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How Orthodontics Helps Prevent Gum Disease
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How Orthodontic Care Can Be Used To Prevent Gum Disease
Orthodontics, a branch of dentistry focused on tooth alignment, doesn’t just work to give you a captivating smile but also acts as a foundation for excellent gum health. Here are some of the ways that orthodontics can be used for gum health and disease prevention:
• Proper Teeth Alignment: Misaligned teeth create tight spaces that are challenging to clean effectively. This fosters the accumulation of plaque and tartar, leading to gum inflammation and disease. Orthodontic treatment aligns teeth, preventing the buildup of harmful bacteria.
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WATCH: Marvel releases Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer after leak
Director Joss Whedon, right, and actor Jeremy Renner on the set of Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron. (Provided by Marvel Entertainment) After a low-resolution trailer of the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron movie was leaked Wednesday, Marvel responded by releasing the teaser of the movie nearly a week early. The trailer was originally set to be released on Oct. 28 during an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC. Marvel had a good sense of humor, responding with Dammit, Hydra, on Twitter. Hydra is Marvel's fictional terrorist organization that aims for world domination. Dammit, Hydra. Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 22, 2014 Here's a synopsis from Marvel: The team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision. It definitely looks much darker than the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies so far. What I was most excited about: Getting a look at Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor in action in the trailer. Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for a May 1, 2015 release date. No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
D. H. Turner
Derek Howard Turner (15 May 1931 – 1 August 1985) was an English museum curator and art historian who specialised in liturgical studies and illuminated manuscripts. He worked at the British Museum and the British Library from 1956 until his death, focusing on exhibitions, scholarship, and loans.
Following several years spent at a hospital and at an Anglican Benedictine abbey, Turner found employment in the British Museum's Department of Manuscripts at the age of 25. Serving first as assistant keeper, and later as deputy keeper, within two years of his hiring he helped the museum select manuscripts for purchase from the Dyson Perrins collection and organised his first exhibition; in the 1960s he also took teaching posts at the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia.
Turner moved to the British Library when custodianship of the museum's library elements changed in 1973. At the library, he helped oversee several major exhibitions, and organise the international loans of significant works. He was closely involved with the lending of a copy of Magna Carta for the 1976 United States Bicentennial celebrations, and in succeeding years helped arrange the loans of several medieval manuscripts for the first time in half a millennium. Two such loans sent the Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander to Bulgaria for the first time since the 1300s, and the Moutier-Grandval Bible to Switzerland, its home throughout the Middle Ages.
Early life and education
Turner was born on 15 May 1931 in Northampton, in central England. An only child, he was born to the World War I veteran Maurice Finnemore Turner and his wife Eva ( Howard). After attending Winchester House School in Brackley, in the summer of 1945 Turner was sent on scholarship to Harrow. In 1950, a Harrow scholarship to read modern history sent him to Hertford College at the University of Oxford; he graduated in the summer of 1953.
Before his employment at the British Museum, Turner worked at a hospital, and spent time at the Anglican Benedictine abbey Nashdom. There he both studied and practised liturgy, and met the medieval music specialist Dom Anselm Hughes.
At the British Museum
Turner began work as an assistant keeper of the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum on 3 December 1956. Influenced by his time at Nashdom, he specialised in medieval liturgical studies, and influenced by the lavish decoration of liturgical manuscripts, he likewise studied illuminated manuscripts.
In 1958, Turner organised his first exhibition, showcasing a collection of Byzantine manuscripts. The same year he helped the museum select illuminated manuscripts to purchase from the collection of Charles William Dyson Perrins, before it was offered publicly. The museum acquired ten of the collection's 154 manuscripts, including two bequests by Perrins, and eight purchases at a collective and below-market. These included the Gorleston Psalter, the Khamsa of Nizami, and the book of hours by William de Brailes, and were the subject of a paper by Turner the following year. Upon the December 1960 resignation of Julian Brown, a co-author of the paper who left for the chair of palaeography at King's College London, Turner assumed responsibility for the museum's collection of illustrated manuscripts.
In his new role heading the collection of illustrated manuscripts, Turner focused on scholarship. His resulting publications ranged from those that his colleagues described as "extremely erudite", to those aimed at a popular audience. In 1965 alone, Turner published four books: Early Gothic Illuminated Manuscripts in England, the fifth volume of the British Museum's Reproductions from Illuminated Manuscripts (highlighting acquisitions made since the 1928 fourth volume), English Book illustration, 966–1846 (timed to coincide with the Fourth International Congress of Bibliophiles), and Reichenau Reconsidered: a Re-assessment of the Place of Reichenau in Ottonian Art, He followed up the first book with Romanesque Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum in 1966, with both becoming standard introductions to their subjects. Reichenau Reconsidered, meanwhile, analysed a set of exceptional manuscripts (including the Codex Egberti, Egbert Psalter, and Poussay Gospels) and questioned their traditional attribution as coming from a scriptorium at Reichenau Abbey. If the analysis was not conclusive, it was reviewed as a "far-reaching perusal" that "demands that medievalists rethink their positions on the controversy".
In the mid 1960s, Turner began teaching art history part-time at the Universities of Cambridge and East Anglia, repurposing as teaching material his recent works on English Gothic and European Romanesque illumination. He also undertook the chairmanship of two organisations involved with liturgical studies: the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society in 1964, and the Henry Bradshaw Society in 1967. In 1971, Turner helped secure the Anderson Pontifical for the museum's collection, after it was discovered in the stables of Brodie Castle the previous year and placed for sale at Sotheby's. He was promoted to deputy keeper in 1972, following the retirements of the keeper Theodore Cressy Skeat and the senior deputy keeper Cyril Ernest Wright.
At the British Library
A year after Turner's promotion to deputy keeper, the Department of Manuscripts was subsumed into the British Library, and he with it; subsequently his role shifted to the curation of exhibitions, and to responsibility for loans from the collection of manuscripts. In the former role Turner helped oversee three major exhibitions: The Christian Orient in 1978, The Benedictines in Britain in 1980, and, with Janet Backhouse and Leslie Webster, The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art in 1984. Turner helped write exhibition catalogues for the latter two. The Benedictines in Britain, attended by the leader of each of the country's Benedictine communities, "allowed him", his colleagues wrote, "to give full rein to one of his favourite pastimes, creating a guest list on which every style and title should appear with absolute accuracy. He spent many happy hours in the bookstacks, consulting directories in pursuit of this perfection!" Turner also inspired the 1983 exhibition Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library, shown at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu and the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, before coming to London.
Turner was also responsible for facilitating the international loans of important manuscripts. In the process he enjoyed interacting with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office—and poring over abstruse indemnity arrangements—leading to the loan of a copy of Magna Carta to Washington, D.C. for the 1976 United States Bicentennial celebrations. The copy, the oldest of the four surviving, spent a year in the United States Capitol, where it was viewed by dignitaries including Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Elwyn-Jones. Turner, for his part, maintained a lifelong refusal to cross the Atlantic. The following year, he helped lend the Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander to Sofia, Bulgaria, where it received national publicity; it had last been in the country in the fourteenth century. In 1979 he helped lend the Leningrad Bede to the Bede Monastery Museum in Jarrow and to Bloomsbury, and in 1981 Turner saw the Moutier-Granval Bible return to Jura, Switzerland, its home throughout the Middle Ages.
Personal life
Turner was described in The Times as "[a]n intensely sensitive spirit, ... for whom living was no easy matter"; colleagues remembered him as "a memorable—if unpredictable—character". An only child unused to close-knit family life, he enjoyed the company of those a generation or profession removed from him over that of his peers and contemporaries. Learning that the son of a commuting acquaintance was interested in Anglo-Saxon literature, Turner invited the two to the library to handle the Beowulf manuscripts, but among colleagues he had "a not undeserved reputation for being difficult and could chill the blood of the more timid". He nevertheless shared a close working relationship with Janet Backhouse, also of the British Museum and later Library, and introduced her to the exhibition and loans of manuscripts.
The unexpected death of his mother in 1966–1967, and his father's subsequent move into a nursing home, precipitated what Backhouse termed a "radical change" in Turner's life. He moved from his bedsitter by Kew Gardens to his parents' flat in Henley-on-Thames, his dress became flamboyant, and his published output declined. Much of his social interaction came at the museum and library; once offered several months' leave by the keeper of manuscripts Daniel Waley to work on a Yates Thompson manuscript catalogue, which Turner thought could be his magnum opus, he nevertheless declined, lest he sacrifice his daily interactions with colleagues.
Turner died suddenly on 1 August 1985. Obituaries were published in The Times, and in a special issue of The British Library Journal, featuring contributions related to his own range of interests. Various studies were also published in his memory, including "The Text of the Benedictional of St Æthelwold", a paper begun by Turner and finished by Andrew Prescott, then of the British Library.
Publications
Turner published widely, beginning soon after his employment at the British Museum. After his promotion to deputy keeper his output dwindled, and primarily focused on current exhibitions and recent acquisitions. Such later publications included a facsimile of the Hastings Hours, one of the library's greatest Flemish manuscripts, which was bequeathed to the collection under his watch. With the work "almost ignored previously", one reviewer wrote, Turner's facsimile was "stunning visually and always interesting"; another described a "brilliant introduction" that focused on history rather than art criticism. | WIKI |
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Eremwu eu is a work song sung by women as they make cassava bread, as part of the Garifuna music tradition of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. | WIKI |
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Inconsistency between list (17) and lanthanides display (15). | WIKI |
Edith Kertész-Gabry
Edith Kertész-Gabry (18 July 1927 – 10 February 2012) was a Hungarian soprano and professor of opera at the Cologne University of Music.
Early years and education
Edith Kertész-Gabry, born Edith Gáncs in Budapest, Hungary, studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, and made her debut in 1951 at the Budapest National Opera. That same year, she married the conductor, István Kertész. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Kertész-Gabry left Hungary and moved to Germany with her husband and young son.
Career
In 1956, Kertész-Gabry launched a successful operatic career when she won the prestigious Deutsches Schumann-Komitee Prize. Shortly thereafter, she received an appointment to the Bremen Opera from where she moved on to Cologne in 1960. On 15 February 1965 she distinguished herself as a dramatic coloratura soprano in the lead role of Marie in the premiere of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera, Die Soldaten. In 1963, WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) first broadcast scenes from Die Soldaten, but not the full opera. Zimmermann had only completed revisions to the score one year later. Today, Zimmermann's four-act opera, commissioned by the Cologne Opera, is considered one of the most important and influential operas written in Germany since the second world war." In 1974, Kertész-Gabry performed this role once again in Zimmermann's shortened concertante version of his opera, Vokalsinfonie.
Kertész-Gabry gave guest performances at various opera houses and festivals throughout Germany and abroad. During the earliest years of her singing career, she quickly expanded her repertoire to include Konstanze in the Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Mrs. Fluth in Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor, the Baroness in Albert Lortzing's Der Wildschütz, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff, Antonia in Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, and Zerline in Daniel Auber's Fra Diavolo. At the 1967 Salzburg Festival she performed, Silvia in Mozart's, Ascanio in Alba. By then, her repertoire of operas from the 20th century also included, in addition to Marie in Die Soldaten, Cardillac's daughter in Paul Hindemith's Cardillac, and Luise in Hans Werner Henze's Der junge Lord.
Since 1971, in addition to performing regularly with the Cologne Opera, Kertész-Gabry taught at the Folkwang-Musikschule. Before 1977 she received a teaching appointment at the Cologne University of Music. In 1988, she performed one of her last notable performances at the Schwetzingen Festival. There she sang the role of Berta in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, which also featured Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo soprano) as Rosina, David Kuebler (tenor) as Count Almaviva, and Gino Quilico (baritone) as Figaro. In a review of the recording, Kertész-Gabry's performance proved of special note: "her intonation and characterisation is superb, and in the ensembles, she completely swamps young Miss Bartoli . . ."
Death
After a prolonged illness, Kertész-Gabry died in Cologne on February 10, 2012. Kertész-Gabry had three children (Gabor, Peter, and Katharine) with her husband, the conductor István Kertész. She is survived by one child, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Discography
* Brogli-Sacher, Roman, Friedhelm Dohl Edition, Vol. 8, Dreyer Gaido, 2010.
* Handel, George Frideric, La resurrezione (Ewerhart) Münster Santini Chamber Choir and Orchestra (1961; reissue, 2005).
* Mahler, Gustav, Symphony No. 4 in G major (Kertész), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (1968).
* Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Mitridate, re di Ponto (Hager) Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg (1970).
* Rossini, Gioachino, The Barber of Seville (Ferro) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (1993) BMG Ariola.
* Verdi, Giuseppe, Otello (Kertész), Augsburg Philharmonic (1962) OPERA EPK 1220.
* Zimmermann, Bernd Alois, Die Soldaten (Gielen), Gürzenich Orchestra (1965; 2008 reissue), Wergo 66982.
* Zimmermann, Bernd Alois, Vokalsinfonie aus Die Soldaten für sechs Gesangssolisten und Orchester (Wakasugi) WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne (1974), HARMONA MUNDI. | WIKI |
SMK Kok Lanas
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kok Lanas (Kok Lanas government secondary school) is a coeducational day school located in Kampung Kok Lanas, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Enrolment levels have increased over recent years from 1158 students in 2007 to 1260 in 2010 (644 boys and 616 girls). There are 78 teachers, giving a staff-student ratio of 16. | WIKI |
Perchance to Dream (musical)
Perchance to Dream is a musical romance with book, lyrics and music by Ivor Novello. It was the only musical for which Novello wrote lyrics. The title is a quotation from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The plot, like many of Novello's plots, is a romantic adventure tale, telling the parallel stories of the fates of several inhabitants of the same house through differing time periods. The stories interconnect and have unforeseen repercussions, one upon the other.
It opened on the London stage at the Hippodrome Theatre on 21 April 1945. The show starred Novello as Sir Graham, Valentine Fayre and Bay Fayre; Margaret Rutherford as Lady Charlotte Fayre; Olive Gilbert as Ernestine Flavelle, later called Mrs. Bridport; Roma Beaumont as Melinda Fayre, Melanie and Melody; Muriel Barron as Lydia Lyddington, Veronica Lyddington and Iris; and Bobbie Andrews as William Fayre. Zena Dare was a replacement as Lady Charlotte. Sylvia Cecil replaced Muriel Barron during the run. It was directed by Jack Minster, with choreography by Frank Staff and Keith Lester. The musical is one of Novello's most successful works and enjoyed an original run of 1,022 performances (the longest of any of Novello's runs) and finally closed on 11 October 1948. It enjoyed many subsequent tours and revivals. A 2011 revival at the Finborough Theatre, London, was the first professional production since the 1980s. The hit song of the show was "We'll Gather Lilacs".
Synopsis
During the Regency period, Sir Graham Rodney, an impoverished womaniser, is living off the largess of Lady Charlotte, his rich aunt. He is the owner of a magnificent old Georgian country house, called "Huntersmoon". Lydia Lyddington, a Drury Lane actress, is Sir Graham's lover and lives with him, as does her friend, also an actress. Sir Graham's hated cousin William Fayre covets Huntersmoon and dogs Sir Graham's steps. Sir Graham disguises himself to become the notorious highwayman, "Frenchy", to pay his debts and add excitement to his life of leisure. He robs a coach and takes a necklace but finds that the coach contains Lady Fayre and her ward Melinda. They soon meet at Huntersmoon, and he falls in love with Melinda. He dies in Melinda's arms after being shot in another highway robbery gone wrong, telling Melinda that they will find each other again in another life, and leaving Lydia pregnant. Huntersmoon devolves to William and some unhappy ghosts.
* Act I
More than three decades later, in the early Victorian era, William's son, Valentine Fayre, owns Huntersmoon. He is a composer to Queen Victoria. He marries Veronica Lyddington, the illegitimate daughter of the late Sir Graham and Lydia. They live amidst the ghosts of their predecessors. Valentine meets Melanie, Sir Graham's niece; they fall in love and plan to run away together, but Veronica reveals that she is pregnant. Valentine is in despair when Melanie commits suicide.
* Act II
In 1945, Valentine's grandson, Bay Fayre, wins the hand of Melody, the girl who represents the love that he had lost in earlier generations. The romance finally lays the ghosts to rest and all ends happily.
* Act III
Songs
* "When the Gentlemen Get Together" –
* "Love is My Reason" –
* "The Meeting" –
* "The Path My Lady Walks" –
* "A Lady Went to Market Fair" –
* "When I Curtsied to the King" –
* "Highwayman Love" –
* "The Triumph of Spring" (Ballet) –
* "Autumn Lullaby" –
* "A Woman's Heart" –
* "We'll Gather Lilacs" –
* "The Victorian Wedding" –
* "The Glo-Glo" –
* "The Elopement" –
* "Ghost Finale" – | WIKI |
Often defined as a motor vehicle with four wheels and seating for one or more passengers, automobiles are an essential part of modern society. They are used for transportation, commerce, and pleasure. These vehicles vary in their design and are built with thousands of components. They are also very expensive to purchase.
Although they began as bicycle-like contraptions, automobiles have since become the most common mode of transportation. They can be powered by gasoline or an electric motor. They have multiple systems that make them versatile and comfortable.
The first automobile was built in Germany in the 1880s. It was designed by Carl Benz and was called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. He received a patent for this device in January of 1886. He subsequently founded his own company, Benz & Cie.
The Benz company was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world at the time. However, the demand for the automobile in Europe increased after World War II, and the auto industry in the United States began to decline. During the 1920s, production in the United States was difficult. Eventually, the automotive industry in the United States was concentrated in the hands of three companies – Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. Throughout the twentieth century, automobiles were made to be safer, more fuel efficient, and more environmentally friendly.
During the 1970s, the price of gasoline increased as a result of oil shortages. The auto industry was also suffering because of a quota system for Japanese cars. The United States government negotiated the quota system, but it ultimately raised the price of Japanese cars. In the early 1980s, automakers were suffering greatly. By the late 1990s, the U.S. auto industry had lost ground to foreign auto manufacturers.
Before World War II, Japan was not an auto manufacturing country. However, the Japanese automotive industry began to develop, and it soon became the second largest in the world. In the 1950s, Japan switched from producing small three-wheeled vehicles for commercial use to producing cars. The Japanese earned a reputation for high quality.
In the mid-19th century, bicycle builder Ernest Michaux developed a similar machine. The automobile was a response to a 19th-century dream of a self-propelling carriage. The idea of the automobile was largely inspired by steam-powered road vehicles, which included steam cars, buses, and phaetons.
The Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, a German company, was established in Cannstatt, Germany, in 1890. The company sold its first car under the Daimler brand name in 1892. The company was located in the Hotel Hermann. After World War I, the directors of the DMG refused to cooperate with other automobile manufacturers. Despite this, they did sign an Agreement of Mutual Interest, which standardized production and required that the companies adhere to a set of strict standards.
The automobile has been the subject of much controversy. Some believe that auto safety regulations are ineffective, while others say they are crucial to protecting consumers. According to some auto safety experts, the best way to reduce auto injuries is to require automakers to produce safer automobiles. They also say that the best way to do this is not to change driver behavior. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Grate
Grate may refer to:
* Grate, the metal part of a fireplace where the fire is placed
* Grate, the act of using a grater, a kitchen utensil
* Grate, or grille, a barrier through which small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot
* Grating, a covering of a drain
People with the surname
* Don Grate (1923–2014), American sportsman
* Eric Grate (1896–1983), Swedish sculptor, painter and graphics artist
* Pablo Grate (born 1967), Swedish sprint canoeist
* Shawn Grate (born 1976), American serial killer | WIKI |
Burks v. United States
Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1 (1978), is a United States Supreme Court decision that clarified both the scope of the protection against double jeopardy provided by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the limits of an appellate court's discretion to fashion a remedy under section 2106 of Title 28 to the United States Code. It established the constitutional rule that where an appellate court reverses a criminal conviction on the ground that the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence to prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, the Double Jeopardy Clause shields the defendant from a second prosecution for the same offense. Notwithstanding the power that appellate courts have under section 2106 to "remand the cause and direct the entry of such appropriate judgment, decree, or order, or require such further proceedings to be had as may be just under the circumstances," a court that reverses a conviction for insufficiency of the evidence may not allow the lower court a choice on remand between acquitting the defendant and ordering a new trial. The "only 'just' remedy" in this situation, the Court held, is to order an acquittal.
Facts and Procedural History
David Wayne Burks, the petitioner in this case, pled not guilty "by reason of insanity" to a charge of armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d).
To support this insanity defense at his jury trial in the Middle District of Tennessee, Burks called as expert witnesses two psychiatrists and a psychologist. Although they diagnosed him differently, they all testified that the defendant "suffered from a mental illness at the time of the robbery, which rendered him substantially incapable of conforming his conduct to the requirements of the law."
To rebut Burks' evidence of insanity, the federal prosecutor called two expert witnesses and lay witnesses. One of the expert witnesses opined that Burks had a "character disorder," but was not mentally ill. Although the other expert agreed that a character disorder afflicted Burks, he "gave a rather ambiguous answer to the question of whether Burks had been capable of conforming his conduct to the law." The Government's lay witnesses, including police officers and a cab driver whose taxi was taken at gun point by Burks, testified that Burks "seemed sane" at the time. Another lay witness, Burks' work supervisor, testified that Burks had once told him "a bizarre story of a room with cameras all around '. . . and blowing somebody's brains out and having a picture of it.'"
After each side presented its case, the defendant moved the court for a judgment of acquittal, arguing that the Government's evidence was insufficient to prove his guilt. The district court denied the motion and submitted the case to the jury, which found the defendant guilty. He received a twenty-year sentence. At that point, Burks moved for a new trial, renewing his insufficiency-of-the-evidence argument. Again, the district court denied his motion.
Burks appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit seeking a reversal of his conviction. He conceded that he had held up the bank, but maintained that he was insane when he did so and that the Government had failed to prove otherwise. The Sixth Circuit agreed that the Government's evidence was insufficient to prove Burks' sanity (and, accordingly, his criminal responsibility) beyond a reasonable doubt. Having made this threshold determination, the Sixth Circuit reasoned that "[s]ince Burks made a motion for a new trial," it had "discretion in determining the course to direct on remand" under 28 U.S.C. § 2106. It, then, instructed the district court to choose between two alternatives on remand: either entering a directed verdict of acquittal or ordering a new trial.
To guide the lower court in this decision, the Sixth Circuit advised it to consider whether the Government could present additional evidence sufficient to justify a new trial, but also gave the court discretion to acquit the defendant if the equities—or fairness—demanded that result: "[T]he defendant will be entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal unless the government presents sufficient additional evidence to carry its burden on the issue of defendant's sanity. . . . Even if the government presents additional evidence, the district judge may refuse to order a new trial if he finds from the record that the prosecution had the opportunity fully to develop its case or in fact did so at the first trial." Both the Government and the defendant filed petitions for rehearing in the Sixth Circuit, which were denied. The Supreme Court granted Burks' petition for a writ of certiorari, taking jurisdiction of the case under 28 U.S.C. § 1254(1).
Relevant Constitutional Provision
The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: "No person shall be . . . subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb . . . ."
Among other things, "[t]he Double Jeopardy Clause forbids a second trial for the purpose of affording the prosecution another opportunity to supply evidence which it failed to muster in the first proceeding." The Clause does so to "protect an individual from being subjected to the hazards of trial and possible conviction more than once for an alleged offense." An acquittal triggers this protection. As the Court recently explained: "'[T]he law attaches particular significance to an acquittal,' United States v. Scott, so a merits-related ruling concludes proceedings absolutely. This is because '[t]o permit a second trial after an acquittal, however mistaken the acquittal may have been, would present an unacceptably high risk that the Government, with its vastly superior resources, might wear down the defendant so that ‘even though innocent he may be found guilty,’. And retrial following an acquittal would upset a defendant's expectation of repose, for it would subject him to additional 'embarrassment, expense and ordeal' while 'compelling him to live in a continuing state of anxiety and insecurity.''"
Question Presented
In Burks, the Court answered the question "whether a defendant may be tried a second time when a reviewing court has determined that in a prior trial the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury."
The Short Answer
A defendant, like Burks, may not be tried a second time when an appellate court reverses his conviction because the evidence at trial was insufficient to support a guilty verdict against the defendant. That court must order an acquittal. But a retrial is permissible where the reviewing court reverses a conviction for trial error.
Petitioner's Argument
Beginning with the settled proposition that a second trial would violate the Double Jeopardy Clause if the trial court found that the prosecution's evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury's guilty verdict, Burks contended that the same constitutional protection should apply when the reviewing court is the court to make that determination. The Supreme Court ultimately agreed with Burks, but it had to address and overrule contrary precedent to do so.
Precedent
"'The Court's holdings in this area. . . . can hardly be characterized as models of consistency and clarity.'—Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 9 (1978) (Burger, C.J.)."In 1950, the Supreme Court rejected an argument, essentially the same as Burks', in Bryan v. United States. There, the Court held that the Double Jeopardy Clause posed no bar to retrying a defendant, who, like Burks, had unsuccessfully moved the trial court for a judgment of acquittal and, alternatively, a new trial, but whose conviction was reversed for insufficiency of the evidence by an appellate court.
But five years later, in Sapir v. United States, the Supreme Court issued a single-paragraph per curiam opinion, vacating a Court of Appeals' order that directed a new trial under similar factual circumstances as in Bryan. The Court did not explain itself. But Justice Douglas wrote a concurring opinion, in which he distinguished Sapir from Bryan on the ground that Bryan had asked for a new trial and, therefore, had "open[ed] the whole record for such disposition as might be just."
Then, in Yates v. United States, the Court invoked its power under 28 U.S.C. § 2106 to order new trials for some defendants and acquittals for others. "[U]nder that statute," the Court reasoned, there was "no doubt" that it was "justified in refusing to order acquittal even where the evidence might be deemed palpably insufficient, particularly since petitioners have asked in the alternative for a new trial as well as for acquittal."
Finally, the Court had held in Forman v. United States that a new trial following a reversal—no matter the ground—never constitutes double jeopardy: "It is elementary in our law that a person can be tried a second time for an offense when his prior conviction for that same offense has been set aside by his appeal."
In Burks, the Court read the "Bryan-Forman line of decisions" to mean that "[a] defendant who requests a new trial as one avenue of relief may be required to stand trial again, even when his conviction was reversed due to failure of proof at the first trial."
Departing from Precedent
The Court acknowledged that because Burks had appealed from the district court's denial of his motion for new trial, the Bryan-Forman line, if it were followed, allowed a new trial upon reversal. But the Court departed from that line, holding "it should make no difference that the reviewing court, rather than the trial court determined the evidence to be insufficient"—Double Jeopardy bars retrial in both cases.
Reasoning
The Court provided the following justifications for its rule and its rejection of precedent as well as of the Sixth Circuit's equitable remedy:
* compliance with the what the "Double Jeopardy Clause commands," because "where the Double Jeopardy Clause is applicable, its sweep is absolute," such that "[t]here are no 'equities' to be balanced," and the "constitutional policy" that the Clause declares is "not open to judicial examination";
* Bryan 's reliance on an 1896 case, United States v. Ball, was misplaced because that case established merely that retrial after reversal for trial error does not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause;
* avoidance of the "purely arbitrary distinction between those in petitioner's position and others who would enjoy the benefit of a correct decision by the [trial] court."
The Court also explained why the Double Jeopardy Clause permits a second prosecution following reversal for trial error—such as flawed jury instructions, evidentiary rulings, or prosecutorial misconduct—but not for evidentiary insufficiency. Because trial errors "impl[y] nothing with respect to the guilt or innocence of the defendant," the Court reasoned, "[i]t would be a high price indeed for society to pay were every accused granted immunity from punishment because of any defect sufficient to constitute reversible error in the proceedings leading to conviction." Where trial error occurs, a defendant "has a strong interest in obtaining a fair readjudication of his guilt free from error, just as society maintains a valid concern for insuring that the guilty are punished." The same cannot be said after a reversal for insufficiency of the evidence, where the prosecution has already had "one fair opportunity to offer whatever proof it could assemble." What is more, the Court observed, it is no small matter for a reviewing court to reverse a conviction on these grounds, as it "must sustain the verdict if there is substantial evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the Government, to uphold the jury's decision." The "prosecution's failure [will be] clear" in cases where a reviewing court holds otherwise.
The Court rejected the argument that a defendant, by asking for a new trial, waives his right against double jeopardy. It also disagreed with the Sixth Circuit and Yates that 28 U.S.C. § 2106 authorizes a reviewing court to order retrial in these circumstances. Because the Double Jeopardy Clause forbids retrial once such a court has ruled in favor of the defendant on the sufficiency issue, the only "just" remedy within the meaning of section 2106 is to order the lower court to acquit.
Open Question Answered
Soon after Burks came down, a case note about the decision observed that the Court's rule was ambiguous with respect to cases "where a trial error has affected the sufficiency of the evidence": "One example of a trial error having an effect on the sufficiency of the evidence is the situation where the trial court has erroneously excluded evidence for the prosecution without which the rest of the evidence is legally insufficient to support the conviction. Another example is where the trial court has erroneously admitted evidence for the prosecution and on appeal it is determined first, that the evidence should not have been received by the trial court, and second, that without such evidence the prosecution's case is palpably insufficient and will not support the conviction. Although these issues were not addressed directly in Burks, the Court intimated that such infirmities are to be treated as trial errors."In Lockhart v. Nelson, the Court answered this question. In an opinion by Chief Justice Rehnquist, it held that retrial is constitutionally permissible if a reviewing court sets aside a conviction because the lower court erroneously accepted prosecution evidence—in Nelson, a prior conviction of which the defendant had been pardoned, a fact not discovered until after trial—without which, there was insufficient proof to sustain the conviction. Because a trial court considers all evidence admitted in deciding whether to grant a motion for acquittal, a reviewing court must do the same. Here, the sum of the evidence admitted at trial adequately supported the conviction. Justice Marshall, joined by Justice Brennan and Justice Blackmun, dissented, arguing, "If, in seeking to prove Nelson's four prior convictions, the State had offered documented evidence to prove three valid prior convictions and a blank piece of paper to prove a fourth, no one would doubt that [the government] had produced insufficient evidence and that the Double Jeopardy Clause barred retrial. There is no constitutionally significant difference between that hypothetical and this case." Lockhart nevertheless remains good law.
Recent Supreme Court Decisions Citing or Examining Burks
* In Nelson v. Colorado, the Supreme Court held that due process prohibited Colorado from requiring individuals, whose convictions had been reversed or vacated, to prove their innocence before the state would reimburse them for costs, fees, and restitution payments ordered as part of their convictions. If a trial court set aside a guilty verdict for want of evidence, the state would have no claim to these individuals' property. Quoting Burks, the Court asserted "it should make no difference that the reviewing court, rather than the trial court determined the evidence to be insufficient."
* In Bravo-Fernandez v. United States, the Court cited Burks for the rule that "a court's evaluation of the evidence as insufficient to convict is equivalent to an acquittal and therefore bars a second prosecution for the same offense." This rule, it held, did not apply where the reviewing court vacated defendants' convictions because the lower court's jury instructions were legally erroneous.
* In Evans v. Michigan, the Supreme Court decided that where the trial court had granted the defendant's motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on the ground that the prosecution failed to prove a fact that it mistakenly believed to be an element of the offense, the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibited retrying the defendant. The Court found support for its conclusion in Burks, reading that case for the rule that the prohibition against double jeopardy applies if the "'bottom-line' question of criminal culpability" has been resolved against the prosecution. | WIKI |
Love My Love
Binary I/O operation
2019.07.26
I coped with character type coversion to let it looks like c type, and search bytes from *.dll to modify it. so, there is sth I learned and written down here.
# Binary I/O operation
Define!
def hex_read(filepath: str) -> bytearray:
if os.path.isfile(filepath):
with open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
data = bytearray(f.read())
return data
Usage:
dll_data = hex_read('D:\\test\\test.dll')
Find bytes and replace it:
index_start = dll_data.find(b'\x85\x69\xf0\x7f')
index_end = index_start + 100
if index_start != -1:
data_old = dll_data[index_start:index_end]
data_new = replacebytes # replacebytes is the content you want to replace
dll_data_new = dll_data.replace(data_old, data_new)
with open('D:\\test\\test.dll', 'wb') as f:
f.write(dll_data_new)
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Jimmy Crawford (British singer)
Ronald James William Crawford Lindsay (born 18 November 1937 ), known professionally as Jimmy Crawford, is an English pop music singer. He is best known for his cover version of "I Love How You Love Me" (1961).
Life and career
Crawford was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at the Central Technical School in Sheffield, and later worked as a draughtsman at Davy United. Crawford was a competition swimmer, after learning to overcome his fear of the water during his spell of National service in the Army. Crawford was a contemporary of fellow Sheffield-born singer, Dave Berry.
He formed his first band, Ron Lindsay and the Coasters, and played in local clubs, but found chart success as a solo artist. Signed to a recording contract with Columbia, he released "Love or Money" in June 1961. It spent one week at No. 49 in the UK Singles Chart. His second release garnered his biggest hit. Crawford's cover version of the American hit, "I Love How You Love Me", had originally been recorded by The Paris Sisters. Crawford's effort peaked at No. 18 in November the same year, spending a total of ten weeks in the UK listings. His third single, "I Shoulda Listened to Mama" was released in May 1962, but failed to reach the chart.
In 1962, Crawford sang "Take It Easy" and appeared in the film, Play It Cool, also starring Billy Fury and Shane Fenton.
He formed Jimmy Crawford and the Ravens, quickly followed by Jimmy Crawford and the Messengers in early 1963. He later joined forces with Jim Ryder to perform as Jimmy Crawford with the Chantelles. Over the years his backing band was variously known as The Jimmy Crawford Four and The Jimmy Crawford Blend. Crawford toured Australia for six months in 1977, with Jim Ryder (guitar), Gary Lawson (keyboards) and Barry Page (drums).
He and his wife Maureen were involved in a serious traffic collision in March 2005, although both eventually recovered from the ordeal.
Other versions and appearances
Crawford's recording of "Love or Money", which was produced by Frank Barber (who also produced Ricky Valance's "Tell Laura I Love Her"), appeared on the 1961 British Hit Parade, Pt. 2: April–September compilation album, along with another version by The Blackwells.
"I Love How You Love Me" was also a UK chart hit for Maureen Evans in 1964 reaching No. 34, and for Paul and Barry Ryan in 1966 at No. 21. However, Crawford's own version has appeared on many compilation albums in the ensuing years, and numerous on-line marital and romance firms have used his version.
Confusion
He is not to be confused with the American jazz drummer, Jimmy Crawford. | WIKI |
South Africa poultry group calls for probe of forced labor in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - South Africa’s poultry industry body has asked the government to investigate allegations of forced labor in the sector in Brazil, the world’s largest poultry exporter. The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) said it had asked its government to seek “urgent comment” after a report said thousands of workers in Brazil’s meat and poultry sectors were victims of forced labor and inhumane work conditions. The report by the Washington-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), released last month to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, said slave labor in Brazil’s poultry sector is “endemic”. SAPA said this needed to be investigated immediately. “Thousands of South African workers have lost their jobs because of dumped chicken imports from countries including Brazil, which has now been exposed as a country where workers are subject to degrading working conditions and forced labor,” SAPA said in a statement. IATP said other poultry farming associations in countries that are major importers of Brazilian poultry may follow suit after seeing jobs lost to cheaper imported produce. “We definitely hope to see at least some public attention (on this issue), especially in the European Union, which is one of Brazil’s largest markets,” Josh Wise, an IATP spokesman, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone on Monday. The poultry business in South Africa has been fighting against competition from producers in Brazil, the European Union and the United States for several years. Domestic producers have long complained about cheap imports from overseas companies of chicken portions still on the bone, popular locally but generally less favored by consumers in the United States and Europe. Earlier this year, many countries, including South Africa, suspended imports of meat from some Brazilian producers following revelations of unsafe meat exports. “We have quite a strong labor movement to certify ... the labor conditions of countries we do business with,” SAPA’s chief executive Charlotte Nkuna told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone on Monday. Brazilian poultry companies have denied all allegations of using forced labor. Brazil’s BRF, one of the world’s largest poultry exporters, said in a recent statement that it “does not tolerate and strongly condemns all forms of work in degrading conditions and incompatible with human dignity, such as exhausting working days, forced labor and debt bondage”. The South African government had yet to respond to the request, Nkuna said. Neither the South African government nor Brazil’s labor ministry responded to the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s requests for comment. Reporting By Karla Mendes, Editing by Ros Russell and Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit news.trust.org | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
BRIEF-Benfica Confirms Signing Of Borussia's Julian Weigl
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Sport Lisboa e Benfica Futebol SAD : * SAID ON THURSDAY CONFIRMS ACQUISITION OF FULL RIGHTS OF PLAYER JULIAN WEIGL FROM BORUSSIA DORTMUND FOR 20 MILLION EUROS * SAYS PLAYER UNDERWENT MEDICAL TESTS AND SIGNED SPORTS CONTRACT WITH THE CLUB VALID UNTIL JUNE 30, 2024 * CONTRACT INCLUDES TERMINATION CLAUSE OF 100 MILLION EUROS Source text: bit.ly/2QnuIVn Further company coverage: Gdansk Newsroom | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Clayton, Goodfellow & Co. Ltd
Clayton, Goodfellow and Co (sometimes Clayton & Goodfellow) of Blackburn, Lancashire, England, were manufacturers of Stationary engines.
