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112 STAT. 2164 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 to Prohibition on Chemical Weapons, signed at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on September 23, 1989. SEC. 1305. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROLIFERATION PREVENTION ACTIVITIES IN RUSSIA. No fiscal year 1999 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds may be obligated or expended for biological weapons proliferation prevention activities in Russia until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report on— (1) whether Cooperative Threat Reduction funds provided for cooperative research activities at biological research institutes in Russia have been used— (A) to support activities to develop new strains of anthrax; or (B) for any purpose inconsistent with the objectives of providing such funds; and (2) the new strains of anthrax alleged to have been developed at a biological research institute in Russia and any efforts by the United States to examine such strains. SEC. 1306. COOPERATIVE COUNTER PROLIFERATION PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 1302 (other than the amounts authorized to be appropriated in subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of that section) and subject to the limitations in that section and subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may provide a country of the former Soviet Union with emergency assistance for removing or obtaining from that country— (1) weapons of mass destruction; or (2) materials, equipment, or technology related to the development or delivery of weapons of mass destruction. (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. -- (1) The Secretary may not provide assistance under subsection (a) until 15 days after the date that the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification in writing that the weapons, materials, equipment, or technology described in that subsection meet each of the following requirements: (A) The weapons, materials, equipment, or technology are at risk of being sold or otherwise transferred to a restricted foreign state or entity. (B) The transfer of the weapons, materials, equipment, or technology would pose a significant near-term threat to the national security interests of the United States or would significantly advance a foreign country's weapon program that threatens the national security interests of the United States. (C) Other options for securing or otherwise preventing the transfer of the weapons, materials, equipment, or technology have been considered and rejected as ineffective or inadequate. (2) The 15-day notice requirement in paragraph (1) may be waived if the Secretary determines that compliance with the requirement would compromise the national security interests of the United States. In such case, the Secretary shall promptly notify the congressional defense committees of the circumstances regarding such determination in advance of providing assistance under subsection (a) and shall submit the certification required not later than 30 days afler providing such assistance.
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Talk:Barnsley fern
Untitled
nice article - well done Victuallers (talk) 14:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
Suspect a small error?
" ... Barnsley's fern uses four affine transformations. The formula for one transformation is the following: ..." Uhh, to my limited mathematics, the formula is the same for all four transformations. The difference between them is the factors in the matrix (abcd values). The sentence should therefore read: " ... The formula for the transformations is the following: " Old_Wombat (talk) 11:07, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Formula is different for each of 4 transformation. We can talk about general transformation with named coeeficient, but this is just abstract thing. Concrete transformation have concrete coefficients. So, there is no error in article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 00:28, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Uhh, having redone the program, I am sticking to my guns. The formula IS the same, it merely has different coefficients. I even coded it that way in my program - same formula for all, select different a-f values for different probabilities. Even the vertical "stalk" is in fact a "frond" with zero width (a = 0 in the f1 column). Old_Wombat (talk) 23:10, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Explanations of Transforms are Wrong
The explanations of how the particular transforms map things (in the "computer generation" section) are entirely wrong, other than the first one (the stem). The second one maps the fern onto a slightly smaller copy of itself that is moved upwards from the base and rotated slightly -- that is, it creates the second pair of leaflets from the first, the third from the second, and so on up the fern. The third one maps the whole fern onto the left-hand leaflet (thereby creating that leaflet as a much smaller copy of the whole fern), and the fourth one does the same from the right-hand leaflet. Critical errors are that the leaflets are described as copies of other leaflets rather than copies of the *whole* fern -- which is necessary in how affine transform fractals work; they cannot transform only a portion of the whole! -- and that the description of the second transform is actually approximately correct for the *third*. Sorry I don't have time to make the corrections myself. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 02:57, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
agree, the explanation is not right. F2 moves the current point up and to the right, staying on the same side of the major stem. F3 relocates any point, anywhere on the entire leaf, back to the bottom left leaf, and F4 to the bottom right leaf. The leaves above the bottom left/right leaves are partial copies of the bottom leaf, depending how many consecutive F2s run. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:14, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
[] has a better explanation of how the fern is generated, suggest using that as a start point <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:47, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGMGVpLMtMs also looks useful <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:53, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
I've fixed the explanations and removed the disputed accuracy flag. Sokenbichacoffee (talk) 18:11, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
* Also removed outdated comment about the fixed inaccuracies. Sokenbichacoffee (talk) 21:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
More info and a correction for the second example.
If you look at the larger image of the second fern ("Mutant Varieties"), you can see that the horizontal "stalks" actually go a little bit past the vertical "stalk" (fractis). On a 1280 X 1024 screen, this is even more startling. A better results is obtained with a slightly different value of the first 'd' parameter (in the "f1" row) : 0.07 instead of 0.25. This matches up the stalks to within a pixel or so on the 1280 wide screen.
Also, with the second fern, the range of values is completely different. Measuring them empirically in single precision with ten million iterations, I obtain the following: -1.485 < x < 1.473 and -0.431 < y < 7.088. The vagaries of the Microsoft random number generator (and possibly rounding errors within the single precision calculations) have these vary by a fraction of a percent or so between simulations, even with ten million iterations.
Now all of this is, of course, OR, so it can't go into the main article, but in the spirit of improving articles I present it here. If someone else can run the simulation and can confirm these results, then maybe this information can progress into the main article. Old_Wombat (talk) 23:05, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Visual depiction of the individual parts
I created this image: using a different color for each of the four parts of the transformation, blue for the stem, red for the left leaf, purple for the right, and green for the remaining smaller leaves. This might be useful in illustrating how the different parts of the image are drawn. Should I add this to the page? Lurlock (talk) 16:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
* Or, for that matter, this image below, which we're using as a link to this page in various locations, but does not appear on the page itself for some reason... Lurlock (talk) 20:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Fractal Dimension?
What is the fractional dimension of this fern? How is this value derived? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:E422:3C01:B5E5:C74E:2747:C8FC (talk) 11:12, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Why is "construction" section deemed "under dispute"?
I coded straight from it and got a beuatiful fern, exactly the same as in the article. Exactly. 2001:8003:E41C:1C01:8416:B98E:59:E8A8 (talk) 12:12, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
* The dispute is based off of Explanations of Transforms are Wrong. It has not been updated in two years but if you do not see a problem with the explanation I would advise you to BEBOLD and remove the notice yourself. - Cheers, KoolKidz112 (hit me up) 21:54, 12 January 2023 (UTC) | WIKI |
Talk:Corinthian War
Cite template change
I have reverted the insertion of a cite book template for the first reference to the "Corinthian War" article in the Oxford Classical Dictionary. I did this because
* 1) Simon Hornblower is the editor, not the author, of the OCD, and
* 2) the reference with the template inserted doesn't list the specific article in the book that is being cited.
I don't know if there is an appropriate template for citing a work like the OCD; if so, there would be no harm in using that, but cite book led to a rather misleading reference. --RobthTalk 14:52, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
5th century
The featured article blurb omits the "bc" after 5th century when refering to the Athenian Empire, it looks a little confusing. L0b0t 12:39, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Spelling
I understand that the standard for spelling of Greek place names currently is to use "k" in place of "c," as it is a hard sound. On that note, however, why is it not spelled "Korinth," then? I ask not to be clever, but out of a genuine curiousity. --Raulpascal 18:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
* That's changed actually; it was at one time the standard to use a "k"--which makes sense, as the Greek letter being transliterated is "Κ" (kappa). This changed at some point in the twentieth century, however, presumably because "k" is a very awkward letter in English, and spellings like "Corinth" are now universally used. --RobthTalk 03:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
The picture is wrong
That depicts the Macedonian phalanx, not the classical Greek phalanx used during the war. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:29, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Xenophon?
It seems like most of this article relies upon Xenophon for its narrative. It's a primary source, so doesn't that constitute Original Research? Seeing as this is a featured article, is there some sort of exception in this case which allows extensive reliance upon a primary source? Chamboz (talk) 00:34, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
* IIRC, Xenophon is the chief historical narrative for Greek history at this time; the only other narrative would be the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia, which only covers a tiny slice of the period. Inscriptions, maybe some papyri, & incidental mentions in poems & such complete the remainder of the primary sources. It would help this article to have a section discussing the primary sources, especially since this is rated a "Featured Article". -- llywrch (talk) 05:32, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
* I think what is trying to say is that, per WP:PRIMARY, we are not supposed to use primary sources unless we have secondary sources interpreting them, because relying exclusively on primary sources almost always results in WP:SYNTHESIS and WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH. To answer that question, this article became a "Featured Article" back in 2006 when our standards for what could become a "Featured Article" were far, far more relaxed than they are today. Virtually all our other Featured Articles relating to classical Greece, including Pericles, Aspasia, Alcibiades, Epaminondas, Demosthenes, and no doubt plenty of others, all share this exact same fault. I doubt any of them would pass FAC if they were put forth as candidates today, which is quite sad because they are actually all very well-written, well-illustrated, and comprehensive and, apart from this one flaw that they all share, they are all perfectly fine Featured Articles. --Katolophyromai (talk) 14:34, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
* I knew that, ; I had come here from the list of FAC needing review. ;-) My comment was also partly addressed to whomever came along to perform a formal review, or decided to undertake the responsibility of revising this article to meet FA standards. (I don't know enough about ancient Greek historiography to undertake this revision myself.) -- llywrch (talk) 14:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
Cite EB1911
@ User:Aza24 at 02:55, 28 September 2020 you made an edit to the article (diff) in which you added an article title to EB1911. If the text of the EB1911 article is not copied into the Wikipedia article please use rather than so that the Wikipedia article is added to the correct maintenance categories. I have checked index Wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Vol 7:2 and can not find the article "Corinthian War". Please can you add the correct EB article name (along with the volume and page number so it is a full citation)? -- PBS (talk) 21:02, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
* my edit was solely to remove the harv error that the citation created by using sfn but not referencing something in the bibliography. I have no idea what the original intention of whoever first put it there was so I'm afraid I can't be much help here. In any case, as a featured article, this should ideally be sourcing references higher quality than Britannica 1911, in fact, I wonder if the reference is even needed since there's another one in the same place? Aza24 (talk) 21:08, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
* @User:Aza24 the tool WikiBlame is very useful in answering the question "" because it makes it easy to identify the editor and ask them and so fix errors like this. -- PBS (talk) 22:09, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
* The reference was added by user:पाटलिपुत्र at 11:26, 9 March 2019 (diff) usually such short hanging citations are caused by an internal copy from another Wikipedia article (often without the correct copyright notice in the edit history) see Copying within Wikipedia. Using the text string "which were returned to the Athenians" I identified this as text copied from the Wikipedia article Antalcidas as of (Revision on 4 August 2017)
* The full citation given in the Wikipedia article is:
* That EB page contains the text "all other Greek cities—so far as they were not under Persian rule—were to be independent, except Lemnos, Imbros and Scyros, which were to belong, as formerly, to the Athenians." So the text in this article also needs the full EB attribution
* @user:पाटलिपुत्र please read Copying within Wikipedia, in particular "".
* -- PBS (talk) 21:55, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Featured article review
This article promoted to FA in 2006 is really not up to FA standards anymore and should be delisted. Several passages are just paraphrasing Xenophon, who was strongly pro-Spartan. Very important sources are missing (Hamilton 1979, Cartledge 1979 & 1987, Robin Seager in the Cambridge Ancient History 6, among many others). T8612 (talk) 16:18, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
* MOS:SANDWICH corrected, uncited text. It appears that this article is not watched; the main contributor has not edited for 10 years. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 15:49, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
* Adding to WP:FARGIVEN Sandy Georgia (Talk) 15:51, 1 December 2021 (UTC) | WIKI |
Dhandowal
Dhandowal is a small village, located near Tehsil Shahkot, Jalandhar District, Punjab. This village is situated one kilometer east of Shahkot. Dhandowal is administered by the Gram Panchayat. Many of the villagers have immigrated to various countries: UK, Canada, France, Australia,NEW ZEALAND. Most of the people in this village have the surname Badesha or Chatha. It was a ruling Jagir of Badesha Jats.
Geography
Dhandowal is located at 31°4'40" N, 75°21'5" E. Postal Code for Dhandowal is 144702.It is located 41 km to the south of the district headquarters of Jalandhar. 1 km from Shahkot. 167 km from State capital Chandigarh
Kotla Suraj Mal (1 km), Saidpur Jhiri (2 km), Laksian (3 km), Kanian Kalan (3 km), Dabri (3 km) are the nearby villages to Dhandowal. Dhandowal is surrounded by Nakodar Tehsil to the east, Lohian Tehsil to the west, Sultanpur Lodhi Tehsil to the north, Sidhwan Bet Tehsil to the south.
Jalandhar Cantt., Nakodar, Jandiala, Kapurthala are the nearby cities to Dhandowal.It many facilities centre like Verka Milk Plant,Electricity House,clinic,playground and gym as well.There are two Gurudwaras located in Dhandowal.It is a very beautiful village with facilities as same of town.
Schools and colleges
* Mata Sahib Kaur Kh. Senior Secondary School
* Government Primary School
* Mata Sahib Kaur College | WIKI |
How to Remove Shifter Knobs
by Kimberly Johnson
shifter image by Brett Bouwer from Fotolia.com
All manual transmission vehicles have gear shift knobs in the floor or the center console. In addition, many newer model automatic transmissions also have the gear shift in the center of the vehicle. The knobs of the shifter are typically made of plastic and leather. Over time, the leather can wear out or get scratched and become unattractive. In these cases, you can remove the old shifter knob and replace it with a new one.
Step 1
Activate the parking brake for the vehicle to prevent it from rolling while you replace the shifter knob.
Step 2
Move the gear shift knob to either 2nd, 4th or reverse if it is a manual transmission. If the car is an automatic transmission, put the gear shift in neutral.
Step 3
Grasp the base of the gear shift knob in your hand and feel the base where it connects to the shaft. Push down on the plastic ring at the base to detach it from the shaft.
Grasp the top of the knob in one hand and pull upward with firm pressure to remove the knob from the shaft.
Tip
• If you cannot see the base of the shaft, because it is covered in rubber, then the knob is not attached with a clip. To remove these, tap the bottom of the knob once or twice with a rubber mallet and then pull the knob upward.
Items you will need
• Rubber mallet (optional)
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Heinz-Christian Strache
Heinz-Christian Strache (born 12 June 1969) is an Austrian politician and dental technician who served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 2017 to 2019 before resigning owing to his involvement in the Ibiza affair. He was also Minister of Civil Service and Sports from January 2018 to May 2019 and chairman of the Freedom Party (FPÖ) from April 2005 to May 2019. He previously served as a member of the National Council from October 2006 until December 2017 and as a member of the municipal council and state legislature of Vienna (2001–2006).
In May 2019, footage from 2017 was released showing Strache suggesting he could offer business contracts in exchange for political support from a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch. The video also shows his ideas about turning the country's largest-circulation tabloid, the Kronen Zeitung, into a mouthpiece of the FPÖ. On 18 May 2019, in the wake of the Ibiza affair, Strache announced his resignation as vice-chancellor of Austria, minister, and chairman of the Freedom Party.
On 1 October 2019, Strache announced that he was retiring from politics and suspending his membership in the Freedom Party. Despite his vow to retire from politics, Strache joined the then-regional Alliance for Austria (DAÖ) party in February 2020, and became its chairman on 14 May, and stated that the party would run in the 2020 elections for the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna. The Oberpullendorf District branch of the FPÖ switched its affiliation to that of the DAÖ in April, and some other branches were considering similar moves, meaning the party was de facto operating on a national level thereafter.
Rise to national party leader
Strache, who is by profession a dental technician, has been active in the politics of Vienna since 1991. He was elected to the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna in 2001. In 2004, he replaced Hilmar Kabas as the leader of the FPÖ in Vienna. He had been considered a disciple of long-time national party leader Jörg Haider, but began to oppose him as the result of increased strife within the party in January 2005.
After a series of losses in state elections, rumours spread that Strache would run for the office of national party leader against Haider's sister, Ursula Haubner. The high risk of Haubner's defeat was probably one of the events that induced Haider to set up a new party, the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). After the split, Strache was elected national party leader of the FPÖ on 23 April 2005.
State elections and campaign in Vienna
Since the split, Strache led the FPÖ further to the right. The FPÖ's results in state elections in the last decade have been mixed. While it dropped out of the Styria Landtag and was reduced to 5.7% in Burgenland, it surpassed expectations in the Vienna elections of October 2005. Strache himself was the leading candidate in Vienna, and the party received 14.9% of votes. Strache's campaign, included slogans such as:
* Wien darf nicht Istanbul werden (Vienna must not become Istanbul). A variation on an FPÖ slogan from the Haider era: Wien darf nicht Chicago werden. Vienna has a significant Turkish minority, the FPÖ is opposed to Turkish EU membership and it refers to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna in 1683, a symbolic historic victory of the West over Islamic and Ottoman onslaught.
* Daham statt Islam ("at home" [i.e., folks who are native to Austria] instead of Islam)
* Deutsch statt "nix verstehen" (German instead of "I don't understand")
* Pummerin statt Muezzin (Pummerin instead of muezzin). Pummerin is the main bell in St. Stephan's Cathedral in Vienna, and so a religious Christian symbol in Vienna.
* Heimat im Herzen (Homeland in the heart)
* Arbeit statt Zuwanderung (Jobs instead of immigration)
In January 2007, stills taken from a video shot in the late 1980s were published showing a uniformed Strache allegedly participating in paramilitary training activities. Other people on the pictures were claimed to be known neo-Nazis. Strache has denied the allegations, stating the pictures are of him playing paintball as an 18-year-old. In his initial reaction, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer referred to the incident as a "folly of youth" (Jugendtorheit). At the end of January, further pictures were published, allegedly showing Strache performing a Nazi salute (the Kühnen salute). Strache denied the allegations prior to publication of the pictures. After publication, Strache argued that the picture showed him ordering three beers and was not a Nazi salute. Austrian Jewish community leaders criticized the government for its lack of response.
2010 Vienna elections
In the 2010 Vienna elections for Mayor of Vienna, Vienna City Council, and district councils, Strache's party received 26% of the vote and increased their number of seats in the city council to 27. His support was strongest among young people under 30.
The campaign included slogans such as:
* Zu viel Fremdes tut niemandem gut. (Too much of what's foreign does nobody well.)
* Wir bewahren unsere Heimatstadt. Die SPÖ macht sie uns fremd. (We maintain our homeland-city. The SPÖ makes it foreign.)
* Wir glauben an unsere Jugend. Die SPÖ an Zuwanderung. (We believe in our youth. The SPÖ in immigration.)
* Wir schützen freie Frauen. Die SPÖ den Kopftuchzwang (We protect free women. The SPÖ protects the compulsory veil.)
* Mehr Mut für unser Wiener Blut (More courage for our Viennese blood.)
* Uns geht's um die Wiener (To us, it's about the Viennese)
Strache was once again accused of xenophobia during his campaign and responded formally in the press to the allegations. In August 2012, Strache caused condemnation and outrage when posting a picture on Facebook that was a caricature depicting a banker with a hooked nose and Star of David cufflinks.
2019 European parliament elections
Strache campaigned for the FPÖ in the lead up to 2019 European Parliament election in Austria. In what The Guardian described as "doubling down" on rhetoric ahead of the election, Strache endorsed the far-right conspiracy of the great replacement. He claimed that "population replacement" was real, adding: "We don’t want to become a minority in our own country".
Ibiza affair
On 17 May 2019 a video was released from a July 2017 meeting in Ibiza, Spain, appearing to show Strache and Johann Gudenus discussing underhanded political practices. In the video, both politicians appeared receptive to proposals by a mysterious woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch Igor Makarov, discussing providing the FPÖ positive news coverage in return for business contracts. Strache and Gudenus also hinted at corrupt political practices involving other wealthy donors to the FPÖ in Europe and elsewhere. The scandal caused the collapse of the Austrian governing coalition and the announcement of a snap election. Strache is currently under investigation for misuse of party funds. He is also under trial for corruption.
Strache was expelled from the FPÖ in December 2019 for his role in the scandal. In August 2020, the public prosecutor's office received an additional 5 minutes of video footage which appeared to relieve Strache from some of the accusations. In the uncut video, Strache had refused the decoy's offer and doing anything illegal. Strache accused Der Spiegel and the Süddeutsche Zeitung of showing selectively edited material.
In the ORF documentary The talented Mr. Strache - How to destroy a career, which was broadcast in April 2022, opponents, companions and Strache himself reviewed his political career from rise to fall, and also dealt specifically with the Ibiza affair.
Later career
In February 2020, Strache became leader of Team HC Strache – Alliance for Austria. He participated in the 2020 Viennese state election, but his party did not win any seats.
Relationship with Trump administration
Strache flew to New York shortly after the election of Donald Trump in December 2016 to meet with Michael Flynn at the Trump Tower. Flynn had just helped lead the effort to elect Trump and served as his National Security Advisor for 24 days in January through February 2017. Also in November, Austrian far-right politicians Norbert Hofer and Strache went to Russia in order to become go-betweens to facilitate cooperation between Putin and Trump. While in Moscow, the Freedom Party concluded a "working agreement" with Putin's United Russia Party. Flynn later resigned after information surfaced that he had misled the FBI and Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and content of his communications with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.
Conviction and Acquittal
Strache was indicted on grounds of bribery by the Public Prosecutorial Service for Economic Cases and Corruption (WKStA) in the Criminal Court of Vienna. The criminal charge accused the FPÖ – under Strache's leadership – of having accepted illicit campaign donations totaling €12,000 from Walter Grubmüller, the owner of a private nursing home in Vienna. Grubmüller had allegedly bribed Strache to sponsor a legislative bill amending the law which governs the Privatkrankenanstalten-Finanzierungsfonds, a government fund that supports private medical institutions. The amendment would have caused the fund to also cover Grubmüller's nursing home and allowed him to charge the ÖGK – Austria's tax-funded universal healthcare system – for patients who choose the public option.
On 27 August 2021, Strache and Grubmüller were convicted and sentenced to 15 months of probation; Strache appealed the ruling to the Vienna Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht). The Vienna Court of Appeals reversed the judgment - since in its view, exculpatory material had not been considered properly - and remanded the case. On 10 January 2023 the Criminal Court of Vienna acquitted Strache, citing lack of proof. | WIKI |
What are biomodifying technologies?
Developments in biomedical innovation today can be seen in areas such as robotics, digital systems or new imaging techniques – and increasingly in areas marked by highly sophisticated forms of medical biology and biotechnology that involve altering ‘natural’ biological processes.
Three key developments form the focus for this project:
1. the arrival of ‘gene-editing’ whose goal is to understand and remove disease-related mutations,
2. the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) that can be controlled to create different types of tissue for cell therapy,
3. the emergence of 3D printing of biological material which aims to create novel structures for bodily repair and renewal.
These developments can all be described as ‘biomodifying technologies’, that is, those that modify living biological tissue in novel and increasingly patient-orientated and customised ways.
The three technologies stand alone, but can also interact with each other – for example gene-edited iPSC lines are already being developed as research tools and 3D printing is being designed to create bio-structures from differentiated iPSC.
Why are biomodifying technologies important?
Biomodifying technologies are important in a scientific and medical sense but also because of their potential to reshape the landscape of biomedical innovation in the 21st century.
These are ‘gateway’ technologies with wide-ranging applications, significant commercial engagement and high levels of transferability, which open up far-reaching possibilities.
At the same time, these technologies, alone and in combination also challenge existing pathways for developing new therapeutic products and services in a number of ways:
1. There are questions about the applicability of existing standards for safety, quality control, and traceability of biological materials, raising questions about how to manage the particular risks and uncertainties in applying novel biotechnologies to human patients
2. There is not a single clear development trajectory for biomodifying technologies, but multiple, interlinked innovation pathways. This raises the likelihood that findings in one domain, for example, standards for iPSC quality for disease modelling, could influence development in other such as quality control of iPSC for cell therapy.
3. The development of lines of research using these technologies is likely to involve local ‘tinkering’ with the performance and capabilities of these technologies, and sharing of adapted components or protocols (e.g. software for 3D printing, gene-edited cell lines)
4. Are existing Health Technology Assessment calculations of utility, cost/benefit analyses and so on adequate to capture the value of novel applications of biomodifying technologies? Are they compatible with increasingly patient-centred research and new standards for expedited or compassionate access to untested therapies, and are these even appropriate routes to consider?
What do we want to know?
The project’s overarching aims are:
1. To understand and anticipate emerging developments in biomodifying technologies in the UK.
2. To provide insight to stakeholders on likely translational pathways and organisational healthcare models for the selected technologies.
3. To assess the societal and health implications of biomodifying technologies and the processes of valuation at work across different stakeholder groups.
4. To build an informed and constructively critical social science of contemporary biomedical innovation.
Who is this research for?
The findings from this work are intended to be useful for a range of groups including:
• professionals working in the healthcare field,
• patients and patient organisations,
• academic scientists,
• researchers and business leaders working in the biotechnology industry,
• policymakers,
• regulators and lawyers,
• member of the general public
What are the intended benefits?
• Help healthcare professionals, hospital managers, biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms, and regulators to identify emerging clinical applications of these new technologies that are likely to be relevant to their work in the mid-to near term future.
• Incorporate the needs and perspectives of patients and charities on the value of different biomodifying technologies and the ways in which they might be made available as new medical products and services.
• Provide guidance on the legal and ethical requirements and responsibilities of service providers operating or planning to operate in this space
• Help to shape viable business models for new products and services based on these technologies.
• Produce an evidence-base on the social, regulatory and organisational implications of current research trajectories and how biomodifying technologies might be translated to the clinic.
How is this research funded?
This research is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council through grant number ES/P002943/1 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
SizeChangedLayoutNotification class Null safety
Indicates that the size of one of the descendants of the object receiving this notification has changed, and that therefore any assumptions about that layout are no longer valid.
For example, sent by the SizeChangedLayoutNotifier widget whenever that widget changes size.
This notification can be used for triggering repaints, but if you use this notification to trigger rebuilds or relayouts, you'll create a backwards dependency in the frame pipeline because SizeChangedLayoutNotifications are generated during layout, which is after the build phase and in the middle of the layout phase. This backwards dependency can lead to visual corruption or lags.
See LayoutChangedNotification for additional discussion of layout notifications such as this one.
See also:
Inheritance
Constructors
SizeChangedLayoutNotification()
Create a new SizeChangedLayoutNotification.
const
Properties
hashCode int
The hash code for this object.
read-onlyinherited
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
read-onlyinherited
Methods
debugFillDescription(List<String> description) → void
Add additional information to the given description for use by toString.
inherited
dispatch(BuildContext? target) → void
Start bubbling this notification at the given build context.
inherited
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a non-existent method or property is accessed.
inherited
toString() String
A string representation of this object.
inherited
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21, 1860.] the British Isles, if another Ireland were added to them; and to form an idea of how densely the population is packed upon that area, we must suppose the people of the French Empire to be inhabiting such a kingdom. The three islands of Nipon, Kiu-siu, and Sikok constitute the real empire over which the Taikoon rules. He claims and exercises a feeble sovereignty over Yesso likewise; but there is every reason to believe that the better portion of the latter is still in the hands of unsubjugated aborigines. Nipon, the seat of government, and bearing the same relation to the empire that England and Scotland do to the rest of the United Kingdom, is in every respect the most important portion of Japan. In shape it has been compared to a man’s jaw-bone; but we think a huge centipede, curving through 600 miles of latitude and varying from 50 to 200 miles of longitude in width, will bring it better before the reader’s imagination. On either side we see its numerous legs represented by capes, promontories, or tongues of land projecting into the sea, and forming an endless succession of noble bays and promising harbours. These projections appear to jut out from the central back-bone of mountains which extend throughout its whole length, and that entire ridge is studded with extinct or dormant volcanoes, peerless amongst which rises sharp into the blue vault of heaven the great mountain of Fusi-hama, which is said to be visible in clear weather throughout the major portion of the island. Besides Nipon there are the islands of Kiu-siu and Sikok, which resembles it much in geographical outline, although from being a little more south their climate and products partake of a more tropical character than those of Nipon.
All these islands are washed on their eastern shores by a great stream of warm water, which, like the gulf-stream of the Atlantic, flows ever to the north-east from equatorial regions. This stream modifies the climate of the Japanese Empire to a very great extent; preserves it from the desolating extremes to which China in a similar latitude is so sadly subject; but at the same time causes its shores to be swept by tempests in no wise inferior to those which renders the seaman’s career in our seas a life of danger and of hardship. The difference of temperature between the air and water, occasions during spring and autumn, dense fogs, increasing the perils of navigation as well as in adding still more to the resemblance between the climates of Nipon and Britain. The entire empire is said to be divided into sixty-eight great provinces, all but five of which are ruled over by great feudal princes, who even in our day exercise despotic sway within their borders. They yield allegiance, it is true, to the Taikoon or Emperor dwelling in Yedo, as well as to the Mikado or Pope dwelling in Miaco; but they have a strong voice in the councils of either, and do not always consider it necessary to comply with new rules or laws emanating from either the great temporal or spiritual rulers. This independence and power of the great princes serves as a great check upon the despotic powers of the Emperor, though at one time, before the great Taikosama crushed them, their opposition used to be carried to a dangerous and inconvenient extent.
An instance, however, of how limited the imperial power is in some senses, is to be found in the fact, that in recently granting permission to Europeans to trade with the empire, the Taikoon and council could only declare such ports open to us as lay within the imperial domains. And although it appears doubtful whether any of the princes could declare one of their own ports open to foreign commerce without imperial sanction, still we were told that the Taikoon might be resisted by the local authorities if he assumed in the initiative upon such a point. The five imperial, or reserved provinces, are supposed to support the expenses of the Taikoon and Mikado’s Courts; but the various princes all contribute in rich presents, which are duly acknowledged with certain complimentary or honorary distinctions.
In strange contradistinction to China, whence many of their laws and ordinances must have been derived, all rank and office in Japan is hereditary, and the old feudal system of Western Europe exists to-day in a well governed and powerful empire on exactly the opposite side of the globe. In Japan we have rough, strong-handed justice without what we should term liberty; but still the people of that country are a vast deal better governed, better protected, the laws better enforced, the public and private reputation of its officers and servants stand far higher, and a much better condition of social and moral polity exists, under the rule of the Taikoon and his princes, than can anywhere be found amongst the court, mandarins, or masses of China. The results of the two systems pursued in China and Japan have brought the former to decay, both politically and morally speaking, and given to the latter stability, prosperity, and a strong government. In both countries the systems have been worked out for centuries; the results are curious, and should be instructive.
In the absence of a representative system to assist the ruler in governing the state, the Taikoon in Yedo can only act through his council, elected from the great feudal princes of the empire and a proportion of a second class of the nobility who hold their letters by rendition of military service to either the Emperor or to the princes. This second class it is which fills all the offices of governors, generals, admirals and judges throughout the empire; and they thus bring into the Imperial Council a vast amount of practical knowledge as to the general condition and wants of the various portions of the empire. The acts of Taikoon and council can only become lawful when confirmed by the spiritual authority emanating from the Dairii, or Council of the Mikado, whilst over all hang the ancient laws and customs as a safeguard for the state and the community at large. The great secret of Japanese government—and, after all, it is that of all good government—is to possess perfect information; and to ensure this they have instituted a system the most extraordinary the world has ever seen, a system of reporting based upon mutual responsibility. Every man is responsible for some one else’s good conduct and obedience to the law. Every man, therefore, makes a note of his neighbour’s acts, and his neighbour takes notes for a similar reason. | WIKI |
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Bibliography of Possible Sources for C16:
Mandelboim, O., Malik, P., Davis, D., Jo, C., Boyson, J., and Strominger, J. (1999). Human CD16 as a lysis receptor mediating direct natural killer cell cytotoxicity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences 96, 5640-5644.
Romee, R., Foley, B., Lenvik, T., Wang, Y., Zhang, B., Ankarlo, D., Luo, X., Cooley, S., Verneris, M., and Walcheck, B. et al. (2013). NK cell CD16 surface expression and function is regulated by a disintegrin and metalloprotease-17 (ADAM17). Blood 121, 3599-3608.
Sánchez-Torres, C., García-Romo, G., Cornejo-Cortés, M., Rivas-Carvalho, A., and Sánchez-Schmitz, G. (2001). CD16+ and CD16− human blood monocyte subsets differentiate in vitro to dendritic cells with different abilities to stimulate CD4+ T cells. International Immunology 13, 1571-1581.
Wu, J., Edberg, J., Redecha, P., Bansal, V., Guyre, P., Coleman, K., Salmon, J., and Kimberly, R. (1997). A novel polymorphism of FcgammaRIIIa (CD16) alters receptor function and predisposes to autoimmune disease. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 100, 1059-1070.
Yeap, W., Wong, K., Shimasaki, N., Teo, E., Quek, J., Yong, H., Diong, C., Bertoletti, A., Linn, Y., and Wong, S. (2016). CD16 is indispensable for antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity by human monocytes. Scientific Reports 6.
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Wikipedia talk:2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Archive 1
Criteria
How will we determine which articles are mostly about developing countries and which aren't. Obviously places and some biographies are pretty obvious, but what about albums, books, concepts, species, etc.? What about a Western-born person with parents born in a developing country? What about an article about a historical figure who's country, present day, spans a developed and a non-developed country?
Also, should we give more weight to articles more directly about the country? For example, an article is created about a current Peruvian politician vs a book by a Peruvian-born American author? There should probably be some sort of criteria so editors aren't confused about it. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 02:11, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* this is a great question - currently, my idea is that all articles related to a country are worth the same, with bonuses for more "high-level" country-related articles, such as "history of" or "religion in" articles, and an even higher bonus for the actual countries' articles. however, we need to iron out more tangential cases like you mention ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* I think this would boil down to defining the scope of the contest as "Global South (broadly construed)" and leaving the edge cases up to judges' discretion. Might be worth an instruction on the submissions page to check beforehand with a judge if they're unsure? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 02:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
General planning thread
Feel free to brainstorm logistical details here! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Who's coming to the party?
