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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Water in hot Oil
I just washed my iron skillet and dried it off by heating it on the stovetop as I always do. I poured a little oil in there the keep it moist for future use as I always do. There were a few little drops of water on the side that hadn't dried yet that dripped down into the hot oil. The little drops burst into little tinier droplets and danced around the oil in every which way then suddenly went "pop!" one by one and with that pop, they were gone.
To me this was surely a form of life. As I watched these little bubbles of water dance around on their oily universe, I wondered if in that tiny little droplet of water there might had been little tiny planets and little tiny people and little tiny scientists trying to figure out how the iron skillet began. If this be the case, I'd like to tell them it began how I have just described, well really it began from the skillet I bought at big lots, or the water from my sink, or the heat from the stove, or the iron mined out of the earth to make the pan, or hydrogen and oxygen, or the electricity that comes to my oven to heat it, or the wires that bring electricity to my house, or the coal burned to make the electricity, or the pipes that bring the water to my house, or the spring that the water in my pipes came from, or the............................................
I can't help but think a scientific unified theory is like the donkey with a carrot dangling from a string in front of it's face. Posted by Picasa
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Role of angiopoietin-2 in adaptive tumor resistance to VEGF signaling blockade.
Angiopoietin-2 (ANG2/ANGPT2) is a context-dependent TIE2 receptor agonist/antagonist and proangiogenic factor. Although ANG2 neutralization improves tumor angiogenesis and growth inhibition by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A signaling blockade, the mechanistic underpinnings of such therapeutic benefits remain poorly explored. We employed late-stage RIP1-Tag2 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) and MMTV-PyMT mammary adenocarcinomas, which develop resistance to VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) blockade. We found that VEGFR2 inhibition upregulated ANG2 and vascular TIE2 and enhanced infiltration by TIE2-expressing macrophages in the PNETs. Dual ANG2/VEGFR2 blockade suppressed revascularization and progression in most of the PNETs, whereas it had only minor additive effects in the mammary tumors, which did not upregulate ANG2 upon VEGFR2 inhibition. ANG2/VEGFR2 blockade did not elicit increased PNET invasion and metastasis, although it exacerbated tumor hypoxia and hematopoietic cell infiltration. These findings suggest that evasive tumor resistance to anti-VEGFA therapy may involve the adaptive enforcement of ANG2-TIE2 signaling, which can be reversed by ANG2 neutralization. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'd36028ffb45f69a043f6567e065a3bc509dbe21b3b6323ebbdf2f70616c87cd3'} |
Nahani is a female rough-legged hawk who was hit by a car near Bozeman, Montana. The accident left Nahani with a shattered humerous in her left wing. This injury was so severe that Nahani was not able to fly. Nahani was transferred to the GWDC in 2001 and has adjusted well to captive life. Rough-legged hawks are well adapted to life in cold climates - their feathered legs and small feet protect them from the cold. Many nest above the Arctic Circle and winter in the northern half of the lower 48 states including Montana. Rough-legged hawks are often hit by cars as they feed on road-killed animals especially during the winter months. Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s page for Rough Legged hawks is here: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rough-legged_Hawk/id
Meet the other Raptors:
ACADIA is a female Saw-Whet Owl
CHIP is a male American Kestrel
JAGO is a male Peregrine Falcon
JOSH a male Bald Eagle
TEGAN is a male Great-horned Owl
ZACK a male Bald Eagle
The species exhibits a wide variety of plumage patterns including light and dark morphs. Nests are typically located on cliffs, bluffs or in trees. These hawks hunt over open land, feeding primarily on small mammals. Along with the Kestrels, Kites and Osprey, this is one of the few large birds of prey to hover regularly. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9661979675292968}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '13160', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:FE562IDJUFCFE453SHEUOAEOMKNEX3GX', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:7a24c240-21a5-45b0-b4cd-63de5bf7afb6>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2014, 8, 29, 3, 13, 36), 'WARC-IP-Address': '208.117.38.151', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': None, 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:STDPLSVCRT67HE2E4CRAJ2GCVCLPQOI6', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:cce2e824-0d05-44af-b510-fabbb3924bc8>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.grizzlydiscoveryctr.org/birds-of-prey.php?id=27', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:182c7529-acad-4068-9b18-c62f7ae2d02c>', 'WARC-Truncated': 'length'}", 'previous_word_count': '223', 'url': 'http://www.grizzlydiscoveryctr.org/birds-of-prey.php?id=27', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2014-35\r\noperator: CommonCrawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web with URLs provided by Blekko for August 2014\r\npublisher: CommonCrawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.17567211389541626', 'original_id': 'bb0b507794b5c0ff13a537cfdec443bce619a63a1a9984c195def126f17d46b3'} |
Betty in Hogwarts
Year 1
Betty had done a lot of research on both Uagadou and Hogwarts and decided, with her parents help, that it would be better for her if she attended Hogwarts. She knew how the English private school system worked, so she thought that thriving in this environment would be a breeze for her. On the Hogwarts Express, she decided to do more research on the faculty and staff at Hogwarts, taking an immediate liking to Professor McGonagall, who taught Transfiguration, before the train stopped. She stuffed her book back in her bag before she followed her soon-to-be classmates as they were lead to the water’s edge, encouraged by a giant of a man to pile into the rowboats there. She was matched with Daphne Greengrass, a rather ordinary girl with blue eyes, blonde hair, and a button nose that turned up as Betty and two other witches climbed into the boat.
“It’s a shame they still let Mudbloods in,” the girl remarked just as the boat began to move. Betty frowned, looking at the two girls next to her on the boat.
“Both of our parents are magic,” the girl with the thinner face stated. Her plump mate nodded in agreement. Betty just rolled her eyes at their admission and thrust her hand in their direction.
“I’m Betty Bockarie,” she stated, watching as the twin’s eyes widened. “What?” she asked as she shook the hands of the bronzed girls in front of her.
“I’m Parvati Patil,” the slimmer sister informed her. “She’s Padma. We’re twins.” Betty nodded in confirmation. Before Parvati could question her further, their boat hit the edge of the dimly lit medieval looking castle steps and the pale girl at the front of her boat hopped off immediately as if she was running away from someone with an infectious disease. Betty climbed out of the boat, helping Parvati and Padma to the edge as well. They clumped close together as they were ushered into a room just big enough to fit all of the first years. They stood there for a moment before Parvati turned towards Betty again.
“You aren’t really a Bockarie, are you?” Parvati asked.
“Wa-Yes I am,” Betty retorted.
“No, you aren’t.” Parvati now turned fully towards Betty, a wide smile spread across your face. “There is only one Bockarie in Great Britain, and she is married. So technically, you are not a Bockarie. But I -”
“Stop it, Parvati,” Padma hissed behind her sister. “Can’t you see she’s uncomfortable?” Before Parvati could respond, Professor McGonagall came out to explain how the Sorting was going to work. Betty stared wide eyed as she followed the Professor, almost trampling over some students in her quest to get closer. Her attention was taken away from McGonagall once she entered the Great Hall. She stood in the middle of the crowd, comparing her expectations of the hall to the reality, as well as going back and forth in her head on whether she would want to be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, when she noticed that there was a sort of silence that had fallen over the Great Hall. A dark haired, impossibly pale and frail looking boy was walking toward the stool that held the Sorting Hat. Once the young boy, who happened to be Harry Potter, sat upon the stool, McGonagall placed the hat upon his head and Betty went back to thinking about her potential Hogwarts house. She was debating whether she wanted to be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw more.
Betty noticed the confused look on the Professor’s face as she tried to decipher what was in front of her on the roll of parchment. Her eyes widened, as if she was trying to give the text more space to make sense, and then she squinted her eyes, as if trying to break it down into legible parts. Betty, who had seen this look on many teachers and coaches faces before, squeezed by her classmates to stand next to McGonagall, peering over her hand at the name that she was confused by. McGonagall glanced down at her elbow before doing a double take at the child at her elbow.
“Betine. Just call me Betine,” she told the Professor, making her way to the stool. Professor McGonagall quickly recovered from the shock.
“Betine Bockarie-Shacklebolt.” Betty smacked her face with her hand as the Sorting Hat landed on her head with a thwack. I guess there’s no avoiding the bullseye, then, she thought. She was hoping to make her way through school without the assistance or crutch of a famous last name. That hope had died before she even started classes.
“Ravenclaw!” The hat shouted immediately.
Year 4
From that moment on, Betty (whose full name was Ughwubetine Marie Bockarie-Shacklebolt) kept her head down. This could be due to that fact that though Betty was brilliant, some would say that she was also combative. And she despised a lack of knowledge. Padma was reminded of this, courtesy of some Slytherin classmates. Emboldened by the appearance of Death Eaters at the Quidditch World Cup and lead by Blaise Zabini (whose friendship with one Draco Malfoy blinded him to the fact that he, too, was a black wizard), the students taunted Betty and Padma all the way to the the Ravenclaw common room. After trying several times to educate the group on the existence of pure blood witches and wizards outside of Britain and Europe as a whole, she realized that the children only wanted to be bullies. She tried several times to ask them if they ever questioned Victor Krum’s pure-blood status, or if they thought that Fleur Delacour would be less qualified for the Triwizard Tournament if she was Muggle-born. She even attempted to appeal to the fact that Diggory and Dumbledore were not in the Sacred Twenty Eight, not to mention most of the students’ names. A few flights away from their destination, and fifteen minutes into this monstrous display of ignorance, Betty rounded on the group of tormentors.
At once, the students went silent. At first, Padma thought that they were considering her claim and cautioned a look back as she and Betty cleared the last few flights to quiet. She was stunned to discover that the children were quieted involuntarily, as if their mouths had been glued shut. Apart from a few squeaks and grunts, their mouths remained shut, forcing them to breath through their nose. Blaise realized quickly that he had been cursed to silence, but before he could draw his wand, Padma saw Betty flick her hand in a sort of dismissive gesture. In an instant, the group of at least 10 children were seemingly yanked over the side of the railing. Since that moment, Blaise has never missed a chance to taunt Betty, but he did tread lightly around her. One could imagine that this got her into a lot of trouble with her peers, especially those who believed in the pure-blood doctrine.
Betty did explain that the Bockaries were a very powerful pure-blood family that had counseled many tribes and governments across Sub-Saharan Africa. She tried explaining this to a particularly nasty Gryffindor who kept referring to her as a half-breed. She did not want to cause a scene (or earn the ire of Madam Pince) so she pointed the student in the direction of the materials that would allow them to learn. When the student started insulting her recently deceased father, causing Betty to smear her Arithmancy homework, she picked up her Potions book and shoved it into the student, causing them to double over in pain. Madam Pince and Professor McGonagall rushed around the corner just in time to see Betty quietly slipping her Potions book back into her sack, leaving her harasser with several scrapes and bruises. An exasperated Professor McGonagall dragged Betty to Dumbledore’s office.
“I honestly don’t understand-” the Professor sighed.
“She called me a half-breed, and she made fun of my parents,” Betty simply stated. “I told her-”
“So you decided on fist to fist combat!” McGonagall shrieked, turning Betty towards her. McGonagall knew that the young witch was exceptional. Though the girl was almost always alone, she had seen her silently stick up for students being harassed by sending jinxes towards their abusers. She never actually turned her in for any of it because she thought that the young girl would grow out of it. But after the attack that Professor Moody laid on Draco and his friends earlier in the year, she should have guessed that the violent behavior would only escalate. McGonagall let go of Betty’s arms and placed them on her shoulders.
“You can’t let them get the best of you Betty,” the Professor implored. “Otherwise, the darkness wins.”
“No offense Professor, but if power goes unchecked, and ignorance is allowed to fester and grow, it’s just bad for everyone,” Betty shrugged, effectively removing the Professor’s hands from her shoulders. McGonagall sighed, taking a hold of Betty’s arm again, gently this time.
“Maybe Professor Dumbledore can sway you some.” Professor McGonagall marched right up to the staircase, tucking Betty safe inside.
Betty sat quietly in her chair as she watched the Professor and Headmaster whisper and gesture in her direction. She nodded and silently greeted the portraits, who had become old friends as many times as she had been sent to the Headmaster’s office.
“She could be very dangerous, Albus-” came a harsh whisper before someone swooped past her in a hurry. Once the door closed, Betty looked at Professor Dumbledore and beamed, causing him to chuckle, exhausted. He took the seat behind his desk and smiled back at Betty for a moment.
“They would have attacked me,” Betty blurted out. “You know they would have.” Dumbledore sighed and nodded solemnly.
“We are living in dangerous and precarious times,” he confessed. “But did you have to physically strike them?”
“Magic should not be wasted on the ignorant,” Betty shrugged. “Besides, I wanted to show them what this Mudblood can do.” Dumbledore winced at the mention of the M-word, causing Betty to shrug almost apologetically.
“You and I both know that is not true,” Dumbledore whispered. “The Shacklebolts are a very prominent pure-blood family in Britain. And the Bockaries-”
“No one here cares about the Bockaries. I mean, you did hear about the Death Eaters at the World Cup? They seem like an act first, ask later group to me. A dark lord is rising again and no one is going to take the time to go to Sierra Leone to check if I’m pure-blood. ” Betty sat up straighter in her seat, glaring at the headmaster. “Every day since I got here, I have defended Muggle-borns, half-bloods, pure-bloods from different countries, undesirable-looking witches and wizards, all while trying to make sure that I get good marks in school. And to know if I never come back, like so many others, no one would care. Do you know how exhausting it all is?” Betty’s voice was rising. “Of course you don’t. And why should you-”
“I care about all my students, Ughwubetine.” Betty was cut short by the (correct) mention of her full name. “What is the phrase that your uncle always says?”
“Walk soft and carry a big stick, you’ll go far.”
“I will not punish you for the pain you inflicted on the other students,” Dumbledore informed her. “However, in the future, try to do it out of sight of other professors.”
Year 7
Betty hobbled back to the Room of Requirement after the latest lesson with the Carrows. As she walked in front of the opening, she used non-verbal incantations that her mother would use when she got hurt in her younger years to heal her broken ribs and ankle. She muttered what she needed from the wall as she thought how the cowardly Carrows confessed to attacking her parents while they slept, fueling her anger as well as her healing. The door finally appeared and she walked into a room that seemed to be more alive than it had ever been. Confused, she tapped on the nearest shoulder she could find.
“What’s going on, Padma?” Betty asked.
“Harry Potter is here,” she informed her. “He’s going to find Rowena Ravenclaw’s Diadem.” Betty tried to hide her disbelief at the statement.
“So where is everyone going?” Betty asked.
“Death Eaters are coming-” Padma starts.
“Death Eaters are here,” Betty pointed out.
“More of them. And He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named himself,” she expands. “And we’re going to fight.”
Betty stamped down her anger (because honestly, with as many students as there were, she felt they could have overpowered the Death Eaters at any time) and marched over to the corner where she had made a sort of home. She scooped up the orbs and pouches that were left there and shoved them in her bag. On her way out of the door, she handed Padma a handful of the items.
“Welcome to the fight,” said Betty brightly. “Find your sister, and give her one of these.” She grabbed two long strings with royal blue pouches on them, slinging them both around her neck. “These are for your protection. And these,” she points to the hexagonal boxes remaining, “Are Reducto bombs. Throw, Reducto, and you essentially have a grenade.” At Padma’s horrified look, Betty clapped her on the shoulder. “Time to get your hands dirty.”
Betty had heard many things about war. Her parents barely escaped a war with their lives to get to England and because she valued her education so much, Betty now had to put all of her learned skills to good use – including her non-European magic – to fight the threat she saw coming since she landed on the steps of Hogwarts. On her way to the Great Hall, Betty dropped random pouches and globes along her path. She understood that there would be some casualties (she lost her father before the war officially began), and she was prepared to fight, even if it meant the loss of her own life. In these quiet moments before the oncoming storm, she obtained clarity on what she wanted to do.
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Dear Developer, The Web Isn't About You
If you’ve ever wanted to see an old lady’s personal anger and rants about the modern web industry turned into a talk, you’ve come to the right place.
This is Old Lady Shouts At Clouds to the nth degree.
History of the web
I’m here to talk to you about the single biggest invention in human history. Some might say that invention is fire, or language. Some might say that it’s the printing press, or beer (actually, maybe it is beer). Some might say it’s the invention of electricity, or THE MASTERING OF THE ATOM.
Some others, perhaps less drunk on beer and easily accessible literature, might say that it’s the Internet (lower or uppercase "I"). But no, this talk is about the invention of the World Wide Web. The good old Dub Dub Dub. Or, as we all just call it in the late 2010’s - the Web.
Not a single invention
Despite what Tim Berners-Lee claims, the Web wasn't a single invention 1. Yes, we know that one man says that he invented it (grudging thanks to Tim), but he did so on the back of a thousand other technologies, inspired and enabled to build by their previous work.
The Web is incredible. It's incredible because it's stupid. It's a collection of very stupid, or more accurately, very simple, technologies, all chained together to make something much greater.2
Let's take a - very simplified! (and possibly horrendously simplified) - look at the history of the Web, and the simple technologies that allowed it to be built. Oh, and because we don't want to be going all the way back to Mog hitting Gog over the head with a handy stone, and proclaiming that little patch of scrubland HIS (inadvertently inventing the first nation state) we're just going to concentrate on the last 100 years.
p id="1">[1] I am totally joking and fully accept Tim's world-changing single-person invention.
p id="2">[2] All credit to Jeremy Keith for this notion of the web as a evolutionary product, rather than a single invention - his talks on this topic are fascinating, and far more relevant and detailed than anything here.
Telegraphs. These things completely changed the face of the planet. A simple electrified wire, down which were sent simple beep beep beep messages.
Before the invention of the telegraph, messages to even the nearest city could take days. Messages to another country would take weeks, while messages to another continent would take months.
With the invention of telegraphs even the trans-continental message deliveries suddenly came down to seconds. Can you imagine how much of a headfuck that must have been? Months to seconds? People must have felt like they were living in science fiction.
With the invention of telegraphs we had the cultural idea of messaging-at-a-distance-via-electricity. It wasn't too soon before the same kinda lines were being used to transmit voices. Add a primitive microphone and speaker, replicate that at the other end, and you were suddenly able to talk to people thousands of kilometers away.
Soon after that we would realise that everyone was miserable and that no one actually wanted to talk to each other. But the damage was done.
Primitive computer networking
Soon after telephones become commonplace we saw the rise of computers. Almost straight away people thought about getting them to talk to each other instead of humans having to do the boring talking.
This led to the invention of the modem, which as you can see in the slide, was at first a bulky device that you placed your phone speaker and microphone into. The computer would then scream down the phone to another computer, who would happily scream back, singing the song of their people. Computers could now talk to each other!
Standardised computer networking
But bespoke one-on-one chat wasn't enough for computers. No, they wanted group chats. Within a few years of the first modems the industry had standardised on a routine set of modem commands that allowed any computer to talk to any other computer. This was the Age of the BBS and the invention of TCP/IP.
The TCP/IP specification, incidentally, gave us Postel's Law, possibly one of the most beautiful Laws ever:
The Internet
Eventually all these computer systems and modems reached a critical mass, and they merged together to give us what we now call the Internet.
The INTERconnected NETwork of computers.
Application Protocols
Because the Internet allowed so many different types of things to run on it, it saw the rise of specialised application protocols. Things that we know and use today, and underly so much of what we do: SSH, DHCP, Telnet, FTP, and of course... HTTP.
Common naming conventions
Once non-technical people started using the Internet they asked the pertinent question of "what the actual fuck are all these numbers and dots about?".
In response some clever boffin came up with the Domain Name System, while another figured out Email Addresses. These started to consolidate into Uniform Resource Identifiers, and now we're all quite used to talking about Twitter Dot Com and
Finally, in this simplified chain of inventions, we reach HTML. "Vague, but exciting" as Tim Berners-Lee's supervisor said, completely being chill about one of the greatest ever inventions, and the thing that provides us all with work as Web Developers.
The WWW is strong
So why do I mention all these things? Well, I really want to get the point across that the web is strong. Enormously, stupidly, strong.
We rarely stop to think about how amazing this is! It's strong because of these simple, dumb technologies that it is built upon.
HTML is flirty
Especially HTML. It is strong because it is such a simple, declarative language. It requests things from the browser. Flirts with it. It doesn't demand, like other languages might.
Technically, HTML is a domain-specific markup language that requests an outcome, and doesn't care how that is accomplished. This is in stark contrast to imperative languages, which explicitly details what a program should do at every moment of its state.
Robust by nature
It is this flirty declarative nature makes HTML so incredibly robust. Just look at this video. It shows me pulling chunks out of the Amazon homepage as I browse it, while the page continues to run.
Let's just stop and think about that, because we take it for granted. I'm pulling chunks of code out of a running computer application, AND IT IS STILL WORKING.
Just how... INCREDIBLE is that? Can you imagine pulling random chunks of code out of the memory of your iPhone or Windows laptop, and still expecting it to work? Of course not! But with HTML, it's a given.
The WWW is everywhere
It is this robustness of HTML that has made the WWW so incredibly durable. It's why it dominates the planet. In the conditions that HTML was born and raised in a strict imperative language would have broken 100%.
But HTML is utterly flexible, and survived.
No restrictions
Of course, it also benefited from the fact that from the start there was no restrictions on HTML, HTTP, or the Web itself. Anyone could build a browser, and anyone could download a browser. On any machine, and on any Operating System.
Anyone could publish
On the early WWW anyone could publish anything. This meant that from the start the early web was weird as fuck. It was a place of Geocities, Angelfire, and Neopets.
People stuck weird things on there and just didn't care. Want to declare your love for Justin Bieber? Go ahead! Want to show off your stolen ladies shoe collection? Please, strange man, go for it.
People had never had such a way of easily expressing themselves before, and they jumped on this chance with gusto.
The dark times cometh
But... this initial golden age of the web wasn't destined to last.
What used to be free and weird slowly became commercialised and balkanised.
Browser wars
Some of you younger folk might not remember it, but at one point the WWW effectively got split between two browsers: Netscape 4.7 and Internet Explorer 5.
People proudly added badges saying "Best viewed with [$BROWSER_OF_LOYALTY]", and they didn't have any shame about it. Devs had to build two versions of their site, just so that users of either browser would have an identical experience.
Frozen innovation
The Browser Wars were one of the most damaging periods of the WWW's history. Browser development completely froze, and all innovation stopped. Most people took the web to be stagnant at that point. People left the industry in droves.
All was silent and still for eons (about a decade).
Responsive Web Design
But then history restarted. And the restart came from an unexpected direction.
Because... the first iPhone appeared. While it wasn't the first smartphone by any means, it was certainly the first popular smartphone. It completely changed the landscape of the Web.
Because it was our first great lesson in diversity.
A lesson in diversity
Before that we had effectively assumed that a person on the WWW was making use of one of two browsers, on the desktop, using a mouse (and maybe a keyboard).
With the release of the iPhone we suddenly had to deal with a new browser (Safari for iOS), a new screen ratio (portrait, rather than landscape), a new screen size (just 320px across!), a new input interface (touchscreen, rather than a mouse), and everything else that went with using a site on a mobile device.
We had to learn about diversity of people and devices. We were forced to. Maybe not for the right reasons - we did it because we didn't want to miss out on the market opportunity that mobile devices represented - but certainly with the right effect: we didn't want to exclude people!
We fell on Ethan Marcotte's wonderful Responsive Web Design with the fervour of a drowning man clutching at a lifebelt.
Okay, this is another of my Simplistic Explanations. But I'm good at them, no?
The Progressively Enhanced Pyramid of Robustness
This is a period of time that gave us incredibly robust websites. It was a period when we made the Separation of Concerns a reality.
The Pyramid of Robustness (© C Owen Enterprises Ltd) was a thing that we cared about. We put the things that were the most solid and reliable at the bottom of the pyramid - in this case server-generated HTML. We then added on a presentation layer (CSS), and then an interaction layer (JavaScript).
The pyramid ends up with those things that are most fragile, and least essential to the user nearer the top.
The fragile things don't take the weight of things above, in the same way as we acknowledged that, well, you don't place the table on top of the delicate vase.
Summer of Love
I'm not an Apple lover (she says, writing this on a Mac, like a good little web developer), but my goodness, the iPhone was a gift to us in that period. Diversity was understood; we loved and embraced different users and devices.
It was the Web's Summer of Love!
Repeating the errors of the past?
"That's a wonderful dollop of nostalgia there, old lady". But my nostalgia makes me ask: are we starting the dark times cycle again?
Maybe in different ways, and with different technological aspects, but ultimately with the same results: we're once again choosing to exclude people.
Multi megabyte average
We have got to the point where sites require ~2.5 megabytes to download, and the average content-based webpage is now bigger than a copy of Doom (a fully-fledged 3D shooter game).
Heydon Pickering reminded me recently that the 90s game Elite II simulated the entire Milky Way galaxy, and was still smaller than today's average webpage.
Most of this size is due to sites not offering srcset variants on their images, and not taking the time to optimise images on those that they do offer. Some of it is due to third-party tracking, advertising, and marketing scripts (marketeers may well be the most script-heavy people in any organisation).
A lot of it (but not most, by any means) is due to JS application bundles and third party scripts used to run a page (such as jQuery - still a major force on most of the web).
Site abandonment
But you might make a phhffftttt noise about a mere 2.5mb.
Yet consider this: we know that 53% of users leave a site if the time to user interaction is greater than 3 seconds.
Site slowness
Yet we just don't care about page load times. Does the average site load within 3 seconds? Does yours? We don't test this regularly. It is not part of our standard metrics in our industry, despite it being so tightly correlated with user satisfaction.
You might say "well, most users are on fast laptops, so it doesn't matter".
Most average phone
They're on this.
The Moto G4 is the most average device on the planet in early 2018.
It's no coincidence that this is the phone that I use every day.
Actually, it is sheer fucking coincidence. I just happened to buy a Moto G4 - way before reading the linked post - because it was the best combination of price and performance for me. But it sounds very Thinkfluencer if I claim that.
A11y who?
It's not just performance where we have inexplicably low industry knowledge. Accessibility is still an unknown to most developers.
Personally, this one blows my mind - it is still somehow not a core requirement of being a front end developer. It should be a core skill, the default on any frontend developers resume.
JavaScript by default
And in 2018 we're at a point where Javascript is being seen as a valid content delivery mechanism. For HTML content! Not interactive applications, not games, but simply long form textual content.
Instead of HTML being generated on, and delivered from, the server, a JS bundle is sent to the client, which is then decompressed and initialised and then requests data, which is then sent from the server (or another server, as now everything is a service) as JSON, where it is then converted on the fly into HTML.
Permit an old lady to rant here...
Commuting hell
Because to me, this is rather akin to building a Boeing 747 to commute to work.
Bear with me in this analogy. I'm not high, I promise.
It's technically amazing that you've built this Boeing 747. It's incredible that you've somehow squeezed it into your garage, and that you get into it every morning, and taxi out onto the road, and then thunder down your side street until you reach takeoff speed, and then you swoop up up up! into the sky, where you circle for a while until you find a spot at your company car park 2km away, and you then set it down, somehow, magically, into the parking space.
Commuting fun
Wouldn't it have been better, in every conceivable, practical, and financial way, to just buy a fucking bicycle?
Yes, it's technically amazing to build your 747, or have your JS build a content page, but it's utterly over-engineered and impractical for most occasions.
I'm laying it out here - I'm marking my line in the sand: JavaScript only when there's no other choice. It shouldn't be the first port of call for building a site.
All of this fascination with doing things JS-first has led to an awful situation of industry fragility.
Sites no longer robust
Sites are no longer robust! Sites that used to be resilient and tough now die easily.
Bad network conditions, blocked javascript, unexpected Content Security Policies, badly set CORs headers, JS blocked by network administrators (this happens so much more often than most realise), JS inadvertently blocked by adblockers, people turning off JS (Yes people do this. Yes it's totally valid, and their right as a user).
All of these things can cause a JS-dependent site to fall over and die, 100%. A site that should be robust in the face of all these things, because of the declarative and flexible nature of HTML and CSS, is now fragile and brittle.
Upside-down Pyramid of Robustness
In fact, it's as if we've turned the Pyramid of Robustness upside down. We've taken the most fragile part, and placed it at the bottom, taking all the weight!
The thing most likely to shatter catastrophically shouldn't be taking the brunt of the weight.
If you told this to a physical materials engineer, or a construction worker, they would look at you in horror.
Upside down pyramid
They would look at your pyramid of code and say "You do know that you've built that thing upside down mate?" and then they would wander off for a smoke, shaking their head and muttering about "fucking muppets".
npm install exciting-tech
In fact, this is a prime example of how we have a new collective focus. We have entered the Age of Programmerisation (yes, I just made that up, and yes it is terribly named). We now talk about tooling, packaging, and build tools. We talk about the "Modern Ecosystem" and Code Bootcamps. We get excited at the latest article on how Bleeding Edge Developer De Jour has done yet another sexy exciting thing that we must all jump onto doing.
You didn't jump with the rest? Too bad, you're now, like, totally uncool.
Charlie takes more anti-anxiety pills
Don't get me wrong on this. It's not like I'm not immersed in this culture myself. I use these things every single day. In my day job I write modularised JavaScript in ES6. I publish npm packages. I worry about state management.
But the cultural focus is on developer happiness, on developer fun and ramping up of code-related skillsets.
"How does this benefit users?" has suddenly gone missing from our vocabulary.
Suddenly exclusionary
We’re back to building sites that are not for everyone - huge, bloated sites, running fragile imperative code on the users local device. We have started to explicitly say "I think you should have this level of tech, processing power, and bandwidth before I think you're eligible to use my site".
Why? Because we want to have our fun with technology. Because we don't want to think about "edge case" user needs.
"Edge case" is, to be frank, a phrase that should be banned from all developer conversations (and then tattooed onto the forehead of anyone who continues to use it).
When we say "Edge Case" we mean "Stress Case". In their book, Design for Real Life, Eric Meyer & Sara Wachter-Boettcher point out that what we glibly call an "edge case" is normally an enormously stressful event for a user.
It often accompanies high emotions, stress, physical problems, financial problems, etc. When we discount and dismiss the "edge case", we're actually saying "I don't care about that particular user's stressful situation".
One succinct example I saw recently was an American chap trying to use an airline website while holidaying in SE Asia. His flight had been cancelled and he were trying to rebook. However, due to terrible internet connectivity in his location the site just wasn't loading - it was trying to pull down huge amounts of images and JS that were simply not happening on that connection.
He ended up calling a travel agent via telephone and rebooking. How much of an utter failure is your website if your drive someone off it and into another company's hands?
Now imagine if that user had been able to disable Javascript and images and just have the HTML delivered. It wouldn't have been pretty, but it would have worked.
I wondered about this, and went to check out the website in question.It turns out that no, you can't. The website is fully JS-driven. If you disable JS then you just get a blank page.
On the same theme, here's another example. An Angular JS app, failing because of flaky airport wifi.
These are real situations, for real people. And these are only the ones that are reported, because the people in the stress situations are web professionals. How many thousands, millions, of interactions occur every day that no one reports because they're "just" regular users?
What can we do?
Maybe this is all a bit negative. You can only cope with so much bile can't you, lovely reader?
What can we actively do, before it's too late? What can we do to stop this cycle from restarting once again?
What can we do to make the web better?
Lessons in Humanity
If we want to make the web better for people then the most important thing that we can do is to learn the basics. Not of technology, but of our fellow humans.
Because, as we've show earlier, empathy is the most important skill that a developer can have.
Our job is 100% about people, about our fellow humans. How can we do an amazing job for them if we don't understand who we are building for?
Lesson 0: Empathy is a learned skill
We somehow have this notion that empathy is something that you're either born with, or you simply don't have. Our friend Oppressive Patriarchy tries to tell us that 50% of the planet is incapable of empathy, that they should leave silly soft things like that to the ladies.
Which is of course, absolute bollocks.
The truth is that empathy is a skill, a muscle, that can be exercised and made stronger. If you practise empathy every day and your ability to empathise will only get stronger! So here's a few exercise lessons for you to take time to think about and practise.
Lesson 1: Not everyone is alike
Exercising our empathy allows us to be more aware. More aware that not everyone is like us. Because, let's face it, if you're reading this then you're likely a typical web developer: white, male, under 30 years old. Our entire industry is incredibly biased towards this one group.
But the rest of the world isn't like you. It's beautifully, hugely, impossibly diverse! This diversity means that assumptions based upon your own experiences and needs will not easily transfer into the rest of the world!
Lesson 2: Not everyone is rich
If you're reading this then you're likely to be quite rich. Hold on, hold on, read the rest of what I have to say before you storm off.
It's true, we're rich. Even compared to our national peers we're considered at least "well-off". In comparison to the average person on this planet?: we are fucking rolling in money.
Yes, I know it doesn't feel like that always. This statement certainly doesn't account for personal circumstance or other axes of oppression (I will receive tweets about this, I know it). But as a rule of thumb, it's a valid one. Tech folk are more well off than most other people.
The way we just buy technology, how we will happily splurge on an Alexa or a new laptop. The way we buy new toys on a whim. Check out the tech apparel of your coworkers next time you see them. This is not normal compared to most people on this planet.
I'm not saying this to make you feel bad. It's just something that you should bear in mind. If you ever think "ffs, why don't those users with old laptops and browsers just upgrade??" thentry and think about their circumstances. Ask "can they afford to do so?", and "will upgrading their laptop or phone mean that they can't eat this month?".
Empathy, and kindness, as always.
Lesson 3: Not everyone is well-connected
We tend to think that a "poor Internet connection" can only occur in a little wooden hut, somewhere in Africa or the Indian subcontinent. We have a hugely racist view that this kind of thing can only occur in rural zones of these continents. "Poor African people," we think, while filling in our Oxfam donation forms, "How awful for them to not have broadband."
Internet connectivity in Africa and SE Asia is enormously complicated. Please take the time to watch Harry Robert's Performance Matters talk to learn more about this.
30% of rural USA is on dial-up
But the reality of poor connections is actually closer to home.
30% of the rural USA is closer to dial-up speeds than broadband speeds.
Yup, you read that right. While urban broadband users are on 3.1 megabytes per second, rural users are lucky to achieve a mere 500 kilobytes per second in comparison.
Guess how long our average webpage from earlier will take to download on this kind of connection? Go on, guess.
Download of eons
Between 60 and 360 seconds, depending on the line quality.
Your website had better be amazing for it to justify that length of download time.
You can see why people might want to disable images and JS if it means a quicker download. You can certainly see why they pop a blood vessel when you send them adverts that they don't want to view!
Lesson 4: Not everyone is able-bodied, or able-minded
Our final lesson. Not everyone is able-bodied, or neurotypical.
This is, like connectivity, heavily laden with stereotypes. Able-bodied people assume that a disability will manifest as someone using a wheelchair, or maybe as a completely blind person with a guide-dog.
But the reality is that disability covers a huge gamut of issues. Yes, wheelchair users and blind people are part of that. But a person does not have to be 100% a wheelchair user, nor do they have to be 100% blind. Percentages exist!
Disability also covers things like colour blindness, arthritis, motor control conditions such as Parkinsons or MS. It can be a neurological condition, such as ADHD, autism, or depression.
There are enormous varieties of disabilities. While you do not have to have a medical knowledge of each one, you must be aware of the range of problems.
Most importantly, you must be aware that everything you build could have an effect on any disability.
Empathy is a fundamental part of our jobs
Don’t worry if you haven’t thought about these things before. There's no checklist on the human experiences! You may only just becoming aware of these things as you read this! That's okay! We all have to start somewhere.
But once you’re aware, once you're are aware of the diversity of people and experiences, you need to adapt your thinking.
Because, as an industry, we should know these things. We should all know these things. Because our job is about people. About building things for other.
Our job is fundamentally about empathy.
Building with Empathy
So, fantastic, you've got this far (well done!) and you're ready to start designing with empathy! But what does empathy, accessibility, performance, etc mean in practise.
Well, let me give you a non-technical practical example.
Yes, doorknobs. A weird analogy, but once again, please bear with me.
Now, both of these are lovely, beautiful things (as far as doorknobs go). Both of them are made from the same materials, both of them cost the same to manufacture.
However, one of them works for all people, while the other deliberately excludes huge segments of the population.
Such a simple thing, but offering a lever rather than a rotating knob means that the door becomes usable by people with arthritis, people who have hand or arm amputations, or people with hand/arm injuries.
Blame Laura Kalbag for the doorknobs analogy - she originally came up with it in her book Accessibility for Everyone.
Universal case
Designing for this most fundamental case helps a whole host of other use cases.
Think about people carrying a baby, or having both hands full of shopping bags. The lever design helps them too.
So, given that both these doorknobs cost the same and look just as nice... well, what kind of fucking awful person would you be to deliberately not use the accessible version?
Similarly, when we build our websites we can build sites that are absolutely as beautiful as any other site, but we can choose to use techniques that work for everybody, in any condition.
Designing sites universally, designing them so that they work for people in the most stressful or dreadful situations, helps people in all situations.
Microsoft's Inclusive Design initiative is well worth reading here. There's one line in there that sums up this whole mindset beautifully: "Constraints are beautiful".
Basic research
So how do you start on this journey of building products that are robust and universal?
To me the first thing is to figure out your users core journey (or journeys). On every website the user is trying to accomplish something. 3
Take, for example, a site for a new restaurant. What a visual treat to build! We can add sumptuous photos of the food, we can add little animated waiters that march across the page, thrusting bowls of pasta into the air, while a full-screen video of the owner pleading with your to visit loads and plays in the background.
But in the end all the user wants to find out on the site is:
• The address.
• The opening times.
• The menu options.
That's it.
It's same for every sector. Find our what your user needs first, then build around that. Developing anything more than that is just... pointless.
Hopefully you've got access to UX research for the product that you're building. 4 If you don't, stop right here and go sort that out before going any further.
p id="3">[3] Well, maybe with the exception of advertising fluff sites - my condolences if that is what you must work on.
p id="4">[4] Okay, maybe not in your average advertising design agency. But, once again, I'm sorry that that is where you must sell your labour. But everywhere else, with products that have a purpose, you should have that.
Now that we know them, get these core journeys quickly into HTML. And yes, I do mean just HTML, delivered fresh from the server.
Test this with your real users. Honestly! I know this may sound horrific to some ("we can't show the user something this low fidelity!") but HTML will form the basis your site! By testing the HTML, you're testing the very foundation of your Robustness Pyramid. You're testing the pure form - the essence - of your site.
When I say "this HTML will form your site" I mean that also. Don't treat this as prototype code. Treat it as the first iteration of your website.
By designing with HTML initially you're testing how your site works on the most fundamental level. You're testing how it will work from an accessibility point of view. You're testing how it will look to screen readers. You're testing how it will look in poor network conditions.
And you know what? This is 100% universal! Assuming you've built it using semantic HTML (and why wouldn't you do that?) it will be completely accessible.
Now, let's look at a real world example, from a project I recently worked on. Please prepare yourself, there is some unstyled HTML coming up.
Universal HTML
That's it. Literally just HTML. It's ultra basic, but it works on everything.
With no styling, no javascript, and even no images, there is literally nothing to fail, bar the server that generates the HTML and the network that passes it to the server.
You can build this initial iteration using your backend language of choice. I like seeing a variety of backend languages. Diversity of technology is a great thing!
Of course, there's nothing to stop you componentising everything right now. You don't have to write raw HTML files by hand to do this! (well, you can - I ain't here to spoil your masochistic fun). Anything that can compile fragments into HTML is great. :D
Universal CSS
Now that we've created our universal HTML, let's create some universal CSS.
Now, this is a slightly more tricky one, as there's a few ways of delivering CSS that works for everybody. But for this example I'm going to show a two-stage approach. There are other equally valid ways to do this, but I'll concentrate on the two stage here.
This means that you initially just add an an ultra basic stylesheet. Call this your Core stylesheet. It could contain your branding (logo, colours, non-webfont font equivalents) but is barely more than styled HTML. Maybe it will add a max-width to your main content to stop it going fluid across wide screens. But no more than that. It's all flow content, running vertically down your page, with no positioning attempted.
It still works everywhere - it's still 100% universal!
Get creative
So now we have a working HTML and CSS foundation! The bottom layer (and a bit) of our Robust Pyramid is built!
Now you get to decorate those components that you've built. I just know that you're itching for this! You want to make them look as beautiful as they are practical, don't you?
What does support mean?
But before we go on, a word from our sponsor, Chris Heilmann. Take a look at some words that he barfed out:
“It’s not okay to block old browsers, but it’s a waste of time to support them 100%”
Too right, Chris! Because you might think that what I’ve been suggesting is that we support all browsers 100% the same, no matter what. Even IE6!
No no no, nothing is further from the truth. I’m lazy, just like every dev. I'm not going to waste time trying to make things look the same in Firefox or Chrome as a browser that even the manufacturer has left to die in the woods.
No, the trick here is to choose a cut-off point. Especially if you are a large organisation. And the place I work - Springer Nature - is very fucking large.
Cutting the Mustard
The BBC were pioneers in this. During their responsive redesign of the BBC News site they developed a novel technique called Cutting the Mustard (CTM)
What's this? Well they serve up a core site: their HTML and some basic CSS - just the same as we developed in the previous section.
Then they then check to see what JS capabilities the browser has. It's just a few simple lines of JS. They use this as decider as to whether the browser is "core" or "advanced".
If it fails the test, then it's core, and the user is presented with a fully working, but basically styled site. The styling is so simple, with no layout system, that it works on every browser ever made.
However, if the test passes then a more advanced site is offered. It uses the same HTML and core stylesheet, but on top of that is layered another set of CSS and a large amount of lovely JS.
Why do this? Well, the BBC want everyone to access their site. They are a public service broadcaster and are obligated, not just by morals and business sense, but by UK legislation to produce a site that works for all.
So how do you combine 100% universality with the fact that some people have ancient, terrible browsers that it would be a time-sink to support? CTM gives the answer! Only those browsers that are "good enough" receive the advanced features. Those that have poor technology support silently fail the test and receive the core version. No having to support ancient browsers!
Springer Nature browser support chart
Springer Nature (my wage payers) do something similiar to the BBC, but with a key difference. While the BBC do a CTM test based on JavaScript feature support, SN do a test based on a CSS media query.
This media query cuts across very specific browser lines. You can see this in our graded browser support table. In fact, it's an exclusionary test, unlike the BBC version. It deliberately excludes those browsers marked as C-grade on our chart.
C-grade browsers receive only our core stylesheet - again, fully working, just without advanced layout styling.
Anything that isn't C-grade receives our advanced stylesheet, and a much richer visual layout.
So why do we have anything other than Grade C in our support table? Well, this is the part where being a popular site with a global audience comes in. We explicitly offer full support to those browsers that we deem as Grade A: generally the latest version -1.
Grade X... well, grade X are between grade A and C. They probably will work with our advanced styling, but we can't guarantee it.
So why do we do it this way? Well, for us it's a matter of stability. Our core audience - scientific and academic researchers - like stability. By fixing our browser support we can say to them explicitly what is supported and isn't supported, and route any and all bugs/complaints/weirdnesses against that support table.
CTM in action
Okay, we've talked theory on the SN CTM, so here’s that check in action.
Our crafted media query excludes the defunct Grade C browsers and serves up an advanced stylesheet to everything else.
Add the whizz bang
Now that we have a core stylesheet and we have an advanced stylesheet, it's time to add the lovely Javascript layer. It's the most fragile layer, so it goes last. But it has the fun aspects and the most potential to dazzle, even on a boring old scientific site.
Now is the point where we upgrade the forms so they post without doing a page refresh. Now is the time when we make pagination work without page reloads. Now is the time that we add in state management to our forms.
Conditional JS
Our CTM is done via CSS, so how do we replicate that in JS? Turns out that that there is a little-used matchmedia window property.
It can be fed a media query directly, which is great. But even more usefully it can be fed a media query from your HTML. We therefore hook up our CTM media query to our JS via matchMedia.
If our CTM test passes in CSS, and the CSS file loads, then our JS is loaded. Very neat, and very simple.
Why do it like this? Well, we don't want our JS to even try to run if it's an old browser, and we don't want it to run before our CSS, or if our CSS fails to load. Upgraded Javascript is unlikely to be useful if the associated CSS isn't there.
Once the JS is progressively loaded then we do lots of things. Add tabs, add animations, handle modal dialogs, etc. On this site the JS was relatively simple (but still modern and modularly written). But there's no reason that it couldn't be much more complex. As long as the base HTML site offers the core user journey then your JS can do lots of fancy extra things.
All progressively enhanced
There we go, a small, practical example of progressively enhanced universal design. Make a site universal from the start and then upgrade bits of it when necessary.
It works for everybody and it's robust as hell.
Ultimate in agility
It's also the ultimate in Agile software development.
None of this design-first and then try to code it up nonsense. That's just waterfall with glossy packaging.
No, here you build, and test an MVP right from the start. You iterate, over and over and over, making it better and better each time.
It's the ultimate in Lean UX.
Labor saving
It's also the ultimate in labor-saving. For real - you only build what you need. No bootstrapping into expensive frameworks. No taking on other peoples heavy systems.
You only add more advanced things as they are proven necessary by user feedback and testing.
Fights FOMO
And because you're only adding what you need to the page, it's a lovely FOMO fighting mechanism.
Because we do get awfully excited by latest tech, don't we?
Rather than asking "does this help my users?", we drop a lot of crap onto a page because we read about it on hackernews.
I love this deliberate brake on getting over-excited.
Because we really do build things too complex. We desperately try to keep up with the large companies like Facebook and Google, crying ourselves to sleep at night that we're simply not as good as them. We seem to forget that they're generally overstaffed with overpaid and underworked techboys, enormous huge engineering departments! For some reason we beat ourselves up for not "keeping up" with them!
Oh, they've produced lots of lovely code for us to use. But with complexity comes fragility. They've got the resources to debug this stuff to hell. The rest of us generally haven't. Keep it simple and save yourself the trouble.
"But this can’t cope with modern techniques!" you might say.
Sure it can. The biggest one you’re thinking of is likely state management. We do exactly the same thing as we did before. We make sure our forms work at a basic level in HTML, and then we enhance it.
State management solutions like Redux work perfectly well on vanilla JS sites.
It won't work with something like React though, and I don’t cry about that.
This is a distinct robust design pattern, which we feel is durable and doesn't lock us into a limited-life framework that will get replaced by something else in a year or two.
It excels in being robust and universal. It always works. Broken JS, blocked JS, no JS, poor networks, nothing can break this, because it relies on streamed HTML, and not all-or-nothing JS.
It’s lightweight and loves low powered devices.
It excels at being people-first!
What else can you do?
Even if you feel that lean progressive enhancement is somehow too much to commit to, there's still plenty of things you can do to upskill your empathy and make you realise what costs there are to coding in certain ways.
3G performance
An incredibly easy one is to start simulating slow network conditions in your browser. You can do this in just one tab of Chrome (other browsers will vary) by opening the Network tab in dev tools and turning on "slow 3G". Now you get to experience your site as the average person wandering around the average city does!
If you're not on Chrome then try using Charles Proxy. A similar thing, but for your entire OS.
Use real hardware
If you can, test on real hardware. Your 3000€ Mac is vastly more than the average computer of most users. The iPhone X that you bought on the first day of sale is infinitely more powerful average phone that most people are making use of.
Don't assume everyone has these amazingly powerful supercomputers! Make sure that your site runs well on the average Lidl laptop, because someone will be using it on that, and cursing your lack of testing.
Perhaps more relevant to the developer mindset - proving that your site can run on the lowest end computer means that your site will run like a bat out of hell on anything more powerful!
