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Community Events Coordinator job with AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON | Guardian Jobs
Your Privacy We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and to show you relevant advertising.To find out more, read our updatedprivacy policy. OK More information Skip to main content This job is no longer available The Community Events Coordinator is responsible for supporting the Advancement team in the development and production of successful events, communications and programming for the ASL community to enhance engagement with the school and promote our mission. The staff member reports to the Senior Associate Director of Advancement and works closely with members of the Advancement office and, on occasion, with parents and alumni volunteers to ensure the efficacy of events. Summary of Duties Advancement Events Management Alumni Relations Community and Fundraising Events Typical tasks may include securing event venues and managing all event logistics such as: marketing and event promotion via invitations and social media; catering, AV, transport, gifts, floral, decor, invitation, attendance management and tracking in database, name tags, place cards, drafting event agenda, remarks and bios on guests; resourcing underwriting for events; sourcing gifts or other takeaways; and overseeing the budget. Selection criteria Essential qualifications/experience: Desirable qualifications/experience: This position description is current at the date shown but following consultation may be changed to reflect or anticipate changes in the role that are commensurate with the job title and salary. The American School in London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. All new appointments will be subject to appropriate checks: Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS enhanced), Disqualification by Association Self-Declaration, Declaration of Criminal Record, checks against the Prohibition List (Teacher Status Checks) including Identity, Address, Date of Birth, a Full Employment History, Right to Work in the UK, overseas checks where applicable, EEA checks, at least 2 references (one with current or most recent employer, where appropriate) and original documentation of Qualifications (where appropriate). For positions into Senior Management a Prohibition From Management Check (s128 Directive) will also be undertaken. Diversity and equality of opportunity are cornerstone values of The American School in London. New New New New Back to top Advertise a job 2013 - 2018 Guardian News and Media Limited, all rights reserved. Powered by Madgex Job Board Software | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Delete duplicate records SQL
How to delete duplicate Towns from Town Table Using SQL Script where Primary key is unique but Town are duplicate.
SQL Server and MY SQL
DELETE Town1
FROMÂ Town Town1
INNER JOIN Town Town2 ON Town2 .TownName=Town1.TownName
WHERE
Town1.TownID >Town2.TownID
Above SQL Script will delete Duplicate Towns from a Twon table where Town IDÂ is unique but Town name are duplicated
Scenario 1, Delete all Towns which are not being used by Address Table if they are duplicate in Town Table. That is we need to keep one record for town.
Step 1 get all Town IDs in a temp tbale #noaddress which are not present in Address table
SELECTÂ TownID
INTO #noaddress
FROM [Town]
EXCEPT
SELECT TownID FROMÂ [Address]
Setp 2, Delete all duplicate towns from Town table which are not present in Address table
DELETE Town1
FROM Town Town1
INNER JOIN Town Town2 ON Town2 .TownName=Town1.TownName
NNER JOIN #noaddress on Town1.TownID=#noaddress.TownID
WHERE
Town1.TownID >Town2.TownID
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Warning: The job of tunnel rats was not for the faint of heart.
Imagine having to crawl in this underground tunnel that extends far, far below to where your flashlight could dimly shine, with the hole just big enough to squeeze your way down. If you’re not claustrophobic and managed to actually psych yourself up and get in there, the next challenge would be keeping yourself alive and hoping that there were no booby traps along the dark way, or maybe dangerous insects and animals that the enemies purposefully put like venomous snakes and scorpions, or that no Viet Cong was waiting for you at the end of the tunnel. Yep, that’s pretty much the life of the tunnel rats during the Vietnam War. Another day, another tunnel.
The Vietnam War was fought between the American and South Vietnamese forces versus the communist guerilla troops called Viet Cong (VC). What the Viet Cong did to combat their enemies who had better supplies was to dig tens of thousands of tunnels, with an extensive network of them running far underground in the Cu Chi district northwest of Saigon. The Viet Cong used these underground routes as hideouts, means to transport their communications, arsenals, and other needed supplies, place their booby traps, and make surprise attacks before quickly jumping back in the tunnel and to safety.
The communists began this network of tunnels in the late 1940s during their war of independence from the French colonialists and did so by digging the tunnels by hand, a short distance at a time. They started in the jungle terrain of South Vietnam and expanded from there. When the United States military presence in Vietnam began to increase in the 1960s as a support to the non-communist South Vietnamese troops, the Viet Cong also started expanding their tunnels. At the peak of the Vietnam War, their network of tunnels in the Cu Chi district linked their support bases around a distance of 250 kilometers, running from the outskirts of Saigon up to the borders of Cambodia.
The United States heavily relied on aerial bombing, so the Viet Cong would crawl down the tunnels to survive and carry on their guerrilla war. In some cases, they spent much of their lives in those underground bunkers and constructed them like a normal house with living quarters, kitchens, hospitals, bomb shelters, and ordnance factories. The entrances of these tunnels were camouflaged, making it fairly hard to spot unless, of course, your eyes were trained for that task.
Nothing But Flashlight, Pistol, Or Knife
To combat the VC’s guerrilla tactics, the US troops trained some soldiers to be “tunnel rats.” If you were a GI with a pretty small stature, then you’re more likely to be selected as one. It was important that the soldiers tasked to do the job were no more than five feet and five inches tall, as the tunnels were a tight squeeze, and you wouldn’t want them to be stuck and defenseless somewhere along the tunnels, waiting to be taken or instantly killed by the enemies. This translates to spending hours navigating the cramped, dark tunnels, usually alone with nothing but your flashlight, around six to seven rounds in a pistol, or sometimes just a knife. The goal of the rat tunnels was to search for valuable intelligence and enemies and return alive.
In an article by Insider, former 25th Infantry Division Tunnel Rat Carl Cory said, “The most dangerous part would be psyching up to get into the tunnel. That was the part that was most frightening because you didn’t [know] what you were getting into.”
For the most part, the job of tunnel rat was a catchall name for the work that we did as combat engineers. We were trained at the Australian Army’s School of Military Engineering, located 20 miles west of Sydney. The three-month course covered a lot of ground: mine detection, booby trap disarming, tunnel searching and demolitions. Somehow, I had convinced myself that my job as a combat engineer was going to be more “engineer” than “combat” — that the truly dangerous stuff would be handled by real experts. I was wrong.
Marett served with the Royal Australian Engineers and is the president of the Vietnam Tunnel Rats Association in Australia. In 2014, he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal by the Governor-General of Australia for his work with war veterans.
Our tunnel rat unit was small, with at most 120 men in the country at any time, and a total of around 700 who served from 1965 to 1972. During that period 36 of us were killed and around 200 were wounded, giving us a casualty rate of 33 percent, high even by Vietnam War standards. One in three of us was either killed or wounded during our tour.
Now A Tourist Attraction
Around 45,000 Vietnamese reportedly died trying to defend the tunnels of Cu Chi throughout the war. When Saigon fell in 1975, the government decided to preserve the Cu Chi tunnels as part of the war memorial parks around Vietnam. Tourists and visitors can crawl into some of the safer areas of the tunnels where they can see the command centers and booby traps, fire an AK-47 rifle on a firing range, and even taste the typical meals that the Viet Cong living in the underground bunks ate. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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However, during the night he rapidly became worse, and expired at four a.m. on Monday, March 3rd, 1856.
Shortly before he expired he was heard to exclaim—"Poor Bill! poor Bill! poor Bill Sharp!"—the most connected sentence he had been known to utter for forty-nine years.
He was buried in Keighley Churchyard on the 7th of March, amidst crowds who had come from all parts of the neighbourhood to witness the scene. The coffin excited considerable attention from its extraordinary shape, as his body could not be straightened, the muscles of the knees and thighs being contracted. It was an oak chest, two feet four inches in depth. The weight was so great that it required eight men with strong ropes to lower it into the grave. It was thought to weigh with its contents 480 lbs.
A gentleman who visited Old Three Laps before his death has given the following account of what he saw:—
"If you chance to go a-skating 'to the Tarn,' and want a fine bracing walk, keep on the Sutton road about a mile, and you will come to an avenue of larch, not in a very thriving state, but sufficient to indicate that some one had an idea of the picturesque who planted the trees, although the house at the top of the avenue has not a very attractive appearance. You have now reached 'World's End,' and save here and there a solitary farm, with its cold stone buildings and treeless fields, there are few signs of life between you and the wide and boundless moors of Yorkshire and Lancashire. On the opposite hill, right up in the clouds, is 'Tewett Hall,' the residence of a Bradford Town Councillor. He alone, in this part, seems to follow Three Laps' ancestors' plan of planting, and in a few years we may expect to see a fine belt of timber on the verge of the horizon, a sight that will cheer the heart of some future Dr. Syntax when in search of the picturesque. | WIKI |
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§ 7., however rude, however cultured, expresses the feelings and thoughts of men and women on physical nature, on animal life, on their own social communion, on their individual existence. It is incumbent, therefore, on the champions of universal literary ideas to discover the existence of some universal human nature which, unaffected by differences of language, social organisation, sex, climate, and similar causes, has been at all times and in all places the keystone of literary architecture. Is there one universal type of human character embracing and reconciling all the conflicting differences of human types in the living world and in its historic or prehistoric past? Can really scientific reasons be advanced in support of the sentimental belief in that colossal personage called "man," whose abstract unity is allowed to put on new phases of external form, but whose "essence" is declared to remain unaltered? Unfortunately any such scientific inquiry has been generally supplanted by explosive or pathetic assertions of dogma. Yet the relativity of literature may not unaptly be illustrated by the dogmatic assertions of its opponents.
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Next-Gen Fusion
Next-Gen Fusion
A Dance of Code and Charisma
At its core, traditional software is about executing machine code — a deterministic sequence of instructions. The new kid on the block, LLM (Large Language Models), operates on a seemingly different principle: predicting the next word or sequence. But when we peel back the layers, are they really that different? And, more importantly, how can we integrate these seemingly opposing natures to solve complex problems?
Just as software isn’t solely about machine code, LLMs are far more than just word predictors. Software has evolved over the years, developing layers of abstraction like Object-Oriented Programming and high-level language constructs. Similarly, LLMs have moved beyond basic predictions, showing emergent capabilities like instruction-based learning and situational adaptation.
Software is grounded in logic and rigid rules. LLMs, on the other hand, display learned behaviors that aren’t always rooted in pure logic and preset rules.
Foundations of Software:
Rooted in logic and fixed instructions, traditional software is built upon rigid rules. It simply follows a set of instructions in sequence, ensuring the same output given the same input. Take, for instance, the classic “if-then-else” statement in programming.
A simple statement
if [condition] then [execute action A] else [execute action B]
A complex statement
(if statement 1) AND/OR (if statement 2) AND/OR (if statement 3) …
Although software can handle complexity through nested conditions and parallel decision-making structures, it remains fundamentally rule-based. While this might bring a certain level of adaptability and non-determinism based on input parameters, it doesn’t showcase the kind of emergent behaviors associated with intelligence. More importantly, conventional software sometimes falls short when dealing with multi-objective complexities that align closely with human values, which are inherently nuanced and hard to define logically.
Foundations of LLMs:
These models, on the other hand, rely on pattern recognition rather than deterministic rules. Think of it like this: instead of being told step-by-step how to dance, an LLM watches countless dancers and naturally picks up the moves that resonate most. This learning process is facilitated by a weighted system. For instance, if more people prefer a particular dance move, that preference acts as a “weight”, prompting the model to prioritize that move over others. Each step doesn’t have a logical right or wrong. Some moves resonate with others and are accepted by the majority. Similarly, LLMs internalize and emulate patterns that are popular and acceptable within the vast swathes of data they are trained on.
The gap between Rigid Rules and Fluid Learning:
Traditional software can handle complex decision trees, combining multiple “if-then-else” conditions to produce varied outcomes. However, there’s a limit to this complexity, and it often struggles to navigate situations that aren’t predefined.
Imagine trying to program every single move of a freestyle dance using traditional software. The sheer complexity would be daunting. This is where LLMs shine. Just as a dancer learns moves and styles by watching others, LLMs learn patterns from vast amounts of data. While traditional software functions based on a defined logic, LLMs adapt by recognizing patterns and mimicking them.
LLMs bridge the gap where traditional software struggle. By observing vast amounts of data, they grasp and imitate patterns. While traditional software might stumble in undefined, human-centered scenarios due to its need for explicit instructions, LLMs can smoothly sail through by relying on learned patterns.
So, how do we maximize the potential of LLMs?
Imagine traditional software solutions as a scientifically brilliant, logical individual who might be socially awkward. In contrast, an LLM would be a charismatic individual, adept at social nuances, and popular. The strength of an LLM lies in its ability to mimic, adapt, and connect, while traditional software excels at logic, analytics, and rule-based processing.
Merging these strengths is the way forward:
Approach 1: Augment traditional software with LLM capabilities. For instance, a software function could leverage LLM to enhance its user interface or decision-making processes.
Approach 2: Integrate software functions within LLMs. This could be achieved by exposing software functions as microservices, which LLMs can tap into and execute dynamically based on context.
Navigating the Future:
The choice between these approaches isn’t binary. Given the vast software infrastructures already in place, including teams, processes, tools, and hardware, the journey to an AI-first enterprise will involve strategic planning and evolution. While the ultimate vision might be a world where software functions are seamlessly embedded within LLMs, getting there will be an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, process.
Both methods have their merits. The choice will often boil down to organizational goals, infrastructure, and existing investments.
The paradigm shift from traditional software to LLMs is imminent. How we navigate this transition will shape the next era of technological innovation.
The era of AI-driven enterprises is dawning. But this transformation shouldn’t mean discarding our foundations in traditional software. Instead, a strategic blend of deterministic software logic with the adaptive intelligence of LLMs can chart a successful course for businesses looking to harness the full power of AI.
Don Mallik
Don Mallik
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Don is a visionary AI expert and Chief AI Officer at Arivu IQ. With an extensive background in pioneering AI technologies, Don has been at the forefront of AI-driven innovation, guiding enterprises toward unprecedented success. His profound insights and strategic acumen have established him as a trusted partner in navigating the dynamic landscape of AI disruption. Connect with Don on LinkedIn for more insights on shaping the future of AI-powered enterprises.
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‘Clumsy’ central bankers will ‘destroy’ the economy
"Clumsy interventions" by some of the world's central banker will "destroy" the economy and usher in political chaos, a notoriously bearish Societe Generale strategist has claimed. In a note published Friday, Edwards once again slammed loose monetary policy, pointing fingers at central bankers for failing to recognize the consequences of low interest rates and quantitative easing (QE) programs, which he says have made "virtually "When in the last few weeks I have heard that Janet Yellen sees no bubbles in the U.S., when Ben Bernanke hones and restates his helicopter money speech, and when Mario Draghi says that the ECB's policy of printing money and negative interest rates was working, I feel utterly depressed, " Edwards said. The bearish strategist said he agreed with the likes of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who earlier this month blamed European monetary policy for driving voters towards more extreme political parties like Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD). "This is not just a German phenomenon - it is a global one," Edwards wrote. "The people are angry and they are lashing out." "The only people who will benefit are not investors, but anarchists who will embrace with delight the resulting chaos these policies will bring!" Edwards added. However, Schaeuble appeared to backtrack on his comments during a press conference at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington last week, saying that low or negative rates were breeding insecurity that "will be felt in elections," but said "that's not the fault of the ECB," according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Draghi , Schaeuble added, "is trying to solve a problem that he can't solve." Central bankers have also been forced to defend their positions. At Thursday's ECB press conference, Draghi stressed that the governing council was doing its job. "We have a mandate to pursue price stability for the whole of the euro zone, not only for Germany... We obey the law, not the politicians, because we are independent, as stated by the law," Draghi told reporters. "And by the way, all this applies to all countries," That hasn't stopped criticism from Edwards, though. "I have not one scintilla of doubt that these central bankers will destroy the enfeebled world economy with their clumsy interventions and that political chaos will be the ugly result." Follow CNBC International on and Facebook. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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A Transient Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
A Transient Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
We all know that Siri, Google Now, and Cortana are all clever electronic own assistants on numerous platforms (iOS, Android, and Windows Cell). In small, they assistance find handy information when you inquire for it is using your voice you can say “Where’s the closest Indian cafe?”, “What is on my program these days?”, “Remind me to phone Mom or Dad at 8 o’clock,” and the assistant will answer by acquiring data, relaying information from your cellphone, or sending instructions to other apps.
AI is significant in these applications, as they accumulate information on your requests and use that data to much better realize your speech and serve you results that are customized to your tastes. Microsoft says that Cortana “constantly learns about its user” and that it will at some point acquire the means to anticipate users’ desires. Virtual personal assistants course of action a substantial total of data from a assortment of resources to master about end users and be more productive in supporting them organize and track their data.
Your smartphone, calculator, movie game titles, vehicle, lender & your home all use synthetic intelligence daily often it’s noticeable what its’ performing, like when you ask Siri to get you directions to the nearest gas station. Occasionally it can be considerably less apparent, like when you make an abnormal buy on your credit score card and you should not get a fraud inform from your bank. AI is almost everywhere, and it truly is generating a huge big difference in our life every day.
So, we can say that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the branch of pc sciences that emphasizes the progress of intelligence devices, thinking and working like human beings. For instance, speech recognition, challenge-fixing, finding out and setting up. Today, Synthetic Intelligence is a incredibly well-liked issue that is widely talked over in the engineering and organization circles. Lots of professionals and business analysts argue that AI or equipment finding out is the foreseeable future – but if we look about, we are convinced that it truly is not the long run – it is the existing.
Certainly, the technology is in its first period and additional and a lot more companies are investing means in device discovering, indicating a robust expansion in AI products and apps soon. Artificial intelligence or device intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, in particular personal computer programs.
What is the use of AI?
Eyesight systems. The need to interpret, fully understand and make sense of visual enter on the personal computer, i.e. AI is used to consider and interpret and recognize an picture – industrial, navy use, satellite photograph interpretation.
What is the function of AI?
When AI scientists initial began to purpose for the intention of synthetic intelligence, a most important curiosity was human reasoning… The distinct capabilities that are programmed to a pc may possibly be equipped to account for quite a few of the needs that allow it to match human intelligence
What is an ASI synthetic intelligence?
A superintelligence is a hypothetical agent that possesses intelligence far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human minds.
What is the aim of AI?
Colloquially, the phrase “synthetic intelligence” is applied when a device mimics “cognitive” capabilities that humans associate with other human minds, such as “studying” and “trouble resolving”. Common intelligence is among the the field’s prolonged-expression ambitions.
What are the distinct types of AI?
We require to defeat the boundaries that outline the four different types of synthetic intelligence, the barriers that different machines from us – and us from them.
Form I AI: Reactive equipment
Form II AI: Limited memory
Type III AI: Principle of brain
Form IV AI: Self-awareness
Is laptop or computer vision section of AI?
Synthetic intelligence and laptop or computer eyesight share other subject areas this sort of as pattern recognition and learning procedures. For that reason, personal computer vision is at times seen as a part of the artificial intelligence discipline or the pc science discipline in basic.
Is machine learning the same as synthetic intelligence?
More and more, device discovering (ML) and synthetic intelligence (AI) are cropping up as alternatives for managing data. The two are usually employed interchangeably, and even though there are some parallels, they’re not the identical factor.
What are the fields of synthetic intelligence?
· Record of programs
· Optical character recognition.
· Handwriting recognition.
· Speech recognition.
· Face recognition.
· Synthetic creativeness.
· Computer system eyesight, Digital reality and Picture processing.
· Analysis (AI)
· Game idea and Strategic arranging.
How vital is Synthetic Intelligence?
AI is the machines which are made and programmed in these a fashion that they and imagine and act like a human. Synthetic Intelligence turns into the essential section of our day by day daily life. Our daily life is improved by AI since this technological know-how is applied in a huge place of day to day services.
For most of us, the most clear final results of the improved powers of AI are neat new gadgets and encounters these as intelligent speakers, or being equipped to unlock your Apple iphone with your confront. But AI is also poised to reinvent other regions of life. 1 is overall health care. Hospitals in India are screening software that checks photos of a person’s retina for signs of diabetic retinopathy, a problem frequently diagnosed also late to reduce vision loss. Equipment learning is very important to tasks in autonomous driving, the place it will allow a car or truck to make feeling of its environment. Synthetic intelligence is currently existing in lots of apps, from search algorithms and instruments you use each individual working day to bionic limbs for the disabled.
Occasionally it appears to be like each other site, app, or productivity tool is citing AI as the solution component in their recipe for results. What’s a lot less popular is an clarification of what AI is, why it truly is so great, and how corporations are leveraging it to deliver better person experiences. If you will not know much about AI, the absence of an clarification can be bewildering. Currently, the industry of synthetic intelligence is far more vibrant than at any time and some believe that that we are on the threshold of discoveries that could alter human culture irreversibly, for far better or even worse. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Depression Can Manifest in Later Life, Especially During the Holidays
Depression Can Manifest in Later Life, Especially During the Holidays
By David W. Hart, Ph.D.
Autumn is here, folks. And right around the corner is what Andy Williams described as the most wonderful time of the year. You know, scary ghost stories, parties for hosting, and marshmallows for toasting – it’s the hap happiest season of all. Well, maybe not for all.
October is National Depression Education and Awareness Month and our column today is dedicated to illuminating an often stigmatized health challenge that is less prevalent in later life than you might think and is also, for most, relatively easy to treat. Let’s review the roots of depression in older age, how it’s manifested, and most importantly, how to feel better.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, depression is a medical illness that negatively affects how an individual feels, thinks, and acts. Depression may cause feelings of sadness, hopelessness, lack of interest in once pleasurable activities, changes in appetite and sleep hygiene, irritability, and fatigue. These changes in mood frequently interrupt a person’s ability to perform activities of daily living both at home and in the community. You may be surprised to read that prevalence rates of major depression in community dwelling older adults is lower than their middle aged peers, with about 15% of the former exhibiting clinically significant symptoms.
There is substantial consensus that older adults who experience depression in later life face distinct risk factors and manifest specific symptoms. About half of older adults diagnosed with major depression experience their first symptom in late life, compared to the other 50% who were diagnosed in young to mid-life. Some studies have found that patients with later life depression are more likely to have cardiovascular and executive functioning deficits, which may increase their risk for dementia in their 70s and 80s. Stressful life events also have been shown to affect the onset of depressive symptoms in older adults, including bereavement, caregiving, lack of economic security, and family estrangement. Common indicators of later life depression include the following:
• Sleep disturbance
• Fatigue
• Psychomotor retardation
• Loss of interest in living
• Hopelessness about the future
• Subjective complaints of poor memory and concentration
• Slower cognitive processing speeds
Depression, notwithstanding year of onset, has etiological roots in genetics, concurrent medical conditions, individual psychology/personality, interpersonal relationships, and other environmental factors. I imagine that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to recognize that dementia, diabetes, insomnia, obesity, and other cardiovascular factors would increase an individual’s risk for depression. Physical limitations resulting from arthritis, osteoporosis, glaucoma, and general hearing loss can severely impact a patient’s mental health and subsequent depression. Psychological factors too, including how we manage stress (making a mountain out of a molehill or turning lemons into lemonade), play a role in the onset of later life depression. In older adults, a ruminative coping style (repeatedly but passively thinking about one’s distress) has been associated with increased risk for depression in later life. Importantly, bereavement nearly tripled the risk for depression in older adults, the largest risk factor of any listed above. Loneliness has been found to be as lethal as smoking 15 cigarettes each day. That should scare the daylights out of any of us who struggle with finding and maintaining meaningful relationships, yours truly included.
Now, let’s talk hope. Noting the majority of older adults experience medical challenges, social stressors, and bereavement, only a small fraction of the population develops later life depression. As I’ve previously written, the Positive Psychological movement has transitioning the study of depression from examining patients to investigating individuals who have somehow buffered the onset of depression in later life. Factors that have been shown to be most protective against later life depression include social support to manage health related stressors and meaningful engagement in social activities, volunteer work, or religion. Wisdom also appears to be a protective factor as older adults are better able to regulate negative emotions (i.e., don’t sweat the small stuff) and have a more positive self-concept. Satisfactory replacement of lost activities due to disability, exercise, mindfulness, and religious involvement have also been shown to be protective.
Psychopharmacological interventions, individual psychotherapy, and life review have all demonstrated high rates of success in treating later life depression. The challenge is the stigma. Often older adults report psychosomatic and cognitive symptoms to their physicians who may inadvertently neglect to evaluate patients for depression and further psychotherapeutic follow up. This phenomenon can be attributed to the difficulty of detecting depression in older adults due to age related difference is presentation. It’s incumbent on all of us as good medical consumers to advocate on our own behalves. If we exhibit symptoms described herein, there’s no hurt in broaching the subject of depression with our healthcare professionals. Asking for help is the first step in addressing a likely solvable problem. As always, I’m an email away. You are invited to be in touch if you need further direction and support.
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I have implemented AWS SNS push notification service.
We have an issue which is explained below :
Scenario :
We are trying to save the notification message we receive as a part of requirement.
When the app is killed (swipe out from recent apps) we are able to receive notification, also we are able to save the notification message when we open the message directly from the notification panel it works fine,but when we open the app directly the notification message is not getting saved.
In short we are not able to know if we had received a notification message if we directly open the app rather than clicking the message from the notification panel.
Is this default behavior ? or is there any work around for this ?
Have looked into many posts on about Push Notifications but haven't seen any threads pointing to this scenario.
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• Yeah! it is default behaviour... I don't think there is a work around
– sargeras
Commented Oct 14, 2015 at 13:33
• @sargeras Thanks, but i see that what app automatically sync the messages from we open the app, any idea how they might be doing it ?
– Brjv
Commented Oct 14, 2015 at 13:35
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This is a normal behavior, and there is no workaround.
If your app is killed by the user, it won't be able to run ANY code before it's manually launched again.
If it's manually launched from a notification, this notification's payload will be handled by your AppDelegate.
On top of that, don't forget that Push notifications are Best Effort. That means that they are not reliable, they can be heavily delayed or never delivered at all. Don't rely on Push notifications to achieve any critical work.
If you need to keep a copy of your notifications in-app, keep them server side and fetch them as you would do with any other object.
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• Thanks, but i see that what app automatically sync the messages from we open the app, so are they running any service when the app opens to load the messages?
– Brjv
Commented Oct 14, 2015 at 13:34
• Of course, when you open whatsapp, they call their API to get your messages (actually It's more likely to be a socket connection). But Push notifs are only convenience and don't play any critical role at all here. Commented Oct 14, 2015 at 13:35
• @QuentinHayot It means when app is killed and we have received 10 notification, that show in notification center, but when we launch app all the notification will be remove and we don't get any notification from OS, We have to develop api to list. Please make me corrent if I am wrong. Commented Feb 8, 2017 at 11:13
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In order to execute code when the app is killed by the user you need to implement VOIP using PushKit framework provided by apple.
VOIP push unlike regular push notification enables the app to become active even if the app is killed by user.
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102 STAT. 1598
PUBLIC LAW 100-426—SEPT. 9, 1988
Public Law 100-426 100th Congress An Act Sept. 9, 1988 [H.R. 4318] General Accounting Office Personnel Amendments Act of 1988. 31 USC 701 note.
To improve the administration of the personnel systems of the General Accounting Office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "General Accounting Office Personnel Amendments Act of 1988". SEC. 2. REFERENCES. Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 31, United States Code.
TITLE I—PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD SEC. 101. MEMBERS. (a) 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ADJUDICATION OR ARBITRATION NOT
A PREREQUISITE.—Section 751(a) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively. (b) CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED NEED ONLY B E CONSIDERED.—Para-
graph (1) of section 751(b) is amended to read as follows: "(1) after considering any candidates who are recommended to the Comptroller General (at such time and in such manner as the Comptroller General requires) by organizations composed primarily of individuals experienced in adjudicating or arbitrating personnel matters; and". (c) TERMS OF OFFICE.—Section 751(c) is amended— (1) by striking "The" in the first sentence and inserting "(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the"; (2) by striking " 3 " each place it appears and inserting "5"; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(2)(A) The term of a member serving on the date of the enactment of the General Accounting Office Personnel Amendments Act of 1988 shall be as follows: "(i) Of the 2 members appointed in 1985, the term of 1 such member shall be 5 years, and the term of the other such member shall be 6 years. "(ii) Of the 2 members appointed in 1986, the term of 1 such member shall be 6 years, and the term of the other such member shall be 7 years. "(iii) The term of the member appointed in 1987 shall be 7 years.
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@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00031703, author = {Sawamoto, Hachie and Sugiura, Takeo and Nishina, Akira}, journal = {Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University}, month = {Feb}, note = {We examined the distillation process of zinc, lead and cadmium from black ores (the complex sulphide ores) with iron reduction. Zinc, lead and cadmium respectively were presented as a sulphide, -ZnS, PbS or CdS- in the black ores. We obtained Zn, Pb and Cd by reducing the ores with iron powder according to the following reaction:
MS + Fe = M(gas) + FeS M; Zn, Pb and Cd
Each metal was separated making use of their condensation points but the separation of Cd from Zn was very difficult. Still, the metal yield percentages were Zn; 97.5%, Pb; 93.3% and Cd; 90.0% at 1200℃, and at 10^-3 mmHg, and their purities were Zn; 99.1%, and Pb; 98.1% at the same conditions. Optimum conditions were; the reaction temperature 1,200℃, weight ratio of mixture 1 : 1 and the ultimate vacuum 10^-2-10^-3 mmHg.}, pages = {171--174}, title = {The distillation process of zinc, Lead and cadmium from black ores with iron reduction}, volume = {11}, year = {1960} } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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* It looks great to me on 1024x768 :) Shyamal 13:58, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
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Host plant
So what is the host plant? The article says
* The host plants are various species of small shrubs which are plant parasites growing on branches of trees such as Loranthus.
But Loranthus species aren't trees. They are mistletoes, parasitic on trees. And shrubs aren't parasites. Maproom (talk) 14:07, 10 September 2013 (UTC) | WIKI |
Data dumps/Dump format
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Format of the sql files[edit]
These are provided as dumps of entire tables, using mysqldump. They start with various commands to set up the character set correctly for the import; they also turn off certain checks related to indexes, for speed. More importantly however, they contain a DROP TABLE IF EXISTS stanza before the inserts of the actual data. This means that if you import one of these files into an existing wiki, any data you had in that table will be lost.
Each INSERT statement contains several thousand rows of data for speed purposes.
Format of the XML files[edit]
The main page data is provided in the same XML wrapper format that Special:Export produces for individual pages. It's fairly self-explanatory to look at, but there is some documentation at Help:Export#Export_format.
Three sets of page data are produced for each dump, depending on what you need:
• pages-articles.xml
• Contains current version of all article pages, templates, and other pages
• Excludes discussion pages ('Talk:') and user "home" pages ('User:')
• Recommended for republishing of content.
• pages-meta-current.xml
• Contains current version of all pages, including discussion and user "home" pages.
• pages-meta-history.xml
• Contains complete text of every revision of every page (can be very large!)
• Recommended for research and archives.
The XML itself contains complete, raw text of every revision, so in particular the full history files can be extremely large; en.wikipedia.org's January 2010 dump is about 5.87e12 bytes (5.34 TiB) raw. Currently we are compressing these XML streams with bzip2 (.bz2 files) and additionally for the full history dump 7-Zip (.7z files).
Several of the tables are also dumped with mysqldump (for the database definition, see the documentation at mw:Category:MediaWiki database tables); the gzip-compressed SQL dumps (.sql.gz) can be read directly into a MySQL database but may be less convenient for other database formats.
In addition, "stub" dumps with filenames like stub-meta-history.xml.gz, stub-meta-current.xml.gz, and stub-articles.xml.gz, contain header information only for pages and revisions, omitting the actual page content. These contain information like the sha1 sum of each revision text, the redirect target of a page if it has one, and other similar data that is not contained in the page content dumps.
Unicode[edit]
The dumps may contain non-Unicode (UTF8) characters in older text revisions due to lenient charset validation in the earlier MediaWiki releases (2004 or so). For instance, zhwiki-20130102-langlinks.sql.gz contained some copy and pasted iso8859-1 "ö" characters; as the langlinks table is generated on parsing, a null edit or forcelinkupdate to the page was enough to fix it. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
The story behind the famous 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
Creating ‘The Glorious 54th’
“Does it not behoove every colored man,” James Henry Gooding, a 26-year-old free black man from New Bedford, Mass., asked the readers of his hometown newspaper in March 1863, “to consider … whether he cannot be one of the glorious 54th?” New Bedford was a wealthy whaling town with a large abolitionist community, but one where many black citizens toiled in poverty. With such conditions likely in mind, Gooding believed that military service provided the key to African-American advancement. “There is more dignity in carrying a musket in defense of liberty and right,” he maintained, “than there is in shaving a man’s face, or waiting on somebody’s table.” | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Page:The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 3.djvu/315
Rh never be persuaded to remove out of his own kingdom, only because it is too near England.