July is going to come a lot faster than one might think. It might be worth reaching out to editors and asking for RSVPs as soon as possible, as that will likely significantly impact how the contest is organized. Ixtal and Sawyer-mcdonell, thoughts? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:43, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* i think let's give this thread a few days to ruminate & develop some concrete ideas, and then definitely ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:05, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* WP:VPIL is probably a good first place. Queen of Hearts 02:40, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Some preliminary thoughts
The big ugly alien ( talk ) 02:56, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* It would help to have a full list of countries instead of just the map. Even if you know where the countries are on the map, the islands are difficult to tell apart.
* Should we consider including some of the "no data" countries on a case-by-case basis? We shouldn't reject articles about Cuba or North Korea, for example, just because of a technicality.
* I don't like that "Winter" is included in the title just to teach people a lesson. Being intentionally confusing and WP:POINTy is not inviting, especially since Eastern Europe, Central America, the Caribbean, the majority of Africa, and nearly all of Asia are in the northern hemisphere.
* How will the multipliers work? So far I'm assuming it's just the "least developed" multiplier mentioned above. There was talk of having more points for "core" articles for each country, and I've made a list of such core articles at Sample country outline. I imagine we're not going to use an inter-wiki multiplier since that would incentivize people to stick with the developing countries that already have good inter-wiki coverage.
* It would be a good idea to get a third judge who has some experience with this sort of thing or has been on Wikipedia for a while. Most of us who are involved so far only have a couple years of Wikipedia experience at most. Having an old hand involved will significantly increase the chances of this getting off the ground and running smoothly.
* And most important of all, FAs can take over a month to process and GAs often take several times that. It might help that contestants will specifically be seeking out reviews for these countries, but we need to be more proactive or the three one-month rounds system might not work. For starters, I suggest something like WikiCup/Reviews needed but placed prominently right on the contest page itself. The big ugly alien ( talk ) 03:24, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* I've whipped up a list based on the map's sources, I'll move it to a subpage if no one objects.
* "Emerging and developing"
* Albania
* Algeria
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Aruba
* Azerbaijan
* The Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belize
* Benin
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Republic of Congo
* Costa Rica
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eswatini
* Fiji
* Gabon
* Georgia
* Ghana
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Honduras
* Hungary
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Jamaica
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Marshall Islands
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Micronesia
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nicaragua
* Nigeria
* North Macedonia
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Samoa
* Saudi Arabia
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Sri Lanka
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Türkiye
* Turkmenistan
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* "West Bank and Gaza"
* Zimbabwe
* "Least developed"
* Afghanistan
* Angola
* Bangladesh
* Benin
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* The Gambia
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Haiti
* Kiribati
* Laos
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Niger
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Timor-Leste
* Togo
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Tanzania
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Queen of Hearts 03:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* We can incorporate the "no data" countries into their own section that says "These countries have not been assessed by the IMF or UN, but are deemed eligible for points" or something like that. Queen of Hearts 03:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Sorry for so many replies, but I agree with removing "winter". That made sense in the original plans, where we used an arbitrary "global north/global south" map, but now that we're using this (much better) map, it doesn't make sense. Queen of Hearts 04:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* a couple things - will get to more later:
* im not particularly attached to the winter-summer name scheme. i think it's fun, but i see your POINT point. courtesy pinging @Generalissima
* thanks for linking your "core" articles list - that will be very helpful. and i agree we should do away with the interwiki bonuses in favor of the new ones we've come up with.
* i also see your point about the FAC length issue - i'm amenable to either having one single 3 month round, or extending the rounds, or some other solution. i also agree that we should display the "reviews needed" prominently.
* regarding the "no data" countries - most of them are, unsurprisingly, lacking coverage on wikipedia due to WP:BIAS so i would be cool with a case-by-case basis. we probably shouldn't count vatican city, but we should absolutely count the DPRK, for example. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 03:50, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Some thoughts: I agree with dropping the "Winter" simply because shorter names are easier to remember. There isn't a need to differentiate between another contest with the same name this year.
* I also think a single 3-month round would work fine.
* We could also consider using the Human Development Index instead. We could only look at countries considered High development or worse (HDI ≤ .799), giving us about 123 countries. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 04:18, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* there was some discussion about how we're counting countries that are "no data" - HDI could be a great supplemental measure for this purpose i think ... sawyer * he/they * talk 17:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* I also think a single three-month round would work better. Less chance of unlucky DYK/GAN/FAC promotions. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:30, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
rounds
putting this in a new subsection so it's easier to find: currently we've got 3 month-long rounds, but above we've got some legit concerns about how long the FAC & other content review processes are. what are our thoughts on having rounds? should we switch to one 3-month round? ... sawyer * he/they * talk 18:46, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Makes sense to me, especially since this is a brand-new event. I think it might be beneficial to incentivize as much contribution to the contest as possible by eliminating eliminations. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 18:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* i agree - pinging @Ixtal 4 their thoughts ... sawyer * he/they * talk 19:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* If the majority is in favor then sure. — ♠Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 00:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
* , although maybe I'm just salty I got eliminated from WikiCup because of a DYK running one day late. Queen of Hearts 19:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Yeah, sounds good — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 19:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
countries & territories not included on our map
on the main map we're using, there are a number of countries marked grey (not mentioned by the sources of the map) so i think we should outline which of those countries will count for our purposes. this UN report includes a number of non-sovereign territories. i'm going to add these territories to the scoring (probably in a different section, for now) assuming there's no objection. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 22:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
* i found a better source for the SIDS list so i've updated it accordingly ... sawyer * he/they * talk 22:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
* i have added some more information about edge cases, territories, etc. anyone feel free to suggest changes here. pinging @Ixtal for their opinion here ... sawyer * he/they * talk 23:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
* , . — ♠Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 23:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Additional weight to "least developed" countries
Unanimous consensus and has been implemented, although I won't formally close it. Queen of Hearts 04:03, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
On the map, it has "developing" and "least developed" countries. Will/should the "least developed" get a multiplier-like bonus? Queen of Hearts 01:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Support the idea, not decided on what the bonus would be. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Support - Countries highlighted in darker colors should be given more bonus points in my opinion Arconning (talk) 02:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* support ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Sounds good, maybe a 1.5x multiplier? — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 02:12, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* 1.5x is fine for me. Queen of Hearts 02:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Support. A 1.5x multiplier sounds good. Ghosts of Europa (talk) 02:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Scoring
I made Wikipedia:2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Scoring based on what I've read on this talk page. Please provide suggestions as subthreads to this one so we can keep the talk page easy to navigate through and make proposals easier to discuss/enact. Differences to the WikiCup I've made: removed interwiki bonuses, added bonuses for country and second-level country articles with additional bonuses for least developed countries. Some editors have discussed removing DYK points and the like, but I personally am very much against doing so. They don't give all that many points so I don't think anyone will win based on them, they increase the visibility of the content, and in order to get a DYK a page has to be either (1) created, (2) expanded 5x, or (3) GA'd. Either of those 3 options are exactly what this WikiContest is trying to encourage. Points for review and stuff really are there so we don't add to the huge backlogs. We could add a clause were no editor may pass on to the next round or win if over 50% of their claimed points are from reviews. — ♠Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 11:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* i've removed the mention of an interwiki bonus from the DYK section; it's not mentioned elsewhere in the scoring page & i don't think it serves our purposes here ... sawyer * he/they * talk 16:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Thought about including points for new article creations? I'd be happy to participate if I could create new start-class articles about species in these countries and have them count for something. Maybe 1 point, for minimum 1500-character relevant article (with the 1.5 multiplier for least-develop countries)? Esculenta (talk) 19:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* there was some discussion about this, but we were concerned that it might incentivize mass stub creation. for all intents & purposes, DYK credit can be considered a "new article creation" category. however, i'd be happy with giving points for non-DYK article creation with similar length/citation/etc criteria as DYK ... sawyer * he/they * talk 21:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* Well, if we're all okay with incentivizing mass "start" creation, then add it to the scoring column! I think it's a good idea to have a way to contribute and not be compelled to add to the demands of the review systems. Esculenta (talk) 22:15, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* totally fair, as DYK is still in backlog mode & GAN still has a pretty big backlog. pinging @Ixtal @TechnoSquirrel69 & @Generalissima to see if you guys have any input on this ... sawyer * he/they * talk 22:23, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* What if we just accepted approved DYK nominations, instead of waiting until they actually run? (Obviously, disqualifying them if someone tries to game the system around that) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 22:28, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* i would definitely be cool with this, as someone who just had an approved DYK nomination sitting waiting for promotion for over a month haha ... sawyer * he/they * talk 22:30, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* Don't think start should qualify. I say B+ only. We want actual articles that take time and work, not something people can pump over and over to win. I also think any article not GA level should give at the very most 5 points. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 22:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* I'm game with Generalissima's idea to count DYK accepts for points rather than running on the Main Page. While I have a somewhat more relaxed view on article creation than Ixtal, I agree with the basic sentiment: pumping out a bunch of low-quality articles is not the goal of this contest, as it does not contribute to the encyclopedic coverage of underrepresented communities/places. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* definitely agree with this ... sawyer * he/they * talk 22:58, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* I disagree with all of the above that DYK nominations should be accepted instead of articles. If we want to incentivize article improvement of underrepresented areas, editors shouldn't be spending their time not contributing towards this goal. Editors will be finding interesting hooks, nominating them, doing QPQs, answering reviewer queries etc. instead of writing content. Obviously, an editor who goes through DYK should be rewarded, but why not also award points for, say, C class article creations? If I'm an editor and I find an underrepresented subject area and I have 10 articles I could write, it would take significantly more hours of work to send them all through DYK. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 00:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* I'll add that I personally don't often go through DYK, especially because most things I write don't have "hook"-y facts. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 00:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* to be fair i think you're actually agreeing with us here; at least me and Technosquirrel anyways ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* Am I? I thought you guys were advocating for only accepting DYK nominations, while I agree with Esculenta and want the option for editors to submit C+ class articles outside of DYK. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 00:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* there's a compromise proposal to accept approved DYK nominations that haven't hit the main page, but my understanding is that there's consensus that as long as the articles aren't low-quality, new creations should count for something; the main concern here is balancing both encouraging quality article creation & avoiding worsening backlogs, while also avoiding incentivizing mass creation of crappy articles. the details of criteria still need to be decided though; i'll write a proposal in a subsection. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* While I do recognize your concerns, I don't think they're enough to take DYK out of the equation. Also, here's another point I haven't seen people discussing: it'd be an enormous burden on the coordinators to have to check that the new creations are at the rating that the editors think they are. In essence, they would have to conduct a DYK review — checking for copyright infringement, assessing sources, and scanning the prose for errors. You also seem to be implying that editors' time would be wasted at DYK when they could be writing something else, and I disagree on that point. Our goal is to improve encyclopedic coverage of underrepresented topics, and that goal does not end the moment you tab away from that page. DYK brings large amounts of attention to otherwise forgotten articles, and the review process undoubtedly improves (or, at the very least, reaffirms) their quality. I think this part would go a long way in incentivizing collaboration on underrepresented topics, which is a much more beneficial goal than making sure the participants receive points faster, in my opinion. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 00:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* excellent points! you're right that there would be a lot of extra maintenance on our part doing checks of articles, which i think could be pretty impractical, especially if we get more participants ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:41, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* Valid points, but in my opinion, the coordinators have less to check compared to a DYK review. Most competent editors could quickly assess an article on its citation density, reliable sourcing, NPOV, and class in about a couple minutes, no? — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 02:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
awards
what kinds of barnstars, awards, etc should we be giving out!!! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 17:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* idea: other than the main big award the overall winner gets, i think having some specialized awards would be fun too, like "most countries covered" or "most top-level articles" "most article reviews" (PR, GAN, FAC) or other things like that - it would add a little whimsy & extra fun ... sawyer * he/they * talk 17:45, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* There are the generic reviewing and quality content barnstars, which would be appropriate for special recognition of this kind. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:50, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* works 4 me ... sawyer * he/they * talk 17:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* i'm in a car and to lazy to look, is there a systemic bias barnstar!!! we could like give a The Left Half of the Half Barnstar to ppl who make the 2nd round and this systemic bias barnstar to the finalists and cups to the top three, no!!! Queen of Hearts 17:46, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* i also support most countries/DYKs/GAs/FAs/reviews!!! Queen of Hearts 17:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Okay, I'm sorry for typing like that. But I also support somehow incorporating cbarn. Queen of Hearts 17:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* "im sorry for typing like that" you're just typing like me lmfao :sob: ... sawyer * he/they * talk 17:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* rekt!!! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* I was considering this as well. If we can bring on an artist or two, it might be cool to design some event-specific awards for podium winners. Other award ideas include the Systemic Bias Barnstar and, of course, The Completionist Barnstar. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:46, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* definitely agree w the systemic bias & completionist barnstars !! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 17:50, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
* Perhaps we can ask for a Grand Systemic Bias Barnstar? To give to the winner. Since we aren't doing rounds, perhaps the top 25 editors can win the regular bias barnstar. As much as I love the completionist philosophy, I don't see the reasoning for granting its barnstar as part of this WikiContest. — ♠Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 15:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
* ok so here are my specialty award ideas:
* most countries covered
* most articles for one country
* most article reviews
* most top-level articles
* to be awarded with some special barnstars. please give suggestions for which specific barnstars (or suggest new barnstars for this purpose) should be given for specific awards, as well as what special barnstars/awards should be given out to the top 3 overall winners. i like Ixtal's idea of a "grand systemic bias barnstar" ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* Agree with those so far. Perhaps we could add one for most women articles? — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 23:56, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* ooh that would be fun! i'll start laying these down on the contest page - then we can see where we might want to ask someone to make new barnstars etc ... sawyer * he/they * talk 23:59, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
* also, should we have special awards for the top 3 scorers? i'm thinking of something like a triple crown or the aforementioned grand systemic bias barnstar ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* i've layed out my initial ideas for the award scheme. anyone feel free to BOLDly change it, especially if you can find more specific/appropriate awards (or add new ones!) :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 01:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* I don't understand the distinction between "Most high-level articles" and "Most good/featured articles". Queen of Hearts 01:49, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* Could you clarify what "high-level articles" are? It's additionally confusing considering there's another award for good and featured articles. (QoH and I just can't stop jinxing today) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:49, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* sorry, i'm talking about the articles referred to on the scoring page, as in main & second-level country articles - i'll clarify the wording ... sawyer * he/they * talk 01:52, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* To be honest, is it realistic to expect someone to improve multiple "high-level" articles to GA/FA within a three-month period? These articles are a lot of work due to their enormous scope. Also, the achievement of promoting those articles is already being awarded with massive multipliers. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 01:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* that's a good point; i'll remove it for now ... sawyer * he/they * talk 01:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* Ah, I understand, but I agree with the squirrel. Queen of Hearts 02:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* It's lazy, but maybe do tcb for most countries covered? Queen of Hearts 02:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* perhaps lazy, but certainly works! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:13, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* if anyone here enjoys making templates, barnstars, and the like, i think a "global barnstar" would be lovely, along with our other suggestions of a "grand systemic bias barnstar" & some kind of cup or trophy perhaps :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:17, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* Queen of Hearts 02:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* Gbarn Queen of Hearts 03:20, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* wahoo! thanks :D ... sawyer * he/they * talk 03:20, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* I could create some userboxen perhaps...? — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 02:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
* feel free! sounds fun :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
North Korea
I believe that North Korea should be considered "least developed" and given a multiplier on. Thoughts? Queen of Hearts 20:31, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
* Thought we'd decided on this already. Support, obviously. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 21:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
* DPRK is certainly on par with the rest of the "least developed" world, in both information and living conditions. works 4 me ... sawyer * he/they * talk 03:42, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
* — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 04:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
In the news
Is it the same (as in, same points) if an article is accepted for Recent Deaths, or for a proper blurb? Cambalachero (talk) 02:01, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
* i'm personally fine with keeping the WikiCup standards where both recent deaths and blurbs count for the same amount, since that's really impossible to control on the nominator's end. ITN has quality requirements for displaying on the main page, which is ultimately what we're looking at for scoring. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
More feedback/questions
A few new thoughts, and revisiting a few that might need more discussion:
The big ugly alien ( talk ) 06:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* The submissions page still needs to be figured out.
* The number of points for each type of submission hasn't been changed. Are we going with the same scores and categories as WikiCup, like 5 or 10 for DYK, 12 for ITN, etc?
* Has any thought been given to the total number of judges? There are currently two, are there plans to recruit a third (or even a fourth)?
* "Most submissions for a single country" should be reworded. Right now it could be read as "a barnstar is given to the one person who has the most submissions for a single country" or "one barnstar is given out per country based on who did the most in each country". The latter would be kind of insane.
* The "higher level" articles are such a narrow list of difficult articles that it might be worth expanding it or reworking the idea.
* Three months is a relatively short period of time for some of the review processes, especially GAN. We might consider a "soft launch" for June in which competitors are encouraged to start working on articles so they're ready to start nominating in July or can get their DYKs nominated in late June if we're going with DYK submissions. The WikiCup has Round 1 as a low-barrier warm up, but DCWC doesn't have that luxury.
* There was talk of a prominently displayed "needs review" panel like WikiCup/Reviews needed to help noms get reviewed more quickly and to help reviewers find qualifying noms. We should figure out what that will look like.
* Re #3, the plan was to have a third more experienced judge (cf. the VPI thread, which was archived without comment), but no one has stepped forward thus far. and re #4, it should be the latter, so I can just farm random Pacific islands... Queen of Hearts ( talk ) 06:19, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* AFAIK #4 is the latter, unless disagrees. I'd appreciate if you could expand a bit on your feedback for #5, . — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 18:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* Queen of Hearts ( talk ) 18:54, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* The bonus points system at 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Scoring assumes that several people will be working on these types of articles, but I don't believe there are going to be any meaningful contributions there. I think that the scope of those bonuses should be expanded in some way if it's going to be kept, though I don't have a proposal for what exactly it would look like. The big ugly alien ( talk ) 21:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* i actually was thinking the former, as that is more practical & matches with the award for the person who covers the most countries ... sawyer * he/they * talk 21:55, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* i welcome a rewording although i'm not sure exactly what to change the wording to ... sawyer * he/they * talk 21:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* FWIW, re. point 3 I think it should be the former. Queen of Hearts ( talk ) 22:05, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* (i assume you mean #4?) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 22:06, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* Yes. Don't edit Wikipedia while eating pasta... Queen of Hearts ( talk ) 23:45, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
* Should we make a subpage for the submissions of everyone? — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 20:24, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
* yes - i think we can have it all on one subpage, much like a backlog drive ... sawyer * he/they * talk 20:29, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
* Queen of Hearts ( talk ) 20:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
* Created 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Submissions, though we may want to rename it. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 22:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
* I think it's a good idea to have a leaderboard-style table, but we also need a page with sections for each user where they can list their submissions. I'm thinking something like the GAN backlog drive. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:10, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
* as of how it's designed right now, this page does both - i would be amiable to splitting it into two pages though ... sawyer * he/they * talk 22:32, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
* "Three months is a relatively short period of time for some of the review processes, especially GAN". There are points for GA, but also for GA reviews, which should speed up the process. Cambalachero (talk) 02:27, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Translations
How will translations of articles from developing countries be evaluated? HarveyPrototype (talk) 16:18, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* this is a good question! @Ixtal thoughts? ... sawyer * he/they * talk 16:20, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* I see the value as adding them to the wiki, . I'd personally score them equally as creating articles. Articles in, say, Burmese language that are not yet in the english wiki probably are equally important to Myanmar than an article that doesn't exist in either, if not more so. However, if others feel that they should be scored less I am open to that possibility. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 17:54, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* i agree that translations are very valuable, and something we should encourage - so we have something to work off of, how would 5 points be for a score? ... sawyer * he/they * talk 23:45, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* "I'd personally score them equally as creating articles." Check again, we don't score the mere creation of articles. We score created articles that pass the DYK process, which guarantees some basic quality. The problem with translations is that anyone with google and a basic fluency to check the results can translate articles from other wikis and quickly farm points. Just a mere 40 semi-bot translations, 2 or 3 hours at most, and you get as many points as someone who promotes a featured article. It would be too easy to derail the contest's purpose that way. It may be better to treat translation like any other new article, only scores if it passes DYK (or if it is promoted to higher levels in record time). Cambalachero (talk) 02:18, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
* this is a great point... i don't do translation work at all so i forgot about the existence of machine translation for a moment. i agree with your idea of requiring it pass DYK criteria. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 02:21, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
* , my statement works regardless of if they are currently scored or not. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 08:03, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Greenland
Should Greenland be classified as "developed" (ineligible), "developing" (eligible), or "least developed" (1.5x multiplier)? Queen of Hearts ( talk ) 00:29, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* Developing as proposer. On the map, it's "no data", but the first sentence of Economy of Greenland calls it small, mixed and vulnerable, it is heavily dependant on Denmark (the economy is critically dependent upon substantial support from the Danish government, which supplies about half the revenues of the Self-rule Government [the government of Greenland], which in turn employs 10,307 Greenlanders out of 25,620 currently in employment (2015)), and Unemployment nonetheless remains high, with the rest of the economy dependent upon demand for exports of shrimp and fish. Queen of Hearts ( talk ) 00:29, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* i concur with this ... sawyer * he/they * talk 00:39, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* +1. Apart from basic numbers, the Greenlandic Inuit are under heavy environmental stress which threatens their old ways of life that depend on the sea ice, now disappearing fast. They have to transform their economy entirely, towards something more urbanised and economically viable. This too, I would say, is a sign of a developing economy.
* Also consider the HDI of 0.786, which although classified as "high", lags significantly behind the rest of the Danish Realm - Denmark is at 0.952 and the Faroes are at 0.950. And all the other IMF-designated developed countries are well above 0.800. Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI ( talk to me!/my edits ) 06:02, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* definitely! not to mention the colonial dynamics, which while not directly correlated with development, are relevant contextually. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 06:04, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
* Soooo... are they counted? Shall I notify them? Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI ( talk to me!/my edits ) 16:30, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
* pinging @Ixtal if they have any last-minute objections but i'd say just go for it - i'll update the contest pages as well ... sawyer * he/they * talk 17:06, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
* No objections here, ping appreciated, . — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 20:03, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Multiplier template
Hi! Is someone here skilled enough to make a version of WikiCup/Multiplier that would work with our multiplier criteria? — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 14:24, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
* Done, see 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Multiplier. The DYK bonus points don't get multiplied, right? – 15:29, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
Question
Is the country Bangladesh under this contest? Mehedi Abedin (talk) 00:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
* It is; see . — TechnoSquirrel69 ( sigh ) 01:50, 18 June 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
Talk:Brechtian theatre
Request for comment: merge?
Right now we have a medium-sized article on epic theater, and three closely related stubs: Brechtian theatre, alienation effect, and Verfremdungseffekt. The latter two are surely redundant with each other (though I'm not sure which is the better title—some would argue that the common translation "alienation effect" is misleading) and the first two probably are. I'm inclined to merge them all into either epic theater or Brechtian theatre, while adding a brief boldface mention of Verfremdungseffekt/alienation effect in the intro paragraph so people won't be confused if they follow a redirect. Which do y'all think is the better title? ←Hob 17:35, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
* I would be inclined to merge everything into Brechtian theatre as that is how I recognize these theatrical developments. Ganymead 15:13, 19 October 2005 (UTC) | WIKI |
• First - can I actually delete categories? I know I can disable, but because nodebb comes with so many pre-configured when I move topics things like that, all the disabled categories show up (but are greyed out).
After updating to 2.0, even though I backed up my .tpl files that I modified, restoring them just broke the layout. I had to actually re-edit the tpl files and put the changes I made back in to each file. I don't imagine there's an easy way to preserve template changes between versions/upgrades, etc?
• GNU/Linux Admin
23:27, and I'm realising that there needs to be a way for me to mark topics unread. A bit of a superfluous feature, really, haha.
I'll see if I can answer your questions tomorrow.
• @julian thanks.
• GNU/Linux Admin
@theepiphany -- The difficult part about completely deleting categories is that if that happens, then the topics inside of it are now orphaned, and cannot be retrieved without database manipulation (messy messy business).
What we usually do is rename existing categories instead, hence you have less clutter, but if you've already created them, then that's not a solution 🙂
Perhaps we can allow destruction of categories if and only if they are empty?
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As for template files, I would suggest that prior to upgrading, you run git stash to temporarily revert your changes.
Then you can upgrade cleanly, and then run git stash pop to put your changes back in.
If all goes well, there will be no conflicts, but if there are, they will be highlighted (hopefully in a legible way) so that you can resolve them manually.
Tag @psychobunny
• NodeBB
I think it might be a good idea to completely hide disabled categories from the move topic modal.
• GNU/Linux Admin
I think it might be a good idea to completely hide disabled categories from the move topic modal.
Yeah, I was thinking we may also want to do this... or at least hide them behind an expandable dropdown/div
• Plugin & Theme Dev Anime Lovers GNU/Linux
Did someone say database manipulation...
.___.'
Oh wow, I didn't know about git stash pop. I'm such a git newb. I always did it manually. Interesting... Although I'm pretty sure my stuff won't ever merge properly. 😞
• GNU/Linux Admin
Git Stashes are fun 🙂
Although you wouldn't come across them regularly, so it's no surprise not many people know about it.
• @julian I did actually use git stash then git pop and my whole template was broken for some reason. I didn't spend enough time to figure out if it was caching issues as there's only like 3 lines I changed in 3 files so it was quick to recover from, but I was thinking for the future.
I did rename some of the categories to use them - however - my forum is only using 4 right now.
I'd suggest that the NodeBB install only come with 1 or 2 pre configured categories if you won't allow deletion of any existing ones. Can I delete them from the redis database in the meantime? They are all indeed empty.
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Thread:Comments:Ugandan parliament revisits Anti-Homosexuality Act/Shooting self in the foot/reply (3)
Africa will REMAIN in the dark ages. Here in South Africa, people, including children are killed on a daily basis to get body parts for "medicine". These body parts are cut from the victims while they are still alive and awake as the more pain is caused the more the ancestors will be pleased. We have witch doctors and Sangomas as ministers in parliament, wearing goat galbladders on their heads when attending the opening of parliament. It is a sad day when youngsters say on national TV that to rape is their CULTURE and RIGHT. AFRICA IS AND WILL REMAIN IN THE DARK AGES. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:51, 18 May 2011 (UTC) | WIKI |
-- Centrica Buys Stake in Shale Gas Licenses in Northwest England
Centrica Plc (CNA) , the U.K.’s largest
energy supplier, agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in Cuadrilla
Resources Ltd.’s shale gas licenses in northwest England . The Windsor, U.K-based company will pay 40 million pounds
($63 million) in cash for the share in the licenses in
Lancashire, according to an e-mailed statement today. Centrica
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fledging shale industry in the U.K., where exploration was held
up after Cuadrilla’s drilling caused two earth tremors in 2011.
The company says its licenses may hold 200 trillion cubic feet
of gas. At an extraction rate of 30 percent, the maximum seen in
U.S. shale fields, that would be enough to increase U.K.
reserves more than eightfold. “With North Sea gas reserves declining and the U.K.
becoming more dependent on imported gas supplies, it is
important that we look for opportunities to develop domestic gas
resources,” Mark Hanafin, Centrica’s managing director, said in
the statement. Centrica will buy the stake from Cuadrilla and its partner,
Australian engineer AJ Lucas Group Ltd. (AJL) After the deal,
Cuadrilla will hold 56.25 percent of licenses, Centrica 25
percent and AJ Lucas 18.75 percent. Jefferies Group LLC acted as sole financial adviser to
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= Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario = The Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO) is a self-governing and self-supporting organization of general brokers in the province of Ontario. RIBO is responsible for the licensing, professional competence, ethical conduct, and insurance-related financial obligations of independent general insurance brokers in Ontario.
Overview
RIBO was established in October 1981 by the Ontario government to protect people during insurance transactions with brokers. Registered insurance brokers in Ontario are independent professionals who are governed by the Registered Insurance Brokers Act. Insurance brokers sell general insurance such as coverage for a property, automobile, business, boat, etc. Brokers offer products from different insurance providers to their clients and provide them with independent advice. Every registered insurance broker in Ontario must be properly licensed and is subject to a code of conduct.
1979 - 1980
Members of the RIBO Board worked on getting the RIBO legislation passed for two years. Bill 118, later the "Registered Insurance Brokers Act", was a result of over 30 drafts before successful approval. In April of 1980, every licensed agent and broker in Ontario received a draft of the proposed legislation. The RIBO committees and its board then conducted meetings in 37 locations throughout the province for suggestions and comments. Bill 118 became the Registered Insurance Brokers Act on December 10, 1980, when it was given a third reading.
1981
On April 1, 1981, the following sections of the Registered Insurance Brokers Act were proclaimed: 1, 4, 6, 8-12. 15-27, 30. 31. 33-35, 44, 46 and 47. RIBO was then given the authority to act. On September 23, 1981, the Government of Ontario approved the final RIBO regulation. All persons who were operating as independent agents and brokers in Ontario as of October 1st, 1981, automatically became registered insurance brokers.
Committees
RIBO is governed by a Council consisting of 13 people: 9 elected brokers and 4 public members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The council supervises the management and affairs of the corporation and sets policies and guidelines. Its main authority is exercised through the following committees:
Every RIBO committee consists of at least one member of the public to represent the interest of insurance consumers.
* Qualification and Registration Committee: Qualification and Registration Committee is responsible for setting and reviewing RIBO's qualification standards and ensuring businesses and individual brokers comply with the guidelines.
* Complaints Committee: The Complaints Committee of RIBO investigates allegations of misconduct against brokers and determines whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant referring the complaint to the Discipline Committee.
* Discipline Committee: The Discipline Committee conducts hearings to determine whether brokers are innocent or guilty of allegations specified in complaints. The Discipline Committee may impose penalties where a broker is found guilty. The possible penalties include reprimands, license revocation, and fines of up to $25,000 for individual brokers and up to $100,000 for businesses. | WIKI |
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Recursion and Rust lifetimes
While working on my HTN compiler, I came upon an interesting caveat of Rust lifetimes. The caveat comes from multiple different concepts merging together to make this somewhat of an edge case. But before we dive into this edge case, let's review some of the logic that lead me on this path.
The HTN compiler follows a python-like syntax, which means at the end of parsing an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) is output and passed to the compiler to further reduce it to bytecode. If you are interested in learning more about this process there's a great book by Robert Nystrom - Crafting Interpreters, but I will overview this process here too and map Rust concepts to it.
String to tokens (Lexing)
As with any parsing task, we start at a text level. We take in a string and output a sequence of tokens that represent the interesting parts of that string. The tokens commonly omit comments and extra whitespace. In our case the task is a little-bit harder because I want to implement a python-like syntax where new lines and tab offsets matter. I decided to implement the logic of following tab-depths in the lexer part of the parser.
I started working on this compiler before I had a solid grasp on a few Rust concepts. One of the reasons I started this project was to learn Rust more than I have previously. My original thought was the the Lexer would take ownership of the source code variable and then output tokens containing references to source code where needed (e.g. a token to the string literal). I quickly ran into problems of passing the tokens further down the chain because the Lexer wouldn't live long enough to drop any refernces from tokens to the source code. My initial solution was to use a reference counting pointers - Rc<String> . Even then I ran into a few problems of creating self-referential structures. After a few cycles of refactoring, however, I ended up with a much cleaner design that uses primitive references and does not require self-referential structures:
pub struct Lexer<'a> {
text:&'a str,
it: Peekable<CharIndices<'a>>,
line: usize, // current source line, used for error reporting by Tokens
col: usize, // current source column, used for error reporting by Tokens
stash: Vec<Token<'a>>, // stash of tokens to return in leu of it.peek_two()
is_newline: bool,
tab_depth: usize, // needed to insert BLOCK_END tokens properly
depth_separator: Option<DepthSeparator>,
}
impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
pub fn new(text:&'a str) -> Self {
Self{
text,
it:text.char_indices().peekable(),
line:1,
col:1,
stash:Vec::new(),
is_newline: true,
tab_depth: 0,
depth_separator: None,
}
}
}
The lexer takes a reference to a slice of a string that is the source code and outputs tokens which contain references to the same slice of the string - both following the 'a lifetime. The interesting bits here is that the lexer doesn't own anything important - it only takes references to a structure (String, source code) that outlives it, and outputs structures (Tokens) that live as long as the source code. Lexer also implements Iterator and that's how the tokens are actually output. The source code characters are wrapped into a Peekable because there are cases where we need to check for the next character to decide on a token type, e.g. in cases like "=>" . Except since we're also doing processing of tab depth and the source code might be ill-formatted so we want to output errors too. So overall our iterator outputs type Item = Result<Token<'a>, Error>;. Now lifetime 'a can be visualized in the following code:
fn test_type() {
let code = "type Cell:\n\tc1\n\tc2"; // Lifetime 'a starts here
let mut l = Lexer::new(code);
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:1, col:1, len:4, t:Type})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:1, col:6, len:4, t:Identifier("Cell")})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:1, col:10, len:1, t:Colon})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:1, col:11, len:0, t:StatementEnd})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:2, col:1, len:1, t:BlockStart})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:2, col:2, len:2, t:Identifier("c1")})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:2, col:4, len:0, t:StatementEnd})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:3, col:2, len:2, t:Identifier("c2")})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:3, col:4, len:0, t:StatementEnd})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), Some(Ok(Token{line:3, col:4, len:0, t:BlockEnd})));
assert_eq!(l.next(), None);
// Lifetime 'a ends here
}
Token to AST (Parsing)
From here we have an iterator that outputs tokens. While parsing we also will need to look ahead sometimes to operate on two tokens at once, or sometimes we only want to consume a token if it matches what we expect (gradient decent parser does that often). The interesting parts here is how our AST is defined:
pub enum Stmt<'a> {
TaskDeclaration{
name:Vec<Token<'a>>,
binding:Option<(&'a str, &'a str)>,
},
Task{
name:Vec<Token<'a>>,
preconditions:Option<Expr<'a>>,
cost: Option<Expr<'a>>,
binding:Option<(&'a str, &'a str)>,
body:Box<Stmt<'a>>,
effects:Option<Box<Stmt<'a>>>,
planning:Option<Box<Stmt<'a>>>,
},
Type{
name: Token<'a>,
body:Box<Stmt<'a>>,
},
Block(Vec<Stmt<'a>>),
Expression(Expr<'a>),
Include(Token<'a>),
}
Our AST nodes live as long as the original source code - the same lifetime 'a . Parsing is done in a single pass over the tokens, just using a Peekable<Lexer<'a>>. Parser itself implelents Iterator that outputs either AST nodes (statements) or errors. Part of the reason why AST nodes own Tokens is so that I can easily generate errors that refer to exact location of the source code.