Listen to the web
Turn on your screenreader and start navigating your sites by sound. If you're on a Mac then it's as easy as hitting CMD + F5. Just try it now!
There’s a learning curve, and you’ll be embarrassed at first. But if you can learn DOM or framework APIs by heart, then you can do this.
Navigate with your keyboard
Similarly, start to navigate only by keyboard. I bet half of you reading this can already do this with Vim or Emacs. Using the tab and return key is an order of magnitude easier.
You will be amazed at how much better keyboard accessibility can be done when you're actually using a keyboard every day yourself.
These aren't my users!
Often when I speak about these issues I hear "but these are not my users" from an indignant developer. "I don’t have users like that" he will angrily tell me, apparently personally knowing each and every one of the users that visit his React-powered website.
"All my users are rich young healthy people, living in metropolitan areas with excellent network coverage" they tell me, gulping furiously they do so.
"These. Are. Not. My Users!"
a vein throbs in their forehead
Yes they are
I will always answer with "Yes they are!". Because, sweetpea, you simply don't know a users situation.
Oh, you can guess at it. You can assume that they're always sitting at their desk, or always on wifi, or have time to concentrate on your task.
But knowing what their situation is? Uh uh, sorry, you don't know that.
They could be on a borrowed device. They could be using a work computer that they have no control over. They could have suffered a temporary or permanent disability. You simply don't know!
Look at it this way: you don't just build cars that only work in the best conditions, do you? Imagine a car that only worked on a sunny day, on a flat road! Oh, how silly that would be. No, you build it so that it works in horrible weather, so that it works when driven over grass or a gravel dirt road. In the same way you don't just build sites that only work in the best conditions.
You're a web developer. Your job is to make a site work for everyone, in all conditions.
The web’s success is built on it being robust.
That robustness has made it work for everybody
As a result, people all over that planet now depend on the web, for their livelihoods, for social interaction, for their health.
Defend the robustness of the WWW
It means we have to defend the web for everybody. It's our job to keep it accessible and usable for all.
Keep it weird
We need to keep that beauty and weirdness going that first came with the early web.
Because the webs beauty comes from its diversity. A diversity of tech, and a diversity of people.
We’re the enablers and the defenders of that diversity.
So let’s not make it about us. Let’s make it about the wonderfulness of the Weird Wild Web.
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Glissonian approach combined with major hepatic vein first for laparoscopic anatomic hepatectomy.
Laparoscopic anatomic hepatectomy remains challenging because of the complex interior structures of the liver. Our novel strategy includes the Glissonian approach and the major hepatic vein first, which serves to define the external and internal landmarks for laparoscopic anatomic hepatectomy. Eleven cases underwent laparoscopic anatomic hepatectomy, including three right hepatectomies, three left hepatectomies, three right posterior hepatectomies, and two mesohepatectomies. The Glissonian approach was used to transect the hepatic pedicles as external demarcation. The major hepatic vein near the hepatic portal was exposed and served as the internal landmark for parenchymal transection. The liver parenchyma below and above the major hepatic vein was transected along the major hepatic vein. Fifty-nine subjects were used to compare the distance between the major hepatic vein and secondary Glisson pedicles among different liver diseases. The average operative time was 327 min with an estimated blood loss of 554.55 mL. Only two patients received three units of packed red blood cells. The others recovered normally and were discharged on postoperative day 7. The distance between right posterior Glissonian pedicle and right hepatic vein was shorter in the patients with cirrhosis than that without cirrhosis, and this distance was even shorter in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. The Glissonian approach with the major hepatic vein first is easy and feasible for laparoscopic anatomic hepatectomy, especially in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '739780f91440ade9f54a44fa9d75c0af98905c979e4766e64253141d12a060d3'} |
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From June 1st, customers of Vodafone, the world's second largest wireless carrier, will be able to text and call from over 35 countries at no extra charge. Attention American carriers: Be more like this.
The service, called "Passport", will be available as a three-month summer trial for UK subscribers, and can be activated for free. Customers will be able to travel to just about any country that Vodafone operates in and tap into the minute and text allocations from their regular plan, or in the case of pay-as-you-go customers, call and text at their usual domestic rate. Data roaming still applies, but come July it'll be capped at about $1.40 per megabyte as per new EU regulations.
As someone who's stuck in concurrent T-Mobile contracts in two separate countries, I take this news kind of personally. Steep roaming charges make some sense when you're jumping between carriers, but they're stupidly frustrating when you're paying way more for services from a different arm of the same company.
This obviously doesn't mean much for Americans (although Voda does own a 45% stake in Verizon), but it does represent a precedent we should all push for. Aside from steep taxes (as in the UK), it's mainly plain old price gouging—of carriers by other carriers, or of customers by their carriers—that keeps prices so high. [Telegraph] | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.964808225631714}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '612969', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:CVHGGIPUNGVL5MQ6ZHTPJKPWTUULGPFD', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:067d697a-afbd-4d92-a652-4b0920f9ddc2>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 17, 20, 4, 55), 'WARC-IP-Address': '151.101.65.34', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:WMFDEF6UUUH5MOAOMBHXAF3EJ4NF7FVF', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:4b3f558f-0715-4ae9-8c79-671a2e4e4ca2>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://gizmodo.com/5253599/worlds-second-largest-wireless-carrier-kills-international-roaming-charges?tag=Eu', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:f9a1140f-5e9a-4e7b-8e1b-386a348dae74>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '218', 'url': 'http://gizmodo.com/5253599/worlds-second-largest-wireless-carrier-kills-international-roaming-charges?tag=Eu', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-166-29-55.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-34\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for August 2017\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.5908108949661255', 'original_id': '8f2b84fe117ff03567bc93269aad9c00d6669c6ab4919955d1dd9fd3b3dde5dc'} |
Picking the Best Structure SpecialistChoosing the Best Structure Specialist
Whenever a property owner faces the task of selecting a repair work specialist for a service he has never needed previously, how can he make a right option? A slick presentation is not a criterion. Exactly what is? How can he be as sensible as possible in selecting one?
There few structure specialists that can handle settlement issues. Their company ought to be reliable more than lovely. However how can you tell?
Check for Licenses and Insurance
One does not require a license to fix structures. However a builder's license is a good start in the right direction. Ask for it. It is necessary to assure yourself that the contractor has workman's payment insurance coverage. If not, and among his staff members gets injured on the job, the liability for the occurrence could be your responsibility as the homeowner. Be sure that liability and workman's comp coverage is in place.
Contact BBB
Call the Bbb. Check the complaints, if any, along with the frequency of complaints, types of issues, and whether the professional responded quickly and credibly. Practically every company in time will have a grievance or more along the way. Study the pattern.
Confirm the Professional's Experience
Inquire about experience. Everybody has the right to attempt a business, but you're not obligated to be a test case. Request for client recommendations. Its even much better if you can discover others besides the ones he provides to you. Sometimes a quick Google Places search or visit to Yahoo! Resident can offer you some insight.
Ask an Engineer
Structures are the most crucial component in the structure of your home. Frequently engineers get included. They understand who is out there doing quality repair work. They know the good ones and the other ones. They are a fantastic resource to identify the better, or ever the best, contractors for your needs.
Explore their Repair Work Products
Is the specialist a provider of a production pier business that develops and thoroughly tests their product? There are contractors that build piers at a task store where there's no screening, no guarantee of quality materials, no licensed welders, and no adequate design parameters. Get an effectively made pier.
Does the provider have a proven product, one that meets independent requirements and codes? Will the item do exactly what the installer and producer says it will do? How can you know?
Currently, there is only one nationwide standard for reliability. It was established in 2007 and called the ICCES AC358 Approval Criteria for Helical Structure Systems and Devices. It is an extensive, independent study that ensures that you are getting precisely what website the producer claims. It can't be over sold or misrepresented. Either you have it or you do not.
Any contractor that can pass these requirements is not a "unprofessional" operator and is worthy of your business.
Whenever a homeowner deals with the job of selecting a repair specialist for a service he has never ever needed before, how can he make an ideal option? There extremely few structure professionals that can deal with settlement issues. They are an excellent resource to recognize the better, or ever the best, contractors for your requirements.
Is the professional a supplier of a production pier business that develops and thoroughly checks their item? There are contractors that build piers at a task shop where there's no testing, no guarantee of quality materials, no certified welders, and no adequate style specifications.
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Let q be ((-4)/(-3))/(148/(-12)). Suppose 0 = 4*a - 9 + 13. Which is bigger: q or a?
q
Let f be (60/70)/((-3)/(-63)). Is 1 at most as big as f?
True
Suppose -8*r - 618 = -14*r. Are 104 and r nonequal?
True
Suppose q - 2*q + 5 = 0. Suppose -q*g = 13 - 3, -i = 5*g + 6. Suppose -4*y + i*a = 0, 5*a - a + 25 = -y. Is y greater than -3?
False
Let s = -124 + 64. Let c = s + 479/8. Let g = 0 - 0. Is c bigger than g?
False
Let y(j) = j**3 + 7*j**2 + j - 26. Let l be y(-6). Let h be (26*(-1)/8)/((-5)/l). Are h and -2/5 equal?
False
Let l = 328 - 325. Is 1.8 bigger than l?
False
Suppose -15 = -5*x - 0. Suppose 7*o - x*o + 8 = 0. Which is smaller: o or -3/5?
o
Suppose 0 = -4*w + l + 1200, 0 = w - 22*l + 25*l - 287. Is 299 not equal to w?
False
Let a be ((-60)/(-1100))/((-18)/8). Which is bigger: 0 or a?
0
Let x = -128 + 167. Which is greater: x or 36?
x
Let y = -2 - -3. Let w(v) = v**3 + 30*v**2 - 33*v - 110. Let d be w(-31). Let j = 51 + d. Is y not equal to j?
True
Suppose f = l + 3, -1 = 4*l - 5. Suppose -6 = f*g - 46. Is g at most 10?
True
Let l be -4*(-17)/(-6) + (-10)/15. Let t be 4 - (-16)/l*3. Let j = 2 - -1. Is j less than t?
False
Suppose -4*x = -g + 21, -9*x = -5*g - 10*x. Which is bigger: g or -2/513?
g
Let p(m) = m**2 - 6*m - 11. Let g be p(9). Let h be ((-195)/(-78))/((-1)/(-6)). Which is smaller: h or g?
h
Let d be (36/(-27))/((-1)/(-2)). Let m = -144 + 142. Is m less than d?
False
Suppose 14*s - d - 39 = 11*s, 63 = 4*s - 5*d. Let x be ((-1)/2)/(1/(-16)). Let j = x - s. Which is smaller: j or -3?
j
Suppose -2*m - 14 = -6*z + 2*z, 2 = z - 2*m. Suppose -2*a = -0*a - z. Suppose -14 = -0*u + a*u. Is -7 bigger than u?
False
Let x = 12.1 + 56.9. Let l = x - 68. Is 0.3 > l?
False
Suppose 9 - 63 = -18*h. Which is greater: 12 or h?
12
Let t be 929/15 + 1 + 48/(-80). Which is greater: t or 61?
t
Suppose -74*i + 4323 + 4261 = 0. Which is smaller: i or 802/7?
802/7
Let p(n) = -n + 12. Suppose -2*y + 15 = -5. Let u be p(y). Suppose -u = -2*f + 4*f. Is -3 at least as big as f?
False
Suppose 3*n = 2*u - 36, 2*n = -4 - 0. Let h = -10 + u. Suppose 3*l = -5*j + 17, l + 5*j - 4 = h. Is l <= 1?
False
Let y = 612 + -619. Let r be 0*(-1)/(-2) - 1. Which is smaller: r or y?
y
Let u = 0.204 - -74.796. Which is greater: u or -1?
u
Let n be 5 + -1 + 2 + (3 - 8). Let d be (-3)/6*(-1)/(-2). Is n < d?
False
Let q(o) be the second derivative of -2*o**4/3 + 19*o**3/3 - 3*o**2/2 + 24*o. Let n be q(5). Is n at most -11?
True
Let f = 906/5 - 178. Let n(j) = -j**2 + 5*j + 4. Let c be n(5). Is c at most as big as f?
False
Let f = -1108 - -1186. Which is bigger: f or 79?
79
Suppose 2*g + 5*m - 83 = 0, g + m - 42 = -2*m. Let l = 42 - g. Which is greater: l or 7/4?
l
Let s be -3 - ((-6)/(-2) + 49/(-7)). Let z = 9 - 6. Let q be (3 + (z - 7))/s. Which is smaller: q or 4/19?
q
Let t = -15 - -19. Suppose -3*b = -6, -4*o + 5*b = -241 + 83. Let u be (-12)/o + (-78)/(-28). Is u at least as big as t?
False
Suppose -4*q + 11 + 9 = 4*x, 5*x + 4*q - 25 = 0. Let m = 134256 - 38128515/284. Let b = -6/71 - m. Which is greater: b or x?
x
Suppose 16 = -4*d - 0*d, -3*d + 4 = a. Suppose -a = 15*j - 1. Which is smaller: -2 or j?
-2
Suppose -v = -2*h - 531, 5*v - 2*h + h = 2700. Which is smaller: 544 or v?
v
Let f = 40 - 14. Let b = f - 14. Let m = b + -13. Is 1/7 bigger than m?
True
Let g = -68 + 545/8. Let t = -740 - -741. Is g bigger than t?
False
Suppose 3*q + 3*r - 146 = 31, 3*q + 4*r = 179. Let n = q + -58. Is -18/13 < n?
True
Let h(q) = -3*q**2 - 29*q - 52. Let r be h(-7). Is 46 < r?
False
Suppose -10 = 5*p - 7*p, 2*p = 2*g + 50. Let a = g - -34. Which is smaller: a or 13?
13
Let h = 32.77 + -0.77. Let j = h - 36. Which is greater: j or 0.4?
0.4
Suppose -33*w = -w - 32. Is -1/580 equal to w?
False
Suppose 18*g - h + 63 = 20*g, 3*g = 5*h + 88. Let x be ((-3)/(-3))/((-1)/(-4)). Suppose -5*c = k + g, -x*c + 5*c = k - 11. Which is smaller: c or -11/2?
c
Let r = -1722 - -1722. Let g(k) = -k**3 + 3*k**2 + 8*k - 2. Let x be g(6). Which is greater: x or r?
r
Let b = -14 + 14. Let y = 17 + -27. Which is greater: y or b?
b
Let h be ((-12)/7)/((-56)/6664). Is 205 greater than or equal to h?
True
Suppose 40 = -89*t + 129*t. Which is smaller: 3/80 or t?
3/80
Let v = -78 + 163. Let c = v - 102. Is c less than or equal to -2?
True
Let w = -88 - -96.9. Do w and -4 have different values?
True
Suppose 2 = 3*d - 4*c + 15, -19 = d - 5*c. Is d > -2/367?
True
Suppose -76 - 86 = 3*g. Let y be (g/24)/(-1 - 68/(-56)). Which is greater: y or -11?
y
Suppose -j - y + 2 = 7, 4*y = -5*j - 20. Is 63 < j?
False
Let z = -0.8 + 1. Let l be (-37)/85 + 12/(-22) + (-7544)/(-10120). Which is smaller: l or z?
l
Let v = 37 + -17. Let q = -17 + v. Which is smaller: 0.4 or q?
0.4
Suppose 5*u - 10 = -3*h, -u = 5*h - 0*u - 24. Suppose 3*k = h*g + 7, 2*g + 2*k - 6 = k. Which is greater: 8/9 or g?
g
Let j be (0/8)/(-3 - (-3 - -2)). Let c = 3992/35 + -114. Is c <= j?
False
Let h = -1/319 - 1229/14993. Let x = 3477 + -3478. Are x and h nonequal?
True
Let c be 1348/12 + 2/3. Suppose -g = -4*d + 221, d = -d + 3*g + c. Which is smaller: 56 or d?
d
Suppose -4*v - 63 - 13 = 0. Let y be (v - (-2 + 2))*1. Is y bigger than -19?
False
Let w = -458/651 - 1/93. Which is greater: w or 30?
30
Let u(j) = 3*j - 7. Suppose -11*i + 5*i = -18. Let g be u(i). Is 2 smaller than g?
False
Let m(i) = i**2 - 7*i + 10. Let z(j) = 5*j**3 - 2*j**2 + j. Let s be z(1). Let h be m(s). Let c be (-1)/h - (-1 + 2). Is c greater than or equal to 5?
False
Let b(m) = -16*m - 51. Let v be b(6). Are v and -147 nonequal?
False
Let u(f) = -f - 20. Let b be u(0). Suppose r + 0 = 3. Suppose 5*p + 107 = 15*n - 12*n, p = r*n - 31. Is b less than or equal to p?
True
Let r(d) = -3*d + 10. Let h be r(3). Is -5/74 > h?
False
Let v = 101 + -17. Let j = v - 586/7. Suppose u + 2 + 1 = -s, s - 1 = -5*u. Which is bigger: j or u?
u
Let t = 10 + -16. Suppose -2*r = -29 - 7. Let y = 12 - r. Is y bigger than t?
False
Suppose 3*c + 4*x = 3*x + 1582, 0 = -5*c - 3*x + 2638. Is c at least as big as 527?
True
Let c be (-10)/20 + 7/2. Let d = c + 3. Let b = 0.5 + -1.5. Is b less than or equal to d?
True
Let c be 7*1*24/28. Let b(d) = d**3 - 6*d**2 + d - 5. Let l be b(c). Suppose -2*s - 3 = -2*v - l, -5*v + s + 1 = 0. Is v greater than 0?
False
Let r = -4 + 1. Suppose 5*b - 3 = 8*b. Is r at least b?
False
Let j = -2157 - -2165. Let a(n) = 2*n + 12 - 4*n + 4. Let v be a(j). Which is smaller: v or 7/9?
v
Let d be 1*(-23)/38 - 1/(-2). Let i = 1 + -2. Is d <= i?
False
Let c = -587 + 2933/5. Which is smaller: c or -162?
-162
Let m(f) = 2*f - 2. Let r be m(5). Let j be ((-3)/12)/((-1)/r). Suppose -3 = -j*k + 3*k. Which is smaller: -1 or k?
k
Suppose -4*v + 72 = 5*r, -3*v - r + 48 = -6. Let z = 10 - v. Let h = z - -6. Is h equal to -3/4?
False
Suppose 20*r + 4112 = -13508. Is r smaller than -881?
False
Let b = -1 + 5. Let v = -7 + b. Which is greater: v or -4?
v
Let i(x) = x**2 + 7*x + 12. Let k be i(-9). Let s = -31 + k. Which is smaller: -7/6 or s?
-7/6
Suppose -3*t - 23 + 5 = 0. Suppose d = 2*f - 142, -4*f + 2*d = 3*d - 290. Let u = f + -79. Is t at least u?
True
Let w = 30 - 31. Is w at least -1/934?
False
Let t = -636 + 637. Which is bigger: 5/122 or t?
t
Let j(m) = -m**2 + 9*m + 36. Let v be j(12). Is 16/15 greater than or equal to v?
True
Suppose 104*u = 103*u + 44. Suppose -49*o = -u*o + 50. Is o smaller than -43/5?
True
Suppose 4*o - f = -0*f + 5, -2*f + 6 = 0. Suppose -3*t - 2 = i - 1, 0 = -3*t + 2*i - 7. Let l be 4/(t + 3) + o. Which is bigger: l or 1?
l
Let z(o) = o**3 - 6*o**2 + 8*o + 4. Let v be z(4). Suppose -2*b - 5*i + 51 = -7, 87 = 3*b + v*i. Is 30 at most as big as b?
False
Let u = -168 + 168. Suppose -4*i + 0*g = -2*g + 10, 2*i = -5*g - 35. Let m be 6/(-20)*i/(-6). Which is bigger: u or m?
u
Let y = -0.256 + 0.156. Which is smaller: 8/9 or y?
y
Let g be 9*(5241/9 + -2). Let z = g - 161883/31. Let b = 334/217 - z. Is b > 1?
False
Let v(o) = 4*o - 4. Let b be v(4). Let j = b + -26. Let m = j - -19. Which is bigger: m or 6?
6
Suppose 5*j - 5*q + 839 = 114, 3*q = -2*j - 295. Is j less than or equal to -146?
True
Suppose b = -2*u - 18 - 73, -3*u - 3*b - 129 = 0. Let y be -3 - ((-1164)/u + 1/(-4)). Which is greater: y or -24?
-24
Let z = 329.1 - 329. Is z small | mini_pile | {'original_id': '7b55cab5c2517b902982da5fc07e7f0e87353a4f72a56cc699421f10e1ab1e4e'} |
package com.alta189.simple.gallery.utils;
import com.alta189.simple.gallery.SimpleGalleryServer;
import com.alta189.simple.gallery.objects.Message;
import com.alta189.simple.gallery.objects.MessagePosition;
import com.alta189.simple.gallery.objects.MessageStyle;
import spark.Request;
public class MessageBuilder {
private final Message message;
public MessageBuilder() {
this(new Message());
}
public MessageBuilder(Message message) {
this.message = message;
}
public static MessageBuilder fromJson(String json) {
return new MessageBuilder(SimpleGalleryServer.GSON.fromJson(json, Message.class));
}
public static MessageBuilder get(Request request) {
return new MessageBuilder().setSessionId(request);
}
public int getTimeout() {
return message.getTimeout();
}
public MessageBuilder setTimeout(int timeout) {
message.setTimeout(timeout);
return this;
}
public String getMessage() {
return message.getMessage();
}
public MessageBuilder setMessage(String message) {
this.message.setMessage(message);
return this;
}
public MessageStyle getStyle() {
return message.getStyle();
}
public MessageBuilder setStyle(MessageStyle style) {
message.setStyle(style);
return this;
}
public MessagePosition getPosition() {
return message.getPosition();
}
public MessageBuilder setPosition(MessagePosition position) {
message.setPosition(position);
return this;
}
public String getSessionId() {
return message.getSessionId();
}
public MessageBuilder setSessionId(Request request) {
setSessionId(request.session(true).id());
return this;
}
public MessageBuilder setSessionId(String sessionId) {
message.setSessionId(sessionId);
return this;
}
public Message build() {
return message;
}
public void save() {
SimpleGalleryServer.getDatabase().save(message);
}
public void delete() {
SimpleGalleryServer.getDatabase().remove(message);
}
}
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<!-- PM app link --><p class="lead">Haren Contruction Company recently recognized for contributing to Chattanooga Public Works 2017 Project of the Year, Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant Hydraulic, Pump and Bar Screen Improvements.</p> <small><i><a href="pastprojects/chattanooga-tn-moccasin-bend-wwtp/index.html" style="color: #f8f513;">project details</a></i></small></p>
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<h2>Bringing Water To Life Since 1939</h2>
<p class="lead">Haren Construction Company, Inc. has been a family owned and operated contracting company for three generations. Our reputation has been built on our having the knowledge, experience and technology needed to get the job done right, from start to finish, on time and within budget.</p>
<p class="lead">Working with government and private owners, Haren Construction Company provides commercial and industrial building, mechanical and electrical contracting, public and private utilities, and highway and heavy construction.</p>
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<div class="expertise">
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<img src="static/img/DSC09263.jpg" width="100%"><br>
<h2>Treatment Plants</h2>
<p>We are experts in the construction and expansion of clean water and wastewater treatment facilities for both public and private sectors.</p>
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<h2>Pump Stations</h2>
<p> HCCI has extensive experience in the construction and retrofitting of pump stations, ranging from potable water boosting pump stations to deep excavation wastewater pump stations.</p>
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<h2>Pipe Lines</h2>
<p>Underground pipeline construction is an important component of Haren Construction Company, Inc. and we have extensive experience in water and wastewater transmission lines in all types of geological conditions.</p>
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<center>
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<ul class="rslides" id="slider4">
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{% for slideshow_photo in slideshow_set.project_photo.all %}
<li>
<img src="{{ slideshow_photo.photo.url }}" alt="">
<p class="caption">{{ slideshow_photo.project.location }} : {{ slideshow_photo.project.name }}</p>
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<p class="lead">Haren Construction Company strives to create a partnership arrangement with all parties involved in a project to insure quality and satisfaction.</p>
<blockquote><p class="lead"><b>250 Years Combined Engineering/Construction Experience</b></p></blockquote>
<p class="lead">Haren Construction Company has successfully completed many construction projects throughout the south, all with impeccable attention to detail.</p>
<p><a href="projects" style="color: red;">View Current Projects</a> | <a href="pastprojects" style="color: red;">View Past Projects</a></p>
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<h2>'Good People' continue building Etowah's Haren Construction Company four generations later.</h2>
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Chris Colfer on 'Glee,' His Many Projects & How His Sister Keeps Him Humble
by Joel Keller, posted May 17th 2011 10:00AM
Chris Colfer at the Time 100 galaIf you weren't aware of who Chris Colfer was a year ago, you probably know who he is now. He won a Golden Globe for his role as Kurt Hummel on the smash FOX hit 'Glee,' and Kurt has been featured prominently in a storyline about bullying this season.
But that's not all; Colfer also signed a deal to write a live-action pilot for the Disney Channel called 'The Little Leftover Witch,' and 'Struck By Lightning,' a movie based on his screenplay, is going into pre-production with Colfer as one of the stars. Oh, and he also made the Time 100 list of most influential people. Again, not a bad year for a guy who won't turn 21 until next week.
So between the show, whose New York finale just finished shooting last week, the 'Glee' summer tour, the many interviews he's doing, and his multiple projects, you can understand why it might take some time to pin him down. But pin him down we did, for a 20-minute, jam-packed interview about 'Glee,' what keeps him humble, and where he's going to find the time to do all this stuff.
Last year, you were that intriguing character from 'Glee,' and now you're a Golden Globe winner, and you've got all this stuff going on. Which whirlwind do you think is more crazy: the first year of 'Glee' whirlwind or the second year, where a lot more of the attention is on you?
Oh gosh. I don't know. I mean, I think they're both pretty much the same, because the first one ... maybe the first one was a little more crazy just because it was literally, for me personally, it was like being from obscurity to the middle of Times Square like in a heartbeat. It was quite a trip and quite a whirlwind. And then the second year was just like the perfect year to add to that. So I think altogether, it's been one crazy, crazy adventure.
You've got the Disney show, you've got the movie that you wrote, you've got the awards. At what point do you sit and you just go, "Two years ago, I was a kid going to high school, and now there's this?"
Honestly, I try not to. Because I find whenever I do, I get stuck in this place that I almost don't believe that it's real. And I just kind of go into really this place of shock where literally, who knows, maybe I'm sitting in a nursing home somewhere in my hometown and I've just gone crazy, and I think all these things are happening, but really I'm just insane. But I mean, it's a trip.
I try not to stop and think about it, because every time I do, I literally spend so much time on just reflection, and shock, and awe. I remember when we first started shooting at Paramount, I would literally just walk around and just be completely awestruck at everything that I'd see, like the stage, and this building that was used in 'Sunset Boulevard,' and this bench that was used in 'Forrest Gump.' And I had to tell myself then that I have to keep my head out of the clouds, because I have a job to do. I can't spend all my time being in this surreal state, because otherwise I can't get anything done. So to make a long answer longer, yeah, it's hard to sit around and just be in awe of it all because once I get there, it's hard to leave.
What is the biggest thing that keeps you grounded?
The biggest thing that keeps me grounded? I think unfortunately for me, I am very, very well aware that I'm human, and I'm reminded every single day because I'm just an awkward, clumsy person. I think when I was growing up, every time I'd see someone in a TV show or a movie, I'd think oh, they must be perfect, they must be flawless. And I'm very, very flawed. So that definitely keeps me grounded, my flaws.
Also, I have a younger sister who is never impressed at anything I do. Anything I accomplish, she's never impressed at. So that helps.
Kurt performs with the Warblers on 'Glee'What does she say to you?
Well, it's so funny, because she's a special needs [kid], so she doesn't really understand anything that I'm doing, or achieving, or anything like that. And I'll tell her, "Hannah, guess what, your brother got a Golden Globe!" And she's like, "That's nice, how are the dogs?" (laughs) She's just uninterested. And I remember one time, I was being a good big brother and I took her to Jamba Juice, just her and I, and these people asked for my photo and I took a photo with them. When they asked "Oh, can we get a photo with you," my sister goes, "Why?" (chuckles) Like she just doesn't get it.
It's almost good that she doesn't get it, right?
I know! It's fantastic. And my parents tell me that whenever I have a big episode in 'Glee,' she falls asleep. (laughs) But whenever one of my male co-stars have a big episode, she's all ears, because she has crushes on them.
Which one does she have a big crush on?
Oh, she's in love with Mark [Salling]. So whenever Mark has anything, like a song or anything, she's up for the entire episode. But whenever I have anything, she falls asleep.
What do you think your biggest flaw is?
Oh, God. Where do I begin? Maybe my biggest flaw is always trying to correct my flaws. Maybe that's my biggest one. Any of my co-stars will tell you that I am the biggest klutz in the entire world. I'm constantly dropping my phone, or ... or ... or ... forgetting sentences ... clearly ... exhibit A. (laughs) But I told my friend Ashley Fink who's on the show, we joke that I am a goldfish because I literally will lose track of anything. Anytime I see something shiny, it distracts me and I'll swim over to it.
Which is interesting, because you say you're klutzy, but you're dancing on national TV in front of millions of viewers every week.
Yeah. Yeah. (chuckles) Which probably doesn't help. But at least they can edit that to perfection. You can't edit life.
Kurt's storyline this year has garnered a lot of attention, but you were with the Warblers most of the season. When you heard about the storyline, did you feel that is this a new adventure in the show, or you were worried that the chemistry would be broken?
Well, I think it was a story that I was excited to help tell, because it had kind of hit me on a personal level, because I was bullied in high school myself. I was never bullied for the same reasons or in the same ways that Kurt was. I was always just made fun of for the way I spoke and the way that I ... mostly for my voice is what I was made fun of for. The crazy things that I was doing, you know, trying to run a writer's club, and things like that. But I was definitely excited for it, because I thought it was great material, and it was kind of like candy for an actor. You get really emotional and dramatic.
And I was so excited about The Warblers because we work so much on 'Glee.' I cannot stress to you enough how much the cast and crew works to create the show. I mean, a 16-hour day for us is a breeze. It's like an early release day for us. In fact, we finished at 4:00 in the morning yesterday (Thursday the 12th), finishing season two. So we were constantly working. So when I found out that I was going to another school, I was very excited, because I got to work only twp days a week rather than all day every day. And of course while I was working, the other kids got a break too. So it was definitely mutually beneficial for all of us. And you know, I was excited for Kurt to go to a place of acceptance, and I was excited for that acceptance to be seen on TV, kind of as a utopia of high school, where anyone can be who they are. Oddly enough, in a private school where everyone dresses the same, they can be who they are.
You weren't bullied because you were gay?
Oh god, no. No, no, no, no, no. That was ... no. I was bullied because I was an intense child. (laughs) Because I was like that kid, you know, with his opinions. But mostly, people ... it's crazy ... people really gave me so much sh*t because I had a high-pitched voice. Even now, when I'm walking down the street, I'll get so much crap for it. I still don't understand why it's so fascinating.
I was basically bullied because I was a 40-year-old in a teenager's body. I was a precocious pain in the ass, basically.
Yeah, no, same here. Exactly. I was unapologetically a pain in the ass. (laughing)
You and Darren Criss have very good chemistry on the show. Did the producers get you and Darren together before The Warblers started and gauge what kind of chemistry you had? How did you sense that you and Darren would do pretty well right away?
I don't think they did. I think they just kind of gambled it. I had never met Darren until the first day that he started working on the set. But I don't know, I think we have great chemistry because we're both huge nerds, and we'll both tell you for hours like all the nerdy things that we'll do, and we'll do together, and the same 'Harry Potter' this, 'Star Wars' that, stuff that we're into. So then we kind of bonded over just both being huge geeks.
But I don't know. I think the connection between the two characters was something that both the characters just needed. So I think we just both took it from the characters' place.
Does this season feel more intense than even last year?
Oh absolutely. Absolutely. Because I think the bigger the show gets, the more intense it becomes, and the more people we have to please.
Considering you're also going out on tour this summer for the show, how do you think you're going to fit in those other projects?
I'm definitely bringing my computer on tour with us. And I think, you know, when we're on the plane and the bus, I'll always be busy at work, you know, doing something. But it really is amazing how other projects can ground you. I noticed that when I started kind of branching out, that like when I'm thinking about this project, everything else goes away. And when I'm thinking about that other project, all that stuff goes away. So it really can be amazing how sane you can get from insanity.
Is it a matter of you figure you're young, you can do it, or is it a matter of just grabbing the opportunity because it's here?
I think it's both. I think it's because I'm very ambitious, and also, who knows where I'm going to be next year? Who knows if I'll even ever get the opportunity to do this again? I have a drawer full of projects that I'm doing that just haven't been announced yet that I really had to stop and think, do I need to do this right now? Do I need to add another thing on my plate? And the answer has been yes, because who knows if I'm going to get this opportunity again?
So the Golden Globe: was it expected? Your speech sounded like it was from the heart, but also well prepared. Did you have it running in your mind in case you won?
No. Absolutely not. I'll look at the video of when I won, and people would say, were you really surprised? And I'll say yes! I'm not that good of an actor! That was pure shock you're seeing. But no, if you look at my name and the list of names that I was nominated with, there was no way in hell that I thought I was going to win that. And if I did, there's something wrong with me! And thank God I kind of grew up in high school doing speech, and debate, and impromptu rounds, and kind of knew what to say on the spot, but no, nothing was prepared. If you watch it, I'm literally just naming all the people I can see, and whose names I can remember at the table (chuckles). Because there were some people that, I remember looking from the stage at, and I think I forgot their names and just friggin' thanked them! (laughing).
Yeah, but the message that you put out there about bullying and about being yourself ... how did that come to you? Is it because you knew that the storyline was one of the reasons why you won the award?
Absolutely. I think that was a big reason why I won. And I remember, the little that I can actually remember from that moment ... which, let me tell you, I don't know how people could prepare a speech in that moment. Your adrenaline is out of control. I have never, ever had an adrenaline high like that before in my life, to the point where I literally can remember barely any of it. I just remember where I was, and the little bit of what I could see. But the rest is blurry. But I just remember walking up to the stage and thinking to myself, please don't trip on the table, please don't trip on one of the table chairs, because I will trip and embarrass myself in front of national television. Then all I could remember was just thank the kids, thank the kids, they're the reason why you're here, they're the reason why you're here.
Last week's prom episode obviously had that big reveal of you being prom queen. But when that was leaked out, how did you feel about that, because it's such a big plot point?
Well, I think I was definitely disappointed, because I thought it could have been like a really big shocker, which I'm sure it was for some people who don't read the internet and all that. But one of the things that I've learned from being a part of 'Glee' is that there's really no such thing as a secret, or something private anymore in the world we live in. So I wasn't surprised it was leaked, but I was disappointed.
How are you keeping your private life private?
Well, there's not much of a private life, so it's easy. (chuckles)
'Glee' - 'Grilled Cheesus'Are you being followed around by more paparazzi at this point now?
Yeah. And that is, I think, the worst part, the worst price of it all, because it really does give you anxiety when you know that people are following you around. And the fact that there's no such thing as a private moment anymore, that really anywhere you could be, you could be being watched and photographed. And yesterday I was in the airport, and of course, there's 25 paparazzi guys behind me, or not 25, probably more like 15. I didn't count, because I wasn't looking at them. But of course, they were there, and I was randomly selected to be searched at the airport. So they got all that on camera, which was fantastic.
The pat-down and everything?
Yeah. My bag was searched, everything. Everything was out and I asked the guard to put me in cuffs, since they were already taking pictures. They might as well just put me in cuffs, because I'm sure it'd make a great story.
Did they do it?
No, they wouldn't, unfortunately.
So what does doing the finale in New York bring to the show that all these other event episodes didn't have?
Well for one, exterior shots. The entire show takes place inside. We're never outside. (chuckling) But in New York, it really is the center of the world. These kids live in their isolated world of their own. So I think it definitely is a best juxtaposition for them to travel outside to. And everyone has dreams of going to New York someday. Everyone. Even if people say they don't, they're lying. Everyone wants to go get to New York and see it for themselves eventually. These kids get to do it, and they get to do it for something they love. So I think it's the most climactic setting they could have chosen.
Chris Colfer shooting the 'Glee' finale in New YorkIs this the kind of thing where being there is going to make some of them change what they think about their lives, or what they think about Glee Club?
Yeah, I think so. Absolutely. I know that my, well once my character gets there, he doesn't want to go, and he plans on coming back one day. Which, I mean, I always knew. But yeah, I think they definitely get bitten by the NY bug.
What can you tell me about the finale, that isn't a spoiler, that people can look forward to?
Oh gosh. Lots of crazy locations Locations that like, I remember when I would watch movies and TV shows and see people filming in these places, and think how is that possible? How is it possible to shut down Times Square to film for a day, which we did. Or how is it possible to shut down Lincoln Center and film for a day, and Central Park, without being attacked, which we were. So I think it's just a big, crazy episode, with lots and lots of amazing, amazing locations and conclusions.
Now where do you think Ryan and Ian and Brad can go for season three, considering how big ... I mean, it almost gets to the point where every episode is such a big event. Where do you think they can go in season three? Do you have an idea where they might be going?
I have no idea. I mean, I can only speak for my character, and I know that I've certainly been pitching tons of controversial storylines and directions to go in, which I know we'll see ... we'll see where they go. But I don't know. Lucky for me, that's not my job. I mean, thank goodness it's not. Because I don't know. It's awesome that we only have to top ourselves.
Alright, give me a possible controversial storyline, if you don't mind, that you've pitched.
Ohhhhh ... I can't tell you ... I can't tell you because I'm really pushing for one, and I can't tell you because I know if I tell you, then it probably won't come true, but it's really good.
Anything you've pitched and gotten rejected?
Not yet. Not yet, no. Well, I mean, I did one like on the tour. I really wanted to fly over the audience in the harness, which they said no to, but other than that, that's about it.
Yeah, because if Spider-man can't do it, you can't do it.
Well I mean, yeah, I know. Exactly. I mean, it's the same insurance policy. It shouldn't be too much for them. But no, I don't know. Fingers crossed. I'm really hoping for it. It would be controversial, but it's something that happens every day.
Ever think that, like at some point, have you gone to the guys and say "Hey, can I write an episode, or can I direct one?"
I mean, the thing about 'Glee' is, it's not mine. I mean, I'm not driving the bus. I'm a passenger. So I never really would think about it. I mean, at this point, if an opportunity came to me that I couldn't pass up, I would definitely take. it. But I mean, I would never ask myself, because I don't feel like I'm in the right place to do that. I feel like they know what they're doing so far ... why test fate with me joining in?
Who was the most interesting person you met at the Time 100 party?
Oh, there was no way I could pick one person. The room was insane. There was not one single person in that room, including the waiting staff that did not impress me so much.
You were on 'Regis and Kelly' downplaying that honor a little bit. What are your thoughts on why they picked you for that list?
I feel like by picking me, they also pick the show. Because without the show, having your creators and writers brave enough to give me the material that I've had, I definitely wouldn't have had that honor. But I mean, I think it's amazing how much a little teeny show can affect people, and that's why that's what I was chosen.
Right. Dianna Agron's passage about you in the piece was quite descriptive, in a short paragraph. She did a nice job on that.
Yeah, no, she, I mean, yeah, she's wise beyond her years. And that was fantastic. I couldn't have asked for something nicer.
'Glee' airs Tuesdays at 8PM ET on FOX.
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This is a really great interview. Nicely done! He gave some really interesting answers to your great questions. I love him. :)
May 17 2011 at 1:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
So much honesty! It's really refreshing.
Great interview. Now I finally get why he compares himelf to a goldfish. Of course he's a strong swimmer he has seen dark days without a doubt.
And he admits that he struggles with his flaws. "But at least they can edit that to perfection. You can’t edit life."
That's what I call wisdom. I think at the core every human is just a selfish egoist but what's truly beautiful is someone with wide open eyes and a matching strong will. He has ambitions. Good for him, better for us.
"Yeah, no, same here. Exactly. I was unapologetically a pain in the ass. (laughing)" Okay - I love him. :D
May 17 2011 at 12:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
So he's working on more projects than Lightning and the Disney show? This is exciting! Love Chris!
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# frozen_string_literal: true
RSpec.shared_examples 'creates an alert management alert' do
it { is_expected.to be_success }
it 'creates AlertManagement::Alert' do
expect { subject }.to change(AlertManagement::Alert, :count).by(1)
end
it 'executes the alert service hooks' do
expect_next_instance_of(AlertManagement::Alert) do |alert|
expect(alert).to receive(:execute_services)
end
subject
end
end
# This shared_example requires the following variables:
# - last_alert_attributes, last created alert
# - project, project that alert created
# - payload_raw, hash representation of payload
# - environment, project's environment
# - fingerprint, fingerprint hash
RSpec.shared_examples 'assigns the alert properties' do
it 'ensures that created alert has all data properly assigned' do
subject
expect(last_alert_attributes).to match(
project_id: project.id,
title: payload_raw.fetch(:title),
started_at: Time.zone.parse(payload_raw.fetch(:start_time)),
severity: payload_raw.fetch(:severity),
status: AlertManagement::Alert.status_value(:triggered),
events: 1,
domain: domain,
hosts: payload_raw.fetch(:hosts),
payload: payload_raw.with_indifferent_access,
issue_id: nil,
description: payload_raw.fetch(:description),
monitoring_tool: payload_raw.fetch(:monitoring_tool),
service: payload_raw.fetch(:service),
fingerprint: Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(fingerprint),
environment_id: environment.id,
ended_at: nil,
prometheus_alert_id: nil
)
end
end
RSpec.shared_examples 'does not an create alert management alert' do
it 'does not create alert' do
expect { subject }.not_to change(AlertManagement::Alert, :count)
end
end
RSpec.shared_examples 'adds an alert management alert event' do
it { is_expected.to be_success }
it 'does not create an alert' do
expect { subject }.not_to change(AlertManagement::Alert, :count)
end
it 'increases alert events count' do
expect { subject }.to change { alert.reload.events }.by(1)
end
it 'does not executes the alert service hooks' do
expect(alert).not_to receive(:execute_services)
subject
end
end
RSpec.shared_examples 'processes incident issues' do
let(:create_incident_service) { spy }
before do
allow_any_instance_of(AlertManagement::Alert).to receive(:execute_services)
end
it 'processes issues' do
expect(IncidentManagement::ProcessAlertWorker)
.to receive(:perform_async)
.with(nil, nil, kind_of(Integer))
.once
Sidekiq::Testing.inline! do
expect(subject).to be_success
end
end
end
RSpec.shared_examples 'does not process incident issues' do
it 'does not process issues' do
expect(IncidentManagement::ProcessAlertWorker)
.not_to receive(:perform_async)
expect(subject).to be_success
end
end
RSpec.shared_examples 'does not process incident issues due to error' do |http_status:|
it 'does not process issues' do
expect(IncidentManagement::ProcessAlertWorker)
.not_to receive(:perform_async)
expect(subject).to be_error
expect(subject.http_status).to eq(http_status)
end
end
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In August 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Swiss Federal Department of Finance issued a joint statement that created the U.S. Tax Program for Swiss Banks (“the program”). This program paved the way for ending the conflict that had emerged between the two countries concerning Swiss bank secrecy (DoJ 2013).
At the time, the DoJ had collected evidence that several Swiss banks had systematically helped U.S. tax subjects to evade taxation. Several Swiss banks were already under criminal investigation by the DoJ. The largest of these banks, UBS, had settled in 2009 and received a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in exchange for full cooperation with the DoJ, including providing names of clients and employees, and a penalty of USD 780 million. One bank (Wegelin) collapsed in 2012 as a consequence of the conflict with the DoJ. Six major banks (Credit Suisse, Bank Julius Bär, Pictet, HSBC, Zürcher Kantonalbank, and Basler Kantonalbank) and eight smaller banks had also been charged but had not yet settled at the time of the creation of the program. Other banks were at risk of being implicated in the DoJ’s investigation. The whole Swiss banking industry appeared to be under siege.
International pressure on Swiss bank secrecy had already been mounting for some time. Before the U.S. came into play, there had been a series of initiatives led by the OECD to increase transparency and induce cooperation among countries on taxation. With respect to bank secrecy, the OECD tried to establish the free exchange of information between tax authorities, or ideally the automatic exchange of information on tax subjects. This amounts to abolishing bank secrecy for tax purposes. The strategy of the OECD relied mainly on blacklisting non-cooperative jurisdictions, thereby hoping that this public shaming would prove effective. In successive negotiations between Switzerland and the EU, a withholding tax on interest income was introduced, and the distinction between tax evasion and tax fraud was removed, thereby easing the way for an EU tax authority to request information on bank accounts in Switzerland about which they were suspicious. However, in all these negotiations, bank secrecy itself was fully preserved.
Delaloye et al. (2012) use this period of prolonged negotiations to estimate the value of bank secrecy for UBS and CS (the two largest international universal banks in Switzerland) and two large Swiss private banks (Julius Bär and Vontobel). They extract the effect on the stock prices of these banks that is due to particular events connected to the negotiations. The only event that has a negative effect on UBS and CS was a letter by EU Commissioner Frits Bolkestein published in the Financial Times. The authors interpret this letter as hinting towards possible sanctions and loss of access to the EU financial market. Two other events related to the introduction of the withholding tax affected the two private banks, but not the large universal banks. The authors conclude that bank secrecy was of significant value only for the two private banks, whereas its value for the two international universal banks was zero. These banks feared loss of market access much more and might therefore have been in favor of abolishing bank secrecy in order not to jeopardize market access.
Emmenegger (2017) asks the question of why bank secrecy, having been well established for decades in Switzerland, ultimately fell. He argues essentially that the Swiss state depends on the viability of the large international banks, and these banks depend on access to the U.S. financial market. By threatening to deny these banks access to this important market, the USA was able to force the Swiss government to agree. Having publicly admitted to wrongdoing, Switzerland was then unable to withstand reform, also vis-à-vis other jurisdictions.
We do not find this argument completely convincing. It is obvious that access to the U.S. financial market is vital, but it is not obvious that access to the EU financial market is less vital. So why was the U.S. so much more successful than the EU in its handling of Switzerland? We are not legal or political science scholars, but it is interesting that the EU was negotiating with the Swiss government, whereas the DoJ was attacking Swiss corporations. Its first target was the biggest bank in the country, no less. This is in line with the guidelines set by the DoJ with respect to charging corporations: “[…] corporations are likely to take immediate remedial steps when one is indicted for criminal conduct that is pervasive throughout a particular industry, and thus an indictment often provides a unique opportunity for deterrence on a massive scale […]” (Holder (1999), Section I.B). It is conceivable that this strategy was far more effective than the shaming and negotiating strategy of the OECD and the EU. We agree with Emmenegger (2017) about the aftermath of the program: after it was publicly established that Swiss banks had helped customers to avoid taxation, it was impossible to keep bank secrecy alive.
The program is a significant part of recent Swiss financial history. It contains material for scholars of law, political scientists, historians, and, of course, economists. The aim of this short paper, however, is not to analyze the long-term effects of the program, but is much more mundane. We simply study the determinants of the penalties that were paid by category 2 banks. We find that there are five determinants. First, the most important variable determining the fines is the maximum U.S.-related assets under management. This finding is in line with the formal definition of the program. Second, the DoJ lists particular types of behavior it found in the participating banks. We find a few such behaviors that prove valuable in explaining the penalties. Third, the average assets under management per account is also an important determinant. Banks with the same assets under management but whose assets belonged to a larger number of smaller clients paid larger penalties than if the bank had fewer, but larger, clients. Fourth, we find some evidence that the solvency of the banks at the end of 2013 may have played a role as well. Banks that had a low leverage ratio (i.e., high levels of capital compared to their balance sheets) received higher penalties than banks that were less solvent. Fifth, the DoJ seems to have eased the fines as the program evolved. Controlling for the other variables, we find that the fines for the banks that settled last were significantly smaller than the ones that settled early. We have no indication why this is the case.
