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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
The result was keep. → Call me Hahc 21 03:18, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
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Not sure what the **** is going on with this article. I declined an improper CSD. But this has existed for 9 years and has virtually no content. Extensive edit history, yet nothing here. Given the long existence of this article, CSD A3 is not appropriate. Rather, I will take to AfD and see if it is even WORTH trying to salvage. Notability seems dubious at best. Safiel (talk) 18:27, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 19:26, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 19:26, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
* Comment -- The article is indeed on a notable substance but am not sure whether to vote for a keep or for a delete. May be adding some cites, we could save it from extinction.. The Herald 12:50, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
* May be now I can hit a Keep since here is much needed improvement in the article as a whole (forget the size). Abecedare is right. ICSE of the most prestigious one, and I had it till ISC.-- The Herald 12:30, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
* Keep or allow recreation if someone ever writes a stub for this that would pass A7. As near as I can tell from the three book sources I added to the article, and the several more available, this organization oversees a goodly number of schools in India as well as administers a semiannual examination within those schools. Boards of Education in India is also in dire need of someone who could actually write about the topic. --j⚛e deckertalk 01:34, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
* Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
* Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 02:55, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
* Keep as per — CutestPenguin</b><sup style="font-size:50%">Hangout 17:33, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
* Keep as undoubtedly notable, though the article is in poor shape. Quick background: In India's K-12 education system, there are two certification/graduations stages: Class X and Class XII (the latter being equivalent to high school graduation in the West). The certification exams for the two stages are conducted either by the respective state board, or a handful of national boards of which CBSE and ISCE are the most prominent, and arguably, most prestigious ones. (Besides conducting the exams, the boards serve as accreditation bodies for the affiliated schools) Abecedare (talk) 17:54, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
* Keep This board of education oversees a large number of schools in India. Sources indicate that it meets the notability criteria. The article needs improvement and not deletion.--Skr15081997 (talk) 11:44, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
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Wiring the V3 Micro Pulse Rifle Counter
Wiring the V3 Micro Pulse Rifle Counter couldn't be simpler. That's how we designed it. We know that most users of this counter aren't electronic engineers and often don't have much experience with soldering, so it's been designed to be as plug-and-play as possible.
To get yourself up and running all you will need is:
• The pulse rifle counter
• The cable connectors supplied with the counter
• At least two buttons
• A battery (see below)
• A switch
• Some wire
• Insulation tape, solder and soldering iron (or other means of connecting wires together)
All the important connections to the counter are made through the 5 plugs on the lower edge of the unit. No soldering is required to wire up the unit itself. When viewed from the display side of the board, from left to right, the connectors have the following usage:
• Power input (This one is slightly separated from the others for better identification)
• Auxiliary control (see below) - optional
• Mode select (Auto-fire / Single-shot) - optional
• Magazine detect
• Trigger
We'll start from the bottom of that list and work up.
Connecting a trigger button
Connecting any buttons to this unit is as simple as plugging in one of the cables into the socket and wiring a normally-open (push-to-make, momentary action) button across the two wires. That's all there is to it. We can't, though, tell you what buttons to use. That very much depends on the specifics of your build. For the trigger you need a button that the trigger itself can press against to activate. That could either be external to your casing (or protruding through it) so that it is within the trigger guard area (between the trigger and the body), or inside the casing where the trigger pivot point or other part of the trigger may be involved. It's up to you to decide on the best solution for your build. A popular choice for the trigger is one of the many forms of microswitch. You can get some pretty small ones, and ones with a flexible lever on them can be good to give plenty of tolerance to the motion of the trigger (as shown to the right).
Simply connect the "COM" and "NO" pins of the button (if they are so lablelled - they are the "common" and "normally open" pins) to the two wires of the connector and plug it in. Obviously you will want to extend those wires to the length you need - possibly by soldering them to other wires and wrapping the joints in electrical tape.
Connecting a magazine detect button
The wiring for the magazine button is identical to the trigger button. The operation of this button is slightly different, however. The button should be sited in such a position that while the magazine is inserted the button is constantly being pressed. The same microswitch type shown above could be a good choice. Another good choice, if you have a plastic magazine and shrouds, is to use a reed switch. This is a small glass tube with metal leaves in it which are connected together when in the presence of a magnet. Attach a small (but fairly powerful) magnet to the end of your magazine, with the reed switch placed in the body above it, and when the magazine is inserted the magnet closes the connection. This is ideal if your magazine could be pushed out by the springiness of a button.
The Mode Button
The mode button is an optional "firing mode" select button. By default the counter is in fully automatic firing mode - pull the trigger and it counts down at 15 rounds per second. The mode button, though, can be used to switch the operation to single-shot mode and back to auto-fire mode. If you don't want that functionality you don't need to worry about connecting this button and can ignore it. Otherwise again the wiring is just the same as the others. It's up to you to select the right kind of button for your build - to find one that mounts in a convenient position and looks good. The keywords to use for a search for the kind of button that may be good for your build is "panel mount push button". There's literally thousands of different styles available, and a quick eBay search reveals some good options. One that partacularly catches my eye is pictured to the right.
The Auxilliary Input
This button has no properly defined function yet. The most recent version of the firmware uses it to cycle between profiles (that is, different combinations of ammo count, firing mode, firing speed, count direction, etc). In general, unless you have very specific needs, this button can be ignored.
Connecting power
The power input connects to your battery via a power switch of your choice. It's important to get the wires connected the right way for this: red to the + and black to the - of the battery.
Because of the brightness of the LEDs the unit is quite power hungry. You should choose a battery with a low voltage (between 3 and 6 volts ideally) and a high capacity. Lithium-ion and similar batteries are the best choice since they give the right voltage range and have plenty of power - and are rechargeable as well. While the unit will accept an input voltage of up to 15V maximum it's not recommended to go above about 6V. This is because all that extra voltage has to be discarded as heat. That's not good, not only from an "it gets hot" perspective, but also it's a real waste of power. However, if your build already has higher voltage batteries in it (for instance an AirSoft conversion) you can still use that higher voltage power source - you just need to "condition" it first.
The most efficient method is to convert the higher (typically 11.4V) output from the batteries into a lower voltage (5V) using an efficient "UBEC" (Universal Battery Elimination Circuit). These are sold by many model aircraft and drone marketplaces and cost very little. Look for one that gives 5V output from an input range that your batteries fit comfortably within (which covers most UBECs on the market). A UBEC works by effectively converting voltage into current. A high voltage, low current input gets converted into a low voltage high current output. This is far more efficient that just dropping the voltage and will ensure you get the most life out of your batteries.
A few final notes
When working with metal shrouds and parts it is important to remember that there are live connections on both sides of the counter. Care should be taken to ensure that the board is insulated from any metal parts.
When fitting the unit into your build it is easy to get confused with which wires are which. Label them. Don't get them mixed up. Connecting the battery to one of the button inputs will destroy the board. Take care. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Ela Q. May
Ela Queenie May (born c. 1890) was a child actress of the Edwardian era. She is probably best remembered as Liza, the Darling family servant, in the original production of Peter Pan (1904 – 1906) and later played Wendy Darling in the touring companies of Peter Pan (1906–08). Before that, she played roles at several West End theatres from 1900, including the title role in Ib and Little Christina in 1901 and again in 1904.
Earliest roles
May was variously known as Elie, Elie Queenie, and Queenie.
She made her début in London’s Garrick Theatre playing a bridesmaid in J. M. Barrie’s The Wedding Guest (September 1900 – January 1901). She made further short appearances at the Royal Court Theatre and the Princess's Theatre before she was engaged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to appear as Little Christina in a revival of Ib and Little Christina at the Savoy Theatre, where it had a brief run of 16 performances (November 14–29, 1901).
She soon appeared as Sandro in Louis N. Parker’s The Twin Sister at the Duke of York's Theatre. In 1902 she was back at the Savoy as Second Royal Page in Basil Hood and Edward German’s opera Merrie England, at the same time playing Norah in Aimée Daniell Beringer’s one-act play Holly Tree Inn at Terry's Theatre (April–May 1902).
May went on to play in children's roles in The Exile by Lloyd Osbourne and Austin Strong and starring John Martin-Harvey as the exiled Emperor Napoleon at the Royalty Theatre (May 1903), Rumplestiltzkin in a single matinée performance at the Adelphi Theatre (May 1903), and reprised her role of Little Christina in Ib and Little Christina at Daly's Theatre and the Lyric Theatre (January–March 1904).
Peter Pan and last roles
She played the Darling family's house servant Liza (credited humorously in the programme as the "author of the play") in the world premiere of Peter Pan at the Duke of York's Theatre (December 1904 – April 1905, and again in December 1905 – February 1906). When the audience called for the author it was May who walked onto the stage to inform them that her friend Mr Barrie "was not in the house." In April 1905 she played Child opposite Ellen Terry as Alice Grey and Irene Vanbrugh as Amy Grey in Barrie’s Alice Sit-by-the-Fire at the Duke of York’s, and then was Child in Barrie’s curtain raiser Pantaloon with Gerald du Maurier in the title role at the Duke of York's (April–July 1905).
In February 1906 she was again jokingly credited with Barrie as the co-author of the play when Barrie and producer Charles Frohman brought scenery and an all-child cast from the London theatre production for a special performance of Peter Pan for an unwell Michael Llewelyn Davies (with his brothers the inspiration for Barrie's characters Peter Pan, the Darling brothers, and the Lost Boys) in 'Michael’s Nursery' at Egerton House in Berkhamsted, the family home of the Llewelyn Davies family. For this special one-off performance she played Wendy Darling, while Barrie himself appeared as the Cabman. She played Wendy in the 1906–07 second touring company of Peter Pan opposite Zena Dare in the title role, and again with the only touring company (1907–08), when the critic of the Bath Chronicle described her as "a charming and delightful Wendy". | WIKI |
St. Francis of Assisi gave up a life of wealth and traded it for a life of poverty and devotion to God and Jesus Christ. He rebuilt and restored churches, founded orders which live by his writings, and is considered the patron saint of animals and nature.
St. Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi, Italy around 1181. He learned Latin and French in school. He was a spoiled boy who did not want for much and likely rebelled in his teens. He dreamed of being a knight, not a cloth merchant like his father.
After a war with Perugia, he was captured and imprisoned while being held for ransom. During his time in prison, he apparently had visions of God. By his early 20's, he turned his focus to God, led down a path of piety until he renounced worldly goods and his previous luxurious life. Francis repaired the church of San Damiano, fixed up a chapel dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle, and restored the chapel of St. Mary of the Angels.
In 1209, Francis wrote a simple rule, Regula primitiva, for his group of friars. The rule was taken from the Bible: "To follow the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and to walk in his footsteps." Then, Francis and his 12 disciples went to Rome where they received the approval of Pope Innocent III for the Franciscan rule of life.
The Franciscan order consisted of a group of street preachers who had no possessions and only the Porziuncola as their home. It is likely that no other person has tried to imitate the life of Christ and continue his work as Francis did. He has been described as a lover of nature, a social worker, a celebrant of poverty, and a preacher. It was so critical that his final work, the Testament, stated that poverty was an essential lifestyle for members of his order.
In 1212, Francis organized an order for women, the Poor Clares. For those that could not leave their life or families, he created the Third Order of Brothers and Sisters of Penance, a fraternity that didn’t require vows, only the adherence to the principles of Franciscan life. Francis traveled outside Italy to Egypt and attempted other journeys to preach to Muslims and to spread his message. He later had to write the "First Rule" to maintain organization and devotion in his order. He created yet another, the “Second Rule", which Pope Honorius III approved in the bull Solet annuere, and it became the official rule of the order.
Francis had an experience in 1223 where he became marked with the wounds of the crucified Christ and received a most important message from God. Two years later he died in Assisi. He was temporarily buried at the church of San Giorgio at Assisi and was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on July 15, 1228. In 1230, his body was relocated to the lower church of a basilica built to honor him.
"For it is in giving that we receive."
“It is in pardoning that we are pardoned."
"Start by doing what is necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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Wandayani LUCIANA, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, Respondent.
No. 05-3544.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) Feb. 27, 2007.
Sept. 17, 2007.
Lisa A. Baird, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.
Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General Civil Division, Richard M. Evans, Mark L. Gross, Wonkee Moon, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: McKEE and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge .
The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Chief Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This petition by Wandayani Luciana for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “Board”) requires us to decide whether a single fabricated incident in Petitioner’s time-barred asylum application renders the application frivolous and consequently renders her permanently ineligible for any and all benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act. We conclude as a matter of law that Petitioner’s petition was not frivolous, and we will grant this petition for review.
I.
Luciana is an Indonesian national of Chinese ancestry. She entered the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor on or about December 7, 2000, with authorization to remain here until June 6, 2001. She remained past that date and submitted an application for asylum and withholding of removal on November 2, 2002, approximately 23 months after her arrival in the United States. In her application, she asserted that she is ethnically Chinese and Christian, and alleged past persecution as well as a well-founded fear of future persecution based on her race and religion should she return to Indonesia.
The Asylum Officer denied her application, and referred her case to the immigration enforcement authorities. Luciana was served with a Notice to Appear charging that she was removable from the United States because, after admission as a non-immigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) § 101(a)(15), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15), she remained in the United States longer than permitted. She appeared before an immigration judge (“IJ”) and conceded removability, but requested asylum, withholding of removal, relief under Article III of the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and, in the alternative, voluntary departure.
A hearing was held before the IJ on December 23, 2003. Luciana testified through an Indonesian interpreter that she is an Indonesian national of Chinese ancestry and that she entered the United States on December 10, 2000. She testified that, in Indonesia, she was a baptized member of the Pentecostal Christian Church from February 26, 1995, until her departure to the United States in December 2000. She testified that since her arrival here she has been a member of a number of Indonesian Christian churches.
She explained that, when living in Indonesia, she experienced problems because of her Chinese ancestry and religious beliefs. First, she testified about an incident in which she was dismissed from school “because there was an incident where a maid was beaten by her pastor who was Chinese.” A.R. 194. She also testified that she was often mocked on the streets on her way to and from school because she was Chinese. She further recounted two incidents in 1998 during which groups of men looted her father’s store while she was away. Her father reported one of the incidents to the police, but they told him they could not help. Lastly, Luciana testified that, because of riots targeting Christians of Chinese ancestry, her church in Indonesia was forced to meet in members’ homes.
Luciana wanted to leave Indonesia because she was afraid. She said that people of Chinese descent were not protected in Indonesia, and that her life would be in danger if she returned to Indonesia because Muslims, who are the majority in Indonesia, hate Christians. She also testified that she believed that if she returned to Indonesia and opened a business, she would likely be robbed.
When the IJ asked why she did not apply for asylum during her first year in the United States, she said that she planned to file an asylum application in May 2001, but her father suffered an accident and she was forced to take care of him. When the IJ asked her why her father’s injury prevented her from filing her application, she testified that, as the oldest child, she was responsible for caring for her father and seeing to his medical needs. She testified that her father’s accident occurred in May 2001, he had related surgeries through June 2001, and he underwent out-patient physical therapy until December 2001. The IJ noted that Lucia-na did not apply for asylum until November 2002 — 11 months after the end of her father’s physical therapy. When government counsel asked why she could not file the application while caring for her father given that she knew the application needed to be filed within one year, Luciana explained that she “was not thinking that far ahead and continued to care for her father who was under stress.” App. 20.
Luciana testified that she asked an attorney to help her in filing an asylum application, but that he refused to help after learning that she had been in the United States for longer than one year. Subsequently, she got help from a man named “Tony Tju” who prepared the application for her. She gave him written information about her experiences in Indonesia for use in preparing the asylum application. When the IJ asked if the information in her asylum application was consistent with the information she provided to Tju, Luciana testified that she did not provide Tju with information about the December 1999 incident that was included in her asylum application. In her asylum application, Luciana alleged that she had been assaulted and cut with a knife by native Indonesians because of her religious beliefs on the way to church. Luciana testified that Tju made up the incident because he believed it would strengthen her application. She testified that she attended her asylum interview with Tju but without an interpreter. She further testified that although she did not affirmatively discuss the made-up December 1999 incident and knew that it did not occur, when the asylum officer asked her about it, she described the incident as written in her application. Luciana testified that she lied about this incident because Tju told her that if she told the truth about it, he would tell the asylum officer that the lie was entirely hers and that he had nothing to do with it. She said that because she was not very familiar with the asylum process, she was fearful.
The IJ issued an oral decision in which he found that Luciana was statutorily ineligible for asylum because she failed to file an asylum application within the one-year limitation period without demonstrating exceptional circumstances or changed country conditions to excuse the delay. Additionally, the IJ stated that if one of the exceptions to the one-year bar were to apply, he “would also have serious problems with regard to the respondent’s claim .... ” App. 25. Although the IJ found her assertions that she is a Christian and a native of Indonesia credible, he stated that, were he to reach the merits of the asylum application, he would find her testimony not credible insofar as it pertained to past persecution. The IJ then considered Luciana’s requests for withholding of removal and relief under the CAT. He found that she presented no evidence of past persecution. In addition, he concluded that she had not demonstrated that it was more likely than not that she would be persecuted or tortured because of her race or religion by, or with the consent or acquiescence of any agent of, the Indonesian government. Therefore, the IJ denied Lu-ciana’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the CAT, and, in the alternative, voluntary departure. In addition, because of the fabrication of the December 1999 incident, the IJ found that Luciana “knowingly filed- an asylum application which is frivolous in part, thereby triggering the lifetime bar to benefits pursuant to Section 208(d)(6) and 8 C.F.R. § 208.20 et seq.” App. 32-33.
Luciana filed a Notice of Appeal to the BIA on January 14, 2004. On August 7, 2004, Luciana married a United States citizen, William T. Hughes, Jr. Thereafter, on February 2, 2005, the Department of Homeland Security approved the Petition for Alien Relative (Form 1-130) that Hughes filed for Luciana, and authorized Luciana to apply to adjust her status to permanent resident (Form 1-485). Lucia-na and Hughes testified that their son, Evan, was born on June 14, 2005. On March 17, 2005, Luciana filed a motion with the BIA to overturn the IJ’s frivolousness finding and remand her case to the IJ for consideration of her application to adjust status to lawful permanent resident.
On June 24, 2005, the BIA affirmed the IJ’s decision “based upon and for the reasons set forth therein.” App. 3. The BIA agreed that Luciana did not file her asylum application in a timely fashion or demonstrate circumstances preventing her from filing for asylum within the allotted time. The BIA also agreed that she did not establish that it is more likely than not that she would be persecuted or tortured if returned to Indonesia, and it affirmed the IJ’s “finding that [Luciana] filed a frivolous asylum application.” Id. The BIA also held Luciana ineligible for adjustment of status because her asylum application had been found frivolous. Therefore, it denied her motion for remand to the IJ for an adjustment of status.
Luciana then filed a timely petition for review.
II.
A.
We begin by reviewing the relevant provisions of asylum law. Under 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(1), “[a]ny alien who is physically present in the United States ... may apply for asylum .... ” This provision, however, “shall not apply to an alien unless the alien demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the application has been filed within 1 year after the date of the alien’s arrival in the United States.” Id. § 1158(a)(2)(B). Therefore, an alien who fails to satisfy the one-year timeliness requirement lacks “[ajuthority to apply for asylum.” Id. § 1158(a). Two narrow exceptions exist, however:
An application for asylum of an alien may be considered, notwithstanding subparagrap[h] (B) ..., if the alien demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Attorney General either the existence of changed circumstances which materially affect the applicant’s eligibility for asylum or extraordinary circumstances relating to the delay in filing an application within the period specified in subparagraph (B).
Id. § 1158(a)(2)(D).
Asylum law also provides severe consequences for filing a frivolous asylum application. Section 1158 provides in relevant part:
(d) Asylum Procedure
(4) Notice of privilege of counsel and consequences of frivolous application At the time of filing an application for asylum, the Attorney General shall—
(A) advise the alien of the privilege of being represented by counsel and of the consequences, under paragraph (6), of knowingly filing a frivolous application for asylum ...
(6) Frivolous applications
If the Attorney General determines that an alien has knowingly made a frivolous application for asylum and the alien has received the notice under paragraph (4)(A), the alien shall be permanently ineligible for any benefits under this chapter, effective as of the date of a final determination on such application.
Id. § 1158(d).
In recognition of “the severe consequences of a finding of frivolousness under 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(6), the corresponding federal regulations prescribe the parameters within which the IJ and the BIA must operate in making these determinations.” Liu v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 455 F.3d 106, 112 (2d Cir.2006) (Calabresi, J.). Specifically, the regulations state:
For applications filed on or after April 1, 1997, an applicant is subject to the provisions of section 208(d)(6) of the Act only if a final order by an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals specifically finds that the alien knowingly filed a frivolous asylum application. For purposes of this section, an asylum application is frivolous if any of its material elements is deliberately fabricated. Such finding shall only be made if the immigration judge or the Board is satisfied that the applicant, during the course of the proceedings, has had sufficient opportunity to account for any discrepancies or implausible aspects of the claim ....
8 C.F.R. § 208.20.
We interpreted this regulation in Muhanna v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 582 (3d Cir.2005), and emphasized the distinction between a finding of frivolousness and a finding of not credible. We stated that “a finding of frivolousness does not flow automatically from an adverse credibility determination in any event.” Id. at 589. The finding of “[inconsistencies between testimony and an asylum application” does not “equate to a frivolousness finding under Section 1158(d)(6).” Id. In Muhanna, we held that, “by imposing a frivolousness finding based not on a thorough examination of the application but instead on [the IJ’s] assessment of [the petitioner’s] credibility, and by consequently refusing to allow further testimony, the IJ violated [the petitioner’s] rights and deprived [her] of due process.” Id.
B.
It is worth pausing to emphasize the importance of the frivolousness standard. Its importance stems not just from the frequency with which it potentially could arise, see Liu, 455 F.3d at 117, but also from the severity of the consequences accompanying a finding of frivolousness. To put it bluntly, a frivolousness finding is a “death sentence” for an asylum-seeker’s hopes of securing permanent, legal residence in the United States. Muhanna, 399 F.3d at 588. It renders an asylum applicant “permanently ineligible for any benefits” under the immigration laws. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(6). This bar is “[o]ne of the ‘most extreme provisions’ in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996,” and, once imposed, it “ ‘may not be waived under any circumstances.’” Muhanna, 399 F.3d at 588 (quoting Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., et al., Immigration Legislation Handbook § 8:96 (database updated April 2004)).
In the case at bar, the consequences are particularly tangible because Petitioner has now married a U.S. citizen, with whom she has a child. Were it not for the frivolousness finding, Luciana could apply for a Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility (Form I-601). See United States v. Tinoco-Medina, 6 OCAHO 890, 1996 WL 670175, *19 (1996) (commenting, in a case where a non-citizen had committed document fraud and had been convicted of spousal abuse but had submitted an 1-601 waiver request, that “[s]ince his wife is a naturalized citizen, respondent may adjust his status”).
III.
In the case at bar, Petitioner does not contest the denial of her asylum application on timeliness grounds, or the IJ’s or BIA’s refusals to grant her withholding of removal or protection under the CAT. She disputes only the finding that her asylum application was frivolous.
We review de novo the BIA’s and IJ’s applications of the legal standard of frivolousness. See Wang v. Ashcroft, 368 F.3d 347, 349 (3d Cir.2004). Because the BIA affirmed and adopted the IJ’s opinion, we review the decisions of both the BIA and the IJ. See Jarbough v. Attorney General, 483 F.3d 184, 191 (3d Cir.2007).
The IJ established that Petitioner did not file her application within one year of arrival — a finding she does not contest— and found no exception applicable. The IJ did not, however, end his analysis there. He proceeded to examine the substance of the application and determined that Petitioner’s application was frivolous. He stated: “if a review of this record would determine that the exception to the one-year filing bar should be invoked, the Court would also have serious problems with regard to [Petitioner’s] claim, ... [inter alia ] because of the actions that [Petitioner] took in ratifying the fabricated/material additions to her application for asylum at the Asylum Office interview.” App. 25-26. He went on to consider whether Petitioner’s asylum application was frivolous, weaving together his discussion of frivolousness with his discussion of credibility.
The IJ focused on the inclusion in Petitioner’s asylum application of a false statement that she had been stabbed because of her religious beliefs — the statement that Petitioner testified was added by Tony Tju, who prepared her application. He concluded that, were the merits of the asylum application at issue, he “would enter a mixed credibility finding in this case. ...” App. 28. As to frivolousness, however, the IJ did not couch his views in hypothetical language, instead determining that Petitioner “is permanently ineligible for any benefits under the [Immigration and Nationality] Act,” app. 30, and ordering “that [Petitioner] be deemed an individual who has knowingly filed an application for asylum which is frivolous in part,” app. 33. He concluded that “[t]here is absolutely no way that this Court can in any way absolve [Petitioner] from such a frivolous[ness] finding.” App. 28.
The IJ’s frivolousness finding was based on an error of law. Although we believe there are many other ways in which the frivolousness finding in this case rests on unsure footing, we make our determination on a single, simple basis: Petitioner’s false statement was not material. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.20 (“[A]n asylum application is frivolous if any of its material elements is deliberately fabricated .... ” (emphasis added)).
Neither the relevant statute nor the regulations define material, and the case-law on frivolousness does not provide a definition. The Supreme Court, however, has conclusively settled the meaning of the term. In Kungys v. United States, 485 U.S. 759, 769-772, 108 S.Ct. 1537, 99 L.Ed.2d 839 (1988), the Supreme Court discussed the meaning of “material” at some length. In Kungys, which arose in the context of an action to revoke citizenship, the Court considered “whether certain misrepresentations or concealments made by Kungys in connection with his naturalization proceeding were material.” Id. at 763, 108 S.Ct. 1537. The Supreme Court reviewed dictionary definitions and historical uses of the term, and endorsed the following definition: “[A] concealment or misrepresentation is material if it has a natural tendency to influence, or [is] capable of influencing, the decision of the decisionmaking body to which it was addressed.” Id. at 770, 108 S.Ct. 1537 (internal quotation marks omitted); see also United States v. Wells, 519 U.S. 482, 489, 117 S.Ct. 921, 137 L.Ed.2d 107 (1997) (same).
In the case at bar, the falsehood had neither the natural tendency nor the capability of influencing the decision of either the Asylum Officer, the IJ or the BIA. Because Petitioner’s asylum application was untimely, she could not be granted asylum unless her case fell under an exception to the time limit. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a)(2)(B), (a)(1). Once it became clear that no exception applied, her application had to be rejected as time-barred. Evidence going to the merits of the application — such as Petitioner’s story about the stabbing — was of no consequence, no matter how persuasive or compelling it might have been. Such evidence was totally incapable of influencing the decision-makers, and therefore it was not material. From all this there is but one logical conclusion: because Petitioner’s statement was not material, it was an error of law to conclude that her application was frivolous.
Because we determine that the falsehood on which the IJ based his frivolousness finding was not material, and therefore the finding was erroneous as a matter of law, we need not consider whether 8 U.S.C. § 1158 provides authority to issue a frivolousness finding in the context of an untimely asylum application. We note, however, that the existence of such authority is far from clear. An individual lacks “[a]uthority to apply for asylum” if her application is untimely and no exception to the one-year bar applies. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a). If an individual lacks authority to apply for asylum, any application for asylum would seem to be a nullity, preventing the IJ from reaching the merits of the asylum application and assessing whether “any of its material elements is deliberately fabricated.” 8 C.F.R. § 208.20.
IV.
A.
A recent BIA decision and associated opinions of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit raise additional questions about the propriety of the IJ’s frivolousness finding in the case before us that deserve some comment here. In Liu, 455 F.3d at 106, our sister Court of Appeals considered a frivolousness finding. Stating that it found itself confronted by issues with which it dealt infrequently and “on which the BIA has, thus far, provided no substantial guidance,” id. at 110, the court remanded the case “to give the BIA an opportunity, in the first instance, to formulate standards for deciding when an asylum seeker’s application may be deemed frivolous,” id. at 108.
On remand, the BIA reversed its prior decision, vacating the IJ’s frivolousness finding. See In re Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 151 (BIA 2007). In so doing, the Board stated that “the following requirements” must be met in reaching a frivolousness finding:
(1) notice to the alien of the consequences of filing a frivolous application;
(2) a specific finding by the Immigration Judge or the Board that the alien knowingly filed a frivolous application; (3) sufficient evidence in the record to support the finding that a material element of the asylum application was deliberately fabricated; and (4) an indication that the alien has been afforded sufficient opportunity to account for any discrepancies or implausible aspects of the claim.
Id. at 155.
The BIA elaborated on each of these four procedural safeguards. As to the notice requirement, the BIA stated that 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d) and 8 C.F.R. § 208.20 “require that the Attorney General advise the alien at the time of filing an asylum application of the consequences of filing a frivolous application, i.e., permanent ineligibility for any benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act except for withholding of removal.” Id. The BIA noted that the asylum application form, 1-589, contains a standard warning that “ ‘[applicants determined to have knowingly made a frivolous application for asylum will be permanently ineligible for any benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act’ ”; the BIA did not, however, state “whether this notice alone would suffice under the notice requirement.” Yang v. Gonzales, 496 F.3d 268, 275 n.3 (2d Cir.2007) (quoting Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. at 155).
As to the second safeguard, the BIA stated that “the Immigration Judge must separately address the question of frivolousness, including a discussion of the evidence supporting a finding that the respondent deliberately fabricated a material element of the asylum claim.” Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. at 156. In Y-L-, the IJ included two paragraphs finding that the asylum applicant had deliberately fabricated an account of an abortion and illegal adoption, and addressed the materiality of the fabrications. Id. at 157.
With regard to the third safeguard— requiring “sufficient evidence in the record to support the finding that a material element of the asylum application was deliberately fabricated,” id. at 155 — the BIA stated:
After taking into account the respondent’s explanations for discrepancies or implausible aspects of the claim, ... the Immigration Judge must provide cogent and convincing reasons for finding by a 'preponderance of the evidence that an asylum applicant knowingly and deliberately fabricated material elements of the claim.
Id. at 158 (emphasis added). The Board stated that the regulation “plac[es] the ultimate burden of proof on the Government ....” Id.
With regard to the fourth safeguard— requiring that an asylum applicant be “afforded sufficient opportunity to account for any discrepancies or implausible aspects of the claim” — the Board stated that “it would be a good practice for an Immigration Judge who believes that an applicant may have submitted a frivolous asylum application to bring this concern to the attention of the applicant prior to the conclusion of proceedings.” Id. at 159-160 (emphasis added). As the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has since observed, the BIA, later in the opinion, appears to treat this recommendation as a requirement, at least in some cases. See Yang, at 275 (“Later in its opinion ... the BIA appears to require such an action in cases where it would not be obvious to an applicant that such a finding was being considered.”).
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered the Y-L- standard in Yang. Id. at 276. The court noted that ambiguities about how to apply the statute and regulations “remain even after Y-L-’’ and chose again “to remand ... for the BIA to interpret and apply the standards it set forth in Y-L- in the first instance.” Id. at 276. On remand, the court instructed the BIA to consider:
inter alia, the following issues: (1) to what extent the IJ is required to set out his or her factual findings to support a frivolousness determination separately from the adverse credibility determination and to what extent he or she is permitted to incorporate by reference the findings made to support an adverse credibility determination; (2) to what extent the IJ is required to consider the applicant’s explanations for any discrepancies separately from the adverse credibility determination; (3) to what extent the IJ is required to explicitly find that the fabrications at issue were “deliberate” or “material”; and (4) to what extent the IJ is required, if at all, to inform the applicant during the course of the proceedings that he or she is considering a frivolousness determination before he or she renders such a determination.
Id. at 279. The case is currently before the BIA.
B.
The BIA’s decision in Y-L- suggests that there may be problems with the IJ’s frivolousness finding apart from the error in finding Petitioner’s false statement “material.” First, it is not apparent that Petitioner received notice “of the consequences of filing a frivolous application” as required by Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. at 155. Although Petitioner’s application contained a standard warning about frivolousness, the BIA has not stated “whether this notice alone would suffice under the notice requirement.” Yang, 275 n. 3.
Second, as the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has noted, “the BIA appears to require ” that the IJ bring to an applicant’s attention the possibility that her application may be found frivolous “in cases where it would not be obvious to an applicant that such a finding was being considered.” Id. at 275 (emphasis in original). Were we not resolving this case on materiality grounds, we would want to consider the impact of this potential requirement.
Third, Y-L- requires an IJ to make a “specific finding ... that the alien knowingly filed a frivolous application.” Y-L-24 I. & N. Dec. at 155. To satisfy this requirement, “the Immigration Judge must separately address the question of frivolousness, including a discussion of the evidence supporting a finding that the respondent deliberately fabricated a material element of the asylum claim.” Id. at 156 (emphasis added). In the case at bar, the IJ melded together his discussion of credibility and his discussion of frivolousness. Such combined discussion may fall short of the separateness requirement.
We leave these and other questions about frivolousness for future resolution. In the case at bar, Petitioner’s false statement lacked the capacity to influence the decision of either the Asylum Officer or the IJ once her asylum application had been found time-barred, and so the statement was not material.
Y.
Our decision today is driven by the bare force of logic, but we also consider that the outcome here is a just one. Courts are not merely cogs in a system of “mechanical jurisprudence.” R. Pound, Mechanical Jurisprudence, 8 Colum. L.Rev. 605 (1908). The “jurisprudence of conceptions (Begriffsjurisprudenz)” has been superseded “by a jurisprudence of results ('Wirklichkeitsjurispmdenz).” Id. at 610; see Julius Stone, Jurisprudence, 75 Harv. L.Rev. 1240,1241 (1962).
