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The guitar that launched a million riffs: Fender Stratocaster celebrates its 60th anniversary
Leo Fender created the first Stratocaster in 1954. It featured a signature double cutaway design and contoured body
Early adopters included 50s legend Buddy Holly, and UK musician Hank Marvin who was the first to import one
Since then it has been used by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughn
Kurt Cobain used one before his death, and Arctic Monkeys' frontman Alex Turner used one in the band's early days
Few rock icons can claim to still be going strong after 60 years, but today marks the anniversary of the first Fender Stratocaster being built, and the music icon is still as popular as ever.
Designed by Leo Fender in a small workshop in Fullerton, California, six decades ago, it has been used in all genres from country to reggae, and from rock to pop and was the only guitar to challenge the Gibson Les Paul for popularity.
Today the guitars are built by hand in Fender's factory in Corona, California. Each Stratocaster starts life as a long, thin piece of ash wood which is shaped into a neck by machine, before being hand laid with either more ash or rosewood for the fret board.
The frets are then hammered in by hand, using a machine to tighten them. The body, which can be made of two, three, or even four pieces of wood, is then given its shape by a machine which cuts holes for the controls, tremolo bridge and other metal parts which are assembled by hand.
The neck and body are then hand shaped by workers using sanders before being sent through the paint shop, which uses similar technology to car factories. The paint is then left for three days until it properly dries.
Finally, the body and fret are given a final shaping, which puts the high-gloss finish on them, before being sent through quality control where they are examined, tuned and given a final check before being sent out.
Designed to be used by country musicians, the guitar was first memorably played by Buddy Holly and became his signature as an artist. One of the defining images of the 50s was Holly pictured with the guitar high up on his chest.
From there it was taken up in the early 60s by the likes of the Beach Boys who favoured it for it's wailing sound, and later by Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison.
The birth of heavy metal saw the Stratocaster take on new life in the hands of Iron Maiden, while Eddie Van Halen's famous Frankenstrat only added to the instrument's iconic status.
The guitar then passed into the capable hands of modern-day musicians such as the Red Hot Chili Pepper's John Frusciante, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and the Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner.
Other memorable players include Hank Marvin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, to name but a few.
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The Fender Stratocaster celebrates its 60th anniversary today. It was originally created in the 1950s by Leo Fender to replace the earlier Telecaster
Unlike the big-band Telecaster, the Strat was designed for use in smaller bands and groups and also featured a contoured design to make it more comfortable to wear
The body of a Strat (top) is given this basic shape by a machine, but it repeatedly shaped and reshaped by hand using sanders to give it a high gloss finish (right) The neck of a Strat is also initially shaped by a machine, but the fret board is laid on by hand before the metal frets themselves are hammered into place by workers
In the paint shop, brand new guitar bodies are sprayed using similar technology to car plants. They are then put into racks which slowly move them across the floor to be finished. In total, it takes three days for the paint to dry
At the end of the manufacturing process all Fender guitars are put through a rigorous testing process, when they are checked for quality, finish and tuning
Other 60s musicians to take up the instrument included Jimi Hendrix, who famously played his flipped over because he was left handed. The Beatles' George Harrison was also a fan of the Fender, pictured here in 1970
While stars such as Kieth Richards are happy to buy Strats straight off the rack, Fender also offer a custom shop where almost any aspect of the guitar can be tweaked
Showing the instrument's infinite flexibility, it was perfectly suited to both the slow-hand style of Eric Clapton (left) and the harsher tones of Eddie Van Halen (right)
British band Iron Maiden brought the Stratocaster with them into the heavy metal revolution and carried on using the instrument form many years
Still rocking: Restoration expert and master builder John Cruz works on the body of a heavily used Strat at the Corona factory in California
The Strat has been used in virtually every genre, from reggae to rock, pop to punk. Here blues legend Robert Cray performs with one during a concert in Anaheim, Calif. Vinnie Garcia hands Country legend Vince Gill his 1957 Strat. Garcia sold Gill his first Stratocaster for $200 and a pair of cowboy boots. Gill said: 'I love the versatility of the guitar as much as anything, no matter what way you want to play it, it always responds'
Kurt Cobain, the force behind grunge band Nirvana, used a Strat and the Arctic Monkeys' frontman Alex Turner was also a fans of the guitar in the band's early days
Golden oldie: John Mayer performs with his Stratocaster. He said: 'It's the machine of my dreams. It's the Ford Mustang, the Marilyn Monroe, the lightning rod, surfboard, magic carpet for music'
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Q:
Azure autoscale metricname values
I need to define scale rule for my virtual machine I have read the following
The MetricName and MetricNamespace are not values I just made up.
These have to be precise. You can get these values from the
MetricsClient API and there is some sample code in this link to show
how to get the values.
http://rickrainey.com/2013/12/15/auto-scaling-cloud-services-on-cpu-percentage-with-the-windows-azure-monitoring-services-management-library/
But its still not clear ho do I get a MetricName list of possible values as I didn't found any sample code for it
A:
Here is the code I used to get the available MetricNames for the cloud service. It was part of a unit test project, hence the [TestMethod] attribute.
[TestMethod]
public async Task GetMetricDefinitions()
{
// Build the resource ID string.
string resourceId = ResourceIdBuilder.BuildCloudServiceResourceId(
cloudServiceName, deploymentName, roleName );
Console.WriteLine("Resource Id: {0}", resourceId);
//Get the metric definitions.
var retrieveMetricsTask =
metricsClient.MetricDefinitions.ListAsync(resourceId, null, null, CancellationToken.None);
var metricListResponse = await retrieveMetricsTask;
MetricDefinitionCollection metricDefinitions = metricListResponse.MetricDefinitionCollection;
// Make sure something was returned.
Assert.IsTrue(metricDefinitions.Value.Count > 0);
// Display the metric definitions.
int count = 0;
foreach (MetricDefinition metricDefinition in metricDefinitions.Value)
{
Console.WriteLine("MetricDefinitio: " + count++);
Console.WriteLine("Display Name: " + metricDefinition.DisplayName);
Console.WriteLine("Metric Name: " + metricDefinition.Name);
Console.WriteLine("Metric Namespace: " + metricDefinition.Namespace);
Console.WriteLine("Is Altertable: " + metricDefinition.IsAlertable);
Console.WriteLine("Min. Altertable Time Window: " + metricDefinition.MinimumAlertableTimeWindow);
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
Here is the output of the test for my cloud service:
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ENERGY
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
1900-1930
Editor: George O. Carney
Assistant Editors: Mary B. Aue
Bryan C. Brown
Debra K. Brown
Judy M. Hettich
Mark C. Miller
Funded By: Oklahoma State University (College of Arts and Sciences)
Oklahoma Historical Society (State Historic
Preservation Division)
National Park Service (U.S. Department of Interior)
Acknowledgement of Support
The activity that is the subject of this publication has been
financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior. However, the contents and
opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of
the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade
names or commercial products constitute endorsement or
recommendation by the Department of the Interior.
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ENERGY
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
1900-1930
Editor: George O. Carney
Assistant Editors: Mary B. Aue
Bryan C. Brown
Debra K. Brown
Judy M. Hettich
Mark C. Miller
Funded By: Oklahoma State University (College of Arts and Sciences)
Oklahoma Historical Society (State Historic
Preservation Division)
National Park Service (U.S. Department of Interior)
Acknowledgement of Support
The activity that is the subject of this publication has been
financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior. However, the contents and
opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of
the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade
names or commercial products constitute endorsement or
recommendation by the Department of the Interior.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for making structural reinforcement preforms for resin transfer molding (RTM) and reaction injection molding (SRIM) processes for structural composites, and is more specifically concerned with techniques for making such structural reinforcement preforms in accordance with the directed fiber process.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As set forth in my aforementioned patent application Ser. No. 446,859, filed Dec. 6, 1989, and in my later application Ser. No. 552,253, filed Jul. 12, 1990, U.S. Pat. No. 5,217,656, issued Jun. 8, 1993, in making preforms according to the directed fiber process, it has been the practice to spray chopped fibers with a binder resin onto a form that has air pulled therethrough to locate and hold the fibers in place. The form with the fibers and the binder resin is then moved into a hot air plenum chamber, dried and/or cured to set the binder resin. Utilizing this process, a great deal of processing space is required for heating, drying, curing and cooling the preforms. The process has also therefore required large ovens and other equipment for handling the preforms.
In making thermoformed preforms, it has heretofore been the practice to coat a continuous strand fiber mat, during its manufacture, with a thermoplastic binder. The mat is supplied in roll form. The mat is unrolled and provided as a plurality of overlying flat sheets to vary the preform thicknesses and clamped into a holding frame at the edges thereof. The frame is then placed in an oven with radiant heaters which slowly heat the reinforcement mat and the thermoplastic binder from both sides. The thermoplastic binder softens in response to heating and, while soft, the frame is transferred into a cold mold which is then operated to press the reinforcement mat into the desired shape. Cooling causes the thermoplastic binder to stiffen and hold the thermorformable mat in its new shape.
As pointed out in my previous applications, these processes are slow, require a great deal of space and a large amount of energy for heating and cooling.
As also pointed out in my previously-mentioned applications, design flexibility is limited in that in order to meet the strength requirements of one area, an unnecessary use of material in other areas is required (layering) which also increases thickness and weight. Also, neither of the aforementioned processes permits the designer to add subassemblies such as ribs or closed sections to maximize design properties.
In my aforementioned applications, I proposed a new system which eliminates the necessity for large rooms and constantly operating ovens, cooled presses and the like and permits design flexibility with respect to the provision of subassemblies (reinforcement ribs, closed sections, and attachment and/or reinforcement members), while at the same time saving on energy and materials.
These new processes, as disclosed in the aforementioned applications, utilize specifically-developed and tailored binders along with directed energy systems for rigidizing the composite forms and attaching structural components to the preforms and is entirely compatible with RTM and SRIM resin systems, i.e. polyesters, vinyl esters, urethanes, epoxies, phenolics and acrylics. These new processes are designed to be fully automated and to enable specific distribution and placement of numerous types of reinforcements and the like, where necessary, for the required structural properties of a preform. There is also a complete freedom of design inherent in the process which permits the most desirable reinforcement type and/or structures including closed structural shapes and varied wall sections to meet design criteria.
In the process disclosed in the aforementioned application Ser. No. 446,859, filed Dec. 6, 1989, mats of reinforcement material are cut into a desired shape as a two-dimensional planar development of a desired preform. The cut mats are then coated with a binder which is responsive to electromagnetic energy, either microwave radiation or ultraviolet radiation, and the cut mats are placed in a three-dimensional mold and pressed to replicate the desired shape of the preform. While in the mold, the shaped mats are subjected to the appropriate electromagnetic radiation, either microwave or ultraviolet radiation, to cure the binder resin and provide rigidity in a matter of seconds, rather than minutes or hours as with the heat-curable processes. At this point, the preform may be considered a finished product for use in a further molding operation (RTM, SRIM) or may be viewed as a carrier preform for the attachment of subassemblies such as structural reinforcement members and the like before being used in a further molding operation (RTM, SRIM).
When the preform is considered to be a carrier preform, the same is removed from the mold to a station where a designated area or areas of its inner and/or outer surfaces or that of a subassembly or subassemblies are provided with a further coating of an electromagnetic energy-curable binder, a reinforcement member or the like is moved into intimate contact with the preform at the coated area or areas and the appropriate electromagnetic radiation (microwave or ultraviolet) is applied to energetically stitch (cure the binder) the member to the carrier preform. When the final attachment has been made by such energetic stitching, the preform is a finished product in itself ready for use as a structural reinforcement preform as a part of a further molding process for making a structural composite.
As pointed out in the latter application Ser. No. 552,253, particularly with respect to the handling of reinforcement material supplied on rolls that must be unrolled and individually cut into the desired shape and individually stacked in registry in the mold, handling is simplified and registration is inherent when such layers are tacked together prior to or contemporaneously with cutting (termed energetic basting) by applying the binder to superposed webs prior to cutting, pressing the superposed webs together to increase the surface contact of the binder with the fibers of adjacent webs and curing the binder in local spaced zones so as to tack the webs together either before or during the cutting operation.
This technique has also proved efficient in that the tacking is localized and there is sufficient binder remaining for curing to rigidize a multi-layer mat in a desired three-dimensional shape after first cutting a two-dimensional development of that shape from the tacked webs.
After the preform has been rigidized, energetic stitching techniques may still be employed to attach subassemblies, such as reinforcement and/or attachment members, thereto.
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The MCCP B&C program is now set to relaunch for 2015-2016.All MEA represented managers should have received information from their departments about the criteria and timeline for submissions.Among the key changes to the program is the opportunity for managers to submit an MCCP B&C request on their own behalf.The application can be found at HYPERLINK “http://www.sfmea.com” www.sfmea.com with additional information available in the MEA MOUs for CCSF and MTA.A comprehensive overview of the program can be found in the May 2015 MEA Newsletter.Recent information provided by DHR to all CCSF departments is reproduced below:
DHR Notification on 2015-2016 MEA MCCP B&C Program:
As a reminder, we are quickly approaching the time period in which individual managers may make submissions on their own behalf by submitting requests directly to their department personnel officers. Requests should be submitted via e-mail on the attached form between Monday, August 3rd and no later than the close of business, Friday, August 14th with a copy provided to MEA as well ( HYPERLINK “mailto:staff@sfmea.org” \t “_blank” staff@sfmea.org).
Please note that the form you will use is the same form the department will use as well when they ultimately make their final submissions.
Additionally, later this month, DHR will issue a detailed memorandum on the process with specific funding details.
Department submissions to the MCCP Post-Appointment Adjustment Committee are due by the close of business, Friday, October 9th and responses from the Committee will be provided by Friday, November 20th.
In the interest of equitable distribution among employees, departments will follow these guidelines to the extent feasible:
submissions should only be made for those that are currently at or above the top of Range A;
ongoing increases should be favored toward those who have not already received ongoing, wage adjustments;
to ensure that ongoing, wage adjustments and one-time, lump sum allocations are significant, but also available to a sufficient number of employees, they should be no less than $1,000 and no greater than $7,500;
allocations should be broadly distributed among all managerial levels (i.e., MCCP and non-MCCP);
annual allocations should aim to cover between 30% and 50% of the department’s covered employees;
individual performance varies so the allocation amounts should vary as well to reflect that variance in performance
submissions based on performance should favor one-time bonuses as this program allows for future lump sum bonuses if there is continued exceptional performance; on-going adjustments are best reserved for structural and retention issues.
As a reminder, the post-appointment process is designed to address the compensation of individual incumbents. To the extent that there are changes in the responsibilities of a position, this program should not be a substitute for reclassification.
Please submit early for conferences and training scheduled in 2016 because funding generally runs out before the end of the fiscal year.As in previous years, July 2015 will be a blackout period on equipment and training requests to allow MEA and the City to close the books on FY 14-15.
DHR will start accepting CCSF online requests through the Online Tuition Reimbursement Process on August 3 or 10, 2015.MEA will start accepting MTA manual requests on August 3, 2015.
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Both CCSF and MTA training and equipment requests require pre-approval. If a request is not pre-approved, the expenditure will not be reimbursed.
The Online Tuition Reimbursement program will send email notifications regarding any change in the status of a request with a note that indicates the action taken. Therefore, it is important that all participating managers update their online account with a current email address.
Each request must be pre-approved separately and have its own pre-approval request ID.
Multiple requests submitted together will not be approved or processed.
NEW: Employees may not swap an approved pre-approval request for a different item. For example, if a manager is approved for a training course and the course is cancelled or the manager did not attend, that pre-approval request must be cancelled and a separate pre-approval request must be submitted for a different item. There is no guarantee that the subsequent request will be pre-approved.
EQUIPMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES:
The MEA Equipment program provides reimbursement for two categories of equipment: 1) laptop/tablet/iPad; or 2) PDA/smartphone.
Starting in August 2015, requests from first time participants in the Equipment Program will be processed.
After first time participants are approved, participants requesting the equipment category not previously purchased (e.g. phone if prior purchase was laptop) will be processed.
Finally, requests for equipment replacements purchased through the program before FY 13/14 will be processed, assuming funds are still available.
MEA approval is required prior to the purchase of equipment in order to be reimbursed. If you purchase equipment prior to your approved status, the equipment will not be eligible for reimbursement.
Once you have received your approval (email notification from the Tuition Reimbursement System for CCSF; letter from MTA), you will have 60 days from the date of the approval to purchase your equipment and to submit proof of purchase online.
DOCUMENTATION GUIDELINES:
Phase
Required Documentation
I. Pre-Approval
Documentation that justifies expense, such as:
a. Conference flier;
b. Course fee schedule; or
c. Screen shot of online estimated expense.
II. Reimbursement
1. Proof of payment. Proof of payment mustinclude employee name and line item expense.
a. Proof of payment must not display:
i. A balance due; or
ii. An official City and County of San Francisco address as the billing address.
b. Acceptable proof of payment:
i. Itemized receipt with method of payment and personal address as the billing address;
ii. Itemized receipt and cancelled check (front and back);
iii. Itemized receipt and front of check with bank statement showing transaction and employee name; or
iv. Itemized receipt and redacted credit card statement with employee name and line item expense.
2. Proof of completion/attendance (if applicable).
3. Ethics Commission Moves to Expand Online Form 700 Filing
Under state law, elected officials and department heads are required to file their Conflict of Interest Statements (Form 700s) with the Ethics Commission.Recently, electronic filing of those forms has been mandated and fines are now issued for failure to comply.Under the current San Francisco Campaign and Government Code, other “designated” Form 700 filers are also required to file, but they file manually within their departments which then keep the forms on file.Of course all Form 700s filed are public documents and are available for review upon request at the department.
In early June the Department of Human Resources (DHR) invited MEA and other labor organizations to meet with them regarding the “expansion of the electronic filing requirements to all Form 700 filers.”On June 19th MEA met with representatives of DHR, the Ethics Commission and the City Attorney’s Office in an effort to understand the scope and impact of the proposed changes.It quickly became apparent that centralized filing, online posting and fines for failure to comply represented significant changes that required a more robust meet and confer process.MEA, in consultation with legal counsel, objected to the changes being considered by the Ethics Commission prior to this process occurring, and the issue was subsequently handled as a “discussion item” at the Ethics Commission’s June 29th meeting.The Public Employees Committee (PEC) also registered their objection to the changes.
Among the key issues that must be resolved prior to any implementation is who should be required to file.Currently, a list of “designated” filers is submitted by the department.With this change – to publicly file and post all Form 700s – the question of which positions and employees are appropriately subject to the requirement becomes critical.There are currently more than 3200 employees listed as “designated” filers and many of them do not appear to hold positions with enough decision-making authority where potential conflicts revealed in Form 700 filings would arise.We believe that this change represents a significant loss of privacy and expansion of access to sensitive information for employees.MEA will be looking to develop specific criteria for use by departments in identifying appropriate “designated” filers.In addition, we will seek posting guidelines that reflect both our commitment to transparent and ethical government and our duty to protect the privacy rights of our members and their families.
4. Check out the City’s Well-being Assessment Results!
Last fall, the City’s employee well-being program kicked off with the Well-being Assessment. This City-wide survey provided a baseline measure of well-being for the City and helped employees identify their own personal well-being score. 22% of City employees participated.
The results are in! City employees scored above average on three of the six survey measures. But they also fell below average on three of six. To see the summary scores, check out the HYPERLINK “http://myhss.org/well-being/WBA2014.html” \t “_blank” infographic ( HYPERLINK “http://myhss.org/well-being/WBA2014.html” \t “_blank” http://myhss.org/well-being/WBA2014.html)
Improve your health and vitality: Take advantage of all the well-being benefits offered by the Health Service System:
Bargaining began in June for a successor agreement to the 2012-2015 Agreement between the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco and MEA.Initial proposals were exchanged and discussions are ongoing.Wages, benefits and leave access are the key issues under discussion.One of the major impediments to achieving a contract that reflects the improving economy is the Court’s current funding structure.
In 2013-14, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC aka JCC) instituted a new funding formula for local trial courts.The Workload-Based Allocation Funding Methodology (“WAFM”) formula reallocated funding based solely upon the number of filings each court processed.This unintentionally served to incentivize a revolving door system of justice at the cost of more labor-intensive collaborative approaches.It designated all local trial courts as either “donor” or “recipient” courts, and began the process of shifting resources. That shifting is only partially completed and already the result is steep cuts for “donor courts” like San Francisco.
6. SF Housing Authority RAD Program Proceeds with Adjusted Schedule
For the past year and a half, MEA has been engaged in on-going meetings with the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) regarding the implementation of the U.S. HUD approved Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program. The SFHA was in desperate need of capital improvements at their properties, which were estimated to cost around $270 million dollars. Although no new funding was authorized for RAD, HUD’s authorization for the SFHA to convert 2/3 of its public housing to a public private partnership, will result in the private partners paying for the much needed capital improvements.The RAD Program also expands the use of Section 8 vouchers for tenants who will occupy the rehabilitated units. The initial schedule called for implementation of a two phase process, with no MEA managers being impacted in Phase I. Phase II was scheduled to begin in June 2015.However due to delays in the conversion process in Phase I, the next phase has been adjusted to begin after the Phase I conversion process is complete, with a new target date of November 15, 2015.Since the current SFHA-MEA MOU expires on September 30, 2015, MEA will be scheduling meetings in the near future to begin bargaining on a successor MOU as well as incorporating language regarding the RAD implementation’s impact to MEA members.
Apply Now for Fall 2015 CCSF-MEA Leadership Development Cohort
DHR will be accepting applications for the Fall 2015 Cohort of the CCSF and MEA Leadership Development program from June 29 – July 24. Please check out the DHR website after June 22 for more details on how to self-nominate. Go to HYPERLINK “http://www.sfdhr.org/” \t “_blank” www.sfdhr.org , and click on Employees and Employee Training for more information.
MEA Mission Statement:To enhance the quality of life for all San Franciscans and visitors by promoting sound government practices, supporting professional excellence for our City’s managers, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in the delivery of service to the public.
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In such a hybrid vehicle, the layout for an engine, a generator/motor, and a transmission that is conventionally employed is in general of a so-called sandwiched generator/motor type in which a thin generator/motor is sandwiched between the engine and the transmission. In the layout of the sandwiched generator/motor type, since the generator/motor is joined to a crankshaft of the engine and an input shaft of the transmission and always rotates integrally therewith, when the generator/motor carries out regenerative braking during deceleration of the vehicle, there are the problems that friction in the engine and the transmission might degrade the energy recovery efficiency, and the friction of the engine is a load on the generator/motor when traveling by means of the generator/motor, thus increasing the power consumption.
A so-called leg shaft drive system hybrid vehicle is known from, for example, Patent Publication 1 below in which the above-mentioned problems have been solved by enabling a generator/motor to be isolated from a crankshaft of an engine and an input shaft of a transmission, and enabling the driving force of the generator/motor to be transmitted to a driven wheel side rather than an output shaft of the transmission.
In this hybrid vehicle, the generator/motor is connected in series via a clutch to an end of the input shaft of the transmission on the side opposite to the engine, and by isolating the generator/motor from the input shaft of the transmission and the crankshaft of the engine by disengaging the clutch, the driving force of the generator/motor can be transmitted directly to the output shaft of the transmission. Patent Publication 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2002-188716
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Niéna
Niéna is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Sikasso in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 1,040 square kilometers and includes the town and 42 villages. In the 2009 census it had a population of 32,265. The town is the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune. It is 76 km west of Sikasso on the RN7, the main road linking Sikasso and Bougouni.
References
External links
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Category:Populated places in Sikasso Region
Category:Communes of Mali
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Handmade Atlatl Weights
Regular price
$ 10.00
Get more distance in your throw by adding a handmade Atlatl weight filled with weight. Order with your handle and we can attach it for you, we use artificial sinew to attach the weight to the handle’s shaft. Every weight is made custom. Atlatl Madness produces high quality, competitive prices and great Shipping rates. Please check out all our Atlatl’s and found one that will work for you. *this product contains lead.
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A Newspaper Nemesis
A Newspaper Nemesis is a 1915 American short silent drama film, directed by Jack Harvey. It stars Peggy Burke, Mrs. Samuel Sullivan, and Ernest C. Warde.
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External links
Category:1915 films
Category:American films
Category:American silent short films
Category:American drama films
Category:1910s drama films
Category:Films directed by Jack Harvey
Category:Thanhouser Company films
Category:1910s short films
Category:American black-and-white films
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**This airport has been automatically generated**
We have no information about 48CO[*] airport other than its name, ICAO and location (US).
This airport will have to be done from scratch, which includes adding runways, taxiways, parking locations, boundaries...
Good luck if you decide to do this airport!
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A comic about friends
By Josh Roepe
Framptown is on Comic Chameleon! Get it!
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Nondugl Rural LLG
Nondugl Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea.
Wards
01. Bamna/Bamuna 1
02. Bamna/Bamuna 2
03. Domil 1
04. Domil 2
05. Kapalku 1
06. Kapalku 2
07. Kaming 1
08. Kombulno 1
09. Kombulno 2
10. Kombulno 3
11. Kumbal 1
12. Kumbal 2
13. Milep 1
14. Milep 2
15. Munumul 1
16. Munumul 2
17. Munumul 3
18. Nondugl 1
19. Nondugl 2
20. Ngumbkora
21. Onil 1
References
Category:Local-level governments of Jiwaka Province
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Bio
Sara is the program coordinator for Member Loyalty Group. She has extensive experience within the credit union industry. Prior to joining Member Loyalty Group, Sara planned educational content for credit union executives at CUES (Credit Union Executives Society). She coordinated multiple meetings for credit union CEOs, senior executives and directors. Sara was responsible for the members’ experiences while at the event and often served as the first point of contact for credit union executives’ questions regarding CUES products and services.
As the executive director of the 6th Story Speakers Bureau, Sara helps events find the right talent at the right price. Her attention to detail is second to none, and she deeply cares about making credit unions better through her work.
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Welcome to sketchedesignerd.com. This site is designed to find out as much about Clickbank (what’s that?) products as possible. Currently, it is the turn of Video Marketing 2.0 Made Easy.
My job is to collect as much data on the product as possible, provide you with that data, and then evaluate it personally. My eventual aim is to help you decide whether you should buy it. Let’s get going…
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Q:
Can someone help fix my opacity scrolling effect
When i place my div id tag #fading everything seems to fade at once. I want my parts to fade one by one; individually. I'm not so skilled at jquery, so some assistance would be great.
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Here is the script that needs to be fixed or changed.
<script>
var target = $('#fading');
var targetHeight = target.outerHeight();
$(document).scroll(function(e){
var scrollPercent = (targetHeight - window.scrollY) / targetHeight;
if(scrollPercent >= 0){
target.css('opacity', scrollPercent);
}
});
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A:
I think this is what you might be after?
http://codepen.io/anon/pen/pJomJY?editors=001
The script is now accounting for the scroll percentage on each .row element :
$(window).scroll(function() {
var posY = window.scrollY;
$('.row').each(function(key, item) {
var target = $(item);
var topMargin = parseInt(target.css('margin-top'));
var targetHeight = target.outerHeight(true);
var targetStart = target.position().top;
var targetEnd = targetStart+targetHeight;
var scrollPercent = (targetEnd-posY)/targetHeight;
scrollPercent = Math.max(0, Math.min(scrollPercent, 1));
if (posY > targetStart-topMargin) {
target.css('opacity', scrollPercent);
}
});
});
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Aleksandra Buriko, and half of its managerial board resigned to make sure the firm avoids U.S. sanctions against its founder, billionaire oligarch, Oleg Deripaska.
The mass resignations were part of "the efforts that have been made by the management of the group to protect the interests of the company and its shareholders" since the sanctions were imposed last month, Rusal said in a May 24 statement.
Buriko resigned after the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new punitive measures against Russia in early April in response to Russia's "malign" activities around the world. The latest round of sanctions primarily targeted Russian oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin, especially Oleg Deripaska - who had previously been interviewed by Robert Mueller - prompting Rusal shares to tumble while the price of aluminum soared.
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Forced labour camps in Communist Bulgaria
As in other Eastern Bloc states, Communist Bulgaria operated a network of forced labour camps between 1944 and 1989, with particular intensity until 1962. Tens of thousands of prisoners were sent to these institutions, often without trial.
Background
The Red Army entered Bulgaria in September 1944 and immediately, partisans exacted reprisals. Tens of thousands were executed, including active fascists and members of the political police, but also people who were simply of the non-Communist intelligentsia, members of the professional and bourgeois classes. Merely displeasing a Communist cadre could lead to execution. These massacres were actively encouraged by Georgi Dimitrov, who sent a telegram from Moscow a week after the Soviets' arrival in Sofia calling for the "torching of all signs of Bulgarian jingoism, nationalism, or anti-Communism". On 20 September, the Central Committee called for "anti-Communist resistance" and "counterrevolutionaries" to be exterminated.
A People's Tribunal was created in October 1944. This special court pronounced 12,000 death sentences, with over 2,700 eventually being executed. (In contrast, in 1941-1944, the years of active Communist resistance, 357 people were executed for all crimes.) In early 1945, a government decree allowed for the creation of Work Education Centers (TVO in Bulgarian). These were in fact concentration camps. The decision was approved by all parties in the Fatherland Front, including those whose members soon found themselves in the centers. One category of inmate included pimps, blackmailers, beggars and idlers, while the other comprised all those judged as political threats to the state's stability and security. The power to execute this decree fell to the Office of State Security within the Ministry of the Interior. Over the next decade, a series of laws and decrees strengthened the state police's powers.
Not all people the regime found undesirable were put in forced labour camps. Deportation – forced resettlement in distant provincial areas – was another method employed. Between 1948 and 1953 some 25,000 were deported.
Development
1945–1949
Forced labour camps operated at numerous sites across Bulgaria. The camps were set up near dams under construction, coal mines, and in certain agricultural areas. Some of the most infamous were Bobov Dol, Bogdanov Dol, Rositsa, Kutsian, Bosna, Nozharevo and Chernevo.
1949–1953
Political prisoners from other camps were gathered and regrouped in the Belene labour camp, located on Persin (Belene), an island in the Danube near Romania.
1954–1956
Deportations to the camps fell dramatically, perhaps ceasing altogether. However, Belene remained in operation.
1956–1959
A number of new inmates arrived at Belene after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and a crime wave in Sofia early in 1958. Among the figures held at Belene during this period included Konstantin Muraviev, the last Prime Minister of Bulgaria to hold office before the Fatherland Front coup of 9 September 1944.
1959–1962
A prisoners' hunger strike forced the closure of Belene in 1959. Those not freed (some documents indicate 166 in number) were transferred to a new camp at Lovech that bordered a rock quarry. Several thousand eventually joined this original group. In September 1961, around a hundred female prisoners were sent to a neighbouring camp in Skravena. That November, conditions noticeably improved at Lovech. In spring 1962, the Politburo created a commission, led by Boris Velchev, to inspect Lovech, which was closed in April as a result of his delegation's visit.
At Lovech and Skravena, 149 inmates died from abuse during this period.
Lovech, a city in north-central Bulgaria, lies at the edge of the Balkan Mountains. The last and harshest of the major Communist labour camps was set up near an abandoned rock quarry outside the city. Until 1959, the camps had been spread across Bulgaria, but most were closed following Chervenkov's fall and the inmates transferred to Lovech. The Ministry of the Interior, not the regional authorities, had direct control over the camp. Most Bulgarians were unaware of its existence, but it had a reputation among those who had incurred the state's displeasure as a place from where one might never emerge alive.
1962–1989
The intensity of state repression varied during these years. A Politburo decision in 1962 said that an individual could be imprisoned and assigned to forced labour without a court trial. Repression in this period was of an administrative rather than political nature, targeting those accused of "social parasitism" or "loose morals", often with information given by "people's organisations" such as the Fatherland Front's neighbourhood sections. In the 1980s, numerous Turkish Bulgarians were sent to Belene.
Hierarchy
During the Lovech/Skravena period (1959–1962), Bulgarian state repression in the form of the camps happened along the following tiers (though the list of political and bureaucratic actors is not comprehensive):
Todor Zhivkov was the Party and state head, assisted by a series of prime ministers, including Anton Yugov, former interior minister.
The Interior Ministry was under their orders. Georgi Tsankov was its head and Mincho Minchev was attorney general, required to sign all internment orders.
Next was Mircho Spasov, vice-minister of the interior and in charge of the camps. At his side was Colonel Delcho Chakurov, director of the Office of Internment and Deportation.
Colonel Ivan Trichkov, who had previously run Belene, was head of the Lovech camp from 1959 to 1961. Major Petur Gogov succeeded him and served from 1961 to 1962. Major Tsviatko Goranov oversaw the work details, while Lieutenant Nikolas Gazdov represented the Bureau of State Security. All these officers had had prior experience serving in concentration camps.
The camp commanders were assisted by a group of low-ranking officers, non-commissioned officers, adjutants, and brigade chiefs, the last being recruited from among the criminals sent to the camp.
Magnitude
In 1990, the Bulgarian Communist Party set up an inquiry commission into the camps. It found that between 1944 and 1962 there were approximately 100 forced labour camps in a country of 8 million inhabitants. Between 1944 and 1953, some 12,000 men and women passed through these camps, with an additional 5,000 between 1956 and 1962. According to one witness, Belene alone held 7,000 in 1952. Another estimates a total of 186,000 prisoners during this period. Definitive figures remain elusive.
References
Bibliography
Category:Communism in Bulgaria
Category:History of the Bulgarian Communist Party
Category:Political repression
Category:Unfree labour by country
Category:People's Republic of Bulgaria
Category:Labor in Bulgaria
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[On the occasion of unveiling a memorial plaque to Dr. Bozidar Spisic].
The first rehabilitation center was founded and organized in Zagreb, 1908, by prof. dr. Bozidar Sisić. Its importance was stressed through the history, as unique and first in this part of Europe. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its foundation, a memorial tablet was unveiled in the memory of prof. dr. Bozidar Sisić, the founder of croatian orthopedics, and medical and social rehabilitation.
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Korean:
감사합니다.
German:
DER PRESIDENT: Vielen Dank.
(Applaus)
Danke. Vielen Dank. Danke. Danke allen.
Bitte
bitte setzt euch.
Danke.
(Applaus)
Vielen Dank, President Spar,
Treuhänder,
President Bollinger.
Hallo, Klasse von 2012! (Applaus)
Herzliche Glückwunsche zur Erreichung dieses Tages.
Vielen Dank für die Ehre davon Teil zu nehmen.
Es gibt so viele Menschen, die stolz auf euch sind --
eure Eltern, Familie, Fakultät, Freunde --
alle, die an diesem Erfolg teilnehmen.
So bitte gebt ihnen eine große Runde Applaus.
Arabic:
الرئيس: أشكركم جزيل الشكر
( تصفيق)
اشكركم
من فضلكم
من فضلكم تفضلو بالجلوس
شكرا لكم
(تصفيق)
اشكركم
الرئيس سبار, مجلس الامناء,
الرئيس بولينجر
مرحبا, خريجي دفعة 2012 ( تصفيق
اهنئكم على وصولكم لهذا اليوم
واشكركم على منحى شرف المشاركة فيه
هناك الكثير ممن يفخرون بكم بشدة
أبائكم وأمهاتكم, عائلتكم, أعضاء هيئة التدريس, أصدقائكم
و كل من شارك فى هذا الانجاز
لذا من فضلكم فلنصفق لهم بحرارة
Spanish:
EL PRESIDENTE: Muchas gracias.
(Aplausos.)
Gracias.
Por favor,
Por favor, tome asiento.
Gracias.
(Aplausos.)
Gracias,
Presidente Spar, síndicos,
Presidente Bollinger.
Hola, Clase del 2012! (Aplausos.)
Congratulaciones por llegar a este día.
Gracias por el honor de poder ser parte de ello.
Hay muchas personas que se sienten orgullosas de ustedes -
sus padres, familiares, profesores, amigos ~
todos los que participan en este logro.
Así que por favor denles un gran aplauso.
English:
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much.
(Applause.)
Thank you.
Please,
please have a seat.
Thank you.
(Applause.)
Thank you,
President Spar, trustees,
President Bollinger.
Hello, Class of 2012! (Applause.)
Congratulations on reaching this day.
Thank you for the honor of being able to be a part of it.
There are so many people who are proud of you --
your parents, family, faculty, friends~
all who share in this achievement.
So please give them a big round of applause.
Chinese:
非常感谢大家，谢谢谢谢。
（鼓掌声）
谢谢
请，
大家请坐
谢谢
（掌声）
谢谢，
Spar校长，校委会
Bollinger校长。
2012届毕业生，大家好！（掌声）
祝贺你们等到这一天。
感谢你们让我能荣幸的参与其中。
有那么多人为你们感到骄傲——
你们的父母，家人，教授们，朋友们……
所有那些一起分享你们的成绩的人。
所以，请为他们热烈的鼓掌。
Romanian:
Presedintele :Va multumesc foarte mult.
(aplauze)
Multumesc.
Va rog,
va rog luati un loc.
Multumesc.
(aplauze)
Multumesc,
Presedinte Spar, administratori,
Presedinte Bollinger
Bine v-am gasit Promotie 2012! (aplauze)
Felicitari pentru ca ati ajuns la aceasta zi.
Va multumesc pentru onoarea de a face parte din ea.
Sunt foarte multi oameni care sunt mandri de voi-
parintii, familia, facultatea, prietenii
toti care se bucura de aceasta realizare.
Asa ca va rog, aplaudati-i.
French:
Merci.
Aplaudissement.
Merci.
S'il vous plaît,
Asseyez-vous
merci.
Applaudissement.
merci.
Monsieur le Président Spar, membres du Conseil d'Administration,
Monsieur le Président Bollinger.
Bonjour à la Classe de 2012 (Applaudissement)
Toutes mes félicitation d'avoir atteint ce jour.
Je vous remercie de l'honneur que vous me faites de participer à cet évènement
Il y a un grand nombre de personnes qui sont fiers de vous--
vos parents, votre famille, la Fac, vos amis--
tous qui partage votre accomplissement.
Alors, s'il vous plaît, applaudissez-les vivement.
French:
LE PRESIDENT : Merci beaucoup.
(Applaudissements)
Merci.
Prenez place,
je vous prie.
Merci.
(Applaudissements.)
Je vous remercie,
Président Spar, membres du Conseil d'administration,
Président Bollinger
Bonjour à toute la promotion de 2012! (Applaudissements.)
Toutes mes félicitations pour avoir atteint de jalon important que représente cette journée.
Je vous remercie de me donner l'honneur d'y participer.
Il y a tant de personnes qui sont fières de vous --
vos parents, votre famille, vos professeurs, vos amis~
tous ceux qui partagent avec vous cet accomplissement.
Je vous invite à les applaudir chaleureusement.
English:
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much.
(Applause.)
Thank you.
Please,
please have a seat.
Thank you.
(Applause.)
Thank you,
President Spar, trustees,
President Bollinger.
Hello, Class of 2012! (Applause.)
Congratulations on reaching this day.
Thank you for the honor of being able to be a part of it.
There are so many people who are proud of you --
your parents, family, faculty, friends~
all who share in this achievement.
So please give them a big round of applause.
English:
(Applause.) To all the moms who are here today,
you could not ask for a better Mother’s Day gift
than to see all of these folks graduate.
(Applause.)
I have to say, though,
whenever I come to these things,
I start thinking about Malia and Sasha graduating,
and I start tearing up and~
(laughter)~ It’s terrible.
I don’t know how you guys are
holding it together.
(Laughter.)
I will begin by telling a hard truth:
I’m a Columbia college graduate.
(Laughter and applause.)
I know there can be a little bit of a sibling rivalry here.
(Laughter.) But I’m honored nevertheless
to be your commencement speaker today~
although I’ve got to say,
Spanish:
(Aplausos.) A todas las mamás que están aquí hoy,
no se puede pedir mejor regalo del día de la madre
que ver a todas estas personas graduarse.
(Aplausos.)
tengo que decir, sin embargo,
cada vez que vengo a estas cosas,
Empiezo a pensar en Malia y Sasha graduarse,
y me desgarro y ~
(risas) ~ Es terrible.
Yo no sé cómo ustedes están
manteniendolo unido.
(Risas.)
Empezaré diciendo una verdad dura:
Soy un graduado de la universidad de Columbia.
(Risas y aplausos.)
Sé que puede ser un poco de una rivalidad entre hermanos aquí.
(Risas.) Pero me siento honrado sin embargo
a ser su orador de hoy ~
aunque tengo que decir,
Arabic:
تصفيق ) الى كل الامهات الموجودات هنا اليوم
أعتقد أن هذه أفضل هدية لعيد الأم من الممكن أن تطلبوها
أن تروا كل هؤلاء الطلاب متخرجين
تصفيق
الا أنه عليّ القول
أنني كلما حضرت للمشاركة بمثل هذه المناسبات,
بدأ ت التفكير فى لحظة تخرج ماليا و ساشا
وعندها تبدأ الدموع تنهمر مني
ضحك: إنه شىء فظيع
الحقيقة لا أعرف كيف أنكم أيها الرفاق
تتمكنون من عدم البكاء
ضحك
سوف أبدأ حديثي بقول حقيقة قاسية
أنا خريج جامعة كولومبيا
ضحك وتصفيق
أعلم أنه من الممكن وجود القليل من التنافس الأخوي
ضحك: الا أنني أشعر بالفخر على الرغم من ذلك
بأن أكون المتحدث في حفلة تخرجكم اليوم
على الرغم من أنه عليّ القول
French:
(Applaudissement) A tous les mères qui sont ici présentes aujourd'hui
vous ne pourriez espérer meilleur cadeau de la Fête des Mères
que de voir tous ces jeunes obtenir leurs diplômes
Applaudissement.
Néanmoins, je dois bien le dire,
lorsque je participe à ces évènements
je commence à penser à Malia et Sasha obtenant leurs diplômes
et la larme me vient à l'oeil
(rire) --c'est terrible.
Je ne sais pas comment vous tous
pouvez garder votre cool
(rire)
Je vais commencer par vous donner la dure vérité
J'ai obtenu mon diplôme à l'université de Columbia
(rire et applaudissement)
Je reconnais qu'il y a ici un peu de concurrence fraternelle
(rire) Néanmoins, c'est un grand honneur pour moi
d'être votre invité à votre remise de diplômes
mais il faut bien le dire,
Romanian:
(apauze). Toate mamele care sunt aici astazi,
nu puteati cere un cadou mai bun de ziua mamei
decat sa-i vedeti pe toti acesti oameni absolvind.
(aplauze)
Trebuie sa va spun totusi,
ori de cate ori vad aceste lucruri
ma gandesc la Malia si Sasa absolvind
si incep sa plang si...
(rasete)-e groaznic.
Nu stiu cum voi
rezistati.
(rasete)
Voi incepe prin a spune un adevar:
Sunt absolvent al universitatii Columbia.
(rasete si aplauze)
(rasete). Dar oricum ar fi sunt onorat
sa fiu cel care incepe discursurile astazi
desi trebuie sa va spun
English:
(Applause.) To all the moms who are here today,
you could not ask for a better Mother’s Day gift
than to see all of these folks graduate.
(Applause.)
I have to say, though,
whenever I come to these things,
I start thinking about Malia and Sasha graduating,
and I start tearing up and~
(laughter)~ It’s terrible.
I don’t know how you guys are
holding it together.
(Laughter.)
I will begin by telling a hard truth:
I’m a Columbia college graduate.
(Laughter and applause.)
I know there can be a little bit of a sibling rivalry here.
(Laughter.) But I’m honored nevertheless
to be your commencement speaker today~
although I’ve got to say,
German:
(Applaus) An alle Mütter, die heute hier sind,
sie könnten sich kein besseres Muttertagsgeschenk erwünschen als
alle diese Leute graduieren zu sehen.
(Applaus)
Ich muss aber sagen, wenn ich bei so Dingen
bin beginne ich über Malias und Sashas
Abschluss nachzudenken und mir kommen
Tränen in die Augen --
(Lachen) Es ist schlimm.
Ich weiß nicht, wie ihr Leute einen
kühlen Kopf behalten könnt.
(Lachen)
Ich beginne indem ich euch eine harte Wahrheit mitteile:
Ich bin ein Columbia College Graduierter.
(Lachen und Applaus)
Ich weiß, hier kann es ein bisschen von einer Geschwisterrivalität zu geben.
(Lachen) Aber ich bin trotzdem geehrt
heute ihr Abschlussredner zu sein -
aber ich muss sagen,
Chinese:
（鼓掌声。）向所有今天在这里的母亲，
这是最好的母亲节礼物了！
这个礼物就是，能看到这么多年轻人顺利毕业。
（鼓掌）
但是，我必须说
每当我来参加这样的活动的时候
我就想着什么时候玛丽亚和萨沙能毕业，
然后我的眼眶里就湿润了，然后……
（笑声）， 太糟糕了。
我不知道你们是
怎么能做到这一点的（取得今天的成绩）。
（笑声）
作为开始，我要讲一点不太令人喜欢的事实：
我是哥伦比亚学院的毕业生。
（笑声和鼓掌）
我知道这可能引起一点儿兄弟姐妹间敌意。
（笑声。）但是我今天
来作为演讲嘉宾，非常荣幸……
虽然我必须说，
Spanish:
ustedes han establecido una meta bastante alta
dado los últimos tres años.
(Aplausos). Hillary Clinton--
(aplausos) ~ Meryl Streep ~
(aplausos) ~ Sheryl Sandberg ~
Estos no son actos fáciles a seguir.
(Aplausos).Pero señalaré Hillary
está haciendo un trabajo extraordinario como
una de las mejores secretarias de estado
que América ha tenido alguna vez. (Aplausos.)
Dimos a Meryl la Medalla Presidencial
de Artes y Humanidades.(Aplausos).
Sheryl no es sólo una buena amiga;
Ella también es una de nuestros asesores económicos.
Como el viejo refrán lo dice~
mantenga cerca a sus amigos,
y a Barnard y sus oradores de comienzo
aún más cerca. (Aplausos.)
Hay sabiduría en eso.
English:
you set a pretty high bar
given the past three years.
(Applause.) Hillary Clinton --
(applause)~ Meryl Streep~
(applause)~ Sheryl Sandberg~
these are not easy acts to follow.
(Applause.)But I will point out Hillary
is doing an extraordinary job as
one of the finest Secretaries of State
America has ever had.(Applause.)
We gave Meryl the Presidential Medal
of Arts and Humanities.(Applause.)
Sheryl is not just a good friend;
she’s also one of our economic advisers.
So it’s like the old saying goes~
keep your friends close,
and your Barnard commencement speakers
even closer. (Applause.)
There’s wisdom in that.
Chinese:
你们把门槛儿抬得非常高
在过去的三年当中。
（鼓掌。）希拉里 克林顿——
（鼓掌）梅瑞尔斯特里普
（鼓掌）谢瑞尔 撒伯格
这些都是很难超越的人物。
（鼓掌）但是我想指出希拉里
的工作非常出色
她是美国有史以来
最好的国务卿之一。（鼓掌）
我们授予梅瑞尔总统
艺术人文奖章。（鼓掌）
谢瑞尔也不仅仅是一个好朋友；
她也是我们的经济顾问之一。
就像是那句谚语说的
要同朋友团结在身边，
并且要和毕业典礼演讲人靠得
更近。（鼓掌）
这里面是有智慧的。
Arabic:
لقد وضعتم مستوى عال
خلال السنوات الثلاث الماضية
تصفيق) هيلاري كلينتون
تصفيق) ميرلي سترييب
تصفيق) شيرلي سانديبيرغ
أعمالهم ليست بسيطة لتتبعها
تصفيق) ولكنني سأشير الى أن هيلاري
تقوم بعمل استثنائي
كواحدة من أفضل وزراء الخارجية الامريكيين
الذين حظيت بهم أمريكا ( تصفيق
لقد منحنا ميرلي الميدالية الرئاسية
في الآداب والعلوم الانسانية ( تصفيق
شيريل ليست صديقة عزيزة وحسب
بل هي أيضا أحد مستشارينا الاقتصاديين
و كما يقال
أبقي أصدقائك قريبين
والمتحدثين في حفل تخرج جامعة برنارد
أقرب. ( تصفيق
و هناك حكمة فى ذلك
French:
vous avez mis la barre très haut
à ce qui s'est passé ces trois dernières années
(Applaudissement). Hillary Clinton --
(Applaudissement) --Meryl Streep--
(Applaudissement)--Sheryl Sandberg--
ne sont pas faciles à émuler
(Applaudissement) Mais je tiens à remarquer
que Hillary fait un travail extraordinaire,
une des meilleures Secrétaire d'Etat
que l'Amérique n'ait jamais eu.
Nous avons présenté à Meryl la Médaille Présidentielle
des Arts et Humanités
Sheryl n'est pas simplement qu'une amie.
elle est aussi une des mes conseillères pour l'économie
Et, comme le vieux dicton le dit
gardez vos amis près de vous
et vos orateurs à Barnard
encore plus près. (Applaudissement)
On trouve dans ce dicton beaucoup de sagesse.
Romanian:
ca ridicati un standard destul de mare
avand in vedere ultimii 3 ani.
(aplauze). Hillary Clinton
(aplauze) Mery Streep
(aplauze) Shery Sandberg
English:
you set a pretty high bar
given the past three years.
(Applause.) Hillary Clinton --
(applause)~ Meryl Streep~
(applause)~ Sheryl Sandberg~
these are not easy acts to follow.
(Applause.)But I will point out Hillary
is doing an extraordinary job as
one of the finest Secretaries of State
America has ever had.(Applause.)
We gave Meryl the Presidential Medal
of Arts and Humanities.(Applause.)
Sheryl is not just a good friend;
she’s also one of our economic advisers.
So it’s like the old saying goes~
keep your friends close,
and your Barnard commencement speakers
even closer. (Applause.)
There’s wisdom in that.
German:
ihr setzt eine ziemlich hohe Messlatte
angesichts der letzten drei Jahre.
(Applaus) -- Hillary Clinton --
Meryl Streep -- (Applaus)
Sheryl Sandberg --
es ist nicht leicht denen zu folgen.
(Applaus) Aber ich will darauf hinweisen, Hillary macht
einen hervorragenden Job als
eine der besten Staatssekretärinnen die
Amerika jeh hatte. (Applaus)
Wir gaben Meryl das Präsidentschafts-Medal
der Künste und Geisteswissenschaften. (Applaus)
Sheryl ist nicht nur ein guter Freund
sie ist auch ein von unseren Wirtschaftsberater.
So wie das alte Sprichwort sagt --
haltet eure Freunde nahe
und eure Barnard Abschlussredner
noch näher. (Applaus)
Da ist Weisheit in dem.
English:
(Laughter.) Now,
the year I graduated~
this area looks familiar~
(laughter)~
the year I graduated was 1983,
the first year women were admitted to Columbia.
(Applause.) Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.
Music was all about Michael and the Moonwalk.
(Laughter.)AUDIENCE MEMBER: Do it! (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: No Moonwalking.
(Laughter.) No Moonwalking today.
(Laughter.) We had the Walkman, not iPods.
Some of the streets around here
were not quite so inviting.
(Laughter.) Times Square was not
a family destination.
German:
(Lachen) Jetzt,
in dem Jahr in dem ich graduierte
-- diese Gegend sieht mir bekannt aus --
(Lachen)
das Jahr als ich graduartie war 1983 --
das erste Jahr in dem Frauen zu Columbia zugelassen wurden.
(Applaus) Sally Ride war Amerikas erste Frau im Weltraum.
In der Musik ging es um Michael und seinen Moonwalk. (Lachen)
EIN MITGLIED DES PUBLIKUMS: Machen Sie es! (Lachen)
DER PRÄSIDENT: Kein moonwalking.
(Lachen) Kein moonwalking heute.
(Lachen) Wir hatten den Walkman, nicht iPods gehabt.
Einige Straßen hier in der Gegend
waren nicht so einladend.
(Lachen) Times Square war kein
Urlaubsort für Familien.
Arabic:
ضحك) والآن,
فى العام الذى تخرجت فيه من الجامعة
تبدو هذه المنطقة مألوفة
( ضحك
لقد تخرجت سنة 1983
وقد كانت تلك السنة الأولى التي تم فيها قبول النساء في جامعة كولومبيا
سالى رايد كانت أول امرأة أمريكية تذهب إلى الفضاء
وقد كانت الموسيقى دائما تدور حول مايكل [مغني مشهور] ورقصة السير على القمر
ضحك) أحد الحضور: قم بها [الرقصة] (ضحك
الرئيس: لن أقوم برقصة السير على القمر
ضحك: لن اقوم برقصة السير على القمر اليوم
ضحك: لدينا جهاز استماع [نستطيع استعماله بينما نسير], وليس أجهزة الاي باد
بعض الشولرع في المناطق التي حولنا هنا
لم تكن مشجعة كثيرا
ضحك) فميدان التايم
لم يكن المكان المفضل الذي تقصده العائلة
Chinese:
（笑声。）
我毕业那年
这里看起来很像今天的样子
（笑声）
我是1983年毕业的
是哥伦比亚大学招收女生的第一年。
（鼓掌）萨利 瑞德是美国第一个女宇航员。
那时候音乐总是和麦克和太空步有关。
（笑声。）走太空步！（笑声）
总统：不。
（笑声）今天不走太空步。
（笑声）我们那时候听随身听，没有iPods.
附近的一些街道
也不是很友好。
（笑声。）时代广场
还不是一个全家一起逗留的目的地。
French:
(rire). Maintenant
l'année où j'ai obtenu mon diplôme
cet endroit me paraît familier
(rire)
mon année de graduation était 1983
lorsque pour la première fois, les femmes étaient admises à Columbie
(Applaudissement) Sally Ride était la première femme astronaute
La musqie tournait autour de Michael et le "Moonwalk"
(rire). Spectateur: fait-le (rire)
Le Président: non, pas de "Moonwalking".
(rire) non, pas de Moonwalking aujourd'hui.
(rire) Nous avions le Walkman, pas les iPods.
Certaines des rues ici
n'était pas très attrayantes.
(rire). Times Square n'était pas
une destination familiale
Spanish:
(risas). Ahora,
en el año que me gradué ~
esta área resulta familiar ~
(risas) ~
el año que me gradué fue 1983,
el primer año que las mujeres fueron admitidas en Columbia.
(Aplausos). Sally Ride fue la primera mujer estadounidense en el espacio.
La música era todo acerca de Michael y el Moonwalk.
(Risas.) MIEMBRO DEL PÚBLICO: Hágalo! (Risas.)
EL Presidente: No Moonwalking.
(Risas). No Moonwalking hoy.
(Risas). Tuvimos el Walkman, no iPods.
Algunas de las calles por aquí
no eran tan acogedor.
(Risas). Times Square no era
un destino familiar.
English:
(Laughter.) Now,
the year I graduated~
this area looks familiar~
(laughter)~
the year I graduated was 1983,
the first year women were admitted to Columbia.
(Applause.) Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.
Music was all about Michael and the Moonwalk.
(Laughter.)AUDIENCE MEMBER: Do it! (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: No Moonwalking.
(Laughter.) No Moonwalking today.
(Laughter.) We had the Walkman, not iPods.
Some of the streets around here
were not quite so inviting.
(Laughter.) Times Square was not
a family destination.
Romanian:
Era timpul pentru o schimbare.
Era timpul nesigurantei.
Era timpul dezbaterilor politice pasionate.