Basics of the program
Participation in the program was voluntary, and some banks indeed opted not to participate. The program allowed the industry to resolve the U.S. tax issue in a structured and relatively predictable manner. The last paragraph of the DoJ Tax Division’s comment on the program makes this very clear:
“Each eligible Swiss bank should carefully weigh the benefits of coming forward, and the risks of not taking this opportunity to be fully forthcoming. A bank that has engaged in or facilitated U.S. tax-related or monetary transaction crimes has a unique opportunity to resolve its criminal liability under the Program. Those that have criminal exposure but fail to come forward or participate but are not fully forthcoming do so at considerable risk”. (DoJ Tax Division (2013), p. 4)
The first step for a participating bank is to request permission from the Swiss Federal Department of Finance to participate. Such permission is necessary because cooperating with a foreign government to the extent required by the program without prior permission constitutes a breach of Art. 271 Abs. 1 of the Swiss penal code.Footnote 1 In July 2013, the Finance Department published a model request for banks to apply for such permission (EFD 2013).
The second step is for the banks to declare their willingness to participate in the program by submitting a letter of intent (LOI). The deadline for this was December 31, 2013. The program divided the banks into four categories, and banks have to indicate to which category they want to belong.Footnote 2 Category 4 banks are financial institutions with local client bases who are deemed compliant. Category 3 banks are banks that are not category 4, but who have not committed tax-related or monetary transactions offenses against U.S. law. Category 2 is for banks that are not category 1 but have reason to believe they may have committed tax-related offenses. Category 1 are banks that were already under criminal investigation (the aforementioned fourteen banks). These banks are excluded from the program.
Category 3 and 4 banks have to provide evidence for their classification, which is then verified by an independent examiner (at the expense of the bank). In exchange, the bank is offered a non target letter (NTL), which is essentially just a document stating that the bank is not, at that time, the target of any criminal investigation authorized by the DoJ’s tax division.
Category 2 banks are the focus of the program. Banks that fulfill the requirements of the program are offered a non-prosecution agreement (NPA). An NPA is very similar to a DPA. In both cases, the bank is not convicted of any crime and does not formally admit guilt, but full cooperation and typically the payment of a penalty are required.Footnote 3 The process and the obligations of category 2 banks are explained in the next section in greater detail.
All category 2, 3, and 4 banks have in the meantime settled with the DoJ and have received NPAs or NTLs. Some category 1 banks, however, have not yet settled. Two of these banks have been liquidated in the meantime (Bank Frey and Neue Zürcher Bank). According to DoJ data, the category 1 banks that have settled so far had an aggregate maximum amount of assets under management (AuM) belonging to U.S. clients of USD 38 billion. They have paid penalties of about USD 4.4 billion. The category 2 banks had in total maximum assets under management belonging to U.S. clients of roughly USD 50 billion and have, in sum, paid penalties of USD 1.37bn.Footnote 4 Other Swiss (non-bank) companies are also under investigation or have been charged and have settled similar disputes with the DoJ. For instance, the wealth management company Prime Partners in Geneva is a family office, not a bank. They received an NPA in exchange for full cooperation (e.g., naming of clients) and a penalty of USD 5 million.Footnote 5 Since Prime Partners is not a bank, the program was not open to them and this paper does not include such cases.
Category 2
In order for a bank to be granted an NPA, it has to fulfill three obligations. It must provide detailed information, it must provide assistance to the DoJ in implicating other individuals, and it must pay a penalty. The process is explained in detail in DoJ (2013) and DoJ Tax Division (2013).
Information The bank must disclose the total number of U.S.-related accounts, as well as the maximum balance on these accounts for three periods: on August 1, 2008, between August 1, 2008, and February 28, 2009, and after February 28, 2009.
In addition, the bank must provide information about the amount and form of the transfer of funds into and out of the account during the applicable period. In particular, it must show where the funds came from and where they went to (i.e., identification of intermediary or financial institution and its domicile). This information is clearly intended so that the DoJ is able to follow the money and implicate other institutions or individuals.
The bank must identify further its internal procedures for the handling of U.S. clients and accounts. This information includes the names of employees involved in acquiring, operating, and supervising such accounts. In particular the names of the relationship manager, client advisor, asset manager, financial advisor, trustee, fiduciary, nominee, attorney, or accountant at any time during the relevant period have to be submitted. The information also includes internal reporting and communication with management on such matters.
The above information has to be verified (at the expense of the bank) by an independent examiner.
Assistance Interestingly, the bank does not disclose the identities of the U.S. account holders themselves. Doing so would violate Swiss bank secrecy law. However, upon request, the bank will provide testimony and assist the USA in any criminal proceedings. In particular, the bank provides all information necessary for the USA to draft treaty requests to seek account information.
Furthermore, the banks will close all non-compliant U.S.-related accounts. They will also prevent their employees from assisting U.S. account holders with further concealment. Moreover, the banks will open new U.S.-related accounts only if they can ensure that the account will be declared to the USA and will be subject to disclosure by the Swiss bank. This effectively terminates Swiss bank secrecy for U.S. customers vis-à-vis the U.S. government for category 2 banks.
Penalty The program specifies a formula for computing the penalty:
“Upon execution of an NPA, the Swiss Bank will agree to pay as a penalty:
1. 1.
for U.S. Related Accounts that existed on August 1, 2008, an amount equal to 20% of the maximum aggregate dollar value of all such accounts during the Applicable Period;
2. 2.
for U.S. Related Accounts that were opened between August 1, 2008, and February 28, 2009, an amount equal to 30% of the maximum aggregate dollar value of all such accounts; and
3. 3.
for U.S. Related Accounts that were opened after February 28, 2009, an amount equal to 50% of the maximum aggregate value of all such accounts.
The determination of the maximum dollar value of the aggregated U.S. Related Accounts may be reduced by the dollar value of each account as to which the Swiss Bank demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Tax Division, was not an undeclared account, was disclosed by the Swiss Bank to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or was disclosed to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service through an announced Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program or Initiative following notification by the Swiss Bank of such a program or initiative and prior to the execution of the NPA”. (DoJ 2013, section II.H)
Note that the penalties are rather steep. They are between 20 and 50% of the maximum aggregate amount that was in these accounts. This is certainly more than the profit the banks made with these accounts, and very likely more than the tax that was evaded. Of course, not all U.S. accounts were undeclared, and it is in fact likely that many U.S. clients were tax compliant. However, the burden of proof that some of these accounts were in fact declared to the IRS lies with the banks.
Even though the program prescribes a rigid formula for the penalty, the DoJ clearly had some degree of freedom in determining the fines. On the Tax Program website, they state: “It is indeed essential to remember that banks receive a rebate if, for example, they managed to push clients into the IRS voluntary disclosure program. Furthermore, extraordinary cooperation might play a role in reducing the fine as well. It follows that a low penalty could be an indication that the bank had very little undeclared U.S.-related assets or that the institution closed undeclared accounts early in the time period of the U.S. Tax Program, or that a lot of its U.S. clients participate in a voluntary disclosure program initiated by the bank, or even that the bank strongly cooperated with the DoJ.” (see, emphases added).
Initially, 87 banks were in category 2. Nine of thoseFootnote 6 subsequently left the program or switched to a higher category, so 78 banks remained in category 2 and went through with the process. The DoJ provides the individual NPAs and summary data for all the 78 banks that remained in category 2 on the website (see also
According to the program as described in the previous section, the penalty is a function of the maximum amount of assets under management (AuM) in three different periods, minus some potential rebate for extraordinary cooperation. This hypothesis cannot be tested, however, because the DoJ has not published the AuM for the individual banks and the three periods separately. For most participating banks, they only publish the maximum AuM over all three periods together.
The DoJ has also published the maximum number of U.S.-related accounts for each bank. According to the program, this data should not affect the penalty. Interestingly, the DoJ was careful to document this information for each bank. This leads us to believe that it did play a role in some way. We will argue that the average assets per account, AuM/accounts, is a useful explanatory variable.
The NPAs describe in some detail the DoJ’s findings concerning the activities of each bank relevant to allowing or helping customers avoid taxation. We have collected 30 such practices, see Table 1. The practices range from rather benign behavior, such as “e-banking, retail and private banking services for U.S. clients” (A24), to much more dubious actions, such as “assisted in the falsification of documents” (A3). We will experiment with different collections of these activities as regressors to find a combination that helps explain the penalties.
Table 1 Activities of banks as described by the DoJ
Finally, we have collected balance sheet data for as many banks as possible for the year 2013. In particular, we have collected the size of the balance sheets, capital, earnings, and profit of 60 banks. For 18 banks—all specializing in private bankingFootnote 7—we do not have access to annual reports.
Table 2 provides descriptive statistics of the data. The penalty, assets, number of accounts, and average account size data are extremely skewed. The logarithmic versions of those variables are more symmetrically distributed. In order to avoid the results being dominated by the banks with the largest penalties, most AuM, and most or largest accounts, we will mostly work with logarithmic data. One bank did not have to pay a penalty (Banca Intermobiliare di Investimenti e Gestioni (Suisse) SA), so this bank is dropped from our sample as well.
Table 2 Some descriptive statistics (penalties and AuM in million USD; capital and balance sheet in million CHF)
Figure 1 depicts more detailed information about the data in order to assess selection effects when dropping the private banks for which no balance sheet data are available. The chart provides kernel estimates of the main variables for the subset of banks that are in the sample with balance sheet data, and the ones that are excluded from this sample. Visual inspection suggests that there is not a great difference between the two samples, except with respect to average account size. The excluded private banks had significantly larger accounts than the other banks.
Fig. 1
Distributions (kernels) of some data. The solid lines are for the 60 banks for which we have balance sheet data; the dashed lines are for the 18 banks for which we do not
As stated in the program, the determinants of the penalty are the maximum aggregate assets under management in U.S.-related accounts. The difficulty is that the program distinguishes between three points in time, namely August 1, 2008, between August 1, 2008, and February 28, 2009, and after February 28, 2009. However, the data published by the DoJ for most participating banks do not distinguish these three periods; only the maximum over the three periods is published. Moreover, the penalty is levied only on those assets that were unknown to the IRS at the time the program began, but the published data does not reveal the share of assets that were shown by the bank to be tax compliant. As a consequence, our model is necessarily miss-specified.
Category 2 banks held, according to the DoJ data, about USD 50 billion U.S. assets under management (AuM). If all these assets were not tax compliant, the total penalty would have to be between 20 and 50% of this value, that is, between USD 10 and USD 25 billion. Yet, the penalties were only USD 1.37 billion, which is between 5.5 and 13.7% of the values we would expect if all AuM were non-compliant. Therefore, apparently, the banks were unable to establish tax compliance for 5.5 to 13.7% of their AuM, or vice versa, between 86.3 and 94.5% of the assets in category 2 banks were indeed tax compliant.
Despite the unavoidable miss-specification, a regression
$$ p_{i} = \beta_{0} + \beta_{1}\cdot\text{AuM}_{i} + \varepsilon_{i}, $$
where pi is bank i’s penalty, is a start. If the complete AuM had evaded U.S. taxation, βi should be between 0.2 and 0.5, according to the definition of the program. In Table 3, column 1, we report that this coefficient is only 0.02, which is consistent with the assessment we made before that the major part of the AuM were indeed tax compliant.
Table 3 Regression results
To account for the highly skewed distribution of the data, we will use the logarithmic specification of (1). Note that now the coefficient β1 should be 1 according to the definition of the program because the relationship between AuM and penalty ought to be linear, hence exhibiting unit elasticity. Table 3, column 2, reports that β1 is indeed close to unity, though statistically slightly smaller.Footnote 8
We now add the activities, as identified by the DoJ in the individual NPAs, as explanatory variables. If we add these activity dummies individually to Eq. (2), activities A4, A9, A19, A20, and A24 turn out to be significant at the 5% level. If we use these five dummies simultaneously, A20 and A24 lose their significance. We therefore keep the remaining three activities in the regression,
$$\begin{array}{*{20}l} {} \log(p_{i}) &= \beta_{0} + \beta_{1}\cdot\log(\text{AuM}_{i})\\ &\quad+ \beta_{2}\cdot\text{A4} + \beta_{3}\cdot\text{A9} + \beta_{4}\cdot\text{A19} + \varepsilon_{i}. \end{array} $$
The results are reported in Table 3, column 3. The coefficients of the activities are all positive, indicating that banks that did pursue these activities did face larger fines.
As reported, the DoJ carefully collected and reported the number of U.S.-related accounts, despite the fact that the number of accounts is not a determinant of the penalty according to the definition of the program. However, the (logarithmic) number of accounts indeed turns out to have a statistically significant explanatory power,
$$\begin{array}{*{20}l} \log(p_{i}) &= {\beta_{0}} + {\beta_{1}}\cdot\log(\text{AuM}_{i}) \\ &\quad+ {\beta_{2}}\cdot\text{A4} + {\beta_{3}}\cdot\text{A9} + {\beta_{4}}\cdot\text{A19} \\&\quad+ {\beta_{5}}\cdot\log(\text{accounts}) +{\varepsilon_{i}}.\qquad\qquad \end{array} $$
Table 3, column 4, reveals one unsatisfactory feature of this specification, though the elasticity of AuM with respect to penalties is clearly not 1 anymore. According to the program, there should be a linear relationship between these variables, and thus the elasticity should be unity. We can remedy this shortcoming by not using the number of accounts per se as a regressor, but the average size of the accounts, AuM/accounts,
Table 3, column 5, shows that this reestablishes the unit elasticity of AuM. We will argue below that there is a good reason to assume that the size of the accounts held at the banks contains important information about the ability of the banks to establish the tax compliance of their customers, and this affected the penalty the banks ultimately had to pay.
We also consider a quadratic specification of the size variable in Table 3, column 6, and find that it is superior to the linear specification.
Table 3, column 7, is the same specification, but using only the sample of banks for which we have accounting data (which will be used in the following regressions). The differences are small and give us no indication of important selection effects.
One might wonder if the ability of banks to pay penalties might have played a role as well. There is no mention of this in the program, but as a general principle, one purpose of criminal law is the “deterrence of further criminal conduct” (Holder (1999), Section II.B), and this can only be achieved if the fine is to some extent painful for the corporation. We therefore check whether some basic bank balance sheet data help to explain the size of the fines. First, we control for the size of the bank, measured by balance sheet or by capital, Table 3, columns 8 and 9, respectively. We find that both variables have no significant influence. Next, we measure the ability of the bank to pay by its solvency, simply measured as the share of capital in relation to the size of the balance sheet. We add plain solvency as well as its logarithmic version as regressors, Table 3, columns 10 and 11. Solvency has the expected positive coefficient and, interestingly, turns out to be significant at the 10% level.
Finally, note that it took the DoJ about 10 months from the first to the last NPA for category 2 banks. The first NPA was issued on March 30, 2015, the last on January 26, 2016. It is possible that the DoJ changed its stance as time went by. Indeed, adding the date of the NPA as a regressor produces a statistically significant negative coefficient, see Table 3, columns 12 and 13. So it appears that, controlling for everything else, the DoJ set smaller fines towards the end of the program than at the beginning. The date of the NPA is measured in years, and the variable varies from 0 for the first NPA to 0.83 for the last. The coefficient of – 1.2 therefore induces a difference of − 1.2·0.83≈−1.0 from the first to the last NPA. A logarithmic difference of this size amounts to exp(−1.0)≈1/3. This means that the fines toward the end of the program were reduced to about a third of the size of those at the beginning. It is not possible to know whether this is a reflection of an evolving policy of the DoJ, whether there were personnel changes that led to this changed behavior, or whether the DoJ chose to deal with the “hard cases” about which they suspected more wrongdoing first (without this being fully captured by our activities dummies), and hence demanded higher fines.
The last specification, Table 3, column 14, is the same as specification 13, except that we have now dropped activity A19, which is no longer significant. As a result, the solvency variable and the quadratic account size variable gain some significance, but otherwise the results are quantitatively almost unchanged.
Figure 2 depicts the parts of the individual (logarithmic) penalties that are explained by the components of version (14) of the regression.Footnote 9 AuM is clearly the dominant factor, as it should be, given the rules of the program. However, the average size of the accounts also contributes, in some instances significantly. The same applies to the two activities (A4 and A9). Solvency and the date of the NPAs appear to contribute comparatively less.
Fig. 2
Contributions of the exogenous variables (regression version 14)
The size variable and the role of solvency
We have found that the average size of the accounts and the solvency of the bank has a statistically significant and economically meaningful effect on the fines the banks had to pay. We now discuss possible reasons for these effects.
To understand why the average size of the accounts should have had an effect on the penalty, let us consider two banks that paid similar penalties, but had very different compositions of accounts. The (logarithmic) mean of the AuM per account across all banks in our sample is USD 0.83 million. Migrosbank reported USD 273 million U.S.-related AuM, and 898 such accounts. This makes USD 0.3 million per account on average, which is significantly smaller than the average across all banks. Migrosbank paid a fine of about USD 15 million. According to our estimate (regression (11)), if Migrosbank’s accounts had been equal to the average USD 0.83 million, its fine would have been only USD 7.3 million, which is only half of what it paid. Compare this to Rothschild Bank. This bank reported USD 1,500 million U.S.-related AuM in 332 accounts. This makes USD 4.5 million per account on average, so the account balances of Rothschild’s clients were much larger than those of the average bank. Rothschild Bank paid a smaller fine than Migrosbank, namely USD 11.5 million, despite having much more U.S.-related AuM. If it had had the average account size, its penalty would have been much larger, namely about USD 74.4 million according to our estimate.
It is possible that large clients were on average more tax compliant than small clients, or maybe it was easier for Rothschild Bank to push its larger clients into voluntary disclosure and establish the tax compliance of these accounts, while Migrosbank was not able to do so for its smaller clients. It is, unfortunately, not possible to test this hypothesis because the amount of delinquent AuM is not available.
About the significance of solvency, one possible argument for the influence of this variable is that the DoJ wanted to avoid sending a bank into bankruptcy by charging too large a fine. On closer inspection of the data, this reasoning appears unconvincing, however. Figure 3 plots the capital ratios of the category 2 banks at the end of 2013, and the capital ratios that would have resulted if they had had to pay the fines at that moment. The fines were quantitatively much too small compared to the capital of the banks to have a pronounced effect on their solvency. The DoJ could have imposed much harsher fines without jeopardizing any of the banks. Some category 2 banks did go out of business during the programFootnote 10, but this was not due to its becoming insolvent because of the size of the fine. The reason, then, why the solvency variable turns out to be statistically and economically significant, remains unclear.
Fig. 3
The penalties had a minimal effect on the solvency of most banks. Solvency is measured as capital divided by the size of the balance sheet. “Before penalty” means the balance sheet data of the bank as reported in the 2013 end of year annual report. “After penalty” subtracts the penalty (in CHF, using the end of year exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.8929 CHF) from capital, and divides again by the balance sheet
The program spells out a rule for determining the penalties. Unfortunately, it is not possible to verify that this rule was applied because the DoJ has not published the data in the necessary detail. For instance, the NPAs do list the maximum assets under management related to U.S. entities. However, for most banks, the DoJ does not publish when these accounts were in operation (which, according to the program, has an influence on the penalty), and how much of the AuM was shown by the banks to be tax compliant. Our analysis suggests that, overall, between 86 and 95% of the U.S. assets in category 2 banks were tax compliant. With the available data, we do find strong evidence that the amount of U.S.-related assets under management has a strong positive influence on the fines, as is to be expected.
The DoJ has collected and published relevant practices that banks were engaged in. We identify a small number of such activities that seem to help explain some of the variance in the fines. The activities we identify have to do with allowing customers to withdraw cash anonymously, or helping them conceal their accounts from U.S. tax authorities.
Furthermore, we find that banks with many small accounts paid larger fines than banks with few, but large, accounts. It is not completely clear why this is so. It is possible that larger clients were more tax compliant on average than smaller clients, or it is possible that the banks had more difficulty in proving tax compliance for many small clients compared to few large clients.Footnote 11
In addition, we do find some tentative evidence that the DoJ imposed higher fines on well-capitalized banks. It is not possible to determine whether this was by design or not. It is unlikely that avoiding driving a bank into a solvency crisis was a major consideration for the DoJ; the fines were simply too small for that. However, it is possible that the DoJ felt that it could and should extract more from a well-capitalized bank. Yet, it is also possible that this statistical result stems from the necessarily miss-specified model.
Finally, we find evidence that the DoJ over the course of the program significantly reduced the fines. Banks that settled later received a better deal than banks that settled earlier. Again, it is not possible to know whether this was the intention of the DoJ, whether its policy gradually evolved over time, or whether this is connected to the sequence the DoJ set at the outset when it decided to prioritize some dossiers at the expense of others.
In conclusion, it is notable that the sums that have been transferred from the Swiss banks in categories 1 and 2 to the U.S. government are substantial. So far, these banks have paid USD 5.8 billion in fines. In addition, the legal cost for the banks must have been very high as well. There are no publicly available data on that, but a legal conflict that lasts several years for high stakes and that involves U.S. law enforcement is bound to be expensive. Moreover, U.S. tax subjects that were identified by the program were also prosecuted and were billed for taxes and fines, although no final account of these payments is publicly available.Footnote 12 The U.S. government made a hefty gain from the program. On the other hand, the program has allowed the Swiss banking industry to leave the conflict behind in a structured and relatively quick fashion. The financial legacy that still remains today is several category 1 banks which are still awaiting a settlement.
More broadly, the program has paved the way towards the fall of Swiss bank secrecy with respect to a wide array of jurisdictions. As of today, Switzerland has signed agreements to exchange information automatically about foreign customers of Swiss banks with 41 jurisdictions. The Swiss banking industry has been permanently changed by this program.
1. 1.
The law is intended to protect Swiss sovereignty and forbids official activities on Swiss soil to the benefit of foreign countries, see Husmann (2014) for a critical view of the approach that was used by the Swiss government to allow banks to cooperate.
2. 2.
The deadline for the LOI of category 3 and 4 banks was later extended to December 31, 2014, see DoJ Tax Division (2014).
3. 3.
In a DPA, charges are filed with a federal court but are dismissed after all obligations have been fulfilled. In an NPA, no charges are filed with a federal court, see Alexander and Cohen (2015).
4. 4.
The largest individual penalty for a category 2 bank was the USD 211m that was paid by BSI, a bank that has in the meantime been implicated in the 1MDB case and has been sold (
5. 5.
DoJ press release number 17-910 of August 15, 2017,
6. 6.
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds Banking Group, Banque Morval, BC Fribourg, BC Genève, Barclays Bank (Suisse), Barclays Capital (Zürich Branch of Barclays Bank London), VP Bank (Schweiz).
7. 7.
Lombard Odier, Coutts, HSZH Verwaltungs AG, Gonet, Bordier, Baumann, Banque Pasche, Standard Chartered Bank, PBZ, Finter Bank Zürich, Reichmuth, BHF-Bank, E. Gutzwiller, Société Generale Private Banking (Lugano-Svizzera), Arvest Privatbank, Leodan Privatbank, Credito Privato Commerciale, Bellerive.
8. 8.
One bank is dropped from the sample because its penalty was zero.
9. 9.
More precisely, the bars indicate the contributions for an individual bank minus the average contribution over all banks: for example, contributionAuM(i)=1.2004·[ log(AuM(i))−mean(log(AuM))]. For the activities dummies, we do not correct for the sample average: contributionactivities(i)=0.5310·A4(i)+0.4996·A9(i).
10. 10.
Credito Privato Commerciale SA voluntarily went out of business in June 2012, but still received an NPA and paid a fine in July 2015. Banca della Svizzera Italiana (BSI) was purchased by EFG International in 2016, after losing its license in Singapore “for serious breaches of anti-money laundering requirements, poor management oversight of the bank’s operations, and gross misconduct by some of the bank’s staff” (
11. 11.
In fact, the DoJ has acknowledged the difficulty that banks faced in demonstrating tax compliance and has in the process extended the deadline for providing such evidence, see DoJ Tax Division (2014).
12. 12.
One source is a speech by former Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, in which he mentions that, as a result of the program, over 43,000 U.S. taxpayers voluntarily disclosed to the IRS and paid over USD 6 billion in taxes and penalties (Cole 2014).
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The F2 Stroller by Combi - Light and Convenient
As a toddler I love walking around whenever I go out with mommy or daddy. There however are times when we do go out for long period of times. What's a toddler to do then? While I may look like a grown up little girl, I'm only 2 and I don't have the long legs mommy and daddy does. I also get tired very quickly and I'm not always able to keep up. So what's a toddler to do? That's where a stroller comes in. I have had a LOT of strollers in my 2 years of living. From strollers that automatically fold by themselves like a Transformers to those that were so difficult that mommy and I were not a fan. As parents you look for convenience and you also want something that isn't difficult. Mommy looks for those but she also looks for quite a few other things as well. Today I want to share with you a stroller that I just know that moms and dads everywhere are going to love. Introducing the F2 Stroller by Combi. Not only is this stroller super efficient but it's light and very convenient.
Before I go into my review of the Combi F2 stroller I want to share a bit about the company. Combi was founded in 1989 and prides itself in creating lightweight, compact, and portable strollers, car seats, high chairs, mobile entertainers, and accessories. They strive to design products that make parenting easier and maximize convenience. Now on to my new F2 stroller!
The Combi F2 stroller is designed for babies - toddlers ages 6 month - 3 years and is available in the following colors: Blue, Pink, White, Red and Yellow. Now one of the reasons why it's only available for 6 months and up is because while it does recline, it doesn't recline a full 90 degrees. It does however recline from 120 to 135 degree. So while your little one may not be fully flat, they still are at an angle that is quite comfortable in the event that they fall asleep. The seat is also super easy to adjust and you can find that sweet spot that your little one loves.
Now you're probably wondering about set up. I have to tell you that there is NONE. There is no set-up needed since it comes already set up for you. You don't even have to put the wheels on. Everything is already done.
Now on to the features which is what you've all been waiting for.
Although I'm now a toddler and can fully walk, there are times when I fall asleep when traveling and mommy has to lift me up. Can you imagine holding an infant or toddler and trying to open or even lift a stroller. This stroller is super easy to open. It has a one hand operation that can be easily opened when you are holding your little one or even your shopping bag. It is also one of the lightest stroller we have had to date. This stroller weighs in at only 12lbs. The handle is a one piece handle and not two and while it was perfect for mommy who is 5' 10" tall, daddy had a bit of a problem being 6' 5" because the handle doesn't adjust.
The seats are made of mesh so it keeps your baby cool and comfortable. Great for those summer weathers. The canopy is very large and is able to cut over 99% of ultra-violet ray in sunlight so that your little one can be protected. I love that it can be pulled down quite easily and that it completely shaded my face from the sun.
It has a 5-point safety harness which offers maximum protection and retention. It's also a one-touch buckle and is super easy to not only secure your little one but also easy to release as well. It is also made of padded cloth and not the usual material that most safety harness are made from. The seat is a good size for baby and toddlers alike, and I was able to fit in with a bit of room to spare.
There is also a built in footrest that is also not adjustable but it's perfect for me. Younger children may not be able to reach it.
The F2 also comes with a shock absorbing frame which helps absorb vibrations when riding. The wheels are made of smooth rubber and the front wheels swivel but also comes with a swivel lock which you can also use to prevent them from moving. The back wheels also comes with a brake lock that can be use with just the touch of your foot. We found that it rode nicely on most surfaces but when we tried it when it snowed we didn't have that great of a ride and it was actually a bit difficult to push.
There is also a convenient basket which you can use to put your diaper bag or even shopping bags. It's not too big but it is very convenient.
While the Combi F2 stroller isn't your full deluxe stroller it is perfect for babies who are sitting up and toddlers alike. Mommy and I loved the fact that it is so lightweight and easy to use. The one hand fold was a really nice feature and here's another that she loved. It doesn't take up too much space in the back of her minivan. She usually put my stroller laying down but even if standing not a lot of space is used. We would however have liked if the handle was adjustable and while cupholders aren't a big deal it would have been a plus. We also wished that the wheels had more texture instead of it being smooth so that it would have been able to ride nicely in all weather conditions.
Overall the Combi F2 Stroller is a super light, compact and very convenient stroller. It's also the stroller that I plan on using on my upcoming trip so you may see a few more pictures of it in use in the Caribbean. Priced at only $199 it's also super affordable. I think that you would love it as much as I do. It's why it gets my TWO TINY THUMBS UP!
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\section{Floor Function/Examples/Floor of Root 5}
Tags: Examples of Floor Function
\begin{theorem}
:$\floor {\sqrt 5} = 2$
where $\floor x$ denotes the floor of $x$.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
The decimal expansion of $\sqrt 5$ is:
:$\sqrt 5 \approx 2 \cdotp 23606 \, 79774 \, 99789 \, 6964 \ldots$
Thus:
:$2 \le \sqrt 5 < 3$
Hence $2$ is the floor of $\sqrt 5$ by definition.
{{qed}}
\end{proof}
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\section{Beta Function expressed using Gamma Functions}
Tags: Gamma Function, Beta Function
\begin{theorem}
Let $\map \Beta {x, y}$ denote the Beta function.
Then:
:$\map \Beta {x, y} = \dfrac {\map \Gamma x \, \map \Gamma y} {\map \Gamma {x + y} }$
where $\Gamma$ is the Gamma function:
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
From Beta Function of x with y+m+1:
:$\map \Beta {x, y} = \dfrac {\map {\Gamma_m} y \, m^x} {\map {\Gamma_m} {x + y} } \map \Beta {x, y + m + 1}$
where $\Gamma_m$ is the partial Gamma function:
:$\map {\Gamma_m} y := \dfrac {m^y m!} {y \paren {y + 1} \paren {y + 2} \dotsm \paren {y + m} }$
From Partial Gamma Function expressed as Integral:
{{begin-eqn}}
{{eqn | l = \map {\Gamma_m} x
| r = m^x \int_0^1 \paren {1 - t}^m t^{x - 1} \rd t
| c =
}}
{{eqn | r = m^x \, \map \Beta {x, m + 1}
| c =
}}
{{end-eqn}}
Thus:
:$\ds \lim_{m \mathop \to \infty} m^x \, \map \Beta {x, m + 1} = \map \Gamma x$
As $m^x$ is monotone, it does not matter if $m$ is integer or real.
Thus:
:$\ds \lim_{m \mathop \to \infty} \paren {m + y}^x \, \map \Beta {x, m + y + 1} = \map \Gamma x$
Hence:
{{begin-eqn}}
{{eqn | l = \map \Beta {x, y}
| r = \lim_{m \mathop \to \infty} \dfrac {\map {\Gamma_m} y \, m^x} {\map {\Gamma_m} {x + y} } \map \Beta {x, y + m + 1}
| c =
}}
{{eqn | r = \lim_{m \mathop \to \infty} \dfrac {\map {\Gamma_m} y \, m^x} {\map {\Gamma_m} {x + y} } \frac {\map \Gamma x} {\paren {m + y}^x}
| c =
}}
{{eqn | r = \lim_{m \mathop \to \infty} \dfrac {\map {\Gamma_m} y \, \map \Gamma x} {\map {\Gamma_m} {x + y} }
| c = as $\ds \lim_{m \mathop \to \infty} \frac {m^x} {\paren {m + y}^x} = 1$
}}
{{eqn | r = \dfrac {\map \Gamma y \, \map \Gamma x} {\map \Gamma {x + y} }
| c =
}}
{{end-eqn}}
{{qed}}
\end{proof}
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In A Flash: What A Pouncing Tiger Can Teach Us About Life
Way back in the day, humans had to take an unknown rustle of the leaves as either a tiger or the wind. Was it worth it to forage for some more food on the outskirts of the tribe or should we go back to safety? Naturally, those who always assumed it was the tiger lived longer than those who always assumed it was the wind.
Doubt kept us alive.
Fast-forward thousands of years to a first world city today—we have left the savannah and threats of mauling to instead wrestle with career choices, relocations, and relationships. These are all circumstances where the worst-case scenario is never a tiger but typically an agitated house cat, to continue the analogy.
But our evolutionary software still has the worst-case scenario meter stuck on tiger.
The very mechanism that kept us alive long ago is the same one that holds us back today.
Preparing for the worst and hoping for the best works well when there are limbs at stake, but when it comes to making a stressful decision in the twenty-first century, we’ve substituted a tiger with a different, equally debilitating, albeit imaginary, worst: being ostracized from society, becoming homeless, dying an awful death in the sewers.
If we’re always preparing for the imaginary worst, we can never feel comfortable or worthy of expecting the best. How can I focus on the upside of this decision when my dead body might be laying face first next to the subway tracks if this doesn’t work out?
By putting up a horrific worst-case scenario, we don’t allow ourselves to accept that a positive outcome is even possible. When we put all of our energies and efforts on supplying and fortifying the extreme left end of the bell curve of possibilities, our brain has no resources or energy remaining to push to the right-hand side of it. So, on the far left end of what might happen is where our brain lives; that’s where the status quo resides; that’s where our expectations sit.
All we have energy left to do is “hope” that something good will happen.
We can do better.
It should be: Understand the worst; fight for the best.
To understand the worst means to write out our real-world worst-case scenario. Not the death, fire, and brimstone stuff we like to make up but that actual worst-case scenario: money lost, opportunities passed up, family we may disappoint. Write it down. Bathe yourself in it. Understand it. Acknowledge it.
Now, write down how you would bounce back from that worst-case scenario. Who would you contact? What skills could you put on display? Where would you have to live? How long could you live off savings? How could you earn money?
Got it? Good. You’ve understood the worst-case scenario, and now you can use the rest of your energies (and there should be a lot of it left) to fight for the best.
It takes energy and focus to be willing to sign on the dotted line of a commitment.
We have to give ourselves permission to succeed. We have to feel worthy enough to experience the things on the right-hand side of the bell curve of possibility.
Unless you feel good enough, smart enough, capable enough, or worthy enough, you’ll always think that the rustle is a tiger.
Sign on the dotted line and bring some Band Aids and Neosporin just in case it doesn’t work out the way you had hoped, because to he who bets that the rustle is but a breeze, many opportunities lie await, even if a scar is to be had.
Are you allowing yourself a chance to succeed? You deserve greatness, but you have to give yourself permission to do so.
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Due to diseases such as muscular dystrophy and Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis, or to traumatic injury or heredity, many individuals cannot lift their arms to their faces to perform mundane tasks such as eating, washing, brushing their teeth and so forth.
This invention teaches an apparatus which enables such individuals to perform such tasks, without the assistance of others.
The inventor himself is afflicted with Amniotropic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gherig's Disease), and during the many years which he has been so afflicted he has not found any device which functions as does his invention. Two devices were discovered in a search which do employ a structure around the neck which goes to each hand but neither is capable of performing the functions of this invention. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,337,938 and 4,335,875 teach that such a neck-supported arm holding device may be used to improve physical exercise and posture but neither show that the downward motion of one arm may be directed to moving the other arm upward.
One of the problems that Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis (herinafter ALS) victims have to face is a curling-in of the hands. Using a hand support means which holds the hand in a more normal flat (as opposed to claw-like or fist-like) position is therefore essential to such a person. This invention incorporates such a hand support means to attach the user's hand and arm to the rest of the device. Means for immobilizing body parts have been taught in the health care field, the closest known being U.S. Pat. No. 4,013,070 which teaches the use of integrally built support means built into a glove to hold a hand immobile, but said device is not easy for those without proper function to employ. Useful design for the ALS victim (or for those with similar disabilities) requires ease of putting the hand support means on to and taking it off from the hands, a problem which the prior art does not address. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '7d7b18aa1d7cbc5b87fa243269603914e7251d3844038fa42d54b0500efe4887'} |
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Diabetes is a disease that trifles victims on a world-wide scale and as big data and artificial intelligence (AI) become more innovative, so are methods of treating diabetes. Here are just five ways big data and AI are rerouting diabetic treatments.
With nearly half a billion people living with diabetes today, the disease has reached epidemic proportions. According to a CDC report, there are over 30 million people diagnosed with diabetes just in the US where it remains the seventh leading cause of death.
Being a complex disease, diabetes requires rigorous self-management and control. And digital health companies are determined to ease the social burden of the disease and cut its economic cost that in 2017 amounted to $327 billion in the US. They leverage technology advancements to develop innovative healthcare solutions like continuous glucose monitoring devices, non-invasive insulin delivery systems, and digital diabetes management platforms.
These connected devices are rich sources of physiological, behavioral and contextual data that can be collected and analyzed for more data-driven diabetes care. Here are five types of startups that tap into the potential of big data and AI to empower patients with effective management tools.
A fast-growing startup, Livongo Health leverages big data to drive better patient outcomes by empowering people with diabetes to manage their conditions more efficiently.
“The way that we use big data is frankly very unique. We have hundreds of thousands of people who use our products — for example blood glucose meters, blood pressure cuffs and scales that are connected to a larger database that we can access.
We take all of that data and we look at the trends. Then we generate insights to deliver back to our members to drive behavior change. We use a reinforcement learning platform where we look at the data, generate multiple different personalized messages to send back to our members and then learn what works best for which member. So our system is continuously getting smarter,” said Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Livongo’s Chief Medical Officer.
A California-based diabetes management company, Bigfoot Biomedical is another competitive player on the emerging healthtech market who has embarked on a mission to develop an automated insulin delivery system. Dubbed an “artificial pancreas”, the system is poised to make life easier for diabetics.
The startup harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to develop a closed-loop system that would learn how a user responds to food, exercise, insulin — and adjust the dose accordingly.
The extensive funding gave the company the needed financial support to move to the clinical trial phase. The solution would transform the way diabetes patients manage their condition and reduce the risk of devastating complications.
A global diabetes data management company, Glooko provides HIPAA-compliant and broadly compatible web and mobile apps. The solution synchronizes with diabetes devices and major fitness and activity trackers to gather data such as blood glucose, insulin, blood pressure, diet, and weight.
Glooko’s diabetes management platform leverages big data analytics and predictive algorithms to empower healthcare providers with the right tools to analyze population trends and provide personalized recommendations.
“Glooko liberates data from over 180 diabetes and exercise devices, correlates it with food, exercise, medication and other data to deliver actionable insights that improve self-management and clinical care,” says Michelle de Haaff, Glooko’s Vice President of Strategy.
Encouraged by the positive results of reversing the chronic condition in half of its clinical trial patients, Virta Health, a Silicon Valley-based startup, is on a mission to provide an alternative treatment for type two diabetes — with no surgery or medications required. Virta takes a nutrition-centric approach, relying on a ketogenic diet to make the body burn fat instead of carbs for fuel.
An easy-to-use Virta app allows users to enter blood sugar, ketones, and other information. Then, the solution uses artificial intelligence to develop an individualized treatment plan. The app also matches the patient with a specially assigned clinician and a health coach for real-time professional help and consultation.
At HIMSS18 in Las Vegas GlucoMe, an Israeli startup, demonstrated its new Digital Diabetes Clinic — a cloud-based solution for remote population management. The solution enables medical professionals to constantly monitor a patient’s blood glucose and insulin and adjust the treatment plan as necessary.
The monitoring and decision support platform uses the data seamlessly transferred to a mobile app from smart glucose monitors and insulin pens. By applying AI and machine learning, the system derives meaningful insights and generates real-time alerts for digital or face-to-face intervention.
Effective diabetes care requires new approaches — those that focus on intelligent insulin delivery algorithms and personalized treatment plans. Digital health companies recognize the need and leverage big data capabilities coupled with advanced AI to come up with innovative solutions that revolutionize diabetes care.
