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Sadly, violence in the world is on the rise with no end in sight. There is a definite need for self-defense techniques in every person’s life. You should not have to go through life unprepared. It is possible to defend yourself, regardless of your size or stature. The thing to remember is that all body types have their own unique set of advantages and disadvantages. When you are confronted by something, it is important that you get a grasp on what you need to do. There’s no good reason for you to be helpless with the body of self-defense knowledge and training available these days.
Only in the movies to two guys who are squaring off stare each other in the eyes. You don’t want to do this because you won’t be aware of their body, just their eyes. Before someone throws a punch, it is preceded by shoulder movement every time. You won’t be able to hide this type of shoulder rotation unless you are an experienced fighter. Instead of looking at their eyes, focus on the center of mass which is basically their chest. It should only be in the center of the chest, not the stomach area. Once the shoulders are moving, you will be able to see the punch coming before it launches. A street fight is usually fluid, and the conditions may flow from one thing to the next. Almost anything can happen, and you need to be prepared when it does. You might want to strike very quickly, drawback, and then evaluate the person you are fighting. Or, you can issue a fast one-two series of punches to the face and step back. More than likely, they will try to hit you with flailing arms coming your way. Assess the effect of the punches you have landed to see what they have done. If you have stunned your opponent, then immediately engage with multiple strikes to sensitive areas on the face.
People who have any training in martial arts have usually learned some kicking techniques and they might have been using this free credit card knife. You may get hurt if you do a lot of kicking. That’s why it should not be done on the street but practiced in the dojo only. Highly trained individuals might land a roundhouse kick appropriately, yet most people are unable to do this. Even with all that, chances are excellent you may still get hurt. If you are in a street fight, this is not a great thing to do. Now, depending on the situation you could go for a low kick to the shin or knee and score. You need to be careful and judge the probability of your success when doing so. When you protect yourself the right way, it’s all automatic. And to be automated, with self-defense, you have to practice repetitively. That is one of the real secrets to successful training. It is repetition and conditioning your body so you can move quickly and strike hard. All towns and cities have places where you can sign-up for lessons in basic self-defense. You need to pursue this if you are interested in learning how to defend yourself.
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Right to left (backwards) JProgressBar
My app needs to display a graphical representation of a value ranging from -1 to 1. Negative values should be in one color, with positive values in another. Zero is in the center and shows nothing. (If it helps, the particular use here is to display the relative weight of buy and sell orders in a financial application.)
I would ideally like to use a pair of JProgressBars for this, however the Swing control starts (at its minimum) at the left. The standard control only supports two orientations, left-right or bottom-top. Passing in negative values doesn't help. My question is, what is the quickest way to achieve this effect?
Subclassing JProgressBar would involve re-implementing it almost entirely. Using a JFreeChart bar chart seems like a great deal of code (and effort) for a relatively trivial task. I could perhaps make a small, square-celled JTable and fill it in, but again that's a lot of code. What would you suggest?
Umm, maybe this won't work at all, but how about making a sub-class of JProgressBar and overriding paintComponent() to something like this:
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
I'd test it if I was more lucid and awake.
Edit: While rotating it might work too, I found it easier to scale it and then translate, as follows:
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.scale(-1, 1); //Flips over y-axis
g2d.translate(-getWidth(), 0); //Moves back to old position.
Using JFreeChart or subclassing JProgressBar seems like overkill, but overriding paintTrack() in BasicSliderUI may be effective. Here's an example.
I had a look at JFreeChart the other day and for what you want to do it looks like complete overkill.
As this seems as if it would be fairly easy to draw procedurally, I'd just make a class extending JComponent, override the paint method to draw a rect in it, and add it as a custom widget.
Swap the background and foreground colors and the regress will look like a progress to the left.
Following code does the job:
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Why when I create new xml layout the control in palette change to old version of control in Android?
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First I create my project that minSdkVersion="13" and targetSdkVersion="15". But when I create new xml for layout, the control of the Palette at the left side show the old version of control. And W...
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How do air cleansers work?
A lot of filters on the market are developed to record particles like dust and pollen, but don’t catch gases like VOCs (volatile natural compounds) or radon. That would require an adsorbent, like activated carbon. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alerts that the performance of air cleansers is limited in terms of removing gases, which you must frequently change filters for ideal functionality, usually about every 3 or so months.
Numerous air cleansers are good at filtering toxin particles out of the air (dust, smoke, pollen, etc.), but they are not necessarily great at eliminating gaseous pollutants like VOCs or radon from the air that may accumulate from adhesives, paints, or cleansing items. Allergens that are embedded into furnishings or floor covering are likewise not recorded by them.
Furthermore, the effectiveness of air purifiers in real-world scenarios likely won’t mimic those of regulated conditions in a laboratory (what those “99% efficiency” claims are referring to!). The area, installation, circulation rate, and the length of time it is running for will all vary, as will the conditions in the area. In addition, there are other things happening in your house that might effect the efficacy like ventilation (open or closed windows), and new particles are continuously emerging, so the air may not as filtered as the claims may have you think.
If you are worried about mold, we ‘d advise buying a dehumidifier or humidifier to help maintain the proper moisture levels in your home and fend off mold development issues. Air cleansers do not avoid mold development, so it is necessary to get rid of the source of wetness that is enabling it to grow.
Can air purifiers filter the outside air that enters your house?
Sometimes, non-organic air contaminants like the VOCs we pointed out formerly can stem from outside your home. “There are all sorts of situations in structure fires where big dosages of smoke inhalation may result in cyanide toxicity. That would mostly require to be someone who was standing directly in or near the fire: Those people are brought to emergency situation spaces immediately,” Dr. Roten describes. “Normally, outside pollution or smoke or short-lived bad air isn’t a constant issue for bystanders.” The right kind of cleanser can attend to any environmental air qualities in your location. Utilizing close-by wildfires as an example, Dr. Roten includes that a HEPA filter-equipped purifier is your best choice: “Anything that has a true HEPA filter in it is most likely adequate sufficient to filter out the majority of all the big particles that would be concerning,” he says. “The majority of the smoky smell will likewise be attended to as well.”
What should I try to find in an air purifier?
For appropriate efficacy, you require a model designed to operate in the room size. Pick a model that is created for an area larger than the one you are equipping it for if you wish to run it at a lower, quieter setting.
AHAM (Association of Home Device Manufacturers) Verified mark AHAM’s standards are design to guarantee the security, performance and performance of lots of house care appliances, including air purifiers. The standards are designed to provide a common understanding in between makers and consumers to assist make the acquiring process simpler. While voluntary, many reliable air purifiers have actually undergone this certification program, which frequently supplies a CADR rating and size standards.
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Is There Extra-Terrestrial Life In The Universe? MAG
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Have you ever looked up to the sky at night, gazed at the stars or planets and wondered if they might be able to support life? This stirs up the question: Is there extra-terrestrial life in the universe? Primitive caveman 30,000 years ago might have been the earliest to wonder this timeworn question, since pictures and drawings of celestial bodies have been found and studied in their caves.
Today, this question is still considered by many, especially astronomers and scientists. Through technology, they are able to study the question more efficiently and try to arrive at a conclusion. However, there are many theories and not all agree with the probable existence of E.T. life.
The Seeds Of Life
Some believe that billions of years ago, comets and asteroids hit the Earth, bringing the seeds of life. The seeds formed in space's interstellar reaches and became part of these comets and asteroids. According to Herman von Helmholtz, a scientist, this is how life began on Earth and how it must also have begun in other solar systems through random chemistry.
Meanwhile, other scientists think that if comets and asteroids brought life to Earth, why has it not appeared in our vicinity? Still, many scientists are convinced that the seeds of life fell from space to our planet and the same must have occurred somewhere else in the cosmos.
Life on Earth
While it is life on Earth that has led us to think about the probable existence of alien life, astronomers (along with zoologists and microbiologists) have been paying close attention to the adaptability of some creatures in environments that would be regarded as too harsh for life to survive. In the abyss, for example, creatures, such as the anglerfish, have adapted to survive in total darkness and the incredible water pressure which is 100 thousand times the atmospheric pressure at sea level. Communities near pitch-dark hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor get their energy from minerals from the Earth's core, instead of sunlight. Microorganisms like the tardigrade, found in moss, can survive in temperatures from -400 to 400EF, and require very little water to live. And certain bacteria can tolerate 200EF and high acidity.
All this suggests the possibility that other creatures might also have mastered living in the environments of other planets of our solar system. They may live in Jupiter's dense atmospheric pressure, or on Jupiter's moon Europa where its water-ice crust may cover an ocean 30 miles deep where no light can penetrate. Another planet that might sustain life is Mars, where creatures similar to the tardigrade could survive this cold, waterless world. E.T. life could also exist in Venus' sulfurous clouds that are full of acid rain, and where temperatures are over 900EF.
The Possibilities of E.T. Life
The possibilities of the existence of intelligent life are great, but the possibility of finding them is not. Since 1960 a group of astronomers have dedicated themselves to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). One of these searchers is Frank Drake, a radio astronomer who invented the Drake equation used to figure out the number of civilizations capable of communicating through radio signals outside the solar system. Although this equation is not an accurate way to estimate the number of communicating worlds, it encourages radio astronomers to listen for signals from intelligent alien life.
Every day astronomers are listening for any kind of noise that could indicate another world trying to contact us. The only impediment to this is that if a civilization exists, the nearest one to Earth might be thousands of light years away. Communicating would take a long time and the radio wave might not reach its destination because of the estimated distances from one civilization to the next.
Another question remains: If we ever received a signal, could we decipher it? But even more intriguing is this question: Could we communicate through words or by other means? Some astronomers and exobiologists have high hopes that we could. They are looking at how some animals, like the gorilla, are being taught to speak American Sign Language in order to communicate with us. Humans are now able to communicate with dolphins, elephants, domesticated animals, etc. If humans and animals can now understand each other, with animals having less intelligence, it is very probable we could do the same with intelligent E.T. life.
It may seem easy to accept the idea that E.T life does not exist because there has not been any hard evidence to prove it. And if, as some believe, the formation of life is one of a realm of possibilities, it would mean that there is a good chance that we are alone in the universe. For now, those who believe in the existence of E.T. life can just hope and study the question. As an 18th century writer once said, "it is absurd to think that in a field sewn with millet, only one grain will grow." And if we are not that one grain in this vast universe, future discoveries may move us closer to answering this age-old question. ?
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This article addresses a truly relevant topic in a deep and thoughtful way. I enjoy how you approach both sides of the issue and explain the reasoning. I personally believe that there is definitely Extraterrestrial life in the universe. In fact, check out my article about my ideas about the universe. It explains my reasoning. It may seem far fetched, but give it a good thinking over and give me your feedback. I love sharing ideas!
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Muscular System Facts - An Overview
Endochondral ossification is the entire process of converting the cartilage in embryonic skeletons into bone. Cartilage is deposited early in development into styles resembling the bones-to-be. Cells within this cartilage improve and begin depositing minerals.
The outer layer with the bones is named the periosteum. The internal layer in the periosteum forms new bone or modifies existing bone to fulfill new ailments. It can be rich in nerve endings and blood and lymphatic vessels. When fractures take place, the suffering is carried towards the Mind by nerves managing from the periosteum.
Extreme pulling or stretching of the calcaneal periosteum because of the plantar fascia, resulting in pain alongside the inner border on the plantar fascia.
The spongy bone sorts, and osteoblasts attach and lay down the mineral parts of spongy bone. Osteoclasts eliminate product from the center on the bone, forming the central cavity of the prolonged bones. The perichondrium, a connective tissue, types round the cartilage and begins forming compact bone although the above mentioned changes are transpiring.
The majority and excess weight in the exoskeleton and affiliated mechanical challenges boundaries the size animals can achieve. Spiders use a mix of an exoskeleton for cover and fluid pressure for movement.