Puteti sa va relationatie de asta pentru ca
asa cum incepeati sa descoperiti
drumul vostru in acest campus,
De atunci, cativa dintre voi probabil
ati vazut parinti fiind nevoiti sa se retraga,
Arabic:
ضحك) لذلك أعلم بأن هذا كله تاريخ قديم
ولا شئ أسوء من ان يقوم المتحدث باسم حفل التخرج
بالتحدث بشكل رتيب عن الأيام الغابرة
و لكن على الرغم من كل هذه الاختلافات
فلقد كان لدفعة 1983
العديد من الأشياء المشتركة معكم
حيث أننا كنا نحن أيضا منطلقين
نحو العالم,في وقت كان
فيه بلدنا لا يزال يتعافى
تحديدا من أثر الركود الإقتصادى الحاد
لقد كانت مرحلة تغيير
لقد كانت مرحلة شك
كانت مرحلة مليئة بالمناظرات السياسية الملتهبة
تستطيعون أن تعزو الى ذلك لأنه
بينما كنتم لا تزالون تبدؤون البحث
عن طريقكم في هذا الحرم الجامعي
فان أزمة اقتصادية قد وقعت وكان من شأنها
أن تلغي أكثر من خمسة ملايين وظيفة
قبل نهاية عامكم الدراسي الأول
منذ ذلك الوقت ربما رأى بعضكم
آبائهم أجلوا تقاعدهم
English:
(Laughter.) So I know this is all ancient history.
Nothing worse than commencement speakers
droning on about bygone days.
(Laughter.) But for all the differences,
the Class of 1983 actually had
a lot in common with all of you.
For we, too, were heading out
into a world at a moment when
our country was still recovering
from a particularly severe economic recession.
It was a time of change.
It was a time of uncertainty.
It was a time of passionate political debates.
You can relate to this because
just as you were starting out finding
your way around this campus,
an economic crisis struck that would
claim more than 5 million jobs
before the end of your freshman year.
Since then, some of you have probably
seen parents put off retirement,
French:
(rire) Mais je sais que tout ça n'est que de l'histoire ancienne.
Il n'y a rien de pire que pour un orateur de remise de dipl^^omes
qu'il se penche sur les vieux jours
(rire) Mais s'il y avait beaucoup de différences
au fait la Classe de 1983 avait
beaucoup de choses en commun avec chacun de vous.
Car, nous aussi, nous nous lancions
dans un monde alors
que notre pays se remettait encore
d'une récession économique particulièrement sévère
c'était une période de changement.
C'était une période d'incertitude
C'était le temps de débats politiques passionnés
vous pouvez vous identifier à ces temps-là
car lorsque vous commenciez seulement
à trouver votre chemin dans le campus,
une crise économique à frappé (le pays) qui
a causé la perte de 5 millions de postes de travail
avant la fin de votre première année universitaire.
Depuis, vous avez probablement vu
des parents retardé leur retraite
English:
(Laughter.) So I know this is all ancient history.
Nothing worse than commencement speakers
droning on about bygone days.
(Laughter.) But for all the differences,
the Class of 1983 actually had
a lot in common with all of you.
For we, too, were heading out
into a world at a moment when
our country was still recovering
from a particularly severe economic recession.
It was a time of change.
It was a time of uncertainty.
It was a time of passionate political debates.
You can relate to this because
just as you were starting out finding
your way around this campus,
an economic crisis struck that would
claim more than 5 million jobs
before the end of your freshman year.
Since then, some of you have probably
seen parents put off retirement,
Chinese:
（笑声。）我知道，这听起来都是陈年往事了。
没有什么比毕业典礼演讲者
不停的唠叨陈谷子烂芝麻了。
（笑声。）不说那些差别，
1983届的毕业生确实和你们
有很多共同点。
对于当时的我们，
也是在进入一个特殊的时期
那时候我们的国家正在从
一次严峻的经济危机中复苏。
那是一个变革的时代。
是个变化无常的时代。
那是一个充满了激情澎湃的政治辩论的时代。
你能联想到这一点，因为
就像是你能马上
从校园周围发现的一样，
一场严重的经济危机，
夺去了500万个工作岗位
在你们一年级结束之前。
从那时候开始，你们中的一些人也许
看到父母推迟了退休的年龄
Spanish:
(Risas.) Así que sé que todo esto es historia antigua.
No hay nada peor que oradores de comienzo
disertando sobre tiempos pasados.
(Risas.) Pero para todas las diferencias,
de la Clase de 1983, en realidad tenía
mucho en común con todos ustedes.
Para nosotros, también, se dirigían
en un mundo en un momento
en el que nuestro país se estaba recuperando
de una recesión económica particularmente grave.
Fue una época de cambios.
Fue una época de incertidumbre.
Fue un tiempo de apasionados debates políticos.
German:
(Lachen) So ich weiß, das ist alles uralte Historie.
Nichts Schlimmeres als ein Abschlussredner
der über vergangene Tage leiert.
(Lachen) Doch bei allen Differenzen,
hatte die Klasse von 1983 tatsächlich
viel gemeinsam mit euch allen.
Denn auch wir haben uns auf den Weg gemacht
in eine Welt zu einem Zeitpunkt als
unser Land sich noch
von einer besonders schweren Rezession erholt hat.
Es war eine Zeit der Veränderung.
Es war eine Zeit der Unsicherheit.
Es war eine Zeit leidenschaftlichen politischen Debatten.
Ihr könnt mitempfinden weil
gerade als ihr gestartet habt
euren Weg durch diesen Campus zu finden,
traf eine wirtschaftliche Krise ein,
die mehr als 5 Millionen Arbeitsplätze
vor Ende eures ersten Schuljahres wegnahm.
Seither haben einige von euch wahrscheinlich
erlebt dass Eltern den Ruhestand beiseite legen,
German:
Freunde sich bemühen Arbeit zu finden.
Und villeicht schaut ihr in die Zukunft
mit dem gleichen Gefühl der Sorgen als
meine Generation es machte, als wir
hier saßen, wo ihr jetzt sitzt.
Natürlich, als junge Frauen,
werdet ihr euch auch
mit einigen einzigartigen Herausforderungen auseinandersetzen
wie ob ihr in der Lage sein werdet
den gleichen Lohn für gleiche Arbeit zu verdienen;
ob ihr in der Lage sein werdet
die Anforderungen eurer Arbeit und eurer Familie unter einen Hut zu bringen;
ob ihr in der Lage sein werdet die volle Kontrolle zu haben
Entscheidungen über eure eigene Gesundheit zu treffen.
Und während die Chancen für Frauen
in den letzten 30 Jahren exponentiell gewachsen sind
als junge Leute,
in vielerlei Hinsicht habt ihr es noch härter als wir es hatten.
Diese Rezession ist noch brutaler,
die Arbeitsplatzverluste steiler.
Politik scheint garstiger.
Kongress ist mehr als je festgefahrenen.
Einige Leute in der Finanzwelt waren
French:
des amis qui avaient beaucoup de difficultés à trouver du travail
Et peut-être envisagez-vous le future
avec les même craintes que
ma génération a eues
assis sur le même siège que vous.
Evidemment, en tant que jeunes femmes
vous allez être confrontées
avec des défis uniques
comme celui de l'égalité des salaires
pour un travail équivalent
ou la capacité d'équilibrer
les exigences de votre travail et celles de votre famille
ou si vous aurez le contrôle absolu
sur vos décisions concernant votre santé.
Et bien que les opportunités pour les femmes
ont crût exponentiellement ces dernières 30 années,
et les jeunes,
dans beaucoup de choses ont la vie plus dure que nous avions.
La récession a été brutale
la perte de postes de travail plus importante.
La politique semble être plus méchante.
Le Congrès dans l'impasse plus que jamais.
Certaines personnes dans le monde financier
English:
friends struggle to find work.
And you may be looking toward the future
with that same sense of concern that
my generation did when we were
sitting where you are now.
Of course, as young women,
you’re also going to grapple
with some unique challenges,
like whether you’ll be able to earn
equal pay for equal work;
whether you’ll be able to balance
the demands of your job and your family;
whether you’ll be able to fully control
decisions about your own health.
And while opportunities for women
have grown exponentially over the last 30 years,
as young people,
in many ways you have it even tougher than we did.
This recession has been more brutal,
the job losses steeper.
Politics seems nastier.
Congress more gridlocked than ever.
Some folks in the financial world have
Chinese:
朋友们挣扎着找工作。
你在考虑未来的时候，
也许都有一样的忧虑，就像是
我的那一代人一样
那时候我们就像你们一样，坐着你们现在坐的地方。
当然，对于年轻的女性来说，
你们也会面临一些
独特的挑战，
比如你们（对于同样的工作）是不是能够挣得
同样的收入
你是不是能平衡
工作的要求和家庭（的需要）；
你是不是能完全掌控
自己的健康。
一方面，妇女的面临的机会
在过去的30年中取得了突飞猛进的发展，
作为年轻人，
在很多方面，你们面临的情况比我们更为严峻。
经济衰退更严重，
工作机会失去的更多。
政治更肮脏。
议会更为僵化。
金融圈里的一些伙计们
Romanian:
prieteni incercand din greu sa gaseasca de lucru.
Arabic:
وأصدقاء يعانون لايجاد عمل ما
وربما أنكم تتطلعون للمستقبل
بنفس الاحساس بالقلق الذي
أحس به جيلي عندما كنا
نجلس حيث أنتم الآن
وطبعا, بالنسبة للشابات,
فأنتن أيضا سوف تصارعن
بعض التحديات الفريدة
على سبيل المثال اذا ما كنتن تستطعن الحصول
على راتب مساو لراتب الرجل في الوظائف نفسها
وعما اذا كنتن تستطعن التوفيق
بين متطلبات العمل والمنزل
عما اذا كنتن تستطعت التحكم بشكل تام
بالقرارات المتعلقة بصحتكن الشخصية
وبينما نمت فرص النساء
بشكل متزايد خلال ال 30 سنة الأخيرة الماضية
كشباب
فأنتم أكثر صلابة مما كنا نحن عليه.
أن هذا الركود هو أكثر قسوة
وخسارة الوظائف هي أكثر انحدارا.
تبدو السياسة أكثر ردائة
والكنجريس أكثر تعقيدا للأمور من أي وقت مضى.
وبعض الأشخاص في النظام المالي
English:
friends struggle to find work.
And you may be looking toward the future
with that same sense of concern that
my generation did when we were
sitting where you are now.
Of course, as young women,
you’re also going to grapple
with some unique challenges,
like whether you’ll be able to earn
equal pay for equal work;
whether you’ll be able to balance
the demands of your job and your family;
whether you’ll be able to fully control
decisions about your own health.
And while opportunities for women
have grown exponentially over the last 30 years,
as young people,
in many ways you have it even tougher than we did.
This recession has been more brutal,
the job losses steeper.
Politics seems nastier.
Congress more gridlocked than ever.
Some folks in the financial world have
Arabic:
لم يكونوا مثال على المواطنين المتعاونيين
ضحك
لا غرابة في أن الايمان بمؤسساتنا
لم يكن بمثل هذا السوء من قبل
خاصة عندما لا تصل الاخبار الجيدة
لنفس المستوى من التخمين
كما هي الحال مع الاخبار السيئة بعد الان
كل يوم تتلقون سيلا من
من أخبار الاثارة والفضائح والقصص
مع رسائل تفضي بأن التغيير غير ممكن
وبأنكم لن تستطيعوا عمل أي تغيير
بأنكم لن تستطيعوا اغلاق تلك الفجوة
بين الحياة كما هي حقيقة وبين الحياة التي تودونها
مهمتي اليوم هي أن أقول لكم لا تصدقوهم
لأنه على الرغم من صعوبة الأمور
فأنا مقتنع بأنكم أقوى
لقد رأيت شغفكم وقد رأيت خدمتكم
وقد رأيتكم تشاركون وقد رأيتكم
Chinese:
没能成为企业公民的好榜样。
(笑声)
我们大学里人们的信心
非常低迷，这一点也不奇怪，
尤其是好消息
受到的关注总是少过
坏消息的时候。
每一天，你都能听到一系列的
哗众取宠的丑闻，故事
试图说服人们，改变（现状），是不可能的。
而且你不会让局面有所不同；
或者你不能靠近那个
横在你的生活，和你梦想的生活之间的鸿沟。
我今天就是想告诉你们，不要相信这些。
虽然现实很残酷，
但是我坚信，你们，更强大。
我看到了你们的热情，看到了你们做的服务。
我看到了你们的投入，看到你们
English:
not exactly been model corporate citizens.
(Laughter.)
No wonder that faith in our institutions
has never been lower,
particularly when good news
doesn’t get the same kind of ratings
as bad news anymore.
Every day you receive a steady stream
of sensationalism and scandal and stories
with a message that suggest change isn’t possible;
that you can’t make a difference;
that you won’t be able to close that gap
between life as it is and life as you want it to be.
My job today is to tell you don’t believe it.
Because as tough as things have been,
I am convinced you are tougher.
I’ve seen your passion and I’ve seen your service.
I’ve seen you engage and I’ve seen
German:
ja nicht genau Modell Bürger.
(Lachen)
Kein Wunder, dass Vertrauen in unsere Institutionen
noch nie niedriger war,
besonders wenn gute Nachrichten
nicht mehr die gleiche Art von Bewertung
bekommen als schlechte Nachrichten.
Jeden Tag erhaltet ihr einen stetigen Strom
von Sensationsgier und Skandale und Geschichten
mit der Meldung, die vorschlagt dass Änderung nicht möglich ist;
dass man keinen Unterschied machen kann;
dass ihr nicht in der Lage seid, diesen Spalt
zwischen dem Leben, wie es ist und wie ihr es haben wollen zu schließen.
Meine Aufgabe besteht heute darin, ihnen zu sagen das nicht zu glauben.
Weil so schwer, wie Sachen gewesen sind,
ich bin überzeugt, dass ihr härter seid.
Ich habe ihre Leidenschaft gesehen, und ich habe ihren Dienst gesehen.
Ich habe euch engagieren gesehen, und ich habe gesehen
English:
not exactly been model corporate citizens.
(Laughter.)
No wonder that faith in our institutions
has never been lower,
particularly when good news
doesn’t get the same kind of ratings
as bad news anymore.
Every day you receive a steady stream
of sensationalism and scandal and stories
with a message that suggest change isn’t possible;
that you can’t make a difference;
that you won’t be able to close that gap
between life as it is and life as you want it to be.
My job today is to tell you don’t believe it.
Because as tough as things have been,
I am convinced you are tougher.
I’ve seen your passion and I’ve seen your service.
I’ve seen you engage and I’ve seen
French:
n'ont pas été de bons exemples dans le monde des affaires
(rire)
Il n'est pas étonnant que la confiance dans nos institutions
n'a jamais été aussi basse,
Particulièrement lorsque les bonnes nouvelles
ne recoivent plus la même cote
que les mauvaises nouvelles.
Chaque jour, vous êtes innondés
de nouvelles à sensation ou à scandal
avec un message qui suggère que le changement n'est pas possible;
que vous ne pouvez faire aucune différence
que vous ne pourrez pas combler la lacune
entre la vie telle qu'elle est aujourd'hui et celle que vous désirez.
Ma tâche aujourd'hui est de vous dire: ne le vroyez pas!
Car, aussi dures que les choses ont été,
je suis convaincu que vous êtes encore plus coriace.
J'ai vu votre passion and j'ai vu votre service.
Je vous ai vu engagé et je vous ai vu
English:
you turn out in record numbers.
I’ve heard your voices amplified
by creativity and a digital fluency that those
of us in older generations can barely comprehend.
I’ve seen a generation eager,
impatient even,
to step into the rushing waters
of history and change its course.
And that defiant,
can-do spirit is what runs through
the veins of American history.
It’s the lifeblood of all our progress.
And it is that spirit which we need
your generation to embrace and rekindle right now.
See, the question is not
whether things will get better~
they always do.
The question is not whether
we’ve got the solutions to our challenges~
English:
you turn out in record numbers.
I’ve heard your voices amplified
by creativity and a digital fluency that those
of us in older generations can barely comprehend.
I’ve seen a generation eager,
impatient even,
to step into the rushing waters
of history and change its course.
And that defiant,
can-do spirit is what runs through
the veins of American history.
It’s the lifeblood of all our progress.
And it is that spirit which we need
your generation to embrace and rekindle right now.
See, the question is not
whether things will get better~
they always do.
The question is not whether
we’ve got the solutions to our challenges~
Arabic:
تغادرون بأعداد كبيرة.
لقد سمعت صوتكم بإسهاب
بإبداع واتقان الاجهزة الرقمية التي
نستطيع بصعوبة نحن الجيل القديم ان نفهمها
لقد رأيت تحمس الجيل
وحتى قلة صبره
لكي يخطو على المياه الهادرة
للتاريخ ويغير مجراه.
وتلك الروح ذات التحدي
والتي تستطيع فعل كل شئ هي التي تجري في
عروق تاريخ أمريكا
انها شريان الحياة لجميع تقدماتنا
وهي الروح التي نحتاج لأن يقوم
جيلكم باحتضانها واعادة اشعالها الآن
أترون, ان السؤال ليس
عما اذا كانت الامور ستتحسن
فهي دائما تفعل ذلك
ان السؤال ليس اذا
ما كنا نملك الحلول لمواجهة تحدياتنا
French:
venir ici en nombre inégalé.
j'ai vu vox voix amplifiées
par votre créativity et votre aisance avec tout instruments numériques
que nous, de générations précédentes ont de la peine à comprendre.
J'ai vu une génération, dynamique
même impatiente
de se lancer dans les eaux tumultueuses
de l'histoire et de changer son cours.
Et cet esprit
qui veut et qui peut qui court
dans les veines de l'histoire américaine.
C'est la veine conductrice de notre progrès.
Et c'est l'esprit dont a besoin
votre génération afin de l'embrasser et de lui redonner une nouvelle vie, maintenant.
Voyez-vous, ce n'est pas une question
de voir les choses s'améliorer--
elles s'améliorent toujours.
La question n'est
pas d'avoir les solutions à nos défis---
German:
wie ihr in Rekordzahlen euch erweist.
Ich hörte eure Stimmen
durch Kreativität verstärkt und eine digitale Geläufigkeit,
die diejenigen von uns in der älteren Generation kaum erfassen können.
Ich habe eine Generation gesehen, eifrig,
sogar ungeduldig,
in das rauschende Wasser
der Geschichte zu treten und ihren Kurs zu ändern.
Und der trotzige
"kanns-tun" Mut läuft durch
die Adern der amerikanischen Geschichte.
Es ist das Lebenselixier aller unseren Fortschritten.
Und es ist diese Stärke, die wir benötigen
für eure Generation zu umarmen und gerade jetzt wieder aufflackern.
Seht, die Frage ist nicht
ob es besser wird --
das wird es immer.
Die Frage ist nicht ob
wir die Lösungen für unsere Herausforderungen haben.
Chinese:
的“成绩单”。
我听到了你们被创新能力和
数字是的放大了的话语
那些我们老一代人有时候能不能理解的话语。
我看是一代摩拳擦掌，
甚至迫不及待
地投身入历史的洪流
并且改变历史轨迹的年轻人。
那种无谓的勇气，
敢于胜利的精神，是贯穿于
整个美国历史的。
它也是我们取得进步的动力之源。
你们这一代人所需要拥抱，
并且重新点燃的，就是这种精神。
看，问题不是
是否周围的情况能变得更好
它们其实总是在变好。
问题不是我们是否
得到了解决挑战的办法
German:
Wir haben sie seit geraumer Zeit in greifbarer Nähe gehabt .
Wir wissen, zum Beispiel,
dass dieses Land besser dran wäre,
wenn mehr Amerikaner imstande wären
die Art Bildung bekommen könnten, die ihr hier bei Barnard erhielten,
(Applaus)
wenn mehr Menschen
die besonderen Fähigkeiten und die Ausbildung
bekommen könnten, die die Arbeitgeber heute suchen.
Ihr wisst, dass wir alle besser dran wären,
wenn wir in Wissenschaft und Technik investieren würden
die neue Geschäfts- und medizinische Durchbrüche entfachen.
Wenn wir mehr saubere Energie entwickelt würden
um weniger ausländisches Öl zu verbrauchen
und die Kohlenstoff-Verschmutzung, die unseres Planeten bedroht, zu reduzieren.
(Applaus) Wir wissen, dass wir besser dran sind,
wenn es Regeln gibt, die großen Banken zu verhindern,
schlechte Wetten mit dem Geld anderer Leute zu machen und
(Applaus)
wenn Versicherungsgesellschaften nicht
berechtigt sind, euren Schutz fallen zu lassen wenn
Arabic:
فنحن نملكهم بحوزتنا منذ وقت
نحن نعلم, على سبيل المثال,
بأن هذا البلد سيكون أفضل
اذا تمكن عدد أكبر من الامريكيين الحصول
على تعليم مشابه للذي حصلتم عليه في جامعة برنارد
تصفيق
اذا تمكن عدد أكبر من الناس على الحصول
على المهارات المعينة والتدريب الذي
يبحث عنه الموظفون هذه الايام
نعلم بأننا سنكون أفضا
اذا استثمرنا العلم والتكنولوجيا
التي تثير شعلة الاعمال التجارية الجديدة والتقدم في المكتشفات الطبية
اذا طورنا المزيد من وسائل الطاقة النظيفة
لنستطيع التقلبل من استعمال النفط الاجنبي
والتقليل من التلويث الكربوني الذي يهدد كوكبنا
تصفيق) نعلم بأننا أفضل
عندما توجد قوانين توقف البنوك الكبرى
من اجراء رهانات سيئة بأموال الناس و
تصفيق
عندما لا تمنح شركات التأمين
نفقات التغطية عندما
English:
we’ve had them within our grasp for quite some time.
We know, for example,
that this country would be better off
if more Americans were able to get
the kind of education that you’ve received here at Barnard~
(applause)~
if more people could get
the specific skills and training that
employers are looking for today.
We know that we’d all be better off
if we invest in science and technology
that sparks new businesses and medical breakthroughs;
if we developed more clean energy
so we could use less foreign oil and
reduce the carbon pollution that’s threatening our planet.
(Applause.)
We know that we’re better off
when there are rules that stop big banks
from making bad bets with other people’s money and~
(applause)~
when insurance companies aren’t
allowed to drop your coverage when
Chinese:
我们已经在很久之前就找到了这些答案。
比如，
这个国家会变得更好
——如果更多的美国人可以接受
你们今天在巴诺德学院所接受的教育
（鼓掌）
如果更多的人能够具备
今天雇主们所要寻找的
技能和培训。
我们知道，如果我们为科技发展投入更多
我们的未来会更好
因为那会带来新的商机和医学的突破；
如果我们发展更多的清洁能源
我们就能少进口石油
并且减少威胁我们的地球的二氧化碳的排放。
（鼓掌）我们知道我们的处境会更好
如果我们能制定规则，阻止大银行
用别人的钱来制造坏账，而且
（鼓掌）
如果保险公司必须
在你需要的时候，合理赔偿
French:
nous les possédons depuis un bon moment.
On sait, par exemple,
que ce pays se porterait beaucoup mieux
si plus d'américains pourraient recevoir
le type d'éducation dont vous avez bénéficier ici, à Barnard--
(Applause)
si un plus grand nombre de personnes pouvaient bénéficier
de compétences et formations spécifiques
que les employeurs recherchent aujourd'hui.
On sait qu'on se porterait tous mieux
si nous invistissons dans les sciences et la technologie
qui ouvrent le chemin à des nouvelles entreprises et des percées médicales
que si nous développons les énergies renouvelables
afin que notre dépendance fur le pétrole étranger s'amenuise et
que la pollution au carbonne, qui menace notre planète, diminue.
(Applause)On sait que nous nous porterions mieux
quand il y aura des règlements qui empêchent les grandes banques
d'effectuer de mauvais paris avec l'argent des autres. et--
(Applaudissement)
et quand les compagnies d'assurances
ne vous lâcheront pas
English:
we’ve had them within our grasp for quite some time.
We know, for example,
that this country would be better off
if more Americans were able to get
the kind of education that you’ve received here at Barnard~
(applause)~
if more people could get
the specific skills and training that
employers are looking for today.
We know that we’d all be better off
if we invest in science and technology
that sparks new businesses and medical breakthroughs;
if we developed more clean energy
so we could use less foreign oil and
reduce the carbon pollution that’s threatening our planet.
(Applause.)
We know that we’re better off
when there are rules that stop big banks
from making bad bets with other people’s money and~
(applause)~
when insurance companies aren’t
allowed to drop your coverage when
English:
you need it most or charge women differently from men.
(Applause.) Indeed,
we know we are better off when women
are treated fairly and equally in every aspect
of American life — whether it’s the salary you earn or the health decisions you make.
(Applause.)
We know these things to be true.
We know that our challenges are eminently solvable.
The question is whether together,
we can muster the will — in our own lives,
in our common institutions,
in our politics — to bring about the changes we need.
And I’m convinced your generation possesses that will.
And I believe that the women of this generation
German:
ihr ihn am meisten braucht, oder Frauen verschiedene Gebühren abzunehmen als Männern.
(Applaus) In der Tat
wissen wir, wir sind besser dran, wenn Frauen
fair und gleichberechtigt in allen Belangen
des amerikanischen Lebens -- ob es den Gehalt oder die gesundheitlichen Entscheidungen die sie machen -- betrifft.
(Applaus) Wir wissen dass diese Dinge wahr sind.
Wir wissen dass unsere Herausforderungen außerordentlich lösbar sind.
Die Frage ist ob wir gemeinsam
den Willen aufbringen können -- in unserem eigenen Leben
in unseren gemeinsamen Institutionen
in unserer Politik -- die Veränderung, die wir brauchen herbeizuführen.
Und Ich bin überzeugt, dass eure Generation den Willen dazu besitzt.
Und ich bin überzeugt, dass die Frauen von dieser Generation
Chinese:
而且不会对女性征收不同的费用。
（鼓掌）确实，
我们的处境会更好，如果女性
在美国所有的领域被公平和平等的对待
——不管是你挣得的工资收入，还是医疗。
（鼓掌）我们知道这些都是事实。
我们知道我们面临的问题完全可以被解决。
问题是我们是否能一起
承担起责任——在我们自己的生活里，
在我们的学校里，
在我们的政治里——改变现状。
我相信，你们这一代人也继承了这些愿望。
而且我相信这一代的女性
French:
quand vous en aurez le plus besoin ou
font payer les femmes plus que les hommes
nous savons que nous nous porterons mieux lorsque les femmes
seront traitées équitablement et avec égalité dans tous les domaines--
de la vie américaine--que ce soit dans le salaire que vous gagnez ou dans les décisions que vous prenez pour votre santé.
(Applaudissement). On sait que ces choses-là sont véridiques.
On sait que nos défis sont parfaitement résolubles.
La question qui se pose est
pouvons-nous rassembler la volonté--dans nos vies personnelles,
dans nos institutions que nous avons en commun,
dans notre politic --d'instaurer les changements dont nous avons besoin.
Et je suis convaincu que votre génération détient cette volonté.
Et je crois que les femmes de cette génération
English:
you need it most or charge women differently from men.
(Applause.) Indeed,
we know we are better off when women
are treated fairly and equally in every aspect
of American life — whether it’s the salary you earn or the health decisions you make.
(Applause.)
We know these things to be true.
We know that our challenges are eminently solvable.
The question is whether together,
we can muster the will — in our own lives,
in our common institutions,
in our politics — to bring about the changes we need.
And I’m convinced your generation possesses that will.
And I believe that the women of this generation
Arabic:
تكونون في أمسّ الحاجة اليها أو عند التمييز بين النساء والرجال في الدفع
تصفيق) في الواقع,
نعلم بأننا أفضل حالا عندما تعامل النساء
بإنصاف ومساواة في شتى مجالات
الحياة في أمريكا- سواء أكان ذلك في الراتب الذي تحصلون عليه أو القرارات الصحية التي تتخذونها.
تصفيق) نعلم أن هذه الأمور حقيقية
نعلم أن تحدياتنا قابلة للحل بشكل بارز
السؤال هو عما اذا كنا معا
نستطيع أن نستجمع الارادة - في حياتنا
في مؤسساتنا العامة
في سياستنا - لإحداث التغيير الذي نتطلع اليه.
وأنا مقتنع بأن جيلكم يملك هذه الارادة.
وأنا أؤمن بأن نساء هذا الجيل
French:
--que vous toutes vont contribuer à marquer ce chemin.
(Applaudissement) Maintenant, je suis conscient
que cet applaudissement est de pauvre valeur quand
on présente un discours à Barnard.
(rire).
C'est quelque chose de facile à dire.
Mais, c'est vrai.
C'est --partiellement,
de la simple arithmétique.
De nos jours, les femmes ne sont pas seulement la moitié
du pays; vous êtes la moitié de sa main d'oeuvre.
(Applaudissement) Il y a de plus en plus de femmes dont le salaire est plus élevé que celui de leur mari.
Vous représentez plus de la moitié des diplômés universitaire
et des diplômés de masters.
et dec doctorats.
(Applaudissement). Ainsi, vous nous surpassez en nombre.
(rire) Après des décenies de progrès lents,
constants
estraordinaires,
vous êtes prêtes à faire
Arabic:
- بأنكم جميعا ستساعدون في الارشاد الى هذا الطريق
تصفيق) الآن, انا أدرك
أن هذا كلام مبتذل
قد يقدمه المتحدث باسم حفل تخرجكم في جامعة بيرنارد
ضحك) انه الامر الاسهل للقول
الا أنه صحيح
انه - في جزء منه,
انه مجرد عملية حسابية بسيطة
اليوم, النساء لا يشكلن فقط نصف
هذا المجتمع: بل أنتن أيضا تشكلن نصف قوته العاملة أيضا
تصفيق) أكثر فأكثر فان النساء يخرجن- يتعرفن الى أزواجهن
أنتن تشكلن أكثر من نصف عدد طلابنا المتخرجين
وخريجي الماجستير
و الدكتوراه
تصفيق) لذا فقد تجاوزتمونا في العدد
ضحك) بعد عقد من البطء,
والثبات,
في التقدم الاستثنائي
عليكم الاستعداد الآن لجعل هذا
English:
— that all of you will help lead the way.
(Applause.)Now, I recognize
that’s a cheap applause line when
you’re giving a commencement at Barnard.
(Laughter.) It’s the easy thing to say.
But it’s true.
It is — in part,
it is simple math.
Today, women are not just half
this country; you’re half its workforce.
(Applause.) More and more women are out-earning their husbands.
You’re more than half of our college graduates,
and master’s graduates,
and PhDs.
(Applause.) So you’ve got us outnumbered.
(Laughter.)
After decades of slow,
steady,
extraordinary progress,
you are now poised to make this the
English:
— that all of you will help lead the way.
(Applause.)Now, I recognize
that’s a cheap applause line when
you’re giving a commencement at Barnard.
(Laughter.) It’s the easy thing to say.
But it’s true.
It is — in part,
it is simple math.
Today, women are not just half
this country; you’re half its workforce.
(Applause.) More and more women are out-earning their husbands.
You’re more than half of our college graduates,
and master’s graduates,
and PhDs.
(Applause.) So you’ve got us outnumbered.
(Laughter.)
After decades of slow,
steady,
extraordinary progress,
you are now poised to make this the
German:
-- dass ihr alle dazu beitragen werdet, den Weg zu weisen.
(Applaus) Jetzt erkenne ich
dass ist eine billige Applaus Linie wenn
man eine Abschlussrede auf Barnard gibt.
(Lachen) Es ist einfach zu sagen.
Aber es ist wahr.
Es ist -- zum Teil
ist es einfache Mathematik.
Heute sind Frauen nicht nur die Hälfte
dieses Landes. Ihr seid die Hälfte von der Arbeitskraft.
(Applaus) Immer mehr und mehr Frauen übertrumpfen den Verdienst ihrer Ehemänner.
Ihr seid mehr als die Hälfte von unseren Universitätsabsolventen
und Master-Absolventen
und Doktoranden.
(Applaus) So habt ihr uns zahlenmäßig übertroffen.
(Lachen) Nach Jahrzehnten von langsamen,
stetigen,
außerordentlichen Fortschritten,
seid ihr nun positioniert, dieses
Chinese:
——你们所有人，会朝着这个方向走下去。
（鼓掌）现在，我发现
得到掌声是件挺容易的事儿
——当你在巴诺德学院毕业典礼演讲的时候。
（笑声）说起来很容易。
但是，这是真的。
在一定程度上说，
是很简单的道理
今天，女性不仅是这个国家的一半
你们是整个劳动力的半壁江山。
（鼓掌。）越来越多的女性收入超过她们的丈夫。
你们在我们学院的毕业生中占到一半以上，
硕士研究生，
博士生也是如此。
（鼓掌）所以你们数量已经超过我们了。
（笑声。）在经历了数十年缓慢的
稳步地
令人震惊的发展之后，
你们做到了这一点
German:
jeniges Jahrhundert zu machen, wo Frauen nicht nur
ihr eigenes Schicksal, sondern das Schicksal
dieser Nation und dieser Welt prägen.
Aber wie weit Ihre Führung dieses Land bringt,
wie weit es diese Welt bringt - na ja,
das wird an euch liegen.
Ihr müsst es nur wollen.
Es wird nicht an euch freiwillig übergeben werden.
Und als jemand, der diese Zukunft
- diese bessere Zukunft - für euch will
und für Malia und Sasha
als jemand, der das Glück gehabt hatte
der Ehemann und der Vater
und der Sohn von einigen starken,
bemerkenswerten Frauen zu sein,
erlaubt mir ein paar Ratschläge anzubieten.
Das ist obligatorisch.
(Lachen) Geduld mit mir.
Mein erster Ratschlag ist: Nicht nur euch beteiligen.
Kämpft für euren Platz am Tisch.
Besser noch,
French:
de ce siècle où les femmes forment non seulement
leur propre destinée mais la destinée de
leur pays and celle du monde entier.
Mais où votre leadership mènera ce pays,
jusqu'au elle mènera ce monde--eh bien,
ne tiendra qu'à vous.
Vous devez en vouloir.
Cela ne va pas vous être donné.
Et, comme étant quelqu'un qui veut ce futur
--ce futur meilleur--pour vous mêmes,
et pour Malia et Sasha,
comme étant quelqu'un qui a eu la chance
d'être le mari et le père
et le fils
de femmes remarquables,
permettez-moi de vous offrir quelques petits conseils.
C'est obligatoire.
(rire). Soyez patient avec moi.
Mon premier conseil est le suivant: ne limitez pas votre engagement,
battez vous pour votre siège à table.
Et mieux,
English:
century where women shape not only
their own destiny but the destiny of
this nation and of this world.
But how far your leadership takes this country,
how far it takes this world — well,
that will be up to you.
You’ve got to want it.
It will not be handed to you.
And as someone who wants that future
— that better future — for you,
and for Malia and Sasha,
as somebody who’s had the good fortune
of being the husband and the father
and the son of some strong,
remarkable women,
allow me to offer just a few pieces of advice.
That’s obligatory.
(Laughter.) Bear with me.
My first piece of advice is this: Don’t just get involved.
Fight for your seat at the table.
Better yet,
English:
century where women shape not only
their own destiny but the destiny of
this nation and of this world.
But how far your leadership takes this country,
how far it takes this world — well,
that will be up to you.
You’ve got to want it.
It will not be handed to you.
And as someone who wants that future
— that better future — for you,
and for Malia and Sasha,
as somebody who’s had the good fortune
of being the husband and the father
and the son of some strong,
remarkable women,
allow me to offer just a few pieces of advice.
That’s obligatory.
(Laughter.) Bear with me.
My first piece of advice is this: Don’t just get involved.
Fight for your seat at the table.
Better yet,
Chinese:
女性不仅仅在塑造着她们自己的
命运，也在塑造着
这个国家，和这个世界的未来。
但是，你们的领导能力能把这个国家发展到什么水平，
能把这个世界塑造成什么样子，
那取决于你们。
你们一定想有所作为。
这些不会是让你们唾手可得的。
而且，因为有些人想得到那个未来
——更好的未来——对于你
对于玛丽亚和萨沙，
因为有些人幸运的成为
一些优秀的女性的丈夫，
她们孩子
父亲，
请允许我给你们几点建议。
你们必须听我的。
（笑声。）请原谅我。
我第一个建议是，不要被动的参与。
要为了你的位置而斗争。
如果说得更好，
Arabic:
القرن هو القرن الذي تشكل فيه النساء
مصيرهم الخاص بل وأيضا مصير
هذه الأمة وهذا العالم.
ولكن الى أي مدى ستأخذ قيادتكم هذا البلد,
الى أي مدى ستأخذ هذا العالم - حسنا,
ان هذا سيعتمد عليكم
عليكم ان ترغبوا بذلك
لن يتم تسليمها لكم
و كشخص يريد هذا المستقبل
- المستقبل الافضل - لكم
ولماليا و ساشا
كشخص لديه حسن الحظ
كونه زوجا وأبا
وابنا لنساء قويات
ورائعات
ما جعلني اود تقديم بضع نصائح سريعة
انه امر واجب
ضحك) تحملوني
اول نصيحة هي: لا تكتفي بالانخراط بالمشاركة
قاتلوا من أجل منزلتكم
أفضل ومع ذلك,
Arabic:
قاتلوا من أجل موقع أفضل من السابق
تصفيق
لقد قيل بأن أهم دور
في ديمقراطيتنا هو دور المواطنين
و في الواقع,
لقد مرت اليوم 225 سنة
منذ أن أنشئ الميثاق الدستوري في فيلادلفيا
ومؤسسونا, جميع المواطنين,
بدأوا بصياغة وثيقة استثنائية.
نعم, لديها عيوبها - التي سعت هذه الأمة جاهدة
لجعلها أكثر اتقانا مع مرور الوقت
قضايا مثل العرق والجنس لم تحل بعد
لم يزين توقيع أي امرأة الوثيقة الأصلية
- على الرغم من أننا نستطيع افتراض أن هناك
أمهات مؤسسات يهمسن بأمور ذكية
في آذان الآباء المؤسسين
تصفيق) أعني,
أن هذا أمر شبه مؤكد
الأمر الذي جعل هذه الوثيقة مميزة
English:
fight for a seat at the head of the table.
(Applause.)
It’s been said that the most important
role in our democracy is the role of citizen.
And indeed,
it was 225 years ago today that
the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia,
and our founders, citizens all,
began crafting an extraordinary document.
Yes, it had its flaws —
flaws that this nation has strived
to protect (perfect) over time.
Questions of race and gender were unresolved.
No woman’s signature graced the original document
— although we can assume that there were
founding mothers whispering smarter things
in the ears of the founding fathers.
(Applause.) I mean,
that’s almost certain.
What made this document special
Chinese:
就是，为了让自己得到那个中心的位置，而斗争。
（鼓掌。）
我们都知道，在我们的民主中，
最重要的角色，是公民。
的确，
在225年以前的今天
在费城召开的大陆会议上，
我们的先驱们，公民们，
开始起草一份异常重要的文件。
当然，它也有缺陷——那些缺陷让这个国家
始终在努力地让它完美。
种族，和性别平等就没有在里面被提到。
在原始的文件上，并没有女性的签名
——虽然我们想象
一定会有女性的建国先驱
在我们的建国者旁边耳语过聪明的建议。
（鼓掌。）我是说，
一定会是这样。
那份文件的特殊之处在于
German:
kämpft für einen Platz an der Spitze der Tabelle.
(Applaus)
Es wird gesagt, dass die wichtigste
Rolle in unserer Demokratie die Rolle des Bürgers ist.
Und tatsächlich
war es 225 Jahre heute, dass
der Verfassungskonvent in Philadelphia eröffnet wurde
und unsere Gründer, alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger,
begannen ein außergewöhnliches Dokument zu verfassen.
Ja, es hatte seine Fehler - Fehler, dass diese Nation sich bemüht hat,
über die Zeit zu schützen (zu perfekten).
Fragen von Rasse und Geschlecht sind ungelöst.
Die Unterschrift von keiner Frau zierte das Originaldokument
- obwohl wir davon ausgehen können, dass dort
Gründungsmütter schlauere Dinge
in die Ohren der Gründerväter flüsterten.
(Applaus) Ich meine,
das ist fast sicher.
Was machte dieses Dokument speziell,
English:
fight for a seat at the head of the table.
(Applause.)
It’s been said that the most important
role in our democracy is the role of citizen.
And indeed,
it was 225 years ago today that
the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia,
and our founders, citizens all,
began crafting an extraordinary document.
Yes, it had its flaws —
flaws that this nation has strived
to protect (perfect) over time.
Questions of race and gender were unresolved.
No woman’s signature graced the original document
— although we can assume that there were
founding mothers whispering smarter things
in the ears of the founding fathers.
(Applause.) I mean,
that’s almost certain.
What made this document special
French:
battez-vous pour le siège à la tête de la table.
(Applaudissement)
On dit que le role le plus important
dans notre démocracie est le role du citoyen.
Effectivement,
il y a 225 ans aujourd'hui même
que la Convention Constitutionnelle s'est ouverte à Philadelphie,
et que nos fondateurs, tous des citoyens,
ont entamé la création d'un document extraordinaire.
Oui, il a ses faiblesses--des faiblesses que ce pays s'est efforcé
de protéger (perfectionner) depuis.
Des questions de race et gendre ne sont pas encore résolues.
Aucune signature de femme ne se trouve sur le document original
--bien qu'on puisse imaginer qu'il y avaient
des mères fondatrices qui soufflaient des choses plus intelligentes
dans l'oreille des pères fondateurs.
(Applaudissement). Ce que je veux dire,
c'est sans doute certain.
Ce qui rend ce document spécial
German:
war dass es den Raum zur Verfügung gestellt hat - die Möglichkeit -
für diejenigen, die aus unserer Gründungsurkunde ausgelassen worden waren, ihren Weg reinzukämpfen.
Es bot Menschen die Sprache an
zu den Prinzipien und Ideen zu appellieren, die
die Demokratische Reichweite erweitern.
Es erlaubte für Proteste
und Bewegungen
und die Verbreitung von neuen Ideen, die immer wieder,
Jahrzehnt für Jahrzehnt,
die Welt verändern würden - eine konstante Vorwärtsbewegung
die bis zum heutigen Tag andauert.
Unsere Gründer verstanden, dass Amerika
nicht still steht. Wir sind dynamisch,
nicht statisch.
Wir schauen vorwärts,
nicht zurück.
Und jetzt, da neue Türen für euch geöffnet worden sind,
seid ihr verpflichtet, diese Chancen zu nutzen.
Ihr müsst dies nicht nur für euch selbst tun,
French:
est qu'il a donné la flexibilité --la possibilité--
à ceux qui avaient été exclus de la chartre de s'y trouver un chemin.
Il a procuré aux gens le language
permettant de faire appel aux principes et idéaux qui
ont élargi l'étendue de la démocracie.
Il a permis la protestation,
et les mouvements
et la dissémination d'idées nouvelles qui, de façon répétée,
décenie après décenie
changent le monde --une progression constante
qui continue à ce jour.
Nos fondateurs comprenait que l'Amérique
ne reste pas sur place: nous sommes dynamiques,
pas statiques.
Nous regardons en avant,
et non en arrière.
Et maintenant que de nouvelles portes se sont ouvertes pour vous,
vous avez une obligation de saisir ces opportunités.
Vous devez le faire non seulement pour vous-mêmes
English:
was that it provided the space — the possibility~
for those who had been left out of our charter to fight their way in.
It provided people the language to
appeal to principles and ideals that
broadened democracy’s reach.
It allowed for protest,
and movements,
and the dissemination of new ideas that would repeatedly,
decade after decade,
change the world — a constant forward
movement that continues to this day.
Our founders understood that America
does not stand still; we are dynamic,
not static.
We look forward,
not back.
And now that new doors have been opened for you,
you’ve got an obligation to seize those opportunities.
You need to do this not just for yourself
English:
was that it provided the space — the possibility~
for those who had been left out of our charter to fight their way in.
It provided people the language to
appeal to principles and ideals that
broadened democracy’s reach.
It allowed for protest,
and movements,
and the dissemination of new ideas that would repeatedly,
decade after decade,
change the world — a constant forward
movement that continues to this day.
Our founders understood that America
does not stand still; we are dynamic,
not static.
We look forward,
not back.
And now that new doors have been opened for you,
you’ve got an obligation to seize those opportunities.
You need to do this not just for yourself
Arabic:
كان أن وفّت مساحة- الامكانية
لأؤلئك الذين استبعدوا من ميثاقنا للمكافحة لشق طريقهم للداخل
لقد وفرت للناس الاسلوب للاستئناف
والمبادئ والافكار التي
وسعت من مدى الديمقراطية
لقد سمحت للقيام بالحتجاج,
والحركات
ونشر الافكار الجديدة والتي باستمرار
عقدا بعد عقد
غيرت العالم- حركة تتجه للأمام باستمرار
والتي تستمر الى اليوم
لقد فهم مؤسسونا أن أمريكا
لا تقف جامدة: نحن في تغير مستمر
ليست ثابتة
نحن نتطلع قدما
وليس للخلف
والآن بما أن أبوابا جديدة قد فتحت لكم,
فان عليكم واجب أن تظفروا بهذه الفرص.
عليكم ان تقوموا بذلك ليس فقط لأنفسكم
Chinese:
它留给我们空间——或者说可能性
让我们为了新的挑战而奋斗。
它教会了人们这样一种语言，
来追求那些让民主广泛传播
的原则和梦想。
它让人们可以用抗议，
行动
和传播信思想的言论，得以在一代一代的时间里
反复的起着作业，
改变世界——一直前进
直到今天。
我们的前辈们知道，美国不
是停滞不前的；我们充满活力，
而不是僵化被动的。
我们总是向前看，
而不是瞻前顾后。
现在，新的际遇向你们打开了大门，
迎接这些机会，也是你们的义务。
你们这样做，不仅仅是为了你们自己
French:
mais pour ceux qui ne bénéfice pas encore des choix que vous avez eus,
des choix que vous aurez.
Et une des raisons pour laquelle un bon nombre d'entreprises
ont encore des politiques d'entreprises,
est que seul 3% des chefs d'entreprises
des 500 entreprise de Fortune sont représentés par des femmes.
Une des raisons pour laquelle nous nous battons à nouveau pour des guerres depuis longtemps gagnées
sur les droits de la femme
est que les femmes
représente un sur cinq membres du Congrès.
Maintenant,
Je ne prétends pas que le seul moyen
de réussir est de monter
tout en haut de l'échelle du monde des affaires
ou de faire campagne pour un poste politique --bien que,
il faut bien l'admettre,
le Congrès achèverait beaucoup plus si vous partiez en campagne,
(Rire et Applaudissement). Ca c'est sur, je pense.
Mais si vous décidez de ne pas vous assoir à la table,
au minimum vous devez vous assurer
que vous avez une voix avec ceux qui sont à table.
Arabic:
بل أيضا لأولئك الذين لم يتمتعوا بالخيارات التي كانت لديكم
والخيارات التي ستحظون بها
وأحد الأسباب التي جعلت العديد من أماكن العمل
لا يزال لديها سياسات عفا عليها الزمان هو أن النساء
لا تشكل الا 3 بالمئة من الرئاسة التنفيذية
في 500 شركة
أحد الاسباب كان حقيقة الصراع المعاد
والمعركة المستقرة منذ وقت طويل حول حقوق المرأة
هو بسبب أن النساء يشغلن أقل من
خمس مقاعد الكونجرس
الآن,
لا أقول أن الطريقة الوحيدة
لتحقيق النجاح هو عبر التسلق
الى قمة سلم الشركات
او الترشح لمنصب- على الرغم,
لنواجه الأمر,
سينجز الكونجرس العديد من الامور لو فعلتم ذلك.
ضحك وتصفيق) هذا بإعتقادي ما نحن متأكدون منه
ولكن اذا قررت أن لا تجلس نفسك على المائدة
على الأقل عليك أن تحرص
أن لديك رأيا بمن هو الشخص الذي سيفعل ذلك
German:
aber für diejenigen, die noch nicht jetzt die Möglichkeiten, die ihr habt genießen können,
die Möglichkeiten die ihr haben werden.
Und ein Grund, warum viele Arbeitsplätze
noch veraltete Geschäftspolitik haben ist, weil Frauen
immer noch nur 3% der CEOs bei
Fortune 500-Unternehmen sind.
Ein Grund warum wir eigentlich wieder kämpfen
um längst-gewonnene Schlachten um Frauenrechte
ist, weil Frauen weniger als
ein Fünftel der Sitze im Kongress einnehmen.
Nun,
ich sage nicht, dass der einzige Weg
um Erfolg zu erreichen ist
an die Spitze der Karriereleiter zu klettern,
oder ein Wahlkandidat zu werden - obwohl,
seien wir ehrlich,
Kongress würde viel mehr erreichen, wenn ihr das machen werdet.
(Lachen und Applaus) Ich denke, dass sind wir uns sicher.
Aber wenn ihr euch entscheidet nicht selber an den Tisch zu sitzen,
zumindest stellt euch sicher
ein Mitspracherecht darüber zu haben, wer dort sitzt.
English:
but for those who don’t yet enjoy the choices that you’ve had,
the choices you will have.
And one reason many workplaces
still have outdated policies is because women
only account for 3 percent of the CEOs at
Fortune 500 companies.
One reason we’re actually refighting
long-settled battles over women’s
rights is because women occupy fewer than
one in five seats in Congress.
Now,
I’m not saying that the only way
to achieve success is by climbing
to the top of the corporate ladder
or running for office — although,
let’s face it,
Congress would get a lot more done if you did.
(Laughter and applause.) That I think we’re sure about.
But if you decide not to sit yourself at the table,
at the very least you’ve got to make sure
you have a say in who does.
Chinese:
也是为了那些没有像你们一样有这些机会，
并且会有更多的机会，的人
有些行业
过时的政策还在大行其道，是因为
女性仅仅占到世界500强公司CEO位置
的百分之三。
我们之所以又掀起
为女性权利而战的漫长斗争的新的浪潮，
是因为在议会中，女性仅仅占据着
不到五分之一的席位。
现在，
我的意思并不是，唯一能够
取得成功的途径就是
做到公司的最高层
或者去参选政治职位——但是，
我们必须面对的事实是，
如果你们真的这样做了，议会的工作会做得更好。
（笑声和掌声。）我们坚信这一点。
但是如果你决定不参与这些事，
至少，你要保证你自己发表言论的话语权
得到捍卫好保证。
English:
but for those who don’t yet enjoy the choices that you’ve had,
the choices you will have.
And one reason many workplaces
still have outdated policies is because women
only account for 3 percent of the CEOs at
Fortune 500 companies.
One reason we’re actually refighting
long-settled battles over women’s
rights is because women occupy fewer than
one in five seats in Congress.
Now,
I’m not saying that the only way
to achieve success is by climbing
to the top of the corporate ladder
or running for office — although,
let’s face it,
Congress would get a lot more done if you did.
(Laughter and applause.) That I think we’re sure about.
But if you decide not to sit yourself at the table,
at the very least you’ve got to make sure
you have a say in who does.
German:
Es spielt eine Rolle.
Vor Frauen wie Barbara Mikulski
und Olympia Snowe und andere zum Kongress kamen
- um nur ein Beispiel zu nennen -
ein großer Teil der staatlich finanzierter Forschung
über Krankheiten konzentrierte sich ausschließlich über die Auswirkungen auf Männer.
Es war nicht bis Frauen wie Patsy Mink
und Edith Green zum Kongress kamen
und den Titel IX verabschiedet haben.
Vor 40 Jahren
proklamierten wir, dass auch Frauen
die Möglichkeit haben sollen, zu konkurrieren
und auf den Spielfeldern Amerikas zu gewinnen.
(Applaus) Bis eine Frau namens
Lilly Ledbetter in ihrem Büro auftauchte
und den Mut hatte sich zu stellen und zu sagen:
Wisst ihr was,
das ist nicht richtig.
Bis da wurden die Frauen nicht fair behandelt.
Uns fehlten einige der Werkzeuge,
die wir benötigten, um den Grundsatz
des gleichen Entgelts für gleiche Arbeit aufrecht zu erhalten.
Also, nicht jemandem anderen seine
Konstruktion akzeptieren wie die Sachen sein sollten.
Es liegt an euch, das Unrecht recht zu machen.
French:
Ca compte.
Avant l'arrivée de femme comme Barbara Mikulski
et Olympia Snowe et autres femmes au Congrès,
pour prendre qu'un seul exemple,
une majorité des fondsfédéraux dédiés à la recherche
sur des maladies focalisaient uniquement sur les effets sur les hommes.
Ce n'était que lorsque des femmes comme Patsy Mink
et Edit Green ont accédé au Congrès
et passé Title IX
il y a 40 ans cette année,
que nous avons déclarés que les femmes aussi
devraient être à même de rivaliser
et gagner
Arabic:
ان ذلك له أهميه
قبل أن تصل نساء مثل باربارا ميكولسكي
و أولومبيا سنوي وغيرهن الى الكونجرس
فقط لأخذ مثال واحد,
معظم التمويل القادم من الحكومة
للقيام على الابحاث على الامراض كانت مركزة فقط على الرجال
ولم يتغير ذلك حتى تمكنت نساء مثل باتسي مينك
و ايديث جريين من أن يصبحن أعضاء في الكونجرس
ومرروا القرار التاسع فيه,
منذ 40 عاما مضت
أعلنا بأن النساء أيضا
يجب ان يسمح لهن بالتنافس
والفوز في مواطن التنافس في أمريكا
(تصفيق) حتى ظهرت امرأة تدعى
ليلي ليدبتر في مكتبها
وكان لديها الشجاعة لتبرز وتقول,
هل تعلمون أمرا,
ان هذا ليس صحيحا
لم تعامل النساء بانصاف
تنقصنا بعض الأدوات
نحتاج لدعم المبادئ الرئيسية
للمساواة في الأجر للأعمال المتساوية
لذا لا تسلم بتوجيهات
شخص آخر لما يجب أن تكون عليه الأمور
ان الامر يعتمد عليكم لتصححوا الاخطاء
English:
It matters.
Before women like Barbara Mikulski
and Olympia Snowe and others got to Congress,
just to take one example,
much of federally funded research
on diseases focused solely on their effects on men.
It wasn’t until women like Patsy Mink
and Edith Green got to Congress
and passed Title IX,
40 years ago this year,
that we declared women, too,
should be allowed to compete
and win on America’s playing fields.
(Applause.) Until a woman named
Lilly Ledbetter showed up at her office
and had the courage to step up and say,
you know what,
this isn’t right,
women weren’t being treated fairly —
we lacked some of the tools we
needed to uphold the basic principle
of equal pay for equal work.
So don’t accept somebody else’s
construction of the way things ought to be.
It’s up to you to right wrongs.
English:
It matters.
Before women like Barbara Mikulski
and Olympia Snowe and others got to Congress,
just to take one example,
much of federally funded research
on diseases focused solely on their effects on men.
It wasn’t until women like Patsy Mink
and Edith Green got to Congress
and passed Title IX,
40 years ago this year,
that we declared women, too,
should be allowed to compete
and win on America’s playing fields.
(Applause.) Until a woman named
Lilly Ledbetter showed up at her office
and had the courage to step up and say,
you know what,
this isn’t right,
women weren’t being treated fairly —
we lacked some of the tools we
needed to uphold the basic principle
of equal pay for equal work.
So don’t accept somebody else’s
construction of the way things ought to be.
It’s up to you to right wrongs.
Chinese:
这非常重要。
在像Barbara Mikulski，
和Olympia Snowe和其他进入国会的女性之前，
仅仅是这样一个例子，
大多数联邦政府资助的
关于疾病方面的研究，都只关注他们对于男性的影响。
这种情况直到像Patsy Mink
和Edith Green这些人进入到过会
并且通过了第九号法案，
那是在40年之前，
我们才宣传女性，也一样
应该被允许参与，并赢得
美国所有领域的活动。
（鼓掌。）一直到一位名叫
Lilly Ledbetter 的女士，在办公室里出现
而且有勇气站出来，说
你知道么，
这不对，
女性应该被公平的对待——
我们缺少
实现基本原则的手段
这个原则就是，同工同酬。
别等待别人
改变世界的贡献
你自己要有改变错误的事情的主动性。
English:
It’s up to you to point out injustice.