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THE Jersey City Publishing Company Office, No. 251 Washington Street. THE NEWS BUILDING. Telephone Call Jersey City, 271. NEW YORK OFFICE-No. 28 Park Row (Empire 42). HOBOKEN AGENCY—J. Lichtenwald. No. 61 Second Street. NEWARK AGENCY—F. N. Sommer. No. Broad Street. The only Democratic Daily Paper published in Jersey City. Single copies, one cent; subscription, three dollars per year, postage paid. Entered in the Post Office in Jersey City as second class matter. All business communications should be addressed to The Jersey City News: all letters for publication to the Managing Editor. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1904. The Trenton ‘True American’ sums up President Roosevelt’s career in the following terms:— If what he has done had been done for the success of his party, and the continuance of its principles, there might be some excuse for his course. But from the first he has asserted himself as above and beyond the party which made him President; from the first he has trampled upon those leaders of the party whose ideas differed from his ambition; from the first he has been for Roosevelt first, for Roosevelt last and for Roosevelt all the time; from the first he has traded and dickered with party leaders, whom he could not bully; he has forced a race issue within touch of a race war; he has violated the Constitution to force his satellites into office; he has assailed the House; has condemned the Senate; has violated the most sacred doctrine of international law established for the protection of the weak—and all, that Theodore Roosevelt may receive another term as President! That the American people as a whole are morally degenerating is the opinion of Dr. Charles Cutbbert Hall, president of Union Theological Seminary, New York, who made a brief address before members and friends of the Religious Educational Association at the Art Institute Chicago yesterday. "We all rejoice in the remarkable growth and the excellent features of American civilization," he said, "and we are pleased at the relatively good state of the common morality of the people, but a deeper examination of the social side of our American life reveals a situation that causes anything but satisfaction. It is a matter of consternation and deep concern to us that the moral standard of American life is deteriorating. In the hustle and bustle of every day activity we have astonished the world, but, morally, we are rapidly going astern—so rapidly that one is dumfounded at the contrast after a visit to some of the countries of the old world. "I am an optimist through and through, but I am not a stone-blind optimist. I feel and I know from observation that religion has little, if any, part in our American civilization today. This is a lamentable state of affairs and it behooves each and all of us to do all we can to help to stem this tide of indifference. Our home life is not what it should be, and it is not to be pondered at when we realize the general apathy of the people as regards their spiritual welfare." That Tired Feeling Is a Common Spring Trouble. It’s a sign that the blood is deficient in vitality, just as pimples and other eruptions are signs that the blood is impure. It’s a warning, too, which only the hazardous tail to heed. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove it, give new life, new courage, strength and animation. They Cleanse the blood and clear the complexion. Accept no substitute. “I felt tired all the time and could not sleep. After taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, I while I could sleep well and the tired feeling had gone. This great medicine has also cured me of scrofula.” Mrs. C. U. Boor, Gilead, Conn. Mood’s Sarsaparilla promises to cure and keeps the premises. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR POWDER Absolutely Pure IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH AMUSEMENTS. Majestic Theatre. At the Majestic Theatre “The Man From China” has won popular favor and it is now nightly packing the house. Some of the alterations in the cast and action of the piece have made it more compact without in any way spelling the fun producing effects. Miss Marie Tyler has been given the finale song in the last act and the management has discovered that she possessed a beautiful voice. Miss Tyler has had a small part as one of the “Matrons,” and only recently it was made known to Melville E. Raymond, the owner of the production, that she had singing parts in London. Being a man who fosters talent, he decided to let her have a trial in the finale song. She was an immediate hit. Many remarked on the wonderful power of her voice. It could be heard above the full chorus of men and women and the blare of the orchestra just before the final curtain. Miss Stella Alayliew has added a new verse to her song, "Fifty-seven Ways to Win a Alan." It concerns a little Irish lady, who, in order to gain the affections of one Brady, sings to him wonderful comaulves. Miss Alayliew's expressive countenance and resonant voice have made the new verse one of the choicest hits. In the piece last night, Mr. Bigelow burst forth in the full glory of a new yachting cap. It was as big as a four-leaf eloater and perched on the top of his remarkable head and caused the audience to break into paroxysms of laughter. Mr. Bigelow is improving his funny business at each performance and throughout the action of the piece gains a thousand laughs. "The Man From China" can very easily stay at the Majestic all summer. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Maeterlinck's Study of the Dog. A delightful holiday book is announced by Dodd, Alead and Company for publication in the fall, viz.: an illustrated edition of Alaurice Maeterlinck's "Our Friend, the Dog." This is to be issued in a most sumptuous form, with sympathetic illustrations by Paul J. Aleylan, and decorations by Charles B. Falls. This exquisite little sketch marks, in the opinion of many, the highest level of Maeterlinck's literary achievement. It is characterized by a keenness and accuracy of observation and fullness of sympathy with its subject which will cause it to appeal to all friends of the dog. It is safe to say... That very little that has ever been written about the dog portrays his nature so faithfully. A Maw Writer. Dodd, Mead and Company will bring out, early in the fall, a novel by a new writer, Emily Post, who is a daughter of the late Bruce Price, the well-known New York architect. The story is entitled “The Flight of a Moth.” It is a charming and altogether delightful tale, dealing with the old theme of an American woman who has a great social success abroad, and who is immensely admired because of her versatility, beauty and tact. The theme however, is treated in an entirely novel manner, and is consistently fresh from cover to cover. The book mirrors remarkably well the social life of European capitals; the humor is crisp and the author is absolutely at home in writing of the social aspects of London and Paris, and the amusing existence in a French country house. TO CRANBERRY LAKE. The Lackawanna Decoration Day Excursion. The most beautiful resort in New Jersey. Grand opening day May 30. Rate from all stations New York to Summit, inclusive. $1.00. Tickets sold for all trains May 29 and 30 return same day. Children fare, TO CONQUER CRAPE HATTERAS Yankee Ingenuity Will Endeavor to Lessen the Dangers Surrounding the Fatal Shoals. LIGHTHOUSE TO SAFEGUARD TRAFFIC Captain Eels Has Plans for the Construction of Buildings and Work Will Begin at Once. Writing recently in the Boston Transcript, Winthrop Packard tells of an engineering feat, which if accomplished, would be one of the marvels of modern craft, “Surely there is one man in Boston who has the full courage of his convictions,” he writes. “That man is Captain Albert F. Eells. To risk half a million of money and his reputation as an inventor and contractor in attempting to do what very able engineers, backed by the resources of the United States Government, have again and again essayed and ignominiously failed to accomplish, in other words, to erect the main lighthouse on the tip of Diamond Shoal.” Cape Hatters: This is the task that the Captain had set himself. The government experts expect no one to believe that he can do it; the attitude of Congress toward the matter shows this. Thus, the affair is so arranged that if he fails, the failure is complete and the loss entirely his own. To succeed, he must not only build the lighthouse, which is to be one of the largest in the world, but must maintain it a year at his own expense. Then it must stand unmoved and satisfactory in every particular for four years more under government management. If at the end of that time the careful inspection of the Lighthouse Board proves the results satisfactory, then, and not until then he receives a handsome sum, $590,000, probably enough to give the audicious contractor a good profit on his investment. The government experts evidently believe the case is a hopeless one. They will authorize the success. But Captain Bell's offer and expenditure of no more money in trials; they are willing to pay only for proved the methods by which he hopes to succeed are so novel and so generously plucky that has not only Congress consented to his terms, but the eyes of engineers of the world over will be on the struggle till it succeeds or the attempt has been abandoned. What will be the result it is going to take at least six years to tell. Perhaps more if the doughty Captain fails in his first essays and has the tenacity to keep on trying. The men who go down to the sea in ships know that the stern was well, and the stoutest hearted of them approach its dreadful shoals with anxiety and fear. It has been the bugbear of the Atlantic mariners since the first discovery of the country. A lighthouse stands on the tip of the mainland already, but for ten miles to seward of its stretch shifting sandbars having only nine or ten feet of water on them, and white surf even on the mildest days. This stretch of ten miles ends in Diamond Shoal and is known as the great graveyard of the Atlantic. Beneath its turbulent sands lies hundreds and hundreds of the staunchest ships that ever sailed the sea. As an example of what the storm does to a ship, the moment her keel touches these sands, the case of the wreck of the schooner Wesley M. Oler may be cited. This ship was of over a hundred tons, the pride of the bath shipyard that launched her and a splendid specimen of her class. She came north under tow of a powerful tug and set a gale off the dreaded cape. Here the cable parted and the tug lust her. She was seen in the rift of the storm by the watching surgeon who could do nothing to aid her even had there been time. But there was no time. So short was the time between the moment when she struck and when she disappeared from view that not only were all her crew lost, but the watch below decks were found later washed ashore in their night clothes, drowned immediately in their bunks before they had time to realize the danger. “In the years between 1875 and 1902, the record shows that ninety-seven wrecks occurred here, with a loss of sixty-two lives and $3,000,000 worth of property. The Government has done what it could. The hardy and fearless men of the Life Saving Service are stationed on the sandy coast facing the shoal, but in the boil of the shallow sea they are well nigh powerless to save lives or property. The shore light is one of the best, showing a great white flash at intervals of ten seconds, a flash that is visible twenty miles at sea in clear weather. Fifteen miles at sea is the Diamond Shoal lightship, whose electric lights show for ten miles on a bright night. But Hatteras is the abode of fog and gales. The moisture laden air of the Gulf Stream here meets the cool winds of the northwest, and turmoil and thick weather result. The lightship is of the largest class, held by mushroom anchors weighing 5,000 pounds, but no lightship can hold the position at times, no matter what the pattern or weight of her anchors, and again and again the present one has been swept away, leaving the storm-tossed mariner no mark to warn him of the terrible shoal when most he needs it. So fiercely does the surf beat here that mariners say that were Diamond Shoal 200 feet high instead of below the sea level its top would yet be white with foam in a Hatteras gale.” “Yes, such is the location of Cape Hatteras that all vessels coming north from the Florida Straits, from all ports within the Gulf, must take it in order.” To shape their course aright to havens farther north. They need to sight Hatteras to get their bearings and to pass far to seaward of it is to make vexations delays and take a much longer course, besides being uncertain of their position in weather when the sun does not appear for a “sight," and that is most of the time off Hatteras. Hence the crying need of a lighthouse on the top of Diamond Shoal. In 1889, the Government appropriated $200,000 for this purpose, it being specified that in any event the total sum spent should not exceed $500,000. The first essay was made with a huge caisson, built at Norfolk, Va. When this was finished, on a day when the weather seemed most favorable, it was successfully towed to the famous shoal and seemingly placed in a secure position on the sands. The plan was to work from the interior of this caisson, lifting sand until it should sink to a sufficient depth to form a secure foundation for the projected tower. But there was one serious defect in the form of this structure. Its sides were perpendicular and the currents, striking these, dived and immediately began to undermine it, scouring the sand from beneath. Hardly was it in position before the jealous gales rushed to reinforce the attack of the undermining currents and in a few hours the great waves were washing over it with unexampled fury. The currents dug and burrowed beneath it, twisting it from the foundations themselves; then the waves hammered and lifted and crushed it in pieces, scattering the fragments far and wide in a single night. By no human power could men remain on the scene and make effort to stay the destruction. After all, the thing I like best about “FORCE” is the enjoyment I get from eating it. It makes little difference how “good” a food is if you don’t like it. I’ve met mighty few people who don’t like “FORCE.” You can. An relish “FORCE” for a longer time, without change, than any other fond I know of. But it isn't such a bad notion, now and then, to switch off onto something else for a day or so — Even though you can't change to anything quite so good. And when morning dawned, the structure had vanished nor was a single fragment ever found. In 1894, the Lighthouse Board renewed the attempt. Pile driving machinery on a floating structure of pontoons was towed to the spot and it was determined to sink tubular piles of steel by means of a water jet which should bore into the sand and let the piles down until they were firmly imbedded. But again wave and current and wind wrought havoc. It was impossible to strike a period of one in sufficient to get the worn even fairly established. The wives hammered the lashings of the pontoons till they went adrift, the currents carried them was impossible to recover them, and they were lost as the caisson had been. The piles which were already in place were bent and twisted and torn out by the sea, and after many vigorous but futile efforts which covered a period of a year, the shoal was triumphant and remained unmarked by even a buoy to show the scene of the titanic struggle. Later, an elaborate scheme was devised to form a circular breakwater by sinking willow fascines in bundles, which were expected to accumulate silt and remain imbedded, raising a permanent barrier of sand within which the work might go on safe from the sea. This is the method of forming embankments in Holland, and was successfully used by Captain Eads in making the jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. “I find no record that this scheme ever got beyond the paper stage. If it did come to actual trial it failed, like all others, and until the present day Diamond Shoal remains untenanted save by the wrecks which still occur on it at the rate of from one to three a year. There have been at least twelve since 1894, only one year failing of a record, 1895, and as if to make up this leniency there were three in 1896. “After that the lightship was established and was certainly been a great help to mariners, for in ordinary weather it gives them a mark fifteen miles farther at sea, several miles outside the limit of danger. But the lightship is inadequate, having neither sufficient height nor certain permanency. In the worst gales, when it is most desperately needed, it stands a fair chance of being adrift its absence at such times greatly increasing the danger. Hardly a Winter goes by but it is blown off. The only way to secure a permanent marker is to build a solid and permanent tower on this shoal itself, hence the task which Captain Ellis has set himself. “But the terrible storms and the thick weather are not the only difficulties in the way of the completion of this task. Human ingenuity in lighthouse building has surmounted these in many places. To them must be added the varying and treacherous currents. The Gulf Stream Sweeps northward here at a rapid but uncertain rate, sometimes four knots an hour. In the turmoil of the shoals, it races and twists in a hundred unexpected ways, no two days alike. It carries the sand banks form one place to another, and where today is an island topped with foaming surf, tomorrow the bewildered navigator finds five fathoms of water, while beneath it all are the shifting quicksands, with no rock foundation at any depth. For the overcoming of these difficulties, Captin Eells proposes to embark on a plan that is as novel as it is audacious. Where no rock is to be found, he plans to build one, so solid and so immovably fixed that like Gibraltar itself it will defy the sea. It shall be placed so low in the shifting sands that the sea cannot get beneath to undermine it and its shape will be such that the currents in stead will deposit more sand about it, thus fighting for instead of against him. Its proposed shape will do this. It has been shown that the perpendicular sides of the caisson placed on the shoal years ago helped the currents to dive beneath and scour away the sand. The proposed rock is to have sliding sides like those of a bell, so that the currents striking it will be deflected upward instead of downward. Engineers declare that thus the sand will be dropped at the base instead of washed away. In fact, the beginning of the new lighthouse will be a great steel structure much like a diving bell. This will have hollow sides, so that it will float. It will be built at a shipyard and towed to the spot when the weather is favorable. Within the hollow sides will be placed enough stone and concrete to sink the structure to the desired depth, twenty-eight feet, but still allow it to float with a considerable portion above water. Once this is grounded on the shoal and secured temporarily in place the hollow sides will be filled with more gravel and concrete till it is firmly grounded by its own weight and tending to sink deeper. This is perhaps the most risky part of the whole operation, for a storm at this period may easily wreck the whole plan and necessitate beginning all over again. Luck and good judgment in choosing the right weather will play an important part of the whole operation, for a storm at this period may easily wreck the whole plan and necessitate beginning all over again. Luck and good judgment in choosing the right weather will play an important part in the scheme. Once in position and firmly weighted on the sands, and other parts of the work may be continued more at leisure, though this is only the beginning of the foundation laying. As the work progresses, water will be pumped from within this diving will dig the sand from beneath till the whole structure, now a huge caisson, is sunk to the desired depth at the bottom. THE JOLLY TRAVELING MAN uses “EASY SHAVE,” the new lather in place of soap as it is more sanitary and convenient to carry. Softens the easy: no stain to clean tea or tea to clean. It is so smarting or burning. Sold by all druggists. Each Ordinary Policy now issued by The Prudential shows exactly the Cash Value of policy at any time. Get one. and see. The Prudential Insurance Co. of America. Home Office, Newark, NJ. John F. Dryden, President. Edgar B. Ward, 2nd Vice President. Lealie D. Ward, Vice President. Forrest F. Dryden, 3rd Vice President. Edward Gray, Secretary. F. B. Reill, Supt. 303-8 Fuller Bldg., Tel. 2832 Jersey City, NJ. J. H. Linnell, Supt., 573 Newark Ave., Tel. 3072 Jersey City, NJ. G. Jackson, Supt., Rooms 101-102 Trust Co. Bldg., Hudson and Newark Sts. Tel. 143-1, Hoboken, NJ. D. D. Jackson, Supt., Rooms 101-102 Trust Co. Bldg., Hudson and New York Sts. Tel. 143-1, Hoboken, NJ. Albert Fillinginger, Supt., 742-4 Avenue D. Tel. 43 A, Bayonne, NJ. Visit The Prudential’s Exhibit, Palace of Education, World’s Fair, St. Louis. AWNINGS Taken Down and Stores must be taken down. Canopies for Weddings and Receptions, Crash and Camp Chairs for Hire, Waterproof Waver Covers and Trimmings. WEAVER’S OLD QUARTERS St. 30 Gregory St. IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY. To Helen M. DeKolf, Executrix of Peter C. DeKolf;— Helen M. DeKolf, Henry C. DeKolf and Albert D. DeKolf, or the heirs, devisees or personal representatives of said persons, TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of an order of the Court of Chancery, made on the day of the date hereof in a cause wherein Julia S. Reynolds, Executrix of the last will and testament of Edwin Eldridge, deceased, is the complainant, and you are the defendants, you are hereby required to appear, plead, demur or answer to the complainant’s bill, on, or before the Eleventh day of July next, or that in default thereof, such decree be made against you, as the Chancellor shall think equitable and Just. The said bill is filed to foreclose a certain mortgage made by Peter C. DeKolf and wife, to Egbert Q. Aldridge, Hannah C. Eldridge and Julia S. Reynolds, Executrix of the last will and testament of Edwin Eldridge, deceased, bearing date the Tenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, upon lands situate in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, to secure the payment of the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00). And you, the said Helen M. DeKolf, are made a defendant because you have or claim to have, a contingent interest in said lands; and you, Henry C. DeKolf and Albert D. DeKolf are made defendants because you are the sons and heirs-at-law of the said Peter C. DeKolf, and have a contingent interest in said premises by The will of the said Peter C. DeKolf. Dated May 10th, 1904. BEDLE, EDWARDS & THOMPSON. Solicitors of Complainant, Office and P. O. address, No. 1 Exchange place, Jersey City, N. J. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education on Thursday, May 26, 1904, at 9 o'clock P.M., at the City Hall, for the sale, demolishing and removal of the old buildings on the new high school site. Palisade and Newark avenues, commonly designated the “Harrison Plot.” The sale will be in accordance with the specifications on file in the office of the Supervising Architect, John T. Rowland, Jr., Commercial Trust Building, Exchange place, Jersey City, N.J., where blank form of bid and agreement of surety must be obtained. Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes endorsed “Proposals for the Sale of Old Buildings on New High School Site,” directed to “Mr. John H. Coyle, Chairman Sub-Committee New High School,” and handed to the Secretary in open meeting when called for in the order of business relating to sealed proposals. A surety company or certified check will be accepted as surety. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids, if by so doing the best interests of the city may be conserved. JAMES J. WISEMAN. Secretary Board of Education. For enough bedow the wash of the currents to be surely fixed and stable, no matter what the storm above the layers of masonry, ten in number, will be placed across the interior bottom, secured by steel cross beams. Last the whole structure will be filled with cement and gravel which will harden into the water. A solid rock extending far beneath the sea level. “This great steel-cased rock will weigh many thousand tons and will last for centuries. The rusting away of the steel casing, which may occur in the lapse of time, can have no effect on its strength and stability. On this artificial foundation will be built a strong steel tower 200 feet above the sea, bearing a light of the first class. It will contain living rooms for the light keepers and an engine room with a dynamo for the generation of electric light. The platform balcony surrounding the living apartments will be of steel placed eighty feet above the sea, and men and supplies will reach this from boats below by means of a tackle attached to a steel derrick. Boats will also be hoisted thus to be clear of the surf. “Such is the plan at present conceived and placed before Congress, which has just passed a bill authorizing its attempt on the terms stated. All details of construction and maintenance must be submitted for approval to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who will also have supervision of equipment. “Never before in the history of the country has a private individual dared attempt, at his own risk, a work which the United States Government has abandoned, after repeated failure, as beyond its power to accomplish. Captain Eells is an engineer of trial experience, a successful inventor, and a man of capital ample to carry out his bold plans.” This is well known to the engineering world as the originator, in connection with his uncle, Enoch Piper, of the cold storage system now in use the world over. He is the inventor of a diaphragm pump and of many engineering improvements in shipbuilding and allied lines of industry. His present scheme is his most daring one and will focus the attention of the world. LEGAL NOTICES. TO JACOB E. DENISTON, JR., CYNTHIA M. Fawson, Charles Fawson, her husband; Sarah E. Stiff, Henry Stiff, her husband; Annie Deniston, widow; Courtland Deniston, Eva Deniston, his wife; Hattie Hall, Benjamin Hall, her husband; William H. Dickinson, Isabel Dickinson, infant; Mamie Dickinson, infant; Sarah Dickinson, Henrietta Crawford, George W. Crawford, her husband; Mary Van Verst, widow; James Slator, Maggie Slator, his wife; Rachel Vance, James Vance, her husband; Annie Johnson, Lee Johnson, her husband; Sarah Richardot, George Richardot, her husband; Rachel Abell, widow; Rachel Child, Frank M. Child, her husband; John R. Abell, Elizabeth Abell, his wife; William Abell, Fannie C. Abell, his wife; Robert D. Abell, Jessie Abell, his wife; Alfred Abell, Georgea Abell, his wife; Paul C. Abell, Mary Abell, his wife; and Cynthia M. L. Allen; Susan Deniston, widow; Mildred Deniston, infant; Loie Deniston. Infant, and Thelma Deniston, infant. You are hereby notified that at a public sale made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on the 26th day of September, 1899, The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City purchased for the sum of twenty-two dollars and sixty-three cents all the land and real estate in Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and State of New Jersey, inside lots, which is laid down and designated as Lot 1, in block number 1,001, as shown upon L. D. Fowler's Official Assessment Map of Jersey City, N. J., 1894, said sale being made pursuant to the provisions of an act of the Legislature of New Jersey, passed March 26th, 1886, entitled:— "An Act concerning the settlement and collection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assessments and water rates or water rates in cities of this State, and imposing and levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu and instead of such arrearages, and to enforce the payment thereof, and to provide for the sale of lands subjected to future taxation and assessment." And the several supplements thereto. And you are further notified that you appear to have an estate or interest in said land and real estate, and unless the said land and real estate shall be redeemed, as provided in said acts, within one year from the date of sale and before the expiration of six months from and after the service hereof, a deed for the same will be given conveying to the Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, the fee simple of said land and real estate according to the provisions of the said acts. Dated Jersey City, N. J. J., April 12th, 1944. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JERSEY CITY. M. M. FAGAN, Mayor. Attest:— M. J. O'DONNELL, City Clerk. (Sale No. 9613.) JACOB BERTSCHTMANN, AMELIA Bertschtmann, his wife; George H. Waggon, Annie T. Watson, his wife, Banque Cantonale Vaudoisse, the Bank of Montreal, EJr menegildo Paladini, Etrigenteul Gefll, Jbsaph Ratti, The Victory Silk Mill, The Bergen Hill Pleasure Ground Association, Maria Mussmann and John Muaamann. You are hereby notified that as a public sale made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on the 26th day of April, 1904, I purchased for the sum of Forty-five Dollars and Fifty Cents all the land and real estate situate in Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and State of New Jersey, fronting on Hudson Boulevard, which is laid down and designated as lots three and four (3 and 4), In block number nine hundred twenty-four (924), at shown upon L. D. Fowler’s official assessment map of Jersey City, (1394), said sale being made pursuant to the provisions of an act of the Legislature of New Jersey, passed March 30th, 1836, entitled:— “An Act concerning the settlement and collection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assessments and water rates for water rents in cities of this State, and imposing and levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu and instead of such arrearages, and to enforce the * payment thereof, and to provide for the sale of lands subjected to future taxation and assessment.” And the several supplements thereto. And you are further notified that you appear to have an estate or interest in said land and real estate, and unless the said land and real estate shall be redeemed, as provided in said acts, within one year from the date of sale and before the expiration of six months from and after the service hereof, a deed for the same will be given conveying to the purchaser the fee simple of said land and real estate according to the provisions of the said acts. Dated Jersey City, N.J., May 10th, 1904. CHARLES M. VREELAND, Purchaser. Jersey City, N.J. (Sale No. 10231.) TO JACOB BERTSCHMANN, AMELIA BERTSCBMANN, his wife; George H. Watson, Annie T. Watson, his wife; Bonquette Cantonie Vaudoise, the Bank of Montreal, Brmenegildo Paladin, Estanell Gerli, Joseph, Rita, The Victory Bank Mill, The Bergen Hill Pleasure Ground Association, Marie Mussmann and John Musomann. You are hereby notified that at a public sale made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on the 26th day of April, 1904, I purchased for the sum of Forty-eight Dollars and Fifty-four Cents all the land and real estate situate in Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and State of New Jersey, fronting on High Street, which is laid down and designated as lots one and two 1/2 and 2. In block number nine hundred twenty-four, shown upon L. D. Fowler's official assessment map of Jersey City, said sale being made pursuant to the provisions of an act of the Legislature of New Jersey, passed March 28th, 1886, entitled: "An Act concerning the settlement and collection of the taxes for the year 1887, and for other purposes." 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Winter Checklist
Homeowners Monthly Winter Checklist
Want to keep your property in the best possible condition? This checklist will give you a timeline to follow to maintain plant health and upkeep during the harsh winter months.
• October
• Plant new trees, shrubs, and ground covers.
• Aerate, lime, and fertilize the lawn.
• Prune evergreens.
• Determine what trees should be pruned this winter.
• November
• Plant spring-blooming bulbs.
• Fertilize decidious and evergreen trees and shrubs to promote winter root growth.
• Remove lawn leaves and compost them. Leaves in ground cover and shrub beds should be left until spring, except for leaves from disease-prone trees and shrubs.
• December
• Begin winter tree pruning.
• Spray evergreen trees and shrubs with anti-transpirants.
• Prune evergreens carefully for holiday decorations.
• January & February
• Prune fall-blooming shrubs for shape and rejuvenation.
• Prune hedges to keep them the desired height and width.
• Finish winter tree pruning.
Are Your Plants Protected against Winter Burn
As air temperatures fluctuate above and below freezing, winds can cause plant dehydration. In particular, Broad-leaf evergreens, such as Hollys, Boxwoods, Rhododendrons, Laurels, Aucubas, should receive one to two anti-dessication treatments starting in early winter, or late fall if the weather turns more quickly than normal.
Cold temperatures and severe wind conditions are what makes winter the harshest time of the year. These adverse weather conditions can severely injure, or kill evergreen trees and shrubs due to winter burn.
Broadleaf evergreens, such as Aucubas, Azaleas, Boxwoods, Hollies, Laurels, Magnolias and Rhododendrons, are especially susceptible. Conifers, such as Spruce, Fir and Pine trees, also can suffer damage to their needles.
Broad Leaf Evergreen Evergreen
During cold winter storms, moisture is lost through the stomata, or pores, of evergreens, making them very susceptible to dessication. The application of anti-dessicants in the late fall or early winter will protect your evergreen plants. This should be performed expertly as the amount applied needs to be just right so as not to damage the plant.
What happens if broad-leaf evergreens are left unprotected? As winter air temperatures fluctuate above and As air temperatures fluctuate above and below freezing, winds can cause plant dehydration. The leaves will turn brown. Stems and branches may die because the roots are unable to replenish the loss of water. In worst cases the plant does not recover.
If you have any of these evergreens on your property, or questions about other types of evergreens that may need protection, call us soon to arrange a consultation before winter.
Warding Off Scales
Azalea Scale Infestation
Azalea bark scale (Acanthococcus azaleae) infestations can be severe. This sap-sucking scale can cause serious harm to your favorite Azalea or Rhododendron.
The adult females (1/8 inch) with their white egg sacs are most noticeable in May and June. Symptoms of their sucking include honeydew, sooty mold, and considerable leaf yellowing and die back. Infestations over several years can kill a shrub.
In addition to Rhododendrons and Azalea, this bark scale will also dine on other plants such as Andromeda, Arborvitae, Fremontia, Hackberry, Maple, Poplar and Willow, causing similar damage.
Native Cottony Maple scale (Pulvinaria innumerabilis) is another scale that attacks the phloem layer of the bark of other shrubs and trees. It has our attention particularly on Kousa Dogwoods. This scale is black (3/16 inch), and also is most noticeable in May and June when its cottony white ovisacs can litter bark and leaves. Heavy infestations may cause leaf yellowing, honeydew, stunting and die back. Cottony Maple scale can be found on plants such as Dogwood, Elm, Hawthorn, Linden, Poplar and Sycamore.
Because the nymphs for these scales live over winter in the forks and crevices of the shrub or tree, we use a dormant oil spray in early spring, and insecticidal soap, or summer oil, as needed, throughout the spring and summer to minimize the scale population. A soil injection of systemic insecticide in early spring almost always greatly reduces the scale population.
Our up-to-date certified arborists will inspect your landscape and recommend the best plant health care program for your shrubs and trees.
As the Leaves Turn
Autumn may be the most beautiful season in the Delaware Valley. The magnificent fall foliage is a natural phenomenon that one can’t help but admire. While you enjoy fall’s colors, keep in mind that winter is the ideal time to prune your large specimen trees.
After the leaves drop, you may notice a significant change in the branch structure. Your trees may have too much weight on the ends of the branches and need to be thinned to reduce the load on the limbs. Weight reduction is especially important for trees growing in full sun which have a large spread to their canopy.
After trees are pruned, a healing process, called compartmentalization, is responsible for closing the cuts, or wounds. Compartmentalization starts, and is most active, in the spring when trees return from dormancy and begin their new growth. Winter pruning allows pathogens the least amount of time to attack a wound in a tree.
Another reason to consider winter pruning is to save the understory trees and shrubs, garden plants and groundcovers from being damaged by falling limbs.
American Elms are only to be pruned in the winter because pruning during any other season is sure to entice the Elm Bark Beetle to attack the tree and kill it. Mature Sycamores, Maples, and Oaks are all perfect candidates for winter pruning as well.
As a general rule of thumb, each tree on your property should be pruned at least once every five years, so you should consider having twenty percent of your trees pruned each winter.
Call your arborist for a fall property inspection and analysis to determine which of your trees should be pruned this winter so they may flourish for years to come.
Why Fertilize Your Trees
McFarland’s Arborists generally recommend fertilizing trees in the fall. When discussing fertilization with our clients, we have found three questions reoccur. Here are those questions and our answers to them:
Q. Why is it necessary to fertilize my trees when it appears the ones growing in a forest environment seem healthy without it?
A. Trees growing in designed landscape settings are not the same as those growing in a forest. Leaves and debris that fall from forest trees remain there. Breakdown of these materials creates a less compact and more nutrient-rich soil that is rarely reproduced in the average yard.
Leaves in yards are usually raked up and hauled away. Ground covers (ivy, pachysandra, etc.) and grass (the worst of all) are in competition with tree roots. Therefore, your trees must work much harder to get the water, oxygen and nutrients they need.
When you walk through a forest, you may notice many trees which are dying. Typically, that is not a problem because other trees will fill in and replace those that die. However, in your yard which has a limited number of trees and space, losing even one tree can be devastating to your landscape.
Q. Doesn’t fertilizing just make my trees grow faster and therefore accelerate the need to prune?
A. If your trees are growing more, they are healthier. Using a slow-release fertilizer in the late Fall, we create a gradual breakdown of nutrients, encouraging root growth over the winter and some new growth the following Spring. This is the optimum method of fertilizing trees and comes closest to the way trees feed themselves in the forest.
In most cases, pruning trees more often is less expensive than removing and replacing them when they die. Who wants to wait 20 years for the new trees to grow?
Q. Will fertilizing burn trees already stressed due to this summer’s drought?
A. The fertilizers we use do not burn trees. They release Nitrogen and the other necessary nutrients slowly into the soil over the course of the entire year. In fact, the extended drought over recent years is another reason to fertilize. When trees are stressed due to drought, their roots die.
Fertilizing encourages root regeneration, helping trees cope with drought stress in the future. Stressed trees are more susceptible to insect and disease problems that are killing so many of our trees in the Philadelphia region.
Providing adequate nutrients keeps trees healthy longer, and helps them not to succumb to problems as they age.
Emerald Ash Borer WarringtonThe dreaded insect known as the Emerald Ash Borer is now officially in our neighborhood. We have been following the spread of this pest since 2002, as it has moved through Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, and New York. Over the past 10 years over 50 million Ash trees have been lost, either cut down or killed by the insect. Now it is officially in our neighborhood. Warrington, Pennsylvania is approximately 15 miles outside of Philadelphia and it is very likely that the insect is in other suburbs of Philadelphia as well. We are recommending that all Ash trees worth saving be treated with a systemic insecticide immediately.
The Ash Borer kills trees by drilling into the trunk and tunneling around between the bark and cambium. This tunneling girdles the tree and kills it quickly. The borer moves fast and Mature Ash tree. comes in large numbers. It does not make sense to wait until the damage is visible before treating a tree. Once a tree is infected, we can kill these insects immediately, but it will often be too late to save the tree. There are many things to consider when deciding whether or not to treat your Ash trees preventatively for Emerald Ash Borer. Because the insect will be around for a long time, yearly treatments will prob- ably be necessary. However, the cost of these treatments will be sig- nificantly less than the cost to remove dead trees on your property, not to mention the cost of planting replacement trees.
Ash are native to our area and the Eastern United States. At matu- rity they reach heights of 60 to 70 feet tall. They are beautiful, full- canopied trees that are essential parts of landscapes on many proper- ties in Philadelphia, and the surrounding suburbs. If you have Ash trees on your property, it is very likely that your McFarland Arborist has already identified them and begun the neces- sary treatments. If, however, you feel we may have missed a tree, or you have not yet given us permission to treat them, please call us immediately to have your Arborist review the situation with you. We can save these trees, but it is essential that we begin treatments now to guarantee that the insecticide is present in the tree when the borer arrives and begins feeding. (More on page 3)
Preparing for Hurricane Season
Well, Hurricane Isaac is barreling it’s way through the gulf coast, and there’s no better time to prepare homeowners and businesses for the onslaught of hurricane weather that always visits us in the fall. In order to protect trees from the harsh winds of a hurricane or tornado, pruning is necessary. People who have their trees properly pruned on a 3-to- 5-year cycle experience less tree damage than those who let nature do the pruning. Fall and winter are the best times to prune most trees. There are several reasons why the colder weather is preferred for pruning. First and foremost is the health of the tree:
• Deciduous trees are dormant dur- ing the colder months, therefore mak- ing them less susceptible then to insect and disease problems. After pruning a healing process occurs whereby cuts and wounds close natu- rally. This process is most active in the Spring when trees return from dor- mancy and begin their new growth. Late fall or winter pruning allows pathogens the least time to attack a wound in a tree.
• Tree pruning in late fall and win- ter, when the ground is frozen, also makes sense because it saves garden plants, understory trees and shrubs from damage by falling limbs.
• Tree pruning in late fall and win- ter, when the leaves are gone, enables the pruner to prune limbs more effi- ciently.
• Mature Sycamores, Maples, American Elms, and Oaks are all per- fect candidates for pruning this time of year.
• When pruning in all seasons, weight reduction at the ends of outer canopy branches is essential, in addi- tion to removing weak, diseased, and dead limbs.
We prune for aesthetics, we prune for tree health, and new research confirms the need to prune for safety. Recent research conducted at Kent State University examines the hazard posed by trees to human health and life during severe weather. Data main- tained by the National Climatic Data Center tracks information on storm fatalities in the United States. These data reveal that fallen trees accounted for 407 deaths between 1995 and 2007.
Tree species vary in their resistance to breakage, or being uprooted. For hardwood trees, such as Oak, Maple, Birch and Ash, a three-second gust of 74 mph will break large (greater than 1 inch) branches. Winds at 91 mph will uproot trees, and at 110 mph will snap tree trunks. For softwood trees, such as Pine, Spruce, Fir, and Hemlock, a three-sec- ond gust of 75 mph will break large branches, winds at 87 mph will uproot trees, and at 104 mph will snap tree trunks. These are not absolute num- bers but a value near the middle of the range of minimum wind speeds is expected to cause the damage.
People will always live and spend leisure time around trees, which pro- vide many benefits to our environ- ment. Meanwhile, the legal liability of tree owners for damages caused by fallen trees has been rising in the United States. The risks from fallen trees are strong reasons why regular pruning will help maintain your trees in struc- turally sound condition.
What a year! Ample rain started the growing season in a per- fect way. Then came a five- week drought that left us all begging for rain. August turned out to be one of the wettest months and it looks like more is on the way. So, what does this mean for our trees? Surely lots of water has to be great for them, right? The answer is not so simple. While the rainfall did provide a temporary solution to a lack of soil moisture, the extent of the rain caused some adverse effects.
Many trees have suffered from late- season foliar blights due to all the wet weather. Fungi thrive in damp, moist environments. Over-saturated soil has led to some adverse reactions of species that don’t particularly care for “wet feet,” where roots stand in water.
Fertilization of your trees will help reduce the effects of this year’s heavy rains. Pines, Arborvitae and Hemlock, to name a few, aren’t happy with the con- ditions we’ve had. You may have noticed that your trees experienced a late-season flush of growth, or that your Horse Chestnut tree actually re- foliated after contracting its annual leaf blight.
Tree fertilization to help your trees deal with this environmental stress is of utmost importance this year. Keeping trees fed will also help replace some the nutrients that may have been flushed out of the soil during flooding. Pruning your trees this fall or winter is something you should consider.
Big Tree Pruning
Big Tree Pruning
Pruning large mature trees is time consuming and difficult. McFarland Arborists have the combination of knowledge, experience and skill required to accurately assess the needs of such trees. Considering the consequences of bad pruning and wrong diagnosis, we do not hesitate when it comes to recommending the correct treatment, even when we know that we are often telling our clients what they don’t want to hear.
The photographs in this post are of an incredible Elm tree that we have been maintaining for more than twenty years. Our crew spent two days in this tree checking its lightning protection system, adjusting cables, and pruning. It takes time and hard work to keep old trees healthy and safe.
Large, old trees often fail. When growing in landscape settings without competition, they grow horizontally as much as they do vertically. The best way to reduce the risk of failure in such trees is to climb out on the ends and prune them back to healthy lateral branches. This is called crown reduction and it is an essential step in mature tree maintenance.
There are no shortcuts for this work. Deadwooding and thinning the crown, while important parts of proper pruning, are often not enough when considering the long-term health of a tree. If a tree person promises to get more trees done in the same amount of time, or the same tree in half the time, it is because they are taking short cuts and not doing a thorough job.
At McFarland’s, we take pride in the fact that we will always recommend what is best for the trees and safest for the client and their family first. Because of our knowledge, experience and skills, our clients can always be confident that their trees are getting the best care possible.
Elm Tree
Maintaining Healthy Hedges
Hedge pruning is a very important part of your garden maintenance. Often it is done incorrectly. Frequently, hedges are sheared into uniform shapes without any knowledge of the species involved or consideration for the future of the plant.
When pruning, it is important to make sure that sunlight will be able to reach the lower and interior branches. One way to accomplish this is to taper the hedge so the top is more narrow than the bottom. The next important step is to hand prune openings, or holes, throughout the outer growth of the shrub to allow sunlight penetration to the inner part of the plant. When this step is not followed, the plant continues to grow larger, often becoming badly shaped, and lacks the inner growth to sustain the proper shape of the hedge.
Some of the more common evergreen hedges are Yew, Boxwood, Hemlock, and Arborvitae. All of these hedges must be pruned at least once yearly, preferably twice, in order to maintain a thick and healthy appearance. Best times to prune are late winter or early spring before the new growth begins, and summer when the majority of the new growth is finished.
Healthy Hedge
Deciduous hedges, such as Privet, are fast growers and need to be pruned more often, although they will recover from drastic pruning more readily.
Fertilization, insect control, and proper watering also are essential aspects of maintaining a healthy and vigorous hedge.
Well-maintained hedges provide privacy, structure and beauty to a garden for many years. Hedge pruning requires knowledge, expertise and skill and is a unique aspect of McFarland’s custom pruning services which we feel are unrivaled.
Saving the American Elm Tree
elm bark beetle protection
With all of the recent buzz about the Asian Long-horned Beetle and the Emerald Ash Borer, many arborists are comparing these latest invasive insects to the most famous tree killer, the Elm Bark Beetle. The American Elm, at one time, was the most common street tree in most cities in the Eastern United States and the Midwest. Dutch Elm disease nearly eliminated one of America’s most beautiful and stately trees. McFarland currently takes care of approximately 20 to 30 American Elm trees in the Philadelphia area. Each is very rare and must be monitored regu- larly because of this disease, which can kill a tree in a few days, if it strikes at the right time and location. Our Success Story One Elm we care for is in the Wayne area. It is well over one-hundred-fifty-years old, a classic, beautiful American Elm that rises up like a vase and has a horizontal spread of over 100 feet.
During the summer of 2000, one of our employees noticed that a branch in the canopy of this tree was “flagging.” Essentially its leaves were drooping and turning brown in one small section, yet there was no sign of physical damage to the tree. McFarland’s arborist repre- sentative was called to the property and diagnosed the disease. An emergency crew was there within 24 hours. A large branch was removed back to the trunk and we immediately injected the tree with a systemic fungicide. We also sprayed the tree with an insecticide to kill any beetles that might still be present. It is very likely that the disease would have spread to the trunk and killed the tree within a week. Today, this tree is one of the largest and most beautiful Elms left in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Summer Tree Care Tips
Tree Lightning Protection
As a homeowner, it’s worth asking:
• When should you consider installing lightning protection?
The answers are several:
• Definitely, before lightning strikes the tree.
Tree Cabling
Tree Cabling safety
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Pondering Political Correctness
Tue, 2016-02-02 14:08 -- tomjonez
Last week I wrote an article entitled, “Leadership and Political Correctness – 5 Questions” (Click here to read).
It was amazing for me to see the written responses - and to hear the comments from those people with whom I interact locally. The topic of political correctness seems to have hit a discussion stream that is on the top of many people’s minds of late.
One reader, and friend, wrote a response that I am providing in its entirety. Ed McCahill is a seasoned and accomplished tech-industry executive who in more recent years has served as an astute financial advisor to many in the Puget Sound Region.
I believe that you will find that Ed’s thoughts are worth taking a few minutes to ponder…
Ed McCahill writes:
Great question, Tom, especially in this election year! Another core question for me is "How does the current climate of political correctness affect a leader's followers or subjects?".
The decisions made, or deferred, by a leader can have a very significant downstream impact on their people. Understanding a leader's perspective (political, business, spiritual, etc.) goes a long way towards shaping how a follower reacts to the impacts of their leader's decisions or deferrals. If we agree with the leader, then we will be more upbeat about the impacts of their decisions. However, if we disagree with them, then life can become a burden and the people can get quite restless.
My observations are that it works the same way in politics, business, church and family. The media reports on politics and business, mostly, but all four spheres of life are impacted by how a leader's followers align their views for or against their decisions/deferrals.
Most importantly, perhaps, is how they perceive the reasons and motivations underlying the leaders' decisions. The more politically correct the decision, the better for some folks and the worse for others.
I trust that for all of us who are chewing on this topic, Ed’s reflections will help us to be more discerning as we seek to sift through the many “politically correct” agendas and messages pouring through the media in this season. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '9b46704b1be241eda8141f4307a615552bcd85a73d447eed40d534e24c470e30'} |
Wrestle with your kids ... for their health
As a father of two young children, it's not realistic for me to take them to the gym to workout or go on a three-mile run.
But one of the questions I often get from dads who want to involve their young children in their fitness lifestyle is "How?"
My advice: Get on the floor and play. Wrestle with your children.
There is a mountain of evidence that suggests roughhousing with dad helps children develop social skills and problem-solving skills.
In a 2011 article from ABC News, Australian researchers talked about how important it is for kids to wrestle and roughhouse with their father. Their research suggested that these interactions appear to help children "manage emotions and thinking and physical action together."
"When you look at fathers and their young children playing, you can see that for the child, it's not just a game. They obviously enjoy it and they're giggling, we know that's true, but when you watch the video, you can see that child is concentrating really hard … I think the excitement is related to the achievement that's involved," Fletcher said in the article. "It's not about a spoiled child not wanting to lose, I think that child is really striving for the achievement of succeeding."
Perhaps most fitting to being a Fit Dad; however, is the research that says that when fathers and their kids get on the floor and wrestle and tumble, it promotes children being more physically fit.
From an article on PsychCentral.com: "But physical fitness isn’t just about body strength, say the authors. It involves complex motor learning, concentration, coordination, body control, cardiovascular fitness, and flexibility. So free play is going to offer different benefits than, say, gym class."
One of my favorite things to do with my kids is "trap" them underneath me, and they have to find a way to wriggle their way out of my grasp. They absolutely love this game.
As they get older, eventually we'll play "King of the Mountain," where I will stand with my hands on my knees, and my kids will have to find a way to climb up onto my shoulders. These are games my dad played with me and my sisters.
Sometimes, we just flat-out wrestle, with my kids each trying to "take me down."
And yes, I play just as rough and tumble with my daughter as I do with my son.
It's really that simple guys. Eventually, my kids will be old enough to run a race and play sports and go to the gym. But for now, it's playing chase at the parks and wrestling on the floor at night. No overthinking it.
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455 F.3d 564
SKIDMORE ENERGY, INC.; Geoscience International, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.KPMG, et al., Defendants,Maghreb Petroleum Exploration, SA; Mideast Fund for Morocco, LTD.; Crain, Caton & James, PC; Reuven M. Bisk; Saleh Abdellah Kamel; Abdellah Kamel; Samaha Trading UK; Mohammed Benslimane; Moulay Abdellah Alaoui; Shezi Nackvi; Richard Menkin; Mediholding, SA, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-10819.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 7, 2006.
Gregory P. Standerfer (argued), Standerfer Law Firm, Southlake, TX, Mary Kopecky Ludwick, Ludwick & Associates, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
George W. Lederer, Jr. (argued), Christopher Allen Prine, Crain, Caton & James, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Before SMITH, WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
1
Plaintiffs-Appellants Skidmore Energy, Inc. and Geoscience International, Inc. (collectively, "Appellants") appeal the district court's award of sanctions totaling $530,667.32 against them and their trial counsel, Gary Sullivan, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. The district court apportioned the sanctions three-fourths to Sullivan and one-fourth jointly to Appellants. The subject of this appeal is solely the one-fourth apportioned to Appellants; Sullivan is not an appellant herein. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding sanctions or in assessing one-fourth of the award jointly against Appellants; neither do we perceive clear error in the court's determination of Defendants-Appellees' reasonable litigation expenses and attorneys' fees or in using that as the appropriate measure of sanctions. Accordingly, we affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
2
This lawsuit addresses an ongoing dispute that arose from oil and gas exploration activities in Morocco. One year after they were sued in Morocco for their alleged breach of contract, fraud, and mismanagement of the venture in which they were involved, Appellants filed the instant lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas addressing the same matters already being litigated against Appellants in Morocco. In their Complaint, which named 21 mostly foreign defendants, Appellants claimed damages of $3 billion based on Sherman Act and RICO violations, as well as breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, libel, civil conspiracy to suppress oil reserves, and fraud. They alleged inter alia that Defendants were involved in financing terrorist organizations, money laundering, and organized crime. The Complaint was ultimately dismissed in April 2005.
3
Defendants-Appellees (11 of the 21 defendants) filed a motion in the district court for Rule 11 sanctions in August 2004, asserting that the suit lacked both legal and factual evidentiary support. Two hearings on the motion were conducted in February 2005. The district court heard the testimony of several witnesses, including corporate representatives of both Appellants, and the court itself questioned their counsel, Gary Sullivan. At the conclusion of the hearings, the district court found that Rule 11 violations had indeed been committed and that Defendants-Appellees' reasonable litigation expenses and attorneys' fees were an appropriate sanction. After reviewing detailed submissions from Defendants-Appellees concerning their fees and expenses, the district court entered an Order awarding sanctions totaling $530,667.32. Appellants were jointly assessed one-fourth of this amount; Sullivan was assessed three-fourths. This appeal followed.
II. STANDARD OF REVIEW
4
"We review all aspects of the district court's decision to invoke Rule 11 and accompanying sanctions under the abuse of discretion standard."1 Appellate review is deferential because
5
the imposition or denial of sanctions of necessity involves a fact-intensive inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the activity alleged to be a violation of Rule 11. The perspective of a district court is singular. The trial judge is in the best position to review the factual circumstances and render an informed judgment as he is intimately involved with the case, the litigants, and the attorneys on a daily basis.2
6
A district court abuses its discretion if it imposes sanctions based on (1) an erroneous view of the law or (2) a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence.3
7
"Determinations of hours and rates [for calculating reasonable litigation expenses and attorneys' fees] are questions of fact .... Accordingly, we review the district court's determination of reasonable hours and reasonable rates for clear error."4
III. ANALYSIS
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A. Propriety of Sanctions Against Appellants
9
The district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding sanctions against Appellants. Rule 11 provides for sanctions against "the attorneys, law firms, or parties that have violated [the Rule] or are responsible for the violation."5 The Advisory Committee notes regarding the 1983 Amendment further make clear that
10
If the duty imposed by the rule is violated, the court should have the discretion to impose sanctions on either the attorney, the party the signing attorney represents, or both, ... and the new rule so provides .... Even though it is the attorney whose signature violates the rule, it may be appropriate under the circumstances of the case to impose a sanction on the client.6
11
We have previously approved sanctions against a client as well as his attorney, because both have a duty "to conduct a reasonable inquiry into the facts or law before filing the lawsuit."7
12
1. 14
2. Sanctions for Factually Frivolous Pleading
15
The district court did not, however, sanction Appellants for the legally frivolous nature of their pleading: It sanctioned them for the numerous factually groundless allegations in their Complaint, for which clients may properly be sanctioned.11 The district court observed the "common thread weaving its way through this case ... is the puzzling lack of legal or factual support articulated for the pleadings," and repeatedly noted "Plaintiffs' failure to articulate any evidentiary support for their claims." The court discussed in detail the testimony of Michael Gustin, Skidmore's owner,12 who assured the court that he had reviewed the pleadings before they were filed. Nevertheless, the district court found he was "entirely unable to articulate a factual nexus between any of the Defendants and verifiable money laundering activity," organized crime, terrorism financing, or any of the other "sensational allegations peppered throughout the complaint and RCS." The court found "[t]he bulk of Plaintiff[s'] causes of action ... are without evidentiary support and thus appear to have been `instigated as a gamble that something might come of it rather than on the basis of the facts at hand.'" The court awarded sanctions because it found "that reasonable factual and legal inquiries would have prevented this suit from being filed."
16
Moreover, adhering to the distinction between factual and legal grounds for sanctions, the district court "fully considered Sullivan's missteps when apportioning [the] fee award such that Plaintiffs bear responsibility for twenty-five percent of the award and Sullivan seventy-five percent." The district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding sanctions against Appellants based on the lack of support for the factual allegations in their pleading.
B. Quantum of Sanctions Award
17
Rule 11 expressly provides that when there is a violation of the Rule, an appropriate sanction is "an order directing payment to the movant of some or all of the reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred as a direct result of the violation."13 The district court entered its Sanctions Order following two hearings in which it heard the testimony of several witnesses and questioned Appellants' trial counsel extensively, and following a review of documentation supporting Defendants-Appellees' claims for fees and expenses.
18
1. Calculation of Reasonable Litigation Expenses and Attorneys' Fees
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The district court's calculation of reasonable fees and expenses was not clearly erroneous. The court conducted the lodestar analysis by multiplying the reasonable number of hours expended in defending the suit by the reasonable hourly rates for the participating lawyers.14 As the hourly rates submitted by the defense were not disputed,15 the sole factor for the court's determination was the reasonable number of hours expended. Relying on defense counsel's documentation, which "clearly indicate[d] the nature and type of work performed or [sic] and detail[ed] how the hours were spent on particular aspects of the case," the court concluded that the number of hours claimed by the defense was reasonable. Among the court's considerations were the complexity of the litigation, the number of individual and mostly foreign defendants, and the "vast array of claims asserted." Given the district court's "intimate[] involve[ment] with the case, the litigants, and the attorneys,"16 as well as its thorough discussion in its Order granting the sanctions, its factual determination of the reasonable number of hours expended was not clearly erroneous.17
2. Fees Unrelated to Sanctionable Conduct
20
Appellants complain, vaguely and conclusionally, that a "significant portion" of the defense costs awarded were unrelated to the sanctionable conduct or were incurred in representing defendants other than the 11 that moved for sanctions. Beyond these bare assertions, however, Appellants failed adequately to brief the issue or to call our attention to anything in the record that might support this contention. There is no readily apparent indication that the district court's assessment of the evidence concerning fees and expenses was clearly erroneous. In fact, the district court concluded that all of the defense costs arose from the sanctionable conduct because otherwise the lawsuit would never have been filed at all.18
3. "Snapshot" Test
21
Appellants argue that the district court impermissibly awarded sanctions based on conduct after the sanctionable pleading was signed, thereby imposing a continuing obligation on their trial counsel to reevaluate the merits of the case as it developed. They cite our en banc decision in Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc. 24
Appellants, in their quotation of the same passage, place emphasis on the phrase, "and continuing through the February 28, 2005 evidentiary hearing," as evidence that the district court did not focus solely on the instant the Complaint was signed.
25
This argument misses the point of the Thomas "snapshot" test. Prior to that decision, attorneys in this Circuit had a continuing obligation to review and reevaluate their positions as the litigation developed; a document that initially satisfied Rule 11 might later become the basis for sanctions if new facts were discovered or circumstances changed such that there was no longer a good faith basis for the earlier filing.21 Thomas's "snapshot" rule ensures that Rule 11 liability is assessed only for a violation existing at the moment of filing. Although the district court's Order mentions the time between the filing of the complaint and the evidentiary hearing, the court clearly concluded that Sullivan's filing never satisfied Rule 11 to begin with — that is, at the time of filing — and the fact that he still had no evidentiary support by the time of the hearing only underscores the violation.
26
4. Advance Warning for "Obviously Defective" Pleading
27
The en banc court in Thomas instructed that "where a complaint or other paper is obviously defective within the context of Rule 11, ... a court should at minimum notify the individual certifying the document that Rule 11 sanctions will be assessed at the end of trial if appropriate."22 Appellants seize on this language to insist that the district court's failure to warn their trial counsel was an abuse of discretion.23 We have previously rejected this contention, stating flatly that "Thomas did not establish a rule that district courts, in all instances, must give the offending party notice of a Rule 11 violation before applying sanctions."24 The district court was thus not required to save Appellants from themselves or their attorney.
