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I have made a few rudimentary quilts and I am by no means any kind of expert but darn Rachael that is beautiful! I can only imagine the hours of patience and work you have put into that piece!
You have very talented hands and congratulations on the Houston show and meeting the goal for the museum. ^5
Tina xo
Rachael ~ I am so happy for you! You were already an excellent artist years ago when we first became online friends. Your amazing talent has flourished even more over the years. Good luck at the Quilt Festival! xoxo
Hi Tina~ Hi Lana! THANKYOU both so very much!
xoxoxo rachael
Rachael,
I am tickled pick for you!! Such a wonderful honor and opportunity. I will keep my fingers, toes, arms, legs and eyes crossed for you, (except when I am driving of course). All your work are treasures. And your dedication to our textile historical past is inspirational.
Congrats again.
Donna
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Social Media Bootcamp
In this introductory session, suitable for all beginners to social media, Cumbrian internet marketer Paul Teague will give you an overview of the key social media channels and help you to use them better in your business.
Content covered during this beginner-friendly training:
• Why should you bother with social media?
• The three most compelling reasons to use social media in your business
• The 'Magnificent 7' of social media and when to use them
• Big social media mistakes
• What (and what not) to do on social media
• How to engage your audience on social media
• Social media legal pitfalls
• Social media time management tools
PLUS Ask any questions that you want to in order to help you to select the correct social media channels to use in your business and any troubleshooting queries that you may have.
About Paul Teague Paul Teague is a social and digital marketer. He worked for the BBC for 18 years and was responsible for setting up the original BBC Cumbria website, working with his team to win two international web awards. Paul has sold thousands of digital products online since leaving the BBC in 2010. He is now a self-published author who writes thrillers and sci-fi novels as well as non-fiction titles on social and digital topics.
£65+vat for Chamber Members, Non-Members £120+vat (Cost includes a sandwich lunch and refreshments)
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Northern music over the years has produced quite a number of very good lyricist and singers ranging from the big names of old; Abu Sadick, Sirina Issah and co to contemporary artistes such as Don Sigli, Lamalee and IsRahim.
Singing is core in music as evident from ancient times.The art involves strong lyrics, vocal, style and flair.
Healthy competition is healthy for any music industry, and so, many have attempted comparing singers in the northern music industry.
Well, forget all you have heard for this, is the truth.
First on the list for the Top Five Singers from 2016 is Fancy Gadam.
Fancy Gadam, has no doubt proven that he is the best singer in the northern industry. His lyrics are always on point, vivid, and
strong. Fancy Gadam sings like not singing, and that is the magic about his singing. He doesn’t have the best of voices but his melodies are always soothing and his lyrics as well as his styles of delivery make all his listeners singers. In a rapper’s palance, you’ll say ” he murders all beats”. In his single hits Takahi and Nawuni Yiko , you can hear the smooth and sweet delivery of his lyrics just like the orthodox singer: sweet soft voice and melody. Whiles in his Champion Boy and Tikuzami hit singles, you feel the rough voice of Fancy Gadam with his strong lyrics. Who is more versatile in singing than him ? Fancy Gadam even murders his colleagues who feature him in their tracks; #5Lessons from Israhim and #Jeje from One9ra are there for you . He deservedly takes the number one spot.
Number two spot goes to the grandpa of northern singers -Don Sigli.
Many would argue he took the number one spot for his voice and lyrics but singing goes beyond just the two. However, Don Sigli is undoubtedly a very good singer and an asset for northen music. His hits after hits from old times to date always have his fans in awe. His voice is his number one asset. Don Sigli comes with very good lyrics too and mostly all his tracks are hits. His latest biggest hit #Wumpini and cover up track #Nasara attest to his vocal and lyrical dexterity. He is not number one because of his dormant versatility however, he gives us a jist of what he can do in a feature with Double Tee #ChopAm. His style is classic.
As said, singing is an ancient art and has been defined and appreciated by many to date. Very good singers have always achieved great successes. Mention can be made of Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Wizkid, P-Square and many more across the globe. This means we have lots of examples to assess ours.
The list continues…
Number three spot goes to the Mama Born King star; One9ra.
One9ra was relatively unknown until the latter parts of 2016. Hitherto, he had released #InShaaAllah with the legend Kawastone. The Boss Family singer is new and growing very fast in the industry. His singing prowess is his greatest strengths. One9ra with his Nigerian accent has a good voice and is maturing in his lyrics. He is composed and undoubtedly has a great future in the art. The #Jeje hitmaker controls his melodies and is apt in delivery. You can rely on him for a very good verses and chorus in any track. His track #NewDay and #WhoBiDatBabe with Double Tee attest to that. He is growing steadily and can take over soon. Focus should be his focus.
Riding still on lyrics, vocal, style and flair, IsRahim sits number four on the chart of the top five singers in northern music.
The #Biegya champion has sent strong signal of his singing skills to music lovers. IsRahim with lyrics, is good . His melodies are superb and his voice, a versatile element. He is like Gadam, usually a comparism he avoids , in delivery but is static and a not so fast a learner. The #5Lessons hitmaker has lots of potential in the art and the industry with an ambitious management.
Number five on the Top Five Singers in Northern Music Industry is Kawastone .
The veteran singer is one of the best ever singers the northern industry has even produced. His expertise in singing is as evident as the sun on a sunny day. His lyrics are always on point and his voice delivery is always apt. Kawastone presents singing in a very orthodox style. His flair has slacked off over the years due to a short period of retirement from the art. The legend is however back with #InShaaAllah with One9ra, #NawuniKatiDumba with Maccasio both tracks which show that though he is old, he is gold.
This rounds up the chart of the Top Five Singers in Northern Music Industry.
The writer, Lansah Lawrence, is a fan of good music and a student of arts with keen interest in the stir within the northern industry.
Northern music is growing and so the expectations of its fans are rising. Healthy competition is keeping the artistes on their toes to produce only thier best. Music fans should look out for Lamalee and the latest singing sensation, Afro Ma Nigger. Catch up will happen soon.
North must grow !!
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Touch me and feel the shock.
Hold me so I won’t fall.
I am but a statue
I bend from your love’s pull.
Caress my heart
And cool my blood.
Own my soul
And sing the songs of old.
I will dance to your soothing hymn.
My blood shall follow its rhythm.
Oh ! keeper of my heart,
Polish it with the grease of love
So my feeble heart, so soft
Like the towers across your bust,
Will know no rust.
I would love you
Till after forever.
©Lansah Lawrence
Feb. 2017.
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After two highly successful courses, The Workshop at Macys (NYSE:M),
the retailers innovative business of fashion program begins accepting
applications for the next class on Friday, Sept. 28 via
macysinc.com/workshop. With an aim of mentoring and fostering growth
with up-and-coming minority- and women-owned businesses, The Workshop at
Macys hopes to help these enterprises achieve and sustain positive and
successful vendor relationships. This industry-first initiative, which
began in spring of 2011, has already resulted in six current vendor
relationships with previous graduates, who have seen their unique goods
hit the market at select Macys stores across the nation.
We are very excited to kick off the application process for the next
Workshop class, said Shawn Outler, Macys group vice president of
Leased Businesses, Vendor Collaboration and Multicultural Business
Development. This program was created to develop minority- and
women-owned businesses that make great product, but need real-world
knowledge and experience in the arena of a large scale nationwide
retailer. This program helps reinforce Macys long-standing commitment
to vendor diversity and to providing customers with unique goods and
services that meet their lifestyle.
The Workshop at Macys is a four and one-half-day intensive training
course developed by a consortium of experts from Macys Learning &
Development, Macys Multicultural Merchandising and Vendor Development,
Babson College, the nations leading business school for
entrepreneurship, and with select Macys Macys
own vendor community, often bringing unique goods/trend perspectives to
stores across the country.
The Workshop at Macys allows selected participants to collaborate with
fellow aspiring vendors, gain access to industry experts and solicit
one-on-one business coaching. The course work includes classes on
merchandising and assortment planning, marketing, EDI, financial
management and access to capital.
The inaugural Workshop saw more than 1000 applicants, 22 of which were
selected for the program. Businesses ranged from makeup/skincare
companies to confectionaries, home textiles and ready-to-wear designers.
The most recently wrapped Workshop at Macys featured 17 new businesses.
Built as a long-term program to cultivate potential new vendors, as of
this month, six of those businesses have begun selling products at
Macys stores and online at macys.com. The Workshop team continues to
follow all past participants as they progress through the opportunities
outlined during the course for potential graduation to Macys vendor
status.
New applications will be accepted beginning on Sept. 28, 2012. Feb. 3, 2013
by 11:59 p.m. ET. All information
including full program requirements are available online at.
All eligible applications will be reviewed and select applicants will be
asked to attend an in-person interview. Final selections will be made
after all prospective candidates are interviewed. The program will take
place in New York City in early May of 2013.
For more information on The Workshop at Macys, please visit.
About Macys Macys media materials, images and contacts, please visit our online
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Five50 Pizza Bar
3730 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109 (Directions)
Inside the Aria
The chef at Sage, Shawn MClain, plans to open his Five50 Pizza Bar at the Aria in the summer of 2013 The name comes from the oven and the clock — the temperature at which the pizza is baked and the time happy hour starts at the bar. The menu will feature East Coast and Sicilian-style pizzas in the old Skybox Sports Bar & Grill space adjoining the Aria's race and sports book. (Read about the plans.) | https://lasvegassun.com/places/five50-pizza-bar/ | 2018-10-15T18:11:26 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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The couple allegedly connected to the kidnapping of still-missing 20-year-old Heather Elvis will head to court Monday in Conway, South Carolina. Husband Sidney Moorer was scheduled for a 10 a.m. hearing on an obstruction of justice charge in connection to the case, while wife Tammy Moorer will appear in court at 11 a.m. for a contempt of court charge. She was accused of violating a gag order.
Elvis disappeared in 2013, but she hasn’t turned up yet. Mr. Moorer stood trial for the kidnapping in 2016, but that ended in hung jury. The obstruction of justice charge stems from an allegation that he tried to stop investigators from finding her. Murder charges against the couple were dismissed in 2016.
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fourth week on being an au pair in England. I have figured out a lot of things so far. Food , laundry , kids , how to take the train , how to get drunk and throw up in a taxi , stuff like that.
My hands are cold a lot . My heart hasn’t got the hang of beating at the right pace yet.
I cling to the thought of getting better. It has to get better.
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LaVetta began her career as an educator when she was still a child…in her own neighborhood…in Hays, Kansas. In addition to babysitting, she loved being in the role of teacher; during long summer days she and the children in the neighborhood presented many programs and plays, under her direction. Those programs began with LaVetta’s ideas and excitement to educate others, and to then share the learning. This is still true today. Her desire to learn and share is what motivated her to open The Learning for Life Center in 1998.
As a Mentor/ Life Coach, LaVetta works with adults and children individually, in person in her office, on the phone, or remotely via Skype and Zoom platforms. She is not a therapist; she is an educator! The root word of education means “to draw out.” This is LaVetta’s goal; to facilitate the “drawing out” of every individual, their unique style of learning and then helping them to learn to communicate compassionately with themselves and others.
In addition to her private practice, she is available to provide in-service training, seminars,and workshops for various organizations (schools, businesses, and churches.) As a “facilitator of learning” along with her partner,Verne Brien, the “faux silly-tater,” she offers a variety offerings which include Team Building, Compassionate Communication, Self Integration, and Authentic Movement. (See the tab for a listing of presentations and workshops.)
LaVetta’s study of Non-violent/ Compassionate Communication with Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, has been central to her work since she met him in the 80’s. He was a student of Carl Rogers, and LaVetta is a student of Marshall’s. She feels empowered and honored to carry on the sharing of this simple/ yet elegant 4 part model of communication. It allows people to authentically and clearly express feelings and needs with clarity, choice, and compassion. LaVetta has received training in Self Integration from the Center for Human Potential in Sedona, Arizona. In addition she is a Feng shui, Consultant and is certified through the Interior Alignment School of Feng Shui, and her teachers; Denise Linn, and Laurie Bornsteirn. She often incorporates yoga, and Authentic Movement into her traninings and workshops. Authentic Movement Work, which allows participants to explore the inner landscpes of their bodyminds, s based on the initiative and system developed by Mary Whitehouse.
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We talk a lot about systems here. And I’m actually in the air right now, flying to the Mastermind Event, where I’ll be doing a Master Class on duplication. And a big part of that will be discussing how to build the right system.
But here’s some intriguing food for thought…
Right now do you need to be focused on building the system – or letting the system build you?
Hmmmm…
-RG
13 thoughts on “Food for Thought”
If the system is in place, and it’s working, WORK it and don’t reinvent the wheel. Success leaves clues, as they say!
Most people go through the phase of thinking they can do it better. I sure did. But once I decided to drop my own ego and see what was working, and plug in there, everything changed!
Have fun in Houston!
EXPECT Success!
Jackie Ulmer
I was in a system where you have to go through hours of training to convince your “online purchased leads” to watch another “selling & convincing” video.
I put my ego aside and played along.
Then one of my uplines yelled at me because I wasn’t following HIS version of the system – he wanted me to tell the “puchased leads” upfront that this is “Internet MLM” (Whatever that means……?) first then convince them to watch “Brilliant Compensation”.
I swallowed my ego so that I can be teachable…… I got to thank this Egoistic upline, I left the group and now am in the “focus to build the system” category.
I think everyone should think about this – Almost everyone feels there has to be a better way, but as the old saying goes “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” Follow the system, follow the system, follow the system!!
I was really looking forward to the event Randy and to meet you. However I had something come up and had to give my VIP tickets to Richard Mendez. Look for him and teach him a thing or two!!!! Have a great event!
It’s much easier to let the system do the work. But Randy, what if one operates in a place where there’s no system. What would you suggest?
If that’s really the case, then you need to immerse yourself in my Mega-MLM program and implement all that. -RG
What if there are 5 people who are very succesful in NM (let’s assume they each make ($100,000.00 per month), and they all have different systems:How does a “rookie”evaluates which one is the best for him,if the upline doesn’t have one.
The system has to be set up so that you enjoy it! Much like any other business, assuming you don’t make a large blunder in how you get your leads, success mostly comes down to being persistent! With this in mind, there is no perfect system, just one that works best for you mixed with hard work and determination! Not sexy, but true!
Hi Randy,
I do not know what to say but have a great time!
Hey Randy,
It’s seems to me that the The Mastermind Event will be great and
impessive, because all the big names in MLM are goung to be there.
About the system we build a system which supposedto work for us.
When any system is useless we change it to a useful one, and then
duplicate the system.
we must build system.
Wencel
Systems are duplicatable, people aren’t.
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Congratulations to Rui Chang!
Rui Chang just left to start his new lab at Yale! Best of luck to him, and glad that he is still relatively close by!
Rui Chang just left to start his new lab at Yale! Best of luck to him, and glad that he is still relatively close by!
Welcome new postdocs Nao Horio, GaYoung Lee, Soohong Min, Jinfei Ni, Chen Ran and Chuchu Zhang!
Congratulations to Qian and Rui for securing faculty positions! Qian obtained an Independent Investigator position at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, while Rui will begin a faculty position at Yale this fall. Best of luck! We will miss you!
....for their paper in Cell!!!!
'Sensory neurons that detect stretch and nutrients in the digestive system'
Here is a nice HMS news story from Liz Cooney:
We are excited to have Sara Prescott join the lab after a terrific PhD thesis at Stanford with Joanna Wysocka.
Congratulations to Swathi for receiving the Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship, to Rui for getting a fellowship from the American Heart Association, to Nikhil for receiving the Damon Runyon Fellowship, and to Ben for obtaining an NRSA.
Good luck with the rest of medical school! We hope your extensive knowledge base on the vagus nerve comes in handy.
Congratulations to Qian Li, Yaw Tachie-Baffour, Zhikai Liu, Maude Baldwin, and our colleague Andrew Kruse for their paper in eLife, 'Non-classical amine recognition evolved in a large clade of olfactory receptors'.
Congratulations to Rui Chang, who was given the Outstanding Post-doc Award by the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, as part of National Post-doc Appreciation Week.
Wishing you the best of luck as you move forward with your career. We will miss you here!
Congratulations to Rui, Dave, Erika, and Ben for their paper in Cell which describes the genetic identification of vagal sensory neurons that differentially control breathing. Please find a summary of this work in HMS news:
Congratulations to Maude Baldwin, and colleagues Yasuka Toda, Tomoya Nakagita, Mary O'Connell, Kirk Klasing, Takumi Misaka, and Scott Edwards for their publication in Science on hummingbird taste!
A nice perspective from Gary Beauchamp and Peihua Jiang:
News stories:
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Congratulations to David Ferrero, and our collaborators Ashiq Hussain, Luis Saraiva, and Sigrun Korsching for their PNAS paper! This work describes zebrafish TAAR13c as an olfactory receptor for the death-associated odor cadaverine.
Here is a write-up in BBC News:
and the Harvard Gazette:…;
Congratulations to David Ferrero, Qian Li, Dheeraj Roy, and our good friends and collaborators Marc Spehr and Kazushige Touhara for their recent Nature paper. This work identified ESP22 as a juvenile pheromone that inhibits sexual behavior through the vomeronasal system.
More information can be found in articles from:
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The Scientist:...
NBC News:...
And a video interview of the lab, "Tears for Fears":
Congratulations to Dr. David Ferrero, who successfully defended his thesis in record time (n=1). We are proud of you, although this is a bitter sweet moment- you will be missed. We wish you the best of luck moving forward!
Welcome to BBS graduate student Zecai ('CC') Liang, who joined the lab, and is excited to study pheromone responsive neural circuits! Also, congratulations on passing your PQE!
Congrats to Qian Li and colleagues for their paper in Current Biology: "Synchronous evolution of an odor biosynthesis pathway and behavioral response"!
For more information, see an article at HMS News:
and a Dispatch from Current Biology:
Congratulations to Dheeraj Roy, and our colleagues Gilad Barnea and Stavros Lomvardas for their recent paper in PNAS:
Welcome to our new lab research assistant: Yaw Baffour, who comes to us by way of Ghana and Columbia University. Also welcome back to our master fisherman, Adan Horta, who is returning for the summer SHURP program before his senior year at Vanderbilt!
Steve and Brad Lowell just received the Harvard/MIT Joint Research Grants Program in Basic Neuroscience for their collaboration, "Molecular and genetic analysis of the vagus nerve".…
Congratulations to David, Miguel, Maude, and our Scripps friends for their new paper on TAAR ligands and structure!
"Agonists for 13 TAARs provide insight into the molecular basis of odor selectivity"
Last year's SHURP summer student Miguel Roque was accepted to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine! Congratulations!
We are excited that Erika Williams has joined the lab as an MD-PhD student! Welcome!
Alex Kuznik visits us for 6 months from Aachen, Germany, so it is quite possible that he is a Charlemagne descendent. Alex is a joint master's student with our good friend Marc Spehr.
Congratulations to David Ferrero and all of our colleagues for their PNAS paper!
PNAS link to David's paper, "Detection and avoidance of a carnivore odor by prey"
Story in Nature news: "The smell of a meat-eater"
Harvard Focus magazine: "The smell of danger"
Harvard Systems Biology blog: "The fear chemical?"
Physorg.com:....
HMS Podcast available on iTunes:...
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If you were one of the lucky Supervising Agents who attended Leadership Academy 101 in September at the Home Office in McKinney, you got to hear from Agency Owner Clint McLain.
Implementing Effective Systems to Grow with Liberty National
Clint shared some of the secrets to his success, and emphasized how implementing systems and training leads to more activity for Agents.
“You can’t only be good at recruiting. You have to be good at training,” Clint told the crowd.
Clint thinks real results stem from strategy and execution. He knows that in order to build a career you must focus on building an Agency and use the systems that are proven effective.
Recognizing What it Takes to Achieve Results
“The more people we help protect, the more income we make,” Clint told attending SAs.
Clint has the opportunity within his leadership role to help others build profitable and meaningful careers. He challenged #LLA101 attendees to rise up and have consistent rhythm every day of the week to achieve the sales they desire.
Clint has been an Agency Owner since 2007, and a repeating member of the Council of Champions. Can you take Clint’s advice and apply it to your own daily business?
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6 to 10 Years Old: What Doesn't Work
- Shaming a child. When your 10-year-old is crying because you will not buy her expensive sneakers, refrain from telling her, "You're acting like a baby." This may lead to self-confidence issues because it communicates that the child's emotions are bad, therefore she is flawed. It is important to acknowledge a child's wish and be accepting of his or her emotional reaction even when saying no.
- Cutting off a conversation. If a child asks for a privilege and you are unwilling to discuss it with him, he will feel enraged. Maintaining an open dialogue is important for a healthy relationship between parent and child.
- Using severe punishments. Punishments should fit the crime. If your child misses one homework assignment, taking away television for a week would be extreme. One evening to help him catch up would suffice. | https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/family/parenting/parenting-tips/discipline-and-limit-setting9.htm | 2018-10-15T16:45:21 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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The first time my mom took me school shopping,
she suggested I have a fashion show for Daddy.
I twirled around in my new plaid dress
until my eye caught the look
of disappointment on my father’s face
When I turned to look at him,
his eyes fell to the floor and he asked,
“Why are you dressing her in men’s clothes?”
She said they weren’t men’s clothes–they were plaid dresses which was what all the little girls were wearing. Daddy asked her to take the clothes back. Mom said it wouldn’t matter because it was the only style in the stores at the time. As they continued to argue about my new clothes, I lowered my head and slunk back to my room. There was no use in trying on another dress, everything we bought—including my lunchbox was plaid.
This was my first experience with male headship. No one called it that, but I began to pick up these messages after this encounter.
1. It’s Wrong to Dress Like a Man
As I grew older I was told that long hair was given to a woman for a covering and it was wrong to cut it. I was not allowed to wear jeans because they were men’s clothing and it would be a dishonor to God for me to dress like a man. I once started to hand my little brother a purple towel, but I was told not to give him purple. This confused me.
While I was not to dress like a boy, I was also not encouraged to wear many girly things because they fit into the category of vanity. All nail polish, makeup, and jewelry were forbidden. I was once threatened with belting for wearing tinted chapstick. I was told it was inappropriate to show any skin at all or swim with boys and I was taught that what I wore might cause some boy to sin, so I had to be modest at all times.
2. Men Are Superior
In my family of origin, it was a man’s world. Women were given a supporting role. Men got to make the rules and decide what you wear and if they didn’t like it, they could make you take it back.
The issue of my Dad being in charge went beyond clothing. It covered just about any part of my life. It meant that food must be ready the minute my dad came in the door. That if he was in a bad mood, I had to tiptoe on eggshells and do whatever he wanted or I would be belted. Sometimes it seems I was belted just because he was in a bad mood. When I was small, my mom used to say she hated it when my dad punished me in anger, but she didn’t stand up for me because they were a team and they had a pact to remain in agreement even when they weren’t.
When it came to music, I could only listen to music my father approved or if he was in a good mood. I have been belted several times in my life for listening to music. I’m not talking about rowdy music, I’m talking Amy Grant and John Denver. Meanwhile, my dad like the song “You picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, Lucille.” If that was not patriarchal I am not sure what is and I sided with Lucille. If all a man wants you for is to cook and have babies then it hardly seemed fair. perhaps I felt this way because I was the oldest and had enough of changing my siblings’ dirty diapers and fixing their bottles. Of course, if a woman wants to do these things by choice, then that’s a different story. The idea is for every woman to be able to make her own choices just like every man does.
In order to keep control of me, my parents decided to keep me out of school to protect me from getting contaminated by the world. Basically, I stayed home and worked as their slave for most of my teen years. From an early age, I was expected to bake six loaves of bread every week, do a large portion of the housework, cook large meals for a family of six and babysit my siblings. But they never bought me one book to help me get my GED.
3. Women Are Not as Spiritual as Men
My mom never did anything to lead our family in prayer or worship. She actually never did anything my dad didn’t want her to do. She deferred to him in everything except cooking and cleaning. In that realm, she was in charge, but she still had to have supper ready when he was ready to eat. Everything in our home rotated around my father’s moods. We were not a quivering family, but my parents’ had specific expectations for women and they did not include me learning to be independent.
The weird thing was that my father once told me that he felt bad because his mother never learned to drive and said he wanted me to learn to drive and have a way to make a living, but somewhere between his ideals and reality he didn’t teach me to drive. Another time he told me if my husband ever asked me what I wanted to do, I should have an opinion and not act passively. I got the idea from both of my parents that my opinion mattered—but only as long as it agreed with theirs.
It’s the saddest mystery in my life that my father actually tried to encourage me to be a strong woman, but then told me not to be like other strong women we met. When a woman showed leadership, my parents said she wore the pants in the family. If a woman didn’t have children, she was called selfish. If the pastor’s wife worked for a living, she was called worldly and material minded. The women we met were none of these things, but to a young girl, this made an impression that I had no right to do anything but be a housewife and child bearer.
Nowhere was this idea of men in charge more obvious than when it came to what we believed about God. My mom taught me to trust God and obey and I will always have a special place in my heart for her loving ways of teaching me about Jesus as a small child, but as I got older, my dad was the only one in charge of worship and then only if he was in the mood.