The company was incorporated on 9 September 1897 and remains legally extant, with company number 00054026. | WIKI |
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Javascript Question
Three.js: Get the Direction in which the Camera is Looking
I'm sure this question has been duplicated many times, however I cannot find any answers for my specific problem!
I'm creating game in using html5 and THREE.js, and I have a camera that rotates with the euler order of 'YXZ'.
This is so the camera rotation up, down, left and right like a head. As in first person view.
With this euler order, the z property in camera.rotation is not used (always 0). x is used to specify pitch or latitude in radians, and y is used depict the longitude.
I have a number of targets moving around the user in a spherical manner, with the camera constantly at the center of this sphere. Lets say the sphere has a radius of 1000.
My aim is calculate the angle between where the camera is LOOKING, and where the target is.
I wrote this code that calculates the angle between 2 vectors:
var A = new THREE.Vector3(1,0,0);
var B = new THREE.Vector3(0,1,0);
var theta = Math.acos( A.dot(B) / A.length() / B.length() );
// theta = PI/2;
I have the vector of the target (targets[0].position).
The thing is I cannot figure out a way to get the vector of where the camera is looking.
I've looked at Vector3.applyProjection and applyEuler methods, and played around but still cannot get any good results.
I believe that the euler order must first be changed back to 'XYZ' before any projections are made? I've tried, and I'm not sure how to do this, the documentation is pretty hard to understand.
Say if the camera is looking directly right, then I need to get a vector that is RADIUS distance away from the center in the direction of the current rotation.
So I will end up with 2 vectors, which I can do calculations on!
Thank you in advanced!
Answer
The camera is looking down it's internal negative z-axis. So create a vector pointing down the negative z-axis:
var vector = new THREE.Vector3( 0, 0, -1 );
Now, apply the same rotation to the vector that is applied to the camera:
vector.applyQuaternion( camera.quaternion );
You can get the angle in radians to the target like so:
angle = vector.angleTo( target.position );
EDIT: Updated to three.js r.59
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1994 London Israeli embassy bombing
The 1994 London Israeli Embassy bombing was a car bomb attack on 26 July 1994 against the Israeli embassy building in London, England. Twenty civilians were injured. A second bomb was exploded outside Balfour House, Finchley, premises occupied by the UJIA, a registered British charity.
The attack
A car containing 20 to 30 lbs of explosives parked in front of the embassy blew up minutes after the driver left it. The blast, which caused widespread damage, was heard over a mile away. Apart from damage to the embassy building, shop windows were blown out. The attack took place one day after King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin met in Washington, D.C. to discuss a Jordan-Israel peace treaty.
Thirteen hours later another car bomb exploded outside Balfour House, which at the time was the London headquarters of one of the largest Jewish charities, The United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA), injuring six.
Aftermath
Initially, the Israeli ambassador and British intelligence experts were blaming "pro-Iranian extremists, probably linked to the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group." Between the two attacks, letters were sent to two Arab newspapers claiming responsibility for both bombs on behalf of the "Palestinian Resistance Jaffa Group".
Five Palestinians were arrested in London in January 1995 in connection with the bombings. In December 1996, two of them, both Palestinian science graduates educated in the UK, Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami, were found guilty of "conspiracy to cause explosions" at the Old Bailey. They were sentenced to 20 years in jail, and lost their appeal in 2001.
Botmeh was released from prison in 2008.
Former MI5 agent David Shayler stated that the British security services were warned of a plan to attack the embassy in advance, yet took no action. The Crown Prosecution Service later confirmed a warning had been received, though it related to a plan by a group unconnected to those who were convicted of the bombing. The Home Secretary at the time, Jack Straw, said that Shayler's interpretation of events was understandable, but concluded that MI5 still could not have prevented the bombing.
Convicted
Samar Alami, a Lebanese-Palestinian woman and daughter of a banker, graduated with a BSc in chemical engineering from University College London and an MSc from Imperial College London.
Jawad Botmeh, a Palestinian student based in London, graduated with degrees in electronic engineering from the University of Leicester and King's College London.
Alami and Botmeh were convicted of conspiracy to cause explosions in the United Kingdom. During the trial Alami and Botmeh were accused of being part of a team that had planned the bombing but were not accused of planting the bomb themselves or being present at the scene of the crime. There was no direct evidence linking the suspects to the bombing. Another woman involved in carrying out the bombing has never been found. In the course of the trial, both suspects did admit that they had conducted experiments using home made explosives in order to pass information back to Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories. Botmeh and Alami were convicted of the charges in December 1996, receiving 20-year sentences.
Alami and Botmeh have maintained their innocence; Amnesty International stated that Botmeh had been "denied [his] right to a fair trial". Numerous groups and individuals campaigned on behalf of the pair, including the government of Palestine, Amnesty International, Unison (Britain's largest trade union), human rights activist Gareth Peirce, investigative journalist Paul Foot, and Miscarriages of JusticeUK (MOJUK), Support for Alami and Botmeh's appeal attracted cross-party support in Parliament – five early day motions raised by John Austin MP were supported by a total of 71 Members of Parliament, including Labour Party MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, Conservative Party MPs Peter Bottomley and Robert Jackson, and Liberal Democrats Tom Brake and Colin Breed. Beyond the early day motions, further support for a review of the conviction by parliamentarians included Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar and Harry Cohen.
The pair's appeal against their convictions came to an end when their case was dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights in 2007. Upon review of the evidence, the court concluded that their right to a fair trial had not been infringed.
Following Botmeh's release from prison in 2008 he found work as a researcher at the London Metropolitan University. He was suspended from work on 7 February 2013, having become an activist for his trade union, Unison; they have pointed out that his suspension was related to his election as a staff representative, and that he had declared his conviction for involvement in two car bombs at the Israeli Embassy prior to appointment. His suspension was lifted in March 2015. | WIKI |
Yoga Therapy and Depression
Depression is one of the most common mental health issues that we face. An estimated 17.3 million people will have some episode of depression in their life. It can manifest in a vast variety of ways and can have other issues associated with it like problems with food, sleep, digestion, muscle pain, headaches, and immune and stress response. It is characterized by feelings of heaviness, lethargy, negative thinking, feeling stuck, hopeless, or immobilized. Yoga therapy is excellent for mild to moderate depression. There are countless studies on the efficacy of yoga therapy for depression, but how does it really work?
How Does Yoga Therapy Help Depression?
In a nutshell, from the perspective of yoga therapy, depression is the lack of connection to joy. In our model we look at the entire individual, as depression is not just a mental event. Every aspect of a client is taken into consideration and addressed. We look for what qualities are out of balance, and what dimensions of the person this imbalance manifests in such as the physical, energetic, mental/emotional, intellectual, and spiritual (or the ability to connect to bliss) layers.
In its most simple view, our work is to get moving and have fun. But that is only where we begin. Practice is lighthearted and focuses on using the large muscle groups of the body in asana. We warm the body with movements like swinging the arms and body, very similar to how children move. Warrior yoga poses build strength and confidence. Sun salutations get us moving and breathing, balancing the nervous system and sending our brain the message that we are okay. Breathing exercises are focused on moving prana (energy). Often with depression, breathing is very shallow and focused in the chest. By deepening the breath with such practices as Breath of Fire or Kapalabhati (forceful exhalations out the nose with a passive inhale), we increase the movement of energy (prana) in the body and feelings of wellbeing soon follow. These two yoga practices, asana and pranayama, alone might begin to decrease symptoms and alleviate feelings of heaviness, lethargy, and hopelessness by directly affecting the brain and nervous system at the level of neurotransmitters, neural pathways, and by moving us from freeze and fold to safe and sound. But we do not stop there.
A Complementary Therapy and Alternative Treatment for Depression
Yoga therapy works to get at the root of issues, not just reducing depressive symptoms. It’s important to see a yoga therapist who attended an accredited yoga therapy program so they’re qualified to work with you. Mindfulness meditation, mantra, and chanting are deeply effective for changing our negative mental habits, broadening our perspective of ourselves and our place in the world, and developing self-love and compassion. The practice of metta (loving-kindness)is an example of how to cultivate compassion and self-love. Metta meditation teaches us how to have love and compassion for ourselves, the ones we are close to, and even those we have challenges with. By repeating with as much love and feeling as you can, “May I be happy. May I be healthy. May I be safe. May I love and be loved.” We can develop a greater internal experience of joy. This is not the joy that comes from outside experiences like from food, shopping, relationships or work, but a joy that one finds within themselves that is without dependence on anything.This kind of work helps us to experience internal contentment even when faced with outside challenges or discomfort. It makes us better able to handle our suffering and see it as temporary.
Yoga therapy views any physical or mental health issue not as a permanent, defining aspect of the individual, but rather a passing experience external to this joy. By learning to bring all aspects of ourselves into more balance we see we are not only our bodies, we are not only our minds. This quickly begins to alleviate our suffering and ease depression symptoms.
Info Session
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CHAP. IX
Christianity came to the cities of Provincia and the chief Roman colonies of Gaul (Lyons, Trèves, Cologne) in the course of the original dissemination of the Faith. There were Roman, Greek, or Syrian Christians in these towns before the end of the second century. Early Gallic Christianity spoke Greek and Latin, and its rather slow advance was due partly to the tenacity of Celtic speech even in the cities; while outside of them heathen speech and practices were scarcely touched. Through Gaul and along the Rhine, the country in the main continued heathen in religion and Celtic or Germanic in speech during the fifth century. The complete Latinizing of Gaul and the conversion of its rural population proceeded from the urban churches, and from the labours and miracles of anchorites and monks. In contrast with the decay of the municipal governments, the urban churches continued living institutions. Their bishops usually were men of energy. The episcopal office was elective, yet likely to remain in the same influential family, and the bishop, the leading man in the town, might be its virtual ruler. He represented Christianity and Latin culture, and when Roman officials yielded to | WIKI |
It's Called the Easy Life
It's Called the Easy Life is an EP by the English rock band Deaf Havana, released in 2008.
Personnel
* Ryan Mellor – lead vocals
* James Veck-Gilodi – guitar, clean vocals
* Chris Pennells – guitar
* Lee Wilson – bass
* Tom Ogden – drums, percussion | WIKI |
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Apple Blossom in Brittany
By Ernest Dowson
was the feast of the Assumption in Ploumariel, at the hottest part of the afternoon. Benedict Campion, who had just assisted at vespers, in the little dove-cotted church—like everything else in Ploumariel, even vespers were said earlier than is the usage in towns—took up his station in the market-place to watch the procession pass by. The head of it was just then emerging into the Square: a long file of men from the neighbouring villages, bare-headed and chaunting, followed the crucifer. They were all clad in the picturesque garb of the Morbihan peasantry, and were many of them imposing, quite noble figures with their clear-cut Breton features, and their austere type of face. After them a troop of young girls, with white veils over their heads, carrying banners—children from the convent school of the Ursulines; and then, two and two in motley assemblage (peasant women with their white coifs walking with the wives and daughters of prosperous bourgeois in costumes more civilised but far less pictorial) half the inhabitants of Ploumariel—all, indeed, who had not, with Campion, preferred to be spectators, taking refuge from a broiling sun under the grateful shadow of the chest- | WIKI |
Short Course 2
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Future Directions in Highspeed Wireline/Optical IO [Suzaku I+II]
Organizers: K. Yoshioka, Keio Univ.
Organizers: C. Tokunaga, Intel Corp.
Date & Time: Monday, June 12, 8:25A.M.-5:00P.M.
ChairpersonsT. Iizuka, The University of Tokyo
Chairpersons: N. Kocaman, Broadcom Ltd, Inc.
8:25 Introduction
8:30 Industry Megatrends Driving Connectivity R&D, T. C. Carusone, Univ. of Tronto / Alphawave Semi
Abstract:
Progress in computation and communication is increasingly bottlenecked by integrated circuit I/O. Industry megatrends are increasing connectivity demands overall, and spawning new, increasingly critical applications for die-to-die and optical links. Die-to-die links demand the ultra low power and area, while our highest-speed interfaces now incorporate full-fledged digital modems operating over 100 Gbps. This presentation provides an overview of this diverse technology landscape and the emerging solutions in each sector, providing a foundation for the talks that follow.
9:20 SerDes System Design, T. Toifl, Cisco Systems
Abstract:
This talk intends to give an overview of system design options for next generation high-speed SerDes designs. Starting from system modelling, we will describe the relevant options to reduce BER at high data rates, such as advanced DFE, duobinary signaling, MLSE and FEC coding, and show examples of current implementations. We will then describe several routes to possibly enhance data rates in the future, such as multi-wire differential transmission, simultaneous bi-directional and discrete multi-tone signaling.
10:10 Break
10:40 Trends in Digital Coherent Technologies with DSP ASICs for Optical Communication Systems, F. Hamaoka, NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
Abstract:
To cope with the rapid growth in communication traffic, the capacity of optical transmission systems has continued to increase, as helped along by breakthroughs such as wavelength-division multiplexing and digital coherent technologies fully utilizing the capability of light waves by powerful digital signal processing (DSP). Digital coherent technologies with DSP application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) support multi-rate and multi-modulation formats to meet the demands of multiple applications including long-haul, metro, and short-reach networks. Recently, a cutting-edge DSP for supporting up to 1.2 Tbps/carrier for digital coherent systems has been announced. This short course provides an overview of the trends in digital coherent technologies with DSP ASICs. It also presents our recent research and development pertaining to high-speed and high-capacity transmission utilizing digital coherent technologies.
11:30 Silicon Photonics Transceiver for High-Density Optical Interconnection, T. Nakamura, AIO Core
Abstract:
Silicon photonics technology is that it provides compact and low-cost photonics integrated circuits using strong optical confinement by silicon core and Si CMOS technology. In recent years, the growth of CPU/GPU performance has reached a ceiling due to the limit of gate miniaturization, and one of the ways to further increase computing power, especially for AI, is to connect many CPUs/GPUs and perform parallel distributed processing. For achieving those, low latency connections using high-speed, large-capacity optical interconnection are required. In this presentation, we will introduce compact, low-power, large-capacity optical interconnection transceivers from various companies that have been realized using silicon photonics technology. In addition, we will introduce the application of the high-temperature, highly reliable optical I/O core, that we have developed, to FPGA accelerators, PCIe, 5G antennas, and future automotive applications.
12:20 Lunch
13:10 Beyond the Interconnect, Challenges on the Way to Enabling Heterogenous Chiplets in Package,
A. Kashem, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
Abstract:
As we further race to bring together heterogenous compute and acceleration from the motherboard to the package, our industry will need to solve several new challenges. UCIe is a great step forward to address the interconnect aspect, but what else do we need? What standard form factors should we define? How do we enable debug/test beyond KGD? What kind of power delivery and thermal controls will we need? Can we also enable DVFS and binning? How do these challenges differ between advanced and organic packaging solutions? In this course, we will take a look at these questions and discuss some possible ways forward to address these challenges.
14:00 Architecture and Circuit Design of High-Speed Wireline Receivers, A. Balankutty, Intel Corp.
Abstract:
This short course will cover SerDes receiver design from first principles. We will review signal and noise budgeting for wireline systems, review ADC based receiver architectures for high-loss electrical links, design of analog front-end circuits and advanced equalization techniques for 100+Gb/s links.
14:50 Break
15:10 Design Considerations for High-Speed Transmitters in Wireline and Optical Communications, A. Vasani, Broadcom Ltd.
Abstract:
With the Data Bandwidth need increasing exponentially with AI/ML application, there is significant pressure on the analog front end circuits to lower the power while achieving high bandwidth for both wireline as well as optical links. The port speeds are quickly moving towards 200G/lane and the TX is an important part of enabling the link quality and is also important in determining the efficiency and area improvements from one generation to another. This talk gives a general overview of various design blocks involved in the design of a TX; including Clocking, Muxing and Driver/DAC. It will also talk about the key performance metrics and how they fit into the link closure.
16:00 Recent Developments and Challenges for NAND Flash Memory Interface, T. Toi, KIOXIA Corp.
Abstract:
The explosive increase in data used by machine learning applications and big data analysis is requiring high-bandwidth and large-capacity storage systems using NAND flash memories. Increased capacity of NAND flash memory has been driven by technologies for 3D architecture of memory cells and higher-level cells, while higher bandwidth of NAND flash memory interfaces, e.g., Toggle DDR and ONFi, has been realized by several techniques such as double data rate transfer, on-die termination and various calibrations. However, NAND flash memory interfaces have inherent challenges, and that makes it difficult to follow the high speed trends of host interfaces, e.g., PCIe and CXL, connecting a host CPU and a controller of a storage. Recently proposed topologies using additional bridge chips, which could replace conventional multi-drop bus topology of NAND flash memory interfaces, are expected to realize both high-bandwidth and large-capacity.
In this talk, the basic configuration and existing techniques of NAND flash memory interfaces will be introduced while discussing the differences against DRAM interfaces, leading in terms of transfer rate. Then, we will elaborate on latest published techniques to address challenges of NAND flash memory interfaces. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
@article {Zafra, author = {Zafra, Maria Paz and Parsons, Marie J. and Kim, Jangkyung and Alonso-Curbelo, Direna and Goswami, Sukanya and Schatoff, Emma M. and Han, Teng and Katti, Alyna and Fernandez, Maria Teresa Calvo and Wilkinson, John E. and Piskounova, Elena and Dow, Lukas E.}, title = {An In Vivo Kras Allelic Series Reveals Distinct Phenotypes of Common Oncogenic Variants}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-0442}, publisher = {American Association for Cancer Research}, abstract = {KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer, yet there is little understanding of how specific KRAS amino acid changes affect tumor initiation, progression, or therapy response. Using high-fidelity CRISPR-based engineering, we created an allelic series of new LSL-Kras mutant mice, reflecting codon 12 and 13 mutations that are highly prevalent in lung (KRASG12C), pancreas (KRASG12R), and colon (KRASG13D) cancers. Induction of each allele in either the murine colon or pancreas revealed striking quantitative and qualitative differences between KRAS mutants in driving the early stages of transformation. Furthermore, using pancreatic organoid models, we show that KRASG13D mutants are sensitive to EGFR inhibition, whereas KRASG12C-mutant organoids are selectively responsive to covalent G12C inhibitors only when EGFR is suppressed. Together, these new mouse strains provide an ideal platform for investigating KRAS biology in vivo and for developing preclinical precision oncology models of KRAS-mutant pancreas, colon, and lung cancers.Significance: KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene. Here, we describe new preclinical models that mimic tissue-selective KRAS mutations and show that each mutation has distinct cellular consequences in vivo and carries differential sensitivity to targeted therapeutic agents.See related commentary by Kostyrko and Sweet-Cordero, p. 1626.}, issn = {2159-8274}, URL = {https://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2020/10/09/2159-8290.CD-20-0442}, eprint = {https://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2020/10/09/2159-8290.CD-20-0442.full.pdf}, journal = {Cancer Discovery} } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Nikita Kryukov
Nikita Valeryevich Kryukov (Никита Валерьевич Крюков; born 30 May 1985) is a Russian former cross-country skier who competed internationally between 2006 and 2018. He was a sprint specialist who won an Olympic gold medal, three World Championship gold medals, six World cup gold medals (three stage races, three individual World Cups), all in the sprint events. He was arguably the fastest skier ever when it came to double-poling on the flat in sprints. He generally favoured classic skiing and classic sprints over freestyle, but as he showed in winning the team sprint in the 2013 World Championship, in Val di Fiemme, he was also very strong in the freestyle sprint.
Career
The highlights of his career were at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where he beat his teammate from behind with a late closing sprint, in a photo finish that took minutes to determine. At the 2013 World Championships, where he won gold medals in both the individual classic sprint and the team freestyle sprint. A late fall by another team that impeded his closing 200 metres likely cost him a second Olympic Gold in the team sprint in Sochi where he took silver.
In November 2017, Maxim Vylegzhanin was disqualified for doping offenses, as a result Kryukov lost its silver medal in the Team sprint awarded at the 2014 Winter Olympics. On 22 December 2017 Kriukov as well was found to have committed violations against the anti-doping rule at the 2014 Olympics. He was ordered to return his Olympic silver medal and barred from all future Olympic games. In January 2018, he successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to strip his medal from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport.
Kryukov announced his retirement from cross-country skiing on 8 April 2019.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
World Championships
* 5 medals – (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
Individual podiums
* 5 victories – (1 WC, 4 SWC)
* 14 podiums – (8 WC, 6 SWC)
Team podiums
* 1 victory – (1 TS)
* 5 podiums – (5 TS) | WIKI |
Talk:Jordan–Schönflies theorem
first section
Continuous motion? Sounds more like a homotopy, put that way. Charles Matthews 06:38, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
* I agree (though possibly you meant isotopy), and I've changed the statement to suit. Zaslav 08:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Why is this called the Jordan-Schŏnflies theorem rather than the Schŏnflies theorem? Many people call it by the latter name. From the description, it seems that it is not Jordan but rather Schŏnflies who obtained this theorem. Can someone explain why we use the former name in Wikipedia? Thank you. Zaslav 21:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
* I think the former name is used mainly in textbooks for the case of the plane (I think Moise's book uses that term, but I would have to check). I would guess many research mathematicians don't really use it. I suggest either redirecting Jordan-Schoenflies to Schoenflies, or making this article more elementary and covering only the 2D case (explain some proof, etc.) while relegating the other stuff (like on different categories) to a more general "Schoenflies conjecture" page. Or one might even want a whole page for the generalized Schoenflis theorem which would explain the differences in the Brown and Mazur-Morse proofs (the former relies on Bing shrinking while the latter uses an "infinite swindle"), while having a separate page on the conjecture (for the smooth and PL categories). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
Page redirect created.Rybu (talk) 22:15, 20 November 2009 (UTC) | WIKI |
Beggarington Hill
Beggarington Hill is a hamlet in the City of Leeds near its border with Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. Historically, it was part of the West Ardsley civil parish. It is located immediately southwest of West Ardsley between the Baghill Beck and the Hey Beck. The A653 road runs approximately 0.6 mi west of the settlement.
Woodkirk Mill, a corn mill, had fallen into disuse by 1930. | WIKI |
His tabernacle
Anonyme, « The Caddis or Case-Fly », New York, Aquarium, vol. II, n° 25, octobre 1892, p. 6-7.
Although the larvae of the caddis flies (the caddis worms) are very destructive to aquarium plants, which they attack at the tender tops to obtain building material for the enlargement of their houses, they are also very amusing, if kept in a jar with aquatic plants by themselves. We see them busy at the nottom, adding frgaments of plants, pebbles, minute shells, even if the snails within them are alive and any small debris that their fingers can seize hold of. Last season the writer had amongst a large number of cads, one that had his case nearly destroyed by accidentally falling from the table. I removed from him what remained of his case, and threw him into a jar with a water-soldier (Stratioides aloides) and a few snails (lymnea). He set to work to repair his tabernacle, and the snails helped him, for they nibbled a leaf of the Stracioides into shreds. These shreds the cad gathered and every day he added a fresh piece, so that, in about tend ays he appeared in a suit of green, his clothes bulged out to an enormous size, and everywhere studded with points and corners, the most comical sight that could be imagined. Since he could find nothing of a small neat pattern, he took what he could, and became a perfect Jack in the green, nearly an inch and a half in length, and thicker than a carpenter’s lead pencil. The movements of these creatures are as comical as their specimens of tailoring. We se them mounting a stem or leaf with great gravity, when suddenly up goes the tail, the legs hold tight, and the case turns completely over, as if on the first of May, Jack-in-the-green were to dance on his head. When the creature is hidden, and the case sways to and fro like a buoy attached by too short a rope the sight is very curious. The perfect insect bears ressemblance to the two families which stand on either side of it- the Lepidoptera, or true butterflies, and the Neuroptera, of which the dragon flies and other membranaceous winged insects are members. As soon as he enters the world, he begins to show his skill in tailoring, and by means of silken threads and gluten constructs his case of bits of stick, straw, dead leaves, or shells, in fact, whatever he can get, and as long as he retains the worm-like form the case is his castle, and he can defy the world. The case outside is generally a rough affair, but if you draw out the cad you will se that Inside it is perfectly cylindrical, smooth, and polished and around tthe doorway, through which the larva makes acquaintance with the world, it is neatly finished with a very circular rim. When you have removed a cad from his case, if you throw him into a tank you will learn in an instant what is the use of his case, for his soft nakedness is no sooner exposed than the minnows finish him, and find the flavour excellent. But to see a cad in his proper uniform moleste dis a very rare sight indeed. When he feels the numbness of death creeping over him, the cad draws in his six legs, and sets to work inside to weave a winding sheet and to shut the shutter for he knows that his time is come, and there is no one to do such melancoly offices for him. All alone in his solitary cell, the hermit works day and night, and hourly his fingers grow more feeble. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Glossary of tensor theory
This is a glossary of tensor theory. For expositions of tensor theory from different points of view, see:
* Tensor
* Tensor (intrinsic definition)
* Application of tensor theory in engineering science
For some history of the abstract theory see also multilinear algebra.
Classical notation
* Ricci calculus
* The earliest foundation of tensor theory – tensor index notation.
* Order of a tensor
* The components of a tensor with respect to a basis is an indexed array. The order of a tensor is the number of indices needed. Some texts may refer to the tensor order using the term degree or rank.
* Rank of a tensor
* The rank of a tensor is the minimum number of rank-one tensor that must be summed to obtain the tensor. A rank-one tensor may be defined as expressible as the outer product of the number of nonzero vectors needed to obtain the correct order.
* Dyadic tensor
* A dyadic tensor is a tensor of order two, and may be represented as a square matrix. In contrast, a dyad is specifically a dyadic tensor of rank one.
* Einstein notation
* This notation is based on the understanding that whenever a multidimensional array contains a repeated index letter, the default interpretation is that the product is summed over all permitted values of the index. For example, if aij is a matrix, then under this convention aii is its trace. The Einstein convention is widely used in physics and engineering texts, to the extent that if summation is not to be applied, it is normal to note that explicitly.
* Kronecker delta
* Levi-Civita symbol
* Covariant tensor
* Contravariant tensor
* The classical interpretation is by components. For example, in the differential form aidxi the components ai are a covariant vector. That means all indices are lower; contravariant means all indices are upper.
* Mixed tensor
* This refers to any tensor that has both lower and upper indices.
* Cartesian tensor
* Cartesian tensors are widely used in various branches of continuum mechanics, such as fluid mechanics and elasticity. In classical continuum mechanics, the space of interest is usually 3-dimensional Euclidean space, as is the tangent space at each point. If we restrict the local coordinates to be Cartesian coordinates with the same scale centered at the point of interest, the metric tensor is the Kronecker delta. This means that there is no need to distinguish covariant and contravariant components, and furthermore there is no need to distinguish tensors and tensor densities. All Cartesian-tensor indices are written as subscripts. Cartesian tensors achieve considerable computational simplification at the cost of generality and of some theoretical insight.
* Contraction of a tensor
* Raising and lowering indices
* Symmetric tensor
* Antisymmetric tensor
* Multiple cross products
Algebraic notation
This avoids the initial use of components, and is distinguished by the explicit use of the tensor product symbol.
* Tensor product
* If v and w are vectors in vector spaces V and W respectively, then
* $$v \otimes w $$
* is a tensor in
* $$V \otimes W. $$
* That is, the ⊗ operation is a binary operation, but it takes values into a fresh space (it is in a strong sense external). The ⊗ operation is a bilinear map; but no other conditions are applied to it.
* Pure tensor
* A pure tensor of V ⊗ W is one that is of the form v ⊗ w.
* It could be written dyadically aibj, or more accurately aibj ei ⊗ fj, where the ei are a basis for V and the fj a basis for W. Therefore, unless V and W have the same dimension, the array of components need not be square. Such pure tensors are not generic: if both V and W have dimension greater than 1, there will be tensors that are not pure, and there will be non-linear conditions for a tensor to satisfy, to be pure. For more see Segre embedding.
* Tensor algebra
* In the tensor algebra T(V) of a vector space V, the operation $$ \otimes $$ becomes a normal (internal) binary operation. A consequence is that T(V) has infinite dimension unless V has dimension 0. The free algebra on a set X is for practical purposes the same as the tensor algebra on the vector space with X as basis.
* Hodge star operator
* Exterior power
* The wedge product is the anti-symmetric form of the ⊗ operation. The quotient space of T(V) on which it becomes an internal operation is the exterior algebra of V; it is a graded algebra, with the graded piece of weight k being called the k-th exterior power of V.
* Symmetric power, symmetric algebra
* This is the invariant way of constructing polynomial algebras.
Applications
* Metric tensor
* Strain tensor
* Stress–energy tensor
Tensor field theory
* Jacobian matrix
* Tensor field
* Tensor density
* Lie derivative
* Tensor derivative
* Differential geometry
Abstract algebra
* Tensor product of fields
* This is an operation on fields, that does not always produce a field.
* Tensor product of R-algebras
* Clifford module
* A representation of a Clifford algebra which gives a realisation of a Clifford algebra as a matrix algebra.
* Tor functors'''
* These are the derived functors of the tensor product, and feature strongly in homological algebra. The name comes from the torsion subgroup in abelian group theory.
* Symbolic method of invariant theory
* Derived category
* Grothendieck's six operations
* These are highly abstract approaches used in some parts of geometry.
Spinors
See:
* Spin group
* Spin-c group
* Spinor
* Pin group
* Pinors
* Spinor field
* Killing spinor
* Spin manifold | WIKI |
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How To Fix ‘Skyrim Failed to Initialize Renderer’ Error
Skyrim Failed to Initialize Renderer
In computer graphics, rendering means the automatic process of generating a photorealistic or non-photorealistic image from a 2D or 3D model. So, the error ‘Skyrim Failed to Initialize Renderer‘ means that something is wrong with the rendering process or something is preventing the rendering process.
Most users find this error challenging to solve because the error message does not imply what the actual problem is. To put it, usually, the error occurs because the game is unable to display in the selected resolution. It may be due to outdated hardware drivers or corrupt game files.
Skyrim Failed to Initialize Renderer
When we launch the game, it checks the details of your video card to make sure that it is capable of supporting the rendering process. Then, according to this info, it decides to initialize the renderer.
But if the game is unable to read the video card details properly, it goes into the error. But you need not worry as we are here with some workarounds to get past this error. So, dive in!
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How to Fix Skyrim Failed to Initialize Renderer Error
Solution 1: Power Cycling your computer
It is by far the easiest method you can try. The method does not guarantee to solve the problem. But if some petty issues like some uninitialized modules or something similar, causes this error, then a simple power cycling of your computer will come handy.
Therefore, we recommend you to do power cycling first before you get into anything technical to solve the problem. Power cycling refers to turning off your computer completely and restarting it again.
When you do this, all the electronic devices and modules connected to the system reinitialize themselves. It also refreshes the RAM and resets the network configuration. All previous network data is lost, and everything s reset during power cycling.
In case you are working with your laptop, do the following steps to power cycle your machine:
Step 1: Shutdown your laptop properly and remove all wires from it.
Step 2: Next, remove the batteries from the machine. It ensures that the capacitors ar4e discharged properly, and RAM is flushed.
Step 3: Now press the Power button for 1 minute.
Step 4: Wait for 2-3 minutes and put the battery back and switch on your computer.
If you are dealing with your PC, shut down the system, and disconnect all the modules and devices connected to it. Then disconnect the power button. Now, wait for a few minutes before repowering your computer.
Solution 2: Updating Your Mods and Installing Latest Patches
Some of you might be using various mods to change the behavior of the game. It is possible that some of these mods may clash with the game settings. So, we recommend you to disable these mods before restarting the game again properly.
This is because mods change the program files of the game, and this will result in misconfiguration or conflict with some other game setting.
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If you are not using any mods, then well and good. Head up to the official page and look if any new patches are available for download.
Developers often release patches periodically with bug fixes that enhance the working of the game. So, download and install the latest patches and try rerunning the game.
Solution 3: Launching in Windowed Mode
As mentioned earlier, it may be the case that the resolution you are trying to launch Skyrim is not supported. A simple fix to deal with such a situation is to launch the game in windowed mode.
It will work if the game is throwing ‘Skyrim failed to initialize renderer’ error because it is unable to scale up. The steps to open the game in windowed mode is as below:
Step 1: Open the Skyrim launcher. You will find a menu. From that select ‘Options.’
Step 2: A window will appear. On the bottom left corner, there is a box named ‘Windowed Mode.’ Check that box.
Step 3: You may also try changing the resolution to see if that makes any change.
Step 4: After that, click on ‘Apply,’ and all your changes are saved.
You can relaunch the game. Hopefully, the error must be resolved.
Solution 4: Deleting Game Files
Another option you could try is deleting the game preference files and then relaunching the game. You need not worry about deleting these files as they will be recreated when the game is launched. Also, be careful not to delete other game files that are required by the application. Deleting files should be done with care.
Step 1: After completely closing, all games and applications navigate to the directory where Steam is installed.
Step 2: Find and remove the file ‘appcache.’ This file will be automatically created by Steam when it starts up.
Step 3: Go to the Skyrim directory. The default path is C:\Users\” User name” \Documents\MyGames
Step 4: Find and delete the following files: skyrim.ini, skyrimPrefs.ini
Step 5: Now shut down your computer and turn it on the back after a few minutes. You should be able to launch the game without errors.
If all the above methods did not work for you, then the problem is with your device drivers. The next solution walks you through how to reinstall or update your device drivers.
Solution 5: Updating Graphics Drivers
A device driver s a type of computer program associated with a particular device. If the device drivers installed on your computer are outdated or corrupted for some reason, then it may be causing the ‘Skyrim failed to initialize renderer error.’
You can update the driver manually or automatically. For manual updating, you have to search for the device driver on the manufacturer’s website, download them, and install them. First, we can check if installing the default drivers will solve the problem.
Step 1: Boot up in ‘Safe mode’ and Type ‘devmgmt.msc’ in the dialogue box then press Enter. Now navigate to ‘Display adapters,’ and right-click on your adapter and select ‘Uninstall Device.’ Now you have uninstalled the driver.
Step 2: Now Boot up into normal mode and press Windows key + R. In the dialogue box that appears to type ‘msc’ and hit Enter. Now, it will install the default drivers. If not, right-click on any empty space chose the ‘Scan for hardware changes’ option.
Now check if Skyrim is working properly. If it is, then your problem is solved. If not, try the following steps.
Step 3: There are two alternatives. Either you can go to the website of the manufacturer and download and install the drivers manually. Or you can let Windows automatically search for new updates in drivers and install them.
Step 4: Install the drivers, Right-click on your device, and select ‘Update driver.’ Select the first option which says – ‘Search automatically for updated driver software,’ if you want to update the drivers automatically. We have provided a short description of the option.
Step 5: If you want to manually install the drivers and have already downloaded the drivers from the manufacturer’s website, then you can select the second option which says – ‘Browse my computer for driver software.’ Then go to the location where you have downloaded the drivers.
Step 6: Follow the instructions that come on the screen and install the drivers. After installation, restarts your computer. Now launch Skyrim and check if this solves the problem.
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Conclusion
Here we have detailed 5 solutions as a workaround to the ‘Skyrim failed to initialize renderer
error. Now you might have solved your problem. So just sit back and enjoy our game! | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
How to Factory Reset HP Laptop without Password on Windows 11
Dear readers,
Have you been locked out of your HP laptop and forgot your password? Do not worry, because there are ways to factory reset your laptop without having to enter the password. In this article, we will guide you through the steps on how to factory reset HP laptop without password in Windows 11.
Steps:
Factory Reset HP Laptop Without Password Windows 11
Step 1: Backup important files
Firstly, you should backup all the important files and data on your laptop. This is because factory resetting your laptop will erase everything from the hard drive.
Step 2: Restart your laptop
Restart your laptop and press the F11 key repeatedly until the Choose an option screen appears.
Step 3: Select troubleshoot
Select Troubleshoot, then select Reset this PC.
Step 4: Choose an option
Choose whether you want to keep or remove your personal files. If you choose to keep your files, they will be moved to a folder called Windows.old.
Step 5: Select Reset
Select Reset and wait for the process to complete. This might take some time, so be patient.
Step 6: Set up your laptop
After the reset process is complete, your laptop will restart and start the setup process.
Step 7: Create a new user account
Create a new user account and password. This will be the new login information for your laptop.