It’s up to you to hold the system
accountable and sometimes upend it entirely.
It’s up to you to stand up and to be heard,
to write and to lobby,
to march,
to organize,
to vote.
Don’t be content to just sit back and watch.
Those who oppose change,
those who benefit from an unjust status quo,
have always bet on the public’s cynicism
or the public’s complacency.
Throughout American history,
though, they have lost that bet,
and I believe they will this time as well.
(Applause.) But ultimately,
Class of 2012,
that will depend on you.
Don’t wait for the person next to you
to be the first to speak up for what’s right.
Because maybe,
just maybe,
German:
Es liegt an euch, auf Ungerechtigkeit zu weisen.
Es liegt an euch, das System
verantwortlich zu halten und manchmal es völlig umzudrehen.
Es liegt an euch, euch zu stellen und gehört zu werden,
zu schreiben und Lobbying zu tun,
zu marschieren,
organisieren,
zu wählen.
Seit nicht zufrieden, euch nur zurückzulehnen und zuzusehen.
Diejenigen, die Veränderungen widerstreben,
diejenigen, die von einem ungerechten Status Quo profitieren,
haben immer auf des Volkes Zynismus gewettet,
oder des Volkes Selbstzufriedenheit.
Im Verlauf der amerikanischen Geschichte
haben sie doch die Wette verloren,
und ich glaube, sie verlieren sie auch diesmal.
(Applaus) Aber schließlich,
Klasse von 2012,
das wird von Ihnen abhängen.
Wartet nicht für die Person neben euch
die erste zu sein um für das zu sprechen, was richtig ist.
Denn vielleicht,
nur vielleicht,
Arabic:
ان الامر يعتمد عليكم للفت الانتباه الى أعمال الظلم
ان الامر يعتمد عليكم لان تبقوا النظام
تحت المسائلة وفي بعض الاحيان الانقلاب عليه بالكامل
ان الامر يعتمد عليكم بأن تبرزوا وتجعلوا صوتكم مسموعا
تكتبوا الاحتجاجات و تشكلواعامل ضغط
أن تقيموا المسيرات
وأن تنظموا
وأن تصوتوا
لا تكتفي فقط بالجلوس والمشاهدة
أولئك الذين يعارضون التغيير
أولئك الذين يستفيدون من الظلم في الوضع الراهن
كانوا دائما يراهنون على سذاجة الشعب
أو تهاونه
الا أن التاريخ الامريكي
أثبت بأنهم قد خسروا رهانهم
وأنا مؤمن بأنهم سيخسرون كذلك في وقتنا هذا كذلك
( تصفيق) الا أنه في النهاية
يا خرجوا دفعت 2012
إن ذلك يعتمد عليكم
لا تنتظروا بأن يقوم شخص آخر
برفع صوته قبلكم للمطالبة بتصحيح الامور
لأنهم ربما
أقول ربما
Chinese:
指出不公正，取决于你。
你们能够掌握这个系统，让它能够
被审视，检讨，甚至在需要的时候，完全颠覆它。
你们要站起来，让自己的话语被听到，
通过书写，游说，
游行
组织起来，
投票。
不要仅仅满足于坐在后面，看热闹。
那些反对革新的人，
那些从不公中获得利益的人，
总是侥幸的希望公众会奉行犬儒主义
或者沾沾自喜。
贯穿整个美国历史，
他们的侥幸从没得逞过，
我相信，这次他们也一定会重蹈覆辙。
（鼓掌。）但是最终，
2012届的同学们，
决定权都在你们手中。
不要等着你身边的人
成为第一个站出来说什么是对的那个人。
因为也许，
只是也许，
English:
It’s up to you to point out injustice.
It’s up to you to hold the system
accountable and sometimes upend it entirely.
It’s up to you to stand up and to be heard,
to write and to lobby,
to march,
to organize,
to vote.
Don’t be content to just sit back and watch.
Those who oppose change,
those who benefit from an unjust status quo,
have always bet on the public’s cynicism
or the public’s complacency.
Throughout American history,
though, they have lost that bet,
and I believe they will this time as well.
(Applause.) But ultimately,
Class of 2012,
that will depend on you.
Don’t wait for the person next to you
to be the first to speak up for what’s right.
Because maybe,
just maybe,
Arabic:
أنهم ينتظرونكم لفعل ذلك
وذلك يدفعني لتقديم نصيحتي الثانية:
لا تستخفوا أبدا بقوة أمثالكم
ان الحقيقة الحية بأنكم تخرجتم
ناهيك عن أن أعداد النساء اللواتي يتخرجن الان
من الجامعات هن أكثر من عدد الرجال
أصبح ممكنا فقط بسبب أن نساءا
من الجيل السابق- كأمثال أمهاتكم
وجداتكم
وعماتكم وخالاتكم- حطموا خرافة
أنكم لا تستطيعون ولا يجب أن تكونوا في المكان الذي أنتم فيه
( تصفيق) أفكر في صديقة لي
وكانت ابنة مهاجر
عندما كانت تدرس في الثانوية
قال لها مرشدها الاجتماعي
هل تعلمين
أنت لا تصلحين لان تكوني طالبه في الكلية
يجب ان تفكري بأن تصبحي سكرتيره
حسنا, لقد كانت عنيدة
ولذلك فقد ذهبت الى الجامعة على الرغم من هذه النصيحة
وحصلت على شهادة الماجستير
وترشحت لمنصب محلي, وفازت
وترشحت لمنصب على مستوى الولاية, وفازت
وترشحت للكونجرس, وفازت
وعجبا لذلك
English:
they’re waiting on you.
Which brings me to my second piece of advice:
Never underestimate the power of your example.
The very fact that you are graduating,
let alone that more women now
graduate from college than men,
is only possible because earlier
generations of women — your mothers,
your grandmothers,
your aunts — shattered the myth
that you couldn’t or shouldn’t be where you are.
(Applause.)I think of a friend of mine who’s
the daughter of immigrants.
When she was in high school,
her guidance counselor told her,
you know what,
you’re just not college material.
You should think about becoming a secretary.
Well, she was stubborn,
so she went to college anyway.
She got her master’s.
She ran for local office, won.
She ran for state office, she won.
She ran for Congress, she won.
And lo and behold,
German:
warten die auf euch.
Und das bringt mich zu meinem zweiten Ratschlag:
Unterschätzet niemals die Macht von eurem Beispiel.
Allein die Tatsache, dass ihr graduiert
geschweige denn, dass jetzt mehr Frauen
als Männer von der Universität graduieren
ist nur möglich, weil frühere
Generationen von Frauen - eure Mütter,
eure Großmütter,
eure Tanten den Mythos erschütterten
ihr konntet nicht, oder ihr solltet nicht sein wo ihr seid.
(Applaus) Ich denke an eine Bekannte von mir,
die die Tochter von Einwanderern ist.
Als sie in der Highschool war,
sagte ihr deren Berufsberater
weißt du was,
du bist einfach nicht Universität Material.
Sie sollten darüber nachdenken eine Sekretärin zu werden.
Nun, sie war stur
so ging sie sowieso aufs College.
Sie bekam ihren Master-Abschluss.
Sie wurde ein Kandidat für Kreisverwaltung, hat gewonnen.
Sie wurde ein Kandidat für die Landesregierung, hat gewonnen.
Sie wurde ein Kandidat für den Kongress, hat gewonnen.
Und siehe da,
English:
they’re waiting on you.
Which brings me to my second piece of advice:
Never underestimate the power of your example.
The very fact that you are graduating,
let alone that more women now
graduate from college than men,
is only possible because earlier
generations of women — your mothers,
your grandmothers,
your aunts — shattered the myth
that you couldn’t or shouldn’t be where you are.
(Applause.)I think of a friend of mine who’s
the daughter of immigrants.
When she was in high school,
her guidance counselor told her,
you know what,
you’re just not college material.
You should think about becoming a secretary.
Well, she was stubborn,
so she went to college anyway.
She got her master’s.
She ran for local office, won.
She ran for state office, she won.
She ran for Congress, she won.
And lo and behold,
Chinese:
他们也在等你。
这就说到了我的第二个建议：
永远不要低估你的榜样的力量。
你们今天毕业，
更不用提现在从大学毕业的女性
比男生数目要多了，
这些只有在你们的
先辈中那些女性——你们的母亲，
你们的祖母，
你们的姑姨（亲戚中的女性）——打破了那个神话之后才能成为现实。
那个神话就是，你们应该呆在原地，不求变通。
（鼓掌。）我想起来我的一个朋友，她是
一个移民的女儿。
当她在高中的时候，
她的辅导员告诉她，
知道么，
你不是读大学的那块料。
你该考虑谋一份秘书的职业。
她脾气很倔
所以她用尽办法，进了大学。
她读到了硕士。
她参加本地的公职选举，赢了。
她又参加州长的选举，也赢了。
她又参加国会的选举，也赢了。
你瞧
English:
Hilda Solis did end up becoming a secretary
— (laughter) — she is America’s
Secretary of Labor.(Applause.)
So think about what that means
to a young Latina girl when she sees a
Cabinet secretary that looks like her.
(Applause.) Think about what
it means to a young girl in Iowa
when she sees a presidential candidate
who looks like her.
Think about what it means to
a young girl walking in Harlem
right down the street when she sees a U.N.
ambassador who looks like her.
Do not underestimate the power of your example.
This diploma opens up new possibilities,
so reach back,
convince a young girl to earn one, too.
If you earned your degree in areas
where we need more women —
like computer science or engineering —
German:
Hilda Solis ist am Ende doch noch eine Sekretärin geworden.
- (Lachen) - Sie ist Amerikas
Secretary of Labor. (Applaus)
Also, denkt mal was das bedeutet,
für ein junges Latina Mädchen wenn sie
eine Kabinett Sekretärin sieht, die wie sie ausschaut.
(Applaus) Überlegt euch,
was es bedeutet zu einem jungen Mädchen in Iowa,
die einen Präsidentschaftskandidaten sieht,
der wie sie ausschaut,
Überlegt euch was es
zu einem jungen Mädchen bedeutet wenn sie in Harlem lauft,
und gerade die Straße runter, erblickt sie einen
UN-Botschafter, der wie sie aussieht.
Unterschätzt nicht die Kraft eures Beispiel.
Dieses Diplom eröffnet euch neue Möglichkeiten,
deshalb, zurückblicken,
ein junges Mädchen zu überzeugen, das es auch eins verdienen kann.
Wenn ihr euren Abschluss in Bereichen verdient habt,
in denen wir mehr Frauen brauchen -
wie Informatik oder Ingenieurwesen -
Arabic:
انتهى المطاف ب هيلدا سوليس بأن تصبح سكرتيره
Chinese:
Hilda Solis最后真的成了一个秘书
（笑声）她是美国
的劳工部长（劳工部长和“秘书”用一个英文词secretary）。（鼓掌）
我觉得那对于我们意味的是
一个拉丁裔的年轻女孩会看到一个
长得像她的内阁部长。
（鼓掌。）想想
这对于爱荷华州的年轻女孩子意味着什么
当她看到一个总统候选人
看起来像她自己。
想象这又意味着什么，
当一个年轻的女孩子在黑人住宅区步行的时候，
就在街头，她看到一个联合国
大使长得像她自己。
不要低估你的榜样的力量
这个学历为你们带来了信的机会，
所以回过头来，
说服一个年轻的女孩子，也读一个大学的学位。
如果你得到的学位，是我们
急需更多女性的领域——
比如计算机科学和工程——
English:
Hilda Solis did end up becoming a secretary
— (laughter) — she is America’s
Secretary of Labor.(Applause.)
So think about what that means
to a young Latina girl when she sees a
Cabinet secretary that looks like her.
(Applause.) Think about what
it means to a young girl in Iowa
when she sees a presidential candidate
who looks like her.
Think about what it means to
a young girl walking in Harlem
right down the street when she sees a U.N.
ambassador who looks like her.
Do not underestimate the power of your example.
This diploma opens up new possibilities,
so reach back,
convince a young girl to earn one, too.
If you earned your degree in areas
where we need more women —
like computer science or engineering —
English:
(applause) — reach back and persuade
another student to study it, too.
If you’re going into fields where we need more women,
like construction or computer engineering — reach back,
hire someone new.
Be a mentor.
Be a role model.
Until a girl can imagine herself,
can picture herself as a computer programmer,
or a combatant commander,
she won’t become one.
Until there are women who tell her,
ignore our pop culture obsession
over beauty and fashion — (applause) —
and focus instead on studying and
inventing and competing and leading,
she’ll think those are the only things
that girls are supposed to care about.
Now, Michelle will say,
nothing wrong with caring about it a little bit.
(Laughter.) You can be stylish and powerful, too.
Chinese:
（鼓掌）——回过头去
也说服一个学生学习这个专业。
如果你将进入一个我们需要更多女性的领域，
比如建筑业，或者计算机工程——回过头去
雇佣一些新人。
做一个导师。
做一个榜样。
知道一个女孩儿可以想象她自己，
可以想象她自己成为一个计算机程序员，
或者一个指挥战士的指挥者，
她不仅仅是一个人。
直到有更多的女性追随她，
放弃低级趣味
放弃美容和时尚——（鼓掌）——
而是专注于学习和
发明，竞争和成为领导者，
否则，她会觉得，这些是女孩子唯一能够
专注的事情。
现在，Michelle会说，
关注一点儿也无妨。
（笑声。）你可以同时做得时尚靓丽，又有能力。
German:
(Applaus) - zurückblicken und
eine anderen Schülerin davon zu überzeugen, es auch zu studieren.
Wenn ihr in Bereiche geht, in denen wir mehr Frauen brauchen,
wie in dem Bau oder der Technischen Informatik, - zurückblicken,
jemand neuen einstellen.
Ein Mentor sein,
Ein Vorbild sein,
Bis ein Mädchen
sich selbst als Computer-Programmierer sehen kann,
oder ein Kämpfer Kommandant.
Sie wird es nicht werden
bis es da Frauen gibt die ihr sagen
unsere Pop-Kultur Besessenheit
über Schönheit und Mode zu ignorieren - (Applaus)
und sich anstatt auf das Studium zu konzentrieren und
auf das Erfinden und das Konkurrieren und das Leiten.
Dann wird sie denken dass das die einzigen Dinge sind
mit denen Mädchen sich beschäftigen sollen.
Nun wird Michelle sagen,
da ist nichts falsch sich ein wenig daran zu interessieren.
(Lachen) Man kann stilvoll und auch einflussreich sein.
English:
(applause) — reach back and persuade
another student to study it, too.
If you’re going into fields where we need more women,
like construction or computer engineering — reach back,
hire someone new.
Be a mentor.
Be a role model.
Until a girl can imagine herself,
can picture herself as a computer programmer,
or a combatant commander,
she won’t become one.
Until there are women who tell her,
ignore our pop culture obsession
over beauty and fashion — (applause) —
and focus instead on studying and
inventing and competing and leading,
she’ll think those are the only things
that girls are supposed to care about.
Now, Michelle will say,
nothing wrong with caring about it a little bit.
(Laughter.) You can be stylish and powerful, too.
Chinese:
（鼓掌。）那是Michelle的建议。
（鼓掌。）
而且永远不要忘记，对于女孩子来说最
重要的榜样，
是一个好的母亲。
玛丽亚和萨沙会成为非常
出色的女性，因为Michelle和Marian Robinson
是非常出色的女性。
所以，理解你的能力，
并且聪明的运用它。
我最好的一点建议——非常简单，
但是也许是最重要的：不屈不挠，孜孜以求。
不屈不挠。
没什么有价值的事情是唾手可得的。
没有失败，是永远没有成功的
——有时候是灾难性的失败。
但是，她们会坚持。
他们从错误中学习。
她们不会半途而废。
你知道，
English:
(Applause.) That’s Michelle’s advice.
(Applause.)
And never forget that the most
important example a young girl
will ever follow is that of a parent.
Malia and Sasha are going to be outstanding
women because Michelle and Marian Robinson
are outstanding women.
So understand your power,
and use it wisely.
My last piece of advice — this is simple,
but perhaps most important: Persevere.
Persevere.
Nothing worthwhile is easy.
No one of achievement has avoided failure
— sometimes catastrophic failures.
But they keep at it.
They learn from mistakes.
They don’t quit.
You know,
English:
(Applause.) That’s Michelle’s advice.
(Applause.)
And never forget that the most
important example a young girl
will ever follow is that of a parent.
Malia and Sasha are going to be outstanding
women because Michelle and Marian Robinson
are outstanding women.
So understand your power,
and use it wisely.
My last piece of advice — this is simple,
but perhaps most important: Persevere.
Persevere.
Nothing worthwhile is easy.
No one of achievement has avoided failure
— sometimes catastrophic failures.
But they keep at it.
They learn from mistakes.
They don’t quit.
You know,
German:
(Applaus) Das ist Michelles Beratung.
(Applaus)
Und nie vergessen, dass das
wichtigste Beispiel dem ein junges Mädchen
folgen wird ist dass ihres Elternteils.
Malia und Sasha werden herausragende
Frauen werden, weil Michelle und Marian Robinson
herausragende Frauen sind.
So begreift eure Kraft
und verwendet sie weise.
Mein letzter Rat - der ist einfach
aber vielleicht noch wichtiger: Durchhalten.
Durchhalten.
Nichts was sich lohnt ist leicht.
Niemand mit Erfolgserlebnisse hat das Scheitern verhindert
- manchmal katastrophale Ausfälle.
Aber bleibt am Ball.
Lernt aus Fehlern.
Gebt nicht auf.
Wisst ihr,
Chinese:
当我第一次来这个校园的时候，
我只有一点点钱，
选择更少。
但我就是在这里，寻找我在这个世界的位置的。
我知道，我想与众不同，
但是我当时对于如何实现这个想法非常迷茫。
（笑声。）但是我想试一下
用自己的方式，为一个更好的世界贡献力量。
所以即使是在我毕业之后
在纽约几个令人满意的职位上工作了之后——
我在这里一一列举了——（笑声）——
即使是在我从一个公寓搬到另一个公寓的时候，
我依然试着接触社区中的人们。
我开始给全国各地一些社区
的组织写信
有一天，
在芝加哥南部的一个教堂的小群体给我回信了，
提供给我一个工作
这个社区受到了重创：附近的一个钢铁厂要被关闭
社区里人们赖以生存的工作岗位
English:
when I first arrived on this campus,
it was with little money,
fewer options.
But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world.
I knew I wanted to make a difference,
but it was vague how in fact I’d go about it.
(Laughter.) But I wanted to do my part
to do my part to shape a better world.
So even as I worked after graduation
in a few unfulfilling jobs here in New York —
I will not list them all — (laughter) —
even as I went from motley apartment to motley apartment,
I reached out.
I started to write letters to community
organizations all across the country.
And one day,
a small group of churches on the South Side of Chicago answered,
offering me work with people in
neighborhoods hit hard by steel mills
that were shutting down and communities
German:
als ich erst auf diesem Campus ankam,
war es mit wenig Geld,
weniger Optionen.
Aber es war hier, wo ich versuchte meinen Platz in dieser Welt zu finden.
Ich wusste, ich wollte einen Unterschied machen,
aber es war unklar, wie ich es machen werde.
(Lachen) Aber ich wollte meinen Teil dazu beitragen
- meinen Teil dazu beitragen, eine bessere Welt zu gestalten.
Also selbst als ich nach dem Studium
bei ein paar unbefriedigenden Arbeitsplätzen hier in New York arbeitete
- ich werde nicht alle aufezählen - (Lachen)
ja, wie ich auch von verschiedener Wohnung zu verschiedener Wohnung ging,
Ich suchte weiter.
Ich fing an, Briefe zu
Gemeinde-Organisationen im ganzen Land zu schreiben.
Und eines Tages
eine kleine Kirchengruppe von der Südseite von Chicago antwortete,
bot mir einen Job an mit Menschen zu arbeiten
in Nachbarschaften die hart betroffen wurden von Stahlwerken,
die geschlossen haben und Gemeinden
English:
when I first arrived on this campus,
it was with little money,
fewer options.
But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world.
I knew I wanted to make a difference,
but it was vague how in fact I’d go about it.
(Laughter.) But I wanted to do my part
to do my part to shape a better world.
So even as I worked after graduation
in a few unfulfilling jobs here in New York —
I will not list them all — (laughter) —
even as I went from motley apartment to motley apartment,
I reached out.
I started to write letters to community
organizations all across the country.
And one day,
a small group of churches on the South Side of Chicago answered,
offering me work with people in
neighborhoods hit hard by steel mills
that were shutting down and communities
Chinese:
逐步地在消失。
社区里黑帮暴力盛行，
当我一到了那里
我们做的第一件事，
就是和社区的首领开会
商讨和黑帮打交道的方法。
我花了几个星期的时间处理这件事。
我们请来警察；
我们打了很多电话；我们去教堂；我们分发宣传材料。
开会的那天晚上
我们摆了一排又一排的
椅子，希望看到人们都来。
然后我们开始等，
一直等。
最后，
一群上了年纪的人走进了，坐下来
一个身材矮小的年长的女士举起手，问道
“这是玩儿bingo的地方么？”（笑声）这是个灾难。
没人来。
我第一个社区会议
——没人出现。
后来，
和我一起工作的志愿者告诉我，
就这样了；我们要离开了。
他们已经这样做了两年，
在我来之前。
他们忙了这么久，什么结果都没有。
German:
wo Arbeitsplätze abstarben.
Die Gemeinde ist von gewalttätigen Gangs gequält worden,
so als ich ankam,
das erste, was wir versuchten
war ein Treffen mit
den Führer der Gemeinschaft zu mobilisieren, um uns mit Gangs zu befassen.
Und ich arbeitete wochenlang an diesem Projekt.
Wir luden die Polizei ein,
wir telefonierten, wir gingen zu Kirchen, wir haben Flugblätter ausgegeben.
Der Nacht des Treffens
haben wir Reihen und Reihen
von Stühlen angeordnet in Erwartung dieser Menschenmenge.
Und wir warteten
und warteten.
Und endlich
eine Gruppe älterer Leute kamen in den Saal und setzten sich nieder.
Und diese kleine alte Dame hob ihre Hand hoch und fragte:
"Ist das, wo das Bingo-Spiel ist?" (Lachen) Es war eine Katastrophe.
Keiner ist gekommen.
Mein erstes großes Gemeinschaft-Treffen
- keiner ist gekommen.
Und später,
die Freiwilligen mit denen ich arbeitete, sagten zu mir
das ist das Ende, wir kapitulieren.
Sie hatten dies seit zwei
Jahren gemacht, noch bevor ich ankam.
Sie hatten nichts vorzuweisen.
English:
where jobs were dying away.
The community had been plagued by gang violence,
so once I arrived,
one of the first things we tried to
do was to mobilize a meeting with
community leaders to deal with gangs.
And I’d worked for weeks on this project.
We invited the police; we made
phone calls; we went to churches; we passed out flyers.
The night of the meeting we
arranged rows and rows of
chairs in anticipation of this crowd.
And we waited,
and we waited.
And finally,
a group of older folks walked in to the hall and they sat down.
And this little old lady raised her hand and asked,
“Is this where the bingo game is?” (Laughter.) It was a disaster.
Nobody showed up.
My first big community meeting
— nobody showed up.
And later,
the volunteers I worked with told me,
that’s it; we’re quitting.
They’d been doing this for two
years even before I had arrived.
They had nothing to show for it.
English:
where jobs were dying away.
The community had been plagued by gang violence,
so once I arrived,
one of the first things we tried to
do was to mobilize a meeting with
community leaders to deal with gangs.
And I’d worked for weeks on this project.
We invited the police; we made
phone calls; we went to churches; we passed out flyers.
The night of the meeting we
arranged rows and rows of
chairs in anticipation of this crowd.
And we waited,
and we waited.
And finally,
a group of older folks walked in to the hall and they sat down.
And this little old lady raised her hand and asked,
“Is this where the bingo game is?” (Laughter.) It was a disaster.
Nobody showed up.
My first big community meeting
— nobody showed up.
And later,
the volunteers I worked with told me,
that’s it; we’re quitting.
They’d been doing this for two
years even before I had arrived.
They had nothing to show for it.
English:
And I’ll be honest,
I felt pretty discouraged as well.
I didn’t know what I was doing.
I thought about quitting.
And as we were talking,
I looked outside and saw some
young boys playing in a vacant
lot across the street.
And they were just throwing rocks up at a boarded building.
They had nothing better to do — late at night,
just throwing rocks.
And I said to the volunteers,
“Before you quit,
answer one question.
What will happen to those boys if you quit?
Who will fight for them if we don’t?
Who will give them a fair shot if we leave?
And one by one,
the volunteers decided not to quit.
We went back to those neighborhoods and we kept at it.
We registered new voters,
and we set up after-school programs,
and we fought for new jobs,
and helped people live lives with some measure of dignity.
And we sustained ourselves with those small victories.
We didn’t set the world on fire.
Chinese:
老实讲，
我也感到非常地沮丧。
我不知道我在干嘛。
我考虑了离开。
当我们在交谈的时候，
我向外面看，看到有些
小男孩儿在
街对过的一出空地上玩儿。
他们在朝着一个简陋的建筑物投掷石块儿。
他们没有更好的东西可以玩儿——那天晚上
就只是扔石头块。
我对志愿者说，
在你们退出之前，
回答一个问题
如果你们退出了，这些孩子会怎么样？
如果没有人为了他们争取利益，谁还会？
如果我们不这样做，谁还能给他们一个公平的环境？
一个一个，
这些志愿者决定不退出了。
我们回到社区，坚持了下来。
我们让新的选民登记，
我们建立起来after-school（让小孩在放学后参与的活动）项目
我们争取新的工作机会
帮助人们体面地生活。
我们用这些小小的胜利激励自己坚持。
我们没有放火
German:
Und ich will ehrlich sein,
ich fühlte mich ebenso ziemlich entmutigt.
Ich wusste nicht, was ich tat.
Ich dachte ans resignieren.
Und als wir uns so unterhielten,
schaute ich nach draußen und sah einige
junge Burschen spielen in einem unbebauten
Grundstück auf der gegenüberliegenden Straßenseite.
Und sie haben nur Steine auf ein mit Brettern vernageltes Gebäude geworfen.
Sie hatten nichts Besseres zu tun - spät in der Nacht,
nur Steine zu werfen.
Und ich sagte zu den Freiwilligen,
"Bevor ihr geht,
eine Frage beantworten.
Was soll mit diesen Jungen passieren, wenn ihr resigniert?"
Wer wird für sie zu kämpfen, wenn wir das nicht tun?
Wer gibt ihnen eine faire Chance, wenn wir gehen?
Und einer nach dem anderen
haben die Freiwilligen beschlossen, nicht resignieren.
Wir gingen zurück zu jenen Stadtteilen, und wir machten weiter.
Wir registrierten neue Wähler,
und wir starteten Programme nach dem Schulunterricht,
und wir kämpften für neue Arbeitsplätze
und halfen den Menschen ihr Leben mit einem gewissen Maß von Würde zu leben.
Und wir haben uns selbst mit diesen kleinen Siegen aufrechterhalten.
Wir haben die Welt nicht in Brand gesetzt.
English:
And I’ll be honest,
I felt pretty discouraged as well.
I didn’t know what I was doing.
I thought about quitting.
And as we were talking,
I looked outside and saw some
young boys playing in a vacant
lot across the street.
And they were just throwing rocks up at a boarded building.
They had nothing better to do — late at night,
just throwing rocks.
And I said to the volunteers,
“Before you quit,
answer one question.
What will happen to those boys if you quit?
Who will fight for them if we don’t?
Who will give them a fair shot if we leave?
And one by one,
the volunteers decided not to quit.
We went back to those neighborhoods and we kept at it.
We registered new voters,
and we set up after-school programs,
and we fought for new jobs,
and helped people live lives with some measure of dignity.
And we sustained ourselves with those small victories.
We didn’t set the world on fire.
English:
Some of those communities are still very poor.
There are still a lot of gangs out there.
But I believe that it was those
small victories that helped me win the
bigger victories of my last three
and a half years as President.
And I wish I could say that
this perseverance came from
some innate toughness in me.
But the truth is,
it was learned.
I got it from watching the people who raised me.
More specifically,
I got it from watching the women who shaped my life.
I grew up as the son of a single mom
who struggled to put herself through
school and make ends meet.
She had marriages that fell apart;
even went on food stamps at one point to help us get by.
But she didn’t quit.
And she earned her degree,
and made sure that through scholarships and hard work,
my sister and I earned ours.
She used to wake me up when we were living overseas~
wake me up before dawn to study my English
lessons.
English:
Some of those communities are still very poor.
There are still a lot of gangs out there.
But I believe that it was those
small victories that helped me win the
bigger victories of my last three
and a half years as President.
And I wish I could say that
this perseverance came from
some innate toughness in me.
But the truth is,
it was learned.
I got it from watching the people who raised me.
More specifically,
I got it from watching the women who shaped my life.
I grew up as the son of a single mom
who struggled to put herself through
school and make ends meet.
She had marriages that fell apart;
even went on food stamps at one point to help us get by.
But she didn’t quit.
And she earned her degree,
and made sure that through scholarships and hard work,
my sister and I earned ours.
She used to wake me up when we were living overseas~
wake me up before dawn to study my English
lessons.
Chinese:
现在一些这样的社区仍然很穷困。
还有很多黑帮势力猖獗存在。
但是我相信，正是这些小小的
胜利，帮助我
赢得我过去三年里，作为总体，
获得更大的胜利
我非常希望我能说
我的坚持，来自于
我性格里天生的坚强的一面。
但是，事实是，
这是学习得到的。
我从抚养我长大的人身上学来。
具体的说，
我从塑造了我的生活的女性身上学习得来。
我是一个单亲母亲抚养大的孩子
我母亲含辛茹苦，求学
努力赚钱维持生活。
她之前结过婚，但是离异了；
一度靠发给失业者的食品券渡过难关。
但是她从没放弃过。
她得到了学位，
努力争取奖学金，努力学习，
我的姐姐和我也读了大学。
当我们在海外生活的时候，她曾经叫醒我
在黎明之前叫醒我，让我学习英语课程。
German:
Einige dieser Gemeinden sind nach wie vor noch sehr arm.
Es gibt noch eine Menge Gangs da draußen.
Aber ich glaube, es waren diese
kleinen Siege, die mir geholfen haben
die größeren Erfolge der letzten
dreieinhalb Jahre als Präsident zu gewinnen.
Und ich wünschte, ich könnte sagen,
dass diese Beharrlichkeit
von einer angeborenen Zähigkeit in mir kam.
Aber die Wahrheit ist,
es war gelernt.
Ich habe es von der Beobachtung der Menschen die mich erzogen haben bekommen.
Genauer gesagt,
ich habe es von der Beobachtung der Frauen, die mein Leben geprägt haben bekommen.
Ich wuchs als Sohn einer alleinerziehenden Mutter auf,
die kämpfte sich selbst durch
die Schule zu bringen und über die Runden zu kommen.
Sie hatte Ehen, die scheiterten,
ging sogar an einem Punkt auf Essensmarken, um uns zu helfen.
Aber sie hat nicht aufgegeben.
Und sie bekam ihr Diplom
und sorgte dafür, dass durch Stipendien und hart arbeiten,
meine Schwester und ich unseres verdienten.
Sie hat mich aufgeweckt - als wir im Ausland lebten
hat sie mich vor dem Morgengrauen aufgeweckt, um Englisch zu studieren.
German:
Und wenn ich mich beschwerte,
würde sie nur auf mich schauen und sagen:
"Für mich ist dies auch kein Zuckerschlecken,
Kerl."
(Lachen) Und schließlich widmete sich meine Mutter zur Unterstützung von Frauen auf der ganzen Welt, dass sie Zugriff auf das Geld hatten, das sie benötigten, um ihr eigenes Unternehmen zu gründen - sie war ein früher Pionier in der Mikro-Finanzierung.
Und das bedeutete
aber
dass sie viel weg war,
und dass sie ihre eigenen Kämpfe hatte
versuchen herauszufinden wie
Mutterschaft und Karriere zu balancieren.
Und wen sie weg war,
trat meine Großmutter ein, und hat sich um mich gekümmert.
Sie hatte nur eine High-School-Ausbildung.
Sie bekam einen Job bei einer örtlichen Bank.
Sie traf die gläserne Decke
und schaute zu wie Männer, die sie einst angelernt hat
auf der Karriereleiter vor ihr gefördert wurden.
Aber sie hat nicht aufgegeben.
Anstatt hart und böse zu werden, jedes Mal wenn sie übergangen wurde,
machte sie ihre Arbeit so gut wie sie wusste,
und am Ende wurde sie Vizepräsident der Bank.
Sie hat nicht aufgegeben.
English:
And when I’d complain,
she’d just look at me and say,
“This is no picnic for me either,
buster.
” (Laughter.)
And my mom ended up dedicating herself to helping women around the world access the money they needed to start their own businesses --she was an early pioneer in microfinance.
And that meant,
though,
that she was gone a lot,
and she had her own struggles
trying to figure out balancing
motherhood and a career.
And when she was gone,
my grandmother stepped up to take care of me.
She only had a high school education.
She got a job at a local bank.
She hit the glass ceiling,
and watched men she once trained
promoted up the ladder ahead of her.
But she didn’t quit.
Rather than grow hard or angry each time she got passed over,
she kept doing her job as best as she knew how,
and ultimately ended up being vice president at the bank.
She didn’t quit.
English:
And when I’d complain,
she’d just look at me and say,
“This is no picnic for me either,
buster.
” (Laughter.)
And my mom ended up dedicating herself to helping women around the world access the money they needed to start their own businesses --she was an early pioneer in microfinance.
And that meant,
though,
that she was gone a lot,
and she had her own struggles
trying to figure out balancing
motherhood and a career.
And when she was gone,
my grandmother stepped up to take care of me.
She only had a high school education.
She got a job at a local bank.
She hit the glass ceiling,
and watched men she once trained
promoted up the ladder ahead of her.
But she didn’t quit.
Rather than grow hard or angry each time she got passed over,
she kept doing her job as best as she knew how,
and ultimately ended up being vice president at the bank.
She didn’t quit.
Chinese:
当我抱怨的时候，
她会看着我，说，
这对我来说，也不像吃野餐那些快活，
小混蛋。
（笑声。）我母亲最终投身于帮助为全世界的女性创业提供资金支持。她是小额信贷最早的践行者。
那意味着
当然，
她经历了很多
她也有自己的挣扎
试着寻找平衡的方法
平衡作为母亲的角色和职业发展
当她离开的时候，
我外祖母照顾我。
她只有高中的学历。
她在一家本地银行得到一份工作。
她碰到了玻璃天花板，
看着她培训出来的男同事
被提升到高于她的职位上。
但是她没有放弃。
在每次被超过的时候，她没有生气，
她只是尽最大的努力，做好自己的本职工作，
最后，她成为这家银行的副总裁。
她没有放弃。
Chinese:
然后，
我遇到了一个女同事，被分配给我，
作为我在一家律师事务所暑期工作的上司。
她给我的指导如此之好，以至于我和她结了婚。
（笑声。）Michelle和我
总是尽全力
平衡我们的工作和这个崭新的家庭。
但是，我们必须面对
不管我多么努力，
当我在出差的时候，重担就落在她的肩膀上，
当我不在的时候。
我知道，当她独自和孩子们在一起的时候，
她会觉得她没有更多的时间可以花在工作上，
当她在工作的时候，
她会为没有更多的时间可以和孩子们在一起而感到愧疚。
我们两个都希望我们能有
超能力，让我们能同时在两个地方出现。
但是我坚持下来了。
我们让我们的婚姻坚持了下来。
Michelle之所以能应付任何事情，
还能和我在一起出现在公众面前，
是因为她
一样，
也从一个从不轻言放弃的家庭里走出来。
因为她看到她的父亲，每天起床
German:
Und später
traf ich eine Frau, die mir zugewiesen wurde
mich bei meinem ersten Sommer-Job bei einer Anwaltskanzlei zu beraten.
Und sie hat mir so gute Ratschläge gegeben, dass ich sie heiratete.
(Lachen) Und Michelle und ich
gaben alles, was wir hatten,
um unsere Karrieren und eine junge Familie unter einen Hut zu bringen.
Aber seien wir ehrlich,
egal wie erleuchtet, ich dachte mich selbst zu sein
es fiel oft mehr auf ihre Schultern, als ich reiste,
als ich weg war.
Ich weiß, dass, wenn sie mit unseren Mädchen war,
dass sie sich schuldig fühlte nicht genug Zeit zu ihrer Arbeit gab,
und als sie bei ihrer Arbeit war,
würde sie sich schuldig fühlen, dass sie unseren Mädchen nicht genug Zeit gab.
Und wir beide wünschten, wir hätten eine
Supermacht die uns erlauben würde an zwei Orten zugleich zu sein.
Aber wir beharrteten.
Wir machten diese Ehe erfolgreich.
Und der Grund warum Michelle die Kraft hatte alles zu jonglieren
und mich zu ertragen, und schließlich den Blickpunkt des Publikum
war, weil sie
auch,
aus einer Familie stammte, die nicht aufgegeben hat -
weil sie ihren Vater gesehen hat aufzustehen
English:
And later on,
I met a woman who was assigned
to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm.
And she gave me such good advice that I married her.
(Laughter.) And Michelle and I
gave everything we had to
balance our careers and a young family.
But let’s face it,
no matter how enlightened I must have thought myself to be,
it often fell more on her shoulders when I was traveling,
when I was away.
I know that when she was with our girls,
she’d feel guilty that she wasn’t giving enough time to her work,
and when she was at her work,
she’d feel guilty she wasn’t giving enough time to our girls.
And both of us wished we had some
superpower that would let us be in two places at once.
But we persisted.
We made that marriage work.
And the reason Michelle had the strength to juggle everything,
and put up with me and eventually the public spotlight,
was because she,
too,
came from a family of folks who didn’t quit~
because she saw her dad get up
English:
And later on,
I met a woman who was assigned
to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm.
And she gave me such good advice that I married her.
(Laughter.) And Michelle and I
gave everything we had to
balance our careers and a young family.
But let’s face it,
no matter how enlightened I must have thought myself to be,
it often fell more on her shoulders when I was traveling,
when I was away.
I know that when she was with our girls,
she’d feel guilty that she wasn’t giving enough time to her work,
and when she was at her work,
she’d feel guilty she wasn’t giving enough time to our girls.
And both of us wished we had some
superpower that would let us be in two places at once.
But we persisted.
We made that marriage work.
And the reason Michelle had the strength to juggle everything,
and put up with me and eventually the public spotlight,
was because she,
too,
came from a family of folks who didn’t quit~
because she saw her dad get up
English:
and go to work every day even though
he never finished college,
even though he had crippling MS.
She saw her mother,
even though she never finished college,
in that school,
that urban school,
every day making sure Michelle
and her brother were getting the education they deserved.
Michelle saw how her parents never quit.
They never indulged in self-pity,
no matter how stacked the odds
were against them.
They didn’t quit.
Those are the folks who inspire me.
People ask me sometimes,
who inspires you, Mr. President?
Those quiet heroes all across this country
— some of your parents and grandparents
who are sitting here — no fanfare,
no articles written about them,
they just persevere.
They just do their jobs.
English:
and go to work every day even though
he never finished college,
even though he had crippling MS.
She saw her mother,
even though she never finished college,
in that school,
that urban school,
every day making sure Michelle
and her brother were getting the education they deserved.
Michelle saw how her parents never quit.
They never indulged in self-pity,
no matter how stacked the odds
were against them.
They didn’t quit.
Those are the folks who inspire me.
People ask me sometimes,
who inspires you, Mr. President?
Those quiet heroes all across this country
— some of your parents and grandparents
who are sitting here — no fanfare,
no articles written about them,
they just persevere.
They just do their jobs.
Chinese:
去工作，虽然
他没有大学学历，
虽然他得了多发性硬化症（MS）而变得跛脚。
她看到她母亲，
虽然她没有大学学历，
在学校里，
那个城区学校，
每天都要保证Michelle
和她的兄弟接受他们应该接受的教育。
Michelle看到她的父母从不放弃。
他们从不自哀自怜，
不管境遇多么糟糕
对对他们来说。
他们没有放弃。
他们是让我得到启发的人。
人们有时候问我，
谁给你启发，总统先生？
那些在全国各个角落里，安静的无名英雄
——你们一些人的父母和祖父母
坐在那儿的——从不炫耀，
没有人为他们写文章，
他们只是自己坚持。
他们只是专心于自己该做的事。
German:
und geden jeden Tag zur Arbeit zu gehen,
obwohl er die Universität nicht beendigt hat,
obwohl er lähmende Multiple Sklerose hatte.
Sie sah ihre Mutter,
obwohl sie die Universität nicht beendigt hat,
in dieser Schule,
in dieser "inner-city" Schule,
jeden Tag darauf zu achten, dass Michelle
und ihr Bruder die Bildung bekamen, die sie verdient hatten.
Michelle sah, wie ihre Eltern nie aufgaben.
Sie haben sich nie dem Selbstmitleid hingegeben,
egal wie die Chancen
gegen sie gestapelt waren.
Sie haben nicht aufgegeben.
Das sind die Leute, die mich inspirieren.
Die Leute fragen mich manchmal,
wer inspiriert Sie, Herr Präsident?
Diese stille Helden im ganzen Land
- einige von Ihren Eltern und Großeltern
die hier sitzen - keine Fanfaren,
keine Artikel über sie geschrieben,
sie halten nur durch.
Sie tun nur ihren Job.
English:
They meet their responsibilities.
They don’t quit.
I’m only here because of them.
They may not have set out to change the world,
but in small,
important ways,
they did.
They certainly changed mine.
So whether it’s starting a business,
or running for office,
or raising a amazing family,
remember that making your mark on the world is hard.
It takes patience.
It takes commitment.
It comes with plenty of setbacks and
it comes with plenty of failures.
But whenever you feel that creeping cynicism,
whenever you hear those voices say
you can’t make a difference,
whenever somebody tells you to set your sights lower
— the trajectory of this country should give you hope.
Previous generations should give you hope.
What young generations have done
Chinese:
他们承担他们的责任
他们不放弃。
因为有他们，我才成为今天的我。
他们也许没有打算改变世界，
但是通过
那些琐碎，又重要的方式，
他们做得了。
他们当然也改变了我的方式。
所以不管是创业，
还是竞选，
或者是组成一个家庭，
记得在这个世界上留下你的印记，是困难的。
需要耐心。
需要承诺。
一定会有很多的挫折
和很多的失败。
但是当你听到犬儒主义的论调，
当你听到有人说，
你不会带来任何改变，
当你听到有人让你把期望放低，
——这个国家发展的轨迹应该给你希望。
前辈们应该给你带来希望。
年轻的一代之前的成绩
German:
Sie erfüllen ihre Verpflichtungen.
Sie geben nicht auf.
Ich bin nur hier wegen denen.
Es war vielleicht nicht deren Absicht gewesen, die Welt zu verändern,
aber in kleinen,
wichtigen Punkten
taten sie es.
Die haben sicherlich meine Welt verändert.
Also ob es sich um die Gründung eines Unternehmens handelt
oder die Kandidatur für ein Mandat,
oder eine einmalige Familie zu erziehen,
denkt daran, eure Spuren in der Welt zu lassen ist hart.
Es braucht Geduld.
Es braucht Einsatz.
Es kommt mit reichlichen Rückschritten und
es kommt mit reichlichen Misserfolgen.
Aber wann immer ihr den schleichenden Zynismus spürt,
wann immer ihre diese Stimmen sagen hören
ihr könnt keinen Unterschied machen
wann immer jemand euch sagt eure Erwartungen niedriger zu setzen
- die Trajektorie dieses Landes sollte euch Hoffnung geben.
Frühere Generationen sollten euch Hoffnung geben.
Was junge Generationen vorhehr getan haben
English:
They meet their responsibilities.
They don’t quit.
I’m only here because of them.
They may not have set out to change the world,
but in small,
important ways,
they did.
They certainly changed mine.
So whether it’s starting a business,
or running for office,
or raising a amazing family,
remember that making your mark on the world is hard.
It takes patience.
It takes commitment.
It comes with plenty of setbacks and
it comes with plenty of failures.
But whenever you feel that creeping cynicism,
whenever you hear those voices say
you can’t make a difference,
whenever somebody tells you to set your sights lower
— the trajectory of this country should give you hope.
Previous generations should give you hope.
What young generations have done
English:
before should give you hope.
Young folks who marched and mobilized
and stood up and sat in,
from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall,
didn’t just do it for themselves; they did it for other people.
(Applause.)
That’s how we achieved women’s rights.
That’s how we achieved voting rights.
That’s how we achieved workers’ rights.
That’s how we achieved gay rights.
(Applause.) That’s how we’ve made
this Union more perfect.
(Applause.)
And if you’re willing to do your part now,
if you’re willing to reach up and close
that gap between what America is
and what America should be,
I want you to know that I will be right there with you.
(Applause.) If you are ready to fight for that brilliant,
radically simple idea of America
that no matter who you are or what you look like,
no matter who you love or what God you worship,
English:
before should give you hope.
Young folks who marched and mobilized
and stood up and sat in,
from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall,
didn’t just do it for themselves; they did it for other people.
(Applause.)
That’s how we achieved women’s rights.
That’s how we achieved voting rights.
That’s how we achieved workers’ rights.
That’s how we achieved gay rights.
(Applause.) That’s how we’ve made
this Union more perfect.
(Applause.)
And if you’re willing to do your part now,
if you’re willing to reach up and close
that gap between what America is
and what America should be,
I want you to know that I will be right there with you.
(Applause.) If you are ready to fight for that brilliant,
radically simple idea of America
that no matter who you are or what you look like,
no matter who you love or what God you worship,
Chinese:
也应该给你希望。
年轻人，那些经历丰富，阅历丰富
站起来，又坐下的人，
从Seneca Falls到Selma, 到stonewall,
并不仅仅是为了他们自己而奋斗；他们也为了其他人。
（鼓掌。）
这就是我们如何使得女性享有权利的。
这就是我们如何获得了投票权。
这就是我们如何保障了劳动阶层的权利。
这就是我们如何保证了同性恋者的权利。
（鼓掌。）这就是我们如何让我们这个
大家庭更加完美。
（鼓掌。）
如果现在，你愿意投身其中，
如果你想站出来，
填平那个横亘在美国的现状
和美国应该是什么样子之间的鸿沟，
我想让你知道，我会和你一起。
（鼓掌。）如果你想为了那个卓越的，
奋发向上的美国梦想而斗争
不管你是谁，长什么样子，
不管你爱谁，信奉什么样的宗教，
German:
sollte euch Hoffnung geben.
Junge Leute, die marschierten und mobilisierten,
die mutig waren, die Sit-ins inszenierten
von Seneca Falls bis Selma zu Stonewall,
sie taten es nicht einfach für sich selbst, sie taten es für andere Menschen.
(Applaus)
So haben wir Frauen Rechte erreicht.
So haben wir Stimmrechte erreicht.
So haben wir Arbeiter Rechte erreicht.
So haben wir Homosexuell Rechte erreicht.
(Applaus) So haben wir
diese Union perfektet.
(Applaus)
Und wenn ihr bereit seid, euren Teil jetzt zu tun,
wenn ihr bereit seid, hoch zu reichen um
die Kluft zwischen dem, was Amerika ist
und was Amerika sein sollte schließen,
Ich möchte dass ihr wisst, dass ich gleich da mit euch bin.
(Applaus) Wenn ihr bereit seit, für diese brillante,
radikalische einfache Idee von Amerika zu kämpfen,
egal wer ihr seit, oder wie ihr ausseht,
egal wen ihr liebt, oder welchen Gott ihr anbetet,
German:
ihr könnt immer noch eurem eigenen Glück nachstreben
und ich werde euch auf jeden Schritt des Weges begleiten.
(Applaus) Jetzt mehr denn je - heute mehr denn jemals -
braucht Amerika was ihr -
die Klasse von 2012 -
zu bieten habt.
Amerika benötigt dass ihr hoch greift und tief hofft.
Und wenn ihr für euren Sitzplatz am Tisch kämpft,
und ein besseres Beispiel setzt,
und beharrt seid in dem, was ihr euch entscheided mit eurem Leben zu tun,
habe ich das vollstes Vertrauen, dass es euch nicht nur gelingen wird
aber, dass
durch euch,
unsere Nation auch weiterhin ein Leuchtfeuer für Männer und Frauen,
Jungs und Mädchen,
in jeder Ecke des Globus sein wird.
Ich danke Ihnen.
Herzliche Glückwünsche.
(Applaus) Gott segne euch.
Gott segne die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.
English:
you can still pursue your own happiness,
I will join you every step of the way.
(Applause.)
Now more than ever — now more than ever,
America needs what you,
the Class of 2012,
has to offer.
America needs you to reach high and hope deeply.
And if you fight for your seat at the table,
and you set a better example,
and you persevere in what you decide to do with your life,
I have every faith not only that you will succeed,
but that,
through you,
our nation will continue to be a beacon of light for men and women,
boys and girls,
in every corner of the globe.
So thank you.
Congratulations.
(Applause.) God bless you.
God bless the United States of America.
Chinese:
你依然可以追求自己的幸福，
我会在每一步都和你在以前。
（鼓掌。）现在是最好的时机——现在，是最好的时机，
美国需要你
2012届的毕业生，
所能给予的。
——如果美国想要发展到更高水平，更深切的憧憬未来。
如果你能为了自己的一席之地而奋斗，
你成为了一个榜样，
如果你为了自己生命中想做的事情不懈的坚持，
我完全坚信，你们不仅仅一定会取得成功，
而且
通过你们
我们的国家会继续成为一座灯塔，照亮男人，女人，
男孩儿，女孩儿，
在世界的每个角落
谢谢你们。
祝贺你们
（鼓掌）上帝保佑你们
上帝保佑美国
Romanian:
Am incredere nu doar ca veti reusi
dar si ca
prin intermediul vostru
natiunea noastra va continua sa fie un semnal luminos pentru barbati si femei,
baieti si fete,
din fiecare colt al globului.
Asa ca va multumesc.
Felicitari.
(aplauze). Dumnezeu sa va binecuvanteze
Dumnezeul sa binecuvanteze Statele Unite ale Americii
English:
you can still pursue your own happiness,
I will join you every step of the way.
(Applause.)
Now more than ever — now more than ever,
America needs what you,
the Class of 2012,
has to offer.
America needs you to reach high and hope deeply.
And if you fight for your seat at the table,
and you set a better example,
and you persevere in what you decide to do with your life,
I have every faith not only that you will succeed,
but that,
through you,
our nation will continue to be a beacon of light for men and women,
boys and girls,
in every corner of the globe.
So thank you.
Congratulations.
(Applause.) God bless you.
God bless the United States of America.
German:
(Applaus)
English:
(Applause.)
Chinese:
（鼓掌）
English:
(Applause.)
Romanian:
(aplauze)
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Compact, lightweight and durable design
Our powerful and efficient batteries for more range
Comfortable with quality
Perform a test drive in Schijndel without making an appointment
The electric bike Drafter is a lightweight e-bike with a centrally placed battery for an improved weight distribution. The e-bike is sportive, agile and easy to operate. The Drafter is equipped with a powerful 250W rear wheel motor from the A-brand BAFANG. With an aluminum frame, smooth front fork suspension and a strong (460Wh) 36V lithium-ion polymer battery, this e-bike is your ideal travel companion for long rides or to commute to your work! With the powerful motor you cycle effortlessly against strong winds or up a steep slope. Electrically assisted you easily reach a range of 40-80km. battery is removable and can be secured with an integrated lock.
POWERFUL BAFANG REAR WHEEL MOTOR WITH SHIMANO 9 GEARS
The Lacros Drafter with rearwheel motor provides a very powerful support in every situation, such as long distances, against the wind or against hills. The 250W motor from Bafang is powerful enough and very reliable. In combination with the 9 Shimano gears and an efficient sinus rotationsensor, the Lacros Drafter has a very natural cycling experience with electric support.
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The front and rear disc brakes of the Lacros Drafter require little maintenance. Disc brakes are often more powerful and brakes less abruptly compared to a rim brake.
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The Lacros Drafter is equipped with a 12.8Ah/36V (460Wh) Li-ion Polymer battery that is light, powerful and durable. The 12.8Ah battery has a range up to 40-80km. The battery is removable and can be locked. A charger is included with the bike.
LCD DISPLAY WITH 9 SUPPORT POSITIONS
On the steering wheel is the LCD display with which the electrical support can be controlled. The 9 support positions can be easily operated with two buttons. The display is illuminated and easy to operate. By pressing a button you can read lots of information, such as speed, distance and battery usage. The support stops at speeds above 25 km per hour. This is legally determined. The display has a USB connection on the back. This gives you the option to charge your phone or navigation while driving.
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Myrtopsis
Myrtopsis is a genus of shrubs in the family Rutaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains c. 8 species.
List of species
Myrtopsis calophylla
Myrtopsis corymbosa
Myrtopsis deplanchei
Myrtopsis macrocarpa
Myrtopsis myrtoidea
Myrtopsis novaecaledoniae
Myrtopsis pomaderridifolia
Myrtopsis sellingii
References
Category:Endemic flora of New Caledonia
Category:Rutaceae genera
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Q:
How to create inner children without creating another class?
I need to generate an XML like this:
<Root>
<Children>
<InnerChildren>SomethingM</InnerChildren>
</Children>
</Root>
The simplest solution is creating an inner class on the Root class:
@Root
class Root{
@Element
Children element;
@Root
private static class Children{
@Element
String innerChildren;
}
}
But I want to avoid that inner class creation, since it will make things look strange while using Root objects. Is there anyway I can achieve that result without using inner classes?
Expected way to create Root objects:
Root root = new Root("Something");
What I want to avoid:
Children child = new Children("Something");
Root root = new Root(child);
// this could be achieve by injecting some annotations
// in the constructor, but it's awful
A:
Just use a normal class instead of an inner class. It should still work:
@org.simpleframework.xml.Root
public class Root{
@Element
Children children;
public Root(){
children = new Children("Something");
}
}
@org.simpleframework.xml.Root
public class Children{
@Element
String innerChildren;
public Children(String inner){
innerChildren = inner;
}
}
Update:
If you do not want to create another class, you can use the Path annotation by specifying an XPath expression for the innerChildren field. For example:
@org.simpleframework.xml.Root
class Root {
@Element
@Path("children")
private final String innerChildren;
public Root(String name){
innerChildren = name;
}
}
Produces:
<root>
<children>
<innerChildren>Something</innerChildren>
</children>
</root>
Use the Namespace annotation to add name spaces. For example:
@org.simpleframework.xml.Root
@Namespace(reference="http://domain/parent", prefix="bla")
class Root {
@Element
@Path("bla:children")
@Namespace(reference="http://domain/parent", prefix="bla")
private final String innerChildren;
public Root(String name){
innerChildren = name;
}
}
Produces:
<bla:root xmlns:bla="http://domain/parent">
<bla:children>
<bla:innerChildren>Something</bla:innerChildren>
</bla:children>
</bla:root>
If using Styles to format the XML, it's necessary to do some modifications since they remove the : from the Element. The result using styles is:
<bla:root xmlns:bla="http://domain/parent">
<blachildren>
<bla:innerChildren>Something</bla:innerChildren>
</blachildren>
</bla:root>
This is what I did:
public class MyStyle extends CamelCaseStyle{
@Override
public String getElement(String name) {
if( name == null ){
return null;
}
int index = name.indexOf(':');
if( index != -1 ){
String theRest = super.getElement(name.substring(index+1));
return name.substring(0, index+1)+theRest;
}
return super.getElement(name);
}
}
And now the result is the expected one:
<bla:Root xmlns:bla="http://domain/parent">
<bla:Children>
<bla:InnerChildren>Something</bla:InnerChildren>
</bla:Children>
</bla:Root>
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Pathologic fracture of the mandible associated with simultaneous occurrence of an odontogenic keratocyst and traumatic bone cyst.