But "the duke of Savoy did, some years ago, put in his claim to the crown of England in right of his wife; and he is a prince of great capacity, in strict alliance with France, and may therefore very well add to our fears of a popish successor." Is it the fault of the present, or of any ministry, that this prince put in his claim? must we give him opium to destroy his capacity? or can we prevent his alliance with any prince, who is in peace with her majesty? Must we send to stab or poison all the popish princes, who have any pretended title to our crown by the proximity of blood? What, in the name of God, can these people drive at? what is it they demand? Suppose the present dauphin were now a man, and the king of France, and next popish heir to the crown of England; is he not excluded by the laws of the land? But what regard will he have to our laws? I answer; has not the queen as good a title to the crown of France? and how is she excluded, but by their law against the succession of females, which we are not bound to acknowledge? And is it not in our power to exclude female successors, as well as in theirs? If such a pretence shall prove the cause of a war, what human power can prevent it? But our cause must necessarily be good and righteous; for either the kings of England have been unjustly kept out of the possession of France, or the dauphin, although nearest of kin, can have no legal title to England. And he must be an ill prince indeed, who will not have the hearts and hands of ninety nine in a hundred among his subjects, against such a popish pretender. Rh | WIKI |
Page:History of the Radical Party in Parliament.djvu/231
1832.] Cannings Premiership to Passing of Reform Act. 217 spirit of representative government ; it is an assertion that the people are not entitled to a voice in the administration of their own affairs. To maintain limitations which already exist, is bad enough ; to take votes from those who possess them, is insulting as well as unjust ; but to do this whilst a remedial and conciliatory measure is being offered to promote peace and remove disaffection, is of all conceivable courses the most impolitic and unstatesmanlike. It inflicts a new wound whilst an old one is being healed, and makes national health im- possible. Such were the great measures, with their merits and their faults, which the Ministry in violation of all their pre- vious policy and pledges, but in accordance with what they believed to be a solemn national duty proposed and carried. We need not follow the course of their progress through Parliament. The Emancipation Bill was, as we have seen, first explained to the Commons on the 5th of March, and on the 1 3th of April it received the royal assent. The passing of this great measure was another proof that neither class interests nor party organizations, neither the determination of ministers nor the resistance of peers and monarch, could permanently defeat the will of the people, expressed on behalf of an object just and politic. Still, it could not but be seen that, however desirable was that object and however beneficial its effect, it had been obtained in an unsatisfactory manner. It was proposed and carried by men who had spent the greater part of their political life in oppos- ing it, and who even now did not profess to believe that it was right, but had only been convinced by violent agitation that it had become necessary. Such a course is dangerous to the character of statesmanship and to the honour of statesmen. Laws which are proposed by men who do not believe them to be essentially just and wise, can hardly commend them- selves to the reverence, even if they secure the obedience, of the whole people. Yet the ministers who carried emancipa- tion were beyond all question honest and honourable ; they would have scorned to do, for the sake of personal power or emolument, what they consented to undertake from a feeling | WIKI |
Carrie Lam Wins Vote to Become Hong Kong’s Next Leader
HONG KONG — A committee dominated by supporters of the Chinese government chose Carrie Lam as Hong Kong’s next leader on Sunday, opting for Beijing’s preferred candidate in a move likely to dismay residents who see the city’s freedoms as being under threat from China. Mrs. Lam, a former No. 2 official in the city, received 777 out of 1,163 votes cast to become the next chief executive, as Hong Kong’s leader is called. She defeated John Tsang, a former finance secretary who polls indicated was more popular with the public. The leader of this semiautonomous Chinese city of 7.3 million is chosen by just 1,194 electors, most of them business and political figures who have close ties to Beijing. In an apparent act of protest, one elector drew a cross on the ballot with check marks, and another wrote an obscenity on it. Hong Kong is guaranteed civil liberties and a high degree of autonomy under the terms of the 1997 handover that returned the city, a former British colony, to Chinese rule — an arrangement known as “one country, two systems.” But many believe China has violated that agreement with increasingly open interference in its affairs. “China promised that Hong Kong people would run Hong Kong,” said Mabel Yau, 52, one of hundreds of protesters outside the voting site. “Today, only 1,200 people are representing us in electing the chief executive. Is it fair?” Such concerns are unlikely to be eased by the choice of Mrs. Lam, who was a loyal deputy to Leung Chun-ying, the unpopular departing chief executive. In a speech after the vote, Mrs. Lam, who will be the first female chief executive in Hong Kong history, vowed to prioritize mending social rifts. “Hong Kong, our home, is suffering from quite a lot of divisiveness,” she said. During her campaign, she added, “I heard so much more from people’s hearts and learned and experienced many new things as well as different angles to things. I see my shortcomings and understand that I must put in more efforts.” Mrs. Lam led the failed effort to overhaul the city’s election process according to Beijing’s wishes, which prompted the so-called Umbrella Movement protests that shut down parts of the city for months in 2014. “When the No. 2 official becomes the No. 1, there isn’t going to be much change,” said Joshua Wong, one of the leaders of those protests. “ ‘One country, two systems’ is going down the drain, and our high degree of autonomy will exist in name only,” he said. The protests in 2014 were a response to Beijing’s plan to let Hong Kong choose the chief executive this year by direct popular vote. Under that plan, China would have screened the candidates — a restriction that made the so-called reform a sham, in the view of the student-led protesters who occupied the streets for months. The local legislature rejected the proposal, meaning that a small committee again chose the city’s leader this year. But pro-democracy politicians have said they have no regrets, arguing that the plan would have bolstered Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong by giving the chief executive a false public mandate. Since the Umbrella Movement protests, young people in particular have become even more resentful of the Chinese government, calling in growing numbers for Hong Kong’s self-determination and even independence from China. In the first major legislative elections after the protests, voters turned out in record numbers and elected for the first time two young, openly pro-independence politicians. But in November, Beijing took the extraordinary step of intervening in a Hong Kong court case to prevent them from taking their seats, after they pledged allegiance to the “Hong Kong nation” during their swearing-in ceremony and inserted an anti-China snub into their oaths of office. Fears of increasing interference from Beijing were also worsened when a bookseller and, later, a billionaire businessman disappeared from Hong Kong, later to re-emerge in police custody in mainland China. Such developments have alarmed many residents, but others are loyal to China and regard pro-democracy activists as a disruptive force. Mrs. Lam, who will take office on July 1, will have to manage not only the city’s political turmoil, but also a rapidly aging population, low social mobility, slowing economic growth and one of the largest wealth gaps in the world. Hong Kong’s housing is routinely ranked as even more unaffordable than London’s and New York’s, in part because of relentless demand from wealthy buyers in mainland China. Despite cooling measures enacted by the current government, average housing prices are at a record high, having more than doubled from a decade ago and far outpaced income growth. Such economic grievances have fed calls for greater public participation in elections, although no change in that area is likely to occur quickly under the new administration. Mrs. Lam has said she will not rush to restart talks on reforming the electoral process, citing a need to avoid confrontation. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
GBX Group LLC Acquires Silverlode Consulting
CLEVELAND, GBX Group LLC (formerly global X), a leading real estate investment firm specializing in preserving historic real estate in urban markets, today announced it has acquired Silverlode Consulting, one of the nation's top corporate site selection and economic development consulting firms.
Silverlode Consulting will continue to operate under the same name. The company helps corporate clients that are contemplating new or expanded facilities make informed location decisions and navigate the complex landscape of economic incentive and public financing programs. The company also consults with government and economic development organizations and is a leading provider of economic impact modeling services.
Based in Cleveland, Silverlode works across all industries and serves companies ranging in size from middle market to Fortune 100, as well as local, regional, and state government and economic development organizations.
"We are very pleased to join forces with GBX Group whose unique strengths complement our own," said Silverlode President Dennis McAndrew. "Linking our firms opens up tremendous opportunities for our clients. We are now in a solid position to further expand our reach into the historic preservation arena with greater access to a wider range of resources and services."
"Silverlode is an excellent strategic fit with GBX," added Drew Sparacia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GBX Group. "The talents of Silverlode's team put GBX Group in a much stronger position to pursue historic real estate projects that bring new life and vitality to urban areas. Moreover, this acquisition complements our ability to provide long term value to our investors, development partners, and associates in the historic preservation community."
Silverlode moved its offices, which were located in the historic Groh Mansion at 3043 Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, to GBX Group's new corporate headquarters in the renovated Empire Improvement Building at 2101 Superior Avenue. The rehabilitation of the Empire Improvement Building is the cornerstone of the revitalization of the Superior Avenue Corridor and represents the increasingly prominent role GBX Group is playing in bringing Class A office space to the district while acting as a catalyst for future renewal.
About Silverlode Consulting
Dennis McAndrew and former principal Steve Weitzner launched Silverlode in 2002 after helping to establish national site selection and incentives consulting practices at PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Ernst & Young. Silverlode was conceived to serve the private sector but at the urging of leaders in economic development and government, the firm broadened its services to the public sector.
About GBX Group LLC
GBX Group focuses on acquiring historic real estate in urban markets that have significant tax and other incentives available to them. For more than 15 years, the company has specialized in helping taxpayers use their tax liabilities to fund investments in real estate projects with targeted federal, state, and local incentives. Through its funds, the firm generates more than $400 million in real estate projects annually. Since its founding in 2001, GBX Group has completed over 100 projects in 14 states. For more information, please contact GBX Group at info@gbxgroup.com .
Contacts :
Regina Baker
rbaker@gbxgroup.com
Office: 216-298-7478
Cell: 216-502-7160
Kelly Moody
kelly@silverlodeconsulting.com
Office: 216-263-9000
with multimedia: releases/gbx-group-llc-acquires-silverlode-consulting-300621275.html
SOURCE GBX Group LLC | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
wiki:SubmittingPatches
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Patching rules
1. Always create a patch from the current tip of some branch.
2. patch should be created starting from top directory of the dCache source tree apply-able with patch -p0 or patch -p1
3. a patch should cleanly apply to specified branch and revision
4. patch series have to be cleanly defined
5. after applying a patch you should still be able to compile and produce packages
6. all existing unit test have to pass. It's allowed to add new unit tests which will fail
(Paul: insert usual hesitance about allowing failing tests here: the difference between 0 and 1 failures being much more prominent than n and n+1)
1. For bug fixed a unit test or functional test should be provided that validates your change. The test should fail when run against a build without the change and succeed when run against a build with the change.
2. code changes are not allowed with white space changes together
3. no trailing whitespaces allowed in altered lines
4. no leading tabs for .java, .xml files in altered lines
e-Mail
• [PATCH #n/#total]: one-line summary
• email body is used as a comment message ( for external contributors )
• one patch per e-mail
• no compression
• no html
• no base64 encoding
• no attachments prefer
• conforms to the commit message format.
review board
Review-Board is a prefered way to submit patches for review. Register yourself and submit the patch. Please use 'all' as reviewer group and '/' as base path for SVN based repository.
merge requests
if you want to merge to an older release-branch you have to send an email to support@… with a header starting with: [merge-req] (reviewboard-header)
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Netbeans Rules
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sin(cos(x)) versus cos(sin(x))
A few days ago I wrote about sufficient conditions for f(g(x)) to bound g(f(x)). This evening I stumbled on an analogous theorem.
For real numbers γ and δ,
cos(γ sin(x)) > sin(δ cos(x))
for all real x provided
γ² + δ² < (π/2)².
Source: American Mathematical Monthly. February 2009. Solution to problem 11309, page 184.
The reference gives two proofs of the theorem above.
Here’s a quick and dirty Python script that suggests the theorem and its converse are both true.
from numpy import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
N = 200
xs = linspace(0, pi, N)
ds = linspace(-0.5*pi, 0.5*pi, N)
gs = linspace(-0.5*pi, 0.5*pi, N)
def f(x, d, g): return cos(g*sin(x)) - sin(d*cos(x))
for d in ds:
for g in gs:
if all(f(xs, d, g) > 0):
plt.plot(d, g, 'bo')
if d**2 + g**2 > (pi/2)**2:
print(d, g)
plt.gca().set_aspect("equal")
plt.show()
This produces a big blue disk of radius π/2, confirming that the condition
γ² + δ² < (π/2)²
is sufficient. Furthermore, it prints nothing, which suggests the condition is also necessary. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Handle an exception
For the list of REST API exceptions, see Exceptions.
Exceptions are returned in text/html format if no ACCEPT header or alt clause is passed, or if the ACCEPT header is invalid. See Sample Exception in HTML
If application/xml is requested, the exception is returned in XML format compatible with the Rest Exception Schema. See Schema Reference.
If application/json is requested, the exception is returned in a JSON format string. The Id element refers to the exception type. The Title provides more specific information. The client handles REST exceptions by extracting the exception Id and Title and taking application-appropriate action.
If the ACCEPT header is a binary type, exceptions are returned in text/html format. However, if an additional valid content type is requested, the error is returned according to the additional type. For example, for application/octet-stream,application/xml, the exception is returned in XML format compatible with the Rest Exception Schema. For application/octet-stream,application/json, the exception is returned in a JSON format string.
See Also
Exceptions
HTTP Return Codes
Example of exception in JSON format | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Sample text for Paths to god : living the Bhagavad Gita / Ram Dass.
Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog
Copyrighted sample text provided by the publisher and used with permission. May be incomplete or contain other coding.
Context and Conflict
Before we approach the Bhagavad Gita, we need to have a contextual framework for the way it fits into the Mahabharata, of which it's a part. The Mahabharata is one of the two great Indian epics (the Ramayana being the other). The Mahabharata is a huge book-a typical edition runs to nearly six thousand pages. It is said to be the longest literary work in the world; it is seven times the length of The Iliad and The Odyssey combined, and the only unabridged English edition runs to twelve volumes. It's thought to have been written somewhere between 500 and 200 b.c., and it covers a distant period of Indian history: tradition places the battle of Kurukshetra in 3102 b.c., although historians say it was probably more like 1400 b.c. when the events that inspired the Mahabharata took place.
At one level, the Mahabharata is an historical study of a kingdom; but at another level, it is an extraordinary symbological study of all human interactions, of all human emotions and motivations. It's like an incredible psychology book cast in the form of a drama, and it's written from a very conscious point of view, which means that although it can be read just for its romantic, melodramatic story line, it can also be read to uncover its deeper symbolism. And right in the middle of the Mahabharata, on the eve of the climactic battle between the kingdom's two warring families, comes the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna that's called the Bhagavad Gita, or "the Song of God."
The story of the Mahabharata concerns the kingdom of Bharat, in northern India. The king of Bharat had two sons, Dhritarashtra and Pandu. Dhritarashtra was the elder brother, and ordinarily would have been next in line to inherit the throne after their father died; but he had been born blind, and the traditions of the time didn't allow for a blind king, so Pandu became the king instead, and ruled the kingdom.
Now, what it is that Dhritarashtra's blindness represents in the story is something that has been expounded upon with great relish by countless Hindu pundits over the centuries. Some say his blindness represents his attachment to his son, Duryodhana, which makes him blind to the dharma, blind to truth or to higher wisdom. Some say the blindness represents the nature of the human condition, which is blind because it lacks the higher intellect. The symbolism is very rich.
Pandu, the younger brother, the king, had two wives-Kunti and Madri-and he had five children by them. Of these five children (and these turn out to be the good guys, by the way-the Pandavas), Yuddhisthira was the eldest. Yuddhisthira was virtually the embodiment of dharma, although he did have one minor failing, which was that he gambled-he liked to play dice-and that, we will see, is what ultimately leads us to the predicament we find ourselves in at Kurukshetra. Bhima, Pandu's second son, was very strong and rather reckless. Arjuna, the third, was pure, noble, chivalrous, and heroic; he turns out to be our hero in the Gita. And there were two younger sons, twins by Madri.
Dhritarashtra-the elder, blind brother-had a hundred children, all by one wife. (I know a hundred children-but we're just going to have to allow for these strange things in the Mahabharata. We make room for them in the Old Testament, with 120-year-old men having scores of children. So let's just assume that things are different in different times.) Dhritarashtra's wife, Gandhari, was incredibly devoted to him. She was so devoted that since he couldn't see, she kept her own eyes bandaged throughout her entire married life, because she said that it would be unseemly for her to see when her husband was blind. That's devoted!
Well, a few years into his reign, Pandu accidentally killed a Brahmin. Killing a Brahmin, even by accident, is a very bad thing to do, so to atone for it, Pandu retired to the forest to do tapasya (penances), leaving the kingdom in the care of Dhritarashtra. After some years, while he was still away in the forest, Pandu died as the result of a curse, and Dhritarashtra just went on ruling Bharat.
As the children grew up, Duryodhana, Dhritarashtra's eldest son, grew more and more jealous of Yuddhisthira, the eldest son of Pandu. You can see that the laws of succession would be a little hazy in this situation, but it looked as though Yuddhisthira, as the eldest Pandu son, was going to be the one to inherit the kingdom whenever Dhritarashtra died-and Duryodhana wanted it for himself. He pulled every dirty trick in the books to try to get it; the Mahabharata devotes hundreds of pages to descriptions of all the ways Duryodhana went about scheming to get rid of the Pandavas, so he could take over the kingdom. Finally, Duryodhana held a huge celebration, and invited all the Pandavas to attend. He had a magnificent palace built to house them, but he had it made of some very flammable material, and during the night, when he expected all the Pandavas to be asleep inside, he set the building afire. Luckily, the Pandavas had been forewarned by a loyal servant, and so they-the five boys and their mother-had escaped through an underground passage and gone off into the jungle, into hiding.
Now, just to give you a little more of the flavor of this story: While they were in hiding, living in a cave in the jungle, the Pandava boys heard that there was to be a swayamvara, a husband-selecting ceremony, for Draupadi, the beautiful daughter of a very high king, to find a suitable mate for her. All the princes would be there, of course, because they all wanted to marry this rich, beautiful lady.
At the gathering, a number of tasks were set for the would-be suitors: stringing a magical bow, shooting a target by looking at its reflection in a pool of water, feats like that. All the princes tried, and all the princes failed. Then this poor young Brahmin priest came along, and he easily accomplished all the tasks, one after the other. That was Arjuna in drag, of course. So Arjuna won Draupadi's hand, and he and his brothers took her and headed back to their cave in the jungle.
As they approached the cave where they were living, the boys yelled out to Kunti, their mother, Come out, Ma! See what we have brought today!
Kunti was in the cave and couldn't see her sons, but she called out, Whatever it be, share it equally among all of you. That's a good thing for a mother to say to her five children-usually! But this time it meant that all five brothers ended up being the husbands of Draupadi-she had five husbands by the mother's "boon."
Well, after some years in hiding, the Pandavas made their way back to the kingdom of Bharat, and Dhritarashtra (who wasn't a bad guy, really-it was his son who was out of control) insisted that Duryodhana give them a piece of land to rule. Duryodhana, as you'd expect, picked out the worst piece of land in the kingdom to give to the Pandavas; it had nothing going for it. But in spite of that, Yuddhisthira and his brothers made a go of it, and created a very good kingdom, prosperous and well ruled. That just made Duryodhana more jealous than ever, of course; he grew insanely jealous, and all he could think about was plotting against the Pandavas.
Duryodhana remembered that Yuddhishthira, the oldest Pandava brother, really liked playing dice, so he challenged Yuddhisthira to a dice game, and got a crooked dice player to play opposite him. The two of them played out their dice game, and in the course of it Yuddhishthira lost everything: He lost his kingdom, he forfeited his brothers into servitude, he sold Draupadi down the river-everything he had, went.
Duryodhana was ecstatic! He was so haughty about what he'd done that he had Draupadi brought in, planning to strip her naked in front of the court, to shame her. But when he went to pull off her sari, he found that no matter how many saris he pulled away, there was always one more underneath. He had piles of saris everywhere, but Draupadi was still clothed, because she was protected by the purity of the dharma. (And, of course, Krishna, whom the Pandavas had met while they were off in hiding, was helping secretly, on the side.)
When Dhritarashtra heard about the episode with Draupadi, he was so embarrassed by his son's behavior that he offered Draupadi three boons. She said, Well, for the first one, let my husbands go free, and for the second, give them back their weapons. And that's enough-I won't even need the third boon. They'll be able to take care of things from there."
Well, Dhritarashtra kept his promise and freed the Pandavas; but as soon as the brothers were free, Duryodhana sucked Yuddhisthira into another dice game. (Yuddhisthira just never seems to learn, does he?) In this dice game, the losers (who, of course, turned out to be Yuddhisthira and his four brothers) had to go off and live in the jungle for twelve years. And then, in the thirteenth year, it got even worse: They had to hide out for that whole year, because if they were found by Duryodhana during the thirteenth year, they'd have to do still another twelve years in the jungle. But if they made it through all that, Duryodhana promised that at the end of their exile they'd get their kingdom back.
So back they went to the jungle. They did their twelve years, and in the thirteenth year, in order to hide out, they became servants to a king in a neighboring kingdom. Duryodhana tried everything to find them, but he couldn't. At the end of the thirteenth year, they came back to Bharat and presented themselves before Duryodhana and said, "OK, we did it. Now we want our kingdom."
Duryodhana said, Tough. I'm keeping it. He said, I wouldn't even give you enough land to carry on the tip of a needle.
Now that is the background to the situation in which we find ourselves at the time when the events in the Bhagavad Gita are about to take place. That is, Duryodhana has finally pushed the Pandavas too far, and they have no choice now but to fight. Injustice has taken over their kingdom. Arjuna and his brothers have been cheated and lied to; truth has been trampled on. The dharma has to reassert itself-the good guys have to make a statement. War is their only recourse.
At this point in the story, an interesting event takes place: Arjuna and Duryodhana both go to Krishna, who happens to be God in an avataric form, and they both ask him for his help. In a kind of Solomon-like decision, Krishna says to them, "OK, here are your options: One of you can have all of my weapons and all of my armies...and the other one can have me, but without any armies or weapons." Arjuna immediately says, "Well, I want you-forget about the armies." His mind was turned toward God, and so he said, "All I want is God on my side."
Well, Duryodhana was very pleased with that! He, being the worldly, adharmic fellow, said, "That's perfect! I'm very happy. I get all the arms and all the might." So now the bad guys have this huge army, while the good guys have a much smaller force. And Krishna, although he's God, is only the charioteer for Arjuna-he's not even carrying a bow.
At this point, let me introduce you to a little more of Krishna's story, so we can see how he came to this moment on the battlefield. Krishna was the child of Vasudev and Devaki, and Devaki had a very mean brother named Kamsa. Kamsa was so mean that he put his own father in jail, just in order to take over the kingdom.
But mean though he was, Kamsa had a soft spot in his heart for his sister Devaki. So when she married Vasudev, Kamsa threw a big celebration for her, with a great feast, and afterward announced that he would drive the chariot himself to take the couple to their new home. While they were on their way there, however, a great voice suddenly spoke from the sky and said to Kamsa, "Beware! The eighth child of this couple will kill you."
Well, that, of course, freaked the brother completely! He was about to kill Devaki and Vasudev right on the spot, but they begged for their lives, and he finally relented. He said, OK, I won't kill you. But you'll have to agree to live in jail for the rest of your lives, and to give me all your children as soon as they're born.
What could they do? They agreed.
So Devaki and Vasudev were imprisoned, and their first seven children were taken away the minute they were born. The first six were killed by Kamsa; the seventh has a complicated story of his own, which we won't go into here.
When the time came for the eighth birth, Kamsa was especially wary. He put extra guards on duty at the prison, and he locked Vasudev and Devaki in chains. But as the time of the birth approached, the guards began to feel very sleepy, and they all dozed off. And then the baby was born. As he came out of the womb, the baby (who, of course, was Krishna) said, "Take me to Gokul, to Nanda's house, and there you will find a girl-child. Substitute me for that baby girl."
Vasudev said, "How can I take you to Gokul? The doors are locked, and I'm in chains." At that point, Vasudev's chains dropped away and the prison door flew open. Well, Vasudev felt that was a pretty clear message, so he took baby Krishna to Gokul and brought the baby girl back in his place. The guards woke up and saw the baby, and went to tell Kamsa. The wicked brother came to the cell, and thinking that the little girl was his sister's child, he grabbed the baby by her feet, planning to throw her to the floor. But as he touched her feet, she flew out of his hands and up into the sky. As she was going, she called back, "I would have killed you, but you touched my feet; and even though you did that intending to kill me, I will treat it as though you were honoring me and let you go this time." Then she disappeared up into heaven.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Bhagavadgåitåa Criticism, interpretation, etc, Yoga | FINEWEB-EDU |
Talk:Valavanur
People of Valavanur origin around the globe
N.K.RAGHUPATHY, IAS, CHAIRMAN, STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION, NEW DELHI, INDIA Pl record your name, location, official position etc. Let the world know contribution of Valavanur to humanity.<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 07:34, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
People of Valavanur working in DPRO Technologies
S.Balaji Team Lead Precision Billing LLC NJ USA J.Umar farook Group Co-Ordinator Precision Billing LLC NJ USA — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:27, 3 November 2011 (UTC) | WIKI |
Ari Ne'eman
Ari Daniel Ne'eman (born December 10, 1987) is an American autism rights activist who co-founded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and sat on the National Council on Disability for two terms from 2010 to 2015.
Andrew Wakefield: autism inc
Quoted in The Guardian by Alex Hannaford (6 April 2013) Available Online
* In America we've spent over a billion dollars on autism research. What have we got for that? We've not seen anything that's appreciably impacted the quality of life of autistic people, regardless of their place on the spectrum. Quite frankly, we've spent $1bn figuring out how to make mice autistic and we'll spend another $1bn figuring out how to make them not autistic. And that's not what the average person wakes up in the morning aspiring to. They think: am I going to be able to find a job, to communicate, to live independently, either on my own or with support? Those are the real priorities.
Could a gene test change autism?
Quoted in Newsweek by Claudia Kalb (15 May 2009) Available Online
* There's a misperception that autism is some thief in the night that takes a normal child and places an autistic child in its place. That's not true.
* You come out of a meeting and you've put on a mask, which involves looking people in the eye, using certain mannerisms, certain phrases. Even if you learn to do it in a very seamless sort of way, you're still putting on an act. It's a very ex-hausting act.
Just Asking: Ari Ne’eman, co-founder of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Quoted in the Washington Post by Joe Heim (13 March 2015) Available Online
* If research is society’s investment in its future, our society does not prioritize the future of autistic people.
CBC Canada intervew
Quoted by CBC News (26 October 2009) Available Online
* Autism is a disability insofar as we’re disabled by society. A society that is often very hostile to our ways of communicating, to our ways of being that often is structured in such a way that makes it difficult for us to access places of public accommodation and services and countless other things. It creates an education system where autistic people are often abused and do not have our communication and other needs met.
The Autism Rights Movement
Quoted in the New York Magazine by Andrew Solomon (25 May 2008) Available Online
* I like to say that neurotypical social interaction is a second language. It’s not as if we can’t learn it. It’s just that it doesn’t necessarily come easily to us. | WIKI |
Talk:Roe Highway
Copyright infringement
An advertising feature run in The West Australian edition 7 April 2006 used content from this webpage verbatim. After inquiring with the featured organisation (Main Roads Western Australia), The West Australian were confirmed as authors of the advertising feature. A complaint was submitted by me via the e-mail feedback on their website on 17 April 2006. It was as follows:
''Dear The West:
''I was pleased to see that an advertising feature about the Roe Highway ran in your Metropolitan edition Friday 7 April 2006. The advertising feature used content from Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/), the free encyclopedia. This is the sort of reuse that those who contribute to Wikipedia, as I do, wish to promote.
''However, I’d like to point out that when you use content from Wikipedia you ought to include a link back to the source Wikipedia article as is suggested on Wikipedia’s copyrights page, which is located at http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights.
''Specifically, the advertising featured used content from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_Highway#History. I was a contributor to this article, and text that I wrote appeared verbatim in the advertising feature. Since it appears without attribution to me, or a link to the Wikipedia history, or the text of the GFDL under which I released my contributions, the existence of this page violates my copyright, as well as those of all other contributors.
''Please in the future provides acknowledgments to all parts of articles/advertising features authored by your publication that use Wikipedia content verbatim. Thank you.
''Sincerely, Ian Peters Ian peters 15:26, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
* This is rather interesting, even a little amusing I must say. They could have at least linked back or even cited there sources. - Boochan 06:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
* Very observant Ian and well handled. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to mention this on the Australian Wikipedians' notice board. Nachoman-au 10:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
* Is there a copy of the West Australian's story anywhere?? pfctdayelise (translate?) 02:15, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
* The West Australians site is just a plug for its online edition. If I knew earlier I probably could have gotten the article, but I'm guessing papers backdated that old have being thrown out now (I have The West on home delivery)... - Boochan 13:33, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
* Incidentally the "Eastern Reporter" and "Southern Gazette", in the page 6 article "Link to Perth" in the ill-famed August liftout (which made it onto Media Watch in early October) sampled large sections of the History section, including the 2nd and 5th paragraphs verbatim. Seems this article is well-read amongst Perth media types... Orderinchaos 17:42, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
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<IP_ADDRESS> was me. Forgot to log in-- M W Johnson 09:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Stage 8 (Fremantle Eastern Bypass)
It looks to me like it is going to be built (or at least re-planned) anyway. Should this go in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 08:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Future upgrades
I think details of the upgrading of the intersection at Roe and Great eastern highway, to a flyover style intersection should be added, also notes made about how it is planned to become a Ring road for Perth in the future, and even talk of becoming freeway standard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Possessedbeaver (talk • contribs) 13:35, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Roe Highway. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
* Added archive https://web.archive.org/20050308083017/http://www.roe7.com.au:80/ to http://www.roe7.com.au
Cheers.—cyberbot II Talk to my owner :Online 10:26, 14 February 2016 (UTC) | WIKI |
Battle of Orșova (1788)
The Battle of Orsova was a military engagement between the Habsbug and the Ottoman armies during the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791. The Ottomans were victorious and routed the Austrians.
Background
The Ottomans were determined to pursue their goals. Their first plan was to recapture the Crimean peninsula from the Russian empire which was lost in 1774. Since the Austrians also threatened them from the west, the Ottomans sent a greater part of their forces against them under the leadership of the Grand Vizier, Koca Yusuf Pasha. The Ottoman plan was to break into Banat and defeat the Austrian army at Mehadia.
Battle
The Ottoman vanguard appeared on the right bank of the Danube River opposite old Orsova on the morning of August 7. The Austrians held a position at Szupany, 2,5 kilometers north of the Danube at Orsova. Commanded by Paul Dimich von Papilla, the Austrian force consisted of the Wallachian cavalry regiment and the De Vins Hungarian infantry battalion led by Lieutenant-Colonel Pál Szentiványi. The Ottoman began bombarding De Vin's position which lasted 8 hours. The Ottomans began crossing the Danube using 13 ships and Szentiványi directed his guns against them but failed to prevent them. Seeing the dangerous situation, Papilla dispatched Romanian squadrons to help De Vin's battalion. Szentiványi sent a part of his force to prevent their crossing but failed.
Failed to prevent the Ottoman crossing, De Vin's battalion retreated. The Ottoman captured Austrian boats and facilitated the crossing faster. The Ottomans then chased the retreating battalion and attacked them at the village of Szupany. Szentiványi turned to face them. When he noticed they were about to attack from one of the hillsides, he sent part of his troops against them and defended with the rest in a square formation. But the Ottoman's superior strength made it impossible for him to hold his ground for any time. so he moved slowly backward to the village of Koramnik, north of Szupany.
The village of Koramnik was suddenly swarming with Turks. Attacking them would have meant the destruction of the battalion. The Austrians divided troops into smaller groups and tried to escape from the Ottomans by crossing the mountain range to the west. Even so, the retreat still claimed heavy losses. Only 70 of the battalion escaped on the roads through the rocky crevasses of the mountains. The rest lost their lives on the dangerous steep slopes. Szentivánvi himself, on his horse, fell into a deep ravine and was crushed to death. The Austrians lost 11 cannons alongside ammunition to the Ottomans.
Aftermath
Papilla managed to escape with some of his troops. The troops at Szupany were originally dispatched to guard any possible Ottoman sorites from the city of Orsova. Jospeph complained regarding the defeat and claimed it should never happened. Papilla's forces should've taken a position in the mountains But Papilla had either disregarded these instructions or they could not be fulfilled. | WIKI |
Kirchoff’s Voltage Law
Gustav Kirchoff
The concept behind Kirchoff’s Voltage Law is that around any electrical loop, the sum of the voltage rises equals the sum of the voltage drops. Another way to put this is that if you start at one point on a circuit and go around the circuit in a loop, when you come to a component where the voltage across the component increases, add the voltage, and when you come to a component where the voltage across the component decreases, subtract the voltage. When you return back to the point your started at, your total should be at zero.
This is sort of like going for a hike in the mountains. During your hike, you will sometimes be climbing upwards and sometimes be climbing downwards and sometimes be walking on the flat. However, if you return back to where you started from, your net elevation gain is 0.
Kirchoff’s voltage law is basically a conservation of energy rule. In a circuit, there are some things that provide electrical energy and some things that use electrical energy. All of the energy from the sources must be used up by all of the loads in the electrical circuit. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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NativeScript Core
Gestures
This module allows users to interact with an app via a set of different gestures. NativeScript provides a variety of APIs to help you create gestures.
Overview
Gestures, such as tap, slide and pinch, allow users to interact with your app by manipulating UI elements on the screen. In NativeScript, View (the base class for all NativeScript UI elements) has on and off methods that let you subscribe or unsubscribe to all events and gestures recognized by the UI element. As the first parameter, you pass an on or off method and the type of gesture you want to track. The second parameter is a function that is called each time the specified gesture is recognized. The function arguments contain additional information about the gesture, if applicable.
• on( type Number | name String | names Comma separated String, callback Function... **)
• type - Number | name - String | names - Comma separated String
• callback - Function(args GestureEventData)
• off( type Number | name String | names Comma separated String, callback Function... **)
• type - Number | name - String | names - Comma separated String
• callback - Function(args GestureEventData)
Example
myView.on("tap", () => {
console.log("myView tapped!");
})
myView.on("tap", () => {
console.log("myView tapped!");
})
Gestures events can also be implemented directly in the XML layout by providing the callback method.
<StackLayout tap="onTap"/>
exports.onTap = function(args) {
console.log("Label tapped!");
};
export function onTap(args) {
console.log("Label tapped!");
};
Double Tap
Action: Two taps in a quick succession.
<Label text="Double Tap me!" doubleTap="onDoubleTap" />
function onDoubleTap(args) {
// args is of type GesturesEventData
alert(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
}
exports.onDoubleTap = onDoubleTap;
import { GestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onDoubleTap(args: GestureEventData) {
// args is of type GesturesEventDatae
alert(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
}
Possible implementations for doubleTap gesture:
• Scale up the object with a predefined percentage, centered around the double-tapped region. If a user keeps repeating the double tap gesture, continue to scale up until the maximum scale is reached.
• Scale up the smallest targetable view or returns it to its original scale in nested views.
• Select text.
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Long Press
Action: Press your finger against the screen for a few moments.
<Label text="Long Press me!" longPress="onLongPress"/>
function onLongPress(args) {
// args is of type GesturesEventData
alert(`${args.eventName} gesture event triggered for ${args.view}`);
}
exports.onLongPress = onLongPress;
import { GestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onLongPress(args: GestureEventData) {
// args is of type GesturesEventData
alert(`${args.eventName} gesture event triggered for ${args.view}`);
}
Possible implementation for longPress gesture:
• Select one or more items in a view and act upon the data using a contextual action bar.