Step 8: Install updates
Once you have set up your new account, you should install all the necessary updates for your laptop.
Step 9: Reinstall programs
Reinstall the necessary programs and applications on your laptop.
Step 10: Restore files
If you chose to keep your files in step 4, you can restore them from the Windows.old folder.
Step 11: Delete Windows.old folder
Once you have restored all the necessary files, you should delete the Windows.old folder to free up disk space.
Step 12: Restart your laptop
Restart your laptop to complete the process.
Explanation:
How Does This Work?
Factory resetting your HP laptop without a password in Windows 11 is possible because of the built-in reset feature in Windows. This feature allows you to reset your laptop to its original settings without having to enter the password. This means that even if you have forgotten your password, you can still access your laptop and reset it.
Tips and Tricks:
Tips and Tricks for Factory Resetting Your HP Laptop without Password
Tip 1: Backup your files regularly
Backing up your files regularly is important, not just when you are factory resetting your laptop. This ensures that you never lose important data or files.
Tip 2: Create a password reset disk
Creating a password reset disk allows you to reset your password quickly and easily. This is particularly useful if you forget your password or are locked out of your laptop.
Tip 3: Use a password manager
Using a password manager is a great way to manage your passwords and ensure that you never forget them.
Tip 4: Keep your laptop updated
Keeping your laptop updated ensures that it is running smoothly and securely.
Tip 5: Use strong passwords
Using strong passwords is important to protect your laptop and personal data from hackers and cyber attacks.
Tip 6: Enable two-factor authentication
Enabling two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your laptop and personal data.
Tip 7: Use a VPN
Using a VPN when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks is important to protect your personal data and ensure that your internet traffic is secure.
Tip 8: Install anti-virus software
Installing anti-virus software ensures that your laptop is protected from viruses and malware.
Tip 9: Keep your laptop clean
Keeping your laptop clean and free from dust and debris ensures that it runs smoothly and doesn’t overheat.
Tip 10: Seek professional help
If you are not confident with factory resetting your laptop without a password, seek professional help from a computer technician.
In conclusion, forgetting your password and being locked out of your HP laptop can be frustrating. However, by following the steps and tips outlined in this article, you can factory reset your laptop without a password and regain access to it. Remember to backup your files regularly, use strong passwords and keep your laptop updated to ensure that it runs smoothly and securely.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
1. Factory resetting your HP laptop without a password can help you regain access to your device if you have forgotten your login credentials.
2. Factory resetting can restore your laptop to its original state, which can improve its performance and speed.
3. Factory resetting can help solve software-related issues, such as crashing, freezing, and other errors that might have been caused by malware or corrupted files.
4. Factory resetting can help protect your privacy by erasing all your personal information and files, making it harder for others to access them.
5. Resetting your laptop to its factory settings is a simple process that does not require technical knowledge, and you can do it even if you don’t have access to your OS.
6. Factory resetting can help remove unwanted third-party software that may cause your laptop to slow down or crash.
7. Factory resetting can help resolve issues related to drivers or hardware configuration that may cause your laptop to malfunction.
8. Resetting your laptop to its factory settings can help you prepare your device for resale or to give it away without leaving any traces of your personal information or files.
9. Factory resetting can save you time and money, as it eliminates the need to hire a technician or buy new hardware to fix software issues.
10. Factory resetting your HP laptop without a password can be helpful when you want to start over fresh without losing any important files or data.
Disadvantages
1. Factory resetting your HP laptop without a password can erase all your data and files, making them irrecoverable if you have not backed them up.
2. Factory resetting can cause you to lose installed software, updates, and important files that you might have forgotten to back up.
3. Factory resetting can be time-consuming since it involves reinstalling all software and operating system updates after the reset.
4. Factory resetting your laptop does not always solve all issues, especially if they are related to hardware problems that require professional assistance to fix.
5. Resetting your laptop to its original settings can be risky if you are not familiar with the process, and you might end up damaging your device beyond repair.
6. Factory resetting can be inconvenient if you have to redownload and reinstall all your software, updates, and files after the reset.
7. Factory resetting without a password may not be possible in some cases, especially if your laptop has been locked by an organization or your IT department.
8. Factory resetting without a password can lead to security issues if your device is stolen, and the thief can easily access your personal information and files.
9. Factory resetting can lead to compatibility issues with certain applications and software that might not function properly after the reset.
10. Factory resetting without a password can be frustrating if you fail to follow the correct steps, and you might end up with a bricked laptop that cannot be restored.
FAQ
1. What is a factory reset?
A factory reset is a process that erases all the data and settings on a laptop and restores it to its original factory state.
2. Why do I need to factory reset my laptop?
You may need to factory reset your laptop if you want to sell it or give it away, or if it’s running slow or experiencing software issues.
3. Can I factory reset my laptop without a password?
Yes, it’s possible to factory reset your laptop without a password. However, the process may differ depending on the operating system.
4. How do I factory reset my HP laptop without a password on Windows 11?
To factory reset your HP laptop on Windows 11 without a password, you need to access the settings menu. Follow the steps in this guide: (insert hyperlink to relevant guide).
5. Will factory resetting my laptop delete all my files?
Yes, a factory reset will erase all the data on your laptop. Therefore, it’s recommended that you back up all important files before performing a factory reset.
6. How long does it take to factory reset a laptop?
The time it takes to factory reset a laptop varies depending on the laptop’s model and specifications. On average, it can take between 30 minutes to an hour.
7. Can I cancel a factory reset?
Yes, you can cancel a factory reset if it’s still in progress. However, canceling a factory reset may cause data loss and other issues, so it’s recommended that you avoid canceling it if possible.
8. Do I need an internet connection to factory reset my laptop?
No, you don’t need an internet connection to factory reset your laptop. However, you may need an internet connection to reinstall certain software or drivers after the factory reset.
9. How many times can I factory reset my laptop?
There’s no set limit to the number of times you can factory reset your laptop. However, performing a factory reset too often may cause wear and tear on the laptop’s hardware.
10. Can I factory reset my laptop while it’s charging?
Yes, you can factory reset your laptop while it’s charging. In fact, it’s recommended that you keep your laptop plugged in during the factory reset process to avoid any issues with the battery.
11. What should I do after a factory reset?
After a factory reset, you should reinstall any software or drivers that were not included in the original factory settings. You may also need to adjust certain settings, such as the time and date, and reconfigure the user accounts.
12. Will a factory reset fix hardware issues?
No, a factory reset will not fix any hardware issues that your laptop may be experiencing. If you’re having hardware issues, you may need to take your laptop to a professional technician or service center.
13. Can I perform a factory reset without a recovery partition?
Yes, you can perform a factory reset without a recovery partition. However, you’ll need to use a Windows installation disc or USB drive to reinstall the operating system and drivers.
Have you forgotten your Windows 11 password and need to factory reset your HP laptop but don’t know how? Don’t worry, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we will guide you on how to factory reset your HP laptop without a password on Windows 11.
How to Factory Reset Your HP Laptop Without a Password on Windows 11
Firstly, you need to access the recovery environment of your HP laptop. You can do this by holding down the power button to turn off your laptop, and then pressing it again to turn it back on. As your laptop starts up, press the F11 key repeatedly until you see the “Choose an option” screen.
On the “Choose an option” screen, select “Troubleshoot” and then “Reset this PC”. You will then be given the option to either keep your personal files or remove everything. Choose the option that suits you best and click “Reset”.
It may take some time for your laptop to complete the reset process, but once it’s done, your HP laptop will be restored to its original factory settings. You can then set up your laptop as if it were new and create a new user account and password that you won’t forget.
Conclusion and Closing
Factory resetting your HP laptop without a password is easy and straightforward. By following the steps outlined in this article, you can reset your laptop and start fresh without any hassle. Just remember to back up any important files before resetting your laptop, as this process will erase everything on your device. We hope this article has been helpful, and thank you for reading!
Until next time, happy computing! | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Frequent question: Can babies cool themselves down?
Babies and young children can’t cool themselves as well as adults so they’re more at risk of overheating and developing a heat-related illness. … Babies less than 6 months old should be kept out of direct sunlight. Their skin contains too little melanin, the pigment that provides some protection from the sun.
Can babies control their body temperature?
You still have to wait a few more months for their body to adapt naturally to variations in temperature. In fact it’s only at around 18 months – 2 years that babies really learn how to regulate their temperature naturally, and they are still more sensitive to changes in temperature than an adult.
How do you know if your baby is cold?
They may cry because they are too hot or too cold. If your baby is fussy because of the temperature, there are signs that you can look for. Signs of the baby being too hot are sweating, damp hair, heat rash, or clammy skin. For signs of your baby being cold, check his/her ears, face, and tummy to feel temperature.
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How hot is too hot for baby?
“It is not OK to take a newborn or any infant outside when it’s very hot — over 80 degrees or so,” she said. “Babies cannot sweat, which is your body’s way of cooling itself off, so they can often suffer heat stroke much quicker than an older child or adult.”
What temp is too cold for baby?
When is it too cold to go out with newborns and babies? In general, playing outside at all in temperatures or wind chills below -15 degrees F should be avoided because baby’s exposed skin can start to freeze within minutes. Wind chills make the temperature feel much colder than it actually is due to wind gusts.
What are the signs of SIDS?
SIDS has no symptoms or warning signs. Babies who die of SIDS seem healthy before being put to bed. They show no signs of struggle and are often found in the same position as when they were placed in the bed.
Why is my baby hot but no fever?
A child may “feel hot” without having an actual increase in body temperature so if you think your child may have a fever and are concerned, USE A THERMOMETER to check the actual temperature.
Is it OK if my baby’s hands are cold at night?
Try to relax! We usually think of grownups as the ones with cold feet (and hands), but it’s pretty normal for babies to have them too. In fact, most babies will sometimes have cold hands (and feet) for several reasons. Here’s what to know and what to look for if your baby’s hands feel a little cold.
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What happens if a baby gets too cold?
Babies that are too cold will not exert the energy it takes to cry, and may be uninterested in feeding. Their energy is being consumed by trying to stay warm. A baby that is dangerously chilled will have cold hands and feet and even baby’s chest will be cold under his or her clothes.
Should I cover my baby’s hands at night?
Do not use their hands and feet as a guide for how many layers of clothes to put on your child. If your baby is cold during the night, sleep may be more difficult. It is worse to make your baby too warm for sleep.
Can a fan affect a baby?
Oct. 6, 2008 — Young infants who sleep in bedrooms with fans have a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome than babies who sleep in less well-ventilated rooms, new research shows. Investigators concluded that sleeping with a fan lowers SIDS risk by more than 70%.
Is it OK to let a baby sleep in just a diaper?
If your baby is wearing a nappy, vest and sleepsuit, he’ll only need a sheet or a low tog sleeping bag as bedding in warm weather . If he still seems hot, it’s fine for him to sleep in just his vest or even his nappy.
Can babies die from heat?
A child’s body heats up three to five times faster than an adult’s does. When left in a hot car, a child’s major organs begin to shut down when his temperature reaches 104 degrees Fahrenheit (F). A child can die when his temperature reaches 107 degrees F.
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What temperature is good for babies?
Keeping your baby’s room cool, but comfortable is one way to maintain a safe sleep environment. In fact, it’s recommended that babies sleep in a temperature between 68° and 72°F (20° to 22.2°C).
Is 78 degrees too hot for a baby?
Temperatures of up to 75 degrees are acceptable in very hot climates. The rest of the house can stay at the recommended 68 degrees in the winter and 78 degrees in the summer since SIDS is only a concern while babies are sleeping.
How do I know if baby is cold at night?
The easiest way to tell if your baby is too hot or too cold is by feeling the nape of the neck to see if it’s sweaty or cold to the touch. When babies are too warm, they may have flushed cheeks and look like they’re sweating. An overheated baby may also breathe rapidly.
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Marshall's Corner
Marshall's Corner, Marshalls Corner, Marshall's Corners or Marshalls Corners can refer to:
* Marshall's Corners, Ontario, Canada
* Marshalls Corner, New Jersey, United States | WIKI |
Check to know if the iPhone you intend to buy is carrier-locked before purchasing. If you don't check before purchasing a new or pre-owned iPhone, you might end up frustrated and annoying especially when the seller's return policy is not favorable. This article gives you the answer to "How do I know if my iPhone is locked or unlocked?". We also added tips you need to know about carrier locked phones.
How do I Know If My iPhone is Locked or Unlocked
#1. Check If Your iPhone is Unlocked via Settings
This method is one of the oldest methods of checking if an iPhone is unlocked, but it's still very efficient with every version of iOS. Here are the steps to take.
Step 1: Launch your iPhone "Settings".
Step 2: Click "Cellular".
Step 3: Find the option labeled "Cellular Data Network". If you can find this option, then your iPhone is unlocked, but if not, your iPhone is carrier-locked.
Cellular Data Network
#2. Check If Your iPhone is Unlocked Using a Different Carrier's SIM Card
I presume you know what a carrier SIM Card is? Then, this method is to replace the iPhone's original carrier SIM Card with another mobile operator's SIM Card. If a notification with the caption "SIM Not Supported" or some other request is made from the phone app such as "Activation Code" or "SIM Unlock Code" is displayed, then your iPhone is carrier-locked.
Here are the steps to check if your iPhone is unlocked with a SIM card from a different carrier:
Step 1: Switch off your iPhone using the power button.
Step 2: Locate and open your SIM card slot using your SIM eject tool or a small paper clip. You will find the SIM slot by the iPhone casing, and you can open the SIM slot by pushing the SIM eject tool into the small SIM tray Hole.
Step 3: Diligently pull the SIM tray out once it pops out, and replace the SIM card with another mobile operator's SIM card.
Carrier's SIM Card
Step 4: Insert the tray back, and switch on your iPhone. If your iPhone request for a passcode, enter your passcode or use the touch sensor to pass.
Step 5: Click on your iPhone app. If it's requesting for a "SIM Unlock Code" or an "Activation Code" or you experience error before opening the app, then your iPhone is carrier-locked.
You can also refer to this video for further details:
Is My iPhone Unlocked? How To Check | weBoost
#3. Check If Your iPhone Is Unlocked with iTunes by Restoring
Another way to check an iPhone's unlock status is simply resetting to factory defaults and restoring through iTunes. This can be done by connecting the device to a PC. You should see the familiar "Congratulations, the iPhone is unlocked" message on your screen. If that happens, just know the iPhone has been unlocked.
congratulations. your iPhone has been unlocked
This message is usually shown by AT&T if you use their free unlocking methods after a contract ends. The same thing applies if you requested a SIM unlock through network providers like Verizon or Sprint while still on contract.
#4. Check If Your iPhone Is Unlocked Use an Online Service
This method is long and it entails using the IMEI Info registration page to check if your iPhone is unlocked.
Step 1: Visit IMEI Info's registration page, and create an account.
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Step 2: Enter the required information in the specified fields and click "Register Me!"
Step 3: Confirm your registration by clicking on the link sent to your provided email address. This would take you to the IMEI Info's main page where you will enter your iPhone's IMEI number.
IMEI Info
Step 4: To find your iPhone's IMEI number open iPhone "Settings" and click "General > About", and scroll down to IMEI section – you'll find the number there.
Step 5: Input the IMEI number in the field provided on the IMEI Info's main page.
Step 6: Click "I'm not a robot > Check > SIMLOCK & WARRANTY > Check Apple Phone Details". You'll see the message "unlocked: false" or "unlocked: true". The former means that your iPhone is carrier locked, while the latter means that your iPhone is unlocked.
What to Do If iPhone Is Locked - Unlock It Now!
If you attempt a wrong password input on your iPhone for more than ten times, it becomes locked, with the message "iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes" popping up times and again. Several methods exist to unlock your iPhone when it gets locked. However, not all the methods work effectively as they claimed to be. The easiest and safest method, which users speak highly of, is using iMyFone LockWiper - professional iPhone unlocking software.
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Unlock a Locked iPhone with iMyFone LockWiper
The following is the guide to unlock your iPhone screen lock. Please note that the unlocking process will wipe all your device data.
Step 1: Install and launch iMyFone LockWiper on your computer. Click "Start".
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Step 2: Then you can connect your iOS device to the computer.
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Step 3: Follow the guide on the interface to put your iPhone into DFU mode. Confirm your device model and click "Download" to continue.
download firmware package
Step 4: Verify the downloaded firmware and it won't take you too long. When verify firmware package successfully, click "Start Unlock" to begin.
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Step 5: Just wait in patience. Please enter "000000" to double confirm unlocking, then click "Unlock". When it finish. You can see the interface like below.
How to Completely Reset A Second-hand iPhone After Unlocking it
Unlocking a carrier-locked iPhone brings the need to completely reset the second-hand iPhone. There is no better way to reset an iPhone completely than iMyFone Umate Pro iPhone Data Eraser for Win or iPhone Data Eraser for Mac, the ultimate iPhone data eraser which is recommended by lots of media, like MacWorld, iPhoneinCanada, APPKED, etc.
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• Erase also previously deleted files that are invisible but can be recovered by recovery tool.
• Completely wiped all unwanted third-party app fragments: WhatsApp, WeChat, Kik, Viber, SnapChat, FaceBook, etc.
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The steps to use iMyFone Umate Pro iPhone Data Eraser to reset iPhone:
Step 1: Connect your iPhone to PC/Mac after downloading and installing iMyFone Umate Pro. Trust your computer if requested to.
Step 2: Click "Erase All Data" tab at the left-hand side of the window, then click the "Erase" button.
Erase All Data
Step 3: Select security level, and type "delete" into the box to confirm.
type delete
Step 4: Click "Erase Now" button to start erasing all the data on your device. Wait for seconds till the erasing process finishes.
Tips You Need to Know about Carrier Locked Phones
#Tip 1. What Does It Mean When a Phone Is Carrier Locked?
Telecoms operators make agreements with phone manufacturers to develop special software code that prevents the device from being used on any other network. These software locks can, however, be unlocked by using different software code to unlock the device.
iPhone carrier locked
The mobile devices locked in this manner are bought by the users on the contract during which they receive a discount, and the user is expected to abide by the contract terms which usually lasts for two years. For iPhone contracts, this agreement makes it easy for the mobile operator to recoup their investment after offering the user a discount for the device. If you wish to cancel the contract, you will be charged a termination fee which will cover the remaining payment value.
There are also some deals where iPhones are sold without discounts, but they are carrier locked. If you wish to buy an unlocked phone, you must directly ask for a phone that is unlocked to avoid making a costly mistake.
#Tip 2. What Is the Importance of Unlocking Phones?
Unlocked phones can be used with any carrier or network worldwide on the GSM band. Using phones without carrier restriction give you the freedom to choose your preferred carrier and use their SIM card and cellular services.
#Tip 3. Be Clear about the Unlock Status before Purchasing a New or Second-hand Phone
There is a vast market for pre-owned phones. They are sold at cheaper rates by owners who want to upgrade their devices. You can purchase these iPhones/iPads and enjoy using them but they must be unlocked, or you may encounter difficulties. Before payment, request for the IMEI. With the IMEI you can determine the status of the phone. If the seller is unwilling to reveal the device's IMEI, you may want to buy from another seller to avoid issues after purchase. Always ask for proof to be sure that a phone is unlocked before purchase.
Conclusion
From what has been discussed above, you should have had an impression on the cause and consequence of using a carrier locked the phone. This article has introduced 4 effective methods on how to check if your iPhone is carrier locked. In addition, two professional tools are recommended to unlock a locked phone and to completely erase all data on a second-hand iPhone. Download the free trial of the tools if you happen to come across the problem mentioned above! | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Abercrombie's (ANF) Strategies Drive Stock: What Lies Ahead?
Abercrombie & Fitch CompanyANF recently gained on solid holiday results that led to an improved outlook for fourth-quarter fiscal 2017. Moreover, the company has been in the spotlight for its robust strategic capital investments, cost saving efforts, loyalty and marketing programs. However, weakness at its namesake brand along with strained margins remains concerns.
Shares of Abercrombie have surged 69.6% in the past three months, outperforming the industry 's gain of 16.6%. Let's analyze the pros and cons of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company.
Robust Surprise Trend & Solid Holiday Show: Lifts View
Abercrombie's robust surprise trend reflects an earnings beat in the last two quarters with sales beating estimates thrice in a row. This sturdy trend can be attributed to the company's several strategic initiatives to spur its business forward.
Additionally, the company witnessed splendid performance across all its channels and brands during this holiday season. In fact, the results were driven by continued strength in Hollister brand and marked improvement in its namesake brand. Consequently, the company anticipates its namesake brand to deliver positive comps for the fourth quarter.
Following the spectacular results in the holiday season, the company raised its fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 guidance as well. It expects fourth-quarter comps to increase high-single digits versus low-single digits increase projected earlier. Sales growth is anticipated in the low-teens range against the previously forecasted mid- to high-single digits range.
Hollister Brand Expansion Aids Growth
Abercrombie is expanding its Hollister stores across new markets aggressively to counter the dismal performance at its namesake brand. Comparable store sales (comps) for the Hollister brand were up 8% in third-quarter fiscal 2017 as it continued to capitalize on momentum, delivering positive comps in both the United States and international markets. Additionally, the brand is gaining from the positive customer response to product innovations, emerging categories and overall customer experience.
Potential Strategic Initiatives
Abercrombie has been gaining from focus on revival of its brands, enhancing performance and returning to profitable growth. In this regard, it has taken several initiatives like improvement in its leadership team and organizational structure and optimizing store fleet by introducing stores in high-performing markets while closing the underperforming ones; remodeling stores and improving assortments to meet changing trends and demands; developing Omni-channel capabilities and focusing on key merchandise and design processes. Also, in an attempt to enhance margins, the company keeps its discounts low along with a check on promotional activities.
Final Thoughts
While all is well with Abercrombie, dismal performance at its namesake brand continues to impede results. Though the brand showed a marked improvement in the recent holiday period, a full turnaround is still away. Additionally, the company's margins continue to be under pressure due to ongoing strategic initiatives to improve profitability.
Nevertheless, Abercrombie's robust strategic initiatives along with continued strength at its Hollister brand will aid growth in the near term.
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Qatar says U.S. needs Palestinians on board for Middle East peace plan
LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar said on Sunday that there was a disconnect between the Palestinians and the United States over a U.S. blueprint aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, warning that a solution could not be imposed on Palestinians. The U.S. blueprint, driven by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser, is seen by Palestinians, and by some Arab officials and politicians, as a plan to finish off the Palestinian cause. “As far as we see, right now there is a disconnect between the Palestinians and the U.S.,” Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said told reporters in London. “Our position remains very firm: We are going to support any plan that the Palestinians are willing to accept.” Kushner, who has been trying to put together a peace plan, said in an interview broadcast last week that the Palestinians deserve “self-determination”, but stopped short of backing Palestinian statehood and expressed uncertainty over their ability to govern themselves. While its precise outlines have yet to be revealed, Palestinian and Arab sources who have been briefed on the draft plan say Kushner has jettisoned the two-state solution - the long-standing U.S. and international formula that envisages an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza. “It cannot be a solution like, sort of, imposed on the Palestinians – no country in the Arab world can accept that,” Sheikh Mohammed said. “If the plan is rejected by one of the parties it means the plan is either unfair or just not realistic,” he said. “The best scenario is either that both parties accept it or that both parties reject it.” Sheikh Mohammed said there would not be a pledging conference. He praised the economic part of the Kushner plan as being “wonderful” but said it needed a sound political foundation. Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, Editing by Kevin Liffey and William James | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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David Ott, Grand Rapids Symphony, Catherine Comet – David Ott Symphony No.2 & 3
In memory of Robert Madura, who died of leukemia at 33 years old on July 14, 1989, the Grand Rapids Symphony commissioned Symphony No.2. The Symphony premiered on January 28, 1991, under Catherine Comet's direction.
Credits
* Art Direction – Todd Graveline
* Composed By – David Ott
* Conductor – Catherine Comet
* Cover [Photograph] – Jim Moy
* Edited By – Konrad Stauss
* Engineer – Larry Rock
* Executive Producer – Michael J. Koss
* Liner Notes – David Ott, Michael J. Koss, Roger Ruggeri
* Orchestra – Grand Rapids Symphony
* Photography – Charles J. Lewis, Pictorial Inc.*, Ralph Livingston
* Producer – Vic Muenzer | WIKI |
Ethnic groups in Thailand
Thailand is a country of some 70 ethnic groups, including at least 24 groups of ethnolinguistically Tai peoples, mainly the Central, Southern, Northeastern, and Northern Thais; 22 groups of Austroasiatic peoples, with substantial populations of Northern Khmer and Kuy; 11 groups speaking Sino-Tibetan languages ('hill tribes'), with the largest in population being the Karen; 3 groups of Austronesian peoples, i.e., the Malay, the majority ethnic group in the southernmost three provinces, together with the Moken and Urak Lawoi ('sea gypsies'); and both groups of Hmong-Mien. Other ethnic groups include longstanding immigrant communities such as the Chinese, Indians and Thai Portuguese.
Background
Thailand was mainly inhabited by indigenous Austro-Asiatic (Mon-Khmer, Khmu, and Lawa) peoples in the central plains and Northeast, and in the South by Malayo-Sumbawan (Malay) peoples, until the Tai arrived. Following the arrival of the Tai, Hmong and Mien arrived in the West and North from China (Guizhou), either via Laos or Vietnam and then Lao, or in the case of the Loloish Tibeto-Burman peoples (Akha, Lahu), over several centuries up until approximately the twentieth century. The Karen, another Tibeto-Burman people, arrived at and began populating the border between Burma and Siam in the 13th century. Thailand also became home to large numbers of Thai Chinese during the main period of Chinese emigration.
The arrival of the Tai
From approximately the 7th until the 13th centuries, the Tai, who may have originated in what is now Guangxi in China and bordering areas of Northwest Vietnam, gradually populated the Mekong, Chao Praya, and Salween river valleys, fuelled by a sophisticated rice production system. Strong Tai societies emerged on the Shan plateau in upper Myanmar, along the Mekong in the north in Xishuangbanna, in the Yuan empire of Lan Na, and in the Middle Mekong in the Lao empire of Lan Xang. These societies subsequently developed into polities, for example Chiang Mai, the capital of Lan Na, and Sukhothai. The most powerful to emerge was Ayutthaya, which superseded Sukhothai in the 16th century. From the 16th to the 18th centuries the Burmese expanded east, occupying Lan Na and parts of the Xishuangbanna and eventually destroying Ayutthaya. Nonetheless, Thonburi, the Tai successor state to Ayutthaya, established suzerainty over the Lanna, Luang Prabang, and Malay states and thereby defeated the Burmese, ensuring the primacy of the Tai ethnic groups in the region.
The nation-building era
Under the Bangkok-based Chakri dynasty, Siam formally incorporated and integrated large numbers of ethnically Laotian people, themselves formed of various subgroups. Siam brought the remaining Lan Xang city-states of Vientiane (destroyed in 1827) and Champasak under direct control in the 19th century. What remained of Lan Na became a vassal until 1896, when it was formally annexed, incorporating large numbers of Kham muang speakers, together with the various ethnic groups sometimes called 'hill tribes', such as the Karen.
In the Malay Peninsula, Siam extended formal rule over large numbers of Malay people. In 1816, Siam divided the Muslim tributary Sultanate of Patani into seven provinces as part of a policy of 'divide and rule'. Via administrative modernisation, in 1901 Siam incorporated all seven provinces into ‘Monthon Patani’, under the new Ministry of Interior. When Kedah was ceded to the English under the Anglo–Siamese Treaty of 1909, in exchange for what became Satun Province, Thailand thereby cemented its official rule over hundreds of thousands of Malay people.
Siamese suzerainty over present-day Laos, together with some Cambodian provinces, was permanently ceded to the French during the formation of French Indochina. In the early Chakri dynasty period, Siamese armies had invaded areas of Laos and returned with large numbers of prisoners of war, especially Phuan and Tai Dam peoples, who were subsequently resettled in the central plains. During the nation-building era, Siam's ethnic map became more varied, as the majority of the peoples of the Khorat plateau, once part of Lan Xang empire, were formally integrated into Siam, incorporating more Lao, Khorat, and Phu Thai, but also smaller ethnic groups such as the Yoy and So, together with the Khmu, Kuy, and Nyahkur along the Khmer border.
As part of Chinese emigration, Thailand received Chinese immigrants over several hundred years, and especially during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, until the 1930s, meaning many Thai urban centres now have ethnically Chinese populations (mainly Teochew speakers).
Development of Thai ethnocentrism
The 1904 Siamese census deliberately omitted the Lao ethnic identity so as to discourage further French colonial predations, resulting in the Thai officially becoming 85% of the population by ethnicity, rising to 89% in 1912. In the 1900s, membership of the Thai 'race' came to form the basis of citizenship of the modern Thai nation-state. In the 1930s, Thai nationalist Luang Wichitwathakan developed ethnocentric policy which came to equate the Tai linguistic family with a greater pan-Thai race-based ‘nation.’ The first of the 12 Cultural Mandates, of June 24, 1939, renamed Siam ‘Thailand’, or as it was during the Second World War, the ‘Great Thai Empire’, an assertion of Thai imperial identity over subject peoples. Then, in 1943, the influential National Culture Commission, which has survived in various incarnations until the present day (as the Thai Ministry of Culture) was established in order to define and disseminate official Thai national culture.
Post-war era
Thailand received an influx of tens of thousands of Vietnamese after the end of the French Indochina war. During the Cold War, further nation-building resulted in a polity where 'Thai' and 'Tai' continued to be deliberately conflated and, in the official discourse, nearly everyone was ethnically Thai and so spoke Thai or Thai ‘dialects’, as the regional languages and most smaller Tai languages were described. From the 1960s, census data described up to 99% of the population as ethnically Thai. Nonetheless, academic research of the Cold War period suggests that of these, only 33% spoke Central Thai, with over 50% speaking Lao dialects (Isan), an indication of the number of ethnic Lao or users of Lao as a second language or lingua franca for the Northeast. Thai censuses still do not disaggregate by either the largest or smallest ethnic groups and so reflect Thai national identity rather than the scientific consensus. Thailand saw an influx of a large number of Northern Khmer during the rule of the Khmer Rouge, some of whom permanently settled with indigenous Khmer.
Official and academic position
According to the Royal Thai Government's 2011 Country Report to the UN committee responsible for the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, available from the Department of Rights and Liberties Promotion of the Thai Ministry of Justice, 62 ethnolinguistic communities are officially recognised in Thailand. However, of these, only 56 were listed in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security's 2015 Master Plan for the Development of Ethnic Groups in Thailand 2015-2017, with the larger, ethnoregional ethnic communities, including the Central Thai, being omitted; it, therefore, covers only 9.7% of the population. Twenty million Central Thai (together with approximately 650,000 Khorat Thai) made up approximately 20,650,000 (34.1 percent) of the nation's population of 60,544,937 at the time of completion of the Mahidol University Ethnolinguistic Maps of Thailand data (1997), which provides population numbers for most ethnolinguistic minorities.
The 2011 Thailand Country Report provides population numbers for mountain peoples ("hill tribes") and ethnic communities in the northeast and is explicit about its reliance on the Mahidol University Ethnolinguistic Maps of Thailand data. Thus, though over 3.288 million people in the northeast alone could not be categorised, the population and percentages of other ethnic communities c. 1997 are known and constitute minimum populations. In descending order, the largest (equal to or greater than 400,000) are:
* 15,080,000 Lao (24.9 percent) consisting of the Thai Lao (14 million) and other smaller Lao-related groups, namely the Thai Loei (400-500,000), Lao Lom (350,000), Lao Wiang/Klang (200,000), Lao Khrang (90,000), Lao Ngaew (30,000), and Lao Ti (10,000)
* six million Khon Muang (9.9 percent, also called Northern Thais)
* 4.5 million Pak Tai (7.5 percent, also called Southern Thais)
* 1.4 million Khmer Leu (2.3 percent, also called Northern Khmer)
* 900,000 Malay (1.5 percent)
* 500,000 Nyaw (0.8 percent)
* 470,000 Phu Thai (0.8 percent)
* 400,000 Kuy/Kuay (also Suay) (0.7 percent)
* 350,000 Karen (0.6 percent).
Khmer and Mon-Khmer make up approximately 6 percent, the Malays of southern Thailand make up around 3 percent. Among the groups categorized as hill tribes in the northern provinces, Hmong (Mien), Karen, and other small hill tribes make up over 1 percent.
In official Thai documents, the term "hill tribe" (chao khao) began to appear in the 1960s. This term highlights a "hill and valley" dichotomy that is based on an ancient social relationship existing in most of northern and western Thailand, as well as in Sipsongpanna and northern Vietnam. For the most part the Dai/Tai/Thai occupied the more fertile intermontane basins and valleys, while the less powerful groups lived at the less rich higher elevations. This dichotomy was often accompanied by a master/serf relationship. Vestiges of this dichotomy remain today: for example, 30 percent of ethnic minority children in Thailand cannot read by second grade. The corresponding figure for Bangkok is one percent.
List (by population size)
* Tais – c. 53–56.5 million
* Central Thai (Siamese) – c. 25 million
* Isan (Thai-Lao; Thai Isan; Isan Lao) – c. 18.5–20 million
* Yuan (Thai Yuan; Lanna) – c. 6–7 million
* Southern Thai (Thai Pak Tai, Southern Siamese) – c. 5.5 million
* Chinese (primarily Teochew ) – c. 6–9 million
* assimilated Sino-Thai (Luk Chin) – > 4.5 million
* non-assimilated Chinese – c. 1.4 million
* Malays – 2–4 million
* Khmer – > 1.2 million
* Karen – c. 1 million
* Phu Thai – 470,000
* Thai Indians (multiple ancestries) – 450,000
* Mon – 414,500
* Kuy – 400,000
* Pakistanis – 250,000
* Hmong – 250,000
* Lao – 222,000
* Phuan – 200,000
* Lahu – 100,000
* Shan (Thai Yai)– 95,000
* Lue (Thai Lü) – 83,000
* Iranians – 70,000
* Sô – 70,000
* Nyaw – 50,000
* Tai Ya – 50,000
* Lua – 48,000
* Lisu – 40,000
* Yao – 40,000
* Bru – 25,000
* Akha – c. 20,000
* Phai – 20,000
* Vietnamese – 17,662
* Lawa – 17,000
* Saek – 11,000
* Khmu – 10,000
* Khun (Thai Khun) – 6,280
* Palaung (De'ang) – 5,000
* Cham – 4,000
* Urak Lawoi – 3,000
* Moken – c. 2,000
* Nyahkur (Nyah Kur, Chao-bon) – 1,500
* Tai Dam (Black Tai) – 700
* Chong – less than 500
* Pear – less than 500
* Sa'och – less than 500
* Mlabri – less than 400
* Mani (Negrito) – 300
* Lolo (Yi) – unknown
List by language group
The following table comprises all the ethnolinguistic identities recognised by the Royal Thai Government in the 2011 Country Report to the UN Committee responsible for the International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, available from the Department of Rights and Liberties Promotion of the Thai Ministry of Justice
Five ethnolinguistic families of Thailand recognized by the Royal Thai Government
The following table shows all the ethnic groups of Northeast Thailand, as recognised in the same report.
Ethnic groups of Northeast Thailand by language family
Note that population numbers are for the northeast region only. Languages may have additional speakers outside the northeast. | WIKI |
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Charles Dickens] for extra coffins is in many a dread of the dreadful co-tenants of the grave, and those who have shrunk from rats and worms during their lifetime, cannot endure that such intruders should visit their remains unchecked. When such precautions are assured they die easier. Thus it was that the late Sir Philip Crampton—Sir Walter Scott's Crampton—who died only a few years ago, left directions that his coffin should be filled up with plaster of Paris "to keep away the rats," which was accordingly done. We may imagine this dismal and grotesque operation in presence of the relatives, the plasterers pouring in their liquid material, the gradual covering in of the poor relics, the last glimpses, and the final "setting" in one hard mass. It was of this physician, when a public testimonial was being planned, to be set up in a public burying-ground to his memory, that a truly witty remark was made by a brother of the profession, who, arguing the needlessness of such a commemoration, applied a famous inscription. "For," he said, "si monumentum quæris circumspice."
The remaining curious specimens on our list, of wills and will-making, must be reserved for another chapter next week.
", Miss Mackworth!"
"Miss Mackworth, do look what we've got."
With a shout, a rush, and a bang, four children, loaded with packages, stormed into the school-room of a certain house in Onslow-square, London, eager to exhibit their holiday purchases to their young governess.
Miss Mackworth was seated on the floor in the cheerful fire-light, and close beside her crouched three little mortals, four-year-old twin girls, and a fat toddling baby boy, all watching with wide-open eyes and suspended breath, while her steady fingers built up, brick on brick, a splendid tower nearly as high as the mantel-piece.