My maternal grandmother was a Bible worker who brought nearly a hundred people into the church in her lifetime, but my father never agreed with her about God. If Grandma began to teach me something she was reading about, it almost always guaranteed that my dad would end up in an argument with her. When we drove away, he would say she never went to theology school and didn’t know what she was talking about. It wasn’t until I was in my forties that I discovered my grandmother had a much better picture of God than I had grown up with. She was powerless to speak to me much about it during my childhood, but she still tried to give me the crumbs under the table.
4. Women Don’t Need to Get an Education
The place my father’s control affected my life the most after his spiritual control was my education. My going to school was never a priority for my dad. I was jerked in and out of schools with every move until the day he decided giving me an education was too much work. Then we had no schooling at all. During my teen years, I was told to tell people at our church I was being homeschooled, but they never bought the books. If I asked for books and complained about not keeping up with kids my age, I was called spoiled and selfish.
When I finally went to college, I had few career choices that seemed acceptable to my family. My interests included psychology which was considered evil, becoming a pastor which was out because my father had tried to talk me out of attending the Christian University I chose because they had a woman preacher. And there was no way I could consider anything in the medical field because I had never had science since the sixth grade. It seems that from my father’s perspective, my obvious career choices we just as inappropriate as those plaid dresses he wanted my mother to take back. Because I was so unprepared, college turned out to be a very confusing and depressing time in my life.
If I gave the impression my father didn’t love me, that’s not true, but there was this dichotomy between his words and his behavior. My mother contributed to my role expectations too because she told me in third grade that my mind (like hers) was not made for math. This sort of justification for sexism really confuses a young girl and makes her wonder if she can be good at anything besides cooking and cleaning.
This blog has explained the subtly of male headship to a child. Others have had a much more brutal treatment, but I certainly needed to reframe these events in my life to gain a better perspective. I don’t believe that what I experienced is the norm. Many children who grow up with male headship struggle in different ways. If you are one of those, please feel free to share your experience with me, I would love to hear your story.
Did you grow up with different rules and expectations for girls and boys?
How is it affecting your life today? | https://littleredsurvivor.com/2015/06/19/a-young-girls-perspective/ | 2018-10-15T17:06:48 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Do you want to know how we achieved 100% reuse of our business logic across all these platforms? How we implemented authentication for the mobile and web apps? How we stored relational and blob data in a secure and efficient manner? All these questions and more will be answered in this workshop, delivered by the people who wrote the code and know it best. | https://live360events.com/events/orlando-2017/sessions/friday/maf01-workshop-modern-app-deep-dive.aspx | 2018-10-15T18:01:47 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
“). Love alone is an action and I believe God doesn’t need for us to do these things but allows us to because of how it affects our heart.
For the last 10-months I have been learning what it means to be the right one instead of focusing on finding the right one – a husband. This journey of being the right one hasn’t been easy. I had to do some work. I had to humble myself before Jesus and say, “I’ve been wrong in my way of thinking and I need you to teach me your ways.”
Most girls dream of finding the “right one.” I have had my share of wrong ones but I always thought the wrong ones were helping determine what I really desired in a mate. We’re taught to make a list of what we want, test each person against that list and don’t compromise on the things we’re looking for in someone. The years go by and we don’t find the “right one” because no one seems to meet our list.
Through a relationship series at church I was challenged by the thought of becoming the right one instead of praying for the right one. I had no idea where to start to become the right one. What does that even mean – the right one?
I had to start somewhere so I began by establishing healthy habits. I started getting up every morning to workout. This helped build confidence in my appearance because let’s be honest while we all want our personality to shine a guy sees the outward appearance first. Give him a little time he will see your awesome personality but we’re all human and we like pretty (or handsome) things. Getting up so early meant I needed to establish a reasonable bedtime. I can’t look presentable without adequate rest and looks aside we’re more equipped to make good decisions with rest – not being tired is one less distraction in your day. I think you get the point about healthy habits. I could go on and on about the healthy changes I made but this process wasn’t about making my appearance more desirable it was about changing my heart towards relationships.
With an established bedtime and morning alarm I was prepared to manage my time better and focus my efforts instead of taking every volunteer opportunity presented to me. I took control of my calendar and used my time to only volunteer for those things that aligned with my calling. When you are in your sweet spot you feel better about yourself and fulfilled. Focusing my efforts also helped confirm my calling to serve the homeless community in Charlotte. With my calling confirmed I knew I wouldn’t compromise if a potential mate suggested otherwise. Lesson here, figure out what you love doing outside of work. I don’t believe our job was ever meant to sustain us especially because God created us to serve and love his people.
Knowing that loving my neighbor is one of the greatest commands I took it very seriously. For purposes of this post my neighbor is anyone I met, hung out with or served on the streets. I surrounded myself with people (read: community) – people different than me, saw life from a different perspective, Christian and non-Christians – there were no boundaries. It’s easy to keep living life the same when you only let people who are like you into your “community” but when you expand your community beyond those like you I promise your view on life will grow. Isn’t that why I started this journey of becoming the right one – to grow into the right person for someone only God was preparing for me?
And finally and most importantly I took every decision, thought and feeling to God. On those days when life seemed to be beating me up, when I was lonely or didn’t like learning to be the right one – I told him. Sometimes very passionately but I kept it real. I’m not done with the process of becoming the right one because new seasons will come that challenge my character but I did the work, with God’s help I laid a solid foundation that will sustain me in the new seasons.
For all my single friends I would challenge you to ask yourself, “If you’re the right one,” and for my married friends (congrats) but are you being the right one for your spouse. It doesn’t stop when you find your mate; if anything you need to fight harder to be the right one because marriage brings many more distractions than singleness. Put the work in friends.
One thought on “How I found the right one.”
Becoming the right one. Lots of hard work and soul searching. You have grown so much in the past two years. I believe there is the perfect Godly man out there for you. You’re becoming the right one brings you closer to the right man. God is in charge of this entire process and I pray for His guidance every day. Love you, Mom | https://liveonmissionblog.com/2015/03/10/how-i-found-the-right-one/ | 2018-10-15T17:58:09 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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There’s no place like a modern farmhouse to call home. It’s cozy, but not too country. It’s natural, but not too rustic. It’s the happy medium - and we do mean happy - between chic and comfortable. This style beckons you in to sit down and stay awhile. Use these 11 pieces to create the covetable look everyone’s really into right now.
Charming Shiplap
You've seen it everywhere by now, but you may be asking what exactly is shiplap? Shiplap was traditionally used on sheds, barns and cottages, but there has been a recent craze of bringing it inside. Because it can withstand moisture, shiplap is a great interior paneling for bathrooms. Its strong lines and bright white finish also work on accent walls, backsplashes and fireplace frames.
Mr. Piggy
Is a farmhouse really complete without at least one barnyard animal putzing about? Enter our handsome Mr. Piggy. He’s a contemporary (and cruelty-free) take on animal wall mounts and a true conversation piece. Browse all eight colors (including metallic gold, bronze and silver) before you buy.
Industrial Lighting
Most industrial-style fixtures are chock-full of dark metal. This particular fixture is more refined with a glass shade and nickel hardware. Install it with an Edison-style bulb for a warm, vintage vibe.
Hygge
Warm and fuzzy describe all the farmhouse feels, so don’t forget to roll out a soft rug to cushion those hardwood floors. This simple Scandinavian style area rug is super plush with a soothing palette of white and gray.
Mix Metal With Wood
Modern farmhouse style is relaxed, but not lazy. Wire baskets keep everything in its place. The visible contents adds some visual interest to standard storage. Use one in the bathroom to toss extra toilet paper rolls, one in the laundry room for soles without mates and one in the kids’ room as a toy box.
Grainy Textiles
Plop this pillow on your sofa or a spare dining chair for some French country flair. The linen fabric with thin blue stripes and a printed cafe sign is elegantly down to Earth.
Color Here and Color There
There’s a happy surprise hiding in this tile. Look closely and you’ll find tiny spring flowers making up this mosaic. A modern farmhouse doesn’t have to be black and white. Small, but evenly distributed splashes of color (hint: backsplash, fresh flowers, textiles and artwork) can bring your design to life.
Down-Home Decor
A little Southern twang and a pea-sized pun goes a long way in improving our mood. Ditch the rooster motif for this personality-laced tea towel in the kitchen. It’s equal parts cute and functional. Nothing in a farmhouse should ever be too delicate to touch, so don’t hesitate to use this towel to mop up dribbles. It’s machine washable!
Mod Matte Black
Punctuate your farmhouse foundation with one modern detail per room. Try starting with matte black accents and fixtures because they match everything. Here’s one for the kitchen. You’ll love the handy pull-down faucet.
White Enamelware
These carafes are super simple with classic black labels and a clean white finish that’ll brighten any dark corner on your countertop. Each holds 16 ounces of oil and vinegar. Keep them near the stove to make cooking a lot easier and a little more fun.
Calling All Copper Lovers
Warm metal is having a moment and this flatware is a way to bring the trend home. The hammered handles have a cool curve to them and a polished finish that’ll reflect light from the dining room fixture above. Use them to set your table with color, shape, texture and shine. | https://lompocrecord.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/modern-farmhouse-must-haves/article_1981f330-a79c-5765-a7ce-d8b866d025d0.html | 2018-10-15T16:40:34 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
The Oratory’s group for young adults meets in St Wilfrid's Hall. Meetings begin with hot snacks and drinks from 7.30pm. Talk at 8pm. Social after until 10pm.
On Thursday 25th October Dominic Sullivan, the Head of Classics at the London Oratory School, will speak on “In defence of selfishness”..
oratoryoutreach1@gmail.com
All those aged 18-35 are welcome to attend | https://london-oratory.squarespace.com/call-to-youth | 2018-10-15T17:01:12 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Do you wish you had a little (or a lot) more to show on your bottom line? Would you like to gain access (at no charge) to mentors’ secrets that lead to increased business profits, fun, and success? Do you wish you could attend an accounting training conference but simply can’t afford the registration or travel?
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The 2018 NBA draft may well come and go on Thursday without so much as a mention of LiAngelo Ball’s name from either commissioner Adam Silver or deputy commissioner Mark Tatum. And though Gelo figures to await his fate with some anxiety, he’ll have plenty of other things with which to occupy and ease his mind.
No, not snacks in the green room (or the stands) at the Barclays Center. Not even with a whole host of friends and family at a watch party at the palatial Ball Estate in Chino Hills.
Instead, the 19-year-old will be busy autographing Big Baller Brand gear, posing for photos with fans and watching LaMelo Ball rack up stats like it’s another exhibition game in Lithuania, at the Junior Basketball Association’s inaugural opening night at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.
There will be plenty of loved ones around, of course. LaVar Ball will be there. So will Lonzo Ball, along with, presumably, every other member of basketball’s most rambunctious family. Thanks to them, LiAngelo will be a winner on draft night—even if he goes undrafted, even if he doesn’t get signed to a Summer League squad—and not just because that kind of love makes anyone a winner.
As much as some have made LaVar out to be the biggest opportunist under the Big Baller Brand, nobody has benefited more from the family’s fortunes that Gelo.
Would LiAngelo, a middling prep prospect at Chino Hills (despite leading the state of California in scoring as a senior), have gotten a scholarship to UCLA had Zo and Melo not both been budding phenoms?
Would LiAngelo have transcended sports had he not been caught shoplifting in China while with the Bruins—and had the Balls’ reality show, Facebook’s “Ball in the Family,” not done its part to shape the narrative?
Would LiAngelo be positioned to profit off his likeness—with a signature shoe (the G3 Lux) and an upcoming fashion line—without the Big Baller Brand?
None of this is to begrudge Gelo his good fortune. Good on him for pursuing his dream of playing in the NBA, however questionable his prospects or the execution of his pursuit therein. And good for him that he has such promising fallback options.
While LaVar was busy spouting out clickbait-worthy soundbites (guilt as charged here), he did say at least one thing that, however insane at first pass, is ultimately true: that LiAngelo is the “biggest name” in this draft.
That may seem ludicrous to say about anyone not named DeAndre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Marvin Bagley III or Trae Young. But consider the kind of capital Gelo already holds in the wider world, with social media as a fair proxy.
According to HoopsHype’s Bryan Kalbrosky, Young has the largest Instagram following among likely 2018 draftees, at more than 755,000. That’s an impressive haul for any 19-year-old, but it pales in comparison to the 2.4 million that track LiAngelo—who, like Young, got his own Foot Locker spot, despite his shoes not being available in stores.
In time, the social-media followings of Gelo’s peers in the 2018 draft could come to dwarf his. Perhaps Ayton, Bagley III and Michael Porter Jr. will become bona fide NBA superstars while rocking their Pumas. Maybe Doncic will build a fanbase the world over as the best guard/wing to ever emerge from Europe.
It’s possible, too, that LiAngelo’s cultural capital will dry up if he has to take his talents back overseas or toil in the G League.
Possible, but unlikely. Wherever he goes to hoop, he will bring with him all manner of attention, wanted or otherwise.
Whatever happens to him on the court, he’ll have a starring role in “Ball in the Family” to keep him going so long as that gravy train is still on the tracks. So long as the Triple Bs are in business, Gelo will have shoes and clothes with his name on them. At the very least, he will have access to the Lakers’ practice facility while Zo is on the squad, and maybe beyond that.
So if the draft passes without a peep of LiAngelo’s name among the 60 players taken, you can pity him if you please. You can laugh at him if that’s your prerogative. You can opine about the perils of trying to make it in the NBA under the auspices of a loquacious father like LaVar.
Gelo, though, will be just fine. In truth, he already has it made, for all the reasons we’ve discussed herein. As far as personal success is concerned, landing in the NBA would be icing on a Big Baller-approved cake.
And if LiAngelo really wants to, he can tout being a draft pick somewhere. | https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/2018/06/21/liangelo-ball-nba-draft-big-baller-brand-lonzo-ball-lavar-ball/ | 2018-10-15T16:40:47 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
In the midst of all the hurly-burly, it’s the little things that catch my eye. In this case, a strange one-two punch of references to one of those obscure comic books I can remember from my youth–Kamandi.
Mark Frauenfelder mentions it over on boing boing this morning, even as it jumped off a page of Jonathan Lethem’s Fortress of Solitude last night on the plane coming back from San Jose:
“Yeah, sure,” said Croft. “But who do you like? Silver Surfer? Thor? What about Kirby’s DC stuff? You know Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth?” Dylan’s gaze scattered against the comic-book covers. A man of stone, a man of fire, …” | https://lostinthegrooves.com/synchronicity-the-marvel-way/ | 2018-10-15T17:26:33 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Loudoun Loans $2.5M for Affordable Housing
Loudoun County has made its second-ever loan from its Housing Trust Fund to finance construction of a price-controlled housing project, this one in Regency at Belmont Chase near Rt. 7 and Claiborne Parkway.
The project, Ashburn Chase, will be constructed with a relatively complicated financing plan, including two types of Low Income Housing Tax Credits from the Virginia Housing Development Authority, along with tax-exempt bonds also authorized through the VHDA.
The project encompasses two apartment buildings with 96 units in total. There will be five apartments for households with incomes at 30 percent of the area median income defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; 19 apartments for households with incomes at 50 percent; and 72 apartments for households with incomes at 60 percent of area median income. The apartments will range from one to three bedrooms, and range in rent from $496 to $1,521.
HUD defines area median income for Loudoun as $110,300 a year for a family of four, meaning the apartments’ target incomes range from two people making $26,500 to families of six making $76,800.
The county staff and supervisors rushed to get the loan approved March 16 before the project’s developers needed those assurances for tax credit applications to be made Friday.
The terms of the loan allow Ashburn Chase up to 30 years to repay the loans, although the applicant now proposes to pay both buildings off in 22 years.
“When we attract large companies to Loudoun County, I want to have a county that the CEO can live here, and his assistants can live here, and everyone right down the line to the person who might clean the office can live here,” said County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large). She thanks Kim Hart, who has been at the center of almost all of Loudoun’s affordable housing projects for years, and described him as the “stalwart” in affordable and disability housing in Loudoun. He was the longtime executive director of the Windy Hill Foundation, and now is at the head of the new Good Works LLC, which is helping finance Ashburn Chase.
“Before everyone else talked about it and thought it was a cool idea, he realized the need,” Randall said.
Financing for one of the buildings will depend on the applicant winning competitive tax credits. The rest of Regency at Belmont Chase is expected to be age-restricted housing.
This is the second loan Loudoun is making from its Housing Trust fund to finance an affordable housing project. The first was a $3 million, 30-year loan from for an affordable housing project at Stone Ridge, which left the fund with a balance of approximately $27 million. Since that loan, the county has begun developing a revolving loan program from that fund.
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SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - Latin American equities and currencies fell across the board on Tuesday, following Wall Street lower due to escalating trade tensions between the United States and China. U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up trade war rhetoric on Monday, threatening a 10 percent tariff on more than $200 billion of Chinese goods. Beijing warned it would retaliate. The tit-for-tat dispute sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down well over 1 percent on Tuesday, wiping away its gains for the year, with 29 of the Dow's 30 components in the red. Latin American stocks followed suit, with Mexico's benchmark IPC equities index falling 0.73 percent in morning trade, Chile's IPSA sliding 0.47 percent, and Colombia's IGBC off 0.22 percent. Brazil's benchmark Bovespa, bucked the trend, however, climbing a 0.9 percent in morning trade as traders sought buying opportunities after the index fell for four straight sessions. "Despite the greater sense of risk aversion abroad due to the worsening trade dispute between two world powers, we have a recovery scenario after strong recent drops," said Vitor Suzaki, an analyst at Sao Paulo-based Lerosa Investimentos. Among the biggest gainers on the Bovespa were banking stocks as traders bought back in following a dramatic rout for the sector in recent days. Preferred and common shares in Banco Bradesco SA climbed 3.7 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively, while shares in Itaú Unibanco Holding SA were up 2.4 percent. Both had fallen over 15 percent in the last 10 sessions. A commodities selloff hit Brazilian stocks such as iron ore miner Vale SA, and steelmakers Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA and Gerdau SA, which fell 3.6 percent, 3 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively. All major currencies in the region were off at least 0.3 percent by mid-day. The peso in copper-dependent Chile led losses, falling 0.85 percent to 642.67 pesos to the dollar. Key Latin American stock indexes and currencies at 1504 GMT: Stock indexes daily % YTD % Latest change change MSCI Emerging Markets 1081.65 -2.2 -4.53 MSCI LatAm 2422.77 0.33 -14.62 Brazil Bovespa 70441.21 0.9 -7.80 Mexico IPC 46319.60 -0.73 -6.15 Chile IPSA 5421.80 -0.47 -2.57 Chile IGPA 27407.00 -0.48 -2.05 Argentina MerVal 28588.04 3.37 -4.91 Colombia IGBC 12274.62 -0.22 7.95 Venezuela IBC 63770.45 7.94 4948.57 Currencies daily % YTD % change change Latest Brazil real 3.7549 -0.42 -11.76 Mexico peso 20.5810 -0.36 -4.29 Chile peso 642.67 -0.85 -4.36 Colombia peso 2935.22 -0.45 1.59 Peru sol 3.283 -0.21 -1.40 Argentina peso 27.7000 0.00 -32.85 (interbank) Argentina peso 28 0.54 -31.32 (parallel) (Reporting by Gram Slattery and Flavia Bohone Editing by Marguerita Choy) | https://lta.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idLTAL1N1TL0T1 | 2018-10-15T17:11:07 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
by Jessica Barnett
The first floor gals of Luckyday Citizenship Hall are no strangers to the sunrise, 6:30 am workouts at the Payne Center, and morning omelets at the Fresh. This seemingly simple, yet at times difficult, routine has been kick-started thanks to the creation of the fitness group “Pink Weights and Protein Shakes” by freshman scholar Jane Claire Arender just in time for the Luckyday Fitness Challenge. Jane Claire, nicknamed JC, talked about the creation of the small group and what motivated freshmen on the floor to get involved. “I personally believe that having an accountability partner is essential to self-improvement. So immediately I proposed a challenge to the floor. What if we do a competition like The Biggest Loser? Immediately everyone was skeptical, but I knew if I could get these girls on board we would be making huge life style changes that were incredibly healthy. I can’t recall how the name Pink Weights and Protein Shakes came about, but somehow it became our official GroupMe name. The group message is filled with encouragement towards everyone. I think once that group message was created, it was what really solidified the commitment everyone made.”
As a follow member of the group, I can definitely say that this small gathering of people has created a newfound confidence in me while we journey towards a healthier lifestyle together. What started out as a small group of people reaching towards a common goal has led to several new friendships. When asked about the impact of the group on day-to-day floor interactions, JC responded, “Before this group was created I most definitely was not as close as I am to the girls now. I am a part of the Greek community and the commitment to school on top of that is rather large. So having this group gives me an outlet to talk to the girls and spend quality time with them daily. I can go exercise in the mornings, eat breakfast, and start my day in fellowship.”
Scholars from the first floor of Luckyday Citizenship Hall on their way to a morning workout
The group currently has ten members. The first floor of Luckyday Citizenship Hall has fifteen freshmen, so this means that over half of the floor has made the commitment to lead healthier lives in order to improve the quality of life itself! The group is not limited to just freshmen. Sophomore scholar Imani Harris shared a few of her thoughts with me as well. She provided excellent motivational quotes to help us get started on this journey. Two of my favorite included, “If you suck it up now, you won’t have to suck it in later,” as well as, “Be the girl who decided to go for it.” Both JC and Imani shared advice on how to overcome “the struggle” of waking up early to work out. JC said, “Just get through one week and then you can do anything. If you can make it one week, you can make it another one week, and then the next week, and by then it has become something you aren’t even aware that you are deciding to do. This repetition and dedication will become a part of what you enjoy and need to get through the day. In high school I never stepped foot in a gym, so I can definitely relate to those who despise the gym. However, don’t knock it until you try it because now I love the gym and in high school I swore I would never go.” Imani reminds us to “just do it” as well as reiterating that it is okay if you fall off the wagon every once in a while, but real strength is learning to pull yourself back up and start again the next day.
About the Fitness Challenge:
The Fitness Challenge is an 11-week program organized by the Luckyday Program to encourage participants to focus on better nutrition, increase physical activity, increase muscle mass, and decrease body fat percentage (if applicable).
About the Author:
Jessica is a freshmen scholar from Clinton, MS, majoring in criminal justice. She serves on the Luckyday Leadership Team and is a student in the Honor College. | https://luckydaystories.com/2017/02/21/pink-weights-and-protein-shakes/ | 2018-10-15T18:27:56 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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the history and importance of our Monarchy, as well as finding out just why the Changing of The Guard Ceremony takes place.
After this it’s a short walk to Horseguards parade to witness the oldest section of the ceremony, the Changing of the Horseguards. Then we will make our way to see the start of the Footguards’ ceremony outside of Saint James’s Palace. Your guide will place you at the best vantage point to see the inspection, old guard, new guard, and bands play. They will explain the meaning behind all of the maneuvers and significance of the carefully orchestrated movement.
Then follow along with the guards and band as they head to Buckingham Palace, avoiding the melee of people pushing up against the gates of the Palace trying to catch a glimpse. Your guide will keep you out of the crowds while discussing the fascinating history behind guarding the famous monarchy.
Finish the tour at the Green Park underground station (Jubilee Line, Victoria Line, Piccadilly Line), however if you would like to remain in the area and explore, your guide will be happy to give you directions to other attractions. | https://lutonairport.info/changing-of-the-guard-walking-tour-buckingham-palace/ | 2018-10-15T17:39:33 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Black rolls the phantom chimney-smoke
Beneath the wintry moon;
For miles on miles, by sound unbroke,
The world lies wrapt in its ermine cloak,
And the night's icy swoon
Sways earthward in great brimming wells
Of luminous, frosty particles.
Far up the roadway, drifted deep,
Where frost-etched fences gleam;
Beneath the sky's wan, shimmering sleep
My solitary way I keep
Across the world's white dream;
The only living moving thing
In all this mighty slumbering.
Up in the eastern range of hill,
The thin wood spectrally
Stirs in its sleep and then is still
(Like querulous age) at the wind's will.
My shadow doggedly
Follows my footsteps where I go,
A grotesque giant on the snow.
Out where the river's arms are wound,
And icy sedges cling,
There comes to me as in a swound
A far-off clear, thin, vibrant sound,--
The distant hammering
Of frost-elves as they come and go,
Forging, in silver chains, his woe.
I stand upon the hill's bleak crest
And note the far night world:
The mighty lake whose passionate breast,
Manacled into arctic rest,
In shrouded sleep is furled:
The steely heavens whose wondrous host
Wheel white from flaming coast to coast.
Then down the night's dim luminous ways,
Meseems they come once more,
Those great star-watchers of old days
The lonely, calm-ones, whose still gaze,
On old-time, orient shore,
Dreamed in the wheeling sons of light,
The awful secrets of earth's night.
They come, those lofty ones of old,
And take me by the hand,
And call me brother; ages rolled
Are but a smoke-mist; kindred-souled,
They lift me to their band;
Like lights that from pale starbeams shine,
Their clear eyes look with peace on mine.
In language of no common kind
These watchers speak to me;
Their thoughts the depths of heaven find
Like plummets true. It were a kind
Of immortality
To spend with them one holy hour,
And know their love and grasp their power.