AST to bytecode (compiling)
My current HTN compiler outputs bytecode - a flattend representation of AST that lets a virtual CPU to process instructions linearly instead of jumping between AST nodes (which takes more time). Eventually I hope to replace this bytecode with native machine code making this a true compiler, but the only difference that would make in our approach is that the instruction set would map to different values and I'd also have to mark memory pages executable. However, it is here where I ran into the recursion and lifetime issues. AST compiler follows a "Visitor" pattern - it visits each node of the AST tree, maintaining some sort of state that tells it where it came from and what is is doing right now. The compiler changes itself according to the current AST node, and then recursively passes itself to the children of current node. By the time we reach compilation, we now have two lifetimes we need to keep track of - one is still that of the source code. Another is of mapping of names to IDs assigned in bytecode. If bytecode contained human-readable names we would have to look up that string in some sort of a map, find the offset of that name in virtual memory, and then resolve it. That's an extra search we don't need. So our bytecode just contains offsets to virtual memory. However that means that we need to maintain this mapping during compilation instead of execution. For particular HTN approach I also found that it is usefull if these maps outlive the compiler - and so the compiler only uses mutable references to these maps and they live for a specific lifetime. I'll refer to these lifetimes as 'code, 'maps respectively.
One feature that I wanted to have in my compiler is ability to include other files. What sounds like a simple want ended up having me writing this blog post. At some point the compiler visits the "include" node of the AST. The node contains filepath we want to load up. No problem, we load the source code of that file, pass it through the lexer and the parser and now we have a new AST tree that represent the included file. We can now pass our compiler to the new AST tree root node and...
`source_code` does not live long enough borrowed value does not live long enough
domain.rs(278, 21):`source_code` dropped here while still borrowed
domain.rs(146, 10):lifetime `'code` defined here
domain.rs(254, 47):argument requires that `source_code` is borrowed for `'code`
Ok why..? We just loaded up the source code in this function, create the AST in this function and jump to it, once we parse the AST and come out back to this function we don't use the AST anymore and we can free it, as well as the source code... right? This would be the case if we were not already parsing an "older" AST node. Rust does not attempt to solve lifetimes in any way shape or form. Once you create a variable that maps to a lifetime Rust assumes everything else in that lifetime needs to live as long as the variable that mapped to it. Except what happens during recursion?
Whenever we load the main file to be parsed, we tell Rust that all AST nodes need to live as long as the main file. Whenever we start compiling AST nodes, we also tell Rust that the compiler must live as long as the main file. Whenever the compiler finds "include" AST node and parses that node, we tell Rust that the new AST nodes must live as long as the new file source. But when we pass the compiler to the new AST nodes there's a problem - Rust already knows that the AST nodes must live for as long as the main file and we just passed it AST nodes that live only for then the "include" statement is being processed. That's what the error is about. To solve it, we need either tell Rust that the parser can outlive AST nodes, or that "include"d AST nodes don't need to live for as long as the main file's AST nodes.
To allow the compiler outlive the AST nodes we need to remove any 'code references from our compiler state. In my case I use those references to pass typing information for tasks that rely on typing. This information is in the form of references to string slices. I could potentially just create new strings from them and drop the references, but I wasn't sure if I'll need more references for other structures (my expressivity is still growing) so I decided to go with the second approach - tell Rust that the newly created AST nodes don't have to live as long as the main file's nodes. The only way to do it while also compiling the new AST nodes is to create a new compiler that lives as long as these new nodes - that's what I did. As I encounter the include statement, I load up the new file's source code, parse it, compile it as it if was the main file, then just rip the compiled bytecode from it and append it to current parser's bytecode:
fn visit_include(&mut self, filepath:&Token) -> Result<(), Error> {
if self.pass == 0 {
if let Token{t:TokenData::Literal(Literal::S(filepath)),..} = filepath {
match std::fs::read_to_string(filepath) {
Ok(code) => {
let mut errors = Vec::new();
let mut inc_compiler = DomainCompiler::new(self.compiler.state_mapping,
self.task_mapping, self.operator_mapping, self.type_mapping,
self.state_mapping);
while inc_compiler.pass < DomainCompiler::MAX_PASSES {
for result in parser::Parser::new(code.as_str()) {
match result {
Ok(stmt) => {
match stmt.accept(&mut inc_compiler) {
Ok(()) => (),
Err(e) => errors.push(e),
};
},
Err(e) => errors.push(Error::Parser(Some(String::from(
*filepath
)), e)),
}
}
if errors.len() > 0 {
break;
}
inc_compiler.pass += 1;
}
if errors.len() > 0 {
Err(Error::FromFile(String::from(*filepath), errors))
} else {
let fqdns = std::mem::take(&mut self.fqdns);
inc_compiler.fqdns.extend(fqdns);
let t = std::mem::take(&mut self.tasks);
inc_compiler.tasks.extend(t);
self.fqdns = inc_compiler.fqdns;
self.tasks = inc_compiler.tasks;
Ok(())
}
},
Err(e) => Err(Error::Basic(String::from(*filepath), e.to_string())),
}
} else {
Err(filepath.to_err("Expected a string literal.").into())
}
} else {
Ok(())
}
}
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Ihor Zelenyuk
Ihor Zelenyuk (Ігор Михайлович Зеленюк) is a Ukrainian retired footballer.
Career
He started playing in the Ukrainian championship in 1993 in the first league team Krystal Chortkiv. In his first match (against Desna Chernihiv), Zelenyuk scored his first and last goal in the Ukrainian championships.
The following year, Igor moved to Ternopil's Niva, where he played two matches in the top league of the Ukrainian championship. The first match: July 17, 1994 Nyva Ternopil - "Temp" (0: 0). Unable to establish himself in the team from the "tower", Zelenyuk returned to the Ukrainian First League in Bukovyna Chernivtsi, and then - back in the Krystal Chortkiv.
In 1996, Zelenyuk played for the second time in the major league, which he left in the same season with the team Nyva Ternopil. The third arrival in "tower" for Igor passed according to the scenario of the second, - his Mykolaiv also following the results of a season lost a place in the top division.
In 2001, the footballer played in the championship of Kazakhstan for Tobol, with which he took sixth place. | WIKI |
Gerard Kleywegt
Gerard Jacob Kleywegt (born 5 June 1962, in Rozenburg) is a Dutch X-ray crystallographer and the former team leader of the Protein Data Bank in Europe at the EBI; a member of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank.
Education
Kleywegt obtained his PhD from the University of Utrecht in 1991.
Career
After his PhD, Kleywegt did postdoctoral research with Alwyn Jones at Uppsala University. before moving to the EBI.
Research
Kleywegt's research focuses on protein crystallography and the Protein Data Bank. | WIKI |
Makemo Airport
Makemo Airport is an airport on Makemo in French Polynesia. The airport is 10 km WNW of the village of Pouheva. | WIKI |
Strength Training by Terry Lucas
First things first, life is EASIER when you’re STRONG. From everyday activities such as getting in/out of bed, carrying the shopping or carrying your children, walking up a flight of stairs…this list can go on. Being strong is going to make these jobs and daily routines so much easier!
But in addition to making life and daily routines easier, being strong has other great advantages.
Strength training has a much greater level of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption than aerobic exercise. What does this mean? When you finish a workout, your body needs to do a lot of work to replenish itself in order to bring itself back to a normal state (the way it was before you worked out). This takes a lot of energy, and some studies have shown that it can boost your metabolism for up to 38 hours after you finish your workout.
Not only that, but strength training can help increase your metabolism by speeding up your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). This is because it takes your body more calories to maintain muscle than it does to maintain fat. Estimates are that for every 1 lb of muscle you gain, your RMR goes up 30-50 calories!
What does strength training do for you internally?
When you follow a strength training program and start building up strength in your body this will cause for your bone density to increase, build a stronger heart allowing for my blood to be pumped out per beat, reduces your resting blood pressure, improves blood flow, halts muscle loss, helps to control blood sugar, improves cholesterol levels and will improve your balance and coordination.
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The church ceiling arch was completed at the day of Saint Peter Martyr, on April 29th in 1444. This becomes clear by an inscription in Latin which translates as follows: “To God and his honoured mother Virgin Mary and to the honour of Saint Bernhard, this arch was completed in the year of the Lord in 1444 on the day of Saint Peter Martyr, when nun Mrs Anna was the warden, Mr Olof the man of chores, and Matthias Johansson the master builder.”
In the spring of 1444, the parishioners and the people at the abbey could enjoy their newly decorated church that had a ceiling of mortar arches, six in all, that was probably regarded as heaven itself! The arch was decorated with paintings on dry plaster in a technique called “al secco.” They were not only beautiful; they also had a better fire safety than the previous ceiling of timber that was destroyed after the fire in 1377.
While it is known who mortared the arches, it is unknown who painted them. All arch paintings, apart from the ones on the most western arch, were later on whitewashed, but are now brought back with colours more tempered. The décor consist of only geometrical patterns and stylized floral motifs. There are no narrative scenes on the arches. Three arches in the nuns’ chancel have a décor that is more provident and simple compared to the other ones, something that may indicate the paintings have been made at a different time period and by different masters. The arch with the most enriched décor is in the late chancel for laymen. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Mazie Hirono: Kavanaugh accuser is hesitating to testify because she's afraid of a GOP 'railroad job'
Washington (CNN)Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono said Wednesday that there should be some attempt to corroborate an allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee hears from the woman who is accusing him. On Tuesday, Christine Blasey Ford's attorneys argued in a letter to the committee that the FBI should investigate the alleged incident, which Ford says occurred while she and Kavanaugh were in high school, before senators hold a hearing on the allegation. Kavanaugh has said he "categorically and unequivocally" denies the allegation, which he has called "completely false." Hirono told CNN "New Day" host Alisyn Camerota the committee is setting up a situation "where there is not even a modicum of fairness extended" to Ford without a proper FBI investigation into the incident. "I think we should all be focused on why the heck does she not want to come. She doesn't want to be a part of a railroad job," Hirono, one of four women sitting on the Judiciary Committee. Hirono added that if she chooses to question Kavanaugh at a hearing next Monday without Ford's testimony, "it will be because by not going, this is going to disadvantage and victimize Dr. Ford even more." She added that there "are already some Republican members, leaders who are saying if she's not coming forward, why even have this?" Ford alleges that while at a party when they were in high school, Kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom along with his former classmate Mark Judge, and that Kavanaugh attempted to remove her clothes. She also alleges that Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth when she attempted to scream. Judge has also denied the incident occurred. The Hawaii senator called for Judge, who has refused to speak publicly to the committee, to be subpoenaed by the panel. "I would like for that to happen and, in fact, some of us had already sent a letter to [Judiciary Committee] Chairman [Chuck] Grassley [to say] that if we are going to have this hearing, there should be at a minimum three witnesses: Judge Kavanaugh, Dr. Ford, and Mark Judge," Hirono said. CNN's Sophie Tatum contributed to this report. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Venous Thromboembolism(VTE)
A brief introduction for VTE in patients with malignancy.
==== Thromboembolism is a condition that can affect both arteries and veins, Ischemic stroke and ischemic heart disease are the leading forms of arterial thrombosis, while venous thromboembolism(VTE) involves deep venous thrombosis, which often affects lower limbs, and pulmonary embolism(PE)[1 ]. ==== VTE is a known complication among malignancy-associated cases, with a higher mortality rate contrasted with non-malignancy-associated ones[2 ]. People with cancer tend to experience a higher incidence of VTE recurrence and bleeding[3 ]. Cancer type, stage, and treatment, as well as patient profile, are factors that can influence the risk of VTE. In addition, these factors can also moderate the incidence of bleeding, mortality rates, and other complications in patients receiving systemic cancer therapy[4 ].
[1 ] Fuster V, Kovacic JC. Acute coronary syndromes: pathology, diagnosis, genetics, prevention, and treatment. Circ Res. 2014;114:1847–1851. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.302806 [2 ] Levitan N, Dowlati A, Remick SC, Tahsildar HI, Sivinski LD, Beyth R, Rimm AA. Rates of initial and recurrent thromboembolic disease among patients with malignancy versus those without malignancy. Risk analysis using Medicare claims data. Medicine (Baltimore). 1999 Sep;78(5):285-91. doi: 10.1097/00005792-199909000-00001. PMID: 10499070. [3 ] Hutten BA, Prins MH, Gent M, Ginsberg J, Tijssen JG, Büller HR. Incidence of recurrent thromboembolic and bleeding complications among patients with venous thromboembolism in relation to both malignancy and achieved international normalized ratio: a retrospective analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2000 Sep;18(17):3078-83. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2<IP_ADDRESS>78. PMID: 10963635. [4 ] Lyman GH, Culakova E, Poniewierski MS, Kuderer NM. Morbidity, mortality and costs associated with venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with cancer. Thromb Res. 2018;164(suppl 1):S112-S118. | WIKI |
AVar-0.0.5.1: Mutable variables with Exception handling and concurrency support.
Data.AVar.Unsafe
Description
Data.AVar.Unsafe has a similar interface to Data.AVar, but instead of letting the user handle exceptions from Eithers, it will throw exceptions caught by the variable.
Synopsis
Documentation
data AVar a Source
AVars are the means through which communication with the variable are conducted. They contain a Chan that is connected to the variable, and is read by the variable's handler function.
data Result Source
Constructors
OK
getAVar :: AVar a -> IO aSource
getAVar reads the current value inside the AVar.
putAVar :: AVar a -> a -> IO ()Source
putAVar replaces the currect value in the variable with the given x
modAVar :: AVar a -> (a -> a) -> IO ()Source
modAVar takes a function from a to a, and modifies the variable. It will throw any exceptions caught by the variable when applying the function.
modAVar' :: AVar a -> (a -> (a, b)) -> IO bSource
modAVar' is like modAVar, but it modifies the variable, along with returning a result of type b. It also throws any errors caugh by the variable.
justModAVar :: AVar a -> (a -> a) -> IO ()Source
justModAVar will attempt to run the given function on the variable. It does not report back on its sucess or failure, and if the function produces an exception, the variable is left unchanged. It should be used when you just want to modify the variable, and keep running, without waiting for the action to complete.
condModAVar :: AVar a -> (a -> Bool) -> (a -> a) -> (a -> a) -> IO BoolSource
condModAVar applies the first finction to the current value in the AVar, and will modify the value using the second function if it results in True, or the third function if it results in Fasle.
swapAVar :: AVar a -> a -> IO aSource
swapAVar takes a new value, puts it into the AVar, and returns the old value.
newAVar :: a -> IO (AVar a)Source
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CVD Equipment Stock Down Despite Y/Y Uptick in Q4 Earnings, Revenues
Shares of CVD Equipment Corporation CVV have lost 3.5% since the company reported earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2024. This compares to the S&P 500 Index’s 1% gain over the same time frame. Over the past month, the stock has gained 5.9% against the S&P 500’s 5% decline, reflecting a degree of resilience in a broader market downturn.
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CVD Equipment posted fourth-quarter 2024 revenues of $7.4 million, an 80.3% increase from $4.1 million in the prior-year period, though slightly below the $8.2 million recorded in the third quarter of 2024. The sharp year-over-year revenue growth was driven primarily by a $2.8 million increase in the CVD Equipment segment and a $0.5 million rise in the SDC segment, which benefited from solid demand for gas delivery systems.
Net income for the quarter was $132,000 or $0.02 per share against a net loss of $2.3 million or $0.33 per share in the fourth quarter of 2023. Gross profit came in at $2 million, reflecting a margin of 27.3% against a gross loss of $348,000 in the year-ago period. The improvement was partly offset by a $300,000 non-cash charge to adjust PVT150 inventory valuation, following a $1 million charge in the prior quarter. Operating income was $35,000 against an operating loss of $2.5 million a year earlier.
For full-year 2024, revenues rose 11.5% to $26.9 million from $24.1 million in 2023. The company narrowed its net loss to $1.9 million or $0.28 per share, from $4.2 million or $0.62 per share in 2023.
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Fourth-quarter orders totaled $7.1 million, driven by continued demand in both the CVD and SDC segments. Among these was a $3.5 million follow-on order for the CVI/CVD3500 system from an existing aerospace customer. Full-year orders rose 8.9% to $28.1 million from $25.8 million in 2023, with strength in aerospace and industrial markets.
The year-end backlog increased 4.9% to $19.4 million from $18.4 million, reflecting steady customer interest despite a volatile macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop. Management acknowledged that order and revenue levels may continue to fluctuate due to the nature of the emerging growth markets it serves.
The CVD Equipment segment drove most of the quarterly revenue increase, benefiting from aerospace and industrial contract activity. The SDC segment also posted a 28.8% year-over-year rise in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2024, supported by persistent demand for gas delivery systems.
Gross margin for the year improved to 23.6% from 21%, despite the $1.3 million full-year inventory write-down on PVT150 systems. Management attributed the improvement to a favorable contract mix, higher volumes and reduced first-article inefficiencies. Operating loss for 2024 was trimmed to $2.4 million from $4.9 million in 2023, aided by $717,000 in gains from the sale of equipment—largely related to the discontinued MesoScribe operations.
Cash and cash equivalents were $12.6 million at year-end compared with $14 million a year earlier. Working capital was $13.9 million, down slightly from $14.3 million.
CEO Emmanuel Lakios emphasized CVV’s progress in navigating complex market conditions. He noted that the fourth quarter marked the second consecutive quarter of positive net income and reiterated the company's commitment to long-term profitability and cash flow generation. CFO Richard Catalano acknowledged the challenges of inflation and tariff-related supply chain costs but expressed confidence in the company’s cash position and cost control efforts.
The silicon carbide market, particularly for 150 mm wafers, remains a headwind due to global overcapacity and declining wafer prices. However, CVV continues to support its installed base and pursue opportunities for its larger PVT200 systems. While customers are evaluating the PVT200’s performance, management noted that future orders will depend heavily on broader market recovery and capacity needs.
While no formal guidance was issued, management signaled that fluctuations in orders and revenues are likely to persist due to the emerging nature of its target markets. CVV continues to monitor macroeconomic and geopolitical risks, including potential tariffs that could adversely impact the supply chain and component costs in 2025. Strategic investments in R&D and sales are ongoing to position the company for long-term growth and profitability.
In 2024, CVV discontinued its MesoScribe product line to concentrate resources on its core CVD and SDC businesses. The company also completed the sale of Tantaline in May 2023, which contributed to a $0.5 million year-over-year revenue decline in that segment. These moves reflect CVD Equipment’s strategic effort to streamline operations and focus on high-growth end markets such as aerospace and defense, microelectronics and energy storage.
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Increasing Supported Zonefile Size
#1
Currently, our maximum zonefile size of 4KB could support roughly 30 subdomain operations per update. However, if we increased this zonefile size, we’d be able to support many more subdomain operations.
In order to understand the decisions at work here, we can look at the two “downward pressures” on zonefile size. One thing to note is that these are forces felt by the operation of a blockstackd node — other participants should feel little to no effect. User profile loads may have to parse and fetch larger zonefiles, but these would be, at worst, 40KB fetches — possibly cached — and parses (which are very fast):
> zfStr.length
4235738 (4MB!)
> console.time("parseZF"); zf.parseZoneFile(zfStr); console.timeEnd("parseZF")
parseZF: 325.205ms
Okay – so what are the pressures of increasing zonefile size on blockstackd ?
1. Bandwidth – this will increase the number of zonefiles blockstackd will need to download from the network. The upper limit on this is the number of update transactions which can fit in a bitcoin block:
max_transactions = 1024*1024 / 276 = 3800
max_zonefile_bandwidth = 3800 * 40KB / 10 mins. = 253 KB/s
What is the expected throughput?
Let’s use Twitter’s new user rate as a baseline — 135,000 / day — if each of these corresponds to an entry in a zonefile, that’s 135k/300 = 450 zonefile updates or 18MB/day or 200 B/s.
2. Storage – this is pretty similar story to the bandwidth. Assuming the blockstack network is processing roughly the new user / update rate of Twitter – that’s 18 MB/day of storage growth. This could become burdensome, but spinning disks are cheap (a $45 spinning plate would store ~56 years at this update rate)
Another way to frame this is the price to the user of storing this additional data. With a minimum update transaction size of roughly 276 bytes, that’s a bitcoin transaction fee of roughly $6 today. If I were to store those 40 KB on AWS standard storage (NOT glacier), I could fund 6,500,000 years of storage.
3. Blockstackd processing overhead — because, ultimately, we want to use this increased size to process more subdomains, the compute-time of additional subdomain operations must be accounted for. Because we are dealing with a spec and thinking about idealized workloads (e.g., 135k new users/day), I’m going to try to reason about what costs an optimized implementation would incur.
Verifying a subdomain may require two costly operations: a signature check, and a lookup of the previous subdomain entry. An indexed lookup in a SQL database has a throughput of ~4k / second — this is sufficiently fast that is not a real runtime cost. Signature checks, however, can be expensive. However, no one is suggesting that we’re going to have a protocol that doesn’t check signatures for user updates. So really my argument here is that if we want to support a ton of user updates and new registrations, subdomains are the cheapest way to do that, so we shouldn’t think of them as expensive.
Proposal
I think that we should upgrade to 40KB zonefiles. With zonefiles this size, we could support onboarding 150k users/day to the network, with 3-4 operations per block:
#2
WOW this would be Awesome!.. :crazy_face:
#3
#4
Just ran some experiments on the feature/blockstackd-subdomain-indexing branch of blockstack-core. At 40KB, we can fit in between 100 and 120 subdomain operations, assuming each subdomain includes a zone file of its own with one URL. This works out to between 14400 and 17280 subdomain operations per day, assuming 1 transaction per block.
To reach Twitter’s volume of 135000 users per day, we’d need 7-8 transactions per block in practice. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Iroquois (disambiguation)
Iroquois are an indigenous people of North America.
Iroquois may also refer to:
Iroquois people
* Iroquois kinship, a system of familial comprehension that originated with the Iroquois tribes
* Iroquoian languages
* Seven Nations of Canada, another confederation that was referred to as 'the Iroquois Confederacy', unrelated to the popular Iroquois Confederacy
Antarctica
* Iroquois Plateau
Canada
* Iroquois, Ontario
* Iroquois Falls, Ontario
United States
* Iroquois, Illinois
* Iroquois County, Illinois
* Iroquois, Louisville, Kentucky
* Iroquois, South Dakota
* Iroquois, West Virginia
* Iroquois Township (disambiguation)
Geology
* Glacial Lake Iroquois, a prehistoric, proglacial lake in present-day Ontario and New York State
Military
* UH-1 Iroquois, United States Army utility helicopter nicknamed the "Huey"
* HMCS Iroquois, the name of two Canadian warships
* Orenda Iroquois, a turbojet engine for military use developed by Orenda Aerospace
Other
* Iroquois Central School District, a public school district in New York State
* Iroquois (di Suvero), an outdoor sculpture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
* Iroquois (horse) (1878–1899), first American-bred to win the Epsom Derby
* Iroquois Pliskin, also known as Solid Snake, from the Metal Gear series of video games
* Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago, 1903
* Iroquois River (disambiguation), including Rivière des Iroquois
* SS Iroquois and USS Iroquois, several ships | WIKI |
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Lars Ylander
Lars Aage Ylander (12 August 1928 – 16 November 2010) was a Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 m hurdles. In this event he won the national title in 1952 and 1953 and finished fifth at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, but failed to reach the final at the 1952 Summer Olympics. | WIKI |
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In automated theorem proving, PhoX is a proof assistant based on higher-order logic which is eXtensible. The user gives PhoX an initial goal and guides it through subgoals and evidence to prove that goal; internally, it constructs natural deduction trees. Each previously proven formula can become a rule for later proofs. PhoX was originally designed and implemented by Christophe Raffalli in the OCaml programming language. He has continued to lead the current development team, a joint effort of Savoy University and University Paris VII. The primary aim of the PhoX project creating a user friendly proof checker using the type system developed by Jean-Louis Krivine at University Paris VII. It is meant to be more intuitive than other systems while remaining extensible, efficient, and expressive. Compared to other systems, the proof-building syntax is simplified and closer to natural language. Other features include GUI-driven proof construction, rendering formatted output, and proof of correctness of programs in the ML programming language. PhoX is currently used to teach logic at Savoy University. It is in an experimental but usable state. It is released under CeCILL 2.0.
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India has always been a trading centre. Alexander the Great made his way there in 327 BC. Invading the mysterious country of riches was the next step after conquering Syria, Egypt, and Persia. The fourth-century BC was a time of great conflict between Greece and Iran. Greeks eventually defeated the Iranian empire, thanks to Alexander, in Macedonia. In addition to Asia Minor and Iraq, Alexander the Great also conquered Iran. He made his way from Iran to India, apparently swayed by the country’s enormous riches. Herodotus and other Greek authors encouraged Alexander to attack this nation by painting India as a fantastical kingdom. The study of geography and natural history were among two of Alexander’s many interests.
Alexander’s Journey to India
His ideas were well-suited to the political climate in north-western India. Independent kingdoms and tribal republics governed the region, all deeply rooted in the land and devoted to their principalities. Each of these states was very straightforward for Alexander to conquer. Ambhi, the prince of Taxila, and Porus, whose dominion was between the Jhelum and the Chenab, were two of the kings of these regions. Together, they may have thwarted Alexander’s progress. A united front could not be established, and the Khyber Pass was left unprotected.
After conquering Iran, Alexander marched on to Kabul, from whence he crossed the Khyber Pass into India and arrived at the Indus River. These were the effects on India after the Iranian invasion. As soon as the invaders arrived, Ambhi, the king of Taxila, quickly surrendered and bolstered his forces. Alexander encountered the first and toughest opposition from Porus as he crossed the Jhelum River. Despite Alexander’s victory over Porus, the boldness and courage of the Indian prince caught his attention. As a result, he returned his kingdom to him and made him an ally. After that, he continued his journey until he arrived at the River Bees. To the east, he wished to go, but his troops refused to join him. War-weary and disease-ridden, the Greek army surrendered. They were homesick after ten years of fighting in India’s sweltering heat. On the banks of the Indus, they had also received a taste of Indian combat prowess, which prompted them to halt their march.
Alexander’s Expedition in India
When it came to military prowess, the Indians ruled the roost in the region. The Ganga had a great deal of power, particularly valid for the Greek warriors. The Nandas, rulers of Magadha, had an army that dwarfed even Alexander’s in size. So, despite Alexander’s repeated pleas to go forward, the Greek warriors remained steadfast. To the king, who had never before suffered defeat at the hands of his adversaries, this was the first time he had ever had to accept defeat. To no avail were his hopes for an eastern empire realised.
Alexander conquered several tiny republics and made his way back across the Indian subcontinent. The 19 months he spent battling in India (326-325 BCE) were some of the most trying. He hardly had time to plan his conquests before they were launched. Despite this, he made some plans of his own. Most of the states he conquered were returned to the king’s rule, who gave in to his will. However, his territory was split into three pieces, each of which was administered by a different Greek governor. As a result of Alexander’s conquests, ancient Europe and India had their first encounter for all time. It had several significant outcomes. Alexander’s invasion of India was a resounding success. However, the Greek lands in India were soon taken over by Maurya dynasty rulers, who added a vast Indian province to their empire.
Impact of Alexander’s Invasion in India
During Alexander’s invasion, ancient Europe and ancient South Asia came into touch for the first time. The Indian expedition of Alexander the Great was a resounding success. The Indian region he annexed to his kingdom was much more significant than the one Iran had conquered. Although the Maurya dynasty eventually seized control of India, the Greeks nevertheless had a presence in the country. Direct interaction between India and Greece was one of the most significant outcomes of this invasion. Alexander’s war opened up four unique land-and-sea routes for Greek traders and artisans, allowing them to expand their trading networks.
Some Greeks may have lived in the northwest before Alexander’s conquest, but this region saw an explosion of Greek enclaves. Major players were Alexandria in Kabul’s territory, Boukephala on the Jhelum, and Alexandria in Sindh’s region. While Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka Maurya controlled the whole country, the Greeks remained in the territory under both rulers.
Alexander was fascinated by the ocean’s topography when he first saw it near the entrance of the Indus River. He sent a new fleet, led by his friend Nearchus, to explore the coast and hunt for harbours from the Indus River to the Euphrates River’s mouth.
Consequently, Alexander’s historians have left us with detailed maps and dates of Alexander’s expedition, allowing us to build a comprehensive Indian chronology for later events. The historians of Alexander’s reign have also left us with a wealth of knowledge about the time’s political and social climate.
There is a tragic system in which girls are sold in markets by impoverished parents, and there is also a magnificent breed of oxen in the northwest region of India. Alexander dispatched 200,000 oxen to Macedonia, where Alexander used them in Greece. Indian carpentry flourished to the extent that it was used to construct chariots, ships, and even boats.
Alexander’s invasion cleared the ground for establishing the Mauryan empire in north-western India by removing the authority of small kingdoms. By tradition, the founder of the Mauryan empire, Chandraguptana, saw part of Alexander’s military machinery in action and gained some expertise that helped him defeat the Nandas.
Alexander had barely crossed into India from the north. When Alexander died, the people swiftly rebelled against Macedonia’s control, even though he had left behind Greek garrisons and Greek governors. As a result, Alexander’s legacy in India quickly faded away. His shrines have been demolished, and the names of the towns he established have been altered. However, Indians had long remembered the great “Secunda,” as they called him, and it wasn’t until Alexander the Great’s time that the West learned about the lovely country in the east that they had dealt with for generations. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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HOLISTIC HEALTH
Can Type 2 Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and Insulin Resistance be Reversed? YES.
By Nancy Russell, M.D.
The Diabetes Summit was a national podcast presented recently presented a wealth of information. It was a mission by physicians, naturopathic doctors, and nutritionists to show research and experience with patients across the country is preventing and reversing diabetes mellitus, type 2.
As complications from type 2-diabetes kills one person every 10 seconds in the United States and has the possibility to be prevented and even reversed; it is time to get the word out with some tools to do so. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus, which comprises 90% of people with diabetes usually begins years before it is actually diagnosed. The other types of diabetes, Type 1, autoimmune type with little to no insulin being produced, and Type 1.5 and gestational diabetes will not be discussed but worth mentioning. Women who have blood sugar issues or diabetes with pregnancy are much more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life.
Generally, the body is sensitive to insulin and is released when you eat a meal. The amount of insulin released is in proportion to how much sugar and carbohydrates are eaten and keeps your blood sugar in the normal range. When a person continually eats a large amount of sugar, refined carbohydrates, and processed foods, the body has a mechanism to make large amounts of insulin but the body becomes resistant so as to not develop blood sugars that are too low.
Insulin resistance is the first sign of type 2 diabetes and the person’s blood sugar may be completely normal and the hgbA1c is also normal. The hgbA1c or sometimes called, A1c is a blood test that shows an average of the person’s blood sugar over 2-3 months of time. The first test that can diagnose insulin resistance is a fasting blood insulin level, Normal levels are below 25 however ideal levels are 5 or less.
When insulin resistance is left untreated, it leads to pre-diabetes and then Type-2 diabetes. Pre-diabetes is when the fasting blood sugar is 100-126 and Type 2 diabetes is the fasting blood sugar over 126 and an A1c over 5.6.
The natural approach for treatment and prevention of insulin resistance, which can lead to pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes starts with nutrition, weight loss, exercise, and stress management. Holistic and Integrative practitioners also put an emphasis on spiritual health. Many integrative practitioners believe weight loss and optimal health is achieved 75 percent with nutrition and 25 percent with exercise. It is imperative to assess and balance emotional, mental, and spiritual health to achieve the nutrition and exercise goals.
There are several schools of thought of which nutritional program is best. The American Diabetes Association proposes a balanced diet with plenty of carbohydrates at each meal and snack, which can work for some people. Integrative approaches look at at least two other extremes:
1. The Paleo Diet or Paleo Mediterranean diet with low carb, high fat, and no sugar which is similar to Dr. David Perlmutter, M.D.’s program in his book, “The Grain Brain”. Another resource is a book by Mark Hyman, “Blood Sugar Solution”.
2. Gabriel Cousens, M.D. writes in his book, “There is a Cure for Diabetes” about raw food nutrition, exercise and spiritual wellness. Great cookbooks and recipes can be found at www.dianesanfillipino.com. Diane is a nutritionist who has written Paleo Cooking book and Mediterranean Paleo Cooking Book.