• Enter data selection mode.
Tip: Avoid using long press for displaying contextual menus.
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Pan
Action: Press your finger down and immediately start moving it around. Pans are executed more slowly and allow for more precision, and the screen stops responding as soon as the finger is lifted off it.
<Label text="Pan me!" pan="onPan"/>
function onPan(args) {
// args is of type PanGestureEventData
console.log(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
console.log(`deltaX: ${args.deltaX}`);
console.log(`deltaY: ${args.deltaY}`);
console.log(`state: ${args.state}`);
}
exports.onPan = onPan;
import { PanGestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onPan(args: PanGestureEventData) {
// args is of type PanGestureEventData
console.log(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
console.log(`deltaX: ${args.deltaX}`);
console.log(`deltaY: ${args.deltaY}`);
console.log(`state: ${args.state}`);
}
Possible implementations for pan gesture:
• Drag'n'Drop functionality
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Pinch
Action: Touch the screen using two of your fingers, then move them towards each other or away from each other.
<Label text="Pinch me!" pinch="onPinch" />
function onPinch(args) {
// args is of type PinchGestureEventData
console.log(`scale: ${args.scale}`);
console.log(`tate: ${args.state}`);
console.log(`getFocusX(): ${args.getFocusX()}`);
console.log(`getFocusY(): ${args.getFocusY()}`);
}
exports.onPinch = onPinch;
import { PinchGestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onPinch(args: PinchGestureEventData) {
// args is of type PinchGestureEventData
console.log(`scale: ${args.scale}`);
console.log(`tate: ${args.state}`);
console.log(`getFocusX(): ${args.getFocusX()}`);
console.log(`getFocusY(): ${args.getFocusY()}`);
}
Possible implementations for pinch gesture:
• Zoom into content or out of content.
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Rotation
Action: Touch the screen using two of your fingers, then rotate them simultaneously left or right.
<Label text="Rotate me!" rotation="onRotation"/>
function onRotation(args) {
// args is of type RotationGestureEventData
console.log(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
console.log(`rotation: ${args.rotation}`);
console.log(`state: ${args.state}`);
}
exports.onRotation = onRotation;
import { RotationGestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onRotation(args: RotationGestureEventData) {
// args is of type RotationGestureEventData
console.log(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
console.log(`rotation: ${args.rotation}`);
console.log(`state: ${args.state}`);
}
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Swipe
Action: Swiftly slide your finger across the screen. Swipes are quick and affect the screen even after the finger is lifted off the screen.
<Label text="Swipe me!" swipe="onSwipe"/>
function onSwipe(args) {
// args is of type SwipeGestureEventData
alert(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
console.log(`direction ${args.direction}`); // SwipeDirection enumeration: up, down, left, right
}
exports.onSwipe = onSwipe;
import { SwipeDirection, SwipeGestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onSwipe(args: SwipeGestureEventData) {
alert(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
let direction: SwipeDirection = args.direction;
console.log(`direction ${direction}`); // SwipeDirection enumeration: up, down, left, right
}
Possible implementation for swipe gesture:
• Navigate between views in the same hierarchy.
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Tap
Action: Briefly touch the screen.
<Label text="Tap me!" tap="onTap"/>
function onTap(args) {
// args is of type GestureEventData
alert(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
}
exports.onTap = onTap;
import { GestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onTap(args: GestureEventData) {
console.log(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
alert(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
}
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Touch
Action: A finger action was performed.
This is a general purpose gesture that is triggered whenever a pointer (usually a finger) has performed a touch action (up, down, move or cancel). TouchGestureEventData provides information about all the pointers currently on the screen and their position inside the view that triggered the event.
<Label text="Touch me!" touch="onTouch"/>
function onTouch(args) {
// args is of type TouchGestureEventData
console.log(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
console.log(args.action); // action: "up" | "move" | "down" | "cancel"
console.log("getX(): ", args.getX());
console.log("getY(): ", args.getY());
}
exports.onTouch = onTouch;
import {
TouchAction,
TouchGestureEventData
} from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
export function onTouch(args: TouchGestureEventData) {
console.log(`${args.eventName} event triggered for ${args.view}`);
let action = args.action;
switch (action) {
case TouchAction.cancel:
console.log("canceled");
break;
case TouchAction.down:
console.log("Down!");
break;
case TouchAction.up:
console.log("Up!");
break;
case TouchAction.move:
console.log("Moving");
break;
default:
break;
}
console.log("getX(): ", args.getX());
console.log("getY(): ", args.getY());
}
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First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Los Angeles County
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Los Angeles County, 482 U.S. 304 (1987), was a 6–3 decision of the United States Supreme Court. The court held that the complete destruction of the value of property constituted a "taking" under the Fifth Amendment even if that taking was temporary and the property was later restored.
Background
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church operated a retreat center for handicapped children on its property within the Angeles National Forest. They called the camp Lutherglen. After a serious flood destroyed all the buildings in Lutherglen, the County of Los Angeles adopted an interim ordinance prohibiting building within the floodplain.
The church sued seeking damages, alleging the ordinance denied them all use of Lutherglen. The Superior Court struck the allegation, reasoning that damages were unavailable for an inverse condemnation. In California a plaintiff was procedurally first required to get the court to declare a challenged regulation was excessive. After the regulation was declared excessive the regulator could discontinue the regulation or pay just compensation. The Court of Appeal affirmed the decision and the California Supreme Court denied review.
Opinion of the court
The six-member majority reversed and remanded the case to be considered with the struck allegations reinstated. Writing for the court, Chief Justice William Rehnquist's logic turns on a concern that allowing a regulator to simply discontinue a regulation declared to be a taking creates a temporary taking for the period of time the challenged regulation was in force.
This temporary takings question had been in contention since the court had affirmed on other grounds the case establishing the California approach, Agins v. City of Tiburon. In the seven years since Agins, the court had heard three cases involving the California approach, all of which had been denied review by the California Supreme Court, only to dividedly affirm or dismiss on finality issues. This case had its own jurisdictional problems, not least of which that the plaintiff's less than clear pleadings had only invoked the California state constitution. Nevertheless, the court found itself ready and able to dispose of the temporary takings issue.
The court held that a temporary regulatory takings requires just compensation, as in any other kind of takings. In reaching his conclusion, Rehnquist relied heavily on WWII physical takings cases, where the government was required to pay compensation for property it had temporarily commandeered.
Dissent
Justice John Paul Stevens, joined by Justices Harry Blackmun and Sandra Day O'Connor, dissented. After noting the "litigation explosion" the court's reasoning will cause, the dissent points out that even if the church's allegation are not struck, plaintiff's claim is so weak it will be summarily rejected regardless. They also point out that the severe floods in the floodplain may poise a greater obstacle to rebuilding Lutherglen than the county ordinance. Given that the church has such a weak case, the dissenters doubt the propriety of using struck complaint allegations as a "springboard" to address novel constitutional questions.
Writing alone, Stevens probes the distinction between physical and regulatory takings. Acknowledging as a matter of course that there can be temporary physical takings, he posits that the "three-dimensional" nature of regulations make them too uncertain to be treated the same as physical invasions. Stevens concludes by noting that procedural due process should be adequate to protect property owners from a malevolent local zoning board. | WIKI |
Excipients and patients
Last updated: Sunday, December 10, 2023
Excipients can occasionally be the cause of a medicine's side effects. Many healthcare professionals are unlikely to know much about this subject or to consider it clinically, so adverse reactions to excipients can be overlooked. As a pharmacist you need to be able to offer advice about it.
Reactions to excipients
It can be difficult to find out about adverse reactions to excipients and how frequently they occur, although one of the reasons for a substance being selected as an excipient is that it should not commonly cause side effects. In addition, the amount of an individual excipient in a medicine is usually small.
However, occasionally, excipients can cause dose-related adverse reactions. Persistent administration of sugar-containing medicines might cause tooth decay, for example, and the popular sweetener sorbitol used in some liquid medicines can cause diarrhoea because it acts as an osmotic laxative. Another example is the sodium content of medicines. Sometimes this is high enough for a medicine not to be recommended for patients on a restricted salt diet (e.g. those with hypertension). Antacids and dispersible, effervescent and soluble tablets may contain quite high amounts of sodium.
In practice, the commonest side effects of excipients tend to be due to intolerance, which is often dose-related, and allergy, which is not dose-related. In these situations it is important to help patients to avoid further exposure.
Factors influencing risk
Some excipients are not absorbed from the gut, and so are particularly unlikely to cause systemic reactions after oral administration (e.g. talc). Certain other common excipients are natural to the human body and in the amounts used in pharmaceuticals are unlikely to cause side effects (e.g. citric acid). Many excipients also occur naturally in food and so may form part of a regular diet (e.g. starches).
Some excipients can potentially cause problems in both adults and children such as sorbitol, which is commonly found in liquid medicines. However, certain excipients can present special problems in children such as those in the table below. Exposure to these agents should be minimised as far as possible but occasionally a medicine containing a problem excipient may be indicated after a careful risk-benefit assessment (e.g. amiodarone injection containing benzyl alcohol).
Excipient
Linked with
Glucose and sucrose
Obesity, and tooth decay if taken orally
Benzyl alcohol
A gasping syndrome in neonates
Ethanol
CNS effects
Aspartame
A source of phenylalanine in patients with phenylketonuria
Polyoxyl castor oils
Severe anaphylactoid reactions
Propylene glycol
CNS effects especially in neonates and children under 4 yrs
Colourants (e.g. tartrazine)
Hypersensitivity and behavioural disturbances
This table is not a comprehensive list and exclusion does not indicate safety
A more detailed assessment of the risks posed by excipients to children is presented by the NPPG and the RCPCH.
As already noted, the commonest reason you may be asked about excipients is that a patient has a known allergy or intolerance to it. In this situation you need to find out the history and nature of the reaction in order to best help the patient. We examine this aspect in more detail on the next page. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
NDST3
Bifunctional heparan sulfate N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NDST3 gene. It catalyses the reaction:"3'-phosphoadenylyl sulfate + α- D -glucosaminyl-[ heparan sulfate](n) = adenosine 3',5'-bisphosphate + 2 H+ + N-sulfo-α- D -glucosaminyl-[heparan sulfate](n)"This is a step in the production of heparin.
Clinical significance
Mutations in NDST3 have been linked to schizophrenia. | WIKI |
AbleLight
AbleLight, formerly known as Bethesda Lutheran Communities, is a non-profit human service organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through faith-based programs. Bethesda, a 501(c)3 non-profit, provides supports and services for more than 2,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in 11 states including California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. The organization is headquartered in Watertown, Wisconsin.
History
Bethesda was founded on April 13, 1904, in Watertown, Wisconsin, by Children’s Friends Societies from seven Midwestern states. The organization was originally named "The Society for the Training and Care of the Feeble-minded and Epileptic". The five people originally supported by the organization moved into rented quarters in Watertown.
In 1906, the organization had grown to serve 14 people, but lost its lease. It relocated to a small vacant sanitarium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for 2½ years and grew to serve a clientele of 40 people. Having outgrown its Milwaukee location, the organization returned to Watertown in 1909, where the first permanent building was located on farmland along the banks of the Rock River. Above the main entrance to that building was placed a stone inscribed with a single word, “Bethesda”. The word is Hebrew for “House of Mercy” and is taken from a story of healing in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John. The name of the organization was not officially changed to Bethesda Lutheran Home until 1924.
The original building quickly filled and others were built to accommodate a growing need for space. Through the first 40 years of its existence, Bethesda made use of the surrounding farmland and orchards to provide much of its own food. Many of the residents provided the necessary labor.
1970s
By the early 1970s, the number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living at the institution had grown to 660. In response to this large number of people, along with the growing level of individual needs, the board of directors and administration began to seek more appropriate living settings for many people. For others, they began to explore the possibility of establishing group homes away from Watertown and closer to people’s families. In 1977, the first Bethesda group home was established in Maryville, Missouri. The establishment of additional homes in other states followed.
1980–2010
The 1980s and 1990s were marked by significant expansion of services in a number of states. In two locations, Kansas and Texas, Bethesda acquired existing programs that were facing financial difficulties. Both programs are functioning and still expanding today. In Illinois, a number of new homes were constructed.
In the early 1980s, Bethesda established the National Christian Resource Center (NCRC). The NCRC provides outreach services beyond the individuals it supports. For 25 years, the NCRC produced religious education materials for churches; staff training materials for other service providers; referral information to parents, teachers and pastors; and scholarship and award programs for grade school, high school and college students. In 2009, the NCRC gave way to the Bethesda Institute, which has become the primary outreach division of Bethesda Lutheran Communities. The Institute is planned to provide consultation, research, professional training, and leadership development in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
In recognition of its broadened role in producing outreach materials and services beyond its single location in Watertown, Bethesda's Board of Directors made the decision in 1992 to change the name of the organization to Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services, Inc. In 2004, Bethesda opened a new corporate headquarters building.
Good Shepherd Communities
In 2006, Bethesda became a nationwide organization when Good Shepherd Communities (GSC) became a wholly-controlled subsidiary of the organization. The histories of the two agencies had been intertwined since GSC’s inception. In 1949, Norma and Paul Yorde traveled from California to Watertown, Wisconsin, to inquire about placing their son on a waiting list for admission to Bethesda. Bethesda was unable to admit their son but offered the Yordes assistance in developing a program for people with disabilities on the west coast. The Good Shepherd Lutheran Home of the West was established in Terra Bella, California, with Bethesda providing assistance to help the organization get started and, in the 1970s, the two agencies partnered on a successful joint fundraising initiative. In November 2008, Bethesda’s Board of Directors made the recommendation to formally merge with Good Shepherd Communities, effective September 1, 2009. That recommendation was preceded by a year-long study of Bethesda’s mission, vision, and values with relation to the strength of its identity. The merger of Bethesda and GSC was approved in May 2009, and on September 1, 2009, the single organization became known as Bethesda Lutheran Communities.
2020s
In 2021, Raleigh, North Carolina-based Broadstep Behavioral Health, a portfolio company within the Double Impact fund of Bain Capital, acquired Bethesda Lutheran Communities' residential and support programs in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
On January 10, 2022, Bethesda changed its name to AbleLight, in part to distinguish it from other organizations with Bethesda in their names.
Advocacy
Through its Bethesda Voices program, an online community, Bethesda seeks to improve public policy affecting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its purpose is to educate, engage and mobilize support for system reforms and improvements, and to seek improved and sustainable funding for services and supports. One focus is Medicaid reform, specifically, helping to make funding more accessible to people seeking services in the community as opposed to larger, institutional settings.
Programs
, AbleLight supports individuals through hundreds of programs across 11 states including California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Washington. Most people served by AbleLight receive residential supports in group homes and apartments. AbleLight also provides vocational training either on its own or by contracting with other local providers.
Employment supports
AbleLight assists people with intellectual and developmental disabilities find career opportunities in Wisconsin, Oregon, and Colorado. Employment staff evaluate individuals and help them navigate the hiring process. AbleLight also works with employers who are looking for staff.
AbleLight College
The AbleLight College of Applied Learning is a two-year post-secondary certificate program where students with intellectual and developmental disabilities can participate in college education. Students enrolled in AbleLight College live in integrated residence halls on the Concordia University Wisconsin campus in Mequon.
International work
On August 10, 2001, Bethesda joined with v. Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel of Germany, Nord-Norges Daikonistiftelse of Norway, Mosaic of the United States, and Bethphage of Great Britain to create IMPACT, an international organization formed to positively impact public policy throughout the world and to respond to the needs of children and adults with disabilities.
International partnerships also exist with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod World Relief and Human Care to provide special programs in Latvia, Romania, Russia, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic.
Camp Matz
Bethesda previously operated Camp Matz, a fully accessible camp for people with disabilities, staffed by volunteers from the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s Servant Event program. The camp was home to the only fully wheelchair accessible treehouse in the Midwest.
Chief executive officers
* 1975-1998: Alex Napolitano
* 1998-2008: David Geske
* 2008-2014: John Bauer
* 2014–2021: Mike Thirtle
* 2021-2022: Dave Sneddon (interim)
* 2022-Present: Keith Jones | WIKI |
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The most dates in the section Seatle Seahawks are wrong. Someone should look in the german wikipedia, where are the correct dates and they are verificated.--JTCEPB (talk) 13:34, 20 December 2015 (UTC) User:ChuckNoll vs Vince Lombardi?--JTCEPB (talk) 05:45, 15 January 2016 (UTC) | WIKI |
User:GraphicCycle/Matroid
Matroid is a Computer Vision company founded in 2016 in Palo Alto, giving typical computer users the ability to scan video using machine learning.
Product
The Matroid Product is a studio for creating and using detectors, giving users the ability to scan video for faces, actions, places, and other objects. Common examples include finding when former President Barack Obama appears on TV, or how often a man holding a gun is recorded in security footage. Users can easily write a filter—Matroid calls them "detectors"—of their own to find particular people or objects, or they can pick from a library of pre-programmed filters designed by users of the platform.
Matroid is initially focused on users who want to analyze television appearances or scan surveillance video. In the first case, a firm may want to track which political candidates got more TV time or which brand of car appears more often on a particular show or television network. Product features include a video player with computer vision at its core, a tight feedback loop for detector iteration, an extensive API, stream monitoring, and work-sharing amongst users to share detectors.
Scaled Machine Learning Conference
Matroid holds the Scaled Machine Learning Conference (ScaledML) every year, with the previous two conferences held on Stanford University campus. In 2016, Microsoft announced "Open Mind", Microsoft's Visual Studio-like suite for machine learning at ScaledML 2016. At Scaled ML 2017, Google announced the Tensor Processor Unit to speed up machine learning operations in Google Cloud Platform.
Funding
Matroid has raised $3.5 million dollars from New Enterprise Associates in funding in 2016.
Open Source
Matroid uses TensorFlow and Kubernetes, and is an active member of the TensorFlow open source community by holding TensorFlow tutorials and writing a Deep Learning book on the topic with O'Reilly Media. For its contributions to Open Source Machine Learning, at KDD 2016, Matroid was awarded a best paper award. | WIKI |
Obit: Edward Bernays | Media | The Guardian
Harvey Smith Friday 16 March 2001 09.45 EST When Edward Bernays, who has died aged 103, ran the first course in public relations at New York University in 1923, he spoke on the technique and method of reaching the public, with particular emphasis on the newspaper, the periodic press, the pulpit, the motion picture, and other avenues of approach to the public. The same year, Bernays wrote the first book on public relations, Crystallising Public Opinion. In counselling clients on their public relations he left behind the one-way ideas of propaganda or publicity. He took into account all the relations you had with all of your publics. He moved rapidly from mass communication to targeting specific audiences: he added the s to public. By 1965, he was writing in his autobiography, Biography Of An Idea: From a one-way street of information and persuasion from client to public, it became a two-way street, with the element of adjustment added... Counsel on public relations was based on dealing with interaction between client and public. He wrote 14 books in all, one called The Engineering Of Consent raising the problem of who adapts - client or public. Bernays was born in Vienna but was taken to New York as a small child. He married Doris Fleischman, whom he met when he was 16, in 1922, having formed his business with her three years earlier. A feminist, she kept her maiden name and was the first American woman to use it on her passport. They were in business together until she died in 1980. Bernays linked public relations studies closely to social science, and to the importance of influencing group leaders or opinion formers. Thus he persuaded a nomadic labour force of Indians to eat a new type of corn by having the shaman of the tribe bless it - solving a company's labour problem. And he persuaded Americans to eat more (of his client's) bacon by publishing a survey of 5,000 doctors who confirmed the need for a more substantial breakfast than coffee and rolls. The nephew of Sigmund Freud, he was aware of psychology. Never attack the ego of your superior by stating that he is wrong and you are right... it is much easier to gain acceptance by quoting authority, giving reasons for your point of view or referring to tradition, than telling someone that he is wrong.' His creative imagination in countering poor images became legend at the highest levels. (President) Coolidge looks as though he had been weaned on a pickle, said Alice Roosevelt Longworth. So Bernays got Al Jolsen, the sexy, spirited Dolly sisters, and assorted actors to have breakfast with him. Headlines included: President nearly laughs. He advised Eisenhower, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Enrico Caruso (He called me Bernaysie), Jan Masaryk, Nijinsky, Samuel Goldwyn and Eleanor Roosevelt. He is said to have turned down Hitler and Franco, and to have had some 350 clients, from government departments to labour unions, educational institutions to large corporations. In the 1980s he advised the US Departments of State, Health and Commerce. The British Institute of Public Relations honoured him with their President's Medal in 1981 and with an honorary fellowship on his 100th birthday in 1991 (an event at which he gave a stand-up 40-minute speech without notes). Life magazine named him one of the 100 most important Americans of the 20th century. Death he felt about as philosophically as I feel about winter and summer and he enjoyed many seasons. He died knowing that the future of PR would be rapidly bound up in a convergence of electronic communication undreamt of when he, its acknowledged father, first articulated the new profession. What multimedia connections he might have made. This obituary was first published in the Guardian, 24 March 1995. Related storiesMar 16: BBC to examine Freud family historyMar 16: Matthew Freud biography Picture galleryFreud family tree | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of Star Trek crews
The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 19:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Comparison of Star Trek crews
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Fancruft, indiscriminate collection.... Recommend delete Dchall1 21:53, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
* Delete - OR that implies the "science officer" job in one series is comparable to that in all the others. Not particularly useful, either - those interested in clumping people together by job can use an infobox (e.g. Template:Enterprise captains) between character articles. --EEMeltonIV 22:02, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
* Delete per WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. Beam it away. -- B figura (talk) 03:23, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
* Strong keep, extremely useful information. Oh what the heck, go ahead and delete it. J I P | Talk 10:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
* Strong Keep Useful? I guess it depends on your point of view, but this is a concise table for separating the many characters from the many progeny of Gene Roddenberry, and it is preferable to having multiple articles about the casting. Like they say in baseball, you can't tell the players without a scorecard. Mandsford 01:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
* Comment - "It is useful" is not a compelling reason to retain content. --EEMeltonIV 02:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
* Response And neither is "It is not useful"... whether it is or is not useful, it's a concise table for sep... well, whatever I said up there. Mandsford 14:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
* Delete - Original research. Even the title implies it. - Dean Wormer 03:30, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
* Delete per the various reasons above. Rehevkor 14:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
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Template:Did you know nominations/Blast ball
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:07, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Blast ball
* ... that a Blast ball is a type of hand grenade used by police for riot control?
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Created by LavaBaron (talk). Self-nominated at 16:13, 8 September 2015 (UTC).
* Symbol confirmed.svg No copy-vios or other content policy violations. Article created within the nomination time frame. QPQ done. Hook is interesting enough and short enough. Approve.-- 3family6 ( Talk to me | See what I have done ) 19:58, 4 October 2015 (UTC) | WIKI |
Mordechai Levanon
Mordechai Levanon (1901 - 1968) was an Israeli painter. He was one of the foremost Israeli landscape painters. He was the winner of the Dizengoff prize in 1940 and 1961. He was enchanted by Erez Israel's light, and the cities of Safed and Jerusalem; all of which feature heavily in his paintings.
Early life
Levanon was born as Mordechai Weiss in a village near the city of Oradea in Transylvania, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Romania). He began studying painting with his older brother while in Romania, who was also a painter. In 1921 he immigrated to Israel and joined the Histadrut. He studied for a few months at Bezalel. Until 1925 he worked as an agricultural laborer in the "Labor Battalion" in the Galilee Hebrew settlements, and later as a construction worker. From 1925 to 1927, he studied in the studio of the Yitzhak Frenkel (Frenel), and lived in the Mahloll neighborhood in Tel Aviv. After that he left his side jobs and devoted himself to painting.
As the son of a rabbi in a town in Transylvania, he knew the Holy Land from Bible stories, and when he arrived in Israel, his textual understanding of the place merged with its physical landscapes. In 1929, he was part of the "Massad" group and participated in exhibitions of the artists of Israel.
Between Jerusalem and Safed
In 1938, he settled in Jerusalem. In 1963 he opened a studio in Safed, seeking its spirituality, and since then divided his time between it and Jerusalem.
Levanon presented solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Israel and abroad. Levanon died in Jerusalem in 1968 after a long illness. He was married to Rachel née Goldfinger. He had two sons and a daughter.
Art
Mordechai Levanon was heavily influenced by his teacher, Isaac Frenkel. Through his mentor, Levanon was influenced by modern art trends in France and especially Paris. Thus his work is reminiscent of Frenkel, Soutine, Kikoine and other painters of the Ecole de Paris. Levanon was also influenced by Van Gogh, and like him took to painting vivid landscapes.
Mordechai Levanon chose a special path among Israeli landscape painters. His paintings are based on actual landscapes that serve as a starting point for the work. The artist re-creates them on the canvas in a fairly free manner with changing color and perspective, until they look float, full of mysticism. The paintings are like ecstatic visions rather than an actual landscape. In his work, the spiritual history of the holy cities of Jerusalem and Safed is translated into colors and shapes. The influence of his style is evident in the Kabbalistic paintings of his friend, David Rakie.
A Selection of solo exhibitions
* 1939, 1940 - gallery Katz in Tel aviv
* 1944 - Habima theatre Gallery, Tel Aviv
* 1946 - Artists' House, Haifa
* 1948 - Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
* 1960 - Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
* 1966 - Ein Harod Museum of Art, Ein Harod
* 1968 - Israel Museum, Jerusalem
* 1969 - Artists' House, Jerusalem
* 1971 - Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv | WIKI |
List of power stations in the Netherlands
The following page lists all power stations in Netherlands.
Megawatt electric (MWe)
It is the electric output of a power plant in megawatt. The electric output of a power plant is equal to the thermal overall power multiplied by the efficiency of the plant. The power plant efficiency of light water reactors amounts to 33 to 35% compared to up to 40% for modern coal-, oil- or gas-fired power plants. | WIKI |
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124 See where rebellious paions rage, And fierce deires and lut engage; The meanet foe of all the train Has thouands and ten thouands lain.
Thou tread't upon enchanted ground, Perils and nares beet thee round; Beware of all, guard every part, But mot, the traitor in thy heart.
Come then, my oul, now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal hield; Put on the armour from above Of heavenly truth and heavenly love.
The terror and the charm repel, And powers of earth, and powers of hell; The man of Calvary triumph'd here; Why hould his faithful followers fear? An | WIKI |
How Do Solar Sails Work
How Does Solar Sail Work?
Solar sails are a topic that fascinates many people.
The concept of how they work is often confusing to those who have never heard of them before, and it can be difficult to grasp how they could possibly generate thrust without any fuel.
Lucky for you, in this article will answer all your questions from how do solar sails work to what are the advantages and disadvantages of solar sails.
What Are Solar Sails?
Solar sails are large, ultra-thin mirrors that are pushed by the pressure of light photons on their reflective surface.
These types of sails can harness energy from solar winds to move through space using only sunlight.
How Do Solar Sails Work?
Solar sails are pushed by the pressure caused by photons striking them from all directions at once.
When a photon strikes an object with mass it exerts a force on that object in accordance with Newton’s Laws.
This force is so minuscule that it can only be observed when the object in question has an extremely large surface area.
For example, a 100 square meter sail would have to move at about 1000 km/hour before radiation pressure could overcome its inertia and start pushing it forward.
This effect is how do solar sails work! The more photons that hit the sail, the higher amount of thrust generated by this propulsion system.
What Are The Advantages Of Solar Sails?
The advantages of solar sails are enormous.
They cannot be exhausted, run out of power, or explode as chemical rockets can.
And because they use no fuel at all, once the initial investment has been made in building them, their cost per unit is much lower than similar propulsion systems that require fuel.
For instance, it costs about $20,000 to launch a one kilogram payload into Earth orbit using chemical rockets.
Solar sails, on the other hand, once the initial investment has been made, it would only cost approximately $100 for that same amount of mass!
While they cannot accelerate objects very fast at first, solar sails work faster and faster with every kilometer they travel.
This means that with enough time, light pressure can eventually propel objects to speeds close to 55 km/s (100,000 mph).
What Are The Disadvantages Of Solar Sails?
While the advantages of solar sails are many, there are a few disadvantages that must be considered.
For instance, it is very difficult to get them started in motion due to their low initial thrust.
In order for this propulsion system to generate any noticeable momentum, it has to travel through space far from the Sun.
It also has to be constructed out of extremely lightweight material in order to have any chance at all of catching enough photons before it gets fully underway.
What Is A Solar Sail Made Of?
Solar sails are typically constructed out of either aluminum coated plastic or mylar.
Although there is some research being done with solar sails that use graphene, this material has not yet been used to construct an actual working sail because it degrades too rapidly when exposed to the harsh environment outside Earth’s atmosphere.
How Fast Could Solar Sails Go?
The velocity that a solar sail can reach is largely dependent on the amount of solar wind it gets, surface area, and the material its made of.
If the sails are made out of graphene, this propulsion system could travel at up to about 18 kilometers per second (55,000 mph).
That’s fast enough to get from Earth to the moon in just two hours!
How Far Can Solar Sails Travel?
Solar sails are great at traveling long distances because of how do they work.
Although the thrust generated is minuscule, if the sails were large enough and traveling at high speeds they would eventually reach a considerable velocity.
A solar sail could travel from Earth to Mars in just over 200 days using only light pressure as its engine!
How Big Are Solar Sails?
Solar sails are very large.
The materials used to make them are lightweight, but not so much that they can easily be folded up into a small enough size for rocket travel.
An average solar sail is typically about 100 meters by 100 meters (330 feet by 330 feet).
What We Can Use The Solar Sail Technology In?
Solar sails aren’t strictly for propulsion though; they can also be used for other purposes.
For example, they can be used to orient themselves towards the sun for thermal management like how do solar sails work.
They could also use their reflective surface as a light collector and power source or even reflect lasers between each other in order to communicate! The possibilities are endless with solar sails.
Additionally, they are perfect for picking up objects and moving them to new orbits, or even placing themselves into orbit without any kind of external force.
Last Words
The new solar sail technology is truly incredible.
Although they are extremely difficult to design and build, once you have them in place there’s almost nothing that can stop them from doing their job!
I hope this article has helped anyone who may be interested in how these amazing propulsion systems function.
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If so, please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below and stay tuned for more amazing articles from our team at Solar Energy Hackers.
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Tesla’s latest Autopilot crash is just one of many problems it is now dealing with
Tesla is starting the second quarter in a defensive crouch: By the company’s own admission, this is a critical time for Tesla. The electric vehicle movement the company arguably popularized is seeing momentum from new and existing players, while self-driving competitors like Alphabet’s Waymo strike deals with automakers to develop vehicles that could rival Tesla’s own offerings. As both an automaker and a self-driving tech company, Tesla still has a lot to prove. It’s not yet known whether Autopilot was at fault for 38-year-old Tesla driver Walter Huang’s death, but the simple fact that it was involved has put Tesla’s already fraught future — as well as the self-driving industry — at risk. On March 23, Huang crashed his Model X into a median on a California highway while the SUV was operating in Autopilot mode. Tesla recovered the logs from the vehicle, and upon analyzing them said that the driver had received “several visual and one audible” cue to take back control of the car. “The driver had about five seconds and 150 meters of unobstructed view of the concrete divider with the crushed crash attenuator, but the vehicle logs show that no action was taken,” the company wrote in a blog post. This is the second U.S. crash of a Tesla confirmed to be operating Autopilot that has led to a fatality. The first was in Williston, Fla., in May 2016. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is also investigating the March 23 crash, found that the first Autopilot-related fatality in 2016 was in part a result of the driver overrelying on Tesla’s semiautonomous software, but that Autopilot operated the way it was supposed to. The NTSB’s investigation into this crash is ongoing, but the agency said that it was “unhappy” that Tesla revealed the details of the investigation to the public. The NTSB is also looking into reports that the driver previously complained about the performance of the Autopilot software. Relatives of Huang said that he took his Tesla to the dealership because the software caused the car to swerve toward the highway barrier that his vehicle ultimately crashed into. A Tesla spokesperson declined to comment on the NTSB’s comments but said they found no record of Huang bringing the vehicle into a dealership to service its Autopilot software. “We’ve been doing a thorough search of our service records and we cannot find anything suggesting that the customer ever complained to Tesla about the performance of Autopilot,” a Tesla spokesperson said in a statement. “There was a concern raised once about navigation not working correctly, but Autopilot’s performance is unrelated to navigation.” The tragic death comes as both the industry and Tesla brace for the fallout from a recent fatality that involved an Uber-operated semi-autonomous vehicle in Tempe, Ariz. The NTSB, along with local police and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is also investigating the Uber crash, which resulted in the death of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg. Both crashes hit at a larger question many in the industry have: Is semi-autonomous technology safe? With Uber and Tesla being two of the most prominent brands in the auto and tech industry working on some version of self-driving, consumer trust in the new technology could take a hit. When it launched Autopilot, Tesla set the benchmark for the most advanced adaptive cruise control available in consumer vehicles. That technology has received multiple updates, and Musk has said he expects the second generation of the software to be capable of a high level of self-driving in about two years. However, as it exists today, Autopilot is not intended to operate in all circumstances, and in fact is limited to highway driving. In other words, drivers need to be alert and ready to take over at all times — which creates an odd situation that is now clearly prone to failure. That was also the case in Uber’s crash: The system relies on a trained operator to take over when the technology doesn’t work, though there are some important distinctions that need to be made between the two. For instance, Uber’s technology, which is still in development, is intended to operate on local roads with variables including pedestrians. Tesla’s Autopilot is only supposed to ease the highway-driving task. Uber’s vehicles, however, are not available to the wider public, and are not being sold direct to consumers. Tesla, which says its technology is also still in beta, is putting its technology in the hands of consumers. Still, if either of the companies’ semiautonomous software is found to be at fault, there could be a resounding impact on consumer trust around self-driving. “The consequences of the public not using Autopilot, because of an inaccurate belief that it is less safe, would be extremely severe,” Tesla wrote in a blog post. “There are about 1.25 million automotive deaths worldwide. If the current safety level of a Tesla vehicle were to be applied, it would mean about 900,000 lives saved per year.” Tesla’s voluntary recall of 123,000 Model S cars punctuated its ongoing struggles with meeting production goals of its mass-market vehicle, the Model 3. The Model 3 is a significant barometer by which investors and the industry are measuring Tesla’s capability as an automaker. Can Tesla make the shift away from being just a luxury player to a mass-market carmaker at scale? By Musk’s own admission, the early years of Tesla — from the Roadster to the Model X — were in service of laying the groundwork for building and selling a mass-market electric vehicle. But the company has gotten off to a rough start in meeting the many ambitious goals Musk has set for the production of the vehicle. In July 2017, Musk said that he aimed to produce 5,000 Model 3 vehicles per week by the end of 2017. The company then shifted that rate goal to 5,000 cars per week by the end of March 2018. But then in January, Musk lowered that goal to 2,500. Today, Tesla is producing 2,000 Model 3s a week, according to emails obtained by Jalopnik. “If things go as planned today, we will comfortably exceed that number over a seven-day period!” Musk wrote, referring to the current rate of production. The company’s head of engineering also tried to rally the troops last week, saying the company needed to prove the “haters” wrong, as Bloomberg first reported. “The world is watching us very closely, to understand one thing: How many Model 3s can Tesla build in a week?” Doug Field wrote. “This is a critical moment in Tesla’s history, and there are a number of reasons it’s so important. You should pick the one that hits you in the gut and makes you want to win.” This article originally appeared on Recode.net. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Thanomsak Sithbaobay
Thanomsak Sithbaobay (ถนอมศักดิ์ ศิษย์โบ๊เบ๊; born: April 5, 1965, in Maha Sarakham province) is a retired Thai professional boxer, who challenged the world champion three times, but not successful like Chamroen Songkitrat in 1950s. His other ring names were Thalerngsak Sithbaobay (เถลิงศักดิ์ ศิษย์โบ๊เบ๊), Khaoyai Mahasarakham (เขาใหญ่ มหาสารคาม), Khaoyai Pitsanurachan (เขาใหญ่ พิษณุราชันย์).