And wrapt around with glad content,
I learn with soul serene,
Caught from the beauty that is blent
In earth, the heaven's luminous tent,
The frost-lit dreams between,
And something holier out of sight,
Glad visions of the infinite.
Then backward past the sere hill's breast,
The spectral moaning wood,
With great peace brooding in my breast,
I turn me toward the common rest
Of earth's worn brotherhood;
But as I pass, a sacred sign,
Each lays his holy lips on mine:--
Gives me the golden chrism of song,
Tips my hushed heart with fire;
Till high in heaven I hear that throng
Who march in mystic paths along,
Great Pleiades, The Lyre,
The Te-Deum of the ages swell,
To earth-tuned ear inaudible. | https://m.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sky-watcher-2/ | 2018-10-15T18:11:20 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Information on how to market to Millennials can be found everywhere, but what about Baby Boomers? The Baby Boomer generation – people born between 1946 and 1964 – had been the focus of major sales strategies for decades, but as technology advanced, that focus has shifted to Millennials and Gen Y. However, as social media matures, the focus is shifting back to Baby Boomers, a group with a sizable disposable income.
Whether you are a fashion brand that currently sells to Baby Boomers or one that is looking to incorporate this demographic into your marketing mix, Baby Boomers is a group that deserves your attention. Currently, there are approximately 77 million Baby Boomers in the U.S. That is nearly a quarter of the total U.S. population. What’s more, Baby Boomers have an annual disposable income of $2.4 trillion!
By 2050, it is estimated that the Baby Boomers population will more than double to 161 millionvpeople. Right now, less than 5% of all advertising dollars are spent on Baby Boomers, a large, growing, wealthy and winnable demographic.
Here, we have compiled four tips that help demystify the Baby Boomer generation so you can better market your brand to them:
Know That Baby Boomers are Tech Savvy
First and foremost, throw out the assumption that Baby Boomers are not comfortable with the internet, online shopping or mobile apps. In fact, Slate’s Laura Bradley says:.
Bradley’s states are further supported by Bloomberg’s Ben Stein:.
Stein’s claim is reflected in the fact that over one third of all tablet owners in the U.S. are over the age of 45. What’s more, approximately 66% of U.S. adults over the age of 50 regularly purchase from online retailers. In terms of social media, 27 million people over the age of 55 use social networking. Facebook is by far the most popular social network, with 19 million Baby Boomers using it.
Developing a holistic marketing plan which focuses on digital and traditional tactics is imperative when marketing to the Baby Boomer generation. You must decide on which mediums to use and how to use them. Social media, exceptional in-store customer service and email marketing should be front and center in your digital strategy.
It is also important to utilize more traditional marketing tactics. Print is not dead, so direct mail and catalogues are also important when marketing to this group.
Barbour serves as a great example. This brand likes to engage with and honor its diverse range of consumers. Through campaigns like #BarbourPeople hosted on Instagram, the brand shares the limelight with its stylish and tech-savvy consumers. It also balances its customer centric strategy on Facebook. Here, you can see one of its customers from the Baby Boomer generation. Vineyard Vines and Chico’s serve as great examples of brands that use traditional marketing tactics via catalogues and direct mail.
Target Without Alienating Other Consumer Groups
Now more than ever, it is important for marketers to segment their audiences and craft campaigns based on the emotional responses and lifestyle choices of their intended audience. When targeting your Baby Boomer customers, be relatable and personable while catering to their wants and needs.
Eileen Fisher is a great example of a brand that has mastered targeting consumers who live a certain lifestyle. The brand tailors its messaging, showcasing a mix of models, employees and customers who range from their twenties on up. In the example featured here, Eileen Fisher is targeting females over the age of 45.
Recognize That Transparency and Trust are Everything
Part of winning over Baby Boomers is earning their trust through genuineness and transparency. From product information messaging to customer service, Baby Boomers demand it from brands. This group will ask questions, so brands must be prepared to answer them, as well.
In basic advertising form, transparency and trust can also be conveyed through your overall brand image. For example, the New Year’s greeting photo of designer Ralph Lauren taken from his brand’s website seen here adds a welcoming touch of authenticity to the label. In this case, seeing the man behind the brand adds a genuine touch that works well for Ralph Lauren and the wide range of consumers the brand serves – which includes Baby Boomers.
Your brand’s messaging should then translate to both the online and in-person services that older, more established customers receive from you. Remember that 95% of transactions happen in-store. How are your associates building trust among their key clientele? What technological tools have you provided to help customers that are not a size 2 or 4 and are two or three decades older than Millennials? Knowledge, education and expertise are what will keep Baby Boomers shopping your brand.
Don’t Market to Baby Boomers as If They’re Old
Despite the undeniable fact that we are all aging, none of us want to feel old, and Baby Boomers are no exception. Bloomberg’s Matthew Boyle says:
Baby boomers, 8,000 of whom turn 65 each day in America, have reinvented each stage of life they’ve entered, from young adulthood to careers to parenting. And whether they’re working or retired, wealthy or on a fixed income, living alone or with other seniors, they aim to redefine what it means to be old.
If brands can help make Baby Boomers feel the way they want to feel, they will win. Use images in your marketing campaigns that Baby Boomers can identify with. From Helen Mirren to Julianne Moore, many of the most fashionable women are over the age of 50. Check out the Marks & Spencer 2014 campaign shot by Annie Leibovitz. Every woman in this campaign is intelligent, accomplished and confident, regardless of her age.
Market to Empower
Overall, empowerment is going to take you far in your Baby Boomers marketing efforts. As we said in our article on consumer behavior, giving people the ability to accomplish things and gain knowledge in ways that are not restrictive will turn them into your happiest customers and most loyal brand advocates. | https://maca.la/2015/12/ways-market-baby-boomers-2016/ | 2018-10-15T16:42:23 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
What’s The No.1 Factor In Job Satisfaction For Employees? Respect
One would think that a sweet salary package would launch employees into job satisfaction heaven, but no — instead, it’s the one thing that Aretha Franklin has been singing about for years: R-e-s-p-e-c-t. According to CNN Money, being treated with courtesy is the No.1 desire among workers.
A new survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management found that 72 percent rated “respectful treatment of all employees at all levels” as the most important factor in job satisfaction. Trust, landing in second place, is another big one; 64 percent hope for a good level of dependability between employees and senior management.
Benefits landed in third place with 63 percent, compensation and salary followed a close fourth with 61 percent, and job security sat in fourth place with 59 percent. It’s interesting that benefits were listed as more significant than salary, but this is due to increasing concerns about healthcare costs, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Zooming in on benefits, survey takers rated paid time off as most important, followed by health insurance and work/life balance.
The study found that since employees rated corporate culture quite high in job satisfaction, the lead investigators, according to the Tribune, suggested the following:
“…[I]n order for HR professionals to implement successful retention and recruitment strategies, their tools must be deployed equally between these financial elements — such as paying competitive salaries and offering flexible work benefits — and cultural qualities of the workplace, which may include a heavy emphasis on employee engagement.”
The survey noted that overall job satisfaction increased in 2014 to 86 percent from 81 percent the year prior. This is the highest level it has ever been in a decade. Pay increases jumped in 2013 — 63 percent got some extra pocket change, that’s seven percentage points higher than the year before. Half received a bonus, up from 36 percent.
This survey included a random sample of 600 participants who are employed in full-time or part-time jobs. | https://madamenoire.com/530050/whats-the-no-1-factor-in-job-satisfaction-for-employees-respect/ | 2018-10-15T16:56:13 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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We are Hippo - a digital studio providing strategy, infrastructure and technology solutions and providing enterprise level technology services & support for design agencies, marketing studios and freelancers in the UK, Europe and the US. Through our strategic client partnerships, we assist in extending and transforming our clients by providing innovative solutions, services & experiences. | https://madebyhippo.com/ | 2018-10-15T18:17:02 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Knit-Wear Line Project:
Inspired by a historical perspective of the hedonistic lifestyle, along with modern architecture, this mini collection consists of an assortment of lingerie and evening wear. The five pieces come together through the use of color, texture, and line.
Hedonism is often viewed as a negative, simply pleasure-seeking idealism, but I wanted to focus on the idea of katastematic pleasure, or contentment.
DESIGNER & PROCESS STATEMENT
For this project, the goal was to create a cohesive collection of four separates, using professional knitwear patterning and construction techniques.
Final Images:
Shown in This Is Now (College of Design Fashion Show, 2018)
Final Illustration and Mood:
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Simplistic with a casual flair, this Chalet Blossom Top is has a modern feel with subtle chic for everyday wearing.
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Colour: White
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This seminar looks at the latest guidance on how to prepare a clinical overview and summary in accordance with regulatory expectations and to comply with the requirements of the Common Technical Document.
Issues to be addressed during this meeting include:-
09.00 Registration and Coffee
09.30 The Common Technical Document guideline
11.00 Refreshments
11.15 Planning content of the Clinical Overview
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Practical considerations including a Workshop addressing:
15.15 Refreshments
15.30 Meeting Regulators’ expectations
16.45 Discussion
17.00 End of meeting
John Price
Dr John Price is a physician consultant in pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs, working with several small biotechnology copanies in North East USA planning submissions for marketing approval of oncology, haematology, renal and orphan drugs.
He was previosuly Vice President and Head of Global Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, USA. Until 2014 he was VP and Head of Medical, Clinical and Regulatory Operations at Johnson and Johnson Consumer Health, USA and previously VP of Medical Documentation, Labelling and Submissions Management, Worldwide Safety and Regulatory Operations, Pfizer Inc, USA. In these roles he has led and participated in the preparation of multiple clinical overviews and summaries for MAAs, variations, renewals and labelling updates globally.
He is a physician trained also in clinical pharmacology who has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since 1998, including working as a consultant providing medical writing support to pharmaceutical companies and service providers. Prior to joining Pfizer he spent 7 years as medical assessor and head of the Clinical Evaluation Unit of the Post Licensing Division at the Medicines Control Agency (now the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency). | https://management-forum.co.uk/product/details/1701/clinical-overview-and-clinical-summary-creating-effective-marketing-authorisation-application/c22 | 2018-10-15T18:24:18 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Samulis wrote:If I wanted to force people to buy the commercial version, I would put in a nag screen, forcefully collect e-mail addresses, disallow derivative works, and all that other horse hockey that many devs pull- not to mention sure as heck not make it CC0!
There are many ways to pull people into slavery while looking cool. Look at the Open Source community (yes, I'm talking Eric S Raymond, Linus Torvalds, Google, etc.). The fact that you chose CC0 and not something copyleft shows that you're OK with your work being used in proprietary things. Better than pure proprietary but still.
Samulis wrote:Thus VSCO 2 was born intended as a freeware library first, later blossoming (or feature-creeping) over two years into the full commercial library it is today.
You always had a choice. Whatever you do, you always has a choice. When the project grows, you need to understand the consequences. Succumbing to capitalism is a very easy mistake to make and that is why free software and free cultural works movement is focused from trying to teach people not to make this mistake. I don't care how much money or time I put into my work, I will never put a proprietary license on it or consider the "recoup" cost. Recoup what? If my software helped people then I did a good thing and this is my recoup. I survive on 250$/mo and if I ever get more money, I will build a better PC and then keep putting everything else into free software or free cultural works. Money has no value to me once my basic survival needs are fulfilled.
Samulis wrote:The one you're looking for is 'ampeg_release'. It should be in the top 20 lines of every instrument, with a value in seconds.
Huh, looks like it was a LinuxSampler bug where it didn't work with ampeg_release defined in <global>. I loaded the samples into a new version of it and now they sound OK.
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"Range-extended EV" or "plug-in hybrid": Chevy doesn't care what you call the all-new 2016 Volt... so long as you buy one.
If Chevy and its representatives had its druthers, however, you and I would refer to the Volt as a range-extended EV. That's because the compact five-seater can travel 53 miles in all-electric "EV" mode. And after the initial charge of the onboard lithium-ion batteries is depleted, the gasoline engine kicks on and can propel the Volt up to 420 miles on a single tank of gas. Thanks to the EV characteristics of the Volt, though, Chevrolet figures owners will be able to go 1,000 miles between trips to the gas station, as many of their trips will be all-electric and gas-free.
When the first-generation Volt debuted in 2011, this "range-extended EV" moniker was a bit more fitting, as it was virtually the only vehicle of its kind on the market. Since then, though, plug-in hybrids like the Prius Plug-in and Ford C-Max Energi in addition to EVs with small range-extending gasoline engines onboard like the BMW i3 have gone on sale. And if I were forced to split hairs, and I am, I'd say the Volt is actually a plug-in hybrid.
Regardless of what descriptors are tagged onto the Volt, they don't diminish the brilliance of the thing.
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Before we get into its brilliance, let's look briefly at the Volt's specs.
Being a hybrid/EV thingy, the Volt has a battery pack, two electric motors and gasoline engine onboard. The battery pack is a 5.5-foot-long, 192-cell unit packaged underneath the middle center of the car that produces 18.4 kilo Watt hour (kWh). These batteries feed the twin 110 kilo Watt (kW) electric motors mounted in the front of the car.
All-new Volt interior.
Image: Mashable/Nick Jaynes
Together, the motors churn out 149 horsepower and 294 pound-feet of torque. Mounted just above those motors under the hood is a 1.5-liter gasoline-burning four-cylinder engine that makes 101 horsepower and is rated to achieve 42 mpg.
In its entirety, however, the Volt has been rated at 106 mpg-e. And if you don't know what mpg-e is, don't worry; virtually no one does. Calculating mpg-e requires knowing assumed electricity cost as well as battery and electric motor efficiencies. Calculating those isn't just a hassle, it's also mind-numbing. Just know that 106 mpg-e is good and move on.
Though the gasoline engine can relinquish, share, or take over the job of forward propulsion, the initial driving power (for 53 miles) is provided by the batteries and electric motors. This was my first taste of the all-new Volt.
All-electric enjoyment
Cruising in the twisty mountain roads outside San Francisco in EV mode, I enjoyed a scenic and spirited drive and an extremely quiet cabin. While the Volt's aerodynamics and specially designed tires — boosting efficiency while also limiting road noise — aid in the serenity of the interior, it's the gasoline engine remaining at rest that keeps the cabin so quiet. And it's with that engine off where the Volt shines brightest.
The all-new Volt overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Image: Mashable/Nick Jaynes
Carving through the corners, the Volt remained extremely hushed and planted on the road. Although the car was designed for efficiency rather than fahrvergnügen (German for "driving enjoyment"), it excels at both. With virtually all of the electric torque available at any point, the Volt is zippy, capable of doing 0 to 60 mph in 8.4 seconds and a top speed of 98 mph.
Driving the Volt in EV mode for a good portion of my morning drive reminded me that buyers don't have to pay Tesla money for a delightful all-electric driving experience. The Volt is smooth, quiet, and extremely comfortable without any creature comforts sacrificed on the alter of efficiency. In the Volt, just like its other non-EV modes, Chevy offers a Bose sound system and leather heated front and rear seats as well as a heated steering wheel.
In fact, tech-savvy drivers will delight in the Volt's standard tech features. In addition to the thin film transistor (TFT) color screen in place of a traditional instrument cluster, Chevy has placed a large touchscreen in the center dash. Like some modern German luxury cars, the center touchscreen seems to float off the dash a bit, which is a premium touch.
On this screen, drivers can monitor more features of the Volt's powertrain than I care to list here. Suffice to say that if you're into pie charts, facts, figures and percentages, especially those relating to the efficiency of your driving, you could get lost in the Volt's screens and menus.
The Volt running Apple CarPlay.
Image: Mashable/Nick Jaynes
If you're more interested in connectivity than efficiency figures, the Volt also includes Apple CarPlay, which mirrors your iPhone onto the center touchscreen and is incredibly easy to operate.
The gasoline shimmy
Funnily enough, for as well-known as Chevy is for its gasoline engines, it's the Volt's 1.5-liter that tarnishes the car's sterling driving experience.
After around 52 miles of driving, I'd depleted the charge in the battery and the gasoline engine fired to life, in order to keep Volt cruising down the road. Dancing delicately between three tasks, powering the electric motors, charging the batteries, and turning the front wheels, the engine sent a palpable shudder through the cabin.
The shudder is a sensation akin to driving over an undulating road or an engine not running on all of its cylinders. Arguably, most drivers might not notice the engine-caused shimmy — especially on rougher roads. But it was prominent enough to disappoint me a bit, as the rest of the Volt's driving properties were pristine.
The all-new Volt overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Image: Mashable/Nick Jaynes
That said, the engine does deserve some kudos. Unlike virtually every other plug-in hybrid or range-extended EV on the market, starting up and throttling the engine doesn't fill the cabin with a sonorous droning sound. Instead, passengers will hear the engine but won't feel like they're being punished for exceeding the electric range.
Brilliance
The 2016 Volt might not be perfect but it's a wholly enjoyable car. More than that, the Volt can be many things to many people. If you enjoy geeking out on efficiency, you'll love the Volt for its plethora of info graphics and the ability to recapture energy through regenerative braking. If you like a smooth, quiet ride, you'll appreciate the serenity of the Volt's cabin. And if you simply like skipping the gas station, the Volt will be your new best friend, as Chevy estimates owners will go on average 1,000 miles between fill-ups. For a starting price of $33,170, I'd call that downright brilliant. | https://mashable.com/2015/10/03/2016-chevrolet-volt-review/ | 2018-10-15T18:20:49 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Fractional Reserve Banking & the Bitcoin Crypto Economy
By Timothy W. Robinson and Tony Willenberg
Abstract: The relationship between monetary economics and cryptocurrency is as yet unclear. Since the Great Recession of 2008 the world order has been described as operating under a new Keynesian economics. This paper examines how central banks use fractional reserve banking (FRB) combined with market factors to stimulate or suppress aggregate demand through the money supply, a fundamental Keynesian tenet. The economic and operational functions of a central bank are, however, viewed through the lens of the Bitcoin crypto economy which has no such centralised structure or mechanisms. The closest artefact is Bitcoin’s consensus behaviour embodied in a shared algorithm. It is asked and answered would FRB organically emerge in the Bitcoin crypto economy if cryptocurrency exchanges were to act like fiat currency depository institutions.
Introduction
1. The relationship between classical monetary economics and cryptocurrency is as yet unclear. The Bitcoin crypto economy whilst occasionally challenged in the court of public opinion, and despite setbacks, shows no sign of yielding since its advent in 2008. At the time of writing the Bitcoin crypto economy was worth $US16 billion or equivalent to the 153rd richest country, and growing. The currency is used in an estimated 275 thousand transactions per day [1]; a value which has been increasing progressively as the currency gains wider adoption.
2. The typical dynamics of fractional reserve banking (FRB) and the primary role of a central bank don’t fully apply to cryptocurrencies for three reasons. First, cryptocurrencies are decentralised and self-managed and so there is no need for a central banking institution per se to actually govern the cryptocurrencies. Second, there is no need for a banking institution to facilitate or intermediate transactions over great distances, or in large volume. Third, there is no need for a deposit. Personal crypto security measures are potentially sufficient to secure a small amount or a large amount of bitcoin, equally as well, making the security of a bank unnecessary.
3. Given that the function of cryptocurrency is to approximate fiat cash without the need for either deposit-taking banking institutions in the typical sense or a central bank, is FRB an obsolete mechanism within the context of crypto economies?
Fractional Reserve Banking Explained
4. FRB is the intentional quarantine of a proportion of a commercial bank’s deposits into a reserve account, held by a central bank, or currency held at the bank; whilst using the remainder for commercial activity of the bank, to lend out make profit [2]. It is unclear where the practice first emerged, but would have existed prior to the establishment of central banks or even Government oversight or interest in the banking system. The central bank oversight mechanism likely began with the world’s first central bank, the Bank of Amsterdam established in 1609 [3].
5. FRB came about as banking institutions began to realise that they did not require actual cash to meet all withdrawals customers could potentially make at once. Further it ensures that fiat currency is not effectively taken out of circulation from an economy and can instead be put to work, by magnifying the base money originally created by the central bank. Banking institutions realized that they only need to maintain sufficient levels of reserves to mitigate the risk of simultaneous withdrawals, and that the rest of the funds on deposits could be put to work.
6. Banking institutions have a number of mechanisms under the current system to try to meet liquidity requirements including their reserves; the interbank market; lending windows from the central bank etc. The degree to which FRB leads to money supply creation then depends on the degree to which the banking institution feels it can lend out its reserves while still allowing people full access to their deposits.
The Role of a Central Bank in FRB
7. The role of a central bank is the development and usually the implementation of monetary policy: which typically occurs through lending windows, open market operations, and potentially even auctions, base money management and the reserve requirement (albeit primarily in emerging markets [4]). Although the latter are typically less utilised [5]. Central banks have moved generally towards operational targets (i.e. something within their control day-to-day) of short-term interest rates and away from things like reserve requirements [6].
8. Reserve requirements set by central banks have often been thought of as the binding constraint that determines the amount of money on-lent (see Figure 2); however, in mature and sophisticated banking systems the amount of money on-lent is, to a larger degree, a function of banks determining lending opportunities available to them in the market at sufficient interest in order to earn a profit relative to (a) the risk of the lending opportunities; (b) the rate of interest, if any, they could earn on reserves, and (c) the need for liquidity to meet customer needs and cost of acquiring emergency liquidity (through any of the options described in paragraph 6), although this latter component of (c) plays a limited role given the degree to which the central bank can now act as completely as a lender of last resort [7]. Given this three-way dynamic one could ask how important then is the role a central bank’s regulation of reserves?
9. Decisions by banks on investments are also heavily influenced by international and country-wide regulatory requirements, for example, under the Basel III banking supervision framework, capital adequacy ratios (CAR) are well-defined. CARs determine the proportion of loans a bank can make relative to its risk-weighted assets. The need to maintain CARs determines the degree of profitable lending opportunities for the banks, and thus the “opportunity cost” of reserves. Therefore, even regulatory ratios on asset composition can determine the degree to which funds are on-lent in a monetary system.
Understanding the Bitcoin Monetary Base (‘C0’)
10. Let us explore what Bitcoin is and how it works. It is important to know this before we can consider how FRB might work and arise in a crypto economy and more importantly whether FRB is needed for improved economic outcomes in a crypto economy.
11. Bitcoin is the world’s first decentralised digital currency, built on cryptographic techniques to control the generation of units of the currency, to verify the transfer of funds from one person to another, and to operate independently of a central bank. Bitcoin is virtual currency in that it is not represented by a physical token*, and is not backed by or pegged to the value of another underlying physical asset like gold or a unit of an existing fiat currency.
(* There have been a number of attempts to provide a physical representation of bitcoins but these are not the predominant representation of the cryptocurrency held by participants in the Bitcoin crypto economy. See: Casascius, Alitin Mint, Cryptmint Coins, and Titan Bitcoin.)
12. The Bitcoin cryptocurrency is implemented through a globally shared and distributed ledger of transactions representing Bitcoin events in its economy stored on a data structure called the blockchain [8]. Events recorded on the blockchain are either: (a) new bitcoin minted into supply (referred to as “mined”), or (b) bitcoin traded between parties (“transacted”). The blockchain contains the history of every single bitcoin from when it was mined to whom it is presently owned by, and the blockchain data structure exists in hundreds of thousands of computers simultaneously, each copy synchronising itself with other “full nodes” (the name given to computers the Bitcoin Core open source software, are connected to the Internet, and hold a complete copy of the global blockchain).
13. The total supply of bitcoins in the Bitcoin economy (what we have termed ‘C0’), by design, is set to never exceed 21 million bitcoins and the number of bitcoins in circulation increases gradually according to an algorithm. At the time of writing there were just over 16.2 million bitcoins in circulation out of the possible 21 million [9]. The limit of bitcoins mined into existed is expected to be reached sometime in the year 2140 [10]. A bitcoin is also presently divisible into 2 x 10–8 smaller units, known as “satoshis”, which means that at the upper limit there would be 2 x 10-14 units of money, or 2.1 quadrillion units.
14. Bitcoins are brought into existence by an algorithm embodied in the Bitcoin Core open source software running on “full nodes” and the process is referred to as “mining”. Each computer in the Bitcoin ecosystem must run either: (a) a basic wallet application (to receive and send bitcoin) or (b) run a “full node” (that mines blocks and validates transactions).
15. Mining bitcoin means solving a mathematical puzzle, one that can only be solved using brute computer force [11]. Once a full node solves such a puzzle two things occur: (i) the computer has generated an empty block (think of it as a blank page in an accounting ledger) and for which it earns a mining reward (at the time of writing, 12.5 bitcoins or roughly US$13,000), and (ii) it has earned the status of an ‘honest node’, through its proof-of-work. The proof-of-work (solving the puzzle) represents a vesting of interest in the network remaining honest. An ‘honest node’ then gets to examine queued transactions in the network and earn further transaction fees from each transaction on the ledger page (block) they validate. Validating transactions means checking that the transactions parties own the bitcoins they are transacting and that the cryptographic integrity of the transaction is intact.