IV. CONCLUSION
28
The district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding Defendants-Appellees their reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses as Rule 11 sanctions for the filing of this wholly frivolous lawsuit. This sanction was imposed for both the legally frivolous nature of the suit and the obvious lack of evidentiary support for the sensational allegations in the Complaint; and liability for the sanctions award was appropriately apportioned between Appellants and their trial counsel. Thus, the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding or apportioning sanctions and did not commit clear error in its determination of the reasonable litigation expenses and attorneys' fees occasioned by the frivolous filing. The district court's Order is, in all respects,
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AFFIRMED.
Notes:
1
Am. Airlines, Inc. v. Allied Pilots Ass'n, 968 F.2d 523, 529 (5th Cir.1992).
2
Thomas v. Capital Sec. Servs., Inc., 836 F.2d 866, 873 (5th Cir.1988) (en banc).
3
Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hosp., Inc., 960 F.2d 439, 444 (5th Cir.1992).
4
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. Kellstrom, 50 F.3d 319, 324 (5th Cir.1995) (citation omitted).
5
FED. R. CIV. P. 11(c) (emphasis added)
6
FED. R. CIV. P. 11 Advisory Committee Notes (emphasis added)
7
Jennings v. Joshua Indep. Sch. Dist., 948 F.2d 194, 197 (5th Cir.1991).
8
FED. R. CIV. P. 11(c)(2)(A);Bynum v. Am. Airlines, No. 04-20921 (5th Cir. Feb.6, 2006) (unpublished) ("monetary sanctions can be imposed against the attorney but not the client for violations of Rule 11(b)(2)"). Under subdivision (b)(2) the person presenting the pleading certifies that "the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions therein are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law." FED. R. CIV. P. 11(b)(2).
9
See Byrne v. Nezhat, 261 F.3d 1075, 1117-18 (11th Cir.2001) (discussing liability of client for "knowing participation" in sanctionable conduct, misrepresenting facts, or for being the "mastermind" behind a frivolous case).
10
In its Orders of March 17 and May 18, 2005, the district court agreed with Defendants-Appellees that Appellants had "taken a commercial legal dispute in Morocco between well-defined parties and used it as a vehicle to harass and embarrass them by suing numerous individuals with little or no connection to the dispute and publicly accusing them in the suit of unfounded sensational wrongdoing," and that they exhibited a "reckless willingness to impose the burden of unwarranted litigation upon others," thereby knowingly participating in conduct violative of Rule 11(b)(1) (improper purpose). The court described Appellants as "active participants." Also, the record contains a March 2004 letter from Sullivan to Michael Gustin, Skidmore's owner, acknowledging the aggressive legal positions they were advancing, the possibility of sanctions, and stating that "part of this reason for our lawsuit was to act as a counteroffensive to the lawsuit ... in Morocco."
11
See FED. R. CIV. P. 11(b)(3) (factual evidentiary support); see also Byrne, 261 F.3d at 1118.
12
We acknowledge the argument of Appellants' counsel that only Skidmore's — and not Geoscience's — involvement in sanctionable conduct is reflected in the Record. We also observe, however, that these two entities were represented by common counsel in the district court, as they are on appeal, and that in all of their filings no distinction is made between them. We cannot say, particularly in light of the district court's inherently superior vantage point, that the court erred in sanctioning Appellants jointly
13
FED. R. CIV. P. 11(c)(2)
14
See Kellstrom, 50 F.3d at 324.
15
The district court also determined that "[t]he Defendants' attorneys' hourly fees ... appear to be comparable fees for representation of similar quality in this area."
16
Thomas, 836 F.2d at 873.
17
In assessing the overall reasonableness of the defense costs, we note, as the district court observed, that the plaintiffs' own costs were nearly $100,000 greater
18
In its Order of March 17, 2005, the court stated that "because the Court further finds that reasonable factual and legal inquiries would have prevented this suit from being filed against these eleven defendants, the Defendants are awarded all of their reasonable attorneys' fees they expended in defending this suit."
19
836 F.2d at 874
20
Id. at 875 (quotation omitted).
21
See Childs v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 29 F.3d 1018, 1024 n. 18 (5th Cir.1994) (discussing Thomas).
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836 F.2d at 881
23
Appellants' own characterization of their Complaint as "obviously defective" necessarily precludes any argument on appeal that their filing was not sanctionable
24
Harmony Drilling Co. v. Kreutter, 846 F.2d 17, 19 (5th Cir.1988).
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How do people call it, when you dribble the ball over the defender on one side while yourself passing through the other side?
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Not really sure there is any specific name for it. – New-To-IT May 3 '17 at 14:32
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Wrap around pass to himself. – A D Jul 16 '17 at 16:22
Arbitrary street ball move. Could say it was an in-and-out dribble into a wrap around pass to himself. Either way, nice move if you can get away with it!
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He’s not gonna Grimm and bear it. Monster hunter Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli) was left devastated at the end of last season by the decapitation murder of his mother, Kelly (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), and the necessary slaying of his lover-turned-Hexenbeist, Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch). How does a guy recover from all that trauma? Giuntoli previews the hell—and the payback—to come when Grimm returns for Season 5 (Friday, Oct. 30, 9/8c, NBC)
What’s Nick’s mental state in the season opener?
He’s gone rogue. He no longer cares about police protocol. In fact, Nick no longer cares about his job. He starts [the season] in an extremely dark place, the exact opposite of how we met him at the start of the series, where he was 99 percent cop and 1 percent Grimm. Now he’s 99 percent Grimm and out for revenge against the Wesen world. But in our season premiere, he’ll focus that revenge on one person in particular. But first there’s Juliette’s funeral. That’s our zany season opener.
This being Grimm, we have to ask: Is Juliette really dead? As in dead dead?
Well, we’ve already shot pretty deep into the season and we’ve seen no sign of her. When a supernatural show proves to its audience that its characters are mortal and can indeed die, it ups the stakes. If we know our people can survive anything, what’s the point of toying with their fates? We don’t want to be that show that can fix anything, including death, with the perfect potion.
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Speaking of potions, how do Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) react to Rogue Nick?
Oh, they’re dead, too. [Laughs] Juuuust kidding! Monroe and Rosalee are the worrying parents Nick never had. They always try to have his back, but now Nick is constantly giving them ulcers…but Rosalee probably has an elixir for that. The entire Scooby Gang is trying to contain Nick. Captain Renard (Sasha Ruiz) has had it with him and wants him off the force. Hank (Russell Hornsby) and Wu (Reggie Lee) think Nick has lost it and that he’s a danger to himself and to them. And they’re right. But Nick’s still on the job and getting a paycheck. He’s no fool.
Word is, the Royal Family plot is history. True?
Enough with the Royals! This is America! Bring on the monsters! We’re getting back to our “Wesen of the week” format, which we lost along the way when we got so deep into the Royals. That’s the true spirit of our show. We have a lot of really cool new creatures and mythological themes coming this season. Somehow the real source of our drama ran away with the spoon, but it’s back.
Good news: Nick is going to be a dad. Bad news: He was tricked into it by Adalind (Claire Coffee) the Hexenbeist. How will those two handle this twisted take on parenthood?
That baby is the only thing that keeps Nick from lopping off his own head. Having a son grounds him. He’s pretty much stuck with Adalind in this oddball, co-parenting situation, but his paternal instincts really kick in, and he wants to make sure nothing happens to them, so he’s going to move his new family into a bunker.
You mean like a doomsday prepper?
Exactly. He makes that bunker supersafe. Take your average home-security system and multiply it by several million. Nick means business. He doesn’t want anyone to know where he lives. Ever. And that actually strengthens his relationship with Adalind. This strange bedfellows situation is hard for her, too. But, out of necessity and for the safety of the child, they have to trust each other. In a weird way, they bond.
Well, there’s nothing sexier than a hunky man with a baby.
Hell, yeah! [Laughs] Just wait until you see Nick holding that child. Oooh-wee! Hexenbeist hearts everywhere are going to melt.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Chit Chat and All That! is back, with Kiki Howell and Kim Faulks talking about Strengthening Paranormal Stories
Chit Chat and All That!
Authors: Kiki Howell and Kim Faulks
Subject: Strengthening Paranormal Stories
Kiki Howell:
Hey Kim, I know we both write paranormal stories and I was wondering what writing conventions or plot devices you use to strengthen your stories? And, does sex play a factor in the strength of the plot or not? Inquiring minds want to know…
Kim Faulks:
I don't plot at all. I get an image in my head of the character, the overall feel, and I just start writing. If I plot things out they don't sound as exciting as what it would have if I’d just typed. My stories always seem to work out. My characters reflect my mood or troubles at the time, and I usually sit and write as much as I can in that first instance to get the feel of the story for when I come back to it later on.
For me plot is about conflict. As I tend to write a lot of series, the conflict for me is over the entire series and the subplot for each story always moves toward the overall plot/issue for my main character. You need to ask yourself questions: What does my character need to achieve by the end of the series? What does he/she need to experience/do to achieve this? Sometimes the mere fact of the character experiencing a dramatic point in the story can move the story dramatically towards this point, as I say, it's all about conflict.
Erotica is not a big thing in my stories. I usually have more sexual tension and romance with my characters. The sex scenes are probably a little more detailed than the mainstream novels you get.
Kiki Howell
Well, there are plotters and there are pansters. I think as authors we do what works for us to make our story the best it can be. I do some of both depending on the story. I don't think it affects the strength of the story at all, as I've read some very powerful stories by authors I know who never plot, and vice versa.
So, sounds like you build the strength of the story with your conflict. How do you think conflict differs or can be amplified by having paranormal characters verses just mere mortals?
Kim Faulks:
Paranormal characters carry their own special issues depending on the creature involved. The conflict between the Paranormal and the Human element is where the story is. It doesn't have to be the romantic/erotic conflict either. It can be an internal conflict of the character themselves. In one of my stories Abandoned, the conflict is the race for my main character Eve to have her baby and escape the violent vampire that wants her dead. This story is filled with conflict. The conflict is the fight for survival for a mother and her baby. So even though there is the paranormal issues involved when writing Paranormal stories, the real conflict for me is the human element as I find that humans are the more complex creatures.
Kiki Howell
Hmmm, I'm not sure I agree there, I mean on who is the more complex creature. Each of my paranormal creatures, say vampires, werewolves, even ghosts, are all part human or have been human. The conflict, if this is where the strength of the story lies, is in the vampire trying to mesh his nature to kill and retain his humanity, or the ghost trying to gain back some semblance of humanity. With witches, trying to live among humans, as they’re still human, but their conflict comes in finding how far they allow their differences to go in controlling the world they live in. I think it is always the paranormal element, the way they are different in this world that adds conflict and thus added to the story.
But, besides conflict, I also think setting has a lot to do with the strength of a paranormal story. Heavy, mystical, descriptions, draw the reader into an other worldly place, tugging at their imagination. And, while my stories have been criticized for being hard to read and too descriptive for the erotic genre, I won't change. Call it literary paranormal erotic romance, but I like it real and I like it deep and dark. I like to feel I'm there, somewhere in life that is impossible to be. Plus, I like to expand upon the mundane with magic or super strength or blood lust or any other element of the paranormal world I happen to be dealing with.
Any other ways you add strength to your paranormal tales besides conflict or description?
Kim Faulks:
I guess it depends on the characters and the storyline for what part my Paranormal creature play on how detached with their humanity they are. I don't necessarily classify witches as a Paranormal. I see they have Paranormal elements, but overall they are still human.
I guess the only other thing I can think of is the characters themselves, they basically run the story and dictate how much Paranormal elements are required to 'make them work' as a character. You can have a characters simple and quiet but it only takes a name, or a trait that will strengthen any story. Take Vlad in the Nighthuntress stories by Jeanine Frost. It is his name alone that strengthens his character and therefore the story. It's all about using what you know combined with what triggers the most response in a reader.
Kiki Howell:
I write both paranormal witch (which you are right are completely human, but still set apart as they can make it storm with a few words or shoot fire from their fingertips), but also reality based witches as well, so you are right, it definitely depends on the writers intent.
Names, that is a good one. Sometimes it just takes forever to get just the right one, and I've had names change too as the story progresses.
Well, it was so great chatting with you today. I love to see how other authors not only approach writing, but how they see different aspects of writing too. I love to learn from others, and am learning and growing and plotting less these days and loving it. You've inspired me! Can't wait to read your stories.
About The Authors
Kim Faulks
A Paranormal writer who loves nothing more than to seduce my readers into a gripping tale of Vampires, Were's and Witches.
~where love is a mystical thing~
Stay tuned for next week's exciting and fun Chit Chat and All That! Monday 14th November with Casey-Lyne Johnson/Benjamin Russell, where they will be discussing:
"Can you tell your partner what you really want in the bedroom? Porn - pros and cons of watching it."
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exhausted and in love*
cedar gazing out our window
cedar gazing out the window, canon 50d
Tonight I am tired to the bone. So very worn and tired. I de-cluttered and cleaned and rearranged furniture and redecorated from morning until night. In between we tried our best to nurture a baby that was out of sorts all day. Teething, tummy issues all at once. He also was in a bit of a panic about how very different our living room looks now. He's slowly adjusting to the change and I learned today that he is a creature of comfort in regards to his surroundings.
I am amazed at how much reserves I have for him when I am bone tired and he is inconsolable. I can remember for years on days like these at the end of the day I would just curl up and shut off my mind and quiet my world and read or write or watch a film. Rest. Now, I find myself rocking my crying baby or massaging him or cleaning his bottles or feeding him when I haven't eaten for hours and, and.
I suppose I just didn't realize I had the capacity to love like this...and I know I have a big heart. But before Cedar, on days like these, even to my husband that I adore so much, I would ask if I could just be alone for a while because I knew I was about to implode from stress or exhaustion.
Cedar's always present in my heart. Even when he's taking that long awaited nap and I have a few hours to myself, I am doing things for him or talking about him or checking on him, writing about him or processing photos of him. This is an interesting dance for me. A woman that is so independent and used to having a lot of "me" time for my business and for my tribe of family and friends. I am learning how to balance my huge love for my son and all the other things in my life that are important.
Even writing this, I have a lump in my throat and tears welling. He's just such a special person to me. Not just as my son but as a human being. I really dig him...and I feel so very blessed to be his mother. Why me? Wow.
I'll learn how to navigate through these big feelings. Oh, who am I kidding...I will probably never learn but always continually be exhausted and in love and fumbling through it all. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9857447743415833}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '241982', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:A43OVYXDTLZKGBPD4AAVDN5XVQV64FBU', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:19831c62-89a5-4d78-900e-8620c55e7382>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 5, 19, 23, 32, 38), 'WARC-IP-Address': '65.39.205.57', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:33Q3C4NXECETL7OGMBDCGMMM4CDLTQ4Q', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:9a57840f-b682-4a4d-9faf-6f4b90b35f8e>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.faesoul.com/blog/2009/06/exhausted-and-in-love', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:1834cad2-a585-43a5-8881-ea4b896c2089>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '426', 'url': 'http://www.faesoul.com/blog/2009/06/exhausted-and-in-love', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-22\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for May 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-158-174-231.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.1-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.019725441932678223', 'original_id': '7e67dd4d5236a4bed50d8e230059e6b11c3c9df2170d88a659c50dfcf919be6f'} |
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I've been trying out an Electric Razor recently and purchased the new Philips swivel head razor and have to say I wasn't very impressed with it. It's the one that uses a rotary action. I just couldn't get a decent shave with it.
Today I decided to try the new Braun razor 790CC which comes with an automatic cleaner unit. So when you finish shaving you just pop it onto the cleaner unit and it cleans it up and charges the razor for you. I have to say it's like night and day. The razor provides an excellent shave and much better than the Philips razor.
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\section{One to Integer Rising is Integer Factorial}
Tags: Factorials, Rising Factorials
\begin{theorem}
Let $n \in \Z_{\ge 0}$ be a positive integer.
:$1^{\overline n} = n!$
where:
:$1^{\overline n}$ denotes the rising factorial
:$n!$ denotes the factorial.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
{{begin-eqn}}
{{eqn | l = 1^{\overline n}
| r = \dfrac {\paren {1 + n - 1}!} {\paren {1 - 1}!}
| c = Rising Factorial as Quotient of Factorials
}}
{{eqn | r = \dfrac {n!} {0!}
| c =
}}
{{eqn | r = n!
| c = Factorial of Zero
}}
{{end-eqn}}
{{qed}}
Category:Rising Factorials
Category:Factorials
\end{proof}
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Drive-Thru Act Of Kindness Changes Everything For A Suicidal Stranger
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When Glen Oliver decided to pay it forward, it changed everything for a suicidal stranger at the drive-thru. And it’s proof that a little bit of kindness not only goes a long way but can sometimes even save a life!
Glen Oliver has had a long-time habit of picking up the tab for the person behind him at the drive-thru. So, when grabbing coffee one day at the Tim Hortons drive-thru, he went ahead and paid for the muffin and coffee ordered by the car behind him.
When the stranger pulled up to the drive-thru window, the Tim Hortons server told the stranger, “The nice man already paid for it and he said to have a great day."
"I always say ‘have a great day,’" Glen said. "That's my thing."
But Glen wouldn’t realize just how powerful his random act of kindness was until some time later.
Letter From Suicidal Stranger At The Drive-Thru
Glen was home sick one day and sitting on the couch with his wife. All of a sudden, as she read the newspaper, she started getting all choked up. Glen’s wife quickly passed the paper to him, pointing to an article.
As Glen read the paper, he couldn’t believe it. It was about him!
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As it turns out, in the car behind him that day was a person who’d decided it would be their last day on earth. For the suicidal stranger at the drive-thru, the coffee and muffin was to be a last meal of sorts.
"I had planned to end it all at home in my own little ritual and explain my thoughts in a note for anyone who cares," they confessed in an anonymous letter to the Pickering News Advertiser.
Then, the server handed Gary’s act of kindness changed everything.
"I wondered why someone would buy coffee for a stranger for no reason. Why me? Why today? If I was a religious sort I would take this as a sign. This random act of kindness was directed at me on this day for a purpose."
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Gary showed this person God’s love. And rather than take their own life, the suicidal stranger at the drive-thru decided to pay it forward, too.
"I decided at that moment to change my plans for the day and do something nice for someone. I ended up helping a neighbor take groceries out of her car and into the house."
And according to the letter the stranger wrote to the newspaper, from that day forward, they try each day to look for a way to make someone else’s life better.
Sharing The Blessings
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Credit: Ron Pietroniro / Metroland
Paying it forward is something Gary tries to do at least twice a week. He figures he’s been so blessed in his own life, he wants to try and pass that along.
“I married the love of my life and I've got four great kids, so anything you can do to make someone’s life a little bit better, you do it,” he said. “We're not rich but we have it all.”
Based on the timing, location, and wording of the stranger’s letter to the newspaper, Gary realized he’d been the one to buy the muffin and coffee. And his simple act of kindness that day did more than just brighten someone’s day — it saved a life.
“I'm glad you took it as a sign and decided to change your plans for the day,” Gary said, hoping his message will one day make it back to the anonymous stranger. “It makes me feel like a million bucks to feel like I had some part in that.”
WATCH: Kindness Saves Suicidal Man At The Drive-Thru
h/t: BuzzFeed
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Favorite macros for Confluence
Have you heard?
Favorite Macros for Confluence is now on Atlassian Marketplace! Let’s peek what value does it bring:
What is this application about?
Personalized content creation on Confluence is now even more simple: Preset your own macros to boost your efficiency.
Why should I use it then?
Less manual work while tailoring your content: Create a list of up to 10 your most popular macros. Customize the macros’ position and name in the toolbar.
How do I use it?
Edit the page –> Add the particular Macro –> Customize its parameters to your needs –> Confirm by saving your Macro to the Toolbar.
What does this application look like from the Admin’s perspective?
Discover statistics about the macro’s usage, users’ involvement and adjust the user groups authorized to use this app.
Sounds good, where is the catch? You can start using Favorite Macros for Confluence for free on your existing Confluence license. Now.
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Choose your sources
Identify 10-20 people who know you well from a mix of personal and professional contacts, and ask them to write a story about a time when you were at your best. It is best if the sources are specific with concrete examples.
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b
Let o = 1.198 - 7.768. Let s = 6.87 + o. Which is the second biggest value? (a) s (b) 1 (c) 28
b
Let m = -66 - -40. Let z = m - -26.1. Let t = z - 0.1. Which is the third biggest value? (a) -0.4 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) t
a
Let u(y) = y**3 - 81*y**2 - 2*y + 158. Let t be u(81). Which is the smallest value? (a) 174/11 (b) 1 (c) t
c
Suppose -16 - 5 = 3*c. Let q(w) = w + 2. Let f be q(c). Let p = 1769.2 + -1768. What is the second biggest value in f, p, -2?
-2
Suppose 0 = -5*v - 4*y - 1, 5*v + 5 - 1 = -y. Let n be (57/399)/(22/14 + v). What is the fourth biggest value in 0.4, -3, 2/13, n?
-3
Let x = 9.95 - 8. Let l = x + -4.95. Which is the third biggest value? (a) 2/7 (b) l (c) -19/5 (d) 2/11
b
Let i be 14 + 0 + 3157/(-231). Which is the fourth smallest value? (a) -0.1 (b) 2 (c) -0.3 (d) 9/4 (e) i
b
Let x = -0.94 + -0.06. Let k = -3441/10 - -693/2. Which is the third biggest value? (a) k (b) -2 (c) 0.5 (d) x
d
Let n = 65262 - 65266. Let j = 93 - 1393/15. What is the third biggest value in -3, j, 1/6, n?
-3
Let x = 946.8 + -947.2. Which is the second biggest value? (a) x (b) -5 (c) -1 (d) 0.039
a
Let n = 213695/11 + -19427. Which is the fifth smallest value? (a) -11 (b) -33 (c) 0.5 (d) -4 (e) n
c
Let z = -393 - -360.9. Let t = -28.1 - z. Suppose -m - 3*m = 12. Which is the third smallest value? (a) 2 (b) m (c) t (d) 3/5
a
Let x = -14/71 + 99/142. Let l = 267/374 + -15/34. Let q(y) = y + 4. Let v be q(-5). Which is the second smallest value? (a) x (b) v (c) l (d) 0
d
Let i = 17.952 + -19.952. Which is the biggest value? (a) -0.5 (b) 942 (c) -3/2 (d) i
b
Let t = -5198.6 - -4634. Let f = -565 - t. What is the third smallest value in -3, -0.25, f?
-0.25
Let p = 5.13 - 0.13. Suppose 24 = 3*k - 4*f - 76, -3*f = -3*k + 99. Let n be -1 + -1 - -9*k/168. What is the fourth smallest value in -2/5, n, 0.2, p?
p
Let m = -5106 + 5111. Let v be 12/9 - 4/(-6). Which is the second biggest value? (a) m (b) v (c) 7
a
Let s = 1944.3 - 1839. Let m = s - 105. What is the biggest value in -10/3, -5, m?
m
Let j = -22.767 - -5.767. What is the smallest value in j, 6, -10?
j
Let k = 2695.03 - 2695. Let q = 2 + -7. What is the fourth smallest value in -0.02, q, -1, k?
k
Let q be ((-62)/(-155))/((-14)/10). Let f = -15 - -15.46. Let t = f + -0.06. What is the smallest value in t, -5, q?
-5
Let n = 7 - 28. Let y = n + 21.1. Suppose -4*z + 5 = -2*g - 9, -5*g - 4*z = -7. Which is the third smallest value? (a) 0 (b) g (c) y
c
Let g = 720.2 - 720.2. What is the second smallest value in 16, g, 280/3?
16
Let y = 9623/7 + -1375. Let m = -33 + 34.14. Which is the biggest value? (a) -4 (b) y (c) m
c
Suppose r + 0 + 2 = 0. Let h be 85/(-60) - r/3. What is the second smallest value in h, 3, -7, -3?
-3
Let z = 57 + 11. Let w = -35 + z. Let p = w - 28. What is the smallest value in p, 3/4, 0.5?
0.5
Let x = 148 - 272. Let w = x + 123.8. What is the third biggest value in -0.5, -0.11, w?
-0.5
Let g = 80 - 82. Let j = 20.7 - 20.3. What is the biggest value in 1/6, g, 1, j?
1
Let s(o) = -2*o - 22. Let r be s(-9). Let b = -364.2 + 364.1. What is the biggest value in -14, b, 2, r?
2
Let l = 5/24 + 1/8. Let p = 953.2 + -953.1. Which is the second biggest value? (a) l (b) -6 (c) -5 (d) p
d
Suppose -w = 4*w + 5. Let r(m) = -m**3 - m**2 + m + 1. Let y be r(w). Let h = -535 + 1073/2. Which is the fourth smallest value? (a) h (b) y (c) 0.2 (d) -1
a
Let d = 163 + -165. Suppose 0 = -2*u + 2 + 8. Which is the second smallest value? (a) d (b) -1/2 (c) u
b
Let s = -2.8 - -3. Let v = 7.7827 + -7.7627. What is the third smallest value in s, 0, v, -2/69?
v
Let l = 3 + 1. Let u = 0.0015 - 592.0015. Let y = u + 587. What is the biggest value in y, 1/2, -9, l?
l
Suppose 3*s - 4*i = -478, -5*s - 62*i + 57*i - 820 = 0. What is the third smallest value in 1, 4, s, -4?
1
Let o be 25 + (3 - 26) + (-1 - -6*1). Which is the smallest value? (a) -34 (b) o (c) -2
a
Let b(t) be the first derivative of -17*t**2/2 - 228*t + 21. Let a be b(-13). What is the smallest value in a, -0.17, -1?
a
Let t = 2 - -96. Let p = 74 - t. Which is the third smallest value? (a) 0 (b) p (c) 5
c
Suppose 4*v - 2*y = -y - 59, 0 = 2*y - 6. Let k be 2/(-42) - (-4)/v. Let g = 259.41 + -258.51. Which is the biggest value? (a) g (b) k (c) 0.5
a
Let q = 11648 + -11648.1. Let z be 2667/72 + (-2)/(-6). Let h = z + -37. Which is the third biggest value? (a) -4 (b) q (c) h
a
Let u = -102.9 - -120. Let x = 17.3 - u. What is the biggest value in -1, -4/5, x, -4?
x
Let j = 124.42 + -121. Let q = j - -10.7. Let l = q + -0.12. Which is the smallest value? (a) 4 (b) l (c) 0.2 (d) 2/5
c
Let h = 33 - 102. Let t = -428.8 + 424.8. Which is the smallest value? (a) t (b) 0 (c) h
c
Let o = -23846.5 - -23847. What is the second biggest value in 3, o, -1/12, -2/35?
o
Let k be (-953)/124 + (-525)/(-75). Let h = k - 2/31. Which is the second biggest value? (a) 5 (b) -4/9 (c) h (d) 1/4
d
Let t = 3218 + -3218.5. Which is the third smallest value? (a) 26.3 (b) t (c) 2
a
Let y(w) = w**3 + 2*w - 280. Suppose -17*p = -2*p. Let d be y(p). Which is the second biggest value? (a) d (b) 1/2 (c) 0.1
c
Let a = -1890303/413 + 4577. Let g = 1187/66 + -599/33. What is the third smallest value in 1, g, a?
1
Let x be -6*((-1500)/288)/(-125). Let z = -0.9 + -0.1. Which is the fourth smallest value? (a) z (b) 2/7 (c) x (d) -2/13
b
Let h = 9254.02 + -9254. What is the smallest value in -16, 4, -1/2, h, 8?
-16
Let c = 6382/7 - 914. Let z = 233/105 + c. What is the third smallest value in z, -0.4, 0.5?
0.5
Let s be 33 + 80/(17 - 22). Which is the second smallest value? (a) -4 (b) s (c) 29
b
Let y = -2 - -2. Let v = -7949.9 + 7950. What is the second smallest value in y, 3/7, -1, v?
y
Let r(s) = -5*s - 26. Let z be r(-6). Let n = -43.105 - -0.105. Let k = n + 42.7. Which is the fourth biggest value? (a) 2.2 (b) k (c) z (d) -5
d
Let l = -390562/16095 - -2692/111. Let z = -3 + 2.5. What is the third biggest value in z, 1/4, l?
z
Let l = -0.031 - 3.869. Let x = 4 + l. Let i = -479.3 + 479. Which is the second biggest value? (a) i (b) x (c) -22
a
Let t = 1.1885 - 0.1885. Which is the third smallest value? (a) -2/5 (b) t (c) 0 (d) 0.2
d
Let p = -123 - -121.3. Let v = p + 2.1. Which is the third smallest value? (a) v (b) -0.5 (c) 2/19
a
Let c = -19318.0543 - -19314. Let w = c - -0.0543. What is the third smallest value in w, -18, 5, -0.5?
-0.5
Let s = -70160 + 280639/4. Let g be (-3)/(-3) - 11/7. Which is the second biggest value? (a) s (b) 1/4 (c) g
a
Let w = -1010/7 + 1009/7. Which is the fourth biggest value? (a) -2/7 (b) -437 (c) 1 (d) 5 (e) w
a
Let i = 5.5 + -5.502. Let q = -0.502 - i. What is the third smallest value in q, -2/11, 0.4?
0.4
Let i = 91 + -97. Let k be (-54)/(-66) + 4/22. Let x be 18/(-297)*(k + 2). What is the fourth smallest value in -0.3, i, x, 5?
5
Suppose -20 = -4*h - 4*a, 3*a - 13 = h - 3*h. Let z = 3.1 + -2. Suppose 4*o - f + 13 = 0, -o - f - f - 1 = 0. What is the third biggest value in o, z, h?
o
Let q = -258 - -258.139. Let w = 2.139 - q. Which is the second biggest value? (a) -0.1 (b) -3/4 (c) w (d) 0
d
Let y = -5619 - -5619. Let a = 1 + 1. What is the smallest value in a, y, -3.2?
-3.2
Let i(p) = -2*p**3 - 5*p**2 + 156*p + 322. Let h be i(-2). Which is the fourth smallest value? (a) 0.1 (b) 0.4 (c) -74 (d) h (e) -5/2
b
Let b = -0.235 - -2.735. Let l = -4.5 - 3. Let r = l + b. What is the third smallest value in 3.6, 4/3, r?
3.6
Let k = 364366.3 + -364366. Let c = -675/7 - -96. What is the biggest value in -5, c, k?
k
Let d = -0.7 - -0.82. Let t = d + -9.12. Let m = 833/8 - 104. What is the third smallest value in m, t, -1/5?
m
Let g be -10 + 14 - 4/102*99. Let j = -7.5 + 9. Let c = 0.5 - j. What is the second biggest value in c, -1/3, g?
-1/3
Let q = -22245.3 + 22245. Let v = 0 - 17. What is the third biggest value in v, 4, q?
v
Let g = -5317 - -5309. What is the second biggest value in g, 3/32, -0.5, 3?
3/32
Let n be 84/35*10/(-4). Let w be 148/72 - n/(-81)*-6. Which is the second biggest value? (a) w (b) 0.5 (c) -0.01 (d) -1
b
Let h = -2/3 - -1/6. Let y = -31 - -39. Let g be 5/(-2)*4/25. Which is the third smallest value? (a) | mini_pile | {'original_id': '5e22d959bf9339803f0ab3b8b4e158334c1e32c8dac466f9411adf5fc594e1c0'} |
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Know About Your Mentl Health
One in four people are expected to experience a mental health problem, yet stigma and discrimination are still very common. Myths such as assuming mental illness is somehow down to a ‘personal weakness’ still exist.
How do we define mental health?
A person who is considered ‘mentally healthy’ is someone who can cope with the normal stresses of life and carry out the usual activities they need to in order to look after themselves; can realise their potential; and make a contribution to their community. However, your mental health or sense of ‘wellbeing’ doesn’t always stay the same and can change in response to circumstances and stages of life.
Everyone will go through periods when they feel emotions such as stress and grief, but symptoms of mental illnesses last longer than normal and are often not a reaction to daily events. When these symptoms become severe enough to interfere with a person’s ability to function, they may be considered to have a significant psychological or mental illness.
Mental health problems are defined and classified to help experts refer people for the right care and treatment. The symptoms are grouped in two broad categories – neurotic and psychotic.
Neurotic conditions are extreme forms of ‘normal’ emotional experiences such as depression, anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Around one person in 10 experiences these mood disorders at any one time. Psychotic symptoms affect around one in 100 and these interfere with a person’s perception of reality, impairing their thoughts and judgments. Conditions include schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Woman Holding Head
What causes mental illness?
Many mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder can run in families, which suggests a genetic link. Experts believe many mental illnesses are linked to abnormalities in several genes that predispose people to problems, but don’t on their own directly cause them. So a person can inherit a susceptibility to a condition but may not go on to develop it.
When is someone thought to be mentally ill?
A mental illness cannot be ‘tested’ by checking blood or body fluids. Instead it is diagnosed, usually by an experienced psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, after studying a patient’s symptoms and monitoring them over a period of time.
To diagnose a mental health condition, psychiatrists in the UK may refer to the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system. This lists known mental health problems and their symptoms under various sub-categories. It is updated around every 15 years.
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# Translation of Odoo Server.
# This file contains the translation of the following modules:
# * payment_sips
#
# Translators:
# Martin Trigaux, 2019
# Alina Lisnenko <alinasemeniuk1@gmail.com>, 2019
#
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msgstr ""
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#. module: payment_sips
#: code:addons/payment_sips/models/payment.py:0
#, python-format
msgid "; multiple order found"
msgstr "; знайдено кілька замовлень"
#. module: payment_sips
#: code:addons/payment_sips/models/payment.py:0
#, python-format
msgid "; no order found"
msgstr "; не знайдено жодного замовлення"
#. module: payment_sips
#: code:addons/payment_sips/models/payment.py:0
#, python-format
msgid "Currency not supported by Wordline"
msgstr "Валюта не підтримується Wordline"
#. module: payment_sips
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#, python-format
msgid "Incorrect payment acquirer provider"
msgstr "Неправильний постачальник платіжного доручення"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Interface Version"
msgstr "Версія інтерфейсу"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Merchant ID"
msgstr "ID продавця"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Payment Acquirer"
msgstr "Платіжний еквайєр"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Payment Transaction"
msgstr "Платіжна операція"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Production url"
msgstr "url виробництва"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Provider"
msgstr "Провайдер"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Secret Key"
msgstr "Секретний ключ"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Sips"
msgstr "Sips"
#. module: payment_sips
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#, python-format
msgid "Sips: received data for reference %s"
msgstr "Sips: отримані дані для довідки %s"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Test url"
msgstr "Тест url"
#. module: payment_sips
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msgid "Used for production only"
msgstr "Використовується тільки для виробництва"
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Life settlement arrangements from Pacific West Capital Group can be an ideal way to put the power of profitability to work on behalf of your individual retirement account (IRA). Especially for investors who have many years before retirement age, the solid returns on investment and relatively low risk of life settlements can be an appealing and efficient way to amass a significant amount of capital to ensure a more comfortable retirement. Life settlements are largely immune to major shifts in stock market prices and economic conditions, making them a more dependable source of investment revenues for aspiring retirees. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9207091331481934}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '38024', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:QCTMIIGGEH6TSZAWUSIS673PIKCRUAIY', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:d85cfed0-a50f-43d5-a559-5b06894571e5>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 3, 25, 5, 21, 46), 'WARC-IP-Address': '192.0.78.12', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:HCRJIXOGNHHJWNL6PGLXFGFPUQHJJNYK', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:f63a85d9-537a-43e1-8ba9-b95d60ff153f>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://pacificwestcapitalgroup.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/powering-ira-accounts-with-pacific-west-capital-group-life-settlements/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:f010492d-811d-494c-b80e-58dd4d32c863>', 'WARC-Truncated': 'length'}", 'previous_word_count': '98', 'url': 'https://pacificwestcapitalgroup.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/powering-ira-accounts-with-pacific-west-capital-group-life-settlements/', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-229-201-209.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-13\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for March 2018\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.28471505641937256', 'original_id': 'a0e85408985e754c3a01ba9d8b9e6de4dc1463dfb834564e98cd80825e660e50'} |
The Chinese Year of the Ox
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An Ox is a large animal that looks like a bull, but he is generally patient, hard-working, and easy-going. And people who are born in the year of the Ox are said to be like that too! How did humans come to have this useful animal on earth to help them farm?
If you have heard our story, the Chinese Year of the Animals, you will know that the Ox is the second animal in the Chinese Zodiac. You may recall that all the animals took part in a swimming race to decide what order they should come in. The powerful Ox was the strongest swimmer, and he kindly allowed the rat to ride on his back. But when he was close to the other side of the river, the sneaky rat jumped off the ox’s back and arrived first.
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As a conventional suspension apparatus for a vehicle, a torsion beam type rear suspension apparatus which has a torsion beam coupled between right and left rear wheels, and a pair of trailing arms which are formed into a planar shape to allow a displacement in the widthwise direction of the vehicle body and extend from the two end portions of the torsion beam in the longitudinal direction of the entire vehicle body is known (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-283114). In this suspension apparatus, the free end portions of the trailing arms are supported on a vehicle body frame via bushings, and the rear end portions of the trailing arms are joined to the right and left end portions of the torsion beam by welding.
The torsion beam type rear suspension apparatus is mounted in a light car or the like since it has a simple structure and is inexpensive. Also, such rear suspension apparatus can decrease the floor height and can assure a broad rear cargo space or the like, since the coil spring level can lower by disposing the center of the coil diameter of each coil spring not immediately above the trailing arm or torsion beam but to have an offset on the front or rear side of the vehicle body with respect to the torsion beam. Hence, demands in recent wagon and box type vehicles are increasing.
However, in the technique of the aforementioned reference, when a spring seat or its bracket is formed at a corner portion, the actual effective length of the trailing arm becomes short, and torsional elasticity increases, resulting in poor riding comfort. For this reason, each trailing arm may be prolonged in correspondence with a decrease in effective length, but such long trailing arm disturbs layout efficiency. On the other hand, the torsion beam may be prolonged. However, the torsional elasticity of the torsion beam then becomes too low, resulting in poor driving stability, or the mechanical strength of that portion of the torsion beam on which the torsional stress is concentrated must be increased and may lead to high cost resulting from an increase in weight.
In the suspension apparatus in which the center of the coil diameter of each coil spring is disposed to have an offset on the front side of the vehicle body with respect to the torsion beam, since the torsion of the torsion beam is larger than that of the suspension apparatus in which the center of the coil diameter of each coil spring is disposed to have an offset on the rear side of the vehicle body, the separation of the joint surface between the spring seat and torsion beam becomes large. Even when their joint strength is increased, the torsional stress is concentrated, and the joint surface of the torsion beam cracks. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'd96141e8593ef481a287f5e0d340a0284bbfac16a6d954f3dd44b096a1baac0b'} |
But there are a few enormous differences between the two. Pundits like Friedman claim that progressives don't want to do anything about the deficit because interest rates are low at the moment, so the deficit "problem" won't rear its head for quite a while. In this way we are compared to conservatives who refuse to act on climate change.
But that's not the actual reason most progressives oppose short-term austerity. The big differences between the two issues are:
1) Unlike runaway greenhouse effects, deficits will mostly decline naturally with economic growth. The biggest cause of the major debt-to-GDP ratio increase since 2007 is not surprisingly the Great Recession. Most of that problem will disappear with a robust, demand-driven recovery. Yes, there are certain problems to solve as the population ages, but those are almost entirely due to rising healthcare costs that are best controlled with a universal single-payer system. In the case of deficits, the "problem" really will mostly resolve itself by doing nothing. Not so with climate, which will spin out of control if nothing is done.
2) From a political point of view, progressives don't deny the deficit exists. We simply contend it's not the crisis others are claiming, and that the "solutions" of the conservative crowd aren't solutions at all. Conservatives who refuse to act on climate change don't admit the problem but refuse to act because it's a long-term problem: they are science deniers who refuse to acknowledge the existence of the problem in the first place. Further, the dire projections of Chicago-school economists are simply not as reliable as the dire projections of climate scientists.
3) Unlike the climate crisis, the deficit isn't a force of nature but a political balance sheet issue can never be "solved." As the experience of the Clinton presidency demonstrated, deficit problems solved by Democrats can easily be recreated by Republicans who pass tax cuts for the wealthy and conduct illegal foreign wars. Weaning the nation off of carbon is a far more permanent thing.
4) The proposed "solutions" to cutting the deficit won't work. Cutting Medicare, Social Security and other programs important to the poor and middle class will simply increase economic insecurity and drive down demand, leading to double dip recessions and increased deficits. As Europe's austerity-mad failures have shown, the touted "solution" to the deficit "problem" only makes it worse. Eliminating carbon emissions, on the other hand, is the straightforward solution to the climate crisis.
Attempting to equate deficit reduction and climate change mitigation is yet another attempt by centrist pundits to place the stock market and governmental balance sheet juggling on a par with the forces of nature. They aren't. Markets and government investments are man-made, with malleable sets of rules. Nature isn't so forgiving. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'a3b6f805689fd62aa2274eb1981ca570f757b98724b22664ea0173d06a135a2d'} |
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“I stood in line and left my name / Took about six hours or so / Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game / Said they’d let me know.” These lines, from the new Steve Earle album, have just the sort of populist, humanistic slant that has won the singer acclaim over the years. Yet they aren’t his. “Marie” is one of fifteen Townes Van Zandt compositions featured on Townes (New West), and if it seems odd for Earle to follow his Grammy-winning Washington Square Serenade with an album of covers by the Texas great, he is blunt about why: He’s finishing a novel and has no time to write songs. Earle’s no stranger to Van Zandt; as an idolizing youth he abandoned his Schertz home and made a beeline for Houston in search of the songwriter, who became his reluctant mentor. And Earle hasn’t exactly tossed this project off. Recorded in multiple styles, he chooses material both obvious and obscure that showcases all aspects of Van Zandt’s evocative writing—grim, hopeful, funny, lustful—and pours his heart into these remarkable songs. If not enough to make you abandon everything yourself, their language will at least seduce you. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '44', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9705092310905457}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '122192', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:GJAPLXEO4RDV6P67FTEMAIYWRUNLRYHA', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:3f1aa6f0-a632-4de0-b9e9-de1f5e34c26f>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 16, 21, 16, 22), 'WARC-IP-Address': '104.24.29.92', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:ONI6NYA6NCGACKBTQIS5H3RG2SI4SBCN', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:838c7fe1-180d-4773-860c-c26195dd9000>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/townes/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:a11e5fe2-a62e-468b-a024-a53cfc6f96bd>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '194', 'url': 'https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/townes/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-47\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for November 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-67-67-252.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.16 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.1-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.02678835391998291', 'original_id': '68a4fe233fbf0a1f1b6ca39c7e1ff4db0851779069201f35ac049aba6d6bde9d'} |
Will the United States Collapse or Decentralize?
The Collapse of Rome
I wonder whether the United States will act like a big bubble with its elites clinging to power and collapse like the Roman Empire, or eventually rise to the challenge and transform itself, decentralizing and seeking constructive social solutions like China since the rule of Deng Xiaoping.
This week, in a class I am teaching, we talked about whether the centralizing tendencies in the US economy and government can be reversed. There are a growing number of populist movements, left and right, that feel the loss of community and the destructiveness of corruption in both centralized corporations and governments. They have a nostalgia for the old life in the small town, where people took care of themselves and a highway was their only involvement with a state.
Let’s start by asking whether we could revert to small towns, and whether there would be a social consciousness to do so. The United States is much more populated than at the time of the founders, and there is probably not enough land for everyone to have a subsistence farm. Jefferson believed that the experiment he helped set in motion was basically good as long as people were rural, and told Madison that “when people pile up in cities as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe.” Hamilton wanted to create higher-order social institutions like national banks and a stock exchange.
Singapore, a highly populated city-state, seems to be an example of where dense population exists with a social consciousness that created the social institutions that make it possible for 70% of its people to live above the U.S. poverty index. Yet, this does not necessarily translate into happiness, which is a much debated topic. Guatemala, with a low per capita income and more rural life, on the other hand, also ranks high on a number of happiness scales.
The United States might not be able to revert to subsistence farms, but it may be able to revert to smaller towns. The problem with centralizing tendencies is that larger cities and governments often grow at the expense of smaller ones. Bigger social units have stronger lobbies, and in my state (Minnesota) people in rural areas are being taxed to pay for rail and schools in the cities, giving them less money to pay for infrastructure in their own towns. Recent studies on the level of personal freedom in the 50 US states partially correlate with the degree of urbanization.
We remember the saying “all roads lead to Rome,” which has descended from the days this same phenomenon took place in ancient Rome. Rome’s collapse was followed by descendants of the middle classes becoming serfs. Education was largely reduced, books burned, and a culture created that supported feudalism based on the church dogma that you got a better life in the next world.
The Transformation of China
China has recently worked at decentralization and has decentralized its tax structure. All personal income tax and welfare has been devolved to subnational units, creating more of a “union of states,” and competition between states. It is more of a multi-polar structure like the US founders envisioned with 13 sovereign states, than what we have in the US today, which has federal income taxes and now federal health care. China’s tax system is better suited to the appropriate level of governance than the US, but could probably be yet more devolved. This structure is, in my opinion, related to China’s economic growth since these reforms took place.
The transformation in contemporary China offers a counter-example to the collapse of the Roman Empire. It reflects a higher level of social consciousness and places great importance on education. It is also interesting that this transformation has occurred within the ruling party without a revolution of the sort we witness in the Middle East today.
It would be useful to study how the US government and its various social departments might be devolved, or partially devolved. The federal tax structure has an important impact on what local and state governments are actually able to do. If all of one’s taxes go to the central government, it is harder to take local responsibility than if the taxes were collected in a more decentralized manner, and could be managed more locally.
Transformation of society that rewards decentralization without a complete social collapse is a real challenge. I am a bit skeptical about whether this could change just by creating alternative lower level communities, like many are trying to develop. Changes might need to go hand in hand with demands that Washington devolve much of its power to lower levels, by devolving some of the tax revenue so that lower-level governments can be more self-sustainable and less dependent on Washington.
I know some US experts that helped advise China’s decentralization, but I do not think they have much an ear in Washington at the present time. China was desperately seeking real answers because they were in such bad shape. American leaders have not yet entered that level of seriousness; and most discourse is based on rhetoric and rationalizations to support one interest or another that contributes to political campaign funds.
In some ways, the cultural climate in the US today compares to ancient Athens before Socrates. That was an advanced, pluralistic, and morally relative society, whose policies were shaped by the art of rhetoric. Socrates was put to death as a crazy man for criticizing the rhetoricians and advocating honesty and virtue. Many Chinese (within the ruling party) have paid a price for the changes that have occurred, moving from politically popular slogans to honest economic science.
In the United States, both the anti-big government Tea Party on the Right and the anti-big corporation economic democracy movements like those following David C. Korten on the left have more in common that they might realize. Perhaps this is why Ron Paul (right) and Dennis Kucinich (left) both frequently vote against the same on large wasteful bills in Congress. It will be interesting to see if decentralizers in both parties can cooperate in order to stabilize out-of-control government growth. If the Democratic Party develops its counterpart to the Tea Party, which now has a strong impact on the Republican Party, it might be possible to devolve more social responsibility to lower levels of society and once again put the US on a sustainable course.
About Gordon Anderson
GORDON L. ANDERSON is the President of Paragon House, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal on World Peace, and Adjunct Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He earned an M.Div. in Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from Claremont Graduate University. He is author of several articles and books including Philosophy of the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness and Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0.