Biography & career
Sithbaobay debut in 1985 and won the Rajadamnern Stadium (comparable to Thailand Champion) Flyweight Champion in 1986. Include won the OPBF in the same year.
Later when Khaokor Galaxy lost WBA Bantamweight Title to Filipino Luisito Espinosa in 1989. His manager, Niwat "Chae-mae" Laosuwanwat (same manager as the galaxy brothers) managed him challenge the championship against Espinosa on November 29, 1990, at Rajadamnern Stadium, Bangkok. But the results he was defeated by unanimous decision.
Until Khaosai Galaxy retired, the WBA Junior Bantamweight Title was vacant. He was encouraged challenge vacant against Japanese Katsuya "Spanky" Onizuka on April 10, 1992, at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo. He was defeated again.
He rematch to Onizuka on November 5, 1993, at Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, but was defeated again.
On May 5, 1996, he fought in the elimination fight with rising star Sirimongkol Singmanasak for the winner was supported challenge WBC Bantamweight Title. He was knocked out just third round.
He fight the final with a loss to the Japanese Korean descent Tetsutora Senrima in 1998 in Kōbe, Japan. Then to retire in the end. | WIKI |
Ali Amiri (Afghan footballer)
Ali Amiri (born 23 September 1985 in Kabul) is a former German-Afghan footballer who lastly played for TSG Worsdorf.
Career
Amiri began his career with FSV Frankfurt and joined in summer 2000 to Eintracht Frankfurt. After two years in the youth side for Eintracht Frankfurt was 2002 promoted to the reserve team. He played four years for Eintracht Frankfurt II and signed than in July 2006 for TSG Wörsdorf. Amiri played only eight games and scored three goals for TSG Wörsdorf in the 2006/2007 season and retired on the end of the season.
Club career stats
Last update: 15 June 2010 | WIKI |
Trigger points or stress points may also cause muscle soreness and decreased flexibility. These points are specific spots in muscle and tendons which cause pain when pressed, and which may radiate pain to a larger area. They are not bruises, but are thought by some to be small areas of spasm. Trigger points may be caused by sudden trauma (like falling or being hit), or may develop over time from the stress and strain of heavy physical exertion or from repeated use of a particular muscle.
Another alarmingly common example is the sensation of skin tearing. This has been inflicted on me personally on at least three occasions, and not by poorly trained therapists — quite the opposite, the perpetrators were all well-trained massage therapists doing a kind of “fascial release” therapy that they clearly thought of as an “advanced” technique.7
The study involved 263 volunteers with an average age of 48.5. Overall muscle spasm/muscle strain was described as either moderate or severe for each patient prior to treatments, which consisted of a massage between 45–60 minutes in duration. Results demonstrated an average systolic pressure reduction of 10.4 mm/Hg, a diastolic pressure reduction of 5.3 mm/Hg, a mean arterial pressure reduction of 7.0 mm/Hg and an average heart rate reduction of 10.8 beats per minute following massage treatment. (6)
Pain management. If you have a condition like sciatica or osteoarthritis and are suffering from chronic pain as a result, Swedish massage can be an effective method for managing that pain in a natural way. Notify your massage therapist about your pain points, he or she can target those areas and use a stroking motion to improve local circulation and reduce muscle tension.
Although many assume Swedish massage comes from Sweden, Johan Georg Mezger (1838-1909), a Dutch man, is often credited with formalizing the system known as Swedish massage—sometimes referred to as “classic massage” in Europe. Mezger assigned French names— effleurage, petrissage, friction, and tapotement—to the specific strokes used in Swedish massage application. In English, these movements are known as stroking, kneading, rubbing (friction), and striking.
Hair loss: Massaging several acupressure points will “stimulate and energize the nerves that are causing the problem.” The Paihui is important. “The Paihui is located right in the middle of your scalp. Most of the pressure points related to the hair re-growth are present near this area. Take ten toothpicks and wrap them in a rubber band. Use them to gently poke the paihui, be very careful not to hurt yourself. This action improves the blood circulation in the scalp, which reduces hair fall.”
Find the right massage therapist. Look for a therapist who specifically identifies the massage type you’re interested in as part of their practice and background. If necessary, look for someone trained to treat a particular condition, such as sports injuries, fibromyalgia, arthritis, or pregnancy. Also check if the therapist is licensed or certified according to state requirements.
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Classic Swedish Massage was pioneered and developed by a Swedish physiologist, Henri Peter Ling residing at the University of Stockholm in 1812. The work focusing around a gently firm pressure intended to improve circulation, diminish muscle aches and ease all forms of tension. Swedish Massage can improve help to imporve flexibility and create deep relaxation.
A couples massage can make a romantic gesture or gift for a close friend or loved one. During the experience, two therapists work side-by-side to sweep away aches and stresses from both people.. While therapists often use Swedish massage techniques, individual experiences are often customizable. Couples massages are centered on bonding together through relaxation. Book a couples massage near you through one of our deals and enjoy a relaxing afternoon with someone you love.
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Farrel Furtado
Farrel Benito Furtado E Gracias (born Farrel Benito Furtado; 1 November 1961) is an Indian politician and teacher who is a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Velim Assembly constituency from 1989 to 1994. Furtado holds the distinction of being the first and only woman legislator to be elected from the Velim constituency.
Furtado was elected for the term 1989 to 1994. She had contested the 1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election on the Indian National Congress ticket and won against Janata Dal candidate, Minguel Gabriel Rodrigues by a margin of 6706 votes.
Early and personal life
Farrel Benito Furtado was born in East Africa, she completed her studies in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. She is married to Elvis Gracias and has a son. She resides at Cuncolim, Goa.
Politics
In November 2017, Furtado along with Victor Gonsalves joined Goa Forward Party. In 2021, she joined All India Trinamool Congress.
Sports
Furtado is a former national level field hockey player and captained the Goa hockey team at the nationals. She played an integral role in resuscitating the state women's hockey association and currently serves as the senior vice president at the Goans Hockey Association. She is also a former chairman of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Furtado was also awarded the International Youth award at Tokyo in the year 1980.
Teaching
Furtado currently is a senior teacher at Maria Bambina Convent High School, Cuncolim.
Accolades
On 9 January 2014 at the golden jubilee of the Goa State Assembly, Furtado was felicitated along with eight other Goan women legislators. | WIKI |
How-To: Release Stuck NFS Mounts without a Reboot
Computing environments may revolve around heavy usage of NFS infrastructure. Network areas are hosted and provided by storage file servers, with compute servers mounting the exported areas into their directory tree. Periodically, the mounts expire when not in use and are removed from the directory tree on local machines.
If NFS traffic between file servers and compute servers is disrupted, machines holding active mounts will not be able to release them. This could happen in several cases. A potential root cause for the problem might be a network outage; however, this issue will be resolved the moment network traffic is resumed. A far more serious scenario is when a file server stops its service due to malfunction or coordinated maintenance, including an EOL (End of Life) cycle. Any host holding active mounts of areas exported by a file server that is no longer reachable will not release them.
This situation leads to so-called stuck mounts. Any process running on an affected computer server waiting for NFS activity will remain in uninterruptible sleep state without any way to kill it. Up to date, the only sensible solution was to reboot affected hosts. However, critical computer servers, including infrastructure and interactive-use machines, cannot be rebooted without prior coordination. This leaves a time window until the next reboot, during which the affected hosts will continue running in an unstable state.
We provide a rebootless solution to this problem by bringing up a fake file server, a dedicated host assigned the same IP like an unreachable file server, which then rejects the NFS requests from compute servers, freeing them. The special host uses its own network architecture, allowing it to be moved to any VLAN (Virtual LAN) used by file servers. The IP change is done using a Web interface. (A VLAN is a group of hosts with a common set of requirements that communicate as if they were attached to the same broadcast domain, regardless of their physical location. A VLAN has the same attributes as a physical LAN, but it allows for end stations to be grouped together, even if they are not located on the same network switch. Network reconfiguration can be done through software instead of physically relocating devices.)
The stuck NFS mounts solution consists of several key components:
• A dedicated host used for faking the IP addresses—we use a virtual machine with minimal hardware requirements. The virtual machine is assigned a separate NIC in the virtualization server. This host is known as the Admin server.
• A network infrastructure that supports on-the-fly assignment of the "fake" file server (Admin) to the file server VLANs. Admin is connected directly to the NFS router using a single standard NFS connection, with a 3Gb channel to primary port and 1Gb channel to backup port (Figure 1).
• A Web interface for assigning Admin to file server VLANs.
• A mechanism to change the IP address on Admin, which can be automated (scripted) or manual.
Figure 1. Connection to NFS Router
In our site, Admin is a virtual machine hosted on a virtualization server. The host runs a standard enterprise Linux image; however, it is used only for IP changes and no other purposes, and is configured with minimal disk space and memory. The virtual machine is assigned its own NIC in the virtual server network configuration.
The NFS stuck mounts VLAN change is executed using a Web interface. The GUI allows system administrators with no networking knowledge or access permissions to change the VLAN allocation for the specific router port where the dedicated server is connected to the desired VLAN. The GUI has a static configuration file, with the server name, router name and dedicated port. Once called through the Web interface, it uses SNMP to collect the data from the router and present the table in the middle, the current status and the VLAN drop-down menu. Figure 2 shows a mockup of the Web interface.
Figure 2. Part of the Web Interface for VLAN Change
On clicking the Change VLAN button, the script, using SNMP, changes the VLAN allocation for the specific port. Figure 3 shows the network flow.
Figure 3. VLAN Change Diagram
Stuck mounts usually are identified by indirect symptoms exhibited by affected hosts, such as increased load due to a large number of processes in an uninterruptible sleep state or lsof not being able to complete its run. The first step is to open the Web interface and change the VLAN to that matching the unreachable file server. Once that's done, data-center operations technicians are instructed to change the IP address and default gateway on the Admin server to match that of the unreachable file server. Alternatively, the IP address and default gateway can be configured manually by logging in to the machine via the virtualization console and performing the change. The host IP address can be changed under /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-ethx or ifcfg-eth-idxxx; the default gateway is configured under /etc/sysconfig/network/routes.
Once those two steps are complete, the network service on Admin needs to be restarted with /etc/init.d/network restart. The "fake" file server will come up and start rejecting NFS requests from affected hosts, releasing the stuck processes. At this stage, system administrators also can try to umount the stuck mounts.
We encountered a number of challenges in setting up this solution. On the network side, file servers are connected to routers; whereas compute servers are connected to switches. This necessitated an innovative approach by the network operations team, which resulted in the dedicated connection to the NFS router.
Furthermore, this solution requires allocating site assets to be used only rarely. We chose the virtual machine because of reduced cost and higher flexibility in the setup rather than using a physical machine. Finally, the IP/VLAN change procedure requires discipline and some skill on behalf of system administrators to use it effectively.
We first tried the stuck NFS solution as a hack by manually changing the IP address of a standard computer server located on the same segment as the unreachable file server more than a year ago. The attempt proved successful, and we were able to save a number of important infrastructure machines with stuck mounts, preventing downtime and reboots.
Prompted by this early success, we implemented the full solution and have used it on a number of occasions. In July 2010, we prevented a number of Samba servers from being rebooted, alongside another 21 compute servers.
The stuck NFS mounts solution has a direct impact on our ability to recover from unexpected file server outages. We also are able to mitigate scheduled file server EOL leftovers without reboots. In fact, one might argue that the solution creates leniency that may lead to lesser discipline in using strict file server EOL procedures, which requires all mounts to be removed before the file servers are shut down. We believe that the stuck NFS mounts solution does not replace hard work and adherence to procedures and should be used only in an emergency.
The stuck NFS mounts solution is a valuable asset and a necessity in large and dynamic environments. It allows us to maintain high uptime of important machines, without unnecessary reboots due to mistakes or file server traffic disruptions.
Our solution is simple and effective, and it has proven its worth on several occasions in real-life circumstances. The implementation is transparent to users and allows system administrators with no network operations of NFS permissions or extensive knowledge to recover systems quickly and easily. We recommend its use as a standard in computing environments that rely on NFS infrastructure.
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Use an Firewall?
Lord_Pinhead's picture
Can´t you just use the firewall on the NFS Client an reset any traffic to the NFS Server and try to unmount the mounts with umount -f ? Didn´t have ever problems with stuck NFS Mounts, so i cant tell.
lazy unmount
Gavin's picture
Have you tried using umount -l ??? This is much easier than bringing up a fake server.
I'll second this option,
Anonymous's picture
I'll second this option, umount -l has worked great for me. I've actually used it on a production system recently, to avoid the dreaded reboot.
sm-notify should do the job
Ugis's picture
Actually, sm-notify should release locked NFS shares, at least after server reboots.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man8/sm-notify.8.html
I have experimented with it a little, but it seems it does not help much(find on nfs share resumed after server reboot, but in case of dd->nfs share still locked the system).
It would be nice to find out how to use this tool correctly - so it really unlocked the nfs client.
Isn't this what the "intr" option on NFS mounts is for?
Jesse Pollard's picture
If the client mounts with the intr option, then the waits are no longer non-interruptable...
The intr option I believe
Anonymous's picture
The intr option I believe determines whether the mount operation can be interrupted or not. I don't think that there is the concept of interrupting the nfs connection of a mounted filesystem.
This is closer to the hard or soft options And even though the soft option is more
convenient it is dangerous to use for certain types is uses (binaries or databases for example you want certain types of io to wait for completion).
I used umount to dismount nfs - even stuck one.
Jesse Pollard's picture
I used to do a "umount" on stuck filesystems. The first one would report the error.
The second one would force the dismount.
This only worked if the NFS filesystem were mounted "intr".
Igor, This has worked for me
Jayson Broughton's picture
Igor,
This has worked for me in the past, but I assign a virtual interface with the IP of the nfs server, then unmount the nfs mount
ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.0.15 netmask 255.255.252.0
ifconfig eth0:1 up
umount /nfsdirectory
vim /etc/fstab (remove entry)
ifconfig eth0:1 down
The virtual interface mimics the connection of the nfs server enough where the client thinks it's still there and can do an unmount. It's been awhile since I've done it but I do remember it's worked on several production servers without having to do a reboot when the primary NFS server changed IP addresses or went away.
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Trevor Berghan
Trevor Berghan (13 July 1914 – 23 September 1998) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A first five-eighth, Berghan represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1938 tour of Australia. He played six matches for the All Blacks on that tour, including three internationals.
Berghan studied at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1941. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the New Zealand Dental Corps in June 1941, and later promoted to captain. He was seconded to the Royal New Zealand Navy with the rank of temporary surgeon lieutenant (D) in July 1943. | WIKI |
Trichet Leaves Door Open to More Interest-Rate Increases to Tame Inflation
European Central Bank President
Jean-Claude Trichet left the door open for further interest-rate
increases to tame inflation after raising borrowing costs for
the first time in almost three years. Inflation risks remain on the upside and the ECB’s monetary
policy is still “accommodative,” Trichet said at a press
conference in Frankfurt after lifting the benchmark rate by a
quarter percentage point to 1.25 percent. While “we did not
decide it was the first in a series of interest-rate increases,
you know from our own doctrine that we always do what is
necessary to deliver price stability over the medium term,” he
said. The ECB is balancing the need for tighter policy in
countries like Germany, whose economy is booming, against the
risk that higher rates could exacerbate the sovereign debt
crisis afflicting peripheral euro-area nations. While bonds
erased declines and the euro initially fell after Trichet’s
comments as some investors pared bets on rapid rate increases,
markets still expect the ECB to raise its benchmark to 1.75
percent by the end of the year, Eonia forward contracts show. “Trichet retained a relatively hawkish tone but the market
has already priced in so much and there was nothing in there to
extend that theme,” said Jane Foley, a senior foreign exchange
strategist at Rabobank International in London . Trichet “is
paving the way for further rate rises but he’s also clearly
unwilling to commit the Governing Council to pre-announcing rate
hikes” Yields Decline The yield on two-year German notes, typically more
sensitive to interest-rate expectations, fell as much as three
basis points and was one basis point lower at 1.83 percent as of
2:56 p.m. in London. The euro, which fell as much as 0.6
percent, recouped its losses to trade at $1.43. The ECB joins central banks in China , India , Poland and
Sweden in raising interest rates even as the Federal Reserve
remains reluctant to tighten amid divisions among its policy
makers. The Bank of England and the Bank of Japan today left
their key rates unchanged at 0.5% and 0.1% respectively. Today’s ECB increase is the first since July 2008 and also
the first time in 40 years that Europe ’s benchmark has risen
before the U.S. equivalent. Inflation breached the ECB’s 2 percent limit in December
and accelerated to 2.6 percent last month, the fastest pace in
more than two years. Broad-Based Pressures While ECB officials acknowledge that surging energy and
food prices are largely to blame, they’re worried that workers
will demand higher wages in compensation, entrenching faster
inflation. “It is essential that recent price developments do not
give rise to broad-based inflationary pressures over the medium
term,” Trichet said. The ECB has repeatedly been forced to delay the withdrawal
of emergency policy settings enacted during the global financial
crisis as Europe’s debt woes threatened to tear the 17-nation
currency bloc apart. It is still providing banks with unlimited
liquidity and has kept its bond-purchase program in place. Portugal last night became the third euro-area nation after
Greece and Ireland to succumb to the region’s debt crisis and
seek a European Union bailout. Trichet said the ECB “encouraged
Portugal to ask for support.” German Strength While nations such as Ireland and Spain are still buckling
under debt burdens and burst property bubbles, Germany ’s economy
last year expanded 3.6 percent, the most since reunification two
decades ago. “The ECB is setting rates in relation to Germany,” said
Vicky Pryce, managing director of FTI Consulting Inc in London
and a former adviser to the U.K. government. “It’s a bold move,
but a wrong one,” she said, adding Greece, Ireland, Portugal
and possibly Spain “need a rate increase like a hole in the
head.” On aggregate, the region has returned to health. Euro-area
growth will average 1.7 percent this year and 1.8 percent in
2012, according to ECB forecasts. “Recent economic data confirm that the underlying momentum
of economic activity continues to be positive,” Trichet said.
“We will continue to monitor very closely all developments with
respect to upside risks to price stability .” The phrase “monitor very closely” was “used in the
previous rate-hike cycle to signal that a hike could come as
early as the meeting after next,” said Nick Kounis , chief
European economist at ABN Amro in Amsterdam. “Our base scenario
is that interest rates will rise again in July.” Ken Wattret , chief euro-area economist at BNP Paribas SA in
London, said the ECB could raise rates again as soon as June. Trichet’s comment that the ECB hasn’t decided that today’s
move is the start of a series of increases “is not the same as
saying that it will not be one,” Wattret said. To contact the reporters on this story:
Gabi Thesing in London at
gthesing@bloomberg.net ;
Jana Randow in Frankfurt at
jrandow@bloomberg.net . To contact the editor responsible for this story:
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Rh opposite him. Maybe you’ll have to be the man.”
“Of course I’ll be awfully glad if I can make the eleven,” said Edward. “I’d rather play against anybody than Durant, though.”
“Most fellows would. He’s the best man the Corinthians have.”
“I was n’t thinking of that. He does n’t like me. I guess it won’t be very pleasant.”
“Why does n’t he like you?”
Edward told of the altercation which they had had in the baseball game.
“Oh, that’s nothing,” Blanchard said. “Durant’s quick-tempered—terribly quick-tempered.”
“He thinks I’m fresh, I guess,” Edward answered. “He does n’t care for me anyhow; I know that. When we meet he nods in a way that makes me tired. If a fellow can’t smile a little when he nods, I’d rather have him cut me altogether.”
“Well,” Blanchard laughed, “you could n’t expect Durant to care for you very much, could you?” | WIKI |
Talk:Gate (Sore wa Akatsuki no You ni)
"Alternate Version"
It feels highly disingenuous to call Sekai wo Koete simply an altered version of the original song with "slightly edited composition". It's got entirely new lyrics, and while the two songs have a similar structure and overall sound, they are very much different songs. The beat, the chord progression, the guitar part — all different.Crossark (talk) 00:00, 30 November 2021 (UTC) | WIKI |
level-monad-0.3.1: Non-Determinism Monad for Level-Wise Search
Portabilityportable
Stabilityexperimental
MaintainerSebastian Fischer (sebf@informatik.uni-kiel.de)
Control.Monad.Levels
Description
This library provides an implementation of the MonadPlus type class that enumerates the levels of the search space and allows to implement breadth-first search.
The implementation is inspired by Mike Spivey and Silvija Seres: cf. Chapter 9 of the book 'The Fun of Programming'.
Warning: Levels is only a monad when the results of the enumeration functions are interpreted as a multiset, i.e., a valid transformation according to the monad laws may change the order of the results.
Synopsis
Documentation
data Levels a Source
Non-Deterministic computations of type Levels a can be searched level-wise.
levels :: Levels a -> [[a]]Source
The function levels yields the results of a non-deterministic computation grouped in levels.
breadthFirstSearch :: Levels a -> [a]Source
The function breadthFirstSearch enumerates the results of a non-deterministic computation in breadth-first order.
data DepthBound a Source
The type DepthBound represents computations with a bounded depth. It's monad instances implements iterative deepening.
iterLevels :: DepthBound a -> Levels aSource
The function iterLevels computes the levels of a depth bound computation using iterative deepening.
iterativeDeepening :: DepthBound a -> [a]Source
The function iterativeDeepening enumerates the results of a non-deterministic computations using iterative deepening.
diagonals :: [[a]] -> [[a]]Source
The function diagonals enumarates the entries of a matrix diagonally. The matrix may contain an infinite number of infinite rows. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Trump wanted to reset relations with Russia. Congress is standing in his way.
President Donald Trump campaigned on easing tensions with Russia, arguing that it would be in America’s best interest to try warming relations with Vladimir Putin. But Congress is looking more and more likely to stand in his way. In a 98-2 vote on Thursday, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a series of sanctions to punish Russia for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. The bill also included a suite of sanctions against Iran. If passed, the new Russia provisions would make it more difficult for Trump to relax sanctions against the country. According to a press release, the sanctions bill would also: — Impose new sanctions on: corrupt Russian actors; those seeking to evade sanctions; those involved in serious human rights abuses; those supplying weapons to the Assad regime; those conducting malicious cyber activity on behalf of the Russian government; those involved in corrupt privatization of state-owned assets; and those doing business with the Russian intelligence and defense sectors. — Allow broad new sanctions on key sectors of Russia’s economy, including mining, metals, shipping and railways. — Authorize robust assistance to strengthen democratic institutions and counter disinformation across Central and Eastern European countries that are vulnerable to Russian aggression and interference. — Require a study on the flow of illicit finance involving Russia and a formal assessment of U.S. economic exposure to Russian state-owned entities. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told CNN that "we moved to make the Congress, not the President, the final arbiter of sanctions relief when necessary.” Indeed, the bill requires a congressional review if the president attempts to ease or end sanctions against Moscow, according to the Associated Press. Despite overwhelming bipartisan support, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) voted against the bill. In a statement, Sanders said that he opposed the bill not because of the new Russia sanctions, which he supports, but because of the additional sanctions against Iran that were also part of the bill. The libertarian-minded Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was the only other “no” vote against the bill. It’s important to note that the measure hasn’t been signed into law. From the Senate, the bill still has to be approved by the House and then by President Trump to become law. Senators are optimistic Trump won’t veto them. "I would be very, very surprised if the president vetoes this bill. Now, he's surprised me on a lot of things," Sen. Ben Cardin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN. "I find as we get to the finish line on these bills, every administration generally joins us … so I think we'll have the support of the administration. I'm confident about that." Democrats have long feared that Trump would respond to Russian interference in the election by turning around and helping Putin. But for now, at least, Senate Republicans appear willing to tie his hands before he can reach out to Russia. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Amazon To Develop Films And TV Series For Games Workshop
(RTTNews) - Games Workshop Group Plc announced Monday an agreement to develop films and television series with Amazon.com, Inc.'s unit Amazon Content Services LLC, together with associated merchandising rights.
Under the deal, which was initially announced in December last year, Amazon will develop Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe into films and television series.
In December 2022, Games Workshop had announced an agreement in principle, for Amazon to develop Games Workshop's intellectual property into film and television productions, and to hand over associated merchandising rights.
Games Workshop now said it has granted exclusive rights to Amazon in relation to films and television series set within the Warhammer 40,000 universe. There is also an option for Amazon to license equivalent rights in the Warhammer Fantasy universe following the release of the initial Warhammer 40,000 production.
The companies plan to work together for a period of 12 months to agree creative guidelines for the films and television series to be developed by Amazon.
According to the firm, the agreement will only proceed once the creative guidelines are mutually agreed between the companies.
Games Workshop said it will make further announcement in due course.
There is no change to its forecast for the 53 week period ending June 2, 2024.
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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How difficult is it to fly BuzzBee?
It should take you no more than half a day to start perfecting control of BuzzBee. That said, some people instantly master flying BuzzBee. The secret is to make smooth, gentle adjustments on the two thumb sticks.
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Phalcon\Mvc\Model::find() together with Phalcon\Mvc\Model\Query\Builder
Hi all,
I'm having the following problem:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18950757/phalcon-mvc-modelfind-together-with-phalcon-mvc-model-query-builder
Can anyone comment on it?
Thanks, Temuri
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Actually find() does not accept a query builder as parameter, it accepts an array of parameters, if you want to use the query builder, you can use:
//find
$user->getModelsManager()->createBuilder()
->from('users')
->where('email = :email:', ['email' => '[email protected]'])
->andWhere('record_status = :status:', ['status' => 1])
->getQuery()
->execute();
//find first
$user->getModelsManager()->createBuilder()
->from('users')
->where('email = :email:', ['email' => '[email protected]'])
->andWhere('record_status = :status:', ['status' => 1])
->getQuery()
->execute()
->getFirst();
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@Phalcon:
While it's disappointing that I cannot feed Query to ::find() method, what you are suggesting will certainly work.
The problem arises when I define one-to-many relationship of models and load related objects with $parent->getRelated($childModel);
I need the same behaviour there - only load $childModel that has record_status=1.
I saw that getRelated uses findFirst() and I tried the following trick in my AbstractModel class:
public static function findFirst($parameters = null)
{
if (is_array($parameters)) {
$idx = 1;
while (array_key_exists($idx, $parameters)) {
$idx++;
}
$parameters[$idx] = '[record_status] = ?' . $idx;
$parameters['bind'][$idx] = self::RECORD_STATUS_ACTIVE;
}
return parent::findFirst($parameters);
}
However, that didn't work. PDO exception is being raised: "SQLSTATE[HY093]: Invalid parameter number: parameter was not defined".
And probably that's because immediately before calling parent's findFirst:
$this->queryString = "SELECT `users`.`id`, `users`.`record_status` FROM `users` WHERE `users`.`id` = :0 LIMIT 1";
No trace of second parameter there, being added "artificially" (on a side note - why do I have $this scope at all in a static method?!!!).
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Temuri
98.9k
I'm not sure about the logic, but this would work:
public static function findFirst($parameters = null)
{
if (is_array($parameters)) {
$idx = 1;
$conditions = array();
while (array_key_exists($idx, $parameters)) {
$idx++;
}
$conditions[$idx] = '[record_status] = ?' . $idx;
$parameters['bind'][$idx] = self::RECORD_STATUS_ACTIVE;
$parameters['conditions'] = join(' AND ', $conditions);
}
return parent::findFirst($parameters);
}
51.2k
Thanks... That did the trick. Here's the final code:
public static function findFirst($parameters = null)
{
if (is_array($parameters) && !isset($parameters['conditions']) && isset($parameters[0])) {
$params = [
'conditions' => null,
'bind' => null,
];
$idx = 0;
while (array_key_exists($idx, $parameters)) {
$params['conditions'] .= $parameters[$idx] . ' AND ';
if (isset($parameters['bind'][$idx])) {
$params['bind'][$idx] = $parameters['bind'][$idx];
}
$idx++;
}
$params['conditions'] .= ' [record_status] = ?' . $idx;
$params['bind'][$idx] = self::RECORD_STATUS_ACTIVE;
$parameters = $params;
unset($params);
}
return parent::findFirst($parameters);
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How You Can Use Instagram for PC Without Any Limitation
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Instagram is a popular social media network and growing day by day. We use Instagram for the sharing of videos and pictures. We can use Instagram in Android mobiles, and it’s easy to use. But when you utilize Instagram in your PC, there are some limitations.
In this article, you can see how you can use Instagram for PC without any limitation:-
HOW YOU USE INSTAGRAM WITHOUT BROWSER HACK:-
1. On your PC, open the Chrome browser and go to the Instagram official website. Then you have to sign in to your account to access the Instagram account.
2. When you are successfully signed into account and press CTRL+SHIFT+I key. Then the Inspect window will open. On the top left corner, click on the “mobile-tablet” icon. This will give you an Instagram mobile view.
3. Then click on the reload button to refresh the page. Then close the inspect window.
4. Now in your PC, you have the Instagram app in the mobile view.
5. Now, as you do in your mobile app, just click on the “Add” button to post photos and videos, and you can use your Instagram in your PC.
HOW YOU CAN UTILIZE INSTAGRAM FOR PC WITH THE OFFICIAL DESKTOP APP:-
1. For this, you have to open the “Microsoft store” and find the Instagram app.
2. Open that app and on the right side tap on the “Get” button. It will install the Instagram app for Windows OS. Then to open the Instagram app on your PC tap on the “Launch” button.
3. Then enter your login details to sign in to the Instagram account.
4. Then all the features like Explore, Direct, and Stories are there. You can use these features. You will also see the Upload button.
5. On the window taskbar, you have to right-click on the Instagram app and tap on the “New Post”.
6. Then similar to the mobile app, you can also upload photos and videos from the PC. Now use Instagram on your PC.
Also, there are so many third-party apps through which you can use Instagram on your PC. You can use apps like Grambir, Pic upload for Instagram, etc.