A case is presented which involved a pathologic fracture of the mandible associated with a large radiolucent lesion extending from the parasymphysis to the coronoid notch. The osseous defect was found to involve two separate lesions, identified histologically as a traumatic bone cyst in the anterior portion and an odontogenic keratocyst in the posterior aspect. The clinical course and treatment are discussed.
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Nokia Lumia 1020 - How can I check the IMEI number of my Lumia phone?
Lumia 800 and 900: Take out the sim card along with simcard holder and the IMEI number should be right next to where insertion of simcard holder on the phone is. For information how to insert and remove SIM card holder, see your phone's user guide.
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[unreadable] The long-term goal of the proposed research is to develop an implantable polymeric device, which delivers gonadotropin releasing hormone(GnRH, aka leuteinizing hormone release hormone, or LHRH) in periodic pulses, mimicking the normal, ultradian endogenous rhythm. Rhythmic pulsed administration of GnRH has been used successfully in the induction of ovulation in amenorrhic women, and in the induction of puberty and maintenance of sexual maturity in both males and females with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH), while continuous administration of GnRH fails. Present pulsatile treatment is administered using wearable pumps, with cutaneous breach by a catheter. For patients who must receive pulsatile GnRH for many years, this mode of delivery leads to significant inconvenience and danger of infection. The proposed device could be implanted subcutaneously or intraperitoneally, and may function for months or years. It is hoped that implantation will ameliorate the disadvantages of pump/catheter systems. The device concept features a hydrogel membrane, which undergoes periodic swelling-deswelling cycles, due to a feedback interaction between the membrane with the enzyme glucose oxidase. Release occurs during the swollen phase of the cycle. Oscillations are "fueled" by endogenous glucose at the site of implantation, whose level fluctuates only moderately in nondiabetics. (Rhythmic behavior of this device is distinguished from the glucose-responsive behavior of closed-loop insulin delivery devices.) While the feasibility of this concept has been confirmed in a model system, considerable work remains in converting the concept to a workable device that can be tested in patients. The specific goal of this proposal is to produce a prototype system whose properties can be tested in an in vitro environment that emulates in vivo conditions. In pursuing this goal, effects of the hydrogel membrane composition and thickness, the enzyme reaction, the device geometry, and the molecular properties of GnRH on the pulsatile release pattern will be studied. We will investigate device behavior in buffers and simulated plasma, when challenged with constant levels of glucose and programs of glucose fluctuations that are observed in nondiabetic individuals. [unreadable] [unreadable]
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Q:
stacking subsets of data.frame in R
I have a dataset with one (or more) id variables and many subsets of variables which have the same structure. I would like to stack these subsets, in a long format : I have three subsets in my example, so the final table must have three times more rows, and the id variable has to be triplicated.
The foo_data table is an example of my data in R :
individuals <-c("individual1","individual2","individual3")
subset1.var1 <- c("value1","value2","value3")
subset1.var2 <- c("value4","value5","value6")
subset1.var3 <- c("value7","value8","value9")
subset2.var1 <- c("value10","value11","value12")
subset2.var2 <- c("value13","value14","value15")
subset2.var3 <- c("value16","value17","value18")
subset3.var1 <- c("value19","value20","value21")
subset3.var2 <- c("value22","value23","value24")
subset3.var3 <- c("value25","value26","value27")
foo_data <-data.frame(individuals,subset1.var1,subset1.var2,subset1.var3,subset2.var1,
subset2.var2,subset2.var3,subset3.var1,subset3.var2,subset3.var3)
foo_data
And this is what I would like to have :
structure(list(id = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L,
3L), .Label = c("individual1", "individual2", "individual3"), class = "factor"),
var1 = structure(1:9, .Label = c("value1", "value2", "value3",
"value10", "value11", "value12", "value19", "value20", "value21"
), class = "factor"), var2 = structure(1:9, .Label = c("value4",
"value5", "value6", "value13", "value14", "value15", "value22",
"value23", "value24"), class = "factor"), var3 = structure(1:9, .Label = c("value7",
"value8", "value9", "value16", "value17", "value18", "value25",
"value26", "value27"), class = "factor")), .Names = c("id",
"var1", "var2", "var3"), row.names = c(NA, 9L), class = "data.frame")
# individuals time var1 var2 var3
# individual1.subset1 individual1 subset1 value1 value4 value7
# individual2.subset1 individual2 subset1 value2 value5 value8
# individual3.subset1 individual3 subset1 value3 value6 value9
# individual1.subset2 individual1 subset2 value10 value13 value16
# individual2.subset2 individual2 subset2 value11 value14 value17
# individual3.subset2 individual3 subset2 value12 value15 value18
# individual1.subset3 individual1 subset3 value19 value22 value25
# individual2.subset3 individual2 subset3 value20 value23 value26
# individual3.subset3 individual3 subset3 value21 value24 value27
The most obvious solution would be to compute a loop, like this one :
stacked_foo <- foo_data[,c(1:4)]
noms <- c("id","var1","var2","var3")
names(stacked_foo) <- noms
for (i in 2:3){
c(1,(3*i-1):(3*(i+1)-2))
temp <- foo_data[,c(1,(3*i-1):(3*(i+1)-2))]
names(temp) <- noms
stacked_foo <- rbind(stacked_foo,temp)
print(i)
}
But isn't there something more fast, more concise, with a built in function like melt or stack ?
A:
Option 1: Base R's reshape function
This is a task for reshape (from base R), but it wants your data.frame names to be in a slightly different format.
Try this:
names(foo_data) <- gsub("(.*)\\.(.*)", "\\2.\\1", names(foo_data))
names(foo_data)
# [1] "individuals" "var1.subset1" "var2.subset1" "var3.subset1" "var1.subset2"
# [6] "var2.subset2" "var3.subset2" "var1.subset3" "var2.subset3" "var3.subset3"
If your names are in this format, you can just do:
reshape(foo_data, direction = "long", idvar = "individuals",
varying = 2:ncol(foo_data))
# individuals time var1 var2 var3
# individual1.subset1 individual1 subset1 value1 value4 value7
# individual2.subset1 individual2 subset1 value2 value5 value8
# individual3.subset1 individual3 subset1 value3 value6 value9
# individual1.subset2 individual1 subset2 value10 value13 value16
# individual2.subset2 individual2 subset2 value11 value14 value17
# individual3.subset2 individual3 subset2 value12 value15 value18
# individual1.subset3 individual1 subset3 value19 value22 value25
# individual2.subset3 individual2 subset3 value20 value23 value26
# individual3.subset3 individual3 subset3 value21 value24 value27
You can remove the funky rownames with rownames(your-new-df-name) <- NULL.
Option 2: melt and dcast from "reshape2"
If you wanted to go the reshape2 route, you can try (this is assuming the column names have not been changed):
library(reshape2)
dfL <- melt(foo_data, id.vars = "individuals") ## Warning ahead, but OK
# Warning message:
# attributes are not identical across measure variables; they will be dropped
X <- colsplit(dfL$variable, c("SUB", "VAR"), pattern = "\\.")
dcast(dfL, individuals + X$SUB ~ X$VAR, value.var = "value")
# individuals X$SUB var1 var2 var3
# 1 individual1 subset1 value1 value4 value7
# 2 individual1 subset2 value10 value13 value16
# 3 individual1 subset3 value19 value22 value25
# 4 individual2 subset1 value2 value5 value8
# 5 individual2 subset2 value11 value14 value17
# 6 individual2 subset3 value20 value23 value26
# 7 individual3 subset1 value3 value6 value9
# 8 individual3 subset2 value12 value15 value18
# 9 individual3 subset3 value21 value24 value27
Option 3: "tidyr" + "dplyr"
However, it seems like people are starting to look at tidyr + dplyr as the next big thing for reshaping data. I'm not sold yet on all the piping stuff, but the approach would be:
library(dplyr)
# devtools::install_github("hadley/tidyr")
library(tidyr)
foo_data %>%
gather(vars, vals, subset1.var1:subset3.var3) %>%
separate(vars, into = c("subset", "var")) %>%
spread(var, vals)
# individuals subset var1 var2 var3
# 1 individual1 subset1 value1 value4 value7
# 2 individual1 subset2 value10 value13 value16
# 3 individual1 subset3 value19 value22 value25
# 4 individual2 subset1 value2 value5 value8
# 5 individual2 subset2 value11 value14 value17
# 6 individual2 subset3 value20 value23 value26
# 7 individual3 subset1 value3 value6 value9
# 8 individual3 subset2 value12 value15 value18
# 9 individual3 subset3 value21 value24 value27
# Warning message:
# attributes are not identical across measure variables; they will be dropped
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TPP is committed to equal opportunities and actively encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We shortlist based on competencies and not on race, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.
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1965 AMC Other
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Canadian World Cup duo Jeff Hassler and Tyler Ardron will make their much-anticipated returns from injury for Ospreys against Zebre on Sunday at the Stadio XXV Aprile in Parma. The pair having been missing in action since the tournament concluded, each recovering from knee problems suffered on international duty.
Both players are now in their third seasons with the Welsh regional side, after signing prior to the 2013/14 season. Hassler has established himself as first choice right wing at the club, and was named to the Pro 12 Dream Team at the end of his first season. Ardron’s status has been rising steadily since his club debut, with his versatility seeing him line up in both the second and back row.
Ospreys currently sit in 8th position in the Guinness Pro 12 with three wins and five losses, and will welcome the return of two key players. Former USA age-grade representative Hanno Dirksen is named on the bench. The South African-born winger now qualifies for Wales on residency.
OSPREYS
1 Paul James 2 Sam Parry 3 Dumitru Arhip 4 Lloyd Ashley 5 Tyler Ardron 6 James King 7 Justin Tipuric (capt.) 8 Dan Baker 9 Tom Habberfield 10 Sam Davies 11 Eli Walker 12 Josh Matavesi 13 Jonathan Spratt 14 Jeff Hassler 15 Dan Evans
16 Scott Otten 17 Nicky Smith 18 Ma’afu Fia 19 Alun Wyn Jones 20 Olly Cracknell 21 Martin Roberts 22 Dan Biggar 23 Hanno Dirksen
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How Astronomers Will Find Whether Life Can Exist on Proxima b
. "Some people have argued that such planets cannot have an atmosphere." "It is controversial whether or not life can exist in low mass star systems like Proxima Centauri," Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb told Gizmodo
"The newly detected Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri could potentially host life - if it has an atmosphere that supports surface liquid water," the researchers wrote in their paper , submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters. "We conclude that JWST observations have the potential to put the first constraints on the possibility of life around the nearest star to the Solar System.
"The important thing is that in a couple of years, we should be able to start learning about the atmosphere [of Proxima b]," Loeb said. "If there is one, it's quite likely there'd be a call for a special mission to study just this planet."
Last week, astronomers discovered a potentially Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf in our closest star system. Considering how little we know about it, the planet is a very promising candidate for life, but there are several pieces of information we need in order to actually determine whether it's habitable. First on the list: whether it has an atmosphere.The planet, dubbed "Proxima b," is rocky, Earth-sized, and close enough to its comparatively cold star that it could have Earth-like temperatures. However, as a result of its proximity to its star, the planet is exposed to 400 times the number of x-ray fluxes as Earth, which may have wiped out any atmosphere long ago.However, there's a chance that volcanic activity could have restored the atmosphere, particularly if that planet has strong, insulating magnetic fields. If that's the case, then observations from the James Webb space telescope might be able to determine whether the planet has an atmosphere, a key requirement for life. According to a new study, the JWST can detect the planet's temperature, which will be essential to making that determination.Since Proxima b is so close to its star, it is almost certainly tidally locked, meaning that one side permanently faces the sun, creating a "day" side and a "night" side. Loeb and his colleague, Harvard astronomer Laura Kreidberg, determined that the heat from the "day" side would be redistributed to the "night" if there is an atmosphere or ocean. As a result, the JWST can determine whether the planet has an atmosphere by measuring the difference in temperature between the "day" side and "night" side.If the planet is found to have an atmosphere, then we would need to discover what composes it, which the JWST most likely can't detect. For that, we'll need to wait for the Extremely Large Telescope, expected to be unveiled in the 2020s, or perhaps the next advancement in telescope technology.
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Q:
Really Frustrating CSS Stepdown in IE
In my site, I have two divs - right and left. Both are contained within a wrapper div. Here is my code:
#wrapper{
width:1000px;
height:750px;
margin:auto;
}
#left{
width:500px;
height:750px;
float:left;
position:relative;
}
#right{
width:500px;
height:750px;
float:right;
position:relative;
}
In Chrome, no problem.
In Firefox, no problem.
In Safari, no problem.
In Opera, no problem
In IE, the #right div is in the same location horizontally, but vertically it's below the #left div.
I've tried a few different techniques to remedy this. Setting the wrapper line height to 0, setting the right display to inline, reducing the size of the right and left divs (I thought maybe there was a margin/padding issue). I've run out of ideas now, can anybody offer any help of the issue?
In All Browsers (except IE):
In IE:
A:
There's nothing wrong with the CSS you've posted. It will work in all browsers as expected (I've decreased the widths in my example).
What's happening is that you've got an element in one of your columns that's forcing the width of either #left or #right to be greater than 500px. The easiest way to fix this is to start removing elements until the float drop disappears. Then you can figure out if there's a solution for the offending element (i.e. set its width or set overflow: hidden or scroll).
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Al Bairre
Al Bairre was an Indie pop-rock band from Cape Town that existed between 2012 and 2017.
Over the years the five-person band (three men, Kyle Davis, Tom Kotze and Nicolas Preen and two women, Tessa Johnson and Julia Johnson) played in London, UK, Berlin, Germany, Rorschach, Switzerland and various cities in South Africa.
Publicity
During their five years in action, they were featured in various publications including: YES Lifestyle Magazine, THE BIG ISSUE and Your LMG.
Awards
In 2014, Al Bairre won two MK awards (for Best Newcomer and Best Music Video).
Break up
In 2017, the band announced they would be splitting up saying "Having achieved all the goals we set for ourselves over the last 5 years - we all feel like it’s the right time to try something new,"
References
Category:South African rock music groups
Category:Musical groups from Cape Town
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Details
In conjunction with the PaddingTop, PaddingBottom and PaddingLeft properties, PaddingRight controls the position of the Caption and switch icon relative to the control bounds.
Unlike margins, the padding properties will affect the size of a control when layout manager sizing is content based.
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Predictors of sick leave and reduced productivity at work among persons with early inflammatory joint conditions.
This study attempted to identify predictors of sick leave and reduced productivity at work among persons with early inflammatory joint conditions. In a prospective cohort study of 210 workers with inflammatory joint conditions present for less than 12 months, data were collected by a medical examination and questionnaires at baseline and after 6 and 12 months. The outcomes were sick leave and reduced productivity at work. Generalized estimation equations (6-month time-lag model) were used to study predictors. Sick leave was predicted by high levels of pain [odds ratio (OR) 3.2], poor physical functioning (OR 4.4), and frequent manual materials handling (OR 2.0), whereas supervisors had a lower likelihood of sick leave (OR 0.2). The predictors of reduced productivity at work were intermediate levels of pain (OR 3.1), poor physical functioning (OR 2.8), poor mental health (OR 2.1), and low support from colleagues (OR 2.2), whereas the workers classified as having nonrheumatoid arthritis were less likely to report reduced productivity than those with inflammatory joint complaints without clinical synovitis (OR 0.4). Among the workers with early inflammatory joint conditions, self-reported pain and physical functioning affected performance at work, together with manual materials handling and lack of support from colleagues. Early treatment should target pain and physical functioning, and job interventions should aim at reducing physical workload and increasing coworker support.
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Q:
How to redirect to another action in Struts in given time?
For example, once an action has been called I want it to redirect to another action in 5 seconds. Is it possible?
<action name="proceedupdateaccount" class="accountAction" method="updateAccount">
<result name="success" type="redirectAction">update-message</result>
<result name="input">/accountupdateform.jsp</result>
</action>
<action name="update-message">
<result>/message.jsp</result>
<!-- in 5 seconds this action should redirect to logout action -->
</action>
<action name="logout">
<result type="redirect">/j_spring_security_logout</result>
</action>
A:
You can simply redirect them from the first action to another action using the <meta http-equiv="refresh" > code on the first action's result, like this:
In the message.jsp:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;url=logout">
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Morphogenetic events during the division of the marine spirotrichous ciliate, Apokeronopsis crassa (Clapare`de &
Lachmann 1858) n. comb. were investigated. Compared with members of the well-known genera Thigmokeronopsis, Uroleptopsis, and
Pseudokeronopsis, A. crassa has one row of buccal cirri, high number of transverse cirri, clearly separated midventral rows, lacks
thigmotactic cirri and a gap in adoral zone, its undulating membranes (UMs) anlage forms one cirrus and marginal rows and dorsal kineties
form apokinetally during division. All these characteristics indicate that this organism represents a new taxon at the generic level, and
hence a new genus is suggested, Apokeronopsis n. g. It is defined as thus: Pseudokeronopsidae with Pseudokeronopsis-like bicorona of
frontal cirri and one marginal row on each side; one row of two or more buccal cirri in ordinary position; two midventral rows distinctly
separated, hence of cirri that are not in a typical zig-zag pattern; high number of transverse cirri, caudal cirri absent, and frontoterminal
cirri present; thigmotactic cirri absent, many macronuclear nodules fuse into many masses as well as marginal and dorsal kineties form
apokinetally during morphogenesis. At the same time, the genus Thigmokeronopsis Wicklow, 1981 is redefined, and one new combination,
Apokeronopsis antarctica (Petz, 1995) n. comb. is proposed. The morphogenetic events of A. crassa are characterized as follows:
(1) In the proter, the adoral zone of membranelles and UMs are completely renewed by the oral primordium. The UM anlage is formed
apokinetally on the dorsal wall of the buccal cavity and is hence clearly separated from the frontoventral-transverse (FVT) cirral anlagen in
the proter. (2) Frontoventral-transverse cirral anlagen are generated de novo in the outermost region of the cortex to the right of the old
UMs. (3) A row of buccal cirri arises from FVT cirral streak I. (4) The marginal rows and dorsal kineties originate de novo in both dividers;
no caudal cirri are formed. (5) The last FVT-streak contributes two frontoterminal cirri. (6) The many macronuclear nodules fuse into
many masses (about 50 segments) during division, unlike a singular or branched mass as described in other urostylids.
Key Words. Cell regeneration, Pseudokeronopsidae, Spirotrichea, systematics, Urostylida.
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## Androssi Vessel Overseen by Biron
STARDATE 53675.1
S ub-Overseer Howwi's voice awoke Overseer Biron out of a sound sleep. "Attention Overseer. Your presence is required on the flight deck. The client has arrived one hour, fifteen minutes early for the engagement."
Biron was instantly awake, his annoyance at the interruption leavened by the information contained in that interruption. He checked the time-keeping device in his quarters, which informed him that it was one hour and ten minutes prior to the scheduled time of the engagement with the client. This meant that Howwi had been awakened and informed of the early arrival first, then it was left to the sub-overseer to inform Biron.
He climbed out of his hammock and dressed. Biron made a note to investigate who spoke to the sub-overseer rather than Biron himself. Proper protocol dictated that the overseer be informed immediately of such a change in scheduling. One of the lower officers—or worse, one of the workers—had decided to inform the sub-overseer instead rather than risk the ire of the overseer by waking him up. A foolish notion, that. If it was an officer, that person would be severely disciplined. (If it was a worker, the solution was much simpler: death and replacement. Workers were, after all, easy enough to come by.)
Once he had dressed and put in the five nose rings that symbolized his position as overseer, he exited his cabin and proceeded to the flight deck. He entered to see Sub-Overseer Howwi and the four workers presently on duty stand up in his presence. They remained standing until Biron had taken his seat at the front left of the deck.
"Open a communications frequency to the client," Biron said as the five others retook their seats.
The face of a Yridian appeared on the viewscreen. A like image did not appear on the Yridian's screen—Androssi protocol dictated that they never transmit visual communications to any but other Androssi, and even then, such a practice was frowned upon. It was a security risk, after all.
"May I assume I'm speaking to Overseer Biron?" the Yridian asked.
"You assume correctly."
"Excellent." The Yridian bared his teeth in what Biron assumed to be an expression of pleasure. "I'm sorry I got here early, but my previous engagement was, ah, cut short."
"Your itinerary is of no interest to me. I wish to conduct a business transaction. I have been informed by reliable sources that you have information regarding Starfleet."
"Some, yes. I can give you ship and personnel movements from up to one month ago. Given sufficient incentive, I can cut that down to a week or two."
"Ship and personnel movements are also of no interest to me. What I require are log entries."
Again, the Yridian bared his teeth, but Biron noted a subtle difference in his facial structure this time. "That will cost more."
"I expected as much. Provide me with a price."
Biron noted two things. The first was that the Yridian's protracted pause was ostensibly to consider what price he would name, but Biron knew that he was simply delaying in a futile attempt to pretend that he had the upper hand in this negotiation. Biron knew that the Yridian already had a price in mind, but wished to make the acquisition of these logs seem more difficult than it truly was. Biron had expected this behavior and did not concern himself with it.
The second thing he noted was that Howwi looked uncomfortable. Biron had only just ended Howwi's period of punishment—he had continued to perform his duties as sub-overseer, but at half-pay—for his succumbing to Starfleet treachery on the abandoned Cardassian space station Empok Nor, so he was unlikely to raise an objection to anything Biron did at this juncture.
And Biron could understand why Howwi was befuddled by the nature of this particular client interaction.
The Yridian finally spoke. "I take it you've scanned my ship, Overseer?"
Biron looked over at Howwi, who nodded. "Yes, we have."
"Then you know what a mess it is. You're supposed to be the best tinkerers in the galaxy. If you can upgrade my clapped-out ship—give me a full overhaul—then I can get you whatever logs you want. Just official ones, though, not personal." Again, the bared teeth. "Even I have my limits."
"Your terms are acceptable." Biron entered data into the console in front of him in preparation for transmitting it to the Yridian ship. "I am transmitting the specific personnel whose log entries I wish to peruse. I wish to obtain entries dating back at least two years."
The Yridian nodded. "Fine." His fingers played over his own console. "I'm sending you the parts of the ship I want upgraded." He looked down. "Getting the data now." He frowned. "I'll need two weeks at least to gather this all up."
Next to Biron, Howwi was perusing the Yridian's list. The sub-overseer muted the transmission, then spoke. "We will require that time period to obtain the materials to perform the required upgrades."
Biron nodded, and Howwi deactivated the mute function. "That is also acceptable. We will part ways and reconvene at these coordinates in two weeks' time."
"Excellent! It's a pleasure doing business with you, Overseer Biron. See you in two weeks."
With that, the Yridian ended the transmission.
Turning to Howwi, Biron said, "Begin procedures for acquiring everything on the Yridian's list. Use ship's stores for as much of it as possible—even if it is already earmarked to be used on a future endeavor."
Howwi hesitated. "Sir, I—"
"Your objection is both anticipated and noted, Sub-Overseer." Under other circumstances, Biron would discipline Howwi for even considering questioning his orders.
But these were very peculiar orders.
"You have my assurance that all your concerns will be addressed before this endeavor is completed."
Seeming relieved, Howwi said, "Of course, sir. Thank you, sir."
The sub-overseer's unvoiced complaint was a valid one. After all, as a ship in the Androssi fleet, their mission was to provide material requested by the ship's Elite sponsor. Their sponsor had made no such requests recently, and certainly had done nothing that would lead Biron to contact this Yridian for Starfleet log entries. Should their sponsor request an audit—as was his right at any time—he would not be pleased by the expenditures that would be used for an unauthorized endeavor. It could have a serious impact on Biron's ability to provide for his sponsor and, by extension, his crew.
But Biron needed this information.
It was unworthy of him, it was true, but he did not care. Not after the second humiliation.
The first time Biron encountered the Starfleet starship U.S.S. da Vinci on the planet designated Maeglin, their crew managed to outmaneuver him. It was the first time Biron had ever failed in a mission for his Elite sponsor. That first time, however, Biron could very easily attribute to random chance. After all, mathematically speaking, Biron's ability to always fulfill the requests of his Elite sponsor was bound to end eventually. Even the best overseer sometimes fails. The Elite accept this, as long as such occurrences were rare and not damaging. Indeed, Biron's own sponsor was understanding about the failure of the Maeglin mission.
But then Biron was thwarted again, this time at the abandoned Cardassian mining station Empok Nor—and it was again due to the interference of the crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci. True, that mission had become untenable in any case; the client who was to provide the holo-emitters required by the sponsor was overly demanding and eccentric, and was proving very difficult to work with.
However, Biron did not take kindly to failure. The best response to such was to eliminate its cause. So he set out to do what he could to eliminate the threat posed by the crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci. The personnel he had requested logs for included several members of that ship's complement, including most of its officers and all the personnel assigned to the ship's Starfleet Corps of Engineers.
Armed with this knowledge, Biron would find a way to end their threat to his continued ability to provide for his sponsor.
The two weeks passed. All the material needed to perform the necessary upgrades to the Yridian's ship were obtained and stored in Dimension 7 until they needed to retrieve them in order to perform the upgrades.
Biron's ship arrived at the rendezvous coordinates at the designated time, to find that the Yridian was once again early. The overseer found that he preferred clients who were early to those who were tardy, as far too many of his clients had been. Timely clients were easier to deal with.
"Open a communications frequency to the Yridian," Biron said.
The Yridian's face reappeared on the screen. "I have obtained as many of the logs as I was able, dating back to the war against the Dominion. This includes, not only logs from the da Vinci, but also the U.S.S. Lexington, the U.S.S. Sentinel, and Starbase 92."
Rarely was Biron surprised by something, but this Yridian had accomplished it. "That is far more thorough than I was expecting."
"I was simply accommodating your request, Overseer. Several personnel on your list were serving in those other places during the time frame you gave me." Baring his teeth again, he added, "It is my hope that my adherence to the full letter of our agreement will be reciprocated."
"It will be. Please transmit the data, and we can begin to perform the upgrades."
"Sorry, but no. First of all, I'm not foolish enough to transmit data this sensitive on an open channel. It's all contained in a storage unit, which I will hand to you. Second of all, that handoff will not take place until all the upgrades are finished." Biron was about to object, but the Yridian, apparently anticipating this, continued speaking. "If you wish to inspect the storage unit to verify that it does contain the asked-for data, you may—but the unit stays with me until the upgrades are done."
Biron seethed for a moment. He did not wish to wait to peruse the logs. But he could contrive no reason why the Yridian should accede to his desire to do so without Biron fulfilling his portion of the agreement.
"Very well. We will engage our matter transfer device and materialize upon your ship in order to inspect the unit and effect the upgrades to your vessel within ten minutes."
The upgrades took two days. When they were completed, the Yridian's ship had had its sensor efficiency increased by twenty-five-point-nine percent, its cruising speed increased to an FTL of 4.0 from its previous maximum of 2.14.
The Yridian, of course, felt the need to inspect all the changes, from the new antimatter containment unit to the burnished chrome used as molding on the helm console. Biron had seen the latter as an absurd extravagance, but this was a decadent alien species, and could not be held to the standards of the Androssi.
After his inspection, the Yridian stood before Biron—presently standing on the cramped flight deck of the Yridian vessel—and bared his teeth wider than he had at any time in their short acquaintance. "Overseer, I thank you from the top of my head. This outstrips even what I had heard about your people's prowess with engines. I daresay you'd give Starfleet a run for their money."
The praise of aliens was of no consequence. "May I take the storage unit containing the log entries now?"
"Of course." The Yridian went to a small panel under his environmental control console and tapped a sequence of alphanumeric characters onto a touch pad, taking pains to block the exact sequence from the view of Biron or either of the workers still present. He then opened the door, revealing the storage unit. "Enjoy the reading. There are some gripping accounts of the war there, as it happens."
Biron simply nodded to the workers, who removed the unit from the Yridian's hands. Then Biron activated his subspace communications device. "Sub-Overseer Howwi. Activate the matter transferral beam and transport myself, the workers, and the storage unit back to the ship."
"Acknowledged."
"It was a pleasure doing business with you, sir," the Yridian said, just before the matter transferral beam conveyed Biron to his vessel.
Seven minutes after the Yridian ship engaged its warp drive, Biron turned to Howwi. "Engage the dimensional blockers on all the equipment we installed upon the Yridian ship."
Howwi was inappropriately enthusiastic when he said, "Yes, sir." However, Biron was willing to forgive it. The sub-overseer added, "Dimensional blockers now read active. All equipment registers in Dimension 7."
Biron nodded and rose from his chair. The others on the flight deck did the same. "I will be in my quarters," he said and departed.
The Androssi had retrieved all of their equipment, including the new acquisitions, which would be potentially useful in future endeavors, and therefore would not be deemed untoward in an audit. Said equipment included an antimatter containment unit, but did not include the antimatter itself. The Yridian and his ship would by now have been eliminated by the catastrophic collision of the Yridian's antimatter with the matter of the ship itself, no longer separated as they were by a containment unit. Thus, there was no danger of reprisal from the Yridian.
Now Biron had the information he needed. The only net loss was that of one irrelevant alien life and time: the time spent obtaining material and upgrading the Yridian ship, and the time that Biron would now spend reading over the log entries of the hated crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci.
The log entries were not up-to-date, but the Yridian had said that there would be a gap between what he could acquire and the present day. The most recent entries related to a medical crisis on Sherman's Planet that the U.S.S. da Vinci's chief medical officer, Dr. Elizabeth Lense, was able to solve with the aid of Fabian Stevens, a member of the ship's Starfleet Corps of Engineers team. Biron found the method Dr. Lense used to be of interest, and added it to his ship's database.
Once again, Biron found himself baffled by Starfleet's continued insistence on aiding others for no obvious benefit. In this particular instance, the crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci— with the exception of five of its complement—were also in danger from the pandemic that infected the population of Sherman's Planet. Even so, Biron doubted that the ship's crew's reaction would have been any different if none of them were in danger.
He decided to read through the logs of the chief medical officer. Hers, he noticed, were only on the U.S.S. da Vinci since shortly after the cessation of hostilities between the Dominion and the alliance among United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire. Prior to that, as the client had indicated, she served on a different vessel, the U.S.S. Lexington.
Sitting in his quarters, Overseer Biron began to peruse the log entries of Dr. Elizabeth Lense....
## U.S.S. Lexington
STARDATE 51246.9
T he first thing Elizabeth Lense did when she entered her quarters on the Lexington was check her personnel file.
She hadn't been on board the Lexington in almost a month. Her quarters were just as she'd left them—not that she cared. All that mattered was whether or not Commander Selden kept his promise.
After keeping me in his damn dungeon imagining vast conspiracies to create genetically enhanced doctors in Starfleet...
But no, there was nothing about the Starfleet investigation into whether or not Lt. Commander Elizabeth Lense, chief medical officer of the U.S.S. Lexington, top of her class at Starfleet Medical, had violated the Federation law forbidding postnatal genetic enhancement.
Of course, she hadn't. The whole idea was patently ridiculous. And if the Federation wasn't presently embroiled in a war with an enemy ruled by shapechangers who had spent the last several years fomenting paranoia throughout the quadrant, it no doubt would have been investigated quietly and with a minimum of fuss.
Instead, the revelation that the salutatorian of her class, Julian Bashir, had been illegally genetically enhanced by his parents when he was six led some to think that Lense, having, in essence, beaten him, might also be so enhanced.
So they locked her in a room on Starbase 314 and went over her life with a fine-toothed comb. End result: she was an absolutely brilliant and completely human physician, who had been kept off active duty, and probably costing lives with her absence, because some admiral somewhere thought it was a good idea.
Part of Lense wanted to resign right there.
Instead, she returned to the Lexington. There was, after all, a war on.
The door chime rang. "Come in."
Heather Anderson walked in. Lense had been hoping that Captain Eberling himself would come by. The son-of-a-bitch owes me that much, at least. I always thought Starfleet captains defended their officers when they're falsely accused.
Instead, he'd sent the first officer to do his dirty work. Lense had never liked Anderson much. She wasn't sure why, there was just something about the older woman that rubbed her wrong.
"Good to see you again, Elizabeth."
"Commander, I only just reported on board—"
"Uh, it's 'Captain' now, Elizabeth—but 'Heather' is just fine. They're sending us right back to the front lines, so we're probably going to all be in close quarters for some time."
Lense frowned, only just now noticing the fourth pip on Anderson's collar. "What happened to Captain Eberling?"
Anderson's lips seemed to twist oddly. "Didn't they tell you?"
"They kept me in a room for a month, Comma—Sorry, Captain. The war could've ended while I was in there, and I wouldn't have known."
"I'm afraid that Captain Eberling died at Tyra."
Blinking, Lense said, "I'm sorry?"
"Captain Eberling is dead."
Anderson went on for several seconds. Somewhere, in the back of her head, Lense registered the captain's words explaining that over a hundred ships were at Tyra, and only fourteen, including the Lexington, made it out in one piece. However, Eberling was fatally wounded on the bridge.
"Damn..." Lense muttered.
"There was nothing you could've done," Anderson said.
"Hm?" Lense was confused by the statement.
"The captain was dead before he ever got to sickbay. Your being here wouldn't have made a difference."
Lense wanted to say any number of things. She wanted to ask about the other people she might have been able to save if she had been where she belonged. She wanted to say that she would never get the chance to get the apology from Eberling that she felt she deserved. She wanted to say that she wondered what it meant that her first thought upon learning of the death of a man she had once respected was self-righteous anger. She wanted to ask how the hell Anderson knew what difference her being there really would have made. She wanted to say that she had no desire to serve under Captain "Heather is just fine" Anderson, regardless of rank.
She said none of those things. Instead, she just said, "Thank you, Captain."
Anderson smiled. Or, rather, her lips upturned. Smiles tended to brighten faces and show some kind of humor or joy. But the rest of Anderson's face remained as pursed and humorless as always. "It's 'Heather.' And don't mention it. There's a senior staff meeting at 1100 in the observation lounge. I'll give everyone the mission specs there." Her lips turned downward into a frown that was as unconvincing as the smile. "It won't be another Tyra, I promise you that. In fact, this may give us a chance to get some of our own back."
With that, Anderson left Lense alone to figure out how she felt.
The mission the Lexington went on wasn't another Tyra.
It was worse.
Dominion forces were threatening the border near the Setlik system. The site of a major battle during a previous war between the Federation and Cardassia, it was once again a flash point in this war in which those two nations were only supporting players. The Lexington was one of six Nebula-class vessels assigned to the sector, along with the Honshu, Sutherland, T'Kumbra, Monitor, and Aldebaran. In addition, they had support from ten Norway-class ships. Intelligence reports indicated a distinct possibility of an attempt to take Setlik by a small garrison of Cardassian ships, led by one Jem'Hadar strike ship, and this force would be more than enough to deal with it.
Typically, Intelligence was both absolutely right and completely wrong. The Dominion/Cardassian forces did try to take Setlik—but with two very large garrisons of Cardassian ships and six Jem'Hadar strike ships.
The Narvik, Oslo, Lillehammer, and Bodø were destroyed before the Lexington had a chance to even go to red alert.
Lense had been on the bridge at the time. She was discussing the possibility of setting up one of the shuttlebays to handle triage in case things got bad. Said discussion was taking place with the new first officer, Commander Fiona Galloway, since "Heather" was busy with other concerns. This suited Lense just fine.
Then the tactical officer—some Bolian ensign who didn't look old enough to have a ridge—announced the arrival of over a dozen warp signatures, and then four of their support ships were gone in plumes of flame, and a Jem'Hadar ship was firing on the Lexington.
Galloway bellowed, "Damage report!"
Mai-Fan Wan, the second officer, said from the ops station, "Mutlitple hits to decks nine, ten, eleven, and twelve."
Lense tensed. Sickbay was on deck nine.
Wan continued: "Hull breach on deck twelve. Plasma fires erupting on all four decks."
So much for "getting our own back," Heather, Lense thought angrily, and said, "I've got to get to sickbay."
Nobody spared her a glance as she headed to the turbolift.
"Target that Jem'Hadar ship and fire, all phasers." That was Anderson's voice.
"Load torpedo bays."
"Sensors indicate that the T'Kumbra, the Tromsø, and the Trondheim are trying to cut a wedge in the Cardassian ships."
"The Honshu, Bergen, Sutherland, and Stavanger are chasing the ships going after Setlik IV."
"Course 189 mark 2, then hit them with—"
Whatever it was Anderson wanted to hit them with was lost to the turbolift doors closing. "Sickbay," Lense said. Plasma fires. I'll need to get the burn units up and running. She tapped her combadge. "Lense to Kumagai."
Silence greeted her request.
Damn newbies. The Lexington's medical staff had almost doubled—from eleven to nineteen—in the month she was away. Lense's staff now included two more doctors, twice as many nurses, and an additional medtech. Kumagai was one of those two doctors—an ensign, fresh out of Starfleet Medical, with a specialty in treating burn wounds (hence his assignment to a ship on the front lines).
"Lense to Kumagai," she repeated.
Again, silence.
She tried her assistant, who had filled in as CMO while she was away. "Lense to Cox. Julianna, you there?"
More silence.
"Lense to Cavanaugh. Lense to Griscom."
She sighed. With all those people, one of them should have replied.
"Lense to sickbay, someone report!"
The turbolift doors opened onto deck nine. Uniformed personnel ran back and forth, some carrying what looked to Lense's untrained eye like equipment to be used in repairs. People shouted at each other, both across the hall and over intercoms and combadges.
As she walked closer to sickbay, she started to notice the burning smell. It had the distinct metallic odor of a plasma fire, but it was more of a lingering smell than an active one. Good, she thought, that means the fire-suppression systems are working. The computer could starve a fire with force fields, and it usually had a quick enough response time that damage was often minimal.
The moment the doors to sickbay started to part, she spoke. "Why the hell isn't any—?"
Whatever she planned to say next caught in her throat.
Sickbay was full of bodies.
The smoky metallic smell from the plasma fire lingered, but it was mixed with the equally metallic odor of blood.
This wouldn't be unusual in the midst of a large-scale battle, but for the fact that it was all medical personnel. The biobeds were empty, but members of her staff were sprawled about. Julianna lay on the floor, third-degree plasma burns all up and down the right side of her body. Next to her was Nurse Rodgers, like burns on her left side. They were both dead.
There was a giant hole where one of the bulkheads used to be, a force field over that hole, through which she could see dozens of badly burned pieces of whatever normally was inside starship bulkheads.
The fire-suppresion systems did work, she thought through the shock, just not fast enough.
She forced herself to look around. Triage. See who needs immediate attention. Half the equipment in sickbay was also burned. She heard moans, and one person screaming. Nobody seemed to be in any shape to help out.
"I need a doctor here!"
That voice came from the doors, which had just parted to reveal a lieutenant she didn't recognize carrying in an ensign she also didn't recognize. This was due in part to the blood obscuring both their faces.
Somewhere in the back of her head, she cursed Cox for not giving the crew adequate first-aid training— the lieutenant was carrying the ensign like he was bringing his bride across the threshold instead of in a proper "firefighter's carry"—then remembered that Cox was lying dead at her feet.
"Computer, activate EMH."
A short, male human figure appeared in the center of the room. "Please state the nature of the medical emergency," the figure said in a haughty tone.
"There's a war on," Lense said dryly. "Examine the people on the floor. Do triage, and treat the most gravely injured first. There's no support staff handy, so you'll have to find everything yourself."
The EMH looked around. "I'm a doctor, not an archaeologist."
"Move!"
"Of course." The EMH knelt down to start examining those on the floor.
Lense pointed to the lieutenant. "You—set her down there, then you sit here."
"I'm fine, Doctor, it's all her blood on me. I need to get back to engineering."
She waved him off. "Fine, go."
Sickbay's supposed to be the best protected part of the damn ship, she thought as she ran a scanner over the ensign. The Jem'Hadar managed to penetrate it with one shot. That's ridiculous. They're supposed to build ships that are able to defend against our foes.
As the biobed readings came through—broken arm, a combination of electrical and plasma burns on both legs, several cuts and contusions, and a concussion—Lense thought, Of course, we didn't know about the Dominion when they built the Lexington. She'd heard stories about how the Jem'Hadar could walk through force fields and had technology far beyond anything the Federation had ever seen.
If we can't protect sickbay, how the hell are we going to protect the rest of the ship?
She managed to stabilize the ensign and apply a dermal regenerator and a sedative. As long as she lay still and remained sedated, her body would eventually heal.
"I've completed the triage," the EMH said. "One requires immediate surgery. Two will require surgery within the next three hours. Three are stable and sedated. The remaining eight are deceased."
Lense closed her eyes. She had sent four medtechs to various parts of the ship to facilitate the transportation of wounded. She had been on the bridge.
The EMH had just listed the remainder of the Lexington medical staff.
"Get started on the surgeries."
"Excuse me?" the EMH said archly.
"We're about to get inundated with wounded, and we're a sickbay of two. One of us needs to be able to diagnose in an instant and make judgment calls as to what treatment to perform; the other needs to perform those treatments. I think we know how that division of labor should go, yes?"
"A logical course of action, I suppose." The EMH sounded almost grudging.
Who the hell programmed this monstrosity, anyhow? " So why are you standing around? Get to work on that patient who needs immediate surgery!"
"There's no need to yell, Doctor," the EMH said as he went over to prepare for surgery. "Of course, without a nurse, this will be most difficult."
"My heart bleeds for you," Lense muttered.
"Doctor?"
Lense turned to see that her metaphorical words applied to someone else in reality—a patient was being brought in on an antigrav gurney, blood pouring from a chest wound. With a start, she recognized the patient as Jenson, one of the three medtechs she'd sent out—and she had no idea who it was navigating the gurney.
"What happened?" she asked as she ran the scanner over the wound. Eyes widening as the tricorder told her that there was a massive arterial tear, she said, "Never mind." Jenson had seconds at the most.
She took a quick look around, but the only instruments nearby were fried by the plasma fire. The spares were across the room in a drawer—they may as well have been in the Gamma Quadrant, for all the good they did her right now.
The hell with it. She shoved her decidedly nonsterile hand into Jenson's chest cavity and tried to close the arterial tear with her fingers. If she could just hold it shut, the blood would keep pumping.
It was a ridiculous gesture. It had no chance of actually working. She could barely get a grip on the artery with the blood pouring out of Jenson's body. But she had to try.
She looked up at the person who'd brought Jenson in, and saw that he had one pip on his uniform. "Ensign, get over to the set of drawers on the far wall. In the second from the top is a tray. Bring the whole thing over here, now!"
"Yessir," the ensign said, sounding almost relieved to be given an order.
It took the rest of Garth Jenson's life for the ensign to make it back with the tray. By then, he had lost too much blood—no amount of infusion would do the trick, especially given how much more he'd lose in the time it would take to repair the artery.
Lense closed her eyes, counted to five, then opened them.
The smell got worse.
Again, she asked, "What happened?"
"It all happened so fast. We were just standing there down on deck twelve, talking about—something." The ensign almost giggled. "I don't even remember, but we were having one of those stupid arguments that's about nothing at all, but neither side will ever back down for anything, no matter what the other one says?"
Lense bit her tongue. She had plenty of arguments like that on Starbase 314 recently.
"And then all of a sudden, the red alert went off, and we all started to go to battle stations, and Jenson—I don't know why I remember this part particularly—but Jenson said to Halprin, Wilhoite, and Soriano, 'We'd better get a move on.' And then—"
"Wait a minute," Lense said, stunned at this revelation. Those were the other three medtechs. Now that she had a moment to think about it, none of them should have been on deck twelve. Jenson was supposed to be down in engineering, with Wilhoite on deck twenty, Halprin on deck eight, and Soriano on deck two. "They were all together?"
"Yes, sir. Along with me and... and Ensign Hasegawa. We were all going to report to our duty stations, when... when the bulkhead ripped off."
Lense recalled Wan's damage report. Hull breach on deck twelve.
The ensign shook his head. "Soriano, Wilhoite, and Halprin were blown out into space, sir, along with Hasegawa. A piece of shrapnel tore through Jenson's chest before the force field kicked in. I don't know how I managed to make it through without a scratch." The ensign smiled, but like Captain Anderson's, it didn't reach the rest of his face. "I guess I'm lucky, huh?" he asked, not sounding like he felt in the least bit lucky.
"Go to your duty station, Ensign. I get the feeling they're going to need you, wherever that is."
"Mithra to sickbay—we've got wounded down here. Where the hell are your people?"
Lieutenant Commander Rachel Mithra was the chief engineer. "They're all dead or incapacitated, Commander." Think, think, think. " Are transporters still operational?"
"What difference does that make? Shields are up."
"Think inside the box, Commander—we can beam intraship with shields up, yes?"
"What? Oh, yeah, of course we can. Sorry, Doctor, it's a little—"
"Save it. Feed the coordinates of your wounded to the transporter room and beam them directly in here."
For the next hour, the Lexington sickbay was unusually quiet. The EMH performed its surgical procedures with a minimum of fuss, a maximum of competence, and a healthy dose of smugness, but with no support staff, neither it nor Lense had anyone to talk to but each other, and Lense deliberately kept that interaction to a minimum. The only constant noise was that of the transporter as it beamed in the latest casualties, punctuated by the occasional scream of pain.
The smell of blood got worse. Lense would have thought she'd get used to it.
It took a brief lull to realize that there were no other casualties being beamed in. She was about to contact the bridge for an update, when Commander Galloway came stumbling in, carrying another crew member—in, Lense noted, a proper carry. She quickly took stock of the wounds on Galloway's head and torso.
"I'm fine, but Fornnel here needs help."
Galloway gently lay the officer down on a biobed. With a start, Lense realized it was the same Bolian whose youth she'd been lamenting back on the bridge. Blue blood coated his entire right arm.
"We need to talk," Galloway said seriously after setting him down.
Lense called the EMH over and had it work on Fornnel, then regarded Galloway with an expectant look.
"Transporters are down. That was a very clever idea of yours, but the Jem'Hadar have made it impossible. The bridge has been compromised—Captain's setting up in the auxiliary bridge with Wan."
As Galloway spoke, she was clutching the right side of her belly with her right hand. The blood that covered that hand was red, so it definitely didn't belong to Fornnel.
"Tell me the rest while I examine you."
"I'll be fine," she said, backing out of sickbay. "I saw about ten other wounded people on the way here—without the transporters, we'll never get them here. They're worse off than me. Be right back."
Before Lense could say anything else, she left.
Lense was just starting to debate the efficacy of going after her, when she heard a wheezing noise. Antonacci, one of the engineers, was going into shock. "Dammit!"
More hours passed. She stabilized Antonacci, and she and the EMH dealt with the casualties as Galloway and others brought them in. Some even made it in under their own steam.
Too many of them died.
Somehow, Galloway kept coming in with more wounded, even though the red stain on her uniform jacket kept getting bigger each time. At least five people survived who wouldn't have without Galloway playing medtech.
If I'd had the entire staff, if half my equipment hadn't been fried, if I'd been here the past month and not let discipline and training slip with my absence...
It would still be a nightmare. People would still be dying, there'd just be more of us watching.
The smell of blood never left her nostrils, and she was sure that it never would.
Another hour, and the not-especially-reassuring voice of Heather Anderson sounded over the intercom. "Attention all hands, this is the captain. We have destroyed the Dominion forces that tried to take Setlik. With the arrival of replacements from the Third Fleet, we're standing down from red alert. Once warp drive is repaired, we will be setting course for Starbase 375 for repairs."
When the captain signed off, the EMH approached. Lense wondered where Galloway was—she hadn't seen the first officer in quite some time.
"All the patients are stable, Doctor. And—oh, dear."
"What is it?" Lense followed the EMH's glance—it was peering at the floor.
She saw a figure sitting there, next to the corpse of Dr. Cox, staring lifelessly ahead, seated as if she'd plunked herself down there for a quick rest.
Fiona Galloway.
"Dammit, why didn't she let me help her?"
With surprising gentleness, the EMH said, "Because she thought it was more important to help others."
Lense let out a very long breath. Maybe I should have resigned, she thought—not due to outrage at the way Starfleet treated her, but so she wouldn't have had to face this nightmare ever again.
Anything to never smell the blood.
"Yeah." She shook her head. "C'mon, let's check on our living patients."
## Androssi Vessel Overseen by Biron
STARDATE 53678.4
O verseer Biron read through the logs from the U.S.S. Lexington with a mixture of admiration and confusion.
The former came from Elizabeth Lense's ingenuity in accomplishing her appointed task with no staff and limited equipment.
The latter came from that appointed task. In particular, the actions of Fiona Galloway filled him with utter confusion. Why would the Starfleet equivalent of a sub-overseer waste time and energy, and sacrifice her own life, just to preserve the lives of inferiors? It was an appalling misuse of resources. What did a mere engineer matter? Such people were easily replaceable. Someone who can perform the task of second-in-command of a ship—especially one as large as the U.S.S. Lexington— was a person for whom the preservation of life should have been a far greater priority.
Biron was unable to determine why Dr. Lense had been temporarily reassigned to the Federation starbase designated number 314 for a month's time. He did, however, know that she specifically requested a transfer to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers after the war's end.
Furthermore, he noted that she was the only doctor assigned to the U.S.S. da Vinci, aside from an upgraded version of the Emergency Medical Hologram that assisted her during the combat in the Setlik star system. The U.S.S. da Vinci was, after all, a much smaller ship than the U.S.S. Lexington, and did not require as extensive a medical staff.
He mentally stored these pieces of information along with the others he'd gleaned from his reading. Dr. Lense was a critical asset to the functioning of the vessel, given the obscene importance Starfleet placed on the lives of irrelevant life-forms. That was something Biron knew he could exploit.
Biron noted that several log entries were from the Federation starbase designated number 92. He soon realized that Bartholomew Faulwell, the language and cryptographic specialist assigned to the U.S.S. da Vinci's Starfleet Corps of Engineers team, had been assigned there during the time period of the war. Confusingly, Faulwell appeared to be of Starfleet's worker class, even though he obviously had the skills of an officer. I will never understand this Federation, he thought.
Faulwell had not been directly involved in either of Biron's previous encounters with the U.S.S. da Vinci at either the Cardassian station Empok Nor or at the planet Maeglin. Therefore, Biron was unfamiliar with him. Apparently, he was stationed at this particular starbase during the war, and assigned to interpret and translate Dominion communication codes into something that could be read by the Federation.
That is a valuable skill, Biron thought, and began reading.
## Starbase 92
STARDATE 52601.6
B artholomew Faulwell had been sitting outside Commander DuVall's office for two hours. He had kept himself occupied by reading one of the books he had loaded onto his padd—it was what he intended to use to read himself to sleep that night, of course, but he could always get his hands on another one. And it was a good read—a historical novel about twenty-first-century space travel by a very talented woman named Almira Van Der Weir. Bart had also read many straight histories about so-called "boomers" in the days before the Federation's founding, and Van Der Weir was one of the few fiction writers who captured the essence that Bart had found in the histories. Portraying the frontier spirit was easy enough—pretty much every halfway decent novel set in that time period managed that—but few were able to leaven it with the very real hardships they endured. Then again, in our replicator age, hardship's a tough one to handle—though I suspect the last couple of years have cured us of that little bit of complacency.
Of course, Bart would rather have been doing something productive with his time. Since the start of the war with the Dominion, Bart had been applying his skills as a cryptographer to cracking Dominion and Cardassian codes. With the entry of the Breen into the war, he assumed that his sudden reassignment to Starbase 92 had to do with their codes.
So he'd hopped the first runabout he could get on and reported to the station commander immediately upon his arrival at the large top-shaped station that orbited Calufrax IV.
And then he waited.
Finally, the doors parted and a very short, balding, round human came out. He didn't so much walk as waddle.
"You must be Faulwell. Come in." Then he turned and went back into his office, obviously expecting Bart to follow him.
No apologies, no pleasantries, just ordering him in. This is gonna be fun, Bart thought with a sigh as he got up, turned the display of his padd off, and followed the commander into his domain.
Said domain was fairly utilitarian. Usually Starfleet officers tended toward a minimum of décor—enough to show that there was a person occupying the space, but not enough to scream out their personality through interior decorating. It was the enlisted folk like Bart himself who tended to make their working spaces over into their own image.
DuVall, however, took the former to an extreme. There was nothing here that didn't belong: the standard-issue desk with equally standard-issue viewscreen/computer on it, the two guest chairs, the computer display on the wall, and damn little else. No pictures, no personal effects, no wall hangings, nothing.
"Have a seat," DuVall said, even as he fell more than sat into his own chair.
"My orders," Bart said, "were to report here right away, but not why."
"Of course not," DuVall said after snorting derisively. "I won't kid you, Mr. Faulwell. There's a war on."
Bart bit back a sarcastic response. It didn't do to antagonize one's commanding officer within five minutes of meeting him.
DuVall continued. "You probably don't know this—and once you leave this room, I expect you to continue not to know this—but the war's going pretty badly for our side."
In fact, this was common knowledge, but again, Bart refrained from comment.
"With the Breen's damned energy-dampener keeping us and the Romulans out of the battle, we have to rely on the Klingons to hold the border. Now, between you, me, and the viewport, there's nobody I want next to me in a fight more than a pissed-off Klingon, but I want'em backing me up, not going out in front. No discipline, if you know what I mean. And the numbers just don't add up."
He leaned forward, hitting Bart with what might have been a penetrating glare on a face that wasn't so—there was no other word for it—chubby. "That's where you come in, Mr. Faulwell. Now, more than ever, we have to rely on knowing where the Dominion is going to attack. Unfortunately, they've upgraded their code, and we can't figure it out. Your job is to crack it."
Bart nodded. "Of course, sir."
"Don't give me that, 'of course, sir,' crapola, mister. Look, I know your type."
"Type?"
"Yeah, you noncommissioned academic types. I read your file. You enlisted seventeen years ago to go on one of those long-term exploratory missions. Probably figured you'd meet lots of nice little alien life-forms that you could make friends with."
In fact, the seven-year mission of the U.S.S. Pisces was meant to do exactly that, and they made several first contacts, at least one of which was on its way to Federation membership. Bart had joined Starfleet specifically for that mission, serving as the ship's linguist, but he found he enjoyed the challenges Starfleet had to offer, and reenlisted when his term was up.
"Well, this is the other side of the coin, Mr. Faulwell. This is the real deal. The Federation's counting on you to come through, are we clear?"
Unable to resist, Bart said, "So clear I can see right through you, sir."
"Excellent," DuVall said with conviction. "That's what I want to hear. You'll be heading up a team of crypto specialists. I understand you've worked with some of them before. Your liaison to me will be Lt. Commander Anthony Mark. In fact, he should be here." He stabbed angrily at a control on his desk. "DuVall to Mark."
"Mark here."
"Why the hell aren't you in my office, mister?"
A pause. Then, slowly: "I've received no orders to report to your office, sir."
"Well, you do now. Get your posterior over here, Commander, and I mean now. Our crypto spook is here."
Spook? Bart thought, but didn't pursue it. He just hoped Mark arrived soon.
When he did, about a minute later, Bart tried to keep his jaw from falling open.
Since he was a teenager, Bart had always had a physical ideal in his head for the perfect mate. In the forty years since, he had yet to find anyone even close to that ideal—which, he supposed, accounted for his appalling lack of success with any kind of long-term relationship in those years.