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Deficiency of regular tone or toughness. This transpires in muscles which might be deprived of innervation (that is the provision of nerve fibers functionally connected using a aspect).
The muscular system can make up just about half the burden of your human overall body, This is certainly why once we coach we in some cases put on excess weight instead of dropping it. We placed on muscle mass fat.
Osteoarthritis is usually a degenerative issue connected with the wearing away of your protective caps of cartilage masking the bone-ends.
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The muscular system contains about seven see more here hundred muscles that belong to one of three distinctive types: skeletal, sleek or cardiac.
Adductor: Motion to draw towards a medial aircraft. Extensor: Standard phrase for just a muscle mass that extends a joint. Flexor: Typical expression for any muscle that flexes a joint. Levator: A muscle mass that elevates or lifts an organ or structure.
Persistent contraction of a sternocleidomastoid muscle mass, drawing the head to one aspect and distorting the encounter. Results in rotation of the head.
It truly is about just one millimetre in duration, and its perform would be to stabilise the smallest bone in the body, the stapes.
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They ran out of candy so they passed out some Sweet 'n' High. (Via NBC)
An 8-year-old girl in Hercules, California brought home a bag of meth after trick-or-treating this year.
According to the Contra Costa Times, her father inspected her candy haul after she went to bed and found a small pink ziplock bag that contained a white powder. Aware that neighbors probably weren't just passing out ziplocks of sugar when they ran out of candy, the father contacted police to test the bag for drugs.
Sources: Contra Costa Times | NBC | h/t Gawker
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Rollright stone circle – Radiation abnomalies with Geiger counter and infrared monitor
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Unexplained phenomenal occurence
The Rollright Ring is a Late Neolithic stone circle of oolitic limestone nestled in a copse on the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire border. The stone ring is a perfect circle of around 72 or so stones, although legend says the stones cannot be counted! Originally, there may have been around 100 stones, standing shoulder to shoulder, creating an almost wall-like enclosure. There was once an avenue or at least four portal stones that stood just outside of the circle forming a processional way and entrance into the stone circle.
Maria Wheatley and David Webb conducting experiments and readings at the Whispering Knights Dolmen, Rollright:
In the 1970s, The Dragon Project found that the country lane running by the Rollright stone circle had abnormally high Geiger counts along a few hundred metres stretch. The Dragon Project was monitoring the fast moving beta particle counts, which are natural radiations from the earth due to disintegration of atomic nuclei by cosmic ray bombardments.
On several occasions my late father dowsed the lane and located an intense area of radiation – a ‘hot-spot’. He carefully used dowsing to count the exact emissions and claimed gamma radiation was being detected. In 1996 the late Art Brickell and Geoff Woolford checked his dowsing results and the radioactive ‘hot-spot’, measuring for the gamma ray counts per minute with a gamma ray radiation monitor.
Radiation and the ‘Spook Road’
The gamma ray radiation monitor revealed the measurements which were taken along the adjacent road to the Rollright Ring following the dowsing results. The normal background count for the region is 60–80 counts per minute. Our findings revealed huge differences ranging from a cold spot of 71 to a high spot of 302. The results were significant and also confirmed that my late father’s dowsing was as accurate as a Geiger counter.
One intriguing anomaly was noted in 1979 at the Rollright stone circle, Oxfordshire. Infrared photographs of the outlying King Stone showed an apparent hazy glow around the crest of the standing stone
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Apr. 22 2021
Political Polarization: Often Not as Bad as We Think
As politics grows increasingly polarized, a new global study finds people often exaggerate political differences and negative feelings of those on the opposite side of the political divide, and this misperception can be reduced by informing them of the other side’s true feelings. The study replicates earlier research in the United States, finding the phenomenon to be generalizable across 25 countries.
The new study was led by Kai Ruggeri, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and replicates a 2020 study by Jeffrey Lees and Mina Cikara at Harvard University, who were also co-authors of the new study. The new findings are published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour (previously the article appeared in OSF Preprints).
The Lee and Cikara study presented five political scenarios (e.g. banning anonymous political donations or changing the name given to the state highway) whereby one group proposes a change in law or policy which could disadvantage the other political party (Democrat or Republican). The new study replicated experiments from the original paper, testing the findings in 10,207 participants, following the original methodology as closely as possible and adapting group divisions and scenarios to the local political context for each of the other countries. For example, in Canada, they asked participants to respond to proposed changes to the way voting districts are defined; in Sudan, participants considered changes to the way water tariffs are calculated.
Says Ruggeri: “Our study provides evidence that people around the world overestimate the negative feelings of their political opponents, when in fact the other side is often much less negative than the perceptions we harbor about the other group. These misperceptions have real-world consequences, from polarization, intergroup conflict, and increasingly aggressive narratives in traditional and social media.
“While differences between the beliefs and actions of opposing political parties undoubtedly exist—particularly on widely covered issues like gun ownership or access to reproductive healthcare—their opinions on less reported issues are often more similar than we think. The findings from our study suggest that focusing on issues without making them partisan matters, while also presenting accurate representations of group beliefs, can directly mitigate the exaggeration of polarization,” he adds.
The study is a collaboration between 82 authors from 42 institutions; as well as 16 interns and 43 alumni from the Junior Researcher Programme, a global initiative for early career researchers in the behavioral sciences partnering with Columbia Global Programs; 14 students from the Global Scholars Programme in Europe: Global Behavioral Science (GLOBES); and other volunteers.
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Baku announced liquidation of NKR president: drone footage published
Representatives of the Azerbaijani armed forces announced the attack on Saturday, October 31, 2020, of the motorcade of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh and its destruction by aviation and artillery fire.
According to Baku, several vehicles of the convoy were attacked by combined strikes of military aircraft and artillery means, in one of which was NKR President Arayik Harutyunyan. The corresponding video demonstrating drone footage is posted on YouTube.
However, the press secretary of the leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, Vahram Poghosyan, denied the information about the shelling of the motorcade of the president of the unrecognized republic. He noted that Arayik Harutyunyan continues to fulfill his duties as the head of the NKR.
Back in early October, rumors about Harutyunyan's injury were circulated in the Azerbaijani media. However, on the day of the alleged injury, the head of Artsakh released a video with his speech on his page, demonstrating his high fighting spirit and determination to fight. Poghosyan noted that the rational and cold-blooded behavior of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh worries Aliyev and his entourage, since every speech by Arayik Harutyunyan becomes "a cold shower for their false propaganda."
1. Bakht Online Bakht
Bakht (Bakhtiyar) 2 November 2020 13: 48
This is his second death.
The news is out of date. He seems to be alive. God loves trinity.
2. Case Offline Case
Case (David Makarov) 2 November 2020 13: 53
Quote: Bakht
This is his second death.
Yarsy again))))
3. GRF Offline GRF
GRF 2 November 2020 16: 30
Oh, is the hunt for civilians going on with self-incrimination, or is it no longer a war crime?
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Cetron (Peteris) 3 November 2020 00: 19
These are not civilians, this is the commander-in-chief of the enemy!
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GRF 3 November 2020 05: 22
so if he is alive, then they were others ...
and otmaz like "oh, I shot at another" - a rotten otmaz.
1. Seal Offline Seal
Seal (Sergey Petrovich) 3 November 2020 11: 06
Others are his deputies and assistants.
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GRF 3 November 2020 13: 56
Yes, justify the murder on health, since you have forgotten how to communicate humanly ...
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andrey zorin (Andrey Zorin) 3 November 2020 14: 41
The hunt for the "civilians" Dudaev and Basayev was carried out in the same way, and the protection of the gamblers was also civilian, well, well ... a head just to eat?
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Rus 2 November 2020 19: 39
Our army is still 1000 years old before such strikes.
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andrey zorin (Andrey Zorin) 3 November 2020 14: 59
our army, having air superiority, will not use children's drones with a combat load of 150 kg, but for an adult - "something" with an order of magnitude more combat load)))) already on the Su-25 it was from 1400 to 4400 kg, on the Su -34 2-4 times more
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Rus 4 November 2020 10: 58
Well, just like in Syria, you kill one militant and 100 children and women. Well, many have homelessness. Be proud
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andrey zorin (Andrey Zorin) 4 November 2020 22: 05
so everywhere and always, it was, is and will be - carpet bombing of Germany - for example, Dresden, then Hiroshima, Korea, Vietnam, fresh from Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and yes, Syria
so big uncles fight, is this news in the sandbox? welcome to our wonderful fair world, it's time to grow up - the bombs are not falling on you, but yours on them - be proud!
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Hayer31 (Kashchei) 3 November 2020 14: 18
Like Putin and Harutyunyan, they also have dvainiks.
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Never Doubt Jack Bauer: ABC Gives Season Orders to Designated Survivor and Speechless
You could decimate the rest of TV, but Kiefer Sutherland will always live on. ABC has given full season orders to Sutherland’s Designated Survivor and to Minnie Driver’s family comedy Speechless. Each will get nine more episodes. Yesterday, ABC cut its order of fellow comedy Imaginary Mary from 13 episodes to nine, before that series was even given a premiere date. Anyway, what we want now is some sort of crossover episode where Minnie Driver takes over the country.
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First Metroid
Apparently on a forum for a 2d remake of a game that came out 5 years ago, most of us have no clue what the final boss of the game is?
Just throwing ideas. But I’d say that weirder stuff has happened, like that one bot, the gerbil.
That’s why?
Lol, funny thing, its almost a good enough reason. Prime’s forms had badass music.
Oh, and I voted orime as well.
They created a consistent atmosphere, that felt like metroid. Not to mention that the pirates felt great, very…piratey.
Id say that as long as Mp3 can maintain an atmosphere (unlike Mp2), it’ll feel good playing, even if the atmosphere doesnt feel like Metroid prime’s.
i liked prime 2’s pirates. they were more accurate to the original 2d sprites than prime’s pirates.
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Exploration missions
I had a simple idea for some PVE content which as far as I am aware is not in the game outside of the tutorial missions (which doesn’t really count I think).
My idea is Exploration Missions given by agents. Where you would have to find a particular site (either Data or Relic, maybe both or something else entirely?), collect an item and return it to the agent. Maybe these sites are protected by pirates, opposing faction navy, etc.
Level 1 explo agents would give missions within the same solar system.
Level 2 would say that the site is up to 1 jump out
Up to level 5 agents where the site is somewhere within the region.
Possibly there may be bits of information to help narrow down the system like what colour/type of star is in system, how many stations, how many planets, etc.
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It’s as legitimate as mining missions, so I don’t have any real objection.
Exploration can already be pretty profitable, but if miners can hand over ore for LP then I have no particular issue with explorers handing over whatever mcguffin for LP.
The Minmatar Epic Arc includes several missions where you have to hack under fire.
I could see something like this as a rework of the research agents but don’t see it happening until CCP is ready to overhaul the entire mission system. They are doing a lot of experimentation with the event PVE and the Abyss but they’re still too predictable - easy to solve, min/max and farm. We’ll know they’re getting close when the farmers start complaining that they can’t solve the sites and actually have to work for their bounties!
The issue I have with this is that you could do real exploration and score valuable phat lewt instead of simulated exploration and score ■■■■ ISK/LP. I wouldn’t exactly use the existence of Mining missions and, by extension Resource Wars as justification for introducing Exploration missions because the number of players who dislike them (and who had scorn for CCP for wasting limited manpower introducing them instead of working on something else that appealed to a wider player base) vastly outweighs the very, very, very select few players who enjoy and utilize these PVE activities.
At the barest of minimums, too few players would utilize exploration missions (particularly in relation to REAL exploration) for CCP to waste their limited manpower implementing them over stuff that a wider player base will enjoy.
The Minmatar Epic Arc is also the least enjoyable of all the epic arcs, so I also would not use this as justification
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Is the whole world metric?
Spark plugs have been metric for a long time .