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Zuckerberg confesses ‘huge mistake’ as Cambridge toll hits 87M
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ramped up his mea culpa tour Wednesday over the Cambridge Analytica scandal even as his company acknowledged that the Trump-linked firm may have improperly obtained data on 37 million more users than originally reported. "That was a huge mistake, and it was my mistake," Zuckerberg said on a call with reporters. Asked if he had fired anyone for the Cambridge Analytica mess, Zuckerberg said, "We're still working through this, but at the end of the day, this is my responsibility." "I started this place, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here," he added. "I still think I'm going to do the best job helping to run it going forward, but I'm not looking to throw anyone else under the bus for mistakes we've made here." Before the call, Facebook disclosed that Cambridge Analytica got access to as many as 87 million of the social network's users, far more than the 50 million originally reported. The company's intensifying damage-control efforts come as Zuckerberg prepares to testify in Congress next week. The company has been scrambling to address the data privacy controversy and continuing criticism about Russian manipulation of its platform during the 2016 election. Asked if Facebook's board is considering replacing him as chairman, Zuckerberg told reporters, "Not that I'm aware of." The Cambridge Analytica controversy exploded last month, when reports emerged that Facebook had known since 2015 that the data firm, which did work for Trump's 2016 campaign, obtained information on some 50 million users via an academic researcher. What's more, Facebook had failed to verify that Cambridge Analytica deleted the data once the violation was discovered. Facebook said the new tally of 87 million people are "mostly in the U.S." An estimated 137 million Americans voted in the 2016 election, though it's not clear how many of the affected Facebook users are included in that total. The scandal and fears that it will lead to regulation have hit Facebook's share price hard and sparked calls for Zuckerberg to go before lawmakers to explain his company's actions. He's due to testify at a joint Senate Judiciary-Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday and a House Energy and Commerce hearing the next day. The Federal Trade Commission is also investigating Facebook's practices. Cambridge Analytica, which has close ties to Steve Bannon and the Mercer family, did work for the Trump campaign, and Bannon would later go on to serve as Trump campaign CEO and White House strategist. Cambridge Analytica has denied wrongdoing, and Trump campaign officials have played down the significance of the work Cambridge Analytica did for their operation. In a statement Wednesday, Cambridge Analytica said its contract with the academic's research company was for data on no more than 30 million people and said that data had not been used for its work on the 2016 U.S. election. "When Facebook contacted us to let us know the data had been improperly obtained, we immediately deleted the raw data from our file server, and began the process of searching for and removing any of its derivatives in our system," the firm said, adding that it's "undertaking an independent third-party audit" to prove it's eradicated the data. As the controversy drags on, Facebook has announced a raft of changes aimed at addressing user privacy. Last week, the company rolled out tweaks making its privacy tools "easier to find" and said it's ending cooperation with third-party data brokers on its ad platform. On Tuesday, it closed a series of accounts and pages linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency, and early Wednesday, the company debuted revamped terms of service to better explain how its privacy policy works — not only for Facebook, but for the other services it owns, including Instagram, WhatsApp and virtual reality product Oculus. The flurry of announcements fits a pattern of how Facebook prepares for scrutiny in Washington: It pre-emptively publicizes steps it's taking to rein in its own behavior. In late October, for example, four days before Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch was set to testify before Senate and House investigators looking into Russian election interference, the social network said it would introduce a new feature to show who is paying for political advertising, and to whom those ads were being shown. Facebook officials say they are still testing those changes in Canada and plan to implement them in the U.S. by June. Ashley Gold contributed to this report. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tharizdun
The result was keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:56, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
Tharizdun
* – ( View AfD View log Stats )
This character does not establish notability independent of Dungeons & Dragons through the inclusion of real world information from reliable, third party sources. Most of the information is made up of overly in-depth plot details and other primary information better suited to Wikia. There is no current assertion for future improvement of the article, so extended coverage is unnecessary. TTN (talk) 21:44, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 22:13, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 22:13, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
* Keep notable. 3rd party sources, i have them. Web Warlock (talk) 23:48, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
* NOTE I find this massive string of AfDs to be of very bad faith. You are taking advantage of the community knowing full well it takes you SECONDS to tag an article but it takes us HOURS or DAYS to do the research. I formally request that you give us the time needed and stop tagging articles. To continue to do so will be considered a bad faith edit and I will revert. Web Warlock (talk) 23:48, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
* note2 I added more sources last night. I have a stack of Challenge magazines to go through and some more Pegasus magazines.Web Warlock (talk) 12:44, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* That comment sure is blatant WP:AGF violation. Users are free to nominate any number of article they want for AfD, and all of TTN's nominations have been sound and made on articles unlikely to ever be notable, and the closes confirm it so far. They will result in merges anyway, so if sources arise, articles can easily be restored and no harm is done. Your complaint is utterly misplaced: all these articles have existed for YEARS, there was time enough for the D&D wikiproject to research sources. WP:N and WP:NOTPLOT have also been around for years, so don't try to act as if these were suddenly imposed on you by TTN's nomination. The real problem is the unchecked proliferation of D&D fancruft; just because it took SECONDS to create an article, some felt they could just turn this into a D&D fanwiki, but that time is over, so deal with it. Compared to the five fucking thousand total D&D articles, TTN's dozen of nominations are nothing, so feel free to bring all the others up to notability standards instead of threatening good users who merely try to apply the rules that some didn't bother to respect.Folken de Fanel (talk) 01:17, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Just to clarify, a very large percentage of your five thousand count of pages are actually not articles. If you scroll through that list you will find that many of them are categories, portal pages, project pages, redirects, templates, and over 1000 of the pages are files such as images. BOZ (talk) 03:53, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* i am not sure that the claim that "The problem is not only bad articles but a proliferation of crufty meta content and copyright materials" actually makes the situation any better.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:23, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Wrong on both counts. See Requests_for_arbitration/Episodes_and_characters_2.Geni (talk) 19:07, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* "Fait accompli" is moot when said edits are done within the bound of applicable policies and guidelines, and the opposition acts counter to these. Besides, AfD is a discussion and consensus process, conditions of "fait accompli" are not even met.Folken de Fanel (talk) 21:29, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* You might want to read a bit more of that case before making such assertions.Geni (talk) 04:25, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* It's not like the problem hasn't been apparent for years (tons of discussions in the project talk page archives), and I already tried the slow approach years ago. In the end, all the articles that I had merged were brought back with absolutely nothing of value. These articles currently assert absolutely nothing in regard to future potential, so there is really no need to wait. If some obscure text sources are required to establish notability, it can always be brought back, as it's not like any of the outcomes are unreversible. TTN (talk) 06:30, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Keep - extending good faith to Webwarlock on this one; this guy is the villain of The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, and basically 4th edition D&D. BOZ (talk) 00:01, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* there is a time for good faith - the years that this sat around waiting for sources- however, at an AfD one is actually required to present the evidence. The links you have provided are primary sources and not sufficient in addressing the WP:GNG threshold. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 14:20, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Keep Already looks like there are multiple secondary sources present in the article as it stands now. I echo WebWarlock's concerns of serial AFD'ing: At some point, based on the outcomes of his prior attempts, TTN knows or should know that his attempts at deletion are turning into merge vs. redirect discussions. At some point, we simply cannot continue AGF'ing that he actually believes there is a SNOW chance of any of these actually being deleted. TTN is no stranger to unilateral attempts to merge or delete pop culture content; TTN should know better. Jclemens (talk) 06:43, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* These articles are valid deletion candidates, and it is not my problem if there is no chance of an actual deletion outcome. Dealing with fiction is different than BLP and other topics in the first place. I'm not attempting to force merges with this because I do not really care if these are merged. Very little would end up ported over in the first place with most of these, so deletion is the preferred outcome to keep them from being recreated. TTN (talk) 06:53, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* the assertion of third party sources can only be made on a "first glance" - the sources that are not published by TSR, the company that bought it out Wizards of the Coast or the officially nonindependent licensee Piazo Publishing are authored by Larry Schick non independent source as an authorized writer and creator for D&D materials. While it is possible that the Appelcline book would be a useful source (in fact it might be an amazing source for all kinds of articles if it goes into the details of the game design process), currently there is no evidence that there is any significant coverage of the subject of the article, merely a reprint of publication history.~And then there is a blog by some guy. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 14:12, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* First run at sources while on my phone. Real research takes time. Care to help? Web Warlock (talk) 14:15, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Agree with TTN, per WP:DEL-REASON, failure to meet notability guidelines is a valid deletion rationale. That consensus in discussions can result in merges rather than outright deletion is out of TTN's hand, and as far as I'm concerned, I only !vote merge for the sake of compromise, the mergeable content being almost exclusively detailed plot summary, I would have no problem to see it gone for good. Finally, Jclemens is reminded to comment on content and not on the contributor, TTN's nominations and the ensuing consensuses are not "unilateral attempts" in any way, and AfD is no place for groundless accusations or badgering an editor for his position on fiction.Folken de Fanel (talk) 15:01, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Except that repeated deletion nominations in light of an unbroken string of non-deleted nominations of similar topics becomes a WP:POINT violation at some point--it's pretending that content policies are normative, rather than descriptive. Finally, Folken de Fanel is reminded that past misconduct is absolutely relevant to discussions that turn on whether nominations deserve the continued presumption of good faith, as he knows firsthand as a reformed sockpuppetteer. Jclemens (talk) 16:35, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* pfhffhththt - as if he had taken the unbroken string of merges and redirects and proceeded to merege and redirect that you would not have accused him of also violations. THIS page is for the discussion of whether or not the Tharizdun meets the criteria for a stand alone article. If you issues with his behavior, the ANI is thataway. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 17:43, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Fortunately, WP:DISAGREEWITHJCLEMENS is not yet a WP:POINT violation. Nothing to add to TRPOD's comment, non-disruptive complaints about user behavior happen on WP:ANI and nowhere else.Folken de Fanel (talk) 19:04, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* 'Keep. 1980s so there will be fanzine coverage (fanzines have editors who tend to know rather a lot about the topic of the fanzine thus somewhat surprisingly they often pass WP:RS).Geni (talk) 19:07, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* !) at an AfD vague claims that sources exist are of no value. 2) a fanzine is no more automatically a reliable source than a blog. anyone can take their typewritten proclamations to a copyshop and have a 100 copies run off - that in no way makes them an expert. so if you wish your comment to have any bearing on the outcome, you will need to actually produce some of these fanzines so that their qualification as to whether or not they meet the RS standard can be determined. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:15, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* I have better things do with my time than dig through the relevant university and deposit library archives. The question is it likely that such sources exist. They don't actually have to be produced otherwise we end up with an even worse bias towards things that are online. The reality is fanzines tend towards the editor model because writing all the stuff yourself is hard work.Geni (talk) 20:10, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* sorry, but your lack of effort does not impress me into believing you that sources exist, nor do your generalized claims about editorial process show any chance of meeting WP:RS criteria. (a particular fanzine might indeed meet the criteria for WP:RS but it would indeed be a rare duck). -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:36, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Keep There is now coverage in at least four reliable, independent sources, including rather substantial coverage from a source I just added. —Torchiest talkedits 20:16, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* please identify which four sources you consider significant reliable and independent. see - the sources all appear to be primary or non reliable or non independent or non significant coverage. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:42, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* The Oerth Journal source I added is significant, reliable, and independent. The Appelcline, Schick, and Tresca sources (5-7) are all reliable and independent. The Tresca source is decent, borderline on substantial. I don't have the other two sources to see how much depth there is to their coverage. —Torchiest talkedits 23:08, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* I completely disagree about Schick. That book deals with many RPGs, not just D&D, and the book was not published by any D&D-related company. Schick is also a founding member of the Academy of Game Critics. He has the proper credentials to be an independent source. —Torchiest talkedits 23:16, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* While Schick may have done /other/ things and written about D&D in the context of other games, neither of those in any way eliminate the fact that he was closely involved in D&D for many years and has vested and financial interest in boosting D&D.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:10, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* I am not familiar with Oerth Journal or Paul Stormberg what should we know that would show that they are reliable and independent ? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:21, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* (e/c) http://oerthjournal.blogspot.com/p/oerth-journal-downloads.html Issues of the OJ appear to be hosted on blogspot, i am not going to add a link to the article as it is unclear if the blogsite has copyright permission. but it does have this to say And speaking of "fan-created"... It seems to be a popular misconception that only the work of a few people is published in The Oerth Journal in particular, but that is simply not true. Anyone (emph in original) can submit their writing to The Oerth Journal, or to Canonfire!, and the same can be said of Canonfire! Chronicles once it is launched. And don?t forget Postfest! too, as that is a great avenue for getting one's feet wet. That's how I started off myself. Little did I know what I was getting myself into, but don't let that put you off from doing so! :D" -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:57, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* Per this page, Oerth Journal is a self-published fanzine with an incestuous relationship with Wizards of the Coast, as many of its editors and contributors became full time WotC employees while they kept on publishing in the fanzine.Folken de Fanel (talk) 11:55, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* While I agree about these sources being independent, merely stating where the character appeared is not significant. We're expecting proper commentary and analysis, not just paraphrasis of primary content. Recanting my previous statement on independence, Lawrence Schick is affiliated as a D&D writer and I share TRPoD's above view on this one. Folken de Fanel (talk) 10:44, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* On Schick: he worked for TSR from 1979–81; I wouldn't consider approximately three years to be many. In fact, he had already left the company before the first product that mentioned Tharizdun was released in 1982. His work at TSR formed a tiny fraction of his career, and the Heroic Worlds book came out a decade after he had left. To be clear, he had nothing to do with the conception or development of the subject of this article.
* On Oerth Journal: it had an editorial staff and oversight, which can be found listed in the individual articles. Also, because people who had an interest in the game wrote articles about it there, and then went onto work for the company, that doesn't mean their pre-employment work is no longer reliable or independent. As far as I can tell, no one who wrote for OJ did so at the same time they were writing official works for TSR or WoTC. —Torchiest talkedits 13:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* re Schick - he was only there for 3 years? I thought I remembered seeing his name everywhere on everything for a very long time. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 14:43, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* Most game designers were not employed by the companies they wrote for, but independent contractors. Schick himself is present on Facebook, hangs out in gaming groups, and still discusses the things he's made. It was cool to hear him talk about how he wrote White Plume Mountain as a Spec module and never expected it to be published as-is, which it was. IIRC, it was that module that got him hired. So, as far as games go, then, the author would be non-independent when discussing their own work, but there is also an exception in WP:SELFPUB that covers such sources. Jclemens (talk) 16:02, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
* Merge to List of Greyhawk deities, as there is no significant coverage from multiple reliable independent secondary sources, topic doesn't establish notability per WP:GNG. The newly added sources don't even allow the article to comply to WP:NOTPLOT.Folken de Fanel (talk) 21:19, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
* Keep A major fictional character appearing in multiple works and with plenty of sources to support this. Our editing policy trumps the bickering about guidelines and so there is not case for deletion. Warden (talk) 16:28, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
* determining whether sources actually meet the WP:GNG standards is not "bickering about guidelines". If there if there is not significant content from reliably published independent sources available, then it is impossible to "fix the problems" -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:35, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
* Keep. Per WP:FAILN deletion should be the last resort for unclear notability. The article can be fixed and expanded. 42of8 (talk) 18:48, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
* "expanded"...With what sources exactly ?Folken de Fanel (talk) 23:00, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
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Talk:Maya Hawke
Requested move 24 January 2018
The result of the move request was: MOVED (non-admin closure) Galobtter (pingó mió) 06:29, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
Maya Thurman-Hawke → Maya Hawke – That is her name but judging by the news coverage and the credits for "Little Women", "Maya Hawke" is the name she's decided to trade under. Serendi pod ous 01:33, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
* This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:59, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
* Best discuss this move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:00, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
* Support per nomination. Media mentions vary, with Maya Hawke appearing to predominate over Maya Thurman-Hawke. The key element, however, is the on-screen billing, indicating that Maya Hawke is her official stage name. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 07:07, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
Correct name
This was going back many years ago when we promoted Ethan Hawke's article to FA. Both Maya and her brother's names were erroneously reported by some celebrity magazine, and got picked up all over the press (even by reliable sources). It was their grandmother who reported the mistake to the WP:BLP Noticeboard. An editor with paid content access subsequently made the correction. Please note that the information of an obituary has to be provided by family members, therefore much more credible than celebrity reporting. Artoasis (talk) 01:52, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
* It would have been more considerate if you had said this the first time. Serendi pod ous 07:43, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
* That comment section makes things even more confusing. Not only does Googling "maya ray nenna thurman hawke" produce exactly one result, the same section, but it's unclear if the siblings' surnames are intended to be "Hawke" or "Thurman Hawke". Serendi pod ous 15:36, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Edit warring against use of the word actress
The current edit warring by IP <IP_ADDRESS> against the use of the word "actress" is completely unnecessary, and is against widespread use of the word on the project. Multiple discussions (e.g. WT:FILMBIO) have confirmed that use of both terms "actor" and "actress" are legitimate. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:01, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
Filmographies
First thing – the examples at WP:FILMOGRAPHY are just that: examples. They are not supposed to be "the only answers" on how to do these – they are just supposed to provide guidance on things like proper formatting. None of which overrules MOS:TABLE, which clearly says, basically, "only use tables, when they make sense. Two small tables – one of which is only 3-rows long – does not make sense over a larger combined table in this instance, at this time. Regardless of what is being claimed, most 'Filmography' tables for "newer" actors start out as a combined 'Film & television roles' table until the actor accumulates enough film and television roles where splitting makes sense. That is generally when the actor has about 5 roles of each kind, when separate tables are large enough to justify splitting. Hawke isn't there yet. Ergo, it makes no sense to "split" her table right now, and it should stay a single combined table until she acts in more roles, when splitting the table into separate 'Film' and 'Television' roles actually makes some kind of sense. The fact that other editors get this wrong at other articles has no bearing on what should be proper practices. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 12:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
* It really comes down to a matter of opinion then, right? You're talking about waiting to split until Hawke acts in "more roles", but what qualifies as more roles? How many roles is enough roles to split? It's a matter of opinion not defined in the guidelines. WP:FILMOGRAPHY resolves this dilemma in my opinion by setting a standard of simply splitting. That removes any need to define a set number of titles necessary. Plus, in this user's opinion, the filmography looks more organized and proper when television and film titles are separate as film and television are entirely different mediums. What do you guys think? Armos, Armegon, TropicAces, Rusted AutoParts. -- TheMovieGuy.
* WP:FILMOGRAPHY "requires" no splitting – Example #2, for instance, does not have table-splitting of the (acting) filmography table (proper). The point is, as per MOS:TABLE – tables should only be used when it makes sense to use them. Small tables are not a sensible use of tables (single-row tables are the absolutely worst examples of this, but even 2-, 3- and 4- row tables are probably better presented in list-format). So, what's better? – Two small tables? Or one larger table? In the current situation, one larger table is better. When Hawke gets more roles under her belt, two tables will likely be justified... And, yes – guidelines are not designed to cover every situation, which can leads to situations where it comes down to "opinions" – in that case, WP:STYLEVAR kicks in. P.S. What you are doing above is WP:CANVASING, and is considered very bad-form – you aren't supposed to call in other (presumably friendly) editors to a discussion like this. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
as they slept
i don’t know how to add things to the charts, but could someone add the short film As They Slept to her filmography? 2600:1017:B00D:1BD2:593:EF0:CD28:47DB (talk) 21:28, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
* Short films are generally considered minor roles. Might be worth mentioning in prose if there is secondary source coverage. But best left out of the Filmography which should focus on more notable works. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:39, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Singer as an occupation?
My edit that she is a singer was reverted but I don’t understand why because she’s on Spotify (with 73,532 followers), and on a recent interview with Buzzfeed Celeb where the Stranger Things cast plays with dogs, she said that she’s a singer (talked about her songs). GamerKlim9716 (talk) 06:03, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
* Restating what I explained on my talk page: Occupational notability is based on independent secondary coverage, and/or in the case of singing, charting. Plenty of actors also sing – that doesn't make them "actor and singer" unless they have a notable (separate) career as a singer (e.g. chart nationally). Spotify is not a metric for notability, nor is releasing songs on social media. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 06:49, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Inclusion of discography
Curious about the reasoning behind the removal of Hawke's discography about a week ago. While her music career may not be a professional focus, by all accounts she has legitimate credentials. Namely, she is signed to the well-regarded indie label Mom+Pop. I understand editors' efforts to create a concise biography but ultimately believe that information regarding her music warrants inclusion, or at least more careful consideration before removal. By all means, most fans will likely be unfamiliar/uninterested but her musical work has been noted by the music industry and is well-received. For these reasons, I will be re-adding her discography is a week or so unless there are further considerations added here.
CommonSentiments (talk) 04:50, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
* Oppose including "singer"/"musician" in lede, and especially a 'Discography' section, at this time. In the internet age, almost anyone can release a "single" or an "album", and almost any celebrity can get a record contract and get some press coverage of their efforts. That's not the benchmark. She does not meet WP:NSINGER at this time – she only comes close on NSINGER #1 (but probably not close enough), but importantly does not meet the much more important NSINGER #2. Therefore, she shouldn't be labeled as a "singer"/"musician" at this time, as she is overwhelmingly notable as just an actress. (I also question whether Blush (Maya Hawke album) meets WP:NALBUM either...) For right now, mentions of her music releases in prose in the 'Music' section of the article, are sufficient. If she releases more work, get more coverage, and most importantly actually charts somewhere, then we can revisit this. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:25, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
* Thanks for your answer @IJBallI; I'm hoping to get insight from others as you seem to be the primary editor against inclusion of a discography. And to be clear, I'm arguing for inclusion of a discography, not additions to the lede. Please keep the discussion on topic.
* That said, I disagree with your main reasoning against inclusion as it relies on the fulfillment of WP:NSINGER. This strict requirement may be excessive as Hawke is a notable person due to her career as an actor. In this case, information on her musical career is supplemental. I am not familiar with any Wiki guidelines which require the fulfillment of additional notability guidelines for supplemental career information. Furthermore, she fulfills NSINGER #1 and NSINGER #5 which grants her notability anyhow.
* Ultimately, it seems that you are relying on subjective biases here under the guise of WP:NSINGER. It is not up to the editors of Wikipedia to independently designate the legitimacy of one's output. As the citations show above, there is legitimacy to Hawke's musical work. It is not my job to further prove this to a single editor who effectively gate-keeps this article. In particular, I take issue with your statement, "If she releases more work, gets more coverage, and most importantly actually charts somewhere, then we can revisit this." This statement on charting is ignorant at best and exclusionary at worst. Musical quality and legitimacy is not based on having charting records, only one of many possible indicators of NSINGER, and it is not up to you to have the final say on this.
* I do commend your diligence as an editor and appreciate your fast response. However, my opinion has not changed on the inclusion of a discography section. ~ CommonSentiments (talk) 03:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
* Put another way, at this time a WP:DISCOGRAPHY section is WP:UNDUE. Again, she's released an album – but if neither it or the singles are charting anywhere, a discography is undue coverage of that. For now, I think a prose section on her music releases are sufficient. If/when they actually making a dent on the charts (which would generate the significant secondary source coverage that would entail), then it would no longer be undue... BTW, my discussion about what is appropriate to the lede is directly related – as soon as a Discography section is added, people will add "singer" or "musician" the lede almost immediately. The fact is, as of right now, Hawke is overwhelmingly notable as just an actress (in Wikipedia terms), and not for anything else. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:56, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
* One more thing – if consensus is that it's appropriate to include, I'm not going to fight it (though I disagree with it, at this time). But a consensus for that needs to be shown, and that's going to be hard if only you and I comment here. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:57, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
* Support inclusion of discography. There seems to be a very loud and active minority who has been gatekeeping this page and undoing any productive edits whatsoever by multiple users. Multiple studio albums and singles released under a mainstream recod label that have received extensive media coverage and reviews does warrant being included with a discography section. If you do not believe this is the case, then you are deliberately choosing to exclude important information based on a subjective judgement when the point of this article should be to present a range of information. While Hawke is primarily known as an actor, she is not just an actor and it is not correct to invalidate major aspects of another's work based on some shaky justifications. It is not the job of Wikipedia to curate a specific and narrow viewpoint of a person and their work as doing so will be down to the whims of individual editors who aren't really qualified to make such a judgement. An editor cannot unilaterally decide that Maya Hawke should just be an actor when it is more appropriate to refer to her as an actor and singer. Do not take these comments as a personal attack, as some have frequently done, but it is frustrating when legitimate information cannot be added because someone else is able to shout louder. Xselant (talk) 02:17, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
* Editors don't prove (or declare) that – significant reliable source coverage is what proves that. Just to drive that point home, after a quick search I can't find one Rolling Stone article on Hawke's music career – not getting significant (music) coverage in something like Rolling Stone is a clear red flag. Olivia Rodrigo doesn't have this problem. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 02:36, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
* Nice anecdote but it means absolutely nothing. Relying on an anecdote of a Google search of all things while ignoring the coverage that is clearly there shows a subjective bias at play where you don't think Maya Hawke qualifies as a 'real' singer when she is signed to a respectable indie label. You are being irrational when you say that significant reliable source coverage isn't there. As much as you deny it, Hawke's musical career has received coverage from large, respected and reliable outlets in the music industry like NME, NPR, Pitchfork and USA Today. Using the exact same (flawed) logic you are using here, you couldn't call Olivia Rodrigo an actress because she is primarily known for her music when she can be and is indeed both an actress and singer. Xselant (talk) 09:56, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, she should be listed as a singer and is obviously trying to make a career as one, but that iJball or whatever user loves to annoyingly gate keep who is and isn’t a singer with some annoying criteria that only makes sense to him. he does this with multiple people and it’s very annoying. there’s no user arguing with him because he’s just going to camp out and get his way 🖤 Whyryan? (talk) 00:27, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
Literally anytime I see an actor who has a music career (most of the time with multiple bodies of work + single releases) I see that user constantly editing it out. not all singers have charting music and that doesn’t make them less of a singer. If someone who is primarily a singer doesn’t have a song that actually charts, but have a wiki page, what are you going to label them as? Should actors not be listened as actors because they don’t win an oscar? Anna Kendrick has a charting single, higher than most actual artists who are primarily singers as well as multiple charting soundtrack appearances, but singer keeps getting removed from her page. AnnaSophia Robb hasn’t sung a single lyric since 2006, but it’s still on her article. I feel like the criteria is just dumb. At a certain point I feel like y’all need to just use common sense. If she’s signed to a label, released a full length album and is still releasing music as frequently as she acts, then????? Whyryan? (talk) 00:41, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
* The question is, is she a professional singer? Has singing earned her an income over and above the costs of production and promotion? Or is this just basically a hobby she is using her high profile to promote? The Oscar analogy is wrong. This is more like a waitress going to auditions and promoting herself on Instagram. Plenty of singers start out and try to make it and don't. That doesn't make them singers. Serendi pod ous 07:32, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
go ask her Whyryan? (talk) 03:39, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
y’all are just saying anything at this point. your waitress analogy is dumber than my oscar one. she’s signed to a whole label and is releasing her second album. why are y’all being purposefully dense… regardless if she’s a professional or this is her “hobby” she’s still making and releasing music…. if this was a hobby she’d stick to soundcloud covers and soundtrack appearances. She’s writing, recording and releasing multiple bodies of work…. it seems like whatever auditions and promotions she’s doing on her instagram are actually becoming something, yeah? but it seems that her page properly lists her occupations so the argument is over. Be blessed 🖤 Whyryan? (talk) 03:46, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
She's still modelling for Calvin Klein as of last year
So I think it's fair to say she's a model. Serendi pod ous 12:19, 14 May 2023 (UTC) | WIKI |
Name Frano Barbir
Affiliation Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB),
Center of Excellence for Science and Technology – Integration of Mediterranean Region (STIM),
University of Split
Presentation Title
Common Misconceptions About Hydrogen and How to Debunk Them
Abstract
Hydrogen is now in a focus of interest, not only in EU, and mass deployment of hydrogen from production to applications is being planned on the highest level. However, there are still skeptics that need to be convinced that hydrogen is not only a viable but the key technology for full or deep decarbonization of energy supply. Some people, even experts, usually focus just one aspect, such as efficiency or storage size or perceived danger, and jump to conclusions without considering a wider picture. Common misconceptions about hydrogen typically include:
• Hydrogen is not an energy source. Indeed, hydrogen is an energy carrier like electricity.
• Hydrogen is (mainly) produced from fossil fuels (natural gas). That is true today, however in a decarbonized energy system hydrogen will be produced exclusively from renewable energy sources
• There is no hydrogen infrastructure. That is true today, it needs to be built. There was no infrastructure when the first cars appeared or when the first power plants were built.
• There is no hope for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles – BEV are so much better. This is true for light vehicles and relatively short distances. Hydrogen storage onboard is at least two times lighter than the batteries and hydrogen refueling takes a fraction of time that batteries charging takes.
• It is inefficient to produce hydrogen and then to convert it back to electricity. Compared to batteries that is inefficient indeed. However, for storing large amount of energy for relatively long time (seasonally) we do not have a better option.
• Hydrogen is bulky. Compared to gasoline or diesel hydrogen is indeed bulky. However, car manufacters managed to fit bulky hydrogen tanks in vehicles without sacrifices
• Hydrogen does not create pollution but its use will produce huge amounts of water. Use of hydrogen, combustion or electrochemical conversion creates exactly the same amount of water as it was used for its generation.
• Hydrogen is extremely flammable and explosive, thus dangerous. Many safety studies, and use records have shown that hydrogen is not more dangerous than other fuels.
Hydrogen should not be judged by these individual properties, but by its ability to decarbonize those energy sectors that would be hard to decarbonize otherwise.
Biographical
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Frano Barbir is Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Croatia.
He has been actively involved in hydrogen and fuel cell technology R&D, engineering and applications since 1989, working as a researcher and R&D manager in industry and universities in U.S. Turkey, South Africa and Croatia. He has authored and/or co-authored more than 300 papers on hydrogen and fuel cells published in scientific and technical journals, books, encyclopedias, and conference proceedings, as well as 7 U.S. and one EU patent on various aspects of fuel cell stack and system design and operation. His book, PEM Fuel Cells: Theory and Practice, published by Elsevier/Academic Press in 2005 (2nd edition came out in 2013), has been translated to Chinese, Korean and Farsi, and it is being used as a textbook at many universities all over the world.
He is the President of Croatian Hydrogen Association, a Vice President of the International Association of Hydrogen Energy, and the Chairman of the States Representatives Group at Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.
Prof. Barbir holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering and an M.Sc. degree in chemical engineering both from University of Zagreb, Croatia, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Health
Mild hearing loss
Mild hearing loss? From the first moment you suspect a hearing loss, do not hesitate to go to the hearing specialist. A simple non-invasive test can diagnose you with mild hearing loss. In this case, you should know that you have the best chance of hearing rehabilitation in an extremely short time and that you can choose almost any model of hearing aid, including in-ear hearing aids. Find out all the details in today’s article – how to find it, which specialist to turn to, which hearing aid to choose and many other valuable information.
Less often means more and the term easy seems to be a safe choice in any situation, but when we talk about mild hearing loss the situation becomes serious. Although it sounds quite innocent, even a mild hearing loss can be associated with medical conditions that should be addressed as soon as possible.
What is mild hypocusion?
Mild hearing loss is defined as the inability to hear sounds below 25 decibels for adults and below 15 decibels when talking about children. These sounds can be whispered conversations, a faucet dripping, leaves rustling, footsteps on the floor, birds chirping. You will also have hearing difficulties with very loud sounds.
Hearing loss is divided into mild, moderate, moderately severe, severe and profound hearing loss. These grades are diagnosed based on audiogram hearing assessment.
How does mild hearing loss affect communication?
People with mild hearing loss often say that they hear and understand very well when they have intimate conversations, but not so well when they are in crowded places or when they are not face to face with their conversation partner, or when they are at a distance. bigger.
People with mild hearing loss often say that they may not be able to understand a conversation clearly, but they can hear it.
Causes of mild hearing loss?
There are many causes that can lead to easy hearing loss. Some of them, when treated and diagnosed promptly, can even restore hearing.
Noise exposure and aging – which results in presbycusis are by far two of the most common causes of mild hearing loss.
Excess earwax (ear wax). If you think a wax deposit may be the problem, try going to your family doctor to discuss your concerns. But remember, do not put any foreign objects in your ear – ear sticks or other foreign objects. The ear has a natural cleansing system, so it is not recommended to put anything in our ear that is smaller than the size of the elbow. With any object that penetrates deep, you may risk touching the eardrum, pushing the wax deeper, or causing countless other problems.
Ear infections. Although children are more prone to ear infections, they also occur in adults. If your ears hurt, and especially if the pain is accompanied by discharge or fever, it is mandatory to consult a specialist as soon as possible.
Bone abnormalities in the middle ear. If the ossicles in the middle ear have abnormalities, then the inner ear will not receive the audible signals to be sent to the brain.
Other possible medical conditions may be: Meniere’s disease, acoustic neurinoma or head trauma.
All of the above conditions will require treatment by your family doctor, pediatrician, or audiologist, who will then refer you to an audiologist if your hearing continues to be affected after treatment.
Other causes or permanent results of hearing loss that are not reversible and require a hearing aid with hearing aids or cochlear implant are:
Medical conditions from birth, which include hereditary inheritance or infections contacted from the mother during birth.
Genetic factors such as Usher Syndrome or Penrod Syndrome.
Fortunately, the digital hearing aids available today amplify sound so well, limiting the amplification of background noise so that users can interact with anyone, anytime, with completely natural sound
Can we prevent mild hearing loss?
Hearing loss that is the easiest to prevent is hearing loss caused by noise exposure. There are many ways we can protect our hearing from this type of hearing loss.
Simple earplugs, available in all pharmacies and even in the supermarket, are ideal for basic prevention. There are several types, some of them being specially made for artists, for concert lovers or even for hunters.
The only effective way to prevent it is to consult a specialist as soon as you notice hearing changes, pain or any changes. Whether it is an ear infection or something more serious such as a viral infection or an autoimmune attack on the inner ear, it is very important not to postpone consultation with your doctor. The faster the treatment is given, the better the results. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
User:B Cotton6/sandbox
Brandon Lee Cotton (born June 4, 1998) is a Tacoma, Washington born American [1] professional basketball player who currently plays for Army Club in the Egyptian Super-league[2] Standing at 183 cm (6 ft), Cotton plays as point guard. In the 2021-2022 season, Cotton led the Tralee Warriors to Win the Irish Cup and Super-league Championship.[3] Cotton was top five scoring in the 2022-2023 season in the Iraq Super-League 26.1 Points Per Game [4] | WIKI |
Students Protest NYPD's Surveillance Of Muslims, Call For Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly's Resignation « CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) A group of law students rallied against the tactics of the NYPD's secret surveillance program of Muslims on Saturday, calling it racist and unjustified. Dozens of protesters with the Fordham Law Muslim Students Association picketed outside a university alumni association luncheon at Cipriani's on Wall Street to make their voices heard. It's wrong to profile a specific race or a specific religion or a specific group of people for the acts of a few, said one demonstrator. That's not the way to go about saving the country from terrorism. It's a violation of my civil rights, it's a violation of every single New Yorker's civil rights, said another. LISTEN: 1010 WINS Steve Sandberg reportshttp://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/nypd-2-sandberg-w41-soc-jcran-1.mp3 Chanting No justice, no peace! No racist police! and waving signs, the protesters called for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to step down. Kelly was appearing at the luncheon as a guest speaker. We know that while the vast majority of Muslim student associations and their members are law-abiding, we have seen too many cases in which such groups were exploited, he said. He should be forced to resign if there's public outcry, said one woman. What I want to see is the NYPD protecting us, not profiling us, said another. Princeton native and Roosevelt Island resident Muhammad Ali Naquvi joined the protesters because he feels this is their civil rights movement. Martin Luther King said that progress doesn't come without struggle and this is our struggle, he said. We're getting together with people who have been a part of this sort of brutality for decades and we are just experiencing it and it makes us feel empathetic for our fellow Americans who have been a part of this and it's time for it to stop. LISTEN: WCBS 880's Monica Miller reports http://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/protest1.mp3 Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Muslim leaders, state and federal officials discussed the Garden State's response to the NYPD's program. They met with state and federal law enforcement officials for nearly three hours in Trenton, saying they hope the state attorney general will announce a formal investigation into the matter. Aref Assaf, the head of the Paterson-based American Arab Forum says he hopes the meeting will go beyond merely discussing relationships between Muslim residents and law enforcement in New Jersey, which traditionally have been positive. The NYPD's surveillance of New Jersey's Muslim community has generated a firestorm of controversy. Gov. Chris Christie blasted Commissioner Kelly and the NYPD for behavior he suggests is arrogant, paranoid and dangerous. Newark Mayor Cory Booker has also spoken out against the program. This is the New York Police Department. I know they think their jurisdiction is the world, their jurisdiction is New York City, Christie said earlier this week. A report released last month shows the NYPD kept tabs on Muslim businesses and mosques in New Jersey and on Long Island. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the surveillance is justified. To say that the NYPD should stop at the borders is a bit ridiculous, Bloomberg said Friday. We have to be right every single day, we have to be perfect and the terrorists only have to be right once. Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, also supports the surveillance and lashed out at Christie on WCBS 880 on Friday. I don't know what Gov. Christie is talking about. Back in 2007 and 2008 when the initial foray was for the NYPD into Newark, he wasn't even the governor then and as far as him being U.S. attorney again, it's up to the police department in Newark to tell him what it wanted to, King said. The NYPD did what it was supposed to do. Booker said on Thursday that since learning of the NYPD's efforts to monitor the community, some Muslims in the city had become afraid to pray in mosques. And while politicians have their war of words, the spying has outraged Muslim residents in New Jersey. The sad part is that Bloomberg is totally condoning the idea of spying on innocent people, said Mohammed Elfiali of the Islamic Center of Passaic County. It's outrageous. It alienates us as Americans. We have to look over our shoulder, we have to say we're Muslims and yet we're helping law enforcement and we're trying to do all these things and yet here again is another example of betrayal, said Nadia Kahf from CAIR, New Jersey. We don't know how far reaching it is and that is one of the reasons we're asking for the investigation. It is nothing concrete, nothing specific. Like I said, they are understanding and there are promises for getting to the bottom of it and for me that is more than enough, said Mohamed Younes, president of the American Muslim Union. Please leave a comment below… (TM and Copyright 2012 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.) Listen Live | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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func NewREST
func NewREST(optsGetter generic.RESTOptionsGetter) (*REST, *StatusREST, error)
NewREST returns a RESTStorage object that will work against persistent volume claims.
