Always talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program, even one as simple as adding walks to your weekly routine. Be aware that walking isn't your only option. You can substitute other moderate-intensity aerobic exercises like playing doubles tennis or riding a bike at a leisurely pace. You can also include vigorous-intensity aerobic exercises like running or swimming laps. A single minute of vigorous exercise is equal to two minutes of moderate exercise.
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To write a good research paper, you must be specific about your topic, know what you want to say, and say it effectively. Following these ten steps will help you write a good research paper.
Step 1. Choose Your Topic. When choosing a topic, choose one in which you are interested, and for which there is enough information. If your topic is too broad, you will have difficulty completing your paper. "The Effects of Pollution" is too broad because there are so many effects of pollution. "The Effects of Pollution on Geese in the Northeast Section of Duluth, Minnesota" is too narrow. You are not likely to find much information that is this specific. "The Effects of Pollution in Yosemite National Park" is just about right as a topic.
Step 2. Locate Information. Use information from a variety of reference sources. These sources include encyclopedias, almanacs, scholarly journals, books, magazines, and newspapers. Find these sources in print form, on CD-ROMS, and on the Internet.
Step 3. Prepare Bibliography Cards. Prepare bibliography cards to document the sources of information you use when writing your paper. Your library will have style manuals to illustrate how to prepare bibliography cards for various sources of information.
Step 4. Prepare Note Cards. Use note cards to record notes from each source you use when writing your paper. Number your note cards to keep track of them.
Step 6. Write A Rough Draft. Use your note cards and outline to write a rough draft of your paper. As you write your draft, use numbered footnotes to credit sources from which you take quotations or major ideas.
Step 7. Revise Your Rough Draft. Make any changes needed to be sure your ideas are clearly expressed and your writing has accurate spelling and grammar.
Step 8. Prepare Your Bibliography. At the end of your paper, provide a list of all the sources you used to gather information for the paper. Your bibliography cards will provide this information. List your sources in alphabetical order by the first word on each of your bibliography cards.
Step 9. Prepare a Title Page and Table of Contents. The title page is the first page of the paper. It should include the title of your paper, your name, and the date on which the paper is due. The table of contents is the second page. It should list the main topics, important subtopics, and the page on which each is introduced in your paper.
Step 10. Final Checklist. Before handing in your paper, be sure you can answer "Yes" to each of the following questions.
Did I include a title page?
Did I include a table of contents?
Did I number all pages correctly?
Did I provide footnotes for quotations and major sources of information?
Did I include a bibliography?
Did I keep a second copy for my files?
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Normally, in my country the price of a GTX 780 is about 100$ more than the price of a R9 290, so I thought I should wait for a non-ref R9 290 a get that because it's less expensive and supports Mantle. However, my local shop has introduced a promotion that bring the 780 to the price of a reference R9 290, but only lasts till December 19th. The reason why I haven't already bought a 780 is AMD Mantle. What do you think, is Mantle worth waiting for until early January, or should I get a 780 now?
TL;DR: GTX 780 now or R9 290 early January, for the same price, considering Mantle.
Well since its January then go for the 290 since aftermarket should be out by then. I absolutely think Mantle is worth it just look at all the dev support AMD has gained for their new API. Overall Hawaii is faster clock for clock over kepler, but right now the 290 is held back by its poor reference cooler.
Thanks guys, I guess I'll go for the non-ref R9 290 just because of Mantle, I also get 4gb VRAM with 512-bit bus width, should be enough in case I get a bigger monitor in the future. Hopefully, by the time they release non-ref R9, Battlefield 4 will already have his Mantle patch, so I can see how this new API performs. I'm not going to play any games this Christmas holdiday, but whatever.
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