Taking a look at your whole life and ask God to bring you wisdom and guidance on your journey to optimal health. Listening to your spirit guide you can help make a decision for the right path for each individual. Optimal health is awaiting you; start the journey today.
Nancy Russell, M.D. has been a holistic Internal Medicine physician in the Kansas City northland for over 30 years at 5140 N. Antioch Road in Kansas City, MO.
Her phone number is 816-453-5545 and website is www.nancyrussellmd.com where you can get more information. Dr. Russell is board certified in holistic medicine and is a member of the American Holistic Medical Association and a prior board member.
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File talk:USAF C-130 spraying mosquitoes at AFB Grand Forks.jpg
You state "A C-130 spraying Mosquitoes at Grand Forks AFB, ND.", I'm going to assume there are no humans there...but then what the point of spraying(I'm going to think that this plane isn't spraying any populace, but only mosqitoes...you do say secretly, and mosqito spraying is done with a general community consensus)? This is really a poor example of what "chemical" contrails looks like according to the article.Smallman12q (talk) 11:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
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IRTF Data Archive Program Information
# # Program information file # PROGRAM_ID 2021B026 PROGRAM_TITLE Probing the Low-Mass, Substellar Population of the Benchmark Hyades Cluster PROGRAM_INV1 Adam Schneider PROGRAM_INV2 Scott Dahm PROGRAM_INV3 Frederick Vrba PROGRAM_INV4 Jeffrey Munn PROGRAM_INV5 Justice Bruursema PROGRAM_SCICAT stellar PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_BEG Substellar objects with known ages are invaluable touchstones for providing empirical constraints on low-mass evolutionary models. Brown dwarfs with precise ages, however, are rare because age diagnostics are not sufficient to give a precise age for single, free-floating objects. Therefore, brown dwarfs that can be tied to a known stellar association or cluster with a well-calibrated age provide unique laboratories for testing substellar models. We have used the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey [UHS] and CatWISE 2020 catalogs to search for previously unknown substellar members of the nearest open cluster to the Sun, the Hyades. We have found 15 candidate substellar Hyades members, and are proposing follow-up near-infrared spectroscopy with SpeX to determine each candidate's spectral type and physical properties. PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_END | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Myanmar at the Asian Games
Myanmar (also known as Burma) is a member of the Southeast Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since the inception of the Games in 1951. The Myanmar Olympic Committee, established in 1947 and recognised in the same year by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for Myanmar.
Myanmar was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia.
Membership of Olympic Council of Asia
Myanmar is a member of the South East Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia. Being a member of the South East Asian Zone, Myanmar also participates in the South East Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South East Asia.
The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events, specialised for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, since then the OCA has amalgamated them into a single event, the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which will be debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea. As a member of OCA, Myanmar is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.
Summer Games results
Myanmar has participated in all the editions of the Asian Games except in the 1986 Games in Seoul. As of the latest Games, in Jakarta and Palembang in 2018, Myanmar has won a total of 16 gold, 31 silver, and 53 bronze medals.
Indoor Games results
Myanmar has sent its delegates to all editions of the Asian Indoor Games. The 2007 Games in Macau, held from 26 October to 3 November 2007, were the only revision of the Games in which Myanma athletes won medals (two silver). Myanmar did not medal at the 2005 and 2009 Asian Indoor Games.
Beach Games results
Myanma contingents have competed in both the editions of the Asian Beach Games—a biennial multi-sport event which features sporting events played on sea beach. Myanmar finished in ninth place in the 2008 Games in Bali, winning a total of five medals (including two gold). Two silvers were won by Myanma athletes during the 2010 Games in Muscat, and the nation fell to the 17th spot in the final medal table standings.
Martial Arts Games results
Myanmar competed in the First Asian Martial Arts Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1 to 9 August 2009. Two medals were won by Myanmar in the Games, one silver and a bronze, leading to the country finishing 28th in the medal table.
Youth Games results
Myanmar sent a delegation to the 2009 Asian Youth Games, the first edition of the Games, held in Singapore from 29 June to 7 July 2009. Myanmar won a bronze medal in the Games, finishing in last place (21st) in the medal table.
Notes and references
* Notes
* The National Olympic Committees are all members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations: Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, Pan American Sports Organization, Olympic Council of Asia, European Olympic Committees, and Oceania National Olympic Committees.
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John Pocock
Brigadier-General John Pocock (died April 1732) was a British Army officer and a Colonel of the King's Regiment of Foot.
Life
Pocock obtained a commission in a regiment of foot in June 1695, and having signalised himself in the wars of Queen Anne, he was promoted to the rank of colonel in the Army in 1707. In 1710 he succeeded Lord Strathnaver in the colonelcy of a regiment of foot, with which he served in Flanders under the Duke of Marlborough, and afterwards under the Duke of Ormonde. At the Peace of Utrecht his regiment was disbanded, but in 1715 he was commissioned to raise a regiment of foot for the service of King George I. After the suppression of the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, this regiment was sent to Ireland, where it was disbanded in 1718. On 2 December 1720 Pocock was appointed to the colonelcy of the 36th Regiment of Foot, from which he was removed on 21 April 1721 to the 8th, or King's Regiment. On the expectation that Great Britain would become involved in a continental war, in 1727, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He died in April 1732 at his house in Leicester Fields, London. | WIKI |
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This Olympic fencer shows why you never bring a phone to a sword fight
Don’t you just hate it when you are in a business meeting and your phone falls out of your pocket? Well, it’s even worse if your business is sword fighting and that meeting is an Olympic match. That’s what happened in Rio to French fencer Enzo Lefort, whose cell phone dropped out during a bout against Peter Joppich of Germany. Lefort went on to lose the match, 15-13. When you're fencing in the Olympics but your timeline is still lit. https://t.co/W4MWrbJOOJ https://t.co/NLy2KNrnYc We’re still wondering what the French fencer was doing with his phone in the first place. Hopefully he wasn’t trying to make a GIF, because we all know that is against IOC rules. This article originally appeared on Recode.net. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Workout Plan
Health and Fitness
Nutrition For Different Fitness Goals: Tailoring Your Diet To Your Workout Plan
Deciding to embark on a fitness journey is a choice that involves both exercise and nutrition. One essential factor to consider is how to adapt your diet to align with your fitness objectives.
Whether your goal is to build muscle, lose weight, or improve endurance, having a designed nutrition plan is crucial. In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of nutrition. Provide insights on how you can personalize your diet for maximum benefits from your workout routine.
Understanding Your Body Requirements
Before diving into recommendations it’s important to recognize that each person’s body has individual needs. Elements like age, gender, metabolism, and overall health significantly influence requirements. Furthermore, different fitness goals call for approaches when it comes to nutrition. Let’s explore how you can customize your diet based on objectives.
Building Muscle Mass
When embarking on a journey to build muscle mass it requires more than workouts, the role of nutrition becomes pivotal in this process. Nutrition acts as the foundation for muscle repair and growth by providing building blocks.
Healthy eating involves mindful portion control, promoting moderation, and preventing overindulgence. In this section, we will explore the details of creating a nutrition plan, for individuals who want to increase their muscle mass and bulk up.
Healthy Diet
1. Protein Intake: The Key Foundation
For those aiming to build muscle protein plays a role in their nutrition strategy. Protein is vital for repairing and growing muscles so it’s important to consume an amount. As a guideline aim for 1.6 to 2.2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight.
Include protein foods like meats, dairy products, eggs, and plant-based sources such as legumes and tofu in your diet.
2. Carbohydrates: Fueling Your Workouts
Carbohydrates are also essential as they serve as the body’s energy source. Opt for carbohydrates like grains, fruits, and vegetables to provide sustained energy during workouts.
Consuming carbohydrates before and after exercising helps replenish glycogen stores supporting muscle recovery and growth.
3. Healthy Fats: Balancing Your Diet
It’s important to incorporate fats into your diet for health and hormone production. While protein and carbohydrates play a role in muscle building, don’t overlook sources of fats such as avocados, nuts, seeds, and olive oil.
These types of fats are beneficial for maintaining joints and offer a calorie option for individuals seeking to increase their overall calorie intake.
Losing Weight and Burning Fat
When embarking on a weight loss journey it’s important to have a nuanced understanding of how nutrition interacts with your body’s metabolism. Creating a balanced diet is crucial to shed pounds and promote fat burning.
1. Caloric Deficit: The Key to Losing Pounds
For those focused on losing weight establishing a deficit is essential. This means consuming more calories than what your body burns. While it may be tempting to reduce calorie intake it’s crucial to strike a balance to ensure that your body receives the nutrients.
2. High Fiber Foods: Enhancing Satiety
Incorporating high-fiber foods into your diet is a strategy for weight loss. Foods that are rich in fiber such as grains, fruits, and vegetables induce feelings of fullness.
Additionally, these foods have a calorie density allowing you to consume portions without going overboard on calories.
3. Maintaining Lean Muscle Mass
When aiming to reduce calorie intake it’s vital to prioritize the preservation of muscle mass. To achieve this it is crucial to ensure an intake of protein. Opt for sources of protein such as poultry, fish, tofu, and legumes. To support your weight loss goals while providing energy for workouts pair these proteins with carbohydrates.
Fitness Goals
Enhancing Endurance and Cardiovascular Health
For athletes focusing on endurance activities like marathon running or cycling a comprehensive approach to nutrition is essential. Improving endurance and cardiovascular health involves not only training but also a well-balanced diet.
In this section, we will explore the strategies for those looking to enhance their endurance capabilities and overall cardiovascular fitness.
1. Carbohydrates: A Crucial Source of Energy
Endurance athletes heavily rely on carbohydrates as their source of energy. Consuming an amount of carbohydrates before and during prolonged exercise helps maintain glycogen stores in the muscles and delays fatigue.
2. Hydration: The Key to Endurance
Hydration is often. Plays a critical role in endurance training. Dehydration can lead to fatigue, decreased performance levels, and an increased risk of injury.
Make sure to stay hydrated throughout the day during and after intense workouts. Consider drinking beverages during longer exercise sessions to replenish any lost minerals.
3. Balanced Nutrition: Including Essential Nutrients
When it comes to endurance training it’s important to have a rounded approach to nutrition. Along with getting carbohydrates make sure you’re consuming an amount of proteins and healthy fats.
These nutrients not only support your health but also aid in muscle recovery and provide sustained energy during longer activities.
Tailoring Your Diet for a Balanced Lifestyle
Maintaining a lifestyle involves both activity and nutrition. It’s important to create a diet that fits your preferences and daily routine for long-term well-being. In this section, we’ll discuss how you can customize your diet to achieve a balance between your choices and lifestyle.
1. Personalizing Your Diet According to Preferences
Remember that everyone’s fitness journey is unique so your dietary choices must align with your preferences and lifestyle. Some people may thrive on a high-protein diet while others prefer an approach, with a moderate distribution of macronutrients.
2. Nutrient Timing: Enhancing Performance
Apart from considering the type and quantity of nutrients, the timing of your meals can have an impact on your performance. It is recommended to have a balanced meal containing proteins, carbohydrates, and fats around 2 to 3 hours before your workout.
After exercising it’s important to prioritize a meal that’s rich in protein and carbohydrates to aid in recovery and replenish glycogen stores.
Diet plan
Conclusion
To conclude, customizing your diet based on your fitness goals requires a nuanced approach that involves understanding your body’s needs and adjusting your nutrition plan accordingly. While the recommendations provided here serve as guidelines it is crucial to consult with a healthcare professional to create a personalized plan.
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Ubuntu Feisty - Apache configuration #2
Continuing from the first Feisty Apache configuration article, we now look at some of the other settings in the main apache2.conf file and what they can do.
Concentrating on efficiency and security, this will end our apache2.conf journey (for now).
ServerName
Remember that pesky "Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name" message when reloading Apache?
Let's get rid of that by defining the ServerName.
The ServerName is usually a hostname or a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). In this case, I am going to use the Slice hostname (feisty). It can also be set as 'localhost'.
So open the apache2.conf file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
and add this:
ServerName feisty
Of course, change the hostname to your Slice hostname or a FQDN. Once done, save apache2.conf and gracefully restart Apache (this method of restarting won't kill open connections):
sudo apache2ctl graceful
No warning. Nice.
HostnameLookups
Default:
HostnameLookups Off
If you want happy users and to save traffic, keep this at Off.
Setting this to 'On' will enable DNS lookups so host names can be logged (it performs a reverse DNS check), setting it to 'Double' will not only perform the reverse DNS check it will then check the resulting hostname.
All a bit much and if you desperately need hostname information from your visitors it is advised to use logresolve (located in /usr/sbin/logresolve) for this purpose. A small explanation can be found here.
ServerTokens
Default:
ServerTokens Full
The ServerTokens setting will dictate how much information is sent in the Headers with regard to Apache version and modules in use.
The default (Full) would send something like this:
Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.1
Does this make a difference? Well, yes. If we can suppress that information it will make it harder for someone to find an exploit.
It does not make the actual install any more secure but all someone has to do right now is look for an exploit in Ubuntu Apache 2.2.3 and so on. Why make it easy for them?
The options are (with example outputs):
Full
Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.1
OS
Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu)
Minimal
Apache/2.2.3
Minor
Apache/2.2
Major
Apache/2
Prod
Apache
It's up to you what level of info you want to give out. I prefer setting ServerTokens to Prod.
ServerSignature
Default:
ServerSignature On
Server generated pages, such as 404 pages or directory listings, can contain a footer line which includes server information and can include the ServerAdmin email address.
If you navigate to your Slice IP address and a non-existent page:
http://123.45.67.890/blahblah
You will see a 404 Page not found page with the footer information:
Apache ServerSignature
The options are:
Off: Produces no footer
On: Produces footer information (at a level defined by the ServerTokens setting)
Email: Adds an email link to the information (level defined by the ServerTokens setting)
It doesn't work!
If you are experimenting with the settings in the main apache2.conf file and find that changing the ServerSignature setting does nothing then keep in mind that many settings can be overridden by the virtual host file.
In this case, the default virtual host file has:
ServerSignature On
So open the file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
Change the ServerSignature to On, Off or Email.
Reload Apache after any changes to the virtual host file and voilà! All is good.
Summary
Some simple steps in this article but ones which I believe are very useful and aid in increasing the efficiency of your Slice and assist in the overall security effort on your Slice.
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Lepionurus
Lepionurus is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus in 1826.
It contains only one known species, Lepionurus sylvestris, native to Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, W Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam. | WIKI |
1980 Tangerine Bowl
The 1980 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 20, 1980 at Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game pitted the Florida Gators and the Maryland Terrapins.
Background
The Terrapins improved upon their record, rising from 7 to 8 victories, though they once again finished 2nd place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, this time to North Carolina, who were invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. As such, Maryland was invited to the Tangerine Bowl for the first time ever. This was their seventh bowl game in eight seasons. Florida had finished the previous season, Charley Pell's first as head coach, 0–10–1 and plagued with injuries, the worst season in Gator history. But the Gators rebounded in 1980, winning eight games (with a 4–2 conference record), including two close losses to eventual national champion Georgia and #3 Florida State (by a combined total of nine points) to finish 3rd in the Southeastern Conference, with five weeks spent in the polls, though three losses in their last four games had dropped them from #20 to unranked. This was their first bowl appearance since 1977 and fifth in seven years. The two teams had previously met in the Gator Bowl five years previously, which Maryland had won 13–0.
Florida's vast improvement over their winless previous season was due largely in part to much improved quarterback play. Freshman Wayne Peace finished second in the Southeastern Conference in passing efficiency, and sophomore Bob Hewko was also effective in limited play. The offense also featured future NFL starters in wide receiver Cris Collinsworth and running back James Jones. The defense was anchored by future NFL defensive tackle David Galloway.
Game summary
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
* Maryland - Dale Castro 34-yard field goal, 4:50
* Florida - Cris Collinsworth 24-yard touchdown pass from Wayne Peace (Brian Clark kick), 14:04
* Maryland - Dale Castro 27-yard field goal, 9:00
* Maryland - Dale Castro 26-yard field goal, 4:28
* Florida - James Jones 2-yard touchdown run (Brian Clark kick), 1:46
* Maryland - Charlie Wysocki 2-yard touchdown run (Mike Tice run), 14:48
* Maryland - Dale Castro 42-yard field goal, 10:00
* Florida - Wayne Peace 1-yard touchdown run (Brian Clark kick), 4:43
* Florida - Cris Collinsworth 21-yard touchdown pass from Wayne Peace (Brian Clark kick), 3:29
* Florida - Johnell Brown 2-yard touchdown run (Brian Clark kick), 9:31
Maryland had 181 rushing yards and 155 passing yards while Florida had 108 rushing yards and 271 passing yards, though Maryland turned the ball over five times as opposed to Florida's one turnover. For Florida, Peace threw 20-of-34 for 271 yards and two touchdowns, while contributing a touchdown plunge of his own. Cris Collinsworth caught eight passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns while being named MVP. For Maryland, Mike Tice threw 11-of-23 for 129 yards for three interceptions. Charlie Wysocki ran for 159 yards on 39 carries and one touchdown.
Aftermath
The Terrapins reached four more bowl games in the decade, including the newly renamed Florida Citrus Bowl in 1983. Florida reached six more bowl games in the decade, though they did not reach the Citrus Bowl again until 1998. | WIKI |
Milton and Ellen FORMAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants.
No. 72 Civ. 3980.
United States District Court, S. D. New York.
Sept. 6, 1973.
George Berger, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Martin London, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants Community Services, Inc., United Housing Foundation, Harold Ostroff, Robert Szold, Milton Altman, George Sehechter, Anthony Mari-no, Irving Alter, Julius Goldberg, and Paul Kramer.
Alan G. Blumberg, Szold, Brandwen, Meyers & Altman, New York City, for defendants Szold, Altman, Alter.
David Peck, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for Riverbay Corp.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York by Daniel M. Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants State of New York and New York State Housing Finance Agency.
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERCE, District Judge.
This action has been commenced by 57 residents of Co-op City, a low-middle income cooperative housing project located in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City. They sue on behalf of themselves and all other residents of Co-op City, alleging, among other things, violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and of the Securities Act of 1933, in connection with the sále to plaintiffs of shares of the common stock of the cooperative housing corporation.
The amended complaint also asserts violations of the plaintiffs’ civil rights by one of the government defendants, premised upon • the protections afforded by the federal securities laws; and it further sets forth several claims, pendent to the federal claims, based on New York State law, including an asserted derivative cause of action on behalf of the cooperative corporation.
The corporate defendants constitute the amalgam which conceived, built, promoted and, at this time, controls the management of Co-op City. United Housing Foundation (UHF) initiated and sponsored the project. UHF was organized under New York’s nonprofit corporation statute and is comprised of housing cooperatives, civic groups and labor unions. Community Services Inc. (CSI) is the general contractor and sales agent for the project. CSI was organized under New York’s business corporation statute and is a wholly owned subsidiary of UHF. Riverbay Corporation (Riverbay) is the cooperative housing corporation in which plaintiffs purchased shares, and which owns and operates the project. Riverbay was organized by UHF as a “mutual company” under New York’s Mitchell-Lama Act, and is named as a defendant here only to facilitate the derivative aspects of the action.
The individual defendants are officers or directors, or both, of some, and in some cases all,- of the corporate defendants.
Pursuant to the Mitchell-Lama Act, the defendant New York State Housing Finance Agency (the Agency) provided the bulk of the financing for the project through long-term, low-interest mortgage loans; and the defendant New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (the State Division) is responsible for the supervision of the development, construction, promotion and operation'of the project.
The question before this Court, raised by defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, is narrow, but dispositive: Is a “share” of a state-financed and supervised, nonprofit cooperative housing corporation a “security” within the meaning of the federal securities laws? If so, plaintiffs are properly in federal court; if not, each of the alleged bases for federal jurisdiction must fail, and with them, the pendent state claims.
For the reasons set forth herein, this Court holds that the shares involved in this action are not “securities” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, and dismisses the complaint in its entirety pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12. Such ruling has no bearing on the merits of plaintiffs’ grievances, which may well deserve to be fully aired in appropriate New York State forums.I ********
Background
Co-op City is no ordinary enterprise. Reputed to be the largest cooperative housing development in the United States, the project was conceived in 1964, completed in 1972, and presently houses some 45,000 people. The complex is located on a 200-acre site, includes more than 30 high-rise buildings and more than 230 townhouses, which in total provide about 15,400 apartment units ranging from three to seven rooms.
The project was facilitated by New York’s salutary Mitchell-Lama Act, the express purpose of which is to address critical housing problems in New York’s urban areas by encouraging private enterprise to participate with the state and municipalities in the creation of nonprofit housing cooperative undertakings for persons with low incomes. Toward that goal, the Agency is empowered to provide low-interest financing through the issuance of loans secured by first mortgages on the projects; and tax exemptions, and certain other inducements are provided for corporate participants from the private sector.
State regulation and supervision of the housing enterprises built under the Mitchell-Lama Act is mandated by law. The cooperative corporation cannot be created without the approval of the Commissioner of the State Division. The statute mandates that no directors or subscribers to its stock may profit from the resale of such stock, and provides that the tenant may not sublet at a price greater than approved by the Commissioner. The statute requires the Commissioner’s approval before the corporation can contract for operation of the project. In fact, from the initiation of a project and continuing thereafter state control is pervasive.
It is contemplated that a MitehellLama cooperative project thus subsidized and supervised will be owned by a mutual company formed under the Act whose stock is held almost exclusively by persons who actually live in the project. In accord with the purposes of the Act, the legislature has declared that no one may live in the project whose probable aggregate income exceeds six times the rental fees and further, the legislature has indicated that preference shall go to the aged, the handicapped and to veterans.
Thus by definition, the tenants of Co-op City are persons of limited, and in some cases, fixed incomes. They secured their right to occupancy by completing a Subscription Agreement and Apartment Application form, wherein they agreed to subscribe to 18 shares of Riverbay common stock — at $25 par value per share — for each room in the apartment they selected. After their applications were screened and accepted by the State Division, they signed a three-year, non-proprietary Occupancy Agreement (lease), paid for or financed the purchase of their stock, and moved in as the buildings were completed and their apartments were ready for occupancy.
Beyond the face value of $25 per share and the right to occupancy, the Riverbay shares carry little, if any independent value or meaning. The River-bay By-Laws provide that they may not be pledged or otherwise encumbered; the shares may descend intact, with the right to occupancy, only to a surviving spouse. The stock transaction is rescindable by either party. The shares may not be owned separate and apart from actual occupancy in Co-op City, and a tenant who wishes to move out— or who is forced out for violation of the lease, or because his income has increased beyond income limits — is required to divest himself of the stock. He must first offer the shares to the cooperative corporation for repurchase, and the By-Laws provide that he will be compensated for these shares with exactly the amount he paid for them. In the unlikely event that the corporation does not repurchase the shares, only then is he free to sell the shares elsewhere and then the Mitehell-Lama Act provides that he may not sell them for more than the original purchase price, plus a fraction of the mortgage amortization which he has paid during his tenure at Co-op City. It is implicit in the By-Laws and the Act that he may not sell to a person who does not meet the income and credit requirements for occupancy. Voting rights in the affairs of the cooperative corporation are not tied to the number of shares owned, which could vary greatly according to apartment size. Rather, to facilitate the democratic cooperative ideal, each apartment is allotted one vote.
The obligations of the Co-op City residents flow from the lease, not the stock. In addition to the usual landlord/tenant covenants with respect to services and care of the premises, the lease provides that the resident’s financial commitment is to pay annual carrying charges, prorated in advance monthly payments. The apportionment is not based on the number of shares owned, but rather on other factors such as size, type and location of apartment. This monthly payment is, for all practical purposes, rent. It represents a proportionate allocation of all the expenses of Riverbay in connection with the construction, ownership, maintenance, operations and activities associated with the housing corporation. These include such items as taxes, mortgage indebtedness, repairs, improvements and wages for Riverbay employees.
It is the amount of these carrying charges for Co-op City apartments which is the stress-point in this litigation.
In May of 1967, CSI as sales agent for Riverbay began promoting the sale of shares which carried with them the concomitant right to reside in Co-op City. Construction was then underway, but nowhere near completion. The Information Bulletin circulated through the mails to prospective tenant/stockholders set forth an estimated average monthly carrying charge of $23.02 per room. Thus, assuming he met the income eligibility requirements, the prospect for a three-room apartment could expect to pay about $1,350 for stock in Riverbay and a monthly rent thereafter of $69.06. Persons familiar with the cost of housing in New York City can appreciate the incredible bargain Co-op City must have seemed to prospective tenant/stockholders. However, by the time the project was near completion, the bargain had somewhat diminished. In 1968, while the project was still under construction, the Information Bulletin estimate was revised to $25 per room, per month. Then in an unremitting upward spiral, the estimate was revised to $29.39 for 1970-72; to $35.-27 for 1973-74; and it is now estimated that the charge will be $39.68 effective July 1, 1974. Thus, the $69.06 monthly rental bargain for a three-room apartment will soon cost $119.04 a month. At the same time, of course, the maximum income eligibility limit, related as it is to carrying charges, has increased proportionately; and it may be assumed that to the extent the increases in carrying charges reflect the inflationary trend of the period, wages and salaries should have also risen proportionately. Thus, for tenants in the work force, it is possible that no real hardship has occurred.
But all of this is of little solace to the elderly and the. handicapped, or anyone on a fixed or sluggish income, or indeed, anyone who arranged his affairs based on a belief that the earlier Co-op City estimates would remain unaffected by changes in the economy. The gravamen of the plaintiffs’ complaint is that this is precisely what they were led to believe by misrepresentations and material omissions in the Information Bulletins. They point to the earliest Bulletin which indicated that there was a “lump sum” price of $258,678,000 fixed for the construction of the project, to be financed with a $250,000,000 mortgage from the Agency. The bulletin further stated that “the risk of completing the construction within the lump sum price is on the contractor.” The final construction bill for Co-op City was $340,500,-000, and the tenant/stockholders absorbed the impact, chiefly through a $125,000,000 increase in the mortgage loan from the Agency which consequently contributed greatly to the increase in carrying charges. In addition to this alleged misrepresentation, plaintiffs assert that a number of other material facts were omitted from the Information Bulletins, all of which would have influenced their decision to purchase or not to purchase shares in the cooperative corporation.
Since this Court is not called upon to rule on the merits here, and particularly in view of the conclusion this Court reaches as to this motion to dismiss, further detail with respect to the plaintiffs’ specific charges or the defendants’ answers would serve little purpose. But the Court is constrained to say that if ever there was a group of people who need and deserve full and careful disclosure in connection with proposals for the use of their funds, it is this type. of group. By law, they would not be eligible for occupancy in Co-op City unless their financial resources were .limited. The housing selection decision is a critical one in their lives. The cost of housing demands a good percentage of their incomes. Their savings are most likely to .be minimal, and they probably don’t have lawyers or accountants to guide them. Further, they are people likely to put a great deal of credence in statements made with respect to an offering by reputable civic groups and labor unions, particularly when the proposal is stamped with the imprimatur of the state.
However, the question before this Court is not whether the plaintiffs should be protected; rather, the question is whether or not they are protected by the federal securities laws.
The Legal Principles
■ Any analysis of this issue must begin with the language of the .statutes which define the scope of the federal securities laws.
Section 3(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides :
3. (a) When used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires — (10) The term “security” means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or in any oil, gas, or other mineral royalty or lease, any collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit, for a security, or in general, any instrument commonly known as a “security”; or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, or, warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing; but shall not include currency or any note, draft, bill of exchange, or banker’s acceptance which has a maturity at the time of- issuance of not exceeding nine months, exclusive of days of grace, or any renewal thereof the maturity of which is likewise limited.
The Securities Act of 1933 contains a definition of a “security” almost identical to' that contained in the 1934 Act, and the Supreme Court has indicated that the definitions under either Act are, for'these purposes/interchangeable.
Beyond the bare itemization contained in each definitional section, the statutes themselves yield little in the way of elaboration as to the characteristics of an instrument intended to be covered by the securities acts. Legislative history directly to the point is sparse and somewhat circular, confirming, for instance, that the definitional sections define “the term ‘security’ in sufficiently broad and general terms so as to include within that definition the many types of instruments that in our commercial world fall within the ordinary concept of security. ”
However, there is a landmark Supreme Court case which sets forth a number of principles and tests which light this Court’s way. The Court in S.E.C. v. Joiner Corp., 320 U.S. 344, 64 S.Ct. 120, 88 L.Ed. 88 (1943), did not attempt to rigidly classify the oil leases at issue there, rather it stated that the courts should construe the legislation in conformity with its dominating general purposes, Id. at 350-351, 64 S.Ct. 120 and decide whether these documents had the evils inherent in the securities transactions which it was the aim of the Securities Act to end. Id. at 349, 64 S.Ct. 120. Then, the Court went on to explain the definitional sections:
In the Securities Act the term “security” was defined to include by name or description many documents in which there is common trading for speculation or investment. Some, such as notes, bonds, and stocks, are pretty much standardized and the name alone carries well-settled meaning. Others are of more variable character and were necessarily. designated by more descriptive terms, such as “transferable share,” “investment contract,” and “in general any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security.” . . . Instruments may be included within any of these defintions, as matter of law, if on their face they answer to the name or description. However, the reach of the Act does not stop with the obvious and commonplace. Novel, uncommon, or irregular devices, whatever they appear to be, are also reached if it be proved as a matter of fact that they were widely offered or dealt in under terms or courses of dealing which established their character in commerce as “investment contracts,” or as “any interest or instrument commonly known as a ‘security.’ ” Id. at 351, 64 S.Ct. at 124.
The Court then stated that the “test is what character the instrument is given in commerce by the terms of the offer, the plan of distribution and the economic inducements held out to the prospect”, Id. at 352-353, 64 S.Ct. at 124, noting that while in some cases a document might be proved a security by proving the document itself, “[i]n others proof must go outside the instrument itself. . . .” Id. at 355, 64 S.Ct. at 125.
In a later case, S.E.C. v. Howey Co., 328 U.S. 293, 66 S.Ct. 1100, 90 L.Ed. 1244 (1946) the Court stated explicitly what was implicit in Joiner, that in searching for the meaning and scope of the word “security” in the securities laws, form should be disregarded for substance and the emphasis should be on economic reality. Id. at 298, 66 S.Ct. 1100. See also, Tcherepnin v. Knight, 389 U.S. 332, 336, 88 S.Ct. 548, 19 L.Ed.2d 564 (1967).
The Riverbay Shares
What this means in the context of the Riverbay shares is that this Court must first determine whether or not the identifying characteristics of the Riverbay instruments, and the economic realities of the Riverbay transaction — the plan of distribution and the economic inducements held out to the prospective purchasers — fit any of the items set forth in the statute; and, if not, then determine if Congress intended, nonetheless, to cover this type of transaction.
Plaintiffs urge, in one branch of their argument, that inasmuch as “stock” is explicitly set forth as a “security” in the plain language of the statute, and the instruments purchased by the residents of Co-op City are called “shares of stock,” they are, a fortiori, securities. They rely on the language set forth in S.E.C. v. Joiner Corp., supra, 320 U.S. at 351, 64 S.Ct. 120, where the Court notes that some instruments may be included as a matter of law if they answer to the name or description of a category in the securities law. Plaintiffs also cite the alternate holding in Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra, 389 U.S. at 339, 88 S.Ct. 548, which relies on the Joiner language to point out that the investment contract in Tcherepnin could have also qualified as “stock.” This Court believes that a reading of the entire paragraph from Joiner, set forth in full, supra, along with the Howey refinement, makes it clear that this Court must, at a minimum, look through the name of an instrument to its essential characteristics and determine whether it fits the standardized, well-settled meaning of “stock.” This is, in fact, what the Court did in Teherepnin, and only after noting that the instrument was evidenced by a certificate and that payment of dividends were contingent upon an apportionment of profits did it identify the instrument as a “stock.” Accepting the definition set forth in Teherepnin as the well-settled meaning, it is clear that Riverbay shares do not fit because they do not represent any right to any apportionment of tangible profits. Therefore, this Court rejects plaintiffs’ argument.
The Court in Joiner indicated that in cases where the instrument could not be proved a security on its face, “proof must go outside the instrument itself. . . . ” S.E.C. v. Joiner Corp., supra, 320 U.S. at 355, at 125 of 64 S.Ct. Since this is the case here, the next area of inquiry is into the substance of the transaction. It is to this area that the bulk of the arguments are directed.
Defendants urge first that the severe restrictions surrounding the owner’s use of the stock are such that the shares fit none of the categories of instruments or transactions which Congress intended to be covered by the securities laws. Further they argue that the nonprofit economic realities surrounding it, and the public policy underlying it, coalesce to produce a unique transaction, far removed from the commercial world that Congress intended to regulate with the federal securities laws.
Plaintiffs contend that this Court, by applying some flexibility, could find that the major motivation for the purchase of Riverbay shares is the economic benefit to be gained and that such creates a securities transaction, if not as stock qua stock, then in some other form. Further they argue that the major thrust of Congress was to protect the investor and that it makes little difference whether or not the enterprise which induces him to part with his money is commercial or nonprofit.
For all the arguments set forth by both plaintiffs and defendants — technical, substantive, emotional, policy — it is well to note at the outset of this inquiry that it is the fundamental nonprofit nature of this transaction which in this Court’s view is the insurmountable barrier to plaintiffs’ claims in this federal court.