Types
type REST
type REST struct {
*genericregistry.Store
}
REST implements a RESTStorage for persistent volume claims.
func (*REST) ShortNames
func (r *REST) ShortNames() []string
ShortNames implements the ShortNamesProvider interface. Returns a list of short names for a resource.
type StatusREST
type StatusREST struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
StatusREST implements the REST endpoint for changing the status of a persistentvolumeclaim.
func (*StatusREST) Get
func (r *StatusREST) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, options *metav1.GetOptions) (runtime.Object, error)
Get retrieves the object from the storage. It is required to support Patch.
func (*StatusREST) New
func (r *StatusREST) New() runtime.Object
New creates a new PersistentVolumeClaim object.
func (*StatusREST) Update
func (r *StatusREST) Update(ctx context.Context, name string, objInfo rest.UpdatedObjectInfo, createValidation rest.ValidateObjectFunc, updateValidation rest.ValidateObjectUpdateFunc, forceAllowCreate bool, options *metav1.UpdateOptions) (runtime.Object, bool, error)
Update alters the status subset of an object.
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Sri Lanka
[[The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (in Sinhala in Tamil) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. The capital of the country is Sri Jayawardanapura while the largest city is Colombo.
It was known as Ceylon before 1972, and Serendib and Sinhale, among other names, before that. It was South Asia's oldest democracy.]]
Ethnic make-up
[[Sri Lanka has three main ethnic groups. They differ in their religions and origins, and there has often been difficulties between the groups. The total population of the island is over 20 million people, and rapidly expanding.
The largest of the three groups is the population of Sinhalese people, most of whom are Buddhist, and who have their own language, Sinhala. They make up about 75% of the population.
The second largest group is the Tamil people, who are Hindu.]]
European influences
The island was subject to waves of European settlement and eventually colonisation. The Portugese in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries, and lastly the British from 1796 to 1948. The British, always interested in trade, developed plantations of coffee and tea. Tea was planted after a fungus destroyed the coffee plantations in 1869. The tea plantations were the basis of Sri Lankan prosperity for a hundred years. Lastly, rubber plantations were started in the early 20th century. In 1965, Ceylon became the world's leading exporter of tea, with 200,000 tonnes of tea being shipped internationally annually.
Independence from the British was got in 1948, together with Dominion status in the British Commonwealth of Nations. In 1972, Ceylon changed its name officially to the Republic of Sri Lanka, and is still a member of the Commonwealth. In 2009 came the end of a long civil war between Sinhalese and Tamils. Since then tourism has rapidly grown as a source of foreign investment and currency.
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Buttons to navigate higher/lower taxa in Identify
Situation
I would like iNaturalist to make it easier to add identifications besides “Agree”.
This feature request is a proposal for how iNaturalist could make Identification a little bit easier, at least on the web version of Identify. (Skip to the end for some mock-ups to see how I envision an update to the interface for this might look.)
Right now it’s so much easier to just click “Agree”. There is an effort barrier to users inputting identifications besides “Agree”, given that an “Agree” response can be input through a single keystroke or mouse click, whereas identification to either a higher-level (broader) taxon or a lower-level (narrower) taxon requires manually typing (or copying and pasting) a text input in the “Add an Identification” field.
Given that the current design slows down the process of adding IDs which are not “Agree”, I suspect that it probably has some effects on identifier behaviour:
• encouraging identifiers to skip over more observations
• tip users toward agreeing to an ID to which they are ambivalent
• users not making an effort to add IDs below species level, even if when the subspecies or variety is known
Moreover, many users rely on computer vision taxon suggestions when uploading photos, users tend to neglect taxa at or below subspecies when inputting initial IDs, as forthcoming, current, and recent CV models do not include taxa below species.
Lastly, there’s been lengthy discussion around the ever-growing ‘Needs ID’ pile, and identifications. While the overall problem is large, this may make a small dent by speeding up the process of identification.
Proposed Improvement
It should be possible to navigate up and down a single branch of the taxonomic tree relative to a current taxon. Being able to navigate would make non-“Agree” IDs easier to input.
Navigation could be accessed through a simple up/down button which would auto-populate (autofill) the “Add an Identification” field with a higher-level taxon or, a dropdown list of lower taxa from which an identification could be selected.
Each up-click would auto-populate the parent-taxon of the previous taxon. A subsequent down-click would reverse the up-click auto-populate with the child of that taxon leading back to the current taxon ID.
Only one “down” click would be possible, provided that the current taxon ID is either Genus or Species. This would compliment the field as currently implemented. The “Add an Identification” field already provides dropdown lists when either a genus or a species is manually entered, so all that would be needed is a button to auto-populate the field.
This might be extended in the future to list genera if the current taxon ID is a Family, giving a list of genera, however that would be beyond the scope of the current request.
Keyboard shortcuts could also be provided for navigation, e.g. B/N (broader / narrower) or H/L (higher / lower).
Note:
One catch—which is its own separate source of frustration—is that when typing an identification in the “Add an Identification” field if a user clicks anywhere else outside of the field, the field is automatically erased. That behaviour needs to be curtailed, both for this to work but also because I’m sure it’s caused other users frustration, e.g. when needing to pause for a moment to check something else, whether it’s a reference or a message in another tab.
Visual Example
I’ve chosen an observation of Tiarella trifoliata that I recently saw in the Identify queue.
Currently appearance of Identify
As noted, there are only two options here: Either click on “Agree” or manually type in an ID for anything else.
Proposed appearance with added navigation buttons
The change would be quite simple: Add a small pair of navigation buttons. One button for going “up” the sequence of taxa in the branch. One button which for going “down” to the children of the current taxon.
Proposed appearance after click: Going up the branch
For this example, one up-click would result in Genus Tiarella being input; two up-clicks would input Family Saxifragaceae, and so on, following the chain of taxa leading back to Kingdom Plantae (or Life).
• Genus Tiarella
• Family Saxifragaceae
• Order Saxifragales
• Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
• Subphylum Angiospermae (Flowering Plants)
• Phylum Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
• Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
• Life
If this were an incorrect ID, but one where I am uncertain of the correct species, I would need to take extra time to type in a disagreeing higher-taxon ID. This would speed up the process.
Proposed appearance after click: Going down the branch
A single down-click would auto populate the “Add an Identification” field with the current species, Tiarella trifoliata, for which the 3 varieties are listed:
• Tiarella trifoliata var. laciniata
• Tiarella trifoliata var. trifoliata
• Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata
Currently, whenever I encounter this species, I need to spend extra time typing out the species name or copying and pasting into the ID field before selecting one of the varieties. That is time which, if this is implemented, could be spent identifying another plant.
I think this is an interesting idea, though I don’t think that the speed boost for “power IDers” (I’m probably one of these) would be that much. Most of the time, if an IDer intends to disagree at a higher taxonomic level, they already know the name of the higher taxon that they want to disagree at/to - this is just kind of the nature of how disagreeing on iNat works, that this is much more of an “expert level” feature. If someone is unsure which higher taxon they want to disagree to, it will be a slower process anyways.
High volume IDers who use the ID modal also rely heavily on using the keyboard, not mouse, inputs (so. much. faster.). So if you know the taxon you want to to input, and are using the keyboard, it is generally just going to be faster to hit “I”, starting typing your taxon name, and then use the down arrow to choose from the autocomplete. Switching to mouse to browse from a graphic list would be slower.
I do like the suggestion to not lose your dropdown/autocomplete options when clicking/tabbing away. That is annoying.
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And this would make it faster for the experts to access / input that higher taxonomic level. No need to type it out.
For those of us who aren’t as expert (or who ID more broadly) it would provide a way to quickly see the options without turning to a reference.
Switching to a mouse would not be required. As I suggested in the original:
On the narrower side, once you have an ID partially typed, you can already use the up and down arrows on the keyboard to quickly navigate through the list of suggestions. This would be faster and wouldn’t be subject to the issue of misspelling, which the taxon matching system rarely is able to overcome with the current matching algorithm.
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Gotcha, I missed the reference to keyboard shortcuts. With those, I do think this could speed up IDing.
I would still suggest that if an IDer isn’t familiar enough with a given group to know which taxon they want to explicitly disagree too, they often shouldn’t be adding an explicit disagreement to that observation. That option should generally be used sparingly, so I kind of like having to take longer/work a little bit to make an explicit disagreement as it gives the IDer time to think whether they should really be making that ID or not.
I know that one other issue that has come into discussions of adding more shortcuts to Identify in the past is the potential for confusion/mistypes when there are more and more shortcuts available. I personally wouldn’t be worried about that here myself. It would be interesting to give this setup a test run and see how it would work.
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Well, one can always go higher. And that usually isn’t a problem, particularly if someone is an active participant, i.e. revisiting observations when people add subsequent IDs. To disagree on an observation that a user claims is is species X… if I know it isn’t species X and just say “it’s a flowering plant”, I don’t see an issue.
The issue is that you are then implicitly disagreeing, not only with the previous identification, but with IDs of any taxon lower than subphylum. Others could probably explain better, but the important point is that you can’t disagree with a single ID without also disagreeing with a lot of other potential IDs. So it seems best not to disagree except to the next highest taxon you can be sure of, not just the next highest taxon you can immediately think of.
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Sorry to add so many comments, I just wanted to clarify that I’m only referencing the “explicit” or “hard” disagreements where an IDer says that “No, but it is a member of…” Those disagreements require a lot of expertise and do have a pretty strong impact since they bump the observation ID back up. Especially in organisms without many experts, an ID like that can be hard to counteract if it’s wrong. Those disagreements should be used pretty sparingly, and iNat has generally tried to encourage judicious (ie, infrequent) use in the past by tweaking the wording around those disgreements.
For IDs in which a user only chooses “I don’t know, but I am sure this is…” there’s no issue and this doesn’t hurt anything.
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I agree with this request, but would modify your example of what it would look like to instead display the next highest and lowest taxon permanently above and below Agree, or to display them when clicked. It would result in too many unintentionally selected ranks if the names aren’t displayed. And it would be too complicated to allow any rank to be chosen (probably, unless they all were shown in a “drop down” like menu, in which case that would work too).
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The ranks would be displayable. The idea is that one could “scroll through” the higher taxa by clicking up or down.
Okay, that sounds similar then. Another consideration is whether those options should be available to use in the first identifier’s box (where Agree is), or in the box below where you’d otherwise enter your own ID, or in both.
I illustrated my suggested outcome in “Figure 3” (Proposed appearance after click: Going up the branch).
I tried to design it in a way that minimized changes to the layout, so the displayed taxon that you navigate to would ultimately be shown in the identifier’s box.
Where the buttons are doesn’t really matter however since it’s relative to the current ID, placing them on that is a visual hint that one is navigating relative to that ID.
That could also be useful in scenarios where you have two conflicting IDs, since each one could have its own set of buttons. However, ultimately I’d have to defer to those implementing the system for cases more complex than observations with a single ID in the needs-ID queue.
Right, the other issue is anything but “Agree” with their ID is technically potentially misleading since it means you’re choosing something relative to their ID which could differ from it (agreeing-IDs and disagreeing-IDs). Overall I expect for this request to be likely to be approved it’s best not to make it too complicated (which could also result in difficulty for users understanding what the options mean). But, I support some kind of way to choose the different ID rank options like that.
If you go one rank up from the current id when making yours from this identify portal, is it currently counted as hard disagreeing with the current id, or only soft disagreeing? You don’t get the popup to choose which you mean.
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I just tried this out to check, and it actually did give me the popup to choose, and I chose soft disagreeing: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99849261
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As of yesterday, it does not always do that. I think it might when I’m changing my own id, but not when it’s someone else’s already there.
I checked now and when I want to change my id to higher one it always asks about disagreement, whenever there’re other ids or not.
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I believe an ID only triggers the pop-up if it disagrees with the community ID. So you can have a pop-up if you disagree with your current ID (or not) depending on how your ID relates to the community ID.
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It’s more complicated as it does appear when there’s still no community id too, but when there’re some contradicting ids and you change your old id to higher one it doesn’t appear, so it’s if your new id is lower than community id then there’s no message?
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Morris S. Barnett
Morris S. Barnett (1808 – April 30, 1902) was an American politician.
Barnett owned a sawmill in Eldorado, Wisconsin in the 1840s. United States Senator Philetus Sawyer worked for Barnett at the sawmill. He was active in the anti-slavery movement in Wisconsin. He lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Barnett then moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In 1851 and 1857, Barnett served in the Wisconsin Assembly while living in Fond du Lac. Barnett was a member of the Whig and Free Soil Party. Barnett later supported the Republican Party. Barlett died from pneumonia at his son's home in Neenah, Wisconsin. | WIKI |
Globulin Levels During Pregnancy
Globulins are a group of proteins in the blood stream that help to manage the function of the circulatory system. If the globulin level in the blood is unusual it can caused health difficulty. Then medications can be used to return the globulin level to regular.
Your globulin levels will impact the amount of sufficient proteins in the blood stream. If these proteins are not kept at the proper ration, it can be challenging for the body to correctly combat infection, embolism or transport nutrients to the muscles, leading to health problems for the patient. Medical exams must be done to identify if the globulin levels are where they need to be, and what may be causing them to be lower or higher than typical. Medications can then be used to assist return the globulin levels to the regular stage to prevent any potential dangers.
What is Globulin?
Globulin is a generic term used to explain a set of sixty proteins consisting of the antibodies or gamma globulins and protein-carbohydrate substances called glycoprotein. There are 4 fundamental groups of globulin proteins referred to as the alpha-1, alpha-2, beta and gamma proteins. These are used to assist transportation proteins through the lipoproteins and aiding the blood in clotting. They likewise serve as plasma cells which suggest whether there is an antibody deficiency in the blood stream. The liver produces much of the alpha and beta globulins used for this purpose.
The level of these proteins is determined versus the levels of albumin, the other significant type of protein in the blood stream. A specific ratio should be fulfilled in order to preserve healthy circulatory function. Ratios of globulin compared with albumin can be low or high, and each presents its own dangers.
Globulin Levels
Tests will be used to determine the certain levels of different types of globulin in the blood stream. These levels will fall into among three classifications. If your globulin levels are regular you will have a total level of 6.0-8.4 gm/dL of protein in the blood stream. Ideally, this level will fall at 7.5 g/dL, according to iytmed.com. This ought to be consisted of approximately of 3.5-5 gm/dL of albumin and 2.3-3.5 gm/dL of globulin. Ideally, albumin levels will fall at 4.5-5/ 100 ml, alpha globulin levels will continue to be at.2 -.3 g/L and beta globulin levels will fall at.7-1.0 g/L.
Low Globulin Levels. If the globulin levels fall listed below this regular range it can be a sign of numerous major health conditions. Kidney disease, hepatic dysfunction, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), acute hemolytic anemia, agammaglobulinemia and hypogammaglobulinemia can cause the globulin levels to drop. This is likewise a sign that proteins taken in by the digestion system are not being broken down or taken in properly.
High Globulin Levels. Those with high globulin levels may be dealing with leukemia or other bone marrow conditions, autoimmunity illness such as lupus or collagen diseases, chronic inflammatory conditions such as syphilis, waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia, liver disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, carcinoid syndrome, kidney disease or a chronic viral or bacterial infection. Additional screening will be necessary to identify which of these disorders is triggering the globulin levels to rise so adequate treatment can be administered.
Globulin Ratio
The proper globulin to albumin ratio is 1:2, though this can vary from 1.7-2.2 and still continue to be healthy. If this ratio changes to an extreme level it can cause a number of health concerns. High levels of globulin can be brought on by an overproduction of globulin, an underproduction of albumin or a loss of albumin. Albumin can be lost due to kidney conditions which cause an excessive quantity of protein being shed from the body.
You may also see an increase in the globulin ratio if you are struggling with hypogammaglobulinemia, which can be caused by a congenital disease or cancers such as leukemia. Hypothyroidism can also modify the levels of globulin in the system, as can glucocorticoid, which can be caused by a growth that releases cortisol-mimicking substances, an overactive adrenal gland or excessive use of cortisone or cortisone-mimicking medications. If you consume a high carb or high protein diet that is not being monitored, it can cause the body’s retention of protein to suffer, which can also result in an altered globulin ratio.
High or Low Globulin Levels in Pregnancy: How to Understand Test Results?
What is the Total Serum Protein Test?
Total serum protein measures the amount of protein in the offered blood sample, including the specific elements of protein– albumin and globulin. Subsets of globulin, like alpha-1, may likewise be determined. The albumin side of the test is used to determine kidney and liver function, proper nutrition or possible causes of edema. Globulin testing is related to infection or blood disease.
Typical Value Range
Negative Pregnancy Adult: 6.7 to 8.6 g/dL or 67 to 86 g/L
Pregnancy Trimester One: 6.2 to 7.6 g/dL or 62 to 76 g/L
Pregnancy Trimester Two: 5.7 to 6.9 g/dL or 57 to 69 g/L
Pregnancy Trimester Three: 5.6 to 6.7 g/dL or 56 to 67 g/L
Low protein levels are indicative of malnutrition: the patient is not consuming or utilizing adequate protein, however the results amongst each subset (albumin and globulin) are more accurate.
High albumin levels signify dehydration while low levels are normally related to malnutrition, liver disease, kidney disease or an autoimmune condition– among other factors.
High globulin levels are connected with numerous blood illness, liver disease and kidney disease. Patients with tuberculosis also tend to have high globulin levels.
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How to Remotely Reset a Router? Detailed Solutions
This article offers guidance and details on how to remotely reset a Wi-Fi router using your browser and a few additional approaches.
What Does It Mean to Reset a Router?
It could be necessary to restart your router if devices on your home network are having trouble connecting to the internet. Remotely resetting your router is one of the simplest ways to accomplish this. There are several methods for doing this.
Most people just intend to restart a router when they think of resetting one. The most common method is to either flick the power switch on the device’s back or unplug it, wait a moment, and then plug it back in.
Learn how to restart the router remotely using your web browser, a “remote management” command, or a smart plug that is linked to your Wi-Fi network in this article.
Note: Another “reset” option is to restore everything to its factory default configuration and settings (just like when the router was new). You may do a “hard reset,” also known as a “factory reset,” by pressing the reset button on the back of the router with a tiny pin. Usually, you won’t need to do anything to restore your connection.
How to Reset a Router Remotely with Your Browser
You may reset your router in a few different methods without physically restarting it. Opening the browser and logging in as the administrator is the simplest procedure.
• Launch a web browser, then log in as an administrator to your wireless router at home. To achieve this, you’ll need to know what your router’s IP address is. In the URL area of your browser, enter this IP address and the administrator password.
How to Reset a Router Remotely
• The option to reboot your router is often located in the Advanced section of the router’s menu once you’ve logged in as the administrator.
How to Reset a Router Remotely
Note: Be careful not to select any Reset or Factory Reset options, as this will perform a hard reset and clear all of your configuration and settings in your router. However, if rebooting the router doesn’t resolve the issues you’re having, performing a hard reset may be the only alternative option to resolve any problems.
• Your router could show a countdown until it turns off after you choose the Reboot option. When that happens, the router will independently restart itself. The entire router reset process typically takes 30 to 60 seconds to finish.
Note: Some routers feature a scheduler option in this same location in the router menu to set the router to automatically reset at predetermined intervals. If this option is offered, it may be beneficial to maintain the router running effectively over time.
Also Read: What Is an SO File and How to Open It?
Other Ways to Reset a Router Remotely
Some routers allow you to use the Windows telnet client to send a reset command. The inventive solution of keeping your router plugged into a Smart Wi-Fi socket is another way you may restart your network remotely.
• You must make the telnet client available in Windows 10 in order to use telnet to connect to your router. Choose Start to launch the Telnet Client after it has been enabled. Press Enter after entering Open. You might have to provide the admin password and ID. To discover the reboot command from the list of possible commands after connecting, type the help system. To restart the router, type the reboot command.
Note: The router model must allow telnet connections in order for this method of remote reset to function. If you’re unsure if your router complies, you may find out by consulting the owner’s handbook.
• Connecting your router to a smart plug is an additional way to do a remote reset. By doing this, if you experience internet problems and need to reset the router, you may access the smart plug app on your phone, turn off the router’s power, and then turn it back on.
How to Reset a Router Remotely
When your internet is sluggish or you are unable to connect to the internet at all, remotely resetting your router might be useful. Moreover, turning off your router every night will help it last longer by allowing the inside parts to stay cool.
Also Read: What Is DXF File and How to Open It?
FAQ’s
• Can I use my phone to reset my Wi-Fi router?
Yes! Several router manufacturers, like Linksys and Netgear, have official applications for iOS and Android that enable you to manage your equipment from a smartphone.
• Without a password, how can I remotely reset my router?
It’s likely that your router has a preset username and password if this is your first time using it. Usually, you may find it online or in the handbook for your router. You might need to conduct a factory reset to return your router to its default settings if you altered the login information and forgot it. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Joel M. Miller
Joel M. Miller (born 1943) is an American retired politician and dentist by profession from New York State. He represented District 102 in the New York State Assembly, which comprised Hyde Park, Fishkill, the town of Poughkeepsie, Clinton, Wappinger and La Grange within Dutchess County, New York. He is a Republican.
Miller holds a B.S. from the City College of New York, as well as a D.D.S. from Columbia University's School of Dental and Oral Surgery. He served in the United States Air Force on active duty from 1967 to 1969, remaining in the Air Force Reserve as a captain until approximately 1977. He was also a major in the New York State Guard.
After returning to New York in 1969, Miller established a dental practice in Poughkeepsie, which he maintained for three decades. He served as a member of the executive committee of the Duchess County Dental Society for 26 years. He served as treasurer of the same organization for five years and was its president for two years. He was once the president of the Mid-Hudson Dental Management and Marketing Corporation and remains a member of its executive committee. | WIKI |
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St Annes Lifeboat Station
St Annes Lifeboat Station is a former lifeboat station, located on Eastbank Road, in the Fylde coast town of St Annes, Lancashire.
A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1881.
In the 1920s, sand and silt build up in the area destroyed the local fishing industry, which had provided most of the lifeboat crew. St Annes was then deemed a 'half-time' station, only be able to launch around high-tide. It was decided to close the St Annes Lifeboat Station in May 1925.
History
St Annes as a town didn't exist before 1874. Starting in 1875, development of this Victorian seaside was rapid, and discussions of a lifeboat were soon on the agenda, hastened by the gift in 1879 of £1000 to start a lifeboat station, from the legacy of Mrs Catherine D. Foxton of Pendlebury, Manchester. Admiral John Ward, Chief Inspector of Lifeboats visited St Annes in the May of that year, and a new station was subsequently agreed.
An order was placed with Woolfe of Shadwell for a 34-foot 10-oared self-righting 'pulling and sailing' (P&S) lifeboat, (one with oars and sails), costing £363. The lifeboat and carriage were transported to St Annes free of charge by the London and North Western Railway, arriving on 21 September 1881, the boat being named Laura Janet.
A new boathouse was constructed by Moore Brothers of Rawtenstall on Eastbank road for £368, along with a launchway at the end of the road.
It would not be until 4 December 1886 that Laura Janet would record her first lives saved, 6 men from the vessel Yan Yean of Montrose.
Only 5 days later, at 9:00pm on the 9 December 1886, distress signals were seen from the German barque Mexico, driven ashore off Ainsdale. Much has been documented about the Mexico disaster. 13 crewmen aboard the Laura Janet launched into the darkness, never to return. 14 of the 16 crew of the Southport lifeboat were also lost, the greatest ever disaster for the RNLI.
The upturned Laura Janet was recovered from Birkdale beach, and officially placed back on service until January 1887, although she was never used again, and eventually returned to London, before being broken up.
A new 34-foot self-righting lifeboat arrived at St Annes on 5 January 1887, and was subsequently named Nora Royds (ON 194). From the outset, the boat was disliked by the crew so much, that most resigned. Even a new crew, led by Thomas Rimmer of Lytham, disliked the boat, and a second larger boat was requested. The Lytham lifeboat was brought to St Annes for comparison, and found to be far superior, the RNLI then agreeing to a No.2 boat for St Annes.
The new boat, to be moored afloat off the end of St Annes Pier, was a 39-foot self-righting boat constructed by Woolfe, costing £588. She arrived in St Annes on 12 May 1888, but whilst awaiting delivery, the Nora Royds was called to the aid of the Albert Williams on 26 January 1888, along with the Lytham lifeboat. During this rescue, the St Annes boat managed to get in the way of the Lytham boat while it was veering down, and the two boats collided, causing considerable damage to the Lytham Lifeboat. Despite this, 10 crew were rescued, and Coxswain Thomas Rimmer was awarded the RNLI Silver Medal
On 23 March 1888, a large monument, topped by a figure of a lifeboatman, and designed by William Birnie Rhind was unveiled by John Talbot Clifton on St Annes Promenade, in memory of those lost in the Mexico Disaster. Then followed the naming ceremony of the new lifeboat, The Brothers (ON 190), and Coxswain Thomas Rimmer was presented with his silver medal. Ending the ceremony was a demonstration of the four lifeboats from Lytham, Southport and St Annes.
It had been realised that a broad-beam more stable boat was better suited to the shallow waters around the Fylde, with a self-righting boat being impractical. In 1892, The Brothers was replaced by a 43-foot non-self-righting boat, named Brothers (ON 315). Constructed by D & W Henderson of Partick, and designed specifically by RNLI Naval Architect George Lennox Watson, it was initially known as the 'Modified Southport Type', but later became better known as a Watson-class lifeboat.
In 1895, a store was built on the Pier for lifeboat kit, lifejackets etc., to save the crew having to first attend the main boathouse.
Operations didn't run smoothly at St Annes in the late 1800s and into the 1900s. A swing gangway constructed on the Pier in 1895 to access the boarding boat was soon deemed too dangerous, and was removed in 1898. Brothers (ON 315) was sent away for modifications. The first boarding boat, one of three former lifeboats stationed at St Annes, was found to be defective in 1898. It's replacement capsized in 1903, and the third one, the Edward and Lucille (ON 344), was wrecked against the side of the Pier in 1907. But more importantly, shifting sand and silt around the Pier meant that depending on the tide, the Brothers was hard aground, and unable to be used. Administrative difficulties were also encountered, when Honorary Secretary Thomas Bradley was required to write to the Town Council, and then reply to himself by letter, as he was also the Town Clerk.
Nora Royds (ON 194), having served 21 years, with the last year being used as the boarding boat, and with a record of 5 launches and 10 lives rescued, was condemned in 1908, and replaced by a 36-foot Liverpool-class lifeboat, the James Scarlett (ON 587). Provided from the bequest of Mr James Scarlett of Bowden, Cheshire, the station finally had the boat they needed, a wide beam boat, which was stored in the boathouse, easily transported on its new carriage with 'tipping plate' wheels (folding metal plates for easier travel over sand).
The No.2 station was closed in 1910, with the Brothers being transferred to Cromarty. James Scarlett (ON 587) would serve for 17 years, launching 9 times and saving 20 lives. In the end, the sand and silt build up would beat the station, which had already decimated the local fishing industry, the source of many of the crew. Even with the arrival of a new launch tractor in 1922, Clayton T1, the station was designated a 'half-time' station, only being able to launch certain hours before and after high-tide. This was deemed unacceptable by the RNLI, and the station closed in May 1925.
The James Scarlett (ON 587) was retired from service, and placed on display in the boathouse for three years, being used for demonstration purposes, until being sold in 1928. She was transported by wagon to Lytham, and then travelled to the East Coast by the canal network. She was last reported as the Nymphea in Kings Lynn in 1969.
The boathouse was sold to the Drive Methodist Church in St Annes, who still own the building on Eastbank Road. It has been used as an Ambulance station, a store, and for the last 30 years, a funeral parlour.
For more information on Lytham, or Lytham St Annes Lifeboat Stations, please see
* Lytham Lifeboat Station 1851–1931
* Lytham St Annes Lifeboat Station 1931–
Sir Charles Wright Macara
If anything good was to come out of the Mexico Disaster, it was Lifeboat Saturday. Charles Wright Macara was voted as a new member of the St Annes RNLI Branch Committee in 1887, becoming chairman in January 1889. A relief fund had been set up for the dependents of those lost in the Mexico Disaster, and a sum of over £30,000 had been donated within a matter of weeks. Macara realised that the majority of lifeboat donations were coming from just a few wealthy patrons.
With the backing of friends in Manchester, and approval from Manchester and Salford Councils, he organised the first Lifeboat Saturday, which took place in Manchester on 17 October 1891. A grand parade, including the Mary Anna lifeboat from Southport, and the Nora Royds from St Annes, made its way through the city to Belle Vue Gardens. Over £5,500 was raised on the day. Many other towns followed, and would have their own Lifeboat Saturday. This would redefine fundraising methods for the RNLI, leading to other street collections and flag days.
Station honours
The following are awards made at St Annes awarded by the Societe des Sauveteurs, Medailles du Gouvernement de la Gironde for courage and devotion to duty'''
* '''Silver Medal,
* St Annes Lifeboat Station - 1886
* RNLI Silver Medal
* Thomas Rimmer, Coxswain - 1888
Roll of honour
In memory of those lost whilst serving St Annes lifeboat.
On service to the Mexico, 9 December 1886
* William Johnson, Coxswain (35)
* Charles Tims, Second Coxswain (43)
* Oliver Hodson, Bowman (39)
* James Bonney (21)
* Nicholas Parkinson (22)
* Richard Fisher (45)
* James Johnson (45)
* John p. Wignall (22)
* Reuben Tims (30)
* Thomas Parkinson (28)
* Thomas Bonney (35)
* James Dobson (23)
* James Harrison (19)
Launch and recovery tractors
* Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list. | WIKI |
Talk:Hoàng Xuân Sính
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She is often cited as "H. X. Sinh", but Sinh is not her surname (it seems the standard order is different in Vietnamese)! This is funny. :D I dunno if she should be cited as "Hoang X. S." :) Yolaf.TZ (talk) 02:23, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
* Yes, all the Western sources for which it is possible to tell how they are parsing her name seem to get it wrong. My feeling on how we should handle this here is (1) use the correct surname, e.g. to refer to her throughout the article, and (2) otherwise pass the issue by, since we don't have a source that says anything about the name order. I did change one other mathematics article that cited her work from citing it as H. X. Sinh to instead spell out her full name. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:48, 24 July 2015 (UTC) | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hunting High and Low (Stratovarius song)
The result was speedy keep, incomplete and withdrawn nomination, no delete votes. Non-admin closure. --Pgallert (talk) 10:10, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Hunting High and Low (Stratovarius song)
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Prod removed and notability claimed on talkpage but only through inherited notability, happy enough if this is redirected rather than deleted Richhoncho (talk) 19:41, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
* WITHDRAW NOMINATION. I appear to have got my signals crossed. Many apologies to all. --Richhoncho (talk) 20:12, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
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Rh 2801. The advantages of this system are the absence of the overhead wires or underground conduit of the trolley roads, the complete independence of each car, and the ability of the dynamos which charge the batteries to run uniformly at their full output.
2802. A sufficient number of accumulators are usually carried on one car to run it about 30 miles, or for about six hours, with one charging. Such a battery weighs about 4,000 to 4,500 lb., increasing very materially the weight of the car, which ordinarily weighs, with passengers, about 10,000 lb. The power required to propel this extra weight must be provided, and the wear of the tracks and car-trucks is increased.
2803. In order that the cars shall not stand idle while its battery is being charged, several sets (about 3 sets to each car) are provided, which makes an expensive equipment, and the cost of handling the heavy batteries, when moving them into and out of the cars, is considerable.
2804. The chief disadvantage, however, is the rapid deterioration of the plates. On starting the car, and in ascending steep grades and rounding curves, the accumulators are called upon to furnish currents far in excess of their normal discharge rate, which, added to the continual jolting to which they are subject, makes the disintegration of the positive plates very rapid indeed; and only when the plants have been under the charge of skilled experts has accumulator traction been at all successful in this country.
2805. The Waddell-Entz accumulator would seem to be especially suited to traction work, on account of its light weight and capacity for high rates of discharge; but to operate efficiently, this accumulator must be charged and discharged under special conditions (see Art 2790), which makes its cost of operation high.