And, as dadoctah pointed out, tires are schitzophrenic!
I disagree with every comment that the U.S.A. is behind the rest of the world because we still use English units of measurements on most things. The English system is as American as you can get, and the units of measurement make perfect sense. Quite frankly, I find it to be a royal pain in the a## when I’m trying to work on something that ought to have the nuts and bolts in SAE sizes, only to find that I have to dig up a metric wrench (or else I use an adjustable crescent wrench). This country of ours IS the United States of America, last time I checked, so I say let’s keep English SAE measurements for everything when it comes to our own products.
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ClassicFan made a good point too. We’re the largest economy in the world. Until recently, we were the largest manufacturing society in the world. Who’s the leader here? We are! There’s absolutely no logical reason why we should change to metric across the board.
But I’d be happy to join you in a pint.
My little rant actually poses an interesting question. You mechanics out there. When is the last time you used a fractional wrench? Does any car made today require the use of such tools?
Trouble is, a large part of the repair business is on cars made yesterday.
When was the last time you did any carpentry in meters?
Shipped anything in kilograms lately?
How tall are your kids?
How much do you weigh?
How big is your house “lot”? Looked at the plot plan lately? What units is it in?
What does a litre of milk go for at the grocery store?
How many kilometers is it to the shopping mall?
Do your roadsign in your town say “Concord 16.09km” or “Concord 10 miles”?
Does your pancake box say “preheat oven to 400F” or “preheat oven to 246C”?
I challenge you, nay, I defy you to buy lumber…or sheetrock…or fencing… in metric measurements.
And, more importantly, does it really matter?
The United States has tried adopting the metric system since 1875. In 1975, Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 in hopes of metric conversion but the idea died out in the Reagan years. I don’t think we ever needed or wanted the metric system in the first place. I’m happy just to carry a metric and a standard set in my toolbox. It gives me “more tools” which I like. Besides, I can use a metric socket on a stripped standard bolt and vise versa.
ClassicFan has a point. Converting all industries overnight would be prohibitively expensive. The car industry did it gradually, as new models were designed, they went metric. However engine designs last a long time, so my 1988 Chevy Caprice had a mix of dimensions. New US car models are all metric now. The SAE Journal gives verything in metric, except horsepower and torque; Americans will take a long time to get used to Kilowatts as a power unit.
Industries should change over gradually. Canada went metric in 1978, and today carpet is still sold in square feet along with metric measures, and meat is still quoted in $/lb along with $/kilo. New mothers are given the weight of their babies in pounds, but the medical records are in kilos. The pharmaceutical industry is completely metric as well. Clothing is still sold in English units, as are shoe sizes.
Regardless of what country has the largest economy in the world, about 80% of world trade is now conducted in the metric system, that’s what really counts. China will soon be the largest economy, while the European economy in total already exceeds the US’s, and adding China and India makes the difference even larger.
Will I need to replace my torque wrenches?
Seriously Doc, and you know I have only respect for you, I can’t see any reason to or benefit from arbitrarily converting things to metric. As you mentioned, the auto industry has done so as it globalized. Other industries will also do so as it becomes appropriate for them. Industries for whom it’s not appropriate won’t. The Metric Conversion Act did nothing because the natural forces of the marketplace are far too powerful. Those same natural forces will cause a change where and when it becomes appropriate.
Kilowatts? My electric bill is already in kilowatts.
“The lumber industry even calls a 1-1/2"x3-1/2” board a “2x4”.
There is a good reason for that. The “1-1/2"x3-1/2” board" Started it’s life as a 2X4 and it shrinks as it dries to the 1-1/2"x3-1/2" size
Rough Sawn Dimensions vs. Planed Dimensions.
Out here in the sticks one can buy rough sawn 2x4s that really are 2" by 4" ! They’re great for some applications.
I agree that forced conversion on a large scale is neither cost-effective or convenient. The industry I work in, energy, is gradually converting to metric, although oil is measured in barrels in North America and in tonnes elswhere. The world price of oil will be quoted in $/barrel for a long time to come, as will the price of gold, silver and other precious metals quoted in $/ounce. Natural gas is now more and more quoted in $/gigijoule, which is nearly equal to 1000 cubic feet. The reason is the value is in heat content rather than volume.
The electrical industry, as you point out has always been international and metric.
The construction industry will be one of the last to convert, since most of its work is national, and much work is to existing buildings.
The clothing industry could very easily convert, but sizes are very personal; when I buy shoes made in Asia, the English, American and metric size are all shown on the label. Shopping for lingerie in Paris, I discovered my wife wears a size 88 bra!
Even the Brits, who converted in the serventies, still use the English measures for distances, and house-based measures. And they still weigh people in “STONES”!
In short, any industry doing a substantial part of its business internationally, will need to convert. US pipeline construction companies, for instance, easily work in both sytems. In my consulting I have to work in both systems on an ongoing basis.
You really don’t need two complete sets of wrenches. 11, 13, 14, and 19 mm wrenches are so close to 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, and 3/4 inch wrenches that they are practically interchangable.
I’ll admit to using both when talking about distance. When talking about one town tot he next, I use miles. But when talking about very short distances, I’ll use centimeters to describe how short it is.
I have a few Ausie friends and they sometimes bring this topic up; why doesn’t the US convert to metric. I jokingly tell them our system is superior and that we’ll invade their country next and make THEM convert to OUR system.
There’s nothing wrong with SAE sizes. The problem is when they’re mixed up on the same car.
I’ve seen Fords and Chevys with 2 bolts holding the alternator on; one bolt will be SAE and the other a metric.
On the flip side you run into a Honda or Subaru that may require a 5/8 socket or wrench on certain things. (Seat belt attachment bolts for instance.)
Another downer is that while some SAE and metric tools interchange there is enough difference in the size to round off nuts and bolts.
A 14 MM wrench may fit a 9/16 bolt quite snugly but with the reverse a 9/16 may round off a 14 MM bolt head or damage it. This may show up later when the next person tries to free up that bolt that is now frozen.
Who says it has to change overnight? It’s been talked about since the 70s from my recollection. If we had really started back then it might be done by now. A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. If you never start…
If we consider road signs for example, they could have started with dual measurements on them and eventually changed over to only metric as they are replaced over decades.
Everything we design where i work is metric. All drawings, fasteners etc are metric. Sure we have legacy designs still in SAE our suppliers haven’t forgotten how to convert fer chrissakes!
Fractional fasteners? Simple, don’t design them in. Most of the fasteners in my late model cars are the same. 10mm is practically the only bolt size used on the interior. Makes sense in every way to use one size where possible.
If you really think the SAE system makes sense i ask you, why do you suppose we count in base 10 ( decimal)? Does it then make any sense to measure things in base 12?
" why do you suppose we count in base 10 ( decimal)?"
Probably because we have ten fingers. In fact, the word “digit” literally means finger in Latin.
“I can’t see any reason to or benefit from arbitrarily converting things to metric.”
I can think of at least one benefit. Listings in manuals for things like torque values would only need to be listed once, not twice. This means they could use less ink or toner, and have the option of less paper or larger print. It would be easier to read specifications in manuals and not confuse the values.
"Why do you suppose we count in base 10 (decimal)?
Had mankind invented the rotary power lawnmower before he developed the numeration system, we would be counting in base 9. When the rotary power mowers became popular in the 1950s, many people put their fingers under the mowers to determine if the mower was running. This is why mowers have safety handles that stop the blade when released.
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'Flying carpet' of conductive plastic takes flight
Two frequencies of cycling show the sheet "rippling" in a display of small propulsive force
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The researchers stress that the design shows propulsion, but not yet lift.
Improvements to the design could create both aerodynamic lift and raise the propulsion speed to as much as a metre per second.
The device's creator, graduate student Noah Jafferis, was inspired by a mathematical paper he read shortly after starting his PhD studies at Princeton - but putting it into practice was no straightforward task.
"What was difficult was controlling the precise behaviour of the sheet as it deformed at high frequencies," Prof James Sturm, who leads Mr Jafferis' research group, told the BBC.
What followed was a two year digression attaching sensors to every part of the material so as to fine-tune its performance through a series of complex feedbacks.
But once that was mastered, the waveform of the undulating matched that prescribed by the theory, and the wafting motions gave life to the tiny carpet.
In the paper describing the design, Mr Jafferis and his co-authors are careful to keep the word "flying" in inverted commas.
"It has to keep close to the ground," Mr Jafferis explained to the BBC's Science in Action, "because the air is then trapped between the sheet and the ground. As the waves move along the sheet it basically pumps the air out the back." That is the source of the thrust.
Ray hope
Harvard University's Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, who wrote the 2007 paper in Physical Review Letters that inspired the whole project, expressed a mixture of surprise and delight at the Princeton team's success.
Manta ray The propulsion is not completely unlike that of skates and rays
"Noah has gone beyond our simple theory and actually built a device that works," he told the BBC "And what's more, it behaves, at least qualitatively, as we had predicted."
Mr Jafferis points out that the prototype is limited because tiny conducting threads anchor it to heavy batteries, so it's free to move only a few centimetres. But he is already working on a solar-powered upgrade that could freely fly over large distances.
The advantage of this kind of propulsion, he argues, is that unlike jets, propellers and hovercraft, there are no moving components like cogs and gears that rub against each other.
"The ideal use would be some kind of dusty, grimy environment where moving parts would get gummed up and stop," he explained.
That said, he laughingly admits that with the existing materials, a flying carpet powerful enough to carry a person would need a wingspan of 15 metres - not the best vehicle to take on the streets just yet.
On the other hand, preliminary calculations suggest that there is enough atmosphere on the planet Mars to send floating rovers scudding over its dusty surface.
Meanwhile, Prof Mahadevan looks forward to sophisticated improvements in the near future, suggesting the approach could progress to "mimicking the beautiful two-dimensional undulations of the skate or manta ray".
You can listen to Noah Jafferis describe his flying carpet on the BBC World Service programme Science in Action.
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Field of Dreams - Merry Ellen Kirk (Lyric Video)
Merry Ellen Kirk is a poet. Perhaps “songwriter” is a more commonly used term, but it’s also too commonplace for Merry Ellen’s glittering narratives, songs that spring up wildly from her subconscious and bloom into vibrant, lilting melodies. Her typewriterflipsparkling piano refrains sweep and spill into fresh, sweet rivulets of notes; her lyrics weave bright, halcyon tales of dream sequences, the light and dark polarities of the human experience, and beauty in its many forms. “I write about light and dark a lot… good and evil, dreams and reality, the darker and lighter parts of the human soul,” she explains.
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Where are the whispers that used to fill the inside of veins, “you want more”.
Give me lessssssssssss ons.
Give me lessons?
Give me freedoms.
Give me sleep.
Give me guiltless memories.
Give me kind interactions and a pillow of done enough.
Give me…nothing…no worth.
No lessons.
No grace.
Give me jokes in face.
Your moms face.
Your moms face burnt with fire the bombs left her.
Left her an eye to give back to the soldier that saved her life…but he took that eye.
Lesson learned.
Why aren’t we laughing?
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Photography as an art form is dead
Bold statement, I know. But let me walk you through how I got there before you decide to disagree.
Photography at this point in time has had a long history, and we could go into all the processes and outcomes of the daguerreotype, wet plate, dry plate and more, but that’s a history lesson for another time. I would, however, be remiss (and most likely criticized) if I did not at least acknowledge the aforementioned era and development of the photographic process. Yes, there were photographers before colour film. Yes, they worked in various methods. And Yes, they are worth looking at and exploring. But let’s compare apples to apples here. Black and white is now an option for photographers and not the only option available as it was for many years. A necessary distinction when comparing analog and digital photography. To understand how I got to this controversial conclusion, we must skip ahead to when colour photography became mainstream. We must start, then, when Kodachrome came onto the scene.