Plaintiffs attempt to overcome this hurdle by tacitly recognizing that if the Riverbay transaction is a securities transaction at all, it is' more likely to be an investment contract than any other. An investment contract is one of the few items on the statutory list which has a developed definition. The oft-cited test enunciated in S.E.C. v. Howey Co., supra, has been used in a line of Supreme Court cases finding that such a contract does exist. See S.E.C. v. Variable Annuity Co., 359 U.S. 65, 79 S.Ct. 618, 3 L.Ed.2d 640 (1959); S.E.C. v. United Benefit Life Ins. Co., 387 U.S. 202, 87 S.Ct. 1557, 18 L.Ed.2d 673 (1967); Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra. The Howey definition of an investment contract contains three elements. First, there must be a transaction whereby a person invests his money in a common enterprise; second, he must invest with the expectation of profits; and third, the profits must come solely from the efforts of the promoter or a third party. S.E.C. v. Howey Co., supra, 328 U.S. at 298-299, 66 S.Ct. 1100.
With respect to the Riverbay shares there can be no serious argument as to the first and last requirements. The first, a common enterprise, is self-evident because the corporation is a cooperative. The third could be questioned in a small cooperative where the ideal of joint venture was a reality, but given the massive size of Co-op City it would be specious to argue that the cooperative ideal precludes the notion of management by third parties. Furthermore, the By-Laws of Riverbay clearly vest absolute control in the hands of the promo-tors until the tenants receive their stock certificates. These have not yet been distributed, see note 33. Thus, at this time, the third element of the Howey test is met in fact, as well as in spirit.
It is on the second element — the expectation of profit — where plaintiffs’ argument founders. Joiner instructs that this Court should look to the economic inducement offered by the promotor; Howey instructs that this Court should look go the expectation of the purchaser for profits. This Court has examined both and finds that none of the documents involved in this transaction — the Information Bulletins, the Subscription Agreement and Apartment Application, or the Occupancy Agreement — ever, once use material, tangible profits as an inducement. In fact, the Information Bulletins assert the contrary, impressing upon the potential purchaser the stability of environment to be achieved because the shares can not be used for speculation. They also point out that a departing tenant is required to resell his shares to the corporation for no more and no less than the purchase price, thus assuring no gain and no loss. Further, since these shares pay no dividends, contemplate no apportionment of any profits or assets or earnings of any kind, it is clear that the Coop City residents did not purchase the shares with any expectation of profits, as the word is generally used in commerce. These shares are incapable — by law and by-law — of producing any monetary or fungible return. It would go against the fundamental purpose of the cooperative ideal and the Mitchell-Lama Act if it were otherwise. And, the state law is replete with provisions to guard against the possibility of profits from these shares or from occupancy in Co-op City. Finally, of course, because both the cooperative corporation, River-bay, and its sponsor UHF, are organized on nonprofit structures, there could be no monetary gain from the operations of the corporations to distribute, even if it were allowed by law.
Plaintiffs, fully cognizant of the legal problem, advance two bases upon which this Court might find the “profit” element satisfied in this transaction. First, they suggest that this Court follow Silver Hills Country Club v. Sobieski, 55 Cal.2d 811, 13 Cal.Rptr. 186, 361 P.2d 906 (1961) and read the tangible profit motive out of the Howey test.
The Silver Hills case has come to stand for the theory that the requisite profit motive should be replaced with a “risk capital” approach which holds that the investor is protected by the securities laws if he risks capital, whether or not he expects a monetary return on the capital. In Silver Hills the risk was for a lifetime membership in a country club, but it was a large risk in a shaky enterprise devoted to making a profit. Given the pervasive state support and supervision of Riverbay in the transaction at issue here, and the resultant zero capital risk because of the guarantee of a complete refund on the stock purchase price, and the essentially nonprofit nature of the enterprise, this would not seem to be the ease for the first federal application of this California state securities theory.
Alternatively, plaintiffs suggest that even though no monetary profit was envisioned or possible, from the Riverbay shares, the shares were sold and purchased with economic benefits in mind. They ask this Court to expand the definition of “profit” to include savings of money that might have otherwise gone for more expensive housing; or the social gain to be had in quality housing for minimal expense. Put another way, the profit expected by Co-op City residents was the invaluable hedge against the skyrocketing real estate market in New York City.
This argument is most appealing to this Court, particularly when made on behalf of people with limited incomes who are not free economically to allocate a portion of their money to ordinary capital producing securities, however safe, and who are not in a position to risk their money in speculative schemes. But, of the few cases which counsel and this Court have managed to find where this concept of profit was a possible factor, only one on close analysis is near the' point And its point, with respect to a medical cooperative, was simply, “money saved is money earned.” State ex rel. Troy v. Lumberman’s Clinic, 186 Wash. 384, 58 P.2d 812, 816 (1936). As attractive as that reasoning may be, Supreme Court cases and the lower federal court cases which follow them closely, and legislative documents concerning the federal securities laws convince this Court that the weight of authority is against it. This Court has attempted to follow the guiding principle that federal securities laws, as remedial legislation, must be read liberally to effectuate the purpose of Congress. Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra, 389 U.S. at 336, 88 S.Ct. 548, and is mindful that to further the objectives of Congress, the securities laws must be viewed as embodying a flexible rather than a static principle, one that is capable of adaptation to meet the countless and variable schemes devised by those who seek the use of money of others on the promise of profits. S.E.C. v. Howey Co., supra, 328 U.S. at 299, 66 S.Ct. 1100. Yet, it seems certain that Congress never intended to stretch the scope of the securities acts outside the commercial world and its fungible valuables, to the uncharted and unchartable realm of intangible, elusive personal values where one man’s balm may very well be another’s bane.
The legislative history of these acts, on the contrary, indicates that the intentions of Congress were focused on the powerful inducement of cold, hard cash and anything which could be converted to it through the commercial ingenuity of man. It is the abuse of this inducement, this motive, from which Congress believed investors needed protection, both for their well-being and for the health of the nation’s commercial enterprises and its economy.
Congress did not intend to sweep into the ambit of the federal securities laws, state-encouraged, nonprofit transactions made pursuant to a state emergency housing law and available only to state residents. And the mere fact that the state legislature chose to provide a form of organization common to the commercial world, in order to achieve critical public welfare goals, does not change that basic finding. Clearly, the beneficiaries of the state legislation should be protected from abuses, but it is this Court’s view that in this instance, such protection must come from the state.
It is the plaintiffs’ affirmative burden to show that their action has been properly brought in federal court. They have not met that burden with respect to this Court’s jurisdiction under the federal securities laws. There being no other basis for federal jurisdiction, the counts of the amended complaint alleging violations of the federal securities laws are dismissed as to all defendants named therein. Further, since the federal securities allegations represent the only well-pleaded underlying basis for jurisdiction under the Civil Rights Act, count nine is dismissed as against the Agency. The remaining counts are dismissed as against the defendants named therein, inasmuch as they set forth pendent claims asserted pursuant to state law. United Mine Workers v. Gibbs, 383 U.S. 715, 726, 86 S.Ct. 1130, 16 L.Ed.2d 218 (1966). The complaint is therefore dismissed in its entirety for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
So ordered.
. Many are husbands and wives who own jointly their interest in a single apartment unit. Thus, altogether, there are occupants of 30 apartments named as plaintiffs.
. 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder (17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5).
. 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a).
. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988.
. UHF was formed in 1951 with the primary ■ purpose of fostering the growth of nonprofit cooperative housing for low and low-middle income families. In addition to Co-op City, it has sponsored or participated in the sponsorship of more than eight other cooperative housing projects located in various boroughs of New York City.
. N.Y. Not-For-Profit Corporation Law (McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 4, 1962).
. N.Y. Business Corporations Law (McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 35, 1962).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law §§ 10-37 (McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 44B, 1962).
. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78c(10) ; Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77b(1).
. Shares of cooperative housing corporations are “securities” within the meaning and protection of New York’s anti-fraud laws. N.Y. General Business Law, § 352-e (McKinney Supp. 1972-73). Cf. People v. Cadplaz Sponsors, Inc., 69 Misc.2d 417, 330 N.Y.S.2d 430 (Sup.Ct.1972).
. The New York State Legislature, as part of the policies and purposes of the Mitchell-Lama Act has declared that
[T]here exists in municipalities in this state a seriously inadequate supply of safe and. sanitary dwelling . . . accommodations for families and persons of low income . . . that such conditions are due, in large measure, to overcrowding and concentration of the population, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air and space, improper sanitary facilities and inadequate protection from fire hazards; that such conditions constitute an emergency and a grave menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and comfort of citizens of this state, necessitating speedy relief which cannot readily be provided by the ordinary unaided operation of private enterprise and require that provisions be made by which private free enterprise may be encouraged to invest in companies regulated by law as to rents, profits, dividends and disposition of their property or franchises and engaged in providing such housing facilities and other facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto for families or persons of low income . . . N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 11 (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. As part of additional policy and purposes of the Mitchell-Lama Act, the New York State Legislature has found that
[I]mprovement of the physical environment and revitalization of the quality of urban life . . . would be promoted by cooperative action by tenants who are persons or families of low income to acquire ownership of their dwellings and to operate them on a nonprofit basis; that such cooperative undertakings, with their consequent pride and responsibility of ownership, would . . . lead to the stabilization and renewal of deteriorating neighborhoods. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § ll-a(2-a) (McKinney Supp. 1972-73) (emphasis added).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law §§ 20, 22, 26, as amended, (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 33, as amended, (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. For instance, the acquisition of the property for a housing project pursuant to the Act declared to be necessary for the public purpose, and a municipality may take property by condemnation for the cooperative company. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 29, as amended, (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 14 (McKinney 1962).
. The statute requires that the certificate of incorporation for corporations such as Riverbay, shall state that
[T]he company has been organized to serve a public purpose and that it shall be and remain subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner that all real and personal property acquired by it, and all structures erected or rehabilitated by it, shall be deemed to be acquired, rehabilitated or created for the proper effectuation of the purposes of this article, and that the directors and subscribers of such company shall be deemed to have agreed that they shall at no time receive or accept from such company in repayment of their investment in its stock any sums in excess of the par value of the stock . . .
N.Y. Private nousing Finance Law § 13(13), as amended (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 31(1) (a) (McKinney 1962).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 27(4) (d), (McKinney 1962).
. The cooperative corporation cannot borrow or give security without the Commissioner’s approval, N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 20(1) (McKinney 1962) ; its capital structure is dictated by law and subject to the Commissioner’s approval, Id. § 21; the cooperative may not acquire real property, enter into any contract for construction or alteration of any real property, or sell any property, encumber or lease any real property, make any contracts for operation of the project, issue a guarantee of payment or enter into contracts for payment of salaries to officers or employees without the Commissioner’s approval, Id. §§ 17, 27, 29. The Commissioner has the power to fix and to overrule the cooperative’s rental structure, Id. § 31(1) ; to investigate all aspects of the affairs of the cooperative and its dealings with others, Id. § 32; 'and, in the event that the cooperative violates any provision of its certificate, or of law, or of the mortgage, or of any order of the Commissioner, the Commissioner has the power to remove all of the cooperative’s directors and to replace them with his own designees, Id. § 13(15) (c), and to commence an action in the Supreme Court of New York for the purpose of having such violations stopped and prevented, Id. § 32(7), as amended, (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 12(2-b), as amended, (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 31(2) (a), (b), as amended, (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law §§ 11, 31(7) (a), (b), as amended, (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. Defendants have informed this Court that a reserve fund has been established for the repurchase of stock should drastic changes in economic conditions make it impossible to find buyers. The fund, as of December 31, 1972, totalled $917,338. Further, they say, Riverbay will exercise its option to repurchase the shares without tapping the reserve fund as long as there is a waiting list for Co-op City apartments. They have represented that there are approximately 7,000 families on the waiting list, and that the annual turnover is about 300 families.
In a supplemental affidavit filed September 4, 1973, plaintiffs have called this Court’s attention to recent Riverbay advertisements in local newspapers, reopening the application list for two and three bedroom apartments. This indicates, they assert, that the waiting list consists of a disproportionate number of applications for one bedroom apartments and that the 7,000 figure submitted by defendants may be a distortion. Without characterizing the figure one way or another, it is clear from plaintiffs’ submission that if the waiting list for certain types of apartments is growing short, then Riverbay is actively seeking to rebalance it in order to remain in a position to continue to exercise its option without using reserve funds.
. N.Y. Private Housing Finance Law § 31-a (McKinney Supp. 1972-73).
. At the present time, the control of Co-op City is still in the hands of the original amalgam which conceived and built it, and the tenant/shareholders do not as yet actually possess the stock certificates they have purchased, nor will they have any voting voice in the affairs of Riverbay until they do receive the certificates. Riverbay’s Subscription Agreement and Apartment Application provides that the stock shall not be distributed until such time as the Commissioner of the State Division issues a Certificate of Acceptability after the completion of the project. The Division apparently has the Certificate under advisement and it will be issued shortly, assuming that the project is found by the State Division to meet its standards.
. Relatively speaking, Co-op City still offers one of the lowest rent structures of any Mitchell-Lama housing in New York City. This is due, at least in great part, to its low unit construction cost of $19,000 compared with the present Mitchell-Lama average of $40,000 per unit. In a case with similar underlying facts, commenced in the New York State courts, the estimated average monthly carrying charges had jumped from $51.35 per room in 1968 when the project was commenced, to $82.60 per room. People v. Cadplaz Sponsors, Inc., supra, note 10. It may be worth noting that the sponsors in that case were acquitted of criminal fraud charges in connection with the offering of stock in the cooperative corporation. N.Y. Times, July 10; 1973, p. 1, col. 1.
. Because of the procedural posture of the litigation the defendants have not as yet developed fully their side of the merits. However, it is well to point out here that other language in the Information Bulletins states that the lump sum price is subject to addition or deduction for change orders during tile progress of the construction. Also, the Information Bulletins warn that “it is possible that increases in costs may increase the average monthly carrying charge somewhat above the [estimate].” Further, defendants argue that even if plaintiffs were misled, there could be no damages because under Riverbay By-Laws the tenant may withdraw from occupancy at any time and receive his stock purchase price back in full.
. 15 U.S.C. § 78c(10).
. Tcherepnin v. Knight, 389 U.S. 332, 335-336, 88 S.Ct. 548, 19 L.Ed.2d 564 (1967). See, S.Rep. 792, 73d Cong., 2d Sess. 14 (1934).
. H.R.Rep.No.85, 73d Cong., 1st Sess. 11 (1933).
. Plaintiffs also cite Movielab, Inc. v. Berkey Photo, Inc., 321 F.Supp. 806 (S.D.N.Y. 1970), aff’d, 452 F.2d 662 (2d Cir. 1971), where the district court, relying on the “plain meaning” principle of statutory interpretation, felt compelled to follow the “unequivocable and all embracing” statutory language that “[t]he term ‘security’ means any note . . . . ” The Court of Appeals in affirming did not indicate that it felt bound by the name on the documents alone, but noted that the statutory language included “some notes at the very least” and held that the facts there presented brought those particular notes within ambit of the securities acts. Thus, with respect to the Riverbay “stocks” it is clear that the statutory language includes some “stock”, but on these facts, not necessarily these “stocks.” This Court has considered the decision in Stockton v. Lucas, 482 F.2d 979 (Em.App. 1973) wherein that court held that for purposes of the exemption from Phase I price controls, a share in a private New York City cooperative housing corporation was a “stock” within the definition developed under New York case law. That holding is not dispositive of the issue with respect to Riverbay shares, for two reasons. First, federal law must govern on the question of whether shares constitute securities under the federal securities laws. Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra, 389 U.S. at 337-338, 88 S.Ct. 548. And second, the shares in Stockton were those of a private cooperative corporation, the shareholder had the right to retain the “stock” upon moving out, and thus the shares did, in fact, represent a right to the apportionment of the profits and the assets of the corporation.
. The Court also rejects the defendants’ argument that even if the plaintiffs’ theory is valid, the “stock” in this case is not covered by the statute because the plaintiffs do not yet possess the certificates and, until the Commissioner of the State Division issues a Certificate of Acceptability, they are deemed to be neither stockholders or holders of any other equity obligation of the cooperative corporation. This is erroneous. The tenants of Co-op City have purchased, at the least, the right to own these shares, and that is enough under the statute, providing all other tests are met. 15 U.S.C. § 78c(a)(13).
. The remainder of defendants’ arguments may carry some weight in the aggregate, but are not persuasive or dispositive standing' alone. It makes little difference whether or not the purchasers’ motive could be said to be speculative. Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra, 389 U.S. at 345, 88 S.Ct. 548; S. E. C. v. Howey, 328 U.S. 293, 301, 66 S.Ct. 1100, 90 L.Ed. 1244 (1946). Nor is it dispositive that the shareholder is severely limited in his dealings with his shares, or that he must first offer them back to the cooperative. Cf. Affiliated Ute Citizens v. United States, 406 U.S. 128, 92 S.Ct. 1456, 31 L.Ed.2d 741 (1972); Collins v. Rukin, 342 F.Supp. 1282 (D.Mass.1972). Federal securities regulation is not precluded just because the enterprise is regulated by state or other federal law. Cf. S. E. C. v. Variable Annuity Co., 359 U.S. 65, 75, 79 S.Ct. 618, 3 L.Ed.2d 640 (1959); S. E. C. v. United Benefit Life Ins. Co., 387 U.S. 202, 210, 87 S.Ct. 1557, 18 L.Ed.2d 673 (1967); S. E. C. v. Lake Havasu Estates, 340 F.Supp. 1318, 1322-1323 (D. Minn.1972). Nor is it dispositive that the shareholder can, at his option, withdraw from the transaction and' receive back his original investment, or that the value of the shares does not fluctuate. Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra, 389 U.S. at 345, 88 S.Ct. 548. Nor does the fact that the shareholder is not given certain rights normally attributed to his status, such as proportionate voting rights, determine the final result. Cf. Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra at 344, 88 S.Ct. 548.
And finally, this Court sees little value in engaging in the argument as to whether the right to occupancy is an incident of stock ownership, or whether the ownership of these shares is incident to the right to occupancy. Although it is clear that the securities laws do not extend to the classic purchase of real estate, this is so because the transaction does not meet the full test developed to identify a stock or an investment contract, not because the underlying property is real rather than personal. S. E. C. v. Joiner Corp., 320 U.S. 344, 352, 64 S.Ct. 120, 88 L.Ed. 88 (1943); Roe v. United States, 287 F.2d 435, 437-438 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 824, 82 S.Ct. 43, 7 L.Ed.2d 29 (1961).
. The only conceivable tangible benefit mentioned is the possibility of city, state and federal tax deductions available as a result of the tenants’ payment of real estate taxes through their carrying charges. To the extent that this can be characterized as economic inducement, it suffices to note that it is an incident of real estate ownership, not securities ownership. See Eckstein v. United States, 452 F.2d 1036 (Ct.Cl.1971).
. The Information Bulletins stress the nonprofit nature of the enterprise and the corporations sponsoring it. The advantages of cooperative organizations are. set forth, in part, in the following terms :
“ [I] t is a way to obtain decent housing at a reasonable price” . . . “[It is] designed to provide • a favorable environment for family and community living” “[It avoids the problems of private apartment dwelling] where the landlord’s interest was financial gain” “Living in a cooperative is like living in a small town. As a rule there is very little turnover in a cooperative.” “It is being a part of a group working for common purposes to benefit all.”
. The Information Bulletin recognized that “the investment a person makes in a cooperative often represents a large share of his life savings. To insure the investment against a time when there might not be an applicant for the apartment a special reserve will be established.”
. The beneficial purposes of the Mitchell-Lama Act would be ill-served if a tenant whom the State Division has screened for income and credit stability was to be free to transfer his stock and its inherent right to reside in Co-op City to the highest bidder, or could in other ways manipulate his interest to produce a personal profit. See notes 11-12, supra.
. See notes 15-25.
. Plaintiffs put forth a third basis which relies on the remote possibility that there will come a time when the reserve fund (see note 24) may be depleted, and the divesting stockholder would be free to dispose of his shares on the open market, presumably at the small profit allowed by the Mitchell-Lama Act (see note 25). This Court does not find this remote possibility enough to establish a profit motive in the purchase of the Riverbay shares. Even if it should occur, the amount of profit allowed by the legislature is de minimis.
. Several commentators would be in accord. See Anderson, Cooperative Apartments in Florida: A Legal Analysis, 12 Miami L.Rev. 13 (1957); Long, An Attempt to Return “Investment Contracts” to the Mainstream of Securities Regulation, 24 Olda.L.Rev. 135 (1971); Zammit, Securities Law Aspects of Cooperative Housing, N.Y.L.J., Jan. 8, 1973, p. 1, col. 1; Note, Cooperative Housing Corporations and Federal Securities Laws, 71 Colum.L.Rev. 118 (1971); Note, The Economic Realities of a “Security”: Is There a More Meaningful Formula, 18 Case W.Res. L.Rev. 367 (1967); Note, Cooperative Apartment Housing, 61 Harv.L.Rev. 1407 (1948); Comment, Sobieski, Securities Regulation in California: Recent Developments, 11 U.S.C.A.L.Rev. 1 (1963). .But see, Miller, Cooperative Apartments: Real Estate or Securities, 45 Boston U.L.Rev. 465 (1965).
. Neither side has been able to cite to this Court any federal cases directly concerned with the narrow • issue presented here. Plaintiffs have called this Court’s attention to Davenport v. United States, 260 F.2d 591 (9th Cir. 1958), cert. denied, 359 U.S. 909, 79 S.Ct. 585, 3 L.Ed.2d 573 (1959), a criminal case where the court apparently accepted as a security, a share in an employment cooperative. But, the issue was not discussed or even raised in that case and this Court does not consider it authority on the question. This Court has found one other federal case, where the motivation of the purchaser was discussed in- non-monetary terms. In S. E. C. v. American Foundation for Advanced Education of Arkansas, 222 F.Supp. 828 (W.D.La.1963), the transaction involved an annuity type scheme for a future education fund. The Court there said
. the universal desire of parents to secure the advantages of higher education for their children and to offset whenever possible the increasing cost of such education, makes the application of the securities act emphatically necessary here. Id. at 831.
However, in spite of the court’s language, the substance of the transaction promised the purchaser $6,000 worth of future education for a $1,000 investment. Thus underlying the decision was a monetary inducement and expectation.
Plaintiffs have cited, as authority for their position, Ashton v. Thornley Realty Co., 346 F.Supp. 1294 (S.D.N.Y.1972), aff’d without opinion, 471 F.2d 647 (2d Cir. 1973). There the district court granted summary judgment to a private cooperative corporation on a securities fraud complaint, implicitly accepting the stock involved as “securities,” although the question was never raised or discussed. Whether or not this case stands for some authority on the general issue of the stock of a cooperative housing corporation as a “security,” it is clear from the facts that it was not a state-supported and supervised nonprofit corporation and that the possibility of monetary profit from sale of its stock was great. Therefore, it is not pertinent to the issues raised by the Riverbay stock.
Beyond these cases, every case cited by counsel for either side have involved only the general proposition that this Court should look through form to substance. In each there was no question but that the inducement was a monetary return; and in most the issue was the third-prong of the Howey test which is not at issue here. Therefore these eases are not helpful to determination of the specific question before this Court.
. This conclusion is based on the historical context of the legislation as a whole, but selected excerpts from Congressional documents serve to illustrate the point.
The House report on the Securities Act of 1933, describing the conditions which had precipitated the legislation, called attention to the “[a]lluring promises of easy wealth [which] were freely made with little or no attempt to bring to the investors’ attention those facts essential to estimating the worth of any security.” Then, referring to abuses in the real estate development field, the report condemned the “ . . . creation of false and unbalanced values for properties whose earnings cannot conceivably support them.” H.R.Rep.No.85, 73d Cong., 1st Sess. 2 (1933) (emphasis added). The report defines “securities” as the many types of instruments that “in our commercial world” fall with the ordinary concept of security. Id. at 11 (emphasis added).
The House report on Securities Exchange Act of 1934, states that The fundamental fact behind the necessity for this bill is that the leaders of private business . . . have not
been able to protect themselves by compelling a continuous and orderly program of change in methods and standards of doing business to match the degree to which the economic system has itself been constantly changing . . . changing in
the proportion of the wealth of the Nation invested in liquid corporate securities . . . H.R.Rep.No.1383, 73d Cong., 2d Sess. 3 (1934). (emphasis added).
And the report continues with a discussion of the need for the legislation in terms of protecting the investor, increasing his confidence and thereby protecting the economy, and states that
. . . easy liquidity of the resources in which wealth is invested is a danger rather than a prop to the stability of [the economic] system. When everything everyone owns can be sold at once, there must be confidence not to sell. [A]s it becomes- more liquid and complicated an economic system must become more moderate, more honest and more justifiably self-trusting.
Id. at 5 (emphasis added).
. It must be acknowledged that the exemptions from the registration provisions for charitable organizations in the 1933 Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77c(4), and the 1934 Act, 15 U.S.C. § 781(g)(2)(D), plus the exemption for some cooperative associations in the latter, 15 U. S.C. § 781(g)(2)(E), (F), give some indication that Congress did not entirely ignore beneficial, nonprofit purposes in drafting the laws. However, the import of these exemptions is equivocal. It is settled that an exemption does not mean that the instrument or transaction or organization is exempt from the anti-fraud provisions of the Acts. 15 U.S.C. § 77q(c); Tcherepnin v. Knight, supra, 389 U.S. at 342, 88 S.Ct. 548. But it is far from settled that a mere exemption indicates that Congress intended all instruments of the organizations exempted to be “securities” within the meaning of the Acts. Although the shares of a cooperative housing corporation are not included within the terms of any of these exemptions, plaintiffs attempt to make this technical argument, citing a Securities Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) Rule which does specifically exempt stock or other securities representing membership in any cooperative housing corporation with certain limiting provisos. Rule 235, 17 C.F.R. § 230.235.
Professor Loss characterizes this as “too facile” an argument. 1 Loss, Securities Regulation, 493-94 (1961). This Court agrees, given the vagaries of political and social pressures likely to work upon a legislative body drafting regulatory acts such as this. See, e. g., H.R.Rep.No.1418, 88th Cong., 2d Sess. 11 (1964), wherein it is indicated that the cooperative association exemption was included at the behest of rural electrification cooperatives. See also, Hearings on H.R. 6789, H.R. 6793, S. 1642. Before a Subcomm. of the House Comm, on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 88th Cong., 1st & 2d Sess., pt. 2, at 855-65 (1963-64).
Furthermore, this Court is, of course, not bound by any administrative determination of what is or is not a security, particularly when the Rule in question has never been tested in the courts and, as nearly as this Court can determine, has not been rigidly enforced by the S. E. C. See, Zammit, Securities Law Aspects of Cooperative Housing, supra. Finally, a recent release indicates that the S. E. C. itself has refined its thinking and is now seeking to narrow its interpretation of the scope of the securities acts to those housing enterprises where all three-prongs of the Howey test are present. S.E.C. Release # 5347, Jan. 4, 1973, Fed. Sec.L.Rep. K 79, 163 (Trans.Binder 1972-73).
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[Released] Loadout Options Pack 1 for Aerofly FS4 F18 Hornet
• Loadout Pack 1 for Aerofly FS4 F-18C Hornet
Supplied as freeware and you use entirely at your own risk. Supplied as is with no guarantee of any kind.
Made by MDIvey using the AC3D, and some help from Jan (IPACS Jet-Pack)… Thank you Jan.
A collection of Loadout options for the IPACS Aerofly FS4 F18 Hornet. They are easily added to any F18 repaint by adding one line of code to the repaints option.tmc file (before starting up the SIM). I’m afraid it’s all very basic and simple, no clever programs to do it for you on the fly. Consider this little bit of work the ground crew setting up your aircraft for your flight.
The purpose of this addon: I wanted to do some repaints for the F-18C and to add a bit of interest while flying I wanted to add some fuel tanks, wing pylons and inert Air 2 Air missiles (hence the blue paint). Bare in mind Aerofly FS4 is not a combat simulator, nor would I want it to be. However you seldom see these jets flying in the real world with a completely clean configuration. For one thing Jets are thirsty brutes and often need drop tanks to extend there range. All the options are purely visual and I haven’t done anything to make them affect weight and drag. It could be done but I don’t have the time or inclination.
installation:
These instructions assume you are familiar with basic file management and text file editing. Installation and use is entirely at your own risk. Always make a backup before changing anything.
If you don't have an f18 folder in your C:\Users\........\Documents\Aerofly FS 4\aircraft ..... directory then create one. The exact path will depend on how your machine is set up but if you're not familiar with installing aircraft repaints into Aerofly FS4 then you should seek advice on the IPACS Aerofly Web site.
Once you have a folder "f18" you can extract the loadout folders from the zip file and install them into the f18. They are essentially repaint folders.
At this point they are installed but they will not appear on any aircraft. In order for that to happen you need to open each repaints, option.tmc file, in a text editor like notepad and add one line of code… vfa81loviz used below as an example:
The unedited option tmc file looks like this…
You need to add the following line of code…
<[string8][Requirements][loadoutX]>
Where X is the number of the loadout you want to use, thus edited the option.tmc looks thus:
Save the file and then go into the SIM… that F18 repaint should now appear with the selected loadout. Below is a visual description of what each of the 9 loadouts are:
Loadout Options:
The 9 loadouts are made up of various combinations of the following: Wing Pylons, Belly pylon, Belly Tank, Wing Tanks, Sparrow Medium Range AA Missile, and Sidewinder Short Range AA Missile. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Title: Strength, transport efficiency and selectivity of novel extractants for the recovery of base metals
Author: Lin, Tai
Awarding Body: University of Edinburgh
Current Institution: University of Edinburgh
Date of Award: 2009
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This thesis concerns the development of new types of solvent extractants for use in the hydrometallurgical recovery of base metals, and addresses the ligand design features which are needed to control the strength, transport efficiency and selectivity of these extractants. Chapter 1 provides background on the development of extractive metallurgy, e.g. pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy, and introduces the history, basic terminology and various processes and reagents involved. Solvent extraction as a hydrometallurgical technique to achieve the recovery of base metals is discussed in most detail. The design criteria of extractants are highlighted as the focus of the whole thesis. Chapter 2 investigates the potential of salicylaldehyde hydrazones as cation exchange extractants for hydrometallurgical recovery of copper, and studies substituent effects, e.g. electronic, steric and particularly “buttressing” of ligand-ligand hydrogen bonding, on the strength and efficacy of the extractants. A series of 3-substituted (X) and N-substituted salicylaldehyde hydrazones has been developed. Solvent extraction experiments show that the 3-substitution can increase the distribution coefficient of the methylhydrazone for copper extraction by more than three orders of magnitudes along the series (X) Me < OMe ≤ H < Br < NO2. Both the phenol acidity and intermolecular hydrogen bonding are significantly influenced by the 3-substituent as judged by a systematic NMR study on the solution speciation of the free ligands. Electron-withdrawing groups which also act as hydrogen bond acceptors (X = NO2 or Br) are particularly effective in enhancing the strength of the methylhydrazones. Compared to the commercially applied salicylaldoximes, the hydrazones are weaker extractants, and the strength varies in the order: oximes > methylhydrazones > phenylhydrazones. This order probably arises from a combination of variations in the phenol acidities and the strength of the hydrogen bonding motifs, which are also probed in the free ligands using NMR techniques. Chapter 3 considers reagents capable of extracting metal salts and deals with the development of polytopic salicylaldimine ligands bearing pendant tertiary amine groups for the hydrometallurgical recovery of zinc chloride. These extractants show extremely high transport efficiency of metal salts with more than two moles of ZnCl2 loaded per mole of ligand, and high chloride over sulfate selectivity in solvent extraction experiments. The unusual multiple loading suggests the extraction of chlorozincate as anion species, which is supported by the elemental analysis and ESI MS spectra of the formed complexes. The zinc chloride dependent extraction and stripping experiments further indicate that the extraction process is controlled by the Cl- activities in the aqueous solutions. 1H NMR studies show that two different complexes are successively formed in solution as the ligand to zinc stoichiometry is increased to 1L : 2ZnCl2, with the first formed by extracting the zinc cation at low ZnCl2 concentrations and the second likely resulting from the further extraction of chlorozincate at high ZnCl2 concentrations. An extraction mechanism is proposed in which a tritopic assembly [ZnLCl2] forms by binding the Zn2+ cation with the N2O2 2- site of the “salen” type ligands and two Cl- anions with the protonated pendant amine groups and then a ditopic assembly [ZnL(ZnCl4)] forms by extracting the [ZnCl4]2- anion when the reagent is contacted with high tenor ZnCl2 feed. The possible formation of tritopic assemblies [ZnL(ZnCl3)2] accounts for Zn-loadings higher than 200%. The ligand design features such as the benefits of combining cation and anion binding sites in the same molecule are indicated by comparing the polytopic ligands with a series of dual host pairs of the salen ligand and hydrophobic amines. The polytopic ligands show potential for industrial application as ZnCl2 extractants. Finally chapter 4 focuses on the anion binding and selectivity involving simple anions and chlorometallates in solvent extraction by the polytopic ligands discussed in chapter 3 and their metal complexes. A novel and reliable method for chloride analysis in the presence of complexing metal cations has been developed using excess silver(I) to precipitate chloride and then analyze the silver content by ICP-OES technique. Multiple loadings of chloride are achieved by the polytopic ligands, which confirms the uptake of metal salt as ZnCl2, and is desirable for excellent material balances in hydrometallurgical processes. The anion binding of the copper-only complex [Cu(L-2H)] supports the proposed extraction mechanism by indicating that one mole of zinc is extracted in the likely form of chlorozincate anions when the cation binding site is occupied by Cu2+. The polytopic ligands and their copper-only complexes [Cu(L-2H)] show the same anion selectivity following the order [ZnCl4]2- > Cl- > SO4 2-, which can be explained by the hydration energies of these anions. Extractions from ZnCl2, ZnSO4, Zn(NO3)2 or mixed feed solutions indicate that the zinc transport efficiency is also dependent on the nature of counter anions.