The person who walked into Commander DuVall's office fit most of the criteria of the ideal he had created in his head at the age of fifteen: tall, but not too tall; curly blond hair, but not too curly; hazel eyes; long fingers. The only thing missing was a beard, but looking at Lt. Commander Mark's face, Bart saw that a beard wouldn't work right on that face. (As opposed to Bart's own. He had no appreciable chin, which his slightly scraggly brown beard nicely covered up.)
If he likes swimming and Van Der Weir's historicals, I'm going to start believing in fate....
"About time," DuVall said, though Bart couldn't imagine, on a station this size, that Mark could possibly have arrived any sooner. "This is Faulwell—he's the new head of the crypto project."
"So you indicated, sir," Mark said in a deep voice. "I'll escort him to his quarters and call a meeting of the staff for 1900 hours."
"Can't be at 1900. I have a meeting with Admiral Koike at 1900, and he'll want a progress report. Make it 1700."
"Sir, it's 1705 now."
DuVall blinked. "It is?"
"Yes, sir."
"Dammit, where the hell did the day go?"
"And sir," Mark added, "Novac and Throckmorton won't be back from Starbase 375 with the updated files until 1830."
Bart frowned, wondering why files had to be brought by hand. Then he realized that it was probably for security reasons. Subspace communication wasn't always safe. If it was, Bart mused with a small smile, I'd be out of a job.
He also, as DuVall had indicated, knew at least one of those names, assuming it was Roxana Novac to whom Mark referred. Until the war, she had been on the staff of the Tamarian liaison's office, trying to further contact with the Children of Tamar, a race who spoke purely in historical metaphor. She had done some excellent work in determining how the Tamarians developed their singularly peculiar form of communication, and Bart was grateful to have her on the team.
DuVall pounded the desk with his fist and stood up. "Dammit, what the hell kind of chicken outfit are we running here?"
"Sir, you can tell the admiral that everything's under control, that our team is together, and that they will work hard to crack the code as soon as possible."
"We need it sooner than that, mister, if we're going to win this thing." He sat back down. "All right, have the damn meeting without me, if you think it'll do any good. But I expect a full report and transcript, and I want progress reports from both of you twice a day, understood?"
Bart stood up, taking the phrasing as a dismissal. "You'll have those reports, Commander, I promise."
"I'd better. Dismissed."
"If you'll come this way, Mr. Faulwell," Mark said, indicating the door to DuVall's office with his hand.
As soon as the door shut behind him, Bart said, "Let me guess, you deliberately set the meeting for 1900 because you knew he had that meeting?"
Mark sputtered a laugh. "Was I that obvious?"
"No, but he was."
"Yeah, well. He's not as bad as he seems." Mark chuckled. "In fact, he couldn't be as bad as he seems. But he's a very good administrator, and he's run this place phenomenally well for the last ten years. It's just—"
"What?" Bart prompted.
"He's got Starfleet in the blood. Mother was Starfleet, grandfather was Starfleet, all four great-grandparents were Starfleet—all the way back to'61." Mark didn't need to explain which year ending in "61" he meant—everyone knew that was shorthand for 2161, the year the Federation was founded. "But they all had pretty impressive careers—ship captains, war heroes, historic first contacts, that sort of thing. All he's done is distinguish himself as a bureaucrat. And then a war hits, and he finds himself on entirely the wrong end of it."
Bart nodded as they entered a turbolift. Starbase 92 was about as far from the front as possible, which was why so much important crypto work was being done here, away from the fighting.
"Habitat level." The turbolift started to move horizontally. "So he makes up for it by doing the tough-guy military act. We all make sure he feels properly appreciated as the last line of defense against the Dominion, and everyone's happy. Things actually run pretty smoothly here."
The lift started to move downward. "So who all is on the team? I assume Novac is Roxana Novac?"
Mark nodded. "Terence Throckmorton is her partner—they've been working together since the war started." He grinned, a bright smile that seemed to light up the turbolift. "I also think that she's going to ask him to marry her, if he doesn't beat her to it."
Bart returned the grin. Always good to know some of the gossip going in—
"The others are T'Lura of Vulcan—"
"Good." Bart had never met the woman, but her work on translating the notoriously difficult Breen language had been invaluable.
"—Ganris Phrebington—"
A Gnalish, his knowledge of sibilants in particular might be useful in this sort of work. Bart had met Phrebington a few times, and found him off-putting, and not nearly as talented as he himself thought he was.
"—and Janíce Kerasus."
Blinking, Bart said, "Kerasus? She's still alive?"
Again, Mark grinned. "If you're very nice to me, I won't tell her you said that. Yeah, she's still alive. A hundred and sixty-five, and still going—well, not strong, exactly. She spends more time in the infirmary than any other single place, but her mind's still as sharp as ever, even if her body's breaking down on her."
The lift came to a stop and the doors parted. "So what's the problem with this new code?"
"Hell if I know," Mark said with a shrug. "I'm just the liaison officer. All I know about language is that my universal translator mostly works."
"Fair enough."
"Here we are, Mr. Faulwell."
"Please, it's Bart. Hell, if you want to be formal, it's 'Dr. Faulwell,' but that just makes me feel like a stuffy old academic." He grinned. "Of course, I am a stuffy old academic, but that doesn't mean I want everyone to think I am."
"Bart it is, then. And I'm Lieutenant Commander Mark. Or 'sir.'" He held the straight face for about a second. "Or 'hey you.' I answer to all three."
"Hey you, it is. Where is this meeting at 1900?"
"The wardroom. The computer can direct you."
"Great. Thanks, Commander Hey You."
Mark shook his head. "You're welcome, Bart."
Three weeks later, Bart Faulwell and his team were no closer to a solution than they were when they started.
The meeting on Bart's first day hadn't taken too terribly long. Everyone introduced or reintroduced themselves to their newest boss. Novac and Throckmorton were truly a pair, finishing each other's sentences and talking over each other. T'Lura said very little, but her few comments were incisive. This was in direct contrast to Phrebington, who had several dozen ideas, only some of them worthwhile. And then there was Janíce Kerasus, a frail old human woman who looked like she would keel over at any second.
Bart was sitting in his quarters, going over the latest samples Starfleet Intelligence had provided, these from the few Klingon ships that had survived the attack on Avinall VII. They'd been working for days on end with no progress. Bart hadn't realized that running this team would mostly consist of playing den mother to a bunch of opinionated specialists. Bart had always enjoyed the research for its own sake and for the intellectual rewards you generally got at the end. This group, though, was more interested in justifying their own preexisting theories. Phrebington mostly expounded on his own ideas about everything, whether or not they related to reality; Kerasus spent most of her time poking holes in Phrebington's theories (not a difficult task, as Bart had encountered Swiss cheese with fewer holes than the Gnalish's ideas about cryptography, but Kerasus applied herself to that particular task with special glee), and Novac and Throckmorton were in their own world and had to be repeatedly reminded that there were four other people involved. T'Lura was the only one who had been easy to work with, as she shared with Bart the love of research for its own sake—though, naturally, she didn't express it as overtly as Bart did.
"Mark to Faulwell."
Only when he almost fell out of his chair, startled, did Bart even realize that he had fallen asleep at his desk. Bart had always preferred to work at his own pace and simply catch naps where he could, but Commander DuVall insisted on a more rigid schedule, and the rest of the team was already locked into it, so Bart was stuck with it as well. It was playing merry hell with his admittedly eccentric circadian rhythm.
"Faulwell here. What can I do for you, Hey You?"
"Bart, no offense, but that joke stopped being funny the first eight hundred times."
The next words came out of Bart's mouth unplanned. "Tell you what—meet me for dinner tonight and I'll stop."
"All right, then, it's a date."
Bart blinked. Then he blinked again. My God, he said yes. He was already in shock at himself for asking in the first place—which he chalked up to exhaustion lowering his resistance—but Mark actually said yes.
"Bart, you there?"
"Uh, yeah. What say we meet at that Trill restaurant at, ah—" he checked the chronometer on his desk "—1930?"
"Will do."
"Great."
"That's not why I called."
"No, you called to remind me that DuVall wants my evening report in ten minutes and I better get it to him before he gives me the evil eye."
"His eye isn't evil, it's just misguided. Even so, I'd rather it wasn't guided at you."
"Not to worry, Commander Hey You, he'll have it on time. I even made sure I spelled all the words right this time."
"You said you'd stop that if I met you for dinner." Mark's voice sounded mock-petulant.
"You haven't actually met me for dinner yet. I know you officer types, always making promises to us enlisted folk. I want proof."
Mark laughed. "Fine. I'll see you at 1930."
"The problem," Bart said between mouthfuls of the yellow-leaf salad the Trills called grakizh, "is that there isn't anything to work from. Anytime you've got a code, there's some kind of base for it. Something to build off of. Every Dominion code up until now has had similar algorithms at the root. Or at least similar enough that we could extrapolate something. Sometimes we've been lucky enough to stumble into things, and sometimes they've been careless. But this latest one—it just doesn't match anything—no mathematical or linguistic pattern we've seen before, from the Dominion, from the Breen, from the Cardassians. It's a big mess."
"Sounds it," Mark said, leaning back in his chair, having long since finished his meal by dint of not being able to get a word in edgewise.
"I'm sorry," Bart said sheepishly. "I've been talking shop all night."
Mark grinned. "That's all right—I would've just spent the whole meal bitching and moaning about Commander DuVall. This is a nice reminder that other people have problems, too."
"Yeah." Bart took a bite of his grakizh.
"Maybe the Dominion's come up with an unbreakable code."
"No such thing—remember, if there's no way to decode it, there's no way the other side gets the message. Of course, it could just be something straightforward and simple and we're overthinking it." Bart chuckled. "Overthinking is definitely an occupational hazard with this bunch."
"Well, I hope for my sake you come up with something soon. DuVall got a very terse communiqué from Admiral Ross today and—well, let's just say that the abused tend to kick downward."
Bart gave Mark a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry, Commander, but—"
Mark laughed.
"What?"
"'Commander'?"
"Well, I can't call you 'hey you' anymore. I promised."
Mark nodded. "Fair enough. Anthony will do, I think."
"Fine, Anthony." Bart speared the last of his grakizh with his fork. "Actually, one of the more famous 'unbreakable code' stories was from Earth—the Second World War. One side's code kept being broken by the other side, so instead of an actual code, they transmitted everything in an obscure language by a people they'd conquered over a century earlier. That 'code' was never broken during the hostili—" Bart cut himself off. "My stars and garters, I think that's it."
"What's it?"
"We're complete and total idiots." He got up. "I've got to go. I may have stumbled onto the right track."
Mark grinned. "Then we both have to go." He tapped his combadge. "Cryptography team, please report to the wardroom immediately."
"So you're saying—what are you saying?" Phrebington said. The lizardlike Gnalish was standing in one corner of the wardroom, pointedly positioning himself as far from Kerasus as possible. The elderly human, for her part, sat placidly at the head of the wardroom table, with Throckmorton and Novac sitting to her left, T'Lura on her right. Anthony stood leaning against a rear bulkhead, with Bart sitting at the other head of the table.
Bart leaned forward. "I'm saying that we need to try investigating a language from the Dominion that's as obscure to us as the Navajo language was to the Axis powers in World War Two on Earth."
"Ah, yes, because, after all, we've had such tremendous cultural exchanges with them," Phrebington said with a snort.
"Mr. Phrebington's sarcasm notwithstanding," T'Lura said, "he is right. Our cultural information on the Dominion is limited."
"We know about their language, though," Kerasus said in a voice that was at once paper-thin and rich with authority. Bart had spent the last several weeks wondering if he'd be able to pull that off when he was that old.
"What do we possibly know about their language?" Phrebington asked sharply.
Her tone now withering, Kerasus said, "Quite a bit, if you actually have paid attention to the recorded conversations and discussions involving the Founders, the Vorta, and other Dominion members. Untranslated, of course."
"What good would that do?" Novac asked, sounding confused.
Throckmorton added, "It's not like they'd use a language we're familiar with for their code."
"If they had, we'd have found it weeks ago," Phrebington said, "and I'd be back on Gnala where it's safe."
Bart smiled a small smile. "If you give Janíce a chance, I'm sure she'll elaborate."
Kerasus smiled right back. "Thank you, Bartholomew." Bart generally hated being called by his full first name, but he couldn't bring himself to be annoyed when Kerasus did it. "My point is that it can't be anything relating to the Founders or the Vorta in any case, because their actual language is too simplistic. The Founders didn't even have a concept of vocal speech until they encountered solids. They communicate with each other through that Great Link of theirs, and only use a very basic spoken language—it's the one they programmed into the Vorta and the Jem'Hadar as well. It makes them very easy to translate, which can be useful in diplomatic circumstances, though it makes for wretched poetry."
Bart laughed. So did Novac and Throckmorton and Anthony. Phrebington didn't. (Neither did T'Lura, but that was to be expected.)
"In any event," Kerasus said, "that would explain why they haven't used a purely linguistic base for their codes prior to this. The people running this war have only the simplest of linguistics to go on. It makes sense that only now, when we've done such a fine job of breaking through their codes, that they're trying more esoteric methods." The old woman's breathing became more labored as she finished. "If we're going to try this solution, we—we need to look to another—another member of the Dominion."
"Hadn't we already established that?" Phrebington asked snidely.
Anthony, meanwhile, walked over to where Kerasus was sitting. "Are you all right?"
She nodded quickly. "Yes, I'm fine. Just a bit—a bit too much there."
"As I suspected," Phrebington said, "talking too much will get the best of her."
Bart sighed. "The problem is, we don't have any kind of cultural database on the Dominion member worlds. We can try to compare it to the ones we do have some records on from trips that ships made to the Gamma Quadrant, but I can't imagine they'd have used anyone that was visited by an allied ship in the past."
"That doesn't mean we shouldn't investigate those languages," Novac said.
"Just to rule it out," Throckmorton added.
Nodding, Bart said, "You two handle that, then. I think Deep Space 9 has complete records of all the Gamma Quadrant worlds that have been visited since the wormhole was discovered."
"It's a waste of time." Phrebington started to walk toward the door. "This is an utter waste of time."
Anthony moved to block the door. "You haven't been dismissed yet, Mr. Phrebington."
"Commander, it's late, I'm tired, and I'm not in the mood for tiresome—"
"I'm not terribly interested in what you're 'in the mood for,' Mr. Phrebington." Anthony spoke in a moderate tone, the picture of calm. "We've all got a job to do here, and it's an important one. Lives depend on what this team accomplishes here. And by putting that uniform on, you have already committed to doing whatever is necessary to keep those lost lives to a minimum. So what you're in the mood for really doesn't enter into it. Now, you're not leaving until Mr. Faulwell or I dismiss you. Is that clear, Mr. Phrebington?"
In direct contrast to the barking tones with which DuVall had asked that last question three weeks earlier, Anthony was downright conversational, giving the words no more weight than if he were asking Phrebington for a cup of coffee. Yet it was much more effective, as the Gnalish turned tail (literally) and went back to where he'd been standing against the bulkhead.
"There is a possibility we have not considered," T'Lura said.
"What's that?" Bart asked, grateful to the Vulcan woman for changing the subject—or, rather, getting back to the original subject.
"It is true that the Federation has had comparatively limited contact with the Dominion, and that Romulan and Klingon contact has been even less. However, there are other nations in the Alpha Quadrant."
Novac chuckled. "It's not like the Cardassians or the Breen are going to share their cultural databases with us."
T'Lura steepled her hands together, elbows resting on the wardroom table. "I was referring to the Ferengi."
That got everyone's attention. Bart noted that Anthony had a particularly wide-eyed look, as if he were disappointed in himself for not thinking of it first.
Phrebington, of course, sounded more disappointed in T'Lura. "The Ferengi? If you were anyone else, I'd say you were joking."
"Insults are not necessary, Mr. Phrebington," T'Lura said primly. "First contact with the Dominion was, in fact, made by the Ferengi Alliance, and they have made numerous trade agreements with a variety of Dominion races. It is quite possible that there are those in the Alliance who have the information we need."
"That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard," Phrebington said. "Is this what we've come to? Relying on the Ferengi?"
Grinning, Bart said, "Oh, the Ferengi can be damn reliable. You just have to know how to acquire the information."
Throckmorton frowned. "I don't think Commander DuVall would be able to requisition gold-pressed latinum for this."
"That won't be necessary," Anthony said. Bart couldn't help but notice the mischievous smile on his face. "I think I can find what we need. I'll need a couple of days to track down the DaiMon I'm thinking of."
Novac shrugged. "We'll need that long to go through what we have on the Dominion in any case."
"At least," Throckmorton said.
"All right, let's pursue this," Bart said. "Meantime, the rest of us keep doing what we've been doing. Just because this is a possibility doesn't mean it's the only one. We may get lucky. Dismissed."
Phrebington muttered, "Lucky—that would be a first."
"War's full of firsts, Mr. Phrebington," Anthony said with a grin. "I'd say we're due for one."
The next week was chock full of activity.
Novac and Throckmorton went over the known data about Dominion linguistics, paltry as it was, and concluded, unsurprisingly, that there was no connection between it and the new code.
Bart, T'Lura, and Phrebington continued to search for more ways to crack the code, with the same lack of success they'd been having since Bart's arrival.
Kerasus, unfortunately, spent the week in the infirmary, her inability to catch her breath during the meeting turning out to be a symptom of some lung trouble. The starbase doctor assured everyone that it was routine for someone of her advanced age, and she'd be released in a few days, "if not sooner." The last was added in an exasperated tone that suggested to Bart that the older woman didn't appreciate being bedridden when there was work to be done.
As for Bart and Anthony, they had dinner at the Trill restaurant the following night to "finish off" the previous dinner. Then they met again the next night. Soon, it became a nightly ritual. After five days, Bart accompanied Anthony back to the latter's quarters after the restaurant closed, since they weren't finished with their spirited discussion (Bart was having far too much fun, and they were being far too civil, for it to be categorized as an argument) about literature. Anthony didn't like anything written since around 2350 or so, preferring the neo-Gothic books of the earlier part of the century. At the end of the night, Anthony promised to read Van Der Weir, though Bart suspected it was mostly just to shut Bart up about how excellent her work was.
The morning that the Ferengi DaiMon finally arrived, Bart had spent the night in Anthony's quarters, his happiness with his private life now in inverse proportion to his frustration with the lack of results in the crypto project.
DuVall, Anthony, and Bart met with the Ferengi, a short, rotund man named Bikk. The DaiMon sat his portly form at the foot of the wardroom table, opposite DuVall.
"So," the commander said, "Mr. Mark tells me that you're something of an expert on the Dominion."
"Something like that," Bikk said with a toothy smile that made Bart want to run to his quarters and make sure all his possessions were still there. "I spent a year living in the Gamma Quadrant, supervising Ferengi interests on the behalf of Grand Nagus Zek."
Anthony nodded in appreciation. "That must've required a hefty bribe."
"Several dozen, actually, but those have been recouped a thousandfold. The Tulaberry wine business is quite profitable on that side of the wormhole. Not only that, but the person I had to give the most kickbacks to was later stripped of his standing by the Ferengi Commerce Authority, so now I keep even more profits. It's quite a tidy arrangement."
"Especially since you've been selling information about the Dominion to allied powers," Mark said. "Not to mention arranging the talks between Gul Dukat and the Vorta that led to Cardassia joining the Dominion."
Bart swallowed. He hadn't known this. Based on the sputter that came from the head of the table, neither did DuVall.
"You mean to tell me that you're responsible—"
"Now now, Commander," Bikk said, not at all flustered by this revelation. "Don't give me your superior, self-righteous Federation posturing. Outrage that a Ferengi will sell out to the highest bidder is a waste of your time and mine. If you didn't think I could be bought, I wouldn't be here."
"I ought to haul you up on charges right now, DaiMon."
"In which court, Commander?" Bikk stood up. "I see no reason to listen to this. Mr. Mark, I was under the impression that a serious business offer was being made."
"It is," Anthony said with a glare at his CO. "We're looking for a complete linguistic database of all the Dominion member races."
Bikk threw his bulbous head back and laughed before sitting back down. "And what makes you think I have such a thing?"
"Because you're you, Bikk. Because you lived in the Gamma Quadrant for a year making huge profits—yet your personal bank balance when you left was almost exactly the same as when you arrived. To me, that means that you spent your profits. And again, because you're you, you probably spent that money on amassing information that you could sell on this side of the wormhole."
Face darkening, voice deepening, Bikk asked slowly, "How did you learn what my personal bank balance was?"
Anthony just grinned in response. Bart had to hold back a grin of his own. Starfleet Intelligence had impressive resources when they put their minds to it, and a Ferengi who lived in the Gamma Quadrant for a year was definitely going to be a very large reading on SI's sensors.
"Never you mind how we got it," DuVall said quickly. "The point is, we know what you've been up to, DaiMon."
Realizing that he wasn't going to get a straight answer, Bikk leaned back in his chair. "Assuming I have such esoteric information, what would you be prepared to offer me in exchange for it?"
Anthony leaned forward. "You're familiar with the Breen energy-draining weapon, yes?"
"Of course. And only the Klingons can defend against it, which is, by the way, a sad commentary on the state of this little war you're fighting. You'd have been better off entering a trade agreement like we did."
"We're not profiteers, mister," DuVall said.
Bikk shrugged. "Your loss, our gain."
"Your gain, anyhow." Anthony smiled. "We're developing a countermeasure against the Breen weapon. You can have access to all our research—"
"As if I'd need it. We're not at war, Mr. Mark."
"—and to the method for countering the weapon once we have it." Anthony continued as if the Ferengi hadn't spoken.
DuVall stood up and fixed a furious gaze on his adjutant. "Are you out of your mind?"
Without looking at DuVall, Anthony said, "Starfleet Command has already signed off on this, sir."
"Dammit, we shouldn't be giving these big-eared cretins access to our military secrets."
Bikk smiled that unctuous smile again. "Your commander has a point. Besides—"
"Don't kid yourself into thinking that the Dominion will stop with the allies. If we lose this war, Ferengi independence won't be long for this galaxy. And you never know when you might need a defense against a Breen ship."
A pudgy hand ran thoughtfully over the edge of Bikk's right ear. "Perhaps." He stood up. "I will consult my copious files and see what I can provide."
As soon as the Ferengi left, Anthony let out a long breath. "That went better than expected."
"Yup."
Bart turned to look at Commander DuVall and was shocked to see that the station commander was smiling. It was a sight Bart hadn't seen in his month on the starbase and found it more than a little disconcerting.
"Good work, Mr. Mark," DuVall continued. "I think we've baited this particular fish lock, stock, and barrel."
Wincing at the mixed metaphor, Bart said, "You mean to say—"
"Yes, it was an act, Mr. Faulwell. You don't really think Mr. Mark here would go over my head like that, do you?"
"The thought had crossed my mind," Bart said dryly.
Anthony chuckled. "Bikk likes the idea of being the cause of some kind of rift between Starfleet officers. Especially if I'm one of them. He and I have—well, a history. That's how I know he's got what we need. He's an information pusher, and this is exactly the sort of thing he'd have access to."
"I just hope it pans out. We're still taking a stab in the dark with this whole idea. It could wind up being nothing." Bart let out a long breath. "I'd hate for us to give away important military stuff for nothing."
DuVall shrugged. "It's not like we wouldn't have shared the data with the Ferengi if they asked."
"But they wouldn't ask," Anthony added. "They'd assume they'd have to pay for it. So we might as well oblige them."
"Well, good work," Bart said with a grin.
"Glad we have your approval, Mr. Faulwell," DuVall said snidely. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have actual work to do. There's a war on, you know."
"I've heard that," Bart said with a straight face.
DuVall ignored the crack and left the wardroom, leaving Anthony and Bart alone.
"So, what say we celebrate tonight?" Anthony said. "Maybe do dinner in my quarters instead of at the restaurant?"
Bart grinned. "Works for me."
DaiMon Bikk returned the following day with a complete linguistic database of Gamma Quadrant aliens known to the Dominion—and known to nonaffiliated people such as the Dosai and the Wadi—and Anthony provided him with all the data from Starfleet Headquarters on their progress in combatting the Breen weapon, with the promise of more to come. The morning's dispatches had told of a Jem'Hadar ship outfitted with the energy-dampening weapon that had been captured by rebel Cardassians and brought to Deep Space 9. Studying the weapon itself would no doubt provide the breakthrough needed. Bikk seemed very pleased with this news, though he was not as thrilled with this transaction as Bart might have expected.
"He's just cranky because we were able to learn his personal bank balance," Anthony said in bed that night when Bart broached the subject. "That's the functional equivalent of peeking into his bedroom. But he'll get over it."
A day later, Bart sat in the starbase lounge drinking a cup of coffee, rereading an old Van Der Weir, and lamenting the starbase's inability to do a proper French roast, when his combadge sounded with the papery voice of Janíce Kerasus, newly released from the infirmary. "Bartholomew, you need to come to the lab right now."
Tapping his combadge, Bart said, "What is it, Janíce?"
"Paydirt."
Grinning, Bart left his coffee unfinished and went straight for the lab, where the rest of the team was waiting.
"We've found our Navajo," Kerasus said as soon as the doors closed behind Bart. "It even follows the same pattern."
Bart frowned. "What do you mean?"
"There's a small tribe of aboriginal types on the Karemma homeworld. They live on a small island in the middle of one of their oceans. They don't care about technology, or—" Kerasus interrupted herself with a coughing fit.
Novac took over as Kerasus reached into her tunic to retrieve her medication. "They have a ridiculously complex language. The UT can't make heads or tails of it, but it's a perfect match for the new codes. All we've got to do is build a translation matrix."
"All we've got to do?" Phrebington said irritably. "The universal translator insists that it's random noise. I'm not completely convinced that it isn't random noise and that Ferengi cheated us."
"Even the UT isn't perfect," Throckmorton said. "Hell, it sometimes still has problems with the Klingon language."
Phrebington made a disparaging noise. "That's not evidence of anything. The Klingon language really is random noise—"
"Let's get to it, people," Bart said quickly before another argument erupted.
He and Anthony exchanged a quick glance. Finally, it looked like they were on the right track.
## Androssi Vessel Overseen by Biron
STARDATE 53678.5
A ccording to the remainder of the logs the Yridian provided, Faulwell's team was able to build a translation matrix for the language and decode the Dominion transmissions. It required manually adding a subroutine to all universal translator devices, which struck Biron as inefficient. Androssi computers were equipped with dimensional enhancers to allow such upgrades to be performed instantaneously on all equipment. Yet another way in which the Federation is demonstrably inferior to us.
It made Biron's defeats all the more galling.
Biron studied several other missions of the U.S.S. da Vinci itself, from their assorted construction missions (an irrigation system on a desert world designated Elvan; a subspace accelerator on the crystalline world designated Sarindar), salvage missions (a one-hundred-year-old Starfleet starship, the U.S.S. Defiant from an interphasic rift in the fabric of space; an alien vessel that the U.S.S. da Vinci crew members gave the inappropriate name "the Beast," but which was in fact a ship belonging to a species known as the Hlangry, which Biron himself had also encountered two-point-nine cycles earlier), and rescue missions (prisoners from the malfunctioning prison designated the Kursican Orbital Platform; the mining colony of Beta Argola from an attack by the species known as the Munqu).
He noted several references to Commander Sonya Gomez's exploits during the Dominion War on the U.S.S. Sentinel and decided that it was time to read about some of those missions as well....
## U.S.S. Sentinel
STARDATE 52646.1
L t. Commander Sonya Gomez had been wandering the halls of Deep Space 9 since the Sentinel docked at the station a few hours ago.
I can't believe I'm lost. I never get lost.
It was a point of pride with her as much as anything. She had always had a dead-on sense of direction. Within three months at the Academy, the fourth-year cadets were asking her for shortcuts around campus. On the Enterprise, the Oberth, Altair IV, and the Sentinel, she knew her way around almost instantly, and never needed to consult the computer for directions.
Yet this Cardassian-built space station was vexing her.
As she turned a corner from one identical dark corridor into another identical dark corridor, she took refuge in a familiar face heading toward her.
"Chief!"
Miles Edward O'Brien looked up from the padd he was studying to see Gomez. "Sonya! Er, sorry, Commander."
Gomez grinned. "Sonya's just fine, Chief. How've you been?"
"About like you'd expect," the taller man said with a wry smile.
"Are Keiko and Molly doing all right?"
"Just fine, all things considered. Keiko's not thrilled with being this close to the front, but with the way things are going, no place is all that safe."
Remembering the images of the Breen attack on San Francisco that she saw in the Sentinel's observation lounge, Gomez was forced to agree. "I know what you mean."
"Oh, and Molly has a brother—Kirayoshi."
That put the smile back on Gomez's face. She had always thought the chief and Keiko Ishikawa made a good couple, and she was glad to see that her instincts had proven correct. If only those instincts had been as accurate with Kieran, she thought, then put it out of her head. She and Kieran Duffy had broken up when she transferred off the Enterprise to the Oberth almost eight years ago. They had promised to keep in touch, but didn't. At times she missed him horribly, at times she forgot all about him. She idly wondered if O'Brien had heard from him—after all, the chief had remained on the Enterprise for another year and a half after she left before he took over as chief of operations at DS9.
Instead, she kept the topic comfortable. "I hope his birth went more smoothly than Molly's."
"You could say that. Worf didn't have to deliver this one, at least."
Gomez laughed. Worf's impromptu midwifing of Keiko had happened less than a week before Gomez left for the Oberth, and had gotten her a lot of storytelling mileage on that one-year assignment. She had forgotten that the Klingon, too, was now assigned to DS9. It's like it's old home week....
O'Brien continued. "But, ah, it was actually Colonel Kira who carried the baby to term. It's a very long story," he said quickly, obviously not wanting to get into it.
Taking the hint, she said, "I wish I had time to hear it, but I need to get to the meeting in the wardroom."
"I won't keep you, then," O'Brien said.
"Actually, I need you to tell me how to get there. I've gotten completely turned around."
Chuckling, O'Brien said, "Cardassian architecture." He quickly gave a series of clear directions that included a turbolift ride two levels up.
"I really did get lost, didn't I?"
"A bit, yeah," O'Brien said with a smile. "Don't worry—I won't tell. Your reputation's safe with me."
"Thanks. And give my love to the family—oh, and in case I don't see him, say hi to Worf for me."
"Will do. Take care, Sonya!"
Following O'Brien's directions brought Gomez to the wardroom in under three minutes, and only five minutes after the meeting's official start time—which meant, of course, that not everyone was there and it hadn't begun yet. Gomez's CO, Captain Anna Maria Amalfitano, was already present, along with the Sentinel's first officer Lt. Commander Kuljit Patel. Gomez took some satisfaction out of the fact that she couldn't see their tactical officer, so she wasn't the last one to arrive.
Of course, given the crowd in the wardroom, she might have missed Grimnar, their Bolian tactical officer, but a two-meter-tall blue-skinned humanoid tended to stand out, even in a room full of Klingons, Romulans, and Starfleet officers. The senior staffs of the Musashi and the Fredrickson made up the remainder of the Starfleet personnel, and she assumed that the Klingons and Romulans were involved in whatever their mission was.
Grimnar finally came in about two seconds before the arrival of Admiral Ross, Captain Sisko, General—no, Chancellor Martok, and a Romulan general she didn't recognize. As soon as they did, many took seats, with most of the rest standing along the walls, as there were far more people than available seats. Gomez found herself wedged between a surly-looking-even-by-their-standards Klingon and a bored-looking Starfleet officer with full lieutenant's pips.
Sisko began without preamble, speaking in an intense, deep voice. "The mission we have for you all is twofold. The Sentinel, the Musashi, and the Fredrickson will be dispatched to the Dominion outpost in Sector 25013."
Amalfitano blinked. "That's a bit deep into enemy territory, isn't it?"
Martok chuckled. "Not as deep as others shall go."
"A fleet of twelve warbirds, aided by some Klingon vessels," the Romulan general said, sounding almost pained at having to even acknowledge the Klingon contribution, "will be moving under cloak to the Orias system. That system is under constant antiproton scan by the outpost you will be attacking."
Nodding, Amalfitano said, "So you need us to take down the outpost, or at least distract them long enough for the cloaked ships to sneak in and wipe out the shipyards on Orias III?"
"Exactly," Sisko said. "With the Breen energy-dampening weapon neutralized, and the Cardassian resistance sabotaging their ships, we need to strike at a decisive target and start to get our momentum back. We think this attack on Orias will aid in that."
"The timing will be critical," the Romulan added. "We won't be able to communicate with each other, obviously, so you must arrive at the outpost at the designated time so we can begin our run."
One of the other Starfleet captains asked, "What kind of defenses can we expect?"
Ross spoke up then. "Intelligence reports indicate that there are only two Jem'Hadar strike ships guarding it."
The third Starfleet captain made an irritated noise. "Not to put too fine a point on it, Admiral, Captain, but aren't three ships a bit—well, inadequate? We'll be lucky to get that far into Dominion territory as it is."
There were some rumblings from the Klingons at that, but Ross simply said, "Unfortunately, you're all we can spare. We're putting together a massive offensive against the Dominion. This is one of many strikes we're attempting simultaneously to keep their forces spread thin. We have to press the attack now."
"However," Sisko said, "you will have a relatively easy time getting there. Thanks to the Cardassian resistance, we've been able to obtain a course that will get you to the outpost without encountering any patrols. It's a less direct route, so you'll have to go at warp seven most of the way to get there at the pre-arranged time."
Patel said, "This is assuming that the patrols stick to their assigned routes. We can't very well count on that."
"We're past the point where we can play things safe, Commander," Sisko said just as the Klingon next to Gomez made a disparaging comment under his breath about Patel's lineage.
Before her first officer could say anything else, Amalfitano spoke. "We'll be fine, Captain, don't worry. We'll clear a path for the rest of you," she added, looking around the room.
Then her gaze fell upon Gomez. This is my moment, I guess, she thought. The chief engineer hadn't really needed to be at this briefing, but she had come up with an idea that the captain wanted brought up in front of Sisko and the other higher-ups. "Captain, Admiral, if I may?"
"Yes, Commander Gomez, what is it?" Sisko asked.
Both Martok and the Romulan bristled, but Sisko and Ross each gave her expectant looks, as if they were genuinely interested in what she might have to say. Gomez took that as an encouraging sign. "We might be able to do better than just having a specific course. We can alter our ships to make us look like Cardassian freighters."
"We've tried that in the past," Sisko said. "But at this point, the Jem'Hadar and the Cardassians know to look for it."
"With respect, sir, those had been changes to the shield harmonics. What I'm suggesting is altering the warp fields of the ships. We've tested it on the Sentinel, and it should fool even Dominion sensors at warp speeds."
One of the Romulans sneered. "And when you come out of warp and are revealed to be a Federation ship?"
"We keep the warp field in place. As long as they don't do an intensive scan, they shouldn't be able to tell the difference between it and a hull configuration. In fact, we can also change the shield harmonics to match. They're less likely to look for that bit of misdirection if the ship's warp field reads as an allied ship."
Ross seemed intrigued by the idea. "Can you maintain warp seven with this reconfiguration?"
Gomez blinked. She hadn't thought of that—but then, she hadn't known they'd be forced to maintain warp seven until two minutes ago. "I'm afraid not. We could only do warp four—any higher and the modified warp field will tear the hull apart."
"Then it won't be practical for this mission. Still, it's a good idea. Send the specifications on that to the station—and," he added with glances at Martok and the Romulan general, "we'll share it with everyone here, see if we can make it work across the board." He turned back to Gomez. "Good work, Commander."
Gomez nodded, but was still disappointed. She was sure that the trick would work—but not at warp seven. She had been hoping for a practical test, and this mission would have been ideal for it.
The good news was that the route provided by the Cardassian resistance had done the trick, and the three Starfleet vessels arrived at the outpost unmolested. The other good news was that Intelligence was right, and there were only two Jem'Hadar strike ships guarding the outpost.
The rest of the news was rather bad.
For one thing, the outpost itself turned out to be armed with energy weapons of a type Gomez didn't recognize. They plowed through the Fredrickson's shields with little effort, leaving the Excelsior-class ship a sitting duck for the Jem'Hadar. It was destroyed within two minutes of their arrival in the sector.
"Steinberg, give me a reading on that damn weapon!" Gomez bellowed at her assistant chief.
In a voice as calm as hers was frantic, the black-haired lieutenant said, "I'm almost finished with my analysis, Commander."
"Finish faster." She gazed at the viewscreen that showed what the bridge had on their main viewer. The Musashi had gotten some shots into the outpost before one of the Jem'Hadar ships cut them off. Now each ship had the Jem'Hadar on their tail, with the outpost itself taking potshots as well.
The Sentinel's shields were now down to twenty percent.
Patel's voice sounded over the comm systems. "Divert power to shields."
In addition to getting their new assignment, the Sentinel had gotten crew replacements at DS9. One of them, a kid who didn't look old enough to be let out of his house alone, said, "I can't get the power to divert to the shields!" Gomez could hear the panic in the young man's voice.
"Take it from wherever you need it, Ensign, just keep the shields up."
"No, it's not that—the control circuits are fused."
Gomez rolled her eyes. "If you can't reprogram, reroute."
The ensign nodded quickly. "Right, of course. Sorry, Commander."
"Just keep your head cool." Was I ever that young and stupid? Gomez thought.
"Commander," Steinberg said, "if we bring the shield frequency down to the lower regions, we should be able to defend against the outpost's weapon."
"Lower?"
"Yes, sir."
It was a counterintuitive move—which, no doubt, was the Dominion's thinking.
The baby ensign said, "Shields back up to eighty percent."
"Nice work," Gomez said. "Steinberg, bring the frequency down."
"Aye," the lieutenant said.
She tapped her combadge. "Bridge, we're lowering shield frequency—that should allow us to defend against the outpost. Recommend transmitting data to the Musashi immediately."
"Acknowledged," Patel said. "Good job, Gomez."
The Jem'Hadar ship then fired on them again, pounding at the shields.
"At this frequency," Steinberg said, "we've got to keep them at sixty percent, or the Jem'Hadar will rip us to pieces."
Gomez went through the mental picture of the Sentinel in her head. The Akira-class ship had a compact, retro design, reminiscent of the old pre-Federation Earth starships. There wasn't a lot of wasted space. Still...
"Bridge, we need to evac decks eight, nine, and ten right away." Those were crew quarters, holodecks, and recreational facilities—none of them necessary right now, and only minimal staff was there at present.
Amalfitano and Patel, bless their hearts, didn't even question the request. "Attention all hands," Amalfitano said. "This is the captain. Evacuate decks eight, nine, and ten immediately."
"Steinberg, the second everyone's out of those decks, cut off all power, and divert as much of it as you can to the shields." Silently, Gomez cursed whichever idiot designer thought it was a good idea to make holodeck systems incompatible with other ship systems. We really could use that power right now. But at least the other power that was used for those decks would be put to good use.
Chatter from the bridge came over the intercom.
"Continuous fire on the Jem'Hadar."
"Their aft shields are failing."
"Concentrate fire there, Grimnar."
"Aye, sir."
"Tenmei, bring us to 253 mark 9, try to drive a wedge between them."
"Direct hit—our shields are down to sixty-five percent."
Steinberg looked at Gomez. "Sir, we can't keep this up—if we stick with the lower frequency, we're more vulnerable to the Jem'Hadar."
"We're not exactly overburdened with options," Gomez said.
"Shields are down."
Gomez turned. "What the hell happened?"
Steinberg checked a console. "Lucky shot—they got through to one of our emitters."
"The Jem'Hadar don't rely on luck," Gomez said. "And neither do we—reroute, get the shields back up to full. Are those three decks evacuated yet?"
"Not yet."
"We can't wait, divert the power."
"Aye, sir."
Even on as small a ship as the Sentinel, there was considerable waste in the life support system. Even with it taken off-line, there would be enough air just sitting in the corridors to last a couple of hours, and at red alert, they'd probably all have wristlamps in any case. And if they don't, that's just too damn bad, she thought, a bit unkindly. They should've evac'd by now.
The young ensign—whose name, she finally remembered, was Natale—said, "Shields back up to full. Sir, this juryrig won't last, request permission to rewire junction 92A5."
Gomez frowned, then smiled. "Good idea." That junction was a backup for holodeck systems, and could easily accommodate a shield rerouting, at least for a couple of hours. It would take a few minutes, but the present setup would hold in the meanwhile.
"Thank you, sir." Ensign Natale moved off, grinning with an enthusiasm that Gomez remembered seeing in the mirror back when she was the dumb young ensign and Geordi La Forge was the chief engineer doling out praise only when earned.
She often missed those days on the Enterprise. She had so many good friends there—Lian T'su, Reg Barclay, Gar Costa, Wes Crusher, Ella Clancy, Denny Russell. Even La Forge was more a friend than he ever really was a CO.
And, of course, Kieran. Lovable, goofy, wonderful Kieran.
One of the other engineers cried out from near the warp core, startling her out of her all-too-brief reverie. "Commander, containment system's fluctuating—we've got to take the warp drive off-line."
Dammit, dammit, dammit. "Do it." She tapped her combadge. "Bridge, we've lost warp drive."
"Not much of an issue right now," Patel said. "At least you got shields reenergized."
Gomez pursed her lips. "Yeah, but our hat's running out of rabbits."
As if on cue, one of the Jem'Hadar strike ships exploded.
"Maybe yours is." Gomez could visualize Patel's toothy grin.
"Sir, the Musashi has lost shields. The other Jem'Hadar ship is moving in."
"Tenmei, cut them off, draw their fire."
"Aye, sir."
The maneuver apparently worked, as the Sentinel started taking dozens more hits, from both the outpost and the Jem'Hadar. "We can't keep this up," Steinberg said, the first sign of tenseness creeping into an exterior that was normally a Vulcanlike calm; the noncoms had nicknamed him "T'Steinberg."
"Easy, Steinberg, we'll be fine." Gomez tried to sound reassuring, but she was too busy trying to figure out what the Musashi was doing. It looked like...
No!
The Musashi was on a suicide run—headed straight for the outpost.
The Jem'Hadar realized it too, obviously, as it and the outpost both changed their firing pattern to concentrate on the Musashi.
Amalfitano's voice cried out, "Tenmei, get between them and the Musashi. We have to give them time!"
Two seconds that seemed like hours passed, and the Musashi rammed into the Dominion outpost, annihilating it.
Sonya Gomez learned the most valuable lesson of her life shortly after she reported to the Enterprise, and the Borg carved a section out of the ship's hull, costing the ship eighteen crew members. When she found she couldn't get her mind around the loss of eighteen people, La Forge had said the words that she spoke now, over a decade later, to her staff:
"We'll have time to grieve later. Steinberg, get the shields back to their regular frequency. Ensign, how's our juryrig?"
"Almost done," Natale called out from under a console.
"Be done, I want this ship with full defenses."
"Grimnar," Amalfitano was saying even as Gomez spoke, "give the Jem'Hadar everything we've got."
Two seconds that actually seemed like two seconds later, the Jem'Hadar ship exploded in a satisfying conflagration, a plume of fire that was quickly consumed by the vacuum of space.
Which left the Sentinel alone amid a cloud of debris that used to be four starships and an outpost, behind enemy lines, without warp power.
"Engineering," Patel said, "how soon can you get the warp drive up and running?"
Gomez and Steinberg walked over to inspect the warp core. "Give us a minute."
Amalfitano said, "Make it a quick minute, Commander—the Jem'Hadar called for backup, and I really don't want to be here when they get here."
Grimnar's voice cut in. "Long-range sensors are picking up a Breen ship."
"Then we're dead." That, to Gomez, sounded like Ensign Simas, a notorious doomsayer whom Gomez had rotated out of the engine room due to the effect he had on morale. She wondered how the hell he contrived to get bridge duty.
She also wondered if there was some way she could change the readings that were now displayed in front of her and Steinberg.
Patel said, "Grimnar, how soon before the Breen get here?"
"At present speed, one hour, ten minutes."
"I was afraid of that," Gomez said. "Captain, we won't be able to get the warp drive up and running in less than two hours."
"What if we do a cold restart?"
Gomez couldn't help but smile. "That estimate was with a cold restart, Captain."
"They'll know we're an enemy vessel a lot sooner than that," Grimnar said. "The debris will mask us for a little while, but the closer they get, the more likely they are to see us for what we are, in which case they may increase speed."
"No they won't," Gomez said without even realizing at first why she said it. Then she spent half a second thinking it through. "Steinberg, get to work on the warp core. Natale, you're with me—we need to bring the warp field on-line and reconfigure it."
Natale frowned. "What's the point of bringing the warp field on-line if we can't go to warp? Isn't that a huge waste of energy—especially if we don't have the matter/antimatter system on-line?"
The ensign's question was reasonable. Without the power provided by the constant annihilation of matter and antimatter in the core, the ship was running on emergency power. But then, Gomez thought, if this doesn't constitute an emergency, I don't know what does.
Before she could explain things to Natale, Amalfitano asked, "Are you thinking what I think you're thinking, Commander?"
"Yes, Captain—we're going to reconfigure the warp field so those Breen think we're a Cardassian freighter."
Patel chuckled. "I guess your idea gets a practical run-through after all, Sonya."
"So it would seem, sir, yes."
"Get someone up here to install the holofilter on the comm systems," Amalfitano said. "We're gonna need to talk our way through this, too, and I think I'll be more convincing as a gul than a captain."
"Yes, sir."
Gomez sent two of her people up to the bridge, then sat down with Natale and called up her specs for the warp field reconfiguration. Natale whistled. "Impressive work, Commander, if you don't mind my saying so."
"I do mind, Ensign," she said, all seriousness—then broke into a grin. "Say that again after it works."
"Yes, sir," Natale said, returning the grin.
Good, Gomez thought, he's set the grief aside. He's not thinking about all the people who've died today—he's focused on what he has to do to keep himself from being added to the list. That's the only way we're gonna get through this.
Amazingly enough, the Breen bought it.
Gomez had been far too busy—first getting the warp field realigned, then helping Steinberg and the others get the containment unit up and running so that they could use the warp drive—to know what was happening on the bridge. All she knew was that the Breen ship went away after what she imagined was a tense fifteen minutes.
One hour and forty-seven minutes after they started, Gomez tapped her combadge and said, "Bridge, warp drive is on-line."
"Two hours, huh?" Patel said.
"We were motivated to speed it up," Gomez said with a relieved smile at Steinberg, who returned it.
"Good work down there," Amalfitano said. "But keep that realigned warp field. We're not on a timetable now, and I'm just as happy to stay at warp four if people will think we're Cardassian."
"No problem, Captain."
She gave Steinberg a glance, and he nodded. "On it."
Taking a look around at her staff, she took pride in what they had accomplished. In what she had accomplished. The idea of realigning the warp field had come to her in a night of tinkering—one of those inspirations that suddenly slams you behind the eyes. She stayed up all night working out the logistics, then brought it to Patel, who in turn brought it to Amalfitano, who told her to bring it to the meeting on DS9.
An inspiration that quite probably saved all their lives.
It wasn't until they crossed safely back into Federation space—after being passed by several Jem'Hadar ships that didn't challenge them—that Gomez allowed herself to feel for the hundreds of people lost on the Musashi and the Fredrickson. The grief was only slightly alleviated by the news that the strike on Orias III was successful. It was a major victory for the Alpha Quadrant.
## Androssi Vessel Overseen by Biron
STARDATE 53678.9
B iron was starting to form a clearer picture of what it was that had enabled the crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci to outwit and defeat him on two occasions. It was something he never would have deduced based on the empirical evidence he had acquired in his face-to-face encounters.
The crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci improvised.
Biron always approached every mission with a carefully laid-out plan. True, there were always variables, but rarely did they impinge upon the plan to a degree that was mathematically significant.
On the other hand, the U.S.S. da Vinci crew seemed to be able to adapt to variables with great ease. Where the variables—mostly introduced by the very presence of the U.S.S. da Vinci—on the planet Maeglin and at the space station Empok Nor had proven to be too much for Biron to overcome, his opponents seemed to thrive on it.
Perhaps it was because they were so actively involved in military engagements. While Biron did occasionally have to defend his ship and engage in battle situations, they were comparatively rare. Androssi military engagements were handled by the Elite's standing army, supplemented as necessary by members of the worker class conscripted into service.
He would need to factor this ability into his plans.
That and the Starfleet people's inexplicable predilection for forming personal attachments. That was a definite weakness that Biron needed to exploit.
He made a note of these items, and then continued his research...
TO BE CONTINUED...
## About the Author
The co-developer of Star Trek: S.C.E., KEITH R.A. DeCANDIDO has written or cowritten five previous eBooks in the series, including the award-winning stories Fatal Error and Cold Fusion, as well as the two-book Invincible (with David Mack) and the Gateways tie-in Here There Be Monsters. He also wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Diplomatic Implausibility, the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel Demons of Air and Darkness, the cross-series duology The Brave & the Bold, the TNG comic book Perchance to Dream, and the DS9 novella "Horn and Ivory." The year 2003 will see the debut of Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon—a sub-series that is the first to feature Star Trek's most popular aliens, the Klingons, in a starring role—as well as a contribution to the Star Trek: The Lost Era miniseries, and more S.C.E. eBooks. In addition to all of this, Keith has written novels, short stories, and nonfiction books in the universes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Farscape, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Marvel Comics, Xena, and much more. He is the editor of the original science fiction anthology Imaginings and the author of the upcoming novel Dragon Precinct, which mixes high fantasy with police procedurals. Find out evil rumors about him by checking his official Web site at DeCandido.net, and start a few by joining his official fan club at www.kradfanclub.com. He has long since abandoned the outmoded notion of "sleep."
## Coming Next Month:
Star Trek™: S.C.E. #22
### WAR STORIES
Book 2
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Concluding the exciting untold tale of the Dominion War!
To prevent his being defeated by the S.C.E. crew of the U.S.S. da Vinci a third time, Overseer Biron of the Androssi has decided to learn about his enemies by studying their adventures during the conflict with the Dominion....
Following the battle at Chin'toka, the Federation captured a small ship inside a Jem'Hadar war vessel. The da Vinci's S.C.E. team—led by Sonya Gomez's predecessor, Commander Salek of Vulcan—must determine the nature of the small ship. But will the mysterious vessel prove to be beneficial to the war effort—or deadly?
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El deporte uruguayo ya empieza a palpitar una nueva edición de los Juegos Olímpicos y además, sigue sumando competidores a la lista que se puede extender en las próximas semanas.
En las últimas horas, la clasificación de Andrés Silva en los 400 metros con vallas no solo estiró a 16 la delegación de deportistas celestes sino que también la del atletismo, que goza de un gran presente y tendrá a seis competidores en la máxima cita del deporte mundial, algo que nunca antes esta disciplina había logrado.
Es que a Silva se le suman Aguelmis Rojas (cubano nacionalizado uruguayo), Nicolás y Martín Cuestas en maratón, Emiliano Lasa en salto largo y Déborah Rodríguez, quien ya clasificó en los 800 metros y por estos días, de gira por Europa, busca sacar su pasaje a Rio en los 400 metros con vallas, prueba para la que necesita una marca de 56"20.
Pero no solo el atletismo tendrá una numerosa delegación. La vela uruguaya volverá a decir presente en los Juegos Olímpicos y esta vez con cuatro deportistas: Dolores Moreira en láser radial, Alejandro Foglia en fynn, Mariana Foglia y Pablo Defazio, el matrimonio que competirá en Nacra 17.
En natación, ecuestres, remo, judo y tenis, la Celeste también estará representada en Rio (ver recuadro).
Con chances.
A la fecha, la lista de 16 clasificados a los Juegos Olímpicos puede extenderse. Entre el 18 y 19 de junio, Los Teros buscarán en Mónaco el pasaje al seven en el Repechaje Mundial. Los celestes no la tendrán fácil y en la serie estarán con Canadá, Alemania y Siri Lanka. Participan 16 países y clasifica el campeón. El beach volley buscará el pasaje en la última etapa de la Continental Cup entre el 21 y el 27 de junio en Rosario, Argentina, en la rama femenina, y en Santiago de Chile en la masculina, mientras que en tiro, Diana Cabrera espera por la resolución de la Federación Internacional de Tiro para ver si clasifica por el MQS (Minimum Qualification Score).
LOS 16 QUE YA ESTÁN EN RIO
Néstor Nielsen logró el cupo para Uruguay en salto ecuestre.
Dolores Moreira en láser será otra representante de la vela celeste en Rio 2016.
Aguelmis Rojas, Nicolás y Martín Cuestas competirán en la maratón de los Juegos Olímpicos representando al atletismo: la más numerosa, con seis deportistas celestes.
Emiliano Lasa, quien compitió ayer en salto largo en París, volvió a tener una notable actuación. El uruguayo, ya clasificado a Rio de Janeiro, fue tercero en el Meeting International de Montreuil con 8,03 metros.
En natación, por universalidad, Uruguay tiene dos cupos asignados y en los últimos días, la Federación Uruguaya de Natación (FUN) confirmó que Inés Remersaro y Martín Melconian serán los representantes celestes en Brasil.
Jonathan Esquivel logró el cupo uruguayo en remo que por universalidad tendrá una plaza en Rio.
Déborah Rodríguez en 800 metros (busca la marca en 400 vallas) y Andrés Silva en 400 vallas completan la delegación de atletismo.
Pablo Aprahamian será el representante del judo uruguayo en los Juegos Olímpicos, mientras que en tenis, Pablo Cuevas ya aseguró su clasificación al cerrarse el ranking y estar 25°.
Mariana Foglia y Pablo Defazio consiguieron a fines de enero el objetivo de clasificarse a los Juegos Olímpicos en la clase Nacra 17, en el Mundial que se disputó en Miami.
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Evidence against chronic antigen-specific T lymphocyte activation in myasthenia gravis.
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an antigen-specific autoimmune disease caused by antibodies against acetylcholine receptors (AChR) at the post-synaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction. Clinical and immunological data imply the involvement of AChR-specific T lymphocytes as helper cells for autoantibody production. Direct data to support this hypothesis, however, remain sparse. In the present study, a large population of MG patients was studied for evidence of peripheral blood T cell activation by several assays. Assays based on non-specific measurements of T cell activation as well as assays of antigen-specific clonal expansion were utilized. Levels of soluble IL-2 receptor in serum were modestly elevated in some patients, suggesting T cell activation. However, peripheral blood cells did not show evidence of IL-2 receptor expression or enhanced reactivity to IL-2 in culture. Clonable T cells selected for hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (hprt) mutation, another non-antigen-specific marker for T cell activation, were not seen with increased frequency except in patients treated with purine analogs. Antigen-specific T cell activation was measured by proliferation assays using heterologous and autologous sources of AChR. Antigen-restimulated peripheral blood cell cultures were cloned by limiting dilution. The vast majority of patients failed to show convincing evidence of AChR specific T cell activation or clonal expansion; only 2 of 44 patients demonstrated clonable autologous AChR-specific T cells. An alternative hypothesis of T cell involvement in MG is proposed in which T cell activation is discontinuous and predominantly directed at antigens other than AChR.
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"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
}
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Lipid droplet accumulation and lipoprotein lipase activity in the rat salivary gland during the perinatal period.