When a modern-day court confronts a case, it has been said that “the first question should be, how will a rule or a decision operate in practice?” Pound, supra, at 610 (summarizing the approach of Rudolph von Ihering, a pioneer of Wirklichkeitsjuris-prudenz). We no longer believe that “[o]bviously a principle, if sound, ought to be applied wherever it logically leads, without reference to ulterior results.” Gluck v. City of Baltimore, 81 Md. 315, 32 A. 515, 517 (1895). Indeed, we now recognize that there are “dangers” in “extending] a maxim or ‘a definition with relentless disregard of consequences to ‘a dryly logical extreme.’ ” Hynes v. New York Cent. Ry. Co. 231 N.Y. 229, 235, 131 N.E. 898 (1921) (Cardozo, J.). In many cases, “[t]he true grounds of decision are considerations of policy and of social advantage, and it is vain to suppose that solutions can be attained merely by logic and general propositions of law which nobody disputes.” Vegelahn v. Guntner, 167 Mass. 92, 106, 44 N.E. 1077 (1896) (Holmes, J., dissenting).
In the case at bar, the IJ found Petitioner to have committed a serious wrong: she ratified a false statement contained in her asylum application. This is a wrong we cannot condone. Immigration proceedings, like almost all legal proceedings, depend on the ability of decision-makers to find the truth. Lies undercut immigration proceedings just as they do proceedings in state and federal courts. Without the truth, the judicial edifice turns to a house of cards.
But Petitioner’s misdeed will not go unpunished. Her asylum application has been denied. The IJ’s order for her removal- — issued, ultimately, because she voluntarily came forward to apply for asylum — stands. Any possibility she has of ever living legally and permanently with her family in the United States now hangs on the willingness of the Attorney General to grant her a waiver. Such waivers are far from a certainty. See, e.g., Howell v. INS, 72 F.3d 288 (2d Cir.1995) (holding that a district court lacked jurisdiction to review the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s refusal to grant a waiver of a ground of inadmissibility in the case of a Jamaican woman married to a U.S. citizen).
By additionally issuing a frivolousness finding, the IJ brought down on Petitioner a lifetime ban on all means of legally entering the United States. This punishment falls not only on her, but on her husband and child as well. Because modern jurisprudence recognizes the importance of results, it would seem that the various IJs and the BIA should at least consider the consequences of the draconian penalty attached to a finding that the application for asylum is frivolous, particularly where, as here, the finding may cause the family structure of the applicant to be permanently ruptured.
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Accordingly, because we determine as a matter of law that Petitioner’s application for asylum was not frivolous, we grant the petition for review and remand this case to the BIA for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
. Apparently, Luciana came to the United States with her father, See Ek Go, and her mother, Widyani Suwita. Her mother and father also filed asylum applications and, at one time, the applications of all three were consolidated. However, Luciana’s was later severed from her parents' asylum applications. Luciana also had a minor brother who was in the country legally under a student visa.
. Because the IJ found that Luciana was not a person of good moral character, he denied Luciana's request for voluntary departure. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229c(b)(l)(B). His finding that she was not a person of good moral character was based on his finding that she ratified the partially-fabricated asylum application during her interview with the asylum officer. INA § 101(f)(6) provides, in relevant part: "No person shall be regarded as, or found to be, a person of good moral character who, during the period for which good moral character is required to be established is, or was — ... one who has given false testimony for the purpose of obtaining any benefits under this chapter.” 8 U.S.C. § 1101(f)(6). In In re R-S-J, 22 I. & N. Dec. 863, Interim Dec. (BIA 1999), the BIA held that for purposes of INA § 101(f)(6), false oral statements made under oath to an asylum officer can constitute false testimony as defined in Phinpathya v. INS, 673 F.2d 1013 (9th Cir.1981), reversed on other grounds, 464 U.S. 183, 104 S.Ct. 584, 78 L.Ed.2d 401 (1984).
. The permanent bar imposed by 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(6) applies only to discretionary forms of relief and not, therefore, to withholding of removal or to relief under the Convention Against Torture. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.20; Muhanna, 399 F.3d at 589.
. We have jurisdiction to review the IJ's and BIA’s determinations under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 because the IJ’s frivolousness determination was reviewed by the BIA and Petitioner raises it on appeal. See Petitioner’s Br. at 2, 8. Furthermore, as to materiality — the specific sub-issue of frivolousness on which we determine the case turns — we agree with the government that "[Petitioner appears to contend that the IJ improperly based its ‘frivolousness finding' on its adverse credibility determination, and did not specifically find that [P]eti-tioner’s fabricated incident was material to her asylum application .... ” Respondent’s Br. at 20.
. Although Petitioner testified that she had been busy caring for her injured father during her first year in the United States, and that her parents needed her assistance due to their limited knowledge of English, the IJ stated that he was "at a loss to understand why a simple form could not have been prepared, even in a skeletal fashion and filed with the then INS, even if [Petitioner] did not have all the supporting documents.” App. 24. Petitioner does not contest the IJ's finding that neither exception applies.
.The IJ stated:
While [Petitioner] indicates that the application was prepared by Mr. Tju after he received her written story, she does not indicate that she did not know that the story contained an additional factual element that was false, in fact, a factual element which would reflect the only incident in which [Petitioner] was physically harmed in Indonesia allegedly on the basis of a protected ground. [Petitioner’s] actions suggest that, even if the original idea to add the additional fact pattern was Mr. Tju's, that participating in the signing of the application and, more importantly, ratifying the false component of that application at the Asylum Officer interview leads the Court to conclude that [Petitioner] knowingly participated with Mr. Tju in a conspiracy to submit an application that was at least in part false in a material respect.
App. 26-27. The IJ went on to comment that Petitioner "indicate[d] that she is a serious Christian, but, nevertheless, apparently had no problems in submitting a false statement.” App. 27.
. It is not necessary to determine which of Petitioner’s statements indeed was false — her initial story or her recantation.
. Additionally, in the case of an untimely application, 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(D) states that the application "may be considered” if one of the stated exceptions applies. This language may fairly imply that an application may not be considered if an exception does not apply.
. Later in the opinion, the BIA noted that the regulation mandates “specific findings of deliberate fabrication of a material element of the asylum application ...” Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. at 158.
. In Y-L-, the BIA ultimately determined that the IJ had not taken into account the petitioner's explanations for inconsistencies, and so had fallen short of Y-L-'s fourth requirement. See Y-L-, 24 I. & N. Dec. at 162.
. We are in agreement with the panel in Yang that many of the precise contours of frivolousness remain unsettled. Furthermore, we share the panel’s hope of obtaining guidance on proper application of the Y-L-safeguards from the Board. Nevertheless, we take a different approach in this case. Our decision to forge ahead ourselves rather than remanding to the BIA is influenced by the nature of the issue presented in the case at bar^ — a relatively narrow issue of law that is for this Court to decide, standing apart from the intricacies of immigration procedure. Additionally, the controlling issue here — the meaning of "material” — is relatively distinct from the questions posed to the BIA in Yang, at 279, and so we believe our analysis will not interfere with or unduly complicate the resolution of that case.
. Consider modern-day tort law’s rejection of long-standing conceptions of negligence and defamation. In the first opinion advocating what is now known as products liability, a concurring opinion in Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Fresno, 24 Cal.2d 453, 150 P.2d 436 (1944), Justice Roger Traynor commented: "It is to the public interest to discourage the marketing of products having defects that are a menace to the public. If such products nevertheless find their way into the market it is to the public interest to place the responsibility for whatever injury they may cause upon the manufacturer, who, even if he is not negligent in the manufacture of the product, is responsible for its reaching the market." Id. at 462, 150 P.2d 436 (Traynor, J., concurring).
Consider, also, the Supreme Court’s comments in New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964). Notwithstanding centuries of fealty to conceptual defamation, the Supreme Court produced a sea change in that case. Writing for the Court, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., said: "[W]e consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.” Id. at 270, 84 S.Ct. 710.
. Judge Cardozo wrote this opinion the year he delivered the Storrs Lecture at Yale Law School, which later was published as The Nature of the Judicial Process (1921).
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Isoperimetric inequalities for Schatten norms of Riesz potentials
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016
In this note we prove that the ball is a maximiser for integer order Schatten p-norms of the Riesz potential operators among all domains of a given measure in R-d. In particular, the result is valid for the polyharmonic Newton potential operator, which is related to a nonlocal boundary value problem for the poly-Laplacian extending the one considered by M. Kac in the case of the Laplacian, so we obtain isoperimetric inequalities for its eigenvalues as well, namely, analogues of Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn. and Hong-Krahn-Szego inequalities.
Schatten p-norm
Rayleigh-Faber-Krahn inequality
Hong-Krahn-Szego inequality
Riesz potential
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Grigori Rozenblioum
Göteborgs universitet
Chalmers, Matematiska vetenskaper, Matematik
M. Ruzhansky
Imperial College London
D. Suragan
Imperial College London
Al Farabi Kazakh National University
Journal of Functional Analysis
0022-1236 (ISSN) 1096-0783 (eISSN)
Vol. 271 1 224-239
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Matematik
DOI
10.1016/j.jfa.2016.04.023
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; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs < %s -mtriple=aarch64-none-linux-gnu | FileCheck %s
%myStruct = type { i64 , i8, i32 }
@var8 = global i8 0
@var8_2 = global i8 0
@var32 = global i32 0
@var64 = global i64 0
@var128 = global i128 0
@varfloat = global float 0.0
@varfloat_2 = global float 0.0
@vardouble = global double 0.0
@varstruct = global %myStruct zeroinitializer
@varsmallstruct = global [2 x i64] zeroinitializer
declare void @take_i8s(i8 %val1, i8 %val2)
declare void @take_floats(float %val1, float %val2)
define void @simple_args() {
; CHECK: simple_args:
%char1 = load i8* @var8
%char2 = load i8* @var8_2
call void @take_i8s(i8 %char1, i8 %char2)
; CHECK: ldrb w0, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:var8]
; CHECK: ldrb w1, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:var8_2]
; CHECK: bl take_i8s
%float1 = load float* @varfloat
%float2 = load float* @varfloat_2
call void @take_floats(float %float1, float %float2)
; CHECK: ldr s1, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:varfloat_2]
; CHECK: ldr s0, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:varfloat]
; CHECK: bl take_floats
ret void
}
declare i32 @return_int()
declare double @return_double()
declare [2 x i64] @return_smallstruct()
declare void @return_large_struct(%myStruct* sret %retval)
define void @simple_rets() {
; CHECK: simple_rets:
%int = call i32 @return_int()
store i32 %int, i32* @var32
; CHECK: bl return_int
; CHECK: str w0, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:var32]
%dbl = call double @return_double()
store double %dbl, double* @vardouble
; CHECK: bl return_double
; CHECK: str d0, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:vardouble]
%arr = call [2 x i64] @return_smallstruct()
store [2 x i64] %arr, [2 x i64]* @varsmallstruct
; CHECK: bl return_smallstruct
; CHECK: str x1, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #8]
; CHECK: str x0, [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:varsmallstruct]
call void @return_large_struct(%myStruct* sret @varstruct)
; CHECK: add x8, {{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:varstruct
; CHECK: bl return_large_struct
ret void
}
declare i32 @struct_on_stack(i8 %var0, i16 %var1, i32 %var2, i64 %var3, i128 %var45,
i32* %var6, %myStruct* byval %struct, i32 %stacked,
double %notstacked)
declare void @stacked_fpu(float %var0, double %var1, float %var2, float %var3,
float %var4, float %var5, float %var6, float %var7,
float %var8)
define void @check_stack_args() {
call i32 @struct_on_stack(i8 0, i16 12, i32 42, i64 99, i128 1,
i32* @var32, %myStruct* byval @varstruct,
i32 999, double 1.0)
; Want to check that the final double is passed in registers and
; that varstruct is passed on the stack. Rather dependent on how a
; memcpy gets created, but the following works for now.
; CHECK: mov x0, sp
; CHECK: str {{w[0-9]+}}, [x0]
; CHECK: str {{w[0-9]+}}, [x0, #12]
; CHECK: fmov d0,
; CHECK: bl struct_on_stack
call void @stacked_fpu(float -1.0, double 1.0, float 4.0, float 2.0,
float -2.0, float -8.0, float 16.0, float 1.0,
float 64.0)
; CHECK: ldr s[[STACKEDREG:[0-9]+]], [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:.LCPI
; CHECK: mov x0, sp
; CHECK: str d[[STACKEDREG]], [x0]
; CHECK: bl stacked_fpu
ret void
}
declare void @check_i128_stackalign(i32 %val0, i32 %val1, i32 %val2, i32 %val3,
i32 %val4, i32 %val5, i32 %val6, i32 %val7,
i32 %stack1, i128 %stack2)
declare void @check_i128_regalign(i32 %val0, i128 %val1)
define void @check_i128_align() {
; CHECK: check_i128_align:
%val = load i128* @var128
call void @check_i128_stackalign(i32 0, i32 1, i32 2, i32 3,
i32 4, i32 5, i32 6, i32 7,
i32 42, i128 %val)
; CHECK: ldr [[I128LO:x[0-9]+]], [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:var128]
; CHECK: ldr [[I128HI:x[0-9]+]], [{{x[0-9]+}}, #8]
; CHECK: mov x[[SPREG:[0-9]+]], sp
; CHECK: str [[I128HI]], [x[[SPREG]], #24]
; CHECK: str [[I128LO]], [x[[SPREG]], #16]
; CHECK: bl check_i128_stackalign
call void @check_i128_regalign(i32 0, i128 42)
; CHECK-NOT: mov x1
; CHECK: movz x2, #42
; CHECK: mov x3, xzr
; CHECK: bl check_i128_regalign
ret void
}
@fptr = global void()* null
define void @check_indirect_call() {
; CHECK: check_indirect_call:
%func = load void()** @fptr
call void %func()
; CHECK: ldr [[FPTR:x[0-9]+]], [{{x[0-9]+}}, #:lo12:fptr]
; CHECK: blr [[FPTR]]
ret void
} | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
How To Lose Weight While Skipping Those Frustrating, Crash Diets (3)
How To Lose Weight While Skipping Those Frustrating, Crash Diets
Motivation For Fitness Goals
Source: Flickr
The need for weight loss is experienced by most people at some point in their lives. In spite of this, many people are clueless about the best way to approach weight loss in a safe and effective way. This article contains the weight loss steps and strategies necessary to do just that.
Make sure to get the proper amount of water every day. When your body is dehydrated, it tends to hold on to fat stores because water is necessary to flush out your system. Drinking enough water every day, especially if you haven’t been, helps to flush your system and make you leaner.
A great tip for successful weight loss is to choose foods that have healthy fats like polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat. These include walnuts, olives, and salmon. These healthy fats make you full and satisfied for a longer period of time so you will not overeat later in the day.
Do not give in to the fad diets and strategies that are advertised on television. There is no way that you can lose ten pounds in a week or thirty pounds in a month. Take the time to lose weight smartly and the pounds will stay off, in the future.
When fall comes, instead of using a leaf blower to rid your yard of leaves, try using a rake for your yard and sweep your drive. This is a little bit of exercise that you can add to your daily routine. You will be burning more calories because you will be using more effort than using a leaf blower.
Take pictures of yourself in order to lose more weight. There are not many tips or tricks that are more effective than using a camera to record your weight loss. Use a digital camera to take pictures of yourself once a week. Compare them. You will easily be able to see the results of your hard work.
One way to make exercise fun and increase the speed of weight loss is by adopting a pet. If you’ve been wanting to take on the responsibility of a dog, during your diet is a great time to do it. Your dog will encourage you to get out for exercise, in the form of walks or play, and will eat those leftovers off your plate before you do.
Sleep is one of the most important things to get for weight loss. When you sleep, your body is able to reconstruct so that you can function at a normal level the next day. Aim for at least eight hours of sleep per day to give your body the chance to function properly.
One simple, yet effective tip for losing weight is to eat more fruits and vegetables. Fruits and veggies are nutrient dense and fill you up quickly while also providing essential vitamins and minerals. Replace some of the breads and sweets in your diet with these items and watch the pounds drop off. Don’t just add the fruits and veggies or your diet won’t change much and you’ll just be adding calories!
Although many people need to lose weight, or know someone who does, it can still be a very confusing topic. Reliable weight loss is possible by following the advice presented in this article. Use the tips mentioned to start or enhance your weight loss and meet the goals that you have set for yourself. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Page:Imre.pdf/183
181 "Look into thyself, Oswald! It is all there. I am an Uranian, as thou art. From my birth I have been one. Wholly, wholly homosexual, Oswald! The same fire, the same, that smoulders or flashes in thee! It was put into my soul and body too, along with whatever else is in them that could make me wish to win the sympathy of just such a friend as thee, or make thee wish to seek mine. My youth was like thine; and to become older, to grow up to be a man in years, a man in every sinew and limb of my body, there was no changing of my nature in that. There were only the bewilderments, concealments, tortures that come to us. There is nothing, nothing, that any man can teach me of what is one's life with it all. How well I know it! That inborn mysterious, frightful sensitiveness to whatever is the man—that eternal vague yearning and seeking for the unity that can never come save by a love that is held to be a crime and a shame! The instinct that makes us cold toward the woman, even to hating her, when one thinks of her as a sex. And the mask, the eternal mask! to be worn | WIKI |
Value of Vietnam's 'bikini airline' overtakes national carrier
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese private budget airline VietJet’s VJC.HM market capitalization surpassed that of state-owned Vietnam Airlines HVN.HNO on Monday, only a week after it was listed. VietJet grabbed headlines with bikini-clad flight attendants when it was launched in 2011 and its success on the Ho Chi Minh stock exchange reflects its rapid ascent since. It has become known in Vietnam as the “bikini airline” and female crew do still wear them, but only on some flights. Its market share is expected to top that of Vietnam Airlines this year, a feat it has achieved by tapping into a fast-growing economy and a young population starting to travel more. VietJet shares hit 137,400 dong ($6.03) each, valuing it at$1.8 billion, ahead of Vietnam Airlines at $1.7 billion. On its first trading day VietJet was valued at $1.4 billion and its rival, which listed in January, at $2.1 billion. Growth in the Vietnamese market, which is one of the fastest in Asia Pacific, and a relatively small free-float in VietJet shares for retail investors, had driven the price of the shares, brokers said. VietJet’s stock has a lower price-to-earnings (PE) ratio of 15.75 compared with 16.63 for Vietnam Airlines, Thomson Reuters data showed. The CAPA Centre for Aviation has said that VietJet, which currently commands 40 percent of Vietnam’s domestic market, will likely become the country’s biggest domestic carrier this year. Some analysts forecast VietJet shares will jump to more than 143,000 dong per share. “(The) VietJet story just begins so investors still have a lot of expectation on its shares,” Nguyen Van Dung, manager of the securities consulting department at Saigon Securities, said. “But if from investing perspective, I will buy Vietnam Airlines share as the firm has much potential to grow sustainably in (the) long-term and the price now is very good to buy,” he added. The listings of VietJet and Vietnam Airlines were part of the government’s push on privatization to boost investment. Vietnam, which is slowly opening up its domestic market amid considerable investment interest, has completed several major share sales and listings in recent months, including a $3.72 billion flotation of its top brewer Sabeco SAB.HM in which the government owns nearly 90 percent. ($1=22,800 dong) Editing by Alexander Smith | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Nina Mozer
Nina Mikhailovna Mozer (Нина Михайловна Мозер; born 28 August 1964) is a Russian pair skating coach based in Moscow. She is best known for coaching Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, the 2014 Olympic gold and silver medalists.
Personal life
Nina Mikhailovna Mozer was born 28 August 1964 in Kiev, the daughter of Mikhail Mozer, a tennis player, and Svetlana Mozer (Smirnova), the 1958 and 1959 Soviet ice dancing champion. She is the niece of football player Ivan Mozer. Her son, Nikita, was born in 1991.
Career
Coached by her mother and Pyotr Orlov, Mozer competed in pair skating with S. Skorniakov but retired at 15 due to injury. She then began coaching, assisting her mother at Dynamo Kiev.
Mozer coached in Moscow from 1994 to 2001 and then for two years in the United States before returning to Moscow. She works at Vorobiovy Gory, Vdokhnovenie Ice Palace, collaborating with Stanislav Morozov and Vladislav Zhovnirski. She coaches the following skaters:
* Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
* Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov
Former pairs coached by Mozer include:
* Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov (2014 Olympic champions, 2013 World champions). Mozer is their coach since May 2010.
* Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (2014 Olympic silver medalists). Mozer began coaching them in April 2013.
* Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
* Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert
* Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov, from 26 March 2013 to 31 March 2014.
* Vasilisa Davankova / Alexander Enbert, from 30 April 2014.
* Tatiana Novik / Andrei Novoselov
* Tatiana Novik / Mikhail Kuznetsov
* Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov
* Galina Maniachenko / Evgeni Zhigurski (1994 World Junior bronze medalists)
* Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski (1996 World Junior champions)
* Natalia Zabiiako / Yuri Larionov, from April 2014. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/HMS Bellerophon (1786)/archive1
* The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.
The article was promoted by Ian Rose 14:45, 14 August 2012.
HMS Bellerophon (1786)
* Nominator(s): Benea (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
I am nominating this for featured article because, after undergoing a substantial and thorough A-class review here, I feel this article fulfils the criteria for FA class. As one of the wooden walls of England, Bellerophon was a more storied ship than most, serving at three major fleet actions as well as participating in the more routine duties of blockade and escort duties. She had a long and active career that eventually ended up, like many others, as a converted hulk, before her breaking up. Typical of the third rate ships of her age, she is also one of the few to have been given book-length treatments. Using the detailed histories of the ship and her period, I believe this strikes the right balance between encyclopaedic value, and completeness. Benea (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Support on prose per standard disclaimer. No changes made since I reviewed this for A-class. These are my edits. (If no edits are showing, the toolserver needs time to catch up.) - Dank (push to talk) 23:23, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Source review - spotchecks not done. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:05, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
* Winfield title differs between citations and reference list
* Fixed
* How are you ordering multiple sources by the same author?
* Alphabetical order of their titles.
* Roberts: Wellington & Napoleon or Napoleon & Wellington? Nikkimaria (talk) 14:05, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
* Fixed Benea (talk) 19:13, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Comment As far as I'm aware dismasted is not a hyphenated word, unless with reason of course. Lemonade51 (talk) 22:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Support on all criteria, except sources and media rights, which I have not reviewed. Suggestions:
* The article contains over 60 uses of the personal pronoun "she", often within sentences, and at the start of successive sentences or clauses. More variation would read better.
* I agree with question above on "dismast*". Is "dis-masted" in current use? Kablammo (talk) 19:45, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
* I checked this, I don't know if dis-masted is wrong, but dismasted is used in my sources, so I've made the change. It would have been my natural preference, but for some reason my spellchecker kicks at it, and probably in a crisis of confidence, I foolishly went along with it. Benea (talk) 18:37, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
* I rotate between the ship's name, "the ship" and "she" to avoid overusing either the name or the pronoun.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:39, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Comment
* Was Cumby commended for commanding the ship after Darby was disabled during Trafalgar?
* Why do we see HMS Bellerophon used after the first appearance?
* Link yard, flagship, grenade, musket. --Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:39, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
* Made changes, yard was already linked though? I assume Cooke rather than Darby? I've added a note on Cumby's promotions. He'd also have shared in the financial grants and awards made, but none of the sources say this explicitly or how much he received. His position was also a little anomalous, a first lieutenant, but one who had captained a ship at the battle, so I'd be wary of simply applying either the sum given to lieutenants or that to captains. Benea (talk) 20:59, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Spotchecks: Benea's last FAC AFAIK was this one for HMS Temeraire; spotchecks were done by Winfield, the author of one of her sources. - Dank (push to talk) 13:05, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Support, with two comments I rarely venture into FAC reviews, so feel free to ignore the comments. However, a great article. Very nicely put together, well referenced, seemingly comprehensive, a nice and relevant number of illustrations—and an interesting read too. Aside from those two very minor points, which may not be possible without straying into unwanted waters, then great work. - SchroCat ( ^ • @ ) 18:32, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
* 1) "£30,232.14.4d." Is there any way to give a conversion that doesn't involve OR?
* 2) "At 6 am on 28 May". GMT or elsewhere? If the sources don't clarify then that's fine, although I may be tempted to put in a note that it's unclear which time zone it was in.
* Both are fair points, but as you say probably venture into OR. Certainly it is very difficult to compare big capital projects like warship construction over different time periods, and the position taken at my previous FACs has been not to attempt a conversion. As to the second point, the sources unfortunately don't say. I'm sure it can be calculated and is implicitly known what time this related to by those who write these books, but I haven't seen a detailed explanation given. Benea (talk) 12:40, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
Delegate notes
* Two things re. the lead:
* Personally I'm more inclined to "and was the ship aboard which Napoleon finally surrendered" rather than "and was the ship Napoleon finally surrendered aboard", but I won't push it if everyone prefers it as is.
* I note Kablammo's comment above re. the repetitive "She" to begin sentences. This is particularly noticeable in the second para, with five instances in a row; I'm sure we could mix it up with the occasional "The ship" or "Bellerephon", and perhaps even a bit of sentence restructuring.
* Looks like we still need an image check. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:51, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
* I've made some changes to address these. As to the image review, a comprehensive review was carried out at the A-class review here. I'm away for a couple of weeks from tomorrow, so I'll probably be unable to address any further issues until after my return. Benea (talk) 12:40, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
* Tks for the above, I think the review has been open long enough and we have the consensus to promote. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:41, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
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Analyzing Autolisp with Python - Setup
Woo, yet another weak parser implementation.
I'm having a lot of fun porting my old JQuery code to ClojureScript, inspite of my setbacks. It's nothing very exciting though, so I'm going to write about something else today. A few weeks ago I was asked by Corp. CAD IS to have a look at some stuff. The stuff was a zip file containing the accumulated AutoCAD® customization files of an entire firm we acquired recently. The vague task I was given was to "convert" the files to be compatible with the latest version of AutoCAD.
The former firm had a CAD standards document that enumerated some of the tools they had collected, but there wasn't any obvious structure to their collection, or any central entry point. Since they had built a CUIX file I decided that was the best place to find out what they were actually using. In case you didn't know, a CUIX file is really just a zip file full of CUI files (xml), images, and other resource files. The naming convention seems odd, but it aligns with all the OpenOffice convention (doc -> docx, xls -> xlsx, etc. which are also zipped XML files).
I started by just browsing some of the XML, and I noticed an interesting pattern: most of the command macros had the form roughly: (if (not c:foo) (load "some.lsp"));foo which has the effect of demand loading a lisp file when the user tries to use a command. While I had recently been using the Python ElementTree XML library to process AutoCAD tool palettes on another task, for this I just wrote a script to dump any contiguous string containing ".lsp". I didn't need a parser because I wasn't making modifications to, or trying to understand the structure of, the CUI files.
I then wrote another script to copy all lisp files in the found list into one directory (used), and report on any missing files, and copy everything else to another (unused). About half of the lisp files they had were not apparently used. There still existed the possibility that the unused lisps were libraries required by the used lisps though.
I decided I needed to have more information about the contents of the lisps, but there were dozens in each folder ranging in length from a few lines to hundreds. I decided that I would just write a script to analyze the contents of all the lisps. First I looked around online for a Python module to either do the parsing for me or at least make building a parser simple. My main problems where that I only wanted specific information, and I didn't need the full parse results. Everything I found was either too complex, or didn't suit my needs.
So I decided to write my own parser. It's only lisp, how hard could it be?
Honestly it wasn't that hard. It probably isn't that good either, but it did what I wanted. I wrote it in a few hours across two days time, while doing other work. In this post I'll just show the tokenizer portion, since the parser (like this post) ran a bit long.
I started out "tokenizing" just by reading a line at a time, doing some text replacements, then splitting on whitespace:
substitutions = (
# Expand quote literal to quote fn
("'(", "(quote "),
# Expand parens with white-space for splitting
(')', ' ) '),
('(', ' ( '),
)
def modify(line):
"""Perform replacements listed in global dictionary."""
for k, v in substitutions:
if k in line:
line = line.replace(k, v)
return line
def tokenize(infile):
"""Cheaty str.split tokenization."""
tokens = list()
# Clean and append all lines into one big string
for line in infile:
# Strip empty lines and comments
line = line.strip()
if not line or line[0] == ';':
continue
# Tokenize the line
tokens.extend([token for token in
# AutoLisp is case-insensitive
modify(line).lower().split()
if token])
return tokens
It was surprisingly fast, and worked well enough on simple examples, but made garbage out of real code. The problem was that comments don't just appear on lines by themselves. They can, and in typical Autolisp style usually do, appear at the ends of lines. The comment character in lisp is the semi-colon ;, which is also sometimes used in text. But people also sometimes put text quotes in comments (especially when commenting out code). What I needed was a more sophisticated way to pre-process each line to remove all comments.
I built the following function to do the job. Sophisticated would be an over-statement, but it does use one cute trick. There are three cases I want to cover:
1. The line is empty or starts with a ; - skip line
2. The line is non-empty and has a ; but no quote - trim tail including ;
3. The line contains quotes, and one or more ; - do special stuff
Case 2 can actually also handle quotes on the condition that the last quote is before the first ;. For special stuff I first break the line into parts on each ;, then starting with the first part collect parts until all quotes are matched. The trick is given an example line: (foo "evil;string" "an;other") ; badness it is broken into [(foo "evil, string" "an, other"), badness]. We start with one quote in the first part, then add two in the second giving 3 (which is not even). As soon as the number of quotes does become even whatever is left is the comment.
def scrub_comment(line):
"""Carefully clean comments from line."""
if not line or line[0] == ';':
# Just skip blank lines and comments
return
semi = line.find(';')
if semi > 0:
if '"' not in line or line.rfind('"') < semi:
# Keep everything up to but not including semi
line = line[:semi]
else:
# Find left most semi not in a string literal...
parts = line.split(';')
first, rest = parts[0], parts[1:]
accepted = [first]
quotes = 0
while rest:
quotes += first.count('"')
# If we have collected an even number of quotes on left
if quotes%2 == 0:
break
first, rest = rest[0], rest[1:]
accepted.append(first)
# Put back all the semis that belonged there
line = ';'.join(accepted)
return line
def tokenize(infile):
"""Cheaty str.split tokenization."""
tokens = list()
# Clean and append all lines into one big string
for line in infile:
# Modified line filter
line = scrub_comment(line.strip())
if not line:
continue
# Tokenize the line
tokens.extend([token for token in
# AutoLisp is case-insensitive
modify(line).lower().split()
if token])
return tokens
Don't worry, the "parser" implementation has even more wat. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Lafay Rio de Janeiro
The Rio de Janeiro was a Brazilian single-engine, biplane utility aircraft.
Design and development
It was based on the Caudron G.3. Built almost entirely of wood and canvas, it had three seats. It has a Gnome et Rhône engine, of the push–pull configuration, with a fixed pitch propeller made of wood. The reinforced landing gear included four wheels and two fixed skids, with a rear skid. It was nicknamed Cochon (in English: Hog).
Operational history
First flew daily, since the first flight, and was maintained without any changes, which proved its safety. Moreover, since its departure from the Lage & Irmãos workshops, it had already transported 200 passengers and made a Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo air bridge trip. Another important factor is that with two passengers on board, it reached an altitude of 2000 meters in 22 minutes. | WIKI |
User:EyeMD
The Eye Surgeon and Internal Medicine Doctor Ophthalmology - Eye surgeon, with special interest in Glaucoma, strabismus, corneal transplantation and Lasers for eye. I created a username in June 2006, even though I had started Ophthalmology and also contributed to other articles on Wikipedia since 2002. Helped founding the Wikipedia project on Ophthalmology. I also did IM residency - finished in 2012. I am also board certified by ABIM in Internal Medicine since 2012.
Interests
I love listening to sweet, meaningful and melodious Hindi Songs of the Golden Era by Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Mohd. Rafi. Binaca Geetmala was a favorite program during my childhood, as also Vividh Bharti Radio station playing hindi songs all day!
Wiki I am excited by Wikipedia's massive, accurate and advanced knowledge base with intricacies explained in detail. I frequently visit the articles for deletion and post my comments there. I am involved in editing Ophthalmology, music and India related articles.
Articles I initiated
Ophthalmology (back in 2002 without a UserID), Hypertropia, John Pratt-Johnson, Hypopyon, Endophthalmitis, Iridodialysis, Ocular ischemic syndrome
List of contributions
Contributions list, Got the Binaca Geetmala lists undeleted :-)
My Sandbox
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nsIAccessibleRetrieval
An interface for in-process accessibility clients wishing to get an nsIAccessible or nsIAccessNode for a given DOM node.
Inherits from: nsISupports Last changed in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)
Method overview
nsIAccessible getAccessibleFor(in nsIDOMNode aNode);
nsIAccessible getAccessibleInShell(in nsIDOMNode aNode, in nsIPresShell aPresShell);
nsIAccessible getAccessibleInWeakShell(in nsIDOMNode aNode, in nsIWeakReference aPresShell); Obsolete since Gecko 2.0
nsIAccessible getAccessibleInWindow(in nsIDOMNode aNode, in nsIDOMWindow aDOMWin); Obsolete since Gecko 2.0
nsIAccessible getApplicationAccessible();
nsIAccessible getAttachedAccessibleFor(in nsIDOMNode aNode);
nsIAccessible getCachedAccessible(in nsIDOMNode aNode, in nsIWeakReference aShell); Obsolete since Gecko 2.0
nsIAccessNode getCachedAccessNode(in nsIDOMNode aNode, in nsIWeakReference aShell); Obsolete since Gecko 2.0
nsIDOMNode getRelevantContentNodeFor(in nsIDOMNode aNode);
AString getStringEventType(in unsigned long aEventType);
AString getStringRelationType(in unsigned long aRelationType);
AString getStringRole(in unsigned long aRole);
nsIDOMDOMStringList getStringStates(in unsigned long aStates, in unsigned long aExtraStates);
Methods
getAccessibleFor()
Return an nsIAccessible for a DOM node in pres shell 0. Create a new accessible of the appropriate type if necessary, or use one from the accessibility cache if it already exists.
nsIAccessible getAccessibleFor(
in nsIDOMNode aNode
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get an accessible for.