In 1936 the Eastman Kodak company released their tri-colour film to the masses. A definitive moment that made colour photography accessible to every mom, pop, and child around the world. When it came to the artists, colour film photography was used in a way that we now take for granted. Each shutter snap was a choice that had a cost, a “decisive moment,” as Barthes would say. But each was available to all.
Skipping ahead once more, things changed with the invention and adoption of digital photography. But what changed was more than a simple switch from analog. What changed is how we see and use photography. There was no more decisive moment; the taking of a photo was now allowed to be taken for granted. It has evolved to the point where now we are all photographers. So the question begs asking – if everyone can be and is a photographer, what defines the medium of photography as an art form? What separates the artist from the rest? Can photography still be considered art? This is where it really begins.
A bit about me, I studied photography both in its analog and digital processes. I know my way around a colour-dark room and feel just as comfortable editing photos in photoshop. Relevant, in case you were beginning to think this article looked like some sort of hate speech on digital photography. I’m not sitting on some high horse of the past looking down from my lazy boy yelling, “you darn kids!” Instead, I am merely suggesting that it is about choosing the medium; as far as I can see, there are two mediums. Digital and Analog.
Digital has the ability to be everywhere, refine at the moment of capture, manipulate in real time and edit live. It is speed. It is precision. It is light. It is the future. Analog has romance and nostalgia, where confidence is required before the click. It is patience, understanding, dedication, and class. The separation is necessary once again to appreciate each one for what they are. If we combine the two, we lose what is most valuable to each one, what defines each one, and what makes them great as their own entities. It is a choice, not a definition; both can be great, both can be shit.
So, what defines the medium of photography as an art form? I have grappled with this question as a photographer and appreciator for years. And what it has come down to, in essence, is the craft. The making of, the tireless and meticulous dedication to the work, the painstaking revisions and decisions to match the image in your head. This is the craft, but where is it? I haven’t seen it in photography for a while. (Honourable mention to graphic designers and illustrators for picking up the slack)
The cynic in me says that it’s gone. Things are too accessible and available to everyone that there is no need to craft. What does it matter, and who will notice in a never-ending feed of images? People put analog photography on a pedestal and talk about it like it will forever be considered an artist’s medium. Oh yeah? Tell me, did you mix the chem, process the film, and develop the images? OR just get the lab to scan them so you can post them with the hashtag portra400, never to pick up the negatives. Worse yet, you just use filters to make it seem like you shot on film? Light-leek filters and fake grain are the true bastardizations of the photography world. And you digital photographers, you’re not off the hook either. When was the last time you printed an image or framed it? When was the last time you pushed the capabilities of that “shot on an iPhone” slogan for yourself or experimented in any way with the presets?
This is how I concluded that photography is no longer an art form. This is how the tool became so easy that the craft wasn’t necessary. But this is not the end. This is just how it is for now, and I implore any photographers out there to get past the tool and work on the craft again, for photography’s sake.
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Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries The military medical system is failing to diagnose tens of thousands of soldiers who suffer brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan, an investigation by NPR and ProPublica finds. Brain trauma can cause lasting physical and cognitive damage, but the military continues to overlook the injury, and many soldiers receive little or no treatment.
Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries
Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries
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Based on dozens of interviews and access to previously unreleased military studies, documents and e-mails, NPR and ProPublica have found that from the battlefield to the homefront the military's doctors and screening systems routinely miss brain trauma in soldiers. As a result, soldiers haven't been getting treatment.
Part 1: The military medical system is failing to diagnose brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Part 2: Even when traumatic brain injury is diagnosed, many soldiers have to fight for adequate treatment.
The military medical system is failing to diagnose brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom receive little or no treatment for lingering health problems, an investigation by NPR and ProPublica has found.
Over four months, we examined government records, previously undisclosed studies and private correspondence between senior medical officials. We conducted interviews with scores of soldiers, experts and military leaders.
Among our findings:
• From the battlefield to the homefront, the military's doctors and screening systems routinely miss brain trauma in soldiers. One of the military tests fails to catch as many as 40 percent of concussions, a recent unpublished study concluded. A second exam, on which the Pentagon has spent millions, yields results that top medical officials call about as reliable as a coin flip.
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William Fraas during occupational therapy at Mentis Neuro Rehabilitation Center in El Paso. Fraas survived several roadside blasts in Iraq, but suffered brain damage. Blake Gordon/Aurora Photos for NPR hide caption
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Daniel Zwerdling and ProPublica's T. Christian Miller about their investigation into how the military has handled the wars' signature injury.
Walkie Talkies
The shockwaves can pass through helmets, skulls and through the brain, damaging its cells and circuits in ways that are still not fully understood. Then, secondary trauma can follow, such as sending a soldier tumbling inside a vehicle or hurling into a wall, shaking the brain against the skull.
A study published last year in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation found that, of the 900 soldiers in one battle-hardened Army brigade who suffered brain injuries, almost 40 percent reported having at least one symptom weeks or months later.
Such soldiers are sometimes called "walkie talkies" — unlike comrades with missing limbs or severe head wounds, they can walk and talk. But the cognitive impairments they face can be severe.
Dr. Keith Cicerone works in neuropsychology and cognitive rehabilitation at the JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in New Jersey. All of his patients have suffered traumatic brain injuries. Doctors at the institute highly recommend cognitive rehabilitation over other forms of treatment. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
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"These are people who go on to live with a lifelong chronic disability," said Keith Cicerone, a leading researcher in the field. "It is going to be terrifically disruptive to their functioning."
A soldier whose injuries are not diagnosed or documented misses out on the chance to get this level of care — and the hope for recovery it offers, say veterans advocates, soldiers and their families.
Missing Records
ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff chronicled the difficulties soldiers faced in getting treatment for head traumas after recovering from one himself, which he suffered in a 2006 roadside bombing in Iraq. The following year, a Washington Post series about substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital described the plight of several soldiers with brain injuries.
But leaders' zeal to improve care quickly encountered a host of obstacles. There was no agreement within the military on how to diagnose concussions, or even a standardized way to code such incidents on soldiers' medical records.
Good intentions banged up against the military's gung-ho culture. To remain with comrades, soldiers often shake off blasts and ignore symptoms. Commanders sometimes ignore them, too, under pressure to keep soldiers in the field. Medics, overwhelmed with treating life-threatening injuries, may lack the time or training to recognize a concussion.
The NPR and ProPublica investigation, however, indicates that the military did little to overcome those battlefield hurdles. They waited for soldiers to seek medical attention, rather than actively seeking to evaluate those in blasts.
The military also has repeatedly bungled efforts to improve documentation of brain injuries, the investigation found.
Several senior medical officers said soldiers' paper records were often lost or destroyed, especially early in the wars. Some were archived in storage containers, then abandoned as medical units rotated out of the war zones.
Lt. Col. Mike Russell, the Army's senior neuropsychologist, said fellow medical officers told him stories of burning soldiers' records rather than leaving them in Iraq where anyone might find them.
"The reality is that for the first several years in Iraq everything was burned. If you were trying to dispose of something, you took it out and you put it in a burn pan and you burned it," said Russell, who served two tours in Iraq. "That's how things were done."
To improve recordkeeping, medics began using pricey handheld devices to track injuries electronically. But they often broke or were unable to connect with the military's stateside databases because of a lack of adequate Internet bandwidth, said Nevin, the Army epidemiologist.
"These systems simply were not designed for war the way we fight it," he said.
In 2007, Nevin began to warn higher-ups that information was being lost. His concerns were ignored, he said. While communications have improved in Iraq, Afghanistan remains a concern.
That same year, clinicians interviewed soldiers about whether they had suffered concussions for an unpublished Army analysis, which was reviewed by NPR and ProPublica. They found that the military files showed no record of concussions in more than 70 percent of soldiers who reported such injuries to the clinicians.
Nevin said that without documentation of wounds, soldiers could have trouble obtaining treatment, even when they report they can't think, or read, or comprehend instructions normally anymore.
Doctors might say, "there's no evidence you were in a blast," Nevin said. "I don't see it in your medical records. So stop complaining."
Problems documenting brain injuries continue.
Russell said that during a tour of Iraq last year, he examined five soldiers the day after they were injured in a January 2009 rocket attack. The medical staff had noted shrapnel injuries, but Russell said they failed to diagnose the soldiers' concussions.
The symptoms were "classic," Russell said. The soldiers had "dazed" expressions, and were slow to respond to questions.
"I found out several of them had significant gaps in their memory," Russell said. "It wasn't clear how long they were unconscious for, but the last thing they remember is they were playing video games. The next thing they remember, they are outside the trailer."
Another doctor told NPR and ProPublica of finding soldiers with undocumented mild traumatic brain injuries in Afghanistan as recently as February 2010.
Sgt. Victor Medina suffered brain damage when an IED hit his truck in Iraq. As part of a rehabilitation exercise, Jimmy Moody times how long Victor can balance at the Mentis rehabilitation facility in El Paso, Texas. Blake Gordon/Aurora Photos for NPR hide caption
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"It's still happening, there's no doubt," said the military doctor, who did not want to be named for fear of retribution
Screened Out
After the Walter Reed scandal, the military instituted a series of screens to better identify service members with brain injuries. Soldiers take an exam before deploying to a war zone, another after a possible concussion in theater, and a third after returning home.
But each of these screens has proved to have critical flaws.
The military uses an exam called the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics, or ANAM, to establish a baseline for soldiers' cognitive abilities. The ANAM is composed of 29 separate tests that measure reaction times and reasoning capabilities. But the military, looking to streamline the process, decided to use only six of those tests.
Doubts immediately arose about the exam, which had never been scientifically validated. Schoomaker, the Army surgeon general, recently told Congress that the ANAM was "fraught with problems" and that "as a screening tool," it was "basically a coin flip."
Military clinicians have administered the exam to more than 580,000 soldiers, costing the military millions of dollars per year, but have accessed the results for diagnostic purposes only about 1,500 times.
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., who has led efforts to improve the treatment and study of brain injuries, accused the military of ignoring the Congressional directive.
"We are not doing service to our bravest," Pascrell said. "There needs to be a sense of urgency on this issue. We are not doing justice."
Once in theater, soldiers are supposed to take the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation, or MACE, to check for cognitive problems after blasts or other blows to the head.
But in interviews, soldiers said they frequently gamed the test, memorizing answers beforehand or getting tips from the medics who administer it.
Just last summer, Sgt. Victor Medina was leading a convoy in southern Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded. He was knocked unconscious for 20 minutes.
Afterwards, Medina had trouble following what other soldiers were saying. He began slurring his words. But he said the medic helped him to pass his MACE test, repeating questions until he answered them correctly.
"I wanted to be back with my soldiers," he said. "I didn't argue about it.".
Senior military officials said problems with the MACE were common knowledge.
"There's considerable evidence that people were being coached or just practicing," said Russell, the senior neuropsychologist. "They don't want to be sidelined for a concussion. They don't want to be taken out of play."
If cases of brain trauma get past the battlefield screen, a third test — the post-deployment health assessment, or PDHA — is supposed to catch them when soldiers return home.
But a recent study, as yet unpublished, shows this safety net may be failing, too.
When soldiers at Fort Carson, Colo., were given a more thorough exam bolstered by clinical interviews, researchers found that as many as 40 percent of them had mild traumatic brain injuries that the PDHA had missed.
In a 2007 e-mail, a senior military official bluntly acknowledged the shortcomings of PDHA exams, describing them as "coarse, high-level screening tools that are often applied in a suboptimal assembly line manner with little privacy" and under "huge time constraints."
Col. Heidi Terrio, who carried out the Fort Carson study, said the military's screens must be improved.
"It's our belief that we need to document everyone who sustained a concussion," she said. "It's for the benefit of the Army and the benefit of the family and the soldier to get treatment right away."
Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army's second in command, acknowledged that the military has not made the progress it promised in diagnosing brain injuries.
"I have frustration about where we are on this particular problem," Chiarelli said.
Frontline: The Wounded Platoon
This Frontline documentary follows Charlie Company's Third Platoon in Iraq. When the soldiers return home, some adjust well to civilian life, while others struggle with post traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries. One is in prison, having pleaded guilty to participation in the murder of another soldier.
Fundamentally, he said, soldiers, military officers and the public needed to take concussions seriously.
"We've got to change the culture of the Army. We've got to change the culture of society," he said, adding later, "We don't want to recognize things we can't see."
The shift Chiarelli envisions may be impossible without buy-in from senior military medical officials, some of whom are skeptical about the long-term harm caused by mild traumatic brain injuries.
One of Schoomaker's chief scientific advisors, retired Army psychiatrist Charles Hoge, has been openly critical of those who are predisposed to attribute symptoms like memory loss and concentration problems to mild traumatic brain injury.
In 2009, he wrote a opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine that said the "illusory demands of mild TBI" might wind up hobbling the military with high costs for unnecessary treatment. Recently, Hoge questioned the importance of even identifying mild traumatic brain injury accurately.
"What's the harm in missing the diagnosis of mild TBI?" he wrote to a colleague in an April 2010 e-mail obtained by NPR and ProPublica. He said doctors could treat patients' symptoms regardless of their underlying cause.
In an interview, Hoge said, "I've been concerned about the potential for misdiagnosis, that symptoms are being attributed to mild traumatic brain injury when in fact they're caused by other" conditions. He noted that a study he conducted, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, "found that PTSD really was the driver of symptoms. That doesn't mean that (mild) TBI isn't important. It is important. It's very important."
Other experts called Hoge's posture toward mild TBI troubling.
To be sure, brain injuries and PTSD sometimes share common symptoms and co-exist in soldiers, brought on by the same terrifying events. But treatments for the conditions differ, they said. A typical PTSD program, for instance, doesn't provide cognitive rehabilitation therapy or treat balance issues. Sleep medication given to someone with nightmares associated with PTSD might leave a brain-injured patient overly sedated, without having a therapeutic effect.
"I'm always concerned about people trivializing and minimizing concussion," said James Kelly, a leading researcher who now heads a cutting-edge Pentagon treatment center for traumatic brain injury. "You still have to get the diagnosis right. It does matter. If we lump everything together, we're going to miss the opportunity to treat people properly."
The Fight For Treatment
At her family farm outside Hanover, Pa., Michelle Dyarman has a large box overflowing with medical charts, letters and manila envelopes. They are the record of her fight over the past five years to get diagnosis and treatment for her traumatic brain injury.
After her last roadside blast in Baghdad, which killed two colleagues, Dyarman wound up at Walter Reed for treatment of post-traumatic stress.
Over the course of two and a half years, she received drugs for depression and nightmares. She got physical therapy for injuries to her back and neck. A rehabilitation specialist gave her a computer program to help improve her memory.
But it wasn't until she began talking with fellow patients that she heard the term mild traumatic brain injury. As she began to research her symptoms, she asked a neurologist whether the blasts might have damaged her brain.
Records show the neurologist dismissed the notion that Dyarman's "minor head concussions" were the source of her troubles, and said her symptoms were "likely substantially attributable" to PTSD and migraine headaches.
"It was disappointing," she said. "It felt like nobody cared."
When she was later given a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury by Veterans Affairs doctors, she said she felt vindicated, yet cheated all at once.
"I always put the military first, even before my family and friends. Now looking back, I wonder if I did the right thing," she said. "I served my country. Now what's my country doing for me?"
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A Look into the Journey
Pyate Hudgir Halli Life
24 JunSeason 4Episode 9137 min
Host Akul takes us through all that went behind making the show a success, appreciating the hardwork put in by the crew - right from the make-up artists to the ambulance service. Later, the contestants talk about their experience so far.
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1. Hylomorphism
2. Scripture
3. First Letter of Paul to Timothy
4. Personal Instructions and Benediction
Personal Instructions and Benediction
20 O Timothie, keepe that which is committed to thy trust, auoyding prophane and vaine bablings, and oppositions of science, fasly so called:
21 Which some professing, haue erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothie was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest citie of Phrygia Pacaciana.
1 Tim 6:20-21
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All About Jazz: The web's most comprehensive jazz resource
Serving jazz worldwide since 1995
All About Jazz: The web's most comprehensive jazz resource
Wayne Shorter: The Man and the Legacy
By Published: January 16, 2003
AAJ: That's right, Danilo, John and Brian all have their own when you guys got together, you were more spontaneous with the music?
AAJ: How did you hook-up with Danilo, John and were they chosen?
AAJ: So you wanted to leave it wide open?
WS: Yes...It was grasp something all by oneself, it leaves a person with their own decisions (along the way). Many people believe that their tastes are their own, they will die for this sometimes, you know, I don't like this, I don't like like a story with no beginning and no was always there, even when it was just a twinkle of an idea in somebody's eye.
AAJ: You recently found out you had a Cherokee ancestry, how did that effect the lyrical development of the piece 'Masquelero'?
WS: I wrote Masquelero a long time ago, but just recently discovered that I have Cherokee ancestry, so it seemed right to revisit this piece. I thought it would be nice to celebrate this because playing music right now for me, (and the guys are saying it too now), the music is a form of celebration and celebrating life...celebrating the eternity of life...and all this compositional stuff and searching for a way to be original, could be just a way of returning the gift of life, which is hard to give back. Life has everything, what are you going to give back? The quest for originality, as opposed to, sound-like 'pop stuff' or, 'million-dollar hit' stuff, where to give back to life is the most original reflection of oneself, and getting something in return would not be a million dollars, the return is already's not about music is not separate than life... music sometimes may spark the celebration that people will join in, in other words.. that life is eternal and you don't have to go robbing banks just becuase you think you only live once. When you have twelve brothers and sisters you don't have to go grabbing at the bread first...there's plenty there to go around. That's my bank robbing analogy.
AAJ: You seem to be using the tenor saxophone more on Footprints 'Live' than on the earlier Weather Report material where you were using the soprano. Eight out of the ten tracks were tenor, any reason for that?
WS: The tenor can be mixed and heard in an acoustic situation better, from the middle, down, below the iceberg of sound, undertones, overtones, sidetones, perpendicular tones, everything...and it's left up to mixing job to separate everything.
AAJ: Did you play a number of these tunes just with the soprano to see how they would sound?
WS: I thought about the soprano, like when we were playing for about nineteen thousand people in Tokyo three weeks ago, in Tokyo Stadium. Herbie's Band was there, another group from Norway and a Big Band from Cuba. I used both the soprano and tenor, the group from Norway had all this techno, electric, all kinds of stuff...
AAJ: Did you play an acoustic set to broadcast to that large a crowd?
WS: Yes, the other bands had synthesizers and everything, they had their trumpets hooked-up to interface with everything...and Herbie had his Future-to-Future Band, which has allot of I used the soprano alot in that setting, and when we finished we got a standing ovation. And you know it's different in Japan, everybody is historically so polite, they don't even move in their seats normally, so when they stood up...well, that was a great experience.
AAJ: I heard you were playing just after Tokyo at a peace conference, how did that go?
WS: The Peace Conference had hundred-piece orchestra, a whole ballet and dance segment, with singer Anita Hall...all in conjunction with promoting world peace... we placed flowers with our families in Arizona...they had four wreaths, for myself, Herbie, Dr. Carter (Dean of the Chapel at Morehouse College), the grand nephew of Alfred Nobel, Michael Nobel. Also there was the grandson of Gandi, UN representatives, all these beautiful people from all over the world were there.
AAJ: We can look forward to allot of new music coming from all of these inspirational people and experiences?
WS: There are more (World Peace) events coming, there is a big orchestra coming from Brazil, that started in the ghetto of Favela, the deepest ghetto in Brazil, allot of those people started playing when they were only seven years old and now they're seventeen.
AAJ: So are you thinking about doing a Latin CD?
WS: It won't be just Latin, I just got this orchestras' CD, they're doing music of the world, they are not thought of as a novelty, they are not thinking about the Americanized approach to Latin music, which is to put a clave rhythm to all of these great pieces.
AAJ: You've played with so many world-renowned musicians throughout your career; Maynard Freguson, Art Blakely, Weather Report, Herbie, your own bands, what's been you most memorable 'life' experience so far?
WS: That would have to be my experience with Miles Davis. Miles Davis used to say:' I am not what I do, I do what I am'. That's when we musicians would watch musicians on shows like Johnny Carson, and we'd call each other on the telephone and ask: 'Do you think he's going to get to the couch?' you know, beyond the instrument, a human-being. Dizzy Gillespie was the first one to make it to the couch. What I'm speaking about is the whole change in philosophy about management, the corporate thing, like record used to be they didn't want you to do any talking, just wanted you to play. Well, it ain't like that, that's all changed, the artist has to get totally involved and do everything themselves at this point.
AAJ: ...and it's alot of work too, speaking of that, what do you when you are getting ready for a show, do you practice?
WS: No, I don't practice, it's difficult to practice the unknown. I do look at material when I'm writing something. It's a question like so many things in life, it's like Miles Davis ( Shorter imitates Miles voice) used to say: 'You see the way Humprey Bogart hit that cat?', a little punch when he hit a guy. 'Play that!' or, when John Wayne used to make that turn- around, or twist when he made a corner, 'See what John Wayne just did? play that!' Miles was always asked how he did what he did, he'd say: 'Just watch the way somebody moves and play that', and then the guy would play that and later ask Miles what he thought, and Miles would say: 'You talk to your girlfriend like that?'
AAJ: Do you experiment with different horns, manufacturers and set-ups?
WS: No, horns are just paint brushes, so I keep the same, so I get the kind of color I'm striving for. That's one thing that is missing in jazz, allot of color, that's where synthesizers kind of miss the point. We have so much electricity in ourselves, we can't live without that kind of discharge. Joe Zawinul used to say he loved the acoustic piano, but the sound is so boring, unless you're going to spend time like John Cage, putting things in between the strings and all that...see Joe and Danilo used to play the accordion when they were young, they both used to experiment with the accordion, putting clothespins in-between the keys, and holding buttons down to get different sounds, that's why Monk played the piano the way he played, he was wishing it could extend to something else, that's why Beethoven didn't just play the piano, he used the whole orchestra as a paint brush. If you didn't know that Beethoven was a pianist, you wouldn't know it when you hear his symphonies, spending time with the french horns and other instruments...he was unselfish, he knew when to step back and get out of his own way. That's what Agnassi said when he was losing to Sampras: 'If I can just get out of my own way'.
AAJ: Joe (Zawinul) had different approach to the way you think about music...
WS: That's true...He didn't let his instrument be his's a thing...there were other guys who went against synthesizers...Chick was with it for awhile and maybe one day Keith will put his hand on another type of paintbrush for awhile.
AAJ: We're all looking forward to your SFJAZZ show in San Francisco, (where your quartet is billed with the Branford Marsalis Quartet, any surprises in store for the show here?)
WS: We'll find that out when we get together, we get together in the meantime on the phone alot, and we are always faxing each other statements, ideas and thoughts about the material, they are all out touring with their groups, they are all on automatic about the material now... John, Danilo, and Brian are thinking about it all the time.
I want to thank Wayne Shorter for spending sometime with me to do this interview, due to editorial space constraints, I have attempted to capture the essence of our conversation. Like his music, the interview was improvisational, spontaneous and very entertaining. The Footprints Live! CD is one of those rare jazz albums where the spirit of creativity reigns.
Philip Gordon, saxophonist and writer, can be reached by visiting: or
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Google is attacking Apple from the inside out-and it's working
Business Insider:
Call it "the worm strategy" – because Google is attacking Apple from the inside out.