Supervisor: Tasker, Peter A. Sponsor: Not available
Qualification Name: Thesis (Ph.D.) Qualification Level: Doctoral
EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.562514 DOI: Not available
Keywords: hydrometallurgy ; copper ; zinc ; extractant
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What Is Vaseline Glass or Uranium Glass? Is It Radioactive?
Uranium glass or vaseline glass exhibits a characteristic green fluorescence under black or ultraviolet light. Nerdtalker, Creative Commons License
Uranium glass exhibits a characteristic green fluorescence under black or ultraviolet light. Nerdtalker, Creative Commons License
Question: What Is Uranium Glass or Vaseline Glass?
Uranium glass fluoresces with a characteristic green light under ultraviolet or black light. Uranium glass is sometimes known as Vaseline glass because its greasy appearance is akin to that of petroleum jelly. Here’s a look at what uranium glass is and how it is used.
Answer: Simply put, uranium glass is glass that contains uranium. Usually uranium is added to glass before it is melted as a diuranate oxide. Modern uranium glass is about 2% uranium, by weight, although some 19th century pieces contain as much as 25% uranium. The glass comes in shades of yellow and green, although other colors are possible if additional metals have been added. A Geiger counter will register radioactivity from some uranium glass, although it is not sufficiently radioactive to pose a health hazard. Uranium glass is called “Vaseline glass” because the milky, greasy appearance of the glass resembles that of petroleum jelly.
Test to See If You Have Uranium Glass
Most uranium glass was produced before the 1940s, but some contemporary glass and synthetic gemstones contain enough uranium oxide to register using a Geiger counter and to glow under a black light. If you have a black light, it’s easy to test glass. Most uranium glass is yellow or green, although sometimes you’ll see it in pale blue glass, too. The usual glow color is green.
How to Make Uranium Glass
It’s not difficult to make uranium glass. Basically, you need glass and an appropriate uranium salt. If you do make this glass, you’ll have better results than NileRed (less breakage) if you use a kiln to allow the glass to anneal as it cools. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2019 December 26
= December 26 =
05:00:39, 26 December 2019 review of submission by Sarasota6
I would like to ask for assistance in writing an article about Sari Greene. Sari Greene is an information security practitioner, author, and entrepreneur. In 2003, Sari founded one of the first dedicated cybersecurity consultancies. She is notable for this reason. I took her online class so I dont know if that is a conflict or not Sarasota6 (talk) 05:02, 26 December 2019 (UTC) Sarasota6 (talk) 05:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
* , If you can find reliable and independent sources that discuss her, she may be notable enough to have an article about her. Usually, at least three, and ideally more, sources are needed. Think coverage in newspapers, magazines, news sources. Her own websites and materials do not count. In terms of a conflict of interest, you are probably fine. If you wish to declare a COI, that would be fine, but I don't think you have to in this situation. Now if you know Greene personally, or have some other sort of relationship, or have been paid by her in anyway, then yes you would need to disclose. Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 22:43, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
Request on 09:13:12, 26 December 2019 for assistance on AfC submission by Krishnachandra,india
Krishnachandra,india (talk) 09:13, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
* , This article needs inline citations, please see referencing for beginners. Also, since the film has yet to come out, this article may be premature. Please ensure you have enough reliable sources that cover the topic. Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 22:40, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
13:28:01, 26 December 2019 review of submission by Mohsinmusta97
Mohsinmusta97 (talk) 13:28, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
* , for a musician to have an article here, they have to meet any one of the following criteria:
* Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent of the musician or ensemble itself. Self-promotion and product placement are not the routes to having an encyclopedia article. The published works must be someone else writing about the musician, ensemble, composer, or lyricist, or their works. (See the self-published sources policy for details about the reliability of such sources, and the conflict of interest policy for treatment of promotional, vanity material.) The barometer of notability is whether people independent of the subject itself have actually considered the musician, ensemble, composer, or lyricist notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works that focus upon it. The rationale for this is easy to see – someone simply talking about themselves in their own personal blog, website, book publisher, social networking site or music networking site, etc., does not automatically mean they have sufficient attention in the world at large to be notable. If that was so then everyone could have an article. Wikipedia is not a directory.
* This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries. What constitutes a "published work" is deliberately broad except for the following:
* Any reprints of press releases, other publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves, and all advertising that mentions the musician or ensemble, including manufacturers' advertising. For example, endorsement deal publicity (including sell sheets, promo posters, fliers, print advertising and links to an official company website) that lists the artist as an endorser or contains an "endorsement interview" with the artist.
* Works consisting merely of trivial coverage, such as articles that simply report performance dates, release information or track listings, or the publications of contact and booking details in directories.
* Articles in a school or university newspaper (or similar), in most cases.
* Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart.
* Has had a record certified gold or higher in at least one country.
* Has received non-trivial coverage in independent reliable sources of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country.
* Has released two or more albums on a major record label or on one of the more important indie labels (i.e., an independent label with a history of more than a few years, and with a roster of performers, many of whom are independently notable).
* Is an ensemble that contains two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a reasonably prominent member of two or more independently notable ensembles.
* Has become one of the most prominent representatives of a notable style or the most prominent of the local scene of a city; note that the subject must still meet all ordinary Wikipedia standards, including verifiability.
* Has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis award.
* Has won first, second or third place in a major music competition.
* Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g., a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a notable compilation album, etc.
* Has been placed in rotation nationally by a major radio or music television network.
* Has been a featured subject of a substantial broadcast segment across a national radio or TV network.
* You haven't demonstrated the subject of your article meets any of these criteria, thus it has been declined. At this point, it seems unlikely the subject meets these criteria. Please read Too soon. Oxon Alex - talk 19:45, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
* Just a note that these criteria outline additional considerations for GNG, not that meeting any of them automatically makes the topic notable. — HELL KNOWZ ▎TALK —Preceding undated comment added 20:17, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
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22:12:44, 26 December 2019 review of submission by Cgerdeskcts9
Hello, I work for Cascade Public Media, the PBS affiliate for the Seattle area. Cascade Public Media owns KCTS 9, the local PBS televisions station, and Crosscut, a Seattle public media news website. Both of these brands have Wikipedia pages and are a popular part of the Seattle community. We are trying to show the relationship between companies and, as a nonprofit, we are trying to be as transparent as possible with our donors with our naming and relationships, which is why we are working to create a Cascade Public Media Wikipedia page that better connects our brands. We want to make sure information about Cascade Public Media, Crosscut and KCTS 9 is easy to find online. I have had the Cascade Public Media page turned down multiple times, and have edited it several times in the process. I am hoping to get some insight on what we can to do to publish this page.
Thank you, Caroline
Cgerdeskcts9 (talk) 22:12, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
* , Hi Caroline! I would suggest merging the information that you have into KCTS-TV as previously mentioned. You can always make a new WP:SECTION on that page to help separate the information. Please let us know if you have any more questions. Happy Editing! Snowycats (talk) 01:24, 27 December 2019 (UTC) | WIKI |
Inflection (disambiguation)
Inflection (or inflexion), is the modification of a word to express grammatical information.
Inflection or inflexion may also refer to:
* Inflection point, a point at which a curve changes from being concave to convex, or vice versa
* Chromatic inflection, alteration of a musical note that makes it chromatic
* Accidental (music), a note that is not a member of the scale indicated by the key signature
* A change in tone of voice; see Intonation (linguistics) | WIKI |
iwich
Preposition
* 1) above, upon takes the dative case
* 2) beyond takes the dative case
* 3) while takes the dative case
* 4) over expressing movement; takes the accusative
* 1) while takes the dative case
* 2) over expressing movement; takes the accusative
* 1) over expressing movement; takes the accusative
Usage notes
* As in many other prepositions, it uses the dative case for static objects, and the accusative cases to express movement. | WIKI |
Splunk Enterprise Security
Datamodel status building since long
snigdhasaxena
Communicator
I have Email datamodel that ships alongwith Splunk ES. It's in building status and it's accelerated too. How to troubleshoot it ?
Does it depends on any lookups ? after checking constraints, I can see macros and tags.. and no lookups.
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harsmarvania57
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
Have you configured indexes for Email datamodel (It's in CIM app setup page). By default CIM datamodels will try to read data from all indexes, so as best practice it will be good to limit datamodel for required indexes only.
snigdhasaxena
Communicator
When I look at constraints, it has macro that has definition , index=NULL, I was suspecting that's the error.. so I had changed the constraint to index=* but it still doesn't work
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SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
You need to specify only those indexes which required for that datamodel, index=* will search all the indexes and due to that it takes long time to complete search and this will result in datamodel is in build state.
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Sprint Corp (S) Stock Remains a Buy — but a Risky One
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I've been bullish on Sprint Corp (NYSE: S ) stock for some time now - but it's hard not to be a little cautious at the moment. Sprint stock has given back a good chunk of its post-election gains. Save for a quickly reversed dip in May, S stock now trades at its lowest levels since December.
There are some genuine reasons for concern.
3 Huge Reasons to Hang up on Sprint (S) Stock
The bull case for Sprint stock never was a perfect story: there's a substantial amount of debt on the books, and Sprint long has lagged rivals Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T ) in market share. Those market leaders are struggling with subscriber losses - and their stocks are declining.
Meanwhile, merger and acquisition (M&A) talk long has been seen as a catalyst for S stock. Rumored partners have included T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS ), Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR ) and even DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH ). But there's been little news on that front, though the rumors continue to fly.
I still think there are solid reasons to stay long Sprint. The company has improved its balance sheet and cash flow, meaning solvency concerns should be at bay. There are enough options in M&A to believe Sprint could get some sort of deal done if it had to. And I still believe Sprint's spectrum alone supports something close to the enterprise value of the company.
But I'll admit to seeing some validity in the concerns raised by Sprint stock bears. And even S stock bulls need to keep a close eye on the story here.
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S Stock and the Wireless Industry
The most obvious concern for Sprint stock is that its business doesn't seem particularly healthy. This is reflected by share prices in the space. AT&T stock only recently bounced off an 18-month low and I still don't think the stock is cheap . Verizon stock made a similar bounce in July, but still sits well off 2016 highs.
All four companies are competing heavily on price - a competition Sprint itself largely began. The problem for Sprint, even after beating second-quarter expectations , is that its subscriber gains aren't offsetting that lower pricing. Rather, it's T-Mobile that seems to be gaining market share - another fact reflected in share prices in the space. Over the past year, VZ stock has declined approximately 8% and T stock 9%. Sprint stock, in contrast, has gained about 18% - but TMUS shares are up around 35%.
Some of the recent weakness in S stock seems to be from investors simply leaving the sector. And, to be honest, that makes some sense. There's an obvious fear of a "race to the bottom" in terms of pricing. And given the enormous fixed costs required to run a wireless network, those lost pricing dollars have a significant impact on margins - and profits.
Is Anyone Going to Buy out Sprint?
Meanwhile, some sort of M&A outcome for Sprint long has been treated like a fait accompli. But that may not necessarily be the case.
A Sprint/T-Mobile tie-up of some kind long has been considered the most logical outcome . In fact, the reason S stock and TMUS stock took off after Donald Trump's surprise election was that investors believed Trump-appointed regulators would be more likely to approve a merger. (The supposed rule of thumb is that Democrats want at least four competitors in an industry and Republicans at least three.)
But as T-Mobile outperforms Sprint, the likelihood of such a merger might diminish. T-Mobile might not need Sprint the way it appeared to just a few years ago. At the very least, a stronger T-Mobile likely means a greater share of the merged company would go to those who owned TMUS stock, not S stock.
Charter already has denied having any interest in Sprint. Neither Verizon nor AT&T make much sense. The conventional wisdom that Sprint would not last too much longer as an independent entity, albeit one majority-owned by Softbank Corp. (Japan) (OTCMKTS: SFTBY ), might have been too pessimistic.
Still Value in Sprint Stock - and Risk Too
In short, there are valid reasons for Sprint stock to have pulled back a bit over the past few months. But I still think there's reason to stay long S stock, at least for now.
Top 10 Best Stocks to Buy in the S&P 500 Through Q3
Sprint's spectrum remains hugely valuable. Cost-cutting isn't over. 5G is on the horizon (albeit a few years out). And the intense competition in the industry at the moment likely will abate at some point.
This still is a turnaround play, even if it seems like the turnaround has been going on forever. And it's still worth betting on that turnaround even if the edge might feel a bit narrower at the moment.
As of this writing, Vince Martin has no positions in any securities mentioned.
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Stock Market News for September 20, 2012 - Market News
A strong pair of housing sector reports helped benchmarks end in the green yesterday. Following the robust four-day rally last week, investors opted to take a break and the markets ended mostly in the negative zone on the first two trading days this week. However, benchmarks returned to their winning ways on Wednesday. However, a drop in crude prices dented the energy sector once again.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) added 0.1% and closed at 13,577.96. The Standard & Poor 500 (S&P 500) edged up 1.73 points or 0.1% to finish yesterday's trading session at 1,461.05. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index was up 0.2% to end at 3,182.62. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropped 2.1% to settle at 13.88. Consolidated volumes on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the American Stock Exchange were about 6.12 billion shares, short of year-on-year daily average of 6.54 billion. The advancing stocks outran the decliners on the NYSE; as for 56% stocks that gained, 40% stocks closed lower.
The day's action was dominated by a pair of strong housing sector reports, which also helped benchmarks end in the green after a gap of two days. While the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported a better-than-expected jump in existing home sales, the Commerce Department came out with encouraging housing starts numbers. Both these metrics were at their individual highs in two years.
The NAR reported that total existing home sales jumped 7.8% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.82 million from 4.47 million in July. Consensus estimates had projected the numbers would come in at 4.56 million. Striking a positive note, Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said: "The housing market is steadily recovering with consistent increases in both home sales and median prices. More buyers are taking advantage of excellent housing affordability conditions".
Additionally, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that privately-owned housing starts in jumped 2.3% August from the revised July estimate of 733,000 to reach a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 750,000 in August. However, consensus estimates had projected the numbers to reach 768, 000.
The encouraging housing reports subsequently boosted housing stocks. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders (XHB) jumped 1.8% and stocks including KB Home (NYSE: KBH ), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM ), Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN ), Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL ), DR Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI ), Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV ) and Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH ) soared 3.6%, 4.3%, 1.9%, 3.5%, 4.1%, 1.6% and 6.2%, respectively.
However, the energy sector was not as lucky as it dropped to the negative zone for the third time this week. Crude prices continued to slump which affected the energy sector. The Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) was down almost 1.0% and stocks such as Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM ), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP ), Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR ), Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES ), Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB ) and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY ) dropped 1.2%, 0.9%, 1.3%, 0.7%, 2.0% and 2.0%, respectively.
On the international front, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) expanded its asset purchase plan by roughly $126 billion in order to boost economic growth. The announcement led to robust gains in the country's indices and also partially improved global investor sentiment. The move comes after the US central bank announced a third round of quantitative easing (QE3) last week.
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A new study has found that, when people are reading sentences, their brains tend to process the words differently than the sentences themselves.
Key points:The new research has found differences in the way we read sentences and how our brains process them are reflected in differences in brain activityWhile most studies have focused on the role of language in reading, the new research by neuroscientists at the University of Bath and the University.
The study, which was published in the Journal of Neuroscience, looked at the brain activity of 200 people reading sentences from books and videos that were made up of different types of words.
They found that the participants’ brain activity changed depending on whether they were reading a sentence or a video.
While the participants were reading sentences in a natural reading environment, they also read sentences from a video game.
“Our study showed that people read sentences in different ways depending on what they were doing,” Dr Kavita Ramanathan, the study’s lead author, said.
“For example, people might be reading sentences because they’re reading the text in the text itself, but in this case, it might be because they were watching the video.”
Read moreThe study was based on a brain scan that had participants read a series of 10 sentences from the book ‘The Art of War’ by Ernest Hemingway.
They were then asked to rate each sentence on a scale of one to five, with five being the most difficult and five being most easy.
After they finished reading the sentences, the researchers asked them to rate their experiences with the sentences.
“The subjects reported more differences in their brain activity when they were looking at sentences written by the video game than when they had read them in the book,” Dr Ramanathas said.
The results showed that the brain was more active when the participants had read the sentences in the video than when the sentences were read in the novel.
“People’s brains tended to be more engaged when they viewed sentences written in the game, rather than the book, which is consistent with how people are actually reading and thinking about texts and texts,” she said.
What is brain imaging?
Brain scans are known to be a powerful tool for understanding how the brain processes information.
But this study suggests that people’s brains were more engaged in watching a video of the sentences they were being given.
“There was a shift in brain activation when we watched the sentences as opposed to reading them, but that wasn’t due to the video itself,” Dr Ranganathan said.
She said it was possible that this change was due to differences in how the participants read the texts in the two books they were studying.
“This is consistent across different types and types of texts,” Dr Rajanath said.
Dr Ramanatha said the research suggested that it was the language used in the videos that had the biggest impact on brain activity.
“We’re interested in what the brain does in reading sentences that involve language, whether it’s a sentence written in a text or video,” she explained.
“What is interesting is that it seems like people’s brain activity changes depending on how they’re actually reading.
So it’s possible that these changes reflect differences in what we’re actually trying to process in the mind.”
She said the study also suggested that people might not always be looking for the most straightforward way to read sentences, but instead could find the most nuanced way to understand them. | FINEWEB-EDU |
User:Thunderforge/List of Lego video games
Since 1997, 46 video games based on the Lego construction system have been released. Originally, games were based completely on Lego properties. In 2001, Lego Creator: Harry Potter introduced games based on licensed, non-Lego intellectual properties. Since then, Lego has licensed several other IPs for use in its video games, including Star Wars, Batman and Rock Band. | WIKI |
Xylocopa valga
Xylocopa valga is a species of carpenter bee common to: western, central and southern Europe, except for far northern latitudes; the Caucasus; Middle East; Central Asia; and Mongolia. The species has become extinct in Latvia and Lithuania.
Description
This solitary bee has a black and blue coloured body, 20–27 mm in length, and densely covered with purple hairs. The small wings also have a purple tint. The bee creates cavity nests by gnawing the wood in the trunks of dead trees and in old wooden structures. It inhabits both forests and urban areas. | WIKI |
CWnd::FindWindow
Returns the top-level CWnd whose window class is given by lpszClassName and whose window name, or title, is given by lpszWindowName.
static CWnd* PASCAL FindWindow(
LPCTSTR lpszClassName,
LPCTSTR lpszWindowName
);
lpszClassName
Points to a null-terminated string that specifies the window's class name (a WNDCLASS structure). If lpClassName is NULL, all class names match.
lpszWindowName
Points to a null-terminated string that specifies the window name (the window's title). If lpWindowName is NULL, all window names match.
Identifies the window that has the specified class name and window name. It is NULL if no such window is found.
The CWnd* may be temporary and should not be stored for later use.
This function does not search child windows.
// activate an application with a window with a specific class name
BOOL CMyApp::FirstInstance()
{
CWnd *pWndPrev, *pWndChild;
// Determine if a window with the class name exists...
pWndPrev = CWnd::FindWindow(_T("MyNewClass"), NULL);
if (NULL != pWndPrev)
{
// If so, does it have any popups?
pWndChild = pWndPrev->GetLastActivePopup();
// If iconic, restore the main window
if (pWndPrev->IsIconic())
pWndPrev->ShowWindow(SW_RESTORE);
// Bring the main window or its popup to the foreground
pWndChild->SetForegroundWindow();
// and you are done activating the other application
return FALSE;
}
return TRUE;
}
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Last Stop Larrimah
Last Stop Larrimah is a 2023 American documentary film directed and edited by Thomas Tancred. It follows the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty, a resident in Larrimah, Northern Territory, Australia, with the rest of the residents becoming suspects. Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass serve as executive producers under their Duplass Brothers Productions banner.
It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2023, and was released on October 8, 2023, by HBO.
Premise
Paddy Moriarty and his dog disappear in Larrimah, Northern Territory, Australia. The remaining residents become suspects in an investigation.
Release
The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2023. It was released on October 8, 2023, by HBO. | WIKI |
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262 THE CECILS
permanently, in face of the advances of the House of Commons, the ancient privileges and constitution of this House." The Bill was thrown out on the third reading. Twenty years later Lord Salisbury made a second attempt to introduce this reform, but with no greater success. His Life Peerage Bill of 1888, after passing its second reading, was withdrawn, and has never since been heard of.
At this time (1868 1872), Lord Salisbury was chairman of the Great Eastern Railway, and he was associated with Lord Cairns as arbitrator in connection with the affairs of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1871 72. In November, 1869, he was elected by a unanimous vote to the office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford, rendered vacant by the death of the old Lord Derby. A scholar and a student by nature, it was a post for which he was in many ways excep- tionally well qualified ; but though he held it for the rest of his life, he refrained from active participation in University matters. His interest in University Reform is shown by his appointment of the Universities Commission in 1877.
The remaining years of the Gladstone Govern- ment may be passed over with little comment. While applying himself to the amendment and improvement of several of the chief measures introduced by the Government, such as the Irish Land Bill, the Education Bill, and the University Tests Bill, and supporting others, such as the Peace Preservation Bill of 1870 and the
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12th Motor Rifle Division
The 12th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army, formed twice. It was formed in 1957 from the 12th Rifle Division and disbanded in 1958. The division was reformed in 1960 and moved to Baganuur in Mongolia in 1979. It pulled out of Mongolia in 1990 and became a storage base in 1992. The storage base was disbanded in 1993.
First formation
The 12th Motor Rifle Division was first formed on 17 May 1957 in Belogorsk, Amur Oblast from the 12th Amur Rifle Division. The division included the 192nd, 214th and 394th Motor Rifle Regiments and the 138th Guards Tank Regiment. Part of the Far Eastern Military District, it was disbanded on 15 October 1958.
Second formation
In June 1960, the division was reformed in Divizionnaya (in Ulan-Ude), Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. It was part of the Transbaikal Military District and did not inherit the honorifics of the previous division. On 19 February 1962, the 964th Separate Missile Battalion was formed. In June 1967, the army became part of the 44th Army Corps. In 1968, the 1156th Separate Sapper Battalion became a sapper-engineer unit. In May 1970, the division was subordinated to the 29th Army.
On 15 March 1979, the division moved to Baganuur, Mongolia, and became part of the 39th Army due to increased tensions caused by the Sino-Vietnamese War. It was upgraded to 65% strength from its previous 15% manning. In 1980, the motor transport battalion became the 1161st Separate Material Supply Battalion. In April of that year, the 34th Separate Tank Battalion was attached to the division. It was previously part of the 138th Separate Tank Regiment in East Germany. The 523rd Motor Rifle Regiment transferred to the 51st Tank Division in the same year and was replaced by that division's 189th Motor Rifle Regiment. In 1985, the 189th moved back to the 51st and the 523rd became part of the 12th Motor Rifle Division again. The 34th Separate Tank Battalion was disbanded around this time. In 1989, the 189th once again returned to the division and the 523rd transferred back to the 51st Tank Division. In May 1990, after the Mongolian Revolution of 1990, the 598th Motor Rifle Regiment returned to Divizionnaya. The rest of the division soon followed and its headquarters moved to Divizionnaya in June 1992, becoming part of the 57th Army Corps. There, the division became the 5517th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base. The storage base was disbanded in 1993.
Composition
In 1988, the division included the following units.
* 523rd Motor Rifle Regiment (Boganur, Mongolia) - equipped with BTR
* 592nd Motor Rifle Regiment (Ulan-Bator, Mongolia) - equipped with BTR
* 598th Motor Rifle Regiment (Boganur, Mongolia) - equipped with BMP
* 365th Tank Regiment (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 1282nd Artillery Regiment (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 1178th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 964th Separate Missile Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia)
* Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 1156th Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 1041st Separate Communications Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia)
* Separate Chemical Defence Company (Boganur, Mongolia)
* Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 636th Separate Medical Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia)
* 1161st Separate Material Supply Battalion (Boganur, Mongolia) | WIKI |
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252 A few days later Jefferson repeated the warning in stronger language: "I place immense value in the experiment being fully made, how far an embargo may be an effectual weapon in future as well as on this occasion."
"Where you are doubtful," continued the instructions to Gallatin, "consider me as voting for detention;" and every coasting-vessel was an object of doubt. On the same day with the letter of May 6 to the Secretary of the Treasury, the President wrote a circular to the governors of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Georgia, and Orleans,—portions of the Union which consumed more wheat than they produced,—requesting them to issue certificates for such quantities of flour as were likely to be needed beyond their local supply. The certificates, directed to the collector of some port usually exporting flour, were to be issued to "any merchant in whom you have confidence." All other shipments of produce were objects of suspicion. "I really think," wrote the President to Gallatin, "it would be well to recommend to every collector to consider every shipment of provisions, lumber, flaxseed, tar, cotton, tobacco, etc.,—enumerating the articles,—as sufficiently suspicious for detention and reference here." He framed new instructions to the governors | WIKI |
ennaint
Etymology
GPC reconstructs, from , while Schumacher reconstructs , derived from the Celtic root.
Noun
* 1) ointment, salve | WIKI |
Fixing a Failed Safepoint on WD MyBookLive NAS
linux network
TL;DR: If you're syncing linux computers to your NAS then creating a safepoint to an external drive, that drive needs to be linux-formatted or you'll get errors.
I recently bought a portable hard drive in order to make backups of my Western Digital MyBook Live Duo NAS. While trying to create a Safepoint using the Web UI, it chugs for 15 hours, then shows an unhelpful error. Trying to re-do or update the safepoint leads to a similarly unhelpful error:
There was an error updating your safepoint. There was an error updating your safepoint NAS_Offline_Backup on the My_Passport_07A8 share on MyBookLiveDuo.
Luckily my NAS runs linux and I can find out more! SSHing into the NAS, I can see the following in /var/log/wdalerts.log:
MyBookLiveDuo nas: warn: 1102: There was an error updating your safepoint. +;NAS_Offline_Backup;My_Passport_XXXX;MyBookLiveDuo;2;-
That's a start, but doesn't say much more than the web UI. Looking around, there's a second log file with more info at /var/log/wdnas.log:
Status: FAILED; Failed to complete rsync command to copy data - rsync failed with error, 23
That's definitely progress. Rsync is failing with error 23, which according to rsync docs is "Partial transfer due to error". Searching the web, I found a reference saying that the actual error might be:
some files/attrs were not transferred
So it looks like the root cause is mis-matched filesystems - I'm copying data from my linux laptop to the linux NAS to the windows-formatted external drive, the permissions are not making it all the way and rsync complains.If I were running windows on my laptop, the files on the NAS wouldn't have any extra permissions, and they would be happily copied to the NTFS drive without errors.
The solution for me is to reformat the portable hard drive as ext4, then try creating the safepoint.
I reformatted it by plugging the portable drive directly into my laptop, then launching GParted in Ubuntu. Make sure you select the removable drive when partitioning, or you will lose all of your data!
Once it was repartitioned, I plugged it back into the NAS, kicked off another safepoint, waited 15 hours, and got a nice "success!" message in the web UI. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
What is Biohacking? How to Hack Your Health and Age Slowly!
Medically Reviewed by Dr. Nicole Avena
Are you ready to take your wellness to the next level?
If so, here are some cutting-edge techniques and strategies to help you upgrade your mind, body, and overall well-being.
From optimizing your nutrition and sleep habits to enhancing cognitive function and physical stamina, get ready to unlock your full potential with the power of biohacking.
What is Biohacking?
Biohacking, also known as DIY biology, is the practice of using technology and scientific knowledge to modify and optimize the human body for better performance. It involves making changes to your lifestyle, diet, exercise routine, and sometimes even incorporating technological or medical interventions to enhance physical and cognitive capabilities.
The term “biohacking” may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it’s actually a growing movement that aims to empower individuals through self-experimentation and data-driven approaches. While some people may associate biohacking with extreme methods such as implanting chips or using experimental drugs, there are many other ways to incorporate biohacking into your daily routine without taking drastic measures.
History of Biohacking
The concept of biohacking may seem like a recent buzzword, but it’s been around for decades. The term was first coined by computer programmer and entrepreneur Dave Asprey in 2004, who used it to describe his self-experimentation with nootropics (cognitive enhancers) and other techniques to improve his physical and mental performance.
However, the roots of biohacking can be traced back even further. Some believe that the practice originated in ancient Eastern traditions such as Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, which focused on optimizing health through natural remedies and practices. Others credit Renaissance alchemist Paracelsus as one of the earliest biohackers for his experiments with herbal remedies to enhance human performance.
In the late 20th century, advancements in science and technology propelled the field of biohacking forward. One significant development was the mapping of the human genome in 2003, which facilitated new possibilities for understanding and manipulating human biology. This led to breakthroughs in the fields of genetic engineering, biotechnology, and neuroscience.
With the rise of Silicon Valley tech culture in the early 2000s came a new generation of biohackers who were driven by a DIY approach to optimize their bodies and minds. They sought out unconventional methods to sharpen their cognitive abilities, increase their energy levels, improve sleep quality, boost immunity, among other areas of health and well-being.
Today’s biohacker community continues to evolve at a rapid pace thanks to advances in technology and more widespread access to information about nutrition, exercise science, genetics, brain function, and virtually anything related to human biology.
Biohacking Benefits
Biohacking is about understanding how our bodies work on a molecular level and finding ways to hack our biology to achieve optimal health and performance. This can apply to many areas of an individual’s mental and physical health, such as:
What Is Biohacking 2 Diet
Biohacking the diet may include things like optimizing nutrition by tracking macronutrient and micronutrient intake. It also may involve trying out various diets, such as the keto or paleo diets.
Physical Fitness
Another aspect of biohacking is optimizing physical fitness through targeted exercises that focus on improving specific muscle groups or enhancing endurance. It also involves using wearable devices such as fitness trackers or smartwatches to monitor heart rate variability (HRV), sleep patterns, and stress levels. By tracking this biometric data over time, individuals can identify patterns and make adjustments for better performance.
Well-being
In addition to physical aspects, biohacking also includes techniques for enhancing mental well-being and cognition. This can be achieved through practices like journaling, which can help promote mindfulness and reduce stress levels. Other common brain hacks include brain training exercises such as puzzles or memory games designed to improve cognitive function.
Personalization
One key principle of biohacking is personalization – what works for one person may not work for another due to individual differences in genetics, physiology, and lifestyle. This is why biohacking involves constant experimentation and tracking of data to find what works best for each individual.
Here Are Some of the Best Biohacks for Optimizing Your Health & Wellness
Diet and Nutrition Hacks
Intermittent Fasting
This popular diet trend involves alternating periods of eating and fasting. Intermittent fasting has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity, lower inflammation, and promote fat loss. It also promotes autophagy – a natural cellular repair process that rids the body of damaged cells.
Nootropics
Nootropics are supplements that enhance brain function by improving focus, memory, creativity, and overall cognitive performance. They work by increasing blood flow to the brain, promoting the growth of new neurons, or altering neurotransmitter levels.
Some popular nootropics include:
• caffeine from natural sources like green tea for increased alertness
• l-theanine, which promotes calm
• vitamins B6 and B12, which enhance mood and focus
• omega-3 fatty acids, which help support brain health
Proper Hydration
A great way to biohack your routine is to start your day by drinking water. Our bodies are made up of 50-60% water, so it’s essential to keep hydrated throughout the day for optimal functioning. Mild dehydration can lead to fatigue, reduced alertness, foggy thinking, and slower metabolism.
Drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning not only rehydrates your body after a night of sleep, it also kickstarts your metabolism and aids digestion. To uplevel your hydration, try adding a pinch of Himalayan salt or lemon juice to help balance your electrolytes and provide additional health benefits.
Mindful Eating
Biohacking is all about optimizing our bodies, including the way we eat. Focusing on mindful eating can help us become more aware of our food choices and develop a healthy relationship with food. By paying attention to what, when, and why we eat, we can make informed decisions and choose nutrient-dense meals for optimal performance.
Gut Health
The gut microbiome plays a significant role in biohacking as it can affect our immune system, hormones, mood, and cognition. A diet rich in prebiotic and probiotic-rich foods such as fermented vegetables, yogurt, kombucha, and kefir promotes good gut bacteria. You also can supplement with probiotic capsules and prebiotic powder to experience improved digestion, sleep quality, and overall well-being.
Exercise and Fitness Hacks
High-Intensity Interval Training
One of the most effective forms of exercise for biohacking is high-intensity interval training (HIIT). This type of workout involves short bursts of intense exercises followed by periods of active rest or low-intensity exercises.
HIIT has several advantages over traditional steady-state cardiovascular exercises like running or cycling at a consistent pace. First, HIIT is more time efficient as shorter intervals provide similar or better results compared to longer workouts.
Second, HIIT triggers an afterburn effect called Excessive Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC), which causes your body to continue burning calories even after completing your workout session. This means that with HIIT training in your biohacking routine, you can continue reaping the benefits long after you’ve finished exercising.
Add Variety to Your Workouts
While HIIT is a highly effective form of exercise for biohacking, it’s essential to add variety to your fitness routine. By experimenting with other types of workouts, you can target different muscle groups and improve overall physical function.
Consider incorporating strength training exercises that use either bodyweight or weights. Strength training helps build lean muscle mass, which in turn increases metabolism and has a positive impact on overall health and longevity.
Additionally, try including low-impact activities like yoga or Pilates into your biohacking routine. These forms of exercise not only help to improve flexibility, balance, and core strength, but also promote relaxation and stress management.
Sleep Hacks
Establish a Regular Sleep Schedule
Our body has an internal clock called the circadian rhythm that regulates several physiological processes, including sleep. To optimize your sleep patterns, it’s important to have a consistent bedtime routine every night. Set a specific time to go to bed and stick to it, even on weekends.