Return value
The nsIAccessible for the given DOM node.
getAccessibleInShell()
Return an nsIAccessible for a DOM node in the given pres shell. Create a new accessible of the appropriate type if necessary, or use one from the accessibility cache if it already exists.
nsIAccessible getAccessibleInShell(
in nsIDOMNode aNode,
in nsIPresShell aPresShell
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get an accessible for.
aPresShell
The presentation shell which contains layout info for the DOM node.
Return value
The nsIAccessible for the given DOM node.
getAccessibleInWeakShell()
Obsolete since Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)
Return an nsIAccessible for a DOM node in the given weak shell. Create a new accessible of the appropriate type if necessary, or use one from the accessibility cache if it already exists.
nsIAccessible getAccessibleInWeakShell(
in nsIDOMNode aNode,
in nsIWeakReference aPresShell
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get an accessible for.
aPresShell
The presentation shell which contains layout info for the DOM node.
Return value
The nsIAccessible for the given DOM node.
getAccessibleInWindow()
Obsolete since Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)
Return an nsIAccessible for a DOM node in present shell for this DOM window. Create a new accessible of the appropriate type if necessary, or use one from the accessibility cache if it already exists.
nsIAccessible getAccessibleInWindow(
in nsIDOMNode aNode,
in nsIDOMWindow aDOMWin
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get an accessible for.
aDOMWin
The DOM window containing the node.
Return value
The nsIAccessible for the given DOM node.
getApplicationAccessible()
Return application accessible.
nsIAccessible getApplicationAccessible();
Parameters
None.
Return value
The nsIAccessible for the application.
getAttachedAccessibleFor()
Similar to getAccessibleFor() except it returns accessible only if it is attached, that is accessible is certified to be a descendant of the root accessible.
nsIAccessible getAttachedAccessibleFor(
in nsIDOMNode aNode
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get an accessible for.
Return value
The accessible for the given DOM node.
getCachedAccessible()
Obsolete since Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)
Return an nsIAccessible for an already created DOM node in the given weak shell. Does not create a new one -- only returns cached accessibles.
nsIAccessible getCachedAccessible(
in nsIDOMNode aNode,
in nsIWeakReference aShell
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get an accessible for.
aShell
The presentation shell which contains layout info for the DOM node.
Return value
The nsIAccessible for the given DOM node or null if an accessible does not already exist for this DOM node.
getCachedAccessNode()
Obsolete since Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)
Return an nsIAccessNode for an already created DOM node in the given weak shell. Does not create a new one -- only returns cached access nodes.
nsIAccessNode getCachedAccessNode(
in nsIDOMNode aNode,
in nsIWeakReference aShell
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get an access node for.
aShell
The presentation shell which contains layout info for the DOM node.
Return value
The nsIAccessNode for the given DOM node or null if an access node does not already exist for this DOM node.
getRelevantContentNodeFor()
Return an DOM node that is relevant to attached accesible check. This node is either from bindings chain if given node is anonymous and owner binding denies accessible in anonymous content or given node (it's not important whether it is accessible or not). This method doesn't create accessible object for returned node.
nsIDOMNode getRelevantContentNodeFor(
in nsIDOMNode aNode
);
Parameters
aNode
The DOM node to get relevant content node.
Return value
The DOM node for parent attached accessible.
getStringEventType()
Get the type of accessible event as a string.
AString getStringEventType(
in unsigned long aEventType
);
Parameters
aEventType
The accessible event type constant.
Return value
Accessible event type presented as human readable string.
getStringRelationType()
Get the type of accessible relation as a string.
AString getStringRelationType(
in unsigned long aRelationType
);
Parameters
aRelationType
The accessible relation type constant.
Return value
Accessible relation type presented as human readable string.
getStringRole()
Returns accessible role as a string.
AString getStringRole(
in unsigned long aRole
);
Parameters
aRole
The accessible role constants.
Return value
Accessible role as a string.
getStringStates()
Returns a list which contains accessible states as strings.
nsIDOMDOMStringList getStringStates(
in unsigned long aStates,
in unsigned long aExtraStates
);
Parameters
aStates
Accessible states.
aExtraStates
Accessible extra states.
Return value
A list which contains accessible states as strings.
See also
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Being Productive on the Command Line
No matter how you try to run from it, developers often find themselves on the command line so if you have always told yourself that the CLI sucks, then I think it is time to embrace it and stop having a terminal that looks like this:
Bland terminal
A bland default macOS terminal
Think of that more as sticking to the default terminal configuration rather than the actual look of the terminal. You could have such a minimalist but powerful terminal.
You may not care about the looks of your terminal as it does not directly affect your productivity. However, the terminal, shell, and utilities you use daily would work better with a better understanding of them.
Most of what follows applies to macOS and partially to other Unix derivatives.
The Terminal
macOS comes with Terminal.app, which is great enough as a console, but iTerm, the firebug of consoles, introduced many features before Terminal was improved. iTerm2 would be redundant now, but it improved on some features as Terminal tried to catch up. I have heard some developers say it is fast, but I do not really see a difference. What I love about iTerm is just the Tabs, as they look prettier than Terminal tabs.
iTerm console
iTerm
Terminal console
Terminal
Hyper.term is another terminal fancier than the previously mentioned, it is an electron app and is prone to performance problems which include high battery usage.
Hyper Terminal
With such aesthetic, hyper would make for a good terminal for demos. Can be used in screenshots or screencasts but not as a regular terminal.
Shells
There are countless shells, and bash is a very trusted one. It comes as the default shell on most macOS and Linux distributions. However, its lack of flexibility has made ZSH a choice for those who seek more control over the shell.
ZSH offers yet another set of options with its set of plugin/configuration managers. Prezto, Antigen, and Oh-my-zsh are the most common, and I cannot say which is best, as I have only used oh-my-zsh.
However, I would often hear prezto users say oh-my-zsh loads exhaustive plugins, which makes it slow, and that is not the case for me. The only default plugin enabled is the git plugin which is very useful (more on this soon). It also loads pretty fast for me. I could not care less about the 300ms difference in their load times.
Fish is another shell known for its autosuggest feature, but the problem with fish is its scripting language is far too different from common shells like bash and zsh. It also breaks in some cases, which makes it a less than great choice. The autosuggestions plugin for oh-my-zsh can provide just the same experience as fish.
Utilities
The tools and utilities you use with the right terminal and shell are what really boosts productivity. Utilities can also answer the question, "How productive have you been on the CLI?" Run this to get an answer to that:
$ history | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head
That will list your top 10 most used commands agnostic of what shell you may be on. If you do not feel cool about them, I will introduce some powerful utilities and how you can use them to full potential.
• Autojump
• Vim
• Tmux
• Git
• Ack/Ag
• FuzzyFinder
• Say
Autojump
Autojump is basically a cd command that learns. If you often find yourself typing commands like:
$ cd ../../../ProjectRoot
or
$ cd ~/Downloads/Unzipped
then you need autojump which. With its short alias j, you can go to those directories like so
$ j ProjectRoot
$ j Unzipped
as long as you have once visited them with cd. j cannot jump to places it has not been before, so you need to have visited a directory at least once with cd.
You could also navigate GUI file managers using jo.
Autojump in use
Vim
Let's talk about vim
This list is once again biased as I am not talking about spacemacs or emacs since I do not use those. Instead, I would talk about the mainstream vim. The one a million users cannot exit and that is because this is about being productive. If you already know how to be productive with other CLI editors then go ahead.
I say CLI editors because I find myself most productive with them. Although, with IDEs bringing the command line in as part of their features, an IDE user might achieve the same level of productivity yet I would like to highlight the benefits of vim.
On macOS, you can set apps to be fullscreen, which I think is referred to as workstations in other OS. This gives a perceived reality of having multiple screens when you are not in a position to use multiple monitors or you simply cannot afford such setups. The benefit of this is you are locked out of every distraction in this single vim window.
Vim screenshot
Any editor can go full screen or even come with a distraction-free mode, but the benefit of this is that I am right in the shell. I could run any other CLI commands with !command or I could go into the shell within vim with !shell. With the right mappings in the vim configuration files, some of these system operations could also be bound to keys. You simply make a binding to something like !git status -sb.There are so many more benefits you could get with vim. Here is my vimrc for a glance.
Tmux
Tmux is a session manager and terminal multiplexer. With its windows, panes, and key bindings it complements vim. From the example of how you could lock yourself to a window with vim, you could even do more within this window by having tmux. Before Slack started chewing on productivity, developers would goof on the IRC for a few mins and ask questions all within the same window. If you are building an app with an interface like a web frontend or mobile/desktop application, you could move all distracting apps to a different workspace and just toggle between the terminal window and your app interface.
Git
Learning git properly beyond add, commit, push, clone can make an impact in how fast you git work done. It is called a version control software, but it could also be an automator and when used right, a great history preserver. In the post on debugging, we used git to debug and took advantage of its ability to automate the process. You can tune git up by adding hub and creating git aliases. If you have chosen to use oh-my-zsh, you may get the benefit of its nifty aliases with the git plugin. Some of which are:
alias ga='git add'
alias gc='git commit -v'
alias gcam='git commit -a -m'
alias gcsm='git commit -s -m'
alias gcb='git checkout -b'
alias gcf='git config --list'
alias gcl='git clone --recursive'
alias gclean='git clean -fd'
alias gpristine='git reset --hard && git clean -dfx'
alias gcm='git checkout master'
alias gcd='git checkout develop'
alias gcmsg='git commit -m'
alias gco='git checkout'
alias gcount='git shortlog -sn'
alias grt='cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel || echo ".")'
alias gsb='git status -sb'
Only listed some of my favorites. You should check out that alias list even if you are not using zsh.
Ack/Ag
Ack was made to grep beyond the abilities of the popular grep. Rather than just grepping through random file types, types can be specified with ack. It also obeys gitignores and ignore files for other VCS. If refactoring or tracking a bug from a stack trace, ack is extraordinary and it is not just me that thinks so
An example of where I use ack is when trying to find classes in BEM nested Sass files. People often complain about such syntax as:
.module{
&__avatar{}
&__title{}
}
and how they are difficult to search through as there may be other modules with the same BEM Element but different Block. With ack, it is as simple as:
$ ack --scss -l -Q .module | ack -x '&__avatar'
Just like everything else, ack has a competitor called the silver searcher aka ag that boasts of being faster than ack. Ack feels fast enough, and I have not worked on very large code bases to see it lag, but I use ag every once in a while. Both ag and ack can work through the Ack vim plugin.
Fuzzy Finder (FZF)
The best part about these tools is how they build upon each other. So far by using autojump over cd we can achieve better navigation within our project directories and around the entire filesystem, with the grt alias of oh-my-zsh we can jump to the root of a project, but that is still defeated by autojump. Then we have fzf kick autojump under the bus for navigating within a project.
Note that autojump is unbeatable for navigating all directories around the filesystem.
This shows how you can get to a project file easily with fzf
Fuzzy finder wildcarding
However, it does not end there for fzf. You could hook it up with ack or ag to improve its search performance over the default find it uses. You could also create vim mappings for it. I have a C-p mapping for it, and it makes file navigation within the project a lot faster than using project drawers. I still use NerdTree project drawer anyway.
Say
As a big lover of asynchronous communication and activities for easy multi-tasking, I find say to be useful for reading READMEs while I focus my hands and eyes elsewhere getting more work done. Once again Harry Roberts mentions just how good it is:
Here are some other [unsung heroes of the command line](https://hoelz.ro/blog/unsung-heroes-of-the-command-line) that can improve workflows: `jq`, `json_pp`, `uniprops`, `unichars`, `combine`, `cindex`, `csearch`, `sort`, `uniq`, `join`, `xargs`. Embrace the shell!
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* Randomly the userlist grows and takes up about 40% of the width!
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** UserList sometimes has lines disappear, and just shows white. Hovering with the mouse over it refreshes the view. Could be related to hasLayout (http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html)
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• Very occasionaly, when you part a channel, you will then receive something from the channel, and it'll popup again. (Timing issue/order things happen).
Firefox
• In the chat output code we get lots of css errors reported for setting white-space.
• (FF2) sometimes the cursor in the input field is invisible (happens rarely, known FF bug)
• Firefox 3 problems?
• If you try to connect somewhere, and something is wrong, a server tab opens, then shuts. You don't get to see the server log - irritating!
IE
• (IE6)
• UserList sometimes has lines disappear, and just shows white. Hovering with the mouse over it refreshes the view. Could be related to hasLayout (http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html)
• very long chat pane lines are truncated by the scrollbar (1-2 characters missing)
• (IE7)
• In the chat output, bottom few pixels are missing. Add padding? (Work around hack in place)
• Related to the above. userlist and chat output have crappy borders messing up things.
Opera
• In the chat output code we get lots of css errors reported for setting white-space.
• In the chat output most of the time the space isn't put at the top, and the chat starts half way up, instead of at the bottom.
Prism (webapp)
• v. 0.8 (Gecko based): users login successfully but no pane (DIV id=chats?) opens.
Safari
• Rendering is messed up in iPhone version.
• On the text input bar, the padding is not white. It should be. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
User:Iazyges/Leontios
Leontios (or Leontius) (Λεόντιος, Leontius Augustus) (– February 706) was Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was born in Isauria. He was given the title of patrikios, and made Strategos of the Anatolic Theme under Emperor Justinian II. He led forces against the Umayyads during the early years of Justinian's reign, securing victory and forcing the Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, to sue for peace. In 692, Justinian declared war upon the Umayyads again, and sent Leontios to campaign against them. However, he was defeated decisively after the Battle of Sebastopolis, and imprisoned for his failure by Justinian. He was released in 695, and given the title of Strategos of Hellas. After being released, he led a rebellion against Justinian, and seized power, becoming emperor in the same year. He ruled until 697, when he was overthrown by Apsimar, a Droungarios who had taken part in a failed expedition that had been launched by Leontios, to recover Carthage. After seizing Constantinople, Apsimar took the royal name Tiberios III, and had Leontios' nose and tongue cut off. He was sent to the Monastery of Dalmatou, where he remained until February 706, when he was executed alongside Tiberios III, by Justinian, after he retook the throne.
History
Before the reign of Justinian II, Leontios' life is somewhat obscure. It is known that he was originally from Isauria. During the reign of Justinian II, Leontios was initially a patrikios, and Strategos of the Anatolic Theme. Leontios led forces against the Umayyads, who were distracted by a war with the Zubayrids, at some point during the early reign of Justinian. The Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, sued for peace in 688, agreeing to increase the tribute payments from the Umayyad Caliphate to the Byzantine Empire, which had started under Emperor Constantine IV, to a weekly tribute of 1,000 pieces of gold, one horse, and one slave. Justinian invaded again around 692, because he felt the Umayyads were in a weak position. The Umayyads repulsed the Byzantine attackers and invaded North Africa and Anatolia. After the decisive defeat of the Byzantines by the Umayyads at the Battle of Sebastopolis, Justinian blamed Leontios, and had him imprisoned in 692.
Leontios was released in 695, in order to lead troops against the Umayyads, because Justinian feared losing the city of Carthage in Exarchate of Africa. Leontios was made Strategos of Hellas upon his release. However, upon his release, Leontios launched a revolt, taking advantage of Justinian's upopularity. Justinian was vastly unpopular amongst the population, with the aristocracy being opposed to his land policies, and his tax policies by the peasantry. Leontios led a march on the guards barracks, freeing those who were imprisoned by Justinian for opposing him. His force was joined by a host of Blues supporters, and then marched to the Hagia Sophia. He was met by Patriarch Kallinikos, who informed him of his support of Leontios' bid for the throne. Leontios then led his forces to the Great Palace of Constantinople, and captured Justinian and his ministers. They were brought to the Hippodrome, where Justinian's nose was cut off, a common practice in Byzantine culture, in order to remove threats to the throne. After Justinian's nose was cut off, Leontios exiled him to Cherson, and his ministers were dragged by their feet from wagons, and then burned alive.
In 698, the Umayyads, led by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, invaded the Exarchate of Africa, and seized Carthage. Leontios sent a fleet to retake the Exarchate, but the expedition failed. The forces initially were able to retake Carthage, however it was swiftly retaken by the Umayyads after the Byzantine fleet was decisively defeated just outside the harbor of the city. One of the commanders of this expedition, Apsimar, a Droungarios of German origins, started a revolt against Leontios, taking the regnal name Tiberios III, leading his men back to Constantinople, and allied himself with the Greens. His force seized Leontios, and cut off his nose and tongue, before sending him to live in the Monastery of Dalmatou, where he stayed under guard until February 706, when Justinian II retook the throne with the assistance of the Bulgar king Tervel, and had both Leontios and Tiberios III dragged to the Hippodrome. There they were publically humiliated, then taken away and beheaded. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carmel Valley Historical Society
The result was delete__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. I'm setting aside the first "keep", as it has no basis in policy, but not the second, as despite canvassing concerns it has a basis in policy and is argued on the merits. Nonetheless, there is consensus to delete; where there is policy-based disagreement (in this case about WP:AUD), numerical tilt comes into play. Vanamonde (Talk) 20:18, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
Carmel Valley Historical Society
* – ( View AfD View log | edits since nomination)
I got an opinion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(organizations_and_companies) and I believe not having an article on local historical societies is reasonable absent unusual notability.
I am suggesting deletion, because it is hyperlocal and lacks broader area notability applicable in worldwide scope (WP:NORG) and it also looks like a brochure of what they have to offer and visitor information complete with name of EACH staff member in infobox. (WP:NOT) Graywalls (talk) 19:03, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
* Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Organizations, and California. Graywalls (talk) 19:03, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
* Keep The Carmel Valley Historical Society is listed under the List of historical societies that includes counties like Monterey County, California. Easily passes (WP:BASIC) and (WP:RS). The article on the Carmel Valley Historical Society provides the history of the Carmel Valley, California including the Rumsen and Esselen tribes. The article highlights museum-like exhibits for the Carmel Valley Airfield, Carmel Valley Village, and the early pioneer Hatton family. The article also provides the society's goal to preserving, collecting, researching, and documenting of oral histories. Greg Henderson (talk) 20:26, 27 August 2023 (UTC) ←article creator
* Delete I can't find any significant coverage here. There are barely any hits even on GNews. Does not appear to be notable. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 21:01, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
* Delete - the sourcing is either primary, trivial, or hyper-local. The piece about the museum opening is a standard press-release based community announcement type article. This is a run-of-the-mill society of which there are thousands in the U.S. WP:MILL. Does not pass WP:NCORP criteria for inclusion of organizations and companies. Historical societies don't have inherent notability merely because it exisrs, nor do they inherit notability from the associared people or events, (such as someone who is mentioned in an exhibit.) An alternative to deletion would be to redirect or merge to Carmel Valley, as this org does not need it's own separate article. Netherzone (talk) 20:33, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
* Comment - Note to closing admin: The article creator is canvassing several other editors to "keep" and "not delete" this article., ,. Netherzone (talk) 03:46, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Delete. As a 9-year WP veteran of almost 200 AfDs, this was my first talk page solicitation. I was surprised and annoyed by the flippant response of the article's clueless creator after I called out their WP:CANVASSING. Typically in evaluating an AfD, I conduct a search for additional sources, and if I find RS, go for WP:HEY and revise the article to meet notability requirements. In this instance, however, while there are a few decent newspaper sources on the Carmel Valley History Center, there are only passing mentions of the Society. In my judgment there are not enough sources on the historical society itself to warrant this article: as Gertrude Stein said of Oakland, "There's no there, there." — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 09:39, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Keep Yes, I was pinged and wp:canvassing was likely not followed properly but appears due to not knowing. That is not a reason to not objectively evaluate the article. IMO sourcing satisfies GNG which does not rule out local sources. Also they are somewhat synonymous with the building which I think would pass N:Geo. Also the topic and content is encyclopedic. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 15:13, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Removed unsigned "canvassed" comment attached to my post. I already opened with noting that and also said there and here that it would not affect my evaluation. What is the point of saying "canvassed" ....to doubt the latter and deprecate my opinion? Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 01:59, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
* NCORP is the generally accepted practices for companies and organizations per numerous discussions on project and talk pages. This article wouldn't pass WP:AUD. IMHO, this input is foul since Greghenderson handpicked those who they felt were likely to cast a vote in their favor! Graywalls (talk) 16:36, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* I'm aware of those interpretations (on which SNG to apply and that the SNG modifies/supercedes GNG) and generally agree with it, especially on profit-making businesses which I think is what people had in mind when creating the wording. I took that and the other noted factors into my "keep" and still recommend that. North8000 (talk) 19:49, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Comment - Agreed that it fails AUD. The lead paragraph of WP:ORG says, The scope of this guideline covers all groups of people organized together for a purpose with the exception of non-profit educational institutions, religions or sects, and sports teams. (Italics mine.) The Carmel Valley Historical Society is a non-profit association, but it does not qualify as an "educational institution". To prevent non-neutral promotional articles, WP:GNG is not enough for organizations, which are handled separately under WP:ORG. This article must therefore must meet the WP:AUD subsection of WP:ORG that says Attention solely from local media (e.g., the weekly newspaper for a small town), or media of limited interest and circulation (e.g., a newsletter exclusively for people with a very unusual job), is not an indication of notability. I've looked pretty thoroughly for regional/statewide sources, but the article fails that notability criterion. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:54, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Comment On North8000's talk page, the article's creator posted this We have spoken before about the Carmel Development Company Building and the Edward G. Kuster articles, and I know you are interested in California History. Please check out the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carmel Valley Historical Society and add your 2 cents to keep the article. I think the article has merit and should not be deleted. Any help you can be provide would be appreciated. Thanks!. He also posted something very similar to several other users on wiki. I am uncertain about extent to which he canvassed outside of Wikipedia. Graywalls (talk) 16:42, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* My intent was not to canvass but to see if other editors could speak up and save an article that I feel is worth keeping as the only Historical Scoiety in the Carmel Valley area. Canvassing is a new concept to me and I now know not to do it. However, it should distract from the merit of the article. Greg Henderson (talk) 16:57, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Actually Greg Henderson specifically asked that North8000 vote K**P before changing his post after being called out for canvassing. I think the closing admin take this canvassing into consideration, and also please consider reading the talk page of the article creator to understand the long time (over 10 year) history of COI, UPE and promotional editing. It seems that this article is part of a walled garden. Nor is this the first time canvassing took place as it also happened after numerous articles on the Henderson family and their associates were created by the same editor., so any claims that they did not know any better is questionable. Netherzone (talk) 18:05, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* BTW the background description on my talk page is not accurate. As far as I can tell my only interaction was that during NPP work I marked the two linked articles as reviewed and left one of my common complimentary notes on those and I never expressed the particular interest described. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 19:40, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Delete Obviously many hours of work have been put in over many years by this editor to create this article and a large number of connected articles and it is disappointing to now have all this questioned. Unfortunately, most of them consist of large amounts of WP:OR, and use local and self published sources, not to mention are not written with a WP:NPOV. I wish this was picked up/addressed much earlier. But for the purposes of this discussion, it seems to me the only thing that matters is WP:ORG, and specifically WP:AUD, which is not met. Melcous (talk) 23:22, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* Comment: Please look at the list of County and local societies. California only has three that are written. Now look at the two other ones that are written and you will see a similiar style. This one, the Carmel Valley Historical Society has WP:RS and follows the WP:SNG and WP:GNG guidelines. Don't delete it just because you have an issue with the editor. BTW, the Orange County Historical Society (Orange County, California) has WP:SPS and is shorter and less informational than my article. Greg Henderson (talk) 23:46, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
* But... there are other similar articles is usually not a good justification. If you find ones that do not meet NORG, AFD them. Graywalls (talk) 00:46, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
* Rather than WP:Articles for deletion, wouldn't it be better to notify the author/editor, and give them a chance to improve it? Where is this desire to nuke them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greghenderson2006 (talk • contribs)
* Comment I have new WP:SECONDARY's to support the article and its history. Both citations provide interpretation and synthesis of the of the facts regarding the opening of the center in 2009 and later the museum in 2013. You can read them at the article's Talk page for Request Edit B. Greg Henderson (talk) 14:24, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
* These Carmel/Pebble Beach/Monterey articles rely very heavily on hyper-local trivial coverage like the Carmel Pine Cone, which is a weekly publication with a circulation of 18,500. Melcous is correct that the article fails WP:ORG (aka WP:NCORP) and WP:AUD. Organizations and businesses have no inherent notability. What you are bringing to the table with the Monterey Herald is trivial coverage about a construction project and fundraising for the construction, such as Individuals and families pay $100 for a small tile and $250 for a larger one. Businesses pay $200 and $400. “If we sold 1,000 tiles, we”d have the money to finish the project,” Jones said. The society had sold 200 so far, he said. and And a rummage sale will be held later this month at Hidden Valley as a fundraiser, Jones said. It's obvious that it is a community advertorial piece, esp. since it concludes with: For information on how to support the history center, call 659-4338. This is PROMO, not journalism. Netherzone (talk) 14:38, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
* Reading the WP:ORG it says, "A company, corporation, organization, group, product, or service is presumed notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." The Carmel Valley Historical Society has 11 source citations, which is "significant coverage" in multiple reliable sources, that are both primary and secondary. Why would you want to delete an article that has already been reviewed, has 11 source citations, with coverage independent of the article subject? If we are truly an "encyclopedia," then we should allow the Carmel Valley Historical Society to belong to the List of historical societies. Greg Henderson (talk) 14:51, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
* Comment. I find the comments above by User:North8000 to be persuasive. The WP:AUD requirement in WP:NCORP was passed with the intention of curbing the proliferation of paid (or at least promotional) articles on for-profit businesses. The same concerns really don't apply to historical societies which are not driven by the profit motive. Historical societies at their core are intended to promote research, learning, and education about our collective past -- a purpose entirely consistent with our goals here at Wikipedia. I am persuaded that application of WP:AUD to such historical societies is inconsisent with our core encyclopedic purpose. Of course, GNG/SIGCOV would still need to be met, but not the stricter AUD element. (On a separate note, and with a respectful nod to WP:OSE, none of the other 22 pages in Category:Historical societies in California are as well sourced as this one -- do we really want to delete content on these valuable educational institutions?) Cbl62 (talk) 23:35, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
* the difference between profit vs non-profit is in how it is registered with the relevant tax authorities in the jurisdiction where it is located. There absolutely is plenty of nonprofit advert articles. Have a look at Habitat for Humanity Canada as an example. Graywalls (talk) 23:49, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
* I just did my best to give input and will be happy with whatever result y'all decide. So what follows is just more "doing my best" discussion. There is a fundamental difference....the mission of one is to make money, the mission of the other is something else. I had considered a few things in addition to those expressed by Cbl62. An article on a profit making corporation is more likely to have maxed out (regarding sources etc.) because typically they tend to have somebody 'working the (Wikipedia) system whereas a non profit is more likely to have additional not-included sources. Also my take ( How Wikipedia notability works ) that the notability system does factor in to what degree is the topic enclyclopedic and so I consider it to be legitimate to take that into consideration. Sincerely North8000 (talk) 01:52, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
* Comment The Carmel Valley Histocial Society has significant coverage in media at the regional level and is a member of the Conference of California Historical Society and the Carmel Chamber of Commerce. Mulitple independent and reliable sources are available. Greg Henderson (talk) 17:41, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
* , which regional source(s) have significant coverage of CVHA, the association, rather than the Carmel Valley History Center, which it established and supports financially? — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:18, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
* CVHA maintains memberships with several notable organizations, including the Conference of California Historical Society, the Carmel Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the Monterey County Free Libraries. These affiliations offer extensive coverage of CVHA's local center and museum while also highlighting its resource base. Furthermore, CVHA enjoys partnerships with various institutions, such as the Carmel Valley Association, Carmel Valley Locals, California Revealed, and numerous others. Newspaper mentions of CVHA can be found in publications from Petaluma, Salinas, and Sacramento. Greg Henderson (talk) 18:07, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
* Of the first three sources you listed, only the Monterey County Free Libraries had any references to CVHS that were not references to the Society's web page, and that only lists CVHS as the publisher of 10 of the 12 books listed. "Newspaper mentions" don't sound like significant coverage... — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 19:07, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
* The citations have "Significant coverage" that addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content and is the main topic of the source material. Please see Carmel Valley Historical Society, Internet Archive, and Monterey County Weekly for more details. Historical societies like CVHS is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Regional societies should not be dismissed simply because they lack the widespread recognition of larger state societies, such as the California Historical Society. It's important to note that CVHS operates within the Western United States and serves as a significant county-level society. Information about CVHS and its historical records for Carmel Valley, California should be readily available to anyone consulting an encyclopedia. Greg Henderson (talk) 20:16, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
* Okay, the Carmel Valley Historical Society struggles to find permanent site for archive.No Place Like Home article gives signigficant coverage to CVHS. However, this listing contains info from CVHS's website, as does this listing. Not enough significan coverage, definitely not meeting WP:AUD, as the Monterey County Weekly is a small, local newpaper. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 20:40, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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Your thyroid's job is to control the speed of your metabolism. Thyroid helps regulate heart rate, maintain healthy skin, and is crucial to regulate metabolism. When the gland is sluggish (hypothyroidism), it can rob you of energy, focus, dry out your skin, make your joints ache and cause weight gain.
I remember this conversation clearly.
Doctor: "You have a goiter."
Me: "What??! What is THAT? I was 35 years old.
The conversation spiraled thru a list of symptoms that I thought fairly typical in mid-thirties female life. I was tired and had difficulty concentrating, but that's normal, right? I work a lot, have kids, and care for my parents; of course, I am tired! Why yes, there is more hair in my hair brush than typical..." but WHAT?
Dang, it. The thyroid panel test revealed I have low thyroid, specifically Hashimoto's.
Low Thyroid
Low thyroid, or hypothyroidism, is a condition where my thyroid gland does not produce enough hormones. The thyroid gland is a small butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck that produces hormones that regulate the body's metabolism. It helps regulate the fuel and chemical engine of your body.
A thyroid is a hormone machine designed to keep your body in a perfect equilibrium or “homeostasis” (holding temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels stable). When thyroid hormones are out of whack, effects are seen in almost every cell in your body, even hair follicles.
Low Thyroid Symptoms
One of the many reasons that this disorder can go undiagnosed for so many women is that this can just feel like life + aging.
• Anxiety, forgetfulness, and irritability
• Fatigue and muscle weakness
• Weight gain
• Cold intolerance and dry skin
• Depression
• Hair thinning or loss
• Irregular menstrual periods
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Women are more likely than men to have too little or too much thyroid hormone and are particularly likely to develop thyroid disease during pregnancy and in middle age.
Get a Thyroid Hormone Panel Test
A thyroid panel is a blood test. These tests can be the detectives to help point you to solutions.
This blood test measures the amount of thyroid-stimulating hormone in your blood. TSH is produced by the pituitary gland located at the base of your brain.
Our thyroid makes three primary hormones that help with metabolism management.
• triiodothyronine (T3)
• thyroxine (T4)
• calcitonin
Thyroid test centers and affordable tests are available at HealthLabs.com; they have excellent reviews (Trust Pilot 4.9 out of 5), many are open Saturdays, and they offer blood tests without needing a doctor’s prescription.
Another solution is PersonalLabs.com. They partner with Quest diagnostics and also have telehealth and affordable pharmacy options.
Is it Curable?
Not typically, but it is treatable and manageable with daily medication and diet. Thyroid conditions aren’t life-threatening but can affect your quality of life.
Nutrition Matters
Diet plays a significant role in managing hypothyroidism.
What to eat
Certain nutrients are needed for the thyroid to produce hormones, including iodine, selenium, and tyrosine. Iodine is found in seafood and dairy products, while selenium is in nuts and seeds. Tyrosine is an amino acid in lean meats, fish, eggs, and dairy products.
A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can also provide essential vitamins and minerals.
What NOT to eat
Certain foods can interfere with thyroid function, such as foods high in goitrogens and soy foods. Examples are broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and cabbage.
Soy foods contain phytoestrogens compounds that can mimic the effects of estrogen in the body, which can interfere with thyroid hormone production. Examples are tofu, soymilk, and edamame.
Need inspiration?
Check out the specialty diets section by Balance by BistroMD, a meal prep, and delivery service, if you need inspiration. They have natural ingredients prepared in small batches for delicious meals.
You can consult a physician or nutritionist for tips on managing your low thyroid with a proper diet. They can help you make a meal plan to meet your needs and considers your other health conditions.
We found an online resource that gives you a free shopping list. She's got low thyroid and loves to cook.
There are so many lists of foods we're not supposed to eat as thyroid patients. It's such a bummer! That's why I wanted to put together this list of foods we CAN eat! - Ginny
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Low Thyroid Can Lead to Other Illnesses
Hypothyroidism is often 'coupled' with other conditions or diseases. Some of the most common concurrent disorders include:
• HEART
• Cardiovascular disease: Hypothyroidism is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.
• HEAD
• Depression: Low thyroid hormones can lead to depression and anxiety, and those with hypothyroidism are at a higher risk of developing these conditions.
• BLOOD SUGAR
• Diabetes: People with hypothyroidism are at a higher risk of developing diabetes and may have trouble managing blood sugar levels.