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Azmatik1518d ago
ive always loved google
FriedGoat1518d ago
I liked them when they stood by their motto "don't be evil" but now they just plaster ads everywhere and make my user experience a lot less fun.
KwietStorm1518d ago
Lol are you implying ads make them evil? They built their empire on ads anyway. It's nothing new.
gamer78041517d ago
They aren't any more or less evil than other corporations, they all get caught trying push legal boundries to the limit such as their antitrust case in europe and currently investigating in the U.S..
It's part of business, but just don't choose google thinking they are more righteous than any other company.
Thatguy-3101518d ago
Well Google is basically tie in with a lot of apps. My account on it is part of an eco system that Google has created. Crazy how they basically control everything.
Klonopin1518d ago
Call of Duty: Corporate Warfare
Chucky20031518d ago
Well its pisses Apple,but for me as a consumer its a good thing,the question is,will these apps make me transit to an android mobile?NO,at least not now?i have chrome but i still use safari cause its faster,but in rest i do use gmail,google maps,youtube,because i find them better,i hope Apple wakes the fuck up
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dream interpretation - Enemy
dream interpretation for the word - "Enemy"
Dream interpretation
- meeting an enemy in a dream means that in real life you will have to defend your interests;
- if you win your enemies, it means that you will be strong enough to overcome your problems;
- if you dreamt that your enemies defamed you, it is an omen that an ill-intentioned man appeared in your surroundings.
All dream interpretation keywords starting with "E"
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5.8 Siyam (Fasting)
Host: What is the month of Ramadan and its significance to Muslims?
Jamal Badawi:
It is apparent from these two verses in the Quran that there are two basic elements that are significant to the month of fasting. One is historical and the other is spiritual and moral.
From the historical aspect the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar which follows the lunar year is the month in which the Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) when he was meditating in the cave of Hira’a outside of Mecca. This took place about 1400 years ago. The importance of the month of fasting is not only limited to Muslims but it is very essential event in the history of the world at large.
For the first time in history God chose to send a prophet not to a particular tribe, not to a particular ethnic group and not for a particular time but rather a universal prophet for all mankind and for all times. It is also significant that threw the last Prophet, God chose to reveal His complete will, guidance and way of life to mankind. This was done in the final scripture which is never to be changed or mixed with the philosophies of people. This scripture is authentic and is available till today in exactly the same way and language it was revealed to Prophet Muhammad. As the Quran itself indicates that the revelation of the Quran was very important in the history of mankind because it culminates the essential message that was preached by all prophets from Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and finally Muhammad in one final and complete scripture. It also corrects misinterpretations or mixing of previous scriptures given to previous prophets. In that sense the revelation of the Quran represents an event for which not only Muslims but the entire world should be thankful for. I don’t think that anything in the world is worthy of thanks more than guidance than being brought from the state of philosophical and theological riddles to the simple strait forward path of truth. Nothing is better than going “from the darkness unto the light” as the Quran calls it.
The other aspect of Ramadan, as has been shown in the second verse I mentioned above, is mainly spiritual in nature. In this verse God talks about how close He is to mankind and to those who are earnest in seeking his guidance.
Host: How is fasting in the Muslim context observed?
Jamal Badawi:
As a general rule the month of Ramadan is observed by abstaining from food, drinks, smoking and sex from dawn (approximately 75 to 90minutes before sunrise) till sunset. When we talk about abstinence we are talking about total and complete abstinence. There is no restriction (other than what is not permissible in Islam) and all foods and drinks are permissible between sunset and dawn. It is only the restriction of common sense that exists during this period for people to avoid indulgence which is contrary to the wisdom and wisdom behind fasting (learning self control) and even the Islamic teachings about eating.
Host: Why does Ramadan come in different months and seasons?
Jamal Badawi:
The month of Ramadan is an Islamic month so it follows the Islamic Calendar which follows the lunar year. In the lunar year every month is about twenty nine and a half days. When the days are totaled the lunar year is about 10-11 days shorter than the solar year. This means that every year the month of fasting, Ramadan, come about 10-11 days earlier than the previous year. For example if this year Ramadan starts on July 13th next year it would start around July 3rd, the following year would start late in June and so on. This is how Ramadan rotates threw different seasons and months of the solar calendar. In a way one could say that it is advantageous if all fasting only occurred in December which would mean that one would fast for only 11 hours every time from dawn till sunset but if it always occurs in July one would fast between 16-18 hours. By rotating the month of Ramadan through different seasons and months the Muslim experiences the discipline of fasting under all kinds of conditions in all kinds of seasons.
Host: What do people who live by the polls or in Scandinavia who have months of continuous sunshine or darkness?
Jamal Badawi:
Islamic law in its nature has endless adaptability and flexibility when it comes to the application in particular situations. Of course we can’t tell the people that they cant break their fast during the times of sunshine because night never comes and it doesn’t mean that when it is always dark that they cant fast! Both situations are unreasonable and contradictory to the aspect of Islamic law that says one shouldn’t fast continuously for days without food or drink. The solution for people who live in these places is that they can fast a number of hours that is equivalent to the number of hours fasted by people who are close to them or they can fast the number of hours fasted in Mecca being the place where the Quran was revealed. There should not be a problem with this as the people in those areas workout a schedule for working hours and sleeping hours so they can just work with that and make approximations and their fasts will be acceptable.
Host: Is fasting compulsory on all Muslims?
Jamal Badawi:
The general rule is that fasting is prescribed on every Muslim male or female who have reached the age of puberty. Since fasting is an act that requires a fair amount of discipline and sacrifice it is desirable for children who are not required to fast to start training gradually so they can get used to fasting. For example in many Muslim countries and even in Canada and the US the children usually start by fasting from dawn to noon or from breakfast to lunch which gets them somewhat used to the concept. As the child grows older and becomes more interested in it they might try fasting a full day or a few days and the following year he may increase the number of days. This kind of gradual learning should be done with lots of motivation and encouragement rather than pressure. With my personal experience as a father my children ask to be woken up in the morning so that they can fast. This kind of practicing allows it to become normal for them by the time they reach the age of adolescence.
There are other exemptions which are temporary and others which are permanent. Examples of temporary exemptions are people who are ill where fasting might aggravate their illness or delay their cure. It is not one of the objectives of Islamic law to put people in greater difficulty or endanger their like it was mentioned in the verse I sited. So sick people may not fast till they are cured and then they can make up the days they missed.
Obviously another of the compassionate teachings of the Quran is that women during their monthly cycle (they probably feel weaker or tired), women who are pregnant, postnatal time and mothers who are breastfeeding their infants are also not required to fast provided that they can make up for the days at a later time when the reason for the exemption has been removed.
As far as permanent exemptions they apply to people who would not be able to make up even in the future to make up for their missed days. An example would be a very old person, who would just keep getting older and weaker. In this case a person can substitute for fasting by providing two meals per d ay for a person. A person who is chronically ill and fasting is harmful to his health can also make this substitution.
Host: How would you respond to a person who finds it difficult to contemplate this kind of fasting?
Jamal Badawi:
If one tries to fast it might be a little hard and difficult in the beginning but once one gets used to fasting it gets easier. Even those who fast year after year find that the first couple of days are a little difficult and that one has to give up bad habits like smoking and drinking coffee. Fasting is a little hard at the very beginning but as one’s system adjust to the fast it stops being that hard. Of course it requires allot of discipline but it is not really impossible or unreasonable for a number of reasons. First of all one is permitted to eat and drink whatever they like between sunset and dawn. If one wakes up as late as possible, and as close as possible to dawn or roughly 75min before sunrise and have a meal it could really help sustain one for the rest of the day. The key point is to train early for fasting because once the person starts training little by little they get used to it and they actually get pleasure out of fasting. Sometimes we undermine how adaptable our body is to certain conditions but we have to have the courage to try it.
Host: Sometimes we hear that in the media that everything comes to a stand still because of Ramadan in the Middle East and other Muslim countries. How accurate are these reports?
Jamal Badawi:
These reports are grossly exaggerated. There is no doubt that the observation of fast may cause a slight slow down in the way that business or other functions are preformed especially if Ramadan falls in the hot and long days of the summer. I was born and brought up in the Middle East and what happens is that employees of the government may be permitted to work one to two hours less especially for those who wake up late at night to observe the prayers. Sometimes they adjust the working hours so that they start a little earlier and going home early so that they can take a nap in the afternoon. As far as businesses the go on as usual. The main sector that is affected at least superficially is restaurants, but even then they pick up after sunset. In this case it is simply a readjustment of the business hours rather than bringing everything to halt.
People keep talking about the places where Muslims are a majority but what about the millions of Muslims who are in Europe, United States and Canada? This whole program has been prepared while everyone is fasting. Personally as an individual I have gone through all kinds of experiences while fasting such as working, teaching, preparing for exams and everything else without much difficulty.
Host: What is the significance of fasting as a religious duty for Muslims?
Jamal Badawi:
As a religious duty fasting is an act of worship, submission, obedience to the will of God, it’s a kind of dedication and commitment of one’s life to the commandments of God and it takes the love of God beyond just a slogan but into an actual practice and sacrifice of lawful things. If there is nothing in fasting but this it would suffice. In addition to this we find that it is a very important moral lesson that is learned from fasting. If one gets training and is able to restrain themselves from the lawful things in life such as food and drinks then they would be more likely to restrain themselves from committing unlawful acts. One verse in the Quran in (2:183) “O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint.”
In addition to this we find that fasting teachers other moral virtues as the Prophet of Islam Muhammad (PBUH) was quoted in one Hadith as narrated in Bukhari “whomever does not abstain from falsehood in words and deeds God has no need for him to give up his food and drink.” Thus fasting is not just to stop eating and drinking but to teach one’s self to be virtuous in other respects of life. In addition the month of fasting is a chance for a person to rededicate his life or atone for forgiveness from God for previous sins and mistakes and that is why the Prophet of Islam says as narrated in Ahamad “whomever fasts Ramadan with faith and in the pursuit of God’s pleasure his previous sins will all be forgiven.” In a sense then fasting is a form of Jihad or struggle against the domination of our low desires and their hold on us. Fasting is an annual spiritual cleansing.
Host: Is there a celebration after the month of Ramadan is over?
Jamal Badawi:
One important aspect that relates to this question is the social aspect (as there is no separation between secular and religious) and that when people fast they feel more compassion for the poor and needy. One can talk for as long as they want on how it feels to be hungry but it is very different when it one’s self who is hungry. This is why both in the month of Ramadan and immediately after it ends there is a great celebration of compassion for the poor. There is a charity immediately after Ramadan that is required to be given to the poor and the regular charity (other than the Ramadan charity) is also encouraged to be paid for during the month of fasting. The first morning after the month of fasting which is the first day of the next month a Muslim is encouraged to wake up early in the morning, take a shower, put his best clothes on (or new clothes), go to the mosque for the congregational prayer of Eid (Muslim holiday after fasting). At the prayer people chant glorifications and give thanks to God which is followed by prayers then a short speech is to be given. After that people can go visit friends and relatives and exchange gifts.
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The social determinants of multimorbidity in South Africa
Alaba, Olufunke ; Chola, Lumbwe (2013-08)
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Introduction: Multimorbidity is a growing concern worldwide, with approximately 1 in 4 adults affected. Most of the evidence on multimorbidity, its prevalence and effects, comes from high income countries. Not much is known about multimorbidity in low income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of multimorbidity and examine its association with various social determinants of health in South Africa. Method: The data used in this study are taken from the South Africa National Income Dynamic Survey (SA-NIDS) of 2008. Multimorbidity was defined as the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases in an individual. Multinomial logistic regression models were constructed to analyse the relationship between multimorbidity and several indicators including socioeconomic status, area of residence and obesity. Results: The prevalence of multimorbidity in South Africa was 4% in the adult population. Over 70% of adults with multimorbidity were females. Factors associated with multimorbidity were social assistance (Odds ratio (OR) 2.35; Confidence Interval (CI) 1.59-3.49), residence (0.65; 0.46-0.93), smoking (0.61; 0.38-0.96); obesity (2.33; 1.60-3.39), depression (1.07; 1.02-1.11) and health facility visits (5.14; 3.75-7.05). Additionally, income was strongly positively associated with multimorbidity. The findings are similar to observations made in studies conducted in developed countries. Conclusion: The findings point to a potential difference in the factors associated with single chronic disease and multimorbidity. Income was consistently significantly associated with multimorbidity, but not single chronic diseases. This should be investigated further in future research on the factors affecting multimorbidity.