The submandibular and sublingual glands of foetal and newborn rats aged 21 days in utero to 7 days after birth were examined morphologically and biochemically. Lipid droplets tended to be localized in secretory cells, especially in their basal cytoplasm. The degree of droplet accumulation varied with the age of the rat. No droplets were observed before and immediately after birth. The number of accumulated droplets peaked 24-48 h after birth, then gradually decreased and reached normal levels by 5 days. In the salivary glands of fasted newborn rats, no lipid droplets were observed throughout the experiment. The amount of triacylglycerol reached its maximum level 1 day after birth; it then decreased gradually until 5 days and after that did not change. The amount of cholesterol did not change during postnatal development. Lipase activity attained its maximum level in the salivary glands immediately after birth and then decreased rapidly. It was higher in the glands of fasted than fed 1-day-old rats. Antiserum against lipoprotein lipase inhibited the salivary gland lipase activity in a dose-dependent manner, with 5 microliters of antiserum producing 60-70% inhibition. Non-immune serum had little effect. It was concluded that (1) accumulated lipid in the secretory cell cytoplasm of the salivary glands originates from ingested milk; (2) the principal component of accumulated lipid droplets is triacylglycerol; (3) 60-70% of the total lipase activity represents lipoprotein lipase; (4) an increase of lipoprotein lipase activity is recognizable before the accumulation of triacylglycerol.
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{
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
}
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Auditive stimulation therapy as an intervention in subacute and chronic tinnitus: a prospective observational study.
Tinnitus is a noise, a ringing, or a roaring sound in the affected ear and is becoming an increasingly serious problem for health care systems. Integrative treatment concepts are currently regarded as promising therapeutic approaches for managing tinnitus. The aim of this study was to present the results of auditive stimulation therapy, a program of music therapy developed specifically for tinnitus treatment. We collected data on outpatient treatment results from 155 tinnitus patients and evaluated them in a prospective observational study with three defined times of measurement (start, end, and 6 months after the end of treatment). Apart from anamnestic data and subjective evaluation of treatment, the major outcome parameter was the score of the tinnitus questionnaire. To evaluate effectiveness of the therapy, we calculated effect sizes (according to Cohen). Fifty-one percent of the patients were male, and the mean patient age was 49 years. Of the 155 patients, 137 (88%) were capable of gainful employment, which means that they fell in the age range between 18 and 65 years. The duration of tinnitus was more than 6 months for 80% of patients, and 43% had been suffering from tinnitus for more than 3 years. In general, all subscales of the tinnitus questionnaire showed highly significant changes (t-test, p < .01) between the measurement points "start of therapy" and "end of therapy," whereas no significant difference was found between the measurement points "end of therapy" and "follow-up". At follow-up, the values of the subscales were stabilized at a level recorded at the end of the therapy; we did not observe a reduction to the level prior to treatment. The values for the effect sizes mostly ranged between medium (> 0.5) and high (> 0.8). Closer investigations indicated that a combination of music therapy and psychological training rendered the best effect sizes. This study demonstrated that music therapy is an effective integrated treatment approach and offers a way to make progress in tinnitus treatment.
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{
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
}
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The use of endo-GIA vascular staplers in liver surgery and their potential benefit: a review.
Stapling devices have been introduced for safety and to reduce the overall operative time in many surgical procedures. In hepatobiliary surgery, i.e. liver resection, several types of staplers are in use. While transection of hepatic vessels with vascular staplers is well established, their use in dissecting hepatic parenchyma has only been assessed recently. Its advantages were especially a low rate of biliary complications (i.e., bile fistulas, bilioma) and reduced bleeding. As expected, the operative time was decreased dramatically while both the complication rate in general and the overall costs for stapler hepatectomy were comparable with other techniques used in high-volume centers. Thus, endo-GIA vascular staplers can be safely used to dissect the hepatic parenchyma in a routine clinical setting with low incidence of surgical complications.
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"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
}
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/*****************************************************************************
Copyright (c) 2014, Intel Corp.
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*****************************************************************************
* Contents: Native middle-level C interface to LAPACK function zhpgv
* Author: Intel Corporation
* Generated November 2015
*****************************************************************************/
#include "lapacke_utils.h"
lapack_int LAPACKE_zhpgv_work( int matrix_layout, lapack_int itype, char jobz,
char uplo, lapack_int n,
lapack_complex_double* ap,
lapack_complex_double* bp, double* w,
lapack_complex_double* z, lapack_int ldz,
lapack_complex_double* work, double* rwork )
{
lapack_int info = 0;
if( matrix_layout == LAPACK_COL_MAJOR ) {
/* Call LAPACK function and adjust info */
LAPACK_zhpgv( &itype, &jobz, &uplo, &n, ap, bp, w, z, &ldz, work, rwork,
&info );
if( info < 0 ) {
info = info - 1;
}
} else if( matrix_layout == LAPACK_ROW_MAJOR ) {
lapack_int ldz_t = MAX(1,n);
lapack_complex_double* z_t = NULL;
lapack_complex_double* ap_t = NULL;
lapack_complex_double* bp_t = NULL;
/* Check leading dimension(s) */
if( ldz < n ) {
info = -10;
LAPACKE_xerbla( "LAPACKE_zhpgv_work", info );
return info;
}
/* Allocate memory for temporary array(s) */
if( LAPACKE_lsame( jobz, 'v' ) ) {
z_t = (lapack_complex_double*)
LAPACKE_malloc( sizeof(lapack_complex_double) *
ldz_t * MAX(1,n) );
if( z_t == NULL ) {
info = LAPACK_TRANSPOSE_MEMORY_ERROR;
goto exit_level_0;
}
}
ap_t = (lapack_complex_double*)
LAPACKE_malloc( sizeof(lapack_complex_double) *
( MAX(1,n) * MAX(2,n+1) ) / 2 );
if( ap_t == NULL ) {
info = LAPACK_TRANSPOSE_MEMORY_ERROR;
goto exit_level_1;
}
bp_t = (lapack_complex_double*)
LAPACKE_malloc( sizeof(lapack_complex_double) *
( MAX(1,n) * MAX(2,n+1) ) / 2 );
if( bp_t == NULL ) {
info = LAPACK_TRANSPOSE_MEMORY_ERROR;
goto exit_level_2;
}
/* Transpose input matrices */
LAPACKE_zhp_trans( matrix_layout, uplo, n, ap, ap_t );
LAPACKE_zhp_trans( matrix_layout, uplo, n, bp, bp_t );
/* Call LAPACK function and adjust info */
LAPACK_zhpgv( &itype, &jobz, &uplo, &n, ap_t, bp_t, w, z_t, &ldz_t,
work, rwork, &info );
if( info < 0 ) {
info = info - 1;
}
/* Transpose output matrices */
if( LAPACKE_lsame( jobz, 'v' ) ) {
LAPACKE_zge_trans( LAPACK_COL_MAJOR, n, n, z_t, ldz_t, z, ldz );
}
LAPACKE_zhp_trans( LAPACK_COL_MAJOR, uplo, n, ap_t, ap );
LAPACKE_zhp_trans( LAPACK_COL_MAJOR, uplo, n, bp_t, bp );
/* Release memory and exit */
LAPACKE_free( bp_t );
exit_level_2:
LAPACKE_free( ap_t );
exit_level_1:
if( LAPACKE_lsame( jobz, 'v' ) ) {
LAPACKE_free( z_t );
}
exit_level_0:
if( info == LAPACK_TRANSPOSE_MEMORY_ERROR ) {
LAPACKE_xerbla( "LAPACKE_zhpgv_work", info );
}
} else {
info = -1;
LAPACKE_xerbla( "LAPACKE_zhpgv_work", info );
}
return info;
}
|
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"pile_set_name": "Github"
}
|
<?php
/*
* This file is part of Respect/Validation.
*
* (c) Alexandre Gomes Gaigalas <alexandre@gaigalas.net>
*
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file
* that was distributed with this source code.
*/
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace Respect\Validation\Rules;
use Respect\Validation\Test\RuleTestCase;
/**
* @group rule
*
* @covers \Respect\Validation\Rules\NoWhitespace
*
* @author Alexandre Gomes Gaigalas <alexandre@gaigalas.net>
* @author Danilo Benevides <danilobenevides01@gmail.com>
* @author Gabriel Caruso <carusogabriel34@gmail.com>
* @author Henrique Moody <henriquemoody@gmail.com>
* @author Nick Lombard <github@jigsoft.co.za>
*/
final class NoWhitespaceTest extends RuleTestCase
{
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public function providerForValidInput(): array
{
$rule = new NoWhitespace();
return [
[$rule, ''],
[$rule, null],
[$rule, 0],
[$rule, 'wpoiur'],
[$rule, 'Foo'],
];
}
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public function providerForInvalidInput(): array
{
$rule = new NoWhitespace();
return [
[$rule, ' '],
[$rule, 'w poiur'],
[$rule, ' '],
[$rule, "Foo\nBar"],
[$rule, "Foo\tBar"],
];
}
}
|
{
"pile_set_name": "Github"
}
|
Plasma vitamin A composition and retinol-binding protein concentration during egg formation in laying hens.
Blood plasma vitamin A composition (retinol, retinyl ester) and retinol-binding protein (RBP) were determined in three phases (empty; soft- and hard egg) of the egg formation period in laying hens. The retinyl ester level remained in the range of 6 to 11% of the total plasma vitamin A concentration during egg formation. The retinol and RBP increased significantly during the time of soft period. The molar ratio between retinol and RBP ranged between 0.72-0.77. The increase of retinol and RBP may be caused by the sexual steroid effect for satisfying the retinoid needs of the ovarium and shell gland (avian uterus).
|
{
"pile_set_name": "PubMed Abstracts"
}
|
Description
Two hundred years after the fall of Mechanism, human society has achieved a kind of stability. There are colonies beneath the oceans, throughout the solar system, and beyond: on extrasolar planets.
Vast hemi-relativistic ships connect these colonies, travelling at half the speed of light. Or rather they would, if the ominous presence of the alien Watchkeepers had not led to an enforced moratorium on interstellar travel. But when a seemingly impossible radio signal reaches the colony Crucible, everything changes:
SEND NDEGE
It’s origin is unpopulated, unexplored space. No one could be there - at least, not if they travelled using human technology - so who could have sent it? How did they get there? And what use do they have for the disgraced scientist Ndege Akinya?
Finding the answers will require one of the greatest expeditions humankind has ever launched, a journey further than ever attempted before, conducted under the implacable scrutiny of the Watchkeepers.
But as a mission is prepared on Crucible, it turns out they weren’t the only ones to see the message - or its potential . . .
|
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"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
}
|
198?
-1/10
Evaluate ((84/16)/7)/((-270)/(-9000)).
25
Calculate 45/(-30)*80/12.
-10
Calculate (-12)/186*(140/28)/(-5).
2/31
Calculate 42/75*(-430)/(-301).
4/5
30/(-7)*47/(1410/(-105))
15
Evaluate 15/36*(-957)/(-145).
11/4
What is the value of 5*(3/18*8)/((-5)/3)?
-4
Evaluate -2*3/(-24)*((-480)/9)/20.
-2/3
What is the value of (4/((-48)/(-15)))/((-11)/176*2)?
-10
What is 2/2*(28/70)/((-8)/20)?
-1
Evaluate 1/(-2)*((-1568)/(-168))/(-14).
1/3
(-4)/(-21)*-3*2*21/(-12)
2
Calculate ((-42)/3)/98*-2.
2/7
What is the value of (2*(-170)/(-1836))/((-10)/(-48))?
8/9
((-125)/125)/(-1*(-60)/(-4))
1/15
(-1)/((3/(-40))/(1116/(-465)))
-32
Evaluate (-18)/2*(2465/(-51))/29.
15
Evaluate (64/6)/4*(-2658)/443.
-16
Evaluate (((-50)/60)/(-5))/((-77)/44).
-2/21
(-4)/((5/12*1)/(20/8))
-24
Calculate ((-284)/994)/(6/28)*6/164.
-2/41
(-1440)/(-3330)*-1*2/(-16)
2/37
Calculate ((-9)/(-27))/((-22)/66).
-1
What is the value of ((-10)/42*6/(-70))/((-2)/(-21))?
3/14
Calculate ((-102)/272)/(6/3*9/(-12)).
1/4
Evaluate ((-1032)/430)/(21/(-10)).
8/7
What is (200/(-625))/((-16)/(-80))?
-8/5
8/10*2*(1955/102)/(-23)
-4/3
Calculate 6/(-16)*(-4)/(-36)*12.
-1/2
Evaluate (11/11)/(166/(-83)*25/2).
-1/25
What is the value of ((-52)/(-36))/(4*23/(-828))?
-13
Calculate (416/64)/(2/((-12)/3)).
-13
(((-23)/(-1449))/((-2)/(-24)))/((-12)/54)
-6/7
(12/1260)/(84/(-882))
-1/10
Evaluate (8/28)/((-84)/(-441)).
3/2
What is the value of (-31)/(-31)*12/(-102)?
-2/17
-7*22/770*-15
3
Evaluate ((-1)/(10/12))/((-6)/15).
3
Calculate (12/(-21))/(28170/2191).
-2/45
What is (3/(15/2))/(28/(-420))?
-6
Evaluate ((-42)/18)/((-35)/525).
35
What is 10*11/(1045/228)?
24
What is ((-5)/(-5))/((-20)/180)?
-9
((-34)/((-1156)/238))/(-4)
-7/4
Calculate (-1)/(2/2)*70/(-1330)*95.
5
Calculate (36/(-6))/(5/(-10)*1).
12
(-8)/(-4)*12/(-378)*(-108)/48
1/7
What is (27810/6489)/(((-6)/7)/(-2))?
10
5*2*(-65)/(-1625)*5/26
1/13
Evaluate ((-544)/(-187))/((-22)/121).
-16
Calculate ((-182)/117)/(-14)*-3*-2.
2/3
Calculate ((-2)/(-30))/(3/(-45)*(-50)/(-20)).
-2/5
What is 11/11*24/24?
1
3*9*(-64)/144
-12
What is (10/(-24))/((-2)/((-198)/(-55)))*4?
3
Calculate (6/32)/((-138)/920).
-5/4
Evaluate 2/(-3)*(-3)/(-30)*(-105)/(-119).
-1/17
((-20)/12)/(500/6900)
-23
Evaluate (-7)/((-308)/(-8))*979/1335.
-2/15
(782/85)/(-8*3/(-15))
23/4
What is ((-18)/(-3))/(8/16*72/(-12))?
-2
Evaluate 1*40/210*-7.
-4/3
14/(2*(-5)/1)
-7/5
Evaluate ((-24)/(-5))/(63/(-105)).
-8
Calculate ((-5)/85)/(27/(-18)).
2/51
Calculate ((-494)/6175)/((-12)/10*(-4)/3).
-1/20
What is ((-16)/(-10))/((-9)/(360/16))?
-4
Evaluate (-14)/(-2)*((-9)/42)/((-3)/4).
2
What is ((-4)/(12*-1))/(((-67)/48)/(-67))?
16
Evaluate 15/(-5)*(-88)/(-96)*8.
-22
What is (-10)/7*(-3)/2*-14?
-30
What is the value of ((-8)/(-168))/((-95)/2565)?
-9/7
What is the value of ((-6)/(-30))/((-14)/(-70))*7/(-1)?
-7
Evaluate ((-5)/12)/(((-2100)/210)/(16/14)).
1/21
(-7)/7*(-3)/(-9)*33
-11
Evaluate (-117)/(-234)*8/52.
1/13
What is the value of (-15*28/(-1470))/(15/(-21))?
-2/5
What is the value of (-2*5*2/(-24))/(17455/3491)?
1/6
What is (8/10)/(746/(-1865)*(-1)/2)?
4
Evaluate (-29)/(-580)*60*-9.
-27
What is the value of -12*((-3420)/40)/(-57)?
-18
What is the value of ((128/72)/(-4))/((-28)/(-210))?
-10/3
What is the value of (118/2950)/((-5)/(25/(-4)))?
1/20
Evaluate (40/18)/((-944)/12744).
-30
Evaluate 3/(-20)*(-9080)/3178.
3/7
What is ((-143)/11)/520*4?
-1/10
What is the value of ((6/(-40))/((-2)/48))/(1592/3980)?
9
What is the value of 102/(-4)*2034/(-5763)?
9
What is (21/(-36)*-1)/((-28)/(-6))?
1/8
Calculate 1*((-2)/10)/(378/135).
-1/14
Evaluate (-22)/(-33)*280/112.
5/3
Evaluate ((-6)/(-11))/((-23240)/(-12782)).
3/10
What is the value of 1230/19475*5/(-15)?
-2/95
What is the value of (4/2*(-17)/34)/(104/24)?
-3/13
(2/(-9)*-30)/(2/(-9))
-30
What is the value of (((-20)/(-150))/(14/(-21)))/(57/15)?
-1/19
Calculate 1/6*-1*9138/28937.
-1/19
(-12*7/63)/(-2*(-1)/21)
-14
Evaluate (-42)/(-231)*(-770)/(-2870).
2/41
((-27)/(-63))/(234/(-273))
-1/2
What is the value of (-1)/((12/104)/(12/(-8)))?
13
Calculate -35*13/(-65)*(-42)/3969.
-2/27
What is (-67)/((-134)/(-48))*(12/(-16))/1?
18
What is -42*(-7)/(-1596)*(-3)/(21/4)?
2/19
396/11*5/(-60)*4
-12
Evaluate 18*((161/(-35))/23)/(9/(-20)).
8
What is 23/(368/16)*-13?
-13
(360/420)/(2*(-60)/112)
-4/5
Calculate 3/(((-810)/(-240))/((-6)/4)).
-4/3
Calculate 72/(-15)*(-10)/68*2/6.
4/17
((2970/(-9))/15)/(1*(-6)/6)
22
Calculate 5/1*4/4*1512/(-420).
-18
What is the value of ((-3)/(-9)*-4)/((-1173)/391)?
4/9
((-45)/99)/((66/132)/((-2)/20))
1/11
What is the value of (13/39)/(5/(-66))*-5?
22
Evaluate (-6)/(-168)*20*((-16)/(-10))/(-4).
-2/7
Evaluate (((-253)/11)/(-92))/(14/16).
2/7
What is the value of 2580/(-258)*14/(-20)?
7
What is the value of (((-96)/(-168))/((-2)/14))/(1/2)?
-8
8/(-40)*25/3*(-18)/75
2/5
Evaluate ((3480/48)/(-29))/((-705)/12).
2/47
((-294)/(-105))/((-5)/(-50))
28
What is the value of (10/(-95))/(242/(-66671))?
29
Evaluate (23/69)/(((-16)/6)/(-2)).
1/4
((-1782)/66)/(-81)*-4*(-2)/(-6)
-4/9
Calculate (4/64*3)/((-51)/34).
-1/8
Calculate ((-10)/(-11))/(-13*(-3)/429).
10
What is (37037/(-407))/((-7)/6)*2/12?
13
(7*(-6)/(-84))/(-2*4/32)
-2
Evaluate 2/(-6)*(-30)/85.
2/17
Evaluate (2/(-46))/(58/(-1334)).
1
Evaluate (256/(-448))/((-4)/(-28))*(-4)/2.
8
What is (-5)/330*(-270)/(-15)?
-3/11
1/(33/(-18))*(-199)/(-597)
-2/11
What is the value of ((392/(-385))/14)/(4/10*1)?
-2/11
Evaluate 2322/301*(-35)/15.
-18
Calculate (-10)/(-8)*2*(-16)/40*6.
-6
What is (34/(-102))/((-2)/7)*-2?
-7/3
Evaluate (-14)/(112/180)*(-10)/(-15).
-15
6/(-12)*7*17/(136/(-32))
14
What is (12/9)/(46/345)?
10
What is the value of ((-344)/(-3010))/(((-64)/60)/(-4))?
3/7
Calculate ((-2603)/(-2192))/((-2)/32).
-19
((-7)/84)/(21/546)
-13/6
What is 3/(-6)*50/(15/3)?
-5
(-10)/116*(308/35)/11
-2/29
What is the value of ((-75)/(-5375)*43)/(2/40)?
12
(1*5/(-60))/((-71)/(-142))
-1/6
Evaluate (12/(-72))/(21/(-14))*171.
19
Evaluate (54/63)/(27/((-1701)/180)).
-3/10
What is ((-6)/(-24))/(465/75)*14/35?
1/62
What is (-31*(-8)/124)/(1/(-8))?
-16
What is (-15)/(-24)*133/(-665)?
-1/8
Evaluate 999/111*(-2)/6.
-3
Evaluate (-6)/(-5)*(-125)/2325.
-2/31
Calculate ((-1607)/12856)/((-3)/4).
1/6
What is the value of (2/(-17))/(4992/(-5304))?
1/8
What is (-44)/(-110)*2/(-16)?
-1/20
Calculate 1092/819*(-5)/(60/(-63)).
7
What is (98/2205)/((-6)/9*-1)?
1/15
Evaluate ((-8)/(-12))/((-145)/7395).
-34
Calculate -26*(2475/(-44))/(-25)*4/36.
-13/2
Evaluate 40/(-62920)*13*-33.
3/11
What is ((18468/(-567))/(-76))/(2/(-8))?
-12/7
Calculate (((-560)/(-42))/20)/((20/54)/(-5)).
-9
What is (-2560)/(-4480)*(-14)/30?
-4/15
What is the value of (270/(-150)*2/(-60))/((-3)/(-6))?
3/25
What is the value of 6/45*-6*(-18)/96?
3/20
Calculate -13*(-17)/663*-4.
-4/3
(-12)/(-9)*(24/272)/(-1)
-2/17
What is the value of ((-51)/(-17))/(12/(-32)*1)?
-8
Evaluate ((-16)/(-5))/(((-282)/4230)/((-1)/6)).
8
Evaluate (41/((-1476)/192))/(-4).
4/3
Calculate ((-75)/(-2))/(-5)*808/505.
-12
Evaluate -4*(-12)/(-126)*57/(-152).
1/7
Evaluate 40/(-10)*(3250/(-40))/(-13)*-1.
25
Calculate ((-142)/(-2059))/(2/2).
2/29
2/(-4)*-8*147/(-84)
-7
Calculate (21420/80)/(-51)*4.
-21
What is (-6)/(-9)*-15*5*(-63)/(-105)?
-30
What is 17/(68/16)*8/((-96)/30)?
-10
What is the value of (-43)/(-86)*(-2)/11?
-1/11
What is the value of ((-1)/2)/(((-4)/7)/((-88)/308))?
-1/4
(13/((-910)/56))/((-2)/(-5))
-2
(360/16)/(-45)*4/1
-2
What is the value of 800/(-4080)*(-9)/30?
1/17
Calculate -27*5/(-45)*(50/3)/2.
25
Calculate -18*(-2)/135*(-5)/22.
-2/33
Calculate 1*(-25)/40*-8*7.
35
Calculate (7/20)/(((-4)/96)/(15/45)).
-14/5
What is the value of (1379/(-1182))/(8/32)?
-14/3
What is the value of ((-9)/(-22))/(6/66*6)?
3/4
Evaluate ((-15)/(-35)*6)/((516/(-56))/43).
-12
(-1)/((15/20)/(168/32))
-7
Calculate ((-60)/80)/(42/12)*96/(-9).
16/7
What is the value of ((-54)/10)/((-24)/40)*(-6)/(-9)?
6
What is the value of -8*(-2)/8*-1*1/(-17)?
2/17
(2/12)/(4720/480)
1/59
Evaluate (((-38)/(-1520))/(1/(-4)))/(2/25).
-5/4
Calculate 1045/(-2470)*2/(11*2/(-4)).
2/13
Evaluate 1/(-3)*(-126)/1218*(-2)/1.
-2/29
Evaluate (9/10)/(-3)*9*216/(-1458).
2/5
Evaluate 9/(-15)*(-45)/1.
27
142/(-3834)*1*-9*9/12
1/4
What is the value of ((-4)/24*(-8)/((-16)/3))/1?
-1/4
What is the value of (1*(-6)/2)/(-8)?
3/8
Calculate ((-2400)/(-18))/20*-3*(-
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}
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1. New Tool Development. KMC develops tools that fit the needs of it’s customers. Whether it is modifying a distribution tool to better meet the needs of a customer or developing new tools. One of the prjects that KMC is currently participating in is a new process called Keyhole Technology. This new technology involives performing a number of distribution work functions through only an 18 - 24" diameter hole in the pavement. This process has the advantages of improved employee safety and greatly reducing restoration costs. KMC feels privileged to work on the ground floor of this new and innovative technology.
2. Repair of Infrastructure Components. KMC has extensive experience in repairing pipe fittings, adapters, and valves. One of the pictures below displays an adapter that KMC manufactured. The picture displays an adapter that has an 48" mechanical joint on one end and a 48" Class 250 Flange on the other end.
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Q:
How do I auto-login as root into the TTY upon boot?
I am working on creating a real time kernel with RT-PREEMPT patch.
I have created this kernel without graphic desktop. It comes up in the terminal mode with login prompt.
The requirement is, it should boot and directly go to the shell prompt with root permission, without asking for login.
How can this be done? Can you help me?
A:
source: http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/04/30/autologin-linux-console-mode.
I have gotten it to work, but it is slightly different on Ubuntu.
First install mingetty:
sudo apt-get install mingetty
Edit /etc/init/tty1.conf:
Change:
exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
To:
exec /sbin/mingetty --autologin root --noclear tty1
Reboot and test.
This worked for me on Ubuntu 12.04, if this works for you and you need more tty's to autologin start changing tty2.conf - tty6.conf and you should be good to go.
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it is possible to script the backup files to be sent via ftp or ssh ???
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Short answer: Yes!
If you want to do that without modifying the script use a mount point which is over the network, samba, nfs, ssh, ftp, etc.
Another solution is to transfer the backed up files after the back-res script has done his job.
I tried to exclude the /usr because it take so much space.
The ISPConfig on server1 can be successfully restored with the backup set I used.
After restored, server1 and mirror still replicates.
Can you check if we can safely exclude the /usr and some other directories from your backup script?
I have 2 ISPConfig server named server1.test.com and mirror.test.com (which mirrors ISPConfig config from server1).
On the server1, I only backup these directories plus all databases dump:
I tried to exclude the /usr because it take so much space.
The ISPConfig on server1 can be successfully restored with the backup set I used.
After restored, server1 and mirror still replicates.
Can you check if we can safely exclude the /usr and some other directories from your backup script?
Tks,
Anh
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Hello,
If you can exclude the /usr it's only your decision. If you know you don't have anythin irrecuperable you can exclude as many directories as you like. For example I personnaly, if the space is tight, back up only the /etc, /www and the databases on some servers...
When it cames for the restore, I install the respective linux distribution, then restore the /etc /www and the databases over the fresh install.Take care, if you have anything changed in other directories, you'll run into problems!
The error messages are ok. Not every mysql table type can be optimized and the information_schema database is a internal mysql database structure, so you can not back that up and it does not need to be included in the backup.
The error messages are ok. Not every mysql table type can be optimized and the information_schema database is a internal mysql database structure, so you can not back that up and it does not need to be included in the backup.
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The present application claims priority to French Application No. 01/06534 filed 17 May 2001, the entire text of which is specifically incorporated by reference herein without disclaimer.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of trimming glasses, more particularly ophthalmic glasses.
2. Description of Related Art
An ophthalmic glass results from a series of molding and/or surfacing/buffing operations determining the geometry of both convex and concave optical surfaces of said glass, followed by appropriate surface treatments.
The last finishing step of an ophthalmic glass is a trimming step consisting in machining the glass edge or periphery so as to conform it to the required dimensions for adapting the glass to the glass frame in which it is intended to be accommodated.
Trimming is generally carried out on a grinding machine comprising diamond abrasive wheels that perform the machining step as defined hereabove.
The glass is held during such a step by axially-acting clamping elements.
The relative movement of the glass relative to the abrasive wheel is controlled, generally digitally, so as to get the required shape.
As it is obvious, it is absolutely imperative that the glass be firmly held during such a movement.
Therefore, before any trimming step, a glass-holding step is performed, i.e. a holding means or acorn element is positioned onto the convex surface of the glass.
A holding pad, such as a self-adhesive sticker, for example a two-sided adhesive, is arranged between the acorn element and the glass convex surface.
The so-equipped glass is positioned onto one of the above-mentioned axial clamping members, the second axial clamping element thus clamping the glass onto its concave surface by means of an abutment, generally made in an elastomer.
During the machining step, a tangential torque stress is generated on the glass, which can result in the glass rotating relative to the acorn element if the glass-holding system is not efficient enough.
The efficient glass-holding mainly depends on the good adhesion at the interface between the holding pad and the glass convex surface.
The latest generation ophthalmic glasses most often comprise hydrophobic and/or oil-repellent anti-stain surface coatings associated with anti-reflection coatings.
These are most often fluorosilane-type materials that reduce the surface energy so as to prevent adhesive greasy stains which are thereby easier to remove.
One of the problems generated by this type of surface coating is that they achieve such an efficiency that the adhesion at the interface pad/convex surface is thereby altered, even compromised for the most efficient hydrophobic and/or oil-repellent coatings.
It becomes therefore more and more difficult to perform satisfactory trimming steps, more particularly for polycarbonate glasses the trimming of which results in much more important stresses than for other materials.
As a result of an inadequately performed trimming step, the glass is purely and simply ruined.
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Q:
Why can I not successively increment a variable within a function?
I'm trying to add 10 over and over for every invocation of d. It stays 20 every time, why?
function d() {
var c = [10];
c[0] += 10;
alert(c[0]); // always 20
}
d(); d(); d(); // supposed to be 20, 30, 40...
A:
You create a new array and assign it to c each time the function is called. That resets it.
Move the assignment so it is outside the function (so it only runs once).
var c = [10];
function d() {
c[0] += 10;
alert(c[0]);
}
d(); d(); d(); // will be 20, 30, 40...
But globals are good source of bugs, so it is considered good style to wrap such things in closures to minimise the use of globals.
var d =(function () {
var c = [10];
function d() {
c[0] += 10;
alert(c[0]);
};
return d;
})();
d(); d(); d();
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Ineffective nursing
I'm having the same issue! My baby just turned two months old (nine weeks) and I feel like she is never going be nursing efficiently enough for me to be able to exclusively breastfeed her. I cannot pump enough to satisfy her. She was born at 8 pounds, but I had iv fluids during labor so I'm not sure if that caused swelling for her to weigh more. When we left the hospital her weight was fine and she was gaining well at her one week appointment. She did not have a two week appointment because the pediatrician didn't tell us to come back then and we ended up getting a different doctor for her one month. I saw a lactation consultant when she was one week to make sure I was breastfeeding her correctly and I was. Everything was fine. She was quite a crabby baby for the first month. I would breastfeed and let her finish the feed and would do compressions and tickle her feet, etc to keep her awake. It would take her an hour to eat, but I was trying to feed her on demand and at least every two hours. She was crying a lot and was rooting a lot and i didn't understand what was going on. She would seem completely satisfied and then be crying less than 30 minutes later. I was going crazy because my husbands job keeps him away from home for a few days at a time so it was so hard for me with a non stop crying unsatisfied baby. I did not know what to do and got the horrible advice that babies need to suck and to give her a pacifier in between the two hour feedings. At four weeks, we found out she only weighed 7.6 which was under her birthweight of 8.1. The lactation nurse watched me feed her and helped me try to keep her actively eating as much as possible. We weighed her before and after the feed and the nurse determined she had only eaten an ounce and a half, so I needed to give her an ounce of formula after each feed to try and get her weight up. So in emergency mode I did as she said and my baby was HAPPY and a totally different baby. She gained 11 ounces in one week. I saw a different lactation consultant for two more appointments following that and we determined that my baby was not being an efficient eater and my milk supply was low. So for five weeks now I've been battling with the vicious cycle of a supplemental nursing system, a hospital grade pump, formula, bottles, etc. I want so badly to exclusively breastfeed, but I cannot get away from the formula and I feel like nothing I do will increase my supply. Today, for example, I breastfed her with switch nursing for an hour and a half straight and she still came off the breast hungry. I'm trying now to pump as much as possible, but life gets in the way. My new strategy this week has been to pump first, put what I get in the sns and then add formula to it if needed so the sns bottle has two ounces. Then I feed her on one breast and try to get her drinking as much as possible, and then I'll try to give her the second breast. My thinking behind this is that I pump as much as I can out and then she can be eating the supplement plus stimulating me to make more because she will actively eat with the sns but not always with my breast alone. I'm not sure if it will work or not. I'm so unbelievably frustrated because it started out with supplementing a small amount and now more than half of her feeds are formula! I want just plain stop the formula cold turkey but I can't until she eats more efficiently and stops falling asleep at the breast and I can make enough milk for her. I'm so exhausted from this battle. I'm glad that the formula fills her tummy and makes her a happy baby, but I want my breastmilk to do that for her. I'm hoping if I can stick with this plan I can start decreasing the formula. I bought a baby scale too. She is now just over ten pounds at nine weeks so she has gained almost three pounds in a month. Also, my doctor prescribed reglan to me but I don't dare take it because of the SCARY side effects warning. I just don't know how to stop this vicious cycle.
Re: How to continue breastfeeding exclusively for 8 weeks ol
Are there any lactation consultants in your area? If you're having trouble finding one, you could contact your LLL leader. They would be able to recommend one.
I think it would be helpful for you and your baby to be seen in person. There are a number of things that might be going on. It's possible he's not suckling effectively, in which case it would be helpful for you to have hands-on help with the latch. It's also possible he just needs to be at the breast more. More stimulation=more milk production. A 3rd thing is that your breasts may have trouble producing enough milk. If you could figure out what's going on, you'd be on your way to a solution. You could ask your doctor about domperidone to increase your milk supply, however it's not a solution on it's own.
Re the pumping. The more frequently and more thoroughly you empty your breasts, the more milk you will make. Pumping is a useful tool, however, it is a lot of work and may not be necessary. IF your baby is suckling effectively, all you need to do is have him at the breast more and your milk supply will increase. A baby that is suckling well will remove more milk than the best pump. It's hard to tell over the internet how well he's sucking. There may or may not be issues with his tongue or he could be a sleepy baby. Hard to tell, he may have none of these issues. If he's suckling effectively, he's better at the breast, rather than you pumping.
Canadian mom and breastmilk fan.
We have 2 beautiful children: Luana who's 9 y/o, had breastmilk for 2 years and is smart as a whip. Lucas who came out kickin', is 4 y/o and continues to enjoy his milkies.
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Also, I've been taking herbs and I think they help a tiny bit but not enough. The fenugreek makes both of us gassy. My daughter eats greats when my breasts are engorged after sleeping for three hours, except once the flow slows she will either fall asleep or pound at my breasts with her hands and pull on my nipple and get frustrated and cry.
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I've seen three different lactation consultants, and have been trying to do the perfect latch according to Jack Newman's videos. I prefer the cradle position though because the cross cradle makes my arm really tired.
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This is for newmama9876 (We should probably have a separate thread for your situation but in the meantime)
My daughter eats greats when my breasts are engorged after sleeping for three hours,
You get engorged if your baby has not fed in three hours? At 2 months of age? That sounds like overproduction, not low supply. What would happen if you just nursed every three hours? That would be 8 times a day-if baby took in 3 ounces 8 times a day, that would be 24 ounces-about right...but just in case baby only transfers an average of 2.5 ounces, what if you made it every 2.5 hours? that would be 10 times a 24 hour day..
I am not really suggesting that you need to schedule feedings. As I am sure you know, feeding on cue is the typical recommendation. But if your baby needs a fast flow (which would explain baby nursing well only when you feel very full) then giving baby a fast flow, on a regular basis, could perhaps bring baby back to the breast and begin to normalize the situation?
It sounds like you have seen several IBCLC's. Don't any of them offer follow up? I suggest you go back to the one you liked best, (or find a new one) and tell them that now that babies weight gain is stable (assuming it is) you want to concentrate on fully breastfeeding and that is what you want help doing... This would possibly require fixing any latch issues that still exist, teaching/reteaching baby to nurse effectively, nursing frequently, maybe pumping as needed, and closely monitoring weigh gain as you move from supplements to the breast. Have any of the IBCLC's helped you figure out WHY your baby was/is not transferring milk well and working on that? A baby who can nurse effectively is better at extracting milk than any pump...
Kellymom.com has an article with a protocol for weaning off formula back to the breast. But once you are supplementing this much, it is recommended to be done under the supervision of a doctor and/or an IBCLC.
I've seen three different lactation consultants, and have been trying to do the perfect latch according to Jack Newman's videos. I prefer the cradle position though because the cross cradle makes my arm really tired
The perfect latch and nursing position is the one that is comfortable for mom and baby gets milk. It is going to be slightly (or dramatically) different for every mom and baby. Didn't any of the IBCLC's show you different positioning or latch techniques? have you tried laid back positioning, side lying, any other ideas?
she will either fall asleep or pound at my breasts with her hands and pull on my nipple and get frustrated and cry.
falling asleep at the breast is normal. all babies do it. Do you mean it haoppens too fast, before baby has gotten 'enough?" but how do you know baby has not gotten enough?
As far as the pounding, pulling and crying-I have oversupply, so my 2 month old is gaining fantastically, and she does this as well at a few feedings every day. Sometimes these are signs baby is unhappy with a slow flow, but it can also mean many other things.
Re: How to continue breastfeeding exclusively for 8 weeks ol
lllmeg,
What you said makes complete sense! My daughter had her two month checkup today and the doctor said the same things. He said to start getting her on a good schedule and try feeding her three hours apart because her weight is fine and it sounds like she is breastfeeding perfectly fine. He said to relax and take myself out of panic mode. I've read the Kellymom weaning of supplements article and will definitely be doing that. The doctor said to give him an update in two weeks. Thanks for the advice! Sorry for jumping in on the post, but this sounded so close to what I've been dealing with too. I hope everything works out for sha.mum and this can help other people needing help. Thanks!!
Re: How to continue breastfeeding exclusively for 8 weeks ol
He said to start getting her on a good schedule and try feeding her three hours apart because her weight is fine and it sounds like she is breastfeeding perfectly fine.
Just checking, but: you have no intention of following the doc's absolutely idiotic, totally incorrect advice, right? A "good schedule" is what derails breastfeeding for many moms. Restrict demand and you're going to restrict supply, as well.
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Mommal, up thread i suggested newmama9876 feed every three hours or so since, according to her, baby only nursed well every three hours when she was very full. this was not a suggestion to restrict nursing frequency, but rather to suggest to the mom a pathway off the pump/supplement/feed treadmill. I hoped once baby began to feed more often and well at the breast that would encourage baby to feed even more often and well at the breast.
I think the doctor's advice to get baby on ' a good schedule' sounded to newmama9876 like a similar suggestion to mine. And it may have been! But you and i hear 'get baby on a schedule' as a suggestion to restrict feedings. I am not sure what the doctor meant. ‘good schedule’ is open to interpretation. my 2 month old baby is on a 'good scedule'-she nurses when she wants. i am not even aware of how often that is. i just know it is plenty.
Just to clarify my idea further, I just meant, if a baby is only interested in nursing every three hours, it may be ok to let baby nurse every three hours, which would be 8 times a day and not terribly low frequency for this age. Of course it would also be fine and maybe necessary to nurse more often, as baby and/or mom pleases, what is important is that it is frequent enough. What I hope is that once mom & baby are simply nursing more rather than the constant pump/supplement treadmill, it would encourage a more natural cue feeding rhythm.
newmama9876, remember that every nursing session need not be perfect or a certain length. baby popping off, crying, falling asleep, acting like baby wants to nurse and then really not wanting to, or wanting to nurse again a short time after nursing etc. etc. are all normal, but a mom will have a harder time learning her baby's quirks and getting comfortable with them when she is stressing over pumping and the rest rather than just nursing.
Re: How to continue breastfeeding exclusively for 8 weeks ol
Thanks for the clarification, Meg! It's true: when I hear "schedule" I usually think "restrict demand" and "space out the feedings". If it means "follow baby's natural routine and relax", then it's a completely different matter!
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In the drilling of wells for oil-and gas by the rotary method, it is common to use a circulating fluid which is pumped down to the bottom of the well through a drill pipe, where the fluid emerges through ports in the drilling bit. The fluid rises to the surface in the annular space between the drill pipe and the walls of the hole, and at the surface it is treated to remove cuttings and the like to prepare it for recirculation into the drill pipe. The circulation is substantially continuous while the drill pipe is rotated.
The present invention pertains to oil base drilling fluids or oil base muds which includes water-in-oil (invert) emulsions as well as oil base fluids containing only small amounts or no emulsified water.
An important feature of well working fluids of the class described is their ability to resist filtration. In most instances, when they are in actual use, whether as drilling fluids, packer fluids, fracturing or completion fluids, the well working fluid is in contact with a more or less permeable formation, such as, for example, sandstone, sandy shale and the like, with an effective balance of pressure such that the fluid tends to be forced into the permeable formation. When a well working fluid is deficient in its ability to resist filtration, then the solids in the fluid are held back by the permeable formation and build up as a filter cake or sludge on its surfaces, while the liquid per se of the well working fluid filters into the permeable formation. The filter cake or sludge thus formed is generally very undesirable. Moreover, the loss of oil to the formation is very expensive, not only because of the cost of the oil itself, but also due to the cost of maintaining the properties and composition of the fluid.
Various additives have been used or suggested for use as fluid loss additives to prevent or decrease this loss of fluid by filtration from oil base muds. Some of the first materials used for this purpose were asphalt and various modified asphaltic materials. The following patents disclose various amine derivatives of various polyphenolic compounds for use as fluid loss control additives (hereinafter sometimes referred to as FLCA) for oil muds: Jordan et al. U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,168,475: Jordan et al. 3,281,458: Beasley et al. 3,379,650: Cowan et al. 3,232,870: Cowan et al. 3,425,953: Andrews et al. 3,494,865; Andrews et al. 3,671,427; Andrews et al. 3,775,447: Kim 3,538,071; Kim 3,671,428; Cowan 4,421,655: Connell et al. 4,501,672: and Frost European Pat. Application No. 049,484.
As noted in the examples in the aforementioned patents, the amount of the organic amine or amide compounds reacted with the polymeric phenolic compounds disclosed is quite high, generally of the order of 75%-100% or more, based on the weight of the polymeric phenolic compound, although amounts from 20% to 200% are disclosed to be useful. Most of these FLCA possess poor dispersibility in well working fluids unless elaborate procedures are undertaken, such as the addition of a dispersant, heating, agitating under high shear or for extended periods of time, drying under low temperature conditions, flushing, preparation in oleaginous liquids, and the like. Moreover, the amine and amide compounds are relatively expensive to prepare and/or purchase, and thus these FLCA are quite expensive to produce.
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Circular beams.
A very general beam solution of the paraxial wave equation in circular cylindrical coordinates is presented. We call such a field a circular beam (CiB). The complex amplitude of the CiB is described by either the Whittaker functions or the confluent hypergeometric functions and is characterized by three parameters that are complex in the most general situation. The propagation through complex ABCD optical systems and the conditions for square integrability are studied in detail. Special cases of the CiB are the standard, elegant, and generalized Laguerre-Gauss beams; Bessel-Gauss beams; hypergeometric beams; hypergeometric-Gaussian beams; fractional-order elegant Laguerre-Gauss beams; quadratic Bessel-Gauss beams; and optical vortex beams.
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As the light source of a projector, a discharge lamp such as an ultra-high pressure mercury lamp has been widely used. However, in recent years, a projector, in which a solid state light source such as a LD (Laser Diode) is used instead of a discharge lamp, have been gaining attention. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a projector that uses a solid state light source that emits linearly polarized light.
The solid state light source has a high durability and has an advantage that a time required for stabilizing the quantity of light is short, as compared with the discharge lamp. Further, since the solid state light source can output light that does not contain UV light rays, it is possible to prevent degradation of optical parts on which light enters.
Meanwhile, a projector in which polarized light is projected has been proposed recently. The projector of this kind is applied to, for example, a stereoscopic image display apparatus that makes the user view stereoscopic images, a secure display that makes only a particular user visually recognize particular information, and the like.
The stereoscopic display apparatus alternately projects two images taken from different points of view (image for right eye and image for left eye) onto the screen, by using two light beams whose polarization states are different from each other. When the user who wears polarized glasses, through which different polarized light is given for left and right eyes, views the projected image on the screen, the image light for right eye enters the right eye of the user and the image light for left eye enters the left eye of the user. As a result, the user can recognize the displayed image three-dimensionally.
On the other hand, the secure display projects, on the screen, an image that indicates particular info nation and its reversed image, each of which uses light having a different polarization direction. When the user who wears polarized glasses, that only allow light of a particularly polarization direction to pass, views the projected image on the screen, the user can visually recognize the particular information. On the other hand, since the user who does not wear the polarized glasses observes the state in which the particular information and the reversed image are overlapped, the user cannot visually recognize the particular information.
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Good News for the Apple users of Southampton?
Macworld UK reports that Apple is hiring staff for a new Apple Store to be opened in the West Quay Centre in Southampton – and to think I used to have to plan my annual shopping trip to the Soho Apple Store in New York !!
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At last… to date I have (admirably) fought off Saturday afternoon shopping trips with the ‘dearest’ to West Quay…. but hey.. with the recent addition of Maplin store adjacent to West Quay and an Apple store ‘on the radar’ just maybe I’ll be nagging her for us to visit West Quay soon…
The news that Apple is coming to Southampton is great. Sadly, the west quay mall is a horrible place to put the store, I hate it. It’s badly designed, too busy (maybe Apple would like this) and too difficult to get to. Would much prefer a store in the high street.
Lee, the West Quay is actually designed for safety. Although it might seem a little annoying to have to walk around the centre arena to get to different levels its designed that way to prevent people falling down the stairs during busy times!
And its great news to have an Apple store in Southampton since the nearest is in London! although I can’t imagine it being very big since the large stores in the West Quay has been snapped up by John Lewis, Waitrose and M&S etc…
You do know that Waitrose are moving out of West Quay to the Morrison’s site in Portswood don’t you? This is definite, I was chatting to the staff about it the other day and they’ll be leaving by September. I wonder who might be moving into the Waitrose site just in time for xmas?….
I pissed off about Waitrose moving, I live in the centre of town and do all my shopping there, but if Apple move in there I might just forget about losing Waitrose.
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Build 2012
At Build, we'll dive deep to cover all the areas you care about. How to design and build beautiful Windows 8 apps. How to sell your apps in the Windows 8 Store and make money. And much more. Join us on the Microsoft Campus for 4 days of extraordinary presentations delivered by the engineers behind the products and services to get you up to speed.
Windows Phone 8 dramatically expands the ways in which developers can build applications and games, by adding several new programming models, and also expanding the application model to support a broader set of developer scenarios. Andrew will explore these in depth and give you the information you need...
You asked for it, and we are in the business of empowering our developers! Now you can build games leveraging the same C/C++ source you leverage to deliver games on other platforms. This session will introduce you to the implementation of native C/C++ programming for building Windows...
Windows Phone has always been about building outstanding apps and games using XAML to design and execute on an outstanding UI layer that integrates tightly with the Windows Phone Design system. In this session, Shawn Oster will walk you through what's new for XAML programmers in Windows Phone 8.
Windows Phone 8 is built on the same shared core as Windows 8, and this means that developers have the opportunity to deliver applications to both, leveraging much of the same knowledge, tools, code, and assets. In this session, we'll walk through the best practices on how to maximize your code reuse...
Learn to embrace the design principles of both Windows 8 and Windows Phone by taking full advantage of the rich feature sets offered by the XAML design tools in Visual Studio and Blend. Using these tools, we will explore creating and sharing components between apps, designing for multiple resolutions,...
In-App purchase is _the_ critical monetization mechanism for developers today on mobile devices, and in Windows Phone 8, we've added comprehensive support that open a new world of opportunity to developers. We'll discuss this feature in depth in this session, and also talk about our new developer portal...
Stefan Wick is a Test Manager in Windows Phone working on our development platform, and has seen it all. He knows what common problems developers hit when building for Windows Phone better than almost anyone. In this session, he'll walk you through the common pitfalls in detail and set you up for immediate...
Networking in Windows Phone 8 has taken dramatic leaps and bounds; developers can now access bluetooth and leverage NFC to build compelling new applications scenarios. Tim will talk about these in depth, and show you how to do this.
Microsoft has a long history of building ecosystems in which many partners can build thriving businesses; in this session Todd will talk in depth on what you can do to maximize the money earning potential of your applications on Windows Phone 8
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Yelena Konshina
Yelena Sergeyevna Konshina (born 9 January 1950) is a Russian composer and music educator. She was born in Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), and lives and works in Vladimir. Konshina is noted for a cappella choral works, but also composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble and piano. Her compositions are influenced by sacred works and Russian folk music.
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Mohammad, a 13-year-old fighter from the Free Syrian Army, aims his weapon through a hole in a wall in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district on Oct. 28. Mohammad joined the Free Syrian Army after his father died during clashes with the Syrian regime; the gun he is using was his father's.
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Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's giant slalom
Women's giant slalom events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Sestriere on 16 and 17 March.
There were 3 events. Each was contested by skiers from a range of disability classes, and the standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved. All times shown below are calculated times, except for the final "Real time" column.
Visually impaired
The visually impaired event was competed on 17 March. It was won by Silvia Parente, representing .
Sitting
The sitting event was competed on 17 March. It was won by Kuniko Obinata, representing .
Standing
The standing event was competed on 16 March. It was won by Lauren Woolstencroft, representing .
References
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Reconstructing the hidden states in time course data of stochastic models.
Parameter estimation is central for analyzing models in Systems Biology. The relevance of stochastic modeling in the field is increasing. Therefore, the need for tailored parameter estimation techniques is increasing as well. Challenges for parameter estimation are partial observability, measurement noise, and the computational complexity arising from the dimension of the parameter space. This article extends the multiple shooting for stochastic systems' method, developed for inference in intrinsic stochastic systems. The treatment of extrinsic noise and the estimation of the unobserved states is improved, by taking into account the correlation between unobserved and observed species. This article demonstrates the power of the method on different scenarios of a Lotka-Volterra model, including cases in which the prey population dies out or explodes, and a Calcium oscillation system. Besides showing how the new extension improves the accuracy of the parameter estimates, this article analyzes the accuracy of the state estimates. In contrast to previous approaches, the new approach is well able to estimate states and parameters for all the scenarios. As it does not need stochastic simulations, it is of the same order of speed as conventional least squares parameter estimation methods with respect to computational time.
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/**
* $Id: editor_plugin_src.js 539 2008-01-14 19:08:58Z holman $
*
* @author Campware
* @copyright Copyright 2008-2009, Campware - MDLF, All rights reserved.
*/
(function() {
tinymce.PluginManager.requireLangPack('campsiteimage');
tinymce.create('tinymce.plugins.campsiteimage', {
init : function(ed, url) {
this.editor = ed;
editorId = typeof ed.settings.fullscreen_editor_id != 'undefined' ?
ed.settings.fullscreen_editor_id : ed.editorId;
articleNo = editorId.substring(editorId.lastIndexOf('_')+1);
// Register commands
ed.addCommand('mcecampsiteimage', function() {
var se = ed.selection;
var url_params = '';
if (!se.isCollapsed() || ed.dom.getParent(se.getNode(), 'IMG')) {
var action = '';
var elm = se.getNode();
elm = ed.dom.getParent(elm, "IMG");
if (elm != null && elm.nodeName == "IMG")
action = "update";
if (action == 'update') {
var elmId = ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'id');
url_params = '&image_id=' + elmId;
if (ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'alt') !== null)
url_params += '&image_alt=' + encodeURIComponent(ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'alt'));
if (ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'title') !== null)
url_params += '&image_title=' + encodeURIComponent(ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'title'));
if (ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'align') !== null)
url_params += '&image_alignment=' + escape(ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'align'));
if (ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'width') !== null && ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'width') != '')
url_params += '&image_resize_width=' + escape(ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'width'));
if (ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'height') !== null && ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'height') != '')
url_params += '&image_resize_height=' + escape(ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'height'));
if (ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'ratio') !== null && ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'ratio') != '')
url_params += '&image_ratio=' + escape(ed.dom.getAttrib(elm, 'ratio'));
else
if (elmId.lastIndexOf('_') > 0)
url_params += '&image_ratio=' + elmId.substring(elmId.lastIndexOf('_')+1);
}
}
ed.windowManager.open({
file : url + '/popup.php?time='+(new Date().getTime())+'&article_id=' + articleNo + url_params,
width : 580,
height : 430,
inline : 1
}, {
plugin_url : url
});
});
// Register buttons
ed.addButton('campsiteimage', {
title : 'campsiteimage.editor_button',
cmd : 'mcecampsiteimage',
image : url + '/img/campsiteimage.gif'
});
ed.addShortcut('ctrl+g', 'campsiteimage.editor_button', 'mcecampsiteimage');
ed.onNodeChange.add(function(ed, cm, n, co) {
cm.setDisabled('link', co && n.nodeName != 'A');
cm.setActive('link', n.nodeName == 'A' && !n.name);
});
},
getInfo : function() {
return {
longname : 'Newscoop - Image insertion',
author : 'Sourcefabric',
authorurl : 'http://www.sourcefabric.org',
infourl : 'http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/CS',
version : '3.4'
};
}
});
// Register plugin
tinymce.PluginManager.add('campsiteimage', tinymce.plugins.campsiteimage);
})();
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"pile_set_name": "Github"
}
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/*
* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
* contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
* The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.apache.stanbol.entityhub.yard.solr.model;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.stanbol.entityhub.servicesapi.defaults.SpecialFieldEnum;
/**
* Represents a logical field within the index.
* <p>
* A logical field consists of the following parts:
* <ul>
* <li>The path, a list of path elements (URIs parsed as String)
* <li>The {@link IndexDataType}
* <li>The language
* </ul>
* <p>
* Logical fields are than mapped with an 1..n mapping to actual fields in the Index Documents. This
* functionality is provided by the {@link FieldMapper}
*
* @author Rupert Westenthaler
*
*/
public class IndexField {
private final List<String> path;
private final SpecialFieldEnum specialField;
private final IndexDataType indexType;
private final Set<String> languages;
private final int hash;
/**
* Constructs a new IndexField
* @param path
* @param languages
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
*/
public IndexField(List<String> path, String... languages) throws IllegalArgumentException {
this(path,null,languages);
}
/**
* Constructs a new IndexField
*
* @param path
* @param indexType
* @param language
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
*/
public IndexField(List<String> path, IndexDataType indexType, String... languages) throws IllegalArgumentException {
this(path,indexType,languages != null ? Arrays.asList(languages) : null);
}
/**
* Constructs a new IndexField
* @param path
* @param indexType
* @param languages
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
*/
public IndexField(List<String> path, IndexDataType indexType, Collection<String> languages) throws IllegalArgumentException {
this.specialField = getSpecialField(path);
// we need to create a new list, to ensure, that no one can change this member!
this.path = Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<String>(path));
//NOTE: no data types for special fields
if (indexType == null || specialField != null) {
this.indexType = IndexDataType.DEFAULT; // the type representing no pre- nor suffix
} else {
this.indexType = indexType;
}
//NOTE: no languages for special fields
if (specialField != null || languages == null || languages.isEmpty() ) {
this.languages = Collections.emptySet();
} else {
Set<String> languageSet = new HashSet<String>();
for (String language : languages) {
if (language == null || language.isEmpty()) {
languageSet.add(null); // interpret empty as default language
} else {
languageSet.add(language);
}
}
this.languages = Collections.unmodifiableSet(languageSet);
}
// calculate the hash of is immutable class only once
hash = this.path.hashCode() + this.indexType.hashCode() + this.languages.hashCode();
//we do not need to use specialField for the has as those do have an
//unique hash by {special path, no type, no language}.
}
/**
* Checks if this {@link IndexField} represents a field registered with the
* {@link SpecialFieldEnum}.
* @return the state
*/
public boolean isSpecialField(){
return specialField != null;
}
/**
* If this path represents a special field registered with the
* {@link SpecialFieldEnum} than it will return the according entry of this
* enumeration. Otherwise <code>null</code> is returned
* @return the {@link SpecialFieldEnum} or <code>null</code> if this
* {@link IndexField} is not a special one.
*/
public SpecialFieldEnum getSpecialField(){
return specialField;
}
/**
* Checks if the path is not <code>null</code>, empty and does not contain a <code>null</code> or empty
* element.