• BONES
• Osteoporosis: Low thyroid hormones can lead to bone loss and an increased risk of osteoporosis.
In summary, hypothyroidism is a condition that can lead to some co-conditions, like depression, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. The primary treatment is hormone replacement therapy, but a balanced diet and regular exercise can also help manage the condition. Working closely with your doctor to manage your hypothyroidism is necessary.
Several other conditions are commonly associated with hypothyroidism, including:
• Anemia: People with hypothyroidism risk anemia, a condition characterized by a lack of red blood cells.
• Autoimmune disorder: Hypothyroidism is often caused by an autoimmune condition called Hashimoto's thyroiditis, in which the body's immune system attacks the thyroid gland, which can lead to other autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis.
• Cardiovascular disease: Hypothyroidism may increase the risk of heart disease, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.
• Depression and Anxiety: Hypothyroidism is known to cause mood changes, depression and can worsen existing mental health conditions.
• Metabolic disorders: Hypothyroidism can cause insulin resistance, leading to an increased risk of diabetes and obesity.
• Myxedema: a rare and severe form of hypothyroidism that can cause unconsciousness, low body temperature, and even death in extreme cases.
Hyperthyroid
Hyperthyroidism or Graves' disease is when someone has an overactive thyroid. This is when the thyroid gland overproduces the hormone T4. This disorder is more common in women than men and is associated with hormonal changes after pregnancy or menopause.
With hyperthyroidism, you may experience these symptoms: irritability, anxiety, sleep difficulty, racing heart, and weight loss. In addition, people with hyperthyroidism should avoid eating large amounts of iodine-rich foods, such as iodized salt, fish, and shellfish.
Learn More
In 1923, American Thyroid Association was founded. The ATA is dedicated to advancing, understanding, preventing, diagnosing, and treating thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer.
2,700 BC, China, Emperor Shen Nung’s prescriptions mentioned the use of seaweed for the treatment of goiter (enlarged thyroid gland)
Thyroid Disorders are part of the endocrine system.
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Get-ADUser from Array
Hello all,
Trying to get specific details of users in a group using Powershell. The code I’m using is:
# Define variables
$adGroupMembers = @()
$adGroupMembersDetails = @()
$adGroupName = read-host "Please Enter Group Name"
#Get group members
$adGroupMembers = Get-ADGroupMember $adGroupName | Select SamAccountName
ForEach ($groupMember in $adGroupMembers) {
$groupMember
Get-ADUser $groupMember -Properties SamAccountName,Surname,GivenName,Mail,Enabled | Select SamAccountName,Surname,GivenName,Mail,Enabled | Export-CSV "C:\PowerShellScripts\Output\AD_User_Info.csv" -Append -notypeinformation
}
The error I receive is:
Get-ADUser : Cannot find an object with identity: 'samaccountname -eq ‘@{SamAccountName=SAMACCOUNTNAME}’ under:
‘DC=cs,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=com’.
At C:\PowerShellScripts\Scripts\GetGroupMembers.ps1:12 char:2
• Get-ADUser $filterstring # -Properties SamAccountName,Surname,Giv ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (samaccountname …tName=SAMACCOUNTNAME}:ADUser) [Get-ADUser], ADIdentityNotFo
undException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryCmdlet:Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADIdentityNotFoundException,M
icrosoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.GetADUser
The last part works fine if pulling from a text file or a .csv, but not if it’s pulling from an array. I’ve read posts where Get-ADUser can’t pull from an array, but once it’s in a ForEach, it’s referencing a single variable pulled from the array, not the entire array, correct?
Thanks in advance for any help.
JR
$adGroupMembers = Get-ADGroupMember $adGroupName | Select SamAccountName
Here’s your issue. So, by default, Select-Object keeps the properties in an object, even if you have only one. Add the -ExpandProperty (or just -Expand for short) parameter to have it pull the actual string out so you can use it directly:
$adGroupMembers = Get-ADGroupMember $adGroupName | Select-Object -ExpandProperty SamAccountName
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168 day appease, is to-day made happy by a scrap of paper or a shred of ribbon. We who, standing in the blessed light, look in upon this piteous mental darkness, are perhaps most unhappy, because we cannot tell how much or how little sorrow this death-in-life may shroud. They have passed away from us; their language is not our language, nor their world our world. I think some one has asked a strange question—Who can tell whether their folly may not perhaps be better than our wisdom? He only, from whose mighty hand comes the music of every soul, can tell which is the discord and which the harmony. "We look at them as we look at all else—through the darkened glass of earth's uncertainty.
No, they do not seem unhappy. Queen Victoria is talking to Lady Jane Grey about to-day's dinner, and the reprehensible superabundance of fat in a leg-of-mutton served up thereat. Chronology never disturbs these good people; nobody thinks it any disgrace to be an anachronism. Lord Brougham will divide an unripe apple with Cicero, and William the Conqueror will walk arm-in-arm with Pius the Ninth, without the least uneasiness on the score of probability; and when, on one occasion, a gentleman, who for three years had enjoyed considerable popularity as Cardinal Wolsey, all of a sudden recovered, and confessed to being plain John Thomson, the inmates of the asylum were unanimous in feeling and expressing the most profound contempt for his unhappy state.
To-day, however, Richard is the hero. He is surrounded immediately on his appearance by all the celebrities and a great many of the non-celebrities of the establishment. The Emperor of the German Ocean and the Chelsea Waterworks in particular has so much to say to him, that he does not know how to begin; and when he does begin, has to go back and begin again, in a manner both affable and bewildering.
Why did not Richard join them before, he asks—they are so very pleasant, they are so very social; why, in goodness-gracious' name (he opens his eyes very wide as he utters the name of goodness-gracious, and looks back over his shoulder rather as if he thinks he may have invoked some fiend), why did not Richard join them?
Richard tells him he was not allowed to do so.
On this, the potentate looks intensely mysterious. He is rather stout, and wears a head-dress of his own manufacture—a species of coronet, constructed of a newspaper and a blue-and-white bird's-eye pocket-handkerchief. He puts his hands to the very furthest extent that he can push them into his trousers-pockets; plants himself right before Richard on the gravel-walk, and says, with a wink of intense significance, "Was it the Khan?" | WIKI |
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1. How can you lose your license?
Drinking on the job,sleeping on the job,negligence,failure to renew.
2. What must you do if you change jobs?
You must notify City Hall if you change jobs, change address or retire.
3. Why should you do rounds?
• So you can find small problems before they become big problems.
• Keeping permanent records will make it easy to forecast future breakdowns.
• Keeping a history will tell you how things have operated in the past.
4. What is a Steam boiler?
A steam boiler is a closed vessel partly filled with water, under pressure, that transforms water to steam with the application of heat.
5. What are the requirements of a good boiler?
• Safe
• Accessible for cleaning and repair
• Responsive to demands
• Efficient
• Adequate steam and water space
• Designed to accommodate expansion and contraction
• Simple
6. Name and describe three types of heat transfer in a boiler operation?
• Radiant heat- Heat is transmitted from a hot body to a cold body by means of direct radiation. Ex:Heat from the sun reaches us by radiation
• Conduction heat- Heat is passed by physical contact. Ex:A cup of coffee is heated by conduction when the hot coffee touches the cup.
• Convection heat- Heat is carried along by a moving body such as air or water. Ex:Your living room is heated by warm air from a furnace.
7. What is a combustion chamber?
The are of the boiler where the complete burning of fuel occurs.
8. What is an internally fired boiler? Name four types?
• Internally fired boilers have the grates and the combustion chamber enclosed within the boiler shell.
• Vertical fire tube
• Locomotive
• Cast iron package boiler
• Scotch Marine
9. What is an externally fired boiler? Name four types?
Externally fired boilers have the settings including the furnace and grates separate and distinct from the shell.
10. What is a crown sheet and its purpose?
What is a tube sheet and its purpose?
• The crown sheet in a vertical fire tube boiler holds the tubes and is thicker because it is exposed to the fire.
• The tube sheet holds the tubes and doesn't see the fire.
11. What is a water leg on a boiler?
• It is the space between the outer shell and the furnace shell containing boiler water.
• It absorbs heat that would be wasted and increases the capacity of the boiler.
• The surfaces are flat and must be stayed.
12. Is an HRT boiler set level or inclined and why?
Are HRT boiler tubes set level or inclined and why?
• HRT boilers are inclined 1 to 3 inches front to rear for drainage and removal of impurities.
• Boiler tubes are just inclined with the boiler shell front to rear for drainage and removal of impurities.
13. Name two ways to support and take care of expansion and contraction of an HRT boiler?
Which way is best?
• It can be saddles equipped with rollers to permit movement of the boiler as it expands and contracts.
• It may also be suspended from hangers and supported by overhead beams.
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The term “gaslighting” originally comes from a theatre play, later developed as a movie, in which a husband gradually convinces his wife that her own memory and perceptions are faulty, even causing her to doubt her own sanity, so as to cover up a crime that he has committed.
In psychology, the term “gaslighting” has been used since the 1960s to describe an individual’s persistent efforts to cause someone else to doubt their own memory and sanity, with the cause of destabilising them, and making their beliefs appear not to be legitimate. The term is often occasionally used to describe the actions of corrupt or propaganda-driven governments or politicians seeking to confuse the public for the purpose of concealing their own actions or statements.
Gaslighting is often found in abusive relationships. The abusive individual will typically deny having said or done something so persistently, and with such conviction, that their partner will start to doubt themselves. They may even move on to trying to convince them that they themselves have said or done something they have no memory of. The gaslighting may start when they attempt to cover up something, such as an affair, and gradually extend to every aspect of their relationship.
Gaslighting is frequently employed by psychopaths, who find it easy to overlook the social norms about lying and exploitation, and are often very good at denying ever having engaged in wrongdoing. In the context of the family, it can occur among partners, and even among parents and children, where one family member insists that things did not happen as others remember, with such conviction that they start to doubt themselves.
Once someone starts to doubt their own capacity to remember things correctly, and even begins to doubt their sanity, they become incrementally more dependent on the person who is abusing them, who can then take further advantage of their lowered self-esteem to manipulate them even more easily. As their self-esteem becomes lower and lower, they will typically start to accept worse treatment, as they perceive themselves as being less deserving of love, care, and respect.
While both women and men can be involved in gaslighting as both perpetrators and victims, when someone is in a situation of financial or physical dependence on the other, they are particularly vulnerable, as they may have few options to leave the relationship at an early stage, before things escalate. For this reason, historically more women have tended to be victims of gaslighting on the part of their significant others.
Unless the cycle is broken, victims of gaslighting are very vulnerable to developing psychological disorders, up to and including serious depression. In the worst cases, the crisis can even culminate in suicide, as they feel that they have no way out of a situation that has become unbearable.
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Breast Mass
Breast Density
Breasts not only vary in size and shape — they can also differ in the proportion of various types of breast tissue. Compared with non-dense breasts, dense breasts contain more milk-producing glands and fibrous connective tissue and less fatty tissue. According to the American College of Radiology, as many as 50 percent of American women have dense breasts.
Why Does Breast Density Matter?
Dense breast tissue can make it harder for a screening mammogram to capture a clear image of the breast, which makes it more difficult to detect tiny abnormalities. Breast cancer is not only harder to spot in dense breast tissue, but is also more common among women with dense breasts.
Density is not Destiny
Fortunately, if you have dense breasts there are many things you can do to minimize your risk of developing breast cancer and improve your chances of discovering the disease early, when it is most treatable. Your doctor can help you assess your risk and decide on the best prevention and early detection strategy for you.
For example, you may be asked to have ultrasound (also called sonogram) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening tests in addition to your annual mammogram. Depending on any other risk factors you have, your doctor may also recommend healthy lifestyle changes; additional tests, such as genetic screening; or preventive medications.
Many women first find out they have dense breasts after receiving a routine mammogram. If you have recently been notified that you have dense breasts, you may wonder why you have never been informed before.
The fact is, you may have had dense breasts all along. The reason you have been told now is because in the past few years, researchers have recognized a strong link between dense breasts and increased cancer risk, prompting state governments to pass laws requiring that affected women be notified.
What you may not be told is the significance of dense breasts and what to do next. While suddenly learning you have dense breasts can be unnerving, there is no need to panic. Be proactive, learn all you can about the relationship between dense breasts and cancer, then speak with your doctor and take steps to minimize your cancer risk.
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Page for a game show (which rarely have meaningful quotes) with only one short, unoriginal quote on it. Had been tagged for speedy deletion; I removed the tag and gave it a week for improvement, but nothing was done. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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* Delete. This show apparently had only 1 season before it was cancelled. Even long-running game shows are unlikely sources of pithy quotes. I can't see how we could expect anything from this one. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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Why Relatively Unknown Sprout Social Stock Could Be Your Next 10X Winner
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Half a year ago, Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) was a relatively small software marketing company that wasn’t on many investors’ radars. But SPT stock has since been one of the market’s biggest winners, rising as much as 160% over the past six months as demand for the company’s social media brand management tools soar. If only you could’ve seen the big rally in Sprout’s stock coming…
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One of those triple-digit winners was Sprout Social. We told investors about Sprout Social’s game-changing social media brand management platform back in July 2020. Since then, investors have scored 140% returns on Sprout’s stock. If only you had been a Daily 10X subscriber back then… Rest assured, though, many more triple-digit picks are on their way. To read more about the newsletter that’s changing the industry, click here.
For now, though, let’s get back to SPT — because, although it is up more than 160% over the past six months, this stock still has a lot of runway left. Indeed, you should add Sprout Social stock to your “best stocks to buy for the next 10 years” list.
Here’s why:
Social Discovery Is the Future
The core of the bull thesis on SPT stock boils down to one very simple observation: We used to discover products and experiences through television, newspapers or magazines — now, we discover that stuff on social media.
Everyone is on social media these days. About 3.8 billion people, specifically. More than that, those 3.8 billion people spend a whopping 2.5 hours every day on social media apps.
In other words, the world is addicted to social media. It should be no surprise, then, that social media is becoming much more than just chatting to friends and sharing photos. It’s a place where we debate political ideas. Where we make video content. Where we (more recently) rally the troops to pump up GameStop (NYSE:GME).
And, relevant to SPT stock, it’s a product discovery channel now, too.
A recent Square (NYSE:SQ) survey found that 75% of U.S. consumers use Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) to discover new products, services and brands.
Broadly, then, social media has become an integral part of the customer experience. As an integral part of the customer experience, social media management is turning into a mission-critical component for businesses of all shapes and sizes.
In short, if a business wants to succeed, it needs to be good at social media.
Huge Opportunity for Social Media Management Tools
The big problem here is that businesses broadly aren’t good at social media.
And why should they be? After all, businesses weren’t good at selling things through newspapers or TV. Most usually, businesses made products and services, and then tapped professional marketing firms and agencies to sell those products and services through the most appropriate channels.
They outsourced marketing. Or, perhaps more specifically, they got help in marketing their products and services.
But, in the social media world, everyone’s trying to do-it-yourself.
There are 90 million businesses that are active on social media platforms today. Only 5% have adopted software to control and optimize their social media presence. That’s a tiny fraction.
Importantly, the ones that are “getting help” on social media, are winning. Their revenues are growing faster, and they are beating out their competitors.
So begins the competitive flywheel. If brand A is using professional tools to sell on social media and winning, then all of brand A’s competitors will eventually adopt similar professional tools to sell on social media, too.
It’s a growth flywheel.
And this growth flywheel means that, over time, that 5% number will rise to 10%, 20%, 30%, and even higher.
This reality implies a huge growth runway ahead for SPT stock.
Sprout Social Is the Runaway Leader
In the booming social media management software space, Sprout Social reigns supreme as the best-in-breed provider of the market’s only end-to-end social media management solution which helps businesses control everything from choosing what to post, to deciding when to post, to tracking how a post did based on engagement metrics — and everything in between.
It’s a powerful, fully integrated platform that helps brands facilitate social communication with customers. The platform leverages mountains of social data across its ecosystem to provide real-time insights and improve multiple business functions, from marketing to sales to support to success to product to strategy.
It’s an all-in-one enterprise platform for all-things-social-media.
Sprout Social is the biggest provider of these tools. They aren’t the only one. But size is a huge advantage here, since size means more data and partnerships, which means more valuable insights and more seamless integrations, and ultimately, a better platform for businesses.
Thus, Sprout Social is in a prime position to continue to lead the booming social media management software space into a bright future.
That, of course, is great news for SPT stock.
Long Runway Ahead for Sprout Social
Fortunately for investors, this decade’s boom in Sprout Social’s business is not priced into SPT stock yet, implying huge upside potential for shares over the next decade.
Sprout Social has just 25,556 customers today. That’s up 11% year-over-year. But it is still just a fraction of a fraction of the 90 million businesses on social media today. Even if just a third of those businesses end up deploying social media management software by the end of the decade, then Sprout Social is tapping into less than 0.1% of its addressable market.
Given the huge opportunity here, my long-term model on Sprout Social makes some optimistic assumptions about the company’s growth trajectory over the next 10 years, including:
Sustained double-digit customer growth to roughly 100,000 total customers by 2030.
Above 20% revenue growth per year into 2030, for revenues around $1 billion by then.
Gross margin expansion toward 80%, within management’s range for long-term gross margins.
Operating margin expansion toward 30%, with positive operating leverage driven by increasing revenue per customer and powerful scalability from Sprout’s software subscription business model.
Under those assumptions, I see Sprout scaling toward $4.50 in earnings per share by 2030. Based on a 35 times forward earnings multiple — which is about the medium-term average for application software stocks — that equates to a 2029 price target for SPT stock of over $150.
That’s up more than 150% from where shares currently trade.
Bottom Line on SPT Stock
The key to being a great growth investor — as we outline in The Daily 10X Stock Report — is identifying emerging hypergrowth stocks before they become big.
That’s exactly what Sprout Social is.
Thanks to its tiny $3 billion market cap, huge multi-hundred-billion-dollar addressable market, and leadership position in the hypergrowth social media management software sector, Sprout Social is one of my favorite stocks to buy for the long haul.
That doesn’t mean you should chase SPT stock at any level. But it does mean that you should look to buy SPT stock on any future sizable dips.
On the date of publication, Luke Lango did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article.
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Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song)
"Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song)" is a song by Dutch Eurodance group the Vengaboys. It was released as their eighth United Kingdom single, and their ninth overall. The song charted at number 19 in the United Kingdom (their first single not to achieve a Top 10 placing there). The song was a moderate hit elsewhere in Europe peaking in the Top 40 of several countries.
The single was officially credited to the Vengaboys ft. Cheekah, referring to the animated computer in the music video, which performs the lyrics (all of which are related to computer terminology, but feature some tongue-in-cheek sexual innuendo: e.g. "The way you used your joystick / Has really made my mouse click". However, in the second part of the song, the lyrics portray sexually transmitted diseases once again using computer terminology e.g. "The way you used your joystick / Has really made me feel sick" and "The doctor checked my hard drive / A virus in my archive / My disc was not protected / and now I am infected").
Track listing
* 1) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Hit Radio Mix)"
* 2) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Xxl)"
* 3) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Transa Remix Vocal)"
* 4) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Dillon & Dickins Remix Vocal)"
* 5) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Pulsedriver Remix Vocal)"
* 6) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Dillion & Dickins Remix Instrumental)"
* 7) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Hit Radio Mix Clean Version)"
* 8) "Cheekah Bow Bow (That Computer Song) (Video)" | WIKI |
AMP Stories Is a Big Deal for Alphabet Inc Stock
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Stories, the short and ephemeral visual-heavy clips that powered Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP ) to existence, are the future.
That is why everyone is copying Snapchat stories and implementing their own version of it. First it was Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB ), which launched Instagram Stories in August 2016. That was a wild success, so Facebook then put stories on WhatsApp and launched WhatsApp Status, which has also been a massive success. Then it was Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR ), which is apparently working on a stories feature that will launch soon.
And now, it's search giant Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG ,NASDAQ: GOOGL ), which just launched its own stories feature called AMP Stories.
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The most exciting of these stories features? AMP Stories.
AMP Stories essentially takes Snapchat news stories and puts them all over web, so its Snapchat stories with a far wider net (see an example here ). The current version is somewhat clunky, but the potential of this new feature is hugely promising.
I actually think AMP Stories will be a major catalyst for GOOG stock over the next several years. Here's why:
GOOG Stock's Next Big Thing
Google's roll-out of AMP Stories is big for two reasons.
First, it's a defensive move that will protect Google's dominance in the digital news search market.
It's no secret that Snap is trying to pioneer this new era of mobile TV with its recent app redesign that separated "social" and "media" into different feeds. The new "media" feed sure feels a lot like traditional TV channel surfing. Just swap out the TV with the phone, the cable box with the Snap app, and the long-form cable content with short-form story content. It's the new way to get your daily news and consume content.
Granted, consumer backlash to the redesign has been nothing short of awful , but so was feedback to Facebook's News Feed when it first launched. A few years later, News Feed became a staple of the internet, and Google presumably ceded digital news search market share to Facebook.
Google won't let the same thing happen this time around. By replicating Snap's core story technology and implementing it in its search feeds, Google is defending its digital news search market share. It now has implemented the latest and greatest way to consume digital content. This move will more than likely preserve Google's digital news search market share.
But it can do more than that, too.
And that brings me to my second point: AMP Stories is an offensive move that could grow Google's dominance in both the digital and total news search markets.
Growing GOOG Stock's Dominance
Content consumption habits are changing. Let's look at the data: Social media news viewership continues to grow rapidly, while traditional TV news viewership continues to drop. This shift from TV to online is happening at an alarmingly fast rate (thanks cord-cutting).
Moreover, among social media platforms, the ones exhibiting the most growth in the news category are Twitter, YouTube, and Snapchat. These are all platforms which are built on short-form, usually visual-first content.
Clearly, there is big shift in content consumption habits that is unfolding right now. The days of watching the nightly news on Channel 10 or tuning into CNN are largely over. The days of getting your daily news fix from viewing a story on Snap or Instagram are here.
Google is successfully adapting to this change. More than that, because of the company's tremendous scale - everyone uses Google - Google has an opportunity to take a niche but rapidly growing stories media communication method and make it mainstream.
This isn't just 200 million people using stories on Snapchat or 300 million using it on Instagram and WhatsApp. This is essentially every digitally connected individual interacting with stories through Google.
That is a big deal.
As content consumption habits continue to shift in favor of stories, Google will grows its digital news search market share, thanks to AMP Stories. Ads aren't currently on AMP Stories, but they will be thrown on there soon.
That means Google will grow its digital ad market share over the next several years, thanks to AMP Stories. I think this could all add up to a bunch of incremental ad dollars for Google.
Bottom Line on GOOG Stock
AMP Stories could be a big, multi-year catalyst for GOOG stock as content consumption habits shift in favor of short-form, visual-first content. More than that, AMP Stories is an example of why GOOG will maintain big growth into the foreseeable future.
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Meanwhile, GOOG stock is still trading at just 25-times forward earnings for a 25% long-term earnings growth rate, which is a price-to-earnings/growth (PEG) ratio of 1. Give GOOG stock a market-average 1.2 PEG , and we are all the sudden talking about a near $1,300 stock.
As of this writing, Luke Lango was long GOOG, FB, and SNAP.
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Maple Leafs edge Predators in seven-round shootout
EditorsNote: Corrects time on Kapanen’s goal
James van Riemsdyk’s goal in the seventh round of a shootout Wednesday night gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win over the visiting Nashville Predators at Air Canada Centre.
Goalie Frederik Andersen earned the victory with 44 saves through regulation and overtime plus six more in the shootout. He stopped three shots that could have given Nashville the win, then denied Viktor Arvidsson in the seventh round to wrap it up.
Pekka Rinne made 30 saves through regulation and overtime for the Predators, who were denied a chance to tie Winnipeg for first place in the Central Division. They sit at 72 points, one behind the idle Jets.
Nashville forced overtime with Arvidsson’s team-high 18th goal at 25 seconds of the third period. Arvidsson tried a centering pass from the left boards, but the puck appeared to hit a Maple Leafs defender on the skate. Arvidsson scooped up the carom and wired a wrister past Andersen.
Toronto initiated the scoring at 16:06 of the first period. Connor Brown found an open van Riemsdyk in the high slot. Van Riemsdyk ripped a one-timer that appeared to hit off defenseman Alexei Emelin before eluding Rinne for his 21st goal of the season.
Kaspari Kapanen upped the Maple Leafs’ lead to 2-0 at 9:38 of the second period with a short-handed goal after a terrific effort. Kapanen beat P.K. Subban to a loose puck at the Toronto blue line and then fought off Craig Smith before firing a wrister though Rinne’s pads for his fourth marker.
Colton Sissons got Nashville on the board at 18:10 of the second, scoring in his third consecutive game. Sissons gathered in the rebound of Pontus Aberg’s slapper in the slot and swatted the puck off Andersen’s chest. It trickled over the goal line for Sissons’ sixth goal.
The Predators carried play for most of the second and third period, finishing with a 46-32 advantage in shots on goal. They did so without left winger Filip Forsberg, serving the second game of his three-game suspension from the NHL for interference on the New York Rangers’ Jimmy Vesey on Saturday night.
--Field Level Media | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
1. Which sucks because aren't tehre computer put therre that do NOT connect to the internet ?
This one is a non-question. Microsoft had to implement activation to stop piracy of their product. If you don't like this, please use something else.
2. how do they use the thing ?
This appears to be asking how to get around activation. Sorry but we all want to take the right path here. Just activate it via the phone numbers given if your machine does not connect to the internet. Here's a link about that.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890
"How to activate Windows XP by phone
To contact a Microsoft customer service representative to activate Windows by phone, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Activate Windows.
Or, click the Windows Activation icon in the notification area.
2. Click Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to active Windows now.
3. Click Read the Windows Product Activation Privacy Statement, click Back, and then click Next.
4. Follow the steps in the Activate Windows by phone dialog box, and then click Next.
Note The number appears now and differs based on the location that you select.
5. When activation is completed and you receive the following message, click OK.
You have successfully activated your copy of Windows. "
3. how do I know which drivers I need to make this thing run "optimum" ?
This is a struggle for some. The worst of them are people who didn't collect them when they were available. On top of that some don't know what their machine is. Looking over your post I find you have a Sony. But without any further detail the discussion dies there.
Bob | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Go Daddy Said to Be in $2 Billion Talks to Be Bought by KKR, Silver Lake
Go Daddy Group Inc., an Internet
domain-name and hosting company, is in talks to be bought by a
group led by KKR & Co. and Silver Lake Partners for more than $2
billion, according to a person with knowledge of the process. The person declined to be identified because the matter is
private. Go Daddy, a closely held company based in Scottsdale,
Arizona , has more than 48 million domains under management. Go Daddy, which registers domains and hosts websites for as
little as $5 a month, has sought to raise its profile in recent
years by running suggestive ads during the Super Bowl with race
car driver Danica Patrick. The marketing helped the company
reach small-and medium-sized businesses that need help running
sites, Melanie Posey, analyst with IDC in New York . “It’s a market that’s not hard to get into, so there’s a
low barrier to entry but there’s a high barrier to success,”
Posey said. “What Go Daddy has managed to do is kind of achieve
the kind of scale you need to be successful in this market.” Spokesmen for Silver Lake and Go Daddy didn’t return calls
seeking comment. Kristi Huller, a spokeswoman for New York-based
KKR, declined to comment. Go Daddy was founded in 1997 by Chief Executive Officer Bob Parsons. Previously, he taught himself computer programming and
started Parsons Technology in 1984 while working in his
basement, according to his website . A decade later, he says he
sold Parsons to Intuit Inc. for $64 million. Sixteen Rules Parsons, who says he was in the U.S. Marine Corps during
the Vietnam War, lists 16 rules for success in life and business
on his site, including “be quick to decide” and “don’t take
yourself too seriously.” Silver Lake is a Menlo Park , California-based private
equity firm that focuses on investing in technology companies.
KKR, the leveraged-buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts , invests in private equity, debt and capital markets. The New York Post reported earlier today that KKR is
leading a group that is close to purchasing Go Daddy. To contact the reporters on this story:
Cristina Alesci in New York at
calesci2@bloomberg.net
Brian Womack at
bwomack1@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Jennifer Sondag at
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Antonio Carlos Ortega
Antonio Carlos Ortega Pérez (born 14 July 1971) is a former Spanish handball player who is the current head coach of FC Barcelona.
He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2000 he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team. He played all eight matches and scored 31 goals. Four years later he finished seventh with the Spanish handball team in the 2004 Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches and scored 23 goals.
Honours
* EHF Champions League
* Winner: 2024 | WIKI |
China Sends Foreign Minister to Pyongyang
1 COMMENTS BEIJING—China’s sending its foreign minister to North Korea as Beijing seeks to avoid being sidelined by its neighbor’s top-level negotiations with Seoul and Washington.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong Ho, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday in brief statement.
Though no agenda was released, Mr. Wang’s visit comes on the heels of Friday’s summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, where the two sides agreed to seek a peace treaty to end the Korean War. On Sunday, the South Korean presidential office said that the North’s Kim Jong Un had committed to closing its nuclear test site next month.
With planning under way for a summit between Mr. Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in coming weeks, analysts said Beijing is anxious to gain insight into those negotiations and secure a Chinese role in any multilateral talks that might follow.
“One very important thing for China is to know what happens, as it happens, before it happens. China needs to feel it knows what is going on,” said James Reilly, an associate professor of international relations at the University of Sydney. He pointed to China’s and North Korea’s strained relations of recent years, saying “trust has been damaged and this is the process of rebuilding it and opening communication.”
China is North Korea’s only ally and biggest trade partner. Relations soured over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and more recently over Beijing’s tighter enforcement of trade sanctions.
Mr. Kim made a fence-mending trip to Beijing in late March—his first ever meeting with President Xi Jinping —to secure China’s backing ahead of its recent diplomatic efforts, analysts said, and to pave the way for loosening U.N. sanctions that have squeezed the North Korean economy. Foreign Minister Wang may discuss plans for a follow-up visit by Mr. Xi to Pyongyang, analysts said.
Chinese officials have long urged Pyongyang and Washington to hold direct talks.
Amid the recent weeks of fast-moving diplomacy, however, China has grown concerned that it is being marginalized in negotiations over the Korean Peninsula and that a potential agreement between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington might not reflect Chinese interests, diplomats and analysts said.
Hosting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang and briefing him on Mr. Kim’s meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in is a way “to show North Korea really respects China and wants to keep close coordination with China going forward,” said Zhao Tong, a fellow at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing.
Mr. Zhao said China likely will want to secure a role in the dismantling of North Korea’s test site. South Korea’s presidential office said on Sunday that Mr. Kim committed to close the site by May and to discuss inviting U.S. and South Korean experts and journalists to verify the closure.
Also likely on Mr. Wang’s agenda is securing China’s involvement in negotiations with the U.S. and North and South Korea on turning the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War into a peace treaty, Mr. Zhao said.
In a joint declaration issued at Friday’s inter-Korean summit, North and South Korea agreed to “actively pursue” either three-way talks involving the U.S., or four-way ones also involving China, on establishing a permanent peace regime.
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Page:The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany.djvu/138
110 it is the divine nature of God, which belongs not to a dispensation now ended, but is ever present, casting out evils, healing the sick, and raising the dead — resurrecting individuals buried above-ground in material sense.
At the present time this Bethlehem star looks down upon the long night of materialism, — material religion, material medicine, a material world; and it shines as of yore, though it “shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” But the day will dawn and the daystar will appear, lighting the gloom, guiding the steps of progress from molecule and mortals outward and upward in the scale of being.
Hidden electrical forces annihilating time and space, wireless telegraphy, navigation of the air; in fact, all the et cetera of mortal mind pressing to the front, remind me of my early dreams of flying in airy space, buoyant with liberty and the luxury of thought let loose, rising higher and forever higher in the boundless blue. And what of reality, if waking to bodily sensation is real and if bodily sensation makes us captives? The night thought, methinks, should unfold in part the facts of day, and open the prison doors and solve the blind problem of matter. The night thought should show us that even mortals can mount higher in the altitude of being. Mounting higher, mortals will cease to be mortal. Christ will have “led captivity captive,” and immortality will have been brought to light.
Robert Ingersoll's attempt to convict the Scriptures of inconsistency made his life an abject failure. Happily, the misquoting of “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” or quoting sentences or paragraphs torn from their necessary contexts, may serve to call attention to | WIKI |
Indian Rocket PSLV Series
Indian Rocket PSLV Series
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an Indian Rocket, which is one of the most advanced and reliable rockets currently under development by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The rocket has a total mass of 321 metric tonnes, and a height of 44.5 m. The launch site is usually Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), on Sriharikota Island on the east coast of India.
Very early in the programme, they had a few setbacks where the rockets exploded after liftoff; however, they learnt from these mistakes and improved their production. Explosions after launch are always a risk for any rocket manufacturer and even the best such as NASA have had to deal with failure, however ISRO learnt from their mistakes and made the correct improvements, such that today PSLV is a very reliable workhorse.
Many Europeans scoff and question why India should have a space programme, when millions of her people are starving. However, spacecraft and rocket development is a profitable venture, which generates money. The profits from this venture go towards feeding the hungry and making homes for the homeless.
India has extremely intelligent scientists, engineers, and designers, who form the backbone of ISRO. There is no reason why these scientists should not apply their skills and simultaneously earn money for their country to better their people. Sending satellites into space is good profitable business, and consequently they plan to be a core provider of this service on the Asian continent. If you need a satellite, then they will build it for you and place it into orbit as well, and with a young and intelligent workforce, they can be extremely competitive.