16. Once these transactions are validated, they are encoded onto the block and chained to the global blockchain and the new state of the blockchain is then propagated throughout the Bitcoin network. There are a number of other rules and behaviours for resolving conflict, rejecting invalid transactions, and arriving at a consensus, but the above describes in broad terms the process that drives the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Depository Institutions to Cryptocurrency Exchanges
17. Wallet software is used to generate the “addresses” used to receive inbound bitcoin from a sender. One or more addresses are created for receiving Bitcoin and these addresses are (the “hash” of) the public key side of a public-private key pair. The private key is known only to the receiver and is also cryptographically linked to the public key. A recipient of bitcoin can prove they own the bitcoin sent to their address (effectively the public key) because they know the private key linked to that public key. Lose the private key and one loses the bitcoin associated with the public key.
18. Addresses are meant to be used only once, to preserve the anonymity of the receiver by preventing patterns from appearing on the blockchain associated with duplicate public keys, Reuse of an address is considered a cardinal breach of personal crypto security in blockchain applications. A sender’s address is never recorded on a transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain. The premise is if a valid transaction makes it to the blockchain then the sender had bitcoin to send because the sender had access to the private key associated with the public key where bitcoins were located (having arrived there from earlier validated transactions).
19. Bitcoin is acquired by someone in one of two ways: (i) either they themselves have mined the bitcoin (solving puzzles and then earning transaction fees for validating transactions), or (ii) they received it through trade (presumably for something of equivalent value). By trade it means that someone can trade another fiat currency or even another cryptocurrency for a sum of Bitcoin. Like any currency exchange point, reserves of one currency can be exchanged for a sum of Bitcoin. At the time of writing, a single bitcoin was worth US$1,173 on the third largest cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken [12].
20. The most infamous of cryptocurrency exchanges was Mt. Gox, an exchange based in Japan which began as a web site for game card trading and was then re-purposed for trading bitcoin in 2010. The exchange was plagued by problems (primarily related to poor corporate governance) but its trade volumes rose to a peak that accounted for almost 70% of all bitcoin transactions by 2013. By February 2014, however, the exchange suspended trading and filed for bankruptcy. It announced in the filings that around 850,000 bitcoins had gone missing or had been stolen from the exchange. Since the fiasco, some 200,000 bitcoins have been recovered, but to this day, a number of people remain who lost all of the bitcoin that was being held on their behalf by Mt. Gox.
21. Mt Gox provided a hosted wallet service. These wallets held bitcoin on behalf of the customers. The company was also a miner of bitcoin, deploying large numbers of applications-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) to the mining problem and then accruing the bitcoin rewards from the mining process. Finally, Mt Gox was also an exchange, providing a point where fiat currency could be exchanged for bitcoin and vice-versa. When it failed all three repositories of bitcoin were affected: those held for customers in web wallets, those it owned itself as a result of its mining operations, and the reserve of bitcoins held to enable interchange.
22. Today, cryptocurrency exchanges are better managed and although they are not specifically regulated, it is increasingly common for exchanges to be attached to commercial banks, which are heavily regulated in most jurisdictions around the word. The three largest exchanges: Quoine (Singapore), Bitfinex (China) and Kraken (US); all abide by international Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) practices just as a commercial banking institution would.
How Would FRB Work in the Bitcoin Crypto Economy?
23. There are two specific questions asked herein: (i) would FRB emerge naturally in a crypto economy; and (ii) is there a role for a central bank in a crypto economy whether FRB were to emerge?
24. Let’s first think about FRB and central banks with our well established fiat monetary systems. As discussed above, many decisions in modern banking are influenced by monetary policy and based on central bank-controlled interest rates, rather than as a function of “hard” limits (like reserve limits) set by a central bank. The interest rate the central bank pays out on reserves, for example, acts to incentivise bank behaviour. Banks themselves will make decisions on lending based on the lending opportunities in the economy, and the profit they will generate when compared to the rate earned holding reserves, or the potential cost of acquiring liquidity.
25. This does not imply that if a central bank were to pay a zero rate or even negative interest rates on reserves, that banks would have no incentive to hold reserves: banks hold reserves not just for the returns, but also for safety and to meet customer needs. Contrary to the simplified description in economic textbooks, the money multiplier cannot be thought of as just 1/RR (1 divided by the Reserve Requirement) as discussed above. Other factors must be included in the calculation, including an assessment by the banks on the need to hold liquid reserves to meet withdrawal obligations; and the available returns on other investment options (which in part is also determined by rules on capital assets and risk).
26. From this we can see that it is not necessary for the existence of a central bank for fractional reserve banking to occur in a crypto economy [11]. Banks have limited profit incentive to lend out all reserves, and certainly no incentive to hold 100 percent reserve coverage, unless they are paid an explicit fee for the service. It’s a balance between being able to lend in the market a proportion of your cash and earn income, and being able to secure the other portion holding it in reserve.
27. In a hypothetical scenario where Bitcoin was used as the primary, or sole means of exchange, we could have a money supply which relied neither on a banking system (to process payments and secure funds) nor a central bank (to act as a clearing system). These two functions is what we will refer to as the operational functions of the banking system, as opposed to the economic functions of the banking system. Economic functions relate to their role in the stimulation or suppression of economic activity, a fairly established role [12], and the provision of individual economic benefits (investment opportunity, creation of credit, etc.) [13].
28. Examining the process of money creation by looking at the transactions that occur on a set of banks’ balance sheets, the settlement of a loan for the purchase of a house, in the below diagram, shows the creation of a loan, and the corresponding deposit to the account of the borrower. If the bank does not have sufficient reserves to cover likely withdrawals or new loans they will both seek to retain deposits, and secure new deposits to maintain capital adequacy.
Source: Adapted from “Money Creation in the Modern Economy”, Bank of England.
Bitcoin for Operational Banking Functions
29. Bitcoin removes, in part, some of the need for the operational role because the clearing and settlements system can happen automatically and across large distance, in much the same way it would for a fiat currency over short distances (i.e. with cash transactions). When one transacts in a shop and parts with physical cash the “accounts” of both parties are settled immediately. In Bitcoin this same mechanism occurs, but over any distance and for any scale of transaction. This would be the case for simple wallet-to-wallet transactions.
30. The security over Bitcoin wallets, however, still poses a major obstacle to Bitcoin going mainstream. Personal crypto security practices are just not sufficiently mainstreamed in the general population at this time, and may never be. One could ask if this is a similar juncture in economic history to the time when credit cards were not well understood on main street and even today credit card companies bear the burden of the cost of protecting consumers with credit card charges and insurance schemes. With Bitcoin, the loss of a private key (by forgetting a passphrase, say) means loss of the bitcoin assigned to the counterpart public key.
31. The wallet however remains, despite perception, still potentially more secure than a physical wallet. Therefore, the need for the physical security of funds is reduced, albeit not entirely — it is likely significant quantities of bitcoin stored in a single wallet, regardless of how safe, would never be completely trusted. It is also worth noting that not only individual wallets, but also wallets left with other institutions (e.g. Coinjar, Bitcoinica, Input.io, etc.) and even insured wallets are at risk. The system, as currently in place, requires individuals to make either their own security arrangements, or invest significant time determining the reliability of entities that secure or insure their bitcoins. Personal crypto security is critical. Lose your private key and one loses their bitcoins. Personal crypto security is a significant new area of consumer literacy and companies like Circle Internet Financial and Xapo are addressing these issues to mainstream them [8].
Bitcoin for Economic Banking Functions
32. The economic functions of a banking system can be thought of as being separated into their role in the provision of investment opportunities to investors (as both an investment opportunity themselves — i.e. through the payment of interest on deposits; and in their role as a facilitator for investment — i.e. in helping people invest in equities, bonds, etc. Primarily they function to aggregate deposits providing the “missing link” between firms wishing to borrowing large sums and lenders wishing to invest small [14]). This latter role would be consistent with a Bitcoin system which would operate without FRB — the only role the bank would play would be effectively a “matching function” — helping an investor connect with an investment option for a fee. This would not suffice to create additional money, since the entire value of the funds a person wishes to lend is passed along to the borrower immediately and directly (that is the very nature of a bitcoin transaction), and the lender loses access to it. The lender acquires an asset, in the form of either shares or a loan, and the borrower acquires funds. No deposit is retained. In the former role, the bank acts as a mechanism to gather together often smaller volumes of money, into a more efficient investment, and also absorbs the liquidity risk from individuals. This former mechanism however would require some form of FRB.
33. We see then two conclusions: (1) the power of the banking system to create money is an extension of its role in taking and creating deposits, and (2) the reason for the taking of deposits has functions and incentives beyond just the purely operational benefits. Therefore, even in a circumstance where the need for the operational role is removed or reduced by the use of Bitcoin, there is still a need for them to play a role in finding the most efficient investments, and providing a simple investment opportunity for individuals; which is potentially sufficient for the creation of deposit taking institutions, so FRB would naturally emerge.
A Model of FRB in Bitcoin
34. In order for Bitcoin to operate with a fractional reserve banking model we would need to postulate: (i) depository institutions (beyond the model used for organisations like Mt. Gox which take possession of a bitcoin wallet), and (ii) bitcoin denominated borrowing. The former would not likely materialise for operational reasons, in a system in which Bitcoin is the primary means of transaction, but for economic ones.
35. Simply put, should one wish to extend bitcoins from their personally held wallet to another individual, one would need to: (a) incur a cost to determine whom to lend to; (b) incur administrative costs in joining with other lenders to pool to then have sufficient funds to provide the loan; and (c) take on the liquidity and loan risk oneself.
36. The lending operation itself would then require one to transfer bitcoin from their wallet to the borrower’s and using the smart contracting mechanism of the Bitcoin protocol, albeit rudimentary, to create the repayment transactions according to the agreed terms, while simultaneously linking in a ‘sidechain’ representing the details of outstanding debt value (what the borrower owes the lender at any given point in time). This can be thought of as analogous to lending in cash; without any banking institution.
37. It must be remembered at this point that the Bitcoin protocol does not hold a shared ledger of balances. The balances of an individual are simply the aggregation of bitcoin addresses to which they hold a private key. Those bitcoin addresses they possess, are to where bitcoins are sent by other bitcoin holders. The “repayment ledger”, i.e. what is owed back from the borrow to the lender, would like need to be stored in a sidechain or what is referred to as an off-chain mechanism or in automated rules that run on the blockchain (in what is referred to as the virtual machine component of the blockchain ecosystem).
38. It should also be noted that the very nature of the Bitcoin protocol is that it solved the difficult double-spend problem. In the same spirit, the value of bitcoin loaned from one person to another would need a mechanism to signal that although this address received bitcoin, that the bitcoin was consideration granted under a loan and the nature and terms of the loan would need to be potentially side chained to the address that received the proceeds of the loan. Sidechaining is the process of linking additional transactional data to a bitcoin transaction using the same cryptographic relationship as those in the blockchain data structure underlying the Bitcoin protocol itself. In our example here, the related information would signal that this a loan repayment schedule or loan agreement and the encompassing terms and conditions of the loan would need to be attached. In this sense some of the other operational roles of the banking sector (i.e. recording amounts due; loan terms, etc.) can be undertaken through bitcoin with either a sidechain mechanism or an Ethereum like virtual machine contract (another way of saying a loan contract that lives on the blockchain as part of the original transaction).
39. The creation of a bitcoin depository institution would create, as it does with fiat currency, economies of scale to lending. While some of the above search and matching costs can be reduced through aggregation via a fee-taking institution for bitcoin (or smart contract on the blockchain), the liquidity risk management functions, and even some lending risk management functions cannot be so easily implemented. Which again reiterates — there are benefits to deposit-taking institutions in a Bitcoin universe, even beyond the operational.
40. Handing over the Bitcoin wallet for protection or aggregation (in the manner of Coinjar) would be similar to, under current banking systems, placing funds in a safety deposit box instead of a deposit account. Bitcoin exchanges earn their income from fees. If the former has advantages however, then the latter must — given the former only provides security and no economic benefit. Anything lent out from the wallet (or safety deposit) would therefore reduce access. Put simply: if one lends out funds from their safety deposit box one can no longer access those funds until they were repaid, vastly different from a bank that lends out funds (sourced from an aggregation of funds from numerous deposit holders’ accounts).
41. Theoretically, then, there is no difference between fractional reserve banking for a fiat currency and that for a cryptocurrency. If the Bitcoin acts as the base currency, and there is still incentive for the existence of deposits in circumstances where people receive a deposit in exchange for Bitcoin — as in paragraph above (i.e. banks would need to hold a portion of the bitcoin to meet likely withdrawal demands). Bitcoin merely acts as a more useful form of base money because of the in-built security, span of distance for transactions, and rapid settlement times (relatively to fiat currency transactions intermediated by today’s global banking system).
42. It is however worth noting that this has two additional effects. First, the benefits are now largely economic, not operational, to having deposits that can be accessed at any point, although the operational ones exist. Second, institutions unlike the current set of “depository” institutions for bitcoin would have to arise and would likely do so organically in the current system.
Would this Require a Central Bank?
43. A central bank provides a similar split of operation and economic roles [15]. Its operation functions include, although they vary country to country: its role in the clearing and payments system; a printer of currency; lender of last resort; banking supervisor and regulator, and providing government banking services. Its economic role extends to monetary stability; controlling inflation and influencing growth (and sometimes an economic development role, too). Some of this role can be taken on through the Bitcoin protocol; although with amendments and additions. The transfer of funds, for example, could be made from one bank to another bank immediately through their wallets, without the need for a central clearing and settling of the transaction (like The Federal Reserve in the United States operating a clearing system called the Federal Automated Clearing House (FedACH)).
44. It is worth noting that the banks are likely to see a greater potential risk with no access to any central bank lending facilities meaning they are likely to want to maintain greater reserves given that the cost of acquiring shorter term liquidity will be higher. As a result both (a) deposit interest rates are likely to increase, and (b) lending is likely to be lower and at higher cost than that of a fiat currency system.
How does Central Banking fit with Bitcoin?
45. Practically, there is a big difference. Without regulation and an authorised central actor in the Bitcoin economy monetary policy is effectively controlled by an algorithm — the controlled supply of bitcoin by mining. In which case, what then does monetary policy mean in a crypto economy? Is there such a construct in a decentralised crypto economy?
46. Today’s cryptocurrency institutions (what are referred to as the cryptocurrency exchanges) could, in theory, immediately begin lending out the majority of the bitcoin they hold on deposit with the remainder being the fractional reserve amount. However, without a central bank or similar for the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, the cryptocurrency focused on in this paper, there would be neither a lender of last resort to provide emergency liquidity to the system, nor a centralised oversight and regulatory body. This lack of any centralised system of assurance would likely make any deposit taking institutions arising out of Bitcoin of higher risk — in much the same way as the current bitcoin institutions are seen.
47. One could say that to even suggest the introduction of such a centralised authority in the crypto-economy is likely to be met with intense resistance from the Bitcoin movement, who view the cryptocurrency as an expression of libertarian principles, satisfying a need for a currency free from the control of the state and other third parties, such as commercial banks [8, 9].
48. So, one could think of the cryptocurrency held in exchanges as, effectively, base money held out of circulation and the Bitcoin crypto economy as operating without the multiplier effect of FRB at work, operating with only base money. Further, the economy operates without the monetary policy control mechanisms to adjust and target base and higher monetary aggregates that fiat currency possesses, instead relying on a single algorithm.
Source: Adapted from, accessed: 9th April 2017.
49. There is an historical analogy for these circumstances: in the period starting the late-1830s and ending around the 1860s the US saw the creation of multiple “free banks” — banks issuing their own currencies, backed by gold or other metals and providing demand deposits. Increasing utilisation of the banking system led, during this period, to the creation of the New York City Clearinghouse, to allow banks to settle accounts and exchange funds [16].
50. It was not until 1913 that the US created the Federal Reserve system, following a series of banking crises [17]. With the signing of the Federal Reserve Act by Woodrow Wilson, a new decentralised system of central banking was created. The system was created from 12 Reserve Banks (splitting the country into 12 zones), and a single Federal Reserve Board, and Federal Open Market Committee. While the creation of these structures was in part necessitated by the existence of fractional reserve banking it did not pre-date it. Fractional reserve banking necessitated the creation of these structures to stabilise the system, as well as other aims.
51. If we have sufficiently demonstrated therefore that even under a Bitcoin-based economy we would still likely see the formation of deposit taking, in the traditional sense of a deposit slip, institutions who would lend out deposits while maintain depositor access to them because of the individual economic benefits, then it is not a significant step to state that such a system would eventually likely need a support and regulatory infrastructure, which could be institutional or algorithmic (the latter being more likely).
Conclusion
52. In their current form digital currencies may be better thought of as digital commodities; and the current institutions of “deposit” for bitcoin are more akin to a Fort Knox, albeit with less of a track record on security. Instead of approaching Bitcoin from the point of view of how it resembles a currency and whether or not it meets the three primary criteria to function as a one (store of value; medium of exchange; unit of account), we have instead adopted the premise that Bitcoin is a currency and then asked now what?
53. The discussion set out here adopts a simplified assumption that Bitcoin is a currency and is the primary (or only) medium and then considers whether it is likely that FRB (and expansion of the crypto-monetary base or a C0) and therefore a central banking system would organically follow, whether physically or embodied in algorithm.
54. Our conclusion is that the same elements of a central banking and monetary system would emerge, in the case where Bitcoin was used as the primary means of exchange, deposit and loans, but that these same elements potentially make it less likely that Bitcoin would become a primary means of exchange: despite the benefits of both transactions of any size over any distance, these same benefits exist in the current system, and the current system has the added benefit of allowing economic returns without significant search costs.
55. While Bitcoin would likely generate some of these benefits as the structures we examine emerge over time, it is likely that while taxes remain paid in fiat currencies and volatility of Bitcoin remains high, there would not be a significant switch over; quite aside from the difficulties with using a token instrument that requires high degrees of personal crypto security. Also, the very features needed for FRB to occur with Bitcoin, i.e. exchange of the contents of a Bitcoin wallet for a deposit slip, and its existence within some form of structured banking system, are antithetical to those who currently use the system [18].
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How to build your own AlphaZero AI using Python and Keras
Teach a machine to learn Connect4 strategy through self-play and deep learning
In this article I’ll attempt to cover three things:
AlphaGo → AlphaGo Zero → AlphaZero.
This in itself, was a remarkable achievement. However,.
There are two amazing things about this achievement:
1. AlphaZero requires zero human expertise as input
It cannot be overstated how important this is. This means that the underlying methodology of AlphaGo Zero can be applied to ANY game with perfect information (the game state is fully known to both players at all times) because no prior expertise is required beyond the rules of the game.
This is how it was possible for DeepMind to publish the chess and shogi papers only 48 days after the original AlphaGo Zero paper. Quite literally, all that needed to change was the input file that describes the mechanics of the game and to tweak the hyper-parameters relating to the neural network and Monte Carlo tree search.
2. The algorithm is ridiculously elegant
If AlphaZero used super-complex algorithms that only a handful of people in the world understood, it would still be an incredible achievement. What makes it extraordinary is that your opponent would play a certain move, so didn’t think to explore that possibility. These are exactly the two aspects of gameplay that AlphaZero is trained to learn.
How to build your own AlphaZero
Firstly, check out the AlphaGo Zero cheat sheet for a high level understanding of how AlphaGo Zero works. It’s worth having that to refer to as we walk through each part of the code. There’s also a great article here that explains how AlphaZero works in more detail.
The code
Clone this Git repository, which contains the code I’ll be referencing.
To start the learning process, run the top two panels in the run.ipynb Jupyter notebook. Once it’s built up enough game positions to fill its memory the neural network will begin training. Through additional self-play and training, it will gradually get better at predicting the game value and next moves from any position, resulting in better decision making and smarter overall play.
We’ll now have a look at the code in more detail, and show some results that demonstrate the AI getting stronger over time.
N.B — This is my own understanding of how AlphaZero works based on the information available in the papers referenced above. If any of the below is incorrect, apologies and I’ll endeavour to correct it!
Connect4
The game that our algorithm will learn to play is Connect4 (or Four In A Row). Not quite as complex as Go… but there are still 4,531,985,219,092 game positions in total.
The game rules are straightforward. Players take it in turns to enter a piece of their colour in the top of any available column. The first player to get four of their colour in a row — each vertically, horizontally or diagonally, wins. If the entire grid is filled without a four-in-a-row being created, the game is drawn.
Here’s a summary of the key files that make up the codebase:
game.py
This file contains the game rules for Connect4.
Each squares is allocated a number from 0 to 41, as follows:
The game.py file gives the logic behind moving from one game state to another, given a chosen action. For example, given the empty board and action 38, the takeAction method return a new game state, with the starting player’s piece at the bottom of the centre column.
You can replace the game.py file with any game file that conforms to the same API and the algorithm will in principal, learn strategy through self play, based on the rules you have given it.
run.ipynb
This contains the code that starts the learning process. It loads the game rules and then iterates through the main loop of the algorithm, which consist of three stages:
- Self-play
- Retraining the Neural Network
- Evaluating the Neural Network
There are two agents involved in this loop, the best_player and the current_player.
The best_player contains the best performing neural network and is used to generate the self play memories. The current_player then retrains its neural network on these memories and is then pitched against the best_player. If it wins, the neural network inside the best_player is switched for the neural network inside the current_player, and the loop starts again.
agent.py
This contains the Agent class (a player in the game). Each player is initialised with its own neural network and Monte Carlo Search Tree.
The simulate method runs the Monte Carlo Tree Search process. Specifically, the agent moves to a leaf node of the tree, evaluates the node with its neural network and then backfills the value of the node up through the tree.
The act method repeats the simulation multiple times to understand which move from the current position is most favourable. It then returns the chosen action to the game, to enact the move.
The replay method retrains the neural network, using memories from previous games.
model.py
This file contains the Residual_CNN class, which defines how to build an instance of the neural network.
It uses a condensed version of the neural network architecture in the AlphaGoZero paper — i.e. a convolutional layer, followed by many residual layers, then splitting into a value and policy head.
The depth and number of convolutional filters can be specified in the config file.
The Keras library is used to build the network, with a backend of Tensorflow.
To view individual convolutional filters and densely connected layers in the neural network, run the following inside the the run.ipynb notebook:
current_player.model.viewLayers()
MCTS.py
This contains the Node, Edge and MCTS classes, that constitute a Monte Carlo Search Tree.
The MCTS class contains the moveToLeaf and backFill methods previously mentioned, and instances of the Edge class store the statistics about each potential move.
config.py
This is where you set the key parameters that influence the algorithm.
Adjusting these variables will affect that running time, neural network accuracy and overall success of the algorithm. The above parameters produce a high quality Connect4 player, but take a long time to do so. To speed the algorithm up, try the following parameters instead.
funcs.py
Contains the playMatches and playMatchesBetweenVersions functions that play matches between two agents.
To play against your creation, run the following code (it’s also in the run.ipynb notebook)
from game import Game
from funcs import playMatchesBetweenVersions
import loggers as lg
env = Game()
playMatchesBetweenVersions(
env
, 1 # the run version number where the computer player is located
, -1 # the version number of the first player (-1 for human)
, 12 # the version number of the second player (-1 for human)
, 10 # how many games to play
, lg.logger_tourney # where to log the game to
, 0 # which player to go first - 0 for random
)
initialise.py
When you run the algorithm, all model and memory files are saved in the run folder, in the root directory.
To restart the algorithm from this checkpoint later, transfer the run folder to the run_archive folder, attaching a run number to the folder name. Then, enter the run number, model version number and memory version number into the initialise.py file, corresponding to the location of the relevant files in the run_archive folder. Running the algorithm as usual will then start from this checkpoint.
memory.py
An instance of the Memory class stores the memories of previous games, that the algorithm uses to retrain the neural network of the current_player.
loss.py
This file contains a custom loss function, that masks predictions from illegal moves before passing to the cross entropy loss function.
settings.py
The locations of the run and run_archive folders.
loggers.py
Log files are saved to the log folder inside the run folder.
To turn on logging, set the values of the logger_disabled variables to False inside this file.
Viewing the log files will help you to understand how the algorithm works and see inside its ‘mind’. For example, here is a sample from the logger.mcts file.
Equally from the logger.tourney file, you can see the probabilities attached to each move, during the evaluation phase:
Results
Training over a couple of days produces the following chart of loss against mini-batch iteration number:
The top line is the error in the policy head (the cross entropy of the MCTS move probabilities, against the output from the neural network). The bottom line is the error in the value head (the mean squared error between the actual game value and the neural network predict of the value). The middle line is an average of the two.
Clearly, the neural network is getting better at predicting the value of each game state and the likely next moves. To show how this results in stronger and stronger play, I ran a league between 17 players, ranging from the 1st iteration of the neural network, up to the 49th. Each pairing played twice, with both players having a chance to play first.
Here are the final standings:
Clearly, the later versions of the neural network are superior to the earlier versions, winning most of their games. It also appears that the learning hasn’t yet saturated — with further training time, the players would continue to get stronger, learning more and more intricate strategies.
As an example, one clear strategy that the neural network has favoured over time is grabbing the centre column early. Observe the difference between the first version of the algorithm and say, the 30th version:
1st neural network version
30th neural network version
This is a good strategy as many lines require the centre column — claiming this early ensures your opponent cannot take advantage of this. This has been learnt by the neural network, without any human input.
Learning a different game
There is a game.py file for a game called ‘Metasquares’ in the games folder. This involves placing X and O markers in a grid to try to form squares of different sizes. Larger squares score more points than smaller squares and the player with the most points when the grid is full wins.