"O Miss Mackworth!" cried Archie, a rough-headed boy of eight, "it has been so jolly. First we went to Bond Street, and then to the German Fair, and then to the Bazaar—and only look here!"
"Miss Mackworth, please look at our dolls," petitioned twin girls of six.
"Oh! stuff about your stupid dolls! What does Miss Mackworth care for such girls' trash. Miss Mackworth, here's a cross bow! Won't I make the deer at Granny's look out sharp!"
"Now Archie, Archie," interposed Carrie, a demure damsel of ten, rather oppressed by the weight of her eldership, "do put the things down properly, and then Miss Mackworth can see them. Dear! are the nursery children here?" as baby made a sudden onslaught on the tower of bricks, and tumbled it down with a great crash.
"Yes," said Mary Mackworth. "Nurse and Harriet are busy packing, and the poor little things seemed so dreadfully in the way that I asked leave to have them down here. They have been very good."
"I'm glad they have been good," said Carrie, patronisingly: "now Archie, don't you go cutting that string. You'll be teazing us all for string to-morrow, you know you will."
"Bother to-morrow! I shall be at Littlemore, and Granny 'll give me heaps of string. I say! Miss Mackworth"
Then arose the tumult afresh, and Miss Mackworth, forbearing to hush where hushing was vain, gave full and free attention to every article exhibited; admired and criticised, praised the serviceable presents chosen by Carrie for the almshouse women and servants at Littlemore, and finally promised to cut out and place some garments for endless dolls bought for grandmama's school-tree. The hubbub did not subside until the arrival of the nursemaid in quest of the little ones reminded the school-room party that they must make haste to prepare for tea.
In three hours' time the little flock were all in bed, and Miss Mackworth sate, in sole possession of the school-room, busily engaged in arranging the promised dolls' clothes.
Presently, Mrs. Halroyd came in: a pretty, faded woman, still quite young, but with the matronly figure and somewhat worn countenance which generally distinguish the mother of a "large small family."
"How good-natured of you, Miss Mackworth," she said, glancing at the governess's work: "you spoil those little people!" And then, as she laid an envelope on the table, she said nervously, colouring and hesitating, "I think, you will find that quite right: and I will let you know the day of our return—probably not before the 20th of January—my mother-in-law wishes for a long visit this year."
"Thank you very much."
"You don't go to your uncle's this time, I think?"
"Oh, no!" and the bright dark colouring deepened, and the brown eyes danced, but half tearfully: "I am going home! to Farley-in-the-Fields."
"Ah! yes," said Mrs. Halroyd, her | WIKI |
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How to Implement Push Notifications in your Android App
Kirill Tolmachev
1 Jun 2022
adding push notifications to your Android App
In the article, How to get your Android App ready to add Push Notifications, we showed you how to set up the necessary data and files in your application and admin panel to get your App ready to add this feature. Now that you’ve completed these steps, you’re ready to create a class for received push notifications.
Tutorial
First of all, you should add a class that extends QBFcmPushListenerService. In the example below, it is called PushListenerService.
Push Listener Service
In a callback sendPushMessage you can add custom logic for handling the received message.
For example, you can add a class to show notifications with information with static methods.
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Notification;
import android.app.NotificationChannel;
import android.app.NotificationManager;
import android.app.PendingIntent;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.media.RingtoneManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import androidx.annotation.DrawableRes;
import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat;
public class NotificationUtils {
private static final String CHANNEL_ONE_ID = "com.quickblox.samples.ONE";// The id of the channel.
private static final String CHANNEL_ONE_NAME = "Channel One";
public static void showNotification(Context context, Class<? extends Activity> activityClass,
String title, String message, @DrawableRes int icon,
int notificationId) {
NotificationManager notificationManager =
(NotificationManager) context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
createChannelIfNotExist(notificationManager);
}
Notification notification = buildNotification(context, activityClass, title, message, icon);
notificationManager.notify(notificationId, notification);
}
@RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
private static void createChannelIfNotExist(NotificationManager notificationManager) {
if (notificationManager.getNotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ONE_ID) == null) {
int importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_HIGH;
NotificationChannel notificationChannel = new NotificationChannel(CHANNEL_ONE_ID,
CHANNEL_ONE_NAME, importance);
notificationChannel.enableLights(true);
notificationChannel.setLightColor(Color.BLUE);
notificationChannel.setShowBadge(true);
notificationChannel.setLockscreenVisibility(Notification.VISIBILITY_PUBLIC);
notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(notificationChannel);
}
}
private static Notification buildNotification(Context context, Class<? extends Activity> activityClass,
String title, String message, @DrawableRes int icon) {
Uri defaultSoundUri = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
return new NotificationCompat.Builder(context, CHANNEL_ONE_ID)
.setSmallIcon(icon)
.setContentTitle(title)
.setContentText(message)
.setAutoCancel(true)
.setSound(defaultSoundUri)
.setContentIntent(buildContentIntent(context, activityClass, message))
.build();
}
private static PendingIntent buildContentIntent(Context context, Class<? extends Activity> activityClass, String message) {
Intent intent = new Intent(context, activityClass);
intent.putExtra(FcmConsts.EXTRA_FCM_MESSAGE, message);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
return PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
}
}
And call static method showNotification to show notifications like in the code below.
Show notifications
Of course, instead of App.getInstance you should pass a Context and instead of SplashActivity.class you should pass any Activity class from your application.
notification_title is your text from String resource which you can show in a notification message in a title space. You should use a drawable icon to show a picture in a notification message.
Next, you should add the following changes in the AndroidManifest.xml file.
Register PushListenerService and register QBFcmPushInstanceIDService.
Manifest service
You’re done !
Now that you’ve implemented these steps, your App is ready to receive and display push notifications. Got more questions? Contact support.
Want to learn more about building Android Apps? Check out our other tutorials:
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UPS Stock Is Soaring and There's More Room to Run
By now, most investors will know that UPS (NYSE: UPS) reported a bumper set of fourth-quarter earnings, and the stock soared higher in response. In a nutshell, the company is on track to meet its 2023 targets a year early. However, the party isn't over by a long shot. The trend in its numbers and operational trends suggest there could be plenty more upside to the stock to come. Here's why.
UPS is ahead of its targets
It's a good idea to start by recapping the 2023 targets laid out on the investor day in June 2020. The key points are in the table below.
Image source: Getty Images.
First, not only is UPS set to hit its 2023 targets a year early, it's driving toward the high end of them and above. The 2022 revenue and overall adjusted operating margin guidance are at the high end of the 2023 targets. Meanwhile, the all-important U.S. domestic operating margin guidance for 2022 is above the midrange of the 2023 target.
Finally, the 2021-2023 free cash flow (FCF) target of $24 billion to $27 billion looks well within reach, given the $10.9 billion generated in 2021 and the $9 billion guidance for 2022. If UPS hits FCF guidance in 2022, it will need just $7.1 billion in 2023 to hit the high end of its 2021-2023 target. That looks achievable.
UPS METRIC
2021
2022 GUIDANCE
2023 TARGET
Revenue
$97.3 billion
$102 billion
$98 billion to $102 billion
Adjusted operating profit
$13.1 billion
Implied guidance of $14 billion
$12.4 billion to $14 billion
Adjusted operating profit margin
13.5%
13.7%
12.7%-13.7%
U.S. domestic adjusted operating margin
11.1%
11.6%
10.5%-12%
Free cash flow 2021-2023
$10.9 billion in 2021
$9 billion in 2022
$24 billion to $27 billion
Data source: UPS presentations.
The meaning behind the numbers
There are two key reasons investors should feel good about the earnings and guidance. They relate to the debating points around UPS and FedEx in recent years. The first concern is that burgeoning e-commerce growth leads to significant margin pressure due to costly business-to-consumer deliveries that are often bulky, inefficiently packaged, and involve multiple hard-to-reach delivery points.
The second concern is that both companies will find themselves locked in a never-ending cycle of capital spending to build out networks to service surging e-commerce volume. Again, that's something that could pressure FCF generation.
Fortunately, UPS is winning both debates. As you can see above, U.S. domestic package margins are expanding nicely, and CEO Carol Tomé's "better, not bigger" framework is working. In a nutshell, UPS focuses on building revenue quality rather than chasing e-commerce volumes.
Turning to FCF, not only is UPS ahead of the 2021-2023 guidance, but CFO Brian Newman outlined on the earnings call that capital expenditures in 2022 would be $5.5 billion. It's a figure equivalent to 5.4% of revenue. That's fine on a historical basis. Given that 60% of the expenditure is for growth projects and UPS forecasts a return on invested capital of above 30% in 2022, it makes perfect sense.
All told, UPS investors shouldn't worry too much about margin expansion and FCF generation.
Data by YCharts
Operational improvements
In addition to the headline numbers, UPS is demonstrating substantial progress on its transformational initiatives. Two key elements of the plan involve growing its small and medium-sized business revenue using its digital access program (DAP) and its healthcare revenue.
Both initiatives received a boost due to the pandemic. Small businesses rushed to build out online sales, and medical bodies distributed vaccines and healthcare equipment. For example, where Tomé was previously looking for $1 billion in revenue through DAP in 2020, she now expects $2 billion in 2022. In fact, DAP is so successful that UPS is now taking the program outside the U.S.
Image source: Getty Images.
Meanwhile, healthcare-related revenue now stands at $8 billion, and the company is on track with its target of $10 billion in revenue in 2023.
A stock to buy
UPS still looks like a good value based on its FCF generation in 2022. Around $9 billion in FCF would put UPS at an FCF price multiple of 22 times the estimated FCF in 2022. That may seem a little high, but recall that UPS is in expansion mode, and its $5.5 billion in capital spending in 2022 will far exceed its depreciation of around $3 billion. Meanwhile, UPS looks set for revenue and margin expansion in 2023 as its underlying trends remain strong. There's more to come from the company that investors will likely enjoy.
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Canada financial crisis and the natural disasters,
Canada was one of the many countries that were affected by the Great Depression happened during the 1930’s. The financial crisis along with the natural disaster created hard times for farmers and society in Canada. The depression left millions of Canadians suffering from unemployment, starvation and homelessness. Suicide rates also increased dramatically due to unemployment and separation of family members, racism targeting the minorities were built as well. The Great Depression challenged Canadians to a large extent, brought economic impact on the society, as well as social and psychological impact on the Canadian families.Economic impact on the societyRegardless of the financial crisis and the natural disasters, they both brought a hard time for Western farmers and the society in all. Some provinces like Saskatchewan and Alberta, had experienced severe droughts. Due to lack of water, the crops could not grow well. This caused low percentage of the sales of the major products such as wheat. Grasshoppers and wheat rust destroyed the wheat fields, all of these created disasters to the Western areas.Although the west experienced the most difficult part of the depression, other parts of Canada also suffered heavy losses. In British Columbia, the fish and fruit markets were fairly low. With the depletion of global resource demands, the workers in the BC area had experienced the full impact of the economic downturn. Additionally, as unemployment rate rose, fewer people had the extra money to buy other goods including cars. Therefore, the production in those sectors fell as well.Social impact on the familiesDuring the Depression, most Canadians were poor and unemployed. A small portion of wealthy minority did make the same amount of money as before during the depression, but the majority were affected severely. After the stock market crashed, people had to borrow money to pay for their debts. In fact, only 300,000 of 11,000,000 Canadians were able to earn enough money and pay their income taxes, and over 25% of Canada’s labour force was unemployed. Many people did not have the ability to feed their families. As jobs disappeared, people hoped for a chance to make money, especially farmers. They decided to hop on trains searching city by city in order to find decent jobs due to unemployment, despite the fact that “riding the rails” was really dangerous and illegal. The living condition for Canadians was also bad. For many people, the first thing they need to do every morning was waiting in lines in front of the “soup kitchen” for a free breakfast. Their breakfast could be just simple as bread and butter. Sometimes people even ate animals on the streets. Numerous people suffered from illnesses and deaths due to malnutrition. In 1932, the federal government and Prime Minister R.B Bennett responded to the depression by setting up relief camps. Homeless people see the relief camps as warm shelters. But in reality, the condition in these camps were not such as desired. Firstly, people were unhappy about the fact that the camps were overcrowded. Statistics shows that all in total, 170,248 men had stayed in these camps. Secondly, the government was offering people to do meaningless jobs, such as cleaning bush, planting trees, and building roads. As their salaries, these people get room, board, medical care and 20 cents per day. Thirdly, it is because of the military way of control over the camp. Considering all of the reasons above, workers decided to go on strikes. This is known as the On-to-Ottawa Trek. One year later, after this massive protest and riot that killed one person, the federal government shutted down those unpopular relief camps. Now, countless people lost their jobs again and had to go back to their wasted lives.Psychological impact on the familiesThis was the time when suicide rates in Canada raised tremendously. As a sociologist Émile Durkheim wrote in his book, “It is a well-known fact that economic crises have an aggravating effect on the suicidal tendency.” People had given up hope for a brighter future. Men especially, could not control their stress level and sadness from unemployment and separation with their loved ones. Many male bankers, financiers and investors jumped off their office windows and fell to their deaths in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash. Statistic shows that the suicide rates of male increased significantly during the initial years of the depression.Discrimination began to build towards minority groups in Canada. There were a large amount of tension between Anglo-Canadians and the minorities, such as Chinese immigrants. The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, known as The Chinese Exclusion Act, literally banned the entry of all Chinese except for students, diplomats, merchants (excluding laundry, restaurant and retail operators), and Canadian-born Chinese returning from education in China. Although the immigration to Canada from other countries were controlled for years, only the Chinese people were rejected completely. The few groups of Chinese people left in Canada were still blamed as they were the major causes of this financial crisis. The government banned Chinese people from the rights to vote and other properties that they used to have. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Paul Widmer
Paul Francis Widmer Jr. (August 21, 1937 – October 9, 2017) was an American football coach. He served at the head football coach at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona from 1970 to 1980, compiling a record of 86–19–3, and leading his team to two NJCAA National Football Championships, in 1973 and 1975.
Widmer played college football at Arizona State University from 1955 to 1958 under head coach Dan Devine and Frank Kush. He began his coaching career in 1959 as an assistant at Camelback High School in Phoenix, Arizona. The following yearl he moved to Tempe High School in Tempe, Arizona, where he was an assistant coach for four years before being promoted to head football coach. Widmer joined the coaching staff of the newly-opened Mesa Community College as an assisant in 1967 under head coach Mutt Ford. He succeeded Ford as head coach in 1970. Widmer resigned from his post at Mesa after the 1980 season and was succeeded by assistant coach, Allen Benedict.
Widmer died on October 9, 2017, in Mesa. | WIKI |
shorted dental LED headlamp
sheervision is a widely used supplier of surgical and dental loupes and head lights. recently one of the v-ray LED head lamps crossed my desk with a short. another tech had attempted the repair and wasn’t getting the results that he needed. so they gave me a call.
one of the things that had been changed was the connector that mounts to the lithium ion battery pack. the battery pack for this one was labeled as model 20w740 which is used for all the lights they offer (the v-ray, firefly, infinity and ultra mini).
this lamp is retailed around $745-$850 and was worth what it would take to look into getting it properly fixed rather than invest into a new one. this LED turned out to be very bright and according to the manufacturer, it has an intensity of 9000+ foot candles or 97,200 lux. link to the manual.
what is saw when i first got this seemed alarming if you are not aware of a few things. let me show you.
other tech's first attempt the first thought that comes to mind is the wires are not insulated and they are touching!! no wonder there would be a short! but these wires are a special kind of wire and the insulation is very very durable, heat resistant, very thin and looks like they are bare wires. but the entire length of the cable has the wires running side by side and that is the way that this was manufactured. but if a hot iron was on one of the wires too long, it can melt through the coating and create a spot that can create a short, so lets just start over and clean it up. so we cut away what was done and ended up with this.
cleaned up solder points
much cleaner and separate and since i had completed the work myself with a very fine point iron, i knew that we were now good on this area. i tested and added some shrink wrap to help resist any future possible short from happening from repeated flexing. i like to use the existing spring that came with the new connector and do several layers of different diameter shrink wrap. i also filled in the solder area with a very durable coating to provide some extra insulation before applying the wrap.
shrink wrapped
but when we plugged it in, we still did not have any light.
that left us looking at other points along the path of the electricity. the cable seemed to be intact and the wire used was a very durable, high quality wire. so i felt the next step was to unseal the lamp area and take a closer look at that end.
the seal was kind of scary to break, but there was no other way and we did not have anything to lose at that point, so i pressed on. inside was a black temperature resistant sealant. after removing the sealant, i looked closely under the microscope and found a place that had some areas of separation. i grabbed the iron and solder and reconnected that point and hooked it up to my power supply to give it another try. and what do you know?! light! bright light!
sheervision v-ray side
success!
before i reassembled the LED into the case, i cleaned the optics both inside and out and reapplied the temperature resistance coating to mimic the original sealant. and we are done!
sheervision v-ray top view
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MUSHclient aliasing?
Started by Lutagar, April 24, 2013, 05:07:39 PM
Been trying to figure this out for a while - but a bad case of the dumb is preventing me from doing so. I was wondering if it's possible to use Mushclient's aliasing feature in such a way I would just need to type "<alias> <target>" instead of typing the whole thing out - like how the IG alias system works. I've figured out how to alias, but typing anything after that alias makes it moot.
April 24, 2013, 05:54:22 PM #1 Last Edit: April 24, 2013, 05:57:40 PM by Lizzie
Quote from: Lutagar on April 24, 2013, 05:07:39 PM
Been trying to figure this out for a while - but a bad case of the dumb is preventing me from doing so. I was wondering if it's possible to use Mushclient's aliasing feature in such a way I would just need to type "<alias> <target>" instead of typing the whole thing out - like how the IG alias system works. I've figured out how to alias, but typing anything after that alias makes it moot.
In "send" make sure there's an asterisk after the alias itself. The asterisk will seek out a %1 within the alias content to correspond with it. That %1 is the target. If you want to have multiple targets, or multiple variables, you use an asterisk for each one, and %1, %2, %3, etc to provide an arguement. Once you have variables, you -must- use them. They can't toggle off and you'll get an error if you try to send a variable alias without the variable.
Targetted aliases for MUSHclient: Hypothetical command: bowem <target> with a built-in emote. Why: You're working for DipsyDoo Fale, and she insists that you always bow in a very specific way to her in public. She also insists that you bow the same way for her cousin DandyDiddle, and her arch-nemesis, Jebameaty Tor.
On the top line where it says "Alias:" and there's a buffer to type in:
type:
bowem *
In the "send" box, type:
emote placing ^me left hand on ^me waist, @ tilts forward and thrusts her right hand out, pointed at %1. Once tilted, !me lets out a soft grunt, and stands back up again.
Make sure that on the right side of this alias window, "enabled" and "expanded variables" are checked.
Make sure to SAVE WORLD when you're done.
Talia said: Notice to all: Do not mess with Lizzie's GDB. She will cut you.
Delirium said: Notice to all: do not mess with Lizzie's soap. She will cut you.
Took some experimenting to get it right, but at long last I kind of understand it. You guys are the best. <3.
Trying to save the world message tells me access to <filename> was denied. Anyone know how I can put this right?
Make sure when you open MUSHclient you open it as an administrator. This way it will have access to write to all the program files directories.
Nothing to see here
Even then, there can still be issues if you're saving it in the wrong spot in windows7.
Verify the path is, in fact, where you want the file to go, or try a different spot.
Like a lithium flower, about to bloom. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Siegel et al., Appellants, v. Mt. Sinai Hospital of Cleveland et al., Appellees.
(No. 36938
Decided November 9, 1978.)
Mr. Jerry E. Dempsey and Mr. Carl G. McMahon, for appellants.
Mr. Michael R. Gallagher and Mr. AlanM. Petrov, for ap-pellees Arnold S. Gale, M.D., and Cleveland Anesthesia Group, Inc.
Mr. Mario C. Ciano, for appellee Alvyn W. Tramer, M.D.
Pryatel, J.
This case concerns a claim for medical malpractice. The suit was filed by Marilyn Siegel, the widow of Shael Siegel and the executrix of his estate, claiming damages for the wrongful death of her husband as well as for his pain and suffering.
The case proceeded against the following defendants: Mt. Sinai Hospital, Dr. Alvyn W. Tramer, Dr. Arnold S. Gale, Dr. Sidney Katz and Cleveland Anesthesia Group, Inc. The trial of the suit commenced on May 24, 1976. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, motions for directed verdicts were granted to defendants, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Dr. Alvyn W. Tramer, and Dr. Sidney Katz. The case continued as to Dr. Gale and Cleveland Anesthesia Group, Inc. The jury returned a verdict in their favor on June 3,1976, and a judgment was entered on June 7, 1976. The plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial which was overruled in August 1976. A timely appeal from the ruling brings the case before us.
Shael Siegel, a 45 year old veteran, who had a history of asthma, was active in sports and had no heart problems.
On Sunday morning, November 19, 1972, he was playing tennis when he felt pain in his right ankle, after which he could not support his weight on his right foot. His tennis partner immediately drove Siegel to the emergency room of Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was examined by Dr. Alvyn W. Tramer, an orthopedic physician and surgeon. He diagnosed a ruptured Achilles tendon of the right ankle and recommended surgical repair of the tendon. Since it was not an emergency and it was a Sunday, and Siegel wanted to take his son, Scott, to the Brown’s football game, Siegel was fitted with a short walking cast with the understanding that he would return the following day for surgical repair. After he informed Dr. Tramer of his (Siegel’s) asthmatic condition, which was noted in the hospital record, Dr. Tramer authorized him to take his nebulizer with him when he reported to the hospital.
Siegel returned to the hospital on November 20, with surgery scheduled for the morning of November 21. On the evening of November 20, Dr. Tramer visited Mr. Siegel in his hospital room. Dr. Tramer testified that he had no notion of any danger in the contemplated surgical procedures. He did not mention any surgical risk because of the patient’s asthma, nor did he advise regarding any complication anticipated from the administration of anesthetics to an asthmatic.
Defendant Gale, an employee and officer of the defendant Cleveland Anesthesia Group, Inc., was the anesthesiologist for Siegel’s surgical procedure, and was aware of Siegel’s asthmatic condition.
Asthma is a disease of the lungs which causes the windpipe and muscles around the bronchial tubes leading to the lungs to constrict during an asthmatic attack. When the smooth type muscles encircling the bronchial tubes constrict, they close down the tubes so that less and less air passes through them. This constriction of the bronchial tubes is known as bronchial spasm or bronchospasm. During a severe bronchial spasm there is a complete closing of the bronchial tubes, blocking any air from reaching the lungs. A bronchial spasm is part and parcel of an asthmatic attack.
On the morning of November 21, Dr. Gale had a brief discussion with Mr. Siegel before the administration of the anesthetics, but did not mention the risk of the drugs. The preoperative drugs administered that morning for anesthetic purposes were seconal, a barbiturate used for sedation, scopolamine, used to dry up the secretions of the mouth and to protect the circulation against a slow pulse, and solocortoff, a cortizone product used because the patient had asthma. Before the spinal anesthetic was administered Dr. Gale gave diazepam (valium), a relaxant or tranquilizer which had a small depressant effect. To induce anesthesia, procaine (novocaine) and tetracaine were used which he advised Siegel would numb him from the waist down. Dr. Gale also told him that he would be placed on his face during the operation.
A general anesthesia was not given since it would have rendered the patient unconscious, making it necessary to place an endotracheal tube in the trachea to maintain respiration.
Following the spinal induction and with the surgery coming up, anileridine was administered as a sedative to potentiate the sedative effect of the diazepam. Anileridine is a narcotic which dépresses the respiratory system.
Some twenty-five minutes after the induction of anesthesia, the surgical procedure commenced. Dr. Tramer conducted the surgery, assisted by orthopedic residents, Drs. Kuen Lee and Peter Sripaipan. According to Dr. Gale, Siegel was apprehensive and restless during the surgery and moved his upper body about the operating table. Dr. Tramer indicated that the patient was draped for sterility so his head could not be seen. To calm the patient, Dr. Gale administered sedatives in small and repeated doses, a technique known as “titration.” This permits an anesthesiologist to observe the effect of the particular drug on the patient.
Because the many doses of valium were not having any effect, droperidol was given to calm the patient. According to Dr. Gale, droperidol is a tranquilizer and a depressant. Dr. Gravenstein (appellees’ expert) classified droperidol as one of the more effective major tranquilizers. He believed that anileridine and droperidol had a depressant effect on the patient’s breathing. Since the patient was still agitated, Dr. Gale then administered thiopental (sodium pentothal).
Dr. Viljoen (appellants’ expert) considered everything appropriate prior to the administration of the thiopental (sodium pentothal). Dr. Viljoen testified that thiopental can cause constriction of the bronchia and can depress respiration. Dr. Mendelsohn testified “it is thought to produce some bron-choconstriction.” Dr. Gravenstein believes it is a drug that constricts rather than dilates bronchial tubes. Nevertheless, to Dr. Gale, thiopental does not routinely have a constricting effect.
Siegel settled down shortly after pentothal was administered to him, but a slight cyanosis appeared in the area of his face and neck. Dr. Gale testified that he placed a small plastic disposable oxygen mask to Siegel’s face after the injection of the thiopental when “I was greatly concerned about him. * * *” He increased the flow of oxygen to the mask, but it did not cause the cyanosis to abate. According to Dr. Gale, all the patient’s vital signs were normal, including the breathing sounds that he monitored with a stethoscope. Dr. Gale testified that after the appearance of the cyanosis, Siegel’s breathing, pulse, and circulation all ceased simultaneously. According to Dr. Gale there was an emergency, causing the doctors to turn Siegel on his back and to begin cardiac massage as they attempted to restore ventilation. Siegel became vividly cyanotic. Dr. Tramer testified that the major part of the operation had been completed, and that Mr. Siegel never interfered with the procedure for it went smoothly and routinely until the emergency. Dr. Gale reported:
“[I]t turned out subsequently that he had a bronchial spasm.***I didn’t know immediately what it was.”
He stated that he also had a circulatory arrest — popularly called a cardiac arrest. Dr. Gale removed the disposable oxygen mask, and placed an anesthesia mask over Siegel’s nose and mouth and tried to force oxygen into Siegel’s lungs, but was unable to do so because Siegel’s bronchospasm completely constricted his breathing passage. Dr. Katz, Chairman of the Mt. Sinai Department of Anesthesia, who was on duty as a cir-culator to respond to emergencies, immediately recognized the bronchospasm and promptly administered an ampule of isuprel, a drug which relaxes the involuntary muscles of the body including those that constrict the breathing passages. He injected isuprel twice the strength of a normal dose. Shortly afterwards, Siegel’s bronchospasm was broken and his respiration and pulse returned. Some two hours after the operation began, he was wheeled to the surgical intensive care unit of the hospital. He continued to deteriorate and was transferred to Veterans Administration Hospital where he died in April of 1973, some five months after he came to the hospital for an operation on his ankle, but otherwise a healthy person.
Assignment of Error No. 1:
“Defense counsel for the prevailing party, Michael R. Gallagher, was guilty of misconduct during the course of trial and the trial court erred in failing to stop the improper argument of counsel and in failing to instruct the jury to disregard the improper argument.”
This assignment of error is not well taken.
During the course of the trial, defense counsel for Dr. Gale and the Cleveland Anesthesia Group, Inc., cross-examined the appellants’ economic expert concerning the effect of taxes on a calculation of Mr. Siegel’s probable future earnings. When counsel appeared to do so obliquely, by asking the witness to deduct thirty percent from Mr. Siegel’s adjusted gross income from the year 1969, Mr. Dempsey asked to approach the bench. There is no record of the discussion, but thereafter counsel was permitted to continue along the same line of questioning, during which he referred to the thirty percent deduction as reflecting Mr. Siegel’s personal consumption. Two objections to this questioning were overruled. A subsequent objection was sustained when defense counsel asked the witness: “Well, let’s go over here. We take taxes into account and do the same computation.” The court then admonished counsel, asking, “Isn’t this what we were talking about?” (referring to the previous side bar discussion).
It is impermissible to ask an economic expert witness on cross-examination to figure income tax deductions into his calculation of a decedent’s probable future earnings. Bergfeld v. N.Y., C. & St. L. Rd. Co. (1956), 103 Ohio App. 87, 99.
In the present case, however, it is unclear that defense counsel’s questions were so designed until he expressly asked for a consideration of income tax. At that point the court prevented further inquiry concerning taxes.
Furthermore, as the jury eventually returned a verdict for defendant on the issue of liability, it never reached the question of damages.
Under these circumstances we find no error prejudicial to the appellants as a result of the defense counsel’s conduct.
Appellants also cite the following statements made during closing arguments as incidents of alleged misconduct of defense counsel:
“Now, we have something else. You recall that Mr. Dempsey has referred to it a number of times in his report that Dr. Gale made within an hour after the accident in his own handwriting.
“We attempted to get that into evidence and it was objected to and kept out.
“We identified the anesthesia report which came from that and that was kept out, and that, I submit to you, would be solid evidence as to what actually transpired during the course of the anesthesia. * * *
“While you are concerned about what the family gets, it is what the family gets after he has taken out for his personal consumption and after you make some judgment as to what his income has been and I submit to you that while I respect Dr. Burke, there was some lack of candor in grabbing a W-2 form and no income tax return for the last year when the W-2 form of the prior year was reduced by some $6,000 and some sort of expenses that were written off and I submit to you that if we could have gotten our hands on the income tax return, that it would have shown something different from what he suggested.
“Mr. Dempsey: Objection.
“The Court: Objection sustained.
“Mr. Gallagher: Well, I suggest to you that Mrs. Gold, who testified here, is married to a lawyer; that the former Mrs. Siegel is married to a lawyer. That he was playing tennis with a lawyer when he ripped his Achilles tendon. That a lawyer took him to the hospital and I sort of suppose that he might be able to get somebody to fix up an income tax return.
“Mr. Dempsey: Objection.
“The Court: Objection is sustained. The jury will disregard that remark.
“Mr. Gallagher: Now, we know where we have some reliable figures, that is, figures that actually went to the Internal Revenue Service. What his gross was, and what he paid in taxes and how this jiggling is done.
“What we don't know, I suppose, is whether this 30 percent is a very valid figure for his personal consumption because it seemed to me that he did a good deal of golfing and tennis playing and skiing in Europe and all around the country. And that we know he liked to do these things, but we are not at all certain how much he liked to work and that could be a very important consideration into what the future held, particularly for the people who he was obligated to support.”
Initially, we note that an appellate court is precluded from reversing a case on the alleged ground of misconduct of counsel unless objections were made at trial and an opportunity was thereby afforded for the trial court to prevent any prejudicial impact. Snyder v. Stanford (1968), 15 Ohio St. 2d 31.
Of the arguments quoted above, therefore, the only remarks which we may consider are (1) the one concerning the economic expert’s (Dr. Burke’s) “lack of candor,” and (2) the suggestion that Mr. Siegel could have gotten someone to “fix up an income tax return.”
In Jones v. The Macedonia-Northfield Banking Co. (1937), 132 Ohio St. 341 (syllabus paragraphs 1,2 and 3), the Supreme Court held:
“1. It is the duty of counsel to refrain from challenging the honor or reputation of a witness, party or opposing counsel unless warranted by the evidence.
“2. Utterances of counsel while evidence is being adduced, whether consisting of comments on the evidence or of offensive and personal remarks, are improper and unethical and, if prejudicial and not waived, constitute reversible error.
“3. Argument to the jury, in which counsel charges opposing parties with framing or fixing up their defense by perjury arranged for or suborned, is improper unless there is evidence warranting the course pursued; and where counsel grossly abuses his privilege by persisting in making such unfounded charges to the manifest prejudice of opposing parties, it is the duty of the court to interfere, admonish offending counsel and instruct the jury to disregard the improper utterances, and a failure to do so is ground for a new trial.”
Under the facts of the present case, the defense counsel’s remarks concerning Dr. Burke’s candor and Mr. Siegel’s fixing up a tax return were unwarranted. The court correctly sustained objections to these remarks and instructed the jury to disregard the reference to Mr. Siegel’s alleged conduct.
However, although the jury received no additional instruction to disregard the first remark, we do not find these incidents of misconduct so prejudicial as to warrant reversal on this ground.
We must assume that the jury heeded the instruction of the court and that any prejudice due the statement concerning Mr. Siegel was thereby significantly reduced or eliminated. Any prejudicial effect of the remark concerning Dr. Burke was also diminished by the court’s sustaining of an objection. Furthermore, Dr. Burke’s credibility related only to the issue of damages, which the jury did not reach. Under these facts, there has been no showing that the misconduct so prejudiced the jury in general that it influenced their finding of no liability. Accordingly, the first assignment of error is overruled.
Assignment of Error No. 2:
“The trial court erred in granting a directed verdict in favor of defendant, A. W. Tramer, M.D., when a jury question existed on the issue of the lack of informed consent.”
This assignment of error is well taken.
Civil Rule 50(A)(4) provides the standard to be followed in ruling on a motion for a directed verdict:
“When granted on the evidence. When a motion for a directed verdict has been properly made, and the trial court, after construing the evidence most strongly in favor of the party against whom the motion is directed, finds that upon any determinative issue reasonable minds could come to but one conclusion upon the evidence submitted and that conclusion is adverse to such party, the court shall sustain the motion and direct a verdict for the moving party as to that issue.”
The 1970 Official Staff Notes pertaining to Civ. R. 50(A) explain that this rule simply sets forth in rule format the following holding of Hamden Lodge No. 517 v. The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. (1934), 127 Ohio St. 469 (syllabus paragraphs 3 and 4):
“3. Upon motion to direct a verdict the party against whom the motion is made is entitled to have the evidence construed most strongly in his favor. But if upon any essential issue, after giving the evidence such favorable construction, reasonable minds can come to but one conclusion and that conclusion is adverse to such party, the judge should direct a verdict against him.
“4. Where from the evidence reasonable minds may reach different conclusions upon any question of fact, such question of fact is for the jury. The test is not whether the trial judge would set aside a verdict on the weight of the evidence. ” (Emphasis supplied.)
See The Carter-Jones Lumber Co. v. Eblen (1958), 167 Ohio St. 189; Quayle v. Varga (1975), 44 Ohio App. 2d 108; Morgan v. Sheppard (1963), 91 Ohio Law Abs. 579.
The appellants’ claim against Dr. Tramer is based on the theory of lack of informed consent. This theory was analyzed by this court in the recent case of Lowe v. Green, unreported, No. 36342, decided September 22, 1977, as follows:
“The starting point for a discussion of the tort theory of lack of informed consent is the remark of Judge Cardozo in Schloendorff v. Society of N.Y. Hosp. (1914), 211 N.Y. 125,105 N.E. 92, 93: ‘Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a right to determine what shall be done with his own body.* * *’ ” See Congrove v. Holmes (1973), 37 Ohio Misc. 95, 104.
In Ohio, undertaking a surgical procedure on a patient without a valid and effective consent by the patient has been held to constitute a “technical assault and battery,” Lacey v. Laird (1956), 166 Ohio St. 12, or a tort based upon negligence, Belcher v. Carter (1967), 13 Ohio App. 2d 113.
The patient, who admittedly has not been fully informed of the material consequences of the surgical, medical, or other therapeutic procedures used upon him, has a cause of action against the medical practitioner for medical negligence. This tort of medical negligence is premised on the duty which a medical practitioner owes to his patient to fully inform his patient of the medical procedures which are to be performed on the patient’s body. See Canterbury v. Spence (1972), 464 F. 2d 772, certiorari denied, 409 U.S. 1064; Waltz and Scheuneman, Informed Consent to Therapy, 64 Nw. U. L. Rev. 628 (1970); and Note, Informed Consent — A Proposed Standard for Medical Disclosure, 48 N.Y. U. L. Rev. 548 (1973).
The negligent tort of lack of informed consent is made out when the medical practitioner (1) fails to disclose to the patient the material risks and dangers inherently and potentially involved with respect to the proposed therapy and the alternatives to that therapy, if any; (2) does not discuss the risks and dangers not disclosed by the medical practitioner that are harmful to the patient; (3) when the unrevealed risks and dangers which should have been disclosed by the medical practitioner actually materialize and are the proximate cause of the injury to the patient; and (4) when the patient would have decided against the therapy had the material risks and dangers inherent and incidental to treatment been disclosed to him prior to the therapy. Bruni v. Tatsumi (1976), 46 Ohio St. 2d 127, 136 (dictum); Congrove v. Holmes, supra; Canterbury v. Spence, supra; Waltz & Scheuneman, supra; Note, Informed Consent, supra.
As to the fourth element, this court held in Lowe v. Green, supra, that the question is whether, under the total circumstances of the patient’s treatment, a reasonable, prudent patient would have withheld consent had the patient been informed of all the material risks and dangers involved with the medical procedure.