The rocket is a fully realised Indian design, and manufactured completely in India. It uses unique technologies to achieve the goal of sending satellites into space. The rocket has four stages and each stage uses alternating solid and liquid propulsion fuels. The design is fully modular allowing multiple stages to be added or removed depending upon the payload mass. Currently there are five versions of this rocket to cater for a wide range of payloads.
The launch vehicle has seen many revisions and improvements increasing its reliability even further. Currently, this is the most affordable rocket in Asia, for any sized payload. Its low cost has attracted many countries across the globe to launch their own satellites. Today, even NASA is considering using them.
Rocket Names
PSLV is the standard version consisting of four stages and six booster rockets, with the capability to launch a maximum of 1600 kg to a distance of 622 km high into a Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
PSLV-CA is the “Core Alone” version without any boosters, with the capability to launch a payload of 1100 kg into SSO.
PSLV-XL is a more powerful version with boosters, and a payload capacity of 1600 kg.
Three-Stage PSLV is the second stage of a four-stage rocket used for delivering smaller payloads of up to 500 kg to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
PSLV-HP is a higher performance version with an improved efficiency engine capable of carrying payloads of up to 2000 kg.
PSLV-21 is one of the most advanced rockets in their portfolio having successfully launched a 712 kg French satellite.
The PSLV series launched the “Mars Orbiter”, however, now they are focusing their efforts on a new range of bigger rockets. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is an even bigger rocket based on PSLV technology, and capable of carrying much larger payloads. The GSLV Mark 3 has already successfully carried satellites into orbit and this is the rocket to use for larger spacecraft missions to Mars.
Fuel
Rocket Stages and Fuel
Stage 1 fuel consists of a solid propellant hydroxyl-terminated poly-butadiene (HTPB), providing a burn time of 102 seconds and a thrust of 4787 kN.
Stage 2 fuel is unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine mixed with 25 % hydrazine hydrate (UH25 + N204), which is a liquid propellant with a burn time of 148 seconds and 804 kN of thrust.
Stage 3 fuel is HTPB same as stage one and has a burn time of 110 seconds providing a thrust of 242 kN.
Stage 4 fuel is mono-methyl hydrazine + mixed oxides of nitrogen (MMH + MON-3) which is a liquid propellant providing a burn time of 526 seconds and a thrust of 7.3 × 2 kN.
Launch List
COUNTRY LAUNCH MASS (kg) ROCKET
GERMANY 26/05/1999 45.0 PSLV-C2
REP KOREA 26/05/1999 110.0 PSLV-C2
GERMANY 22/10/2001 92.0 PSLV-C3
BELGIUM 22/10/2001 94.0 PSLV-C3
INDONESIA 10/01/2007 56.0 PSLV-C7
ARGENTINA 10/01/2007 6.0 PSLV-C7
ITALY 23/04/2007 350 PSLV-C8
ISRAEL 21/01/2006 300 PSLV-C10
CANADA 28/04/2008 7.0 PSLV-C9
CANADA 28/04/2008 7.0 PSLV-C9
JAPAN 28/04/2008 5.0 PSLV-C9
NETHERLANDS 28/04/2008 6.5 PSLV-C9
DENMARK 28/04/2008 3.0 PSLV-C9
GERMANY 28/04/2008 3.0 PSLV-C9
JAPAN 28/04/2008 3.0 PSLV-C9
CANADA 28/04/2008 16 PSLV-C9
GERMANY 28/04/2008 8.0 PSLV-C9
GERMANY 23/09/2009 1.0 PSLV-C14
GERMANY 23/09/2009 1.0 PSLV-C14
TURKEY 23/09/2009 1.0 PSLV-C14
SWITZERLAND 23/09/2009 1.0 PSLV-C14
GERMANY 23/09/2009 1.0 PSLV-C14
GERMANY 23/09/2009 1.0 PSLV-C14
ALGERIA 12/07/2012 116 PSLV-C15
CANADA 12/07/2010 6.5 PSLV-C15
SWITZERLAND 12/07/2010 1.0 PSLV-C15
SINGAPORE 20/04/2011 106 PSLV-C16
LUXEMBOURG 12/10/2011 28.7 PSLV-C18 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Keyword field update with existing value
Hi, is it possible to update value in TEAM (keyword field) with existing value in the form ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM") when, i update , it updates as whole text.("NETWORK TEAM,DBA TEAM") please, help
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Thanks for the reply sir,
my mappings code:
PUT first_project/_mapping
{
"properties":{
"ALERT_ID":{
"type":"text"
},
"COUNT":{
"type":"integer"
},
"CINAME":{
"type":"text"
},
"ENVIRONMENT":{
"type":"text"
},
"IP":{
"type":"ip"
},
"SEVERITY":{
"type":"text"
},
"SUMMARY":{
"type":"text"
},
"SOURCE":{
"type":"text"
},
"SOURCE_TIME":{
"type":"date"
},
"CREATED_TIME":{
"type":"date"
},
"LAST_MODIFIED_TIME":{
"type":"date"
},
"STATUS":{
"type":"text"
},
"MODIFIED_BY":{
"type":"text"
},
"TAGS":{
"type":"keyword"
},
"TEAM": {
"type": "keyword"
}
}
}```
i need to update my TEAM field (keyword type) with existing value("NETWORK TEAM") and adding one more value ("DBA TEAM"), output like ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM"). when i using update query
POST first_project/_update/RV8l4XYBkg9Xo5ZNaP0x/
{
"script": {
"source": "ctx._source.TEAM +=',DBA Team';",
"lang": "painless"
}
}```
it gives output like this ("NETWORK TEAM,DBA TEAM"), please tell suggestions to get separate value like ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM") adding separate value
I understand ("NETWORK TEAM","DBA TEAM") this update not possible, gives syntax error, i follow this update method ("NETWORK TEAM,DBA TEAM") in keyword field, remaining extraction, i will do in my code. Thanks Elastic Team for the reply.
Having separate values won't change a lot the way it's indexed as everything will be flattened at the end.
So indexing:
{
"TEAM": "foo bar"
}
is quite similar to:
{
"TEAM": [ "foo", "bar" ]
}
Note the array here.
If you want to do this, you need to create an array, instead of doing string manipulations.
DELETE first_project
PUT first_project
{
"mappings": {
"properties": {
"TEAM": {
"type": "keyword"
}
}
}
}
PUT first_project/_doc/1
{
"TEAM": "foo"
}
POST first_project/_update/1/
{
"script": {
"source": """def result = new ArrayList();
result.add(ctx._source.TEAM);
result.add("bar");
ctx._source.TEAM =result;""",
"lang": "painless"
}
}
GET first_project/_doc/1
It gives:
{
"_index" : "first_project",
"_type" : "_doc",
"_id" : "1",
"_version" : 2,
"_seq_no" : 1,
"_primary_term" : 1,
"found" : true,
"_source" : {
"TEAM" : [
"foo",
"bar"
]
}
}
Very Thanks sir, I understood this concept.
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Talk:PostMormon Community
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Billboard links
Hey there. I wonder about the appropriateness of having so many links to the various billboards - remember, this is an encyclopedia, not an advertisement for this organization. The article already walks the thin line between information and advertisement... maybe these should be removed. A link to one of them, in-line in the article, is probably sufficient. Tan | 39 16:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
* Fair enough. This is my first article. The billboards are what the group is best known for externally, and what has generated most press coverage it has received, so I though it might be appropriate. I'll take them down. Cheers! Rich mccue (talk) 22:49, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Rich, I hope you don't mind that I've gone ahead and made a few grammatical and spelling corrections, which you can see. Are you going to mention the hosting of Peepstone and Postmormon magazines or is that advertisement? I'm wondering if it might not be a good idea - and a fair description - to mention that Postmo often functions beyond its remit viz. Mormon concerns, as a very lively and even zany social forum often addressing personal, religious, social and philosophical questions on a more general level. And as Tan says, this is an encyclopedia article, so I think it would be wise to include what many wiki articles of this sort include, which is 'criticisms'. This may forestall any idea that it's simply an advertisement, and may dissuade anyone from putting together a 'Criticisms of Postmo' section themselves. It would show a certain forthrightness in the article from the very start, which itself would be in postmo spirit. Bamboom Bamboom2 (talk) 21:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
* Thanks for the help with grammer & spelling. You're right a criticisms section would be good. I'll work on that next. Rich mccue (talk) 06:43, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
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without material change; by these monuments we are enabled to build up piece by piece a trustworthy representation of the Egyptian people both in their labours and in their pleasures. Finally it is from these tombs of private individuals that the best works of Egyptian artists have been obtained, the works in which they
Image from page 119 of "A history of art in ancient Egypt" (1883).jpg —Shepherds in the fields. From a tomb at Sakkarah. (Boulak. 8¾ inches high. Drawn by Bourgoin.)
approached most nearly to the ideal which they pursued for so many centuries.
Thanks to these monuments erected at the expense of the great lords and rich burghers of Egypt, thanks also to the climate and to
A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)<PHONE_NUMBER>1).jpg —Winnowing corn. From a tomb at Sakkarah. (Boulak. Drawn by Bourgoin.)
the desert sand which has preserved them without material injury, the art of Egypt appears to us more comprehensive and varied than that of any other nation of which we shall have to treat; than that of Assyria for instance, which represents little but scenes of battle and conquest. A faithful mirror of Egyptian society, it has | WIKI |
François Sauvadet
François Sauvadet (born 20 April 1953 ) is a French journalist and politician of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) who has been serving as the president of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France since 2008.
Early career
Sauvadet worked as a journalist at regional daily newspaper Le Bien Public from 1977 until 1993.
Political career
Sauvadet represented Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency in the French National Assembly from 1993 to 2016, when he resigned to focus on activities in regional politics.
Over the course of his career in national politics, Sauvadet served as the chair of the New Centre's parliamentary group from 2007 to 2011 and as Minister for the Civil Service in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 2011 to 2012. Ahead of the 2012 French presidential election, he endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the center-right parties' joint candidate. In 2012, he was one of the founders of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI). On July 27, 2021, he was elected head of the Assemblée des départements de France. | WIKI |
Transgender people in Singapore
The history and subculture surrounding transgender people in Singapore is substantial. As with LGBT rights in the country in general, transgender rights in Singapore have also evolved significantly over time, including various laws and public attitudes in regards to identity documents, as well as anti-discrimination measures used by or pertaining to transgender people, in the areas of employment, education, housing and social services, amongst others.
Gender-affirming surgery is legal in the country since 1973, the first country in Asia to legalise it. However, a citizen of Singapore is only able to change their legal sex after undergoing gender-affirming surgery, being physically examined by a relevant practitioner (such as an endocrinologist or plastic surgeon), and being found that genitalia has been completely changed. A change in gender marker applies to most government documents, including the NRIC and passport, only excluding the birth certificate (if the citizen was born in Singapore). In 1996, marriage was also legalised for transgender people.
National service
Transgender individuals who have undergone sex reassignment surgery (SRS) do not need to serve National Service. However due to the difficulty of transitioning early, only a very small percentage of transgender people in Singapore undergo SRS before having to enter National Service. It is possible for transgender people to be exempted from National Service despite not undergoing sex reassignment surgery. However, this is mostly up to the medical-officer in charge and varies case by case. In general, transgender women that look like cisgender women have a much higher chance of being exempted.
Sex reassignment surgery
Sexual reassignment surgery in Singapore are only conducted by approved gynecologists, such as Shan Ratnam. Surgery on genitalia had been done prior to 1971 but only for patients who had both male and female reproductive organs.
The first sexual reassignment surgery, a male to female sex reassignment surgery, was done in July 1971 at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. The person was a 24-year-old Chinese Singaporean and had extensively cross dressed by her grandmother when young and then frequent the transgender scene in her teen years. She underwent psychological analysis by psychiatrists to be suitable for the surgery and legal approval was obtained from the Ministry of Health.
In 1974, Ratnam also headed a team of surgeon to perform the first female to male sex reassignment surgery in Singapore and probably the first in Southeast Asia, was also offered at Kandang Kerbau Hospital and at Alexandra Hospital. A Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) and Gender Reassignment Surgery Clinic were set up at the National University Hospital two decades later. It was headed by Ratnam. For 30 years, Singapore was one of the world leaders in SRS, performing more than 500 such operations.
Transitioning as a minor
Permission from guardians is required for those under 21 to undergo transition, but hormone replacement therapy is not available for those under 18. It should be of note that minors transitioning face challenges in the school system, with a lack of accommodations for issues such as bathroom choice and school uniforms.
Legal reforms
In 1973, Singapore legalised SRS. A policy was instituted to enable post-operative transgender people to change the legal gender on their National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) but not their birth certificates and other documents which flowed from that. There was no specific provision in the statutes which allowed the Registrar to do this, so it existed probably only at the level of a policy directive.
Transgender marriage
Before 1996, Singapore legally did not allow transgender marriage but it was implicitly allowed before 1991. Before 1991, the Registry of Marriages (ROM) only verify the gender of couples based on their legal gender recorded on the NRIC which can be changed after a successful SRS.
In 1991, a woman successfully received an annulment of her marriage with her husband after failing to have sex on their wedding night. Later, she discovered that her spouse was transgender and subsequently filed for divorce. As a response, ROM began requiring couples to produce their birth certificates (of which gender markers are inalterable) during declaration of their intent of marriage. In the aftermath of the divorce, a High Court ruled in the same year that transgender people cannot be married in Singapore.
In 1996, a bill was presented before the Parliament of Singapore to amend the Women's Charter.
The minister moving the bill argued that since 1973, the government's intention was for people who had changed gender/sex to live a life according to their new gender, including the right to marry. Through an oversight, the law relating to marriage had not been re-aligned with the official policy to recognise sex reassignment surgery. In a lawsuit in the courts of Singapore, a landmark case in which a woman sought and won the annulment of her marriage to a trans man (Lim Ying v Hiok Kian Ming Eric), it was necessary to amend the Women's Charter to ensure that the original intent was not undermined.
On 24 January 1996, Minister for Community Development Abdullah Tarmugi announced that post-operative transgender people are allowed to marry opposite-sex spouses. | WIKI |
Blanca Herrera
Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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ABSTRACT: Oval cells constitute an interesting hepatic cell population. They contribute to sustain liver regeneration during chronic liver damage, but in doing this they can be target of malignant conversion and become tumor-initiating cells and drive hepatocarcinogenesis. The molecular mechanisms beneath either their pro-regenerative or pro-tumorigenic potential are still poorly understood. In this study, we have investigated the role of the HGF/c-Met pathway in regulation of oval cell migratory and invasive properties. Our results show that HGF induces c-Met-dependent oval cell migration both in normal culture conditions and after in vitro wounding. HGF-triggered migration involves F-actin cytoskeleton reorganization, which is also evidenced by activation of Rac1. Furthermore, HGF causes ZO-1 translocation from cell-cell contact sites to cytoplasm and its concomitant activation by phosphorylation. However, no loss of expression of cell-cell adhesion proteins, including E-cadherin, ZO-1 and Occludin-1, is observed. Additionally, migration does not lead to cell dispersal but to a characteristic organized pattern in rows, in turn associated with Golgi compaction, providing strong evidence of a morphogenic collective migration. Besides migration, HGF increases oval cell invasion through extracellular matrix, process that requires PI3K activation and is at least partly mediated by expression and activation of metalloproteases. Altogether, our findings provide novel insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms mediating the essential role of HGF/c-Met signaling during oval cell-mediated mouse liver regeneration. Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 05/2015; DOI:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.05.017 · 4.66 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP-2 to BMP-15) belong to the Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β superfamily and, besides their well-documented roles during embryogenesis and bone formation, some of them have recently been described to be involved in the pathogenesis of different organs, including the liver. The role of BMPs in liver damage responses including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development has only begun to be addressed and strong evidence supports the concept of a pro-tumorigenic role of BMP signaling in HCC cells. BMP-9 (also termed Growth and Differentiation Factor (GDF)-2) represents the most recently discovered member of the BMP family. We have previously demonstrated that in HCC patient samples BMP-9 expression was positively associated with the tumor seize ("T stage") and that it enhanced cell migration and induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in HCC cells in vitro. In another study we recently found that BMP-9 promotes growth in HCC cells, but not in non-transformed hepatocytes. Published as well as unpublished results obtained with primary hepatocytes support the concept of a dual function of BMP-9 in the liver: while in primary, non-malignant cells BMP-9 stabilizes the epithelial phenotype and inhibits proliferation, in HCC cells it induces cell growth and the acquisition of a migratory phenotype. In this review article we summarize current knowledge about BMPs in liver diseases, with special focus on the role of BMP-9 in HCC development and progression, that may provide new clues for a better understanding of the contribution of BMP-signaling to chronic liver diseases.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 04/2014; 15(4):5199-220. DOI:10.3390/ijms15045199 · 2.34 Impact Factor
• Journal of Hepatology 04/2013; 58:S127-S128. DOI:10.1016/S0168-8278(13)60305-0 · 10.40 Impact Factor
• Journal of Hepatology 04/2013; 58:S120. DOI:10.1016/S0168-8278(13)60286-X · 10.40 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Liver progenitor cells rise as potential critical players in hepatic regeneration but also carcinogenesis. It is therefore mandatory to define the signals controlling their activation and expansion. Recently, by using a novel in vitro model of oval cell lines expressing a mutant tyrosine kinase-inactive form of c-Met we demonstrated that autocrine c-Met signalling plays an essential role in promoting oval cell survival. Here, we investigated the significance of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signalling in oval cell proliferation and survival, as well as a potential functional crosstalk between the c-Met and the EGFR pathways. We found an autocrine activation of the EGFR-triggered pathway in Met(flx/flx) and Met(-/-) oval cells as judged by constitutive expression of the EGFR ligands, transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) and heparin-binding EGF like growth factor (HB-EGF), and activation of EGFR. On the other hand, treatment with AG1478, a specific inhibitor of EGFR, effectively blocked endogenous and EGF-induced proliferation, while increased serum withdrawal and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β)-induced apoptosis. These results suggest that constitutively activated EGFR might promote oval cell proliferation and survival. We found that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) does not transactivate EGFR nor EGF transactivates c-Met. Furthermore, treatment with AG1478 or EGFR gene silencing did not interfere with HGF-mediated activation of target signals, such as protein kinase B (AKT/PKB), and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 (ERK 1/2), nor did it have any effect on HGF-induced proliferative and antiapoptotic activities in Met(flx/flx) cells, showing that HGF does not require EGFR activation to mediate such responses. EGF induced proliferation and survival equally in Met(flx/flx) and Met(-/-) oval cells, proving that EGFR signalling does not depend on c-Met tyrosine kinase activity. Together, our results provide strong evidence that in normal, untransformed oval cells, c-Met and EGFR represent critical molecular players to control proliferation and survival that function independent of one another.
Cellular Signalling 02/2012; 24(2):505-13. DOI:10.1016/j.cellsig.2011.09.031 · 4.47 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Most of the morphologic changes that are observed in apoptotic cells are caused by a set of cysteine proteases (caspases) that are activated during this process. In previous works from our group we found that treatment of rat fetal hepatocytes with transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) is followed by apoptotic cell death. TGF-beta1 mediates radical oxygen species (ROS) production that precedes bcl-xL down-regulation, loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, release of cytochrome c, and activation of caspase-3 (Herrera et al., FASEB J 2001;15:741-751). In this work, we have analyzed how TGF-beta1 activates the caspase cascade and whether or not caspase activation precedes the oxidative stress induced by this factor. Our results show that TGF-beta1 activates at least caspase-3, -8, and -9 in rat fetal hepatocytes, which are not required for ROS production, glutathione depletion, bcl-xL down-regulation, and initial cytochrome c release. However, caspase activation mediates cleavage of Bid and Bcl-xL that could originate an amplification loop on the mitochondrial events. An interesting result is that transmembrane potential disruption occurs later than the initial cytochrome c release and is mostly blocked by the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD.fmk, indicating that the decrease in mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Delta(Psi)m) may be a consequence of caspase activity rather than the mechanism by which TGF-beta induces cytochrome c efflux. Finally, although Z-VAD.fmk completely blocks nucleosomal DNA fragmentation, it only delays cell death, which suggests that activation of the apoptotic program by TGF-beta in fetal hepatocytes inevitably leads to death, with or without caspases.
Hepatology 10/2001; 34(3):548-56. DOI:10.1053/jhep.2001.27447 · 11.19 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We have previously found that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) induces an increase in radical oxygen species (ROS) production that mediates its apoptotic effects in fetal hepatocytes. In this paper we show that TGF-beta activates p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK) and ROS may be responsible for this activation. Activation of p38MAPK occurs late, coincident with the maximal production of ROS, it is inhibited by radical scavengers and it is accentuated by the presence of glutathione synthesis inhibitors. However, p38MAPK does not appear to be involved in any of the apoptotic events: loss of Bcl-x(L) levels, cytochrome c release, cleavage of caspase substrates and loss of cell viability.
FEBS Letters 07/2001; 499(3):225-9. DOI:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02554-6 · 3.34 Impact Factor | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Gabriella Kindl
Gabriella Markoč, née Kindl (born 15 September 1979) is a retired Hungarian and Montenegrin handball player.
Achievements
* Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
* Winner: 2003, 2004
* Magyar Kupa:
* Winner: 2004
* Slovenian Championship:
* Winner: 2007, 2008
* Slovenian Cup:
* Winner: 2007, 2008
* Montenegrin Championship:
* Winner: 2009, 2010, 2011
* Montenegrin Chup:
* Winner: 2009, 2010, 2011
* EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
* Winner: 2010
* EHF Cup:
* Finalist: 1999, 2002, 2003
* World Championship:
* Bronze medalist: 2005
* European Championship:
* Winner: 2000
* Bronze medalist: 2004 | WIKI |
严格按
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How to do properly strict press
什么是严格按?
你拿着吧的方式可能会对你可以提高开销量产生重大影响. 这架空质量改善的最好的活动之一. 它使您能够在运动的一个巨大的范围移动的重量很大. 当你这样做, 确保你的手腕不会过度扩张. 为什么? 因为它会无论是从重量起吊，保护你，或者它会把一个巨大的紧张手腕.
如何正确地做严格按
该架空新闻 (否则称为严格按或肩上推举) is a compound exercise that includes lifting a weighted barbell overhead to a completely bolted out position with the strict utilization of the shoulders and arms. Squeezing the bar overhead is as yet a standout amongst the most helpful abdominal area practices you can do. This exceptionally compelling activity includes the whole body. Your feet, 腿, 臀部, 中央, ABS, 臀部, lower legs, and wrists help to balance out the body while your shoulders, upper chest, 背部, and arms press the bar overhead.
How to Strict Press with Proper Form
Appropriate Strict Press shape begins stand-up with the bar on your shoulders. Press the bar over your head to the point that your elbows are bolted. Try not to utilize your legs, keep them straight. Lower the bar to your shoulders and rehash. Strict Press five arrangements of five each StrongLifts 5×5 exercise B.
The Strict Press is a full body, compound exercise. Your shoulders and arms press the weight over your head while your legs bring down back and abs adjust you. The Overhead Press is outstanding amongst other activities to fabricate solid, strong and sound shoulders with greater arms.
To maintain a strategic distance from bear torment, Overhead Press with a tight hold so you don’t flare your elbows. At that point shrug your shoulders at the best.
For all readers, solid shoulders, upper back and a strong center will just have massively constructive outcomes on your exhibitions. The Strict Press is an extraordinary full body compound exercise to manufacture the quality you have to end up a shockingly better competitor.
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Yadanabon University
Yadanabon University (ရတနာပုံ တက္ကသိုလ် ) is a public liberal arts and sciences university in Mandalay, Myanmar. Located in the outskirts of Mandalay in Amarapura by Taungthaman Lake, the university offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in liberal arts and sciences, mostly to students from Mandalay suburbs and vicinity.
History
Yadanabon University was opened in 2000 as Yadanabon College in Amarapura in southern Mandalay to serve students from the city's surround suburbs. The move was widely believed to be part of the Burmese military government's plan to disperse university students across many universities and colleges around the country. All arts and science universities in Myanmar, attended by the bulk of the university students, were closed down from December 1996 to July 2000, following student demonstrations in Yangon. When the universities reopened in 2000, students who would have attended Mandalay University in central Mandalay now have to attend Yadanabon University.
In 2003, Yadanabon College was "upgraded" to Yadanabon University by the military government. The first convocation of the Yadanabon University was held in January 2003. The university conferred degrees on 4,148 graduates.
Yadanabon University Student Union
Yadanabon University Student Union is founded in 2012 and it is under the umbrella of All Burma Federation of Student Unions. Ei Thinzar Maung was also a President of this organization in 2012. It also taking part in Student Strike of National Education Law in 2015. After this, in 2017 it's separate into two student unions. Yadanabon University Student Union (ABFSU) and Yadanabon University Student Union (YDNBUSU).
Yadanabon University Student Union (YDNBUSU)
It is the strongest organization of Yadanabon University and there was nearly 200 members before the coup. Before the coup YDNBUSU is mostly work for internal university activities and student rights. But They against the Military Coup and also taking part in Protests and Anti Dictatorship Process after the coup.
Programs
Classified as an Arts and Science university in the Burmese university education system, Yadanabon University offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in common liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Its regular Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) degrees take four years to complete and honors degree programs BA (Hons) and BSc (Hons) take one years. The master's degree programs take two years.
Alumni
* Zeyar Thaw, Former political prisoner; MP, Pyithu Hluttaw (2012–2021) | WIKI |
Basics
Sunday, 3 April 2016
SIMPLE LINE FOLLOWER ROBOT
Hello guys in this tutorial lets see how to make an simple line follower robot with single infra-red sensor.
Usually for beginners in Robotics this is your first robot to play with Since this robot has some basic functions and basic programming learning this is like learning the A,B,C,D.... of Robotics.
A line follower is an autonomous Robot which is able to follow a line (black or white) and alter its path based on the shape of the line.
COMPONENTS NEEDED:
• Arduino UNO
• one IR-sensor module
• L293D motor driver
• metal chassis
• 2x BO motors
• 1x caster wheel
• 2x wheels
• 2x 9v battery
• 2x dc battery connectors
• connecting wires
The chassis is the body of this Robot, Arduino is the brain of this robot and two dc motors produce motion.
HOW IT WORKS?!
This is a simplest bot with a single sensor so its working principle is also as simple as follows..
1. when the IR sensor sees the black line one wheel of the bot rotates and the bot turns away from the line.
2. when the IR sensors sees the white background the other wheel rotates and the bot turns slightly towards the line.
The above two steps occurs one after other in a repeat mode very fastly in a very short time which gives us the movement of the bot in the path following the black line.
It just follows the Z pattern turning towards the line and turning away from the line.
LETS MAKE THE ROBOT:
STEP 1:
Fix the wheels on the metal chassis and mount the Dc BO motors on the back wheels and fix a caster wheel in the front.
connect the L293D motor driver with the arduino and dc motors.
CONNECTIONS:
3,6(l293d) to left motor(output)
11,14(l293d) to right motor(output)
2,7,10,15(l293d) to pins 10,11,5,6 of Arduino(inputs)
Note: if the robot doesn't turn in the particular side of curves properly swap the motor pins connections and try it out.
STEP 2:
Connect your Arduino to your IR sensor.
1. connect out pin of IR to pin 2 of Arduino
2. connect vcc of IR to 5v of Arduino
3. connect gnd of IR to gnd pin of Arduino.
STEP 3:
The programming part....
Interface your arduino with arduino IDE software and upload the below program.
int lmotorpin1=5;
int lmotorpin2=6;
int rmotorpin1=10;
int rmotorpin2=11;
int sensor=2;
int sensorstate=0;
void setup(){
pinMode(sensor,INPUT);
pinMode(lmotorpin1,OUTPUT);
pinMode(lmotorpin2,OUTPUT);
pinMode(rmotorpin1,OUTPUT);
pinMode(rmotorpin2,OUTPUT);
}
void loop(){
sensorstate=digitalRead(sensor);
if(sensorstate==HIGH){
digitalWrite(lmotorpin1,HIGH);
digitalWrite(lmotorpin2,LOW);
digitalWrite(rmotorpin1,LOW);
digitalWrite(rmotorpin2,LOW);
}
else{
digitalWrite(rmotorpin1,LOW);
digitalWrite(rmotorpin2,HIGH);
digitalWrite(lmotorpin1,LOW);
digitalWrite(lmotorpin2,LOW);
}
}
DOWNLOAD PROGRAM:click here
STEP 4:
connect the power supply to your Arduino and motor driver....
YOUR BOT IS READY TO RACE.......
5 comments:
1. hey 9V battery part is not clear to me. how to connect the two batteries to the final circuitry
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2. Will the robot turn right and left according to the line?
Please reply fast.
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error, How can I solve
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Your first grade class is very diverse, and many of the children are learning English. Their families have immigrated from Mexico, Guatemala, South Korea, and Pakistan. Your dual-language approach has proven very successful for all of your young learners, and the newest child, Yosung, appears to be thriving. However, Yosung’s mother, Song Mi, has requested that Yosung speak and learn only English at school. She has heard that full immersion programs are more beneficial for children learning English. Song Mi, is concerned with her child’s assimilation into the United States, fears his speaking Korean will be detrimental to his ability to “fit in.” This is particularly concerning to her as she has struggled in her own mastery of the English language, and feels that she has experienced bias because of these challenges. You set up a meeting to speak with Song Mi.
Using a strengths-based approach, address Song Mi’s concerns about her son’s language development by describing at least two benefits of dual language development for young children. | FINEWEB-EDU |
ReactiveUI - Exploring The Major Interfaces in Rx
The recording of the first ever ReactiveUI virtual conference is available on our YouTube Channel.
Exploring The Major Interfaces in Rx
Exploring The Major Interfaces in Rx
This topic describes the major Reactive Extensions (Rx) interfaces used to represent observable sequences and subscribe to them.
The IObservable<T>/IObserver<T> interfaces are available in the .NET Framework 4.0 base class library, and they come in a package that can be installed in .NET 3.5, Silverlight 3 and 4, as well as Javascript.
IObservable<T>/IObserver<T>
Rx exposes asynchronous and event-based data sources as push-based, observable sequences abstracted by the new IObservable<T> interface in .NET Framework 4.0. This IObservable<T> interface is a dual of the familiar IEnumerable<T> interface used for pull-based, enumerable collections. It represents a data source that can be observed, meaning that it can send data to anyone who is interested. It maintains a list of dependent IObserver<T> implementations representing such interested listeners, and notifies them automatically of any state changes.
An implementation of the IObservable<T> interface can be viewed as a collection of elements of type T. Therefore, an IObservable<int> can be viewed as a collection of integers, in which integers will be pushed to the subscribed observers.
As described in What is Rx, the other half of the push model is represented by the IObserver<T> interface, which represents an observer who registers an interest through a subscription. Items are subsequently handed to the observer from the observable sequence to which it subscribes.
In order to receive notifications from an observable collection, you use the Subscribe method of IObservable to hand it an IObserver<T> object. In return for this observer, the Subscribe method returns an IDisposable object that acts as a handle for the subscription. This allows you to clean up the subscription after you are done. Calling Dispose on this object detaches the observer from the source so that notifications are no longer delivered. As you can infer, in Rx you do not need to explicitly unsubscribe from an event as in the .NET event model.
Observers support three publication events, reflected by the interface’s methods. OnNext can be called zero or more times, when the observable data source has data available. For example, an observable data source used for mouse move events can send out a Point object every time the mouse has moved. The other two methods are used to indicate completion or errors.
The following lists the IObservable<T>/IObserver<T> interfaces.
public interface IObservable<out T>
{
IDisposable Subscribe(IObserver<T> observer);
}
public interface IObserver<in T>
{
void OnCompleted(); // Notifies the observer that the source has finished sending messages.
void OnError(Exception error); // Notifies the observer about any exception or error.
void OnNext(T value); // Pushes the next data value from the source to the observer.
}
Rx also provides Subscribe extension methods so that you can avoid implementing the IObserver<T> interface yourself. For each publication event (OnNext, OnError, OnCompleted) of an observable sequence, you can specify a delegate that will be invoked, as shown in the following example. If you do not specify an action for an event, the default behavior will occur.
IObservable<int> source = Observable.Range(1, 5); //creates an observable sequence of 5 integers, starting from 1
IDisposable subscription = source.Subscribe(
x => Console.WriteLine("OnNext: {0}", x), //prints out the value being pushed
ex => Console.WriteLine("OnError: {0}", ex.Message),
() => Console.WriteLine("OnCompleted"));
You can treat the observable sequence (such as a sequence of mouse-over events) as if it were a normal collection. Thus you can write LINQ queries over the collection to do things like filtering, grouping, composing, etc. To make observable sequences more useful, the Rx assemblies provide many factory LINQ operators so that you do not need to implement any of these on your own. This will be covered in the Querying Observable Sequences using LINQ Operators topic.
[!WARNING] You do not need to implement the IObservable<T>/IObserver<T> interfaces yourself. Rx provides internal implementations of these interfaces for you and exposes them through various extension methods provided by the Observable and Observer types. See the Creating and Querying Observable Sequences topic for more information.