Will the United States Collapse or Decentralize? — 4 Comments
1. tell me what is there to moderate in my post. there is nothing in the page about violence, the take over or overthrow of our society nor a word of racism. my post was of a parent of 5 and all having two parents in a middle class home and experiencing what we all are seeing daily. moderate all forms comments as the written word printed will only be allowed by the group that allows it to be printed. live free and live without the support of others as one can only rely on ones self then of others
2. we as a nation have come to far to fast. we lost our way not just with religion but our since of basic moral value. this generations offspring will be the finale straw as there is no moral fiber and no real ethics as a whole. be it due to bad parenting, no parenting or older teenagers seeing what is going on with the borrowing of the federal system and the amount of bailouts they get to see make them have no since of value. i wish this wasn’t true but i believe this is but part of what will move the united states to a breakdown and a break up of the basic structure that has served as the basis of the united states. prove me wrong
3. A discussion could be started about the decentralization of the fiscal structure of America. Blocks of states would be organized along the existing borders that make up the Federal Banking districts. Thus, blocks of states would work together that would take into account their regional characteristics. This would be a fundamental shift away from the central control in Washington D.C.
Washington has incrementally come to resemble the economic command structure of former communist and socialist countries.
As evidenced by the recent fiscal crisis of 2008 and the economic downturn in Europe, central command economies are too vulnerable to the failure of centralized economic authorities. The best example of this failure was the collapse of the former Soviet Union. As it seems the Chinese economists and politburo are not blind to the lessons taught by the Russian experience. Recent economic gains made by the Chinese can be attributed to regional economic entrepreneurship and decentralized fiscal controls. At the same time they are extremely wary of the economic troubles that are happening in the US and EU. Unfortunately, Congress is dragging its feet on real economic revitalization, decentralization and reform. In fact Congress has become much like the shrinking American middle class that is living from paycheck to paycheck.
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Stereotypical Comedy Still Funny
Rachel Kaplan
Anyone going to see The Rocker, whose movie poster features a middle-aged, half-naked man, and expects to see a masterful film is sadly mistaken. Although it has been dubbed as a disappointment by critics, this summer movie serves its purpose as a hilarious, though somewhat stereotypical comedy.
Rainn Wilson of The Office plays the lead role: Robert “Fish” Fishman, a lazy bum who has been in a perpetual rut since he was kicked out of the 80s rock band, Vesuvius. Signs of Vesuvius, which became one of the biggest musical sensations since The Beatles, haunt him wherever he goes, and after being fired from his desk job, Fishman is left with no options but to live in his sister’s attic.
Meanwhile, A.D.D., his nephew’s high school garage band, needs a drummer to play at the prom. A.D.D. chooses Fish as a desperate last choice and, via You Tube, the band grows to reach national fame. They go on to battle somewhat clichéd obstacles to reach the top, all while attempting to maintain their small time roots.
Multiple sub-plots are featured throughout the movie; most prominent is the relationship between Curtis (the lead singer) whose father abandoned him at a young age, and Rainn Wilson, who acts as a kind of interim father. As for a theme, The Rocker is less about the power of music (a la School of Rock) than it is taking second chances and following a dream.
Though the movie may have a couple of big names such as Rainn Wilson and Christina Applegate as Curtis’s mom, the characters that shine the most are played by virtual unknowns. Emma Stone, Josh Gad, and Teddy Geiger, the three teenage band members of A.D.D., portray surprisingly realistic teenagers, complete with witty sarcasm and seemingly low self-esteem.
In particular, Teddy Geiger plays the most convincing character. Primarily a singer/songwriter of “For You I Will” fame, the only part he has ever played was Wayne on VH1’s short-lived series, Love Monkey.
Geiger is a major asset to the movie, making his film debut as the moody, artistic Curtis. He also carries the soundtrack, singing nine songs on the 12-track album. While the soundtrack is admittedly more pop than rock, the catchy tracks, such as “Tomorrow Never Comes,” are hard to resist.
The Rocker, though maybe not worth the inflated $10 price of movies, is the perfect rental choice. It will undoubtedly provide any viewer with 102 minutes of pure entertainment, causing unwilling laughter at its nonsensical comedy. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.970936119556427}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '129943', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:H4SS7BA3HYNSVBHQ3KYND7ATQ6W25ZRP', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:a259a519-2a31-47a0-a4a5-8bd19f27b2a1>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 9, 0, 33, 36), 'WARC-IP-Address': '172.67.150.151', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'application/xhtml+xml', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:Z7OT2QAOY355DYGYGXGX7PBHSYTFDB6T', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:82d1897e-5ca5-4f5d-ae1e-7f0260c704eb>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://bsmknighterrant.org/2008/09/16/stereotypical-comedy-still-funny/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:1a4c93d3-5af2-436f-bcd2-caf8a2b88999>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '416', 'url': 'https://bsmknighterrant.org/2008/09/16/stereotypical-comedy-still-funny/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2021-10\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for February/March 2021\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-67-67-5.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.18 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.2-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.02054893970489502', 'original_id': 'f0044284b124259f66d926621df1581d00af0555eb63d8d3c00d218adb5a7965'} |
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Invisible Television
Displays an image of objects behind it when "off".
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I hate my ugly TV. Sure some TVs are designed to be stylish, but I don't even want to see those. I want a TV with a camera mounted in back. The camera records the image of whatever objects lie behind and displays them on the screen when the TV is switched off. If the border around the screen were as thin as possible, the TV could become almost invisible. I could then place my TV nearly anywhere: in front of a window, on a table, wherever, and it would be as inobtrusive as possible. Sure, sure, the image wouldn't be perfect from all viewing angles but it would be way better than what I've got now.
riromero, Mar 25 2005
Transparent Screens http://www.flickr.c...w00kie/sets/180637/
This, done with computer wallpaper. [waugsqueke, Mar 26 2005]
You can get LCD tv's. LCD glass can be clear or opaque. Maybe you could combine those two technologies to make a tv that was transparent when switched off.
wagster, Mar 25 2005
"Turn on the TV, Joe"
"I can't find it!"
DesertFox, Mar 25 2005
I actually think this is a very good idea, and possible doable (though you'd need a pretty weird camera to capture the behind-image if the TV was close to a wall etc). Definite bun.
Basepair, Mar 25 2005
Further thought - if TVs had the ability to take a memory-card from a digital camera, you'd be able to display the static picture of your choice (including a photo of whatever was behind the TV). This would be of more general use, and would obviate the need for a wide- angle camera built into the back of the TV.
Basepair, Mar 25 2005
// if TVs had the ability to take a memory-card //
Many Sonys have this ability. Probably other brands, too.
krelnik, Mar 26 2005
Putting a tv flush behind a one way mirror works. Saw it someones bathroom in Wired so TV can be watched while shaving.
Giblet, Mar 26 2005
Reminds me of a story about Salvador Dali's wife, who hated a radiator in her room and asked her husband to paint a screen to put in front of it - so he made a painting of the radiator.
TolpuddleSartre, Mar 26 2005
Heh. I wonder if that Dali tale is true but, even so, it's a good one.
bristolz, Mar 26 2005
//In the future, it will be possible to project three dimensional objects, down to molecular functionality level.// This future's going to be cool. Thanks for letting us know, Ian.
wagster, Mar 26 2005
As another solution to the ugly tv problem, some clever people are starting to come up with screens which, when turned off, act as mirrors. Good enough, or must it be invisible?
fridge duck, Mar 26 2005
How about a two-piece projection unit with a motorized screen and retracting projector shelf?
supercat, Mar 26 2005
Like supercat said, why not just hide a projector? The image might be a bit washed out during the day, but I for one watch most of my t.v. at night, and if some lazy hausfrau wants to sit on her prodigious buns munching bon- bons and watching Oprah while I'm slaving away at work then she can darned well watch the ugliest idiot box on the market, AFAIC. ;-)
justibone, Mar 27 2005
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Why Use an Online Pharmacy?
Pharmacies are complex groups. Even a minor pharmacy in a small town has a enormous quantity of duty and shifting elements. In reality, big pharmacies and mom-and-pop pharmacies a like would not be feasible nowadays with out the appearance of pharmacy control structures.
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Legal and Ethical Responsibilities:
A pharmacy, but, has vital responsibilities that a hardware store or grocery commonly does not. A pharmacy, as an instance, is charged with ensuring that clients get their prescriptions exactly how they’re prescribed by way of their physician. Mistakes can result in lack of lifestyles. For this motives, pharmacies are trying to find to limit the opportunity for human errors. One of the primary methods they accomplish that is by way of integrating a prescription dispensing system into pharmacy management structures. A prescription allotting gadget is robot and automatic, and it ensures that the prescription is filled precisely how the medical doctor ordered it.
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An American Passion Revealed
Ruth Rhees Library, University of Rochester
Beurre d’Aremberg pear; mid-nineteenth-century lithograph by the Amana Society, Iowa County, Iowa
Michelle Obama’s kitchen garden on the South Lawn of the White House merits a double brava!—apart from calling attention to the nutritional value of eating fresh, organically grown vegetables, it honors their global origins. We are not only a nation of immigrant peoples and cuisines. We are also a country of immigrant plants, trees, and vines. Mrs. Obama’s garden inevitably, if not intentionally, expresses that diversity, with its radishes, rhubarb, and spinach from Asia, its kale, broccoli, lettuce, and oregano from the Mediterranean, its fennel from India and Egypt, and its border marigolds from Mexico.
When European settlers first arrived in North America, they found an abundant garden. Blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries, which are planted about eight feet north of the White House vegetable patch, grew prolifically in the woods. The Indians gathered them from the wild, but they also cultivated corn and sweet potatoes, which had come from Latin America, as well as squash and beans, which they had bred from indigenous plants.
Plant improvement can result from advantageous mutations. It can also arise from sexual crossing, whereby the pollen from the stamens (the male sexual organ) in one plant penetrate the pistil (the female organ) in another, fertilizing it. Such crossing occurs all the time in nature, the pollen being carried by wind, insects, and birds. Like plant breeders since ancient times, the Indians improved their crops by selecting for reproduction the superior progeny produced by mutation or by natural pollination either within one plant variety or between two different varieties planted in proximity to each other. They were ignorant of the mechanism of sexual crossing, believing in cases of mixed varieties that the two somehow mingled their characters through the entanglements of their root systems.
No matter their misunderstanding: their breeding practices were effective. They planted the superior seed, selected superior plants from the next crop, and obtained improved varieties by repeating the process through successive generations. They introduced these varieties to the European newcomers, who were very glad to have them. In 1923, Lyman Carrier, an expert on the origins of American agriculture, noted that “no people anywhere in the world ever made greater strides in plant breeding than did the American Indians,” adding, “Our agriculture is at least one-third native American.”
However, most of the rest, like almost all the plants in the White House garden, have come from elsewhere on the planet. From the first Spanish arrivals, European conquerors and settlers supplemented the native fruits and edible plants with basic food from the Old World and the southern half of the new one, including wheat, rye, barley, and oats; lettuce, onions, cabbage, and asparagus; eggplant, cucumber, okra, and beets; carrots and cauliflower; celery and parsley; parsnips, peas, and turnips. They also imported pasturage grasses, such as alfalfa, clover, timothy, and bluegrass, to feed their livestock, a type of husbandry that the …
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Heimdall Data, a Microsoft technology partner, offers a database proxy that automates caching for Azure Cache for Redis. Users can now implement SQL caching within minutes without any code changes. Users will save months/years of developing and managing cache subsystems
Caching Challenges
Application-database inefficiency (e.g. repeated queries, network latency) is a primary cause of performance bottlenecks. Many use Redis to improve responsiveness. However, developers are challenged to know what to cache, what to invalidate and to ensure data is up to date. Moreover, caching requires manual code changes to the application.
This blog will walk you through the deployment models and steps to configure automated caching on Azure for Redis. Please note that Heimdall’s proxy also works with other in-memory data grid vendors. Supported vendors include Redis Labs, Pivotal GemFire Hazelcast, GridGain; commercial or open source versions.
Heimdall offers two software packages (Figure 1 below):
• Database Proxy: Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, Azure Database, Hyperscale (Citus)
• JDBC Driver: Provides access to any JDBC-compliant database
Figure 1: Software Package Options
Heimdall is deployed in two ways:
• Distributed: Caches SQL results at the application tier, removing latency to the database. Heimdall is installed as an agent (i.e. separate process) or JDBC driver on each application instance.
Figure 2: Distributed Architecture
• Centralized: Installed as a separate proxy tier
Figure 3: Centralized Proxy Tier
For either deployment option, route your application to the Heimdall host/port or JDBC URL. Heimdall provides two levels of caching: 1) locally on the application instance and 2) on Azure Cache for Redis; this is similar to an L1/L2 cache.
How it works
As application talks to the database, the proxy intercepts the queries and determines what SQL results to cache and which queries to server out from cache. Additionally, Heimdall routes queries to different servers (for load-balancing and read/write split) to the backend database. Heimdall’s cache algorithms are based on real-time analysis of:
• Query frequency and variability
• Relative response time performance of cache vs. database
• Inventory of objects in cache to avoid cache misses: Our proxy tracks the entries in the Redis cache and will never ask Redis for data not contain therein, eliminating unnecessary round trips.
For Heimdall’s auto-caching feature, SQL results will only be cached if it provides a performance benefit.
How does Heimdall handle cache invalidations? Heimdall sees all changes to the database. Upon a change, the proxy will invalidate the associated cache entries and optionally update the cache entry. Invalidation is automated and synchronized between Heimdall proxies. There is no more complex TTL or expiry configurations for each query cache.
Example Overview
The following covers how to configure Heimdall with Azure Cache for Redis in a WordPress, MySQL environment.
Azure Installation and Set up:
On the Heimdall Central Console, our configuration wizard takes you step-by-step to successfully connect the Heimdall proxy to your Azure services (i.e. application, database, cache), and configure features (e.g. Query caching, Read/Write splitting, Load balancing). Once installed, on the Heimdall Data Central, click “Wizard”, and then click “Manual Configuration” shown in Figure 2 below.
Step 2. Specify the database server and connection type. This includes the host name, driver, user name, password, and port:
The next screen will select Load Balancing. For now, we will bypass this page:
Step 3. Provide the Redis cache configuration.
Step 4. Configure settings for the proxy. In most cases, the defaults should be accepted. But these defaults can control whether 1) The management server will spawn a copy of the proxy itself, or rely on external tools to spawn the proxy; 2) How the IP should be bound, and 3) What port the proxy should listen to.
Step 5. The next window provides the use of a proxy and log settings. If a database proxy (i.e. not a Heimdall JDBC driver) is used, then Enable Proxy should be checked and a proxy port chosen. The localhost option should also be unselected if using a proxy on another instance other than the application using the proxy is hosted. For the management server to start the proxy on its own, select the management server proxy option, otherwise install the proxy manually.
Step 6. Summary screen, here all the choices can be reviewed and corrected as needed:
Step 7. The system provides a summary of instructions. Once Submit is selected, the configuration is updated.
Step 8. The Virtual Databases tab provides connection info for the application. The application accesses via the MySQL proxy on localhost. If using your own instance, make any changes to this information and click Commit finalizing the configuration.
Cache settings can also be changed on the Virtual Databases (VDB):
Step 9. The Data Sources tab provides the database connection settings such as connection pooling, load balancing, automated failover, and query routing (i.e. Read/Write split). If using your own instance, make any changes to this information and click Commit finalizing the database configuration.
Step 10. The Rules tab controls how queries are cached, routed, and transformed. The default configuration is to 1) Cache traffic NOT in transactions, 2) Forward selected traffic to a read-only source, and 3) Log query traffic. Users can dynamically change rules without restarting the application or database. Information on how the rules are configured are available by clicking on the Help button. If using your own instance, make any changes to this information and click Commit finalizing the rule configuration.
Step 11. To connect the application to Heimdall, just change the database configuration to match the Heimdall database proxy. The existing MySQL configuration in WordPress was changed to This change is typically straightforward but is specific to your application. Details on the URL to use for the Heimdall JDBC Driver are in the JDBC section of the Virtual Database; or for the proxy, in the Proxy Configuration section.
The below dashboard provides information on query traffic and server performance for a WordPress application. Notice that the average query time from cache is 60 microseconds compared to 900 microseconds from the database. Caching with Heimdall resulted in a performance boost of 15x times! Other applications have had a much higher improvement, with more complex queries generating more benefits. With a 90% cache hit rate, the database load was significantly reduced allowing for more users to be supported on the same database infrastructure.
There were no changes to the application besides the database URL/host+port change; no database system changes were required.
Heimdall Data is a Microsoft technology partner, designed to transparently improve read/write query performance. Our distributed caching offers a simple, low latency solution for users without disruption to the application or database. Download a free trial.
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Let's say I buy 3 Tiamats. How does that 50% (or 35% ranged) AoE damage stack?
Will minion/champions near my main target get 150% (or 105% ranged) damage?
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@Brant sorry, but why did you edit my question? with 50%(35%) and 150%(105%) I meant 50% melee or 35% ranged / 150% melee or 105% ranged – e-MEE Mar 19 '12 at 13:11
My mistake. I was trying to clarify the question, but I misunderstood what you were asking (and how Tiamat works). Sorry about that, and thanks for fixing it! – Brant Mar 19 '12 at 14:06
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The damage stacks additively, so with 3 Tiamats you will be dealing 150% AOE damage. Meaning you are dealing MORE damage to surrounding targets than to your initial target.
For your amusement, here is a video of caitlyn stacking 3 Tiamats. You can see the surrounding champions take 216(ish) damage 3 times, once for each Tiamat.
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Tiamats will stack additively, meaning each Tiamat will deal 50% splash for melee attacks or 35% splash for ranged attacks. With 6 Tiamats, you can do an extra 300% splash damage with melee and/or 210% extra splash damage with ranged attacks. The radius of this splash damage is fairly small (185, only slightly larger than the range of Singed's Fling attack).
The splash damage does not confer additional benefits, such as life steal or chance to critical hit, although bonus damage if the original hit was a critical will still transfer into the % based damage.
Do note that the splash only applies to default attacks or attacks that proc on-next-hit effects such as Ezreal's Mystic Shot, Warwick's Infinite Duress, Gangplank's Parrrley, or Fiora's Blade Waltz.
Tiamat is generally considered underpowered due to the fact that it's overall benefit is very minor compared to the cost effectiveness of what you could be getting for a similar price. Additionally, it is the only item in the game that builds directly out of 4 basic items, making it one of the hardest items to plan for in regards to inventory management.
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The LoL Wiki says:
• The splash damage passive from the item is not unique, meaning that it is possible to obtain up to 300% splash damage with 6 Tiamats.
• The bonus splash damage of each Tiamat is dealt separately.
The answer is, yes you would be dealing 150% of your damage to sourrounding units/champions. But, the cost of the item is pretty high for what it is worth, and if you are building 3 tiamats your damage won't even be that high...You might as well just build one and beef up your base damage. Also unless you are playing with total noobs, your enemies won't be bunched up enough for you to really get more than 2 chamions in one splash.
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5 Tiamats makes for some pretty gnarly Gangplank Parrrlays, especially if you increase your crit with item #6. – Shaun Mar 5 '12 at 19:11
This has been fixed and no longer works only one timat effects now so the other two are just stats(Same with sunfire cape stacking) – Cem22lp Mar 7 '12 at 9:39
If people are still stacking them on Fiora who came out last patch I don't think it was fixed. I just went through all of the patch notes for tiamat and nothing says they made the passive UNIQUE. – Emerica. Mar 7 '12 at 13:24
@Cem22lp This is wrong. The stacking still works on Tiamats but not on Sunfire. The difference is the UNIQUE keyword in the description. – StrixVaria Mar 8 '12 at 14:29
@StrixVaria hmm thought i read that they had fixed it so it didn't stack with itself that's good to know then thank you – Cem22lp Mar 8 '12 at 17:14
To be asking whether passives stack or not, you should just look at the description of the item
If the item shows an unique passive e.g. those from Trinity Force, these passives will not stack BUT all the other stats outside the unique passive will
Other items with stackable passives with are Bloodthirster bonus attack, Warmogs bonus health, Archangels staff bonus ability power passive, ... Altough it's better to choose different items instead of stacking one and the same.
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Dont forget, the UNIQUE stacks work only for the same item. eg: Philosopher's stone "UNIQUE Passive: Gain an additional 5 Gold every 10 seconds." and Heart of Gold "UNIQUE Passive: Gain an additional 5 Gold every 10 seconds." still stack (03-08-2012) but 2x Philosopher's stone don't – Michel Mar 8 '12 at 14:54
ADDING: Sometimes certain items will be noted in the unique passive lane e.g. Trinity Force unique passive of bonus damage (based on AD) does not stack with Sheen or Lich Bane – Dashzapp Mar 8 '12 at 15:12
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The Ti450 SF6 comes complete with a 2x telephoto smart lens, a tripod holder for mounting to any industry standard tripod, an eye piece, cable, viewer, batteries and chargers, all in a hard shell carrying case. SF6 gas detection training tools, including a step-by-step instructional video, are also available on the Fluke website at www.fluke.co.uk/ti450sf6
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Lockheed Martin in Troy Celebrates National Award Amid Sequestration Worries
By Brittany Bivins
Another sector facing big cuts from the sequester is national defense. Today Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said he thinks the federal government should save money, but he doesn't think across-the-board military cuts are the best way to do that.
Governor Robert Bentley spoke at an awards ceremony for Troy missile manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Company officials say they're on the track to growth, but the spending cuts will make a difference.
Lockheed Martin's Troy plant is one of the top six manufacturers in the country, according to IndustryWeek magazine, which judges companies on quality, safety and overall productivity.
"They're second to none, to any other company out there, so it makes it easy to win those awards, when you got people performing that way," said Dave Anderson, site director.
luncheon and awards ceremony, company officials talked about the sequester, but only briefly. They told workers they should be proud of their accomplishments, which they say will help keep their products in high demand.
At Wednesday's
Still, the cuts could make an impact on defense industries just like Lockheed Martin.
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley says that could have a big impact on the state. "Now the federal government needs to save money, the approach though, is more of a blunt approach instead of a surgical approach, and there are some things that do not need to be cut, and I believe that the defense of our nation is something that we need to be very careful about cutting," said Bentley.
Martin officials say it's too early to say how that could impact the company. "There will be impacts across the board, so we don't know how it's going to affect our suppliers, or supply chains, things like that, so we need to assess that," said Anderson.
However, they say awards like IndustryWeek's prove they have what it takes to survive it. "T
he future here is growth, even with sequestration, so it is very positive for Pike County operations," said Anderson.
Lockheed Martin employs about 300 peopl
e in Troy. The company has been operating in Troy since 1994. This is the second time it's been named an IndustryWeek top plant. The first time was in 1997.
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jest
.dontMock('../source/components/FormInput')
.dontMock('../source/components/Rating')
.dontMock('../source/components/Suggest')
.dontMock('classnames')
;
import React from 'react';
import TestUtils from 'react-addons-test-utils';
const FormInput = require('../source/components/FormInput').default;
describe('factory works', () => {
it('renders correct input node', () => {
expect(
TestUtils.findRenderedDOMComponentWithTag(
TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<FormInput/>),
'input',
).type
).toBe('text');
expect(
TestUtils.findRenderedDOMComponentWithTag(
TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<FormInput type="year"/>),
'input',
).type
).toBe('number');
expect(
TestUtils.findRenderedDOMComponentWithTag(
TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<FormInput type="rating" id="rating"/>),
'input',
).type
).toBe('hidden');
expect(
TestUtils.findRenderedDOMComponentWithTag(
TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<FormInput type="suggest" options={['r', 'g', 'b']}/>),
'datalist',
).id
).toBeTruthy();
expect(
TestUtils.findRenderedDOMComponentWithTag(
TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<FormInput type="text"/>),
'textarea',
).nodeName
).toBe('TEXTAREA');
});
it('returns input value', () => {
let input = TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<FormInput type="year"/>);
expect(input.getValue()).toBe(String(new Date().getFullYear()));
input = TestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<FormInput type="rating" defaultValue="3"/>);
expect(input.getValue()).toBe(3);
});
});
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/*
** 2014 September 22
**
** The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of
** a legal notice, here is a blessing:
** May you do good and not evil.
** May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
** May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
*/
package info.ata4.util.collection;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Spliterator;
import java.util.Spliterators;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
/**
*
* @author Nico Bergemann <barracuda415 at yahoo.de>
* @param <T>
*/
public class Node<T> implements Collection<Node<T>> {
private T data;
private Node<T> parent;
private final List<Node<T>> children = new ArrayList<>();
public Node() {
}
public Node(T data) {
this.data = data;
}
public Node(Collection<Node<T>> children) {
if (children != null) {
this.children.addAll(children);
}
}
public Node(T data, Collection<Node<T>> children) {
this.data = data;
if (children != null) {
this.children.addAll(children);
}
}
public T data() {
return data;
}
public void data(T data) {
this.data = data;
}
public Node<T> parent() {
return parent;
}
private void parent(Node<T> parent) {
this.parent = parent;
}
public void forEachData(Consumer<T> action) {
Objects.requireNonNull(action);
action.accept(data());
children.forEach(node -> node.forEachData(action));
}
@Override
public int size() {
return children.size();
}
@Override
public boolean isEmpty() {
return children.isEmpty();
}
@Override
public boolean contains(Object o) {
return children.contains(o);
}
@Override
public Iterator<Node<T>> iterator() {
return Collections.unmodifiableList(children).iterator();
}
@Override
public Spliterator<Node<T>> spliterator() {
return Spliterators.spliterator(Collections.unmodifiableList(children),
Spliterator.ORDERED | Spliterator.IMMUTABLE);
}
@Override
public Object[] toArray() {
return children.toArray();
}
@Override
public <T> T[] toArray(T[] a) {
return children.toArray(a);
}
@Override
public boolean add(Node<T> node) {
boolean added = children.add(node);
if (added) {
node.parent(this);
}
return added;
}
@Override
public boolean remove(Object o) {
boolean removed = children.remove(o);
if (removed) {
((Node<T>) o).parent(null);
}
return removed;
}
@Override
public boolean containsAll(Collection<?> c) {
return children.containsAll(c);
}
@Override
public boolean addAll(Collection<? extends Node<T>> c) {
boolean added = children.addAll(c);
if (added) {
forEach(node -> node.parent(this));
}
return added;
}
@Override
public boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c) {
List<Node<T>> childrenOld = new ArrayList<>(children);
boolean removed = children.removeAll(c);
if (removed) {
childrenOld.removeAll(children);
childrenOld.forEach(node -> node.parent(null));
}
return removed;
}
@Override
public boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c) {
List<Node<T>> childrenOld = new ArrayList<>(children);
boolean retained = children.retainAll(c);
if (retained) {
childrenOld.removeAll(children);
childrenOld.forEach(node -> node.parent(null));
}
return retained;
}
@Override
public void clear() {
children.clear();
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
int hash = 5;
hash = 43 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.data);
hash = 43 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.children);
return hash;
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (obj == null) {
return false;
}
if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
return false;
}
final Node<?> other = (Node<?>) obj;
if (!Objects.equals(this.data, other.data)) {
return false;
}
if (!Objects.equals(this.children, other.children)) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
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(adj) Terrified. Newfoundland slang.
When I saw that rock comin' at me, I was shitbaked, my son!
av Heptune 11. mai 2005
Newfy term for scared shitless
you know you are "shitbaked",when the cops pull you over with open bottles of beer in the car and a dozen in your belly :(
av Molson Canadian 4. februar 2010
when you are so pissed of that you just feel absolutely shitbaked
Dude, last night my girlfriend pissed me off so much i shitbaked.
Dude 2, OMG! seriously
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Time Keepers
You find yourself in the lower level of an old ship. A calendar on the wall says 1682. There is a small window, and the view is nothing but open sea and a setting sun. There is a staircase and you can see daylight at the top…
I don’t remember much. I remember the smell of freshly mowed grass, kids playing in the street, and my bike breaking apart as I ran right into the incoming car. A second later, I ended up here. At first, I thought I was dead and this was heaven, but I remember my mama telling me as a child that heaven was up above the clouds, they surrounded the angels and they traveled by them as the newbies wouldn’t know how to fly yet. When I opened my eyes and rolled to my left side, I saw the wood flooring and smelled the decay of this strange place I had been transferred to. I push myself up to sit and realize that was a terrible idea as my head began spinning. It was somewhat dark but I could make out the shapes of tables and old lamp shades on the tops of them. I could hear faint sounds of seagulls outside. When my head finally started spinning on me I used the wall to guide myself on my feet again. As I was getting up, I could hear sounds of cracking behind as the wall was apart broken of the pressure I was giving it just leaning up on it. I loosened the pressure a bit and when I got up straight, the ground below caved in and there I went down to the lowest part of whatever I was in.
If I didn’t have any pain before, I definitely had it now. It wasn’t as bad as I had imagined falling through a flooring before, but I dreaded the impact if it ever happened again. The room I was now in, was dark and scary. This time when I went to stand up, I was very careful of both the walls and flooring. The room was huge and full of dust. My sinuses were not impressed by the collection of dust around the place. Since I didn’t have a flashlight on hand, I walked slowly and blindly forward to see what this place was and if there was a way out of it altogether. I took seven steps forward and stumped my big toe on something large on the floor. “Ow! What the hell was that?” I asked out loud. Like anybody could hear me, but weirdly enough I felt like I was being watched. Before going forward, I decided to look down at what I had run my toe into and found a box that clearly said “TNT” on it. I knew it didn’t mean the TV channel and wanted to run the hell of there, but I didn’t even have a clue of where I was though! I walked a more behind me, staying away from the boxes. As I looked to my left I see this strange and torn slightly paper up on the wall. There was enough light from above where I fell that I could read what it said, it was from the year 1628. I was stunned but interested to wonder why this place that I concluded that it was a ship was on land and not in the bottom of the ocean. The cracks of the wooden walls gave away the beautiful view of the beach, ocean, and sunset on the horizon.
“That was dated a year after we set sail, in case we were out longer than planned.” a voice said behind her, a young man stood behind her in his old and torn clothes. “Don’t be frightened. My name is Calix Baudin. I am not going to hurt you.” He said as he came closer to me. I was too shocked to move from my place. “How can you be here? Is this really heaven?” I said to gripping the wall behind me as he continued to walk closer before stopping just an inch away from each other. I could smell him, a faint scent of cologne and salt water from the ocean. “No, this is not heaven. You are a transporter that is, if you’re wondering how you got here..” Calix said back to her. “What is your name?” Calix said as he raised her left hand and looked at the tiny cuts on her fingers and arms. Some were from the accident, but others weren’t. “My name is Kara.” She said, completely memorized in his piercing green eyes. “Nice to meet you.” He said and kissed her hand and all of her scars were healed instantly from the kiss. “What was that? What did you do?” Kara said to him and had to resist kissing his handsome lips. As he talked to her, it was difficult to focus on the words he was saying, “I have the power to heal physical scars. It seems like you have internal scars that I’m sad I cannot heal. Don’t worry you’re not dying.” I snapped back into reality–or part of it–to hear him say that. “Can you sense everything about me too?” Kara got a little defense at the only guy who has ever taken an interest in her. “Not everything, but most.” His curly blonde locks were another distraction he had about him. “So where are we again? And how do you know that “I’m a transporter?” Kara said and moved out of the corner he had put her in.
“The story starts with our Captain getting greedy while we were at sea. He wanted to rule the small town that we were slowly approaching. I had always known about my powers since I was a young boy, living in Paris. I could feel the way my parents felt about their marriage, my friends Scotty and Gregory’s love for each other but not only did they have to keep it a secret from the outside world but I also had to keep it a secret, and when I knew our ship was going to crash into shore and I tried to our Captain and the men on board I was sent here to live as a prisoner because of practicing witchcraft.” Calix said as he heart began to break into a million pieces in front of her. She felt bad for this poor soul. “So how did you survive?” Kara said, trying to hold back her tears. “I kept thinking of my love back home. Ashlee was my one and only. She knew about my powers because she had something similar to her and before I left her, she put a hex on me to make sure if anything bad had happened to me. That I would live as everybody else would die of either old age or sickness. However, I didn’t know about that until she died and I couldn’t feel her ever-loving presence anymore.” He walked over the other side of the ship and leaned up against it and the whole thing groaned of his body weight hit the wall. Kara was nervous again that the floor was break again or worse the whole thing fell on top of them. “Why am I here then?” Kara said to distract herself of her thoughts. “I think you are one of her descendants.” He said in a happy tone. She thought back to her family line and couldn’t think of anybody with any powers. “I don’t think I had anybody in my family with that name.” Kara said but she didn’t want to say it out loud as it might break his heart. “If you’re not a descendant, then how did you know I was here?” They looked at each other, puzzled at why they were brought together. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '66030b3ec11728d18ee829ae4a0ddcf02873be69abbb46f82390ebed6f5bef6e'} |
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Mint Chocolate Smoothie
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Sacred Texts Legends & Sagas Iceland Index Previous Next
Those two, Kari Solmund's son and Thorgeir Craggeir, rode that day east across Markfleet, and so on east to Selialandsmull. They found there some women. The wives knew them, and said to them, "Ye two are less wanton than the sons of Sigfus yonder, but still ye fare unwarily."
"Why do ye talk thus of the sons of Sigfus, or what do ye know about them?"
"They were last night," they said, "at Raufarfell, and meant to get to Myrdale to-night, but still we thought they must have some fear of you, for they asked when ye would be likely to come home."
Then Kari and Thorgeir went on their way and spurred their horses.
"What shall we lay down for ourselves to do now," said Thorgeir, "or what is most to thy mind? Wilt thou that we ride on their track?"
"I will not hinder this," answers Kari, "nor will I say what ought to be done, for it may often be that those live long who are slain with words alone (1); but I well know what thou meanest to take on thyself, thou must mean to take on thy hands eight men, and after all that is less than it was when thou slewest those seven in the sea-crags (2), and let thyself down by a rope to get at them; but it is the way with all you kinsmen, that ye always wish to be doing some famous feat, and now I can do no less than stand by thee and have my share in the story. So now we two alone will ride after them, for I see that thou hast so made up thy mind."
After that they rode east by the upper way, and did not pass by Holt, for Thorgeir would not that any blame should be laid at his brother's door for what might be done.
Then they rode east to Myrdale, and there they met a man who had turf-panniers on his horse. He began to speak thus, "Too few men, messmate Thorgeir, hast thou now in thy company."
"How is that?" says Thorgeir.
"Why," said the other, "because the prey is now before thy hand. The sons of Sigfus rode by a while ago, and mean to sleep the whole day east in Carlinedale, for they mean to go no farther to-night than to Headbrink."
After that they rode on their way east on Arnstacks heath, and there is nothing to be told of their journey before they came to Carlinedale-water.
The stream was high, and now they rode up along the river, for they saw there horses with saddles. They rode now thitherward, and saw that there were men asleep in a dell and their spears were standing upright in the ground a little below them. They took the spears from them, and threw them into the river.
Then Thorgeir said, "Wilt thou that we wake them?"
"Thou hast not asked this," answers Kari, "because thou hast not already made up thy mind not to fall on sleeping men, and so to slay a shameful manslaughter."
After that they shouted to them, and then they all awoke and grasped at their arms.
They did not fall on them till they were armed.
Thorgeir Craggeir runs thither where Thorkell Sigfus' son stood, and just then a man ran behind his back, but before he could do Thorgeir any hurt, Thorgeir lifted the axe, "the ogress of war," with both hands, and dashed the hammer of the axe with a back- blow into the head of him that stood behind him, so that his skull was shattered to small bits.
"Slain is this one," said Thorgeir; and down the man fell at once, and was dead.
But when he dashed the axe forward, he smote Thorkell on the shoulder, and hewed it off, arm and all.
Against Kari came Mord Sigfus' son, and Sigmund Sigfus' son, and Lambi Sigurd's son; the last ran behind Kari's back, and thrust at him with a spear; Kari caught sight of him, and leapt up as the blow fell, and stretched his legs far apart, and so the blow spent itself on the ground, but Kari jumped down on the spear- shaft, and snapped it in sunder. He had a spear in one hand, and a sword in the other, but no shield. He thrust with the right hand at Sigmund Sigfus' son, and smote him on his breast, and the spear came out between his shoulders, and down he fell and was dead at once, With his left hand he made a cut at Mord, and smote him on the hip, and cut it asunder, and his backbone too; he fell flat on his face, and was dead at once.
After that he turned sharp round on his heel like a whipping-top, and made at Lambi Sigurd's son, but he took the only way to save himself, and that was by running away as hard as he could.
Now Thorgeir turns against Leidolf the Strong, and each hewed at the other at the same moment, and Leidolf's blow was so great that it shore off that part of the shield on which it fell.
Thorgeir had hewn with "the ogress of war," holding it with both hands, and the lower horn fell on the shield and clove it in twain, but the upper caught the collarbone and cut it in two and tore on down into the breast and trunk. Kari came up just then, and cut off Leidolf's leg at mid-thigh, and then Leidolf fell and died at once.
Kettle of the Mark said, "We will now run for our horses, for we cannot hold our own here, for the overbearing strength of these men."
Then they ran for their horses, and leapt on their backs; and Thorgeir said, "Wilt thou that we chase them? If so, we shall yet slay some of them."
"He rides last," says Kari, "whom I would not wish to slay, and that is Kettle of the Mark, for we have two sisters to wife; and besides, he has behaved best of all of them as yet in our quarrels."
Then they got on their horses, and rode till they came home to Holt. Then Thorgeir made his brothers fare away east to Skoga, for they had another farm there, and because Thorgeir would not that his brothers should be called truce-breakers.
Then Thorgeir kept many men there about him, so that there were never fewer than thirty fighting men there.
Then there was great joy there, and men thought Thorgeir had grown much greater, and pushed himself on; both he and Kari too. Men long kept in mind this hunting of theirs, how they rode upon fifteen men and slew those five, but put those ten to flight who got away.
Now it is to be told of Kettle, that they rode as they best might till they came home to Swinefell, and told how bad their journey had been.
Flosi said it was only what was to be looked for; "And this is a warning that ye should never do the like again."
Flosi was the merriest of men, and the best of hosts, and it is so said that he had most of the chieftain in him of all the men of his time.
He was at home that summer, and the winter too.
But that winter, after Yule, Hall of the Side came from the east, and Kol his son. Flosi was glad at his coming, and they often talked about the matter of the burning. Flosi said they had already paid a great fine, and Hall said it was pretty much what he had guessed would come of Flosi's and his friends' quarrel. Then he asked him what counsel he thought best to be taken, and Hall answers, "The counsel is, that thou beest atoned with Thorgeir if there be a choice, and yet he will be hard to bring to take any atonement."
"Thinkest thou that the manslaughters will then be brought to an end?" asks Flosi.
"I do not think so," says Hall; "but you will have to do with fewer foes if Kari be left alone; but if thou art not atoned with Thorgeir, then that will be thy bane."
"What atonement shall we offer him?" asks Flosi.
"You will all think that atonement hard," says Hall, "which he will take, for he will not hear of an atonement unless he be not called on to pay any fine for what he has just done, but he will have fines for Njal and his sons, so far as his third share goes."
"That is a hard atonement," says Flosi.
"For thee at least," says Hall, "that atonement is not hard, for thou hast not the blood-feud after the sons of Sigfus; their brothers have the blood-feud, and Hammond the Halt after his son; but thou shalt now get an atonement from Thorgeir, for I will now ride to his house with thee, and Thorgeir will in anywise receive me well: but no man of those who are in this quarrel will dare to sit in his house on Fleetlithe if they are out of the atonement, for that will be their bane; and, indeed, with Thorgeir's turn of mind, it is only what must be looked for."
Now the sons of Sigfus were sent for, and they brought this business before them; and the end of their speech was, on the persuasion of Hall, that they all thought what he said right, and were ready to be atoned.
Grani Gunnar's son and Gunnar Lambi's son, said, "It will be in our power, if Kari be left alone behind, to take care that he be not less afraid of us than we of him."
"Easier said than done," says Hall, "and ye will find it a dear bargain to deal with him. Ye will have to pay a heavy fine before you have done with him."
After that they ceased speaking about it.
(1) "With words alone." The English proverb, "Threatened men live long."
(2) "Sea crags." Hence Thorgeir got his surname "Craggeir."
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Playing from emacs
I enjoy listening to and recently decided it would be handier to control it from within my emacs session. Getting it to work didn't take too long but wasn't as straightforward as I hoped, mostly because it's easier to find documentation for older versions of emms (including on the official website) and the parts have been entirely rewritten recently. Anyhow! If you're in a rush, the short version is: find the latest version of the code and follow the documentation from the source itself!
What to install
From your package manager, using Debian here:
aptitude install emms mplayer2
Note, that installing mplayer instead worked fine on an Ubuntu machine.
Getting an API key
Search the documentation linked above to get more details. Basically, using the latest version of the API requires a secret API key, which isn't a concept that works well with GPL software. To work around this, we request a personal API key, which we will add to our .emacs config file.
Request a key at The keys will be displayed on screen rather than sent to you, therefore write them down now. As far as I can tell the "app description" will only be seen by yourself, when you allow emms-lastfm-client to access your account so don't worry too much about the description.
Add the following to your config file:
(require 'emms-setup)
(setq emms-lastfm-client-username "myusername")
(setq emms-lastfm-client-api-key "myapikey")
(setq emms-lastfm-client-api-secret-key "mysecretkey")
Setting up emms-lastfm-client
Now, within emacs (taken straight from the docs!):
1. M-x emms-lastfm-client-user-authorization - this will open a web page, asking if you want to grant access to the app (with the name and description you gave it when requesting the API key)
2. M-x emms-lastfm-client-get-session - this is to store the authorisation key so you don't have to go through the authorisation process every time. If it doesn't work you might need to first create ~/.emacs.d/emms manually.
You're set! M-x emms-lastfm-client-play-similar-artists to select who to listen to :)
Useful tips
To stop the music: M-x emms-stop.
To remove the url display/track information: M-x emms-mode-line-toggle (or -disable) and to remove the playing time information: M-x emms-playing-time-disable-display (they push the org messages too far out right!)
Other error messages
Some messages you may encounter along the way...
Contacting host:
progn: missing variables to generate handshake call
The documentation seems to suggest that setting a username is optional, but it's not. Make sure your .emacs contains your username in addition to the API key and secret key.
f: Don't know how to play track: (*track* (type . url) (name . "") (metadata))
emms uses an external program to play music, which is why you need to install mplayer or vlc.
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Young boy run over while getting treat from ice cream truck at Kansas City apartment complex
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 6-year-old boy is at Children's Mercy Hospital after he was hit by a car while getting a treat from an ice cream truck.
The boy was hit at the Watkins Court apartments on Highland Avenue and East 14th Street. Jerome Whitley and his mother Katrina Moss were at the apartment complex visiting cousins when the child heard the familiar sound of the ice cream truck and asked his mom for $3 to get a treat.
Before the child could take a taste, witnesses say a 2-door black sports-type car with tinted windows sped past the ice cream truck and ran over the child.
"The front of the car hit him, and so he was like under the car, but the back tires hit him too because he kept going," said Moss, who saw the terrifying takedown. "(He) kept rolling and he just left my baby right there in the street."
Moss said as she ran to her son and grabbed him out of the street, then the ice cream truck driver took off after the car. The driver was going to fast and got away.
"He passed out and then he woke back up and he was crying. He just wanted me to hold him," said Moss. "He hit him so hard his leg, his leg broke and he is just like messed up."
Witnesses say they have seen the black car in the neighborhood many times, so Moss believes someone knows who hit her son and wants them to turn themselves in.
"How can you sleep at night? Like you don't know if he is dead or alive," Moss said. "You just left a 6-year-old, a baby, what if somebody did that to your sister, your brother?"
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• erica
Erica also called heather, is the plant from which we gain the Bach Flower “Heather”, recommended for people who always want attention, they are also called “emotional vampires”. Erica is also a flower with the symbol of moor particularly spread in Northern Europe. This plant together with thistle is the symbol flower of Scotland. This herb has also diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, sweating, cough relieving, carminative, anti- diarrhea, light sedative and decongestant benefits.
Erica is beneficent in case of stone in the kidneys, diarrhea, urine infections, dermatitis, cystitis, urethritis, skin infections and of stomach, gout or hypertrophy of prostate. From Erica it is gained also a honey for athletes, which is famous for its anti-anemic, tone-up, antiseptic and tonic for the respiratory system. In the flower language lilac Erica means “loneliness”, while the white one means “protection, “hope” and “participating admiration”. Erica can be consumed as a Bach Flower, but also as an infusion or a decoction. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9538530707359314}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '23778', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:6A65FNGNSJM4ZYAYVKGBNPVQIU7LNNAX', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:9e7487c5-f5f6-4897-8aa8-b86b5a61ecaa>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 22, 17, 51, 4), 'WARC-IP-Address': '104.18.48.135', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'application/xhtml+xml', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:WAVBBESZSJPRSQCURTRU4U2X6FGAUFTJ', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:eec8fcdb-428a-44d7-a4ed-bc3e054441a2>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.wellnesscenter-spa.co.uk/herbal-medicine/erica.html', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:f99d6d71-efb8-4773-8c74-ba6636f44b67>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '153', 'url': 'http://www.wellnesscenter-spa.co.uk/herbal-medicine/erica.html', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-47\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for November 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-67-67-116.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.16 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.1-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.2359054684638977', 'original_id': '7c776e7b17f66a0db9f86dba3de537bfed2f4d7a1a6c587d74eb09a34271a838'} |
How to avoid paying convenience fees on utility bills
Your Business Credit columnist Elaine Pofeldt
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Question Dear Your Business Credit,
How does PG&E get away with charging a $1.25 convenience fee per transaction for using a credit card to make payment? I wanted to set up automatic bill pay via one of my cards, but it would cost me $15/year. All my other bills are autopay to one card or another and no one else charges for the use. Thanks for listening. Any advice? – Sherry
Answer Dear Sherry,
I’m getting more letters from readers like you who are fed up with convenience fees. For the moment, unfortunately, it looks like you will have to live with them.
As I mentioned in an earlier column, the contracts merchants have with credit card companies largely govern their rights to add surcharges to credit card transactions. These contracts also cover their rights to add convenience fees. In the utilities and insurance industries, convenience fees are common when consumers opt for a payment method that is not a typical one for the merchant or when customers choose an alternative payment channel.
Given the number of customers a utility serves, it could potentially lose a lot of money by absorbing all of the credit card fees for each transaction. Merchants usually pay 2 to 3 percent in fees when they swipe a consumer’s card, or thereabouts. Very likely, the utility’s financial team did the math and realized it would be in much better shape financially by passing those fees along to customers like you – even if those customers are not happy about it.
My suggestion: If you want automated payments but don’t want to pay fees, ask PG&E if there is a way to have your payment automatically deducted from a bank account, so you can bypass the fees. Or you can forgo the convenience and write a check every month. At the current price of 47 cents per first-class stamp, you will still have to pay $5.64 in postage stamps over 12 months, but there should be some small savings if you have a bank account offering free checking. Or, see if you can pay the bills directly from your online banking portal, forgoing the inconvenience of having to mail it yourself and paying postage fees. If you live near a location where you can easily drop off a utility payment, you can also save on postage that way.
I should note that convenience fees are not the same as surcharges. With a surcharge, a gas station or merchant that normally accepts credit cards adds an extra percentage to the purchase price for customers who use them. Under a settlement that took effect in January 2013, merchants can add surcharges to Visa and MasterCard purchases equal to what they pay to accept the card, up to 4 percent. American Express has allowed merchants to pass along a surcharge to customers under a separate court settlement.
Some states have laws banning or limiting surcharges. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah have laws limiting surcharges. However, in California a federal court enjoined the state from enforcing its statute in March 2015, because a court determined it was unconstitutional.