Create a Comfortable Sleeping Environment
Your bedroom should be customized for sleep: quiet, dark, with optimal temperature and comfortable bedding that can contribute to better quality sleep.
Reduce Blue Light Exposure at Night
Blue light emitted from electronic devices, such as smartphones and laptops, can disrupt the production of melatonin (the hormone responsible for regulating our sleep-wake cycle). Avoid using these devices at least 30 minutes before bedtime.
Use Sleep Tracking Apps or Devices
There are many apps and wearable devices that can help track your sleep patterns, providing insights into the quality and duration of your sleep. This information can be useful in understanding how to optimize your nightly rest.
Advanced Hacks
Practice Mindfulness
Mindfulness is another essential aspect of biohacking that involves being present in the moment and focusing on your thoughts without judgment. Incorporating mindfulness practices such as meditation or deep breathing exercises into your daily routine can help improve focus, reduce stress levels, and promote emotional well-being.
Stress and worry can negatively impact your ability to fall asleep. Practicing relaxation techniques before bedtime can help calm the mind and promote better quality sleep.
Cryotherapy
This method involves being exposed to freezing temperatures (-200 degrees Fahrenheit) for a short period of time (2-3 minutes). This extreme cold can cause the body to go into survival mode, resulting in increased adrenaline production. Cryotherapy has been credited with reducing inflammation, accelerating muscle recovery after intense workouts, and boosting metabolism.
The Wim Hof Method (WHM) is an increasingly popular cold therapy technique used by many biohackers to support energy and improve mental resilience. Incorporating WHM techniques, such as taking cold showers or ice baths, into your daily routine can have significant benefits for both mind and body.
Genetic Testing
Thanks to advancements in DNA sequencing technology, it’s now possible to get a comprehensive analysis of your genetic makeup at an affordable cost. This information can be used in personalized biohacking by identifying potential health risks based on genetic predispositions and making lifestyle changes to prevent them.
Brain Training Apps
There are countless apps that seek to train different aspects of the brain such as memory, attention, and problem-solving skills. These apps use techniques like gamification to make learning more engaging and effective.
You Can Hack It
Biohacking is a holistic approach to self-improvement that encompasses various aspects – physical, mental, and emotional – of life. By understanding our bodies and minds in a deeper way and utilizing technology to optimize them, we can achieve greater levels of health and performance in all areas of our lives.
Incorporating biohacking techniques into your daily routine doesn’t have to be overwhelming or time-consuming. By making small changes, like the ones listed above, you can start experiencing the benefits of biohacking in your daily life.
Remember to always listen to your body and make adjustments that work best for you.
Note: The above methods should be approached with caution and under the guidance of experts as improper use can lead to potential health risks.
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These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This content is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to substitute for medical or healthcare advice from a physician, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider before beginning a new health regimen.
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Marot-Gardon
Marot-Gardon was a French automobile manufacturer, between 1899 and 1904. The company, based in Corbie, began with the manufacture of racing tricycles, but by 1900 had progressed to the construction of a 4½ cv "miniature carriage".
Vehicles
Initially, three-wheeled tricycles and four-wheelers were produced. In 1899 a small rear Tonneau car appeared with a single-cylinder engine with 3 hp and a three speed gearbox. In 1900 the engine output rose to 4.5 hp. By 1901, the range consisted of a model with a front engine, 6 hp and chain drive, as well as a racing car with a built-in engine from Soncin in the rear, which made 7 hp.
A tricycle by Marot-Gardon can be viewed at the Shuttleworth Collection in Biggleswade. Another tricycle is at the Belgrade Automobile Museum. | WIKI |
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If you're off on holiday soon, you'll need to make sure your vaccinations are all up to date. Here we explain typhoid fever, including how you can get it, how to spot it & how to prevent it
What is typhoid & how do you catch it?
Typhoid fever is most common in parts of the world with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water. It’s a highly contagious bacterial infection that can affect the whole body, including many organs, and can be potentially fatal.
Salmonella typhi, the bacterium causing the infection, is related to the bacteria that cause salmonella food poisoning. It can be contracted through consuming food or drink that’s contaminated with a small amount of infected faeces or urine. Without quick treatment the infection can have serious complications that can be fatal, so it’s important to help protect yourself.
Typhoid is uncommon in the UK, most cases are from an infection being picked up whilst visiting countries such as Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Worldwide, children are at the most risk due to an under developed immune system. However, their symptoms are usually milder than in adults.
Signs & symptoms
Typhoid symptoms include:
• High temperature
• Stomach pain
• Headache
• Constipation or diarrhoea
It’s important to get typhoid fever treated quickly. If the infection goes untreated it could cause complications and increase the risk of developing potentially fatal consequences. If you think you have some, or all of these symptoms during travel or on return to the UK, you should seek urgent medical attention. You should explain to the doctor treating you that you have travelled abroad.
Treatment
If typhoid is diagnosed in the early stages you’re likely to be able to treat it with prescribed antibiotic tablets at home. If typhoid fever is left for any longer, it may require antibiotic injections in hospital. An estimated one in five people will die from the condition, and survivors may have complications caused by the infection.
Prevention
The typhoid vaccination doesn’t offer 100 percent protection, so it’s important to practise safe food and water hygiene whilst following scrupulous hand hygiene measures. For example, only drink sealed bottled water or freshly boiled water, and where possible avoid any food that could be contaminated.
How long does the typhoid vaccination last?
The vaccination protects against typhoid for three years, however it’s important to understand the vaccine isn’t 100 percent effective. You should practise other good food and water hygiene measures to reduce your risk.
Our service
For a free assessment, expert advice and vaccinations, book an appointment online with Boots Travel Vaccinations & Health Advice Service. Ideally, this should be six to eight weeks before departure, but it’s never too late to seek advice if you're leaving sooner.
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Merged branch but when modifying it, master gets modified
A simple/newbie question. I create a branch from the master branch (say "testing"), tried some stuff, and merged it back. Now when I modify the "testing" branch, the local changes are also made on the master branch.
Should I then delete a branch once it is merged and not reuse it? I thought that the branch would just diverge...
To make it clearer, what I do is:
git checkout master
git branch testing
git checkout testing
// Modify files...
git add <modified-files>
git commit -m 'It worked!'
git checkout master
git merge testing
// Now I go back and edit the testing brach
git checkout testing
// Edit files...
git checkout master
// I can see the local changes I made to the testing branch!! (?)
Thanks for any help.
Answers
The changes are only in the working copy, they are not in any branch yet. If you do git commit -a -m 'The changes' before checking out master again, your changes are committed to the testing branch.
If you want to just check out master, but you are not ready to commit the changes you made on the testing branch, you can use git stash to put your changes away for now. You have now a clean working copy and can do whatever you want (e.g. check out master and do commits there). After you are done, you can check out testing again and get your previous changes back with git stash pop.
Your second changes are not actually in any branch (you haven't commited them).
This will explain what happens if you change branch with 'dirty' workspace.
You can commit your changes to testing branch and it will diverge from master as usual.
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Either Table Rates or Shopping Cart Rule should be used for "free shipping based on zip code" to work with all methods
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I want to give free shipping for certain regions with specified zip codes. How will i achieve this functionality ?
How to start a fullscreen virtual machine via VirtualBox in the current Mac OS X workspace?
macos virtualbox
Since I updated VirtualBox to 4.3.12, when I start a virtual machine in fullscreen mode, it launches a new workspace with it which is not practical. (Mac OS X 10.8.5) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Rh Not him whose page, if still upheld by whist,
Requires no sacred theme to bid us list.
Ye! who in Granta's honours would surpass,
Must mount her Pegasus, a full-grown ass;
A foal well worthy of her ancient Dam,
Whose Helicon is duller than her Cam.
There, still striving piteously "to please,"
Forgetting doggerel leads not to degrees, | WIKI |
Author:Mary Mostyn Bird
Works
* Woman at work (1911)
* Adaptions: Half a hundred hero tales of Ulysses and the men of old, F. Storr, ed., New York: Holt. 1913
* The Story of Daphne
* The Errand of Mercy: a history of ambulance work upon the battlefield (1913) | WIKI |
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We normally think of something as either a conductor of electricity or an insulator.
Transistors are semi-conductors which means that their ability to conduct electricity can be controlled. There’s an older video I made that explains DC analysis of transistors that you can watch if you visit Facebook.com/ElectronicThinking.
Let’s examine conductors and insulators first. Every time you use a cloth to pick up something hot, you’re using an insulator. In this case a heat insulator. And the reason we use metal skillets and pots is because metal conducts heat.
It all comes to this. A conductor allows something to move from one place to another and an insulator stops this movement. Silicon and a few other elements are a bit different though. Silicon is normally an insulator of electricity. But it can be turned into a conductor by adding impurities. This is called doping and it involves hitting the silicon with some fast moving elements such as boron which then embed themselves inside the silicon.
In order for anything to conduct electricity, it has to contain ions which are positive or negative charged atoms. By carefully choosing what elements to inject into the silicon and how many, we can introduce atoms that can either easily supply extra electrons or accept electrons. It’s the electrons that move around. That’s the charge. By injecting boron for example, it’ll pull an electron from a nearby silicon atom which creates a positive charged silicon ion. And by injecting arsenic, it’ll provide an extra electron to a nearby silicon atom creating a negative charged silicon ion.
There are two basic types called NPN and PNP transistors. They consist of three alternating doped sections of silicon which is why there are two types. Each transistor has three connections each leading to one of the N or P sections. The connections are called the emitter, base, and collector. Because of how the sections are made, the transistor will initially not conduct any current from the emitter to the collector. But by raising the voltage at the base above a certain threshold until current starts to flow through the base, it has the effect of causing a larger amount of current to flow through the emitter and collector. This allows a transistor to operate as an amplifier.
Listen to the full episode to learn how transistors can operate as switches and why this is needed by computers. Or you can also read the full transcript below.
Transcript
Transistors are semi-conductors which means that their ability to conduct electricity can be controlled. A full explanation of how this is done is probably too difficult to explain with audio only. There’s an older video I made that explains DC analysis of transistors that you can watch if you visit Facebook.com/electronicthinking.
I used to make videos explaining electrical engineering and some of those are still available on Facebook if you go directly to the Electronic Thinking page. What I’ll describe here are the concepts and how transistors relate to computer programming.
Let’s examine conductors and insulators first. Every time you use a cloth to pick up something hot, you’re using an insulator. In this case a heat insulator. And the reason we use metal skillets and pots is because metal conducts heat.
It all comes to this. A conductor allows something to move from one place to another and an insulator stops this movement. Normally a material such as metal or wood or glass or plastic will be either a conductor or an insulator or somewhere in-between. It doesn’t change. It is possible for a material like metal to be a good conductor of both heat and electricity but an insulator of other things like light. We haven’t yet figured out how to make transparent aluminum. The point is when deciding whether something is a conductor or an insulator, you have to ask what’s being moved.
Silicon and a few other elements are a bit different though. Silicon is normally an insulator of electricity. But it can be turned into a conductor by adding impurities. This is called doping and it involves hitting the silicon with some fast moving elements such as boron which then embed themselves inside the silicon. Sort of like how a bullet embeds itself in its target.
Another good example is water. People always say to be careful with electricity when around water. But is water a conductor or an insulator of electricity? Water itself is a very poor conductor of electricity. It’s a very good insulator. But most water is not pure and contains minerals and salt that allow it to conduct electricity. The reason you need to be careful of water around electricity is because it can soak through your clothing, touch your skin and seep into the pores and wrinkles of your skin which then provides a good path for current to flow. Much less resistance than trying to go through dry socks into the ground. And as the resistance goes down, the amount of current can increase.
So although water can be made to conduct electricity, it can’t be controlled. The water molecules are free to move around and so are the impurities. But silicon is a rigid material with a well defined structure so any impurities we put into it will remain fixed in place.
In order for anything to conduct electricity, it has to contain ions which are positive or negative charged atoms. By carefully choosing what elements to inject into the silicon and how many, we can introduce atoms that can either easily supply extra electrons or accept electrons. It’s the electrons that move around. That’s the charge. By injecting boron for example, it’ll pull an electron from a nearby silicon atom which creates a positive charged silicon ion. And by injecting arsenic, it’ll provide an extra electron to a nearby silicon atom creating a negative charged silicon ion.
If you’re thinking, wait a minute, isn’t arsenic poisonous, well, yes. Integrated circuits are full of dangerous material. And making them is also dangerous. I used to work in a factory that made integrated circuits and we had to be very careful with the arsenic. It would get into anything that came into contact with it. Even the oil in the vacuum pumps would get contaminated with arsenic and required special handling. Arsenic doesn’t need to be eaten to cause problems. Our skin is able to absorb arsenic so touching oil containing arsenic is not a healthy activity.
Back to transistors, there are two basic types called NPN and PNP transistors. They consist of three alternating doped sections of silicon which is why there are two types. Either negative, positive, negative, or you can have positive, negative, positive. There’s a little more to it than this but that’s the basic configuration.
Some transistors will be designed to handle more power and some might be designed for speed. The transistors included in integrated circuits are microscopic which is why we can fit billions of them onto a single chip. But sometimes, especially for high power transistors, there’ll be just a single larger transistor packaged all by itself.
Each transistor no matter how big has three connections each leading to one of the N or P sections. The connections are called the emitter, base, and collector. Because of how the sections are made, the transistor will initially not conduct any current from the emitter to the collector. But by raising the voltage at the base above a certain threshold until current starts to flow through the base, it has the effect of causing a larger amount of current to flow through the emitter and collector. This allows a transistor to operate as an amplifier.
Think of it like taking a small picture and scaling it up to a larger picture. As long as the larger picture fits on the paper, you’ll get an accurate but bigger picture. But if you try to make the picture too big, then it can’t fit on the paper anymore. This is called saturation.
Have you ever tried talking or signing into a microphone playing over a loudspeaker? It amplifies your voice and makes it louder. But talk too loud or start screaming into the microphone or even turn the volume knob too far and the sound coming out of the speaker will get distorted and sound bad. This is saturation. The output tried to exceed the limits.
Normally for amplifiers, saturation is bad. Nobody wants to listen to distorted music. But computers love saturation. Remember that everything inside a computer is binary, on or off, ones and zeros, high and low voltages. A good way to achieve this is to make sure that every transistor is saturated so that it’s either all the way on or all the way off.
Before ending this episode, I’ll try to briefly explain how transistors work. You know a little of how they’re made now and how they can amplify or saturate signals but how does this actually work? What is it about these positive or negative doped sections of silicon?
The secret comes down to the junctions between the positive and negative sections. This is called the PN junction. A transistor has two junctions. I’ll just explain how a single junction works here. If you apply a positive voltage to the P side of a PN junction, then because similar charges repel each other, it will cause the charge inside the P section to spread out. The important point is that the charge is pushed towards the junction line. And applying a negative voltage to the N side has the same effect inside the N section with the charge also being pushed towards the junction. When this happens, then current can flow through the PN junction because there’s a continuous path of charge carriers across the entire PN junction.
What happens if you reverse the voltages? By applying a negative voltage to the P side, it has the effect of attracting the charge inside the P section toward the negative voltage. And by applying a positive voltage to the N side, the same thing happens. The result is a gap along the PN junction where the charge has been pulled away. Current can’t flow through the silicon when there’s no extra or missing electrons to carry the charge.
The reason silicon is called a semiconductor is because the impurities can have their charge carriers moved around based on voltages applied resulting in an increase of decrease in the conductivity. Sometimes it’ll conduct and sometimes it’ll insulate. Just like turning a switch on or off. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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I am a semi-professional nerd, who is living and working in Scotland. I'm trying to be a more active editor. I got started in the Women In Red project and am looking to continue to write biographies of women and gender diverse folks. | WIKI |
Scary Chicken
Scary Chicken is a Buffalo, New York–based band that was active 1989–2002.
Formation
Formed at the University at Buffalo, the band recorded and released 4 CDs and 2 cassettes, and has had songs placed in multiple Motion Picture Soundtracks and National TV shows, most recently on Spike TV's "Top Dead Center" program.
Members
The band members are Tim Bryant (guitar, vocals), Tom Greier (guitar, vocals), Paul Zacks (bass), Dan "Scary" Braun (drums). Zacks, who died in 2015, had previously been a member of the Rochester, New York–based band The Elephant Balls Experience.
Club scene
Formed in 1989, Scary Chicken passed through the Buffalo college circuit and its growing club scene, to become one of the area's most popular alternative bands. Scary Chicken played extensively in the eastern U.S. throughout the 1990s, primarily between New York City, Chicago, Toronto, and Tennessee.
Releases
Scary Chicken released a series of self-produced and released CDs, including Something Anymore and Flanny EP, before being discovered in 1994 at New York City's Lion's Den club by Cevin Soling of Xemu Records.
Tours
The band was the first to tour Hard Rock Cafe clubs from Boston to Miami, and has shared the stage with Weezer, Sloan, Beck, Ben Folds 5, Goo Goo Dolls, moe., Blue Rodeo and members of Moonboot Lover now playing as Soulive. The band was invited to play several large outdoor "EdgeFest" concerts, and was selected for Buffalo's Thursday at the Square concert series.
Press
From the Band's press kit:
The Hoya, Washington D.C., September 27, 1996
"... Listening to "Is That Your Beer?" probably makes one wonder whether Scary Chicken's sound is amicable listening material for a night out dining with your loved ones. Many of the album's tracks contain hard guitar progressions that would probably sens plates flying off tables. For the Washington, D.C. show, however, they used an acoustic set that made the tracks come off much lighter.
"The band opened the set with "If I Showered," which they released last month and should soon see time on major radio stations. The next song was "Can't Stop It", one of the songs that was written by Greier. This song, like most of those written by Greier on the album, is softer—more "chick rockish" according to Greier. The other songs on the album were written by Bryant who Greier says writes "witty and insane" pieces.
"Some of Bryant's highlights include "Favorite Channel", a powerful, simultaneously poignant love song that was inspired by a remote control button, and "Road to Hell," which he wrote because of his father's favorite expression: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."
"This tour shows that Scary Chicken will be playing for larger audiences in the very near future."
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y. June 27, 1996
"Prank calls and beer guzzling: It's all part of playing Chicken."
Artvoice, Buffalo, N.Y. December 4, 1995
"For anyone who has seen Scary Chicken, you know that these guys are well humoured and quick-witted fellas that take what they can get, and laugh about it.
"The knack for songwriting that exists among Tim Bryant, Tom Greier, Paul Zacks, and Dan "Scary" Braun reaches mammoth proportions. This band has accomplished so much through its determination, hard work, and consistent practicing schedule, yet they aren't getting the attention that the Goo Goo Dolls or Ani DiFranco have received.
"With two singers, Scary Chicken lays down sweet harmonies and rocking melodies over sometimes heavy guitar licks and interesting chord progressions. With songs like "Furburger", "Nuke The Whales", and "Tip Your Bartender" also included in Scary Chicken's repertoire, the fun, cynicism, and wit sometimes catches you off guard. This is what makes the band great though: great music combined with fun, zanyness (Tim Bryant has been known to ask the audience if he can spit down someone's throat for fifty cents!), mystery (Paul had his car—or should I say, "grocery-getter"—stolen right before Scary Chicken was to hit the stage at Broadway Joe's a while back!), and atmosphere.
"As Scary Chicken is symbolic of the Buffalo Music scene, I have hopes and confidence that the chickens are on to bigger and better things. Many of their fans are die-hards and new people are always impressed.
The Buffalo News June 16, 1995
Local Record Pick
"Is That Your Beer?" by Scary Chicken Buffalo band on Xemu Records, an independent label out of New York...The Chicken cooks with the jangling guitar rock on the opening cut, "If I Showered". The beat picks up on the hard driving "Cementhead". Scary Chicken adds a touch of country pop to "Can't Stop It" and displays a tough edge on "Found". The group pounds away with power on "Locked Up". This album proves the band is ready for the big time with a national release."
Night-Life Magazine June 5, 1995
"Scary Chicken, and 11-song CD called "Is That Your Beer?" with live introductions, occasional crow noise, an intermission and a secret 33rd track.
"The spoken intros give the impression that this might have been recorded live in concert, an impression reinforced by the rawness of the sound. A check of the liner notes, however, reveals that all this seemingly messy spontaneity was actually laid down in a studio. Well, make that three studios.
"Scary Chicken has a marvelous sense of what makes a pop tune click. Everything they write seems to have a melody and a clever chorus."
Official albums
* 2003: Holly Ann – Rocktwig Recordings (self released)
* 1998: Top Dead Center – Xemu Records
* 1995: Is That Your Beer? – Xemu Records
* 1992: Something Anymore – Rocktwig Recordings (self released)
Compilations and others
Scary Chicken is the backing band on all tracks on this record, including the acoustic version of Quiet Riot's "Metal Health" which Kevin Dubrow sings on.
* 1998: The Side Effects of Napalm – Xemu Records
* 1996 The Shredd-n-Ragan TV Theme CD – Shredd and Ragan
* 1995 Freak Talks About Sex original soundtrack Dizzy Records/Owasco Entertainment
* 1994: Crimson Lights Sound Track – Xemu Records
Self-releases
* 1993: Flanny EP an independent cassette release.
* 1991: And Then Some... an independent cassette release.
* xxxx: Barfskidnougat an independent cassette release.
Songs in films and TV
* 2007 – Song: Buffalo by Neanderthal Spongecake Show: Confessions of a Matchmaker
* 2004 - Song: Top Dead Center Speedvision Channel – Show: Top Dead Center
* 1999 – Song: Favorite Channel Movie: Freak Talks About Sex – directed by Paul Todisco
* 1995 – Song: Road to Hell Movie: Far East – directed by Russ Jasquith
* 1994 – Song: Wintertime Movie: Crimson Lights – directed by John Brenkus
Singles
* 1996: If I Showered – Xemu Records
Videos
* 1996: If I Showered – Xemu Records
* 1996: Band Profile – Aired on TV on Buffalo's Nickel City Scene show | WIKI |
HECKING AND ADJUSTMENT
I Power Supply (+5.2)
CAUTION
Make sure that connectors CN1 and CN4 of the power
supply board are firmly connected to CN11 and CN10
of the CPU board, respectively. Note that the Analog
ground path (AG) and Digital ground path (DG) of the
power supply board are electrically indepent of the
other.
1, Turn the S-550 on.
Connect a voltmeter across TP +5(+5.2) and TPDG
of the power supply board.
3. Adjust VR1 of power supply board for +5.5V
reading. If VR1 fails to adjust, refer to the NOTE
below.
NOTE:With products SN below 841699
If VR1 cannot bring the TP+5V to +5.2V, first
check RE for value.
Replace with 30k if the existing value is 27k .
All the products SN 841600 and up have 30k
R6.
udio Stage
Turn the S-550 off.
Connect the S-550 to an oscilloscope. Turn the
hope on.
Holding down 1 button, turn the S-550 on...
keep 1 button until the CRT displays "Please
nsert System Disk".
Insert the utility disk into the disk slot.
When the first access to the disk is complete, press
, and then ~MENU . The utility menu is
from the disk and written into internal
mory.
ect "Sampling" from the screen using the cursor
ons and press EXCUTE .
nnect INPUT jack to an audio generator and
y a 3Vpp, 1kHz sine signal.select
LINE using LINE/MIC button. Set REC
EL to MAX.
ect the scope to TPDA (DAC OUT) withground
at TPAG (analog ground). | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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S P E S P H 397 and its order was a necessary adjunct to the classificatory sciences ; and in nearly all his references to Speusippus he insists upon this fundamental difference of procedure. Conceiving that the motions of the universe and its parts are due to the desire which it and they feel towards the supreme external mind, so that the cosmical order is initial in the divine mind, final in the phenomenal universe, Aristotle supposes himself thus to secure the requisite unification of the variety of things. Contrariwise, when Speusippus distinguishes One, Good, and Mind, so that Mind, not as yet endowed with an orderly scheme, adapts the initial One to a variety of particular Goods, his theory of nature appears to his rival " episodical," i.e., to consist of a series of tableaux wanting in dramatic unity, so that it reminds him of Homer's line OVK dyaOov TroXvKoipavii] efc Koi/oavos TTO. The theory propounded by Aristotle himself is not perhaps impeccable in this respect, but at any rate he does not, like Speusippus, despair of a solution of the traditional problem of the One and the Many. Speusippus and his contemporaries in the school exer- cised an important and far-reaching influence upon Aca- demic doctrine. When they, the immediate successors of Plato, rejected their master's ontology and proposed to themselves as ends mere classificatory sciences which with him had been means, they bartered their hope of philo- sophic certainty for the tentative and provisional results of scientific experience. Xenocrates indeed, identifying ideal and mathematical numbers, sought to shelter himself under the authority of Plato ; but, as the Xenocratean numbers, though professedly ideal as well as mathematical, were in fact mathematical only, this return to the Platonic termino- logy was no more than an empty form. It would seem, then, that Academic scepticism began with those who had been reared by Plato himself, having its origin in their acceptance of the scientific element of his teaching apart from the ontology which had been its basis. In this way, and, so far as the present writer can see, in this way only, it is possible to understand the extraordinary revolution which converted Platonism, philosophical and dogmatic, into Academicism, scientific and sceptical. It is as the official representative of this scientific and sceptical depart- ure that Speusippus is entitled to a place in the history of philosophy. Bibliography. J. G. F. Ravaisson, Speusippi de primis rerum principiis placita, Paris, 1838 ; Chr. Aug. Brandis, Gesch. d. Griech- isch-Romischen Philosophic, Berlin, 1853, II. ii. 1, pp. 6-19 ; Zeller, Die Philosophic d. Griechen, Leipsic, 1875, II. i. 839, 840, 847-862 ; Mullach, Fragmenta Philosophorum Grsecorum, Paris, 1881, iii. 62-99. ' (H. JA.) SPEY, a river in the north of Scotland, rises in the south-east of Inverness-shire from a small tarn called Loch Spey, 5 miles east of the Caledonian Canal, and flows north-eastwards by Kingussie to Grantown in Elginshire, 10 miles below which it reaches Banffshire. After forming for about 15 miles the boundary between Elginshire and Banffshire, it again enters the former county, through which it flows for about 10 miles past Fochabers to the Moray Firth. In the earlier part of its course it is fed by a large number of mountain streams, its principal tribu- taries being, in Inverness-shire, the Tromie and the Feshie from the right and the Dulnain from the left, and on the boundaries of Banff and Elgin the Avon (Aven) and the Fiddich from the right. Its entire length is 96 miles, and it drains an area of about 1200 square miles. The flow of the river is very rapid, and, being fed largely by mountain streams, it is subject to sudden freshets, which sometimes occasion extensive floods, the greatest being that of 1829. The Spey is, next to the Tay and the Tweed, the most important salmon river in Scotland. The scenery in its upper courses is occasionally bare and bleak, but some- times finely picturesque, especially where, as in Elginshire and Banffshire, its bold and rocky banks are clothed by forests of birch and pine. See L. Shaw, History of the Province of Moray (1st ed. 1775, 3d ed. 1882), and Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Account of the Moray Floods (1st ed. 1830, 4th ed. 1873). SPEZIA, a city of Italy, in the province of Genoa, 56 miles south-east of Genoa by the railway to Pisa, which has become since the unification of the kingdom one of the principal Italian ports and the seat of a great Govern- ment arsenal. It is situated at the north-west angle of the Gulf of Spezia, formerly known as Lunae Portus, the western side of which is formed by a rocky promontory about 4 miles long, terminating in the picturesque little town of Portovenere and the islands of Palmaria and Tino. A great breakwater, constructed about 1860, stretches across the gulf from Santa Maria Point to Santa Teresa Point for a distance of 7220 feet; and the outer harbour to the south-west of the town, excavated in 1865 to a depth of 32 feet, has an area of 247 acres. The arsenal has a length of 3937 feet and an average breadth of 2460 feet. The first dock covers an area of 20 acres and the second 17 acres; and there are besides two careening basins, 433 and 354 feet long. Farther south lie the extensive mili- tary establishments of San Vito, with storehouses, reser- voir, <tc. ; and almost right opposite, on the other side of the gulf, are the dock (1| acres), shipbuilding yards, and repair- ing docks of San Bartolomeo. Some of the largest vessels of the Italian navy have been constructed at Spezia. As a commercial centre Spezia suffers from the lack of railway communication with the interior, the range of the Apen- nines lying between it and the more productive regions of Northern Italy. The whole movement of the port in 1884 was represented by 38 vessels engaged in foreign trade (tonnage, 29,251) and 1333 engaged in the coasting trade (tonnage, -198,447). Though the town itself, with the barracks and military hospital as its principal buildings, presents little to attract the foreign visitor, the beauty of the gulf and of the neighbouring country has brought Spezia into some repute as a watering-place, and there are several excellent hotels in the Corso. The walls and gates of the old city are for the most part destroyed. In one of the public squares is a statue of Admiral Chiodo, the founder of the arsenal. The population of the city was 6105 in 1861 (commune 11,556) and 19,864 in 1881 (commune 30,732). The origin of Spezia is doubtful ; but it probably rose after the destruction of Luna. Sold by one of the Fieschi in 1276 to Genoa, the town was fortified by its new possessors and made the seat of a governor of some importance. It became a city in the 16th cen- tury. The idea of making the Gulf of Spezia a great naval centre was first broached by Napoleon I. SPHEROMETER, an instrument for the precise mea- surement of the radius of a sphere or the thickness of a thin plate. The usual form consists of a fine screw moving in a nut carried on the centre of a small three-legged table. The lower end of the screw and those of the table legs are finely tapered and terminate in hemispheres, so that each rests on a point. If the screw has two turns of the thread to the millimetre, the head is usually divided into 500 equal parts, so that differences of O'OOl millimetre may be measured without using a vernier. A vertical scale fastened to the table indicates the number of whole turns of the screw and serves as a fixed point for reading the divi- sions on the head. In order to measure the thickness of a plate the instrument is placed on a level plane surface and the screw turned until the point just touches ; the exact instant when it does so is defined by a sudden diminution of resistance succeeded by a considerable in- crease. The divided head and scale are read ; the screw is raised ; the thin plate slipped under it ; and the process is repeated. The difference between the two readings gives | WIKI |
Balka Khalji
Malik Balka Khalji was the governor of Bengal during 1230–1231 under Delhi Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish.
History
Balka was the son of Ali Sher Khalji. After the death of Alauddin Daulat Shah Khalji, Balka captured the throne of Bengal. Malik Balka styled himself as the independent ruler of Bengal. Angered by this, Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish once again invaded Bengal in 1231 and marched against Balka and his army. Balka was later defeated, captured and killed. Thus the rule of Khalji dynasty of Bengal came to an end. | WIKI |
Talk:Paul Posilovich
duplicate?
Duplicate to Pavao Posilović ? --Looperz (talk) 02:10, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
Merger proposal
I propose to merge Pavao Posilović into Paul Posilovich. It seems they duplicate each other. (Generated using markasduplicate.js.) --Looperz (talk) 17:41, 1 October 2019 (UTC) | WIKI |
In IT, localization refers to the settings/configurations that are altered to make a product (usually software) appropriate for different locales. Language, timezones and the formatting of things like currency or dates are common examples of such settings.
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I am running a Windows Server 2008 R2. I would like to install italian as another display language, so I downloaded the Multilingual User Interface iso file with a lot of locale packages included. ... | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
kantaside
Noun
* 1) heel binding type of ski binding that attaches the heel of the skier to the ski; a component in ski binding that does this | WIKI |
Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Oklahoma and Rich Mountain Railroad
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The railroad operated by the Oklahoma & Rich Mountain Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track, standard-gage, steam railroad, located in the eastern part of Oklahoma. The main line extends westerly from a connection with the tracks of The Kansas City Southern Railway Company at Page to Pine Valley, a distance of 16.946 miles. The carrier also owns 1.216 miles of yard tracks and sidings. Its road thus embraces 18.162 miles of all tracks owned and used. All of the rail in this road is leased from The Kansas City Southern Railway Company. The carrier has joint use of 0.58 mile of sidings and station facilities at Page, Okla., owned by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company. It also uses part of a warehouse located at Pine Valley, Okla., owned by the Pine Valley Lumber Company as a station.
This is an industrial railroad controlled by the Dierks Lumber & Coal Company of Kansas City, but operated in the interest of a subsidiary of that company, the Pine Valley Lumber Company, owner of timber lands in the region and a large sawmill at Pine Valley, Okla.
The carrier was incorporated September 28, 1925, under the general laws of Oklahoma, to build a railroad from Page to Talihina, Okla., about 35 miles. It was organized October 1, 1925.
* CORPORATE HISTORY
The road, all owned, of 16.946 miles, was constructed by or for the carrier, by the Dierks Lumber & Coal Company, except certain construction work done under contract. Construction began in September, 1925, under our authority of February 18, 1926 (105 I.C.C. 559), and the road opened for operation October 11, 1928. All the rail used by the carrier is owned by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company.
* DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY
* HISTORY OF CORPORATE FINANCING | WIKI |
Cumming Nature Center
The Cumming Nature Center (CNC) is a 900-acre environmental education facility located near Naples, New York. Owned by the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC), the preserve features over fifteen miles of trails and offers educational programs and service-learning opportunities. Established in 1973 with a gift from the Cumming family to the Rochester Museum & Science Center, CNC's landscape is home to a diverse variety of habitats, including abandoned fields, conifer plantations, swamps, marshes, ponds, and upland forests. Visitors can also explore a Visitor Center featuring a variety of educational exhibits, interactive play areas, and classroom space.
Trails
Visitors can access the nature center landscape through 15 miles of trails that showcase a variety of wetlands, meadows, and forests. Trail highlights include a beaver pond observation tower, several interpretive trails, and an iconic red pine stand. CNC has five themed trails to explore.