*
* @param path
* the path to validate
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if the parsed path in not valid
*/
public static void validatePath(List<String> path) throws IllegalArgumentException {
checkPathElements(path);
}
private static SpecialFieldEnum checkPathElements(List<String> path) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if (path == null || path.isEmpty()) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter path MUST NOT be NULL nor empty!");
}
for(String field : path){
if(field == null || field.isEmpty()){
throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
"The parsed path MUST NOT contain a NULL value or an empty element (path=%s)!", path));
}
SpecialFieldEnum specialField = SpecialFieldEnum.getSpecialField(field);
if(specialField != null){
if(path.size() > 1){
throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
"Special Fields MUST NOT be used on path with a length > 1 " +
"(path='%s' | specialField='%s')!",
path, specialField.getUri()));
}
return specialField;
}
}
return null;
}
/**
* Checks if the parsed path represents a special field. This also validates
* the parsed path with the same rules as applied by {@link #validatePath(List)}
* @param path the path
* @return the {@link SpecialFieldEnum special field} or <code>null</code>.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the parsed path is not valid
*/
public static SpecialFieldEnum getSpecialField(List<String> path){
return checkPathElements(path);
}
/**
* Getter for the Path
*
* @return the path. Unmodifiable list, guaranteed to contain at lest one element. All elements are
* guaranteed NOT <code>null</code> and NOT empty.
*/
public final List<String> getPath() {
return path;
}
/**
* Getter for the index data type
*
* @return the index data type. Guaranteed to be NOT <code>null</code>
*/
public final IndexDataType getDataType() {
return indexType;
}
/**
* Checks if this field defines any language
*
* @return <code>true</code> if a language is defined for this field. Note that <code>true</code> is
* returned if the language is <code>null</code>.
*/
public final boolean hasLanguage() {
return !languages.isEmpty();
}
/**
* Getter for the Languages.
*
* @return the languages. Unmodifiable collection, guaranteed to contain at least one element. May contain
* the <code>null</code> value (used for the default language).
*/
public final Collection<String> getLanguages() {
return languages;
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
return obj instanceof IndexField && ((IndexField) obj).path.equals(path)
&& ((IndexField) obj).indexType.equals(indexType)
&& ((IndexField) obj).languages.equals(languages);
}
@Override
public int hashCode() {
return hash;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return String.format("IndexField[path: %s|type: %s", path, indexType)
+ (hasLanguage() ? String.format("|languages: %s]", languages) : "]");
}
}
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"pile_set_name": "Github"
}
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The Tor Wiki
About Dark Web Links And Hidden Wiki Sites
Most internet users perceive the dark web as a place where no one can transact legal business. The dark web is seen as a shady place where injustice, illegality, and criminality is the order of the day. To some extent, this mindset may be harmless and right, but then it is not everyone on the dark web that is a criminal element. Most people find it difficult to believe the fact that the dark web can be used for something that will benefit all and sundry.
One thing we all need to understand is that the dark web is no different than the clearnet. The thin line between the two is privacy. The clearnet is not private, and as such, you can be traced, tracked, and even your location can be pinpointed. Google stores all information about you, and so you live in a free world where everyone sees what you do. The dark web is just the opposite. Search engines do not track or store your activities online, you are connected to networks but surfing privately without any browser history. Your location cannot be tracked or traced, and so on. You are anonymous online.
This article is about social media links in the dark web. Websites like Facebook and twitter of the clearnet are also available in the dark web for people to use anonymously and have fun. No crime, no illegal stuff, and no criminality involved.
1. DIASPORA (7qzmtqy2itl7dwuu .onion)
Diaspora is a social media platform in the dark web that operates just like Facebook. The difference between the two is in the fact that Diaspora does not use your data to send you advertisements as Facebook does. This social media site does not profit from your saved data on its website. You need to register to use Diaspora, but then you are not required to make use of any of your real information. You can easily stay anonymous by taking up another identity that is not your own. Diaspora is JavaScript-based, so you need to enable JavaScript on your browser to make use of the site.
2. OURBOOK (occ4c3gx3w5esnmnnetwork .onion)
Ourbook is a dark web social network site that is fully distributed. Ourbook uses online routing for its P2P social network. This site allows users from all over the world (As you do not need to sign up with your real identities nor real country name as well). To make use of the network site, you need to download the Ourbook app, then register and then log in.
3. TOTOZ.EU (totozzimg6zbvthl .onion)
Totoz.eu is also another perfect Facebook replica in the dark web. It is one of the most popular social media sites in the dark web. The first thing to do is to register on the site, log in to your account, and start chatting and messaging friends you make on Totoz.eu. The features are more like Facebook, but then there is the privacy that Facebook does not offer.
4. MIDDLE EART HOBBIT (mango7ujh3rmxgoh .onion)
Creating an account with Middle Earth Hobbit’s social network in the dark web may take some time to process, but then it is a perfect social media website for people on the dark web. You will see a “need an account” button at the top of their website, which you can click on to register a free account.
5. TWITTER CLONE (npdaaf3s3f2xrmlo .onion)
TwitterClone is just as the name implies. TwitterClone is the dark web twitter alternative. It works exactly the way the clearnet twitter social media works. You post less than 200 words per post or status, and it just your micro-blog.
6. SECURESHARE (secushare.cheettyiapsyciew .onion)
SecureShare is a social media platform that is built to be an all-in-all for social media lovers. What I mean by this is that you have the likes of features of Whatsapp, Facebook, Gmail, Skype, Twitter, Instagram, and so on, all in just one single site. Facebook on the clearnet is trying to integrate these features buy purchasing the WhatsApp app, but then this site in the dark web already has everything you need in just one place as far as social media is concerned. Log on to the website to check out the fantastic features available thereon.
These six websites are the popular social media links in the dark web. There are so many more websites that offer social media features, but then this article will keep getting long if I decide to keep up with all the list of sites in the dark web that is in the social media category.
**BLACKBOOK
It is worthy to note that there used to be a social media site in the dark web that is a full Facebook clone. Black book did make a wave when it was first introduced in the dark web. Blackbook worked in the same way Facebook does; in fact, the front page is just the same as that of Facebook. The site was famous for the little time it was available because, in 2017, Blackbook was hacked and has since yet to be recovered. I have decided to separate this from the remaining top six in this article simply because the site no longer works. There are several other dark web social media sites that used to exits but are no longer operational; the likes of Galaxy, which was floated in 2013, is no longer operating as well.
Always remember that the dark web is the dark web, and even if you are visiting a safe site (so to say), you still need to take care. Also, on the clearnet, one needs to be careful not to get scammed, let alone in the dark web. Always connect through the Tor browser and increase your anonymity by using a good VPN alongside the Tor browser. Close all applications before accessing the dark web and ensure NEVER to sign up for anything in the dark web using your real email account address and your real information.
More links coming soon after our 2020 site update is finished.
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"pile_set_name": "OpenWebText2"
}
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<?php
/**
* li₃: the most RAD framework for PHP (http://li3.me)
*
* Copyright 2016, Union of RAD. All rights reserved. This source
* code is distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
* The full license text can be found in the LICENSE.txt file.
*/
namespace lithium\tests\integration\data;
use lithium\tests\fixture\model\gallery\Galleries;
class DocumentTest extends \lithium\tests\integration\data\Base {
/**
* Skip the test if no allowed database connection available.
*/
public function skip() {
parent::connect($this->_connection);
$this->skipIf(!$this->with(['MongoDb', 'CouchDb']));
}
public function setUp() {
Galleries::config(['meta' => ['connection' => 'test']]);
}
public function tearDown() {
Galleries::remove();
Galleries::reset();
}
/**
* Tests that a successful find on an empty collection doesn't error out
* when using count on the resulting collection returned. See issue #1042.
*/
public function testFindOnEmptyCollection() {
$result = Galleries::find('all');
$expected = 0;
$result = $result->count();
$this->assertIdentical($expected, $result);
}
public function testUpdateWithNewArray() {
$new = Galleries::create(['name' => 'Poneys', 'active' => true]);
$expected = ['name' => 'Poneys', 'active' => true];
$result = $new->data();
$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
$new->foo = ['bar'];
$expected = ['name' => 'Poneys', 'active' => true, 'foo' => ['bar']];
$result = $new->data();
$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
$this->assertTrue($new->save());
$updated = Galleries::find((string) $new->_id);
$expected = 'bar';
$result = $updated->foo[0];
$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
$updated->foo[1] = 'baz';
$this->assertTrue($updated->save());
$updated = Galleries::find((string) $updated->_id);
$expected = 'baz';
$result = $updated->foo[1];
$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
}
}
?>
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{
"pile_set_name": "Github"
}
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Nightly Builds
GalliumOS nightly builds are available for download from our integration server.
Nightly builds are not tested, and might be completely nonfunctional!
They might also contain updates that are important to you.
In general, we recommend that you stick to official releases and updated packages, except in rare circumstances where you need specific functionality or bugfixes, or if you are helping test new software updates.
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"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
}
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I threw a few of these in my daughters Christmas build and they are very quiet. Yes you can hear them, but the noise was mostly from the air being pulled through the holes of the grill on the side panel. The one in the front is nearly silent. Plus they look pretty cool (can be had in colors other than orange).
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{
"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
}
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Tagged Trick
This Simple Trick Can Solve All Your Two-Point Perspective Problems
Perspective drawings are an effective way for architects to present their ideas to clients and fellow architects. The most commonly used type...
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"pile_set_name": "Pile-CC"
}
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Q:
What is the meaning of ${arg##/*/} and {} \; in shell scripting
Please find the code below for displaying the directories in the current folder.
What is the meaning of ${arg##/*/} in shell scripting. (Both arg#* and arg##/*/ gives the same output. )
What is the meaning of {} \; in for loop statement.
for arg in `find . -type d -exec ls -d {} \;`
do
echo "Output 1" ${arg##/*/}
echo "Output 2" ${arg#*}
done
A:
Adding to @JoSo's helpful answer:
${arg#*} is a fundamentally pointless expansion, as its result is always identical to $arg itself, since it strips the shortest prefix matching any character (*) and the shortest prefix matching any character is the empty string.
${arg##/*/} - stripping the longest prefix matching pattern /*/ - is useless in this context, because the output paths will be ./-prefixed due to use of find ., so there will be no prefix starting with /. By contrast, ${arg##*/} will work and strip the parent path (leaving the folder-name component only).
Aside from it being ill-advised to parse command output in a for loop, as @JoSo points out,
the find command in the OP is overly complicated and inefficient
(as an aside, just to clarify, the find command lists all folders in the current folder's subtree, not just immediate subfolders):
find . -type d -exec ls -d {} \;
can be simplified to:
find . -type d
The two commands do the same: -exec ls -d {} \; simply does what find does by default anyway (an implied -print).
If we put it all together, we get:
find . -mindepth 1 -type d | while read -r arg
do
echo "Folder name: ${arg##*/}"
echo "Parent path: ${arg%/*}"
done
Note that I've used ${arg%/*} as the second output item, which strips the shortest suffix matching /* and thus returns the parent path; furthermore, I've added -mindepth 1 so that find doesn't also match .
@JoSo, in a comment, demonstrates a solution that's both simpler and more efficient; it uses -exec to process a shell command in-line and + to pass as many paths as possible at once:
find . -mindepth 1 -type d -exec /bin/sh -c \
'for arg; do echo "Folder name: ${arg##*/}"; echo "Parent: ${arg%/*}"; done' \
-- {} +
Finally, if you have GNU find, things get even easier, as you can take advantage of the -printf primary, which supports placeholders for things like filenames and parent paths:
find . -type d -printf 'Folder name: %f\nParen path: %h\n'
Here's a bash-only solution based on globbing (pathname expansion), courtesy of @Adrian Frühwirth:
Caveat: This requires bash 4+, with the shell option globstar turned ON (shopt -s globstar) - it is OFF by default.
shopt -s globstar # bash 4+ only: turn on support for **
for arg in **/ # process all directories in the entire subtree
do
echo "Folder name: $(basename "$arg")"
echo "Parent path: $(dirname "$arg")"
done
Note that I'm using basename and dirname here for parsing, as they conveniently ignore the terminating / that the glob **/ invariably adds to its matches.
Afterthought re processing find's output in a while loop: on the off chance that your filenames contain embedded \n chars, you can parse as follows, using a null char. to separate items (see comments for why -d $'\0' rather than -d '' is used):
find . -type d -print0 | while read -d $'\0' -r arg; ...
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"pile_set_name": "StackExchange"
}
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1. Introduction {#sec1}
===============
Electrophysiology in audiology is an objective tool to check the integrity of the auditory system. Auditory evoked potentials are electrophysiological tests, which give information about a number of events happening in the peripheral and central nervous systems that are generally related to the sensory pathway ([@bib53], [@bib9]). These sound-related evoked potentials are categorized as endogenous and exogenous potentials ([@bib21]). The exogenous potentials are mainly recorded by external event related dimensions of the stimulus. The endogenous potentials are responses which are due to internal events such as perception and cognition ([@bib47], [@bib40]). Studies have considered the possibility of studying auditory discrimination using a technique referred to as event-related potentials ([@bib6]; [@bib7]). Mismatch negativity (MMN) is an event-related potential that has been extensively studied by researchers to assess the pre-attentive auditory discrimination capability and storage of regularities in features of stimulus ([@bib41]).
Pre-attentive processing is the unintentional gathering of information from the environment. First, all gathered information is pre-attentively processed. Then, our brain sieves and processes the prime information. The important information is selected for further analysis by attentive processing ([@bib1]). Our auditory system has an imperative role in gathering sound information for pre-attentive processing. At the point where auditory stimulus or sound waves hits the tympanic membrane, it transmits the message to the auditory cortex by means of auditory nerve for pre-attentive processing. The proficiency to appropriately filter information from pre-attentive auditory processing to attentive auditory processing is crucial for normal development of speech perception ([@bib52]). According to [@bib19], pre-attentive process uses the Gesalt laws of organization which says temporal proximity, physical similarity and good continuity is required to group the sound, which improves speech perception in quiet as well as in noise. For acoustic pre-attentive auditory processing, the temporal cortex is the primary site of activation, but research additionally demonstrated the association of frontal cortex as well ([@bib11], [@bib17]). Studies also suggest that perception of minute variation in complex musical patterns triggers the right ventromedial prefrontal cortex ([@bib11]).
[@bib36] showed MMN as an endogenous potential with a negative component elicited by any discriminable change in regular auditory stimuli. MMN is usually obtained by presenting a train of repetitive homogenous tones at a rate of approximately one tone per second. It is occasionally interspersed with a tone that differs physically ([@bib10]). [@bib35] described MMN as "an electric brain response, a negative component of the event-related potential (ERP), elicited by any discriminable change (deviant) in some repetitive aspect of auditory stimulation (standard), usually peaking at around 100--200 ms from onset". MMN seems to depict a neuronal representation of the difference perceived between the auditory stimuli. Thus, MMN is well advised as an objective tool to check auditory discrimination skills at pre-attentive level. In which case, it could also be of clinical importance as speech perception, by its nature, depends on neuronal responses to changes in stimulus ([@bib20]). Music demands cognition, which requires specific and appropriate timing of many actions, such as perceiving the exact interval and control of pitch which are otherwise not involved in language. Enhanced auditory perception in musicians is likely to result from auditory perceptual learning during years of training, practice and experience. The musician\'s brain is presumed to be a good and appropriate model to investigate neuroplastic changes ([@bib33]). Professional musicians have fine-tuned auditory skills which are achieved by aural training that they receive during their musical training. It is considered as an important component of their vocational formation ([@bib13]). A study done by [@bib54] assessed pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in amateur musicians and non-musicians. They reported significantly larger MMN in amateur musicians compared to non-musicians. Another study by [@bib3] reporting a strong advantage for musicians in accompanying behavioral task of detecting the deviants while attending to the stimuli for all pattern lengths showed that long-term musical training differentially affects the memory capacity. [@bib28] investigated MMN in non-musicians native speaker of a quality language, Finnish, in which duration is a phonemically contrastive cue, with French musicians compared to French non-musicians. They reported that pre-attentive and attentive duration processing of duration deviants was enhanced in Finn non-musicians and French musicians compared to French non-musicians. They also observed that MMN in French musicians was significantly larger compared to Finns and French non-musicians. Along a similar line, [@bib22] investigated neuronal representation of vowels and temporally manipulated CV syllables among string players and non-musicians with MMN odd ball paradigm. They showed that musicians are not only advantaged in the pre-attentive encoding of temporal cues but also in processing vowels. Previous literature from western countries have investigated MMN in western classical musicians and reported an enhanced pre-attentive auditory discrimination skill in musicians ([@bib54], [@bib3], [@bib28], [@bib46], [@bib22]). There is some basic mechanistic difference between Western and Indian classical music in terms of pitch structure and temporal patterning. Some basic elements of Indian music i.e. taala (rhythmic pattern), shruti (relative musical pitch), raaga (melody) and swara (the musical sound of a single note) are rarely found in western classical music. These features are difficult to perceive for western listeners without special training. In the case of vocal singers, control of pitch is important and is done by biomechanical and aerodynamic systems. Investigators agree that the ability to produce a precise pitch is very important for the professional vocal musician. Literature shows that accurate pitch control mainly depends on auditory perceptual monitoring, proprioceptive feedback of the laryngeal system and phonatory reflex systems ([@bib16], [@bib34]). The Recent literature reported enhanced auditory skills through different behavioral tests in Indian classical musicians ([@bib48], [@bib31], [@bib32], [@bib24], [@bib49], [@bib50]). It is interesting to know the effect of Indian classical vocal music training and practice on pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in musicians through an electrophysiological test like MMN. There is a lack of literature regarding pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in Indian classical vocal musicians. Hence, there is a need to compare pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in Indian classical vocal musicians with non-musicians.
2. Materials and methods {#sec2}
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2.1. Participants {#sec2.1}
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Two groups of participants (the experimental and control group) were involved in the study. The experimental group consisted of 25 female right handed Indian classical vocal musicians with a mean age of 24.52 ± 2.6 years (age range 18--30 years). According to the inclusion criteria, only those with a minimum of 10 years of experience were taken. The participants of the experimental group in this study had an average experience of 12.3 years in Indian classical vocal music. All of them had started musical training after the age of 8 years. They practiced music for 19.2 ± 9.3 h per week regularly. As the control group, 25 female age-matched right-handed participants (age range = 18--30 years, mean = 24.8 ± 2.2 years) were included. None of them had any kind of formal training in music. The reason of taking only female participants was availability of more female participants in experimental as well as control group.
2.2. Participant selection criteria {#sec2.2}
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The participants selected for the study had hearing threshold within the normal limit as defined by AC and BC thresholds less that 15dBHL from 250 Hz to 8000 Hz and from 250 Hz to 4000 Hz respectively. They also had normal middle ear function as revealed by tympanometry and reflexometry. Otological problems were ruled out by otological evaluation with the help of a qualified otolaryngologist. Auditory Brainstem Responses for site of lesion were recorded to rule out any neurological problem in the subjects. An informed written consent was taken from all participants before involving them in the study.
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All behavioral as well as electrophysiological tests were carried out in a sound-treated room. The permissible noise levels were as per the guidelines in ANSI S3.1 (1999). Laboratory room was well lit and air-conditioned for the tranquility of the investigators as well as the subjects.
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For pure tone audiometry, a calibrated dual channel clinical diagnostic audiometer (Orbitor-922) was used for all participants. For tympanometry and reflexometry, a calibrated GSI-Tympstar Immittance meter was used for all participants. Mismatch Negativity was recorded on all participants using Intelligent Hearing System with smart EP.
2.5. Procedure {#sec2.5}
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The Modified version of Hughson and Westlake\'s procedure given by [@bib5] was used for pure-tone audiometry across octave frequencies from 250 Hz to 8000 Hz for air conduction. Octave frequencies from 500 to 4000 Hz were tested for bone conduction. To carry out tympanometry, a 226 Hz probe tone was used, whereas 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, and 4000 Hz stimuli were used for ipsilateral and contralateral reflex.
Previous literature reported difficulty in identifying MMN at an individual level ([@bib26], [@bib30], [@bib45]). [@bib8] reported that MMN identification rate was too low (29%) to allow reliability to be evaluated. To obtain a clear and distinguishable MMN for statistical analysis, a larger difference between the frequent and infrequent stimulus was considered in the current study. The stimuli taken were 1000 Hz and 1100 Hz, where 1000 Hz served as the frequent stimulus and 1100 Hz served as the infrequent stimulus. The reason for taking larger difference between frequent and infrequent stimuli was to elicit a distinct waveform of MMN, as previous literature reported distinct MMN as the discrimination became easier between frequent and infrequent stimuli. They also reported as the discrimination became easier, MMN was earlier in latency and greater in amplitude ([@bib56], [@bib57]). In the present study the total duration of both stimuli was kept constant at 200 ms with 30 ms rise-fall time and a plateau of 140 ms. The Aux Viewer program was used for the preparation of stimulus. The wave file was then converted to stimulus file for AEPs using the software "Stimconv" provided by Intelligent Hearing System. Vertical montage with 'Fz' as the non-inverting electrode referenced to the nape of the neck was used to record MMN. The ground electrode was placed on the lower forehead. Eye blink responses were also recorded by another channel. Those sweeps with large eye blink artifact were not taken for averaging. The 1000 Hz and 1100 Hz pure tone stimuli were given in the odd ball paradigm in which the probability of frequent stimulus (1000 Hz) was 80% and that of infrequent stimulus was 20% at 70 dB nHL. The stimuli were presented at a repetition rate of 1.1/second in rarefaction polarity. To get MMN, the responses of −50 to 500 ms (with reference to stimulus onset) were averaged for 150 sweeps (20%) of infrequent stimulus and correspondingly 600 sweeps of frequent stimuli to maintain the 80%/20% frequent and infrequent stimulus ratio. The response was amplified to 50,000 times. The filter setting used was 0.1--30 Hz. Stimuli were presented binaurally. The participants were seated in a relaxed and comfortable position in order to avoid muscular artifacts and were made to watch a silent movie in order to promote passive listening. All the participants were asked not to pay attention to the auditory stimuli. Disc electrodes were placed on the cleaned skin surface of the targeted electrode sites. Absolute impedance was less than or equal to 5 kΩ and inter-electrode impedance was less than or equal to 2 kΩ while recording MMN. Apart from recording MMN in the conventional paradigm for each stimulus pair, LLRs (Long Latency Responses) were also recorded for the infrequent stimulus for 150 presentations, keeping the same recording parameters as for MMN.
2.6. Response analysis {#sec2.6}
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Conventional MMN recording was obtained in the odd ball paradigm which consisted of waveforms for the frequent and infrequent stimulus. This was followed by a second recording which was the conventional LLR for the infrequent stimulus at the rate of 1.1/second, averaged for 150 sweeps. The LLRs obtained for the infrequent stimulus were later used to analyze MMN by comparing it with the infrequent stimulus waveforms of the conventional odd ball paradigm. This paradigm was adopted to rule out any chances of error marking in MMN parameters due to the difference in LLRs elicited by the two stimuli of the odd ball paradigm and also to reduce the N1 affect ([@bib29]). MMN was located in the difference wave to obtain its onset, peak and offset latency. Similarly, peak amplitude and the area under the curve were also considered for measurement in MMN response for all participants. Onset latency was the time in millisecond at which the negativity started in the subtracted waveform. Offset latency was the time in milliseconds at which the negativity reached the baseline activity in the subtracted waveform. Peak latency was the time in millisecond at which negativity reached its peak in the subtracted waveform. Peak amplitude was the maximum amplitude of the peak of the negativity with respect to the baseline and area under the curve was the area under the negativity trough, derived from multiplying the peak amplitude with MMN duration.
2.7. Waveform analysis {#sec2.7}
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Visual detection was used for recognition of the MMN response. The criteria defined MMN as the first negative broad peak in the latency range of 100--300 ms, i.e. the N~1-~P~2~ or P~2-~N~2~ complex of LLRs. The first negativity should have the amplitude of more than −0.3 μV and a positive peak should follow the negative peak. If any extra negativity occurred in the P~1~ area, it was ignored by investigators.
2.8. Statistical analysis {#sec2.8}
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Descriptive statistics was done to find out mean and standard deviation (SD) for all the measures of MMN, i.e. onset latency, offset latency, peak latency, peak amplitude and area under the curve. To reduce the chance of type 1 error, MANOVA was used to compare between Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians for each measure of MMN.
3. Results {#sec3}
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To inspect the data collected from Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians, descriptive statistics and MANOVA was done. Out of 25 musicians and 25 non-musicians, MMN was present only in 17 (68%) musicians and 16 (64%) non-musicians. Hence, further statistical analysis was done only for these subjects. The various measures of MMN i.e. onset latency, offset latency, peak latency, peak amplitude and area under the curve, were noted down from the MMN waveform through visual inspection for individual subjects. Sample waveform of MMN in musicians and non-musicians are represented in [Fig. 1](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}, [Fig. 2](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}, respectively. Descriptive statistics was done to find out mean and standard deviation (SD) for all the parameters of MMN (onset latency, offset latency, peak latency, peak amplitude and area under the curve) for the 17 Indian classical vocal musicians and 16 non-musicians ([Table 1](#tbl1){ref-type="table"}). Shapiro Wilk test was used to check the normal distribution of collected data from musicians and non-musicians. Based on the result of normality test, MANOVA was used to check any significant difference between musicians and non-musicians for each measure of MMN. From [Table 1](#tbl1){ref-type="table"}, the standard deviation for onset and peak latency was less (better) for musicians in comparison to non-musicians. The mean values of onset and peak latency for musicians were also less (better) in comparison to non-musicians. However, the mean value of offset latencies was similar between the two groups. [Fig. 3](#fig3){ref-type="fig"} shows an error bar graph for onset, offset and peak latency in musicians and non-musicians.Fig. 1A sample waveform of mismatch negativity in Indian classical vocal musicians along with the response measures.Fig. 2A sample waveform of mismatch negativity in non-musicians along with the response measures.Fig. 3Error bar graph of onset latency, offset latency and peak latency for Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians.Table 1Mean and standard deviation (SD) of onset latency, offset latency and peak latency for the Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians.ParametersOnset Latency (ms)Offset Latency (ms)Peak Latency (ms)MeanSDMeanSDMeanSDNon-musicians172.3735.66266.2538.48217.4339.62Musicians155.2323.26268.4334.36204.6423.98
MANOVA was carried out to compare differences between Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians for onset latency, offset latency and peak latency. Results of MANOVA showed marginally significant difference for onset latency \[F (1, 31) = 3.57; p = 0.06; ƞ^2^ = 0.103\], whereas no significant difference was observed for offset latency \[F (1, 31) = 0.00; p = 0.98; ƞ^2^ = 0.00\] and peak latency \[F (1, 31) = 1.01; p = 0.32; ƞ^2^ = 0.032\] between musicians and non-musicians in spite of higher mean observed for peak latency in musicians.
Descriptive statistics was done to find out mean and standard deviation (SD) of the area under curve and peak amplitude for the Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians. From [Table 2](#tbl2){ref-type="table"}, the mean peak amplitude and area under the curve were higher (better) for musicians in comparison to non-musicians. However, standard deviation (SD) was less for non-musicians in comparison to Indian classical vocal musicians ([Table 2](#tbl2){ref-type="table"}). [Fig. 4](#fig4){ref-type="fig"}, [Fig. 5](#fig5){ref-type="fig"} show error bar graphs for peak amplitude and area under the curve in musicians and non-musicians respectively.Fig. 4Error bar graph of peak amplitude for the Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians.Fig. 5Error bar graph of the area under the curve for the Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians.Table 2Mean and standard deviation (SD) of peak amplitude and area under the curve for the Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians.ParametersPeak Amplitude(μv)Area under curve (μVμsec)GroupsMeanSDMeanSDNon-Musicians2.780.80131.7539.68Musicians4.061.32218.65110.36
MANOVA was carried out to compare peak amplitude and area under the curve between Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians. Results revealed statistically significant difference for peak amplitude \[F (1, 31) = 11.32; p = 0.00; ƞ^2^ = 0.267\] and area under curve \[F (1, 31) = 7.64; p = 0.00; ƞ^2^ = 0.198\] between Indian classical musicians and non-musicians.
4. Discussion {#sec4}
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Out of 25 Indian classical vocal Musicians and 25 non-musicians, MMN was present only in 17 Indian classical vocal musicians and 16 non-musicians. In our study, absence of MMN in some of the subjects may be due to their inability to follow instruction of 'passive listening' during recording of MMN. So, data from those subjects on whom MMN was absent were excluded. MMN was studied by [@bib18] on professional violinists and non-musicians. The results showed that a distinct MMN was evoked in professional violinists but MMN was absent in non-musicians. Previous studies have also reported MMN to be robust at the group level, but identification of MMN can be difficult at an individual level ([@bib26], [@bib30], [@bib45]). [@bib8] also reported that MMN identification rate was too low (29%) to allow reliability to be evaluated. A study by [@bib51] also showed that MMN was present only in 66% of the normal hearing population.
4.1. Findings in onset, offset and peak latency of MMN {#sec4.1}
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The present study showed a marginally significant difference in onset latency between Indian classical vocal musicians and non-musicians, and no significant difference in offset and peak latency between Indian classical musicians in comparison to non-musicians. The present outcomes are in consonance with previous literature ([@bib38]). In addition, there are studies done on different populations that have obtained similar outcomes ([@bib27], [@bib15], [@bib51]). However, there are a few studies that are not in agreement with the present findings ([@bib39], [@bib14]).
[@bib38] compared MMN in formally trained instrumental musicians and age-matched non-musicians using harmonic tones. The result showed no significant difference in latency of MMN between instrumental musicians and non-musicians. Since there are not many researchers who have explored in the area of music, studies with MMN done in different populations are considered for the support of the present study. [@bib27] measured MMN in individuals with cochlear implants and reported that MMN latencies to frequency deviance did not show any changes over time. Similarly, [@bib15] compared MMN in children with and without stuttering. The results showed no significant difference in peak latency of MMN between the two groups. The finding of the current study is in contrast with the finding of a study done by [@bib39]. They assessed MMN in trained musicians and non-musicians. The results showed that musicians had shorter (better) MMN latencies to frequency changes in pure tones than non-musicians. In both groups, as the frequency difference between standard and deviant stimuli increased, MMN latency decreased (better). They also observed that mismatch negativity latencies for harmonic tone and speech syllable were significantly lesser (better) for musicians when compared to non-musicians.
[@bib2] reported that latency measures were not reliable in MMN. They suggested that amplitude measures were more reliable than latency and most studies in this area have reported only amplitude measures. [@bib49], [@bib50] also showed no significant difference in latency measures across gross and fine differences between auditory stimuli. This result was attributed to poor reliability and high variability in latency measures of MMN. A similar study can be replicated on a large number of subjects to validate the findings.
4.2. Findings in peak amplitude and area under curve of MMN {#sec4.2}
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The results of the present study showed that peak amplitude and area under the curve were significantly higher (better) in Indian classical vocal musicians compared to non-musicians. This indicates enhanced pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills when it is measured in terms of peak amplitude and area under the curve. The present study\'s outcome is well supported by other researchers ([@bib54], [@bib39], [@bib3], [@bib28], [@bib22], [@bib12], [@bib46]). However, the findings of the current study are in contrast to a few studies ([@bib55]) as reported in the literature. [@bib54] recorded MMN with changes in acoustic features (gap, duration, frequency, location and intensity) and abstract features (interval size and melodic contour) as stimulus in non-musicians and amateur band musicians. The results showed that musicians had a larger MMN amplitude (better) and a greater area under the curve (better) as compared to non-musicians fora location change. Whereas, no statistically significant group differences were observed in response to other feature changes or in abstract-feature in mismatch negativity. This study shows that even amateur musicians have neural sound processing advantage when compared with non-musicians. [@bib28] investigated pre-attentive skills in musicians and non-musicians using MMN. The results revealed that mismatch negativity peak amplitude was significantly larger (better) in musicians compared to non-musicians for frequency deviants. A similar study was done by [@bib22] investigating MMN in musicians and non-musicians using vowels and temporally manipulated consonant-vowel syllables as stimuli. They found that musicians were not only advantaged in the pre- attentive encoding of temporal speech cues than non-musicians, but most notably also in processing vowels. [@bib12] recorded event-related brain potential responses in musicians and non-musicians to discrepancies of rhythm between pairs of unfamiliar melodies based on western classical rules. They noticed that musicians were able to detect rhythm deviations significantly better than non-musicians. [@bib46] recorded MMN for changes in melody, rhythm, musical key, timbre, tuning and timing in musically trained children. When compared to non-trained children, the musically trained children showed a significantly larger amplitude in MMN for all changes in stimuli. Therefore, it can be inferred that musical training helps in enhancing auditory discrimination for musically central sound dimensions in pre-adolescence.
A similar study was done by [@bib39] using mismatch negativity on trained musicians. In this study, they reported that amplitude was significantly higher (better) for musicians with a pure tone as stimulus, but there was no significant difference seen in terms of the amplitude of MMN elicited by harmonic tones and speech syllables. They suggested that "musicians may have been slower to detect pure tones because they perceived this audible stimulus energy as irrelevant sensory stimuli. However, once the stimuli were detected, musicians automatically discriminated changes in pure tone frequency earlier than nonmusicians without an increase in response amplitude, suggesting more efficient acoustic processing". They also showed that the size of frequency deviance significantly affected the neural response, i.e. with increase in difference between frequent and infrequent stimuli, the MMN latency decreased and amplitude increased. The current study is in contrast to the study by [@bib55]. MMN was recorded in professional musicians in their study. They were presented with frequent standard sounds and rare deviant sounds at 0.8%, 2% and 4% higher in frequency. They reported no significant difference in peak amplitude between musicians and non-musicians when MMN was recorded in reading condition. They attributed these results to musical expertise that could have exerted its effects at merely attentive level of processing but not at the pre-attentive level. Similar to most previous studies ([@bib3], [@bib28], [@bib22], [@bib12], [@bib46]), the present study also shows that amplitude and area under the curve measure of the MMN have a significant effect from Indian classical musical training.
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The present study shows that Indian classical vocal musical training have enhanced pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in Indian classical musicians. Earlier studies have reported poor pre-attentive auditory processing in several clinical populations, i.e. central auditory processing disorders ([@bib37]), dyslexia ([@bib23]), Parkinson\'s disease ([@bib43]), Alzheimer\'s disease ([@bib43]), schizophrenia ([@bib44]), developmental language disorders ([@bib2]) and cochlear implant ([@bib25]). Indian classical musical training can be used to enhance pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in these clinical populations. Earlier literature shows enhanced speech perception in quiet and noise in musicians compared to non-musicians ([@bib42]). Auditory scene analysis is defined as the internal process of segregating and subsequent grouping of auditory system for better speech perception ([@bib4]). Auditory scene analysis is based on the assumption that pre-attentive process uses the Gesalt laws of organization which says temporal proximity, physical similarity and good continuity is required to group the sound, which improves speech perception in quiet as well as in noise ([@bib19]). Enhanced pre-attentive skills in musicians is reported by many researchers ([@bib28], [@bib22], [@bib12], [@bib46]). Therefore, it can be hypothesized that musical training can be used for enhancement of pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in these populations and may result in improvement in speech perception.
6. Conclusion {#sec6}
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The current study shows enhanced peak amplitude and area under the curve of MMN in Indian classical vocal musicians compared to non-musicians. This indicates better pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in Indian classical vocal musicians compared to non-musicians. It can also be stated that Indian classical vocal musical training has an effect on pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in musicians, leading to higher peak amplitude and area under the curve. It can also be hypothesized that musical training (Indian classical) can be used to improve pre-attentive auditory discrimination skills in clinical populations including those with central auditory processing disorders, learning disability, Parkinson\'s disease, schizophrenia, Alzheimer\'s disease, children with cochlear implant and developmental language disorders.
We want to acknowledge Director and HOD of Audiology of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru-6, Karnataka, India. We want to acknowledge Ms. Madhuri Sharma, Research Officer at AIISH for her valuable input during preparation of the manuscript. We also want to acknowledge participants of this study.
Peer review under responsibility of PLA General Hospital Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.
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One of the most important things in our lives is the control of
our minds.
Our thoughts are powerful. They can harm us or do us good. The
Bible says, “As [a person] thinks … so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). Many
people have troubled minds.
We are barraged daily with the news, what President Trump said
or did, how the country is split on it, our divisions, crime,
murders, child abductions, natural disasters, Football and hockey,
celebrity gossip, scandals, we talk too much about bad tv, and not
about what is good. We secretly worry about our
finances, retirement, our spouses, health, jobs, sexual fantasies,
escapes, and stuff that if it were on a loud speaker would shame us
to the point of suicidal thoughts. How do I know? I
hear it. and lately, it gets me down. It hurts my
spirit. It hurts me because i know God sees it WAY more than
I do.
I hear people quoting horoscopes, and connecting with them as if
astrological signs otherwise known as witchcraft could help them,
connect them to a good spouse, help mate when it is of the devil.
Maybe not from you but from good people that have allowed evil
to grab ahold of them. Nobody does it intentionally. We get
lost a little at a time. We don’t have that much time
actually.
The works of the flesh are listed in Galatians 5. I’d like to
quote them for you, because they talk about the mind. When you
follow your own wrong mind, your life will produce these evil
results: “impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,
idolatry, spiritism Spiritism is the belief in the existence of
nonphysical beings, or spirits, that inhabit a spirit world.
In the belief of spiritism people often try and contact the
spirits, which can include people who have died. The contact
is for various reasons: to learn about the future, to influence the
outcome of future events, and to gain knowledge. Mediums are
used in such attempted contacts. Often times a séance is used
to contact the spirit world -- people gather in a circle in a dimly
lit room while a medium guides the people in an attempt
to contact the spirit world.
Of course, the Bible teaches us that there is a spiritual world
which is comprised of both angelic and demonic forces. We are
forbidden from Scripture to practice spiritism because it opens up
the individual to demonic oppression.
Deut.
18:10-11,“There shall not be found among you anyone who makes
his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses
divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets
omens, or a sorcere, hatred and fighting, jealousy and anger,
constant effort to get the best for yourself, complaints and
criticisms, the feeling that everyone else is wrong except those in
your own little group–and there will be wrong doctrine, envy,
murder, drunkenness, wild parties, and all that sort of thing”
(Galatians 5:19-21, TLB). Paul went on to say, “I also told you in
time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the
kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:21, NKJV).
Scripture has several things to say about the mind: First, the
Bible says that the mind is naturally at enmity with God (Romans
8:7). A person’s mind is against God. The Apostle Paul wrote to the
Colossians that before they came to Christ, they were “alienated
and enemies in [their] mind” to all things relating to the true
knowledge of God. Because of sin, the mind is an enemy of God
(Colossians 1:21). Such a mind will not obey the law of God. You
may say you believe in God, you may say you love God, but you don’t
obey God. You live like an atheist.
If you continue without repentance, the Scripture says that God
will eventually give you over to a “reprobate mind” (Romans 1:28,
KJV) to do those things which are not right. The word
reprobate carries with it the idea of having been
rejected. What a terrible thing it would be to be rejected by God.
There were many people who followed Christ in His day, but the
Bible says He saw their hearts, He saw their minds and what they
were thinking, and He rejected them. There is a point beyond which
you cannot return, where your heart is so hard that you can no
longer hear the Holy Spirit. Your mind is so hardened that it
becomes reprobate, and the Bible warns against having this kind of
mind.
John 8:11King James Version (KJV)
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said
unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
John 3:17King James Version (KJV)
17 For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be
saved.
Jude 1:23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating
even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Romans 1:27-29King James Version (KJV)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the
natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another;
men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in
themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain
God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to
do those things which are not convenient;
How do you have your mind transformed? By repenting of sin and
receiving Christ into your heart. The Scripture says, “Let this
mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5).
The mind of Christ can, through the Holy Spirit, control your mind,
your thoughts, your intents and your actions, if you submit to Him
daily.
That doesn’t mean you won’t make mistakes, but it does mean that
you can have the mind of Christ. Do you have a mind controlled by
Christ? Do you have a renewed mind? Do you know that all your sins
are forgiven, and that if you died right now you would go to
heaven? If there’s a doubt in your heart that you are totally and
completely Christ’s, you must do three things: First, repent of
your sin. Jesus said, “Unless you repent you will … perish” (Luke
13:3).
Second, by faith receive Jesus Christ. He died on the cross for
you. When He died on that cross, He took your sin. Something
terrible and glorious happened when Jesus said, “My God, my God,
why have You forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). In that moment, God the
Father laid upon His Son your sins and mine. Because Jesus bore our
sin and death for us, God can say, “I forgive you.”
And instantaneously you can start a new life. It happens in an
instant, but there is a lifetime of decisions and commitments to
make that relate to the Lord Jesus Christ. Every day I make a
commitment concerning thoughts in my mind, what I’m to read, the
discipline of my time, my prayer, my Bible-reading, my relationship
with my family. Whatever it may be, I say, “Lord Jesus, I want Your
mind in this matter.”
About the Podcast
Helping others make better life choices, and providing mobile Christian worship that transforms lives. Making sense of things Eternal for those of us trying to live right, and enjoy the life we have. Speak Life Church is a IRS 501 (c)3 recognized religious charity, incorporated in the State of Maryland in 2018. The mission is to restore and strengthen the family; make followers of Jesus Christ, give hope, and to encourage one another. Rev. Blanchard officiates at weddings, funerals and provides pastoral service nationally to the individuals, couples and families. You can help this ministry grow: https://giv.li/p2nj61
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Q:
"dir"-Input RTL but with LTR measurement data | "فثسف 3 cm فثسف" should be (فثسفy 3 cm فثسف)
Do someone know if this is an issue of the browser, the windows language or something in general?
I installed on my computer a second language called "Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Arabic (101) keyboard".
And if I enter a text like "test 3cm test" (for "3cm" I switch to German keyboard) its more or less correct. - with dir="rtl".
When I'm using ltr as dir it looks like when I'm copy&pasting it here.
فثسف 3cm فثسف
And now the (main) question.
When I add a space between 3 and cm it will be vice versa.
Do you know if it's possible to handle it with JavaScript or HTML like my picture modification below?
Or is it a language behaviour?
Thanks in Advance! :-)
What did I tried?
Using auto in dir
<html dir="rtl" lang="ar">
<body>
<input type="text" dir="auto" style="text-align: left;" value="فثسف 3 cm فثسف" />
</body>
</html>
And this.
<html dir="rtl" lang="ar">
<body>
<input type="text" dir="auto" style="text-align: right;" value="فثسف 3 cm فثسف" />
</body>
</html>
The value comes from this workflow.
Switch to Arabic (RTL language)
Write "test "
Switch to German (LTR language)
Write "3 cm "
Switch to Arabic (RTL language)
Write "test"
Strg + A in the Input and put it into value="STRG + V"
A:
I used @alex-cohn idea with ‎ and ‏ tags and developed something what I need
var ltrMarkThere = false;
document.getElementById("test").addEventListener("keydown", function testKey(e) {
if(e.key.match(/[0-9]/)) {
document.getElementById("test").value += "\u202a";
ltrMarkThere = true;
} else if(ltrMarkThere && e.key.charCodeAt(0) > 127) {
document.getElementById("test").value = document.getElementById("test").value.replace(/( ?)$/, "\u202c$1");
ltrMarkThere = false;
}
});
<html dir="rtl" lang="ar">
<head>
</head>
<body>
<input id="test" type="text" style="direction: rtl; text-align: right;" autocomplete="off" autofocus="true" value="فثسف 3 cm فثسف" />
<!-- There is a hidden UTF8 Right-to-left-mark and hidden UTF8 Left-to-right-mark which allows to have it like this -->
</body>
</html>
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Today: President Obama greets Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg, alongside his father Craig, during a visit to Remsburg’s new home in Gilbert, Arizona (Photo by Doug Mills)
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Washington Post (2013): They were introduced near Omaha Beach in France in 2009, when Sergeant Remsburg was part of a select Army Ranger group chosen to re-enact a parachute drop for celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II.
Four months later, on Oct. 1 2009, Sergeant Remsburg was face down in a canal near Kandahar, thrown by the force of a quarter-ton roadside bomb, shrapnel penetrating his brain and right eye. He spent the next three months in a coma, through operations at military hospitals in Afghanistan, Germany and Bethesda, Md., outside Washington. Through the winter of 2010, he was at a veterans’ hospital in Tampa, Fla., where he slowly regained consciousness. In April 2010, he returned to Bethesda for surgery to rebuild his skull.
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Their second meeting came less than a year later at a military hospital outside Washington, where Mr. Obama was stunned to see among the wounded troops from Afghanistan a familiar young man — now brain-damaged, a track of fresh stitches across his skull, and partly paralyzed…..
…. the President came for his annual physical and to visit patients. Entering a hospital room, he saw a photo on the wall — of himself and Sergeant Remsburg in Normandy — and did a double take, looking at the broken man lying there, and again at the strapping soldier in the frame.
“Cory still couldn’t speak, but he looked me in the eye,” the president said later. “He lifted his arm, and he shook my hand firmly. And when I asked how he was feeling, he held up his hand, pulled his fingers together and gave a thumbs up.”
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The third meeting was in a private visit in Phoenix, where Sergeant Remsburg did something that neither Mr. Obama nor military doctors would once have predicted: he stood up and saluted his commander in chief.
There was more. Grasping his walker, “Cory took a step, then another, and then another,” Mr. Obama said later, “all the way across the room.”
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In 2014, Sgt Remsburg was a guest of the President at the State of the Union
“I first met Cory Remsburg, a proud Army Ranger, at Omaha Beach on the 65th anniversary of D-Day. Along with some of his fellow Rangers, he walked me through the program – a strong, impressive young man, with an easy manner, sharp as a tack. We joked around, and took pictures, and I told him to stay in touch.
A few months later, on his tenth deployment, Cory was nearly killed by a massive roadside bomb in Afghanistan. His comrades found him in a canal, face down, underwater, shrapnel in his brain.
For months, he lay in a coma. The next time I met him, in the hospital, he couldn’t speak; he could barely move. Over the years, he’s endured dozens of surgeries and procedures, and hours of grueling rehab every day.
Even now, Cory is still blind in one eye. He still struggles on his left side. But slowly, steadily, with the support of caregivers like his dad Craig, and the community around him, Cory has grown stronger. Day by day, he’s learned to speak again and stand again and walk again – and he’s working toward the day when he can serve his country again.
“My recovery has not been easy,” he says. “Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.”
Cory is here tonight. And like the Army he loves, like the America he serves, Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg never gives up, and he does not quit.”
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Army Ranger Sgt. First Class Cory Remsburg is applauded by his father Craig Remsburg, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during President Obama’s remarks at the 70th French-American Commemoration D-Day Ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today
AZCentral: An ongoing physical recovery, a new home custom-made for his needs – the only other thing that would really make Cory Remsburg’s day was a visit from the president.
That’s just what happened Friday afternoon … which brought the sixth meeting between the former soldier and the commander-in-chief.
After a visit to Phoenix’s VA hospital, President Obama’s motorcade took an unscheduled detour, heading toward Gilbert and pulling up in front of Remsburg’s newly remodeled home.
… As the motorcade pulled out of Gilbert, Remsburg said the visit was “Completely unexpected,” and “very cool.”
“I’m just a sergeant first class,” he said. “I’m no big deal. He’s the commander-in-chief. He’s a very big deal.”
The home came to Remsburg from Homes for Wounded Warriors, the charity started by NFL player Jared Allen. The organization aims to remodel homes for the most severely disabled veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. (More here)
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President Obama visits with Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg and family members at his newly finished home in Gilbert, Arizona, March 13, 2015 (Photo by Pete Souza)
U.S. soldiers begin their journey home from Iraq at the al-Asad Air Base, west of Baghdad, on November 1. President Barack Obama announced on Oct. 21 that American troops would fully withdraw from Iraq by year-end.
President Barack Obama signs a proclamation to designate Ft. Monroe, in Hampton, Virginia, a National Monument, in the Oval Office, November 1. The President was joined by, from left to right, Mayor Molly Ward, Hampton, VA, Secretary Ken Salazar, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Lacy Ward, Jr. Director, Robert Russa Moton Museum, Farmville, VA
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From 2004 and 2006, posted by American Bridge on YouTube today:
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February 2009: Vice President Joseph Biden shares a moment with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mother Dorothy Rodham during a ceremonial swearing-in for Sec. Clinton at the State Department
Asked about the death of Hillary Clinton’s mother today, President Obama called her “a strong, determined, gifted person”. “For her to have lived the life that she did and to see her daughter succeed in the pinnacle of public service in this country, I’m sure was deeply satisfying to her.”
President Obama speaks about the passing of Dorothy Rodham, November 1
KGO: Scott Olsen, the 25-year-old Iraq war veteran who was injured by a projectile during Tuesday’s “Occupy Oakland” demonstration, remains in fair condition.
On Saturday, a spokesperson for Highland Hospital said Olsen … had been transferred to another undisclosed hospital.
The spokesperson also said documentary filmmaker Michael Moore tried to visit Olsen on Saturday. The hospital said the family has asked for Olsen’s privacy and asked Moore not to try to visit Olsen and the hospital again.
“We have a very, very polite message to Mr. Moore: Mr. Olsen is not here,” the hospital spokesperson said, “and if you do find out where he is, the Olsen family doesn’t want you to come there either.”
As BWD put it on Twitter, what a “disgusting opportunist” Moore is. What on earth made him think that the Olsen family would want him at Scott’s bedside? Especially after they had asked for privacy? Oh boy, I used to love Michael Moore….
The Arizona Republic: Smiling and grateful to be alive, Pam Simon, one of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ wounded staffers, returned to the office Friday to heal in the company of her colleagues.
“It was really important to see the rest of my Giffords family. We are like a family,” said Simon, 63. “I think it’s part of the healing to circle back and to have the energy of friends and people who love us.”
Simon, who works as a community-outreach coordinator for Giffords, survived two gunshots, one to the wrist and another in the chest that traversed her body and lodged in her buttocks.
First Lady Michelle Obama is briefed by Lieutenant Commander Todd Hazlett before meeting with injured service members and their families at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 11, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)
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Improvement of the embalming perfusion method: the innovation and the results by light and scanning electron microscopy.
Embalming is a chemical process that aims the preservation and sanitization of the human body indefinitely. The technique of embalming is an important tool in teaching and research in anatomy enabling the preservation of cadaveric material in good conditions (lessening any significant structural changes and maintaining the natural appearance). This article presents the results of embalmed cadavers in the course of arterial perfusion, through the use of a perfusion machine, particularly designed to this objective, and which allows the control of the embalming fluid injection process. The influence of this technique and the optimization of its parameters on the final quality of embalming were evaluated by sequential histological analysis of the cadaveric tissues using an original method of classification of samples collected from 17 deceased corpses of the Corpses Donation Office of the Department of Anatomy of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, subject to the embalming technique developed in the Department. We concluded that, with this method, there is a decrease of the decomposition process at the time of embalming, which is effective at long term (over a year), requiring merely the maintenance of the body at low temperatures (4° C) and it is possible to observe that the tissue best preserved over time is muscle, showing a conservation considered optimal.
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Q:
website not centered in firefox/chrome
i am having a problem with my website on Widescreens on Firefox/Chrome. It's not centred for some reason, margin: 0 auto; is not working either. The website looks fine on normal screens or even wide screens with lower res but on 1900x1200 the content is not centered for some reason. However the website looks fine on IE 9 at 1900x1200.
Here is the code:
jsfiddle.net/hXskH/
Any clues?
A:
For it to be centered you need to add a width along with that margin: 0 auto; Most common width is 960px;
#main {
padding-bottom: 300px;
margin:0 auto;
position: relative;
width: 960px;
}
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China stops Bitcoin execs from leaving the country
The authorities have ordered Bitcoin exchange executives to stay in the country in order to help the authorities with their investigations as they move to close down Bitcoin exchanges in China. Read more…Neowin
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Put KVD Vegan Beauty’s best to the test with a full spectrum of makeup palettes and hand-picked makeup sets at values you won’t find anywhere else. KVD Vegan Beauty’s all-star lineup includes fan-favorites like the KVD Vegan Beauty Shade + Light Face Contour Palettes, the super-versatile Alchemist Holographic Palette and Everlasting Liquid Lipstick sets featuring exclusive new shades.
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Q:
Plotting of for loop values (array)
As I'm completely new to Mathematica I'm stuck at the following problem:
I'm supposed to "fly" a drone in y-direction (upwards) and before it hits an "obstacle" which is placed at {0,5}, it should move out of the way in x-direction. This works out, however now I'm supposed to plot the "flightpath" of the drone. I tried this with an array but I was not able to plot it. Could someone help me out?
Reap[For[it = 1, it < 11, it++, drone = {0, it};
Sow[drone] If[obstacle == drone + {0, 1},
For[i = 1, i < 11, i++, drone = {i, it}; Sow[drone]]]]]
`{Null, {{{0, 1}, {0, 2}, {0, 3}, {0, 4}, {1, 4}, {2, 4}, {3, 4}, {4,
4}, {5, 4}, {6, 4}, {7, 4}, {8, 4}, {9, 4}, {10, 4}, {0, 5}, {0,
6}, {0, 7}, {0, 8}, {0, 9}, {0, 10}}}}`
I know that "For" isn't the best way to do this in Mathematica but I'm used to it from other program languages.
I googled a lot of different approaches for this, (tables, lists etc.) but none worked out and this is the closest I got to a solution that works out for me (if I'm just able to plot it).
Edit:
Thanks for your solution. Got it to work!
A:
You should have a semicolon between Sow[drone] and If[obstacle == drone + {0, 1} although in this instance it still works. Here are some plotting suggestions.
obstacles = {{0, 5}, {3, 12}};
i = 0;
path = Reap[For[it = 1, it < 21, it++,
drone = {i, it};
Sow[drone];
If[MemberQ[obstacles, drone + {0, 1}],
Do[drone = {i++, it};
Sow[drone], 3]]]][[2, 1]];
plot = Show[ListLinePlot[path, PlotMarkers -> Automatic],
ListPlot[obstacles, PlotStyle -> Red, PlotMarkers -> {Automatic, 12}],
Frame -> True, PlotRangePadding -> {0.6, {1, 2}}, Axes -> False]
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Selective inhibition and naming performance in semantic blocking, picture-word interference, and color-word Stroop tasks.
In 2 studies, we examined whether explicit distractors are necessary and sufficient to evoke selective inhibition in 3 naming tasks: the semantic blocking, picture-word interference, and color-word Stroop task. Delta plots were used to quantify the size of the interference effects as a function of reaction time (RT). Selective inhibition was operationalized as the decrease in the size of the interference effect as a function of naming RT. For all naming tasks, mean naming RTs were significantly longer in the interference condition than in the control condition. The slopes of the interference effects for the longest naming RTs correlated with the magnitude of the mean interference effect in both the semantic blocking task and the picture-word interference task, suggesting that selective inhibition was involved to reduce the interference from strong semantic competitors either invoked by a single explicit competitor or strong implicit competitors in picture naming. However, there was no correlation between the slopes and the mean interference effect in the Stroop task, suggesting less importance of selective inhibition in this task despite explicit distractors. Whereas the results of the semantic blocking task suggest that an explicit distractor is not necessary for triggering inhibition, the results of the Stroop task suggest that such a distractor is not sufficient for evoking inhibition either.