I’d encourage you to set up a search engine alert to stay on top of news about convenience fees and surcharges. The Supreme Court just announced it will hear a dispute over state laws that ban merchants from imposing fees on customers who use credit cards. What the Supreme Court decides could have big implications for merchants who process credit cards.
See related: Should we charge our customers to use credit cards? When merchants tack on card processing fees
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Indiaca: what is it and how do you play it
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Indiaca: what is it and how do you play it
You've probably seen it before on the beach or in the park. Two teams (or two people) facing each other in a game that is very similar to volleyball. But in this game there is no ball involved. Instead, a large shuttle with a feather shuttle is used. The game is called Indiaca, which originates from Brazil and is rapidly gaining popularity in Europe. It is a fun and intensive game for (almost) all ages.
In Brazil they know it as 'Peteca', which is mainly played on the beach. But you can play it anywhere: in the garden, on the campsite, in the park. You can play it in any location that has enough space for two teams to challenge each other.
How to play Indiaca
Indiaca is also played at a professional level. Officially, an Indiaca field is 16 meters long and 6.10 meters wide, and divided in the middle by a net. How high the net is hung depends on the age of the players, but usually it is between 2 and 2.35 meters. A team consists of five players.
From the right at the back of the field, the shuttle is hit towards the field of the opposing team. This is also called the service. Your opponent must hit the shuttle back without it touching the ground. Each team is allowed to touch the shuttle a maximum of three times before it is struck over the net. Touching is allowed with the hand or the arm (up to the elbow). Only the team that has done the service can get points. You score a point if the shuttle hits the ground within the lines in your opponent´s half or if the opponent makes a mistake (such as touching more than three times before the shuttle is played back).
Het team dat als eerste 25 punten heeft gehaald (met minstens twee punten verschil van de andere partij), heeft gewonnen. Er worden drie sets gespeeld. De partij die twee van de drie sets wint heeft het spel gewonnen. De Indiaca Tournament Shuttle is specially made for (professional) tournaments. They have real turkey feathers and are strong and uncreased for the best playing experience.
Indiaca with rackets
An Indiaca shuttle is lightweight and easy to take to, for example, the campsite or the park. The Indiaca Play is very suitable for this and is available separately as a recreational shuttle.
Do you play the game with children or do you want a little variety in the Indiaca game? Then play Indiaca Tennis! Here you do not hit the shuttle over the net with your hand, but with a special Indiaca racket.
Also fancy a little (de)tension during your holiday? With Indiaca you can be sure that you will stay active during the holidays!
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Art. IL 83 Est contra scripturam, si Trid. si/]. 14, 2* 1 Ad rationem dubitandi constat ex distis omnia sacramenta novi legis gratiam clausare; ut dicitur in eorum definitione, sed vel primam, vel secundam; et illam roborare, et consruere, quod est continuati causa, ut diximus. 2 Objet. 1. Luth. Sacramenta funt eicsem rationis; omnia enim ordinantur ad tollendo peccata; et omnia eodem modo conferunt gratiam; ergo sic sumum est, quod aliqua sinistituta ad conferendam primam gratiam, et alia ad conferendam secundam. Resp. distinct. Sunteiustem rationis gestelic, et generaliter ordinantur ad tollenda peccata, et ad cauandam gratiam, et functiustem rationis specificari, et eodem modo ordinatur ad tollenda peccata, et ad cauandam gratiam eodem modo, neg; nam ut diximus, Christus venit ut vitam habeant; per quod significatur gratia remittens peccata; si abunde habeant; quo destinatur sacramentum sui gratiam augentia; et colligitur expressis verbis, vt in ftq. art. 1 ? Objet. 1. conc. Apollon. r. Cor. 11. aic: paenitentiam manducare panem hunc, et biberit calicem meum, dentes judicium meum judices, et simuaturdus ducat, si bibit, si omnes. SS. PP. communiter docebes accedentes in peccato mortali ad sacramentum poenitentiae facere peccato; ergo poenitentia non remittit peccata; aliter etiam cum peccato accedentes mundare. 2. Nihil debemus sacramentis, quod non condit ex sara scriba et plura traditione, vel Ecclesia definitione. SS. PP. sed sacramenta vivorum conferre primam gratiam non constat ex scriptura, traditione, vel definitione, aut SS. PP. ergo idem. Ex scriptura, et PP. constat poenitentiam indiaturam in ista ad auuendam gratiam; ergo neque per accidens possumt primam gratiam conferre; aliter illam conferret praeter intentionem Christi institutoris. Respecto ad 1. Apololum, /r SS.PP. Loqui de accedentibus ad Eucharistiam conscius peccati mortalis; aut non recedentibus, & deficientibus, & non promittentibus debitum examen; quando non adest copia resurrectionis, vt explicat traditio. Ad 2. neg. mi; satis enim deductur ex scripturis allatis, ex Thoma si S. P. Aie. Ad 3. dist. ma. Constare Eucharistiam primo, & per se formaliter induciur ad augendam gratiam, & materialiter arrius causandam primam gratiam, concurrens aliter, neg. Adprob. infert. neg; quod illud, quod sacramenta causant per accidens eo modo quo explicatum est, eveniat praeter intentionem Christi. Igitur evenire per accidens stat dupliciter; primo receptus in instituto, & in hoc sensu non accipitur per accidens in praesenti; secundo respectu ipfius institutionis primarius; & sic non evenit per accidens respectu Christi. Sicut quia Deus decrevit, vt Perterritus terram inusta thesarum; ideo inusta thesaurum per accidens sec habet respectu Puri, non respectu Dei; ita quia Deus voluit, vt sacramenta vivorum primario augerent gratiam, & si illam non inearnem justus disponit causa; ideo per accidens evenit respectu primarius institutionis, non respectu Dei. Obijc.j.Confirmatio est in vitae spirituales, sicut virtus augmentativa in naturalibus et eucharistia, sicut virtus nutritiva sed istae virtutes nequeunt dare vitam mortui nec etiam per accidens, ergo nec istae sacramenta. Cibus, & potus applicatus mortui efficit, quod reviviscit; sed eucharistia elicits cibus, & potus spiritualis; ergo idem. Si eucharistia causet primam gratiam in accedente cum attritione, qua putatur contritio; causet etiam in accedente cum attritione, qua putatur attritio; nam in tantum causat primo modo, in quantum accedens sentit difpovitus; sed etiam sentit habere tantum attritionem esse dispovitum patet in accedente ad baptismum, & penitentiam, ideo etiam in hoc causat, sed contra est falsum; ergo et an. Respondebo ad novum quod confirmatio secondur primariam rationem formalem sui institutionis sicut augmentativa; sed eucharistia, sicut nutritiva; secundario verbo, & materialiter qualis per accidens sic habet, sicut generativa. Distinctur maius, nego; etiam, concurrebant ad 2 -cernit inania. Obus, sicut potus, qui non est formaliter ipsa vita, ut naturalis, consensu negativo; qui est formaliter ipsa vita, ut eucharistia, negat. Ad 3. dist. ma. Si adest copia confessoris, neguit enim Deus, quod ista sacramentalia non consecurantur, nisi mundis, cum mundatio fieri potest, cum autem mundatio praemittitur non potest, ne moriatur homo sine his sacramentis, voluit, ut ipsa inundarent; aut ne magis macularetur homo, non sumendo hic sacramenta; ut patet de sacerdote non habere copiam confessoris in die festo; tunc enim, omittens celebrare, peccaret. Quando igitur cognoscat se attritum solo modo, & non tenetur eucharistiam furorere, tunc debet abstinere; quando autem tenetur, ne magis maculetur novo peccato, debet illam sumere. Non est autem parisitas de baptismo & penitentia, haec enim instituta sunt primario ad conferendam primam gratiam; ideo cognoscens se habere catulla; icti est sufficiens suppositus, & semper potest accedere; at ad eucharistiam cat a necessitate accedere non potest, quia ea sua prima institutione habet solum augere; & solum in aliquo defectu primam gratiam causare, qui defectus tunc non est. Au quotidien sacrementum importet gratiam Rheu peculiariter praenam i Nunquodque sacrementum gratiam sanantem, quam omnia sacramenta significativement superaddere gratiam propriam illi sacerdoti, cuius sacramento diversum a gratia cuiusvis alterius sacramenti, qui gratia sacramentalis vocatur, statui Coae. F ter. in/ afferendum. Quaestio est inter Theologos, quid fit, & in quo consistat hic gratia sacramentalis i Aliqui dixerunt gratiam sacramentalen, non superaddere gratiam habituale, nisi respectu ad sacramentum, tanquam ad causam ita, ut gratia habitualis dicat orare Sum ad solum Deum, a quo oratum producitur, gratia vero sacramentalis dicat orare respectu sum ad Deum, & ad sacramentum, a quibus simultanem producitur. Referuntur D-Bln; Riccius, Gabriel, qui volunt gratiam sacramentalem non differre a gratia habituali, nisi sicut sanitas acquista medicina, a sanitati naturaliter habitae fine medicina. Sed hic modus dicendi communiter rebus citur. Quia gratia habitualis secundum modum acceptam est una, Si eadem specie, sive producatur extra sacramentum, sive in sacramentum; et eodem omnino producit effectus; sicut sanitas restituta a Deo sine medicina est eadem, et eodem producit effectus, ac sive producatur mediante medicina; gratia autem sacramentalis producita ab uno sacramento est specie diversa ab alia gratia producta ab alio sacramento; sicut sacramentum, a quo producitur, est specie diversum in quolibet alio sacramento, et diversos producit effectus, ut dicemus ex Per. Si eucharistia videlicet nihil suponeret ad gratiam habitualem iam habita per sacramentum punirentur, esset frustranea; quia nullum prorsus effectus produceret; sed hoc est falsum; ergo et illud, et licet de aliis sacramentis vivorum, qui, quando iuventus gratiam habitualem in subiecto, nihil omnino causarent, non enim causarent gratiam, quam invenirent; quia quod est Cluniae, non est sicut; sed etiam fit solum, quod falsum non est; cum sine rei fit producio ex non, ideo supponit rem non est; cum igitur sacramenta vivorum invenirent gratiam iam in subiecto existentem, et nihil aliud omnino producerent, quod gratiam quomodocunque adderetur, nihil omnino essiverunt; quod est contra Censala Fleri et Tristatuentia sacramenta novi legis efficere gratiam, quam significaverunt. Alii dixerunt gratiam sacramentalem importare habitum realem distinctionem a gratia, habitualis; videlicet habitum regenerativum in baptismo, roborativum in confirmatione, nutritivum in eucharistia, etc. Tribuitur Capito Paludosus. Sed etiam hic modus dicendi rebus citur. Gratia sacramentalis est gratia sanctificans animam; dicitur enim sacramentum, quia consacraret, et sanctificat hominem, sicut diximus. Sed gratia sanctificans noudistinctur a gratia habituali, cuius effectus formalis est sanctificare; ergo gratia sacramentalis non est habitus distinctus realiter a gratia habituali. Habitus est id, quo potentia formaliter operatur, ut constat sicut recipitur in potentia, et est virtus proxima ipsi ad operandum; sed gratia sacramentalis non est id, quo potentia proxima operatur; nam id, quo potentia proxima operatur, est habitus confirmationis, qui est fidem fortiter profiteri, est habitus fidei, et sic de aliiis; ergo gratia sacramentalis non est habitus distinctus a gratia habituali. Id, quod formaliter remittit peccata, non est habitus; ut diximus. De gratia et anima vbi ostendimus, quod habitus charitatis, qui est perfectissimus inter omnes habitus, tantum disposuit, non autem remittit peccata neque de facto, neque de posibili; sed gratia sacramentalis remittit peccata, ut aperte docent scripturae, et ut ostendimus in sup. scripsi. Ergo gratia sacramentalis non est habitus. Plusi putarunt gratiam sacramentalem in tribus sacramentis importare characterem; alii vericendam ornamentum. Tribuitur Caput in Lumen gloriae, et et antiquis; sed aliquibus tribuitur falso; nam etiam D. Timotheus notat nosse Agnetem hic divinas legis artes, et Furtius, Dell' Agne docet sacramenta, qua non imprimunt characterem causae quendam ornamentum spirituale in anima; non tamen afferunt in hoc ornamentum considerare, sed potius oppositum alserunt dicendo hunc ornamentum disponere ad gratiam; clarum aurem est dispositionem non esse formale ad quam disponit. Sed contra hunc modum, dicunt, cuique illi fit, arguitur. 1. Illud quod per peccatum deperditur, non est caracrum; quia hic est impliciter indelebilis etiam per quodqueque peccatum; sed gratia sacramentalis, alicubi per peccatum mortale deperditur; ergo gratia sacramentalis non est caracrum. Magnopera ostendetur; minus constat ex dictis; nam gratia sacramentalis est salutatis animae, et remissio deletio peccati, qua tollitur per remissionem peccati. 2. Fictae accedens, cum cum asiduam ad peccatum mortale cum intentione tamen recipiendi sacramentum recipit characterem; sed non recipit gratiam sacramenti; ergo gratia sacramentalis non est caracrum. 3. Idem dicitur de ornatu; nam ornatus eodem modo se habet in sacramentis, qua non imprimunt characterem; sic ut characterem in sacramentis illum imprimentibus; sed caracrum notum est gratia sacramentalis; ergo neque ornatus. 4. Ornatus, ut politus, fuit ab antiquis dolo discretio ad gratiam sacramentalis; ergo ab illa discretio; nihil enim potest edere discretio ad se ipsum gratiam sacramentalis est per ordinem ad producendos essendus peculiares sacramentorum; ornatus autem est tantum per ordinem ad pulcritudinem animae, ut patet de ornatu corporis; ergo idem. At j dixerunt gratiam sacramentalis so peraddere gratiae habituali auxilia specialia. Deo collata, quae funt virtutes, & dona; seu ius quoddam morale, aut titulum ex Divina institutione ad obtinenda auxilia specialia. Se abun-dantiora necessaria adactus, & effectus sacramentorum opportuno tempore conferenda, sic licet toties, quoties soerit occasi, in actuali susceptione sacramenti, haec ex hans Gobbis dicta, et ex alioribus aubijpaA quem Beruardinus, et ex alia hujbus Lugduni dicta, Ganelius, et alii, ex Scetitis veri Card. Luris, Massitii, et alii. Sed etiam haec sententia, qua communior est, rejicitur. 1. Gratia sacramentalis est illo, qua icta est propria sacramenti, ut non habeatur extra sacramenta; hoc enim significatur nomine gratia sacramentalis; sed virtutes, & dona Ipsi; Sanctis; nec non ius morale ad illa, obtinenda habentur etiam extra sacramenta; sunt enim proprietates gratiae habitualis, & ad illam sequuntur; & gratia habitualis dat ius ad illa obtinenda; ergo virtutes, & dona, nec non ius morale ad illa obtinenda non sunt gratia sacramentalis. 2. Virtutes, & dona non sacrificat formaliter, ut diximus; sanctificatio enim est effectus formalis solius gratiae habitualis; & multo minus ius ad virtutes, & dona, aut ad auxilia specialia; nihil enim aliud dicit, nili quandam exigitatem donorum, virtutum, & auxiliorum specialium actualium, a quibus necessarii; unde si non sanctificat, neque illud; si specificativum ad specificatum recte arguitur; sed gratia sacramentalis formaliter sanctificat; ut concedunt Auieres in explicatione definitionis sacramenti, ut fit; & inter alios nemine dubitatur. Ergo gratia sacramentalis non importat formaliter virtutes, dona, & auxilia specialia actualia, aut ius morale ad illa obtinenda; ut parum consequenter Adversarii loquuntur. Praeter ca, impugnatur ipsis rationibus, quibus reiectus est secundus modus dicendi; & quibus utuntur etiam Adversi ad illum nobilissimum reiectendum; quo magis apparet eos non libens conflare. In nostra tandem sententia docet gratiam sacramentalis superaddere gratiam habitualis - augmentum plus formalitatis, & ex consequenti augmentum virtutum, & donorum, quot ordinarunt ad producendos efferius proprios, & peculiares illius sacramenti, cuius est propria illa gratia sacramentalis ita, ut gratia sacramentalis inueniat in subiecto gratiam habituale, eo modo, quo diximus. Si quis autem superaddit augmentum, seu maiorem intentionem, quarum per additionem gradus inesse, qui gradus non est, nihil modus essendi, ut dicitur de gradibus metaphysicis; & ex consequenti superaddit virtutibus, & donis, quinque inunuit cum gratia habitualis, tanquam proprietates cum illa essentialiter colligatas, augmentum, seu maiorem intentionem. Si vero gratia habitualis non inesset... non inveniat, ut in sacramentis mortuorum remedium virtutum ipsius lucis; lux enim Solis regulariter contingit; illam sic austem conferat, et producit aurum, lux lust argentum, et lux illi virtutes, et dona illius augmento correspondentes, et metalla, ut affirmant Philosopiae consequenter inducat. Ita Fund. Do et. Rg. philosophi edere gratia sacramentalis est eiusdem speciei traducere corpus. cum gratia habituali; quia remittit peccata inquit; quod illius effectus est, quod per hoc catena, justificat, et sanctificat; ut habetur in sacramentum datur nobis gratia, et virtutum augmentum, ex scripturas allatis in sup. arr, et locis ibid. citatis; mentum, et multiplicatio, ut de eo figuraliter legi et ex i'. P. Aug. in ps-7] distinguente sacramentum. Ista 1 o.Panis frugum terra erit frutuum, ut vetera a sacramentis nova legis, ejusque illi pro pinguis. Nomine autem multiplicationis sive mittebant Salvator, hac dant salthum; dare aut augurgnificatur additio auxiliorum specialium distincte salthus id est, et remittere peccata, justificiorum et donorum, et virtutum concurrentium ad cura, et sanctificari; et remittere peccata, justificiorum et siccitas proprios illius sacramenti. Idem docet cura, et sanctificari est effectus formalis gratiae Argentei distincti-q.g- art.a. Ita etiam care, et habituale, ut habetur in Trid. 6. c.j., et alii et S. Theodori, Nugum Bisparsc, a, Prado; et doctrina seri formalis est considerandum speciei cum causa. Unica conci. Uniquodque sacramento formale; item gratia sacramentalis est actualis, habet gratiam sacramentalem sibi peculiariter quia producit aliquos effectus, quos non proprius; quos formaliter importat augmentum ducit gratia habitualis, ut diximus ex Co. nec. Flor, gratia habitualis; et consequenter augmentum ergo gratia sacramentalis importat formaliter virtutum, et donorum, et multiplicationem aut augmentum gratia habitualis, et ex consequentibus auxiliorum, quibus elicitor aestus proprius illius et augmentum virtutum, et donorum, et multiplicatio auxiliorum, quibus producuntur. tremor vnaionem. Per ordinem vero Ecclesia gu- Sacramenta vivorum regulariter loquendo fortalem; per matrimonium corporaliter augetur, malitert augent gratiam habitualen, quam inuefactione est. Quilibet causa specifiquely distincta ab imun in subiecto, aliter nihil omnino causarent, alia causa producit effectum sibi peculiariter quod fuissèipientes sanctificaret; quod est contra proprium distinctum abessè cutu alterius causarum. Communicationa mortifectorum. causa enim specificarum, et distinguendum per ordinem tantum sacramenta vivorum non causant sed sed indivisum effertum, sed unquodque facit augent gratiam habitualem, in quantum illam sacramentum specificie distinguendum ab alio sacramento inveniunt iam in subjecto, et ideo illam sacramento; celebratur enim distincta forma, et magnaque causa faciendum est, inesse termini, materia, et distinctis ritibus; ergo producit eelum fieri nequit; sed etiam sacramenta mortuorum sibi peculiariter proprium; atqui gratia sacramentalis aliquando illam inveniunt in subjeto; ergo tunc sacramenti; ergo producit illam augent; sed non possent illam augere, nihil gratiam sacramentali. Sibi peculiariter pro-haberent virtutem illam augendi, aliter agerent contra legem, supra suam virtutem, quod repugnator ergo quantus. Prob. 2. pars conci. Qualitas activa, do facramenta producunt gratiam habitualem, quam qualitas minima activa eisdem specifici illam cum augmento producunt; et ideo gratia infima per ordinem ad producendos aliquos est facramentalis formaliter importat augmentum eius importat solim augmentum secundum, superadditum gratiae habituali, v. g. si calidum gradus in esse, et augmentum vivutum plus ut quatuor, admovereatur calido, ut duo, habet qualitatis; ut calor magis intensus, et extendus virtute introducendus in illud duo gradus causa importat solim augmentum, et intentionem uloris; ad cole faciendi, ut quatuor; et ipsius caloris, et virtutis ipsius calefaciendi, et admovereatur aliqui subiecto non habenti formam deficeati, quod non dicit calor minima intentio, caloris introducit in illud calorem, ut quatuor; et extensus; sic lux magis intensa, et extendus; et ideo restat dicitur, quod actio propria calidi, in importat solim augmentum ipsius lucis super ut quatuor, est superaddere essentiam lucis, et producit eelum essedus, quos nobilem causam caloris augmentum caloris usque ad qua producit lux minima intentio, adeoque dicit augurator gradus; sed sacramenta habent virtutem augendi gratiam habitualem, ut diximus infra. an, ergo propria eorum ars superaddit gratiam habitualem, augmentum sed gratia sacramentalis superaddit gratiam sacramentalis augmentum ipsius. Atqui aucta essentia rei secundarius sic augeatur, eius virtutes, quae sunt proprietates ipsius, quae fierent cum essentia proportionari, & auctis virtutibus multiplacentur actiones, ut conflat nequeunt autem, multiplicari actiones, neque parieter multiplicentur principia proxima ipsarum; ergo gratia sacramentalis superaddit gratiam habitualem augmentum ipsius, & ex consequenti virtutum, donorum, & auxiliorum actualium, quae sunt principia formalia actionum, sic ideo multiplicantur actiones. Prob. aliis rationibus, quibus improbamus modos dicendi aliorum; his enim recte probatur nostra sententia. Gratia sacramentalis comparari solet plenitudini dicitur enim sacramentum plenum gratiae, id est habentia plenitudinem gratiae sanctificans nos in plenimodum enim gratiam recipit quis, si cum actuali contritione inducens gratiam habitualem coniungac facrum, quam si habeat tantum illam gratiam per solam contritionem, sed plena superaddit rei tantum augmentum, ut patet; ergo gratia sacramentalis superaddit gratiam tantum augmentum, & per consequens virtutum, donorum, & multiplicationem auxiliorum australium per ordinem ad efferius proprios illius sacramenti. Gratia sacramentalis tantum auget virtutes, & dona ordinata ad efferius proprios illius sacramenti; v.g. gratia sacramentalis confirmationis dat robur ad fortiter standum fidem; dare autem robur ad fortiter essendun fidem est augere principium elicitiuni constitutionis fidei; & principium elicitiuni constitutionis fidei est habitus fidei; sicue dare robur ad clarius videndum est audere virtutem visionis, quae est elicitius visionis; sicute enim dare virtus maiores ad videndum non est superaddere virtutem distinctiam a virtute visionis, sed illam tantius augere lecturam gradus in esse, non incassum, ut docet hund. Determinatio tractat de genio ita dare robur ad fortiter standum fidem non est superaddere novam virtutem fidei, quae est elicitius a virtute auctoris constitutionis fidei, sed illam tantum augere; sed augens virentes superadditas alicui qualitati augest eiusdem qualitatem, cui debent proportionari sue proprietates ergo gratia sacramentalis augest illam qualitate, cuius proprietates sunt virtutes, & dona ordinata ad efferius proprios sacramentorum. Atqui qualitas, cuius sunt proprietates virtutes, & dona ordinata ad efferius producendos humanodi efferius, est gratia habitualis, quae essentialiter exigit fidem, duritiam &c; ergo gratia sacramentalis superaddit gratiam habitualem augmentum ipsius, virtutum, donorum, & auxiliorum australium. Art. VIII. — Ohijc. 1. Anciores primi modi dicendi. Gratia sacramentalis habet eoffectus quos habet gratia habitualis; ergo differt ab illa tantum per diversos respectus. Et obant. Gratia sacramentalis confirmationis habet reddere consonam in confitenda fide, fine, erubescenda; sed hoc facit etiam gratia habitualis habitata extra sacramenta; quia Machabaeus, & alii Martyres non confirmati consoni in confitenda fide, fine, erubescenda fuere in confirma gratia sacramentali. Sanctitas acquista per medicinam non superaddit aliquid in muralis ergo ab ipso. Kelly differt. Gratia sacramentalis habet eoffectus, quos habet gratia habitualis producta a Deo, ut aucta aequivalenter, ac gratia sacramentalis; neque enim Deus inquit fund. Dolium de foveram. Altans praet. 14. Ita alliganti virtutem, et rationem fitam sacramentum ut in potest illam conferre itum extra sacramenta; sicut illam contulit Machabaeus, & alii martyres non confirmatis in illa; quos habet gratia habitualis non producta, ut aucta aequivalenter, ac gratia sacramentalis, neg; sic ad prob. dift. mi. Ad 1. diff. ant. Non superaddit, si sit maior illa, neg; si non sit maior, conc; gratia autem sacramentalis est maior gratia, quae habetur extra sacramenta, ut superimponitur. Obijc. a. Auxilium secundi modi dicendi. Gratia sacramentalis habet effectus specie diversos ab effectibus gratiae habitualis, ut martirologum &c; ergo superaddit habitum specie distinctum, ex diversitate naturae namque specifica essentiale recte arguitur specifica diversitas habituum. Gratia sacramentalis distincta specie a gratia sacramentali confirmationis, & aliorum sacramentorum; quia sacramenta in quibus isti gratiae producuntur, sunt specie diversa; ergo gratia sacramentalis distincta a gratia, habitualis sive gratia baptifimae confirmationis, & aliorum sacramentorum effert idem quod gratia habita alii effert idem inter se; quia sunt eadem virtute tertii, sunt ideologically si. Ideo habitus nequit ponitur in pluribus speciebus, ut consequenter eadem gratia habitualis nequit effici effectus formalis plurium sacramentorum, quae sunt specie diversa. Respondebo ad negationem confirmare; ad hoc enim, ut aliqua qualitas, quae est principium radicale plurium effectuum speciei diversi, producat effectus specie diversos, sufficit, quod recipit augmentum in esse; ut dixi, dum lucem & doctrinam de calor. Ad idem differt specie secundum essentiam, negatur secundum augmentum superadditum per ordinem ad producendos effectus speciei diversos, concipitur igitur sacramentaliter idem specie inter se cum gratia habitualis, si considerantur secundum essentiam; utam principaliter important; difierrunt autem, considerantur secundum illud, quod illi cura superaddunt. Ad 3. negatur ant, nam eadem essentia forantis, quia in essentia hominis solius est gratia sola, quae in solo homine imponitur, imponitur enim augmente luminis ad vim humana; quod enim in essentia hominis mota gratia habet, est distinctum. Constat utero quod in grantha solius est quid sit inessentiale in essentia hominis, hoc est quid sit homo in essentia sua. Regius m- fi «di» (pe- di- a- tet it e-' u iis O.Quot. Sacram. Art.I. %% Collig. i.ex didlis idem augmentum, tentiz satisfactionem dent.&c.; & de baptismo gratiae habitualis, quod habeatur per gratiam sive habetur can. i a q. Nec quemquam plane eadem sacramentalem, post a Deo conferri sed utra sacramenta na spiritualis, quae in baptismo qualiter in credenti - mentum; quia Deus, ut diamus B.Ded. Sacram., int summam; confitere autem, & credere sunt non ita alligauit virtutem Tuam sacramentis, ut aditus, quibus recipiens disposuit. Ratio est; extra illa non potest aequalem gratiam conferre; quia sacramenta non causant gratiam sed removet quod docet etiam S. P. Augustinus, 6. de Gen. ad Littucatur obex, qui est affectus ad peccatum; & qui r.13; ubi inquit; quod licet Dei potentia numeros non movetur, neque per aedium deductivum, sed in potestate sua dedat potestatem eisdem numeris retradituum illius. Alligaris. Tum quia Deus potest solus producere, 16 Collig. 4. sacramentum diversum aequaliter, cere, quidquid producit cum eausa secunda, dispositis conferre inqualetam gratiam. Ratio creatura; non enim indiget, ut in agendo a creatura ex fundo. Doctissimae Somnit. Qui differunt specie, adjuvetur ut docet idem S. P-Aug. hb. de fide, si funt inaequalia; specie enim funt, sicut in numeris. Quonuis illa gratia sic audita sacramenta, quorum unus inaequalis est alteri; sed gratia differentalis appellari non potest, quia non est ejus membro verforum sacramentorum differunt specie; ut diantibus sacramentis promissa, a quibus solum sumus legio funt inaequalis, etiam si conferantur denominationem sacramentalis gratia deficit. Aequaliter dispositis. Idem tamen sacramentum. Sacramenta essent specie diversa, specie quemquam gratiam conservant dispositis aequalem, quae consistant ex diversa forma, sic mereria; dignitas liter, et aequalem inaequaliter dispositis; ut doverstitas autem specifica sumitura forma, ut concretus Trid. vobis; quanuis enim ad dicacia lacerasstat ex Philomenorum provident ex meritis Christi, qui. Collig. ad recipiendam gratiam sive mortuum est aequilateral pro omnibus universaliter sacramentalem cuiusvis sacramenti necessariam. Ilae autem suam mortem non applicuit efficaciter aliquam dispositionem ex parte recipientis, sed aequilateral omnibus in particulari. Cum autem si fuerit adultus; secus vero, si fuerit infants ex parte nec quemquam ubi sup. dicitur gratiam aequalem pers rationis. Ita Concor. Trid. sec. 6. c. 7-statuens: alter alter; quod docet S. Cypr. hb. ep. y, S-P. In nobis in nobis depositum, unusquisque suum, secus Aug. sept. repetit in libris cont. Donat. intelligitur, quod in mutuatur quaeque a Spiritus Sancto partitur sicut ex parte dantis, quia Christus est, qui dat gratiam prototint vult, sedandam propriam cuique dispositionem sic per bonum, sive per malum ministrum; hominem, si cooperatetem; si can. 4. St. quis dixerit ut habetur in eodem c, ubi affertur exemplum de sola fide impiam influende, ita, ut intelligat nihil lucem Solis, qui aequilateral suam lucem diffundit aliud requiri, quod ut justifiationis gratiam in omnia; quanismus nonomnia propter iniqua quendam coeperetur; si nulla ex parte necessariest esse les dispositionem illuminata remaneant. Item tum sacra voluntatis motu preparari, atque disputabitis, isti explicatur aequilateral, prout est idem, ac sine fine; anathema fit. Se et poenitentia sacramentum to habe - differentia status, vel nexus adducitur enim, betur can. 8g. Multiplex de pro. dist. 1; ubi precimananna, cuius gomorrha sunt similis cuiusvis status, vel pictura ministris Ecclesiae, ut confitentibus poenitentia nexus colligebant, ut dicitur Exod. 16. De Cara et Sacerdotale Sacramentalia. De caráder, qui est alter et essus aliquorum, non omnium sacramentorum, habendus est firmo; sic et ratio et methodus exigat, ut in communibus ad specialia procedatur, postquam de gratia sacramentali, quae est effectus omnibus sacramentis communis, actum est; de charactere, qui aliquibus solummodo competit, est agendum. ART. I. De Sacramento distinguishing hominem, qui tali sacramento fidelicem recipit. Atqui si fas est, fas est sacramenta imprimant, tarquem quidem sacramente infigunt, fuerunt ab hominibus, qui talis sacramento non receperunt. Aristoteles nosti doctor bene scripsit, et loquimur autem de solis sacramentis, qui significat idem, ac apud leges; nam vetera sacramenta caradere in tono Latinum signum, significulum, et figulum distinguere impressit communis est Theologorum sententia habentes a non habentibus illud agnitio contra Scotum, et Stoticas, inter quos Malus hic fundus. Dolidis de caradere li. q. 1; sive Remones. Passim disputatus, et quaestiones. O. sacerdotibus ex secta in qua. Exemptos c.14. Quanuis autem sit, quod circumcisionem et remedium legis naturae aliud significabile, aliud spirituale accipit contra peccatum originale impressit tamen in presenti solim pro sigito, seu sit rem; quia circumcisionem, et tale remedium erat ignatulo spirituali, S: invisibili causa ab aliquo nuda salutis stinguebat populum Dei. At consequenter, sicut operibus Nici. Gautier, Tom. 6. Respondeo. Quod gratiis ex opere operata modo presentatur baptismus, sit sec in hoc erat aliud discrimen, rus quia baptismus consert majori gratia, quam circumcisionis remedium naturae. Sed et hoc ut quam minims conisionum Sacri Sinaitii recepit communiter. Theologi, ut fatetur etiam Hugues Sicurius. Quando Apollonius dixit: "Neque urcationem aliquid valer, neque praeputium sicut circuncisionem, et praeputium non valere ad justificandun es, non habere virtutem exsequi justificandi; quod cum non justificare ex opere operato; ergo nec circuncisionem, nec remedium legis naturae ex hoc habebant vim concedendi gratiam, quae est primus effectus sacramentorum; ita nec imprimendi categoriam, qui est efficacius secundarius apiorum. Idem habet in Cor. 1 Cor. 2:9. Circuncisionem nihil est, preputium nihil est. Sed hoc nequit intelligi, quod circuncidionem et praeputium nihil sint corporaliter rente in actiones externas, sensibiles et corporales, ut constat; sed quod nihil sine spirituale, eo, quia nihil spiritualia causa habent istam omnia; ideo et gratiam, necesse est; enim unicus Deus, qui justificat circuncisionem ex preputio per fidem. Illud, quod liquet per aliud justificat per se ipsum; hic enim duo inter se comparatur, scilicet circuncisionem, et remedium in praeputio justificabant per aliud, semper per fidem Christi, quatenus sic licet figuram sacramento quid sit indigenda in lege Christi, sacramenta vero instituendus in lege Christi, quia cum justificant in virtute aliorum sacramentorum, per se ipsa justificant; ergo circuncisionem, et remedium in praeputio non justificabant per se ipsam virtute; et idonece imprimebantardescardecem diluquentes. Hinc S. P. Ang. epistad Hieronymus inquit: "Cur autem non dicas praecipue illa sacramenta et alia esse efficaciora, neque esse quid emim justificiantur, umbra enim sunt praetexta quae justificiamus, nec tamen mala, quia Deumutus sic recepta sunt temporibus, suppositum ut putidum cutem grandinem cum me adiuvet eam fremitu sic tensum a Deo sicut populo destinatus est. Solamente igitur, quia vere non justificabant, hoc pensabis; ergo non conferebant per ipsum, in gratiam justificiamentum. Probant S. Athanasius et S. Augustinus. vetera erant in solemnum sacramentorum futurorum, et Actis publice Celebri i sanctis ojudindis noli habere virtutem caufandam causam, effectus, quos causat resistent in umbra, ut in umbra solis non habet umbram causandi illuminationem, et suipafleum quod futuit sic esse; hic igitur et lacrimarum veteris sacramenta non habebant virtutem capiendam gratiam et eararercm; qui fuerunt edocti specialectationi nugue legi, qua dixit arti veteri sacramenta, hace distinguebantur ab omni scientia vel esse. Iura metamus; cf. ad Hebr. 7. NM fecundum legem mandamentum & iterum; t.C. qr. legem fraternam, non potui vobis loqui, quia spiritualiter, sed oqualiter car肉, & mox: Adhuc enim caritas eluit quia erant sub carnali, quo videlicet patronia de gratia, neque veteris tractationis; sed Ut cramcnta vetera non dicebantur carnalia ex eo quatenus, quod celebrabantur actionibus corporalibus, & sensibilibus; in hoc etiam lactamenta nutu legis carnalia dicuntur, quia ex rebus corporalibus sumunt; ergo sacramenta vetera dicebantur carnalia quia secundum seipsa, & per suam virtuten sicut temporales, & corporales producebant; sicilec bona temporalia, quae Ducis populo illi promittebar, in legem seruatrvit profunde, ac solidem demon latriam S.P.Augustin recens, sacramenta veteris legis sunt spiritualia; quia effectus spiritualis producunt; ergo sacramenta veteris legis non proiecibant gratiam sanctitatem, qui est spiritualismus secundum carnem spirituale, sed cautum gratiam temporalem in bonis temporalibus coluitur tamquam quantis in illis bonis occultarentur aeterna, quorum erant figura, ut inquit S.P.Augustin carnem carnalem, ac corporalem, quo populus recipiens illa lactu a menta dales fervebarur ab illo, qui talia facta non receperat. Aliud discrimine est; quid illa erat donec elementa infirmi, et egeni, ut docet Apud in ad Calum. 4; Conc.Jur; quod illa non continebant, nec caussabant gratiam; illa vero sumenda usu plena gratia, quia cum Uncuta causa ignata. Quod si illud, quod est infirmum, egenum, et non continebat in sua virtute aliquem essimalium, nequit illud causare; egenus enim nequit dare technias, quis illas nota habet; nec infirmus potest communicare sua sanitatem, quia illam, non habet; nec egenus caret virtue ad aliquid producendum potest illud producere, produceri enim sive virtute sive communicaret id, quod in hiberno habet; qui implicant in termini led sacramenta vetera in Apst. erant infirma, & egena. Sed ex Conc. non continebant, nec causabant gratiam, quia Dei non poterat effundere; ergo per suam virtutem non causabant gratiam, nec caracterem. Vi, certitudo. S.6. Tandem dicere, quod lacrimenta vetera canstabat minorem gratiam, quam nova facienta affirmare, quod ubiadab- WwcjUiMnqau.feetijficjit quanuis|fecitnam|illis illuminere, qui in olo absolute ramea Lana illuminarid C^xoabfolmfi negat serientiy|veto|gratia|ausare;SfUoc|eu|AfM.vlcfifi. dicere, quod facrapuent a vetera gratiam minorem aefectuat, itaque onus illi|>, <f Ad rationes autumni|dicit|quod De Sacram. Circumcisio, & remedium peccati originalis in lege naturae erant umbra baptismi, qui est in iva salutis, & ideo erat figura ianuae, non ianuae; quia per eum non intrabatur ad salutem, quia ipso secundum se ipsum non conferebat salutem; sed tantum in fide Christi venturi. Populum autem distinguebat per signum carnale, non spirituale; nec gratiam conferebat ex se, ut divifum. Hoc supponit. Recentiores hystori| negant ullas sacramenta imprimere carnaliter. Ita V vices apud Valentin. to.x.de Sacramentis.ioq-, Calvino; si in Camnit. apud Bellarmino x de sacram. c.19, Sc eorum ratio est, quia nulla fit mentio in scripturis carnaliter. Dogmatumen catholicum est tria sacramenta, scilicet baptismus, confirmationem, & ordinem imprimere carnaliter. In Fund. Doctina, omnes DD. catholici; quamuis Scotus in 4. dis| 6.q.g.$.Ad Gabr. ibid.q.x.art.q.dub. 5; si Durandus.q. I art. 1; quos reprehendit nostro Gibb. hic disp. 5 dub. i.n. 11; dixerint hoc certa ratione, nec cuidenti testimonio posse probari; cuius dictis falsitas ex textibus afferendis consilium. Unica conclusio sacramentorum novae legis, scilicet baptismus, confirmatio, & ordinem imprimunt carnaliter. Prob. 1. ex scribendo; nam 2. Cur. 1. habetur: Unus nos DR, a signauit nos sed nomine unius significatur gratia operi nomine significationis significatur aliud a gratia; aliter lectio synonyma; hoc autem, quod nomine signationis significatur, dicitur a nobis character, ergo expressus habetur ex scripturis aliqua sacramenta characterem imprimere. Idem habetur Epist. 1; et alibi. Respectus pro hoc posse explicari de gratia, sacramentali; Sc Card. Laurea addit ante Con. Flori si Trid. nullum S. Patrem posses assignari. Sed contra est; quia gratia sacramentalis significatur nomine unius; per ipsum enim eninut Deo consecramur; ergo nomine signationis designatur aliud a gratia, quod nos characterem appellamus. Praecedens nomine signationis designatur aliquod, quod remanet in homine etiam perditam gratiam, imo etiam fidei amitam; ut docet S.P.Augustini in Io. 2. Baptizatus in charitate habet, habet tamen characterem temporarily in se; si tib. de baptismo Donatili cujus epistula ad Donatum. Characterem Dominicum putatis, quem accepisti in sacramento; ergo alius signario designatur character, non gratia. Concurrit Sc fortius resistitur doctrina Scoti si Card. Laurea et aliorum. Ex perpetua Ecclesiastica traditione extractus est videlicet testimonium, & certa ratio in illo testimonio fundata; sed aliqua sacramenta characterem imprimere est perpetua Ecclesiastica traditio accepta ab Apostolis; manu D. Dionisii de Hieronymi Ecclesiae in x. ait: Quando Pontifex conscribat exterius baptizatum, Divina Maiores Mag. Funder Nic. Gauardi Tom.6. Art.I. 9 tradit illi signum spiritualis interioris, quo fit particeps, si consors fisa Horum, si suorum; et mox Per singulum esse Diurnum, si communicatorem Divi nominis coniungere. D. Dionisius alium, D. Pauli Discipulum; si S.P.Augustini 2. centuria Donatium. In colectanea generali definita sumisse his verbis: Autoritate Ecclesiae in Concilio generali constare euan, quae foris errabar, si Dominicum characterem salutis in baptismo, venientem ad Christiannae salutem, ab errore corrigo, si Dominicum alterem in eo agno, si non improbari; si quid Concurrit. Ephes. 1. S. Cyril. Alexandri loquens de baptismo, ait: Per eum Divinus nobis characterem imprimitur, ergo aliqua sacramenta characterem inimprimere evidenti testimonio, et certa ratione in illi fundata posterest probari et a priori Coae. Flor., si Trid., nam quotidianum quidque aliquis textus fac re saputre per traditionem Ecclesiae in aliquo determinato sensu explicatur; tunc explicatio illius sensus ita est, quid sit, si haberetur explicite in illo textu; sed allatus textus Apostoli explicatur per traditionem Ecclesiae de charactere; ergo textus allatus est evidens testimonium, super quod potest fundari ratio Theologica certo probans aliqua sacramenta characterem imprimere. Tandem haec veritas confirmata fuit in Concilio Flor., in decreto de Armenio, qui has tria sacramenta sunt baptismus, confirmatio, si ordo, qua caro alterem, hoc spiritualiale quoddam sigillum imprimunt indelebile in anima, unde in eadem perpetua non reiterantur; reliqua vero characterem non imprimunt, si reiterationem admittunt. Si quis dixerit in tribus sacramentis, scilicet baptismo, confirmatione, si ordine non imprimatur characterem in anima, hoc est signum quod in spirituali, si judicaretur unde ea iterari possunt, anathema fit. Actum habetur in caput maiores de baptismo. Autem addita in his textibus sumpsa est ex S.P.Augustini epistula continens Parmeniani res, et xy, videtur baptismo, & ordine inquit: Utrumque sacramentum est, si quadam consecratione homini datur: illud, cum baptizatur; istud, cum ordinatur; ideoque in Ecclesia catholica utrumque non licet iterari, quod simpliciter repetit; & de confirmatione idem habet liber 1, coni. Fausti, cap. 141 formatur autem sic. Sacramenta, quae iterari non possunt, imprimunt characterem; sed baptismus, confirmatio, et ordo iterari non possunt; ergo imprimunt characterem. Maior probatur ex S.P.Augustini epistula 2 et 3. Ratio, propter quam circumcisionem iterari non potuit, est, quia signaculum per ipsum fleshum impressum non potuit naturaliter tolli; ergo ratio, propter quam sacramenta nova legis iterari non possunt, est, quia imprimunt characterem, qui naturaliter tolli potest. Eodem libello continente epistulam Gaudenti 1. 4; si spe alibi in continente Donati. Ideo sacramenta nomina iterantur, quia nequit violari Dei characterem per ipsam semel impressum; et nequeunt ipsa sacramenta. menta fuo effectu fructurar; sicut enim cera figulata nequit denovo figulari fine violationis figillationis, quam habet sive fine fructuationis figillationis subsequens; ita nequeunt sacramenta iterari; vel quia nequit violari sacra & ser impartus; vel quia nequeunt suo effectu fructuari; non enim ob aliam rationem aliqua sacramenta iterantur; nisi quia nihil praedictis sacramento per planam iterationem violatur; nec suo effectu subsequens sacramentum fructuatur; ergo sacramenta, qui iterari non possunt, impriment characterem. Habeatur loquendo. Qui lohutus est, non indiget iterum lotu, sed sicut pedes lauere, ita et mundus alius; ideo qui semel lotus est per baptisma, non indiget iterum baptismo abluatur; sed quia via peccata positum baptismo commissa purgentur; ergo baptismus non licet iterari; sic dictur de confirmatione, & ordine; nam in tantum baptismus sibi nequit iterari; in quanturru res Deo semel consecrata nequit a Deo auferri; dicitur enim in locut. vir- Quidquid enim humiliter fuerit consecratum, et in substantia erit Dominorum, recipit enim characterem quo Deo dicitur; sed etiam in confirmatione, & ordine homo Deo dicitur; quia in illa dicitur sicut miles, ad pugnandum pro fide ipsius; & in illo dicitur sicut minister, ad fidei mysteria exercenda; ergo non solum baptismus sed etiam confirmatio, & ordo iterari non possunt. 1 1 Prob. ratione de Fundamento. JEg. vhi et de Renunc. Pap. c.io-p.i. Ex ijs, qui videmus in corporalibus recte possumus arguere ea, quae sunt in spiritualibus juxta documentum Apostoli Rem. r. Inutilitas enim ipsius creaturae mundi per eas quot fitados funt, intellecta conspiciuntur; sed incorporalibus videmus clarü triplicem potentiam; scilicet potentiam receptivam omnium formarum, qui est materia; & potentiam restitutorum suo isto, aut destructivam; cum quilibet res naturaliter obitunitur, ne recipiat peregrinas impressions; & potentiam operativam, quia quilibet res, ne otio corrumpatur, ordinatur ad suas operationes; ergo et in spiritualibus est triplici potentia spiritualis; prima receptivam formarum aliorum sacramentorum, & hic imprimitur per baptisimum, qui est initialis ad alia sacramenta, & sine quo non recipiuntur alia sacramenta; secunda restitutoria inimicis fidei Divinae; & hic imprimitur in confirmatione, qui dat robur ad pugnandum contra hostes fidei; & tertia activa, qui imprimitur in ordine, qui dat potentem spiritualem ordinato, ut possit exercere varias actiones ad cultum Dei spectantur. Atqui hic triplici potentia spiritualis est triplici characteri impressus per tria sacramenta; ergo totum tria sacramenta imprimunt characterem. Aliam rationem desumptam ex S.P. Angel Hob-icont.Crescimu.qt>. sic prosequitur S.Thom. hic are. i. Ex ijs, qui videmus in Aula Regis terreni, possumus arguere ea, quae sunt ordinata Arti. in Aula Dominica, qui est Ecclesia Summi Regis glorii Christi; nam quilibet potentas terrena a Deo ordinata est ad similitudinem potentis Divini, ut docet Apost. Rom. 13. Non risu enim potentias, nisi a Deo; quot autem a Deo ordinata sunt, sunt; sed in Aula Regis terreni aliqui insigniuntur curare, ut famuli ipsius; alii, ut milites elegerunt ad defundenda sua jura; alii, ut ministri ecclesiae ad procurandum obsequium Regi debitum; ergo et in Aula Dominica alii caracterem insigneuntur, ut sunuli ipsius, quod sic per baptisma; alii curare militari insigniuntur ad pugnandum contra hostes, qui sedem Christi concurrent destructura; quod fit per confirmationem; alii declarantur ministri mysteriorum, qui in Ecclesia exercentur ad cultum Dei speantes; quod fit per ordinis sacramentum. Cetera vero sacramenta in bonum suspicienda principaliter funt insignita, non vero in ministerium, quo Dei Ecclesia instituta est, defendenda, & propugnanda. Obiectio. Horettei. In scriptura nullibi fit mentio characteris; sed in SS. PP. est prorsus incognitus; ergo est novitium Scholasticorum inventum. Calvin. h. 4. sumit. c. 16. d. 19. ait; ideo baptisma non vult iterari; quia est ingresses in Ecclesiam, & fidei initium; & sic ut una est Ecclesia. & fides; ita unus debet esse baptismus; ergo ratio, quare non iteretur, non est characterus, ut dictum est. Omnes essi Aus, qui tribuuntur characteri, possunt a gratia praestari; ergo hic per fusus est characterus. Respondeo: ad 1. neg. ant.; sed 3. neg. ant.; nam sequitur hoc admitteretur, habetur ex continua traditione, ut dijudium est. Insupercipio SS. PP., fuit clarissima cognita, ut diximus ex Dictio Cyrilli in Conc. Ephebi Basilici de Spiritu S. et hominis; Cartus hominis in ep. ad Ephebi Nazaroenorum inandum lumen; Ambrosius lib. de Spiritu S. c.6, Hieronymus in illud Ephebi. In quo credentes signati essi Austi, konditionem quaep ad Bonifacium si quis continent Donatisticlib. 1-c-1; est lib.6-c-2 (continuat ep. Parmenii c.1 in loquendo Sidimus ep. trad. c.1), et plurimis et in locis. Ad analogiam; nam existens ab Ecclesia, & fidem amittens adhuc non debet rebaptizari, cum ad illam revertitur; ergo ratio, cur non iteretur baptismus. Nemo esset in Aequalitate Ecclesiae, vel fides; nam hic non remanent itcu co, qui ab unitate Ecclesiae, & a fide separatus est, & ideo nequit substare, ut non iteretur baptismus; sed potius per illas fieret, ut deberet iterari; sicut enim quia per peccatum deperditure gratia acquista sacramentopoenitentiae, fit ut iteretur poenitentia; ita et in pari. At caractere nunquam deperditur, ideo ne fiat imuria Spiritui S. Sancti, qui illum impressit indelebiliiter in factam ento, non debet iterari. 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Q. I read your advice about leaving an abusive husband. What advice do you have for a man who has been physically abused (I have never hit back) and who is demeaned verbally for being out of work for an extended period of time. (I work part-time.) I love my wife but am worried that by staying I don’t love myself.