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Journalism tip: How to tell when the Washington Post Style goddesses approve of someone
Trust me on this: If you did an afternoon talk-radio show in red zip-code land about religion news, during each and every show someone would call in and ask the same question.
Here it is, in its most blunt and simplistic form: Why do so many journalists hate religious people?
I hear it all the time, because many GetReligion readers seem convinced that your GetReligionistas think that journalists hate religion and/or religious people. That's just wrong, friends and neighbors. At the very least, it's simplistic to the point of being utter nonsense.
But since I have been answering that question for a long time, let's talk about that subject -- since that was the issue looming in the background during this week's "Crossroads" podcast (click here to tune that in).
First of all, many journalists are way too apathetic about all things religious to work up a hot batch of hate. You know the old saying, the opposite of love is not hate, it's apathy.
Also, in the newsrooms in which I worked, there were lots of believers of various kinds. I'm including the spiritual-but-not-religious folks, the Christmas-and-Easter people and people who grew up in one tradition (think Catholicism) and then veered over into another (think liberal Protestantism, especially the Episcopal Church). Then you had people who were ex-this or formerly-that, but now they were just "Go to church/temple with the parents when at home" cultural believers. Do some of them "hate" religion? Maybe. But that's rare.
Now, here is what is common. There are journalists who think that there are GOOD religious people and BAD religious people. The question is whether you can tell who is who when you are reading coverage produced by some of these reporters and editors.
Like what? Let's take a brief look at that Rod "The Benedict Option" Dreher profile that the Style section of The Washington Post ran the other day. Click here for my post on that.
Now, start with the headline: "Rod Dreher is the combative, oversharing blogger who speaks for today’s beleaguered Christians."
Now, as I noted in the podcast, you could talk about that headline for an hour.
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Friday, 1 June 2012
Editor: Seema Mustafa
Monday, January 5, 2009
Consulting Editors :John Dayal & Rahul Bedi
By Ali Ahmed
Research Fellow, IDSA
Advocacy for military action has not only come from notable voices such as that of opposition politician Mr. Arun Jaitley during the parliamentary debate, but also by military analysts as Gurmeet Kanwal and Maroof Raza. Though India has a stated position that military options have not been discounted in the current crisis, the option would certainly figure once again the next time round and with greater salience. While India has rightly not chosen to exercise the military option this time, its leadership may not be able to withstand the domestic pressure for military action next time. The good sense at the current juncture owes to several factors, not least of which is the status of the GWOT ongoing in the close vicinity. Besides, India would not like its economic trajectory to be diverted by a conflict in the midst of a global financial downturn. In refraining from the military option, India has wisely chosen not to play to the gallery.
This may not be the case next time. In case the terror infrastructure persists in Pakistan, the likelihood of taking a different decision next time remains. This would be all the more certain in case of yet another terror attack of unacceptable magnitude. Therefore, the probability of employment of the military option early in the conflict would be higher. The military options therefore warrant a closer look from point of view of their consistency with political aims, their effectiveness in doing so and their escalatory potential.
Military options are in an escalatory ladder in terms of force levels used, objectives addressed and nature of Pakistani response. At the lowest level is launching of fire assaults by artillery all along the Line of Control against known terrorist infrastructure such as camps. This would require simultaneous communication to Pakistan so that it does not mistake these attacks as presaging a wider attack. Missile attacks, with Brahmos missiles on targets in depth and in Pakistani hinterland, is the option at the next higher level. In the category of response through destruction by fire power means are also attacks by aircraft no similar targets. This would be much more escalatory, besides the problem of extrication of downed crew would heighten the crisis.
Land forces could be used to activate the Line of Control by breaking the ongoing ceasefire. This would enable infliction of punishment on the Pakistani Army deployed there. At a higher level is sending of ground forces across. At the lowest level this would be in the form of special forces operations against terrorist camps in shallow depth along the Line of Control. Terrain objectives that serve as launch pads for infiltration may also be captured by infantry attacks. This would necessitate crossing of the Line of Control, which if contested by Pakistan has an obvious escalatory potential.
The possible actions mentioned so far have the effect of conveying Indian resolve and to exact a price from Pakistan for its continued support of terrorism. If crisis communication is suitably managed escalation need not necessarily result. However, Pakistan is unlikely to act under such coercion. On the contrary, in expectation of further Indian action on the escalatory scale and even to provoke the same, it may carry through with its blackmail by diverting its attention and effort from pursuing the Taliban in the FATA and the NWFP. To prepare for and in response to Pakistani counter moves, India would require an a priori raising of its military alert status. This alert status may not involve mobilization as was the case in the Kargil War and Operation Parakram. India now has the Cold Start doctrine which entails swiftly moving into battle stations, as the name suggests, from a 'cold start'. Nevertheless, the moves and counter moves in anticipation and in misperception would complicate crisis management. These may even be deliberately resorted to so as to focus the attention of the international community on crisis resolution with each side trying to influence world community favourably. Over-extension in this posturing could lead to an unwanted outbreak of conflict.
In case wider aims are sought, such as punishing the Pakistani Army for its sponsorship of terrorism, then taking the Cold Start doctrine to its logical conclusion has been suggested as a deterrent strategy by no less than the noted strategist and academic, Dr Rajesh Rajagopalan. While this may not be the option being considered presently by the government, this may be a response option in future in the magnitude of continuing terrorism and public pressures in India for firmer action demands it. According to Dr Rajagopalan the nuclear threat should not stay India's hand for Pakistan has a 'high' nuclear threshold. Its nuclear doctrine can be interpreted as the Israeli one of 'first use, last resort'. Therefore considering the next higher step in the escalatory ladder is worthwhile since there is space between conventional war outbreak and the nuclear threshold for inflicting attrition on the Pakistani military.
The Cold Start doctrine is an outcome of post-Kargil Limited War thinking in India. It was initiated at a conference at IDSA by the then Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes. He said that nuclear weapons deter nuclear weapons and not war. The idea was carried forward by the then Director IDSA, Jasjit Singh. It has resulted eventually in the adoption of the Cold Start doctrine by Indian Army in 2004. The logic behind the move is reminiscent of the Cold War. As in the Cold War era, acquisition of nuclear weapons by both sides made general war unthinkable. To avoid Total War, Limited War concept was developed during and in wake of the Korean War. Limitation is through self-imposed restrictions on aims, theatres of operation, weapons used and duration of conflict. Since the nuclear threat exists, limitation on the conduct of the conflict has been thought through in India also. It must be noted though that the doctrine has also drawn criticism.
The employment of Cold Start in the context of a punitive response would likely also be along an escalatory ladder. It is possible that conflict could be restricted to the Line of Control. This may involve, in the first instance, capture of features that are of a defensive value so that their post conflict retention by India would enable firmer defences and secondly would make infiltration problematic of Pakistan. It is unlikely India would think of returning such heights as it had done in 1965. More offensive options could be capture of additional features that would place Pakistani defences there in jeopardy. This would make POK vulnerable to future attack by India, thereby dissuading Pakistani support. India may even consider deeper penetration, for once the initial crust has crumbled wrapping up the remainder would not be a problem. In this scenario the action would be confined to J&K, with India going in for a military solution to end the conflict there.
Confining the conflict to J&K may not be possible since Pakistan may seek to react to its problem there by attacking in the plains sector of J&K or south of Pir Panjal. This could lead to an opening up of the Punjab front, making for a larger than originally conceived conventional war. This scenario may be pre-empted by India were it to choose not to confine the conflict to J&K but to expand it to the heart of Pakistan from the beginning. This would be to India's advantage since surprise would be capitalized to capture Pakistani territory and inflict attrition on its troops reacting to the invasion. The intention would be to capture shallow objectives, provoke Pakistani military reaction and decimate the same with armoured maneuver, artillery and missile fire assaults and air attacks. With requisite damage inflicted, India could declare unilateral ceasefire and withdraw from territory seized across the international border, while retaining the territory captured along the Line of Control.
The aim of such a campaign would be to expose the Pakistani Army to defeat and weaken its standing in post conflict national politics. This would help democratic forces establish control there and roll back the terrorist infrastructure. The probability of this happy outcome is questionable in that a conventional Indian attack would arouse the nationalist instinct in Pakistan that would be capitalized on by right wing forces. Thus even if Pakistan Army were to suffer reverses, the nature of the conflict would change to an irregular war reminiscent of Iraq. President Musharraf had once promised an unconventional war in case of Indian invasion. Thus civilian casualties would mount even if India intends to quit Pakistani territory early. The lessons of Israel's Lebanon War of 2006 are stark. Withdrawing in face of an irregular counter would invite the odium of defeat for India. Therefore, war hysteria would mount and India would be sucked into an unintended conflict of indefinite outcome. Therefore, even if India were to win the battles as is likely in light of relative military power equations, political victory would remain distant.
The nuclear question needs highlighting. Many security analysts, such as Dr Manpreet Sethi of the Center for Air Power Studies, are of the opinion that the Pakistani nuclear threshold is fairly high. To deter Indian conventional power, Pakistan depicts an irrational stance and projects a lower nuclear threshold. Others, as Kanwal, advocate that Pakistan's bluff be called and India's conventional power be used more aggressively with the threat of Pakistan being dismembered were it to resort to any kind of nuclear first use. This is the dominant school of thought in India. Their argument is fairly sustainable in case of Limited War and makes the military option politically enticing.
That possible nuclear thresholds would be incorporated in all operational planning is evident from the Limited War thinking in India. Therefore, escalation to nuclear level can be discounted in case it is credibly conveyed to Pakistan that the war embarked on by India is a Limited War. In such a case, Pakistan would attempt maximum self-preservation and exercise of nuclear restraint even as it awaits India's return to its starting blocks. However, it can be expected that during the conflict the nuclear card would be used to maximum rhetoric effect in attracting international mediatory attention to the 'most dangerous place on earth'.
The improbable however must not be lost sight of, for both are nuclear powers. In the circumstance of an expansion in the Limited War, through the dynamic of war acquiring its own logic and momentum, Pakistan could resort to the ultimate form of nuclear signaling through nuclear first use in the form of a 'demonstration'. This could be the conduct of a nuclear test, nuclear explosion on an uninhabited portion of its territory or a use of a single low kilo ton bomb on an insignificant Indian military target on its own territory. While this would be intended to energise conflict termination efforts, it would certainly arouse passions
It is here that the Indian doctrine of 'massive retaliation' would be found wanting. Presently the doctrine is one of 'assured retaliation' in the 'assured destruction' mode. It would just not do for India to lose the moral high ground that is crucial to political outcome, by devastating Pakistan through counter value targeting. It would amount to genocide exposing the Indian leadership to serious accusations of crimes against humanity and war crimes. The response is only appropriate for an attempted 'first strike' by Pakistan which is the least likely form of Pakistani first use. The doctrine therefore requires revision to the form suggested by General Sundarji. His sensible recommendation is for nuclear war to be terminated at the lowest level of escalation. It should countenance a quid pro quo or at best a quid pro quo plus response. This would be more suited to the proactive Limited War doctrine that India has adopted. His perspicacious reading is that enemy aims should be accommodated to maximum extent possible and face saving should be part of the end state to avoid escalation in the charged setting.