If you switch the Connect4 game.py file for the Metasquares game.py file, the same algorithm will learn how to play Metasquares instead.
Summary
Hopefully you find this article useful — let me know in the comments below if you find any typos or have questions about anything in the codebase or article and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
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There’s another big news in Melaka. Melaka Biotechnology Corporation has made an agreement with Malaysia BiotechCorp to develop Melaka Pharma Park in Alor Gajah. The first ever pharma park in Malaysia. The RM1.5 billion park will be built in an area of 200 hectares in the Alor Gajah.
The Melaka Pharma Park was an an idea developed during a dialogue with YAB Chief Minister of Melaka during an event with Biotechnology Industry and Halal Malaysia’ on 31st July. In the event, Melaka Biotech Corporation proposed to Malaysia BiotechCorp to establish the Melaka Pharma park for health and pharmaceutical industrial entrepreneurs. Following the idea, the Malaysia Biotech Corp has agreed to develop Melaka Pharma Park as a ‘Public Private Partnership’. The partnership has been made among Malaysia BiotechCorp, Melaka Biotech Corporation, Capipharm Sdn Bhd and DRB-Hicom Berhad.
The signing of the proposed collaboration between Malaysian Biotech Corporation, Melaka Biotech Corporation, DRB-Hicom and Caphiparm Development Sdn Bhd was witnessed by Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and Chief Minister. AJ Jomaiah, is an associate company of Saudi Arabia’s Holding Sdn Bhd, will invest an initial US$100 million in various biomedical projects including a RM150 million vaccine manufacturing plant in the Melaka Technology Park.
Melaka Biotech CEO, Datin Norsabrina Mohd Noor said, the first phase of Melaka Pharma park will involve investment around RM500 million for basic infrastructure. DRB Hicom will invest RM100 million to set up the facilities while RM400 million will be from foreign direct investment in the next three year.
Melaka Pharma Park will be equipped with the necessary ecosystem for the pharmaceutical industry, including training facilities for local workforce supply in the industry. This training center will drive interest among investor because currently there’s no proper organisation to train executives in the industry.
Surely this will attract attention from multinational pharmaceutical company. Domestic pharmaceutical has been identify as a potential industry in the future. The pharmaceutical industry include prescription, traditional medicine and nutritional supplement. Growth of traditional medicine and nutritional supplement will make Melaka Pharma Park to become a landmark for pharmaceutical industry.
The construction work on the first phase and expected to begin by end 2013 or early 2014.
Source News :- Melaka Hari Ini
For more information contact :-
Melaka Biotechnology Corporation
Lot 7 MITC City
Hang Tuah Jaya
75450
Ayer Keroh
Melaka
Phone : 06-2313622
Website :-
It is another great idea from Melaka state government. This development will help Melaka to successfully become a developed state. It is also a good opportunity for pharmaceutical companies to set up their operations in Melaka. It could also attract more foreign companies to invest in Melaka and increase job opportunities in Melaka.
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Melaka International Trade Center (MITC) was officially launched in June 2003 by YAB Datuk Seri Hj Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam, the Chief Minister of Melaka. MITC is known for its superior international trade centre and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions).
MITC is one of the landmarks building in Melaka. It is situated at Jalan Konvensyen, Hang Tuah Jaya, Ayer Keroh Melaka. The place is quite strategic. Near to most government agencies, local bank, hypermarket Mydin, mosque, hotels and shop lots. It is easily accessible from other towns, cities and states in Malaysia via the North-South Expressway.
It is a well known place for trade in Melaka whether for local or international. Many organizations held their event at the MITC because of the credibility of the MITC.
MITC facilities and services include
1. Exhibition Hall
The exhibition hall spacing is 13,000 m2 on a single floor. The hall could be divided into 3 halls, Hall A, Hall B and Hall C. The capacity of the whole is able to provide 238 standard shell scheme booths.
2. Meeting Room
There are 8 meeting rooms available on Level 1. Three of the room has partition that can movable to be as a large meeting room. The meeting rooms’ space is 8.5m x 17m and height of 3.6m. These meeting rooms are frequently used for meetings, seminars, conferences especially by government agencies, private agencies and NGOs.
3. Grand Ballroom
The Grand ballroom is on Level 2. The room is 51m x 25.5m and 4.5 meter ceiling. The Grand ballroom is suitable for wedding event, annual birthday or special event. It can accommodate about 800 guests in a banquet style.
4. Auditorium
Auditorium is situated on Level 1. There are 272 seats available and equipped with latest sound and lighting system with 14’ x 12’ silver screen. It is perfect place for medium sized conferences, theater, dramas and musical performance.
5. Board Room
Board Room is located at Level 2 and can accommodate for 20 settees. It includes facilities such as microphone for meetings and conference purpose.
6. VIP Room
VIP Room is located at ground floor. It is special room for VIP to take rest or make press conference.
7. Business Centre
It is a place for MITC officer and valued guest meet. Guest can get services such as photocopy, fax and information inquiries.
8. Parking
MITC provide parking in front of the building. But in the peak hours, the parking is not enough.
9. Storage
MITC provide 5 storage rooms for exhibitor to stock up their belonging during the exhibition show.
10. Loading bays
MITC provide 3 loading bays behind the Exhibition Hall for exhibitor and organizer to load off their belonging to the hall.
11. Dataran
Dataran is an open air parking area. It can be used for outdoor events such as concerts, car exhibitions, bazaars etc.
12. Lobby
Lobby is located at ground floor. It is 2167.5m2 and able to hold mini exhibition fair which can accommodate 40 booths. There’s also a chair to relax and massage chair to get electronic massage.
13. Permanent Display
Permanent display situated at ground floor near lobby area. It has 100 permanent display shows about company and factory product. It also could become a promotion for company by display their product and company information at the place.
14. Kiosk
There are 8 kiosk located in the ground floor. It is open only if there’s an event in the MITC.
15. Orange Café
Orange Café is situated at ground floor and in front of exhibition hall. It serves delicious food for guest to eat and drink.
16. Tech Facilities
Free Wifi is availabel. You just need to get password from their administrative staff. Other than that, MITC also provide WiFi using TM Wifi for TM subscribers. To get the service you need to have registered account at TM WiFi.
MITC also provide the latest audiovisual technology for event, seminars, conference, presentation, etc. The lighting systems also high standard.
17. Prayer Room
The prayer room for Muslim located at ground floor in front of the exhibition hall
18. Toilet
There’s clean toilet available in each room separated by gender.
19. Security
The security officers work and provide 24 hours services within the perimeters of venue. They are highly trained personnel and provide assistance for organizer and visitor
That’s some short description about MITC. You just can contact the MITC administration for further inquiry at :-
Melaka International Trade Centre
Level 2, Convention Centre,
Jalan Konvensyen, Hang Tuah Jaya, MITC Complex,
75450, Ayer Keroh, Melaka , Malaysia
Source Information: MITC website
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Schedule Lays Out Nicely
Although this is still one of the toughest schedules overall in the country, I like how it lays out going forward for the following reasons:
1. The opponents and matchups get progressively more difficult for the most part allowing an improving team time and opportunity to develop talent and depth.
2. There is a nice break for the bye week to heal up with 4 games to go - not too early and not too late. It also breaks up the "murderers row" of Wisconsin, MSU, and PSU.
3. We have a couple of light games before OSU instead of recent years with physical road matches against Iowa and Wisconsin the week before The Game.
4. The road games (other than OSU) are not in pits of hell like Iowa or PSU. Northwestern will have more Michigan fans than the home team. MSU is not that loud or hostile - they can't even sell the place out regularly. Rutgers is Rutgers.
If the team continues to show improvement and we get some breaks, we could roll into Columbus at 10-1 and ready for a 2006 type of showdown with the Bucknuts. I'm not saying it will be easy but I think if the team continues its upward trajectory, it is doable. This is especially true if injured players such as Evans, Solomon, and Black return to gives us a boost along the way.
Sept. 29 @Northwestern 4:30, Fox
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With another great day for the long weekend, I went for a stroll both in a small bush park I had not been to before, and to explore a recently developed area behind Long Bay Reserve. I am assuming, in some form of preparation for the land, Hay had been rolled out in the soon to be housing developments.
Not having much real life experience on farms and the like, I love the look of giant hay rolls, or stacks of bails as tall as a barn. There is something appealing about the simple raw product that has been gathered straight from the ground.
The rolls in today’s image were quite some way past a tall fenced off area, so I had to zoom right in with my 55-210mm lens to capture them as viewed above.
In post processing, using Gimp, I added a ‘lomo’ filter and adjusted the contrast a little.
Off to the music event Laneway tomorrow. All going to plan, I will be taking my Pentax MG to get some B&W 35mm shots, and likely my mobile, so we will see if I have some shots from there tomorrow, or later in the week. I did get some more shots today from my bush walk, so will look to share them on a day I don’t have much.
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Today was just finei did my normal things and went to my favourite websmaking icon really enrich my poor summer holiday...eventhough it bored me,but worthwhile.later i would think of posting some of my shits on LJ@O@i browsed those suju forum and found that heechul is really a godsendhe did all kind of sweetest things to make me feel like i am in love>///<I do agree that i am very abnormal comparing with all my friendsbut they also do.eg,etheli found that i really dislike hersometimes she even disgust meespecially with her great imagination to marry those good-looking singers-_-how come a girl aged 17 always think of sth would impossibly to happen?also,her behaviar also very sorry,she always laughed at me with the crazying of suju,but she reacted crazier than me.......it really sucks,=,,=my english really got no improve,and wiser....how to make it better so that i could freely talk to those foreign ppl?-_- | https://mizbi.livejournal.com/ | 2018-10-15T17:32:50 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Nihonkoku 720ml
Size: 720 ml
Class: Junmai Ginjo
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 55%
Brewery Location: Niigata Prefecture
Food Pairings: Appetizers - Main Dishes, Complements light to rich flavored dishes: smoked fish, yakitori with sauce, roast pork, stewed meats.
Tasting Notes: Fragrant and creamy with rich flavors of apple, sesame and a hint of citrus tangerine.
Brewery: Taiyo Shuzo (founded: 1635)
The history of Taiyo Sake Brewery began with the merger of 14 old breweries in the Murakami area. In 1945, the company Kaetsumeijo ("Kaetsu Famous Brewery") was established and it began producing sake under the brand name Koshi-no Tama. Koshi refers to Niigata and Tama means "spirit" in Japanese. Five years later the company name was changed to Taiyo Sake Brewery and the brand name to Taiyozakari. Though the present day company was established in the post-war Showa Era, the history of each of the 14 parent breweries goes back much further.For example, one of these 14 breweries was established in 1635 (the 12th year of the Kanei Era), before the first publication of The Life of an Amorous Man. | https://mmsake.com/products/nihonkoku-720ml | 2018-10-15T16:58:58 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Apple has been working on autonomous vehicle technology for some time now.
Documents from August 2015 revealed that the company was developing some sort of self-driving car tech, while the company was granted a patent in April 2017 to test such vehicles. CEO Tim Cook has also been quite bullish on self-driving cars, calling the tech “the mother of all AI projects” back in June.
That said, the company has been rather secretive over the years when it comes to its self-driving vehicle efforts. To shed some light on the matter, Apple’s director of artificial intelligence research, Canadian Ruslan Salakhutdinov, met with around 200 AI experts in an event this past weekend.
Salakhutdinov referred to a research paper published last month, which detailed software to identify pedestrians and cyclists using 3-D scanners called lidars used on most autonomous vehicles. Salakhutdinov mentioned that thanks to machine learning, the system was able to perform well even during rainy conditions or when pedestrians were partially obscured by parked cars.
Salakhutdinov also discussed a positioning technique known as SLAM, which is used on robots and autonomous vehicle for simultaneous localization and mapping. SLAM also features map building and augmented reality applications.
Finally, Salakhutdinov talked about how Apple is working on using AI to let vehicles make quick decisions in certain situations, such as avoiding a pedestrian on the road. Data collected by cars with large mounted sensors has been used to create 3D maps that feature traffic lights, road markings and other mapping information. | https://mobilesyrup.com/2017/12/11/apple-self-driving-car-tech-initiatives-detailed/ | 2018-10-15T17:25:55 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Growing up my mom used to rave about the cheese straws from Rhodes Bakery in Atlanta. I remember thinking they were only for special occasions. Indeed, with all the cheese, flour and butter – they should be. And, what could more special than a train ride to Charlotte to see Lady Gaga? I went on a wild web search looking for the recipe from Rhodes but found nothing. Over and over, I found people making the Lee Brother’s recipe and decided that I would try it. Actually, I tried Smitten Kitchen’s adapted version of their recipe – and it worked quite well. Not quite as good as the ones I remember but delicious. Two batches made plenty for the trainride and drinks in the hotel plus enough leftover for my puppy sitter..
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Weird about storing them in the refrigerator. Most cheese straw are good to be left out at room temp. They sound good though. | https://modmealsonmendenhall.com/2010/09/22/lee-brothers-cheese-straws/ | 2018-10-15T18:02:05 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
For:
- Ruggie’s ‘Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights‘, March 2011 ( 27 pages plain text or 40 pages pretty copy with lot’s of images) – Prof Ruggie was the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (yes, I know, it’s a mouthful but don’t let that deter you!) and these Principles are the result of six years of consultation, research and analysis. If you read nothing else – reading the Principles will give you a very good understanding of the issues involved. The UN Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the Guiding Principles and their implementation and Ruggie’s work is now continued by ‘the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises‘ and the Annual Forum on Business & Human Rights.
- The Global Compact (GC) brochure – with currently more than 10,000 signatories in over 140 countries it is the largest, voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. The GC was established in 2000 and is evolving constantly with more and more case studies being added on the official website. The GC has often been criticised for not being tough enough on monitoring the implementation of the 10 Principles that make up the Compact but is making all efforts to change that reputation.
- Ruggie: Protect, Respect and Remedy; A Framework for Business and Human Rights, April 2008 ( 28 pages) report lays the groundwork for implementation of the responsibility of governments to protect human rights, the responsibility of business to respect human rights and the shared responsibility to ensure greater access to remedies by victims of human rights abuses. This framework formed the basis for the Guiding Principles and were welcomed by all sectors as it clearly spelled out each sectors role.
- The Corporate legal accountability briefing published 20 June 2012 from The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (13 pages). This online Resource Centre is truly the world’s leading independent resource on the subject and a one-stop-shop of business and human rights for all sectors. The website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ human rights impacts worldwide – positive and negative. The Briefing provides a very good overview of international trends and developments in corporate human rights legal cases with a special online portal providing backup information about more than 70 lawsuits worldwide.
There are of course other important contributors to the field including National Human Rights Institutions, academic institutions and civil society organisations and that is the content for another blog.
For now, happy reading and please feel free to add to the list, comment or ask questions! | https://momentumpartnerships.com/business-human-rights-the-basics-part-1/ | 2018-10-15T17:21:00 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Patients treated with rehabilitation are less likely to use narcotics
The incidence of knee-related conditions has been increasing
Knee pain and knee osteoarthritis, sometimes referred to collectively as non-traumatic knee pain (NTKP), is very common in individuals aged 65 and older. Statistics have shown that the incidence of these conditions in older adults has increased by 65% over the past 20 years, with rates doubling in women and tripling in men. In addition, the rates for knee surgery have also increased over this period of time, which adds to the cost of managing these individuals. Several guidelines recommend rehabilitation such as exercise therapy to address pain and disability in patients with NTKP, which may also reduce the chances of these individuals using other dangerous treatment like opioids or needing to have surgery. Unfortunately, there is limited information on how many NTKP patients undergo rehabilitation, and it's possible that not nearly enough are doing so. For this reason, a study was conducted to determine how many of these patients were receiving rehabilitation for their condition and examine how it affects their outcomes.
Data collected on extremely large group of patients
To conduct the study, researchers collected data on Medicare claims between 2009-2010. They looked for information on the utilization and cost of treatment for individuals over the age of 65 being treated for NTKP, which included 52,504 patient records. With this data, they examined which patients received rehabilitation services like physical therapy, how early this treatment started, what other treatments were delivered and how their outcomes differed depending on what treatment they received.
Only small percentage of patients are treated with rehabilitation services
Of the 52,504 NTKP patients examined, only 11% received any type of rehabilitation services for their condition at any time. Of the patients who were rehabilitated with physical therapy and other treatments, 52% began treatment within 15 days of their diagnosis, 27% started treatment within 16-120 days and 21% started treatment more than 120 days after being diagnosed. Further analysis showed that the participants who had early rehabilitation were 33% less likely to take narcotics like opioids, 50% less likely to receive invasive procedures like injections and 42% less likely to have surgery in the future than individuals who did not receive rehabilitation. Patients who didn't receive rehabilitation until later, on the other hand, actually had higher odds of receiving these other types of interventions than those who did not receive any rehabilitation. These findings show that patients who are treated with physical therapy soon after being diagnosed with NTKP have better chances of improving without the use of dangerous narcotics or surgery, but only a small percentage are actually receiving this kind of treatment. It's therefore important that doctors acknowledge the benefits of early rehabilitation for NTKP patients and refer them to physical therapy accordingly.
-As reported in the June '17 issue of Physical Therapy | https://momentumrehab.com/library_newsfeed_985 | 2018-10-15T17:15:19 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Following is a guest post from Penny Roach at Green Moms and Kids. Penny believes in the life style choices of helping oneself stay healthy by eating well and remain in shape. One of her missions of blogging is also to talk about her journey from being an uninformed, wasteful consumer mom to a green, compassionate, eco-friendly mom.
In this post, she shares her go green ideas and green tips. Sit back and read about 10 Easy Green Living Tips for families to become eco-friendly.
From Penny…
The concept of “going green” or go green ideas is not a new one. To be honest, my grandparents and great grandparents were green without even realizing it. They grew their own fruits and vegetables, raised their own livestock, and lived by the concept of “early to bed, early to rise”. They were constantly working their muscles by doing chores, didn’t spend a lot of time sitting around and they weren’t “trapped” by the modern conveniences that we enjoy today.
Yes, we live in a very modern, fast paced world. Our society resembles a fast food drive thru where we want instant gratification, all in the name of convenience. One would think that having all of the modern conveniences at our disposal would have created a better world and, in some ways, it has. But the sad fact is that we have also (albeit unwittingly) created a set of problems that are wreaking havoc with our environment.
Many of the people I talk to are interested in going green, but they’re not convinced that any steps they would take would have enough of an impact to matter. Not true! Going green is a process and it can be approached in a variety of ways. Here are 10 Go Green Ideas and Easy Green Living Tips for your Family to go green today. And trust me…every little bit helps.
10 Go Green Ideas and Easy Green Living Tips for Families
1. Go Green with Gardening
Grow a garden. It doesn’t have to be huge for your family to benefit. Even if you live in an apartment building and have nothing more than a patio or balcony, you can grow a few small vegetables or herbs.
2. Be Organic
Buy at least some organic fruits and vegetables at your store or, better yet, buy from a local farmer’s market. Know a neighbor who grows his or her own produce or has an abundance of farm fresh eggs? Offer to buy some or even barter a service in exchange.
3. Be Economic with Water
Cut down on water. Hand washing dishes uses less water than running a dishwasher. Showers use less water than baths. Turn off the water when you’re brushing your teeth. You’ll be saving water and the energy needed to heat it.
4. Mindful of Heat and Air conditioning
Turn down the heat in the winter and the air conditioning in the summer. If you’re chilly, put on a sweatshirt and socks or slippers and if you’re a bit warm, place a box fan in an open window. It’s much cheaper and better for the environment.
5.Plastic for Glass
Swap out the plastic for glass. Plastic contains harmful chemicals that are dangerous for the environment and your health. If your children take a lunch to school, opt for a stainless steel lunchbox.
6. Walk or ride a bike.
When possible, keep the car at home. You’ll be getting fresh air, exercise and reducing the number of harmful emissions. If you must drive, try to schedule your errands together so you’ll drive less.
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7.Clean out the closet
Rid your closets of clothes that you and your family no longer wear.A perfect Go green idea! If they’re still in good condition, donate them, take them to a consignment shop or hold a garage sale. Try to purchase whatever you can from these outlets as well.
8. Recycling
Before you throw something away, ask yourself “can I use this for something else”? Many objects can be used for craft projects, DIY household projects and the like. Have an old magazine rack you’re not using? It will hold storage container lids or cutting boards on the inside of your cupboard. Have an old milk carton? Cut it in half horizontally and one part can be used as a scoop in the garden and the other can be used to cover a small plant if the weather gets chilly. Be creative.
9. Wise with Power
Turn things off when not in use. This not only means the lights, but the DVR, your computer, your cell phone and any other electronic device. Even if they aren’t in use, many times they’re still using energy to power the indicator light.
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10. Mediate and appreciate.
The planet is a gift to us and its beauty surrounds us all. Take time to appreciate the sky, trees, and grass. Take in the beauty and realize how fortunate we are to have been given something so precious to enjoy.
RELATED: 4 Ways to Practice Mindfulness
When you look at our earth that way, I’m sure you’ll find even more ways to take care of it. Hope you enjoyed reading this post on go green ideas and put it to good use!
To Your Health, Happiness and Greener Way of Life,
Penny from Green Moms and Kids
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We sat down and discussed the best baby registries with over a dozen moms, with combined experience having over 35 babies. We took notes, and they gave ratings for each registry. All of the parents had tried at least one registry, and provided us with thorough baby registry reviews, including Babies R Us, Babylist, Target, Buy Buy Baby, Amazon, WalMart, Pottery Barn Kids, Diapers.com, and some smaller registries such as Giggle and Magic Beans. Note that the Babies R Us Registry shut down as of March, 2018, but we include some notes about it at the bottom of this page (just for comparison purposes).
Below we tabulate all of the final results from our research. Note that we update this list every month, in response to changing terms and conditions of each registry, and in response to changing experiences in our community of parents. After our table of results, we give fuller reviews of the top 7 rated baby registries, using five primary criteria for selection: range of available items, competitive prices, fast shipping, easy returns, and overall customer service experience, If you have any questions or comments about our reviews of the best baby registries, find us on Facebook and leave a comment! We always appreciate reader feedback, and want to keep all of our reviews accurate and timely!
Here are the Best Baby Registries of 2018!
Winner! Amazon.com Baby Registry.
Everybody knows that Amazon.com has the largest selection of products on earth. Looking for full nursery sets? Got it. Gliders? Got em. Dressers, changing tables, cribs, toys, small appliances, books? No problem. You can add anything from a small set of receiving blankets to large furniture items, all at extremely competitive prices and with fast shipping (free if spending over $49, or if they have Amazon Prime, and who doesn't!?). Moms who used the Amazon baby registry loved that they could get anything under one roof, and didn't have to make several baby registries to cover all the different things they wanted. They also reported that Amazon customer service was excellent and the return or exchange process (within 90 days) was free and easy, and the gift giver does NOT find out that the gift was returned or exchanged (you can get Amazon credit to use toward other things). There are also a few other great features. First, Amazon uses what's called a universal baby registry, which means that you can add a button to your browser that will allow you to add products to your registry from any other website you might find. For instance, if you find something at Buy Buy Baby that you can't get at Amazon, you can add that item to your Amazon registry with a click of a button. Second, they offer a substantial completion discount of 10-15%. If you sign up for Amazon Prime you'll qualify for the full 15% discount; otherwise, you'll get the default 10% discount. The completion discount is eligible on remaining baby registry items within 60 days of the baby's due date (before it or after it), for up to $2000 worth of items (can be combined into one purchase, or divided into two purchases). This can amount to hefty savings: with Amazon Prime, you'll get a $300 discount on a $2000 purchase of remaining registry items. There is also usually a sweepstakes that you can enter for a chance to win your entire registry for free; obviously not a huge likelihood that you will win, but nice to have the chance. And they will send you a little welcome box with some product samples, usually like $30-35 worth of goodies. Amazon also has one of the most comprehensive and unbiased item review systems on the internet, with many products having thousands of candid user reviews, so you'll know what you're getting yourself into before deciding on an item. And of course, you might be able to find our own reviews of over 500 popular baby products (see our full list of reviews here). Overall, Amazon's baby registry is a clear winner of our best baby registry list for many reasons. Negatives? The moms who used Amazon's baby registry didn't report any major problems. One did note that not all items on Amazon are eligible for free 2-day Prime shipping, and sometimes it's nice to be able to visit the store to touch and see actual products rather than ordering only online (which I think is solved by the universal registry system, which allows you to add items from any store). To learn more about creating an Amazon baby registry, click here.