See Also
Concepts
Querying Observable Sequences using LINQ Operators
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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 September 28
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song from The Sims: Bustin Out
there is a song that plays on the 'metal' station on The Sims: Bustin Out, it has a rather slow intro, then progresses into this Iron Maiden sound...is there any way to find this song for purchase or download? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 04:24, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Basketball five-by-five
Alright, the article here on the basketball five-by-five was started by me and I did about 95% of all work done on it so far. Now, I guess it's been merged with Double_(basketball). Any way, I find the stat interesting and want to make the page better. To find all the five-by-fives listed, I used basketball-reference.com and their game logs, which are searchable. The problem is, they only go back to 1986-87. There are 14 such five-by-fives listed on the page. The thing is, I have seen an article which said there have been 16, I believe, in NBA history. So, does any one have access to older game logs? I would love to complete the page and list all official five-by-fives. I would also like to verify that no one has ever had one in the playoffs (or I guess verify that one has happened if it has). Thanks. StatisticsMan (talk) 13:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
A version of "Jacob's Ladder"
I'm remembering hearing a version of the old spiritual "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" that I'd like to track down. I remember hearing it while watching a documentary--I thought at first it might be "Eyes on the Prize", but now I'm wondering if it was Ken Burns' "The Civil War", and it could easily be something else similar. It was being sung very slowly, and with great passion, by a large choir (which is never seen on screen)...as I recall, a woman's voice (or small group of women's voices) sang "we are" and the choir echoed "we are", then "climbing...climbing...Jacob's....Jacob's...ladder....ladder..." and so on. I'm hoping this rings bells for someone who can tell me, ideally, which choir sang that version and if it's available on CD somewhere. Failing that, if you can point me to the documentary it played on, I'd be most appreciative. The melody is really hauntingly beautiful in most arrangements, but I remember being particularly moved by this one. (Also, if this is the wrong desk, I apologize--I know this isn't "modern" music but thought it might be the right spot.) <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 18:42, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
* I wonder if it was recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? --TammyMoet (talk) 10:34, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
* It's definitely on the Ken Burns Civil War CD. →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 05:09, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
* Youtube has this. I can't tell if it's Ken Burns' version. Amazon.com has the soundtrack for sale; it credits Bernice Johnson Reagon. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
* Thanks to all for your help--Clarity, that youtube link is exactly the track I remembered! I'll look into that soundtrack--hopefully the same version is there. Jwrosenzweig (talk) 21:40, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
* Glad...glad...to...to...be...be...of...of...help...help. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:14, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
* "Today...day...I consider myself...sider myself...the luckiest man...iest man...on the face of the earth...face of the earth." →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 00:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
American Pie (song)
What is it about?Accdude92 (talk) (sign) 19:01, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
* Have you read our article American Pie (song)? As noted at the top of the page, many questions can be more easily answered with a simple search. — Lomn 19:10, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
* (EC with Lomn) Did you read the article American Pie? The song's chorus is about The Day The Music Died, and the rest of the song is filled with imagery from the 1950's and 1960's. There's lots of speculation as to the symbolism in the song, such as the identies of the characters, the "Marching Band" is usually taken to be The Beatles while "The Joker" is usually taken to be Bob Dylan. The disasterous Altamont Free Concert is also in there somewhere, as well as the "Father, Son, and The Holy Ghost" possibly being John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. OR Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. (see also Abraham, Martin & John). Don McLean has been intentionally "mum" on the meanings of most of the lyrics, and there have been entire books written on the dense layers of meaning to the song. All he has confirmed beyond a doubt, as far as I know, is the actual Day the Music Died, but the rest is entirely up to speculation. -- Jayron 32 19:14, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
* When asked what "American Pie" meant, McLean replied, "It means I never have to work again." Britmax (talk) 19:27, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
* What is it about? It's about 7 minutes. N'yuk, n'yuk! It's loaded with symbolism that's fairly obvious to one of his generation. One thing is certain: "American Pie" was NOT the name of the airplane in the fatal crash. It was just a generic small plane with no name. The title, along with the phrasing in the chorus, "Bye-bye, Miss American Pie", would be a play on the old saying, "As American as apple pie", along with the beauty icon called "Miss America". →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 06:55, 29 September 2009 (UTC) | WIKI |
Monday, February 13, 2012
Time Zone conversions in Oracle SOA 10g BPEL process
Date/Time conversion from one timezone to another - I feel this is not a rare requirement for any global customer.
To simplify the post here i am giving
Problem Statement: How to change the date/time in the BPEL request to a date/time with different timezone?
Solution: Use Oracle SOA 10g BPEL's 'Java Embedded' activity and write java code for date conversion.
Though i am referring particularly Oracle SOA 10g here the idea can be used in any "JAVA" base SOA tool ( like JCAPA, Open ESB , etc...) if it allows a Java coding in their BPEL based interface development(OR in any form of interface development).
Here are the steps to follow
1.) Read input date/time value from the BPEL input message and convert it to java.lang.String Object
2.) Create two java.text.DateFormat objects one with the source timezone format (let us say the variable name is 'oSourceDtFormat') and second with target timezone format ( let us say the variable name is 'oTargetDtFormat' )
3.) Parse the date/time String to java.util.Date Object using oSourceDtFormat.parse("input date/time String") method
4.) Format the Date object in Step 3 in to the target date/time format, using oTargetDtFormat.format() method, it returns the required date/time in String format.
Here is the pseudo code. that can be used in Oracle SOA 10g 'Embedded Java' activity
String sInputTime=(String)getVariableData("sourceDateTime");
//Assuming the variable 'sourceDateTime' is holding input date/time value
java.util.TimeZone oTargetTZ = java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone("CST");
//Assuming the target Time Zone is 'CST'
java.text.DateFormat oSourceDtFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd hh:mm a z");
//20100923 01:00 PM CDT assume the input date/time has timeZone component
java.text.DateFormat oTargetDtFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
//target date/time format "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm");
oTargetDtFormat.setTimeZone(oTargetTZ);
//Set the time zone to target time
java.util.Date oDate = null;
try{
oDate = (java.util.Date)oSourceDtFormat.parse(sInputTime);
try{
oDate = (java.util.Date)oSourceDtFormat.parse(sInputTime);
java.lang.String sSourceTime = oSourceDtFormat.format(oDate);
addAuditTrailEntry("Input bid-date-time is ::", sSourceTime);
java.lang.String sTargetTime = oTargetDtFormat.format(oDate);
setVariableData("targetDateTime", sTargetTime);
//Assuming the 'targetDateTime is a variable in BPEL process
addAuditTrailEntry("Date/Time in target timezone ::", sTargetTime);
}catch(Exception e){
addAuditTrailEntry(e);
}
Hope this helps..................
Monday, January 19, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Sun Certified Integrator for Identity Manager 7.1
I thought of testing my Luck and doing some adventurous thing on 31st Dec 2008-as a final thing I could in the year :-) and I decided to write Sun Certified Integrator for Identity Manager 7.1 exam with out having even a single project experience on IDM. Thinking I am crazy? :-) Not really, there is one more reason for that- I just wanted to utilize my Sun certification voucher which is going to expire on 31st Dec 2008.
My overall opinion on the exam is “It can be cracked”. Here is my experience; the exam contains total 56 multiple choice questions out of which we have to answer 43% of questions correctly to pass the exam, are you going to write this exam in near future? here are some points that can help you in the exam preparation.
1. There are around 6 to 7 questions on EXPRESS language, the questions would be like asking for the syntax errors in a given code snippet, asking for the output of a given code snippet etc.. I feel spending considerable preparation time on EXPRESS language would be a good idea.
2. There are around 5 to 6 questions on SPML, SPML I mean both SPML1.0 and SPML2.0. The questions would be on the differences between SPML1.0 and SPML2.0, what are the SPML capabilities supported by Sun Identity Manager and also on SPML API.
3. There are some questions on SPE; I feel the first point of contact for SPE preparation would be idmspe-refkit.zip that comes with the IDM installation. Of course preparation from other sources will always help. The questions I have got are like asking for the output of a given code snippet and how to invoke a method from the EXPRESS code etc..
4. Most of the questions i have got are from real time scenarios, meaning given a client’s problem scenario which action would be an appropriate to solve the problem. I feel having a full project life cycle experience (i.e., right from the requirements gathering to deployment in production) would be the only way to correctly answer 100% of these questions. This section also includes the experience on development estimations (Question is something like ‘which of the following tasks can be delivered quickly?’).
5. There are some questions on IDM concepts like ‘Delegated administration’, ‘Password Sync’, ‘Identity Sync’, ’Rules’, ‘Forms’, ‘Workflows’, ‘variables’ (in Forms, Rules and WFs), ‘Controlled Organizations’ and ‘Capabilities’, etc..
6. Also there are some questions on ‘Real time Performance issues’. The question I have got is like ‘The client noticed that a workflow is causing a delay in application response time, which of the following could improve the performance?’, etc..
These are the points I could make out of my experience, if anyone has some additional points to add please feel free to put them in your comments.
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CS 111 - 1/24/17 Quiz 1 Q. 1 - Simple variable assignment, access and operation Q. 2 - Highlighting Sequential Access x = 5 y = x + 2 x = 32 print y # the value of 7 is printed Q. 3 - Order of Operation Precedence z = w + x * y Assignment Statements are NOT the same as Algebraic Statements For Example: x = x + 1 The above is an invalid Algebraic Statement The above is an extremely Assignment Statement In assignment statements, the right-hand-side of the statement is evaluated first then the resulting value is stored in the variable specified on the left-hand-side. We have mentioned function, which are a collection of statements Next: Turtle Drawings Take the programming ideas from Chapter 3 Use the Application Domain Area from Chapter 17 The best help/documentation for the Turtle Drawings is found in the help menu of the JES software Other documentation is found in Chapter 17 and the inside back cover of the text book. These two documents sources refer to "Methods" rather than "Functions" The difference between "Methods and Functions" is largely organizational and syntactical Methods are a key element of Object Oriented programming. Key Concept of Turtle Drawing 1. We have Turtle that live on a World 2. Each Turtle has a pen attached to its back. 3. As the turtle moves around the world (and if the pen is "down"), the turtle leave a line showing how it moved. Our job is the have the Turtles draw something specific The primary operations that we can tell a turtle to do is: - move forward - turn to change directions - lift the pen UP or place the pen DOWN - change colors for the pen (this is METHODS only) Programming Goals with Turtle drawings - better understand sequential execution - understand the idea of iteration (i.e. Looping/repeating) - understand how to write our own functions | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Graphical methods to help get initial guesses for multivariate nonlinear regression
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Matlab post
Fit the model f(x1,x2; a,b) = a*x1 + x2^b to the data given below. This model has two independent variables, and two parameters.
We want to do a nonlinear fit to find a and b that minimize the summed squared errors between the model predictions and the data. With only two variables, we can graph how the summed squared error varies with the parameters, which may help us get initial guesses. Let us assume the parameters lie in a range, here we choose 0 to 5. In other problems you would adjust this as needed.
import numpy as np
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x1 = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0]
x2 = [0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 0.9, 1.1, 2.1]
X = np.column_stack([x1, x2]) # independent variables
f = [ 3.3079, 6.6358, 10.3143, 13.6492, 17.2755, 23.6271]
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection = '3d')
ax.plot(x1, x2, f)
ax.set_xlabel('x1')
ax.set_ylabel('x2')
ax.set_zlabel('f(x1,x2)')
plt.savefig('images/graphical-mulvar-1.png')
arange = np.linspace(0,5);
brange = np.linspace(0,5);
A,B = np.meshgrid(arange, brange)
def model(X, a, b):
'Nested function for the model'
x1 = X[:, 0]
x2 = X[:, 1]
f = a * x1 + x2**b
return f
@np.vectorize
def errfunc(a, b):
# function for the summed squared error
fit = model(X, a, b)
sse = np.sum((fit - f)**2)
return sse
SSE = errfunc(A, B)
plt.clf()
plt.contourf(A, B, SSE, 50)
plt.plot([3.2], [2.1], 'ro')
plt.figtext( 3.4, 2.2, 'Minimum near here', color='r')
plt.savefig('images/graphical-mulvar-2.png')
guesses = [3.18, 2.02]
from scipy.optimize import curve_fit
popt, pcov = curve_fit(model, X, f, guesses)
print popt
plt.plot([popt[0]], [popt[1]], 'r*')
plt.savefig('images/graphical-mulvar-3.png')
print model(X, *popt)
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection = '3d')
ax.plot(x1, x2, f, 'ko', label='data')
ax.plot(x1, x2, model(X, *popt), 'r-', label='fit')
ax.set_xlabel('x1')
ax.set_ylabel('x2')
ax.set_zlabel('f(x1,x2)')
plt.savefig('images/graphical-mulvar-4.png')
[ 3.21694798 1.9728254 ]
[ 3.25873623 6.59792994 10.29473657 13.68011436 17.29161001
23.62366445]
It can be difficult to figure out initial guesses for nonlinear fitting problems. For one and two dimensional systems, graphical techniques may be useful to visualize how the summed squared error between the model and data depends on the parameters.
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Sun Sajna
Sun Sajna is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Chander Bahl for Rajshri Productions, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta Kaur, Iftekhar, Ram Mohan and Jagdeep.
Plot
Basanti (Ranjeeta Kaur), a lively young woman, lives in Madhupur with her father and uncle. Basanti owns a little shop called "Basanti's Shop". Here she sells various types of merchandise, most popularly dolls, that her blind neighbour (who she looked up to as her grandfather) made. Her childhood friend, Gopi, also owns a shop close to hers. He is secretly in love with Basanti and wants to marry her, but Basanti does not have any interest in him, as her friend, Champa, is in love with him although he doesn't accept her love. One day, Basanti meets a singer named Raj Kumar (Mithun Chakraborty) at the hotel, "Tin Min". Raj Kumar instantly falls in love with Basanti and she does with him also, but she does not show it. Raj Kumar tries different ways into getting Basanti to admit she loves him and for him to get closer to her and her family, which involves him paying a gang of men to pretend to tease Basanti and then when he tries to save her, he'll beat them up, so Basanti's father and uncle would see Raj's bravery and how he wants to protect Basanti. Gopi, who sees Raj and Basanti were getting too close, pays the men more money than Raj was paying them to actually beat Raj. Basanti's father and uncle arrive and try to help Raj. Basanti's uncle cuts one of the men with a blade. The man vows vengeance and leaves. Basanti's family takes Raj home and makes him comfortable as he was hurt in the fight. Basanti and Raj have a little conversation where she tells him that she knows he paid the men. Soon enough, Basanti admits her love for Raj and the love birds spend some happy times until Gopi poisons Basanti's family against Raj. They tell Basanti she could never see Raj again, but they still meet on the sly and are caught. Raj says that he truly loves Basanti and he won't take advantage of her at all. Her family believes him and fixes his marriage with Basanti.
Gopi is shocked to find out this and tries other ways to get Basanti, but they don't work. Raj and Basanti would often go on the hill and dream of their married life together. But before the marriage could take place, Raj has to perform his show in Bombay and bring his mother to meet Basanti and for the wedding. Basanti and Raj do not want to be separated, even for a few days, but they patiently waited for the days to pass so they can marry. On the day when Raj and his mother were to return, they meet Basanti's uncle who offers them a ride back home. The man who also vowed his revenge is sitting on the side of the road when he sees Basanti's uncle and Raj. He drives a truck and knocks their car off the road.
After the accident, Raj's mother dies, Raj goes blind and Basanti's uncle receives some minor injuries. At home, Basanti and her father are busily preparing for the wedding. Basanti's uncle informs her father what happened and they came to a conclusion to not let Basanti and Raj marry as Raj's blindness would be a burden to Basanti. So they tell Basanti that Raj betrayed her and they tell Raj Basanti has married someone else. The two lead a painful life away from each other. After some time, Basanti's health starts deteriorating. Her friend Champa, (Madhu Malini) comes to stay with her, to help her family and helps Basanti manage her work in her sickness. Although Gopi always wanted Basanti, he did not like seeing her this way, as every day her condition was getting worse. He agrees to accept Champa, who was always in love with him, just for Basanti to get well. Gopi sets out to find Raj. He finds him singing in a hotel with a large crowd of girls around him. Gopi becomes furious to think Raj betrayed Basanti. He is about to give him a piece of his mind when he realises Raj is blind. Raj tells him the truth that was told to him, and Gopi said Basanti is not married, it is a lie, she is living a sick life, waiting for him. Raj is surprised to hear this and immediately goes with Gopi to meet Basanti. Basanti's condition gets in its worst stage and she does not have much more time. Raj and Gopi reach back, but he wears sunglasses as he doesn't want Basanti to know of his blindness. Basanti is happy to see Raj come back to her. They both hug and as Raj is about to put sindoor on her head although he does not know where he is putting his hand. Basanti, realising what is going on, guides his hand to her path on her head, where he puts it. Basanti's wish is fulfilled, and while hugging Raj, she dies in his arms. Everyone is completely shattered. Raj screams out her name, he also breathes his last. The film ends at this point.
Cast
* Mithun Chakraborty
* Ranjeeta Kaur
* Iftekhar
* Jagdeep
* Ram Mohan
* Sheela David
Music
The soundtrack is on Rajshri Records Pvt. Ltd. Music compositions are provided by Raamlaxman and the songs are written by Ravindra Rawal. | WIKI |
In Between Dreams
In Between Dreams is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, released by Brushfire Records in the United States on March 1, 2005 (see 2005 in music). The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. However, the album achieved considerable commercial success.
Album cover
The album cover depicts a mango tree, referring to the Mango Tree, the studio where In Between Dreams was recorded. There is also a reference to the mango tree in "Better Together".
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 58, based on 15 reviews. MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic describes Johnson as "stick[ing] with what he does best" on the album; this has led some critics to characterize the album as feeling "safe" or unambitious. However, Barry Walters of Rolling Stone argues that Johnson explored new content with more politically minded tracks like "Crying Shame" and "Staple It Together". Most critics have described Johnson's delivery as laid-back or mellow; some tracks were also characterized as employing a "light reggae lilt", a stylistic choice which was generally criticized. The overall mood of the album has been described as "upbeat" and "uplifting".
Personnel
Musicians
* Jack Johnson – vocals and guitars
* Sam Lapointe – lead guitar
* Simon Tessier – bassoon
* Zach Gill – piano on "Good People" and "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing", accordion on "Belle", melodica on "If I Could"
* Adam Topol – drums and percussion
* Merlo Podlewski – bass guitar
* Johnald Hernandez – backup vocals
Production
* Mario Caldato, Jr. – producer, engineer
* Zachary Von Wilkenstein – sound producer, backup vocals
* Robert Carranza – engineering
* Thomas Campbell – photography
* Dave Homcy – photographer
Sheet music
The artist-approved sheet music of this album is available through Cherry Lane Music Company in a "Play It Like It Is" guitar folio. | WIKI |
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Works
* The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, in 12 volumes, 1909-1910. | WIKI |
Talk:Meg Rosoff
Debate on age-ranging or -banding children's books (2008)
According to The Guardian, Meg Rosoff was one of few children's authors to support publisher plans for "age-banding" or "age-ranging" books. Here is her essay in favor:
* Meg Rosoff, "Hay festival: Ranging and raging: I regret missing Jimmy Carter, but I regret missing the opportunity to protest the children's age-ranging debate more" 31 May 2008
* "I seem to be the lone voice in favour of adding suggested age ranges to children's books, and would have greatly enjoyed protesting the protest."
On the contemporary protest, with links to more articles plus guardian.co.uk blogs:
* Richard Lea and Nell Boase, "Hay festival: Authors rebel against age ranges on books" 29 May 2008
--P64 (talk) 00:01, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
* 2008 Carnegie Medal winners Philip Reeve was another author in support. 26 Jun 2008
* --P64 (talk) 01:15, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
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Rh James T. McClure, pastor of the First U. P. Church, Wheeling, W. Va., for forty-nine years.
and. The above may be the Margaret McClure of Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, who signed, 1786, the call for Rev. Samuel Wilson.
The Richmond, Va., Standard, vol. III, p. 7, gives the following:
, m., April 4, 1776, John Parker, of Cumberland County, b. 1740.
, b. Carlisle, Pa., 1739, m., first, Emelia who died Feb. 1, 1793, aged 28 years. Two children:
* 1. John McClure, m. Jane Blair and left four children, viz: Catherine, Aurelia, Mary, and John, who d. s.
* 2. Mary McClure, who m. Joseph Knox.
He m., second, Mrs. Rebecca Parker, widow of Maj. Alexander Parker. She died at Carlisle April 13, 1826, aged sixty-three years. Four children.
* 3. Charlotte.
* 4. Charles, married Margaretta Gibson. Son, Major Charles McClure of the U. S. army. Sons, George and William McClure.
* 5. Judge Wm. B. McClure, Pittsburg, Pa.
* 6. Rebecca, m. Rev. F. T. Brown.
Miss Emma McClure, of Elk Lick, Somerset County, belongs to this line.
John McClure, with Andrew Blair and others, was ordained an Elder in the Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, 1833; had been an Elder in the First Church.
Joseph McClure, from Carlisle, 1767. Signed the call to Rev. John Steel.
, who settled, 1780 in Newport, Ky., is supposed to belong to the Cumberland family. Died in Newport, 1830.
He m., who was drowned at Vevay, Ind., March 8, 1818. Six children:
* 1. Sarah, m. David Perry; Died about 1815. | WIKI |
Babar Zaman
Babar Zaman (Urdu: بابر زمان; born 16 September 1966) is a former Pakistani cricketer with a career spanning over 16 years, having played for several cricket teams most notably Lahore and Pakistan International Airlines between 1985/86 and 1999/00.
Early life
Babar Zaman Khan was born in Rawalpindi on 16 September 1966 to a Burki family. His father Javed Zaman was a first class cricketer and Babar's uncles Fawad Zaman and Humayun Zaman also played first class cricket. All three brothers represented Lahore Gymkhana Club with distinction. | WIKI |
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Discussion on deleting this article
I am pinging you as you contributed to the discussion. It does not seem clear from the discussion that you were aware that Ann-Sophie Qvarnström, User:W.carter who created the article, and the anonymous IPs are the same person. In the discussion, User:W.carter claims that Qvarnström was my test subject. Her different aliases debate between themselves. Julle explicitly identified all the unnamed IPs as the nominator. (User:W.carter). User:W.carter did not respond when asked about the accounts. User:W.carter said she was happy for it to be deleted and now freely admits she is Ann-Sophie Qvarnström, so perhaps the AfD decision should be reviewed. It is some time ago, so perhaps further sanctions are not needed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:24, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
* Charlesjsharp is doing this to get back at me in a longstanding feud between him and me on Commons, that recently escalated. See: . I have certainly never used an IP-adress here, that is his own fabrication. I have also previously explained why I was anonymous at first on the Wiki Project, see User talk:W.carter/Archive 22. Now he is bitter since I stood up to him on Commons and this is the result. I'm of course standing by my previous vote and early attempt to have the article deleted. Since I'm no longer a newbie, I know not to write anything like that. So I really guess I should thank Charles since he is suggesting what I myself want. If the article is to exist, someone else should write it. --cart -Talk 14:37, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
* Coola here, i did not really contribute to the afd except for listing it with the artists afd list, anyway, an article's talkpage is a place where editors discuss improving an article, not deleting it, thats what afd is for. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:52, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
* I made my decision based on my evaluation of the Swedish sources, and spent some time digging up a few new sources myself and rewriting the article to make it more encyclopedic, pruning some parts. The article should be judged based on the merits of notability and sourcing, which I think are good enough. /Julle (talk) 15:06, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
* Thanks for responding so quickly Julle. But did you make a mistake? User:W.carter denies the IPs were her. It's quite a serious claim from a memeber of WMF, and I am doing her a disservice if you were wrong. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:21, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
* Charles, if you enter the IPs in an IP locator (you can Google how to find one), you will find that the nominator and IPs originate in Japan and by now you should know I live in Lysekil. cart -Talk 16:03, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
* To clarify, I pointed out that all three IPs active in the discussion had explicitly identified as the nominator, per Special:Diff/919900773 and Special:Diff/920180699. I had no intention to connect the IPs to any specific username, as the nomination for deletion was signed by <IP_ADDRESS> and not a registered account. /Julle (talk) 16:27, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
* My only contribution was to delsort the AfD. I'm not bothered one way or the other. If you want it deleted then nominate it for AfD again. The talkpage is certainly not the place for a deletion discussion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:55, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
I have been advised that the post could be considered harrassment, so I have struck it out and apologise. There must be a better way to resolve disputes. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:31, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
Oh hello. I did not participate in this discussion and I only added it to relevant deletion categories. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 21:28, 5 July 2021 (UTC) | WIKI |
Electrical Books
Electricals,Hair Loss,Healthy & Wellbeing,Vitamins & supplements,article HealthyAll spacecraft programs rely instantly on electrical energy to activate and control them: With out electrical power, a satellite turns into nothing more than an inert piece of space junk. Our purpose is to enhance communication between the students, academic staff and assist companies at UCB. Current thinking around health improvement means that healthy folks arise from healthy communities. This situation may cause you to expertise sudden hair loss. A biopsy of the scalp skin is finished if the diagnosis just isn’t clear after a doctor’s examination and other exams.
The most severe type of the situation, cystic pimples , arises from the same hormonal imbalances that cause hair loss and is related to dihydrotestosterone production. With inherited hair loss , men often get bald spots around the forehead or on the highest of the pinnacle, while ladies have some thinning everywhere in the scalp, but totally on the top of the top.
The Federal Government doesn’t usually test what’s in dietary dietary supplements, and firms aren’t required to share info on the safety of a dietary complement with the FDA earlier than they promote it. The businesses are chargeable for ensuring the complement is protected, but the FDA doesn’t consider the security of the product before the supplement is bought.
Making small, gradual adjustments can have a constructive impression on your psychological wellbeing – attempt to begin with one or two things you feel able to do. Treatment for hair loss attributable to an illness, medication, or harm to the hair usually is extra profitable than remedy for inherited hair loss. Medical professionals ought to distinguish hair loss from breakage of the hair shaft from hair loss as a consequence of decreased hair progress.
Take into account making an appointment to see your physician if you are experiencing sudden or excessive hair loss. A doctor might prescribe medication to assist the hair develop back. Hereditary hair loss is the main reason for thinning hair in girls, and hair will proceed to skinny if left untreated. Tinea capitis may end up in widespread hair loss with increased fragility of the hairs and frequent breakage. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Talk:Killing of animals
Not euthanasia
Err, why does this redirect to euthanasia? Many killing methods like slaughtering are not painless at all like slaughtering.--Jondel (talk) 05:51, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Update: I removed the redirect (Animal killing used to redirect to A. euthanasia)and reorganized the categorization. I hope this is agreeable to all.--Jondel (talk) 07:04, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Rename
After the Articles for Improvement thing is over (why did they pick a WP:CONCEPTDAB page? we have bigger fish to fry!), this should be renamed, probably to Human killing of animals. "Animal killing" is ambiguous, and also includes natural animal-on-animal predation, even technically includes the activities of carnivorous plants, and fatal infections contracted by animals. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 10:29, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
* ✅ Moved article to this more accurate title per its content. North America1000 22:36, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
* – premature to rename it. Let's wait until we are closer to done. Cheers! 23:31, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
* You moved it back to Killing of animals instead of Animal killing. This confused the bot. I will fix it. That is all — MusikAnimal talk 02:04, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
* did you move it to Killing of animals because Animal killing existed? Please have an admin delete redirect next time :) — MusikAnimal talk 02:10, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
* . No, I simply made a mistake. Now that it is done though, I think Killing of animals is more topically descriptive than Animal killing. Cheers! 00:20, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
Citation
When adding content please add citations. There are now sections without a single citation.ThanksVinegarymass911 (talk) 23:17, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
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Add Animal killing stats
1. Please start adding sourced statistics on the number of animals killed globally annually.
2. Animal kill stats by event / religious or other type fo single event: Number of animals killed during specific events e.g. Muslim festival of Eid likely being highest
3. Animal kill stats by nation: TOp 10 nations wher animals are kileld
4. Animal kill stats by religion <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:14, 17 July 2020 (UTC) | WIKI |
De Graaff Brothers
The de Graaff brothers (De Gebroeders de Graaff, Gebr. de Graaff) were a Dutch horticultural family company based in Lisse, Netherlands, in an area known as Duin- en Bollenstreek (Dune and Bulb Region), the centre of the Dutch bulb and floriculture industry.
History
The family business was founded by Cornelis de Graaff in 1723. They became notable in the nineteenth century when Jan de Graaff and his two sons developed the Reginae strain of hybrids of Hippeastrum by crossing Hippeastrum vitatum and Hippeastrum striatum with Hippeastrum psittacinum and some of the better hybrids available in Europe at the time. Some of the most successful hybrids were Graveana and Empress of India.
In the twentieth century the business was continued in the United States in the de Graaf nursery in Oregon (Oregon Bulb Farms 1928) by another Jan de Graaff (1903-1989), who became known as an international expert on Lilies.
Awards
The brothers were awarded a First Class Certificate by the Dutch Horticultural Society for their development of Hippeastrum 'Koningen Wilhelmina', inter alia in 1891. | WIKI |
2023 Rose Bowl
The 2023 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2023, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The 109th annual Rose Bowl, the game featured Penn State from the Big Ten Conference and Utah from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at 2:11p.m. PST and was aired on ESPN and ESPN Radio. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by Prudential Financial, the game is officially known as The Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential.
This game was the final Rose Bowl with its conference tie in of Pac 12 vs Big Ten before the expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams in 2024 (2025 Calendar year) and hosting the final four team playoff semifinal in 2023 (2024 Calendar year).
Induction ceremonies to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame were held before the game honoring three-time Rose Bowl Game head coach Hugo Bezdek (1884–1952), recently retired Rose Bowl Stadium CEO Darryl Dunn, 1977 Rose Bowl Game MVP Vince Evans (USC), and 1987 All-American Lorenzo White (Michigan State).
Teams
Based on conference tie-ins, the game featured Big Ten Conference team Penn State and Pac-12 Conference champion Utah. Utah earned their spot by defeating #4 USC in the Pac-12 Championship by a score of 47–24 on December 2. Penn State earned their spot after Ohio State and Michigan made it to the College Football Playoff. This was Utah's second consecutive Rose Bowl, with an appearance in last year's edition against the Ohio State Buckeyes, while this was Penn State's 5th overall Rose Bowl game, most recently playing in the 2017 edition against the USC Trojans.
This game marked the Nittany Lions' 100th anniversary of their first Rose Bowl Game. They were defeated by Southern California 14–3 on January 1, 1923. This was the first time Utah and Penn State had ever played each other.
Penn State Nittany Lions
The Nittany Lions earned their 5th overall Rose Bowl bid after they finished the regular season as the 3rd highest ranked team from the Big Ten Conference. The two higher ranked teams in the Big Ten, Michigan and Ohio State, both reached the College Football Playoff, giving the Nittany Lions the trip to Pasadena. Penn State finished their regular season with an overall 10–2 record, 7–2 in Big Ten play. Their losses came to Michigan and Ohio State in the 7th and 9th weeks of the regular season, respectively.
Utah Utes
After winning their second-straight Pac-12 championship, this was the second consecutive Rose Bowl appearance for the Utes, who lost to Ohio State in the 2022 edition. Utah finished their regular season with a 9–3 overall record, 7–2 in Pac-12 play. Their losses came to Florida, UCLA (in the same stadium), and Oregon. The Utes faced USC in the Pac-12 Championship, a rematch between the teams. Utah had defeated USC on October 15 by a 43–42 score (USC's only regular season loss), and defeated them again for the Pac-12 title, 47–24. The Utes entered the Rose Bowl with an overall 10–3 record. | WIKI |
WCPSS NET Course Blueprint for 7981 Network Engineering Technology II (HONORS) DsmbISP
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Explain different methods of configuring Cisco devices.
Configure an ISR using SDM Express and SDM.
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Talk:Black Mouth Cur
This article is absolutely terrible
Please rewrite the whole thing or drink me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 03:26, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
* What specifically needs to be changed? Chrisrus (talk) 19:32, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Why is the title two words?
Why is the title "Black Mouth Cur" (with a space), whereas the dog is always called a "Blackmouth Cur" in the article? Is there a good reason for this? Which is better? Shouldn't the title at least be consistent with the article? D a v e R u n g e r (t)⁄(c) 10:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
* I have moved the article to its current location at "Blackmouth Cur". D a v e R u n g e r (t)⁄(c) 05:25, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
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And I've just moved it back, after an IP editor changed the spelling back. The overwhelming majority of sources seem to use the spelling "Black Mouth Cur". --McGeddon (talk) 15:38, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
No citation for the Old Yeller connection
On what authority is this animal claimed as the probable breed of the "Old Yeller" dog? It seems to me that it is more likely it was a Carolina Dog, which was also called a Yeller Dog. It would seem like the obvious candidate.Chrisrus (talk) 05:47, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
* I'm about to remove the section about Old Yeller, and I'll tell you why:
* It's been a long time since I talked about this, and no one seems to have any proof that the author intended "Old Yeller" to have been a Blackmouth Cur.
* The author himself uses the word "mongel", a word which by far my best dog reference book says originally was used and still today is used in English for any dog which was not the product of artificial selection, but simply naturally selected either free-ranging dog or a dog that was supposed to be bred but an outside dog hopped the fence or something and the puppies were an accident and a problem for the breeder. The Blackmouth Cur may not have been a recognized breed, but they are the result of very intentional purpose breeding to make them specifically good at certain things and highly unlikely to be referred to as a "mongrel" by a southern writer who knew the first thing about them.
* It seems to me at least far more probable that it was literally a Yeller Dog, a dog only known to science in my lifetime but long long known in the South as a specific type of feral dog that has lived forever basically in southeast North America. This would explain the "just nothing but a yaller dog" attitude the society has toward the dog in the book, a dog of which nothing great was expected. This is not the southern attitude toward a blackmouth cur.
* Also, the arguement being made, that the dog described in the book shared characteristics with the Blackmouth Cur, seems just to something that came out of the culture through some wikipedian and no evidence or proof that can be cited so even if true it's not citable or someone would have cited it by now.
* I also want to say that those characteristics might be those of a Yeller Dog or any number of other dogs.