2806. Accumulators have been very successfully applied to launches and other small boats, in which the propeller is driven by a suitably connected motor; the battery is | WIKI |
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Introduction
Logistic growth starts off nearly exponential, and then slows as it reaches the maximum possible population.
The logistic model is defined by a linear decrease of the relative growth rate. At any given time, the growth rate is proportional to Y(1-Y/YM), where Y is the current population size and YM is the maximum possible size. As Y approaches the maximum, that second term gets smaller so the growth slows.
Gompertz and logistic models generate curves that are very similar. But when Y is low, the Gompertz model grows more quickly than the logistic model. Conversely, when Y is large, the Gompertz model grows more slowly than the logistic model.
Step by step
Create an XY table. Enter time values into X and population values into Y. After entering data, click Analyze, choose nonlinear regression, choose the panel of growth equations, and choose Logistic growth.
Consider whether you want to constrain Y0 and/or Ym to fixed values.
Model
Y=YM*Y0/((YM-Y0)*exp(-k*x) +Y0)
Interpret the parameters
Y0 is the starting population (same units as Y)
YM is the maximum population (same units as Y)
k is the rate constant (inverse units of X)
1/k is the X coordinate of the first inflection point
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Switch Statements
This lesson discusses switch statements in C# using an example
We'll cover the following
Switch Case
Typically this is required when based on different values of a particular expression, different actions need to be performed. The basic construct of a switch case looks as follows:
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switch (expression)
{
case constant-expression:
statement
jump-statement
default:
statement
jump-statement
}
• In code block above the expression can have multiple values. Essentially:
• string
• integer
• case section with constant-expression can have the value as
• constant
• expression that results in a constant
• This decides to which case statement control will transfer
• The default section is optional and only gets executed when none of the constant-expression matches with the expression
• The jump-statement must be there at the end of each block to step out of the switch case once a particular statement section gets executed.
Note: There are a number of branching statements or jump-statements available in C# such as break, continue, goto, return and throw.
Example
Let’s take a look at an example of switch cases to better understand the concept.
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using System;
class SwitchExample
{
public static void Main()
{
int input=2; //change value of this input to see output for different cases
// switch with integer type
switch (input)
{
case 1:
Console.WriteLine("Your input for case 1 is: {0}", input);
break;
case 2:
Console.WriteLine("Your input for case 2 is: {0}", input);
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("Your input in default case is: {0}" , input);
break;
}
}
}
Code Explanation
In the code above:
• First the value of variable input is set equal to 2.
• Then the switch function is called with input passed to it as the parameter.
• As the value of input is 2, case 2 is executed displaying: Your input for case 2 is: 2 in console.
You can change the value of input in the code above to execute various switch cases.
• If the value of input is changed to 1 then switch case 1 will execute.
• If the value of input is changed to a number other than 1 or 2 then the default case will execute.
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ces of the South, and set over them another King, and other Princes and Governors.
30. "And I John, will cast for ye all a Graven Image, which shall be endued with great power to blind the eyes of the people, and to shut their ears, and ye shall set it up in a high place, and ye shall bow down before it, and worship it.
31. "And the name of the Graven Image shall be called ',' which being interpreted is ,' and the place wherein ye shall set it up, shall be called '.'
32. And the counsel of John, the conjurer seemed good to all the chief men, and the rulers, and the captains, who were gathered before him, and they departed straightway every man to do his allotted part.
1. Now in the second year of the reign of Andrew, he commanded the governors, and the rulers, and the captains, and the wise men of all the land of America, to gather together at the city called Washington.
2. And the commandment of Andrew was hearkened to, throughout the land, and the governors, and the rulers, and the wise men, stood before him; and Robert the Nullifier was among them.
3. Now Robert, in the beginning, was upright, and feared the Lord, and eschewed evil; and he increased in substance and in honour before his people.
4. But he hearkened to the voice of John the conjuror, and his heart became changed in the sight of Heaven, and prudence departed from him.
5. And he arose before all the rulers, and the captains, and the wise men, who were gathered together in the city called Washington, and he set up before them the graven image which John had made, even the image, and he commanded them to bow down before it, and worship it.
6. Then John the conjuror became sorely troubled, and his spirit was disquieted within him, and he rent his garments in vexation, because Robert had neglected to hide the graven image in the place called Convention, and had openly brought it forth before all the people.
7. And he feared greatly lest the graven image should be cleft asunder, and lest the enchantments and sorceries which he had placed therein, should be destroyed by the wise men who stood before him; and his fears were not vain.
8. For a certain Daniel arose and smote the graven image, and threw it upon the earth, in the sight of all the rulers, and captains, and wise men of the realm.
9. But Robert straightway arose and set it up again, and he placed around it a palisade of osiers, and beyond the same he erected a patchwork, gathered together from the East, and from the West and from the North, and from the South. | WIKI |
Roku Stock’s Setbacks Didn’t Make Analysts Flinch
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It's not difficult to find a reason to steer clear of Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU ) right now. Revenue growth is slowing, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA ) is working on a competing product and Roku stock itself is struggling to pick itself up after taking a post-earnings tumble. The picture is anything but encouraging.
Yet, for intellectually honest investors who've played this game for a while, nothing about the 45% selloff from the stock's early October high is truly surprising, nor is it intimidating. If anything, it's inviting to trading veterans who don't mind buying when there's blood on the streets. Roku is a young company, and Roku stock is still a relatively fresh listing. It can take a while for the dust to settle, and for expectations to be adjusted.
To that end, while most retail investors have been dumping their shares, analysts - the pros that get paid to look past the cloud of dust - have remained conspicuously bullish on Roku.
There's a good reason.
Inevitable Slowdown for ROKU Stock
If you think all stocks reflect the underlying value the company they represent at any given time, think again. Most generally do, but many don't.
7 Buy-Rated Tech Stocks at Steep Discounts
Roku stock has, since being listed in September of last year, spent the better part of its life in the "don't" category. Investors fell in love with the pace of its revenue growth and the fact that it was even able to beat the venerable Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) in terms of streaming-TV box market share, and for some reason the market assumed the company's strong double-digit sales growth could be maintained indefinitely.
It couldn't.
Last quarter, platform revenue - licensing and ad sales - was up 74% year-over-year to $100 million , and overall revenue was up 39% . Problem: Both figures were notably weaker than the second quarter's progress, when platform sales grew 96% and company-wide revenue was up 57% year-over-year.
Worse, analysts had been modeling platform revenue of $103.2 million.
Even worse than that, the company doesn't expect sales growth to accelerate anytime soon. Roku is looking for revenue of between $255 million and $265 million for the quarter currently underway. That's, on average, a little better than the consensus outlook of $258.8 million. Still, a top line at the midpoint of that range would only be about 38% more than year-ago levels, marking yet-another slowdown.
The question most analysts are tacitly asking with their responses to the results and outlook is, what did you expect?
It's All Relative
It's not a terribly difficult idea to understand. The more revenue a company produces, the more difficult it becomes to maintain relative growth rates because the comparison/baseline figure is forever getting larger. Most companies go through it as some point.
That's where Roku is now, but it's not a reason to steer clear.
Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter explains "We continue to believe in Roku's growth potential and that the company will, in fact, reach profitability as early as next year. Therefore, we think the recent pullback in Roku's share price presents a compelling opportunity to build a position."
Pachter's price target on Roku stock remained at $65.
Pachter isn't the only fan though. William Blair's Ralph Schackar is also still on board with Roku, not lamenting the fact that growth has slowed relative to prior quarters, but celebrating that growth has remained robust despite tougher comps. Schackar cheers the combination of the facts that strong with streaming hours viewed accelerated to the tune of 63%, the number of active accounts was up 43% and that the average revenue per user was up 37% year-over-year.
KeyBanc's Evan Wingren agreed that the most important metrics to watch were ad revenue and the number of active accounts, noting that both showed improvement last quarter. Wingren reiterated his $81 Roku stock price target and "overweight" rating.
Conversely, there weren't any real concerns analysts wanted to pound the table about.
Looking Ahead for Roku Stock
None of this is to suggest analysts can't be wrong. There was a whole slew of analysts who were convinced GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO ) was a game-changer. It has been nothing but a massive disappointment.
Roku isn't trying to create a whole new product category by itself though. The streaming TV market's path has been rather well mapped, even if the trail's not been blazed. There's no doubt that streaming TV is the future, and there's little doubt that Roku will be the company to continue leading the trailblazing.
The recent weakness is simply the effect of euphoric investors coming down off of their high now that the company has significant year-ago numbers to compare to. Shareholders have been a bit spooked, but take note of the fact that the level-headed analyst community doesn't see a problem. The consensus target is still around $68, more than 60% above the current price of Roku stock.
As of this writing, James Brumley did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. You can follow him on Twitter , at @jbrumley.
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Explain on Error and Accuracy in Measurement
All measurements have some limitations of accuracy. Accuracy of measurement depend on the skill of observer and the instruments used. Suppose a meter scale is graduated in centimeter and millimeter. If we want to measure the length of this book we will get the result probably up to 0.1cm accurately. In Accuracy may be reduced in case of measuring the length of a house because the scale is to be used several time for measuring the fill length. Every time the position of the front edge of the scale has to be marker on the floor. This increases the source of error thus increasing the probability of errors.
The accuracy of measurement is as important as measurement itself. So, the observer should mention the degree of accuracy of result with the result of the experiment. Let the length of this book be 26.0cm ± 0.1cm. Here the symbol ± means that the real length of the book is between 25.9cm and 26.1cm. Here 0.1cm is the uncertainty or error of measurement.
Generally there are three types of error and accuracy in measurement.
There are :
a) Random error
b) Instrumental error
c) Personal error
a) Random error : The error for which irrelevant occur in measured results by measuring a constant quantities. Several times is random error. The word random itself implies that the error cannot be guessed earlier and expected value will be zero. This is because measured values moves around the accurate value and average value of the errors should be zero if the value of the quantity is measured by the same instrument. The random error will be included as much as many time the scale is used to measure the floor. Each time the front edge marking on the floor falls a little back and forth of the accurate mark. Another random error takes place with the measurement when the meter scale is placed at the previous marking (slightly error position) as back edge starts from back and forth position. The fmal result may be very much high or low due to random. error. It is impossible to avoid random error but this error can be reduced by precautionary measurement. In order to minimize the random error average of the frequent measurement is to be taken.
b) Instrumental error : We need instruments for experimental measurement in physics. The error with the instrument is called instrumental error. For example, if the zero marking of main scale is not super-imposition with the zero marking vernier then the result of measurement will not be accurate. This kind of error is known as instrumental error. Similarly if the indicator needle of ammeter or voltmeter is not super-imposition with the zero marking then there remains error with the instriunent. The instrumental error has to be determined before starting the experiment. Finally the actual reading has to be obtained by subtracting this error from the reading.
c) Personal error: We have to take various readings during experiment. The error that an experimenter makes during experiment is called personal error. The error with the position of the observer, observing any mark or any calculation is also said to be personal error. For example there will be an error while measuring the length of a rod if the super-imposition of the edge of a rod with a definite mark of the scale is observed obliquely instead of perpendicular position. There will be error in reading when we cannot observe which division of circular scale is in super-imposition with the linear scale of a time per screw gauge. Similarly we cannot find accurate if there is mistake in counting oscillation number while determining time period of a pendulum. All these are known as personal errors. We have to take the reading properly and carefully with a view to avoiding these errors.
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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 February 22
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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on February 22, 2019.
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"How to" redirects
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* The result of the discussion was delete all except for and . — JJMC89  (T·C) 00:44, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* Draft:How to predict the mean flow in the ocean → Ocean current (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:How_to_predict_the_mean_flow_in_the_ocean&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* Draft:How to make a plan for a container ship → Stowage plan for container ships (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:How_to_make_a_plan_for_a_container_ship&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* How to tell bees from wasps → Characteristics of common wasps and bees (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_tell_bees_from_wasps&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* How to take care of teddy bear hamsters → Golden hamster (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_take_care_of_teddy_bear_hamsters&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* How to study → Study skills (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_study&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* How to reduce gaseous pollutants in the air of buildings → Sick building syndrome (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_reduce_gaseous_pollutants_in_the_air_of_buildings&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ] Previous discussion, closed as no consensus, is here.
* How to read a clock → Clock face (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_read_a_clock&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* How to make a Mayday call → Mayday (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_make_a_Mayday_call&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
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Delete All of these violate WP:NOTHOWTO and WP:NOTGOOGLE. UnitedStatesian (talk) 22:07, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Delete per WP:NOTHOWTO. JimRenge (talk) 22:34, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep bees and wasps. This is the original title of the target article (see edit summary), which began almost sixteen years ago. The rationale is completely off-base; NOTGOOGLE talks about how we shouldn't provide links to anything and everything (which these redirects don't), and NOTHOWTO talks about how articles shouldn't be written in the style of an owner's manual, cookbook, advice column (legal, medical or otherwise) or suggestion box. Both are talking about content, not titles. The other titles in this batch are more recent, so implausibility is a good enough reason to delete them. Nyttend (talk) 23:03, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. A bees and wasps, bees vs. wasps redirect can be created to help the comparison. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 17:50, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
* Would you mind explaining how creating that title would prevent the problem of creating linkrot? Nyttend (talk) 22:32, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete, except the bees and wasps one, as pointed out by Nyttend. Avoiding linkrot is a technical measure, and such redirects have a clear useful function: the redirect should have exactly the former article title. The last thing to do is go around creating 100s of variants on "bees or wasps", "is it a bee or a wasp"; a web search will find the relevant article from more or less anything including both "bee(s)" and "wasp(s)". Imaginatorium (talk) 04:46, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
* What said, but also keep How to make a Mayday call for similar age-related reasons. See also 2015 "No consensus" decision. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 22:02, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Wikipedia:LOMP
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* The result of the discussion was delete . — JJMC89  (T·C) 00:46, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* LOMP → List of minor planets (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LOMP&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Delete Unused cross-namespace redirect. UnitedStatesian (talk) 21:04, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
SaveasPDFandXPS
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* The result of the discussion was delete . NJA (t/ c) 09:12, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
* SaveasPDFandXPS → Microsoft Office 2007 (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SaveasPDFandXPS&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Not mentioned in its targerted article. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 15:00, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Note: see Articles for deletion/SaveasPDFandXPS - Eureka Lott 00:34, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Glasshole
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* The result of the discussion was keep , although I'll leave it to the participants of this discussion to add it to the article. -- Tavix ( talk ) 19:39, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
* Glasshole → Google Glass (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glasshole&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
The term "Glasshole" doesn't appear in the target page, so I think this could be retargetted to it's Wiktionary entry, which contains more information about the term. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:41, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* Wiktionary as above. It would be a different case for Glass hole though. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 23:13, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
* Add to target, Keep, and refine to Google_Glass. There are tons of reliable sources that explicitly use this term. There are half a dozen uses just from searching "new yorker glasshole". ~ Amory (u • t • c) 17:03, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Keep and possibly refine to Google_Glass. This strikes me as a case where an article should be expanded, rather than a redirect deleted. There are certainly no shortage of sources using the term. Novusuna talk 08:08, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
0.9999999999999999999999999999999
* The result of the discussion was no consensus . We've gone through a ton of these, each has been relisted, some many times, and some are still ongoing. After nearly three weeks I don't see a consensus and I don't see us getting there or find value in another relist. This is slightly cognizant of 0.99_=_1 and 0.9_equals_1, but I think this one is slightly more weighted toward the keep side of things. ~ Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 11:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
* 0.9999999999999999999999999999999 → 0.999... (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=0.9999999999999999999999999999999&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Implausible and unlikely to be searched and used. No one will add thirty-one "9"s to search for 0.999..., now let's set the limit to 30 "9"s. It could be changed later B dash (talk) 02:59, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Delete. There are a countable infinity of such pointless entries... Imaginatorium (talk) 11:35, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
* There are redirects with the numbers of nines ranging from 31 all the way down to four, and it looks like we're going to debate them each. Wouldn't it be better to go for a single discussion to decide on a a cut-off point rather than have individual RfD nominations? – Uanfala (talk) 15:24, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep, the redirect is harmless and goes to a target that makes sense. On the other hand, having several discussions to establish where an arbitrary cut-off would be is not harmless due to the time sink this causes. -- Tavix ( talk ) 21:25, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. The ellipses should kick in at some point for searches. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 19:41, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep per Tavix. The redirect leads to what is obviously the intended target for anyone using this, while the other redirects with elipses are only relevant for those using the internal search engine with javascript available and enabled or the mobile app; these are only a subset of the ways people use to find Wikipedia content. Thryduulf (talk) 20:12, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep. Hard to use if you do like I and type the URL in the address bar, but quite reasonable at Special:Search with autofill. You can go to Special:Search, type 0 and . and then hold down the 9 key for a couple of seconds; it's not unlikely that this would be one of the autofill options. It's not getting in the way of anything else, and who's going to search for this if they're not looking for 0.999...? Nyttend (talk) 23:13, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete consistent with the delete outcome at Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 February 7. UnitedStatesian (talk) 17:22, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep. A redirect containing a long string of 9s capture various possible search terms. feminist (talk) 13:41, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
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Module:Rail
* The result of the discussion was no consensus . Not many bolded !votes despite discussion by many parties, which made it a bit harder to parse what is going on than usual, but I see enough opposition to this proposal. No prejudice against renomination should a local consensus develop on what do with the relevant module(s). -- Tavix ( talk ) 19:33, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
* Module:Rail → Module:Adjacent stations (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Module:Rail&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Procedural nomination on behalf of, see User talk:Pppery. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 00:19, 3 February 2019 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* Weak delete I'm not conviced by the "this needs to be deleted to stop disruptive editing" rationale presented on my talk page, however Module:Adjacent stations is not the only train-related Lua module, so this title is ambiguous. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 00:21, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* Wrong venue. Ultimately this is a Module and should be handled at TfD. The behavior by the creator has been strange; he seems to want to rename Module:Adjacent stations to Module:Rail, but is also developing Module:Rail separately. This has led to considerable confusion at Template talk:Adjacent stations and elsewhere. Mackensen (talk) 00:34, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* But this module is functionally acting as a redirect in its current incarnation. If template redirects go to RfD, then why shouldn't module pseudo-redirects like this one?. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 00:36, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* I didn't think template redirects went to RfD, to be honest, and I've always sent them to TfD (no one seemed to mind). If that's the practice then yes, this should probably be here, but it's only a redirect because Cards84664 made it one, I'm not sure that was right per my original comment. To the extent that Module:Rail is disruptive, it's because it was a fully-functioning (if buggy) fork which some mainspace templates were using. As a redirect it's harmless, though we wouldn't want anything talking to it. Mackensen (talk) 00:43, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* Could you also add Module:Rail/Amtrak, Module:Rail/sandbox, and Module:Rail/doc to the deletion request? <b style="background:#0000ff;font:Helvetica;padding:0.4em;font-size: 80%;border-radius: 2em;margin: 0.25em;"> Cards84664 </b> (talk) 00:48, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* Won't G8 cover the subpages if this is deleted? {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 00:50, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* Like I said before, I'm still learning. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ <b style="background:#0000ff;font:Helvetica;padding:0.4em;font-size: 80%;border-radius: 2em;margin: 0.25em;"> Cards84664 </b> (talk) 00:51, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* Comment Redirects all come here, regardless of namespace; all namespaces are covered by other XFD forums, so if redirects in one namespace went to that namespace's main discussion area, we might equally send all redirects to their own places, and thus we'd end up without a purpose for RFD :-) Nyttend (talk) 03:20, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete This should use G1 speedy delete due to only one template use it (The module's template itself). -- VulpesVulpes825 (Talk) 05:19, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* G1 is the speedy deletion criterion for patent nonsense, which this clearly isn't. Are you sure you don't mean some other criterion?. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 05:26, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* I clearly misread the guideline for some reason, but my statement will still hold. I do think it is best that all change be done in Module:Adjacent Stations for keeping Infobox station untouch and preserve edit history. -- VulpesVulpes825 (Talk) 05:46, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* Comment I am currently neutral for change from Adjacent Stations to Rail. -- VulpesVulpes825 (Talk) 06:38, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
* To be clear, if refactoring is to be done without a name change, all functions need to work and go live simultaneously, which is harder to do. Ythlev (talk) 23:55, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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List of male rappers
* The result of the discussion was keep List of male rappers and delete List of Male Rappers and List Of Male Rappers, moving the history per Amory. -- Tavix ( talk ) 21:02, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* List of male rappers → Category:Male rappers (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_male_rappers&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* List of Male Rappers → Category:Rappers (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Male_Rappers&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* List Of Male Rappers → Category:Rappers (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_Of_Male_Rappers&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
List redirects to category space are strongly discouraged. Even if these 3 redirects had their formatting errors corrected (capitalisation and lack of leading colon before "Category"), they would target a category that is not a comprehensive list of male rappers. I suggest delete. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:49, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Delete per nom. Rubbish computer (Talk: Contribs) 18:17, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep/retarget to Category:Male rappers as there is no scope for such a broad list and so we should redirect searchers to the category that gives them information that they are looking for rather than being petty about terminology. Thryduulf (talk) 14:08, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Delete List Of Male Rappers and List of Male Rappers as incorrectly formatted and thus useless. Keep the first one as useful for search. The other two just confuse the search. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 22:33, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
* Note: Previous RfDs here:
* Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2015_February_15 (Result: retarget Category:Male rappers)
* Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2010_November_25 (Result: trainwreck)
* Deryck C. 12:21, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Keep List of male rappers, delete the other two. After reading the previous RfD and checking that there is List of female rappers (but no alternatively capitalized redirects), I have come to the same conclusion as Angus. We should keep one correctly formatted redirect so that readers who type this title into the search box will go straight to the category. Internal links to the incorrectly formatted titles should be discouraged so we should delete those; the search box automatically looks for alternative capitalization. Deryck C. 15:35, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Keep List of male rappers, delete others. The first is a plausible search term, regardless of whether or not the category is comprehensive. The encyclopedia is never complete, after all. The other two capitalizations are unnecessary and could confuse searches. Novusuna talk 20:57, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* I think keeping the first and deleting the second and third is reasonable, except that List of Male Rappers has over 100 revisions. Now, that only constituted two months as a list article before being redirected, but if we're going to keep only one title, mightn't we keep the one with some history? That is, if only the first title is to be kept, I'd recommend moving this to that title without leaving a redirect, so that the history is retained there. Probably over-complicated, but I'm not sure what the downside is. ~ Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 21:56, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
* The simpler course of action is just to keep all of them as they are equally useful redirects, just ones. Not every method used to find Wikipedia content is case insensitive. Thryduulf (talk) 22:15, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
* Well, yes, but given the writing on the wall above I wanted to make the case to at least save what history there is/was. ~ Amory <small style="color:#555"> (u • t • c) 01:09, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* Yeah, if the closing admin is going to just go with the simple majority of bold votes then the one with history is better kept, but hopefully they will read the actual rationales and realise that there is actually no policy based reason to delete alternatively capitalised redirects. Thryduulf (talk) 10:47, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Natural elements
* The result of the discussion was retarget Natural element to Natural elements, which is now the title of the disambiguation. -- Tavix ( talk ) 19:17, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
* Natural elements → Periodic table (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natural_elements&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Natural abundance is not discussed in detail in the target article. This could also plausibly redirect to natural abundance or chemical element or a relevant subsection. Is there a clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for this term, or should it be deleted per WP:XY? ComplexRational (talk) 20:33, 14 February 2019 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* Natural element → Periodic table (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natural_element&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* Move the disambiguation page Natural Elements to Natural elements. Also retarget Natural element there. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:32, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Move/retarget per Shhhnotsoloud. Note I've added Natural element to this discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 20:21, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Retarget to Chemical element, which discusses natural elements versus synthetic elements. Nyttend (talk) 20:33, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Move and retarget to disambiguation page, per Shhhnotsoloud. Novusuna talk 20:51, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Find sperm donor
* The result of the discussion was delete . -- Tavix ( talk ) 20:45, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* Find sperm donor → Sperm donation (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Find_sperm_donor&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* Find Lilian Swann Saarinen → Lilian Swann Saarinen (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Find_Lilian_Swann_Saarinen&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Delete Pseudo-search-string redirects. UnitedStatesian (talk) 14:58, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Delete. I'm technically the "creator" of the Lilian Swann Saarinen one, but only by virtue of moving somebody else's creation to its correct title after they created it at this illogical form. We used to have a rule in place that redirects resulting from page moves always had to be retained for GFDL attribution reasons except very occasionally in the case of a page title that represented an extreme policy violation (such as being disparaging to the subject) — but that's since been deprecated, and we can now delete page-move redirects if they aren't useful. Which that one isn't, so there's no need to hold onto it anymore. As for the sperm donor one, that's a direct original creation by somebody else, but it's still not one I can see an obvious case for — it just seems to me like a case of "not what a person who was searching for that term would expect to find", because I would imagine a person typing that into the search bar was looking for a detailed how-to guide rather than a cursory two-sentence summary of the fact that the concept exists. Though, of course, Wikipedia has a WP:NOTHOWTO rule, so that's not grounds for expanding the section to justify the redirect either. Bearcat (talk) 18:28, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
* Find delete per nom. 's one can be speedied if impatient. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 03:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete per nom -- Lenticel ( talk ) 00:37, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep #1, no reason to delete. Delete #2 per above reasoning. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:43, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep "find sperm donor" as a plausible search term. Delete "Find Lilian Swann Saarinen" - she does not appear to have been notably missing at any point, nor does her article suggest there was any project, campaign or similar with this or a similar name. Thryduulf (talk) 20:30, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
* Weak delete #1: I'm not convinced by 's argument that "find sperm donor" is a plausible search term because it undermines the search function. If I were to search for "find sperm donor" in the top search bar, I wouldn't expect to be force redirected to the concept of donor tracking. Maybe I'm searching for notable people who found their biological parents from sperm donation tracking. Either way, it's an ambiguous title, and searchers should be given the benefit of the doubt for ambiguous titles. 'Weak' delete because I'm flip-flopping a bit between this argument and Thryduulf's argument, and the number of pageviews is low anyway. Delete #2 per nom and Thryduulf. 2601:483:4C80:241D:35D8:3D8E:CCFE:1AE1 (talk) 15:23, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
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House (architecture)
* The result of the discussion was keep . -- Tavix ( talk ) 20:37, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* <span id="House (architecture)">House (architecture) → House (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_(architecture)&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Weak delete. This is an (and I'll rcat it thus) but to me it lays false scent: by having the title "House (architecture)" we're implying that is something different from a mere house. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 08:12, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete as it implies there's a type of architecture called House. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 03:29, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep for a few reasons. For one, House (TV series) had a considerable amount of notability to a point where people sometimes forget that houses are a thing. In addition, House (legislature) exists and is a popular concept in many countries. This redirect is not nearly as misleading or confusing as the now-deleted former R from unnecessary disambiguation George W. Bush (painter). Steel1943 (talk) 04:09, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
* I see your point, but we don't have House (structure) or Hitler (painter). (We do actually have -> Albert Speer but that's a different story: We don't have Albert Speer (architect).) Perhaps I am being overly pedantic, but I'm taking the view that if we disambiguate: if we make a distinction for whatever reason, it is leading readers at least some way up the garden path to find that a House (architecture) is just a house. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:10, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Keep it's entirely plausible that House could be a disambiguation page (or could become one in the future) and so redirects like this should be kept to allow for people who don't know it isn't a dab currently and/or want to future proof links in case it becomes one. I'll create House (structure) and House (building) for the same reasons. Thryduulf (talk) 20:38, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
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* Dabs for (structure) and (building) are fine. It's just that (architecture) implies a type of architecture, and there isn't one called House like there is with House music. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 15:26, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Jean-Claude Houdret
* The result of the discussion was refine to Karl Lagerfeld. Consensus does not exist to restore the article nor to delete, but it has been suggested to point to the section where he is mentioned, which makes sense to me. -- Tavix ( talk ) 20:33, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* Jean-Claude Houdret → Karl Lagerfeld (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean-Claude_Houdret&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
Why? Why does an article about a French medical professional redirect to the article about a German fashion designer? Openlydialectic (talk) 02:23, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Comment: The page was created originally as a stub article on the French medical professional by an IP user, but was later turned into a redirect to the German fashion designer with this edit. I'm not sure why, since neither of the contributors leaved edit summaries of any sort. --Geolodus (talk) 09:10, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Restore article without prejudice to prod or AfD if anyone desires, but there has been no discussion I've found about that article content so deleting it via RfD would be inappropriate. Thryduulf (talk) 15:00, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Retain as redirect to Karl Lagerfeld where Jean-Claude Houdret is mentioned by name. No need to restore the "article" which was merely an unsourced sentence and was redirected waaaay back in 2005. PC78 (talk) 17:20, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
* Don't restore. The original content could properly be deleted under db-bio, so deletion or retargeting are apparently the only good options. Nyttend (talk) 22:34, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
* Keep. The target article mentions the redirect's topic. Note that I don't think the original content meets A7, because "devised a diet which made Karl Lagerfeld loose 36 kg." is a reasonable WP:CCS. feminist (talk) 06:18, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Quiet Bill
* The result of the discussion was retarget to Courier (comics). — JJMC89  (T·C) 00:48, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* Quiet Bill → List of Marvel Comics characters: Q (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quiet_Bill&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
No information at target (info was previously deleted due to lack of notability ); no suitable target as far as I can tell. Should be deleted. Namenamenamenamename (talk) 01:38, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Retarget to Courier (comics). BOZ (talk) 05:32, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
David Campbell (comics)
* The result of the discussion was delete . — JJMC89  (T·C) 00:48, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* <span id="David Campbell (comics)">David Campbell (comics) → List of Marvel Comics characters: C (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Campbell_(comics)&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
No information at the target page, there does not appear to be a suitable target. Namenamenamenamename (talk) 01:24, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Ch'vayre
* The result of the discussion was retarget to Stryfe. — JJMC89  (T·C) 00:50, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* Ch'vayre → List of Marvel Comics characters: C (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ch%27vayre&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
No information at target article (was previously deleted ). Namenamenamenamename (talk) 01:13, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Retarget to Stryfe. BOZ (talk) 05:31, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Captain Fate
* The result of the discussion was retarget to Captain Britain and MI13. -- Tavix ( talk ) 20:35, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* Captain Fate → List of Marvel Comics characters: C (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Captain_Fate&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
No information at target page (content was previously deleted ), and there does not appear to be a suitable target. Links to this page are namedrops and could easily be deleted. This redirect should be deleted. Namenamenamenamename (talk) 01:10, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Retarget to Captain Britain and MI13. BOZ (talk) 05:29, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* The redirect was previously an article that was merged into the list. For what reason was this (and so much else) removed from the list article? PC78 (talk) 18:20, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* PC78, that is something the nominator has been doing for months; removing merged entries from the list articles, then deleting the redirects saying there is no information in the target page and no better article to retarget to. BOZ (talk) 19:36, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Misplaced or missing brackets
* The result of the discussion was delete . — JJMC89  (T·C) 00:49, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
* <span id=""C" is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here">"C" is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here → "C" Is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%22C%22_is_For_(Please_Insert_Sophomoric_Genitalia_Reference_Here&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine">(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine → 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="(Adrian Hardy Haworth">(Adrian Hardy Haworth → Adrian Hardy Haworth (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=(Adrian_Hardy_Haworth&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="(Bencao Gangmu">(Bencao Gangmu → Compendium of Materia Medica (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=(Bencao_Gangmu&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="(John Henry Saunders III">(John Henry Saunders III → Jay Saunders (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=(John_Henry_Saunders_III&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="15th Transport Aviation Brigade (Ukraine">15th Transport Aviation Brigade (Ukraine → 15th Transport Aviation Brigade (Ukraine) (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=15th_Transport_Aviation_Brigade_(Ukraine&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="1990 (TV series">1990 (TV series → 1990 (TV series) (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1990_(TV_series&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Hardy's">19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Hardy's → 19th and 24th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=19th_Arkansas_Infantry_Regiment_(Hardy%27s&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="2 (Smoking Popes album">2 (Smoking Popes album → 2 (Smoking Popes EP) (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2_(Smoking_Popes_album&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="24th (The 2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Foot">24th (The 2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Foot → South Wales Borderers (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=24th_(The_2nd_Warwickshire_Regiment_of_Foot&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="25th Rifle Division (Soviet Union">25th Rifle Division (Soviet Union → 25th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=25th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
* <span id="3 (Ich Troje album">3 (Ich Troje album → 3 (Ich Troje album) (talk · links · [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3_(Ich_Troje_album&action=history history] · stats) [ Closure: ]
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Delete all. Stray or missing brackets make these highly unlikely search terms and of no real value. PC78 (talk) 00:29, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete all as none of these are intentionally stylistic. AngusWOOF ( bark • sniff ) 02:33, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
* Delete all per WP:RDAB. UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:42, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
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XXII Reserve Corps
The XXII Reserve Corps (XXII. Reserve-Korps / XXII RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.
Formation
XXII Reserve Corps was formed in October 1914. It was part of the first wave of new Corps formed at the outset of World War I consisting of XXII - XXVII Reserve Corps of 43rd - 54th Reserve Divisions (plus 6th Bavarian Reserve Division). The personnel was predominantly made up of kriegsfreiwillige (wartime volunteers) who did not wait to be called up. It was still in existence at the end of the war.
Structure on formation
On formation in October 1914, XXII Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions but was weaker than an Active Corps
* Reserve Infantry Regiments consisted of three battalions but only had a machine gun platoon (of 2 machine guns) rather than a machine gun company (of 6 machine guns)
* Reserve Jäger Battalions did not have a machine gun company on formation, though some were provided with a machine gun platoon
* Reserve Cavalry Detachments were much smaller than the Reserve Cavalry Regiments formed on mobilisation
* Reserve Field Artillery Regiments consisted of three abteilungen (2 gun and 1 howitzer) of three batteries each, but each battery had just 4 guns (rather than 6 of the Active and the Reserve Regiments formed on mobilisation)
In summary, XXII Reserve Corps mobilised with 26 infantry battalions, 10 machine gun platoons (20 machine guns), 2 cavalry detachments, 18 field artillery batteries (72 guns) and 2 pioneer companies.