First Runner-up: Target Baby Registry
According to our research, this is the second best baby registry option out there. It was a close second to Amazon, mostly because moms really appreciated that friends and families could buy online or in the store. They also could stop at a Target on the way to visit you (or on the way to your shower) to buy that last minute gift! So Target is definitely a good baby registry option if you have a lot of absent-minded friends and family members who need a convenient option. Target, like Amazon, has a very wide range of products available for registries: they have the little things, like receiving blankets and towels, up to the larger things like dressers, changing tables, cribs, and gliders. Their range of options isn't anywhere near as wide as Amazon, their range of baby-specific options isn't as wide as Babies R Us, and their reviews aren't as comprehensive as Amazon. Regarding selection, Target has recently started the "Add from Anywhere" which allows you to add items to your registry from other websites, which helps with some of the limited selection. But they do have fast shipping and your friends and family are likely familiar with Target and comfortable shopping there. In terms of negatives, if your friends and family buy baby registry items in-store, moms report that the return and exchange process is easy and fast, and the customer service folks are usually very easy to deal with. However, if the items are purchased online, some report horrible customer service (and several phone calls to India), and it's a crap-shoot whether the store will accept a return of an online purchase. Like Amazon, Target also offers a completion discount of 15% off items remaining in your baby registry within 6 weeks of your due date. That discount is 5% higher than the basic Amazon discount (without signing up for Amazon Mom), and starts 2 weeks sooner than the Amazon discount. However, keep in mind that the Amazon prices on many items might actually be lower, and 2-day shipping is free with Amazon Prime, so the net cost might be similar. Also, Target sells many items online-only, which some moms report can make in-store returns difficult or impossible (though Target claims otherwise). To learn more about creating a Target baby registry, click here.
Second Runner-up: Babylist Baby Registry.
This is the first year that the Babylist registry has made it onto our list, and we're excited by its selection, flexibility, discounts, shipping options, free gifts, and clever non-material gift options like dog sitting, baby sitting, and home-cooked meals.. They even have some products you can't get on Amazon, like the Nuna Pipa and Nuna Rava car seats, which your friends and family can purchase directly from the Babylist website, and usually for the same price you find at the larger stores. If there's something you can't find on the Babylist website, you can access products from all the big box stores, and all the little ones, including Etsy and other Indie shops. This technically makes the selection one of the largest on our list. Regarding flexibility, you can add items from any store, big or small, to your registry, using the browser bookmark add-in (which was very easy to use!), or their Android/iPhone app. The majority of baby products available on the Babylist website have free returns within a 90-day window. But if you add products to your registry from other sites (e.g., Amazon, Babies R Us, etc), you are bound to the return policies of those specific sites. Already registered at other sites? Babylist can easily link or transfer them to your account so they're all in one place! Like Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby, there is a 10% discount on remaining items available in the Babylist.com store, which is offered 60 days prior to Expected Arrival Date. The majority of baby products available on the Babylist website have free shipping over $25. But if you add products to your registry from other sites (e.g., Amazon, Babies R Us, etc), you are bound to the shipping policies of those sites. This is store-specific; wherever the gift is purchased, that is the gift wrapping policy you are bound to. So it's unlikely, but you might luck out. There are some additional perks to the Babylist registry worth mentioning: The free Hello Baby Box welcome gift for qualified new registrants, the ability to add "help & favors" rather than just products - need babysitting, dog sitting, home-cooked meals? Put them on your registry! Want to start saving for college? Ask for gifts to your baby-to-be's college fund! Parents without paid parental leave also find the cash fund helpful to offset the strain of taking an unpaid leave. Also able to asked for hand-me-downs like books & clothing. Extensive resource and guide section, including sample registries and a lifestyle quiz to help you select what is best for your family. Their customer service is also great, and their "Happiness Heroes" are available via email, chat, and phone to help you build your registry and to help less tech-savvy gift givers make online purchases! To learn more about the Babylist registry, click here.
Third Runner-up: Buy Buy Baby.
Did you know that Buy Buy Baby is the baby version of Bed, Bath, & Beyond? You might be wondering why you should care. Well, you know those 20% off coupons you get in the mail but rarely use? You can use those at Buy Buy Baby, giving you a potential discount much larger than some of the other baby registry options (but this is only eligible for a single item). Don't get those coupons? Sign up here at Bed Bath and Beyond and they will send you a coupon via email the next day (they'll also send one to your house). Moms reported that Buy Buy Baby offers a slightly larger selection than Babies R Us, and tends to have excellent customer service (as does Babies R Us). Though gift wrapping is an added fee when using the website, Buy Buy Baby does provide free wrapping paper and tape in the store so you can wrap your own gifts purchases. But Buy Buy Baby doesn't have anywhere near as many locations as Babies R Us, and their prices tend to be a bit higher (thought they will price match with Babies R Us or Amazon if you make a fuss). Of course, Buy Buy Baby has a completion discount (15%), but like Pottery Barn Kids, it doesn't start until after baby's due date. They did just update their policy to include free shipping for items over $29 (used to be $99, then $49, and now $29). Moms report that the return process is easy, and customer service is generally excellent. However, a few of our moms had very strong negative things to say about the Buy Buy Baby gift registry, including difficulty returning or exchanging in store without an original receipt. To learn more about the Buy Buy Baby registry, click here.
Luke-warm: Walmart.
Our experience with the Walmart baby registry was limited by their flexibility and discounts. The selection at Walmart is amazing, nearly as good as other large online retailers like Amazon, so you're likely to find most baby products you're interested in putting on your registry. And they have an awesome price-match guarantee so that you make sure you're getting a competitive price relative to most other online retailers, like Amazon or BabiesRUs. The list of stores they will price match with is available here. In the increasingly competitive landscape of online retailers, Walmart is second only to Amazon, but you wouldn't really know that based only on their registry. While it has some perks, like the price-matching, free returns within the 90-day window, and a welcome box of sample baby products (like they have at Babylist), they are also pretty limited. First, unlike every other baby registry we reviewed, Walmart does not offer any completion discount, so you won't get any discounts on remaining registry items as your due date approaches. Second, Walmart does not offer any gift wrapping options that we could find; we did figure out that you could set up a gift list outside of the registry and choose wrapping, but we couldn't figure out how to get registry gifts wrapped. Third, one of the biggest limitations is that they don't allow you to add products from other stores, only Walmart. So if it's not available on Walmart, then you're out of luck, unless you make more than one registry. The only sites that offer multi-store flexibility for their baby registries are Amazon, Target, and Babylist. So overall, we're only luke-warm on Walmart, and think there are better options out there. But if you're a die-hard Walmart customer, or you have a store very close to home, then it might be worth giving it a shot. To learn more about the Walmart registry, click here.
Not so hot: Pottery Barn Kids
Here's an option that is very highly reviewed by the relatively few moms who have actually used it. It's not that it's not a fantastic baby registry (it is), but rather that it tends have more expensive options than our other recommended baby registries, and some moms aren't comfortable asking their friends and family to spend $1300 on a dresser or $1000 on a glider. However, moms note that if your friends and family are comfortable with these prices, the products are definitely very high quality. Pottery Barn Kids does a good job of keeping only options that are soft (blankets, swaddlers, sheets, etc), durable, and have very high customer satisfaction and low returns. In other words, the increased price might be worth it - and in this case, you typically get what you pay for. With Pottery Barn Kids you're paying for higher quality and usually cuter styling. Most moms agreed that Pottery Barn Kids has some of the cutest and most stylish baby registry options out there. So how does it compare in terms of features? Customers can buy online or in store, just like the others. Of course, there aren't as many Pottery Barn Kids stores out there as there are Target or Babies R Us stores (which feel like they're in nearly every town), so it might not be quite as convenient for friends and family. They have a 10% completion discount for a 6 month period, but it only begins AFTER your baby's due date (not before it like the others). If you are having more than one baby (twins, or triplets!) they offer a 10% discount on multiple registry items (so if you ask for 2 of the same blanket, there's a discount). They also have an ongoing $1500 monthly drawing, and your name will be automatically entered into the drawing and you might win that amount towards your registry purchases. Of course, none of the 4 moms who used this registry actually won the monthly drawing, but you gotta be in it to win it, right? To learn more about the Pottery Barn Kids baby registry, click here.
Gone Baby Gone! Babies R Us Baby Registry.
The Babies R Us Baby Registry is no longer operating, the registry was shut down in March 2018. Fortunately, one of the other baby registries is offering perks for people who might be interested in transfering their Babies R Us registry to their site: As of March 2018, Babylist was offering an extra $10 for people who want to transfer their registry to Babylist, which is a decent incentive. In our original review of the Babies R Us registry, the moms we interviewed showed very high appreciation for it, and as many who recommended Amazon and Target also recommended Babies R Us for the best baby registry of the year. Amazon won by a small margin, mostly because their selection and prices are unbeatable, they simply have far more options, and offer free 2-day shipping and free returns which moms noted are both "amazing" and "very reliable." To compete, Babies R Us offered a ton of incentives for new baby registries. These included: endless earnings cash back, with 5% earnings on the first $300 of purchases, and 10% earnings purchases totaling over $300; and earnings were unlimited, and were given to you in the form of store credit. For instance, if your registry had purchases of $2000 total, you would get $185 in store credit that you could use to purchase almost anything at Babies R Us (some exclusions apply, like gift cards, special orders, etc). They also had a completion discount program; you would receive a postcard in the mail about a month before your due date, and the card had a 10% discount code that you used to purchase remaining registry items. Not quite as high as the Amazon 15% discount completion program, and moms noted that it's annoying to wait for the postcard and have to do it manually (Amazon and Target automatically activate the discount once you hit a specific date). There were also some limitations to what is actually eligible for the completion discount: no diapers, formula, furniture, and a few other things. But Babies R Us did offer the best return policy on our list: returns were accepted up to 1 year after purchase! Maybe that's one of the reasons they went out of business - a return window that long makes it difficult to predict revenue. But moms did report very little trouble returning things to the store or online. So there were a lot of positives here, making it a great option on our best baby registry list. There were also some more specific negatives: some items were online-only and not available in stores, and some items were the opposite. Online-only purchases returned through the mail get credited to the person who purchased the item (not to you!), so definitely return in-store for credit. In any event, the Babies R Us Registry is closed down, as have many Babies R Us stores already, and we expect more to close over the next few years. Fortunately, there are many other top rated baby registries to choose from! | https://mommyhood101.com/best-baby-registry-2018 | 2018-10-15T18:18:51 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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The Working Cultures in Landscape Practice module forms part of a programme of self-development in which the student can begin to build a career path and gain an understanding of the professional working environment. In consultation with the teaching staff, the student undertakes an exciting and personally relevant independent research project into a specific area of professional practice that relates to their own vocational aims and ambitions. This allows them to see ‘behind the scenes’ in a design practice and begin to build professional contacts in the world of garden design.
This module provides a valuable experience, by making the studio-based project work undertaken in the design modules
relevant in the eyes of the participant to the world of business and the market place. The main research resources for this module originate from the differing scales of garden and landscape design businesses. The outcomes are: a case study presented as an illustrated report and verbal presentation.
This module will help students to identify their current strengths and weaknesses, the need for development in specific areas, and an increased understanding of the diversity of opportunities presented by the garden and landscape design professions.
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alice in quantumland an allegory of quantum physics Reviews
This book is a well written & straightforward allegory for an introduction to the basics of Quantum Physics/Mechanics. goes into protons, electrons, quarks, spin, Pauli Exclusion Principle, Heisenberg Uncertainty principle & much more. It explains these concepts in a very straightforward manner which is made very easy with the use of the allegory. I recommend it for anyone who is interested in the subject & needs a good starting point.
Quantumland Rules:-Probability is the only certain thing here-Penetrating barrier is available-Being in more than one place at the same time all together -until being observed- is normal-Electrons are unseen: Interference take place-Electrons are seen: No interference (behave classically)-The impossible takes shorter-For every particle there is an anti-particle goes backward in time-Destruction before creation is normal-Electron-Positron←→Photon-Nucleus splitting is possibleOkay, after those rules, I feel like being splitted into two versions, a Classical & a Quantum one, and that was the result:Classical me: It's all nonsense!! Einstein must be right; "God doesn't play dice!"Quantum me: Aha, but Einstein didn't see all the technological advances based on Quantum mechanics..Classical me: Even if he did! It's not persuasive! It can't be!!Quantum me: Don't be so traditional! Be open-minded, please ..Classical me: Open-minded or Mindless, you mean !?Quantum me: If you don't believe in it so explain how the equations are working perfectly well!Classical me: It must be mathematical tricks and no more!Quantum me: Then explain such technological devices took place based on those equations? The mobile phone you are holding! How is it existed?Classical me: I don't know but there must be another thing! Something is missing! I'm certain!!Quantum me: I don't believe in certainty, Probability is what I followMy Mind:Since all my knowledge about Quantum Mechanics are Youtube videos & some articles, and it's my first time to read a book about it; I find it a very mind blowing & confusing theory,, and if you decided to apply it on daily life, you are going to hell by your own choice ;)
I'm not going to lie and give a higher ranking to look smart ... I almost understood the first half of the book only
I made it about 30% into this book before I bailed. It's more of a novelty book and doesn't really teach the concepts of quantum physics very well.
By adapting Lewis Carroll's well known story "Alice in Wonderland", physicist Robert Gilmore offers an entertaining and educational look at the theoretical framework of Physics-Quantum Mechanics which seems to provide the most accurate explanations of the way things are in the physical world. The story takes us to Quantumland, where Alice encounters a world of electrons and photons, wave functions, the Pauli Principle and the Uncertainty Principle. Along the way, Alice meets Schrödinger's cat, an emperor, a little mermaid and an ugly duckling, all of whom have something to tell her about quantum physics. It's accessible, yet in-depth, with scientific definitions, and fun illustrations that help the reader to imagine very complex concepts. “Throughout the narrative you will find many statements that are obviously nonsensical and quite at variance with common sense. For the most part these are true.”― Robert Gilmore, Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics
As the subtitle says, this is an allegory of quantum physics.. This is Quantum World, the world that we live in, the world that would make our heads spin if we could see into the atom. The book is full of "color"ful and "quark"y characters and was a lot of fun to read. I recommend it to imaginative science geeks.
the amazing story when we put it in this strange world , the quantum world it all about real world magic , small scale is real and is not just an imagination like what in the original Alice story you will feel enjoyed with every line of this book I have and objection only about over simplification of some points.
Wow.!! perfect for getting one interested in quantum physics.
Favoloso. Gilmore è riuscito a spiegare persino a me come funziona la meccanica quantistica (e il Meccanico Quantistico, tra l'altro, è troppo divertente come personaggio). La parafrasi delle storie di Alice è riuscita perfettamente, e la si può apprezzare anche se non si vuole proprio pensare alla fisica - basta saltare gli approfondimenti, che tanto sono in piccolo e riquadrati in modo da trovarli ed evitarli senza nessun rischio..
I went into this book under the impression that Robert Gilmore would use Alice as a medium to teach readers about quantum physics. I was hoping that this would read more like a novel, rather than a textbook. Unfortunately, this is not the case.Instead, Gilmore is - quite literally - teaching you. He is the professor. You are the student sitting in a classroom.The word 'allegory' is defined as "expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence". In "Alice in Quantumland", our heroine goes from place to place, where she meets characters who give her actual lessons in quantum physics."Hello, I am an Electron. Let me tell you something about myself." Begin lesson. The 'narrative' is even interrupted by actual block-quotes which go deeper into the lessons, and also end-of-chapter notes for additional lesson-y stuff.Basically, add the sentence "The Quantum Mechanic said:" before any quantum physics textbook and you get "Alice in Quantumland".. Too bad. To conclude, as Alice herself comments in the last line of the book: "Boring." Can't recommend it.
Troppo poco spazio per ciascuna domanda, ma un infinità di link e rimandi a internet per approfondire.... il libraio mi ha guardato male e mi ha detto: "Quando l'ho preso non pensavo di venderlo". Non è proprio un libro da ombrellone, anche se scritto in modo abbastanza leggero, ma credo che anche chi conosce la fisica e la meccanica quantistica fa un po' fatica a cogliere tutte le metafore. "Alice fu urtata da un fotone e si sentì subito eccitata, senza sapere bene perchè. Poi tornò al suo solito stato". Questa è l'unica che ho capito. Merita comunque 4 stellette (e mezzo, ma non c'è il mezzo...)
This may be a good idea for a book, but it isn't any more understandable than any other book on quantum physics that I've tried.
The very foundation of quantum mechanics has been shown .Or has been described for the amateurs . Well, in a fictional way .
Colors are not colors and red has an anti-red - and both of them are not colors. Particles exist before they have been caused, and then travel back in time to collide with their respective anti-particles to die - causing the particles to appear like an anti-particles after the collisions for sometime.Words as unrelated as Up, down, top, bottom, strange and charm are types of properties of a particle.All you are left with is confusion. It's confusing. confusinger. confusingest.Truly words do mean what QM choses them to mean. How else can one describe QM? It can be described as in this book.
Robert Gilmore does a wonderful job explaining basic quantum physics through Alice 's famous journey in wonderland in such an efficient way, even those with no theoretical background such as myself can grasp its basic principles , while also keeping the story itself fun and interesting.. Even though years have past since I first read it, I often find myself processing any information about quantum physics I might hear through one of Alice's little adventures... I 'll definitely check this book again in the future..
Full disclosure: I took two years of physics, one in high school and one in college, so none of the information was exactly new (though I haven't taken enough to comment on the correctness or datedness of the material). Even from this perspective, though, the book's greatest flaw is having little to no understanding of what kinds of illustrations readers might find useful. The story takes Alice, a late 20th-century schoolgirl, through several of the best-known thought experiments in quantum physics without benefit of diagrams or pictures. This is especially frustrating considering that there are about a dozen sketches of interesting-looking characters. Simple diagrams done in a different style, a la the chess problems in Through the Looking-Glass, would have been sufficient.That said, this book is ambitious and in my opinion does fulfill its goals of providing a primer for a very unintuitive field. However, it does the legacy of Alice in Wonderland a disservice (which I haven't factored into my rating) in that it takes the Alice without providing a Wonderland. The Quantumland of the title is a string of loosely related scenarios from enthusiastic physics textbooks linked by in-story geographical location. The original Alice in Wonderland continues to captivate young readers 150 years after its publication because it is abstract enough in the presentation of adult ideas to provide an interesting world and an action-packed plot. Kids can take the logic puzzles and symbolism at face value to enrich the story without becoming confused. Using the Alice framework to present an overt scientific lecture entirely misses the point.On the other hand, I can't think of a popular children's story that allows for antics as weird as those presented in this book. The generic kids-hanging-out science books I read as a child were boring, and it is a little more fun to think of the quantum mechanics thought constructs as the weird characters of Wonderland. The "allegory" part of the title is more accurate than it sounds: it's a sin in science to anthropomorphize too much because appending human motives and scenarios to non-sentient objects destroys the inhuman dynamics of reality. Bringing the electrons and photons to the forefront as characters seems too overt to fit the "allegory" label, but I think it's necessary to draw kids' attention and is actually a deeper level of metaphor than it seems. The book's end-of-chapter notes may turn kids off with their wordiness, but I actually advise readers to skip them entirely and read the book with Wikipedia or Google close at hand.
Robert Gilmore se rozhodl na příběhu Lewisovy Alenky vysvětlit široké veřejnosti fungování kvantové fyziky.Zpočátku to funguje dobře, a pokud jste četli některou z knih od Stephena Hawkinga, budete se v říši kvant cítit jako doma. Brzy ale přijdete na to, že Gilmorův přístup se zásadně liší: narozdíl od Hawkinga totiž zachází do takových detailů, že v polovině knihy se pravděpodobně začnete v informacích ztrácet (naštěstí je na konci rejstřík) a absence jakýchkoli vysvětlujících diagramů a obrázků vám na optimismu nepřidá. Začnete mít také pocit, že kombinace středoškolské učebnice fyziky a Alenky v říši divů je občas trochu těžkopádná a prvoplánová.Český překlad je místy neobratný, ale vcelku dobrý.--Robert Gilmore has decided to explain to the general public, how quantum physics works, using Lewis's Alice.At first, it works fine, and if you've read any of Stephen Hawking's books, you'll feel at home in Quantumland. However, you'll soon realize that Gilmore's strategy is completely different. Unlike Hawking, he writes in such detail that halfway through the book you'll probably get lost in the amount of information (luckily there's an index at the back). The absence of any explaining diagrams or pictures doesn't help either.Moreover, you'll get the feeling that the combination of a secondary-school physics textbook and Alice in Wonderland is sometimes a bit clumsy and inept.. Il libro è un'avventura godibile nel quale un lettore "di passaggio" come lo sono stato io, completamente digiuno di fisica meccanica, facilmente si può ritrovare spaesato e confuso come la protagonista Alice, davanti ai prodigi della teoria quantistica. Sicuramente troppe sono le citazioni che non sono riuscito a cogliere e che un "addetto ai lavori" invece avrebbe avvertito. Ma nonostante questo, il libro risulta comunque un ottimo modo, facile e simpatico, per conoscere un mondo finora relegato ai pesanti e astrusi tomi universitari, anche se nel modo di scrivere si nota subito che Gilmore si trova molto più a suo agio con le spiegazioni tecniche piuttosto che con la narrativa.In conclusione, "Alice nel paese dei quanti" è una piacevole avventura in un mondo bizzarro ed incredibile ma reale, anche se intangibile. Gilmore riesce, attraverso l'uso della metafora, a non annoiare mai e addirittura arriva ad incuriosire il lettore, anche quello più scevro da scienze e affini.
This phenomenal combination of familiar and complex concepts had one of the most remarkable formats that I have read. I knew literally nothing about quantum physics before, (other than the name itself,) but now I have the ability to say that I can conceptualize portions of the basics. It was intriguing, which helped dim the confusing aspects of the entire book. I have my physics teacher to thank for lending me his book. I had never heard of this allegory before, and I don't think I ever would have come across it if he hadn't introduced me to it. Everyone who loves learning should read it. I know that I will probably never gain a deeper understanding of quantum physics, but that didn't change how fascinated I was with Quantumland. A love for learning will continue to grow when fed with knowledge. This book was more proof that learning about complicated ideas can still be fun, even when you're struggling to fully comprehend them. The only reason I don't give this book a five-star rating is because of the lacking of clear descriptions. It was great for vague, general ideas. Examples and end-of-chapter notes were provided to help what was described. I have no idea what else Robert Gilmore could have done to clarify for what was written about, so I blame my confusion solely on myself. Otherwise, I was impressed with his ability to incorporate two extremely different notions in such a manner.
This is a very interesting book, although the complex theories can cause a dizzy feeling. The premise appears to be that if you're wanting to go to a restaurant in town, while you're taking one route, you're also taking every other route at the same time. Then when you order from the menu, you're ordering not just one item but are also ordering everything else. Confusing, but fascinating.The only reason I didn't rate the book a five-star is that I have heard that the equation used to prove quantum physics had to be changed by adding in a part that was incorrect. To me, this causes concern that the theories are still just that, theories, and shouldn't be taken as fact. At least, I'm certain that my high-school physics teacher would have marked such an equation incorrect if I had submitted it to her.
E se Alice invece che nella tana del bianconiglio finisse nel mondo dell'infinitamente piccolo? Di meraviglie e di nonsense lì ce n'è a bizzeffe! E' un mondo incomprensibile, sorprendente e totalmente fuori dalle logiche alle quali siamo abituati.. anche spiegato dal peggior professore di fisica moderna mai esistito mi aveva colpito! Ma se solo a vedere un'equazione vi sentite male questo libro può essere un'ottima alternativa per non perdere l'occasione di scoprire quanto la natura può essere straordinaria ed imprevedibile. E non vi preoccupate se sentite che vi sta sfuggendo qualcosa.. "Se credete di aver capito la teoria dei quanti, vuol dire che non l'avete capita" :P E se l'ha detto Feynman possiamo pure star sicuri che sia così!Impagabili le figure del Meccanico Classico e Meccanico Quantistico (che ovviamente si odiano) e del Quark che parla romanaccio!
This book was a terrific primer on Quantum theory which for those of you who aren't familiar is some mind boggling, supernatural sounding stuff. It's hard to believe the world works this way and the findings bring about questions on the nature of reality. The topic is very complex and this book was the perfect starting point. One feature I really liked was that as the author shares information, he has a separate box calling out the same point in a different way. I found this to be very helpful given the complexity of the material being shared. I highly recommend this book and then suggest following up with Gribbin's In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality I guarantee you'll be shocked if you aren't familiar with the science.
One of the best books about science I have ever read.Alice in Quantumland is an allegory about quantum physics. A little girl named Alice sits in her room a little bit bored and then something strange happens - she appears to be as small as an electron.And so she went on this scientific adventure. It is an interesting book trying to explain how quantum principles are not intuitive and differ from what we see in our daily lives. Uncertainty, Pauli exclusion, virtual reality and many other quantum phenomena were explain in this book. After finishing the last page my head started to spin around trying to truly grasp these concepts. Overall, quite a nice interesting introduction into my 2nd year Physics. :)
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una eccezionale capacita' di visualizzare i concetti della teoria dei quanti immergendosi nel racconto di Alice. Del resto cosi' come quel romanzo ha squassato i canoni della immaginazione cosi' la quantistica ha spostato la fisica in zone dove per capirne prima la matematica e quindi le profonde implicazioni scientifiche si rende necessaria una capacita' descrittiva non comune. E l'autore (nonche' il traduttore) questa capacita' la ha. Direi un testo base difficile da superare utile a chi ama la scienza, ha l'eta' per capirla ma ha anche l'apertura mentale per godersi un viaggio nel paese delle meraviglie... quantistiche
Way brainy read. I was just way more thought then I could put in a book [at this time:]. It had some great allegories for how some of the stuff in quantum worked, but other times you were still sitting there and scratching your head trying to figure out how that's supposed to work. Then you just kind of have to accept it [like of like faith:], and faith and science are just kind of hard to mix in my mind. Probably a better read for those who like allegories (or understand them better then me) or have a better understanding of physics then me. It is a good read to learn more about quantum- just be forewarned- it's confusing stuff!.