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Q:
Get content between 2 words
I wanna get the contents (text) between two words(word1 and word2), for example :
word1blablabla Poetry can be divided into several genres, or categories. word2 blablabla
so the contents = blablabla Poetry can be divided into several genres, or categories.
but, the problems sometimes the word1 and word2 can be in upper-case letter or in lower-case letter. And the other problem is the word1 still be printed in the result. It should be printed. How to handle that problem? thank you :)
here's the code :
$file = 'word1 blablabla word1 Poetry can be divided into several genres, or categories. word2 blablabla ';
$word1='word1';
$word2='word2';
$between = substr($file, strpos($file, $word1), strpos($file, $word2) - strpos($file, $word1));
A:
You can use stripos instead of strpos:
stripos — Find the position of the first occurrence of a
case-insensitive substring in a string
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to an improved data processing system and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for database or file accessing.
2. Description of Related Art
A directory service is a central point where network services, security services and applications can form an integrated distributed computing environment. Typical uses of a directory service may be classified into several categories. A xe2x80x9cnaming servicexe2x80x9d, such as Directory Naming Service (DNS) or Cell Directory Service (CDS), uses the directory as a source to locate an Internet Host address or the location of a given server. A xe2x80x9cuser registryxe2x80x9d, such as Novell Directory Services (NDS), stores information about users in a system comprised of a number of interconnected machines. Still another directory service is a xe2x80x9cwhite pagesxe2x80x9d lookup provided by some mail clients, such as Netscape Communicator or Lotus Notes.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a software protocol for providing directory service enablement to a large number of applications. These applications range from e-mail to distributed system management tools. LDAP is an evolving protocol model based on the client-server model in which a client makes a TCP/IP connection to an LDAP server. LDAP is a xe2x80x9clightweightxe2x80x9d version of DAP (Directory Access Protocol), which is part of X.500, a standard for directory services in a network. More information about LDAP may found in xe2x80x9cLightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)xe2x80x9d, http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt.
The LDAP information model is based on an xe2x80x9centryxe2x80x9d, which contains information about some object. Entries are typically organized in a specified tree structure, and each entry is composed of attributes. LDAP entries are usually arranged in a tree structure that follows a geographical and organizational distribution. Each entry is named according to their position in the hierarchy by a distinguished name (DN). Each component of the distinguished name is called a Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).
An example LDAP directory is organized in a simple tree hierarchy consisting of the following levels:
The xe2x80x9crootxe2x80x9d directory is the starting place or the source of the tree.
Countries are designated by two letter codes, such as US for the United States of America.
Organizations can be private companies, government units, etc.
Organizational units are divisions, departments, etc.
Individuals include people, files, or shared resources, such as printers.
For example, John M. Smith, who is part of the marketing department at Acme Corporation, might have the following Distinguished Name: xe2x80x9ccn=John M. Smith, ou=Marketing, o=ACME Corporation, c=USxe2x80x9d, where xe2x80x9ccnxe2x80x9d stands for xe2x80x9ccommon namexe2x80x9d, xe2x80x9couxe2x80x9d is xe2x80x9corganizational unitxe2x80x9d, xe2x80x9coxe2x80x9d is xe2x80x9corganizationxe2x80x9d, and xe2x80x9ccxe2x80x9d is xe2x80x9ccountryxe2x80x9d.
An LDAP directory can be distributed among many servers, with parts of data residing on a set of machines. Another scenario has each server containing a replicated version of the total directory that is synchronized periodically. An LDAP server is called a Directory System Agent (DSA). An LDAP server that receives a request from a user takes responsibility for the request, passing it to other DSAs as necessary, either through server chaining or client referrals. Both cases ensure a single coordinated response for the user. Although directory structures can reside on a single server, there are several reasons for splitting directories across multiple machines. First, the directory may be too large to make it practical to store on a single server. Second, network administrators may want to keep the physical location of the server close to the expected clients to minimize network traffic.
With an increasing number of applications and system services demanding a central information repository, directory servers can provide system administrators with a data repository that can significantly ease administrative burdens. In the Internet/intranet environment, these services provide user access to information in a secure manner.
To perform operations on directory entries, distinguished names for the directory entries must be specified. However, it is generally difficult to remember full distinguished names. Manually specifying a full distinguished name is time-consuming and error-prone.
For example, in order to connect, i.e. bind, to a directory server, a user needs to specify a distinguished name in order for the bind operation to proceed. Other LDAP operations also require the entry of distinguished names, such as modifying a particular directory entry. In some circumstances, the user may not know the distinguished name of a directory entry on which the user desires to perform an operation, although the user might be able to discern a desired distinguished name from a set of distinguished names if the user could be presented with the ability to choose a particular distinguished name from a set of distinguished names.
Therefore, it would be advantageous to have an improved method and system for specifying distinguished names.
A method and system for an automated distinguished name lookup is provided for use in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory operation. A user provides input via a dialog window for an identifier string which is not a distinguished name. An LDAP search filter string is generated that contains at least a portion of the identifier string. A directory search is requested using the LDAP search filter string. In response to the requested directory search, one or more distinguished names are received. In response to receiving a single distinguished name for the requested directory search, the received distinguished name is automatically applied in the LDAP directory operation. In response to receiving a plurality of distinguished names for the requested directory search, the plurality of distinguished names are presented to the user, and the user may select one of the plurality of distinguished names. The selected distinguished name is then applied in the LDAP directory operation, which may perform an authentication process for the user using a distinguished name received in response to the requested directory search. The user may also configure a dialog window for entry attributes and filters to be used while searching for potential distinguished names.
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Q:
Closing Parenthesis Beep in XCode 4
this is really getting on my nerves and, after too much Googling, I haven't found a satisfactory fix for it.
If I begin to type in code using XCode 4.6, for instance:
float x = y + z
(my caret is just after the z) and then decide that what I really want is float x = ceilf(y + z); and I begin the modification by typing the closing parenthesis, XCode 4 beeps at me. The parentheses aren't balanced, but I'm well aware of that. I want to turn off this annoying beep, without making it system-wide.
Any solutions?
A:
There does not seem to be any way to edit this from within Xcode. It is registered as an alert sound. It works just like if you tried to close out of Finder with cmd + q. It is handled on a system level.
You can, however, disable all of these alert sounds.
Step 1: Go to system preferences.
Step 2: Open up the Sound menu.
Step 3: Drag the little arrow of Alert Volume to 0.
That is all that is technically necessary to disable the alert you hear when you type }, ), or ] without a prior opening brace/bracket. Some others also like to uncheck Play user interface sound effects because it removes some other annoying beeps and buzzes.
It is on the same page as the alert volume:
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Mental health and the response to financial incentives: Evidence from a survey incentives experiment.
Although mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are common, there is little research on whether individuals in poor mental health react differently from others to financial incentives. This paper exploits an experiment from the UK Understanding Society Innovation Panel to assess how the participation response to randomly-assigned financial incentives differs by mental health status. We find that individuals in good mental health are more likely to respond when offered a higher financial incentive, whereas those in poor mental health are indifferent to the increased incentive. We find no comparable differences for physical health.
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In the wild, feral cats typically eat small mammals, reptiles, birds and insects. It is often not possible to mimic natural feeding behaviours of feral cats. Extruded diets have been the traditional alternative fed to domestic cats. Commercial chicken-based extruded diets (EXT) have complex diet formulations, including protein, fat, carbohydrate, fibre, vitamin and mineral ingredients. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO)^(^[@ref1]^)^ recommend minimum concentrations of 26 % crude protein (DM basis) and 9 % fat DM basis. If these minimum concentrations are targeted by formulators, commercial feline EXT may contain up to 50--55 % carbohydrates. Plantinga *et al.*^(^[@ref2]^)^ estimated the diet of feral cats expressed on a DM basis would contain 63 % crude protein (CP), 23 % fat and 2·8 % nitrogen-free extract (i.e. digestible carbohydrate).
Given their carnivorous nature, it has been hypothesised that the protein:carbohydrate ratio of feline diets is important for feline health (i.e. obesity, feline diabetes and gut microbiota)^(^[@ref3]^--^[@ref6]^)^. As lower bacterial diversity and great shifts in commensal bacteria are often present in inflammatory bowel diseases, it suggests that a balanced gut microbiota is important for maintaining host health^(^[@ref7]^--^[@ref9]^)^. Several studies have examined the impact of dietary alterations on faecal microbial populations in cats^(^[@ref3]^--^[@ref5]^,^[@ref10]^--^[@ref13]^)^; however, very few have examined the microbial population of cats fed a 'wild-type' diet^(^[@ref12]^,^[@ref13]^)^. Commercially available whole prey may be more similar to the feral cat diet. For example, commercially available 1--3-d-old chicks (CHI) are approximately 72--76 % CP, 16--20 % fat and \<5 % nitrogen-free extract^(^[@ref14]^,^[@ref15]^)^. Previous studies have shown that extruded and whole-prey diets differ in digestibility as well as macronutrient composition^(^[@ref14]^--^[@ref17]^)^, and this may alter the fermentable substrates that are available to the gastrointestinal microbiota for fermentation^(^[@ref18]^,^[@ref19]^)^. The objective of the present study was to compare the faecal microbiota of cats fed an EXT chicken-based diet to those fed commercially available whole CHI.
Experimental methods {#sec1}
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Study design {#sec1-1}
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The animal protocol was approved by the University of Illinois Animal Care and Use Committee. Faecal samples were collected from neutered male domestic cats (mean age = 5·7 years; body condition score 4·5--5·5 of 9). A completely randomised design was utilised to test the impacts of two dietary treatments ([Table 1](#tab01){ref-type="table"}): (1) EXT (*n* 3 cats; P & G Petcare); and (2) raw CHI (*n* 5 cats; Rodent Pro). The raw chicks were frozen (−20°C) upon arrival, and thawed in the refrigerator for 24 h prior to feeding. Fresh water was available *ad libitum*. A computer was used to randomly allot cats to treatment. Cats were adapted to diets for 10 d, prior to fresh faecal collection (\<15 min from defection). Faecal samples were stored at −80°C until DNA extraction. Table 1.Chemical composition of CHI and an EXT fed to domestic cats[\*](#tfn1_1){ref-type="table-fn"}ItemCHIEXT†DM (%)24·295·4Organic matter (% DM)91·192·8Crude protein (% DM)71·438·9Acid-hydrolysed fat (% DM)20·014·4Gross energy (kcal/g DM)5·95·2[^1][^2]
Sample analysis {#sec1-2}
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Faecal bacterial DNA was isolated according to procedures described previously^(^[@ref20]^)^ using the MO BIO PowerSoil™ Kit (MO BIO Laboratories). Amplification of a 600 bp sequence of the V4--V6 variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene was done using barcoded primers as previously described^(^[@ref21]^)^. PCR amplicons were further purified utilising AMPure XP beads (Beckman-Coulter Inc.). Amplicons were combined in equimolar ratios to create a DNA pool that was used for pyrosequencing. DNA quality of amplicon pools was assessed before pyrosequencing using a 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies). Pyrosequencing was performed at the W. M. Keck Center for Biotechnology at the University of Illinois utilising a 454 Genome Sequencer and FLX titanium reagents (Roche Applied Science).
Data analysis {#sec1-3}
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High-quality (quality value \>25) sequence data derived from the sequencing process was processed using a proprietary analysis pipeline ([www.mrdnalab.com](www.mrdnalab.com)) and as described previously^(^[@ref22]^)^.
Statistical analysis {#sec1-4}
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Sequence percentages at each taxonomic level were analysed using the Mixed models procedure of SAS (version 9.3; SAS Institute). The fixed effect of diet was tested. Means were separated for treatments using a Fisher-protected least significant difference with Tukey\'s adjustment. Results are reported as least-squares means with *P* ≤ 0·05 defined as significant and *P* ≤ 0·10 as trends for treatment effects.
Results {#sec2}
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Regardless of dietary treatment, Firmicutes (62--88 % of all sequences) was the predominant bacterial phylum in cat faeces (data not shown). Fusobacteria (0·2--17 % of all sequences), Proteobacteria (2--16 % of all sequences), Actinobaceria (1·4--18 % of all sequences), Tenericutes (1·4--9 % of all sequences) and Bacteroidetes (0--3 % of all sequences) also were predominant phyla present (data not shown). The proportion of Bacteroidetes was greater (*P* = 0·03) in faeces of cats fed EXT (1·6 % of all sequences) than those fed CHI (0·2 % of all sequences; data not shown).
Proportions of genera, however, depended on dietary treatment ([Table 2](#tab02){ref-type="table"}). The predominant genera in faeces of cats fed CHI were *Clostridium* (11--25 % of sequences), *Blautia* (4--19 % of sequences), unidentified Lachnospiraceae (14--16 % of sequences), *Peptococcus* (7--13 % of sequences), *Fusobacterium* (4--13 % of sequences), *Ruminococcus* (2--9 % of sequences) and *Collinsella* (2--8 % of sequences). The predominant genera in faeces of cats fed EXT were *Megamonas* (2--28 % of sequences), *Megasphaera* (0·01--26 % of sequences), *Blautia* (10--16 % of sequences), *Collinsella* (1--16 % of sequences), *Lactobacillus* (0·2--14 % of sequences), *Clostridium* (8--12 % of sequences) and unidentified Lachnospiraceae (4--7 % of sequences). Table 2.Predominant bacterial genera (expressed as percentage of sequences) in faeces of domestic cats fed CHI (*n* 5) or EXT (*n* 3)[\*](#tfn2_1){ref-type="table-fn"}PhylumFamilyGenusCHIEXT[sem]{.smallcaps}*P* valueActinobacteriaBifidobacteriaceae*Bifidobacterium*ND†0·3----Bifidobacteriaceae*Collinsella*4·96·917·00·94Coriobacteriaceae*Slackia*0·1\<0·1\<0·10·06Unidentified genera0·10·50·10·08FirmicutesAcidaminococcaeae*Phascolarctobacterium*0·61·30·20·09Clostridiaceae*Clostridium*16·310·52·30·12Enterococcaeae*Enterococcus*1·00·30·30·13Erysipelotrichaceae*Allobaculum*0·80·10·20·06Unidentified genera0·7\<0·10·30·22Eubacteriaceae*Eubacterium*5·82·51·10·09Lachnospiraceae*Blautia*9·712·32·70·51*Coprococcus*2·30·61·00·30*Psuedobutyrivibrio*4·01·00·80·04*Roseburia*1·20·30·50·25Unidentified genera15·25·30·5\<0·01Lactobacilliaceae*Lactobacillus*ND7·6----Oscillospiraceae*Oscillibacter*0·3\<0·10·10·09Peptococcaeae*Peptococcus*9·23·21·0\<0·01Peptostreptococcaeae*Peptostreptococcus*0·7\<0·10·50·43Ruminococcaceae*Anaerotruncus*2·31·30·40·13*Faecalibacterium*0·21·00·20·02*Ruminococcus*4·32·21·20·28Unidentified genera2·41·10·40·06Veillonellaceae*Megamonas*\<0·111·94·10·09FusobacteriaFusobacteriaceae*Fusobacterium*8·75·915·10·83ProteobacteriaCampylobacteraceae*Campylobacter*2·40·62·20·59Enterobacteriaceae*Shigella*2·70·71·20·29Succinivibrionaceae*Anaerobiospirillum*0·81·20·60·64*Succinivibrio*\<0·11·20·2\<0·01[^3][^4]
Four genera were present in a majority of samples (*n* 5) for cats fed CHI (*Holdemania* (three of five; 0--0·5 % of sequences), *Escherichia* (four of five; 0--0·2 % of sequences), *Marvinbyantia* (five of five; 0·01--0·1 % of sequences) and *Acetanaerobacterium* (three of five; 0--0·02 % of sequences)), but were not detected in the samples for cats fed EXT (data not shown). Five genera were present in a majority of samples (*n* 3) for cats fed EXT (*Megasphaera* (three of three; 0·01--26 % of sequences), *Lactobacillus* (three of three; 0·2--14 % of sequences), *Prevotella* (three of three; 0·1--2·6 % of sequences), *Subdoligranulum* (two of three; 0--1·4 % of sequences) and *Bifidobacterium* (two of three; 0--0·8 % of sequences), but were not detected in the samples for cats fed CHI (data not shown). Cats fed CHI had greater (*P* \< 0·05) *Psuedobutyrivibrio*, unidentified Lachnospiraceae and *Peptococcus* populations and tended to have greater (*P* \< 0·10) *Slackia*, *Allobaculum*, *Eubacterium*, *Oscillibacter* and unidentified Ruminococcaceae populations. In contrast, cats fed CHI had lower (*P* \< 0·05) *Faecalibacterium* and *Succinivibrio* populations and tended to have lower (*P* \< 0·10) *Phascolarctobacterium*, *Megamonas* and unidentified Coriobacteriaceae populations.
Discussion {#sec3}
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We identified a significant shift in the faecal bacteria of cats fed CHI *v.* EXT. As these diets contained ingredient and nutrient differences, differences in proportions of bacterial populations can only be attributed to the treatments as a whole. To our knowledge, most of the studies investigating the effects of diet on bacterial composition utilising next-generation sequencing in cats have examined the effects of commercial dry^(^[@ref5]^,^[@ref10]^,^[@ref11]^)^ and canned diets^(^[@ref3]^,^[@ref4]^)^. Only preliminary data for the differences in bacterial composition between a raw meat and kibbled diets fed to dogs have been reported^(^[@ref23]^,^[@ref24]^)^. No data have been reported for a whole-prey diet type in either cats or dogs; however, in a companion paper, we also present the microbial populations of cats fed whole and ground chicks and the effects of clinically confirmed symptomatic salmonellosis^(^[@ref13]^)^.
Bermingham *et al.*^(^[@ref4]^)^ reported increased faecal proportions of *Lactobacillus* (32 *v.* 0·1 % of sequences) and *Megasphaera* (23 *v.* \<0·1 % of sequences) in the faecal microbiota of cats fed a commercial dry diet (i.e. lower protein, higher nitrogen-free extract; CP = 33 %, DM basis; fat = 11 %, DM basis) compared with those maintained on a commercial wet diet (i.e. higher protein, lower nitrogen-free extract; CP = 42 %, DM basis; fat = 42 %, DM basis). Hooda *et al.*^(^[@ref5]^)^ reported increased faecal proportions of *Megasphaera* (18--33 *v.* \<0·1--0·1 % of sequences), *Subdoligranulum* (2--6 *v.* 0·1--0·3 % of sequences) and *Bifidobacterium* (12--21 *v.* \< 0·1--0·1 % of sequences) in kittens fed a moderate protein-moderate carbohydrate diet (CP = 34 %, DM basis; fat = 19 %, DM basis) compared with those fed a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet (CP = 53 %, DM basis; fat = 24 %, DM basis). Beloshapka *et al.*^(^[@ref23]^)^ reported increased faecal proportions of *Faecalibacterium* (10 *v.* 0·3 % of sequences), *Lactobacillus* (9 *v.* \< 0·1 % of sequences) and *Prevotella* (9 *v.* 0·2 % sequences) for dogs fed an EXT compared with raw-meat-based diets. Although these studies also reported other differences not observed herein, those listed here are similar to our data, and indicated that the protein:carbohydrate ratio may impact these genera. However, both Bermingham *et al.*^(^[@ref4]^)^ and Hooda *et al.*^(^[@ref5]^)^ reported decreased faecal proportions of *Faecalibacterium* (\<0·1 *v.* 0·5 % of sequence, and 0·1--2 *v.* 5--7 % of sequences, respectively) for the lower-protein *v.* higher-protein diet, which are contrary to our results and those reported by Beloshapka *et al.*^(^[@ref23]^)^.
Another aspect of diet that can impact microbial populations is dietary fibre. Although it has been recognised that animal tissues provide substrate for fermentation (i.e. animal fibre^(^[@ref18]^,^[@ref19]^)^), their role in gut health has not been fully elucidated, and little is known about their impacts on microbial populations. The EXT diet tested herein included multiple ingredients that would contribute to the dietary fibre fraction, including beet pulp and fructooligosaccharides, which likely contributed to the differences in microbial populations. *Lactobacillus*, *Bifidobacterium* and *Faecalibacterium* species are generally considered beneficial bacteria and are often targeted with dietary fibre and prebiotic inclusions. Middelbos *et al.*^(^[@ref25]^)^ reported increased faecal proportions of *Faecalibacterium* (30 *v.* 9 % of sequences) in dogs fed a diet containing 7·5 % beet pulp fibre (total dietary fibre = 4·5 %, DM basis) compared with 0 % supplemental fibre (total dietary fibre = 1·4 %, DM basis). Fructooligosaccharides are rapidly fermented and serve as a source of soluble, prebiotic fibre^(^[@ref26]^,^[@ref27]^)^. Several studies in cats and dogs have reported that fructooligosaccharides exert a prebiotic effect in the colon, stimulating the growth of *Bifidobacterium* spp., *Lactobacillus* spp. or both^(^[@ref10]^,^[@ref28]^)^. These studies are consistent with the results reported herein.
The present study had limitations, including our sampling protocol, number of animals and the nature of the diets tested. First, baseline samples were not collected before dietary treatments were administered. Thus, while differences due to diet were identified, we were unable to identify microbiome shifts from baseline. Second, given the low number of animals studied, our statistical power was low and our ability to translate the data to larger cat populations was limited. Finally, because the diets were greatly different in terms of nutrient composition and physical form, microbiome differences could not be attributed to any single factor or nutrient, but only the entire diet as a whole.
To conclude, there is growing evidence that the proportions of gastrointestinal microbes are altered in some disease states, including cancer, gastrointestinal diseases and metabolic diseases^(^[@ref29]^--^[@ref31]^)^. Given the potential of diet to modulate microbial populations, diet therapies may play a role in their treatment. However, it is unclear if this dysbiosis is causative or symptomatic of these disease states. Additionally, there is little data available regarding microbial populations, dysbiosis and disease states for cats^(^[@ref8]^,^[@ref13]^)^. The present study has highlighted some interesting differences in gastrointestinal microbes of cats eating extruded *v.* raw diets. More research is needed, however, to determine the long-term impacts of the alterations in the proportions of faecal microbial populations and the health of domestic cats.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. In regards to authorship, K. R. K. and K. S. S. contributed to formulation of research, study design and study execution. K. R. K. and S. E. D. contributed to data analysis. K. R. K. and K. S. S. contributed to manuscript writing. As stated in the Experimental Methods section, the animal protocol for this experiment was approved by the University of Illinois Animal Care and Use Committee.
This paper was published as part of the WALTHAM International Nutritional Sciences Symposium Proceedings 2013, publication of which was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Mars Incorporated. The papers included in these proceedings were invited by the Guest Editor and have undergone the standard journal formal review process. They may be cited.
[^1]: CHI, 1--3-d-old chicks (Rodent Pro); EXT, extruded chicken-based diet (P & G Petcare).
[^2]: †Ingredient composition of EXT as reported by manufacturer: chicken, chicken by-product meal, maize meal, maize grits, dried beet pulp, poultry by-product meal, natural flavour, dried egg product, brewers dried yeast, sodium bisulphate, potassium chloride, fructooligosaccharides, animal fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), fish oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), DL-methionine, choline chloride, calcium carbonate, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, niacin, ascorbic acid, vitamin A acetate, calcium pantothenate, biotin, thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B~1~), pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B~6~), vitamin B~12~ supplement, riboflavin supplement (source of vitamin B~2~), inositol, vitamin D~3~ supplement and folic acid), taurine, minerals (zinc oxide, manganese sulphate, copper sulphate, potassium iodide and cobalt carbonate) and rosemary extract.
[^3]: CHI, 1--3-d-old chicks (My Pet Carnivore); EXT, extruded chicken-based diet (P&G Petcare).
[^4]: †ND, not detected.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to an improved mechanical snubber apparatus and, more particularly, to such a snubber which may be tested in place within a snubber system.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Shock absorbing or damping snubbers are widely used in electric power plants, particularly nuclear power plants, in which pipes or other structures are yieldably attached, by, for example, pipe hangers or other supports, to relatively fixed supporting structure, for example, power plant walls or ceilings. In such applications, the snubbers are operatively connected, usually as part of a strut assembly, between the pipe and the supporting structure. The snubber operates to permit relatively unrestricted motion or movement of the pipe relative to the supporting structure in response to normal slow movements of the pipe, such as might be induced by routine thermal expansion or contraction during plant start-up or shutdown, but to resist or damp rapid vibratory relative motion of the pipe, such as might be induced by seismic or other transient shock or vibration. A typical state-of-the-art snubber of the mechanical type is disclosed and claimed in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,286,693, issued Sept. 1, 1981, and entitled "Mechanical Snubber". While the service life of high quality mechanical snubers of the type described in the aforementioned U.S. patent should be on the order of several decades, their function and proper operation are so important to the safety of the power generating plants that such snubbers must be periodically tested to ensure that they are operating properly. Accordingly, in the past, it has been the general practice in the industry to have technicians periodically remove each snubber, or the snubber and strut assembly, from the system for examination and testing. If the snubber is located in a radiation contaminated area, such as in or near the reactor of a nuclear power plant, the technicians must wear protective clothing and the snubber must be decontaminated to reduce the absorbed radiation to a safe level prior to the testing thereof. Following testing, if the snubber is determined to operate within the limits of the applicable operating specification, the snubber is replaced in the system. If the testing indicates that the snubber is not performing properly, it must be replaced or repaired.
With large snubbers and large snubber and strut assemblies weighing hundreds of pounds, and with some power plants employing hundreds of snubbers, it is evident that the present test procedures are highly cumbersome, time-consuming, and extremely expensive to perform. The problems involved in current snubber test practices are overcome by the present invention which provides an improved mechanical snubber that lends itself to in-place testing. The present invention further provides an apparatus which may be retro-fitted to existing snubbers for testing such snubbers in their normal, operational location in a snubber system. In addition, the present invention is useful for positioning and aligning snubbers, particularly large sized snubbers having high drag forces, to facilitate their proper installation within a snubber system.
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Q:
How do I get the number of subunits from a PDB file with awk , python or biopython?
I have PDB(text) files which are in a directory. I would like to print the number of subunits from each PDB file.
Read all lines in a pdb file that start with ATOM
The fifth column of the ATOM line contains A, B, C, D etc.
If it contains only A the number of subunit is 1. If it contains A and B, the number of subunits are 2. If it contains A, B, and C the number of subunits are 3.
1kg2.pdb file
ATOM 1363 N ASN A 258 82.149 -23.468 9.733 1.00 57.80 N
ATOM 1364 CA ASN A 258 82.494 -22.084 9.356 1.00 62.98 C
ATOM 1395 C MET B 196 34.816 -51.911 11.750 1.00 49.79 C
ATOM 1396 O MET B 196 35.611 -52.439 10.963 1.00 47.65 O
1uz3.pdb file
ATOM 1384 O ARG A 260 80.505 -20.450 15.420 1.00 22.10 O
ATOM 1385 CB ARG A 260 78.980 -18.077 15.207 1.00 36.88 C
ATOM 1399 SD MET B 196 34.003 -52.544 16.664 1.00 57.16 S
ATOM 1401 N ASP C 197 34.781 -50.611 12.007 1.00 44.30 N
2b69.pdb file
ATOM 1393 N MET B 196 33.300 -54.017 12.033 1.00 46.46 N
ATOM 1394 CA MET B 196 33.782 -52.714 12.566 1.00 49.99 C
desired output
pdb_id subunits
1kg2 2
1uz3 3
2b69 1
How can I do this with awk, python or Biopython?
A:
You can use an array to record all seen values for the fifth column.
$ gawk '/^ATOM/ {seen[$5] = 1} END {print length(seen)}' 1kg2.pdb
2
Edit: Using gawk 4.x you can use ENDFILE to generate the required output:
BEGIN {
print "pdb_id\t\tsubunits"
print
}
/^ATOM/ {
seen[$5] = 1
}
ENDFILE {
print FILENAME, "\t", length(seen)
delete seen
}
The result:
$ gawk -f pdb.awk 1kg2.pdb 1uz3.pdb 2b69.pdb
pdb_id subunits
1kg2.pdb 2
1uz3.pdb 3
2b69.pdb 1
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Cogels
Cogels is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fredegand Cogels (1850–1932), Belgian politician
Joseph Charles Cogels (1786-1831), Belgian painter
Joseph Cogels (1894–1978), Belgian sport shooter
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Satellites reveal global fingerprints of sea-level rise
Geological processes send more meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets to Earth’s mid-latitudes. Rachael Lallensack, 11 September 2017 As an ice sheet melts, it leaves a unique signature behind. Complex geological processes distribute the meltwater in a distinct pattern, or ‘fingerprint’, that causes seas to rise unevenly around the world. Now, for the first time, researchers have observed what these sea-level fingerprints look like on a global scale.
“No one has put it together for a complete global picture like this before,” says James Davis, a geophysicist at Columbia University in Palisades, New York. The work was published in Geophysical Research Letters on 9 September1.
The concept of sea-level fingerprints has been been factored into models used to predict sea-level rise for several years, says lead researcher Isabella Velicogna, a geophysicist at the University of California, Irvine. And researchers have used tide gauges for just as long to observe the fingerprints in coastal regions. But the global view provided by the latest study adds confidence to projections of future sea-level rise.
As an ice sheet melts, it leaves a unique signature behind. Complex geological processes distribute the meltwater in a distinct pattern, or ‘fingerprint’, that causes seas to rise unevenly around the world. Now, for the first time, researchers have observed what these sea-level fingerprints look like on a global scale.
“No one has put it together for a complete global picture like this before,” says James Davis, a geophysicist at Columbia University in Palisades, New York. The work was published in Geophysical Research Letters on 9 September1.
The concept of sea-level fingerprints has been been factored into models used to predict sea-level rise for several years, says lead researcher Isabella Velicogna, a geophysicist at the University of California, Irvine. And researchers have used tide gauges for just as long to observe the fingerprints in coastal regions. But the global view provided by the latest study adds confidence to projections of future sea-level rise.
Velicogna and co-author Chia-Wei Hsu, also at the University of California, Irvine, used gravity data from NASA’s two Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, which measure changes in mass on Earth’s surface. The scientists looked at satellite data from April 2002 to October 2014, and matched it with measurements from pressure stations on the ocean floor. These instruments measure the total mass above them.
Velicogna says that the findings should be used to create a roadmap for better placement of ocean-bottom pressure stations, which in turn can be used to improve calculations of sea-level fingerprints in the future.
“We know sea-level change throughout the world won’t be uniform, and it’s useful for people to know how those changes might show up,” says Mark Tamisiea, a geophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin.
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The World's 1st and Only Large Contractible Shipping Containers
Summary:
The company's accordion fold and band technologies enable a 55 gallon drum to contract to 15 gallons, which saves up to 70% on return empty shipping fees. Technology applies to any size containers, from 1 gallon to ultra-large shipping containers and to viscous, semi-viscous and grain-type materials.
Full Description:
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K-Tech R & D Corporation has received one issued patent and has one pending patent that will issue that covers The World's First Expandable / Contractible Shipping Containers. And, it is the only company that holds patent(s) in this area. These facts change everything.
Our container system technologies change how larger containers are manufactured and shipped worldwide. Enclosed, please find graphics of collapsible containers in various sizes to see how they function in K-Tech's Contractible Containers file.
This is a brand new, exciting technology that was missed by everyone in the plastic container industry, but which is a very important and valuable methodology that will transform how containers are made, shipped and employed. Specifically, the technologies cover a wide spectrum of containers, such as collapsible drums, totes and ultra-large containers.
Furthermore, our advancements will affect the sales prospects of many different companies' products that employ these containers. K-Tech's Flex Shipping Containers will change the entire shipping industry, affecting container manufacturers and user companies that ship and sell liquids, semi-viscous materials, grains and pellets, among other items.
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Typically, any containers from 1 gallon on up are candidates for our compression / restriction system. Our band system compresses and holds a container's size to a specified volume. Once materials are removed from containers, a 5 gallon container, for example, can be reduced to approximately 1.5 gallons for its return trip to the filler. Correspondingly, a 330 gallon tote can be reduced to a 110 gallon size.
And, if desired, one mold can produce a 330 gallon tote that can be compressed to 275, 220 and 110 gallons when using the appropriate sized compression bands. The K-Tech Flex containers replace large containers, totes, and drums, and significantly decrease disposal costs, minimize warehouse space, maximize freight efficiency, and increase productivity compared to all other rigid containers, all equating into major savings that no other containers can offer. Please see K-Tech Tote Feasibility Study.
K-Tech's technology cuts down on container sizes when empty, and, as a result, its manufacturing design significantly reduces warehouse, shipping, labor and fuel costs over all present manufacturing methods. Perhaps more importantly, it reduces the space required for landfills, making this an important ecological discovery.
Multiple accordion folds are positioned at the top and bottom of containers, while employing multiple side folds, to achieve a 360° folding action. Horizontal side folds were previously deployed many years ago, but when used by themselves without the band technology, were unable to achieve worthwhile product removal or effective compression.
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As far as larger containers go, it has been estimated that a 40-foot container
holds approximately 320 full-sized 55-gallon drums. Since our drums can be collapsed to 33% or less of their filled size (and can also be squared-off vs. made into round units), the same 40-foot container can now hold approximately 1500 collapsed drums.
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The company has also developed another industry first, which will further extend its patent protection. Now, one individual can contract a 55 gallon drum or smaller drums via a built-in contraction device. This device precludes the need for requiring two people to handle this function.
K-Tech has designed and manufactured a 20 ounce collapsible bottle through Novapak Corporation (now Pretium) proving feasibility. And it has completed engineers' drawings for manufacturing a 330 gallon collapsible tote. This is viable and feasible technology that just happened to fall through the proverbial 'cracks'. It can be made to meet virtually any required specifications and standards. For example, it also has engineers' drawings for making 55, and 3 gallon containers. And, it has a quote from a 55 gallon drum manufacturer which can contract its drums in accordance with K-Tech's specifications for less than $90,000.
In addition, it has a 3 gallon gas can, which stores gasoline, that contracts down to one gallon, enabling retail stores the option of using a one gallon footprint on store shelves versus carrying a full-sized 3 gallon container. This product has the built-in contraction device incorporated into the unit.
In addition, K-Tech has produced a feasibility study concerning its 330 gallon Flex containers, which is attached. K-Tech Flex collapsible containers are designed for multi-trip, hazardous and non-hazardous lading applications, and meet UN Standard 21HA1 for liquids in Packing Groups II and III with specific gravities up to 1.9.
Our liners are made from FDA approved material and are Kosher & Dairy Certified.
Totes are sold in sizes of 110 up to 330 gallons, and feature different valve options. Valve options are National Pipe Thread (NPT) or quick disconnect (cam-lock), and include different styles of valves by Schutz or Banjo to meet your exact specifications. Please see K-Tech Tote Feasibility Study.
Intellectual Property Status
K-Tech's patent has issued and includes one-of-a-kind claims, which offer the only technologies that provide a veritable market monopoly for the Company and its Licensee(s) / Partner(s). In addition, the company also has a pending patent, which will issue that covers the ability for one person to contract a 55 gallon drum as well as smaller sized drums via a built-in contraction device, which does not require the need for separate mechanical and / or vacuum devices. This patent will further envelop and expand K-Tech's already strong patent position, and will enable its Manufacturer / Investor / Licensee to acquire World-Wide Patents, if desired.
K-Tech Flex Containers of all sizes are viable and feasible to build right now and can be designed for specific applications. The Company will reveal its engineered drawings and other information with a signed Non-Disclosure.
* Our Container Systems Represent The New Standard For Shipping Liquids,
Grains, Semi-Viscous Materials, Etc.
* Containers Create A Sea-Change In The Container Industry
* "Has never been done before." ---per John Mortimer, Patent Counsel,
Wood, Philips, Chicago, IL
* Saves Up To 70% In Return Shipping Costs
* Eliminate Costly And Inefficient Metal Cages And Knock-Down Crates
* The Only System Covering Accordion Fold And Band Technologies
For Containers = No Head-To-Head Competition
* The 'Band' System, Which Runs Horizontal On Our Containers, Can
Allow One Mold (Ex. 55 gal.) To Replace The Cost Of Different-Sized
Molds (Ex. 15, 30, 55 gallons can be made from one mold)
* 330 Gallon Totes Can Also Be Made To Accommodate As Little 110
Gallons
* Multiple Options Are Possible. These Advantages Are Not Available
With Any Other Containers, Such As Knock-Down Crates
* Our Collapsible Tote Containers Are More Flexible Than Other
Containers And Reduce The Possibility Of Leakage Compared To
Rigid / Non-Rigid Collapsible Containers
* Our Collapsible Tote Containers Are The Only Containers That Can Be
Reduced In Size Via Vacuum Or Mechanical Methods
* Our Collapsible Tote Containers Are Versatile So That They Can Be
Used With Or Without Liners
* Our Collapsible Tote Containers Are More Durable Because There Are
No Mechanical Parts To Fail, Compared To Others
* Other Collapsible Tote Containers Use Hinges And Bolts That Can
Rust
* Our Flexible & Collapsible Tote Containers Adjust More Readily To
Expansion And Contraction
* Our Collapsible Tote Containers Float When Empty
* Band Technology Also Allows For The Shipping Of Increased Volume
In A Rectangular Drum, Which Covers The Same Given Space As A
Standard, Round 55 Gallon Drum (Ex. Due To Accordion Folds,
Approx. 65 Gallons Can Be Placed In A Rectangular Drum Due To
Usable Space Overlap Vs. A 55 Gallon Round)
* The Initial Nominal Increase In The Cost Of Our Larger Containers Is
Dwarfed By The Enormous Transportation Cost Savings That Our
Accordion Fold And Band Systems Generate
* These Facts Make Our Technology The Most Cost-Effective &
Environmentally Friendly Containers Ever Made
* No Other Containers Can Equal These Multiple Capabilities
Auxiliary products or services for sale:
20 ounce manufactured bottle proves principle. 55 gallon contractible drum quote, interested client identity and engineers' drawings available with Non-Disclosure Agreement. There is one issued patent and one pending patent that will issue. Seek Sale / License. To be negotiated.
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Q:
Как получить гладкие кривые в Android при рисовании по касанию?
Обработчик onTouchEvent в ACTION_MOVE рисует прямую линию к event.getX(), event.getY(). В итоге при рисовании пальцем по экрану линия получается рубленой. Как это можно исправить?
A:
Вместо event.getX(), event.getY() нужно использовать event.getHistoricalX(), event.getHistoricalY(), в цикле по i пробегая по всем точкам.
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The Sightline Housing and Urbanism team’s foremost theme of 2018 was Cascadia’s slow but sure progress toward re-legalizing modest multiple-dwelling homes on land previously locked away for suburban-style houses on big grassy lots. I add the “re” to “legalize” because historically in North American cities, duplexes, triplexes, courtyard homes, rowhouses and small apartments were sprinkled in with stand-alone houses.
Starting in the 1920s, cities began ratcheting down zoning restrictions on residences, and by the 1960s, most had banned anything but single-dwelling houses on vast swaths of their land—typically more than half of it. Re-opening these neighborhoods to more homes of all shapes and sizes is a critical part of the path to tackling our concurrent affordability and climate crises.
Let’s take a tour of Sightline’s 2018 articles that tell the latest stories.
How “lawn and driveway” zoning came to rule over cities
Here’s the play-by-play by guest author Mike Eliason on how Seattle slow walked into a housing shortage by putting more and more land off limits to multifamily homes. Likewise, check out how Portland’s 1924 and 1959 zoning ordinances, which banned apartments from much of the city, are still reflected in household incomes today, demonstrating how zoning puts up invisible walls of exclusion.
Status-quo zoning begets luxury housing
This Portland photo essay by Michael Andersen (who in May joined Sightline as a Senior Fellow) shows what happens today under status-quo single-family zoning: older, smaller houses get demolished and replaced with the biggest house that rules allow. And that’s the absolute worst outcome for affordability: a pricey McMansion for just one family with no increase in the stock of homes to help assuage the city’s housing shortage.
The gentlest density
The first step most cities take to expand housing options in areas reserved for single-family houses is legalizing mother-in-law apartments and backyard cottages, known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs). My colleague Margaret Morales penned a series explaining why ADUs are green (here, here and here), and affordable (here and here). Meanwhile, numerous Cascadian cities, large and small, moved to liberalize ADU rules—see our summary of 2018’s ADU wins for more details. In 2015, Seattle proposed a smart set of ADU updates that, frustratingly, remains mired in legal appeals filed by a wealthy neighborhood’s community council.
Rediscovering the missing middle
Cascadia’s big three—Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC—are all pushing beyond ADUs to undo bans on “missing middle” housing types—that’s the buzzword for modest multifamily homes like triplexes, rowhouses, and small apartment buildings.
In 2015, Portland started developing a proposal to re-legalize missing middle homes in single-family zones. After three years of wrangling, the planning commission in September approved a plan that would allow triplexes and, potentially, fourplexes—though it’s not law of the land until the city council adopts it, likely in summer 2019. A key concept in Portland’s approach is to let buildings with more homes be bigger than buildings with fewer homes.
In June, Vancouver, BC, announced its “Making Room” strategy to open up single-family areas citywide to missing middle. Most of the plan will be hashed out over an 18-month process, but in September the city council re-legalized duplexes on 99 percent of the city’s low-density lots. Vancouver’s October election left Making Room on shakier ground, however.
For going on two years now, Seattle has been planning to convert 6 percent of its single-family land to small-scale multifamily, but anti-housing activists have stalled adoption through a legal appeal of the umbrella Mandatory Housing Affordability program. In any case, it’s only a baby step. Seattle has yet to act on its own 2015 recommendation to end single-family zoning citywide, but in December Seattle’s planning commission called for exactly that.
Meanwhile in November, Olympia, Washington, showed up Cascadia’s big three by legalizing more types of modest multifamily dwellings citywide. And though it’s well outside Cascadia, how could we not tout Minneapolis, which in December approved a plan to permit triplexes throughout the half of the city currently restricted by zoning laws to one house per lot (the plan also eliminates parking mandates and allows bigger buildings near transit).
High costs make housing expensive (but don’t blame the developers)
In 2018 we also advanced our work connecting homebuilding costs and affordability. By mid-year, apartment rents in Seattle and Portland had plateaued, illustrating how adding new homes can turn around rising rents, and how officials can maximize these affordability gains by minimizing regulatory costs.
Drilling deeper, we teased apart the costs that go into building and operating typical new apartments in Portland and Seattle. The results bust the myth that “greedy developers” are to blame for high rents: the developer’s take typically accounts for around 10 percent of the tenant’s rent check. Overall, the studies show that market rents simply reflect the high cost of developing and running apartment buildings—and though we do have ways to reduce those costs, none of them are easy.
Our focus groups confirmed that average people are skeptical that reducing regulatory costs helps affordability, and gravitate instead toward more housing options and opportunity. Relatedly, a remarkable UCLA study revealed that much myth-busting work remains, finding that the strongest catalyst of opposition to homebuilding projects—much stronger even than concerns over parking, traffic, or neighborhood character—is the premise that developers will make “a large profit.”
More 2018 notables
Cities can build up—a lot!—and still keep lots of trees around: Seattle’s latest study of tree canopy cover showed no measurable loss of trees in the areas that absorbed almost all of the city’s 76,000 new residents and 65,000 new jobs from 2007 to 2015. Portland has also been maintaining the tree count while growing rapidly in its multifamily and commercial areas.
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Portland schools the nation on smart parking reform: In November, the city agreed to repurpose 1,000 curbside parking spaces for dedicated bus lanes, a protected bike lane network, and better crosswalks. These steps followed its August adoption of new parking policies to adjust meter prices up or down based on the number of people using them and to invest half of meter revenues in any new parking districts to support alternatives to driving there.
Guest author Erica C. Barnett served up a grab bag of innovations: how industrial land could accommodate housing; the potential for modular construction to reduce the cost of homebuilding; and using surplus publicly-owned land for affordable housing development.
Is state-level action the next big thing?
In early 2018, California legislators proposed an ill-fated bill that would have required cities to allow more housing near transit, sparking a national debate over the need for state-level action to overcome local resistance to loosening zoning restrictions. Sightline expects this approach to gain momentum, and in November published a survey of past state- and province-led efforts in Cascadia.
We are also tracking several state bills legislators are cooking up for Cascadia. Potentially on the table in 2019 in Washington: density minimums for zoning adjacent to transit, prohibition of regulatory barriers to ADUs, new funding for affordable housing through bonding against sales tax and a real estate excise tax, streamlining environmental review, and condominium warranty reform. In the works for Oregon: legalization of fourplexes, more homes, densely assembled, near transit, tenant protections, and repeal of the state ban on rent control. Portland’s planned Southwest Corridor light rail extension exemplifies the need for state mandates to liberalize zoning near transit.
You can find all of Sightline’s housing and urbanism articles here.
Catch you next year!
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To those of us who ride, the thrill of travelling by motorcycle is something that need not be explained. It is the sense of freedom, the direct contact with the environment, the total immersion in the experience as all our senses are put on high alert – and the sheer fun of it. To paraphrase Robert Pirsig in his classic book, ‘Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’, where he captures this essence with such beautiful simplicity: “When you drive a car, you are watching the movie; when you ride a motorbike, you are in the movie.”
Even to a non-rider, the idea of a long journey on a motorbike is something that evokes a sense of excitement. There is something romantic about riding across wide open plains, living out of your panniers and camping by the road. Anyone who has watched the iconic road trip movie ‘Easy Rider’ will know what I am talking about. For the motorcyclist, the call of the open road through foreign lands can sometimes prove irresistible. Yet many who feel that call hold back and don’t take the jump.
I have met many riders during my 18 months on the roads of South America, some young and fresh out of college, others enjoying their retirement. For them, either at the start or the end of their working lives, I suspect the decision to ride was a fairly straightforward one. But for those who fall into the same category as me – at a crossroads, undergoing the classic mid-life crisis – the decision can be a difficult one. For us, it feels like more is at stake, notably careers and financial security. And perhaps there is something deeper that also holds us back. Giving it all up and hitting the road can mean stepping out of a comfortable and structured lifestyle which provides us with a sense of personal identity and purpose. For those who have spent many years immersed in a career, letting go of this sense of identity and purpose can be very tough.
I chose to travel after deciding at short notice to give up a successful 18-year career in the Army when all those around me thought I would go on to greater things. I didn’t know what I wanted to do next, but I did know that I needed some time to recalibrate and reset the dials after so long in the military. I could see the constraints that such a structured lifestyle had placed upon me, in which I always had a goal and a sense of needing to prove myself. If you are not careful, you can easily lose yourself in such a lifestyle, caught up in the current and not seeing the riverbanks pass rapidly by. I knew I needed to take time out, let go of the reins a little and take stock of where life had delivered me thus far.
Of course, everyone’s personal circumstances are different. However, based on both my own experience and those of others I’ve met in similar situations, I recognise that stepping into the unknown and leaving the familiar behind can be a daunting prospect, even if the call to travel is strong. But why is it daunting? I’ve reflected a lot on this and I keep coming back to the same, rather absurd conclusion – it is basically a fear of freedom.
Removing the shackles of a routine life – the patterns you have developed that can become set in stone; the expectations of others around you which you feel obliged to fulfil; the ‘needs and musts’ of daily life such as covering the bills – opens the doors to freedom. Life on the road – with your entire home packed in your panniers or the back of the car, where you are anonymous and where the course of daily events simply cannot be fully predicted and controlled – magnifies that freedom.
For me, travelling for an extended period of time has been a profound experience. It has given me the time and more importantly the space to step back and look around, to see things differently, to reflect on what is important to me. I’ve changed my views on certain aspects of life, things I used to think were important have been put more into perspective, and some of my aspirations in life have shifted. Travel – exposure to foreign cultures and different ways of living – makes this process both easy and inevitable; you simply cannot hold on to all your old ideas when everything around you is unfamiliar and sometimes very different.
Life on the road is the perfect tonic for a control freak. Events are unpredictable and, to a degree, out of your hands. You have to learn to go with the flow. I learnt this early in my trip, when a broken transmission led to a six week wait as parts were sent from UK. Everything is fluid: roads become blocked by landslides or protestors; things get lost, stolen or broken; borders close unexpectedly; your trusted GPS takes you down the wrong road, or the apparently correct road abruptly ends in the middle of nowhere after 100km. All of these have happened to me. Back at home, in our structured routines, such events would be seen as unwelcome obstacles, sources of frustration. On the road, they are blessings: they shape the adventure; they teach you to be flexible, tolerant and embrace the unexpected; and they put other so-called ‘problems’ into perspective.
Travelling on a motorbike, rather than by car, bus or even four-by-four, amplifies this experience significantly. On a moto, the traveller is in direct contact with the world around him. Riding through a village the locals can see you, and even hear you as you shout a ‘hello” as you pass – whereas in a car you are invisible inside an impersonal metal box. You can pull up beside the road almost anywhere at a moment’s notice to seize an fleeting opportunity. On a decent adventure bike, you can access remote places, savouring the freedom of a high, lonely mountain pass, or an isolated campsite in the desert. There is an inherent simplicity to life on a moto; you can only carry the essentials in your panniers and every item has a purpose. Surrounding yourself with all that clutter which we accumulate in life and deem to be so important simply isn’t an option – and that is very liberating.
I’ve been on the road for 18 months, but a ‘big trip’ doesn’t need to be that long. I’m taking it slow; other riders have completed the same distance in a quarter of the time. And I am doing this trip having reached a major personal crossroads, stepping out of an old and long-established lifestyle with no plans for the future. I have met others on the road who have something to go back to. Some have arranged time out from their job and will return to it when the trip is over. Others have a new job awaiting them, or at least a new vision of what to do. It doesn’t have to be a case of stepping into the abyss, although I have found the experience very cathartic and transforming.
What is clear to me is that, whatever your personal circumstances, setting off on the open road to explore foreign lands, the wind in your face and your life packed into your panniers, will change you. I haven’t spoken to a single rider, either still on the road or having completed their trip, who hasn’t felt that the experience changed them for the better. Some I’ve met, who initially thought they were simply taking time out and would afterwards return to their ‘old’ lives, vowed that they were going home to make wholesale change. Travelling had given them a new perspective on things, a clearer vision of what they wanted out of life.
For me, I can’t yet see the end of this trip. It is no longer a case of ‘time out’ for me. It’s become a lifestyle in its own right. I cannot imagine giving up the sense of freedom that being on the road creates. The constant change, not knowing what is round each corner, sharpens the senses and turns up the volume on life. And perhaps most significantly, I just love riding my moto along empty, twisting mountain tracks and through breath-taking landscapes. South America is a biker’s paradise.
I offer these thoughts and observations for anyone who is feeling the call to travel, but as yet has not summoned the courage to make the jump. Tough decisions in life are usually the ones that offer the greatest reward. Life can sometimes feel like a supertanker – changing direction can feel impossible. But travelling can provide the open ocean needed to make that turn, free from obstacles and with time to find a new course.
So embrace freedom, embrace the unknown, let go of the reins of life for once. Load up your moto and hit the open road.
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Edwin Hawkins has been praising Jesus Christ in song ever since he was a kid growing up in a large East Oakland family. As a teenager he began earning money playing piano for churches in West Oakland and South Berkeley.
He played and sang while others did the preaching. They included Bishop E.E. Cleveland, at whose Ephesians Church of God in Christ on Alcatraz Avenue he recorded a hip, Latin-tinged choir arrangement of the 18th-century hymn "Oh Happy Day" that revolutionized African-American gospel music, became a pop hit, and made Hawkins an international star in 1969. Four years later, Hawkins helped his younger brother Walter — who had sung in the choir on "Oh Happy Day" and would become a major gospel music figure with his Love Center Choir's gospel-chart-topping 1975 album Love Alive — establish his own church, Love Center Ministries, at first in the living room of his parents' Oakland hills home, then in a storefront near Castlemont High School, and for the past 25 years in a former Oldsmobile dealership on International Boulevard not far from the family's old residence. The front of the two-story complex occupies an entire city block between 104th Avenue and what is now officially known as Walter Hawkins Way.
Edwin had never given much thought to preaching himself until Walter's death four years ago from pancreatic cancer, which was followed by the brief and controversial tenure of Walter's son Jamie Hawkins as Love Center's pastor. Dissention divided the congregation early on when Jamie, a keyboardist who had once served as musical director for such stars as MC Hammer, Boyz II Men, and Lauryn Hill, questioned two assistant ministers at Love Center, which had welcomed gays and lesbians since its inception, about their sexual orientations. Jamie quit after less than a year to launch his own church and, according to Edwin, took half of the church's 1,000 members with him.
"Jamie's theology was not in agreement with what Walter's calling was to this ministry," Edwin said while sitting in a car in the Love Center parking lot waiting for someone to unlock the doors for a Thursday evening rehearsal. "It wasn't as open to receiving everybody. I heard a preacher say the other day, 'God's not looking for perfection because He's already perfect. He's looking for those who are not perfect so He can create them the way he wants.' It's not up to men to judge, which I think Jamie did. He created a lot of problems."
Edwin and Walter were practically inseparable throughout their lives. Walter often performed as a member of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, and Edwin played keyboards for the Love Center Choir and toured with Walter Hawkins and the Family, a group that included their sisters Carol, Feddie, and Lynette. Edwin, Walter, Carol, and Feddie lived together in a white mansion surrounded by almond trees and corn fields for eight years in Ripon, a rural Central Valley town between Manteca and Modesto, until Walter's death. Edwin currently lives in Pleasanton.
"He's missed tremendously," Edwin said of his late brother. "That kind of loss you don't get over. You adjust to it to some degree. He was not only my brother but my best friend, my pastor, my musical companion."
Edwin served briefly as assistant pastor during Love Center's early stages. "I stepped back because we got other ordained ministers involved," he said. "I knew that my place was not as assistant pastor, but I was there in the music department. We worked closely together putting the music together, putting the choir together, making sure thinks ran smoothly in the ministry."
Two years ago, in order to carry on the Hawkins family legacy at Love Center, Edwin finally became a preacher himself and now delivers Sunday morning sermons on a rotating schedule with co-pastors Sandy Coleman and Ronnie McFarland.
"You decide to answer the call or you decide to obey or you decide to do what God has been calling you to do for some time," he explained. "It's not something you necessarily feel emotionally, but spiritually you know in your mind and in your heart where you're supposed to be. It just hit home when I knew my brother was no longer here, that he was gone, that I had to be the one — one of the ones, anyway — to step in and help pastor."
Inside Love Center's cavernous sanctuary, after he and four other members of the Praise Team went over several praise-and-worship selections for the congregation to sing on Sunday morning, Edwin, his sister Feddie, Rusty Watson, and pianist Patrick Sturgis worked out harmony parts for "Try Christ," one of Walter's lesser known compositions. Choir director Watson would later teach the parts to the 45-voice Love Center Choir in preparation for a concert on Sunday, June 22, that will kick off the weeklong Edwin Hawkins & Walter Hawkins Music & Arts Love Fellowship Conference being held through Friday, June 27, at the church and at the Hilton Airport Oakland hotel.
Originally launched in San Francisco in 1979 as the Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar, the annual event has since been held in cities throughout the United States. In bringing together gospel singers and instrumentalists, both amateur and professional, from around the country, the gathering also served as a career launching pad for such prominent gospel singers as Yolanda Adams, John P. Kee, and Shun Pace. Seven albums of music recorded during the conferences have been issued to date, and six more, Edwin said, remain in the can.
Starting Monday, the church will host classes in such subjects as vocal technique, keyboard technique, choir decorum and directing, songwriting, the business of gospel music, history of gospel music, drama, and sacred dance. Free concerts featuring conference participants and guest choirs will take place at 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the church, and a free concert in which all participants will join together as a mass choir, along gospel singing stars Donald Lawrence, Chrystal Rucker, and Richard Smallwood, will happen next Friday.
Edwin has been inactive as a recording artist for more than a decade, but he remains in demand as a performer. Last Tuesday, for instance, he helped Harlem's Apollo Theater celebrate its eightieth birthday by singing "Oh Happy Day" on a bill that also included Gladys Knight, the Isley Brothers, and Human Nature. He hopes, however, to issue a recording of next Friday's concert and other projects on his own My Song label.
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