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A. My advice to an abused man is the same as my advice to an abused woman — leave.
The situation of a man being physically or emotionally abused by a wife parallels that of a woman being abused by a husband. A woman, even if she isn’t as strong, can absolutely hurt or cripple a man. She can use a car, knife, fire, blunt object or other weapon.
In many ways, domestic violence against a man is more hidden. Cases of this are very much underreported. Men often find it difficult to confide in others, because revealing their abuse is so counter to masculine culture, which makes it seem shameful and weak to be so bullied. Their friends and family cannot help because they don’t know about it. Sometimes a couple will enter therapy and not reveal to the therapist that abuse is going on, which prevents any real change from happening. Treatment can be helpful in some circumstances if the abusive woman is intent on change. However, just as is the case with a male abuser ... it is likely to continue.
Men often are afraid to defend themselves or don’t want to hit back. Sometimes this is because they have been so emotionally broken down that they believe they deserve their abuse, just as emotionally abused women often do. Emotional abuse is often harder to define by men. Constant harsh criticism, name calling, systematic tearing down and isolating you from others are patterns of emotional abuse and can be every bit as destructive as physical abuse.
There is also the sense that men are stronger and therefore more dangerous. But women have killed their husbands, and not only in self-defense. Even if a woman doesn’t have a weapon, she can cause a man serious and even disabling injury.
You must protect yourself and remove yourself from this situation before it escalates. I suggest you take the same protective safeguards a woman should — quietly plan a way out, and go somewhere where you will be safe. If need be, get the police involved. Women are just as capable of stalking as men; consider an order of protection.
In the U.S., men as well as women can get free, confidential, anonymous help any time from the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). The TTY number for the hearing-impaired is 1-800-787-3224. The Web site is ndvh.org.
Dr. Gail’s Bottom Line: Men who are physically abused, just like women who are, should leave before the situation becomes even more dangerous.
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/*
EasyHook - The reinvention of Windows API hooking
Copyright (C) 2009-2010 EasyHook
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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about the project and latest updates.
*/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Remoting;
using System.Security.Principal;
namespace EasyHook.IPC
{
/// <summary>
/// Wraps all data required for instantiating the local endpoint's server for an IPC channel.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This class is generic in order to be able to check <see cref="RemoteObjectType"/> at compile time.
/// </remarks>
public struct EndPointConfigurationData<TEndPoint>
where TEndPoint : EndPointObject
{
#region Variables
private ICollection<WellKnownSidType> _allowedClients;
private WellKnownObjectMode _objectMode;
#endregion
#region Properties
/// <summary>
/// Gets the type which provides the method implementations this server should provide.
/// </summary>
public Type RemoteObjectType
{
get { return typeof(TEndPoint); }
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the <see cref="WellKnownObjectMode"/> specifying how calls to the server must be handled.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Use <see cref="WellKnownObjectMode.SingleCall"/> if you want to handle each call in an new object instance,
/// <see cref="WellKnownObjectMode.Singleton"/> otherwise.
/// The latter will implicitly allow you to use "static" remote variables.
/// </remarks>
public WellKnownObjectMode ObjectMode
{
get { return _objectMode; }
set { _objectMode = value; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the collection of all authenticated users allowed to access the remoting channel.
/// </summary>
public ICollection<WellKnownSidType> AllowedClients
{
get { return _allowedClients; }
set
{
if (value == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("value");
if (value.Count == 0)
throw new ArgumentException();
_allowedClients = value;
}
}
#endregion
#region Public Methods
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="EndPointConfigurationData{T}"/>
/// using the given <see cref="Type"/> and default values.
/// </summary>
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{
return new EndPointConfigurationData<TEndPoint>
{
_allowedClients =
new List<WellKnownSidType> {WellKnownSidType.BuiltinAdministratorsSid, WellKnownSidType.WorldSid},
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#endregion
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elementId: 'demo-target1',
greeting: 'Hello world!'
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Sonic Youth And The Great Cosmic Blender
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SKATEBOARDS, ELVIS Presley, Wrestlemania and trashy sexploitation flicks-eventually everything goes into the battered black cauldron called modern pop culture. And like the spumy, molten soup of unyielding human destiny, the resulting mixture is almost always strange and unpredictable.
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Mitt Romney Made a Birther Joke [Updated]
At a campaign event in Michigan today, Romney made a joke referencing birtherism — a joke that also served as a dog-whistle to conservatives who still question President Obama's origins. "I love being home," Romney said, "in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born ... No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised." The crowd laughed and cheered, while the press reportedly gasped
Romney has never flirted with birtherism before (aside from his close relationship with the world's leading birther, of course), so his comment today was probably just an off-the-cuff quip that slipped out before he could really consider the consequences. Indeed, this is the explanation the campaign has gone with so far, according to Buzzfeed:
A campaign aide told BuzzFeed, on condition of anonymity, that Romney did not plan the birth certificate joke in advance, and that it was an "off-the-cuff reference to him being a homegrown guy of Michigan" that was wrongly interpreted by the press.
An adviser also clarified, lest there be any doubt that Romney is not a birther. "The governor has always said, and has repeatedly said, he believes the president was born here in the United States," Kevin Madden told Buzzfeed.
Nevertheless, as we saw with the Republican reaction to Joe Biden's "chains" comment from last week, Obama and his allies are doing their best to pummel Romney for his (apparently) unintentionally provocative line, as a statement from the Obama campaign attests:
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina later sent a fund-raising e-mail which called on supporters to "take a moment or two to think about that, what he’s actually saying, and what it says about Mitt Romney. Then make a donation of $3 or more to re-elect Barack Obama today.”
Obama's own Twitter feed even got in on the action:
In short: Expect Team Obama to make enough hay out of Romney's ill-conceived joke to feed Rafalca for a lifetime.
Update: Romney tells CBS News's Scott Pelley that he was simply injecting "a little humor" into the campaign.
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_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Hackers Information Report 9 Network-Tuned OS Overview By Axon _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Recently, I've been messing with different Operating Systems. As many people have, I've had my usual Windows 95 experience, and those of us who have been around a while have had our fun with MS (or IBM, Free, Dr) DOS. I found Linux, and was instantly lured by its stability, speed and lack of hardware requirements (I've been able to run it on some pretty minimal systems with good results). Converting directly from "the OTHER, unstable and proprietary operating system" to Linux got me really thinking about what a difference the Operating system makes to performance. I'm sorry, but I want an operating system with Services! Back in the days of Windows 95, I would try all sorts of software that added "servers" to the system. I loved them, but they crashed often. Windows 95 was NOT intended to run as a machine with open services. Being an Information Technology Major, I have to take classes that deal with network servers, and these classes break into three tracks. Students MUST take at least the "introductory level" class in two of the tracks, and then take the "advanced" class in one of those, in order to get the degree. The Three tracks are "Windows NT" (NT4), "UNIX" (Solaris), and "Netware" (Whatver version came out this week. The netware class actually changed what version of Netware they were using halfway through the course due to a new version coming out...scary). I'm not touching netware now. I might later, but netware isn't really a contender for the "Internet Services" networks, and is more tuned for File and Print sharing. So, UNIX and NT it is (as far as my degree's concerned) The UNIX class isn't ever full enough so they keep postponing it, so I haven't had a chance to play with Solaris yet. This semester looks promising, as the class actually filled up completely, and I'm one of the lucky ones who got in. At defcon, I was exposed to FreeBSD, and decided to give it a try. It's TRULY different than Linux. Little differences will be pointed out later in this article. I hope to eventually try almost all of the major OS's for the Intel (x86) platform, although I know I can't possibly mess with EVERY little obscure OS that was written for x86. I decided I would do this study on just a few of the OS's that were tuned towards being "Servers". The system I am using for this experiment is a Second Generation Classis Pentium system, running at 120 MHz, not overclocked. It's got 64 Megs of RAM. The Operating systems were placed on Wetern Digital Caviar 22000 (2.0 Gig) Drives, placed inside Removeable Cartridges that slide into a Bay Receptacle inside the system. As you can see, I took time to make sure all the OS's had a fair chance at proving how well they hold their own on a system. I chose the P120 because it's pretty much a "Generic" machine. It's pretty stripped down, having only the hard drive, a 12x IDE CD-Rom Drive, and a 3com Etherlink III (3c509) NIC, and of course the floppy drive. I figured this type of machine would be powerful enough to run all the OS's I wanted to try. Here are the contestants: _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- OS Reason I tried it _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Linux (RedHat 5.2) with updates I'm most familiar with RedHat FreeBSD 2.2.8 FTP install Recognized for security/stability FreeBSD 3.1 from CD-ROM Test the diffs between versions Windows NT4 Server, SP4 You think the whole world uses a REAL OS? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- What really got me thinking about this "contest" was the fact that I am basically being *FORCED* to take a class on Windows NT4 Administration. I knew it was more power-hungry and less stable than any UNIX will ever be, but I wanted to know HOW they all stacked up... so here is where I tried. The Following Categories are addressed here: I. Boot-up time in seconds II. Features that differentiate each OS III. "Processing Power" on a relative scale put together by Axon IV. Ease of administration, Things that make administration easier V. Woes of administration VI. "Out of the box" security VII. Software installation IIX. From the user's standpoint IX. Ease of cross-platform network integration X. Closing Notes _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- I. Boot-up time in seconds Granted, this may not be a "totally fair" method of testing boot- up time, as there may be more stuff running on one OS than the others. This isn't meant to be some sort of judging scale, just an estimate of about how long a "server-ized, yet close to default" install will take to boot to a login screen. Redhat: 109 Seconds FBSD228: 117 Seconds FBSD31: 99 Seconds NT4SP4: 138 Seconds _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- II. Run-of-the-mill features that differentiate each OS RH52: Setup is a breeze. If there was ever such a thing as a "fool proof" Linux install, this would probably go up there. It's well documented in the manual, however the startup screen never mentions that the manual is on CD, or where it can be found. It just says "if you have this manual read the section on `foo' before fooing". Initial setup is basically a "one size fits all" kernel that is slower than a custom-compiled one, but it usually gets the job done nicely. Linux has tons of freely-available software, and a long list of supported hardware makes this a REALLY robust Operating system. FBSD: FreeBSD has an interesting package management system that can keep track of your files, and upgrade packages nicely. Not quite as friendly as RedHat's RPM, but it does its job nicely. Both FreeBSD Versions I tried had one thing that I loved at first sight: "Ports". This is a selling point of FreeBSD. It has a very unique build environment in /usr/ports that breaks ported software down into sections such as "security", "shells", "x11-wm" (WindowManagers), etc. Then each specific ported program has a directory of its own. There is NO source code by default in any of the program build directories. You just type "make install", and it fetches the tarball, applies some patches to make it work with FreeBSD, configures the Makefile, compiles, and installs. Like that! Down-side: installing ports can be tedious on a slow-compiling machine or if your bandwidth sucks. On a more positive note: The stuff is compiled on your system, works great, and "make deinstall" is cool! There is quite a bit for Free Software out that works with FreeBSD, but Hardware support and major program support lacks behind Linux so far. FreeBSD has an amazing feel of stability, form, and function while using it. NT40: While not being quite the heavy hitters the more UNIX-ish OS's were on the lower-end test system, it's a cinch to admin. It's somewhat difficult to navigate all the strange menus to do all your sysadmin work, but after using it for a while, you learn where stuff is. This is a good Server OS for file sharing and the like on a Windows network if you need an easier-to-maintain server. NT can be made to handle modem-dialup connections and establish PPP/TCP-IP/IPX connections over the modem, just like the UNIX-type OS's. Full remote program execution is limited, however NT can act as a "terminal server", where terminals (Network Computers) feed off the NT box. Software that adds other fun server functionalities is widely available, but most of it is commercial (expensive). _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- III. "Processing Power" on a relative scale put together by Axon FBSD: FreeBSD 3.1 came in first as far as using the default kernel setup. It runs more things at once smoother than any of the other OS's tested. FreeBSD 2.2.8 came in a close second. This is truly a "Pocket Rocket" OS. RH52: While RedHat Linux really screams on the P120, (compared to other OS's), it was outperformed by Both FreeBSD's. One must compare need for hardware/software support before choosing FreeBSD or Linux. It WAY outperforms DOS and Windows 95 (which aren't part of this article). It easily roasts NT4.0 when it comes to processing power. NT40: Bogged down, but useable. The UI was kind of choppy and crufty on our little 120 MHz box. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- IV. Ease of administration, Things that make administration easier NT40: By far, the winner of the "ease of administration" award. If it is possible to sit a monkey at a server to keep it alive, this is the OS that I would choose. Graphical menus and help systems make it so that anyone can keep the box alive after 2 weeks of experimenting with it. RH52 Redhat is controversial throughout the Linux world. Some people argue that it's "Too MS-ish". Redhat comes loaded with goodies. It's been built around administrative tools that require X-Window System. These admin tools are kinda MS-ish, but they get the job done. It would definitely take longer for someone to learn and get comfortable administrating a RedHat box, but the admin tools are good for the beginners. I like the fact that I can edit the config files with vi, and get the same results without a GUI front-end program. There are even front-end programs to help you select kernel options before you re- compile your kernel. FBSD FreeBSD 2.2.8 is next in line. There is the added bonus that there are less config files than Linux, and the config files are larger, and control more aspects of the system, resulting in more centralized control of the OS. FreeBSD 3.1 comes in dead last, but not far behind FreeBSD 2.2.8. This is due to even MORE options for the kernel and config files. FreeBSD's package management will not only fetch the latest versions of the software you try to install, but will also self-grab/install any other programs or libraries that the program needs (Known as dependencies), resulting in an install-and-go package installation. The FreeBSD project has done a really good job on their "FreeBSD Handbook" which, when I printed it, took up a whole 3-inch ring binder. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- V. Woes of administration NT40 It does take real skills and knowledge to use the advanced aspects of NT, including security. Learning the menu structures is a pain, and I still get lost now and again when going on a clicking rampage. Any powerful remote administration abilities are non-existant without outside Third-party programs such as VNC (See HiR7, article 6). RH52 The graphical admin tools can also be just as confusing as Windows NT's stuff. Also, RPM (Redhat Package Manager, used for installing programs) makes the Admin get any dependent libraries or programs and install them separately. FBSD Administration's just difficult! FreeBSD totally sacrifices user-friendliness for speed and stability. There's not really a good administration tool. Anything you can set during the installation process can be changed with the "sysinstall" tool, but that's about it. Anything else must be edited in the config files by hand. Kernel compile options are read from, you guessed it, a config text file that you have to edit by hand, and documented lines in the default config file are scarce. To really tap the power of the kernel, you have to access the FreeBSD Handbook and see what it has to say. Kernel options are documented well in there. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- VI. "Out of the box" security FBSD FreeBSD 2.2.8 wins out on being most secure out of the box. FreeBSD 3.1 came in second. FreeBSD just doesn't care about user friendliness. Bost FreeBSD 2.2.8 and 3.1 came stock with a system known as S/Key, a one-time password system. All you had to do is run a keyinit program for each user that you want to be authenticated in this manner. I found no vulnerabilities in 2.2.8 and in FreeBSD 3.1, there was only the Free86 vulnerability out of the box, and it was easily fixed. RH52 Out of the box, not horribly secure. Redhat 5.2 shipped with a lot of little holes, but they were simple to fix with the RPM files from RedHat's site. NT40 Okay... Just NT4.0 with no service packs... it's scary, and easily exploitable. I upgraded to SP4, and it still had some unresolved issues, all the way to allowing a user to add him/her self to the local machine's Administrators group. This is a VERY bad thing, and the exploits are as simple as running a program. Point. Click. Admin! _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- VII. Software installation This is REALLY a personal-preference deal. You'll see. FBSD Both 3.1 and 2.2.8 are the same here. Ease of software installation is a plus, but it's slow, because it usually involves compiling the program. It's really a "start installing and switch to another console" situation. No questions asked, and if it needs another program, it goes and gets it without complaining. RH52 RPM (as I said before) will install a binary package in a hurry. The problem is that IF it needs another program, it requires user interaction to go and get it. Oh well. Not quite as easy as FreeBSD. Not all Linux Distributions use "RPM". Debian GNU/Linux uses a different packaging tool that DOES go-fetch the other packages. NT40 If clicking around menus and asking if/where to install stuff is for you, then I guess NT is the OS of champions. Otherwise, I consider it bothersome and time-consuming. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- IIX. From the user's standpoint NT40 Clicky, clicky! This is by far the easiest OS for the end users to adapt to. This technology dates back to when cavemen pointed to objects with sticks (equivalent to the mouse) and made grunting noises (equivalent to clicking mouse buttons). It's almost natural, or something. Unfortunately, this method of machine interaction requires the computer to do extra work determining what the user is trying to do, and drawing pretty pictures on the screen to ensure that even the most idiotic user knows what's going on. RH52 Don't get me wrong, UNIX systems have Graphical User Interfaces, too. They just aren't as friendly, and the user still needs to know how to use a keyboard for some practical applications and file manipulation. Redhat has tried to make the X window system more friendly, but they haven't gone as far as MS has (yet). FBSD FreeBSD 2.2.8 and 3.1 are both the same here, as well. There aren't as many cool user-geared graphical things distributed with them. There are a few, but not as many as there are for linux. This would be the hardest OS for an end-user to get used to. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- IX. Ease of cross-platform network integration RH52 RedHat made sure they packed their distribution of Linux chock full of networking abilities by default. Redhat can do Apple Talk, TCP/IP, Netware, and over TCP/IP it can act like a Windows NT file/print server, as well as utilizing resources on an NT Network. Usually, the protocols can be set into action without so much as a reboot. FBSD FreeBSD can integrate with any network that Linux can, but it's a little more difficult to implement. NT40 NT can handle most of the protocols, but I don't think that it does appletalk by default. Windows 2000 adds this ability, but only as an AppleTalk SERVER. It can't browse resources on an appletalk network. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- X. Closing Notes Really, it's hard to tell "what's the better OS here?". That is totally based on application of the server. This article was not designed to flaunt one OS over another (okay... just a little), but you probably see some definite pros and cons to each OS. This is meant to be a "Guiding Light", so that you know what will be the wise choice. I do not promote OS bashing too much. Each Operating system is good and bad in it's own ways. 100% "BAD" operating systems hat have nothing to offer over other operating systems quickly disappear or become scarce in the world (ahem, OS/2?, CP/M? what???). You get my picture. I'm outta here. 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Outside street view with white metal joints.
Investing to Innovate
26 July 2018. Published by Mark Crichard, Partner and Alyson Lloyd, Senior Associate
Ocado aims to "change the way the world shops" with B2B technology offerings for retailers
Ocado has seen the value of its shares rise 250% over the past year. Even the announcement of half year losses of £9 million earlier this month does not appear to have significantly dented investor confidence.
Ocado's success is at least partially down to its heavy re-investment in developing e-commerce and supply chain technologies, which can be sold to other retailers. Ocado's CEO Tim Steiner believes these technologies will "change the way the world shops".
But how exactly is Ocado investing to innovate, and what does its pivot from online grocer to B2B technology supplier mean for the retail sector overall?
Ocado: online grocer turned technology service provider
Ocado has heavily invested in its business Ocado Solutions, and its flagship product Ocado Smart Platform, a managed service and proprietary solution which retailers can use to roll-out and operate an e-commerce business.
To start, the Platform provides a sophisticated customer facing app, allowing retailers to display products and make online sales. But the offering doesn't stop there; Ocado also installs robotic warehousing capabilities within the retailer's warehousing and can combine those with technologies to also automate deliveries.
Essentially, Ocado Smart Platform gives retailers a flexible and cost effective solution to launch into the online grocery market, while capitalising on Ocado's own expertise and avoiding the need for significant capital investment; a genuine solution for traditional, 'bricks and mortar' retailers struggling to survive in a digitalised era of retail.
The appetite for this tech-powered platform has been huge and has propelled Ocado into the FTSE 100. UK chain Morrisons, French supermarket Groupe Casino, Canadian retailer Sobeys, and US groceries giant Kroger are all now using Ocado Solutions to provide services to their own customers.
Who else is investing in retail tech solutions?
Ocado is not the only online retailer looking more like a technology company, than a retailer.
Amazon is an obvious example; the internet giant, which began life as an online bookstore, is now better characterised as an e-commerce and cloud computing company. Amazon's growth is, in part, owed to its own heavy investment in a wide spread of tech solutions, including those targeted at the retail sector.
Earlier this year we reported on Amazon's launch of Amazon Go, its first check-out free store, providing consumers with a futuristic shopping experience in which cameras and sensors are used to charge customers for the products they pick from the shelves.
It's yet unclear how Amazon will decide to best monetise Amazon Go, but while many believe the obvious answer is for Amazon to open a fleet of Go stores, others believe licensing the technology to traditional retailers (in a similar fashion to Ocado) could be a more lucrative step.
Amazon is no stranger to licensing its solutions, in the retail sector and otherwise; they have previously done the same with Fulfilment by Amazon (a suite of fulfilment and logistics solutions to assist retailers to provide services to consumers) and its cloud subscription service, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
An encouraging sign of opportunities for the retail sector?
Against the general backdrop of a difficult period for many retailers, there are clearly opportunities (and investor support) for those that are able to realise the full potential of innovative technology.
For Ocado, Amazon and others investing to innovate, there are huge opportunities to offer tech solutions to retailers who have previously not needed to look further than their brick and mortar sales channels.
Likewise, the ready-availability of these licensable solutions can help more traditional retailers who might otherwise have been left on the shelf while struggling to keep up with online competitors. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.945727288722992}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '82506', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:Z6K5UVRAXS2BSDLAMA5LYTZXJXS43JKK', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:7424b5af-a003-4dfc-acef-f0a8b81449d5>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 21, 1, 35, 22), 'WARC-IP-Address': '199.83.132.129', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:GPSHFCCDSH57HEQWHSIZ4LAUAD7CFFIU', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:017d5e0b-9147-4bdf-a7ce-a816fa569dc0>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.rpc.co.uk/perspectives/retail-therapy/investing-to-innovate/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:c36ba564-2f33-4aa9-8fa9-96f8b29dfd01>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '627', 'url': 'https://www.rpc.co.uk/perspectives/retail-therapy/investing-to-innovate/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2021-17\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for April 2021\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-67-67-253.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.18 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.2-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.025791943073272705', 'original_id': '919c1c22b31ba45bd2a08c35b9ee177a0e475e19cc3086ec6f2ad35a3284f19c'} |
Primidux Statue
The Primidux Statue.
A national treasure of Cohdopia whose likeness is based on a previous king of the country.
Upon the country's split into Allebahst and Babahl both countries claimed to have the true statue. The real one was in Allebahst with Babahl owning a fake. Although the Babahlese embassy was well aware of the authenticity of its statue, both countries claimed to have the real one.
The fake was hollow and used to store a plate for making counterfeit bills. The two statues were switched during an incident at the embassy.
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1884 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions by Parke H. Davis. This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship. Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.
Schedule
References
Princeton
Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons
Category:College football national champions
Category:College football undefeated seasons
Princeton | mini_pile | {'original_id': '92e2ffc6cbe9be71b327827d296d9c1de77fc125f90573d2ba9e504ac6ff267e'} |
package com.e1b.cucumber.steps;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.IntegrationTest;
import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationContextLoader;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
import com.e1b.InciDashboardApplication;
import com.e1b.entities.Incidence;
import com.e1b.entities.Operario;
import com.e1b.services.InciService;
import com.e1b.services.OperariosService;
import cucumber.api.java.en.Given;
import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@ContextConfiguration(classes=InciDashboardApplication.class, loader=SpringApplicationContextLoader.class)
@IntegrationTest
@WebAppConfiguration
public class ShowIncidencesStep {
@Autowired
OperariosService operatorsService;
@Autowired
InciService inciService;
Incidence incidencia;
Operario oper;
@Given("^a operator$")
public void a_operator() throws Throwable {
oper = operatorsService.findByUsername("o1");
Assert.assertNotNull(operatorsService.findByUsername("o1"));
}
@When("^he wants to show his incidences$")
public void he_wants_to_show_his_incidences() throws Throwable {
incidencia = inciService.findIncidencesByOperario(oper.getUsername()).get(0);
Assert.assertTrue(inciService.findIncidencesByOperario(oper.getUsername()).size()>0);
}
@Then("^the system will give his incidences <incidencias>$")
public void the_system_will_give_his_incidences_incidencias() throws Throwable {
Assert.assertEquals("Nueva lectura de humedad", incidencia.getDescription());
}
}
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A computational modeling of Raman radial breathing-like mode frequencies of fullerene encapsulated inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Raman radial breathing-like mode (RBLM) frequencies of an infinite nanopeapods are calculated within the framework of a continuum-molecular based model. The nanotube-fullerene interaction is modeled via the Lennard-Jones interatomic potential. An analytical formulation is developed and is justified due to its good agreement with the experimental and atomistic-based results. Furthermore, we propose new relationships for the van der Waals (vdW) interaction coefficients between the atoms of this hybrid nanostructure. Numerical results are also obtained for various nanopeapods on the basis of the present formulation. The RBLM frequency upshifts are predicted for small single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The frequency shifts can be adequately explained by the vdW intermolecular interactions acting between the fullerene and the SWCNTs atoms. To the best of our knowledge, a simple theoretical method which can predict the Raman RBLM frequencies of the nanopeapods with high precision has not been provided hitherto. We believe that the present study is likely to fill the gap. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '4aee8d67b9494f768998bb266408c9f941ab7c94d41dfc55cf3d105c4f80912a'} |
Crowdsourcing paper at ICSE 2014
Crowdsourcing paper at the ICSE 2014 Conference (Technical Track), Hyderabad.
Preprint of paper here: pdf doc
Crowdsourcing is an emerging and promising approach which
involves delegating a variety of tasks to an unknown workforce—
the crowd. Crowdsourcing has been applied quite successfully in
various contexts from basic tasks on Amazon Mechanical Turk to
solving complex industry problems, e.g. InnoCentive. Companies
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Ta Cronk y Voddee () ny chlaghan ayns Skeerey Charmane, Mannin. Ta'n claghan soit er yn A3 eddyr Balley Keeill Eoin as Skyll Maayl.
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A Sign of Progress?
Rodney grazingSince Rodney’s back injury [Daddy Dearest] is directly under the front pressure point of a theoretical saddle, I continue to poke away at the accumulated scar tissue. Weekday therapy is heat [Therapy] and massage. On the weekends, Hubby flexes his he-man fingers of strength to break up adhesions.
When we brought Rodney in Saturday night, he had a small damp spot on his back right over his scar. Medical opinion is that we broke open some sort of small cyst, sinus, fluid-filled cavity. We have no idea what structures (skin, muscle, nerves) were involved, if it was causing him any distress, or if it had any relation to the scarring at all. Still, better out that in, no?
The next day, Rodney did a lot of happy trotting and cantering as he moved from place to place. No way to tell if the cavorting was from improved movement in his back or from joie de vivre on a breezy day. The increments of change are so small that they are easy to confuse with wishful thinking.
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Sudden onset of Acid Reflux
Discussion in 'Fibromyalgia Main Forum' started by kaymac, Nov 15, 2006.
1. kaymac
kaymac New Member
Can anyone tell me thier experience with sudden onset of acid reflux.
I developed heartburn and burning clear up into my throat 24/7. It came on suddenly, been going on now 2 wks non stop. Waking up at night with regurgitation in my throat. I've lost some weight, cause everything hurts to eat or not eat. Trouble swallowing some. Belching all the time.
I started OTC prilocec and zantac. I just went to heart specialist for rapid heart rate and was placed on Toprol.
I'm hesitate about going back to doctor again, so started treating myself with Prilosec. I'm just wondering if other's with this suddenly came on with no other complications?
2. caroleye
caroleye New Member
This is a really common happening, and it can be a buildup from overly acidic food intake, acidic drugs, and then when your body takes that last acidic trigger, it'll hit you.
My body runs overacidic, and I have to watch everything I put in my mouth, which is difficult, since almost everything we eat is acidic (exceptions being most fruit & vegetables).
There are some natural remedies you might try from the health food store after you go on an "alkaline" diet.
Boiron's Acidil, Enzymedica Acid Soothe, Aloe Ver Juice, etc.
Most people go to an acidic RX or an over the counter one that is a temporary solution.
I'm sure a "search" on this board would offer other solutions.
3. Pianowoman
Pianowoman New Member
This can happen if you have been under a lot of stress, even accumulated stress. Another thing that can help is DGL, the licorice lozenges.
4. zenouchy
zenouchy Member
Hi Kaymac,
Sorry to hear about your symptoms. Sometimes acid reflux can be severe and can be indicative of something called Barrett's esophagus. I'm not diagnosing you, but the symptoms you are talking about are not basic acid reflux. Weight loss, having burning into your throat, and trouble swallowing need to be checked out now.
I really don't want to alarm you, tell you what to do, or give you an online diagnosis, but I do want to encourage you to see a gastroenterologist pronto. I've had acid reflux for years, and my doc told me if I ever got symptoms like the ones you are having to see a specialist immediately. He said the acid reflux meds are kind of a bandaid. Please keep us posted. (see below for info.) Hope this helps. Sincerely, Erika
I got this info on Barrett's esophagus from
The signs and symptoms that may suggest a complication of GERD or Barrett's esophagus, including the development of esophageal cancer, include:
Trouble swallowing. Often, a narrowing of the esophagus (esophageal stricture) leads to difficulty swallowing (dysphagia).
Bleeding. You may vomit red blood or blood that looks like coffee grounds, or your stools may be black, tarry or bloody.
Weight loss and loss of appetite. You may experience an unexpected drop in weight.
5. PVLady
PVLady New Member
It may sound strange but I also has a sudden onset of reflux type problems. After two years of digestive problems they discovered the problem was gallstones.
My surgeon said it happens often that people think they have gastric reflux and it goes away after the bad gallbladder is removed.
I had my gallbladder removed over a week ago. I no longer have to take Nexium or antacids. My appetite is fine now. I was also on a drug called Carafate that coats your stomach, and used Pepto Bismol.
I never had severe pains or other signs of gallstones, but I did have indigestion, poor appetite, nausea, constipation, insomnia, anxiety, etc.
Two months ago I had a simple test called a ultrasound that showed many gallstones. As soon as I woke from surgery I knew I would be better.
I would ask to have the gallbladder checked. If you have gallstones that may be the problem.
6. caroleye
caroleye New Member
Curious if there's another way to treat these stones.
Had mine removed many years ago (before I was educated about inflammatory diseases), and my digestion has been worse ever since.
When I read the findings of what they found, I did not need it removed if I knew what I do today.
7. balletdancer74
balletdancer74 New Member
As the others have said, if it started pretty suddenly, it could be recent increased stress and/or foods you've been eating or meds you've been taking.
If the Zantac and/or Prilosec don't help, go back to your gastorenterologist and get checked for GERD (gastroesophagul reflux disease) which is very common especially for those on medications or illnesses, etc. Perhaps you need something stronger than Prilosec like Nexium or Protonix which seems to be more popular than even Nexium as Nexium takes a good week to kick in.
Also, make sure to be checked for an ulcer and have your gall bladder checked as was already suggested.
Aloe vera is helpful for me...soothes the stomach as does all natural black licorice...tea, root, etc. Certain enzymes like chewable papaya ones can be helpful as well, but until you know exactly what is going on, be careful not to try so many things. Oh, and while papaya chewable enzymes helped tremendously with my stomach and regurgitation, I eventually found out that I'm allergic to the actual enzyme of a papaya. I became very lethargic and weak. Go figure! You wins some, you lose some! lol I have to laugh or I'll cry over so many experiences in life. :)
Keep us posted. Hope you find the answer (s) and relief soon!
LB32 (Leeza)
8. u34rb
u34rb New Member
Heartburn and acid reflux are not necessarily the same thing. You really do need to have this checked out. Don’t be scared about your doctor even though you will almost certainly need an endoscopy.
OTC remedies can only help occasionally. The reason is that they reduce the amount of acid in the stomach. And the result of this is that the stomach realises there is not enough, and so it increases the production of acid, just when you want to reduce it. So if you use these remedies for several weeks you will be making the problem very much worse!!!
It may be that all that you need is a medication to reduce the production of acid by the stomach, (which is something different), and as far as I know you need a prescription for these. But they are very good, so you need to see a doctor ASAP. Good luck. I’m sure that you will be eating again normally very soon. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '2', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.967018187046051}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '51577', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:TZIL3L7JSISTKLPR5MJJVNZYJPGWWNW4', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:310397ba-bbe4-4aeb-9321-908f58c64f3a>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2016, 7, 29, 23, 33, 51), 'WARC-IP-Address': '176.56.62.186', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': None, 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:KMEON5GFVKTF6F57LLXHOSDNLLVMK5HO', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:97ca8383-e0da-4cec-bd49-a49786e17558>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://forums.prohealth.com/forums/index.php?threads/sudden-onset-of-acid-reflux.166408/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:f68fa3c1-6721-42aa-834d-e7b3f5ce8459>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '1112', 'url': 'http://forums.prohealth.com/forums/index.php?threads/sudden-onset-of-acid-reflux.166408/', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2016-30\r\noperator: CommonCrawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for July 2016\r\npublisher: CommonCrawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.058003127574920654', 'original_id': '7efa2288f36caf384dd985abc6df6b615cdd441ce2e74158856e13de9daec0e3'} |
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Homework Help: Electromagnetism and potential
1. May 19, 2010 #1
1. A particle of charge q=6E-6C and mass m=1E-10kg is fired out of a charge gun towards the uniform magnetic field pointing into the page, B=0.50T. The particle moves vertically up originally and then accelerated through potential difference of 200V. There is a diagram of the B field going "into" the page. a) How fast is the particle moving when it leaves the gun? b) Does the particle exit the magnetic field to the left or right? Why? c) How far to the side does the particle exit the field?
Small attempt at diagram. The period is the particle. x is going "into" page
x x x x
x x x x
x x .x x
2. I'm not sure but these are the eqns I think might be relevant: F=ma, F=qvBsin(theta)It would help if even someone could just tell me all the eqns I need because I'm lost on this
3. I think I'm supposed to use a=F/m and F=qvBsin(theta) but I don't know how to find v.
2. Relevant equations
3. The attempt at a solution
2. jcsd
3. May 19, 2010 #2
What is E in your two equations?
q=6E-6C and m=1E-10kg
Also, I'm having trouble understanding the diagram you've described. The particle leaves the gun which is aimed vertically and is immediately accelerated vertically through a potential difference of 200V? Or does it travel for some distance before being accelerated? And does it enter the magnetic field after being accelerated or is the magnetic field present as soon as it leaves the gun? What is the scale of the magnetic field? It must be confined to a certain area if the question asks how the particle exits the field.
Last edited: May 19, 2010
4. May 19, 2010 #3
sorry. E is a way to express x10^
that was the only info given.
The diagram is supposed to be the tail ends of arrows going away from you to signify direction of field. The particle is placed there as a period. And the professor labeled "P" on the board and wrote next to it "Vo" which I assume is V nought.
5. May 19, 2010 #4
Ok then I'm assuming your professor meant that at the particle's initial position the potential is equal to the constant V[tex]_{0}[/tex]. Think about the particle before and after it is accelerated, what does it gain in being accelerated through the potential difference of 200V?
6. May 19, 2010 #5
gaining more velocity? Sorry. I'm a bit slow on the uptake
7. May 19, 2010 #6
Which particle has a higher energy, a proton placed at a point where the potential is V[tex]_{0}[/tex] or a proton placed at a point where the potential is V[tex]_{1}[/tex]? Where V[tex]_{1}[/tex]>V[tex]_{0}[/tex].
8. May 26, 2010 #7
Usually since we are dealing with one particle, the place with the highest potential has the highest electrostatic potential energy, while in areas of lower potential, more work is done on them and therefore have more kinetic energy.
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Testing font-family attribute. Two SVG fonts are defined. Various text elements are then used with varying values for the font-family attribute. The first two text elements should display in their respective fonts, the last two should be displayed using the system font since the value specified for font-family is either invalid or not specified.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Squalene "The Other Shark Killer"
Squalene found in sharks livers, is perhaps the second most sought after raw product of sharks. Where the value of the animal is almost worthless compared to just its liver. Used in high end cosmetics millions of animals each year are killed just to acquire their squalene. Unfortunately this poor use of sharks gets almost no media attention compared to the well covered and ongoing eco disaster of shark finning. Here's a graphic example of why the shark conservation community should focus in 2009 on the twin killers of sharks, finning and squalene harvest.
This gravid female Tiger shark is having her liver carefully harvested while near term pups litter the ground in the UAE. This is a scene being replayed in thousands of small ports all over the planet right now. The bigger the shark the more squalene a fisherman can harvest leading to the one time "targeted kills" of entire breeding populations:
Squid Video of Magnapinna Focus! Focus!
It's been what, 3 months, since we blogged about anything remotely squiddy?
Today changes all that as news surfaces from internal Shell Oil emails and an rov video featuring Magnapinna which looks like that "face hugger critter" from the movie series Alien. This one was filmed at a crushing depth over 2 kilometers down.
The video is evidence of how, as oil and gas industry ROVs dive deeper and stay down longer, they are yielding valuable footage of deep-sea animals.
Some biologists have even formed partnerships with oil companies, allowing scientists to share camera time on corporate rov's--though critics worry about possible conflicts of interest. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '8', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9514672756195068}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '597348', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:AIDYG6LADF7LKFTJDKWPL3GSLFRLF4TP', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:a7ef6fb4-2033-448e-a3f4-f4eed9719ae0>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 21, 8, 17, 44), 'WARC-IP-Address': '172.217.7.129', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:BYLOWQZ6KB5ZZFESGSEQAIWLXPXTGCEN', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:c184a2f2-64f5-4f5c-afd0-99b822b8fd1e>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://sharkdivers.blogspot.fr/2008_11_25_archive.html', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:eceb3032-b938-45ed-8d9d-2a19640161b9>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '271', 'url': 'https://sharkdivers.blogspot.fr/2008_11_25_archive.html', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-229-75-92.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-34\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for August 2017\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.1180264949798584', 'original_id': '58c3463aee636138ea769e2497289a6c7214793ab9376af49de30c85caefc3b8'} |
A Fallout Nuka-Cola machine (Screenshot: Twitter)
With the benefit of a little perspective, it all makes complete sense. Video game characters have to stay hydrated. It’s crucial in their line of work. They generally spend their days either pursuing or being pursued by others, and their jobs tend to involve a lot of running and jumping but not much standing still. They’re bound to work up a powerful thirst, what with all that killing and being killed and coming back to life to kill and be killed all over again. And video game developers are sympathetic to this problem, thoughtfully working soda machines into the design of many games, including the Fallout series, Grand Theft Auto V, and Half-Life. These colorful drink dispensers are so common that hardcore gamers may not even notice them. But Dr. Jason “Jess” Morrissette, a professor of political science at Marshall University, sure noticed. He noticed the shit out of them, in fact, to the point that he started collecting and cataloging images of soda machines in video games. Morrisstte also occasionally posts such images to his Twitter account. Recently, the professor spoke with NPR’s Gabriel Rosenberg about why he does this.
Morrissette says that soda machines are, at heart, “shorthand for modernity.” Everyone knows what they are and how they’re used. Plus, since they’re basically just big, 3-D rectangles, they’re not all that difficult to render. But that doesn’t mean that all video game soda machines are created equal. Some actually serve a function in their respective games, the professor says, while “others are meant to be a pop of color in an otherwise drab game.” The machines Morrissette likes best are the ones that poke a little fun at the soft-drink industry. Fallout’s fabled Nuka-Cola, for instance, is a post-apocalyptic parody of the mighty Coke brand. Other classic fake sodas from video games include Sprunk and Fountain View. But does this project have a larger meaning for its curator? Not yet, but Morrissette is working on that part. Now that he’s collected all this data, it’s time to analyze it. “It wouldn’t be the first time a journal published something about the most minute of minutiae,” he threatens. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '1', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9537511467933656}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '697986', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:BFZYMK6ON3L5E5XE7TYIM74J42DAKBTI', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:aa4d620f-0e16-4ff5-86d7-13b19ea64b8d>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 26, 14, 26, 19), 'WARC-IP-Address': '151.101.2.166', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:B7TRLOZRBHK7ANQZDRF2CZ4UJZC5J3VN', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:959481cb-899b-4336-b7c4-20cb6e68f0b9>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://news.avclub.com/one-man-s-mad-quest-to-capture-all-the-video-game-soda-1798251109', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:cd024d5e-c216-4fb8-859b-bd4e0d16b2d4>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '361', 'url': 'https://news.avclub.com/one-man-s-mad-quest-to-capture-all-the-video-game-soda-1798251109', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-13\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for March 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-101-182-190.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.20431125164031982', 'original_id': '91975c42ae9cfa23fb3cb648e3a44938d52dd03df8999f01877d3097b74a3fe2'} |
August 04, 2005
Singer/songwriter Jim White has stuck to his guns and continues to create music that thrives on the everyday oddness he encounters in the Southern US. He then, as all artists do, strains the bits and pieces through his own eyes, eyes coloured by his fondness for the gothic. His music has elements of country and folk, but it's been dragged out into the steamy Alabama sun from beneath a kudzu choked trailer home in a trailer park called something like, "Jesus _ave_". (You know, someone took the two 'S' letters, they must've needed 'em mighty bad).
After trying his hand at pro surfing, modeling, and who knows what else, he settled on giving music a shot - and this was after maiming his left hand in a band saw. He recorded some demos, they found their way to the offices of label Luaka Bop, and was soon in studio recording his debut, "Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)".
This was followed by No Such Place, featuring this track, "10 Miles To Go On A Nine Mile Road".
His current release is also on Luaka Bop and is entitled, Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See.
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1. Fans of SixEyes, please check Jim White out. I too just pimped the documentary "wrong eyed jesus" on my blog after seeing it this past weekend, and can tell you it is praise worthy. The soundtrack is outright spooky southern gothic. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '1', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9763648509979248}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '65474', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:HDID6JQY536IBOFFYUBYXTZGWA6FJL6A', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:c092cdd7-f053-46af-a5d3-7a0746bb6823>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2017, 8, 17, 21, 34, 39), 'WARC-IP-Address': '172.217.7.161', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:WPK7P7VQMJKJ6AX5EIE56IIKTJSW4CHD', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:5bf17c6a-5c5a-4fd9-8b3e-1a47442e74fc>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://sixeyes.blogspot.com/2005/08/jim-white.html', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:ad0ae4e2-814c-4a1d-8a1a-6db8870fe587>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '246', 'url': 'http://sixeyes.blogspot.com/2005/08/jim-white.html', 'warcinfo': 'robots: classic\r\nhostname: ip-10-164-4-238.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Nutch 1.6 (CC)\r\nisPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-34\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for August 2017\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.0\r\nconformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.02773141860961914', 'original_id': '71db5a94942aabde7afa3a85c1363aaa75825bbdea8715cd1fce04cfc3ad80fd'} |
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The number of people who choose to take out health insurance is increasing, either as a way to complement their public health or not to depend on it and opt only for private health (although the health offered by the State is also covered). And there is no doubt that there are many advantages offered by health insurance.
As we have already explained in a previous article in which we asked ourselves: What are medical insurance? A medical or health insurance consists of a contract that a person establishes with a health insurance company, through which they purchase a medical plan and the insurer must cover the patient’s medical expenses, in exchange for the patient paying certain periodic amounts. That is, we have a contract in which what is insured is the health of the person. Therefore, it is the patient who decides the characteristics of this medical insurance and the benefits it offers.
The Main Advantages of Health Insurance As many specialists, experts and medical professionals in the sector say, the truth is that bad times are running for public health. And it is that the long waiting lists that exist in most of the Autonomous Communities of our country, join the cuts that in Health have been exercised in recent years.
The result has been evident: patients must pay more for medicines and for their medical treatments, and even in certain cases public health care is not covered.
Therefore, whenever you can afford it, it is a very good option to take into account what are the features and benefits offered by health insurance, and above all what are its main advantages:
Without waiting lists: although Spanish public health is considered one of the best in the world, one of its most negative aspects are waiting lists (where in some Autonomous Communities they can be endless, being very common for a simple consultation by an articular pain with the traumatologist is not given until 6 months later). However, private medical insurance has the advantage of not having waiting lists, since you have quick access to the medical specialist’s office and a large number of diagnostic tests. If you have waiting lists, do not assume more than a few days or a few weeks.
You can choose your medical specialist: another of the main advantages of medical insurance is to offer the possibility to the patient to choose the medical specialist they prefer, within the medical chart available to the insurer. In most cases these consultations occur much faster than with the public health specialist. Almost immediate access to diagnostic tests: the same thing happens as with the choice of the medical specialist, with health insurance it is possible to access a large number of diagnostic tests (which are covered in the insurance). These tests range from routine blood and urine tests to more advanced ones, such as the case of CAT scans.
Once you know some of the main advantages of medical insurance, would you choose to hire one? You already have it? The truth is that they are alternatives to take into account, especially
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