Un'introduzione davvero originale alla fisica moderna.Attraverso una lunga analogia Gilmore espone in maniera interessante e coinvolgente tutti i nodi e principi fondamentali della meccanica quantistica.È perfetto sia per profani che hanno appena cominciato ad avventurarsi nel mondo del microcosmo, sia per esperti per acquisire un punto di vista diverso in merito a questa complessa parte della fisica.I riferimenti ad esperimenti e concetti fisici si mescolano perfettamente con la storia di Alice rendendo piacevole la lettura.Consigliatissimo | https://moorgrangesurgery.co.uk/8460543/alice-in-quantumland-an-allegory-of-quantum-physics.html | 2018-10-15T16:57:01 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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This post is a combination of my thoughts and a call to anyone having similar issues to share…
I will preface this by saying that I’m not a doctor, and not a dentist, nor a researcher. I am writing on my own experience, and my own test results.
Last November, I had three mercury (“silver fillings”) amalgams removed that I’ve had since my late teens (I’m 40). I knew (well, at least I thought I did) exactly what I was getting into. I had two cracked fillings, and needed them fixed any which way. The nearest biological dentist is over three hours away, and they couldn’t get me in for several months. My dentist was really good to work with, but since he’s not a biological dentist, he was limited in how he could handle some of the protocols I requested (like a separate air source during removal). He was very respectful of my wishes and did his best.
Afterwards, I felt pretty good for awhile. I did what I considered “hard core” mercury detoxing – ate cilantro pastes, Epsom salt baths, took Chlorella, extra Vitamin C, all that stuff, and probably was a little cocky that I was not going to have a problem. And considering that I had been on the GAPS Diet for almost a year, I figured I was pretty well set up to detox. After a couple of weeks, I started to feel really tired (even after a full night’s sleep I felt like I hadn’t slept at all), had chronic unresolvable chiropractic issues, and just felt unwell and slow. I started having gut issues again. My nails had HUGE pits (both thumbs, in exactly the same place – I think that is interesting, and they both finally just grew out. My doctor said this was the assault of the toxins taking their toll outwardly.) In May (keeping in mind I did this work in November), I finally started to feel better. At the end of May, I did a challenge urine test for toxic elements through Genova Diagnostics lab and my doctor.
My mercury level is now 13.07 (“acceptable” level is less than 2.19). I have had two other heavy metal tests done in the past few years and I only had trace amounts so I believe this is directly correlated to the dental work. And after several months of detoxing, that makes me wonder just what it was right after I had the work done. No wonder I felt awful. Anyhow, my doctor has me on a regimen of DMSA for mercury chelation – five pills first thing in the morning Monday-Wednesday-Friday. I will go back in three months for further provoked testing. I was a little frustrated to find out that we could be at this for a year or more. Apparently, I underestimated just how persistent this stuff is. Other “post-worthy” issues include that I had my thyroid labs taken in the past month, and my thyroid antibodies were way up from a year ago, so he increased my dose of Armour Thyroid. Last year, my labs were great and things were healing on their own. So, big change. Also, the test showed that I had high lead levels (“normal” – if there is such a thing – is less than 1.4 and mine is 16.8), as well as moderately high levels of rubidium and thallium (I don’t even know what those are let alone where I’d get into them). I have never tested high for any of that before, but my test results stated that “toxicity of lead can be significantly increased synergistically by the presence of either mercury or cadmium”. I guess so! My doctor feels that every time I test, that could be different, and different toxic elements could and will show up as the mercury chelates out of my body.
And this is concerning why? To pull info from my Genova Diagnostics report: Lead: “Lead primarily deposits and accumulates in the aorta, liver, kidneys, adrenal and thyroid glands, bones and teeth. this element interferes with membrane functions, bonds to sulfhydryl, phosphate, hydroxyl and amino sites on proteins and enzyme cofactors and interferes with heme synthesis, iron transport, erythrocyte life span and hepatic cytochrome P-450 functions. Other deletrious effects include: reduced Vitamin D synthesis (ak!), slowed nerve conduction, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension in adults and loss of IQ and developmental disorders in children. Anemia, neuropathies and encephalopathy are end stage conditions of severe lead excess.”
Mercury: causes excitability and tremor, memory loss, insomnia, lassitude (?), anorexia and weight loss, gingivitis, rash, increased perspiration and salivation. Acute mercury vapor exposure may inflame the bronchial tubes and cause pneumonitis. Irreversible neurologic damage is reported in acute mercury toxicity. Inorganic mercury concentrates mostly in kidneys, while organic (methyl) mercury has high affinity for the posterior of the brain. In some individuals, relatively low levels can cause immune dysregulation. Lymphocyte inhibition and dysfunction is reported, immunosuppression can occur and autoimmune conditions are documented in animals (ahem, wacky thyroid tests). I also saw something recently (argh, I can’t remember where I saw it) where researchers are linking mercury toxicity to Alzheimer’s. Google that one yourself though before you take my word on it.)
I started my chelation about a week and a half ago. Yesterday, I started having leg cramps, headaches, visual disturbances on and off, and I am oh-so-tired. Yawning all the time tired. So if you know me, and see me yawning nonstop, it’s not you, it’s me. 🙂 I am hoping these side effects are short lived – the mercury is binding to the magnesium in my body on the way out and depleting that among other things. So…last night I started taking a quality magnesium supplement to try to combat some of this per my doctor’s instructions. He felt I could be tired for awhile because of the detox my body is going through.
My doctor says they’ve had great success at their clinic with chelation, which is good to hear. I am praying for healing and direction, and my health is overall better than it ever has been. I’m hopeful things will go well. I’m curious to hear about other people’s stories – so if you have one please feel free to share in the comments.
Mercury continues to be a controversial thing. As far as I am aware, many dentists still use it and the ADA says it’s perfectly safe. There is, however, a whole lot of economics tied to it and I don’t know that anything will change because of that. To be fair, I’ll share info from both sides. Here is a quote from the EPA website: .”
Here are a couple of other links to pertinent information:
The movie “A Beautiful Truth” had some really interesting commentary about this subject. I saw it on Netflix awhile back.
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Remembering Carl Rutherford and War, WV
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Carl Rutherford and Tim Duffy
Coupled with footage of “The L.B.J Poverty Tour” the New York Times recently released an article about McDowell County, the poorest in West Virginia, and the balance between struggle and poverty that has crippled the county’s communities for generations, specifically focusing on the small city of War, West Virginia. The article touches on the after effects of the quick decrease in mountain population as the steady work of coalmines and saw mills slowly declined in the early 1960s. The article paints a dreary and rather hopeless picture, but the depiction is unfortunately quite accurate.
Read the New York Times article here
Not everyone who made it out of McDowell County has turned his or her backs for good. The article does touch on a small professional class of people who have returned to McDowell County for the betterment of the community and to fight for a place they all loved to call home. Florisha McGuire is mentioned in the article, a returned educator spending her time working as a principal of Southside K-8 School. Ms. McGuire is from War, West Virginia, also home to one of the most humble, and spiritually wise artists on the Music Maker roster, Carl Rutherford (1929-2006).
Listen: Carl Rutherford – A Day With A Miner
Carl’s passion for life, his love of music, and his years spent working in and out of the coalmines, all together combine to produce his unique take on the blues appropriately titled “The Miner’s Blues.” This catalog of original songs is rich with American history, providing a unique perspective on the dangerous and grueling work conditions coalminers had endured and come to accept in places like McDowell County:
Lord, Coal Miner, Coal Miner, what you gonna do?
The Company done used you up and
they’re plum through with you.
Coal Miner, I know I got some news for you.
Yea. Coal Miner, Buddy, you’re gonna have
yourself some blues.
There is so much wisdom to be found in Carl’s music. In songs like “You Gotta Turn Off The Fear” Carl describes the dangerous conditions of the mines, and how you have to completely ignore your fears to remain safe (as possible) working as a hand loader in a coalmine. Carl’s songs hint at some of the deeper reasons places like War, and other areas of McDowell County, have arrived to their present economic and social struggles, but those reasons never stopped him from returning to give back to his community.
Carl’s mother was a Muncy. His dad was among the first union organizers in the mines. His wife Frankie grew up there as well and ran a community service center. Though Carl left for a long period, he came back and dedicated his life to his community. He was always sourcing very affordable instruments, strings, and music gear, to spread among the kids that came to his house every week to play music. Music Maker supported Carl and Frankie’s work as much as possible. We were always overwhelmed when we went to visit his town and blown away by Carl’s stories of growing up in War.
Reading the article (link above) hit close to home, as Music Maker is partnering with artists in many of these poverty belts, doing our part to make a difference.
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The Wahhabi Myth: Debunking the Bogeyman
Background:
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10. Let’s start with the definition of Wahhabis from the Encyclopedia Britannica. After you finish reading the definition, ask yourself, “So how they are different from what Muslims should be?”
9. There is no doubt that the term Wahhabi has its historical derivation from the Sh. Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhab. While his father’s name has formed one of the most defamatory labels in history, Abdul-Wahhab himself actually was not too excited about his son’s mission either. So, in some ways, the word itself is technically inaccurate. A more accurate label would be Muhammadis, and we all know why that wouldn’t work as a pejorative term. Doesn’t that say something about the term’s negativity?
8.kh’s mission was simply to revive lost practices of Sunnah and to remove polytheism. Whether one agrees with his style is a different issue. Since this article is not a discussion about the Shaykh’s life, I am going to just mention two important legacies that Sh. Muhammad left, and leave it to the reader to read further, if interested. The legacies: (a) Were it not for the Shaykh, tombs and structures upon graves would be widespread in the current Saudi Arabia. Consequently, grave-worship, yearly celebrations at these tombs would probably be as widespread (as they are in Indo-Pak, Iran, Egypt and other Muslim countries) (b) There would likely be still 4 congregations (one for each madhab) for each Salah at the Harram in Makkah! For further reading, see this article on his biography, misunderstandings about him, in non-Arabic sources, and articles by the Shaykh. An absolute must-read is a book by Natana DeLong-Bas, called “Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad”, excerpts here, and buy it here. In fact, why not read some of the Sheikh’s books and ask yourself if you really disagree with what he said. Get past the propaganda and go to the source yourself. Here’s his Kitab-ul-Tawheed, audio on the “Three Fundamental Principles”.
7. Having said that, Sh. Muhammad’s real influence was largely limited to the Arabian Peninsula, but his revivalism of Tawhid did extend beyond the borders of the Arab world.
6. Speaking of Sh. Muhammad’s revivalism, the point is that it was exactly that—revival of what was already established in the religion. There was nothing new that he brought, nothing that wasn’t found in the works of previous scholars. In fact, many Orientalists and detractors of the Shaykh claim that he was mostly influenced by Ibn Taymiyyah. Well, if so, then why don’t we just call everyone Taymiyyans? Let’s take another example. Suppose this humble servant of Allah, me i.e. Amad, goes to Pakistan and somehow causes a revival of major proportions (of course highly improbable and nearly impossible), and rids Pakistan of the disease of innovations and polytheism. Would it be then that every person who observes the Aqeedah of the Salaf after me, whether directly affected by me or not, should then be called Amadis? How absurd is that?
5. The majority of Muslims who consider Sh. Muhammad to be an esteemed scholar* do not consider him like people who consider, say Imam Abu Haneefa or Imam Malik, etc. i.e. you will not find that Sh. Muhammad left any madhab or any methodology. Thus, when you enter upon a library of a so-called “Wahhabi”, you will not find that the Shaykh’s teachings form a mainstay in either materials or practice. So, if one were to say that a Wahhabi is similar to a Hanafi in the following of Sh. Ibn Abdul-Wahhab and Imam Abu Haneefa respectively, then that would be utterly inaccurate, and with no basis whatsoever, because there is no equivalency neither in their works equivalent, nor in their following. Especially since you find people attributing and calling themselves Hanafis, while you do not find hardly anyone who call himself “Wahhabi”. [*Respect for Shaykh Muhammad among Muslims varies as with any scholar. While there is a greater respect in areas where he had greater impact (i.e. Arabian peninsula), he still garnered respect in the non-Arab world, such as among the Deobandis in Pakistan, for instance Rashid Ahmed Gangohi’s praise of the Shaykh]
4. If a label is unacceptable to those to whom it is applied, it is not used by them, is almost repulsive to them, then it is a label that is unjust, inaccurate and unIslamic, as Allah says what means “…Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed…” [49:11]
3. Almost always the term “Wahhabi” is used in a pejorative sense. It is usually intended as a slur. Many times, when Muslims feel uncomfortable with the practice of other Muslims, many times when they feel that someone is more religious than he should be, and for neo-cons, whoever practices basic Islam, is called a Wahhabi.
2. The term Wahhabi was created by the enemies of Islam in order to tarnish the movement that called for a return to pure Islam. It is like the latest term “Islamo-fascism”… would Muslims adopt this term for other Muslims now, saying so and so is an Islamo-fascist? If we abhor the adoption of what our enemies have created for us today, then we should abhor the term that our enemies created for us in the past. Also, a significant reason for rejecting this term is how these terminologies are being used to “divide and rule”. If you think that is just my imagination, then you haven’t heard of the RAND report on “Civil Democratic Islam”, a lengthy report on how Muslims should be classified; to encourage and support modernists and Sufis, and to attack the what they call “fundamentalists” (this of course is our bogey-man: Wahhabi). Here is the full report, and here is a press release summarizing the intent. RAND is of course run by neo-cons (google ‘RAND and neocons’ and you’ll get the gist). See here for articles by Abdus Sattar Ghazali on Rand‘s attempts to divide Muslims: Part I and Part II. Want to join RAND‘s efforts? Keep the name-calling going and you can get yourself a seat on the modernist or the “good traditionalist” side!
1. And the top reason is that Wahhabis has different meaning to different people. The data collected here proves that Wahhabis means so many different things for different people, that in the end, it doesn’t mean anything real at all. As one example, let’s just take the Indo-Pak region:! With an origin inaccurate, with usage incoherent, and with connotations divisive and slanderous, is it not time to bury this term, once and for all?
Usages:
Some of the blog readers I polled provided good thoughts. Here are some uses of the term Wahhabi that I was able to compile. Of course the list will fall far short of the copious use of this term (practically by everyone for everyone). As you go through it, you will likely see some common themes, and perhaps a common thread. However, the common thread and themes affirm my hypothesis that the usage is driven more by a hatred of Islam’s practice at any level, than a real ideological affront.
Muslim Usage (I use the term Muslim loosely)
· Let me preface the discussion with an old report from the dictatorship of Uzbekistan, whose president may have been more worthy of the gallows than Saddam was for his rampant human rights abuses and mass murders. According to Igor Rotar of Keston News Service, in the wake of a visit between 15 and 20 May (2002), to the Uzbek city of Bukhara, the Uzbek authorities are not simply not opposing the spr ead of the Naqshbandi order but, on the contrary, are doing all they can to support it. honor of holy Muslims – something the Wahhabis oppose – is not against Islam.” The Law on the Exercise of Religion, promulgated on May 1st of 2003 states: “The wearing of prayer garments in public, such as the Islamist veil for women, is forbidden.” “There are beards and beards,” says Shoazim Minovarov, deputy chairman of the government’s Committee on Religious Affairs, who describes the more copious facial hair of Islamic fundamentalists as emblems of revolutionary zealots. According to reports by human rights groups, during the broad waves of anti-Islamic repression in 1992 and early 1998 a full beard could be enough to get a man arrested. So, for Islam Karimov, Wahhabis represent anyone that practices his religion properly.
· A young teen sister from ‘Musings of a Muslim Mouse” communicated a thought she considered un-intellectual, however, the simplicity of this thought provides deep insight: ‘W!” As you can see, what Islam Karimov terms as Wahhabis is similar to what this sister’s father ran into. Well, at least he is safe in the non-Muslim Canada versus the “Muslim” land of Uzbekistan.
· Abdal-Hakim Murad is particularly vitriolic about the “Wahhabi” bogey-man. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, instead of giving a fair chance for investigations of who was responsible, etc., he did what the rest of the neo-cons did, blame “Wahhabis”. In his article here, he pointed to the great wisdom of Kabbani that was duly ignored by America. I wonder what he wanted the government to do. Arrest the leaders of 80% of America‘s mosques, which Kabbani claimed were run by Wahhabis? Abdal-Hakim’s hatred for certain Muslims is unfortunate (even if he doesn’t agree with their methodology); instead of discussing the root-cause the fanaticism and the terrorism (i.e. Israel & other injustice upon Muslims), he chose to attack Muslims. Br. Usama Hasan (son of Suhaib Hasan) tears down Abdal-Hakim’s arguments in this article.
· The Sufi Yursil commented on the blog that anyone who didn’t think the Ottoman Empire was legitimate and deserved a rebellion, is a Wahhabi. So, by this logic, a “non-Wahhabi” could technically be one who follows “Qur’an and Sunnah” without a madhab, as long as he believes that the Ottoman Empire was illegitimately removed from Arabia. In other words, Yursil claims the historical context, rather than ideological. The Sufi, Waqf Ikhlaas, books seem to agree, as seen in this article on the web. Other historical accounts of Wahhabism discuss Sh. Abdul Wahhab as the cornerstone of this movement. That may sound obvious since the term bears the Sheikh’s name, but the fact is that the ideological front is the more popular basis for the term’s usage.
· “Sheikh” Abdul-Hadi Palazzi of the Italian Muslim Embassy also considers pretty much all mainstream Muslim organizations and Sheikhs to be Wahhabi. In this article, he talks in length his love Israel, and his denunciations of Wahhabis in India (Deobandis), Saudi Wahhabis, MSAs (according to him, a student branch of Muslim Brotherhood- a Wahhabi movement). On his website, completes article devoted to Wahhabism, including one especially for Sh. Qaradawi.
· AICP, the organization run by the Habashis (Ahbaash), a recently created deviant sect in the Muslim world, has a little video speech on google, fire displayed in the background as the speaker spews hatred, and poison on the fictional “Wahhabi” group. Interesting how a group, considered deviant (see here and here) by the majority of the Muslim world, is attempting to revile other Muslims!
Neo-cons/Right-wingers/Misc.
· LotaEnterprises blogger reports that Stephen Schwartz basically calls anyone who isn’t a follower of Hisham Kabbani or Shia, as being Wahhabi. Mr. Schwartz, a convert to Sufism (Islamic Sufism or just ‘plain-old Sufism’??) has a website, islamicpuralism.org where he runs a “Wahhabi-watch” section. The list is expansive including CAIR, ISNA, ICNA, MAS, MSA… hmm, what’s left? Oh yes, the Islamic Supreme Council of Kabbani. What a joke! Here is an article where he points fingers at Yusuf Islam, Hamza Yusuf, and Siraj Wahhaj, another one here more at Hamza.111CCC
· Robert Spencer’s Jihad-watch website is mostly directed at a “Wahhabi-hunt”. Like Schwartz, there is hardly anyone that isn’t Wahhabi. Here is the CAIR-hunt, here is the ICNA, ISNA, MSA-hunts.
· This list would be remiss without the addition of Daniel Pipes. He is Schwartz’s partner in crime. Here is his attack on ISNA and CAIR.
· Of course, this list is never-ending, other examples include O’Reilly, Krauthammer, Glenn Beck, Steve Emerson, etc.
· There is certainly not any certainty about who leaked the Obama-madrassa connection, but the story doesn’t end there. In fact, this “madrassa” may have been “Wahhabi”. Wow! Wahhabis are becoming a great political power, even though they don’t technically exist.
· Yasir Qadhi recounted a recent incident where during the course of a conversation with a very high ranking government official, this official mentioned ‘wahhabis’. When Yasir asked him to define this term, who did HE mean? He said, ‘Aren’t those the guys that want to establish the Sharee’ah?’ And that should give readers an idea of the ignorance of this issue even among the elites of America.
“Objective” Sources (Encyclopedias, etc.)
· Wikipedia has some interesting info. on Wahhabism. They claim this ‘movement’ is the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc. Interestingly, they also mention that Wahhabis are also known as Deobandis in Pakistan. Here I would like to quote an interesting note from Ingrid Mattson, who still unfortunately refers to Wahhabis as something of a real thing, but at least she makes an attempt to be reasonable:
“This is not a sect. It is the name of a reform movement that began 200 years ago to rid Islamic societies of cultural practices and rigid interpretation that had (been) acquired over the centuries..” [CNN interview]
· (traditions of Muhammad), with condemnation of all innovations (bidah). Wahhabi theology and jurisprudence based respectively on the teachings of Ibn Taymiyyah and on the legal school of Ahmed ibn Hanbal, stress literal belief in the Qur’an and Hadith, and the establishment of a Muslim state based only on Islamic Law.”
Media
· BBC Middle East analyst, Roger Hardy, in his analysis on ‘Wahhabi Islam’ takes exception to Deobandis inclusion in Wahhabis. He reminds everyone that even Saudis don’t use the term.
· Obviously I am not the first one to take a crack at the term’s (“Wahhabism”) usage. Haneef Oliver has written a book, aptly named “The Wahhabi Myth”, and runs a website with the same name. The main theme in the book seems to be distinguishing Wahhabis (he equates them with Salafis) from the terrorists, rather than attacking the term itself. Nevertheless, there seems to be useful information in the book/website. However, Br. Oliver carries some of his own baggage with a narrow-minded “Salafi” approach, so “buyer beware”.
· PBS has a few different people talking about Wahhabism, including the Saudi Shia-dissident Ali al-Ahmed, who says that Saudi Wahhabis say that they will be the only ones entering heaven, all others are kafirs. I guess Ali got some special information that no one else has yet been privy to!
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Acknowledgements: Yasir Qadhi, Ruth Nasrullah, and Omar Usman for reviewing and providing valuable comments.
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Great discussion BTW.
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Your article is well said… In the words of a true Wahabbi :)
Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad epitomises the brilliant knowledge embedded within Islam. It is laughable – yes, laughable – to even suggest that his statements about Wahabbi’s are unfound. They are, in fact, completely accurate – the man is trying to disassociate true Islam from the fundamentalist, Wahabbi beliefs, so that the average Muslim-Joe is well informed about the fundo’s out there. May Allah Subhana wa ta’ala reward him for doing so.
I read Br Usama’s article with interest, and it seemed that, (like the video I found on Googlevideo with a brother on Islam Channel defending the Imam’s on Dispatches), the ideas had no substance, and lacked the intelligent reasoning and knowledge Sheikh Murad conveys in his speeches and articles. To put it bluntly, they didn’t know what they were on about, and made no relevant, valid points. Traditionally, the word ‘intelligent’ denoted not the idea of cleverness, but the ability of an individual to distinguish between what is RIGHT and what is WRONG. That’s food for thought, eh?
Before I end this comment, I would like to point out that history is the key to holding many useful facts. Fill in the blank: The Wahhabi Saudi Government destroyed the resting places of _____? Do some research and try and enlighten yourself.
Ultimately, Allah Subhana wa ta’ala knows best. May he guide us all, and prevent us from being blind to the truth of His religion.
Salaam.
Assalaamu ‘Alaikum
In intra-Muslims discourse, the term ‘fundamentalist’ is historically new. I have heard non-Muslims using the term to refer to any ‘classical interpretation of Islam’. So, if someone calls me a ‘fundamentalist’ if i adhere to ‘classical interpretation of Islam’ than this term is no more a term of opprobrium for me.
Strong elements of Arab nationalism in the movement and an unreasonable criticism of other Muslims without even understanding the justificiation of the guiding principles that justify muslim practice in the rest of the world.
Like the term fascism that has many meanings but is rooted in very fundamental understandings of tyranny, Wahabism may not be rooted in the man but is used to understand the more nefarious aims of his stronger proponents. Ayd there are many such aims.
Grave “worship” is often misunderstood and misapplied .. but so are the ideas of Salaf.
Madhab is the ideological roots/principles by which people are guided. It is meant to enlighten how people deduce conclusions on their religion. The better one understands the philosophies, the easier it is to understand the understanding and application of deen. Very few applications can be considered universal.
You said:
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ANSWER: Your reasoning is unsound. You state the premise that just because the term “means enough different things for different people” and conclude from this that “it really comes down to not meaning anything real in an absolute sense”. This is a very good example of what my logic teacher told me not to do. Just because a term means different things to different people, it does not necessarily follows from that that it does not mean anything at all in an absolute sense. A possibility that you failed to consider is that people may be differing about a term because not all of them understand what it has meant in its absolute sense by those who are educated and knowledgeable about it.
Then you say that because “the use of the term Wahhabi is almost exclusively negative or with implied negative connotations”, then this implies that “there is usually some emotional or prejudicial baggage with the term’s usage or some other sinister agenda.” Yet another example of unsound reasoning. How can you conclude that this is “usually” the case?
A word that is almost exclusively negative or is implied with negative connotation can be because that is what the facts state about the term. Say, for example, that a dog ate my lunch. I am not saying this because I am prejudiced or emotional against the dog. It is simply a statement of fact without any emotion or prejudice involved. Likewise, those who attach the label of Wahhabi or Wahhabism may be refering to a statement of fact that certain interpretations of Islam come from a man named Muhammad ibn Abdal-Wahhab. The term Wahhabi simply describes a person who follows the Islamic interpretations of the founder who made them, just as the word Hanafi is used to describe the school of jurisprudence of Imam Abu Hanifa and those who follow this school’s jurisprudential methodology.