In the present case, the appellee (Dr. Tramer) directs the court’s attention to the Special Consent document signed by Mr. Siegel, which states in paragraphs 3 and 6 respectively:
“I have been advised of the risks and the consequences associated with the procedure (s). I have also been advised that there are certain risks associated with the performance of any surgical procedure.”
“I hereby consent to, and authorize and request, the administration of anesthesia to be applied by, or under the direction and supervision of a member of the anesthesiology staff.”
However, in Bruni v. Tatsumi, supra at 136-137, the Supreme Court held that even where the patient signed a “written consent without question or equivocation,” where the evidence showed that the surgical procedure employed offered a different degree of risk than that which was explained to the patient, the question of whether the patient consented to the procedure that was actually performed was an issue for the jury to decide.
Thus, in this case, although the document is evidence of consent, it is not conclusive, because it leaves open a question for the jury as to whether Mr. Siegel consented to the added degree of risk of which he may not have been adequately informed, namely the special danger involved in administering anesthesia to an asthmatic.
The appellees argue furthermore that a person in Mr. Siegel’s position would have consented, even had he been so informed, because he was an active and athletic person. In light of Mr. Siegel’s sensitivity to his asthmatic condition, in part reflected in his seeking and obtaining permission to carry his nebulizer into the hospital and the operating room, he may well have decided to wait and see if nature would heal the tendon or fill the ends of the tendon with scar tissue before submitting to an operation. Nor do we rule out the likelihood of his seeking additional professional advice. We hold this to be an issue of fact for the jury.
Construing this evidence in a light most favorable to the appellant, we rule that reasonable minds could differ on the questions of whether Mr. Siegel was adequately informed of tiie degree of risk to which he, as an asthmatic, would be exposed during surgery, and whether a reasonable, prudent patient in Mr. Siegel’s position would have withheld consent if informed of such a risk.
Accordingly, this assignment of error is sustained.
The appellant’s third and fourth assignments of error both contest the court’s order denying a new trial.
A motion for a new trial is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed on appeal unless the appellant can demonstrate an abuse of discretion. Yungwirth v. McAvoy (1972), 32 Ohio St. 2d 285; Rohde v. Farmer (1970), 23 Ohio St. 2d 82.
In support of the contention that the court abused its discretion in denying a new trial as to Dr. Gale and the Cleveland Anesthesia Group, Inc., the appellant refers to Civ. R. 59(A)(6), namely, that the jury’s verdict was against the weight of the evidence.
Assignment of Error No. 3:
“The trial court erred in denying plaintiff appellant’s motion for a new trial on the basis that the judgment was not sustained by the weight of the evidence.”
According to defendant Dr. Gale, the patient experienced a bronchospasm and a cardiac arrest simultaneously. Dr. Joachim S. Gravenstein was an expert witness retained on behalf of defendants, Dr. Gale, Dr. Katz and the Cleveland Anesthesia Group. Dr. Gravenstein is the Chief of Anesthesia at University Hospital and also the Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia of Case Western Reserve University Medical School. Based on the record and report of Dr. Gale, that the patient was agitated and that there was no evidence of breathing difficulties or abnormality in the vital signs of the patient at the time pentothal was administered, Dr. Graven-stein concluded that it is not contraindicated to administer pentothal to asthmatics for the purpose of either inducing or maintaining anesthesia for surgery; that the appearance of a regional cyanosis in a patient is not uncommon and does not suggest that a surgical procedure should be interrupted; and that Dr. Gale’s method of sedating and treating Siegel was appropriate and consistent with good medical practice. However, when asked whether he would administer pentothal under the circumstances described by Dr. Gale, Dr. Gravenstein went no further* than to say that he might.
Dr. David Mendelsohn, Chief of Anesthesia at St. Vincent Charity Hospital, was retained by St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. (the excess insurer of Dr. Gale and Dr. Katz) to evaluate the case. His deposition was read to the jury as part of Dr. Gale’s defense.
Dr. Mendelsohn, characterized by defense counsel as a “witness worthy of belief as the one doctor whose testimony is given without bias or slant,” testified that the injection of thiopental into the patient exacerbated the asthmatic attack which lead to bronchospasm. In his opinion, there were two possible precipitating factors, the history of severe asthmatic attacks, precipitated by stress and sodium pentothal (thiopen-tal). When asked if he would use thiopenthal under the conditions and circumstances described by Dr. Gale, Dr. Mendelsohn replied unequivocably that he would not.
Appellant’s expert, Dr. John Viljoen, Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic, interpreted the patient’s pushing himself up on the operating table as evidence of his breathing difficulty. He testified that this respiratory embarrassment may have been the result of the cumulative effect of the drugs or the beginning stages of a bronchial spasm caused by the patient’s apprehension and nervousness. In Dr. Viljoen’s opinion, Dr. Gale was negligent in his treatment of the patient because pentothal “was the straw that broke the camel’s back” and should not have been administered when the patient is suffering breathing difficulties. Dr. Gale, Dr. Gravenstein, Dr. Mendelsohn and Dr. Viljoen all agree that pentothal should not be used when the patient is undergoing respiratory embarrassment.
In analyzing the facts in this case, there are certain common conclusions that can be drawn:
(1.) That thiopental (a brand name) is also known as sodium pentothal;
(2.) That the use of thiopental in a patient with a history of asthma is within acceptable medical standards (indeed, Dr. Vil-joen, appellant’s expert, is a protagonist of the use of thiopen-tal);
(3.) That the administration of thiopental to an asthmatic patient who is experiencing respiratory embarrassment (breathing difficulties) is contraindicated (not within medical standards);
(4.) That the patient here underwent an asthmatic attack that “bloomed into a bronchospasm”;
(5.) That an asthmatic attack coupled with a reflex cardiac arrest is a rare happening, but if it occurs, the bronchial attack would precede the cardiac arrest;
(6.) That the cyanosis occurred immediately after the injection of the thiopental;
(7.) That wheezing accompanies a bronchial attack in an asthmatic;
(8.) That the opinions of the experts, Dr. Viljoen, Dr. Mendelsohn, and Dr. Gravenstein, were based on the records, reports and testimony of defendant, Dr. Gale; and
(9.) That based on the assumption that Dr. Gale’s records, reports and testimony were accurate, all three experts agreed that the administration of thiopental was within acceptable medical practices. (However, even if those assumptions were taken as true, Dr. Mendelsohn and Dr. Viljoen testified that they would not have administered thiopental while Dr. Gravenstein testified that he might.)
In this case, the defendant-appellees, Dr. Gale and Cleveland Anesthesia Group, Inc., contend that the deceased had suffered a bronchial spasm almost simultaneously with a reflex cardiac arrest.
In explaining a cardiac arrest, we find the following discussion between Dr. Viljoen (appellant’s expert) and counsel (upon direct examination):
“Q. * * * What is a reflex arrest?
“A. A reflex arrest is usually due to a sudden discharge of nerves, impulses consequent upon a sudden insult that’s inflicted on the body.
“For example, if I were to go up to one of you ladies and gentlemen and push two fingers in your eyeballs, there is a well-known reflex that causes a discharge to the heart and causes it to stop instantly and this can also apply to a patient who has a blow in the upper abdomen or a sudden physical in-suit or an alternative electric shock can do the same thing.***”
Dr. Viljoen was then called upon to be specific.
“Q. ***Now, from the facts that you have had before you and based on your knowledge and experience in this case, do you believe that there could have been a reflex change or reflex heart attack?
“A. Highly unlikely. Highly unlikely.”
And later he testified:
“***I would have to be a really imaginative person to think that those two things could occur almost identically.”
We find the substance of the testimony of Dr. Graven-stein (appellees’ expert) remarkably similar to the testimony of Dr. Viljoen (appellant’s expert). Dr. Gravenstein explained the reflex cardiac arrest in this way (upon cross-examination):
“A. The heart is supplied with two different types of nerves and a strong stimulation coming down to the heart via these nerves, a stimulation triggered by another event in the body is called a reflex and sometimes such reflexes can cause cardiac standstill.”
When asked whether a bronchial spasm accompanied by a reflex cardiac arrest was a common occurrence, Dr. Gravenstein answered as follows:
“A. It is unusual to have a cardiac arrest. I know of instances described in the literature where a cardiac arrest and a respiratory arrest were reported to have occurred simultaneously.”
“Q. Now, what would initiate such a reflex?
“A. A strong stimulation of these nerves. The stimulus can be a variety, pressure on the eyeballs, for instances, or pressure on the neck. This sort of thing.
“Q. A heavy blow to the chest?
“A. Yes.
“Q. An extremely frightening occurrence?
“A. Yes.”
As to whether such stimulation was present in this case, we find the following:
“Q. Do you see any evidence of that in this case?
“A. Of a frightening occurrence?
“Q. Oh, no, of any of those that would lead to a reflex—
“A. No. I don’t.” (Emphasis added.)
Although Dr. Gravenstein testified that a reflex cardiac arrest can occur upon strong stimulation, he readily admitted that he saw none of these stimuli in the case at bar.
Furthermore, Dr. Gravenstein supported his diagnosis of a reflex cardiac arrest in the weakest manner known to the law of evidence, through hearsay testimony, of “instances described in literature.” There was no testimony whether that patient was restless; whether an operation was in progress, and, if so, the kind and the part of the body upon which it was performed; which pre-operative drugs were administered; the general health of the patient; and the condition of his heart, or where “in literature” it was so reported or when or by whom. In the absence of authenticated information somewhat comparable to the case at bar, we submit that this aspect of his opinion has little probative value.
As to the remaining part of the diagnosis, all the experts (including the defendant Dr. Gale) agree that an asthmatic attack and bronchospasm occurred. Dr. Gale testified that the signs a doctor can detect prior to a bronchial spasm are wheezing and changes in pulse and blood pressure. Dr. Gale stated he failed to detect them.
However, his expert, Dr. Gravenstein, testified as follows:
“ * * *The signs and symptoms of an asthmatic attack are fairly clearcut so if somebody has an asthmatic attack, it should be fairly obvious. * * * ”
He points out further that a bronchial spasm is part and parcel of an asthmatic attack so one does not precede the other.
The following dialogue between Dr. Gravenstein and appellant’s counsel is most revealing. The doctor rephrased the question directed to him:
“ * * * You are asking would you by necessity have wheezing in an asthmatic patient who is having bronchial spasm, asthmatic attack?
“Q. Yes.
“A. And the answer is yes, by necessity you would expect to hear wheezing.
“Q. * * *[D]o you mean it should be there in every case?
“A. That’s right. * * *
“A. That’s correct. That should be there in every case.”
The testimony of the appellant’s expert supported the warning signals of a bronchial constriction. Dr. Viljoen, the appellant’s expert, testified (upon cross-examination):
“Q. And yrhen one has bronchial constriction, the tubes are slightly constricted and you can tell this, Doctor, can’t you?
“You hear the breathing wheezes, is that correct?
“A . Yes.
“Q.
“A. If you were listening.
“Q. And you listen with a stethoscope?
“A. Continuously, yes.
“Q. All right. So that Dr. Gale would have heard if there had been a progressive development of bronchial constriction up to the point of full bronchial spasm. He would have heard these breath sounds, wouldn’t he?
“A. * * * [Y] ou mean if he had a stethoscope connected to the chest throughout the proceeding, yes. * * *
“Q. I am simply stating these facts to you. You say notwithstanding this testimony by the doctor who was there you disagree with it. You feel there was respiratory embarrassment during that time?
“A. Yes.”
Notwithstanding the testimony of these experts and notwithstanding the common diagnosis that a bronchospasm occurred, Dr. Gale persisted in his testimony that he heard no wheezing at any time, nor for that matter recognized the bronchospasm.
Here we have evidence that an asthmatic patient was so sensitive to his affliction that he obtained permission to take his nebulizer with him to the operating room, that he had a history of asthma which Dr. Gravenstein testified made him develop bronchial spasms very easily, that lying on his face, he had the weight of his body pressing his chest on the operating table and thus could not breathe as easily as a patient lying on his back, and that he acted erratically on the table by seeking to lift his chest off the table in a pushup fashion which Dr. Viljoen testified “is what patients do when they have respiratory inadequacy lying on their face.” Even Dr. Gravenstein admitted that a doctor would be wary if he saw the symptons Mr. Siegel was exhibiting prior to the injection of the thiopental.
Although all the experts agree that there was an asthmatic attack, which by necessity is accompanied by the patient’s emission of wheezings, Dr. Gale persists that he failed to detect any wheezes.
If we accept his statement that he failed to detect any wheezes, the weight of the evidence supports the conclusion that he did not detect what was there to be detected, or that he did not hear what was there to be heard. We believe his failure to recognize these wheezes or diagnose the bron-chospasm is explained by his own admission that he never witnessed a bronchospasm before. Dr. Sidney Katz, chief of the Department of Anesthesiology at Mt. Sinai Hospital, and also president of the Cleveland Anesthesia Group (and an associate of Dr. Gale), who was in the hospital on that day as a circulator or “trouble-shooter,” and up to the sounding of the alarm was a stranger to the surgery, testified that “the first thing that I noticed was that he (the patient) was in a severe bronchial spasm and I yelled***for the isuprel, because I felt that this could be a lifesavings means.” Thus, Dr. Katz diagnosed instantly what Dr. Gale learned only subsequently, “that it was a bronchial spasm.” Dr. Gale stated that he “didn’t know immediately what it was.”
Under this state of evidence, we hold that the verdict for the appellees was against the weight of the evidence.
“The Court of Appeals has the authority and duty to weigh the evidence and to determine whether the findings of the trial court as the trier of the facts were so against the weight of the evidence as to require a reversal and a remanding of the case for retrial.” State, ex rel. Squire, v. Cleveland (1948), 150 Ohio St. 303, 345.
We sustain assignment of error No. 3.
Assignment of Error No. U-
“The trial court erred in denying plaintiff-appellant’s motion for new trial on the basis that the adverse publicity during the trial had a prejudicial impact on the jury.”
The fourth assignment of error raises the question of whether the court abused its discretion in refusing to order a new trial on the ground of jury misconduct, provided for in Civ. R. 59(A)(2). In support of the motion for a new trial, the appellant attached a copy of a front page story which appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on May 29, 1976, bearing the headline, “Huge malpractice boost under study.” The article discussed an application filed with the State Department of Insurance seeking a rate increase in medical malpractice premiums. The article also discussed the effect of any increase on the cost of medical care to consumers. The appellant submitted no other information to the court, to support her claim that any juror read this article or was improperly influenced by it during deliberations.
“The orderly and prompt administration of justice is not served when motions for new trials are granted upon inconsequential or insubstantial basis.” Steiner v. Custer (1940), 137 Ohio St. 448, 451.
Under these circumstances, the appellants failed to prove a basis for granting their motion. Therefore, the fourth assignment of error must be overruled.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
Parrino, P. J., and Patton, J., concur.
A nebulizer is a spray with a rubber bulb attached. Medication is put into the receptacle and when squeezed, the fluid that is put into this apparatus is sprayed either into the throat or nose.
Cyanosis, according to Dr. Gale, is a discoloration of the skin or color of the patient who takes on a bluish hue. General cyanosis, according to Dr. Gale, indicates a problem of bringing oxygen to the body tissue due to either a problem with respiration or circulation. Regional cyanosis occurs when the blood is not flowing normally, but rather is “flowing very sluggishly or not flowing at all.”
In this discussion they are used interchangeably, depending on the one chosen by the witness.
When the question was narrowed to his personal experience, Dr. Gravenstein readily admitted that the cardiac arrest in a bronchial spasm came fairly late after a good deal of struggling.
Indeed his entire reconstruction of the facts was challenged by Dr. Viljoen when he was asked (upon cross-examination):
“Q. Dr. Gale has testified that there was no respiratory embarrassment. Are you saying that based upon what you have read in this record, that is some agitation on the part of this patient, you are saying that his testimony, that he felt the pulse, that he heard proper breath sounds and that he found blood pressure up to the moment these two things occurred is not so?
“A. I would have to say that it is highly unlikely.
In other words, you are telling me that a healthy person one minute can be dead the next minute as a result of having an ankle operation. Come on now.”
| CASELAW |
Stratasys (SSYS) Enhances Tumor Surgery With 3D-Printed Guides
Stratasys SSYS has announced that the University Hospital Birmingham in England has achieved enhanced results for head and neck cancer patients. The hospital has reported a reduction in surgery times by up to three hours, attributed to the implementation of customized, 3D-printed cutting guides.
The implementation of tailored, 3D-printed surgical guides at University Hospital Birmingham is enhancing patient outcomes and reducing surgery times. The success is credited to the adoption of a Stratasys J5 MediJet 3D printer, thus allowing the hospital to create precise, patient-specific cutting guides before surgeries.
This approach revolutionizes the removal of tumors in head and neck cancer patients, replacing the previous manual method involving cutting and bending metal during surgery. The new process, with a resolution of within 150 microns, utilizes patient scans to produce accurate devices in Biocompatible Clear MED610, which is a rigid, transparent resin suitable for prolonged contact with intact skin and limited contact with tissue, bone or mucosal membranes, thereby enhancing surgical success.
Stratasys' GrabCAD Print Software, which operates in conjunction with this printer, has demonstrated additional advantages. The software's capability to automatically construct support material plays a role in the overall time-saving aspect facilitated by the 3D printing workflow.
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Stratasys has entered into partnerships with Siemens SIEGY, Toyota TM and the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute. These notable partnerships are set to boost Stratasys’s top-line performance in the upcoming quarters and establish a dominant position in the market.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for SSYS’s 2023 revenues is pegged at $625.47 million, indicating a year-over-year decline of 3.99%. The consensus estimate for earnings is pegged at 15 cents per share, indicating flat year-over-year growth.
Stratasys recently collaborated with Siemens Healthineers for a groundbreaking research initiative aimed at creating innovative solutions to advance medical imaging phantoms for computed tomography (CT) imaging. CT phantoms, which are crucial tools in medical imaging and widely utilized in hospitals globally, are specialized devices employed to assess and verify the performance of CT scanners.
Stratasys has entered into an agreement with Toyota to become the inaugural customer to acquire the state-of-the-art Stratasys F3300 3D printer. Toyota intends to employ the F3300 for various purposes, including new production support for parts and fixtures, as well as prototyping applications to expedite the introduction of new products to the market. The F3300 possesses the capability to produce intricate, high-precision parts vital to vehicle design and usage, spanning from prototypes to end-use components.
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* King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1813 until 1839:
* nobility bestowed by the king of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
* foreign nobility incorporated into the Dutch nobility of people who moved there
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* nobility of Dutch origin bestowed by the king of the Netherlands
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lights that have been thrown on political subjects, which dazzle, and astonish the understanding; and particularly that tremendous phenomenon in the political horizon the French Revolution, which, like a blazing comet, seems destined either to inspire with fresh life and vigour, or to scorch up and destroy the shrinking inhabitants of the earth, have all concurred to lead many able men into the opinion, that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes, changes that would in some measure be decisive of the future fate of mankind.
It has been said, that the great question is now at issue, whether man shall henceforth start forwards with accelerated velocity towards illimitable, and hitherto unconceived improvement; or be condemned to a perpetual oscillation between happiness and misery, and after every | WIKI |
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EXPOliTS — BY SOURCES OF PRODUCTION
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EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, GROUPED BY ARTICLES ACCORDING TO SOURCES OF PRODUCTION, 1893 TO 1898 — Coutinued Products of the Fisheries — Continued
Articles Values 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Oils : Whale Other fish .... Total Spermaceti and spermaceti wax Whalebone .... All other products of fisheries Total value of exports of the products of fisheries Per cent of total exports. DolUirs 61,245 31,683 Dollars 107,077 33,774 Dollars 50,214 142,553 Dollars 32,872 163,829 Dollars 21,288 155,052 Dollars 87,720 108,194 92,928 140,851 198,707 196,701 170.285 145,920 105,012 543,045 49,624 99,467 441,969 87,4:32 73,189 699,495 144,474 81,221 990,395 133,317 72,568 383,603 229,726 68,428 382,786 163,690 5,541,378 4,261,920 5,328,807 6,850,392 6,477,951 5,435,488 .67 .49 .07 .79 .08 .45 Miscellaneous Products Fur and other skins Ice All other articles. Total value of exports of products other, etc.. Per cent of total exports. 3,699,579 41,702 194,883 4,238,690 37,097 125,157 3,923,180 41,915 200,929 3,800,168 48,376 287,218 3,284,349 51,560 148,319 2,980,970 38,116 139,542 3,936.164 4,400,944 4,171.974 4,135,702 8,479,228 3,lf>4.028 .47 .52 .52 .48 .34 .20 Products of Domestic Manufacture Agricultural implements Art works: Paintings and statuary .... Blacking .... Books, maps, engravings, and other printed matter. Brass, and manufactures of. Bricks Brooms and brushes Candles Carriages and horse cars, and parts of .... Cars, passenger and freight, for steam railroads Chemicals, drugs, dyes, and medicines .... Clocks and watches, and parts of .... Coff"ee and cocoa, ground and prepared, and chocolate Copper and manufactures of, not including copper ore Cotton, manufactures of Earthen, stone, and china ware Fertilizers .... Flax, hemp, and jute, and manufactures of . Glass and glassware Gunpowder and other explo- sives 4,657,833 210,892 241,990 1,803,873 519,435 196,159 241,34:3 155,403 1,005,801 969,871 5,766,425 1,204,181 93,292 4,525,573 11,809,355 226,806 3,927,343 1,778,746 973,827 861,513 5,027,915 391,763 295,505 2,620,046 808,427 177,904 179,098 189,462 1,649,154 1,700,521 6,537,401 1,302,813 137,777 19,697,140 14,340,886 127,437 5,038,445 1,712,744 922,072 1,002,126 5,413,075 471,104 464,707 2,316,217 784, WO 127,888 165,672 190,980 1,514,336 868,378 7,130,334 1,204,005 104,317 14,468,703 13,789,810 141,021 5,741,262 1,722,559 946,381 1,277,281 5,176,775 524,077 533,058 2,338,722 872,396 128,055 180,183 230,146 1,884,658 1,002,940 8,138,789 1,460,375 107,740 19,720,104 16,a37,390 1,898,012 149,388 4,400,593 1,868,001 1,062,225 1,381,102 5,24O,0S 301,362 3&4,937 2,647,548 1,171,4.31 148,389 186,050 216,565 1,955,760 990,950 8,792,545 1,770,402 128,078 31,621,125 21,037,078 7,005,323 177,832 5,005,929 2,216,1S4 1,208,187 1,555,318 7,009,732 273,521 733,568 2,484,325 1,320,098 157,274 158,272 232,214 1,685,838 1,788,581 8,655,478 1,727,469 137,369 32,180.872 17,024,092 6,^6,529 232,992 4,359,834 2,557,465 1,211,084 1,395,406 | WIKI |
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Tancret, F. (2012) Computational thermodynamics and genetic algorithms to design affordable gamma '-strengthened nickel-iron based superalloys. Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 20 045012.
Added by: Laurent Cournède (2016-03-10 21:28:39)
Type de référence: Article
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/20/4/045012
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Computational thermodynamics based on the CALPHAD approach (Thermo-Calc software) are used to design creep-resistant and affordable superalloys for large-scale applications such as power plants. Cost is reduced by the introduction of iron and by avoiding the use of expensive alloying elements such as Nb, Ta, Mo, Co etc. Strengthening is ensured by the addition of W, and of Al and Ti to provoke the precipitation of gamma'. However, the addition of iron reduces the maximum possible volume fraction of gamma'. The latter is maximized automatically using a genetic algorithm during simulation, while keeping the alloys free of undesirable phases at high temperatures. New superalloys with 20 wt\% Cr are designed, with Fe content up to 37 wt\%. They should be forgeable, weldable, oxidation resistant and significantly cheaper than existing alloys with equivalent properties.
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After Two Tragedies, a Love to Bring Down Barriers
Committed When Marian Wright and Peter Edelman married in July 1968, their wedding was like an armistice. In April, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated; two months later, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was murdered — on June 6, Mrs. Edelman’s birthday. For years afterward, the couple would spend that day at Arlington Cemetery. The national tragedies were personal for the couple: Mrs. Edelman had worked for Dr. King, and Mr. Edelman had been an aide to the senator. The New York Times covered the wedding as a news story, sending Nan Robertson, then a reporter for the paper’s Washington bureau. The ceremony was held on the lawn at the home of their friend, Adam Walinsky, a speechwriter for Senator Kennedy, in McLean, Va. The choice to marry in Virginia was deliberate: A year earlier, the state’s law against interracial marriage had been struck down in a suit brought by Richard and Mildred Loving. The Edelmans were the third interracial couple to marry there after the Lovings prevailed. “I hate barriers,” Mrs. Edelman said. “And it was a time to bring down barriers.” Theirs was a kind of royal wedding, the beginning of one of the most notable partnerships of the civil rights era and beyond. Mrs. Edelman would soon found the Children’s Defense Fund, now in its 43rd year. She would also hire a young Hillary Rodham, just out of law school. Now a professor at Georgetown University, Mr. Edelman would continue to work in law and policy. He was a high official at the Department of Health and Human Services during Bill Clinton’s first term as president. In 1996, the Edelman-Clinton friendship would publicly sour when President Clinton signed the welfare reform act of 1996; Mr. Edelman resigned in protest, and both he and Mrs. Edelman wrote articles denouncing the law. Yet in November it was at a Children’s Defense Fund dinner where Mrs. Clinton made her first public appearance after conceding the election, to thank her mentor for a lifetime of inspiration. “If there’s anyone who knows how to pick yourself up and get back on your feet and get back to work,” she said, “it is Marian.” In spring 1967, Mrs. Edelman was a 28-year-old civil rights lawyer, the first African-American woman admitted to the Mississippi bar, a liaison to Dr. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organizer at Head Start and counsel for Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign. She had testified before a Senate subcommittee on how the War on Poverty was working in the Southern States, and had invited the senators to come see for themselves. Mr. Edelman, then 29, was sent ahead to Jackson, Miss., where her law offices were, to plan the trip for Senator Kennedy. She took his phone call, but said she was too busy writing a brief to meet in person. “But you’ve got to eat dinner!” Mr. Edelman insisted, and she relented. She was Southern born, educated at Spelman College in Atlanta and at Yale Law School; he was from Minnesota, a Harvard man. After dinner, they talked until midnight. What Senator Kennedy would see on that trip would change history: ragged, starving children; babies too malnourished to move; the hollow faces of the hungry poor all through the Mississippi Delta, too destitute to pay the $2 a day that food stamps then cost. Now the program is free. “I couldn’t think of a better time to have grown up,” Mrs. Edelman said. “I feel so lucky.” The Edelmans faced none of the struggles of the Lovings, she added. “It was another era. We were past that time.” Their challenges were more quotidian: balancing work and family. The couple have three sons. Jonah Edelman and Joshua Edelman are education advocates; Ezra Edelman is a director and producer, whose most recent film is “O.J.: Made in America,” the nearly eight-hour documentary that was recently nominated for an Oscar. “I’m so proud of them,” Mrs. Edelman said. “I’m most proud I kept them out of law school.” Mr. Edelman said, “I don’t agree with that!” “Good marriages are hard to develop and maintain,” Mrs. Edelman said. “We got married when the roles of men and women were changing, and I moved with Peter twice. How do you nurture your professional passions while trying to make sure you’re good parents? If I had any advice to give, I’d say:, ‘Try not to be a superwoman, and try to be honest. Talk to each other in ways you can be heard and not be angry.’” As for the wedding announcement, Mrs. Edelman said she was stunned to see it in the paper. “I don’t remember Nan being there. And there’s one mistake. It was my brother, Harry Wright, who escorted me, not my brother-in-law.” It’s probably too late to issue a correction. **** Keep reading “Committed: 165 Years of Love (and War) in The New York Times Wedding Announcements.” An earlier version of this article misstated the location of Marian Wright Edelman’s office in 1967. It was in Jackson, Miss., not Cleveland, Miss. We also misstated Peter Edelman’s role with the Department of Health and Human Services. He was a high official, not counsel. Further, Marian Wright Edelman was a liaison to Dr. King, not a congressional liaison. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
England Captain Moody Will Miss Rugby World Cup Opener Against Argentina
England captainLewis Moody
will miss his team’s Rugby World Cup opener against Argentina
after failing to recover from a knee injury. Flanker Moody strained a ligament in the Aug. 6 World Cup
tune-up game against Wales and won’t be risked against the Pumas
in the Sept. 10 match in Dunedin, New Zealand , England manager
Martin Johnson said at a news conference today. “It was quite a simple decision to hold him back another
week,” Johnson, who’s scheduled to name his team in three days,
said in comments distributed by tournament organizers. “He’s
not a million miles away. It’s just one of those calls.” Moody, 33, also injured his right knee in January and
missed all of Europe’s Six Nations championship. He’s been
limited to 62 minutes of Test rugby this year. To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Dan Baynes at
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If you want a healthy skin, it is important for you to have a healthy diet- a diet which contains adequate amount of vitamins, minerals and proteins. The food that we eat is of utmost importance to achieve this goal. The best individual foods contain higher amounts of sulfur, which is involved in those “cross-linking” bonds in collagen that increase the elasticity of skin. Vitamin A is very important for the health of your skin. The richest sources of this vitamin are cod-liver oil, liver, carrots, spinach, milk and egg-yolk. Liver and cod liver oil (yummy) are high in vitamin A, which is also very good for skin. With adequate doses of vitamin C. Good high-sulfur foods are eggs and garlic. Sugar is one of those carbohydrate rich food which has no value.
Food and Health Vocabulary | EnglishClub
Adequate supply of vitamins are very helpful in maintaining a healthy and glowing skin; and preventing premature aging adequate food safety practices lead to less. Green tea is rich in antioxidants that reduce inflammation and protect cell membranes. It has been proven to reduce the damage of sunburns and overexposure to ultraviolet light, which in turn reduces the risk of skin cancer. Green tea is also high in polyphenols compounds that eliminate cancer-causing free radicals. Salmon along with other fatty fish, walnuts and flaxseed is high in healthy fatty acids that are key for achieving healthy skin. Blueberries are considered by many experts to be the highest food source of antioxidants, which target free radicals that can wreak havoc on skin cells. The antioxidants and phytochemicals in blueberries neutralize DNA-damaging free radicals.
Cantaloupe is antioxidants plus will give you that glowing effect. Fibre is very important. Fibre rich foods promote radiant flossy skin and clear eyes. Sprouted beans are enormously rich in nutrition as both the Vitamin B and C content increases as much as 40% during sprouting. Drinking plenty of water at least your individual minimum intake — will help keep your skin young and healthy-looking. Water in caffeinated or sugary beverages does not count; water intake must be from pure, clean water, which rejuvenates skin cells. A Brazil nut is an excellent food for skin health. These nuts are also a good food for skin health because they contain zinc, which helps with skin inflammation problems, skin cell growth, maintenance of collagen and elastin, and dry skin related problems such as eczema and psoriasis.
Last week it was my Son’s birthday and we planned to take the kids for a picnic to the lakeside park. We decided to make a salad and pack some sandwiches & drinks for the picnic. We prepared the sandwiches at night and took along with us for the morning trip. By mid-day we were at the lake. As we spread the sheets on the grass the kids felt hungry and demanding food. As I opened the basket I smelt something weird.
The sandwiches with chicken filling was giving out unpleasant smell. The food had gone bad. To our good fortune we figured out that it had gone bad and decided not to eat it. Such instances happen with each one of us in our day to day life. We often prepare food at home and then take it somewhere else to be eaten. A lot of people cater from home and supply food to people. As the person preparing or handling the food, it is your responsibility to make sure your food does not make the guests ill. Food poisoning is a miserable and potentially dangerous experience.
You will need to take extra care if any young children, pregnant women, older people or anyone who is ill will be coming to the function. This is because if anyone in these vulnerable groups gets food poisoning, they are more likely to become seriously ill. In spite of using fresh ingredients to prepare food, it goes bad so soon. Let’s figure out what really went wrong? | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Add/Remove OSDs
Adding and removing Ceph OSD Daemons to your cluster may involve a few more steps when compared to adding and removing other Ceph daemons. Ceph OSD Daemons write data to the disk and to journals. So you need to provide a disk for the OSD and a path to the journal partition (i.e., this is the most common configuration, but you may configure your system to your own needs).
In Ceph v0.60 and later releases, Ceph supports dm-crypt on disk encryption. You may specify the --dmcrypt argument when preparing an OSD to tell ceph-deploy that you want to use encryption. You may also specify the --dmcrypt-key-dir argument to specify the location of dm-crypt encryption keys.
You should test various drive configurations to gauge their throughput before before building out a large cluster. See Data Storage for additional details.
List Disks
To list the disks on a node, execute the following command:
ceph-deploy disk list {node-name [node-name]...}
Zap Disks
To zap a disk (delete its partition table) in preparation for use with Ceph, execute the following:
ceph-deploy disk zap {osd-server-name}:{disk-name}
ceph-deploy disk zap osdserver1:sdb
Important
This will delete all data.
Prepare OSDs
Once you create a cluster, install Ceph packages, and gather keys, you may prepare the OSDs and deploy them to the OSD node(s). If you need to identify a disk or zap it prior to preparing it for use as an OSD, see List Disks and Zap Disks.
ceph-deploy osd prepare {node-name}:{data-disk}[:{journal-disk}]
ceph-deploy osd prepare osdserver1:sdb:/dev/ssd
ceph-deploy osd prepare osdserver1:sdc:/dev/ssd
The prepare command only prepares the OSD. It does not activate it. To activate a prepared OSD, use the activate command. See Activate OSDs for details.
The foregoing example assumes a disk dedicated to one Ceph OSD Daemon, and a path to an SSD journal partition. We recommend storing the journal on a separate drive to maximize throughput. You may dedicate a single drive for the journal too (which may be expensive) or place the journal on the same disk as the OSD (not recommended as it impairs performance). In the foregoing example we store the journal on a partitioned solid state drive.
Note
When running multiple Ceph OSD daemons on a single node, and sharing a partioned journal with each OSD daemon, you should consider the entire node the minimum failure domain for CRUSH purposes, because if the SSD drive fails, all of the Ceph OSD daemons that journal to it will fail too.
Activate OSDs
Once you prepare an OSD you may activate it with the following command.
ceph-deploy osd activate {node-name}:{data-disk-partition}[:{journal-disk-partition}]
ceph-deploy osd activate osdserver1:/dev/sdb1:/dev/ssd1
ceph-deploy osd activate osdserver1:/dev/sdc1:/dev/ssd2
The activate command will cause your OSD to come up and be placed in the cluster. The activate command uses the path to the partition created when running the prepare command.
Create OSDs
You may prepare OSDs, deploy them to the OSD node(s) and activate them in one step with the create command. The create command is a convenience method for executing the prepare and activate command sequentially.
ceph-deploy osd create {node-name}:{disk}[:{path/to/journal}]
ceph-deploy osd create osdserver1:sdb:/dev/ssd1
Destroy OSDs
Note
Coming soon. See Remove OSDs for manual procedures. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Legends of the Maori
Haumia and the Taniwha
Haumia and the Taniwha.
There is a story concerning that chief Haumia and a taniwha, a monster of the sea, which lived in a cave at the base of a cliff on the ocean front at Honipaka, on the Kawhia coast. Haumia’s home was in Taungatara pa and he made a plantation of kumara at Honipaka, close to the seashore. He was quite unaware that the taniwha lived there in the cave underneath his garden.
Now, this monster of the coast, whose name was Raparoa, was a mischievous monster, and when he knew that the kumara crop had come to maturity he exerted his power of evil and raised a great storm and spouted salt water over the plantation and spoilt it. The whole of the crop was ruined; the kumara rotted in the salt-sodden ground.
When Haumia came to his plantation and saw what had happened, he descended the cliff to the sea to discover what had caused the sea-water to be sprayed over his land. There he beheld the monstrous taniwha. Thus this place became known as the hiding place of Raparoa, and that taniwha was frequently seen in the ocean.
Haumia boldly asked the monster: “O Raparoa, why do you not go to see the fishes at Puponga?”