* Many dogs born out of many generations of feral dogs bond very closely to one person and exhibit submissive loyalty to that one person but can't bond to another past a certain age, kinda like Old Yeller. See Fido (dog) or The yellow dog of Lao Pan, for example. Highly bred hunting dogs like curs are more likely to want to lead their owners on a chase or leave them behind than to follow their master slavishly around afraid to let them out of their sight. Old Yeller was much more loyal in this particular way than a highly bred hunting cur like this, who, if allowed, would probably take off for hours on end romping through the woods hunting before heading home for free food and shelter and some time with the master.
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* So those are some reasons why I'm about to remove the bit about Old Yeller. I mean no offense to the author of this what they probably had as understood common "knowledge" that turns out not to be fact. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia and happy editing. Chrisrus (talk) 20:09, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Other Names Question
Same names in the 'other names' section seem to be kennel names, not alternative names for the breed, thoughts? (SybilleY (talk) 15:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC))
edit: Reading more through this article, it really seems to need a thorough clean up as color varieties, bloodlines established by different breeders etc all got muddled up. Anybody offended if I take this article 'under my wings' and try to get it up to standard? (SybilleY (talk) 20:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC))
* No hay de que ask such a question! Go for it! Chrisrus (talk) 22:01, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
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Found out today what my dog is.
This website was very helpful in identifying my dog.. 2600:100E:BF18:FD0:64B1:A49C:38AA:1F1D (talk) 06:46, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
Weird distinction of gender
if the article is about a dog, why call the male sex just "dogs" in the weight category and the females "bitches"? very out of date and the distinction doesnt make sense. i know the definition of the word bitch in that context but it just seems purposeful and unnecessary <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 01:22, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Reference formatting
I managed to screw up the citation formatting. Sorry. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:35, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
* For your future reference. Primefac (talk) 14:32, 30 April 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
Southwest Air Fast Express
Southwest Air Fast Express (SAFE), also known as S.A.F.E.way, was a United States airline. It was founded by Erle P. Halliburton, the founder of the New Method Oil Well Cementing Company (now known as Halliburton), and Zero Halliburton, a briefcase manufacturer.
History
Founded in 1928 with Oklahoma oilmen as stockholders, S.A.F.E.way began offering Ford Tri-Motor service between St. Louis and Dallas on April 2, 1929.
In June 1929 service was expanded to include Los Angeles and New York City. Operating for a little more than a year, the airline was purchased by American Airlines for $1,400,000.00 through a complicated agreement primarily to obtain the Contract Air Mail (CAM) 33 mail services contract won by Halliburton and Southwest Air Fast Express. American renamed the airline Southern Transcontinental Airways and operated the CAM-33 route under that name until June 30, 1931 when American Airways took over. | WIKI |
Kamel Djabour
Kamel Djabour (born 12 June 1959) is a French football coach and former player.
Early and personal life
Djabour was born in Paris on 12 June 1959. He is of Algerian origin.
Playing career
Djabour played as a defender for Le Blanc-Mesnil.
Coaching career
Djabour has worked with clubs in Benin with Dynamo Abomey and Mali with Stade Malien. He left his position as assistant manager of French club Auxerre to become manager of the Congo national team. He managed Algerian side JSM Béjaïa between October 2013 and February 2014. | WIKI |
Alkaline Water & Electrolytes
13/06/2011 , by Admin No Comments Fitness
If you’ve done any research on electrolytes, you know that they are electrically charged mineral ions enhancing electrical conductivity. Electrolytes enhance performance and improve stamina by maintaining optimal levels of electrical conductivity in the body. Most people don’t realize that the right alkaline water is also full of electrolytes.
Electrolyte drinks were introduced in the 1960s as a fast and effective way to replenish electrolytes during and after periods of extreme physical performance. Over time, concerns about sodium content, sugars and additives also found in these drinks have caused many to look at other alternatives for electrolyte replacement.
Alkaline Water Alternative
Alkaline ionized water is produced through the process of electrolysis. During electrolysis, the water receives an electrical charge which is picked up by the minerals found in the water. Once the minerals are charged they become electrolytes.
Where sports drinks are loaded with sodium and potassium for electrolyte replacement, they are also loaded with sugar and/or artificial sweeteners, carbohydrates, artificial flavors, colors and other additives. While a significant factor in improving performance and stamina is also hydration, the excess carbohydrates and sugars actually interfere with the body’s ability to absorb fluids. Electrolytes are replenished at some level but effective hydration is lost. The result is post-performance fatigue and increased recovery time.
Alkaline ionized water is 100% natural. Impurities are filtered out but nothing is added in. Alkaline water is pure water carrying electrically charged ions (electrolytes) created through ionization. During the ionization process, the water molecules break down and regroup into smaller structured clusters which actually increases hydration potential.
More than Sodium & Potassium
Because minerals are not removed from the water, the electrolytes in alkaline ionized water contain calcium, magnesium and other vital minerals in addition to sodium and potassium. Without a broad spectrum of trace mineral electrolytes, the body leaches the missing mineral components from other areas of the body.
Without the addition of carbohydrates and sugars, water absorption is not inhibited. The smaller water clusters and their hexagonal structure go one step further to enhance the body’s ability to absorb the water – and the electrolytes it carries.
The end result is not only electrolyte replacement but better a better balance of electrolytes being replaced and more effective hydration. Post-performance “energy crashes” are reduced or eliminated. Recovery times are shortened.
Before, During and After
Electrolyte replacement is typically thought of as something employed during times of extreme physical activity. Once the “event” is over, so is the need for electrolyte replacement.
Alkaline ionized water can be consumed anytime. Obviously it is a choice during and after physical activity, but consuming alkaline water on a daily basis – regardless of your physical demands – helps the body’s “electrical system” stay balanced. Improved energy, focus, performance, and stamina become the daily norm.
When it comes time for extreme physical activity, because the body has already been operating from a place of improved electrolytic balance, the increase in stamina is immediately noticeable. Workouts are more productive from start to finish. Dehydration-related post-performance symptoms are reduced or eliminated altogether.
Whether you are an athlete, someone who has a regular exercise routine or a “weekend warrior” replenishing your body’s electrolytes should not be limited to times of physical exertion. By consuming eight to 10 glasses of alkaline ionized water a day you are enhancing your ability to perform – both mentally and physically – regardless of your level of physicality. When it comes time to perform at higher physical levels, your body’s “electrical system” will be in a better condition to meet the challenge.
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Mercedes-Benz vehicles are known for their luxurious design, high performance, and advanced technology. However, like any other car, they require proper maintenance and repairs to ensure their longevity and reliability.
One critical component of the Mercedes-Benz engine is the Mass Airflow Sensor (MAF), which plays a vital role in regulating the air/fuel mixture and ensuring optimal performance. When the MAF is broken, it can cause a range of issues that can affect the engine’s performance, fuel economy, and overall reliability. In this article, we will discuss what happens if your Mercedes-Benz Mass Airflow Sensor is broken and what you can do to fix it.
What Is A Mass Airflow Sensor?
First, let’s understand the role of the Mass Airflow Sensor in your Mercedes-Benz. The MAF is a small device located between the air filter and the intake manifold. It measures the amount of air that enters the engine and sends this information to the Engine Control Unit (ECU), which then adjusts the air/fuel ratio accordingly.
The MAF’s primary function is to ensure that the engine receives the right amount of air, which is essential for efficient combustion and optimal performance. Without a functioning MAF, the engine may not perform optimally, leading to various issues.
Signs And Symptoms Of A Broken MAF
One of the most common symptoms of a broken MAF in a Mercedes-Benz is a decrease in engine performance. A faulty MAF can cause the engine to receive less air than it needs, resulting in a decrease in horsepower and acceleration. You may notice that your car struggles to accelerate, even when you step on the gas pedal. The engine may also feel rough or unstable, making it challenging to maintain a steady speed. In some cases, the engine may even stall or fail to start altogether. This can be a significant safety concern, especially if you’re driving on the highway or in heavy traffic.
Another issue that can arise from a broken MAF is poor fuel economy. When the MAF is not working correctly, it can cause the engine to run too rich or too lean, which can result in excessive fuel consumption. You may notice that you need to fill up your tank more frequently than usual, even if you’re not driving any more than usual. In the long run, this can significantly increase your fuel expenses and put a strain on your budget.
In addition to decreased performance and poor fuel economy, a broken MAF can also cause problems with emissions. The MAF plays a crucial role in regulating the air/fuel ratio, which affects the amount of pollutants that your car emits. When the MAF is not functioning correctly, it can cause the engine to produce more pollutants than it should, which can lead to a failed emissions test. This can result in fines or penalties and may even prevent you from renewing your vehicle registration.
Correcting The Problem
So, what can you do if you suspect that your Mercedes-Benz Mass Airflow Sensor is broken? The first step is to diagnose the problem correctly. You can take your car to a reputable mechanic or Mercedes-Benz dealership, who can perform a diagnostic test to determine if the MAF is faulty. They will use specialized equipment to check the sensor’s performance and determine if it needs to be repaired or replaced.
If the MAF is broken, you have two options: repair or replace it. In some cases, the sensor may only need to be cleaned or calibrated to restore its functionality. This can be a relatively simple and inexpensive fix. However, in most cases, the MAF will need to be replaced altogether. The cost of a new MAF can vary depending on your Mercedes-Benz model and the type of sensor required. However, it’s essential to invest in a high-quality MAF to ensure that it performs correctly and lasts as long as possible.
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These tests are usually performed instead of a traditional catheter angiography, which is more invasive and, while generally very safe, carries greater risk of complications. Angiography is an imaging technique that involves injecting dye into a small tube called a catheter that has been inserted into a blood vessel. An x-ray is then performed to assess the health of the vessels as well as the rate of blood flow.
Exposure to loud noise: Loud noise exposure is a very common cause of tinnitus today, and it often damages hearing as well. Unfortunately, many people are unconcerned about the harmful effects of excessively loud noise from firearms, high intensity music, or other sources. Twenty-six million American adults have suffered noise-induced hearing loss, according to the NIDCD.
Dr. Jastreboff, Ph.D., Sc.D., developed the renowned Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). Julie had the privilege of studying under him in 2002 and today is a proud member of the TRT Association. With this neurophysiological background, Julie is continually seeking and analyzing the latest tinnitus technologies, to best help you find the long-term solution that’s right for you.
Sound therapy can be effective in treating tinnitus because it may make the tinnitus less noticeable or mask the tinnitus or fade tinnitus. Hearing aids are included as a critical component of a sound therapy program. Modern hearing aids come with a special tinnitus managing sounds along with digital amplification. They are much evolved over the older technology. Different products work in different ways, although most hearing aids can alleviate tinnitus, certain hearing aids have built-in technology specifically for tinnitus relief. At amplifon, we have a clearly defined way to measure and quantify chronic tinnitus. As per the severity of the problem, an appropriate combination of treatment methods is selected to deal with your tinnitus. Amplifon audiologists are specially trained in counselling procedures as well which is another critical element of sound therapy. Consult your Amplifon audiologist to find more details about what suits you to deal with your tinnitus problem.
Tinnitus also could be the result of neural circuits thrown out of balance when damage in the inner ear changes signaling activity in the auditory cortex, the part of the brain that processes sound. Or it could be the result of abnormal interactions between neural circuits. The neural circuits involved in hearing aren’t solely dedicated to processing sound. They also communicate with other parts of the brain, such as the limbic region, which regulates mood and emotion.
Before long, you’re both mentally and physically stimulated in ways that make it even harder to relax and fall asleep. Like any other form of anxiety, stress about falling asleep creates mental arousal, bringing your brain to alertness. And it also creates physical arousal, raising heart rate and body temperature. This kind of anxiety can lead to behaviors that further undermine sleep, including:
Why is tinnitus so disruptive to sleep? Often, it’s because tinnitus sounds become more apparent at night, in a quiet bedroom. The noises of daily life can help minimize the aggravation and disruptiveness of tinnitus sounds. But if your bedroom is too quiet, you may perceive those sounds more strongly when you try to fall asleep—and not be able to drift off easily.
This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All readers/viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.
Although there’s no proven cure for tinnitus, there are treatments that help make it easier to ignore. For example, you can wear devices in your ear(s) that produce soothing therapeutic noises to shift your focus away from the tinnitus. Other devices produce constant, soft noise to mask the tinnitus. Tinnitus sufferers who also have hearing loss sometimes find relief simply by wearing properly fitted hearing aids.
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Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or be imagined. It is the totality of everything that exists, both physical and non-physical. Reality is often contrasted with illusion or fantasy.
There are many different ways to think about reality. Some people believe that reality is objective, meaning that it exists independently of our minds. Others believe that reality is subjective, meaning that it is created by our minds. Still others believe that reality is a combination of the two.
There is no one right way to think about reality. It is a complex and mysterious concept that has been debated by philosophers and scientists for centuries. However, one thing is for sure: reality is real, and it is something that we all experience in our own unique way.
Here are some of the different ways that reality has been defined:
The totality of everything that exists. This definition of reality is based on the idea that there is a single, objective reality that exists independently of our minds.
The way things appear to us. This definition of reality is based on the idea that our perception of reality is subjective and can be influenced by our own thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
A combination of the objective and subjective. This definition of reality is based on the idea that there is an objective reality, but that our perception of it is also subjective.
Ultimately, the definition of reality is up to each individual to decide. There is no one right way to think about it. However, it is important to be aware of the different ways that reality has been defined and to think critically about our own beliefs about it. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Perez Benjamin
The result was withdrawn by nominator. Bearcat (talk) 17:56, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
Perez Benjamin
Withdraw per that I was unaware that you need to a Google Books search before throwing down the AfD. Lesson learned let's close this down before anyone else has their time cut down. MM (Report findings) (Past espionage) 15:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
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Fails the '2 sources' rule, a search on Google isn't turning anything up either. MM (Report findings) (Past espionage) 09:47, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
* NOTICE: if 3 sources that fit the rules are added notify me and i'll Withdraw. MM (Report findings) (Past espionage) 09:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. czar · · 10:28, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. czar · · 10:28, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
* Keep. Member of a national legislature, so meets the criteria of WP:POLITICIAN. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:58, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nova Scotia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
* Keep. Nominator has failed to do a Google Books search, which easily demonstrates the availability of multiple sources verifying notability under the SNG. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 01:55, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
* NPA yes? Is there a policy that states that a Books search needs to be done? MM (Report findings) (Past espionage) 09:48, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
* NPA no. From WP:AFD: The minimum search expected is a Google Books search and a Google News archive search; Google Scholar is suggested for academic subjects. Such searches should in most cases take only a minute or two to perform. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 11:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
* When I mentioned 'NPA yes?' I meant 'You are being sure not to break NPA Yes?' I must have missed that when I was learning about AfD. My mistake. MM (Report findings) (Past espionage) 15:32, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
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Oasis Charitable Trust
Oasis Charitable Trust, commonly known as Oasis, is a UK-based Christian registered charity. It was founded by the Reverend Steve Chalke in September of 1985. Chalke had been assistant minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church, Kent, for four years. He left this job with the aim of setting up a hostel for homeless young people. Oasis now has over 5,000 staff in the UK as well as thousands more volunteers.
Since its foundation Oasis has also developed into a family of charities now working on four continents (11 countries) around the world, with the goal of delivering housing, education, training, youthwork and healthcare. Oasis is now a voluntary sector provider, delivering services for local authorities and national governments, as well as self funded initiatives.
Oasis currently works in 51 local neighbourhoods – 35 of which are in the UK.
Oasis Church Waterloo
In 2003, under Steve Chalke's leadership, Oasis became responsible for the buildings of Christ Church and Upton Chapel, in Waterloo, central London, and started working with the existing members there to form what was originally known as Church.co.uk. (now named Oasis Church, Waterloo).
Christ Church and Upton Chapel was founded as Surrey Chapel in 1783, and was to provide a major influence in the start of the ragged school movement – which provided schools for local children from poor homes – and also supported the birth of the Shaftesbury Society, the YMCA and the Bible Society. In the 1800s it was also influential in the anti-slavery movement; William Wilberforce and friends made its building a venue for many of their anti-slavery meetings, and its spire, built in 1867, is named the Lincoln Memorial Tower, donated in memory of Abraham Lincoln who was both inspired and supported by in his work to achieve the emancipation of the slaves of North America through the network of friends based in London.
Since 2003 a wide range of community services focused on the half-mile radius around the building, have been developed including a children's centre, a primary school, a secondary school, various adult education opportunities, a food bank, a debt advice centre, a community farm, a coffee shop, as well as becoming responsible for the local public library and launching various other youth projects and programmes.
Further Oasis churches have developed running alongside the communities of Oasis Academies in Salford, Oldham, Brightstowe, Bristol, Enfield, Southampton (Lord's Hill & Mayfield), Immingham and Wintringham.
The Oasis church network has five values which are at the heart of their work: inclusion, interdependence, intimacy, involvement and influence.
Stop The Traffik
Stop The Traffik is one of the Oasis subsidiary charities. It is a coalition working in nearly 100 countries and in partnership with multiple other charitable organisations, businesses and anti-trafficking agencies with the goal of disrupting and preventing human trafficking.
Oasis Community Housing
Oasis Community Housing delivers services for vulnerably housed and homeless people, in the North East as well as in South London. Annually it supports over 1000 people with housing needs.
Oasis Community Learning
Oasis Community Learning is a multi-academy trust and one of Oasis Trust's subsidiary charities. It has an UID of 4076 It acts as an umbrella group to govern the Oasis Academies which are schools classed as academies. The first three Oasis academies in Enfield Lock, Grimsby and Immingham, opened in September 2007, with six more, two in Bristol, two in Southampton, two in Croydon and one in Salford, opening in September 2008. Since then, Oasis has grown to be one of the country's largest Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and is currently responsible for 53 schools around England; a mix of primary, secondary and all-through academies.
The trust have guided forty schools out of special measures. Chalke says "Turning round a school is sometimes a quick fix, it really, truly is. And sometimes it’s a really long, hard, hard job". A few schools have been problematic for decades, according to Chalke.
Oasis has a long-term strategy for enhancing the performance of its schools. Firstly it has devised a standard curriculum. Secondly it has invested in staff training, and thirdly, through its Horizons scheme it is providing each member of staff and student with a tablet.
Primary
* Oasis Academy Aspinal, Gorton, Manchester
* Oasis Academy Bank Leaze, Lawrence Weston, Bristol
* Oasis Academy Blakenhale Infants, Garretts Green, Birmingham
* Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior, Garretts Green, Birmingham
* Oasis Academy Boulton, Soho, Birmingham
* Oasis Academy Broadoak, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
* Oasis Academy Byron, Coulsdon, London
* Oasis Academy Connaught, Knowle, Bristol
* Oasis Academy Firvale, Sheffield
* Oasis Academy Foundry, Soho, Birmingham
* Oasis Academy Harpur Mount, Harpurhey, Manchester
* Oasis Academy Henderson Avenue, Scunthorpe
* Oasis Academy Hobmoor, Yardley, Birmingham
* Oasis Academy Johanna, Lower Marsh, London
* Oasis Academy Limeside, Limeside, Oldham
* Oasis Academy Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, Bristol
* Oasis Academy Marksbury Road, Bristol
* Oasis Academy New Oak, Bristol
* Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe, Grimsby
* Oasis Academy Parkwood, Scunthorpe
* Oasis Academy Pinewood, Collier Row, London
* Oasis Academy Putney, London
* Oasis Academy Ryelands, South Norwood, London
* Oasis Academy Short Heath, Erdington, Birmingham
* Oasis Academy Skinner Street, Gillingham
* Oasis Academy Warndon, Worcester
* Oasis Academy Watermead, Sheffield
* Oasis Academy Woodview, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Secondary
* Oasis Academy Arena, South Norwood, London
* Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Shirehampton, Bristol
* Oasis Academy Brislington, Brislington, Bristol
* Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, London
* Oasis Academy Enfield, Enfield Lock, London
* Oasis Academy Immingham, Immingham
* Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
* Oasis Academy John Williams, Hengrove, Bristol
* Oasis Academy Leesbrook, Oldham
* Oasis Academy Lister Park, Bradford
* Oasis Academy Lord's Hill, Southampton
* Oasis Academy Mayfield, Southampton
* Oasis Academy MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, Salford
* Oasis Academy Oldham, Hollinwood, Oldham
* Oasis Academy Sholing, Southampton
* Oasis Academy Silvertown, West Silvertown
* Oasis Academy South Bank, Lambeth, London
* Oasis Academy Wintringham, Grimsby
Under construction
* Oasis Academy Temple Quarter, Bristol
All-through
* Oasis Academy Don Valley, Attercliffe, Sheffield
* Oasis Academy Hadley, Ponders End, London
* Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Woodside, London
Oasis Horizons
Horizons is a scheme to upskill each adult and child in the Oasis Community Learning group by loaning them an Apple iPad tablet so they can access enhanced on-line learning both together in class and at home. Oasis explains that this
* addresses the inequality agenda
* allows Oasis to develop a more exciting curriculum taking advantage of hundreds of online apps
* allows staff to work more efficiency, reducing the time needed to perform routine tasks
* allows students and families to access resources at home involving families to be more involved in the students education.
* prepares students for the next stage in their careers or in employment.
Oasis Restore
Oasis took over the management of the Medway Secure Training Centre (Medway Children's Prison) from G4S and HM Prisons Service; the facility was scheduled to reopen in March 2021. The focus will be on rehabilitation not retaliation and the children and young people will be called students, not prisoners or inmates. Through education and a co-curriculum, Oasis hopes to develop a pathway for them towards that day that they can follow after they leave. There will be capacity for 64 students aged between 12 and 17 who may be staying from a few days to several years.
In June 2019 the Ministry of Justice announced that they had awarded Oasis the long-term contract to run the UK's first ‘Secure School’. Chalke explains that Oasis will offer a therapeutically informed education and health care based alternative to youth prison. He also recognises that "The challenge is huge...we have been given a massive responsibility. I realise that the reputation of the Ministry of Justice and the reputation of the whole of Oasis depends on this." The Oasis Secure School, which will be known as Oasis Restore, will occupy the site of the Medway Secure Training College (formerly known as Borstal) which was previously run by G4S until 2016 when a BBC Panorama documentary exposed the level of drugs and violence in the jail and the government removed their contract. Oasis Restore will open at the end of May 2024. | WIKI |
2014 Associate tour of Australia and New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup Associate Warm-up Matches are some cricket matches arranged by the International Cricket Council to Associate Nations for familiarisation of conditions in Australian and New Zealand. The tour is organised for the four qualifying teams (Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland & United Arab Emirates) to aid their preparation for the 2015 World Cup.
These teams will play against local sides. Teams will be able to train with former cricketer and specialists coaches like Dav Whatmore as part of after joining the ICC High Performance Programme (HPP) in an advisory role. | WIKI |
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Once upon a time, a little cock and a little hen went to the Giant Mountains to hunt for strawberries. On the way, they agreed to divide equally all the fruit they found. The little hen was the first to find a big berry and calling the little cock according to their agreement, each ate his half.
Then the little cock found a strawberry, not quite so luscious as the first, but most tempting, in fact so much so, that he said nothing about it to his little partner. Instead, he tried to gobble it down as fast as he could. But it stuck in his throat. He tried every means to get that berry down. He stretched out his neck, moved his head backwards and forwards, jumped up and dawn, shook himself, in fact tried every thing to make that berry go down. But there it stuck! He then began to show signs of great distress. | WIKI |
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younger daughter; though indeed she bore no resemblance to either of Longueville's friends. Gordon Wright, in spite of Bernard's interrogative glances, indulged in no optical confidences. He had too much to tell—he would keep his story till they should be alone together. It was impossible that they should adjourn just yet to social solitude; the two ladies were under Gordon's protection. Mrs. Vivian—Bernard felt a satisfaction in learning her name; it was as if a curtain, half pulled up and stopped by a hitch, had suddenly been raised altogether—Mrs. Vivian sat looking up and down the terrace, at the crowd of loungers and talkers, with an air of tender expectation. She was probably looking for her other companion, and Longueville could not help wishing also that this young lady would arrive. Meanwhile, he saw that the young girl to whom Gordon had been devoting himself was extremely pretty, and appeared eminently approachable. Longueville had some talk with her, reflecting that if she were the person concerning whom Gordon had written him, it behoved him to appear to take an interest in her. This view of the case was confirmed by Gordon Wright's presently turning away to talk with Mrs. Vivian, so that his friend might be at liberty to make acquaintance with their companion.
Though she had not been with the others at Siena, it seemed to Longueville, with regard to her too, that this was not the first time he had seen her. She was simply the American pretty girl whom he had seen a thousand times. It was a numerous sisterhood, pervaded by a strong family likeness. This young lady had charming eyes (of the colour of Gordon's cravats), which looked everywhere at once and yet found time to linger in some places, where Longueville's own eyes frequently met them. She had soft brown hair, with a silky-golden thread in it, 24 | WIKI |
German stocks - Factors to watch on March 18
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, March 18 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday: Italy’s prime minister declared coronavirus was causing a “socio-economic tsunami” as European leaders agreed to seal off external borders, but many countries thwarted solidarity by imposing frontier curbs of their own. Robert Koch Institute said the number of confirmed cases in Germany had risen by more than 1,100 to 7,156 with 13 deaths. Imported coronavirus cases in China outnumbered cases of location transmission for the fifth straight day as infected travellers passed through major Chinese transportation hubs in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The sportswear maker joined rivals in announcing store closures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Annual report due. The carmaker last week said its 2019 operating profit fell 17% but record demand for SUVs helped offsetting higher research and development spending. Annual report due. The healthcare group said in February it expects net income to increase in 2020 after strong growth in its dialysis business. Annual report due. The company said in February net profit fell 8.7% in the fourth quarter amid losses from natural catastrophes. The molecular testing company said it would ramp up its global capacity to produce certain kits used to test for the new coronavirus, aiming to support more than 6.5 million tests a month by the end of April. Some European telecoms operators reported connectivity problems on Tuesday as millions of people logged on for work at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, driving up data traffic by as much as 30% and testing networks. The United States is expected to proceed with a 50% increase in U.S. tariffs on Airbus planes, U.S. and European officials say. Annual report due. The defence and automotive parts group earlier this month reported record sales and operating profit, driven by its military division. Annual report due. The diesel engine manufacturer earlier this month said revenue in 2019 amounted to 1.84 billion euros. The group said it has taken cost cutting measures that could result in up to 2,000 job cuts and site closures. 2019 results due The group issued a sales and profit warning. Annual report due. The company in February said full-year revenue was stable at 436.5 million euros. SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS - Credit Suisse raises to outperform from neutral BEIERSDORF - Jefferies raises to hold from underperform Dow Jones +5.2%, S&P 500 +6.0%, Nasdaq +6.2% at close. Nikkei +0.8%, Shanghai stocks +0.6%. Time: 5:28 GMT No major German economic data scheduled REUTERS TOP NEWS (Reporting by Berlin Speed Desk and Frankfurt Newsroom) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Nº 7 2013 > The future of time
To abolish or not to abolish the leap second?
GLONASS and Coordinated Universal Time
Igor V. Zheltonogov, D. Aronov and S. Sorokin, Geyser-Telecom, Russian Federation
Launch of the Soyuz-2.16 rocket carrying the Glonass-M spacecraft, from the Plesetsk spaceport, in October 2011 GLONASS equipment in new buses taking part in a pilot project on passenger traffic patterns in Moscow
Launch of the Soyuz-2.16 rocket carrying the Glonass-M spacecraft, from the Plesetsk spaceport, in October 2011
GLONASS equipment in new buses taking part in a pilot project on passenger traffic patterns in Moscow
The purpose of the Russian Federation’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is to provide an unlimited number of air, marine and other users with all-weather three-dimensional positioning, velocity measurement and timing anywhere in the world or in near-Earth space.
GLONASS has three components: a constellation of satellites (space segment); ground-based control facilities (control segment); and user equipment (user segment). The current GLONASS constellation is composed of 29 satellites, of which four are in reserve and one is in testing mode. The most recent launch was on 26 April 2013.
GLONASS Time
Currently, the GLONASS system implements a time-scale with the leap second, in accordance with international standards (Recommendation ITU–R TF.460-6).
The GLONASS time-scale is periodically corrected simultaneously with the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) leap-second insertions, which are made following announcement by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS).
GLONASS users are notified in advance (at least three months before) of these planned leap-second corrections (including their value and sign) through relevant bulletins, notifications and so on. The GLONASS satellite navigation messages themselves do not include any data concerning the UTC leap-second correction.
Typically, these corrections (±1 second) are performed once a year (or 1.5 years) at midnight 00 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds UTC from 31 December to 1 January (or from 31 March to 1 April or from 30 June to 1 July or from 30 September to 1 October) simultaneously by all UTC users.
As a result of the periodic leap-second corrections, there is no integer-second difference between GLONASS Time and the UTC (SU) time-scale maintained by the Russian Federation. However, there is a constant three-hour difference between these two time-scales.
The GLONASS view of changing the time-scale
The World Radiocommunication Conference in 2012 (WRC‑12) decided that WRC‑15 should, under its Agenda item 1.14, consider redefining Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Under this agenda item, and in accordance with Resolution 653 (WRC‑12), ITU–R is conducting the necessary studies on the feasibility of achieving a continuous reference time-scale for dissemination by radiocommunication systems. ITU–R is also studying issues related to the possible implementation of a continuous reference time-scale (including technical and operational factors). Based on the studies, WRC‑15 is invited “to consider the feasibility of achieving a continuous reference time-scale, whether by the modification of UTC or some other method, and take appropriate action, taking into account ITU–R studies” (emphasis added).
In 30 years of operating the GLONASS system and implementing the time-scale with leap seconds in accordance with international standards, a large amount of existing hardware and software has been adapted for the insertion of leap seconds.
In many cases, for example in that of space-borne receivers, this equipment cannot be updated during its operational life. It should be noted that the guaranteed operational life of spacecraft is more than 10 years, and the GLONASS system will have to maintain its existing time-scale with leap seconds to ensure the continued operation of this hardware.
Navigation receivers are widely used for the safeguarding and rescue of human life, for example the COSPAS-SARSAT International Satellite System for Search and Rescue. The Radio Regulations pay special attention to such applications, and their provision No. 4.10 states: “Member States recognize that the safety aspects of radionavigation and other safety services require special measures to ensure their freedom from harmful interference; it is necessary therefore to take this factor into account in the assignment and use of frequencies.” This makes it clear that WRC decisions should not create adverse consequences for systems used for the safeguarding and rescue of human life.
If a decision were to be taken to move to a continuous time-scale in the near future and this decision were to be implemented in the GLONASS system without retaining the existing time-scale (with the leap second), then a large amount of existing equipment and the corresponding systems would provide incorrect navigation information or even be totally unable to operate. In some cases (for example in aviation, maritime and satellite systems) this could lead to disaster. To avoid this disastrous outcome, the existing navigation receivers that use the reference time-scale with the leap second would have to be updated or replaced in order to be able to operate with the continuous time-scale. In many cases this would also involve updating all the approved technical documents, and carrying out a complete cycle of retesting and recertification of the systems and equipment (for example, spacecraft and launch vehicles).
Given the scale of the use of GLONASS system navigation applications in aviation, space and maritime services, there would be significant difficulties for the GLONASS system if the existing time-scale with a leap second is not kept.
The opinion with regard to GLONASS is that WRC‑15 should consider solutions that ensure backward compatibility, enabling existing equipment to operate fully without updates and replacements. One possibility would be to keep the current UTC time-scale (with the leap second) without change and bring into use a continuous time-scale on an equal basis. Such a decision would allow systems using the current UTC time-scale to continue to operate without any changes and the associated costs. It would also avoid problems arising from applying corrections to conform to a continuous time-scale.
By maintaining the current UTC time-scale on an equal basis with a new continuous time-scale, it would be possible in each case to apply the more suitable time-scale for any particular system.
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Exercise Spotlight: Jumping Jacks
Leanna Olbinsky
Jumping jacks are a fun plyometric exercise, suitable for all fitness levels. Plyometrics combine aerobic exercise and resistance work, which works your heart, lungs, and muscles at the same time. Plyometric exercises like jumping jacks are primarily utilized to help people run faster and jump higher. What makes jumping jacks so efficient is that they provide a total-body workout that you can perform virtually anywhere.
How to do a Jumping Jack
To perform a jumping jack, start by standing with your feet together, placing your arms at your side. The next step is to jump your feet out to the side, just beyond shoulder width. At the same time you perform the jump, swing your arms out to the side and up above your head. Follow this by jumping back into the starting position. You have now completed your first jumping jack.
You can repeat this movement to perform your first set. If you are a beginner, try a set of 10-20. More advanced? Try a set of 75-100 jumping jacks. Make sure to know your limits. Never push your body beyond its capabilities. Fitness is about progress not perfection.
When you’re performing jumping jacks, remember to synchronize the in and out movement of your legs with your arms. A common mistake with jumping jacks is to get the coordination of the movement wrong by not having your leg and arm movement in rhythm. It may take a few practice sets to get the coordination just right, but you will pick it up in no time.
Technique is definitely an important element of the jumping jack. It is important to maintain proper form to prevent injury. While technique is important, so is the surface you perform the movement on. When you are performing jumping jacks, make sure you are standing on a safe, flat surface that allows plenty of movement. Keeping safe while exercising will help you stay on track of your health and fitness goals.
What Body Parts do Jumping Jacks Target?
Jumping jacks are a great full-body exercise. They primarily target the calves, quadriceps, and shoulders. Jumping jacks are a relatively easy move to perform, but keep in mind that they are a high impact exercise.
What are the Benefits?