I am not excluding the possibility that such statements cannot be said in a state of prejudice or emotion. But saying that they are “usually” made in that way is false because fact says that those who spoke against Wahhabis and Wahhabism were not victims of emotional baggage or undeserved prejudice that derived from a “sinister agenda” as you imply. Rather, they were sensible and reputable Sunni scholars who based their opposition to Wahhabis and Wahhabism on knowledge from the Qur’an, Sunnah, and what the vast majority of scholars before them upheld in matters of `aqeeda and `ibadaat.
Assalaamu ‘Alaikum
I am a Sunni but I admit that the word Wahhabi has prejudicial connotations unlike the word Hanafi as I am.
A more appropriate term would be Zahiri who have the same ‘Aqeedah as Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa’ah but the Fiqh is Fiqh Zahiriyyah. This approach can lead to a respectful dialogue with brothers who Zahiri Fiqh.
You said:
There is no doubt that the term Wahhabi has its historical derivation from the Sh. Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhab. While his father’s name has formed one of the most defamatory labels in history, Abdul-Wahhab himself actually was not too excited about his son’s mission either. So, in some ways, the word itself is technically inaccurate. A more accurate label would be Muhammadis, and we all know why that wouldn’t work as a pejorative term. Doesn’t that say something about the term’s negativity?
It is a digression to bring Muhammad ibn Abdal-Wahhab’s father into the discussion of the “Wahhabi” term because it has never refered to his father’s interpretations. Tying this useless exercise to the conclusion that the word is “technically inaccurate” and that a more accurate label would be “Muhammadis” says absolutely nothing about what the term really refers to. Then Implying that all that says something about the term’s negativity is a dubious conclusion from choppy and flawed reasoning.
Even if you used sensible reasoning to explain that the term Wahhabi has negativity in it, then so what? Just because a term is used to describe a group of people negatively in terms of their Islamic interpretations does not necessarily make those who express it to be wrong or unIslamic as you seem to imply.
Just because a term is used to describe a group of people negatively in terms of their Islamic interpretations does not necessarily make those who express it to be wrong or unIslamic as you seem to imply.
A Muslim deserves respect and it is unIslamic to describe negatively a difference of Fiqh interpretation. In fact, we should describe negatively a difference of ‘Aqeedah interpretation. And I don’t think Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab had an ‘Aqeedah different from Fuqahaa like Imam Abu Haneefah rahimahullaah and Muhadditheen like Imam Bukhaari rahimahullaah.
You said:kh’s mission was simply to revive lost practices of Sunnah and to remove polytheism.
What is your evidence that Muhammad Ibn Abdal Wahhab brought nothing new in the religion to the Arabian Peninsula? This is not what the majority of Sunni scholars say about him. What “lost practices” did he revive? He went against a form of tawassul and tabarruk and accused Muslims of practicing them as being polytheists. This is in spite of the fact that the masses of Muslims throughout history supported these practices as being legitimate from a Sunni standpoint. The Wahhabis contradict the Hanafi, Shafi’i, Maliki, and Hanbali schools on these matters. This is why they received so much opposition.
Then you said:
Whether one agrees with his style is a different issue.
The Muslims who did not accept Muhammad Ibn Abdal Wahhab’s interpretations of tawassul and tabarruk and continued to practice them were killed by his followers. Do you disagree with this style of his followers if they were indeed killing polytheists? Sunnis have always believed these killings to be pure murder because they were killed for doing Islamically legitimate practices accepted by the vast majority of Muslims in Islam’s history. What alternative “styles” come to your mind? Would you not kill such “polytheists” as Muhammad Ibn Abdal-Wahhab’s followers did? Let’s be honest here.
Great article Amad. I’ve been saying the same thing for years: when different people use the term ‘Wahhabi’ they actually mean totally different things. The term is simply like a bogeyman for ‘bad Muslim’.
In fact even the tern ‘Salafi’ is now used by so many disparate groups that it is almost totally meaningless. Plus the negative connotations that come from that term are simply too many to count! I avoid it like the plague…
Shaykh Yasir, can you please clarify which of the terms is the one that you avoid? Is it the term “wahhabi” or the term “salafi” ?
Wahabi is a deplorable term and completely avoided and salafi has so many negative connotations that this is also avoided.
Sh. Yasir uses the term “orthodox” Muslim
Are you the shaykh’s secretary akhi?
I hope what you are saying isn’t true, that he avoids using the word “salafi” because it has a negative connotation to some people. The word “Muslim” has a negative connotation to some people as well, are we also going to avoid using it? If people have misconceptions about something, we clear out those misconceptions for them, not change who we are because of a misconception.
I’m sure you have misunderstood Shaykh Yasir because I don’t think that he calls for us to avoid using the term salafi to describe ourselves.
Shaykh Yasir, can you please clarify?
Yes, he avoids it. In general, he avoids most labels other than ahl-sunnah wal jamaah. I think most people are aware of why the label has become loaded and in some sense, caustic. Doesn’t mean the term is bad, but when terms start taking lives of their own, then it is best to stick to the most basic and comprehensive term.
And if Sh. Yasir wishes to clarify more, he’ll do so. No need to prod.
We are called Muslim in the Qur’an, not salafi.
Shaykh Yasir spoke of the history of the term and its initial intentions in a class.
I am only relaying what he has previously said.
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Author of Light Novel 'Zero no Tsukaima' Passed Away
Apr 10, 2013 10:34 PM | 329 Comments
Yamaguchi debuted as a novel writer in 2000 by writing for Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko. He later moved to MF Bunko J and published "Zero no Tsukaima" in 2004. Altogether, the incomplete series includes 20 volumes of the main novel and 5 volumes of spinoff novels. The full series of the light novel also got adapted into 4 seasons of anime.
Source: Media Factory official announcement
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He died at such a young age, my friend and I greatly enjoyed his works, he'll be disappointed to know.
R.I.P
Apr 19, 2013 6:19 PM by Shizumasa-sama
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Apr 15, 2013 10:41 PM by RevolutioRex
I've had an amazing time reading and watching ZnT, and for that, thank you Yamaguchi-sensei.
Rest in peace.
"You can die at any time, but living takes true courage."-Kenshin, Rurouni Kenshin
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Apr 14, 2013 9:08 PM by Gouko_Tenrou
R.I.P. Yamaguchi-sensei, I'm sure your work will always be remembered.
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ZnT was the anime that got me into the anime business again, it was one of the animes I most liked (LNs are even better than the anime version), and for that I really wished to had seen the ending of the LN (thought maybe the author, Yoboru Nagamuchi worked on ZnT F to be the final of the story in the cause if he died without finishing the LN...). Nagamuchi-sensei I ,we, the fans, will never forget you and the work you have done!! That yourself and the beautiful and well written works you have created (Zero no Tsukaima, Strike Witchs) rest in piece. Thank you for what you have done, maybe your soul find piece in the afterlife, as your work will stay in our hearts forever!
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Root canal is also known as endodontic treatment and may or may not be performed by an endodontist. It is a dental procedure administered to a tooth that has become badly infected by dental caries that a traditional tooth filling cannot solve.
In such cases, the infection in the tooth will have encroached into the pulp tissue. The pulp involvement will bring tooth sensitivity that is often excruciating. Only a root canal treatment or a tooth extraction can resolve this issue.
Since a tooth extraction is irreversible and will result in the loss of the tooth, a tooth replacement will be advised. However, our root canal treatment is often the best choice.
Root canal is strongly advised when the pulp of the tooth has become critically inflamed and infected. The infection or inflammation can have various causes such as deep tooth decay, repeated dental procedures on the same tooth, fracture with pulp exposure etc. A root canal treatment will solve the problem.
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When tooth decay goes untreated, it can result in pulp infection and when a root canal is prescribed. You can expect for the following to take place:
- The first thing that your dentist does is to create access to the pulp chamber. The first step of the root canal procedure involves pulp extirpation, to remove the pulp tissue that has become infected and is causing the problem.
- After creating a small opening where the canal is and removing the pulp, sequential filing is performed. Small dental instruments called files are used to clean and shape the root canal spaces. Also, removing diseased tissue and shaping it so that the filler can be inserted.
- After cleaning and shaping, the void spaces of the tooth are filled with material and cement to ensure complete sealing of the tooth. The filler is a biocompatible material that healthily seals the tooth so that it may no longer be infected.
Consult your trusted root canal dentist, Dr. Zaveri in Upland, CA today to discuss your options.
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Ingredients:
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup shredded fresh
1 shallot, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
salt and ground black pepper
2 (9 ounce) packages fresh cheese tortellini
1 pint cherry toin bowl matoes, halved
1 1/2 ounces baby arugala (2 cups)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
Directions:
1. Boil Water for Pasta: Bring 4 quarts water to boil in large pot
2. Make Dressing: Meanwhile, whisk olive oil, lemon juice, basil, shallot, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper together in bowl large enough to hold entire pasta salad.
3. Cook tortellini: Add tortellini and 1 tablespoon salt to boiling water and cook, stirring often, until tender. Drain tortellini, shaking off excess water.
4. Marinate tortellini: Add hot, drained tortellini and cherry tomatoes to bowl with dressing and toss. Cover and refrigerate until cooled, and about 15 minutes.
5. Finish: Just before serving stir in arugula, Parmesan, and pipe nuts and season with salt and pepper to taste. | https://mymomlikestocook.com/2013/06/24/tortellini-salad-with-cherry-tomatoes-arugula-and-pine-nuts/ | 2018-10-15T17:14:08 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Executive Director of The Press Foundation, TPF, Mr. Listowell Yesu Bukarson has called on government to be proactive in finding an antidote to the needless deaths that have thrown the Kumasi Academy School into a state of pandemonium.
“Leadership seem confused about what’s going on. And this is not funny at all” He said. The situation we find ourselves in as a nation where the Ghana Health Service and medical experts can’t even diagnose the cause of the deaths is more scary.” Mr. Bukarson said.
“The President must seek results from these medical experts without delay otherwise sanction them severely” He charged. “We can’t live in a country where leadership in such sensitive positions is a joke”
“Students are dying and all we hear is try and error. Useless talk” He wondered. “It’s time for action. The leadership joke must stop”. Mr. Bukarson added.:mynewsgh.com | https://mynewsgh.com/kumaca-deaths-leadership-must-stop-the-joke-bukarson/ | 2018-10-15T17:52:14 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Swipe MTV Slate for Young India Whenever […] Continue reading → | https://mytabletguru.com/page/20/ | 2018-10-15T17:42:34 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
There are a lot of tools people use to write. Some things are very popular and commonplace like Microsoft Office and others are more specialized like Scrivener. Large text based applications like these have plenty features but also have plenty of limitations. One of the biggest problems is the gargantuan amount of resources required to run these expensive software word processors.
It’s not uncommon for Microsoft Word to suddenly cave under the pressure of a 500-page book. In fact a good portion of the documentation Community won’t even touch Microsoft Word but lean more towards Applications like LibreOffice or Latex. LibreOffice is huge and Latex has a steep learning curve.
# This is a title This is some text. - This is a list. - This is also a list. Markdown is **fun** and easy.
Yeah. It’s that easy.
Markdown was originally an HTML preprocessor designed to make the code both human readable and computer readable. Simple enough that the basics can be mastered in mere minutes but complex enough that it can be used for both documentation and for writing large creative works like novels. Because it’s plain text means that you are not limited to any word processor or platform. Text can be edited almost anywhere. However compiling your text into a format of choice requires some free and open source software.
Pandoc is the Swiss army knife of documents. It can open everything from a Microsoft Office document to an HTML file without breaking a sweat. It’s an excellent tool for converting the overwhelming world of doc formats. The granddaddy of all text formats, Markdown is your ambassador to this world. With Pandoc and markdown you can create any document you need. Docx? Got it. Open document format? Damn right! EPUB? That’s right even EPUB. From text files right to the book reader!
Git is a revision a software originally designed for source code. The source code is just text. Is totally feasible to use get as a revision software for your next novel and our blog post. It’s fairly easy to work with and is sometimes baked into even fancy codebtors like Atom. Adam is an excellent text editor for writing also.
So don’t let the lack of applications stop you from making your next creative endeavor. Head onto the markdown website to learn the syntax and pick the text editor of choice and get cracking. Text editors available on almost every platform. Android, iOS, Mac OS, windows, and even Linux. | https://n0pe.org/2017/07/03/markdown-for-books/ | 2018-10-15T17:37:30 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
General Electric Principal Software Program Manager in Waukesha, Wisconsin
Role Summary:
The Principal Software Program Manager is responsible for delivering complex cross disciplined digital software development and delivery programs that span multiple digital and modality organizations and other stakeholders groups across GE Healthcare, including service, production, and operations. S/he will be responsible for defining and executing programs, and tracking and monitoring key metrics to ensure milestones are met on time and on budget.
Essential Responsibilities:
• Ensures that development deliverables meet the “Definition of Done”
• Defines and implement processes for coordination and communication between organizations and with GEHC stakeholders
• Works closely with Chief Digital Officer, CTO, Platform Leaders and product release management to ensure that Digital S/W product deliverables are coordinated with corresponding deliverables from other organizations
• Manages risk and dependencies between organizations
• Establishes governance structure that identifies key performance indicators, sets milestones, and establishes a reporting cadence
• Tracks and monitors program status and metrics to ensure milestones are met, and internal and external delivery commitments are met
• Leads cross-discipline teams to establish an integrated plan to deliver team commitments
• Ensures ongoing communication of progress against program objectives
• Good Executive presence to work with Sr. Executives, Officers to support Executive charters and commitments
• Proactively identifies and resolves issues and makes recommendations for improvements to existing processes
• Ensures that the product development process abides by all defined cross-discipline standards and all compliance and regulatory requirements
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• A minimum of 15 years of experience along with established leadership across the discipline and function
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• Clear and substantiated experience in driving large/complex multi-million USD projects in software world
• Understanding of Software Development, Management, Maintenance, Industry and Competitive landscape
• Experience and understanding of the Cloud Development Lifecycle
• Excellent computer skills and proficiency in PowerPoint, excel, word and outlook
• Experience using Confluence, Rally, or AHA for program dashboards and reporting
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• Strong business analysis and problem solving skills with ability to decompose problems and make decisions when problems or solutions are not 100% defined
• Evaluates products & processes to assure compliance
• Measures the impact of trends (cyclical or a shift) and takes action
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• Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team
• Uses critical thinking skills and disciplined approaches to help leaders and leadership teams resolve issues and define solutions
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• Proactively engages with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and design solutions using critical thinking and analytical skills and best practices
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
• Influences and energizes others toward the common vision and goal
• Maintains excitement for a process and drives to new directions of meeting the goal in the face of unfavorable odds and setbacks demonstrated by commitment, perseverance, passion!; Illinois, Wisconsin; Waukesha, Chicago
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. | https://nacelinknetwork.jobs/waukesha-wi/principal-software-program-manager/BBF93ECD7F5B48F0B72834A4E168EECC/job/?vs=28 | 2018-10-15T16:46:11 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Dimapur, October 12: GMS Botsa was declared as “Green School” on October 10 with the initiative of Kohima Forest Division under the division’s Green Initiative Program which mainly focuses on schools and their commitment towards green activities.
The Green Initiative Program has two components namely – Green Future Nursery and Plastic Free School program that aims to create awareness on raising plantation and reduce plastic pollution respectively. GMS Botsa already has a Green Future Nursery under the program and with the school being declared as plastic free on October 10, the school is now the first Green School in Nagaland.
Rongsenlemla Imchen, IFS DFO Kohima thanked the school authority and the students for their active participation towards the initiative. She also highlighted on the importance of the role of students in fighting plastic pollution and also reminded that plastic free does not necessarily mean zero use of plastic but reducing plastic footprint specially with regard to ‘single use plastic’ items.
Ranger, Sanchu spoke about plastic pollution on environment and the responsibilities of the students for a plastic free lifestyle. The students and the faculties made plastic free commitments by reading out the pledge which was led by Ranger, Pezaneinuo. To mark the occasion, eco friendly waste bins were distributed to the school.
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This is Day 25 of posting Amanda’s portrait. I keep posting these images of her because I am so afraid she will be forgotten like others who cannot speak for themselves.
I don’t want her to disappear.
Today I received a letter from Ted’s (her guardian) lawyer, announcing that he is going to transfer her case again to Arizona. The hearing is going to be on May 2, the same day my petition will be heard.
I am concerned that the judge will just shrug and transfer the case without giving any consideration to what Amanda’s wishes are.
On April 27, it will be 9 months since I have spoken with my sister. NINE MONTHS. This has never, ever happened before.
Whether Ted comes to his senses or not, and allows us to start communicating again, he can never erase the fact that he did this to us.
Anyone who would do this to a person with Down syndrome is a loser.
“I’m the guardian and you’re not.” That’s the reason her guardian gave when he refused Amanda’s request to visit me in summer 2016.
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BUREWALA - The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) activists blocked a road near PI Link Canal over alleged brawl of their district president Malik Zulfiqar Ahmed Awan with a Vehari-based lawyer on Wednesday. Malik Zulfiqar Ahmed Awan and Rai Ahmed Kharal Advocate quarrelled over an issue upon which the PKI workers blocked road near the canal in protest. They alleged that the lawyers had made a life attempt on PKI district president. The blockage of the road caused a severe traffic mess.–Staff Reporter | https://nation.com.pk/18-May-2018/farmer-lawyer-brawl-sparks-protest | 2018-10-15T17:04:39 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Three birds with one stone
The entrepreneur Rogier Buker has been coming to Uganda regularly. The country stole his heart, but he has also seen it change dramatically. “In Northern Uganda there are almost no trees left. If we continue the deforestation at this rate, we’ll be done by 2030 or 2040,” he says. That is why he founded The Green Elephant: to prevent further deforestation.
Wood fire
"The problem is that around 90% of the Ugandan population cook on woodstoves. There are also about 2.5 million refugees in the country, who also cook on wood. Together they use around 50,000 kilos every day. That is a whole lot of wood," explains Rogier. "This does not only cause friction between the local population and the refugees, but it also creates health problems and destroys whatever is left of the forest."
Briquettes of elephant grass
Unfortunately there is no affordable alternative as of yet. "But we have found a solution," Rogier explains. "We started making briquettes from elephant grass. This grass absorbs more CO2 during its growth than it releases during cooking. This means that the briquettes are a CO2 neutral solution. Moreover because there is no need to cut any more trees,” he explains.
The only thing is that you need a different stove, because it is a slightly different way of cooking. "The hard thing about that is that it requires a change in culture. That’s moving a lot slower than we anticipated,” Rogier admits. “We are starting in hospitals, boarding schools and small and medium-sized businesses, because they are the ones who can and want to change. The consumer market is much harder to navigate. Hopefully when people start to become familiar with the briquettes and start talking about it, there will be a snowball effect.”
Livestock feed
The second problem The Green Elephant wants to tackle with the elephant grass is the shortage of good cattle feed for the cows. "When they buy those cows, often abroad, they give 30 liters of milk a day. But because there is a chronic shortage of high-quality cattle feed, this will drop to twelve or thirteen liters within a year. This basically means their income will drop. "
The Green Elephant is now setting up a plantation of 80 hectares of elephant grass. The leaf is processed into cattle feed, the stems into briquettes. "We try to work together with different platforms to get the information about the feed to the farmers and explain the benefits. That is a process. We are pioneering: it's all completely new. "
Protein for people
The third issue that The Green Elephant is trying to solve, is that of human consumption. "Thirty percent of the population is undernourished and if they are not, they are often on the edge. This has to do with the fact that they eat very unilaterally, "explains Rogier. "We are now doing large-scale trials and hope to be able to extract protein from the grass by the end of next year. Then, hopefully, we can sell this in 2020 in the form of powder, which people can then mix in with their pancake batter".
The Green Elephant is continuously innovating and implementing novelties. "Awareness takes time," says Rogier. "Hopefully we will soon have a blueprint here, which we can roll out throughout Eastern Africa. If we can apply this on a large scale, it can be a real game changer. "Rogier hopes that other companies will stand up to help make this dream come true. "Not only for Uganda, but also for the neighboring countries."
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I think that boxing is one of the dumbest sports in the world, and wrestling is about at the same IQ level but has the added detraction of being largely staged and injected with stupid story lines and unnecessary drama. That dislike has also spilled into martial arts, although there are exceptions (for example, I enjoy watching martial artists demonstrate their board/cement/baseball bat breaking abilities, and I often love karate and kung fu movies). Since I don’t follow MMA, I wasn’t familiar with Gina Carano, and I was pleasantly surprised to find her to be much more pleasantly proportioned than many female fighters, and yet no less capable.
In the film, Carano plays Mallory, who works for a private company that contracts to the U.S. government for all kinds of nasty top-secret jobs that no one else wants or is qualified to take. She had recently been called to Barcelona on a hostage rescue mission, and then no sooner had she returned home than she was out again to Dublin as a favor to British MI6. But things went all kinds of crazy on that job, and she found herself on the wrong side of the law and a target of the police and other government contractors. To clear her name, she’s got to stay alive, outwitting or outfighting those coming after her, while she tries to figure out who’s got it in for her.
I prefer going into movies knowing as little about them as possible, so Haywire had a lot of surprises in store for me. The overwhelming impression that I’d gotten from others was that it is wall-to-wall action, but I didn’t find that to be the case. There are lots of fight scenes, and most of them are pretty amazing, but there’s also quite a bit more downtime and a more intricate plot than I had expected. When Carano is fighting, it’s incredible. She also makes for impressive eye candy, and the scenes in which she’s both gorgeous and deadly are by themselves worth the price of admission. But acting is definitely not her strong suit, and her delivery of dialogue is much less convincing than her delivery of kicks and punches.
Fortunately, Carano isn’t required to carry the acting load on her own. Hers was the only name I’d heard in connection with the film, but I was quite surprised to learn of the extensive, well-credentialed supporting cast which included the likes of Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, and Channing Tatum. For the most part, they played their parts well, and when something didn’t work it was often more the fault of the weak screenplay (written by Lem Dobbs, who doesn’t have any other credited films in the last decade) than the actors inhabiting it.
I think that ultimately the film tries to be too smart for its own good. The best parts were the dumb action sequences, and the weakest were those that got bogged down with plot and dialogue. It’s a fun movie, but I think it would have been a lot better with a little less conversation and a little more action. Or maybe a lot more action. | https://nawilson.com/2012/01/22/haywire/ | 2018-10-15T16:59:10 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
SYRACUSE, N.Y Mac Konrad– The Salem-Keizer school district in Oregon, an area an hour south of Portland, approved a rule requiring faculty to report students engaging in sexual relationships to state or law enforcement officials.
The rule has been very controversial since it’s implementation and in Syracuse it’s seen no differently.
Syracuse Teacher’s Association President Megan Root says teachers don’t need to be so involved in the private lives of students.
“You know certainly we have the best interests of our students at heart but at some point we also get to be private citizens ourselves. I think that, not only does this involve us in to a greater extent in the lives of our students but it also obligates us to involve our students in our personal lives,” Root said.
Root describes the change as a “slippery slope” which could lead to the disruption and intrusion of student’s private lives by school employees.
But teachers are not the only local school representatives who do not agree with the new rule.
SASSE is a student sexual advocacy group on Syracuse campus. SASSE President Kathryn Pataki says teachers should have better things to do than involve themselves in their student’s sex lives.
“I think my initial reaction is that teachers should mind their own business in terms of students and their sex lives… Honestly it just kind of sounds weird. Like let’s say if I was a teacher, a student’s sex life, that would be like the last of my concerns,” Pataki said.
SASSE student officer Crystal Letona says the rule takes away student’s right consent to anything at all because consent is no longer theirs to give. Letona believes it is a ‘dangerous’ proposition for teachers to take such an active role in the lives of their students.
In Oregon, both parents and students have challenged the new rule publicly. Currently the Salem-Keizer school district is considering a public forum to discuss changes to the rule. | https://nccnews.expressions.syr.edu/2017/11/09/oregon-schools-sex-rules-for-minors-not-popular-in-syracuse/ | 2018-10-15T16:57:49 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Website Deadline for Fall Sports
August 27, 2018 8:30 am - September 3, 2018 4:30 pm
Schools are required to have rosters/pictures/cutlines (description of people on the picture) and schedules for all fall sports uploaded to three weeks into each season. This process allows invitational, district, regional and state tournament managers the ability to download and prepare tournament programs. Failure to upload required information will result in a $50 late fee for each sport. Schools have the ability to edit this information as rosters change throughout the season.
Please refer to the NDHSAA FAQ link -> Help Documentation on the NDHSAA website for complete information on uploading information to NDHSAA and printing programs. For additional information on uploading team information to NDHSAA, please contact Brenda Schell at the NDHSAA office.
Fall NDHSAA Website Deadlines
8/27/2018
Class A Girls Golf
Boys Soccer Boys
8/29/18
Football
9/3/18
Boys Tennis
Boys and Girls Cross Country
GIrls Swimming & Diving
Volleyball
For additional information on uploading team information to the NDHSAA website, please contact Brenda Schell at the NDHSAA office. | https://ndhsaa.com/events/1572/websitedeadlineforsports | 2018-10-15T17:02:03 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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