Now, Puponga is the place where the fish all assemble, and it was the time when the mackerel were plentiful in those parts. So when the monster heard what Haumia said it immediately set off for Puponga, eager to feast on fish. As soon as he had left his hole at the bottom of the cliff Haumia filled it in with sand and rocks. When the monster came back he found the entrance to his home filled in, so he went looking for another abiding place. Finding none, he died. The people took his great sharp teeth and made ear ornaments of them. And that episode gave rise to a local saying, which has come down to this day: “Haumia, the remover of monsters.” | FINEWEB-EDU |
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Giving up the affluent suburbs for rich city living | The Seattle Times
Richer people are moving to downtowns. Pete Fader often looks eagerly out the window of his office in West Philadelphia, where he is a marketing professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, at the rising One Riverside, a 22-story luxury condominium building across the Schuylkill. It will be several months before the condo he and his wife, Mina, have bought on what will be the 11th floor of One Riverside will be ready, but he admits he is like a little boy awaiting Christmas. My wife and I are city people, but we knew we couldn't move back until the kids were finished sports, school, out of the house, said Fader, 54. The units in One Riverside all sell in the mid-to-low seven figures. We are doubling down here no second home, just the best of what the city has to offer. One Riverside is one of several high-end Philadelphia condominium projects either recently completed or in progress, something new for the city. A Drexel University professor, Kevin Gillen, produces a city-housing report each quarter, and it said that in 2015's third quarter, there were 34 sales of more than $1 million there had never been a quarter with more than 24 before. While $100 million Manhattan condos are the talk of high-end urban real estate, Philadelphia's experience is being repeated in a quieter way all over the country, according to figures from the National Association of Realtors. Residential sales of $1 million or more in downtown sections of cities have been 2.2 percent of sales since 2013, compared with 1.8 percent in the 2009-12 period. Richer people are moving to those downtowns, Gillen said, to judge from population increases there along with the expansion of expensive residential projects. Center City Philadelphia's population has increased 16 percent since 2000 and the price of housing in Center City is $307 per square foot, up from about $200 a decade ago. It is $90 per square foot in the city overall. Like Fader, who lives in Bryn Mawr, west of Philadelphia, most of these new high-end buyers are coming from the suburbs, developers say. This is a group that loves its mansions and large homes but is finally, not so reluctantly, trading them in for high-end city adventure. Things just lined up in the last few years, said Patrick Phillips, the global chief executive of the Urban Land Institute, a research organization in Washington. The peak of the baby boom is right around 60 and these wealthy folks have a lot of embedded equity in their homes. They have the wherewithal to move into something with space in the city. And cities have prepared for people with money, at least in their downtowns, Phillips said. They have concentrated theaters, arenas, upscale shopping and refurbished or new parks and museums there. We see it everywhere from San Francisco to what I call the 'villes: Nashville, Louisville, Asheville smaller cities as well, Phillips said. While lower or middle-income suburban families may not be able to purchase something with enough space or close enough to walk to downtown attractions, the wealthier are diving in. Jack Halpern, a shopping-center developer, never thought he would move from his big house on a big lot with a beautiful swimming pool in Sandy Springs, a northern Atlanta suburb, despite his children having grown. A friend who was developing a hotel/condo in trendy downtown Buckhead had been asking him to come look, but Halpern kept putting him off. Then he happened to catch us on a day when the plumber, the pool guy, a landscaper and a couple of other contractors were parked at our house, said Halpern, 66, who now has a three-bedroom penthouse on the 26th floor of the St. Regis hotel/condominium. My wife and I listened to the description of a walkable lifestyle, the security that comes with living in a high-rise when we are doing more traveling. All of life is timing. Halpern said he would not have considered moving a decade ago, when the center of Atlanta was more or less a ghost town, but Georgia State and Georgia Tech Universities have spread out, and other businesses, retail stores and restaurants have proliferated. It was the same for Kenneth Sweder, a top business lawyer and philanthropist in Boston. Sweder and his wife, Gerri, lived in Lexington, a 35-minute commute to his downtown office. He had grown up in Queens and his wife in Washington Heights, and had always loved the bustle of cities. Their two children had graduated from college and were clearly not coming back to their big house, so Sweder knew it was time to get back to his urban roots. The two now live in a huge apartment on the sixth and seventh floors of the former Somerset Hotel in the Back Bay. I even have a longer commute, the most beautiful commute in the world, Sweder said. Down Commonwealth Ave. through the Public Garden and then Boston Commons. It is a joy to go to work that way every day. Carl Dranoff, the builder of One Riverside in Philadelphia, said he was in the high-end game for good now, after years of mostly middle-class residential development. In the past five years, Center City has become much more trendsetting, desirable, full of promise, he said. The population is exploding restaurants, the orchestra, the ballet, the stadiums most all of it walkable. He added, The suburban-housing market was depressed during the recession, but once that was over, the wealthy all seemed to want to be downtown like they were kids again. I don't think that will slow down for a long time. Custom-curated news highlights, delivered weekday mornings. By signing up you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. 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In fact, ownership is not always absolute in large-scale societies today. Formal market places are rare in isolated, small-scale societies because the advantages of trading in them are slight. Every household usually provides for its daily needs from its own production. Surpluses cannot be easily sent to areas of scarcity because of the difficulties of transport. Serviceable roads and vehicles to carry surplus goods to market are scarce or non-existent.
The same kind of cultural misunderstanding occurred in western Canada as well. During the 19th century, there was a common derogatory term in the U. S. that owes its origin to the European American misinterpretation of this sort of failed agreement. Anyone who wanted property back despite the fact that there was a binding agreement to sell or trade it was referred to as an “Indian giver. ” In societies with non-market economies, land and other property rights are usually restricted by the overriding rights vested in the community as a whole. This is very different from the concept of proprietary deed that is common in large-scale market economies. With usufruct, an owner normally can “own” land and other substantial property only as long as it is being used or actively possessed.
When European Americans encountered indigenous foraging peoples with non-market economies in North America during the 18th and 19th centuries, there were conflicts that arose as a result of the failure of both societies to understand the other’s concept of ownership. Most often, the indigenous societies had usufruct concepts, while the U. S. legal systems was solidly based on proprietary deed. When government representatives or individuals bought land from Indians, they assumed that they were acquiring all of the proprietary rights to the property.
At the same time, the Indians often thought that they were only selling or leasing the use of the property. When the Indians did not leave the land or returned to it later to live, they were perceived as reneging on a legal contract. From their perspective, the European Americans were taking something that did not and could not belong to them.
The individual “owner” is responsible for looking after the property for the society–he or she essentially only has stewardship over it. If the “owner” no longer needs the property or dies, it is reallocated by the society to others. In contrast, with proprietary deed, an owner of property has the right to keep it whether or not it is being used or actively possessed. For instance, an individual may own a number of houses and never use them. In addition, the owner has the right to pass the property on to descendants or to others chosen by the owner.
They had turned to the printing press to finance a good part of the costs of war, resulting in a “repressed inflation” under the stranglehold of the price regulations. The increasingly scarce goods were rationed or simply disappeared from the stores. By the time Germany surrendered in May 1945, the National Socialist version of the planned economy, and above all the war, had brought Germany to a state of social and economic collapse. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Will Car Stereo Play M4A?
Will Car Stereo Play M4A
Will Car Stereo Play M4A
Here are 8 easy steps to play M4A files on your car stereo. These file audio formats are worthy because of their protection. Its file size is also smaller than other formats.
Will Car Stereo Play M4A? You can play M4A on the car stereo by downloading the files on a USB drive, use a free audio converter, load the files on the app, choose the output format, convert M4A to MP3, and transfer the files.
It is generally considered a successor of MP3 and serves as a file extension of an audio file with advanced audio coding.
Will Car Stereo Play M4A?
You should convert it into any other format to play it in your vehicle. You can do this by using an audio converter, and the other is through a windows media player.
Download M4A music on a USB drive
USB flash drives are essential when it comes to matters of data transfer. You need not decode data to store it on USB. So first, you should know how you can download this format and save it in the gadget.
You can download it through the iTunes play store. When you open it, the home page of the store will appear before you. There are a lot of categories of music in front of you. You can also play MP3 files on the radio.
Select any suitable category for you
After selecting the category:
1. Select the iTunes or music you want to download.
2. Click on the download button for downloading it.
3. Patiently wait until the download is complete.
You can then transfer it to a flash drive, copy the tunes from the site, and paste it into the USB drive. Now it is stored in your device. You can connect it with any gadget or system for further processing.
Download free audio converter
An audio Converter is a software that we can use to convert different audio files. There is various free converter software available. You can choose any to download for free.
Mostly Freemake audio converter and switch audio converter are most extensively used for this purpose. Both of them are entirely free of cost.
Open any search browser on your device to download it. Google chrome is the best, and it can easily install and download it. Search Freemake audio converter in the search bar.
Different suggestions will appear on the screen. Choose one of them and press enter; click on the download button to start downloading on the homepage.
The complete download will take 5 to 10 minutes. Run and install it on your computer. When the download is complete, its icon will show on the homepage of your device. Click on the icon every time to open it. You should correctly connect the wires; otherwise, speakers will not work if wired wrong.
Load music on software
Loading videos on it is a simple task. You can do it in two ways. The first option is to drag and drops the file. For this purpose, select the audio file that you want to convert.
Then drag the file from the folder by swiping fingers on the trackpad. Then open the software and drop the file into it. You should use good products; otherwise, it can transfer a virus to the car radio.
Another option of loading is to select the loading option from the software. To do it, open it by clicking on the icon. Then on the left side of the home screen search, add the video tab.
Click on the tab to open it. Then select the file from the hard drive from your gadget. Then click on the add button to load it on it. Some software can support multiple files.
But some can only support one file at a time. When the loading is complete confirmation message will pop up on the screen.
Choose output format
Before converting the audio, you should select the data you want to convert the existing file. To set it, go to the Menu tab.
Then open the tap, and different suggestions will appear on the screen. You can select a preset as an output format.
You can also manually choose any output format. Select this option from suggestions and press enter. Now You can start a conversion on your gadget.
Convert M4A to MP3
When you open the audio converter, a convert button is present at the homepage’s right bottom. After loading and selecting the output format, click on this button to start conversion.
Wait until the conversion process is complete. It also depends on the file’s size; a confirmation message will flash on the screen after completing the process.
This whole process takes only 15 to 30 minutes.
Transfer the music files
The final step is to transfer it to a USB flash drive and play in the car audio system. Attach the flash with your device and copy the new format in it.
Convert M4A to MP3 through a media player
There is another option that you can use for this conversion. You can use any media player on your computer to convert it.
You can install any media player like a windows media player for this purpose. First, save all these files in your CD player. Then insert the CD player into the CD drive.
Click on the windows media player icon to open it. Then click on the windows media player menu to open it. When it is open different options will appear on the screen before you.
You will see a RIP tab; click on the arrow below it. Now different format categories will pop up on the computer screen.
You should choose the required tab as an audio format; it will convert into MP3 within few minutes. Finally, again click on the RIP tab. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Itamar Ben-Gvir
Itamar Ben-Gvir (אִיתָמָר בֶּן גְּבִיר, ; born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli far-right politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of National Security since 2022. He is the leader of Otzma Yehudit, a Kahanist and anti-Arab party that won six seats in the 2022 Israeli legislative election, and is part of what is widely regarded as the most right-wing government in Israel's history.
Ben-Gvir is a settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, whose "political background lies in Kahanism - a violently racist movement that supports the expulsion of Palestinians from their lands". He has a long history of anti-Arab activism leading to dozens of indictments and at least eight convictions of crimes including incitement to racism, possession of propaganda for a terrorist organization (the now illegal political party Kach) and support for a terrorist organisation (also Kach). As a lawyer, he is known for defending Jews accused of Jewish extremist terrorism on trial in Israel.
Ben-Gvir is known for being a provocateur and has grabbed headlines for a variety of reasons; threatening Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on live television in 1995 (Rabin was assassinated shortly after that), having had a portrait in his living room of Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish extremist terrorist and mass murderer, calling for the expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel who are not loyal to Israel in 2019, inciting violent clashes between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in 2021, and for visiting the Temple Mount where the al-Aqsa Mosque is located, spurring an international wave of criticism in January 2023.
Early life
Itamar Ben-Gvir was born in Mevaseret Zion. His father was born in Iraqi Kurdistan and worked at a gasoline company and dabbled in writing. His mother was a Kurdish Jewish immigrant who was active in the Irgun as a teenager and was a homemaker. His family was secular, but as a teenager, he adopted religious and radical right-wing views during the First Intifada. He first joined a right-wing youth movement affiliated with Moledet, a party which advocated the expulsion of Arabs out of Israel, and then joined the youth movement of the even more radical Kach and Kahane Chai party, which was designated as a terrorist organization and outlawed by the Israeli government. He became youth coordinator of Kach, and claimed that he was detained at the age of 14. When he came of age for conscription into the Israel Defense Forces at 18, he was exempted from service by the IDF due to his extreme-right political background.
Ben-Gvir continued to be associated with the Kahanist movement; Otzma Yehudit is considered Kach's ideological successor. However, when forming the Otzma Yehudit party, he claimed that it would not be a Kach, Kahane Chai or splinter group. He carried out a series of far-right activities that have resulted in dozens of indictments. In a November 2015 interview, he claimed to have been indicted 53 times. In most cases, the charges were thrown out of court. In 2007, however, he was convicted for incitement to racism and supporting a terrorist organization. *
* Ben-Gvir has been convicted of at least eight charges.
* Ben-Gvir has been convicted of at least eight charges.
In the 1990s, he was active in protests against the Oslo Accords. In 1995, Ben-Gvir came to public attention for the first time, when he appeared on television brandishing a Cadillac hood ornament that had been stolen from Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's car, and declared: "We got to his car, and we'll get to him too." Several weeks later, Rabin was assassinated by right-wing extremist Yigal Amir.
Legal career
Ben-Gvir sometimes represented himself during his many indictments, and at the suggestion of several judges, he decided to study law. Ben-Gvir studied law at the Ono Academic College. At the end of his studies, the Israel Bar Association blocked him from taking the bar exam on grounds of his criminal record. Ben-Gvir claimed the decision was politically motivated. After a series of appeals, this decision was overturned, but it was ruled that Ben-Gvir would first have to settle three criminal cases in which he was charged at the time. After being acquitted in all three cases on charges including holding an illegal gathering and disturbing a civil servant, Ben-Gvir was allowed to take the exam. He passed the written and oral examinations, and was granted a license to practice law.
As a lawyer, Ben-Gvir has represented a series of far-right Jewish activists suspected of terrorism and hate crimes, some of which are colloquially known as hilltop youth. He has stated that his work representing them is ideologically motivated. Notable clients include Benzi Gopstein and two teenagers charged in the Duma arson attack. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz described Ben-Gvir as the "go-to man" for Jewish extremists facing legal trouble, and reported that his client list "reads like a 'Who's Who' of suspects in Jewish terror cases and hate crimes in Israel". Ben-Gvir has also represented Lehava, a far-right Israeli anti-assimilation organization which is active in opposing Jewish intermarriage with non-Jews, and has sued the Jerusalem Waqf.
Political career
Ben-Gvir was the parliamentary assistant in the 18th Knesset for Michael Ben-Ari. In the 2013 Israeli legislative election, he was placed fifth on the Otzma Leyisrael list, but failed to enter Knesset since the party did not pass the election threshold. On 23 July 2017, he was part of the leadership of a protest that included dozens of people outside of the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. The protest was held by both Lehava and Otzma Yehudit.
Ben-Gvir had planned to run for a seat in the Knesset in the 2019 Israeli legislative election in the first slot of a combined Noam/Otzma Yehudit electoral list, though the two parties split over Otzma's inclusion of a secular candidate on the combined list (which Noam disagreed with). Ben-Gvir was in the third seat of a joint list that included Otzma Yehudit, Noam and the Religious Zionist Party that ran in the 2021 Israeli legislative election. He was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won six seats.
In the 2022 Israeli legislative election, Otzma Yehudit again ran as part of a combined list with the Religious Zionist Party, led by Bezalel Smotrich. This combined list was strongly encouraged by Benjamin Netanyahu who publicly posted a video address warning against the parties running independently and risking falling below the 3,25% electoral threshold needed to get a seat. The prospect of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich entering government was highly controversial. Yaakov Katz, the then editor of The Jerusalem Post, warned that such a government would work "toward the same goal of destroying Israeli democracy." The combined list received the 3rd most votes in the 25th Knesset, a total of 14 seats out of 120. Ben-Gvir and his party entered a Netanyahu-led government. The president of Israel, Isaac Herzog was heard on microphone saying that the entire world was worried about Ben-Gvir becoming a minister. It was reported in late November 2022 that Ben-Gvir would head the newly created National Security Ministry, whose duties would include overseeing the Israel Border Police in the West Bank.
In January 2022, his level of security was increased. Due to frequent death threats, Ben-Gvir is accompanied by multiple security guards in public, and extra security measures are taken to ensure his safety.
As minister, Ben-Gvir worked to loosen Israel's firearm-ownership regulations.
On 26 January 2024 he accused the International Court of Justice of anti-semitism following its ruling on the case South Africa v. Israel. He was the subject of a foiled assassination plot by seven Arab citizens of Israel and four Palestinians from the West Bank in 2024.
Controversies
On 25 February 2019, Ben-Gvir said that Arab citizens of Israel who were not loyal to Israel "must be expelled".
Prior to entering office Ben-Gvir was known to have a portrait in his living room of Israeli-American mass murderer Baruch Goldstein, who massacred 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers and wounded 125 others in Hebron, in the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre; he removed the portrait in preparation for the 2020 Israeli legislative election in hope of being allowed to run on the unified right list headed by Naftali Bennett.
In the context of the Sheikh Jarrah controversy, in May 2021, Ben-Gvir set up a makeshift office in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in a show of solidarity with Jewish settlers. Palestinan residents of Sheikh Jarrah have faced potential evictions by Israeli settlers for years. Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai placed the blame for the outbreak of violent clashes on Ben-Gvir. Ben-Gvir dismantled his office and left the neighbourhood after Netanyahu agreed to increase police presence in the neighbourhood during Ramadan.
In October 2021, Ben-Gvir and Joint List leader Ayman Odeh had a physical confrontation during a visit to the Kaplan Medical Center to see Miqdad Qawasmeh, a Hamas operative who had been on a hunger strike for over three months of his administrative detention. Ben-Gvir was against Qawasmeh being treated in an Israeli hospital, and stated that he had visited to check the detainee's conditions, as well as to "see up close this miracle that a person remains alive despite not eating for several months". As Ben-Gvir attempted to enter Qawasmeh's room, he accused Odeh of being a terrorist for supporting extremists like Qawasmeh. Odeh then struck first, pushing Ben-Gvir, and the pair began to scuffle before being separated by bystanders. Ben-Gvir later filed a complaint against Odeh, claiming that he had "committed a serious criminal act".
In December 2021, Ben-Gvir was investigated after a video surfaced of him pulling a handgun on Arab security guards during a parking dispute in the underground garage of the Expo Tel Aviv conference center. The guards asked Ben-Gvir to move his vehicle as he was parked in a prohibited space. He then drew a pistol and brandished it at the guards. Both parties taunted each other, and Ben-Gvir claimed that he felt his life threatened. The guards were unarmed. He was criticized by lawmakers across the aisle, and the incident was investigated.
On October 13, 2022, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Ben-Gvir took part in clashes between Israeli Jewish settlers and local Palestinian residents, brandishing a gun, telling the police to shoot at Palestinians throwing stones at the scene, and yelling at them that "We're the landlords here, remember that, I am your landlord." This was a message he later repeated in a tweet on the morning after the 2022 election in his victory tweet.
On 3 January 2023, Ben-Gvir, as national security minister, visited the Temple Mount, which prompted a wave of international criticism from the United States, European Union, and Arab countries including Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who termed his visit as provocative and called on Israel to respect the status quo of holy sites. Ben-Gvir had been long accused of being a provocateur, having previously led several visits to the Temple Mount as activist and member of Knesset, contentious marches through Jerusalem's Old City Muslim Quarter, and set up an office in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood which witnessed Israeli-Palestinian tensions. On 8 January, he ordered Israeli police to remove Palestinian flags being flown in public, stating the flags symbolized terrorism.
In August 2023 he stated "My right, and my wife's and my children's right, to get around on the roads in Judea and Samaria is more important than the right to movement for Arabs". These comments were condemned by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the US State Department as racist. The PA condemned "the racist and heinous remarks by Israel's fascist minister Itamar Ben Gvir, which only confirms Israel's apartheid regime of Jewish supremacy and racial terror against the Palestinian people".
In October 2023, following the arrest of five ultra-Orthodox Heredi Jews for spitting at Christians outside churches, Ben-Gvir said it was "not a criminal case" following arrests. He said he thought it should be addressed "through instruction and education", rather than justifying arrest. Prior to entering politics, he defended Jews spitting at Christians as "an ancient Jewish custom". After the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023, Ben-Gvir said that "Israel is experiencing one of the most difficult events in its history. This is not the time for questions, tests and investigations."
The Arab community in Israel has seen a significant increase in violence and organized crime, including a rise in gang-related murders in recent years. A report by the Abraham Initiative highlighted that 244 Arab community members were killed in Israel in 2023, more than double the previous year's count. The report attributed this surge in homicides directly to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who campaigned on a platform promising to improve personal security and oversees law enforcement.
In November 2023 he declared that "when they say that Hamas needs to be eliminated, it also means those who sing, those who support and those who distribute candy, all of these are terrorists." On 1 January 2024, Ben-Gvir said that the war with Hamas presented an "opportunity to concentrate on encouraging the migration of the residents of Gaza." He has stated that "We cannot withdraw from any territory we are in in the Gaza Strip. Not only do I not rule out Jewish settlement there, I believe it is also an important thing". On the day that a number of European countries recognised a Palestinian state, Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and said "We will not allow any surrender that would even include a declaration of a Palestinian state" and that the mosque site belongs "only to the State of Israel".
Noted Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz has said Ben-Gvir represents "Jewish fascism".
Personal life
Ben-Gvir is married to Ayala Nimrodi, a distant relative of Ofer Nimrodi, the former owner of the Maariv daily newspaper. Reportedly the couple visited the grave of Baruch Goldstein, a mass murderer, on their first date. The couple has five children, and they live in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba/Hebron, which is illegal under international law, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Ben-Gvir sued his father's caregiver, a foreign worker from Sri Lanka, for 100,000 NIS after he asked for severance pay from him and his brother, after Ben-Gvir's father died. Ben-Gvir's claim was that his father died because the worker went on a vacation. The court ruled that Ben-Gvir and his brother would pay the foreign worker around 100,000 NIS as their father's heirs. | WIKI |
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Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit of the Lyon Laboratory
Head of Unit: Thierry Baron
Deputy Head of Unit: Anne-Gaëlle Morignat
The Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit is a team of 11 employees, including five scientists/engineers, five laboratory technicians and a secretary. For several years, it has been studying animal diseases associated with protein folding defects, historically represented by prion diseases. The unit has an approximately 500 m2 platform of conventional and containment level L3 laboratories.
Reference activities
The unit is the National Reference Laboratory for the diagnosis and surveillance of prion diseases in ruminants.
Research activities
Historically, the unit's work has been dedicated to the study of prion “strains” and their biological and molecular differentiation. It has largely focused on these diseases in laboratory rodents (mice, hamsters). A majority of the work undertaken has dealt with methods for the molecular phenotyping of pathological prion proteins. This work is still ongoing, with an emphasis on prion disease in elks, which recently appeared in Northern Europe. The objective is to determine the origin of the prion responsible for this disease, in particular through comparisons with other prion diseases in ruminants, especially in sheep.
More recently, these methodologies based on the biochemistry of proteins and histopathology (study of tissue) combined with in vitro methods have been implemented to study human neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Parkinson's disease. This work is largely carried out using animal models of Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease.
Part of this work involves the molecular characterisation of alpha-synuclein aggregation; alpha-synuclein is a protein found in lesions in Parkinson's disease and similar diseases. The work aims to determine how neuropathological lesions spread in the central and peripheral nervous systems as these diseases progress and to what extent protein aggregation characteristics can be useful for the early diagnosis of these diseases or explain why there are diseases that differ in terms of the nature of the lesions and their clinical expression.
A second part focuses on the role of pesticide exposure in Parkinson's disease. The goal of this work is to better understand how much this exposure is a risk factor for this disease. Initially, experimental work was undertaken with paraquat, an herbicide. Now, emphasis is being placed in particular on chlordecone, a persistent insecticide that has been massively used in the Caribbean and is a major human health hazard. Among other things, the team is seeking to understand to what extent a pesticide could initiate and/or promote the spread of protein aggregation. In additional to animal models, in vitro approaches are being developed.
Main research projects, from the last five years and ongoing
CHLORPARK (2020-2022)
Can chlordecone have an adverse effect on the mouse nigrostriatal system, the preferential target in Parkinson's disease?
Funding: Anses
Chlordecone is an environmental contaminant in the French Caribbean whose acute neurotoxicity is well documented. However, no experimental studies are available concerning the possible chronic neurotoxicity of this insecticide in connection with the potential occurrence of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease. The project is seeking to determine whether repeated exposure to chlordecone in mice could damage the regions of the brain affected in this disease. During this work, the team will also assess to what extent this substance can accumulate in the brain.
Evaluation of peripheral nervous system involvement during the development of a central alpha-synucleinopathy: comparative study of dietary exposure to pesticides in various murine models of Parkinson's disease (2014-2017)
Funding: Thesis project defended by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region
Molecular study of the spread of α-synuclein aggregation in a transgenic model of Parkinson's disease: impact of b-synuclein overexpression using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors (2014-2017)
Funding: Thesis project defended by the Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes Region | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Review: ‘Max Rose’ Has Jerry Lewis Tearful Over a Hint of Infidelity
“Max Rose,” a soggy, fragile feature about love, death, marriage and memories, might never have made it to theaters were it not for its star, Jerry Lewis. More than 20 years have passed since he appeared in the delightfully weird “Funny Bones,” and, whether from curiosity or admiration (most likely, both), moviegoers of a certain age will be unable to resist this unexpected glimpse of a true-blue legend. Now 90 and with faculties undiminished, Mr. Lewis doesn’t have much to laugh about in the role of Max, a former jazz pianist and recent widower. His wife of 65 years, Eva (played in fanciful flashbacks by the lovely Claire Bloom), has left him with a broken heart and a mysterious inscription on her powder compact. “Her life with me was a lie,” Max announces at the funeral, prompting his son, Chris (a clearly awed Kevin Pollak), to suggest bereavement counseling. The acidic look that greets this offer signals that Max and Chris have long-suppurating issues, but it also reminds us that Mr. Lewis, for all his outsize comic credentials, can be a formidable dramatic actor. In the 1980s, he was a revelation not only in Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy” but also in a recurring role on the fine television series “Wiseguy,” a largely forgotten incubator of acting talent. Here, though, little is incubating except sentiment. Manipulative as a cattle prod, Michel Legrand’s score nudges Max toward Eva’s secret past. En route, we get some sweet moments between him and his granddaughter (Kerry Bishé), as well as a night of boozy banter with his assisted-living cronies (featuring a perky Mort Sahl) that’s warmly relaxed. But the writer and director, Daniel Noah, creates no space for the story’s darker corners, or for his star to delve beneath the surface of Max’s depression and anger. Then again, who cares? It’s Jerry Lewis, so everyone can just shut up. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:Ford Motor Company
Old Ford Motor financials?
I'm looking for old financial data since the company's founding until the present. Unit sales, revenue, costs, profits, etc. Are there wikidata or other trusted data sources that takes us beyond the recent 20 years? Phil Wolff (talk)
Aston Martin
Didn't Ford sell its remaining 8% stake in Aston Martin? 2601:2C6:5000:92F0:D9E9:6984:7D37:5EEE (talk) 23:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
* I thought they sold it back in 2008 but article is locked so I can’t fix it 2601:19E:4300:83E0:1D0:CFDA:9F25:44AF (talk) 14:56, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
* Do you have a reference? Stepho talk 21:13, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
* I'm sure that Ford sold Aston Martin in 2007. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 14:05, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
1999 sales
According to a report from 1999, Ford was excepted to produce or sell 7.77 million vehicles in 1999. This number included Mazda, which was owned to 1/3 by Ford 1996 to November 2008. However, OICA shows that Ford produced "only" around 6.5 million in 1999, and excludes Mazda, I wonder why.
According to this report, Ford (including Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Lincoln) was also expected to increase its vehicle production to 9.15 million a year in 2005, and surpass General Motors as the largest automaker. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 18:25, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
* It's hard to comment on "this report" when we don't know what that report is. Links would be helpful.
* It's always a difficult question for whether to combine brands or to list them separately. In this case, I agree with OICA to list Mazda separately. Ford has always been closely linked with Mercury and Lincoln for almost it's entire existence. The advertising of them was always Ford for the common many, Mercury for the more affluent man and Lincoln for the rich man, with buyers expected to change brands as their economic position improved. Mazda, Jaguar, Volvo Range Rover have joined and later split from Ford, were not intimately linked to Ford for extended periods of time and did not form part of that economic progression.
* Also be aware that some reports are US only, N.America only, or world-wide. And whether or not they include pickups, light trucks, full size trucks (eg 20 ton), motorcycles, knockdown kits (common in export markets) and vehicles made but not sold. A real minefield. Stepho talk 23:58, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
* My first point on that is Mazda never came to be a consolidated subsidiary of Ford, even if Ford had a sizeable, potentially controlling stake. And Japanese companies are strongly guaranteed by the government, so less than 50% there may be a theoretical controlling stake but not an actual one. That's the reason I think Ford/Mazda and other companies (VW/Suzuki, Renault/Nissan..) were always counted separately by OICA despite the shareholdings technically giving control to one side.
* Second (and this is a confusion very common, especially among American editors) production and sales are not the same thing. Companies sell all the time things they didn't actually produce (some are trillion dollar ones, as Apple) and claim sales in minority-owned operations as their own (eg Ford neighbour GM). It looks good at AGMs.
* Third, OICA had to decide to which manufacturer it gave the production numbers, as companies tend to count for themselves facilities in which they only have a minority or a non-controlling stake. The press and shareholders may go with it, but OICA needed to avoid the double counts. --Urbanoc (talk) 12:20, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
* 1999 report in which Mazda is included in Ford's total production (estimated to 7.77 million in 1999, including Mazda; OICA, which excludes Mazda, estimated around 6.5 million). Ford, including Mazda, was expected to surpass General Motors as the largest automaker in 2005, with an estimated production of 9.15 million vehicles, in comparison to G.M. which was estimated to produce 9.10 million. (However, Ford's production stagnated in the 2000s, so Ford even didn't keep its place as the second-largest automaker; Ford was the second-largest automaker, behind G.M. for the last year in 2004, with 7.91 million vehicles - including Mazda - as Toyota, with 7.87 million vehicles in 2004, increased its production to 8.4 million vehicles in 2005.) <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:06, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
* Before we proceed, what do you complain about on this article exactly? I didn't find your points of contention the first time I looked around, but I supposed the 1999 OICA rankings were mentioned in passing. I glanced the article again a couple of times, and still didn't find anyting on 1999 OICA rankings. Most of the general rankings I found through the artice were sales and revenue/profit rankings by American media companies (like Forbes) which aren't generally considered too biased and certainly not try to diminish Ford (sometimes Tesla, but that's another point). Other mentions come from Ford itself (certainly not a source aimed at diminish Ford in positive rankings). There's a lot of conflating sales with production (as I said, something common in articles edited by Americans). The only use of an OICA ranking I found was a 2015 one in the lede, but by that time Ford was already almost completely out of Mazda, so a 1999 Mazda share ownership is a moot point, and you are free to remove that info as isn't presented in-line with Wikipedia policies, it uses Wikipedia as a source instead of OICA and doesn't clarify the ranking is the OICA one (as you mentioned, there are other production rankings, all of them paywalled BTW). Your criticism seems to be directed at the OICA ranking as a whole, not to a thing mentioned here, so the discussion should be cut/pasted to Talk:List of manufacturers by motor vehicle production where it makes sense, if you agree. If not, there's nothing more to say as this is irrelevant here. My following statements are made as if the discussion was moved.
* So, after clarifying that caveat, I can answer to your post. Thanks for the news article discussing the ranking. If LA Times is correct, at least is actually a production ranking instead of a sales ranking, which a lot of people tried to equate here (the study is lousy and laughably wrong, however, I'd look to read it too have a good time, but I don't want to spend the money...) I'd say the absolute statement "33.4% share is considered controlling interest" is just plain wrong, as that's not how things work in practice in the Japanese corporate world. You can have even less than that and actually control a company and more and the company can still operate independently if provisions are made. That only applies at things like naming directors and certain legal proceedings (ie from a legal standpoint). I still think OICA took the sensible route here.
* Having said that, there was never opposition to add alternative production rankings that use other criteria. And PricewaterhouseCoopers is widely used through Wikipedia, especially in US-focused articles, so I don't oppose its usage here. If, as part of the study, Autofacts created a 1999 ranking and not just focused on the two American companies and if you have access to such ranking, you can add it here alongside the OICA one. But we won't use that failed study to "fix" the OICA ranking as that is original research and is against Wikipedia policy. That wouldn't be an OICA ranking but a Wikipedia made up ranking combining things arbitrarly. Hope that clarifies things. --Urbanoc (talk) 12:23, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
* According to OICA's 1999 report, Ford produced 6.638 million vehicles in 1999 (excluding Mazda), and Mazda (then 33,3 % owned by Ford) 967 000 vehicles. Combined, Ford-Mazda produced 7.605 million, almost 100 000 less than 7.7 million which was estimated in the report that Ford was expected to increase its production to 9.15 million in 2005, and then surpass General Motors (with estimated 9.10 million in 2005) as the largest automaker. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:17, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
* Ah, so your real goal is to "prove" that Ford is bigger than GM. That OICA report separates Ford and Mazda. It also separates GM and Isuzu. With some creative accounting we can "prove" either one is bigger by choosing whether to include full subsidiaries, partial subsidiaries, cars only, cars+pickups, cars+pickups+heavy trucks, US only production, global production, knock-down kits, etc, etc. Stepho talk 23:15, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
* I never said Ford is bigger than G.M., but that Ford was expected in 1999 to increase its production to 9.15 million vehicles a year by 2005, and then surpass General Motors as the largest automaker, as General Motors was expected to produce 9.10 million in 2005.
* Please listen or read more carefully what I'm saying or writing! <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:19, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
* Please state clearly what changes you want made. Stepho talk 23:17, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
* In 2004, most news reports claimed that Ford had been surpassed by Toyota as the second-largest automaker (behind General Motors) in 2003, but that was not the case if Mazda's sales/production would be included, alternatively if Toyota would be counted alone without Daihatsu and Hino.
* According to OICA, Toyota (including Daihatsu and Hino) produced more than 7.1 million vehicles in 2003 (of which over 6.2 million by Toyota alone), and Ford around 6.5 million. However, Mazda made around 1 million in 2003 and Ford-Mazda would therefore be larger than Toyota both in 2003 and 2004; first in 2005 did Toyota surpass Ford. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:51, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
* Much easier if you include links to the data so that we don't have to waste time searching for it.:
* 2003: https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Worldranking2003.pdf
* 2004: https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/worldranking.pdf
* In both cases OICA listed Toyota separately from Daihatsu and Hino (opposite of your claim). Ford is listed separately from Mazda (agreeing with you). If we combine them as per your wish (which is not a universally agreed thing) then you get the following totals:
* {| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Total!!Company!!Company!!Company
* 2003||7,220,764 ||Toyota (6,240,526) ||Daihatsu (897,116) ||Hino (83,122)
* 2003||7,718,667 ||Ford+Jaguar+VolvoCars (6,566,089) ||Mazda (1,152,578
* 2004||7,874,694 ||Toyota (6,814,554) ||Daihatsu (965,295) ||Hino (94,845)
* 2004||7,919,104 ||Ford+Jaguar+VolvoCars (6,644,024) ||Mazda (1,275,080)
* }
* This does indeed put the combined Ford production ahead of the combined Toyota production by about 1%. However, you have to make your case about why OICA's choice of combining companies is wrong. Remember that according to WP:RS and WP:SYNTH, we should rely on 3rd party references and not try to synthesis our own results. Stepho talk 01:53, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
* 2004||7,919,104 ||Ford+Jaguar+VolvoCars (6,644,024) ||Mazda (1,275,080)
* }
* This does indeed put the combined Ford production ahead of the combined Toyota production by about 1%. However, you have to make your case about why OICA's choice of combining companies is wrong. Remember that according to WP:RS and WP:SYNTH, we should rely on 3rd party references and not try to synthesis our own results. Stepho talk 01:53, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
* This does indeed put the combined Ford production ahead of the combined Toyota production by about 1%. However, you have to make your case about why OICA's choice of combining companies is wrong. Remember that according to WP:RS and WP:SYNTH, we should rely on 3rd party references and not try to synthesis our own results. Stepho talk 01:53, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
Tractors
why is there no mention of the Ford tractor line. It litterally revolutionized the industry twice. 2600:1008:B071:29E1:0:29:24EE:EE01 (talk) 22:07, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
* In the article there is an entire section on them - Ford Motor Company. This links to Fordson and Ford N-series tractor. Stepho talk
@ <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:21, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
"NYSE: F" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NYSE:_F&redirect=no NYSE: F] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at until a consensus is reached. mwwv converse ∫ edits 17:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
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/*
* Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
*
* Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
* found in the LICENSE file.