Commanders
XXII Reserve Corps was commanded throughout its existence by General der Kavallerie Eugen von Falkenhayn , Prussian War Minister Erich von Falkenhayn's older brother. | WIKI |
Yagayente Yagayente - 7 months ago 30
PHP Question
Make category words appear separately on ACF
I am using ACF taxinomy sub field. I am searching for a way to display multiple categorys from this field. The code I am using display all categories but the word touch each other, and don't separate.
How to make those category words appear separately ?
<?php
$term = get_sub_field('categories');
if( $term ) {
foreach($term as $t) {
$t = get_category($t);
echo $t->name;
}
}
?>
see the category in gray on this picture
Answer
You just need to concatenate a space to your category names. You can achieve this in multiple ways.
The simplest way would be:
<?php
$term = get_sub_field('categories');
if ($term) {
foreach ($term as $t) {
$t = get_category($t);
echo $t->name . ' ';
}
}
This way concatenates a space ' ' after each element. So your string will end up with a final space (also called trailing whitespace). This may be an issue or maybe not.
Another way:
<?php
$term = get_sub_field('categories');
if ($term) {
$first = true;
foreach ($term as $t) {
$t = get_category($t);
echo ($first ? '' : ' ') . $t->name;
$first = false;
}
}
This time we use a boolean $first variable and the ternary operator Shorthand If/Else to concatenate the space before each element except the first one. This way your HTML code gets a clean string (without trailing spaces).
Even another way to get a clean string would be:
<?php
$term = get_sub_field('categories');
if ($term) {
$cats = [];
foreach ($term as $t) {
$t = get_category($t);
$cats[] = $t->name;
}
echo implode(' ', $cats);
}
In this example we push all category names to $cats array to finally convert (and echo) this array to string with implode.
I hope this helps you to understand it! :) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
1933 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1933.
Explorations
* Hull of Henry V of England's flagship Grace Dieu identified in the River Hamble.
Excavations
* Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin (continue through 1935).
* Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
* Excavations at Tepe Sialk by Roman Ghirshman begin (continue in 1934 and 1937).
* Excavation of mastaba of Senewosret-Ankh at Lisht in Egypt by Metropolitan Museum of Art concludes.
* Excavations at Tintagel Castle by C. A. Ralegh Radford begin (continue through 1938).
* Gordon Vivian begins preservation work at Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ket and Casa Rinconada (through 1937).
Finds
* August 9 - Hoard of silver denarii and a fragment of tartan cloth found at Falkirk, Scotland.
* Ancient city of Mari, Syria.
* Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.
* Submerged site of Heracleion in Egypt is identified from the air.
Publications
* Stuart Piggott and Grahame Clark - "The age of the British flint mines", Antiquity.
Births
* May 11 - Anna Marguerite McCann, American underwater archaeologist (d. 2017)
* June 9 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (d. 2014)
* August 10 - Denise Schmandt-Besserat, French-born archaeologist specialising in the origins of writing and information management
* November 5 – Sonia Elizabeth Chadwick, British early mediaeval archaeologist (d. 1999)
* Don Brothwell, British archaeologist (d. 2016)
* Christos G. Doumas, Greek archaeologist
* Robert Sténuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist
Deaths
* February 4 - Archibald Sayce, English Assyriologist (b. 1845)
* July 13 - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (b. c.1858) | WIKI |
Talk:Yemeni rial/Archive 1
Ahmadi vs Imadi
The new succession box implies that the Ahmadi riyal was a distinct currency to the imadi riyal which followed, when, in fact, these were the same currency and the name change was due to the change in King. Dove1950 22:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
* I'm the one that did that. I'm not familiar with the Ahmadi or Imadi riyal. The spreadsheet at http://www.globalfinancialdata.com (which I need to reference in the article) said that the predecessor was the Ahmadi riyal, so I put that in. Ingrid 00:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
* Get hold of a copy of Krause & Mischler's "Standard Catalog of World Coins". The Ahmadi and Imadi riyals are shown there as the same unit of currency. Changing part of the currency name for a new ruler also happened in Oman. Dove1950 22:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
* I have a copy, and I think I see what you mean. The case for Oman is clearer, where saidi rial and dhofari rial are next to each other (in the same section). So, how would you propose that these situations be handled, as far as page names/currency names? I don't have a good answer to that one myself. Especially with the monetary reform in Oman in 1972 when they went from the saidi rial to the rial (or Omani rial, but then saidi rial could be called Omani saidi rial, or something). Since other sources (Global financial data at least, I'll check around), use "saidi rial", it seems reasonable for us to use it, but if you have a better idea, I'm open to it. Ingrid 23:32, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
* I see no reason to separate the two riyals. All we need do is mark clearly that the epithets Imadi and Ahmadi were used at different times. We could also redirect Imadi riyal and Ahmadi riyal here, just to be sure the article wll be found. Dove1950 21:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
* The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen page lists the currency as the Imadi riyal (Ahmadi riyal) (neither of which exists yet, as you can see). How about we create Mutawakkilite Yemeni riyal (or something similar) and redirect from Ahmadi riyal and Imadi riyal, or would that confuse people who know what they're talking about? As I said, I'm really not familiar with these. We could also add redirects to Yemeni riyal and a section there. Or is one (of Imadi and Ahmadi) a more standard name for the currency that we could use? Or should we pick one arbitrarily? Ack. Questions, questions, questions, and no good answers from me. Ingrid 22:05, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Between 1962-1964
There is no question that Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen became Yemen Arab Republic in 1962 and Yemeni rial (not spelled as riyal, or at least not supposedly) was issued in 1964 (banknotes). What happens between 1962 and 1964. There are coins minted in 1962 denominated as RIYAL. But I don't know if that's the old riyal that is = 1 Maria Theresa Thaler ~= 24 g of silver, or the new rial that is = 1/3 GBP = 0.892427g of gold. Can someone please help me on that? --Chochopk 07:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Solution?
Hope you agree the new articles help sort things out. I suspect the rial did come from the Maria Theresa Thaler but I'm not yet sure. Dove1950 21:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
* looks good to me. I noticed that you used "Ahmadi riyal" but "Imadi rial" (or maybe it was the other way around) in the text of the North Yemeni rial article. Was this intentional? I'm not clear on the finer points of the distinction. Ingrid 22:26, 20 January 2006 (UTC) | WIKI |
Talk:Union Square Ventures
Too much reliance on primary sources
The introduction paragraph makes tall claims, all of them sourced from the primary homepage of the fund. The section would either need to be rewritten in a more neutral tone, or provide neutral/third-party sources instead of the USV website/blog. | WIKI |
Brazilian Real Rises on Derivative Tax Bets, Greek Debt Optimism
Brazil ’s real gained for a third
day as optimism grew that European leaders will tame the
region’s debt crisis and investors speculated the government may
remove a tax on foreign-exchange derivatives. The real advanced 1 percent to 1.8059 per dollar at 5 p.m.
New York time, from 1.8242 yesterday. The currency has advanced
5.5 percent since Sept. 22, the biggest three-day rally since
January 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Stocks and commodities rose as U.S. Treasury Secretary
Timothy F. Geithner predicted that European governments will use
more force to resolve the region’s crisis following meetings in
Washington last weekend. Brazil’s government may reduce to zero
the rate of a tax on foreign-exchange derivatives, Folha de S.
Paulo reported, without saying where it got the information.
Finance Minister Guido Mantega told reporters in Brasilia that
the government has no plans to lower financial transaction
taxes. “The whole world is saying there’s not going to be a
default, this is the tone today,” Deives Ribeiro, head of
currency trading at Fair Corretora de Cambio e Valores in Sao
Paulo, said in a telephone interview. Speculation about the
tax’s removal also is driving gains, he said. The real has lost 12 percent this month as the European
debt crisis fueled concern that the global economy is sinking
into recession, prompting the central bank to enter the
derivatives markets for the first time in two years to prop up
the currency. It’s the worst performer among 25 emerging-market
currencies tracked by Bloomberg. The government on July 27 levied a 1 percent tax on some
net short dollar positions in the country’s futures market. The
government may increase the tax by up to 25 percent if needed,
according to the decree signed by President Dilma Rousseff . Speculation the tax may be suspended is bolstering the real
today, said Italo Abucater, head of currency trading at ICAP
Brasil in Sao Paulo. Market ‘Bloodshed’ “The government knows the external scenario is bad and any
surprise from Greece could provoke bloodshed in the market,” he
said. “They will need inflows.” Yields on most interest-rate futures contracts rose as
commodities advanced for a second day, spurring bets the central
bank may have less room to lower borrowing costs, said Andre Perfeito , chief economist at Sao Paulo-based Gradual
Investimentos. Yields on the interest-rate futures contract due in January
2013 rose 19 basis points, or 0.19 percentage point, to 10.43
percent. Commodities Increase The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of commodities gained
3.3 percent today. Brazil exports iron ore , sugar, soybeans and
coffee, among other commodities. Inflation accelerated to a six-year high of 7.3 percent in
the year through mid-September and has been above 6.5 percent
for five months. The central bank targets inflation of 4.5
percent, plus or minus two percentage points. Brazil’s policy makers are seeking to bring inflation back
to the midpoint of their target by December 2012, central bank
President Alexandre Tombini told senators today in Brasilia.
Tombini said there are clear signs demand is slowing and that
current inflation is in line with the government’s target. Total outstanding bank lending rose 1.7 percent in August
to 1.89 trillion reais ($1.05 trillion), the biggest monthly
gain since November, the central bank said in a report today.
Total credit rose 19 percent from a year ago, above the central
bank’s preferred 15 percent pace, led by mortgage lending and
loans to businesses and industrial companies. To contact the reporters on this story:
Josue Leonel in Sao Paulo at
jleonel@bloomberg.net ;
Gabrielle Coppola in Sao Paulo at
gcoppola@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
David Papadopoulos at
papadopoulos@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Anti-Masonic Party
The Anti-Masonic Party was the earliest third party in the United States. Formally a single-issue party, it strongly opposed Freemasonry in the United States. It was active from the late 1820s, especially in the Northeast, and later attempted to become a major party by expanding its platform to take positions on other issues. It declined quickly after 1832 as most members joined the new Whig Party; it disappeared after 1838.
The party was founded following the disappearance of William Morgan, a former Mason who had become a prominent critic of the Masonic organization. Many believed that Masons had murdered Morgan for speaking out against Masonry and subsequently many churches and other groups condemned Masonry. As many Masons were prominent businessmen and politicians, the backlash against the Masons was also a form of anti-elitism. The Anti-Masons purported that Masons posed a threat to American republicanism by secretly trying to control the government. Furthermore, there was a strong fear that Masonry was hostile to Christianity.
Mass opposition to Masonry eventually coalesced into a political party. Before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams, there was a period of political realignment. The Anti-Masons emerged as an important third-party alternative to Andrew Jackson's Democrats and Adams' National Republicans. In New York, the Anti-Masons supplanted the National Republicans as the primary opposition to the Democrats.
After experiencing unexpected success in the 1828 elections, the Anti-Masons adopted positions on other issues, most notably support for internal improvements and a protective tariff. Several Anti-Masons, including William A. Palmer and Joseph Ritner, won election to prominent positions. In states such as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, the party controlled the balance of power in the state legislature and provided crucial support to candidates for the United States Senate. In 1831, the party held the first presidential nominating convention, a practice that was subsequently adopted by all major parties. Delegates chose former U.S. attorney general William Wirt as their standard bearer in the 1832 presidential election; Wirt won 7.8% of the popular vote and carried Vermont.
As the 1830s progressed, many of the Anti-Masonic Party's supporters joined the Whig Party, which sought to unite those opposed to the policies of President Jackson. The Anti-Masons brought with them an intense distrust of politicians and a rejection of unthinking party loyalty, together with new campaign techniques to whip up excitement among the voters. The Anti-Masonic Party held a national convention in 1835, nominating Whig candidate William Henry Harrison, but a second convention announced that the party would not officially support a candidate. Harrison campaigned as a Whig in the 1836 presidential election and his relative success in the election encouraged further migration of Anti-Masons to the Whig Party. By 1840, the party had ceased to function as a national organization. In subsequent decades, former Anti-Masonic candidates and supporters such as Millard Fillmore, William H. Seward, Thurlow Weed and Thaddeus Stevens became prominent members of the Whig Party.
Background
The opponents of Freemasonry formed a political movement after the Morgan affair convinced them the Masons were murdering men who spoke out against them. This key episode was the mysterious 1826 disappearance of William Morgan, a Freemason in upstate New York who had turned against the Masons.
Morgan claimed to have been made a member of the Masons while living in Canada and he appears to have briefly attended a lodge in Rochester. In 1825, Morgan received the Royal Arch degree at Le Roy's Western Star Chapter #33, having declared under oath that he had previously received the six degrees which preceded it. Whether he actually received these degrees and if so from where has not been determined for certain.
Morgan then attempted unsuccessfully to help establish or visit lodges and chapters in Batavia, but was denied participation in Batavia's Masonic activities by members who were uncertain about Morgan's character and claims to Masonic membership. Angered by the rejection, Morgan announced that he was going to publish an exposé titled Illustrations of Masonry, critical of the Freemasons and describing their secret degree ceremonies in detail.
When his intentions became known to the Batavia lodge, an attempt was made to burn down the business of the printer who planned to publish Morgan's book. In September 1826, Morgan was arrested on flimsy allegations of failing to repay a loan and theft of a shirt and tie in an effort to prevent publication of his book by keeping him in jail. The individual who intended to publish Morgan's book paid his bail and he was released from custody. Shortly afterwards, Morgan disappeared.
Some skeptics argued that Morgan had left the Batavia area on his own, either because he had been paid not to publish his book, or to escape Masonic retaliation for attempting to publish the book, or to generate publicity that would boost the book's sales. The generally believed version of events was that Masons killed Morgan by drowning him in the Niagara River. Whether he fled or was murdered, Morgan's disappearance led many to believe that Freemasonry was in conflict with good citizenship.
Because judges, businessmen, bankers and politicians were often Masons, ordinary citizens began to think of it as an elitist group. Moreover, many claimed that the lodges' secret oaths bound Masons to favor each other against outsiders in the courts and elsewhere.
Because some trials of alleged Morgan conspirators were mishandled and the Masons resisted further inquiries, many New Yorkers concluded that Masons controlled key offices and used their official authority to promote the goals of the fraternity by ensuring that Morgan's supposed killers escaped punishment. When a member sought to reveal its secrets, so ran the conclusion, the Freemasons had done away with him. Because they controlled the courts and other offices, they were considered capable of obstructing the investigation. True Americans, they said, had to organize and defeat this conspiracy. If good government was to be restored "all Masons must be purged from public office".
Party foundation
The Anti-Masonic Party was formed in Upstate New York in February 1828. Anti-Masons were opponents of Freemasonry, believing that it was a corrupt and elitist secret society which was ruling much of the country in defiance of republican principles. Many people regarded the Masonic organization and its adherents involved in government as corrupt.
Opposition to Masonry was taken up by some evangelical Protestant churches as a religious cause, particularly in the Burned-over district of upstate New York. Many churches passed resolutions condemning ministers and lay leaders who were Masons and several denominations condemned Freemasonry, including the Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist and Baptist churches.
Anti-Masonry became a political issue in Western New York, where early in 1827 many mass meetings resolved not to support Masons for public office. In New York, the supporters of President John Quincy Adams, called "Adams men", or Anti-Jacksonians, or National Republicans, were a feeble organization. Adams supporters used the strong anti-Masonic feeling to create a new party in opposition to the rising Jacksonian Democracy nationally and the Albany Regency political organization of Martin Van Buren in New York. In this effort, they were aided by the fact that Andrew Jackson was a high-ranking Mason and frequently spoke in praise of the organization. The alleged remark of Anti-Masonic organizer Thurlow Weed (which Weed denied), that an unidentified corpse found in the Niagara River was "a good enough Morgan" until after the 1828 elections, summarized the value of the Morgan disappearance for the opponents of Jackson.
Political rise
In the elections of 1828, the new party proved unexpectedly strong. Though its candidate for governor of New York, Solomon Southwick, was defeated, the Anti-Masonic Party became the main opposition party to the Jacksonian Democrats in New York. In 1829, it broadened its issues base when it became a champion of internal improvements and the protective tariff.
Anti-Masonic Party members expanded the use of party-affiliated newspapers for political organizing by publishing over 100, including Southwick's National Observer and Weed's Anti-Masonic Enquirer. By 1829, Weed's Albany Journal had become the preeminent Anti-Masonic paper and it later became the leading Whig newspaper. The newspapers of the time reveled in partisanship and one brief paragraph in an Albany Journal article opposing Martin Van Buren included the words "dangerous", "demagogue", "corrupt", "degrade", "pervert", "prostitute", "debauch" and "cursed".
Conventions and elections
A national Anti-Masonic organization was planned as early as 1827, when the New York leaders attempted unsuccessfully to persuade Henry Clay to renounce his Masonic membership and head the movement.
By 1830, the Anti-Masonic movement's effort to broaden its appeal enabled it to spread to neighboring states, becoming especially strong in Pennsylvania and Vermont. In 1831, William A. Palmer was elected governor of Vermont on an Anti-Masonic ticket, an office he held until 1835. Palmer's brother-in-law Augustine Clarke was an Anti-Masonic presidential elector in 1832, served as Vermont state treasurer from 1833 to 1837 and was appointed to the Anti-Masonic National Committee in 1837. Other Vermont Anti-Masonic electors in 1832 included former governor Ezra Butler and former United States representative William Strong.
The highest elected office held by a member of the Anti-Masonic Party was governor. Besides Palmer in Vermont, Joseph Ritner was the governor of Pennsylvania from 1835 to 1839.
In addition to Palmer and Ritner, Silas H. Jennison, an Anti-Mason, was elected Lieutenant Governor of Vermont with Whig support in 1835. No candidate, including Palmer, received a majority of votes for governor as required by the Vermont Constitution. The contest then moved to the Vermont General Assembly, which could not choose a winner. The General Assembly then opted to allow Jennison to act as governor until the next election. He won election as governor in his own right as a Whig in 1836 and served from 1836 to 1841.
Though the Anti-Masonic Party elected no senators and controlled no houses of a state legislature, Anti-Masons in state legislatures sometimes formed coalitions to elect senators and organize their chambers. Examples include: William Wilkins, elected to the Senate in 1830 by a coalition of Democrats and Anti-Masons in the Pennsylvania General Assembly; and William Sprague, elected speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1831 by a coalition of Democrats and Anti-Masons.
The Anti-Masonic Party conducted the first presidential nominating convention in the United States history for the 1832 elections, nominating William Wirt (a former Mason) for president and Amos Ellmaker for vice president in Baltimore. Wirt won 7.8 percent of the popular vote and the seven electoral votes of Vermont. Soon the Democrats and Whigs recognized the convention's value in managing parties and campaigns and began to hold their own.
Following Ritner's election in 1835, a state convention was held in Harrisburg on December 14–17, 1835 to choose presidential electors for the 1836 election. The convention nominated William Henry Harrison for president and Francis Granger for vice president. The Vermont state Anti-Masonic convention followed suit on February 24, 1836. Anti-Masonic leaders were unable to obtain assurance from Harrison that he was not a Mason, so they called a national convention. The second national Anti-Masonic nominating convention was held in Philadelphia on May 4, 1836. The meeting was divisive, but a majority of the delegates officially stated that the party was not sponsoring a national ticket for the presidential election of 1836 and proposed a meeting in 1837 to discuss the future of the party.
Although Harrison lost the election to Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren in 1836, his strength throughout the North was hailed by Anti-Masonic leaders because the Anti-Masonic Party was the first to officially place his name in contention. By the mid-1830s, other Anti-Jacksonians had coalesced into the Whig Party, which had a broader issue base than the Anti-Masons. By the late 1830s, many of the Anti-Masonic movement's members were moving to the Whigs, regarding that party as a better alternative to the Jacksonians, by then called Democrats. The Anti-Masonic Party held a conference in September 1837 to discuss its situation—one delegate was former president John Quincy Adams.
The Anti-Masonic Party held a third national nominating convention at Temperance Hall in Philadelphia on November 13–14, 1838. By this time, the party had been almost entirely supplanted by the Whigs. The Anti-Masons unanimously endorsed William Henry Harrison for president and Daniel Webster for vice president in the 1840 election. When the Whig National Convention nominated Harrison with John Tyler as his running mate, the Anti-Masonic Party did not make an alternate nomination and ceased to function, with most adherents being fully absorbed into the Whigs by 1840.
Legacy
Anti-Masonry was deeply committed to conspiracy theories, primarily the claim that Masonic elites were trying to secretly control the government. As people became more mobile economically during the Industrial Revolution and began to move west when new states were populated by white settlers and added to the Union, the growth of the Anti-Masonic movement was caused by the political and social unrest resulting from the weakening of longstanding family and community ties. With Freemasonry one of the few institutions that remained stable during this time of change, it became a natural target for protesters. As a result, the Morgan Affair became the highly visible catalyst that turned a popular movement into a political party.
Under the banner of Anti-Masons, able leaders united Anti-Jacksonians and others who were discontented with existing political conditions. The fact that William Wirt, their choice for the presidency in 1832, not only was a former Mason, but also defended Freemasonry in a speech before the convention that nominated him indicates that opposition to Masonry was not the Anti-Masonic movement's sole issue.
The Anti-Masonic movement gave rise to or expanded the use of many innovations which became accepted practice among other parties, including nominating conventions and party newspapers. In addition, the Anti-Masons aided in the rise of the Whig Party as the major alternative to the Democrats, with Anti-Masonic positions on issues including internal improvements and tariffs being adopted by the Whigs.
Second Anti-Masonic Party
A later political organization called the Anti-Masonic Party was active from 1872 until 1888. This second group had a more religious basis for its anti-Masonry and was closely associated with Jonathan Blanchard of Wheaton College.
Members of Congress
The Anti-Masons did not elect anyone to the Senate, but elected several members of the House of Representatives.
* Massachusetts
* William Jackson
* John Reed Jr.
* New York
* William Babcock
* Gamaliel H. Barstow
* Timothy Childs
* John A. Collier
* Bates Cooke
* John Dickson
* Philo C. Fuller
* Gideon Hard
* Abner Hazeltine
* George W. Lay
* Henry C. Martindale
* Robert S. Rose
* Phineas L. Tracy
* Grattan H. Wheeler
* Frederick Whittlesey
* Ohio
* Jonathan Sloane
* Pennsylvania
* Robert Allison
* John Banks
* Charles Augustus Barnitz
* Richard Biddle
* George Chambers
* William Clark
* Edward Darlington
* Edward Davies
* Harmar Denny
* John Edwards
* Thomas Henry
* William Hiester
* Francis James
* Thomas McKean
* Charles Ogle
* David Potts Jr.
* Andrew Stewart
* Rhode Island
* Dutee Jerauld Pearce
* Vermont
* William Cahoon
* Benjamin F. Deming
* Henry Fisk Janes
* William Slade
Notable office holders and candidates
* Solomon Southwick, candidate for Governor of New York (1828)
* Millard Fillmore, New York State Assembly (1829–1831)
* William H. Seward, New York State Senate (1831–1834)
* Lebbeus Egerton, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (1831–1835)
* William A. Palmer, Governor of Vermont (1831–1835)
* William Wirt, candidate for President in 1832
* Amos Ellmaker, candidate for Vice President in 1832
* William Sprague III, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (1832–1835)
* Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1833–1835)
* Augustine Clarke, Vermont State Treasurer (1833–1837)
* Joseph Ritner, Governor of Pennsylvania (1835–1839)
* Silas H. Jennison, Governor of Vermont (1835–1841) and Anti-Mason running with Whig support who later became a Whig
* John Quincy Adams, candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1833
* Allen Wardner, Vermont State Treasurer (1837–1838)
* Jonathan Blanchard, candidate for president in 1884
Sources and further reading
* Bemis, Samuel Flagg. John Quincy Adams and the union (1956) vol 2 pp 273-304.
* Goodman, Paul. Towards a Christian republic: Antimasonry and the great transition in New England 1826–1836 (Oxford University Press, 1988).
* Holt, Michael F. "The Antimasonic and Know Nothing Parties," in History of U.S. Political Parties, ed. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (4 vols., New York, 1973), vol I, 575–620.
* , reprinted from.
* Ratcliffe, Donald J. "Antimasonry and Partisanship in Greater New England, 1826–1836." Journal of the Early Republic 15.2 (1995): 199–239.
* Rayback, Robert J. Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President. Buffalo Historical Society. 1959. online
* Rupp, Robert O. "Parties and the public good: political Antimasonry in New York reconsidered." Journal of the Early Republic 8.3 (1988): 253–279. online
* Shade, William. "Review: The Elder Goodman's 'Light on Antimasonry'?" Reviews in American History (1989) 17#1 pp. 58–63 in jstor;
* Trefousse, Hans L. Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian. University of North Carolina Press. 1997.
* Vaughn, William Preston (1983) The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826–1843. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1474-8, the standard history.
* Van Deusen, Glyndon G. Thurlow Weed, Wizard of the Lobby (1947) online.
* Rayback, Robert J. Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President. Buffalo Historical Society. 1959. online
* Rupp, Robert O. "Parties and the public good: political Antimasonry in New York reconsidered." Journal of the Early Republic 8.3 (1988): 253–279. online
* Shade, William. "Review: The Elder Goodman's 'Light on Antimasonry'?" Reviews in American History (1989) 17#1 pp. 58–63 in jstor;
* Trefousse, Hans L. Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian. University of North Carolina Press. 1997.
* Vaughn, William Preston (1983) The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826–1843. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1474-8, the standard history.
* Van Deusen, Glyndon G. Thurlow Weed, Wizard of the Lobby (1947) online.
* Van Deusen, Glyndon G. Thurlow Weed, Wizard of the Lobby (1947) online. | WIKI |
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 12:51 PM David Mertz <mertz@gnosis.cx> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 2:53 PM Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> wrote:
TL;DR of my TL;DR - Not conveying bool-ness directly in the return annotation is my only complaint. A BoolTypeGuard spelling would alleviate that.
This is exactly my feeling as well. In fact, I do not understand why it cannot simply be a parameterized Bool. That would avoid all confusion. Yes, it's not the technical jargon type system designers use... But the existing proposal moves all the mental effort to non-experts who may never use type checking tools.
But note that 'bool' in Python is not subclassable.
I.e. if I read this:
def is_str_list(v: List[Any]) -> Bool[List[str]]:
...
I just think, "OK, it returns a bool, and those mypy people are doing something else funny that I don't need to worry about." If I see TypeGuard[...whatever..] I automatically think "that's a weird thing I don't understand, but it looks like it returns a boolean when I read the body."
Then again, someone who tries to understand your version beyond "fuzzy matching of words while ignoring stuff they don't comprehend" (that's a real thing and we all do it all the time :-) might be confused by the conundrum posed by a parameterized boolean.
FWIW, this hypothetical non-expert is me. I've actually gotten in the habit of using simply type annotations in most of the code I write (a lot of which is for teaching). But I never actually check using type checkers. It's quite likely some of my annotations are not actually sound, but to me they are documentation. I.e. I'll use an annotation of str/list/float, but not precisely parameterized types, union, generics, etc.
So maybe you should just stick to "bool". TypeGuard is really only useful for people who care about what type checkers do (a surprisingly large contingent, actually, but I would not recommend it for the education department).
And I'm sure that when five years from now you're seeing TypeGuard in the wild, you'll remember this thread and you'll know that it is a boolean. :-)
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Scene change from a video collection - HCMS
Hi all,
I am currently rebuilding a clients experience using the HCMS and have encountered an issue.
I have a scene with a collection of videos, the number of videos varies on a weekly basis (they’re for internal comms), the collection needs to trigger a scene change after the last video has played. So far the only trigger I can find changes the scene when the last item is reached which doesn’t allow the video to play, and as these videos are vary in length I can’t add a delay to the scene change.
With the previous experience we were using dropbox and dynamically linking the collection, my solution was to simply add an image file as the last item of the collection so it didn’t matter if it wasn’t displayed. However, with the HCMS I can only retrieve files using binding and it treats images as a separate binding property.
My idea was to create a short video segue which would be a specific length which would allow me to use the delay property, but that wouldn’t work either, with the DropBox method I could use file naming to maintain a hierarchy, but the HCMS doesn’t allow this, I would have to delete a video and upload the new content then upload this segue video again to make sure it plays last. This isn’t a tenable solution.
So my question really is, has anyone come across a similar issue, and may have a workaround, or…
Is there a method to use the binding properties to trigger a scene change when the last video has finished?
Thanks in advance.
Hello and Welcome Jill,
A way to accomplish this is to have a global variable bound to the number of items/videos in your H-CMS group.
image
Then Add a Condition to your video ends trigger:
Then Scene-to-Scene Navigation
If you have any other questions, you should contact our support team directly.
Thanks,
Ryan
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Hi Ryan,
Thanks for this, the number of videos varies so will the global variable still work?
Thanks,
Nij.
Yes as long as it is bound to the Number of items then it will update when that number changes.
Cheers,
Ryan | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Where There's Smoke (The Cruel Sea album)
Where There's Smoke is the sixth and final studio album by Australian indie rock band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in September 2001 and peaked at number 25 the ARIA Charts.
Reception
Nell Schofield from ABC said "The Cruel Sea began its life as an experimental instrumental surf band but when Tex Perkins joined in 1989, he brought a whole new image to the group, and a grungy, swamp country sound. The bands' new album Where There's Smoke demonstrates a more laid back sound, written, as it was, on the front porch of Perkins' rural retreat near Mullumbimby." Mark Fraser from Red Back Rock called the album "as laid back as it gets." Fraser said "The fact that there was no pressure involved in the making of this album is evident from go to woe, as each lazy journey just peels off ever so effortlessly." | WIKI |
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Why believe the machines ?
We trust God, Men and Machine should bring data.
Sometimes statistics can be another way to tell lieLook at this example: Death rate is low among group of solders compare to city population. It does not mean, all should join military for having longer life. Solders are healthy young population, while city population includes all age group and all health condition people.
Does machine lies?
Machine does not lie on its own. However, one makes machine to lie us unconsciously by
1. Accepting poorly-specified models
2. Improperly combining different generes of models
3. Using biased data
Such models work very well on training data and test data with respect to certain metrics. So people believe those models.
Importance of accuracy
We does not care about incorrectness by machine learning algorithm for image recognition, recommendation system, super accurate OCRs etc.
However, all people are sensitive to incorrectness by machine learning algorithms at medical diagnostics, financial fraud detection, autonomous car.
Explain
So machine learning algorithms should also explain the rational behind proposed solution/answer, same like human beings. Google map already explains rational behind best suggested route, with traffic jam indications.
The benefits of such explanations are enormous. At some of the countries it is enforced by law, that machine learning algorithms must provide rational and justification. It provides more insight to the domain. So it helps:
1. To detect unconscious bias in data and incorrect logic. For example: one image recognition algorithm incorrectly classified the image based on background.
2. To provide gut feeling and intuitive sense of data
3. To learn : novel mechanism, cause of effects, better processes to solve the problem. For example: (1) Doctor job is easier, if machine learning algorithm explains the rational along with diagnostics and recommendations (2) Player can learn how to play Alpha-go game in better way, if the algorithm explains the move.
4. People trust more the model
5. Humans and machine can work as a team
Machine Learning Algorithm Classifications
Now let's classify the machine learning algorithms as per their capability to provide the explanation.
1. White box algorithms with high interpretablity and low accuracy. Examples: Regression, Decision Tree, Association Rule Mining, Linear SVMs
2. Grey box algorithms. Examplaes: Clustering, Bayesian Nets, Genetics algorithms, Logic programming
3. Black Box algorithms. Examples : DNN, Non-linear matrix factorisation, non-linear dimensionality reduction
Implementation
Layer wise Relevance Propagation (LRP) is useful technique for DNN to get more insight. In this technique backward propagation is used to highlight, which neuron is contributing to final output. At the end it highlight the input features who are contributing more to the final decision.
However, it is computationally expensive. As an alternative "Locally Interpretative Surrogate Model" can be used, that closely mimic the actual model.
Reference:
A talk by Dr. Vikas Agrwal from "Oracle Analytics Cloud" on the topic "Why believe the machines ?". It was "Developer Connect" event on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, at Bangalore India by NVIDIA. Please refer https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-er_ORBUGr37dmM2owujO821_l1BmwC9?usp=sharing Folder : DC_Bangalore 5th Video "Dr. Vikas Agrwal.mp4" from 3:05 to 48:40
Note:
This blog post is not verbatim of Dr. Vijas's speech. The text describe above is as per my own understanding of discussion at the venue, that may not be fully correct. Any comments, suggestions, additions, modifications, corrections are welcome.
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Nernst equation
Etymology
Named after the German physical chemist, who formulated it.
Noun
* 1) An electrochemical equation that relates the reduction potential of a half-cell (or the total voltage, i.e. the electromotive force, of the full cell) at any point in time to the standard electrode potential, temperature, activity, and reaction quotient of the underlying reactions and species used. | WIKI |
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'And talking of that, has Morris any power to sign for the firm?' asked Michael.
'No one but myself,' replied Joseph.
'Poor devil of a Morris! Oh, poor devil of a Morris!' cried the lawyer in delight. 'And his keeping up the farce that you're at home! Oh, Morris, the Lord has delivered you into my hands! Let me see, Uncle Joseph, what do you suppose the leather business worth?'
'It was worth a hundred thousand,' said Joseph bitterly, 'when it was in my hands. But then there came a Scotchman—it is supposed he had a certain talent—it was entirely directed to book-keeping—no accountant in London could understand a word of any of his books; and then there was Morris, who is perfectly incompetent. And now it is worth very little. Morris tried to sell it last year; and Pogram & Jarris offered only four thousand.'
'I shall turn my attention to leather,' said Michael, with decision.
'You?' asked Joseph. 'I advise you not. There is nothing in the whole field of commerce more surprising than the fluctuations of the leather market. Its sensitiveness may be described as morbid.' | WIKI |
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