* The Beaver Trail offers a first-hand example of an animal's interaction with its environment. Visitors see forest, stream, marsh, and meadow habitats rich with plant and animal life along the way to an observation tower overlooking a 35-acre beaver pond.
* The Helen Gordon Trail features an outdoor art gallery focused on the birds and other animals in the area.
* The Haudenosaunee Trail features paintings by Seneca artist Ernest Smith about the culture and tradition of the Haudenosaunee.
* The Pioneer Trail includes a reconstructed 18th-century homestead and interpretive signs that teach about the lives of early settlers.
* The Conservation Trail helps visitors learn about the nature center’s forest conservation and management practices.
During the winter, visitors can use 12 miles of groomed ski trails and 3 miles of snowshoe trails. Ski and snowshoe rentals are available.
Programs
CNC offers year-round guided hikes and other programming to help visitors engage with the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. Educational programs are designed to inspire innovative and creative thinking among participants and provide them with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to actively steward the local landscape in the face of local, regional, and global challenges. From moonlit hikes to archaeological digs, visitors can learn about the Finger Lakes region and the interactions that have shaped it over thousands of years. Annual events:
* NordicFest: Celebrates winter sport and raises money for the Genesee Valley Nordic Ski Patrol.
* Maple Sugaring Weekends: Each year for over 40 years, the Nature Center has held a maple sugaring event as a fundraiser. Visitors learn about the history of tapping maples in Western New York, the process of converting sap into maple syrup, and enjoy a locally-sourced pancake breakfast.
* Frost Town Trail Fest: 10k and 25k trail running event.
* FLX Fermentation Fest: explores the art of fermentation through food and drink, showcasing the abundance of the Finger Lakes region.
* Family Archaeology Weekend: a public outreach event held in collaboration with SUNY Brockport's Department of Anthropology. Participants help excavate a 19th-century homestead.
* Heritage Maker Workshops: workshops include blacksmithing, basket-weaving, spoon-carving, and more.
Forest School
CNC offers a suite of Forest School programs for children from early childhood through middle school. A forest school is defined by the Forest School Association as "an inspirational process, that offers learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees." CNC's Forest School programs engage children through unstructured play, curiosity-driven exploratory learning, hands-on science projects, and outdoor skills development.
The Walden Project - NY
The Walden Project is a year-long educational program for high school and gap-year students inspired by the life and writings of Henry David Thoreau. The Walden Project provides students aged 14-19 with an interdisciplinary education in an outdoor setting with an emphasis on academic independence and freedom. | WIKI |
Peek Inside Minecraft Windows 10 Edition Beta
Microsoft recently released the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta. It’s a free app for existing Mojang customers who have already purchased the desktop/Java version of Minecraft. This is one of the first UWP apps for Windows 10 from Microsoft and given Minecraft’s long history with Java, I thought I’d peek inside and see how much implementation details I could gleam. This post chronicles what I’ve been able to find out.
Platform Details
The current Beta release of Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition only supports 64-bit (x64) and 32-bit (x86) CPU’s. This is visible since x64 is the only listed platform in the Windows Store listing for the app.
Here’s the full platform list:
• x64 (64-bit) or x86 (32-bit) only; no ARM currently
• DirectX 11
• written in C++
Minecraft App Package Contents
Below is the folder location where the app package is stored, along with a screen shot of the root folders contents.
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_0.12.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Package Inspection
Upon further inspection of the image resources contained within the app package, it appears that this is the “Minecraft: Pocket Edition”. Looking at the “.png” file in the root package folder, the images show “Pocket Edition” instead of “Windows 10 Edition Beta”. This indicates that they possibly started with the Pocket Edition code base and ported it over to Windows 10.
The “Minecraft.Win10.DX11.exe” contains virtually the entire application, as there’s only a single additional DLL within the package. This makes it difficult to tell what additional libraries, open source or otherwise, are used within the app. Also, being C++ there may possibly be some shared code between this and the XBox version, but again there isn’t really any certain way to tell.
The “data” sub-folder within the package contains all the game asset (images, audio, etc) files.
It can be concluded that the Minecraft Beta for Windows 10 uses DirectX 11, rather than the newer DirectX 12. This can be determined by the fact that the .EXE filename contains “DX11” as well as the existence of the “data/shaders/dx11” sub-folder within the package.
This is interesting since DirectX 12 does ship with Windows 10, and there shouldn’t be any technical reason Microsoft wouldn’t have used it with Minecraft. The leads me to believe that the reason it uses DirectX 11 is because they are leveraging an existing “Pocket Edition” code base that was built for DirectX 11. There are many reason this would be the case, but one theory is that Minecraft was originally to be released for Windows 8 and some where along the development cycle it was decided to hold off the release until Windows 10. This could possibly be one of the many tactics being employed in an attempt to lure users to upgrade to Windows 10 sooner than later.
Since the Minecraft Windows 10 Beta is written in C++, that definitely puts a stop on the theory that Microsoft would be porting / converting Minecraft over to use the .NET Framework instead of Java. It seems the native apps will still be C++, but this doesn’t give us any details on the longer term life and future of the desktop, Java based version.
Minecraft Features
As a result of the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta being some kind of evolution of the “Pocket Edition” there are many conclusion you could come to. However, before you do here’s a list of ways you can create / play:
1. Worlds - local play
2. Realms - well, "coming soon" anyway
3. Friends - can connect to servers via IP/Address and Port number
You can not connect to a standard Minecraft server you or some one else is hosting using the “Friends” feature. Basically, this is the “Pocket Edition” all the way through, and with it comes the “Pocket Edition” limitations we’ve all come accustomed to (No mods, no custom server, etc).
Conclusion
While it’s really nice that Microsoft has brought Minecraft to the Windows Store; it is basically the Pocket Edition so no Mods are supported. We are unable to tell at this time whether Microsoft will bring ARM (yup I went there) support for the app in the future. Lastly, if you love your Mods and Server, as anyone serious about Minecraft does, then you’ll likely want to stay away from this version as it’s just as limited as the other “Pocket Editions”
P.S. Sorry if I mispoke about Minecraft, people reading this post likely know more about it than I do. Feel free to leave a comment or contact me and I’ll update the post. Thanks!! | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
do Oiapoque ao Chuí
Etymology
lit. 'from Oiapoque to Chuí'. is the northernmost city in Brazil and is the southernmost city in Brazil.
Adverb
* 1) in the whole of Brazil | WIKI |
Acton baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Acton, both in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant.
The Acton Baronetcy, of the City of London, was created in the Baronetage of England on 30 May 1629 for Sir William Acton, a merchant and King Charles I's choice of candidate for the position of Lord Mayor of London in 1640 (he was rejected in the Court of Common Hall election, which was unprecedented). He had no sons and the title became extinct on his death in 1651. His only daughter, Elizabeth, married Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet.
The Acton Baronetcy, of Aldenham in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 17 January 1644 for Edward Acton, MP for Bridgnorth (first cousin once removed of Sir William Acton). For more information on this creation, see the Baron Acton.
Acton baronets, of the City of London (1629)
* Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (before 1593–1651)
Acton baronets, of Aldenham (1644)
* see the Baron Acton | WIKI |
Ericsson Will Spend $7 Billion on Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2020
Ericcson AB plans to spend about $7
billion on projects in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020, Jonas
Stringberg, the company’s chief financial officer for the
region, said. The Stockholm-based company sees an opportunity in Africa
for mobile devices because of the poor connectivity of fixed-
line phones, Stringberg said today at a conference in Gaborone,
Botswana’s capital. The company, part of a business delegation from Sweden
visiting the southern African country, is doing research on how
to boost connectivity in rural communites in Kenya , he said. To contact the reporter on this story:
Jerry Bungu in Gaborone at
jbungu@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Gordon Bell at
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Glasir
In Norse mythology, Glasir (Old Norse "gleaming" ) is a tree or grove, described as "the most beautiful among gods and men", bearing golden red leaves located in the realm of Asgard, outside the doors of Valhalla. Glasir is attested in the 13th century Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál where it receives three mentions, one of which mentions its location and all of which focus on the golden leaves of the tree. Glasislundr (Old Norse "Glasir's Grove") appears in the Poetic Edda poem Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar.
Attestations
The Poetic Edda poem Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar opens in Glasislundr, where a talking bird offers his services in exchange for a sacrifice from the prince Atli Iðmundarson.
In chapter 32 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, poetic means of referring to gold are provided, including "Glasir's foliage". In chapter 34, the question "why is gold called Glasir's foliage or leaves?" is posed. In response, Glasir is described as standing before the doors of the hall of Valhalla, all of its foliage red gold. An unattributed verse is then recorded: Glasir stands with golden leaf before Sigtyr's [Odin's] halls. Glasir is then described as the "most beautiful tree among gods and men". In a surviving fragment of the skaldic poem Bjarkamál located in chapter 45, Glasir is again listed as a kenning for gold ("Glasir's glowing foliage"). | WIKI |
butig
Etymology
From.
Noun
* 1) wart
Noun
* 1) lie, untruth
Noun
* 1) wart
Noun
* 1) white yam; white sweet potato
Noun
* 1) pimple; whitehead specifically on one's face
Etymology
From Southern. Compare.
Noun
* 1) wart | WIKI |
Herri met de Bles
Herri met de Bles, also known as Henri Bles, Herri de Dinant, Herry de Patinir,(c. 1490 – after 1566), was a Flemish Northern Renaissance and Mannerist landscape painter, native of Bouvignes or Dinant (both in present-day Belgium).
He contributed, along with Joachim Patinir and Lucas Gassel, to a distinct style of Northern Renaissance landscape painting basically originating from Gerard David's works and combining small history or religious scenes into compositions defined by perspective and atmospheric effects. They all painted landscapes seen from a high viewpoint and rocky masses. They did not aim to create a realistic depiction but an atmospheric effect. Herri met de Bles always included a few small figures involved in a religious episode or everyday activities such as mining, agriculture or trade.
Life
The Netherlands Institute for Art History suggests that de Bles was born in Dinant in circa 1510. Several other sources disagree with it. Very little is known about the artist. He is believed to be identical to a certain Herry de Patenir who joined Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1533 as a painter. Some speculate he was a nephew of the landscape painter Joachim Patinir, but there is not any kind of historical evidence to support this claim and he may not have trained under him because of their age difference. According to the RKD Art Institute, the only fact that connects the two painters is that they were both born in Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium.
He probably visited Ferrara, Italy as an Italian source mentions it. His work was popular in Italy, where he was known as 'il Civetta' because of the little owl that often appears in his paintings, usually in a hollow tree or in a cavity between some rocks. The 17th-century biographer Karel van Mander regarded this motif as his signature. The name Herri met de Bles translates literally from Dutch as Herri with the blaze and was reportedly given him because of his characteristic white forelock. He may have been the pupil of Lucas Gassel, who was at least 10 years his senior. There are significant similarities between their works about the subject of David and Bathsheba. Besides, they are depicted together (along with Hans Holbein) in a 1764 coloured engraving by Jan l'Admiral with Gassel being in the foreground and de Bles shown in the more obscure lower right corner. The notname of "Pseudo Bles" was invented to cover a number of Antwerp Mannerist paintings that had previously been attributed to de Bles, after it was recognised that this was wrong. In 1915 by Max Jakob Friedländer in his work Die Antwerpener Manieristen von 1520, made a first attempt to put order in the growing number of works from the Netherlands that were catalogued under the 'name of embarrassment 'pseudo-Herri met de Bles' (usually now "Pseudo Bles").
The renowned Dutch art institute and research center, RKD describes him as still active in Antwerp in 1566, based on recently discovered contemporary documents.
Work
His landscapes are different from Patinir's in that de Bles' work shows more foreground landscapes, a looser composition and greater detail. His choice of colours is generally less rich than that of Patinir. Along with a group of Antwerp-based followers of Hieronymus Bosch that included Jan Mandyn, Pieter Huys, and Jan Wellens de Cock, de Bles brought the tradition of fantastic imagery into northern Mannerism. Most of his sketches are in German public collections, namely in Berlin and Hamburg, one of them is stored in the Louvre, Paris. Most of his paintings are exhibited in Belgian museums (Namur, Antwerp etc.), besides in the museum of Naples and the Museum of Art History of Vienna. Other works are circulating among private collectors and auctions.
In popular culture
In Richard Powers's novel The Gold Bug Variations (1991), one of the main characters is working on a dissertation whose subject is Herri met de Bles. The painter's obscurity and his peculiar imagery are woven into the motifs of the novel. In Olga Tokarczuk's novel "Empuzjon" one of the minor characters, a beaux arts student, is working on a PhD. thesis on Herri met de Bles. | WIKI |
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It is not about how hard you hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward | WIKI |
What makes a successful data centre design?
In this interview, data centre specialist, Peter Agnew, provides further insights into what makes a successful data centre design…
A data centre, very simply, is a building designed to house computer servers (rather than people). Those computers have specific environmental requirements, and are required to run continuously, without interruption, no matter what. This demands resilient power supplies, cooling systems and data connections into and within the building. The buildings themselves are often highly secure and anonymous.
‘The cloud’ is a term used to describe the storage, processing and distribution of data stored on servers all around the world.
What attracted you to this industry?
I’ve helped to deliver projects across a variety of commercial sectors, but it was my interest in technology and IT that shifted my focus towards the data centre industry. Hyphen has a long track record in data centre design (since the 90s), and we’ve experienced phenomenal growth in this sector over the last few years!
What are the main factors that you need to consider when you’re planning/designing a new data centre?
From an infrastructure perspective, it’s vital that sufficient power capacity is available and can be brought to the site. Proximity to existing fibre-optic cable routes is also a key factor in choosing a site. The climate will affect how the building can be cooled, with cooler climates providing more opportunity for free cooling or direct/indirect cooling which significantly reduce energy demand. You need to consider the amount of space required for plant in addition to the technical and support spaces in the building. For example, will it be located inside the building, on the roof, or in a compound at ground level?
Neighbours are also a consideration, especially on city centre sites – cooling plant produces noise, standby generators produce exhaust and the building is operational 24/7, so careful planning is required to minimise or mitigate the impacts on surrounding areas.
What differences have you experienced across international locations?
Although many of the regulations are harmonised across Europe, you do have to be aware of national and sometimes regional differences. Frankfurt, for example, is known for its high-rise buildings, and as a result, fire regulation is very strict. Some products that can commonly be used elsewhere throughout Europe require local certification or individual testing to be permitted in construction. In the Netherlands, good design is a high priority within the building approvals process, and in the Nordics, roof loadings have to account for very deep snowfall, and sloping roofs need to incorporate snow guards to protect people from sheets of snow and ice sliding off the roof. Individual cities also vary in their approach to data centre development. Some are clued up on the specific requirements and impacts, whereas others approach them as any other industrial building.
How important is good design to the external and internal layout of a data centre?
For some clients and their customers security is achieved through anonymity. They don’t want to draw unwanted attention to themselves. Others are happy to take the opportunity to promote their brand with an eye-catching building design. Design is not just about how something looks, however, it’s also about how it works. A lot of effort goes into the layout of spaces and the co-ordination of plant and services to ensure that the building is easy and efficient to construct and operate, irrespective of what it looks like from the outside.
We also need to consider changing technology and futureproofing as, over the years, we’ve seen technologies change and experienced how building design has needed to adapt to suit. What’s considered state-of-the-art at the beginning of a project, may be obsolete by the time the building is fully fitted-out.
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The Bowl, Pancreas, Mesenteric Arteries, and Portal Vein
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25 terms
What are the four parts of the duodenum?
Superior, Descending, Inferior, Ascending
What is the most common site for peptic ulcer?
The second part of the duodenum (descending)
What causes peritonitis?
Anterior ulcers that may present with a free perforation of the duodenum
What causes loss of blood and peritonitis?
Posterior ulcers more often lead to gastrointestinal hemorrhage (pancreaticoduodenal artery erosion)
What arteries suply the duodenum?
The superior and Inferior pancreaticoduodenal
What does the superior and Inferior pancreaticoduodenal arise from?
Gastrodudenal and superior mesenteric respectively.
What artery lies directly behind the first portion of the duodenum?
The gastroduodenal artery
Where does the common bile duct and pancreatic duct enter the duodenum?
The posteromedial aspect of the second part of the duodenum
What is the name of the dilation formed the by the junction of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct?
The hepatopancreatic ampulla (Sphincter of Oddi/Vater)
How does the jejunum differ in appearance from the ileum?
The jejunum has, thicker walls, a larger diameter, more vascular, larger and more developed plicae circularis, longer vasa rectae
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Describe the Cecum
Blind-ended pouch located in the right iliac fossa that is inferior to ileocecal junction. it is intraperitoneal (has no mesentery) and the vermiform appendix attaches to its posteromedial surface (3 teniae coli converge at base of appendix).
State the portion of the large intestine that has the widest diameter?
The cecum and as a result it is the site most likely for colonic perforation
What is the arterial supply of the cecum?
The anterior and posterior cecal arteries (a branch of the ileocolic artery)
Describe blood flow from the superior mesenteric artery to the jejunum:
The aorta gives rise to the superior mesenteric artery which in turn gives off 15 to 18 jejunal and ileal branches that run between the 2 layers of mesentery. These 15 to 18 jejunal and ileal branches unite to form loops called arterial arcades. These arcades then form straight vessels (vasa recta) which enter the intestinal wall
What are the parts of the large intestine?
cecum with vermiform appendix, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anal canal
State 3 features that differentiate the large intestine from the small?
Teniae coli
Haustra
Appendices epiploicae
What structure marks the end of the small intestine?
Ileocecal valve
What are teniae coli ?
3 thin bands of muscle which run longitudinally along the entire length of the ascending, transverse, descending colon
What are haustra?
Sacculations of large bowl which are created by contractions of taeniae coli
What are appendices epiploica?
Small fat-filled peritoneal sac along the taeniae coli
What are the three major branches of the inferior mesenteric?
Left colic, sigmoidal, superior rectal
What arteries supply the ascending colon?
The ileocolic and the right colic arteries (both branches of the superior mesenteric artery)
What is the marginal artery of Drummond?
The marginal artery of Drummond is a continuous arterial chain linking the vascular arcades of the entire colon.
What is the location of Griffith's point?
Griffith's point is located at the splenic flexor, the junction of the SMA and IMA vascular territories
What is the location Sudeck's point?
Sudeck's point is at the junction of the sigmoid colon and the rectum.
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Structure of Aspergillus fumigatus Cytosolic Thiolase: Trapped Tetrahedral Reaction Intermediates and Activation by Monovalent Cations
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Cytosolic thiolase (CT) catalyzes the reversible Claisen condensation of two molecules of acetyl-CoA to produce acetoacetyl-CoA. The reaction cycle proceeds via a ping-pong mechanism involving an acetylated enzyme intermediate and two separate oxyanion holes which stabilize negatively charged reaction intermediates. This is the initial step in the synthesis of ergosterol in the prominent fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus and is essential for the growth and survival of the organism. Here, we present crystal structures of A. fumigatus CT in liganded and apo forms and in a complex with different monovalent cations. Careful observation of the electron density at the active sites of two different afCT structures crystallized in the presence of acetyl-CoA shows that our crystals have trapped various stages of the thiolase catalytic cycle, including two tetrahedral reaction intermediates that have previously eluded structural characterization. Unexpectedly, we have also shown that afCT is activated by monovalent cations, a biochemical property previously thought to apply only to the mitochondrial biosynthetic thiolase, with a preference for potassium ions. Structures of fungal CT provide valuable insight into the thiolase reaction cycle and allosteric activation of members of this class of enzymes by monovalent cations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1973-1989
Number of pages17
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Mar 2018
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Introduction to Custom Inventory in Notification Server 7.0
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Notification Server 7.0 introduces major enhancements and changes to the custom inventory process. This article provides a preview of the process, as of the date of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this article is to give a sneak peak. UI elements, help or label text, may be changed in the interim between now and the release. This article provides no guarantees or promises and what will be delivered in the final release.
Introduction
Custom Inventory in Notification Server 7.0 is cross-platform and script-based. In NS7, the same console screens are used to create and configure custom inventory across all platforms - Windows, Unix, Linux and Macintosh. Depending on the platform and installed components, scripts can be written in any of the following scripting languages:
• Applescript
• Command script
• JavaScript
• Perl
• PowerShell
• Python
• Unix Shell script
• VBScript
Prior to NS7, the custom inventory dataclass and table could be created by the first incoming custom inventory NSE containing the schema and data for a given dataclass. Now, in NS7, custom Inventory requires that the data class be created on the Notification Server prior to deploying the custom inventory task to clients. These data classes are referred to as 'custom data classes'.
The basic process of creating a custom inventory task is:
1. Create the data class in the NS console
2. Create the task with scripting logic in the Notification Server console.
3. Create a report to view the results of custom inventory. (This document will not discuss report creation.)
Note: Custom Inventory source xml/cit files from Inventory for Windows 6.x can still be used in Inventory for Windows 7.0. This will be documented and previewed in a separate article.
Note: The syntax for Unix shell scripts in 7.0 is identical to the syntax in 6.x, with the addition of an inclusion of a helper shell script.
Further documentation is available by browsing on an NS7 server to <installdrive>:\Program Files\Altiris\Documentation\Web\en\Inventory\help\index.html. The documentation now features a very nice search utility. Searching for 'custom inventory' will return several related pages.
Create a Custom Data Class
1. In the NS7 Console, click Settings, All Settings, . Then, expand Discovery and Inventory, Inventory Solution, Manage Custom Dataclasses.
2. Click on '* New Dataclass' and enter a Name and Description. In this example, I will be selecting data from the Win32_UserAccount class and creating attributes for the following three fields: Name, Disabled and SID.
3. Highlight the new dataclass and click 'Add attribute'. Enter a name and select or enter the appropriate Data Type, Maximum size, Key option and Data required option.
4. Repeat this for each attribute/column you wish to collect data for.
5. A completed custom dataclass would appear as shown here.
6. Note the option to 'Allow multiple rows from a single computer resource'. This is helpful, and necessary, as is the case with a User report, for example, where multiple users can be reported on each computer.
7. When you are done adding attributes, click 'Save changes' at the bottom of the screen.
8. 8. The GUID for this dataclass will be required to be entered in the script. To find the guid, click on a dataclass name, then click the 'Details' button, which is the little hand between the 'New dataclass' button and the red 'X' button. Make a note of the guid value and save it for later use. (Note: this is a Windows-only requirement. Unix, Linux and Macintosh scripting do not have this requirement.)
Create a Custom Task and Script for Windows
The easiest way to create a new custom inventory task is to clone a sample. The sample already contains the required code for a WMI query. You will only need to add your own logic to gather the data you require and to populate the attribute variables in the script.
For this example, we will walk through the steps required to create a new task and manually enter the custom inventory code. This code can be copied from a sample, or previously existing, custom inventory task prior to creating this new task.
1. In the NS7 Console, click on 'Manage' > 'Jobs and Tasks' and click on the 'Jobs and Tasks' menu entry in the left-hand pane.
2. Click on 'Create a new job or task' in the right-hand pane. A new window will open.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the left-hand pane in the new window and click on 'Run Script' to select the appropriate type of task.
4. Enter an appropriate name for this task in top text field.
5. Select the desired script type. Again, Custom Inventory in NS7 can run AppleScript, Command Script, JavaScript, Perl, Powershell, Python, Unix shell scripts or VBScript.
6. Enter the following code. Similar code will already exist if you cloned the task. This task performs the following:
1. Creates a wmi object, executes a wmi query and stores the result set.
2. Creates an Altiris NSE object.
3. Creates an Altiris 'Inventory data block' and associates it with a specific custom data class.
4. Loops through each row in the result set and populates each row of the result set into a row in the datablock.
5. Processes and sends the NSE to the Notification Server.
On Error Resume Next
'Create instance of Wbem service object, connect to namespace and run wmi query
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objCIMObj = objWMIService.ExecQuery("select * from win32_useraccount")
'Create instance of Altiris NSE component and set the header data of the NSE
dim nse
set nse = WScript.CreateObject ("Altiris.AeXNSEvent")
' Please don't modify this GUID. This is the 'Inventory Capture Item'.
nse.To = "{1592B913-72F3-4C36-91D2-D4EDA21D2F96}"
nse.Priority = 1
'Create Inventory data block.
'Change the following guid. This is the guid of associated custom inventory dataclass.
dim objDCInstance
set objDCInstance = nse.AddDataClass ("{3ce8a021-ffaa-4467-a01a-872e0fcabbdf}")
dim objDataClass
set objDataClass = nse.AddDataBlock (objDCInstance)
' objCIMObj contains the resultset from the wmi query
For each objInfo in objCIMObj
'Add a new row and set column values
dim objDataRow
set objDataRow = objDataClass.AddRow
objDataRow.SetField 0, objInfo.Name
objDataRow.SetField 1, objInfo.Disabled
objDataRow.SetField 2, objInfo.SID
Next
nse.SendQueued
7. Note that custom inventory in NS7 includes the ability to add 'tokens', or pre-defined variables, to scripts. The available tokens are shown below. It is possible to create new,
8. It is also possible to create new tokens. The values can be selected from the Symantec_cmdb database, as shown below. '%COMPUTERID% is a predefined token that contains the client's guid value.
9. The advanced tab contains settings for authentication, windowing of the client task, and task control.
10. Click 'Save Changes' to save the script and associated settings. At this point, the task is ready to run.
11. The 'Task Status' section of this screen contains scheduling and other options. Scheduling is partly controlled by core NS functionality and partly by Inventory Solution functionality.
1. Quick Run - When this option is selected, a combo list box is presented. The desired client computer name can be entered. Also, a drop-down list of available resources will be populated and the desired resource can be chosen from the list. Selecting a resource and clicking 'run' will initiate the task on the selected client immediately, depending on maintenance windows, etc.
2. New Schedule - This is a standard scheduling window. A new schedule will be associated with the current task, allow for selection of specific resources, and can be ran 'Now' or on a specified schedule that has the option to repeat at a specified frequency. There is also an option to override maintenance windows.
12. Other features in the 'Task Status' section are the task details screen, delete task entries, task history view, grouping and search options and the refresh button.
1. Details - This is the little hand icon. It shows details of when the highlighted task ran, if it succeeded, etc.
2. Delete - The red 'X' allows you to delete highlighted entries in the task status section.
3. View - Allows for seeing current or archived entries.
4. Group By - Provides a drop-down list for grouping entries to see a higher-level view.
5. Search - Allows for searching for specific entries.
6. Refresh - Reloads entries and status of entries. The down-arrow allows for setting an automatic refresh interval.
Create a Custom Task and Script for Unix, Linux or Macintosh
Creating a Unix or Linux custom inventory task is exactly the same as creating a custom inventory task for Windows except for the scripting language and the actual code, or logic, used in the script. The Unix and Linux custom inventory in NS7 was built to facilitate the re-use of custom inventory logic from an NS6 environment.
1. Follow the same steps for creating a new task or simply browse to Jobs and Tasks -> Samples -> Custom ->Custom Inventory - PS List
2. Right-click on the above task and select clone.
3. Modify the code as required for your specific requirements.
4. After saving the task, it may be helpful to move it to a more appropriate folder in the menu tree. Simply open the desired location in the menu tree and drag the task to that location.
5. The task can be ran and scheduled the same as for any other task in the NS console.
Following is a sample of the shell script code required for a Unix or Linux custom inventory.
. `aex-helper info path -s INVENTORY`/lib/helpers/custominv_inc.sh
#
# Sample script for custom inventory
# The first line of code should be always included at the begin of the script
# Actual script for collecting inventory data begins after the following label:
# SCRIPT_BEGINS_HERE
#!/bin/sh
echo UNIX_PS_List
echo "Delimiters=\" \" "
echo string20 string20 string20 string256
echo PID Terminal Time Command
if [ "`uname -s`" = "Darwin" ] ; then
ps -ax | sed -e "1d" | awk '{print $1 " " $2 " " $4 " " $5 " " }'
else
ps -e | sed -e "1d" | awk '{print $1 " " $2 " " $3 " " $4 " " }'
fi
This code does the following:
1. Include a file required to format the data.
2. Specify the data class.
3. Specify delimeters for use in parsing the data returned from the command to be executed.
4. Specify the datatypes and lengths of each column.
5. Specify the column names. Note: this is only required when the command to be executed does NOT already include column headings.
6. Run the desired command. In this case, we check for and run appropriate platform-specific commands.
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Does the client have to already have the ability to run the script or does the server send down the exe/dll that it will need to use to run the script?
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The aexnsevent.dll file must exist and be properly registered on the client in order for custom inventory 7.x to work. This dll is installed as part of the agent/solution installation. Without it, the vbscript will fail as it wont be able to create the nse-related objects and use the object's methods, etc. Also, if the agent isn't installed, no data will be sent to the NS.
cscript/wscript already exist on windows machines, so the ability to kick off a vbscript already exists on windows machines.
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Impact of smoking on women’s health
Cigarette smoking has long been recognized as a hazardous habit, causing numerous health complications in both men and women. However, the impact of smoking on women’s health deserves special attention due to the unique biological and social factors that can exacerbate the risks. In this blog, we will explore the multifaceted consequences of smoking on women’s health, shedding light on the hidden dangers associated with this pervasive habit.
Respiratory Health
Smoking significantly affects the respiratory system of women. The toxins in cigarette smoke irritate and damage the airways, leading to chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and an increased risk of respiratory infections. Women who smoke are more susceptible to developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a debilitating and progressive lung condition.
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular diseases represent one of the leading causes of death among women globally, and smoking significantly contributes to this risk. The harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke damage blood vessels, leading to atherosclerosis, which restricts blood flow and increases the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes. Women who smoke have a higher risk of developing heart disease, and the risk increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day and the duration of smoking.
Reproductive Health
Smoking can have severe repercussions on a woman’s reproductive health. Female smokers may experience irregular menstrual cycles, reduced fertility, and an increased risk of miscarriage and complications during pregnancy. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with a higher likelihood of preterm birth, low birth weight, and developmental issues in the baby.
Hormonal Imbalances
Cigarette smoking affects the hormonal balance in women. Research suggests that female smokers may have higher levels of androgens, male sex hormones, which can disrupt the menstrual cycle and contribute to conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Hormonal imbalances can also affect bone health and increase the risk of osteoporosis, a condition that weakens bones and makes them more susceptible to fractures.
Cancers
Smoking is a significant risk factor for several types of cancer in women. Lung cancer, the most common cancer associated with smoking, accounts for a substantial number of cancer-related deaths in women. However, smoking also increases the risk of cancers affecting other organs, including the mouth, throat, esophagus, cervix, and bladder. Women who smoke are also more likely to develop breast cancer, and the risk is even higher in those who start smoking at an early age.
Mental Health
The link between smoking and mental health is a complex and bidirectional one. Women may turn to smoking as a coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, or depression. However, in the long run, smoking can exacerbate mental health issues and lead to a vicious cycle of addiction. Moreover, studies have shown that female smokers are more likely to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to non-smokers.
Skin and Appearance
Smoking accelerates the aging process and adversely affects skin health. The chemicals in tobacco smoke damage collagen and elastin, leading to premature wrinkles and sagging skin. Additionally, smoking causes the skin to become dry and discolored, and it can also exacerbate skin conditions like psoriasis and acne.
Social and Economic Impacts
Smoking not only affects individual health but also has broader societal and economic consequences. Women who smoke may face discrimination or social stigma, especially during pregnancy. Moreover, smoking-related illnesses can impose a significant economic burden on families and healthcare systems, leading to increased healthcare costs and reduced productivity.
Conclusion
The impact of smoking on women’s health is far-reaching and profound, affecting various aspects of physical, reproductive, and mental well-being. The dangers of smoking are not confined to lung cancer alone; they extend to an array of diseases and health conditions that can drastically reduce the quality of life and life expectancy for women.
Public health initiatives, comprehensive smoking cessation programs, and education about the risks of smoking are crucial in combating this global health issue and empowering women to make healthier choices for themselves and future generations. Remember, it’s never too late to quit smoking and embark on a journey toward a healthier and brighter future.
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Exchange operator Cboe's profits rise as retail trading surges - Reuters
2 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets reported higher second-quarter earnings on Friday, driven by a surge in retail investor participation in the markets that boosted stock and options trading volumes, offsetting lower institutional demand. The Chicago-based company hit record trading volumes in U.S. cash equities and multi-listed options during the quarter ended June 30, fueled by the spike in Main Street trading activity, Cboe Chief Executive Officer Ed Tilly said on a call with analysts. That helped lift Cboe's net income to $113.3 million, or $1.03 cents per share, from $87.6 million, or 78 cents per share, in the year-earlier quarter. But demand for Cboe's proprietary products, such as the VIX volatility index, also known as Wall Street's fear gauge, was muted, as concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic drove many large investors onto the sidelines. You need to see the end of the event that's causing the uncertainty, and there's no end in sight, quite honestly. We don't know how this pandemic ends, Tilly said. The failure to contain the coronavirus in the United States, recent increases in unemployment and historic declines in gross domestic product, among other key events, are driving the elevated levels of market uncertainty, he said. Cboe's options trading revenues rose 7% in the quarter versus a year earlier, while U.S. stock trading revenues were up 22%. The company also runs the largest pan-European stock exchange, where equity trading revenues were down 6%. Futures revenues fell 36%. Stripping out onetime items like acquisition fees, Cboe earned $1.31 per share, topping analysts' estimates by 8 cents, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. The beat was driven by lower-than-expected expenses, Daniel Fannon, an analyst at Jefferies, said in a note to clients. Total revenues rose 5% to $296.9 million. Reporting by John McCrank; editing by Jason Neely, Nick Zieminski and Jonathan Oatis All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. 2020 Reuters. All Rights Reserved. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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