*/
#ifndef GrBackendTextureImageGenerator_DEFINED
#define GrBackendTextureImageGenerator_DEFINED
#include "include/core/SkImageGenerator.h"
#include "include/gpu/GrBackendSurface.h"
#include "include/gpu/GrDirectContext.h"
#include "include/private/SkMutex.h"
#include "src/gpu/GrTexture.h"
#include "src/gpu/ResourceKey.h"
class GrSemaphore;
/*
* This ImageGenerator is used to wrap a texture in one GrContext and can then be used as a source
* in another GrContext. It holds onto a semaphore which the producing GrContext will signal and the
* consuming GrContext will wait on before using the texture. Only one GrContext can ever be used
* as a consumer (this is mostly because Vulkan can't allow multiple things to wait on the same
* semaphore).
*
* In practice, this capability is used by clients to create backend-specific texture resources in
* one thread (with, say, GrContext-A) and then ship them over to another GrContext (say,
* GrContext-B) which will then use the texture as a source for draws. GrContext-A uses the
* semaphore to notify GrContext-B when the shared texture is ready to use.
*/
class GrBackendTextureImageGenerator : public SkImageGenerator {
public:
static std::unique_ptr<SkImageGenerator> Make(sk_sp<GrTexture>, GrSurfaceOrigin,
std::unique_ptr<GrSemaphore>, SkColorType,
SkAlphaType, sk_sp<SkColorSpace>);
~GrBackendTextureImageGenerator() override;
protected:
bool onIsValid(GrRecordingContext* context) const override {
if (context && context->abandoned()) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
GrSurfaceProxyView onGenerateTexture(GrRecordingContext*, const SkImageInfo&, const SkIPoint&,
GrMipmapped mipMapped, GrImageTexGenPolicy) override;
private:
GrBackendTextureImageGenerator(const SkImageInfo& info,
GrTexture*,
GrSurfaceOrigin,
GrDirectContext::DirectContextID owningContextID,
std::unique_ptr<GrSemaphore>,
const GrBackendTexture&);
static void ReleaseRefHelper_TextureReleaseProc(void* ctx);
class RefHelper : public SkNVRefCnt<RefHelper> {
public:
RefHelper(GrTexture*,
GrDirectContext::DirectContextID owningContextID,
std::unique_ptr<GrSemaphore>);
~RefHelper();
GrTexture* fOriginalTexture;
GrDirectContext::DirectContextID fOwningContextID;
// We use this key so that we don't rewrap the GrBackendTexture in a GrTexture for each
// proxy created from this generator for a particular borrowing context.
skgpu::UniqueKey fBorrowedTextureKey;
// There is no ref associated with this pointer. We rely on our atomic bookkeeping with the
// context ID to know when this pointer is valid and safe to use. This is used to make sure
// all uses of the wrapped texture are finished on the borrowing context before we open
// this back up to other contexts. In general a ref to this release proc is owned by all
// proxies and gpu uses of the backend texture.
GrRefCntedCallback* fBorrowingContextReleaseProc;
GrDirectContext::DirectContextID fBorrowingContextID;
std::unique_ptr<GrSemaphore> fSemaphore;
};
RefHelper* fRefHelper;
// This Mutex is used to guard the borrowing of the texture to one GrContext at a time as well
// as the creation of the fBorrowingContextReleaseProc. The latter happening if two threads with
// the same consuming GrContext try to generate a texture at the same time.
SkMutex fBorrowingMutex;
GrBackendTexture fBackendTexture;
GrSurfaceOrigin fSurfaceOrigin;
using INHERITED = SkImageGenerator;
};
#endif // GrBackendTextureImageGenerator_DEFINED | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Amazon Textract
Developer Guide
Using Amazon Augmented AI (Preview) with Amazon Textract
Amazon Augmented AI is in preview release and is subject to change. We recommend that you use this tool only with test datasets, and not in production environments.
Amazon Augmented AI (Amazon A2I) enables you to build the workflows that are required for human review of machine learning predictions.
Amazon Textract is directly integrated with Amazon A2I so that you can easily get low-confidence predictions from Amazon Textract reviewed by humans. You can use Amazon Textract’s AnalyzeDocument API for form data extraction and the Amazon A2I console to specify the conditions under which Amazon A2I routes predictions to reviewers. The conditions are set based on the confidence threshold of important key forms.
If you specify a confidence threshold, Amazon A2I routes only those predictions that fall below the threshold for human review. You can adjust these thresholds at any time to achieve the right balance between accuracy and cost-effectiveness. This can help you implement audits to monitor the prediction accuracy regularly.
With Amazon A2I, you can use a pool of reviewers within your own organization. You can also access the workforce of over 500,000 independent contractors who are already performing machine learning tasks through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Another option is to use workforce vendors that are prescreened by AWS for quality and adherence to security procedures. Amazon A2I also provides reviewers a web interface that consists of all the instructions and tools that they need to complete their review tasks.
The following steps walk you through how to set up Amazon A2I with Amazon Textract's single-page document analysis. You create a flow definition with the Amazon A2I API that has the conditions that trigger human review. Then, you pass the flow definition's Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to AnalyzeDocument. In the AnalyzeDocument response, you can see if human review is required. The results of human review are available in an Amazon S3 bucket that is set by the flow definition.
Running AnalyzeDocument with Amazon A2I (Preview)
1. Complete the prerequisites that are listed in Getting Started with Amazon Augmented AI in the Amazon SageMaker Documentation.
Additionally, remember to set up your IAM permissions as in the page Permissions and Security in Amazon Augmented AI in the Amazon SageMaker Documentation.
2. Follow the instructions for Creating a Human Review Workflow in the Amazon SageMaker Documentation.
A human review workflow manages the analysis of a document. It holds the conditions that trigger a human review, the work team that the document is sent to, the UI template that the work team uses, and the Amazon S3 bucket that the work team's results are sent to.
Within your CreateFlowDefinition call, you need to set the HumanLoopRequestSource to "AWS/Textract/AnalyzeDocument/Forms/V1". Then you need to decide what conditions trigger your document for human review.
For Amazon Textract, the ConditionType used is ImportantFormKeyConfidenceCheck, which has the condition parameters ImportantFormKey and ImportantFormKeyAliases. Additionally, the parameters KeyValueBlockConfidence and WordBlockConfidence can each be set to "less than", "equal to", or "greater than".
These parameters enable you to look for specific keys in a document. Then, based on their confidence evaluation, you can decide whether to send the document to human review or not. You can also use logical operators, such as "And", "Or", or "Not" to create complex conditions. If you set no conditions, every document analyzed is sent to human review. To send all documents that are analyzed to human review, you can set the ImportantFormKey to "*" and the ConfidenceGreaterThan parameter to 0.
The following code is a partial call of CreateFlowDefinition. This sends a document for human review if Amazon Textract is less than 90% confident on the KeyValueBlockConfidence for a document's mailing address or phone number form. It also sends the document for review if it has less than a 100% WordBlockConfidence.
def create_flow_definition(): ''' Creates a Flow Definition resource Returns: struct: FlowDefinitionArn ''' humanLoopActivationConditions = json.dumps( { "Conditions": [ { "Or": [ { "ConditionType": "ImportantFormKeyConfidenceCheck", "ConditionParameters": { "ImportantFormKey": "Mailing Address", "ImportantFormKeyAliases": ["Mailing Address:"], "KeyValueBlockConfidenceLessThan": 90, "WordBlockConfidenceLessThan": 100 } }, { "ConditionType": "ImportantFormKeyConfidenceCheck", "ConditionParameters": { "ImportantFormKey": "Phone Number", "ImportantFormKeyAliases": ["Phone Number:"], "KeyValueBlockConfidenceLessThan": 90, "WordBlockConfidenceLessThan": 100 } } ] } ] } )
CreateFlowDefinition returns a FlowDefinitionArn, which you use in the next step when you call AnalyzeDocument.
For more information see CreateFlowDefinition in the Amazon SageMaker API Reference.
3. Set the HumanLoopConfig parameter when you call AnalyzeDocument, as in Analyze Document Text
1. Within the HumanLoopConfig parameter, set the FlowDefinitionArn to the ARN of the flow definition that you created in step 2.
2. Set your HumanLoopName. This should be unique within a Region and must be lowercase.
3. (Optional) You can use DataAttributes to set whether the document that you passed to Amazon Textract is free of adult content or personally identifiable information. You must set this parameter as free of personally identifiable information in order to send the document to Amazon Mechanical Turk.
The following is an example of what a call to AnalyzeDocument looks like with the HumanLoopConfig set in Python.
client.analyze_document( Document={'S3Object': {'Bucket': bucket, 'Name': document}, HumanLoopConfig={'FlowDefinitionArn':string,'HumanLoopName':string}, FeatureTypes=["FORMS"])
4. Run AnalyzeDocument.
When you run AnalyzeDocument with HumanLoopConfig enabled, Amazon Textract calls the Amazon SageMaker API operation StartHumanLoop. This operation takes the response from AnalyzeDocument and checks it against the flow definition's conditions.
If it meets the conditions for review, it returns a HumanLoopArn. This means that the members of the work team that you set in your flow definition now can review the document. Calling the Amazon SageMaker API DescribeHumanLoop provides information about the outcome of the loop. For more information see DescribeHumanLoop in the Amazon SageMaker API Reference.
After the document has been reviewed, you can see the results in the bucket that is specified in your flow definition's output path. Amazon A2I will also notify you with Amazon CloudWatch Events when the review is complete. To see what events to look for, see CloudWatch Events in the Amazon SageMaker Documentation.
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Motion Activated Stairs © LGPL
Yes, it's overkill, but if walking up motion-activated light-up stairs is wrong, well then I don't want to be right.
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Yes, I know what you're thinking, this does seem a little overkill but first of all, you'll never have to worry about stubbing your toe again and second, it makes walking up and down your stairs so much fun, I found myself going upstairs for no reason just to watch the lights follow me. I mean it isn't the most practical project but its a fun build and it gives us a chance to learn about the different ways to activate lights with an Arduino. So with that being said, let's get started with the build!
Step 1: How It Works
So what's happening is as you walk up the stairs the step you're on, the step in front of you and the step behind you are lit up which allows you to see exactly where you're walking no matter which direction you're walking in, not to mention the cool effect it gives.
The way it works is each step has a laser and light sensor which makes a trip wire, when the laser beam is broken the Arduino triggers a MOSFET which turns on the corresponding LED strip. Now this definitely isn't the only way or even the easiest way to do this but the alternatives didn't work for me for a bunch of different reasons. The most obvious alternative was to mount an ultrasonic sensor at the base of the stairs and then turn on lights based on how far you are from the ultrasonic sensor, this didn't work for me because I have too many stairs! (14) which caused it to lose accuracy and turn on the wrong lights which made the whole process of walking up and down the stairs very disorientating. Of course, there was the option of just turn on your room lights but again that's just no fun.
Step 2: Parts List
Okay so the amount of parts you need is really dependent on the number of steps you have on your staircase, so if you see "dependent" it means you need to figure out how much you need for your stairs.
• An Arduino Mega (Here)
• Light sensors Dependent (Here)
• lasers Dependent (Here)
• Buck Converter (Here)
• 12 Volt Power Supply (Here)
• Mosfet Dependent (Here)
• Looooots of wire
Now, I have 14 steps so I will be getting 15 MOSFETs, 15 light sensors, and 14 lasers. Make sure to always get an extra light sensor and MOSFET because we are going to use them for something else later.
Step 3: Wiring Everything Up
Since I have so many steps I'm going to have to wire things up one at a time to makes things a little easier, so let's start by wiring up our light sensors. Now you'll see on the light sensor that it has 3 pins, two of these are power (5 volts and ground) and the other is the source pin which gets plugged into the Arduino. The way to do this is we connect all the sensors power pins together in parallel and then into the Arduino's 5 Volt and Ground input, this will supply power to all the sensors. Then we are going to connect each signal pin to the Arduino's analog pins with the first light sensor getting connected to A0, second to A1, third to A2 all the way to the last which gets connected to A14.
Next, we are going to connect up the lasers, this parts pretty easy as all we have to do is connect them all in parallel just like we did with the power pins of the light sensors. Then we are going to want to connect the positive and negative output of these lasers to the positive and negative output of our buck converter which will be stepping down 12 volts to 5 volts for use by our lasers. Now the positive input of the buck converter gets connected to the positive output of our power supply, leave the negative connections unconnected for now as we are going to use our MOSFETs for that later.
Now we need to get our LED strip ready, the first thing to do is cut it into individual strips, then every strip will have its positive input soldered together and then connected to the positive output of the power supply then each LED strips negative input needs to get soldered to its own MOSFET but we will talk more about this in the next step.
lastly, we are going to want to connect the positive output of our power supply to the VIN pin on our Arduino and the ground output to ground on the Arduino.
Step 4: MOSwhat?
So when we think about turning on and off an LED using a microcontroller it seems pretty basic, all we do is making the pin its plugged into HIGH or LOW but things get a little more complicated when we want to power a bigger load like a 12 volt LED strip and so to achieve this we need the help of a MOSFET.
A MOSFET is really just a switch that can be turned on and off by a computer, you'll see that it has 3 pins, the first one is Gate, second is Drain and third is Source. When gate is made HIGH by a microcontroller it connects drain and source allowing the current to flow however when gate is LOW it breaks this connection stopping the flow of current, this allows our microcontroller to control these high power components without having to supply power to them.
So let's get to the wiring, we are going to need 15 N-channel MOSFETs (your stairs may need a different amount), 14 for the step lights and one to turn off the lasers when its daytime (this is also why we have an extra light sensor). We are then going to solder the ground connection of each LED strip to the middle pin (drain) of a MOSFET when this is done you should have the same amount of MOSFETs as you do steps, in my case, it's 14. Now we need to solder the negative input from the buck converter to the middle pin of the last MOSFET.
Now we need to solder the source pin on all the MOSFETs together, this creates a common ground which we can then connect to the ground output of our power supply and then lastly we need to connect gate on the MOSFET to the digital pin on our microcontroller, the MOSFET of the first light gets connected to pin 32, the second to pin 33, third 34 all the way to the last light MOSFET which gets connected to pin 45 and then the MOSFET controlling the lasers gets connected to pin 46, all of this will become more clear when we talk about the code in the next step.
Step 5: Code
The code can be found below but let's just take a second to see how it works so that you can adapt it to work with the number of steps you have.
So the first thing we see is the void setup, we are just stating that pins 32 to 47 will act out outputs turning the MOSFETs on an off, now if you have more steps be sure to add more outputs and if you have less remove some just make sure to keep the laser's output so we can turn them off during the day.
Next, you'll see the void loop which is where the beef of the code is, the first thing we see is that analog pins A0 to A14 are reading data from the light sensors, like before if you have more steps you need to copy and paste some of this or if you have less you're going to need to delete some.
Which brings us to our most important part of the code, the if statements. The first if statement states that if the value sent back from our light sensor in charge of checking if its night or day is below 220 to turn on the laser or if not to turn off the lasers. Then the second one (which is almost the same as all the following ones) states that if the light sensor from that step AND the day and night sensor both send back a low-value indicating that the light has been broken to turn on the MOSFET controlling the light for the step you're on, the step in front of you and the step behind you. Now if you have more steps you need to copy and paste these if statements and add the correct pins to it and if you have fewer steps you can just delete the if statements of the steps you don't need.
This does get a little complicated so if you have any issues what so every ill be happy to answer them in the comments or in private messages.
Step 6: Mounting Everything
Okay so at this point everything is almost done and ready to go all we need to do now is mount all the components to our stairs and make a case around our Mega! This is very easy to do with some cardboard and hot glue.
So let's start mounting everything, the lasers, light sensors and LED strips can all get mounted on each step making sure that the laser beam hits the light sensor right in the middle of the photoresistor, this can be accomplished with hot glue or any kind of adhesive that dries quick. Now we can give everything a final test before we secure all the wires in place with electrical tape to make it look a little neater. Now we need to mount our day and night sensor in a play that will get a good bit of sunshine during the day which will allow it to turn off the lasers.
Then a box can be built around the Arduino and MOSFETs to keep them safe and everything is just about done! If you have any issues getting this working or have any questions ill be available to answer them in the comments or in private messages!
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Logistics and supply chain management is a notoriously outdated and labor-intensive process. ClearMetal uses artificial intelligence to help manufacturers and retailers climb out from underneath piles of spreadsheets. Today the San Francisco-based startup announced that it has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Prelude Ventures and Innovation Endeavors, the venture capital firm founded by Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt. NEA, SAP.io, PSA Unboxed, DCLI and John Urban, a founder of cloud-based supply chain management platform GT Nexus, also participated in the round. Along with a $3 million seed investment raised in February 2016, this brings ClearMetal’s total funding so far to $12 million. ClearMetal, whose customers already include logistics provider Panalpina and paper goods giant Georgia-Pacific, was created because its founding team “saw a multi-trillion dollar global trade industry that moves 90 percent of everything around the world wasting billions of dollars as a result of not having the right tools and technology to handle the ever-increasing complexities of the supply chain,” says co-founder and chief executive officer Adam Compain. Many companies still rely on spreadsheets and legacy software. ClearMetal, whose other founders are head of engineering Diego Canales and head of technology Will Harvey, wants to replace those outdated tools with its SaaS platform, which uses artificial intelligence to canonicalize freight data, or convert it into one standard format, and create more visibility for the entire supply chain. ClearMetal’s technology also uses freight data to deliver predictions that help companies make inventory management decisions and avoid running into issues. As an example of how the platform can potentially benefit users, Compain describes a large retailer that needs to get shirts from a factory in China to its distribution center in Chicago in time for Black Friday. This usually means it must make an order 60 days in advance to account for shipment delays. Even then, the retailer still has to budget for emergency air shipping because it doesn’t have a lot of visibility into the status of its freight. ClearMetal’s platform, on the other hand, not only tells the retailer where its shipment currently is and predict transit delays, but also selects which ocean carriers to use by analyzing their service reliability. The retailer is therefore able to save money on shipment costs, nail down an arrival time for its shirts and avoid ordering backup stock. While the amount varies by company, Compain says ClearMetal’s customers have “cited tens of millions of dollars of value potential” by using its technology. “Often we draw the analogy to the early days of mobile technology,” Compain says. “We’re helping equip supply chain operators with a smartphone when traditionally all they’ve been given is a flip phone.” | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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XF 1.2 Xenforo 1.2 problem
#1
I installed the 1.2 version on my server. Since then when I get almost 4.000 visitors online, I cannot access my sites anymore. Everything on the server is ok, I don't get any errors but somehow I can't access my websites. After 20 hours or more, they came back and when I get almost 4.000 visitors online, the same thing happens. My community software was from www.mybb.com but when I changed to xenforo those things started to happen. I dont know what to do. I really like the new software.
shawn
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#2
Did you have a previous version of xenforo installed, then upgraded to 1.2? Or did you migrate straight from mybb to xenforo 1.2?
Are you using innodb tables? Is your database server configured to use innodb tables?
Jeremy
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#3
Moved this from bugs. When you say you can't access your site, do you have any issues (ie, could not connect to database) or does it just never load?
#4
Did you have a previous version of xenforo installed, then upgraded to 1.2? Or did you migrate straight from mybb to xenforo 1.2?
Straight
Are you using innodb tables? Is your database server configured to use innodb tables?
Yes, I am. I don't know exactly. How could I check this but if that was the problem I should be able to access other websites in the same server.
Moved this from bugs. When you say you can't access your site, do you have any issues (ie, could not connect to database) or does it just never load?
Just never load... I can't even see what is the problem. It has something to do with too much connections I guess because when I get too much visitors this thing happens.
shawn
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#7
Yes, I am. I don't know exactly. How could I check this but if that was the problem I should be able to access other websites in the same server.
Not necessarily. If mysql is hung, it won't respond to queries from any of your other sites, either.
All I can tell you for certain is that our my.cnf file changed almost entirely when we moved from vb to xf to account for the change from primarily myisam tables to innodb, and I'm not doing anywhere near 4k concurrent users.
#9
Not necessarily. If mysql is hung, it won't respond to queries from any of your other sites, either.
All I can tell you for certain is that our my.cnf file changed almost entirely when we moved from vb to xf to account for the change from primarily myisam tables to innodb, and I'm not doing anywhere near 4k concurrent users.
Humm it was myisam and I also changed to innodb. Can you help me sending me an example of your my.cnf? I would really appreciate!
Is it a dedicated server, VPS or shared hosting?
Dedicated server
#13
humm i dont know how to see it on xenforo. I use directadmin and I dont know how to see it there either! I used to check it on Mybb admin cp
I will do it next time.
Weeks ago I change this /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf and my server started to have less server load.
Jeremy
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If you can access your server, what does running top return?
If you can access FTP, try globally turning off add-ons to see if you can access this (which would imply its an add-on issue).
MattW
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if you have 4,000 people on your site, with a load of 0.00, nothing is happening. Is Apache still running?
can you run:
ps -ef | grep -i apache
I just get website not available when I try to visit your site.
shawn
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#20
I don't know! That is the problem. Nobody is able to visit my site... I did what you told me to do and nothing happened!
What do you mean "nothing" happened? If nothing else, it should return the "grep -i apache" process. What operating system are you running? Apache might be called httpd.
Try these:
service httpd status
service apache status
service mysqld status
ps ax | grep apache
ps ax | grep httpd
ps ax | grep mysqld
Etc... if you're not running apache and mysql, it would be helpful to know that, too.
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All,
I'm trying to obtain the values from an external JavaScript using PHP -
In my index.php page I'm trying to obtain the value being passed in as such:
`<input type="hidden" name="imgSrcOrig" id="imgSrcOrig" value="<?php echo $_REQUEST['remote_sill']; ?>"/>``
However - in the JavaScript I need to pass into the hidden field above the name of the image located in myImg
Since this is trying to be obtained from an external JavaScript in PHP - what should the call so the image name value appears in the hidden field should be:
The JavaScript call is as such:
<script type="text/javascript" src="nextPrevious.js"></script>
A snippet of the JavaScript nextPrevious.js is a such:
// List image names without extension
var myImg = new Array(4)
myImg[0] = "image_sill_1";
myImg[1] = "sill_image_2";
myImg[2] = "image_sill_3";
myImg[3] = "shape_3_sill";
myImg[4] = "shape_4_sill";
// Tell browser where to find the image
myImgSrc = "sills/";
// Tell browser the type of file
myImgEnd = ".png"
var i = 0;
// Create function to load image
function loadImg() {
document.imgSrcOrig.src = myImgSrc + myImg[i] + myImgEnd;
}
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diafol
<?php echo $_REQUEST['remote_sill']; ?>
I don't understand this. REQUEST can take a value from POST, GET or COOKIE with the name 'remote_sill'.
The loadImg() function seems to be creating the filename, but there's no code that runs it. How is it run?
Is there a real need for this to be both js AND php? I can't really get a grip on what you're trying to do, so perhaps I'm getting this all wrong - but my take is ditch the php and just use js - if this has a carousel type functionality.
OK - here's an example via the URL - I'm uploading an image to a page - and the image the user uploads is going into a sillouette - the external JavaScript <script type="text/javascript" src="nextPrevious.js"></script> is the remote_sill whose parameter name I'm trying to pass into the query string because right now I'm getting the image that one uploads e-mailed to me - but I also want e-mailed to me the sillouette image as well. All the processing of the e-mail is utilizing php
as is the upload mechanism.
[http://www.pinkcloud.com/custom_clock/submit.php?upload_message=image uploaded&upload_message_type=success&show_image=sample image1.jpg&remote_sill=](http://www.pinkcloud.com/custom_clock/submit.php?upload_message=image uploaded&upload_message_type=success&show_image=sample image1.jpg&remote_sill=)
All,
I made some progress with this - my question is in PHP is their a built-in variable - I can utilize to obtain the value of a CSS class item on my page - I tried using $_GLOBALS to obtain the value of imageOne which is the CSS class I am looking to obtain the value for:
<input type="hidden" name="imgSrcOrig" id="imgSrcOrig" value="<?php echo $_GLOBALS['imageOne']; ?>" />
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diafol
Having to resort to $_GLOBAL vars suggests something is wrong with your code. You can actually pick up the image name with $_GET from the url querystring.
Ok thanks that helps - since the JavaScript whose value I need to pass into the querystring is being called external which basicially has functionality so that different images are shown when a next or previous button is selected - what I need to do and know is how to pass the value of the image to the querystring as I need to use it further which I will then get via the PHP (like so <input type="hidden" name="imgSrcOrig" id="imgSrcOrig" value="<?php echo $_GET['imageOne']; ?>" />). Also I need the remote_sill value in the querystring to have the default value of image_sill as such in the querystring upon first load.
So the external JavaScript is called like this in the page:
<script type="text/javascript" src="nextPrevious.js"></script>
In the HTML - of the previous and next buttons - I tried to pass the value as such with no luck:
<a href="#" onclick="prev()?remote_sill='+document.imgSrcOrig.src';"><img src="back.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<a href="#" onclick="next()?remote_sill='+document.imgSrcOrig.src';"><img src="next.jpg" border="0" /></a>
Here is the full nextPrevious.js code:
// List image names without extension
var myImg = new Array(4)
myImg[0] = "image_sill";
myImg[1] = "sill_image";
myImg[2] = "image_sill";
myImg[3] = "shape_3_still";
myImg[4] = "shape_sill";
// Tell browser where to find the image
myImgSrc = "sills/";
// Tell browser the type of file
myImgEnd = ".png"
var i = 0;
// Create function to load image
function loadImg() {
document.imgSrcOrig.src = myImgSrc + myImg[i] + myImgEnd;
}
// Create link function to switch image backward
function prev() {
if (i < 1) {
var l = i
} else {
var l = i -= 1;
}
document.imgSrcOrig.src = myImgSrc + myImg[l] + myImgEnd;
}
// Create link function to switch image forward
function next() {
if (i > 2) {
var l = i
} else {
var l = i += 1;
}
document.imgSrcOrig.src = myImgSrc + myImg[l] + myImgEnd;
}
// Load function after page loads
window.onload = loadImg;
To get the value from a hidden field into my mail script using PHP getting the hidden field value would be as such - correct:
$img1 = $_POST['hidimgSrcOrig'];
I'm not getting my hidden image in the e-mail using the above.
The HTML looks as such:
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What Does a Wolf Eat?
Wolves are carnivores and mainly eat large mammals, the exact species varying depending on the location. They also supplement their diet with fruits such as apples, pears, melons and various types of berries.
Wolves hunt in packs. In North America, they take down large animals such as elk, moose, musk ox, caribou, mule deer, white-tailed deer, bison and bighorn sheep. In Europe and Asia, they hunt moose, red deer, wild boar, reindeer, ibex, chamois and wild goats. They typically cull the young, old or disabled out of herds. When large animals are scarce, wolves feed on other types of smaller mammals such as foxes, weasels, marmots, hares, badgers, squirrels, mice and other rodents. Occasionally they eat lizards, frogs, snakes, large insects, and birds and their eggs. Some hunt seals by the shores of the Caspian Sea, while others in Western Canada fish for salmon. In Nepal and in Saudi Arabia, wolves have been known to hunt for primates such as monkeys and baboons.
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Answers to Questions and Exercises: Interfaces
Questions
Question 1: What methods would a class that implements the java.lang.CharSequence interface have to implement?
Answer 1: charAt, length, subSequence, and toString.
Question 2: What is wrong with the following interface?
public interface SomethingIsWrong {
void aMethod(int aValue) {
System.out.println("Hi Mom");
}
}
Answer 2: It has a method implementation in it. It should just have a declaration.
Question 3: Fix the interface in Question 2.
Answer 3:
public interface SomethingIsWrong {
void aMethod(int aValue);
}
Question 4: Is the following interface valid?
public interface Marker {
}
Answer 4: Yes. Methods are not required. Empty interfaces can be used as types and to mark classes without requiring any particular method implementations. For an example of a useful empty interface, see java.io.Serializable.
Exercises
Exercise 1: Write a class that implements the CharSequence interface found in the java.lang package. Your implementation should return the string backwards. Select one of the sentences from this book to use as the data. Write a small main method to test your class; make sure to call all four methods.
Answer 1: See CharSequenceDemo.java
Exercise 2: Suppose that you have written a time server, which periodically notifies its clients of the current date and time. Write an interface that the server could use to enforce a particular protocol on its clients.
Answer 2: See TimeClient.java.
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Be careful of V
Every so often a question will pop-up in the APEX forums or I’ll get an email from someone who has a query that runs great in dev but once they deploy the application to production performance nosedives. Now obviously there isn’t a magic answer for why this would happen, however time and time again I find that one cause of this problem is use of the v() function in queries rather than using the bind notation.
For those unfamiliar with Application Express, the v() function is a function which returns the value of a session item, for example v(‘APP_USER’) would return the name of the currently logged in user, whilst v(‘P1_NAME’) would return the value of the P1_NAME page item stored in session state. You can also use what is known as bind notation to refer to session state items, so rather than using v(‘APP_USER’) you can use :APP_USER in queries.
Since I get this question a lot, I wanted to show why, even though using the v() function will work, you should be aware of the consequences of using it in your queries. So here’s a quick demonstration, note that rather than creating an application, or using the SQL Workshop I’m actually going to use SQLPlus for the demo. You might be thinking at this point “what?!?! but you can’t access the v() function outside of an APEX app!”, well actually you can, but you need to know a couple of ‘tricks’.
Firstly I connect, via SQLPlus, to a schema that is associated with my workspace, I’ve created a largish table based on repeated records from the ‘SCOTT.EMP’ table –
jes@TESTDB> select count(*) from emp2;
COUNT(*)
———-
229376
Now I need to ‘fake it’ so that it looks like I’m running this from inside an APEX session, I can do this using the wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id routine:
jes@TESTDB> select wwv_flow_api.get_security_group_id from dual;
GET_SECURITY_GROUP_ID
———————
0
jes@TESTDB> exec wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
jes@TESTDB> select wwv_flow_api.get_security_group_id from dual;
GET_SECURITY_GROUP_ID
———————
3.6112E+15
Now a ‘typical’ sort of query you might perform in APEX would be querying a particular table for records that you were allowed to see, in other words where the value of v(‘APP_USER’), which represents your logged in username, matches the value in the table.
In my dummy data, the distribution of records per username is evenly spread:
jes@SPDB2> select distinct ename, count(*) from emp2 group by ename;
ENAME COUNT(*)
———- ———-
ADAMS 16384
ALLEN 16384
BLAKE 16384
CLARK 16384
FORD 16384
JAMES 16384
JONES 16384
KING 16384
MARTIN 16384
MILLER 16384
SCOTT 16384
SMITH 16384
TURNER 16384
WARD 16384
So, I can use a query like this:
jes@TEST> select count(*) from emp2 where ename = v(‘APP_USER’);
However that won’t work just yet, as we’re ‘faking’ an APEX session so v(‘APP_USER’) will return null, so we need to set that ourselves manually:
jes@TESTDB> exec apex_application.g_user := ‘SCOTT’;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
jes@SPDB2> select v(‘APP_USER’) from dual;
V(‘APP_USER’)
—————-
SCOTT
So here I’ve manually set the value so that v(‘APP_USER’) will return ‘SCOTT’. We can now run the query:
jes@TESTDB> set timing on;
jes@TESTDB> select count(*) from emp2 where ename = v(‘APP_USER’);
COUNT(*)
———-
16384
Elapsed: 00:00:04.29
We can see that it took around 4 seconds for this query to run on my test system, now we can check what happens if we use bind notation (i.e. :APP_USER rather than v(‘APP_USER’)).
jes@TESTDB> var APP_USER varchar2(100);
jes@TESTDB> exec :APP_USER := ‘SCOTT’;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
jes@TESTDB> select count(*) from emp2 where ename = :APP_USER;
COUNT(*)
———-
16384
Elapsed: 00:00:00.04
Note that here I created a variable in SQLPlus and used that to pass as a bind variable into the query. The difference in time is huge, using the v() syntax the query took 4 seconds, using the bind notation it returned pretty much instantly (the 0.04 seconds is more or less negligible when measured using the SQLPlus ‘set timing on’ command).
The question is, why the big difference in timing? Well the answer is simple, the v() syntax is a function which is evaluated for every row that you are checking against. In other words in this simple example the v() function was called 229,376 times (that is the number of records in my emp2 table) even though the value it returns does not change (it is always the value of APP_USER we pass into it). When we use the bind notation, the optimizer uses the static value of the bind variable and we avoid the overhead of calling the v() function.
The reason why some people get ‘caught’ out by this is that in your dev and test system you will typically only have a fraction of the data you have in your live system, so while your query that uses v() syntax might perform great against a table with 300 records in it, once you roll it out to live you might find that it performs extremely badly against a table with 300,000 records in it. This is one of the reasons why I’m a big advocate of trying to use dev/test data that is representative of your live environment (to avoid ‘nasty surprises’ like this once you roll out to live).
It’s also important to note that this isn’t a ‘failing’ of the v() function in APEX, it’s really just basic SQL knowledge that you should be aware of. If you include a function call in a query that queries a large dataset then you *may* pay a performance penalty for calling that function over and over again (I say *may* since there are a few things you can do to mitigate that performance hit, although I won’t go into those things here).
Also, I have seen other workarounds suggested, such as creating a wrapper v() function which is declared as deterministic, i.e. it is telling the optimizer that the function will always return the same output value for a given input value, thus avoiding the optimizer need only call it once and re-use the value rather than calling the function for each row. However creating a wrapper round the v() function will take you aware from a ‘stock’ APEX install and you will need to remember to recreate the wrapper when you upgrade APEX (as well as testing that there are no other implications of creating the wrapper etc).
Using a wrapper like this is really just hiding the fact that you should use the bind notation for queries rather than using the v() syntax (use the v() syntax in PL/SQL).
Also, as with most things to do with Oracle, there is more than one way to write the original query so that the v() function is not called for each row, for example we could rewrite it like this –
jes@SPDB2> with myname as (select v(‘APP_USER’) as username from dual)
2 select count(*) from emp2 where ename = (select username from myname);
COUNT(*)
———-
16384
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
However rather than having to rewrite your queries in such a way, I find it far easier to remember to use the different notations in this way –
:ITEM for SQL, v(‘ITEM’) for PL/SQL
5 thoughts on “Be careful of V
1. Patrick Wolf
Hi John,
good that you pointed that out again! It can’t be said often enough.
I think your last statement has to be clarified a little bit, because it’s maybe misleading for new APEX users.
>:ITEM for SQL, v(’ITEM’) for PL/SQL
“v(’ITEM’) for PL/SQL” in that context means when you write a PL/SQL package and you want to access APEX page item. If you write PL/SQL APEX processes/computation/… you should also use the :ITEM syntax!
Greetings
Patrick
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2. John Scott
Hi Patrick,
The bit at the end is really just an over-simplification of when you should use them, as I showed you can easily use v() in queries (it works) and you can also use the bind notation.
I think a degree of ‘common sense’ needs to be used to determine when best to use each bit of syntax. As you say, the v() syntax should really be used in PL/SQL packages which are to be used outside of the ‘context’ of APEX whereas :BIND notation should be used whenever inside the ‘context’ of APEX.
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3. niphtrique
The use of sys_context(‘USERENV’, ‘CLIENT_INFO’) is a good alternative.
I did some testing:
TST>select count(1) from tst_emp where empname = trim( upper( v( ‘APP_USER’ ) ) );
COUNT(1)
———-
16384
Verstreken: 00:00:04.17
TST>select count(1) from tst_emp where empname = ‘NIPHTRIQUE’;
COUNT(1)
———-
16384
Verstreken: 00:00:00.82
TST>exec dbms_application_info.set_client_info(‘NIPHTRIQUE’);
PL/SQL-procedure is geslaagd.
Verstreken: 00:00:00.01
TST>select count(1) from tst_emp where empname = sys_context(‘USERENV’, ‘CLIENT_INFO’);
COUNT(1)
———-
16384
Verstreken: 00:00:00.84
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Features
Smarter Introduce Variable in JavaScript
Introduce variable is a very useful refactoring and is probably used quite often and for many languages IntelliJ IDEA supports. JavaScript is one of them (along with ActionScript).
IntelliJ IDEA 10 makes this refactoring even easier and more pleasant to use. Below is a simple example with highlights for the enhancements.
1. You no longer have to select the code you want to convert into a variable. Just hit Ctrl+Alt+V / ⌘⌥V wherever your caret is
2. You will be given a list of possible expressions to convert into a variable. The list presents a better view and allows to think one more time. When you change the selection in the list, the highlighting in the editor repeats the selection.
3. Hit Enter on a needed option and you get a dialog that you’ve seen earlier. But it’s not exactly the same.
4. You can now choose a name for the variable from the list of options. IntelliJ IDEA is smart enough to offer meaningful names based on what you extract and the type of the variable (‘s’ stands for String).
5. The last thing is to activate the ‘Replace all occurrences‘ option and run the refactoring. Simple but smart and powerful.