Jumping jacks offer many benefits to those who perform them. They can serve as a warm-up exercise to get the heart rate up or can be integrated into any workout as a cardio movement. They not only aid in weight loss, but they also keep your heart healthy, make your bones stronger, and help to relieve stress. The exercise also helps to improve both coordination and flexibility. As a warm-up exercise or as a total body workout move, you can’t go wrong with integrating jumping jacks into your fitness routine.
Try a Jumping Jack Variation
Once you’ve got the standard jumping jack down, why not incorporate a jumping jack variation into your fitness routine? Some popular jumping jack variations are star jumps, squat jacks, and even plank jacks. These are more advanced movements, so be sure you are ready for the challenge before taking on these exercises.
If you are not quite ready for the jumping jack just yet, why not try a jumping jack alternative? Before you get your first jumping jack, try a side shuffle, step touch, or chest expander. Mastering these movements will bring you one step closer to easily completing your first set.
Overall, jumping jacks are a fantastic exercise to incorporate into any level fitness routine. They provide many benefits, from weight loss to overall health improvement. Check out Sworkit to not only learn more about incorporating our spotlight exercise moves into your fitness routine, but to learn more about health and fitness in general. Sworkit has the ability to help change your life for the better.
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Hardy wrote At Castle Boterel in March 1913, whilst visiting Boscastle, a place where he and Emma had visited during their happier past. Hardy himself is the speaker in the poem, remembering personally his days with Emma before their separation and her subsequent death. But as is constantly apparent in a lot of Hardy’s poetry the last three stanzas show time very actively and, to Hardy, a force to be apposed.
“Time” is referred to in the poem, with particular interest to be paid to the capitalisation of the letter ‘T’ – Hardy is personifying the concept of time. This ‘T’ not only shows that time has power but it also shows it as a more conscious, real, moving thing than a mere concept or benign fact of our reality; but in the phrase “mindless rote”, Hardy is suggesting that time continues to mindlessly bound on regardless of his feelings, Emma’s death or any other occurrences.
Time “has ruled from sight” Emma from him, again, ‘ruled’ being a very active and alive verb, showing Hardy’s opinion of time as a thing of motion and irrespective continuation. But this opinion of time as conscious and deliberate contradicts his previous description of it as “part steals lets part abide”, but in At Castle Boterel, time is shown more similar to the ‘Immanent Will’, which we know Hardy to have been a believer of. But is this “mindless” as described here? Not quite, but why?
Why has Hardy’s description of time altered in this poem? Perhaps it is simply his altered mood, here he is expressing almost anger towards time for stealing Emma from him, before he had a chance to realise how much he did love her – something he only discovered after her death. In some ways, Hardy expresses a defiance of time in this poem. He sees “one phantom figure remains on the slope… though Time” has taken her away, indicated by the lack of her physical substance as she is now to him a ‘phantom’.
But time can’t alter that moment/memory in for him, he still remembers her and time can’t stop that, through the “Primeval rocks… they record… that we two passed” which suggests that to him, despite “the transitory in Earth’s long order”, the most important thing these rocks will witness is that they two passed. But, he recognises that he can’t defy time completely, “never again” will he go there again, for his “sand is sinking” signifying that he is dying and probably won’t live long enough to go there again.
Time will take him from the world as is did her, but will his memory of that moment die with them? Or perhaps the rocks have recorded “in colour and cast” their moment together. Overall, Time is shown as mindless in At Castle Boterel, it fails to consider his feelings and still takes from him part of his memory, Emma, and is in the process of taking him we are told. But it is also irreversible, unbeatable and all-powerful, despite his small victory over it; it will still continue regardless and take him from the world in the end. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Jalan Kayu Constituency
Jalan Kayu Constituency was a single member constituency in Jalan Kayu, Singapore, between 1959 and 1988.
Formation and dissolution
After the 1951 election, the present Jalan Kayu Single Member Constituency constituted the majority of the Seletar ward; that ward was dissolved prior to the 1959 election, producing the Jalan Kayu ward, the then Thomson ward, and small parts of Nee Soon ward. Following its dissolution in 1988, Jalan Kayu was incorporated into the new Cheng San Group Representation Constituency. The People's Action Party had held the ward by a narrow margin of 571 votes in the 1984 election.
Elections
Note : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in 1980s
Note: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair was offered the first and only Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat, only to reject it. The seat was subsequently offered to Tan Chee Kien, the second best performing but lost the election opposition candidate who ran in Kaki Bukit SMC under the Singapore United Front's banner as auxiliary NCMP who had also promptly declined the offer. This is the only general election that oversees the Opposition candidates had declined NCMP offers since the introduction of NCMP scheme prior to 1984 general elections. The only other election after the introduction of NCMP scheme that sees no NCMP legislator was after the 1991 general election where 4 opposition legislators were elected, which had exceeded the maximum of 3 NCMP seats (Each NCMP seat is reduced when each opposition candidate has been elected for a particular ward).
Elections in 1960s
Notes: The then incumbent Tan Cheng Tong from People's Action Party had attempted to seek another term, but this time round he joined Barisan Sosialis instead and win the election, despite his votes' share was slashed by nearly half.
Elections in 1950s
Notes: Madai Puthan Damodaran Nair has contested here in every GE since the inception of this ward, with the exceptions in 1967 by-elections and 1968 elections where he stood as an independent candidate in Thomson and Farrer Park wards respectively. He had previously elected in Seletar ward, which has since evolved into this ward and also went through up and downs, from an end of almost being elected MP since the independence of Singapore in 1984 elections when he represented the Workers' Party of Singapore and subsequently offered but declined the Non-constituency Member of Parliament seat to lost his election deposit in 1963 elections when he was one of the candidate that entered into the multi-cornered fight's fray under the banner of Singapore Alliance. | WIKI |
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Contrast Stretching, also known as normalization, is an image enhancement technique used in the field of image processing. The goal of contrast stretching is to improve the visibility of details in an image by expanding the range of intensity levels it contains to span the full range of values allowed by the image. This is achieved by redistributing the gray levels or color values across the entire available dynamic range.
Principle
The principle behind contrast stretching is to take the narrow range of intensity values in an image and stretch them across a wider range. This is typically done by applying a linear transformation to the pixel values of the image. The transformation function is monotonically increasing and maps the intensity levels of the input image to the entire available display range. By stretching the contrast, the details in the darker and lighter regions of the image become more visible and distinguishable.
Detailed Mathematical Formulation
The mathematical model underpinning contrast stretching is elegantly simple yet powerful. It can be articulated as follows:
$$ T(r) = \frac{(r - r_{min})}{(r_{max} - r_{min})} \times (L - 1) $$
In this formula:
* T(r) denotes the transformed intensity value,
* r represents the initial intensity value of a pixel,
* $$r_{min}$$ and $$r_{max}$$ are the smallest and largest intensity values found in the original image, respectively,
* L signifies the total count of potential intensity levels that the image can exhibit.
Properties
Contrast stretching has the following properties:
* It is a linear operation, meaning that the relationship between the input and output pixel values is described by a straight line.
* It is a point operation, which means that the transformation is applied to each pixel independently, without considering its neighborhood.
* It does not increase the inherent information content of the image, but it enhances the perception of the existing information.
Applications
Contrast stretching is widely used in various applications such as:
* Satellite imagery: To enhance the visibility of features in remote sensing images.
* Medical imaging: To improve the contrast of X-ray, CT, and MRI images for better diagnosis.
* Photography: To improve the contrast and detail in digital photographs, especially in low-light or high-contrast scenes.
* Scientific visualization: To enhance the visibility of data in scientific images and visualizations.
Code Example
Here is an example of how to perform contrast stretching using Python with the OpenCV library:
In this example, the image is first converted to grayscale. The minimum and maximum pixel values in the grayscale image are then calculated. The `cv2.normalize` function is used to perform the contrast stretching transformation, mapping the pixel values to the full range of 0 to 255. The original and contrast-stretched images are displayed using OpenCV's `cv2.imshow` function.
Limitations
While contrast stretching can improve the visibility of details in an image, it has some limitations:
* It may introduce saturation or clipping of pixel values at the extreme ends of the intensity range, leading to loss of information.
* It may amplify noise present in the image, making it more visible.
* It is a global operation, meaning that it applies the same transformation to the entire image, which may not be optimal for images with varying local contrast.
To address these limitations, more advanced contrast enhancement techniques, such as adaptive histogram equalization or local contrast enhancement, can be employed. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daryl Dixon (economic writer)
The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 03:15, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Daryl Dixon (economic writer)
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Unnotable person, article is still an orphan three years after creation. Article is an autobiography, created by and and sourced to the subject. Every word in the article was written by User:Dixon Advisory and it looks like an ad for his company. Barsoomian (talk) 02:26, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
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* Keep he has a recent article in The Australian referred to here (paywalled), and his financial advice appears to be the topic of 3 articles in the Australian Financial Review over 3 years(AFR search). Whilst not a reliable source his about page on his website should allow the identification of RS for many elements of his CV. A Trove search for books lists 44 publications, a number of which are published by notable publishers (e.g. ). -- Paul foord (talk) 04:37, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
* Note the article has now been edited to make it more encyclopedic, more work required. Found lots of publications at Trove. I note the late addition of the WP:COI to the nomination. --Paul foord (talk) 12:28, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
* I did just add WP:COI explicitly here, but the COI template has been, appropriately, on the article since 2010. Barsoomian (talk) 13:21, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
* OK, I think the article addresses the concerns raised. I think there are more than enough RS proving notability. Just found 3 columns in the Sydney Morning Herald in their supplement on the 1998 Mini-Budget by Daryl Dixon, Labor's strategy opens way for flat tax system, Tax reform on the cheap and Mortgage-holder the losers, (13 April 1989), Sydney Morning Herald, p. 2s -- Paul foord (talk) 12:52, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
* It seems that every cited reference is written by Dixon. There is nothing independent about him. No reviews, for example. Barsoomian (talk)
* I think he fits here Notability Creative_professionals 'The person is a significant contributor to, a subject of, or used as an expert source by major news agencies or publications.' Paul foord (talk) 20:58, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
* He wrote three articles in a newspaper in 1989 (not '98). That's "significant"? Mark me unconvinced, but it's up to the closer. Barsoomian (talk) 06:13, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
* Notability is not temporary. PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 09:05, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* see this link and this link Paul foord (talk) 08:39, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
* Hi, I have recently made some additional edits to the Daryl Dixon (economic writer) page. I agree with Paul foord in that there is still a fair bit to update given the quantum of references and sources to Daryl Dixon. For starters I found 65 articles written by Daryl Dixon in the AFR Smart Investor magazine http://www.afrsmartinvestor.com, how would you suggest referencing these? Also he writes for the Canberra Times weekly however there are only 30 articles available on the net. Pete441 (talk) 15:12, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
* Delete This article is purely autobiographical and promotional. andy (talk) 20:51, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
* So fix it.Strong Keep The state of the article is irrelevant. I think he passes based on what has been brought into the open. Plus he wrote a couple of articles for this magazine . His biography at this University website gives us good details of his notability in his field as well. THis is just the Icing on the cake. PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 09:05, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
* Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz talk 00:14, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* Delete: the precious few secondary sources don't imply notability, and the WP:BURDEN lies heavily on the supporters, especially as this is obviously self-promotional. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) (formerly R——bo) 00:45, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* CommentI believe your burden is met. Here is another ref for you. This guy is clearly notable in Australia. Here is a businessweek overview of him as well to assert his being a significant contributor to his field. PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 09:11, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* Comment I understood that notability was a separate issue from self promotion. The arguments for deletion appear to address the promotion aspect. That can be edited out - which is what my edits sought to do - it would appear further work is required to address that. Paul foord (talk) 11:49, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* The overwhelming majority of the references are not independent because they were written in whole or part by the article's subject. The key claim for him, that "He is well known and respected in Australia as an authority on superannuation" is a totally unsupported assertion. I see nothing that shows particular notability - in what way is he any different from the majority of clever writers? IMHO this article fails both WP:RS and WP:BIO and I have heard no convincing arguments to the contrary. Remove the unreliable sources and the pointless and unreferenced detail in the biography session and there's nothing left apart from an unconvincing stub. andy (talk) 13:18, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* You make it sound as if he is self-published rather than featuring in prominent Australian news media. The Australian, the Australian Financial Review and the Australian Broadcasting Commission are independent of him and free to choose whatever experts they choose. Daryl Dixon appears prominently in the Australian print media and as a commentator, and to a lesser extent on the broadcast media (see a quick ABC website search, here, at http://www.abc.net.au/nightlife/stories/s1648051.htm tthe ABC refers to Dixon as their superannuation expert. Paul foord (talk) 13:39, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* You make a good point about the distinction between self publication, and having your articles published in many news outlets. I also ask the person who doubted the assertions of notability presented by the university I linked to. Why would they lie? I think they would know who is notable in the field and who is not. PortlandOregon97217 (talk) 20:03, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
* Keep With Javascript enabled, open this source and click on "Read full background". This is everything we want as significant reliable coverage by a secondary source. I searched Google on [Daryl Dixon superannuation] and see that on the first page of hits a snippet shows that abc.net.au recognizes the topic as a "Superannuation expert". The second page of hits has this source, in which the Victorian government serves as an independent source giving attention to the topic. This trove page assigns the topic a persistent ID and lists 267 resources. Topic satisfies WP:GNG and WP:N. Unscintillating (talk) 01:54, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
* Keep. I think the Google Scholar search helps - his work has received a number of citations. Not huge - the h-index only works out to be 5 - but this isn't an academic field. StAnselm (talk) 09:51, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
* Keep This person is very well known in Australia, appearing often in newspaper and also on Tv. eg http://www.abc.net.au/nightlife/stories/3617239.htm http://www.smh.com.au/business/asset-check-with-daryl-dixon-20121124-2a0l0.html. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:08, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
* Weak Keep, I think the sources scrape him over the notability bar, but not by much. A large proportion of the references provided are by Dixon himself, and while that's not against the rules as such, there shouldn't be any trouble locating heaps of coverage on someone who was clearly notable. Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:50, 16 January 2013 (UTC).
* Keep: Notability established. - Ret.Prof (talk) 23:39, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
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Texas Rangers - PlayerWatch
INF Hanser Alberto was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock to make room for RHP Jeremy Jeffress. Alberto batted .175 with four RBIs in 25 games over two stints with the Rangers this season. He went 1-for-3 with an RBI in one start at third base since his most recent recall July 20. DH Carlos Beltran hit his first homer for the Rangers on Wednesday since being traded from the Yankees on Monday with a solo shot in the opening inning. He has homered for all seven teams he has played for over his career. The others are Kansas City, Houston, the New York Mets, San Francisco and St. Louis. “It’s always good. Any time you are capable of doing something positive for the team,” Beltran said. “The fact that I got my first hit here it’s good. It’s good to get it out of the way.” OF Shin-Soo Choo, who has been on the disabled since June 20 with lower back inflammation, is making progress and could return to the team this series, according to manager Jeff Banister. Choo has appeared in 33 games and is batting .260 with seven homers and 17 RBIs. “I feel good,” Choo said in the team’s clubhouse Wednesday. “Everything feels like normal. I feel like I can help this team.” RHP Cole Hamels (12-3, 2.89 ERA) struggled with his command early before regaining control Wednesday against the Orioles. Hamels allowed all three of his runs in the first and gave up only four hits with six strikeouts and four walks over seven innings. “You want to be able to go out there and get ahead,” Hamels said. “Sometimes you are not able to find it in that first inning and that will definitely cost you. More times than not, you can try to scratch out a win, but it’s definitely my fault with not being able to establish a strike zone in those key situations.” RHP Jeremy Jeffress was officially added to the active roster after being acquired in a five-player trade with the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday. To make room, INF Hanser Alberto was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock. Jeffress is 2-2 record with 27 saves (tied for fifth in the National League) and a 2.22 ERA over 47 relief appearances this season. Jeffries has converted 27 of 28 save chances this season, including 16 consecutive tries since May 24. However, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Sam Dyson will remain the closer, but Jeffress gives the team more flexibility. “I’m excited. I hear the organization has a lot of great things to offer,” Jeffress said shortly after arriving in the Rangers’ clubhouse Wednesday. “I’m glad to be on a contending team and helping these guys win.” | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Expression and function of NKp46 W32R: The human homologous protein of mouse NKp46 W32R (Noé)
Ariella Glasner, Batya Isaacson, Ofer Mandelboim*
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Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells eradicate infected cells and tumors following the triggering of activating receptors, like the Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors (NCRs), which include NKp30, NKp44 and NKp46. NKp46 is the only NCR expressed in mice (mNKp46), and except for some Innate Lymphoid Cell (ILC) populations (ILC1/3 subsets), its expression is restricted to NK cells. Previously, a mouse named Noé was generated in which a random point mutation (W32R) impaired the cell surface expression of mNKp46. Interestingly, the Noé mice NK cells expressed twice as much of the transcription factor Helios, and displayed general non-NKp46 specific hyperactivity. We recently showed that the mNKp46 W32R (Noé) protein was expressed on the surface of various cells; albeit slowly and unstably, that it is aberrantly glycosylated and accumulates in the ER. Interestingly, the Tryptophan (Trp) residue in position 32 is conserved between humans and mice. Therefore, we studied here the human orthologue protein of mNKp46 W32R, the human NKp46 W32R. We demonstrated that NKp46 W32R is aberrantly glycosylated, accumulates in the ER, and is unstable on the cell surface. Furthermore, we showed that overexpression of NKp46 W32R or Helios resulted in augmented NK cell activation, which may be applied to boost NK activity for therapeutic applications.
Original languageAmerican English
Article number40944
JournalScientific Reports
Volume7
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StatePublished - 30 Jan 2017
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How Can Supplements Improve Your Health?
As we grow older, our bodies change. We become less active, and our bodies become less efficient. Food that was once satisfying and healthy may begin to do more harm than good. One way to slow the aging process is to start using supplements. Supplements are designed to help supplement a diet. They are packed with vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that assist the body in carrying out important functions.
Why Should You Take Supplements?
You’ve probably heard some of the nutritional advice that’s all the rage these days, such as eating less meat and more whole grains or cutting out most refined sugar. As it turns out, those nutritional recommendations aren’t the only things you can do to improve your health. Supplements like vitamins and herbs can also help you feel better by addressing deficiencies and boosting your overall health.
Supplements are used to improve your health when you cannot get nutrients from food. A diet full of nutrient-rich foods is the best way to get vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, and it can also help you keep your weight within a healthy range. Supplements are meant to fill in nutrition gaps, not replace healthy eating. But eating well isn’t always easy, especially when you’re busy. If you struggle to eat well every day, a multivitamin might be a good addition to your overall wellness plan.
When people think of supplements, they usually think of vitamins. However, there are many other kinds of supplements that people take to improve their health. Supplements can be vitamins, minerals, herbal extracts, or amino acids. Supplements are not meant to be a substitute for a healthy diet. They are meant to supplement the nutrients in a healthy diet.
The Benefits
If you’re like millions of Americans, you might need to take supplements. In fact, a recent study found that more than 40% of Americans have a vitamin or mineral deficiency. Some people’s diets are so poor that they need to take supplements to get enough essential vitamins and minerals to support optimal health. If you’re in this situation, you probably already know that supplements can be a great way to fill in the gaps in your diet. But did you know that they can have other benefits too?
It’s true that many people don’t get the nutrients they need with their diet alone and taking a supplement can help fill in the gaps. But that’s not the only reason to take a supplement. In fact, taking a supplement and making sure you’re getting all the nutrients you need can help you boost your immune system, improve your energy, and it can even help you feel more focused at work or school.
What is the Best Way to Take Supplements?
Supplements are a topic of much contention in the health and fitness industry. Should you take them? Most experts say no, but a growing number of new studies suggest supplements when used wisely, can be a valuable addition to your diet. It’s important to understand that supplements are not magic pills that will make you healthy and fit overnight they are just additional tools that play a role in your overall plan for better health.
The best time to start taking supplements is before you actually need them. There is a lot of information around that suggests that taking supplements at this point is pointless, but this is actually not the case. On the contrary, taking supplements as part of a balanced diet can help you to avoid health issues later on in life. It is suggested that you keep taking your supplements as you age since this is when you are most prone to health problems.
Before You Start Purchasing Supplements…
Taking supplements is becoming increasingly popular, as people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of taking care of their bodies in different ways and that many foods can fall short of providing the nutrients, we need to have strong, healthy bodies. However, many products that claim to be “natural” or contain “herbal” ingredients can be harmful to your body.
Tip: Always take the time to do your research and read the ingredient list since supplements are not monitored by the FDA, and there is no guarantee that they’re safe for use. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
James Basevi Ord
James Basevi Ord (15 March 1892 – 30 January 1938) was a United States Army lieutenant colonel killed in an air crash at Camp John Hay, Philippines. At the time, Ord was serving as the Assistant Military Advisor to the Commonwealth of the Philippines, under United States Military Advisor Douglas MacArthur. Ord was a member of the West Point class of 1915, "the class the stars fell on", that also included Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower.
Early life
James Basevi Ord was born in Mexico on 15 March 1892, the son of Captain James Thompson Ord and Rose Basevi. He came from a distinguished military family. He was the grandson of Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord; Major Edward Otho Cresap Ord II was his uncle; and Major General James Garesche Ord was his cousin.
Ord received an appointment from California to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, which he entered on 12 June 1911. The class he joined would become famous as the class the stars fell on. Of the 164 graduates that year, 59 would wear the stars of a general officer, the most of any class in the history of the Academy. Classmates included Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower.
World War I
On 12 June 1915, Ord graduated 66th in his class, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 6th Infantry. He was sent to Camp Cotton, in El Paso, Texas, where he joined the 13th Cavalry as an interpreter with the Pancho Villa Expedition. He was wounded in the Battle of Parral on 12 April 1916, and was recommended for the Medal of Honor, but instead received the Distinguished Service Medal. His citation read:"for exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility, as follows: While serving as second lieutenant, 6th Infantry, attached to the 13th Cavalry, in action at Parral, Mexico, April 12, 1916, after being himself wounded, he dismounted from his horse under heavy fire, placed a wounded man on a horse, and assisted him from the field."
Ord was promoted to first lieutenant with the 5th Cavalry on 1 July 1916. He was attached the headquarters of the Punitive Expedition until it was disbanded on 10 February 1917. He was placed in charge of a refugee camp in Columbus, New Mexico, which subsequently moved to San Antonio, Texas. He was then posted to the 54th Infantry at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, on 24 June 1917. On 16 July 1917, he joined the staff of the Reserve Officer's Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Then, on 15 September 1917, he returned to West Point, initially as an instructor in modern languages, and then, from 20 September 1917, in tactics. From 18 May to 25 November 1918, he was an intelligence officer and Assistant Military Attaché in The Hague. He was awarded the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Between the wars
Promoted to major on 17 June 1918, Ord reverted to the grade of captain on 30 June 1920, only to return to being a major two days later. He attended the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre in Paris. Returning to the United States in July 1924. He reverted to captain again on 4 November 1922, but then was promoted to major again on 20 September 1924. From June 1925 to June 1926 he was a student at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. After graduation, he was posted to the Philippines, as commander of the 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry, and then, in May 1928, to the American Embassy in Paris as Assistant Military Attaché. He was technical adviser at the Army General Disarmament Conference, in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2 February to 19 June 1932.
Ord attended the Army War College from 1932 to 1933, and then was an instructor in military intelligence there from 1933 to 1935. That year, the outgoing Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Major General Douglas MacArthur, was appointed Military Advisor to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. MacArthur was permitted to select his own staff, so as his chief of staff, he chose Dwight Eisenhower, who had been his assistant for the previous two and a half years. In turn, Eisenhower was permitted to choose his own assistant, and he chose Ord for his staff skills and his knowledge of Spanish. MacArthur had previously been acquainted with Ord in Paris when MacArthur was Chief of Staff.
Death
Ord was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 July 1936. His main responsibility was to draw up a military budget for the Philippines. A realistic one proved difficult to create, as the United States government would not supply the funding for the equipment that MacArthur and Eisenhower believed that the Philippines would require in order to resist a Japanese invasion. A key part of this was the fledgling Philippine Air Corps. On 30 January 1938, Ord took off on a flight to Baguio with a Filipino student pilot at the controls. As the plane approached its destination, Ord had the pilot flew low over a friend's house so he could drop a note announcing his arrival tied to a rock. The inexperienced pilot stalled the plane and it crashed, killing Ord. President Manuel Quezon awarded Ord the Distinguished Service Star. His citation read:"As one of the principal assistants of the Military Adviser Colonel Ord continuously, from the inauguration of the Commonwealth to the moment of his untimely death, devoted his exceptional talents to the development of adequate security forces for the Philippines. Through his professional attainments, his breadth of understanding, his zeal and his magnetic leadership he was directly responsible for notable progress in the Philippine Army. Through his outstanding achievements, in the service of the Philippine Government, to which service he gave his life, he increased the brilliance of his already enviable military reputation, became an inspiration to the officers and enlisted men of the Army, and earned the gratitude and affection of the Philippine Government and of the Filipino people."
Upon his death, Ord was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Richard K. Sutherland. Ord was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, not far from his father and other members of his family. He was survived by his wife, Emily Collier Howell, and his two children, James Basevi Ord, Jr., and Letitia Howell Ord. James Jr. subsequently became a colonel in the United States Marine Corps. He married Virginia Cartwright Shepherd, the daughter of General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., a Commandant of the Marine Corps. | WIKI |
Patan Academy of Health Sciences
Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) (पाटन स्वास्थ्य विज्ञान प्रतिष्ठान) is an autonomous, not-for-profit, public institution of higher education established in 2064 B.S. (2008 A.D.) with the charter granted by the Parliament of Nepal. The stated aim of the PAHS is to work in close partnership with the national health system to improve the health care services in the remote/rural areas primarily through producing technically competent and socially responsible health care workers. Currently PAHS has been running School of Medicine and School of Nursing and Midwifery. In the year 2017, PAHS started in Maters Program in Public Health (MPH) under School of Public Health (SoPH). In future, it aims to run School of Allied Health Sciences. PAHS MBBS curriculum focuses on holistic care of individual and community. PAHS preferentially enrolls students from rural areas and trains them in curriculum that emphasizes on community health and is subsequently provides support for its graduates who work in the rural areas.
History
In 1954, the United Mission to Nepal (UMN), an international cooperation of Christian organizations, founded Shanta Bhawan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, as a pioneering autonomous hospital to serve the underprivileged people of Nepal. In 1982, the hospital merged with Lalitpur Hospital to form Patan Hospital at its present locatio n. PAHS was established in 2064 B.S. (2008 A.D.) with the charter granted by the Parliament of Nepal. by an Act. PAHS has its own constitution passed by the parliament of Nepal, under the name Patan Academy of Health Sciences Act, 2008.
Academics
PAHS has MBBS course duration of 6 years unlike rest of the universities in Nepal. PAHS also has international tie up for the clinical placement such as The University of Sydney. It has also started its own School of Nursing, which runs nursing programs of all levels including PCL, BN, BSc Nursing and Masters in Nursing. It also run its own School of Public Health, and post graduate course in clinical sciences.
Curriculum Design
PAHS is implementing a highly progressive curriculum, modeled after modern curricula used by a growing number of Western medical schools. The curriculum at PAHS focuses on community health, the values of service and altruism, and the health of the entire population, to enhance students’ sensitivity to the health care needs of the rural poor.
Locations for Clinical Training
To supplement the core training in Patan Hospital, PAHS students are assigned to clinical postings at rural hospitals and health care centers throughout the diverse ethnic landscape of Nepal, with an emphasis on regions with disadvantaged populations. Students begin these rotations in their first year at PAHS and continue them throughout their medical education. Students’ experiences at these community postings will reinforce the principles of social responsibility and compassion that the PAHS curriculum is designed to instill in them. At the remote postings, students live with local villagers and learn to overcome the apprehensions associated with working with limited resources in unfamiliar cultures.
The hospitals and health care centers where students complete these rotations are carefully chosen to ensure that students have positive learning experiences. PAHS faculty and staff give the students careful guidance and moral support, in addition to providing them with practical knowledge. | WIKI |
Stable blood sugar is the key to stable moods
stable blood sugar for stable mood
You’ve probably heard that depression and other mental health issues are based on a lack of brain chemicals such as serotonin and GABA. Conventional treatment is to give medications that trick the brain into thinking it has enough chemicals. But new research shows in many cases mental health issues are related to chronic inflammation, not necessarily a lack of chemicals, and unstable blood sugar is often at the root of inflammation.
How does inflammation cause mood issues?
When the body is chronically inflamed, it sends chemical messengers to the brain, where they activate the brain’s immune cells, called glial cells. Chronic inflammation permanently activates the glial cells, setting off a cascade of destruction:
• Reduced production of brain chemicals such as serotonin, dopamine and GABA.
• Brain cells can’t produce vital energy to thrive.
• Cells degrade and die, releasing toxins into the brain, causing even more damage.
• The result? Depression, anxiety, and even Alzheimer’s.
How does blood sugar factor in?
The fix for these issues is managing the destructive inflammatory cascade At the core of systemic inflammation for many people is blood sugar balance. When we eat too many sugars or carbs, the body over-produces insulin, a hormone that helps escort glucose (sugar) into cells for energy. Too much insulin in the blood exhausts the cells, resulting in them becoming resistant to it (insulin resistance). This leads to excess glucose in the bloodstream, which is severely damaging to tissues in the blood vessels and brain. It is also a precursor to diabetes.
How can I keep my blood sugar balanced?
By keeping blood sugar balanced, we can help reduce the inflammatory cascade that creates brain inflammation. Below are dietary and lifestyle habits that help keep blood sugar stable. By practicing them, you may notice positive shifts in your mood, energy level and mental focus:
• Always eat a protein-strong breakfast within an hour of waking. Include healthy fats, and avoid sweets and fruit before lunch.
• Eat every 3–4 hours to avoid low blood sugar.
• Eat protein with every meal and snack; never eat just sweets.
• When you crave sugar, choose protein or foods with healthy fats such as coconut or olive oil.
• Eat a small high-protein snack before bed to keep blood sugar stable throughout the night.
• Don’t use caffeine to boost low energy in that afternoon “crash;” it’s your brain telling you it needs real nutrients, not stimulants. Instead, eat a healthy snack with protein, fat and a few carbs, and hydrate with water.
• Wake and go to bed at the same time every day. Get plenty of sleep and if you’re tired, let yourself nap. Exercise regularly to keep blood sugar stable. Also, a 5- to 7-minute burst of high intensity exercise helps reduce inflammatory factors in the brain.
In addition to the factors above, certain botanicals are highly effective in helping manage blood sugar and reduce brain inflammation. If you have questions about mood and blood sugar stability, please contact my office.
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Hans Lohmeyer
Hans Lohmeyer (23 June 1881 in Thorn – 28 February 1968 in Berlin) was a German jurist, Lord Mayor of Königsberg and the husband of Gerda Müller
Life
By the time the war ended he had already become involved with the Evangelical Church in Königsberg. Following a period of ethnic cleansing Königsberg was no longer a German city, however. Within postwar Germany Lohmeyer settled in what had become the Soviet occupation zone and became a synod member of the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia. He also belonged to the so-called Prussian Union of churches. In 1951 he co-founded the "Association for Communal Studies" ("Verein für Kommunalwissenschaften"), becoming its chairman in 1963.
He is buried in Berlin.
Selected works
* Zentralismus oder Selbstverwaltung. Ein Beitrag zur Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsreform. Berlin: Carl Heymanns Verlag, Berlin 1928, IV, 87 S.
* Die Politik des Zweiten Reiches 1870–1918. 2 Bände. Berlin: Neff, Band 1: 1939, 555 S.; Band 2: 1939, 578 S.
* Die städtischen Betriebe. Königsberg 1924
* Rückblick auf meine Amtszeit, 1957
* Meine Königsberger Jahre, 1961
Literature
* , vol 2/1925, p. 28
* Helge Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft vol. I Politiker, Teilband 3: I–L. Heidelberg 1999, S. 309–311.
* Eckert Vogel: Dem Königsberger Oberbürgermeister Dr. Hans Lohmeyer zum Gedächtnis. Königsberger Bürgerbrief 65 (2005), p. 59 f
* Hans Lohmeyer Munzinger archive 37/1956 of 3 September 1956
* Hans Lohmeyer Munzinger archive 37/1956 of 3 September 1956 | WIKI |
Well known for its industriousness and building skills, Beaver keeps to themselves and presents only when deemed absolutely necessary. They care little for the activities of humans, except when they feel that their work is discredited or their skill insulted (Shearar). The busy creatures are also known to give wise advice. It is best advised to listen closely when the reserved Beaver does decide to speak.
Indigenous Significance of the Beaver Symbol
These popular inhabitants of the Northwest Coast were once widely hunted for their pelt. During the fur trade days, demand for beaver pelts grew rapidly and a Beaver crest affiliation sometimes granted individuals the right to trade in pelts (Shearar).
According to one story, the first Beaver was transformed from a woman. Her husband was driven, by the disapproval of his wife’s family, to prove himself a great provider. His hunting trips were frequent and long. His lonely wife took solace in swimming, enlarging a pond with a dam and building her own water-dwelling, and eventually turning into a Beaver. Their children were known as Beaver People, like their transformed mother, and were the founders of human Beaver lineage (Shearar).
Artistic Characteristics of the Beaver
In artwork, Beaver is characterized by a bear-like head, a short, wide, rounded snout; short ears; prominent incisor teeth (Dawkins). Of course, Beaver can also be identified by their recognizable wide, flat, crosshatched or scaled tail, which generally is flipped up in front of the body. A magic giant Beaver is even said to create impacts as large as natural disasters with one slap of its strong tail (Shearar).
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