Try IntelliJ IDEA X Early Access and enjoy the many improvements in every IDE area. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Bayesian/Streaming Algorithms
A convenient overlap.
Vincent Warmerdam koaning.io
2016-11-19
In this document I’ll demonstrate that any bayesian algorithm is also an algorithm that can be implemented for streaming. If not for streaming, it also turns out that an alternative benefit is that the algorithm becomes parallel. I’ll demonstrate this with a little bit with maths and then with a demo linear regression application in python. I’ll conclude by preaching a founding idea of apache flink.
Bayes Rule for Parameters
Whenever a bayesian models they immediately write down the following:
\[ p(\theta | D) \propto p(D | \theta) p (\theta) = \Pi_i p(d_i | \theta) p(\theta) \]
This formula is very important as it gives us another way to make models via inference. In the context of streaming, it even tells us something extra. Let’s consider three independant points of data that we’ve seen; \(d1, d2, d3\). Then bayes rule states that;
\[ p(\theta | d_1, d_2, d_3) \propto p(d_3 | \theta) p(d_2 | \theta) p(d_1 | \theta) p(\theta) \]
You may recognize a recursive relationship here. When the 3rd datapoint comes in, it moves probability mass based on the prior knowledge known (based on \(d_2, d_1\) and the original prior). When the 2nd datapoint comes in, it moves probability mass based on the prior knowledge know (based on just \(d_1\) and the original prior).
\[p(\theta | d_1, d_2, d_3) \propto p(d_3 | \theta) p(d_2 | \theta) \underbrace{p(d_1 | \theta) p(\theta)}_{\text{prior for } d_2} \]
\[p(\theta | d_1, d_2, d_3) \propto p(d_3 | \theta) \underbrace{p(d_2 | \theta) p(d_1 | \theta) p(\theta)}_{\text{prior for } d_3} \]
When a model is written down in this form we gain an interesting property: the model updates after each datapoint comes in. The new model depends only on the previous model and a new datapoint. This means it has one very interesting consequence;
Any ML algorithm that can be updated via \(p(\theta | D) \propto \Pi_i p(d_i | \theta) p(\theta)\) is automatically a streaming algorithm as well.
Turns out, lots of algorithms can be turned into streaming algorithms this way. Another nice property shows itself: if each \(p(d_i | \theta)\) is independant of eachother then we can also process parts of \(\Pi_i p(d_i | \theta)\) in parallel as long as we combine it in the end. Map-Reduce ahoy!
Streaming Regression
Let’s first generate some simple regression data that we need to work with.
n = 25
xs = np.random.uniform(0, 2, n)
ys = 2.5 + 3.5 * xs + np.random.normal(0, 0.3, n)
plt.scatter(xs, ys)
We will now try to model this dataset. Again, we’ll write down what every bayesian does;
\[ p(\theta | D) \propto p(D | \theta) p (\theta) = \Pi_i p(d_i | \theta) p(\theta) \]
To keep things simple, we’ll take \(\theta = [w_0, w_1]\). That is, I’ll not worry about the variance and I am merely interested in figuring out the posterior distribution of the intercept and the slope. I’ll assume \(p(\theta)\) to be uniform. If we keep things basic like this, I’ll only need to worry about the likelihood \(p(d_i | \theta)\).
Here’s my proposed model:
\[ p(d_i | \theta) \sim N(w_0 + w_1 x - y, \sigma^2) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi} \sigma} \exp{ \frac{(w_0 + w_1 x - y)^2}{2\sigma^2} } \]
I’ll asumme \(\sigma = 1\) just to keep the plotting simple and two dimensional. You could go a step further and model \(\theta = [w_0, w_1, \sigma]\) but we’ll skip that in this document.
With this likelihood known, we can now write code for it. I’ll write a function that I’ll keep fast by applying numba.
@nb.jit
def likelihood(x, y, n = 101, bmin = -5, bmax = 5):
res = np.zeros((n,n))
for i, b0 in enumerate(np.linspace(bmin, bmax, n)):
for j, b1 in enumerate(np.linspace(bmin, bmax, n)):
res[n - 1 - j, i] = np.exp(-(b0 + b1*x - y)**2/2)/np.sqrt(2*np.pi)
return res/np.sum(res)
Let’s demonstrate the likelihood.
plt.figure(figsize=(5,5))
_ = plt.imshow(likelihood(x = 1, y = 2),
interpolation='none', extent=[-5, 5, -5, 5])
plt.xlabel('$w_0$')
plt.ylabel('$w_1$')
plt.title('$p(x=1, y=2 | w_0, w_1)$')
_ = plt.colorbar()
You may be wondering about the shape of this distribution. The shape makes sense when you realize \(w_0\) and \(w_1\) ‘negatively correlated’. Suppose we have a line that goes through the point, then the only way to increase the intercept while still going through the point is to decrease the slope (and vise versa).
We just showed a likelihood chart for a single point but we can also make this for every point of data in our dataset.
f, axes = plt.subplots(5, 5, sharex='col', sharey='row', figsize = (10, 10))
# flatten the list to make iteration easier
axes = [item for sublist in axes for item in sublist]
# loop over axes and create the plot
for dim, axis in enumerate(axes):
axes[dim].imshow(likelihood(xs[dim], ys[dim]),
interpolation='none', extent=[-5, 5, -5, 5])
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Let’s now apply the recursive relationship we mentioned at the beginning of the blogpost. Let \(D_N\) be the data seen until now and let \(d_{N+1}\) be the new datapoint that is just arriving at the model.
\[p(\theta | D_N, d_{N+1}) \propto p(d_{N+1} | \theta) \underbrace{p(D_N| \theta) p(\theta)}_{\text{prior for new datapoint}} \]
We can show how the posterior distribution changes as we add more and more points. Notice the convergence.
f, axes = plt.subplots(5, 5, sharex='col', sharey='row', figsize = (10, 10))
axes = [item for sublist in axes for item in sublist]
res = []
for dim, axis in enumerate(axes):
if len(res) != 0:
res = res * likelihood(xs[dim], ys[dim])
res = res/np.sum(res)
else:
res = likelihood(xs[dim], ys[dim])
axes[dim].imshow(res,
interpolation='none', extent=[-5, 5, -5, 5])
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Let’s zoom in on the final posterior.
plt.figure(figsize=(5,5))
_ = plt.imshow(res, interpolation='none', extent=[-5, 5, -5, 5])
plt.xlabel('$w_0$')
plt.ylabel('$w_1$')
plt.title('$p(w_0, w_1 | D)$')
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The true values for \(w_0, w_1\) are 2.5 and 3.5. From eyeballing at the posterior I’d say this method seems to work.
Extra Modelling Options
Currently we’ve implemented a streaming model for linear regression that tries to learn static parameters. How would we change this model if these parameters aren’t static?
Answer, we can fiddle around with the recursive relationship. Remember;
\[p(\theta | D_N, d_{N+1}) \propto p(d_{N+1} | \theta) p(D_N | \theta)\]
Let’s introduce a parameter \(\alpha\) that gives more weight to the likelihood distribution of the most recent datapoint. We can combine the idea of exponentially weighted smoothing with our bayesian mindset to get to a model that will give more mass to points that are recent.
\[p(\theta | D_N, d_{N+1}) \propto p(d_{N+1} | \theta) p(D_N | \theta) + \alpha p(d_{N+1} | \theta)\]
We still retain the streaming aspect of the model but we are applying a bit of hack as far as probability theory is concerned.
A thing of beauty
Looking at the problem with bayesian glasses gives benefits over just looking at it from the standard ML/frequentist point of view. The alternate way of thinking has supplied us with a neat probabilistic mindset that allows us to tackle streaming problems with ease.
We could now apply a koan; instead of asking ourselves how to solve streaming problems we may wonder if streaming problems are any different than batch. The observation being; if you’ve solved streaming then you’ve also solved batch. After all, we can stream a large file into the algorithm line by line.
Mind blown. If you’ve solved streaming, you’ve just solved batch as well.
Exactly this attitude is what makes apache flink such a badass project. Flink offers a framework to do streaming analytics on a distributed system. Spark also has some support for this problem but cheats a little bit by not offering ‘true’ streaming but by offering microbatching. I expect these two framework to fight for control of the ecosystem in the next year. Not everybody has the same latency requirements.
Another main benefit of being able to do streaming algorithms is that your system will have less moving parts. Most web applications suffer from all the extra work involved with the integration of caching systems, oozie jobs, model serialisation and monitoring. If your model can just learn on a stream, all this would be done in one go.
Conclusion
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Pressure Sensitive Paint
With ever increasing demands for refinement in vehicle design, new methods are developed to provide a greater level of detailed information. Special pressure sensitive paint is now used in the wind tunnel to graphically show levels of air pressure on a vehicle.
The Process
Two different images are obtained, one at normal room air pressure (wind-off) and a second in which the wind tunnel is running (wind-on) at a desired test speed. These differences in color, from wind-off to wind-on, are used to calculate surface pressure.
A bank of blue lights illuminate a 2002 Ford Thunderbird that has pressure-sensitive paint applied on the driver’s side window. The car and lights are in a wind tunnel at Ford Motor Company’s Dearborn Proving Ground. Ford researchers have developed a computerized, pressure-sensitive paint technique that measures airflow over cars, shaving weeks off current testing methods. A digital camera near the blue lights captures this information and feeds it into a computer, which displays the varying pressure as dramatically different colours on a monitor.
The images obtained from tests in the wind tunnel are captured on computer. They can then be used to study air flow patterns across a vehicle, highlighting areas of possible refinement or improvement. Additionally, actual data from a production ready model can be compared with pre-production computer predictions which can in turn help improve the accuracy of the early design stages.
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Diary of a Wombat
Diary of a Wombat is a 2002 award-winning picture book written by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley. It is the first in the Shaggy Gully books, and is one of the most popular of French's works.
Shaggy Gully books
* 1) Diary of a Wombat (2002)
* 2) Pete the Sheep (2004), published as Pete the Sheep-Sheep in the US
* 3) Josephine Wants to Dance (2006), published as Josephine Loves to Dance in the US
* 4) The Shaggy Gully Times (2007)
* 5) Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip (2008)
* 6) Baby Wombat's Week (2009)
* 7) Christmas Wombat (2011)
Awards
* Won - American Library Association Notable Children's Book
* Won - Canberra's Own Outstanding List Award for Best Picture Book (2003)
* Won - Young Australian Readers' Award (2003)
* Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Best Picture Book (2003)
* Won - ABA/A A Neilson Book of the Year (2003)
* Won - Benjamin Franklin Award, United States (2004)
* Won - Lemmee Award, United States (2004)
* Won - KIND Award, United States (2004)
* Won - Kids' Reading Oz Choice Award (2007)
* Won - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2008)
* Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2003)
* Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2003)
* Shortlisted - Australian Publisher's Association Book Design Awards for Best Designed Children's Picture Book (2003)
* Shortlisted - Galley Club Award, Picture Book category of the Children's Choice Book Awards (2003)
* Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2004)
* Shortlisted - Book Sense Book of the Year Award: Children's Illustrated Book (2004)
* Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2007)
* Voted Favourite Picture Book of the Year in the Cuffie Awards in the USA
* Tied with Diary of a Worm for Funniest Book in the Cuffie Awards in the United States (2003)
* Number two on the 'Best 20 picture books for 2003' in the United States (2003) | WIKI |
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* 1) to soar; to fly
* 2) to run; to dash
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* 1) to run; to dash
* 2) to gallop (one's horse); to canter
* 3) to attack (as an army); to charge (esp. cavalry)
* 1) to attack (as an army); to charge (esp. cavalry)
* 1) to attack (as an army); to charge (esp. cavalry) | WIKI |
Aromatherapy Oils – A Guide to Using Them Successfully
Aromatherapy is an alternative to traditional medicine which uses unstable liquid plant resources known by the term “essential oils” and other scented mixtures from ingredients from plants for the function of enhancing the mood of the person or their state of health. Recent expert evidence has shown a number of known health issues will benefit from aromatherapy.Aromatherapy is a general term that references a range of traditions that make use of essential oils often combined with other unconventional medical practices and spiritual ideologies. The most practical use of these products includes massaging products, medicine, or any topical purpose that incorporates the use of true, pure essential oils in their products.What are Aromatherapy Oils?Essential oils used in aromatherapy are different in chemical mix from other herbal products. Aromatherapy uses pure, natural, unmodified aromatic essences, (essential oils) and hydrosols (colloidal suspensions) that come from botanical material. These substances can have a broad range of therapeutic effects and actions on the body.Many of us have already used these oils in our normal daily lives. Many toothpastes as well as mouth washes contain these oils, as do many special care products and perfumes. There are some baked goods that are made using essential oils. Aromatherapy involves the therapeutic usage of these oils for health purposes.Aromatherapy implements the use of essences gleaned from plants, as it’s a botanical treatment, or plant remedy. Homeopathic treatments, herbal mixtures, and flower treatments are also examples of botanical therapeutics.How are Aromatherapy Oils Used?Aromatherapy oils can be useful in many different ways. They are handy to use and most aromatherapy applications only need the use of only a very small amount of oil.Topical ApplicationAromatherapy oils can be applied topically in the form of massage, alcohol rub, salt rub and compresses. In each case the essential oil must be combined with a “carrier oil” in a specific dilution ratio to aid application. Sweet almond, grape seed, and olive oils are all suitable carrier oils. Aromatherapy oils can also be added to bath salts, oils, or milk, and poured into a footbath or a bathtub.Inhalation Examples of inhalation methods using essential oils include diffusion using a nebulizer to spray a fine mist into the air, steam inhalation of vapors from oils put into hot water, or directly inhaling by adding drops of aromatherapy oils onto a tissue or cotton ball for inhalation, or by rubbing a couple of drops between the palms, and cupping over the nose and mouth.Internal Use of Essential OilsUsing oils orally can be safe and effectual, but should only be done by those who have detailed knowledge of essential oils, or under the direction of an experienced Aromatherapist. Some very common oils like Eucalyptus are particularly toxic when taken internally.Care and Safe Use of Aromatherapy OilsThere are some safety issues when handling and using aromatherapy oils because they are very concentrated so they can irritate the skin when used if not diluted with carrier oil. Many of these essential oils have chemical compounds that are sensitizers, which means that they will cause reactions to the skin following repeated use.While some believe the intake of some essential oils to be beneficial, aromatherapy professionals do not propose self prescription due to the high toxic nature of some oils. Adulterated oils may also pose problems depending on the type of substance used.Pure essential oils are natural products and are preservative and additive free, so storing and handling these products correctly is essential. A few of them can also be quite dangerous if not handled correctly. Basic procedures should therefore be taken in order to make sure of the safety issues and also the value of the oils in storage. Some aromatherapy oils are also highly flammable.Observing these points will ensure the safe and pleasurable enjoyment of aromatherapy oils.
Top 10 Benefits of Aromatherapy
A lot of people are aware that aromatherapy can provide a wide range of benefits that can improve the present health condition of a person. In major places like United States and England for example, they would regard the benefits of aromatherapy as something which is very much related to alternative medicine techniques. While on the other hand, those countries which accept aromatherapy as part of their medical procedure would regulate them the way they would do with their medical practices.Here are the top 10 benefits that aromatherapy can give, read along and you will be pleased on how much it can help:Benefit # 1: Aromatherapy Helps The Medical FieldIn France, this method is use in order to complement the traditional medical practices which they would normally do to address the need of their body. In this place, essential oils are given by physician in order to target harmful organisms which can lead to viral, bacterial, or fungal infections. On the other hand, in United States they would make use of the scents in order to alleviate symptoms of illnesses. This is why a lot of people are familiar with products like Vicks or Halls cough drops that effectively relieve clogged sinuses as well as throats. Aromatic chemicals compounds like eucalyptus and menthol can lessen symptoms associated to colds.Benefit # 2: Aromatherapy as Stress RelieverWhen one mention aromatherapy, the first thing that will ring in one’s ear is that it can relieve everyday stress. Aromatherapy is mostly given in order to lessen symptoms of stress among people. A good example of this is the basil oil which is normally given to calm down the effects of depression.Benefit # 3: Aromatherapy and BehaviorIt has been shown that aromatherapy can improve the condition of the mind hence giving some effect to the behavior of a person. According to study conducted among mice, the animal tend to become calm the moment they were exposed to aroma of sandalwood, lavender, and other oils sprayed on them while they became extremely irritable when exposed to thymol, orange terpines, and other aromas.Benefit # 4: Aromatherapy Can Improve SleepA study shows that elderly people were able to “sleep like babies” the time when they were exposed to lavender aroma. These people are suffering from sleep difficulty disorder and had to consume sleeping pills in order to get to sleep before the use of the scented oil.Benefit # 5: Aromatherapy Relieves Postpartum DiscomfortA study conducted to 635 women shows that postpartum discomfort can highly lessen during the 3rd or the 5th when a woman would apply lavender oil into their perineal area (between the vagina and the rectum)Benefit # 6: Aromatherapy Heals ColdsIt has been noted that consuming chicken soup when you are suffering from colds can highly improve one’s condition. Now, there was a further study that was conducted in order to find out whether the effect of chicken soup is because of the action of the hot steam on the nostrils or if it is the aroma of the chicken soup that can actually cure the colds away. The results indicate that it is because of the steam hence suggesting the effectiveness of aroma.Benefit # 7: Aromatherapy Improves Male Sexual ResponseIt has been observed that Circulation to the male sexual organ was substantially improved by means of the treatment of licorice or lavender together with pumpkin pie. Doughnut that contains black licorice is also known to be effective. Men that are known to be sexually active responded greatly to cola, lavender, as well as oriental spice while on the other hand older males would rather go for the fragrance of vanilla. This clearly states that aromatherapy is an efficient therapy to address the problem of male impotency.Benefit # 8: Aromatherapy makes a Person more AlertIt has been shown that people who were exposed to rosemary were able to have a decrease in frontal alpha and beta power which simply suggest that there is an increased in alertness. Furthermore, they also experienced lower anxiety levels and they can perform math computations faster.Benefit # 9: Aromatherapy for Pain ManagementA lot of people would make use of clove bud which is a very potent essential oil in reducing bodily pain. Be sure to use the oil with care and don’t forget to dilute it first if you wish to use it for massage or as a lotion.Benefit # 10: Aromatherapy Heal WoundsYou can make use of tea tree oil to clean the wound first then apply essential oil helichrysum in areas near the wound but not on the wound itself in order to promote healing faster and safer. Keep in mind that the faster the wound heals the lesser scarring will take place. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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How to deploy a Nym Mixnode with Digital Ocean
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How to deploy a Nym Mixnode with Digital Ocean
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·May 5, 2022·
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It took me a few days to get this working and I was quite frustrated by how little documentation or information I could find online. So as a little geste for the world, here is a little guide for anyone who is trying to setup a Nym Mixnode.
What is a Nym Mixnode?
If you're reading this, you most likely know what Nym is, but in case, here is the link to their website. The one-liner is basically:
Tor but with a cryptocurrency to financially incentivise people to run nodes
Setting up your Ubuntu machine
It can be very hard to get this setup. You might know how to work with the Terminal, you might have some experience with Docker or running your apps on Heroku, but actually setting up a machine and SSH-ing into it was not straight forward at all for me.
The choice of platform is crucial here because there are so many things that can go wrong:
• You don't get an IP address
• The IP address keeps changing
• The networking / firewall configuration is wrong
• There is an internal/external IP address (GCP I'm looking at you)
• You don't know how to use SSH
and whatever you do right or wrong during the actual installation, things might never work because of this.
The takeaway: be smart and choose the platform wisely. In this case, Digital Ocean is absolutely perfect. The default is exactly what you need. Just sign up, add your credit card and you're good to go.
Create a new Droplet
Simply create a new Droplet and go with all the basic options (this is for the Sandbox Testnet, so you don't need any sexy configurations).
You will need to create an SSH key (1Password can do this for you, else, they have a little tutorial).
And in the Additional settings section, make sure to enable IPv6 networking.
So to summarize this step:
1. Ubuntu image
2. Basic settings everywhere
3. SSH key
4. IPv6 in Additional settings
Install Nym on your machine
Once the new Droplet is created, you should be able to see a dashboard with important information. Namely the IP address and a console button. Click on that button to start installing stuff.
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The steps described in the Nym documentation are more or less correct, but there are some tricks due to the information being partly outdated.
So here is the working version as of May 2022:
Install basic dependencies...
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pkg-config build-essential libssl-dev curl jq
Install Rust
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
Installing the Nym repo from github
git clone https://github.com/nymtech/nym.git
cd nym
Change to the Sandbox testnet version (careful! The current accurate version is v1.0.1 and not v1.0.0 as stated in the documentation.
git checkout tags/v1.0.1
Build the release version (this takes 10m)
NETWORK=sandbox cargo build --release
Move into the repository that contains the compiled data
cd target/release
Test if everything is working
./nym-mixnode --help
Here, you will see a nice Nym logo and some information. This means you've made it!!!!
Setup your Nym Mixnode
From here on, everything should be smooth, but stay focused :)
First, we instantiate the node with an id, a wallet associated with the id and the IP address connected to your machine. ifconfig.me does it for you.
./nym-mixnode init --id SOME_ID --wallet-address YOUR_WALLET --host $(curl ifconfig.me)
For example
./nym-mixnode init --id hello --wallet-address nymt1z0w2mdpvy9t7d03q6hlurezjkl6m4t9decg73d --host $(curl ifconfig.me)
Finally, we start running the node with the following command (make sure to remplace SOME_ID with your actual id created in the previous command.)
./nym-mixnode run --id SOME_ID
Congrats! You can check if everything is running fine by checking the /stats endpoint of your server. For example http://IP_ADDRESS:8000/stats, in my case: http://46.101.162.95:8000/stats
Thanks, you will also be able to see your mixnode on the sandbox explorer. Just search for your wallet address. Mine for example is sandbox.mixnet.explorers.guru/mixnode/sEGnx..
If anything is not working or if you have problems, please let me know!!
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Thursday, 6 June 2013
Raspberry Pi’s New Wifi Manager Friend WICD
I know of no better way than getting WiFi to connect automatically than using the wonderful wicd-curses package. So, here’s how to do it:
1. Plug your wifi dongle in. I cannot impress on you enough how important this is ;-)
2. If you’ve not done it already, login as root and install wicd-curses:
1. apt-get install wicd-curses
3. Run it. Just type
1. wicd-curses
4. You’re given the wicd interface. You probably haven’t got anything showing yet, so do Shift-R to refresh the network scan.
5. Use the arrow keys to highlight your router and press –>
6. Go down and hit space when you reach the Automatic connection checkbox.
7. Then, go down to the password field and put your wifi router password in.
8. Hit F10 to save the settings and you’ll go back to the first screen.
9. Highlight your router if it’s not already and hit shift-C to connect.
10. Hopefully, this will connect you. If not, check your password!
11. Do shift-Q to come out of wicd.
12. Type ifconfig -a and you should see your wlan0 connected to your router and your ip address displayed.
The beauty of doing it like this rather than via the command line is that wicd runs as a daemon when your Pi starts up and will automatically connect to the network without you doing anything else.
NB: You may have to wait a minute or so for it to connect. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
When faced with health challenges, having the right medical equipment at home can make a world of difference. Whether it’s for yourself, a family member, or a loved one, selecting the appropriate home medical equipment requires careful consideration.
This guide aims to simplify the process, ensuring you make informed decisions that cater to specific needs.
Understanding Your Needs
Before diving into the vast array of home medical equipment available, it’s crucial to assess the specific requirements. Are you recovering from surgery and need mobility aids? Or perhaps managing a chronic condition that requires monitoring devices? Understanding these needs helps in narrowing down the options and ensures the equipment chosen is both practical and effective.
Consultation with Healthcare Providers
Seeking advice from healthcare professionals is invaluable when selecting home medical equipment. Doctors, nurses, or therapists can provide insights based on medical conditions and individual circumstances.
They can recommend the most suitable equipment, explain its usage, and even demonstrate how to operate it safely.
Types of Home Medical Equipment
Home medical equipment encompasses a wide range of devices designed to support health and daily living. This includes:
• Mobility Aids: Such as wheelchairs, walkers, and canes, which assist in movement and independence.
• Monitoring Devices: Like blood pressure monitors, glucose meters, and pulse oximeters, essential for managing chronic conditions at home.
• Safety Equipment: Such as bed rails, grab bars, and shower seats, which enhance safety and prevent falls.
Each type serves a distinct purpose, so identifying which ones are necessary depends on individual health needs and living conditions.
Considerations for Home Setup
The layout and size of your home play a crucial role in determining the most suitable equipment. For instance, narrow hallways may require a foldable wheelchair for easy maneuverability. Similarly, if you’re setting up a home medical station, ensure it’s easily accessible and well-stocked with necessary supplies.
Quality and Reliability
When it comes to health, quality and reliability are non-negotiable. Opt for reputable brands and products that meet industry standards. Reading reviews and seeking recommendations from healthcare providers or other users can provide valuable insights into the durability and performance of different equipment options.
Cost and Insurance Coverage
Home medical equipment can vary significantly in cost, so it’s essential to set a budget and explore financing options if necessary. Many health insurance plans cover certain types of equipment, but policies vary, so it’s advisable to check coverage details beforehand. Additionally, consider the long-term maintenance costs to ensure sustainability.
Training and Support
Learning how to use home medical equipment correctly is essential for both effectiveness and safety. Many suppliers offer training sessions or instructional videos to familiarize users with equipment operation. Ensure you and any caregivers are comfortable with using the equipment before relying on it independently.
Accessibility and Ease of Use
Choosing equipment that is easy to operate and maintain simplifies daily routines. Features such as adjustable settings, lightweight design, and intuitive controls can significantly enhance usability, especially for elderly or less technologically savvy individuals.
Conclusion
Selecting the right home medical equipment involves careful deliberation and consideration of individual needs, health conditions, and living circumstances. By consulting healthcare professionals, researching options, and prioritizing quality and usability, you can ensure that the equipment chosen enhances quality of life and promotes independence at home. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Category:High-importance El Salvador articles
This category contains articles assessed as having high importance to WikiProject El Salvador. | WIKI |
usbUS Flash Drives have made a dramatic change to the way we use, store and carry our data. USB is not restricted to the storage of the data, but virtually every device is now able to connect with the computer through the use of USB ports.
If you work on a shared computer, and are concerned about the privacy of your stored information then you can consider using a tiny utility called USBDeview from NirSoft.
USBDeview keeps track of all the USB Devices installed on your computer through the use of an event log file. It lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used.
For each USB device, exteneded information is displayed: Device name/description, device type, serial number (for mass storage devices), the date/time that device was added, VendorID, ProductID, and more…
USBDeview also allows you to uninstall USB devices that you previously used, and disconnect USB devices that are currently connected to your computer. You can also use USBDeview on a remote computer, as long as you login to that computer with admin user.
usb device log
This utility works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Windows 98/ME is not supported. In order to disable/enable/uninstall USB items under Vista with UAC turned on, you should right click on USBDeview and choose ‘Run As Administrator’.
USBDeview doesn’t require any installation process or additional DLL files. Just copy the executable file (USBDeview.exe) to any folder you like, and run it. The main window of USBDeview displays all USB devices installed on your system. You can select one or more items, and then disconnect (unplug) them , uninstall them, or just save the information into text/xml/html file.
[Download USBDeview] | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Work Force Will Be Unionized
Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign staff will be represented by a union, his campaign announced on Friday, saying it would be the first time a major-party candidate had a unionized work force. The employees will be represented by a unit of the United Food and Commercial Workers union. They voted to unionize through what is known as a card-check system: A majority of employees signed forms indicating their interest. Mr. Sanders has previously called for that method to be used at all companies, instead of traditional elections. “Bernie Sanders is the most pro-union candidate in the field, he’ll be the most pro-union president in the White House, and we’re honored that his campaign will be the first to have a unionized work force,” his campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, said in a statement. One other Democratic candidate, Julián Castro, said in January that he would be supportive if his employees chose to unionize. Mr. Sanders has long been an ardent supporter of organized labor. But in the months leading up to the announcement of his 2020 bid, his campaign was forced to deal with the disclosure of lingering resentment among some female and black staff members who felt mistreated during Mr. Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign. Women who worked for him in 2016 described sexual harassment and unequal pay and said the Vermont senator failed to address the problems. Mr. Sanders met with about two dozen former employees in January to discuss the complaints, and he publicly apologized twice to the women who were mistreated. Some black employees, too, said they had felt undervalued during the 2016 campaign, in which Mr. Sanders struggled to win over black voters. Now, as the presidential field takes shape for 2020, Mr. Sanders finds himself in an unfamiliar position: front-runner. In the four years since he kicked off an insurgent campaign against Hillary Clinton, his progressive brand of politics has become a dominating force in the Democratic Party. Numerous Democratic candidates have endorsed policies, like “Medicare for all” and free college tuition, on which Mr. Sanders used to primarily stand alone. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Worthing Golf Club
Worthing Golf Club is a golf club on the South Downs at Worthing, England. Located close to the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring in the new South Downs National Park, the club comprises two links golf courses, a 6 hole academy course, a driving range, practice area, two putting greens and a clubhouse. The club enjoys panoramic views both of the South Downs and the English Channel.
The club was formed in 1905 and its first course, designed by six times Open Championship-winner Harry Vardon was opened in 1906 by Vardon and five-times Open Championship-winner James Braid.
After the First World War, the course was redesigned by golf course designer Harry Colt, who created two courses, a lower and upper course. The lower course lies mostly in the valley, while the upper course lies across the ridges.
The clubhouse is the original Warren farmhouse.
The golf courses
The Lower Course is the club's most demanding. It is particularly challenging just before the turn in a valley close to Cissbury Ring known as Deep Bottom. The Upper Course has the widest panorama, where on the ridge of Mount Carvey the coast can be seen from Beachy Head in the east to the Isle of Wight in the west. | WIKI |
Matthew O'Brien
Matthew O'Brien (born in 1970) is an American author, journalist, editor and teacher who writes about the seedier side of Las Vegas. His most well-known work is the nonfiction book Beneath the Neon, which documents the homeless population living in the underground flood channels of the Las Vegas Valley. He lived in Las Vegas from 1997 to 2017.
Early life and education
O'Brien, who grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia, area, graduated in 1988 from Decatur High School, where he was a shooting guard on the basketball team. He attended Georgia State University and was a member of the team that advanced to the 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. He was also a member of the University of West Georgia's 1993-'94 team, which qualified for the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. O'Brien graduated from West Georgia with a Bachelor's degree in history. He taught English and in the Honors College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he earned a MFA in creative writing.
Career
He worked as a staff writer, news editor and managing editor of the alternative weekly Las Vegas CityLife from 2000 to 2008. While at the paper, he co-wrote two cover stories about exploring the underground flood channels of Las Vegas after reading about Timmy "TJ" Weber, who was suspected (and later convicted) of murdering his girlfriend and her son, raping her daughter and attempting to kill another son. Weber used the drains to evade the police. O'Brien discovered hundreds of homeless people living in the storm drains.
His research about and interviews from inside the underground flood channels are detailed in his book Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas, released in June 2007. This book has been reviewed or written about by several media outlets, including Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Wired, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Nightline, The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Al Jazeera, CNN, NPR, the BBC, the Associated Press and other national and international media outlets have done stories about the tunnels and the tunnel-dwellers.
CNN's Michael Cary went into the tunnels with O'Brien and described him as "an expert on the more than 300 miles of underground flood channels and its tunnel dwellers."
O'Brien's second book, My Week at the Blue Angel: And Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas, released November 15, 2010, is a collection of creative-nonfiction stories set in off-the-beaten-path Vegas, including the Blue Angel Motel on East Fremont Street that was known for prostitution, drug dealing and violence, and the case of Jessie Foster, an international endangered missing Canadian woman lured to Las Vegas who disappeared 10 months later. Jessie is thought to be the victim of human trafficking. Earlier versions of many of the stories in the collection were originally cover stories in Las Vegas CityLife.
O'Brien is the founder of Shine a Light, a nonprofit organization that provides housing, drug counseling and other services to the homeless people living in the drains. In a January 2011 article, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution described how O'Brien's work in the tunnels "turned into a 4½-year obsession for O'Brien, where he wound up documenting a population he suspects no one except a handful of police officers knew existed." CBS News correspondent Seth Doane, who went underneath the Las Vegas Strip with O'Brien in the summer of 2010, wrote that "O'Brien's interest has turned into advocacy" in his efforts to help the homeless.
American Public Media's "The Story" segment covered O'Brien's efforts to help homeless people when they interviewed O'Brien and featured a homeless man in April 2011.
On September 3 and 4, 2013, O'Brien appeared on the Dr. Phil Show in a two-part series after O'Brien escorted professional locator Troy Dunn into the underground flood channels of Las Vegas. There, they found a homeless mother, Cyndi, who'd been separated from her four daughters for several years. In the second episode of the show, Cyndi appeared with Dr. Phil and reunited with her daughters in the studio. At the end of the show, Dr. Phil offered Cyndi and her husband, Rick, rehab and family-counseling services, which they accepted. Dr. Phil discussed O'Brien's book Beneath the Neon.
In March 2015, Seeker (media company) profiled O'Brien on the air as he explored the tunnels and interacted with residents.
In January 2016, O'Brien raised more than $13,000 in 24 hours through Crowdrise for his nonprofit Shine a Light to benefit homeless people living in tunnels beneath the Las Vegas Strip.
After three tunnel dwellers died in June 2016 in a flash flood, O'Brien and a homeless man known as "Jazz" appeared on NPR's southern Nevada affiliate KNPR to talk about the flood, in which Jazz's longtime girlfriend Sharon drowned. O'Brien's nonprofit, Shine a Light, helped one of the flood victim's families with expenses surrounding the death.
In July 2017, O'Brien relocated to San Salvador in Central America to teach literature at an English-language preparatory school and to write a sequel to Beneath the Neon about the homeless people who made it out of the storm drains. In an article about O'Brien, the Las Vegas Review-Journal described his move out of the country as the "man who shined light on Las Vegas' tunnel dwellers (is) moving on."
Central Recovery Press released the sequel, titled Dark Days, Bright Nights: Surviving the Las Vegas Storm Drains, in November 2020. Kirkus Reviews noted that the book "chronicles how one group of homeless people were able to leave tunnel life behind," while Coachella Valley Independent described it as "redemption stories" that "cast light on a rarely seen side of Las Vegas and offer a portrait of homelessness and recovery in America." On November 17, on Dark Days, Bright Nights' release date, the Reno Gazette Journal published a related feature story profiling "Half Pint," one of the book’s interviewees, and detailed O’Brien’s background with the tunnels. USA Today picked up the story and ran the article.
Awards
O'Brien received two Artists Fellowship grants awarded by the Nevada Arts Council in 2007 and 2010 for his nonfiction book projects.
He has won several first-place awards in the Nevada Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, including Journalist of Merit (given to journalists with less than five years of experience to encourage them to stay in the business) in 2002 and Outstanding Journalist (a top individual award) in 2006.
In November 2011, O'Brien was given the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award, sponsored by the Friends of the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. Established in 1996, the Silver Pen recognizes writers who are in mid-career but have already shown substantial achievement. After the announcement of the award, The Nevada Review featured O'Brien in a Q&A article.
Books
* Beneath the Neon (Huntington Press, 2007)
* My Week at the Blue Angel (Huntington Press, 2010)
* Dark Days, Bright Nights (Central Recovery Press, 2020)
Reviews
About O'Brien's book Beneath the Neon, Publishers Weekly wrote, “Continually contrasting the sparkling casinos above with the dank, cobwebbed catacombs below, the observant O’Brien writes with a noirish flair, but his compassion is also evident as he illuminates the lives of these shadowy subterranean dwellers.”
The Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote, “Beneath the Neon accomplishes something most books about Las Vegas do not: It tells us something we didn’t know.”
Reviewer Tod Goldberg wrote in Las Vegas CityLife, "My Week at the Blue Angel finds O'Brien once again searching underneath things for proof that not all is as it first appears. ... But it's when O'Brien talks to people who've seen the edge and blown right past it that his attention to detail as a writer serves him best."
Midwest Book Review wrote, “With plenty of black-and-white photos, My Week at the Blue Angel is a fun and intriguing read that will prove very hard to put down.”
About Dark Days, Bright Nights, Kirkus Reviews wrote, “Powerful and relentlessly honest, the interviews explode myths surrounding homelessness while promoting compassionate views of the growing number of homeless Americans. Compelling reading about what is a depressingly evergreen societal ill.”
About Dark Days, Bright Nights, the Las Vegas Weekly wrote, “With his 2007 book Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas, the journalist told the story of an oft-overlooked and unfortunate population. In his latest book, O’Brien tells the stories of 36 people who lived in the storm drains and attempted to build a better life for themselves. Though some don’t succeed, O’Brien offers many uplifting tales of recovery in this oral history.” | WIKI |
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