It may be argued that this could result in a lowering of the nuclear threshold by Pakistan, further limiting application of Indian conventional power. It would make nuclear war fighting a seemingly feasible proposition, thereby drawing India away from its position that these weapons are political tools only for deterrence. While not contesting the genuineness or moral strength of the Indian position, it is not one shared by Pakistan. Pakistan's position is akin to that of NATO in its Cold War years in which it relied on nuclear weapons to deter Soviet conventional aggression. Pakistan's resort to first use would require a sensible India response. Were India to resort to a massive punitive response it would be abandoning its Limited War intent, rendering its cities vulnerable in turn. Indian punitive response cannot guarantee elimination of Pakistan's retaliatory capability, not being intended to. Pakistan could use its surviving warheads in retaliation even in face of in-conflict deterrence. Thus absurdly India stands to lose a city or two just for the sake of the initial Pakistani strike on an ingressing Indian military target. This crisis should help initiate a debate on 'proportional deterrence' or 'graduated response' in India.
The options lower down on the escalation scale are India's most likely response options in future. Stand off missile attacks and air strikes, as earlier conducted by the USA against Libya, Sudan, Pakistan and Iraq, would only dent terror facilities for these can be recreated at will. Ending the ceasefire would be of little utility as it would amount to a return to the pre ceasefire period that had yielded little by way of helping resolve any issue. Cross Line of Control use of land forces would only shift the Line of Control forward, create a fresh set of recruits to terrorist ranks of displaced Pakistani settlers along the Line of Control and would require unnecessary expenditure in firming in the relocated forces in new defences, as was the case in Kargil after the war. The new line would be even more porous to infiltration as the area would be well known to the Pakistanis and would take India some time to settle into. Therefore, terrorism in Kashmir would receive a boost, exposing India to further terrorist outrages.
This indicates that military options have a limited value, if any. They are found wanting in effective compellence and coercion. In no way is Pakistan incentivised to act against the terrorist organizations, for it alone can root them out, or at best contain them, should it choose to do so. Therefore there is a case for India to consider other avenues of addressing its strategic predicament. These include engaging with the Kashmir issue meaningfully. Credible elections there should be taken as a start point and not as an end in themselves. Pakistani overtures of the Musharraf era are an opening. The presence and actions of the US in the region are another causatory factor for the spread of terror. There is a case for India to exercise its growing power in trying to bring about a regional approach substituting the US in the region. While relying on US engagement in terms of aid, development assistance and political support, cessation of military operations that are leading to an accretion in terrorist ranks need to be fore grounded. Other measures already being undertaken by India are required to be followed through. These include defensive measures and development initiatives with respect to its minority community.
Discussing military options is useful so as to reinforce deterrence. However, the discussion also contributes to self-deterrence. These would therefore not be impressing Pakistan much. Which means resort to these would only be a futile expression of frustration and playing to the gallery. This would only help the terrorist cause and shift the political center of gravity of both states to the right. In the current circumstance they jeopardize the GWOT and on that account have probably not been resorted to. Therefore, India and Pakistan are at a juncture where their continued reliance on military means to settle differences should be seen as being untenable. Moving away from the militarized paradigm of thought is an alternative. Since Pakistan is unlikely to initiate this and would be a follower in this regard, the onus is on India. But for that it must first acknowledge the limitations of the military option.
(Ali Ahmed is a former military officer and currently pursuing a doctorate at JNU on Limited War doctrine.)
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Radar Online is reporting that Kristen Stewart is currently holed up at producer Giovanni Agnelli's pad, where she had been "crying her eyes out non-stop" and refusing to shower.
Making alleged matters worse, a "super angry" Robert Pattinson has been phoning Agnelli "a lot" since Stewart became his house guest, mainly to accuse the Welcome to the Rileys financier of sleeping with Stewart as well.
Gossip Cop has accused Radar of making up both the Agnelli sleepover story and the subsequent affair accusation, citing multiple sources.
People magazine, meanwhile, says Stewart's sole confirmed lover Rupert Sanders has been estranged from wife Liberty Ross since he informed her of his affair.
Pattinson, who has also been shunning the spotlight since news of the tryst first broke, was reportedly spotted at a bar in Ojai, California, Friday night.
Patrons at the Deer Lodge, located not far from Reese Witherspoon's ranch where the Water for Elephants actor is known to be crashing, claim Pattinson was enjoying the atmosphere with some friends and "seemed in good spirits."
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Mapper and the choice of scale
In last week’s post, I described the DBSCAN clustering algorithm, which uses the notion of density to determine which data points in a data set form tightly packed groups called clusters. This algorithm relies on two parameters – a distance value d and a density value K – and we noted that we can think of these parameters as determining what “scale” we want to look at the data at. For larger values of d, we can think of DBSCAN as looking at the data set from far away so that points that are relatively close to each other all blur together. For small values of d, we can think of the algorithm as looking closely at the data so that all the gaps between data points look really big (relative to d). In this situation, seeing more detail can be a problem, since we don’t want to miss the forest for the trees. In order for DBSCAN to give us a meaningful collection of clusters, we need to choose these parameters carefully. Ideally, we would want to look at any given data set across a range of scales and this is a common theme in the field known as topological data analysis. In this post, I’ll describe an algorithm call Mapper that comes from this perspective, and which is behind the software developed by the topological data analysis startup Ayasdi.
We’ll start off by returning to the basic clustering algorithm I introduced last week: Recall that this algorithm works by starting with a parameter d and forming a graph with edges between any two data points whose distance apart is less than d. The clusters returned by the algorithm are the connected components of this graph. These clusters can change drastically if we give it a different value. But if there are clusters that show up for many different values, this would tell us that whatever structure was defining these clusters could be seen at a lot of different scales, and was thus significant. Of course, we can’t try every single value of d (since there are infinitely many of them) but the basic clustering algorithm is fast enough that we can pick a (finite) number of different values and try them all.
The question is, can we organize the results in a way so that we can understand how the different clusters are related? To see how to do this, we have to consider what happens when we increase or decrease d. Recall that the basic clustering algorithm implicitly creates a distribution representing the data set, by placing a ball of radius around each data point, as in the Figure below. (This is shown in 2D. As always, this is really happening with higher-dimensional balls in a higher dimensional space.) The clusters are then defined by the connected pieces of this distribution. If we increase d then these balls will get larger. Balls that already overlap will continue to overlap, but some balls that were separated might bump into each other. If this happens then two clusters defined by the smaller value of d will become a single cluster for the larger value. In the Figure, this happens twice: First when the two single points on the left join together from step one to step two. Second, when the two large clusters combine between step three and step four.
In other words, as we turn the dial that controls d, the balls increase in size, so the clouds of foam that they create gets bigger and bigger. When two clouds bump into each other, they merge together. So as d increases, each cluster gets bigger and the number of clusters gets smaller. In order to organize these changes (without being able to actually see what’s happening in higher dimensions) we use what’s called a dendrogram.
First, we pick the values of d that define the different scales that we want look at. For simplicity, lets say we’ve picked the values 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. We’ll mark these values along the y-axis. Next, we’ll calculate the clusters at the first value of d by drawing edges between any two data points that are distance at most 1 apart. For each of the resulting clusters, we’ll draw a point in our diagram at height 1, but we’ll space them out left to right so we can see them all. Then we’ll do the same thing for d = 2, drawing the new points at height 2 and so on.
dendrogramFor small values of d, there will be a lot of points along the horizontal line, while for larger values of d, there will be only a few. In fact, if we pick d to be large enough so that all the data points are connected, there will be just one. As noted above, each cluster for a given value of d is contained in a cluster for the next highest value; It may be the entire cluster at the next step, or it may have merged with some other clusters. Either way, we will connect each point corresponding to a cluster to each point at the next level corresponding to the cluster that contains it. So each point at height 1 will be connected to some point at height 2. Each point at height 2 will be connected to exactly one point at height 3, but may be connected to more than one point at height 1. The dendrogram that comes from the data set and the values of d in the first Figure is shown on the right. The three points on the bottom horizontal line correspond to the three clusters on the left of the first Figure and so on.
This tree captures the basic information about how the clusters merge as we increase d. In particular, if we have a very long line of edges without any branches, as on the right in the dendrogram above, then this corresponds to a cluster that doesn’t change as we increase d, so as mentioned above, this probably means this cluster defines a significant feature of the data’s geometric structure.
However, as I mentioned last time, the basic clustering algorithm isn’t used very much in practice because it only works well on very homogeneous data (where the density is relatively consistent). The DBSCAN algorithm is a generalization of the basic algorithm that is much more common. But it relies on two parameters instead of one: a distance d and a density K. It would be nice if we could make something like a dendrogram for DBSCAN, that would allow us to understand how clusters change when we vary two parameters instead of just one.
This is the idea behind the mapper algorithm. Mapper is not as commonly used as most of the algorithms I’ve discussed in previous posts, so it hasn’t been implemented in the standard data analysis libraries like R, SciKit and ELKI. But there is a very nice open source implementation in python written by Daniel Müllner and Aravindakshan Babu. As mentioned above, this is also the algorithm behind the (proprietary) software developed by the topological data analysis startup Ayasdi.
In order to understand how mapper works, first note that each edge in the dendrogram we constructed above corresponds to a particular range of lengths in our original data set: Each edge from height 1 to height 2 corresponds to a number of edges that were added when we changed d from 1 to 2, so all these edges have length between 1 and 2. We can therefore construct something very similar to the original dendrogram as follows: First attach all edges of length at most 1 between the data points, calculate the clusters and draw the points on the diagram along the horizontal line at height 1. Now throw away all those edges between the data points and draw in the edges of length between 1 and 2. These will give you new clusters that are much smaller than the old height-two clusters. In fact, there may be a lot more of them as well. But nevertheless, we’ll draw those along the horizontal line at height 1. Then, draw a line from each point at height 2 to each point at height 1 whenever the corresponding clusters share a data point.
If we choose the values of d too close together, the resulting graph may look quite ugly, with too many points at each horizontal level. In practice, though, it seems that in most cases one can choose them so that you get back the original histogram. But the real fun starts when we add a second parameter such as density. There are a number of different ways of calculating the “density” of a data point (or rather of the data set around that point). To keep things simple, you can think of the density as being one divided by the distance to the 10th closest data point (where 10 was chosen arbitrarily). So the farther away the 10 closest neighbors are, the lower the density.
We’ll also choose a number of values for the density parameter, say 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5. We can then form a graph much like the second form of the dendrogram above, but using both parameters: First draw an edge between any two points with density at least 1 that are distance less than 1 apart, and draw a point for each cluster. This time, we won’t insist on putting them on a particular horizontal line. Then erase the edges that we just drew between data points and draw in edges between any two vertices with density at least one that are between distance 1 and 2 apart. Draw points for the resulting components and connect them to the points corresponding to the previous round of components whenever two have a data point in common. We’ll then erase the second round of edges from the data points and repeat the process with edges between points density between 1 and 1/2 that are distance less than one apart. (Note how this third round is different from the second round.)
This is getting a bit complicated, but hopefully you see the pattern: We form the components for all possible pairs of ranges for the two parameters and then connect the ones that both have points in common AND have overlapping parameter ranges. The result is a graph that looks kind of like a dendrogram, though it may no longer be a tree. Because this graph takes into account both the distances between points and the densities of points, this graph will usually capture much more information about the data set. In particular, it is more likely to see the less dense part of the data set that both DBSCAN and the basic clustering algorithm miss. Note that mapper doesn’t give you particular clusters the way that DBSCAN doesn, but it does give you a nice visualization of the data that includes cluster-like information.
4 Responses to Mapper and the choice of scale
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2. me says:
Sounds a bit like OPTICS clustering reinvented to me.
3. me says:
I just noticed that the german version of the wikipedia article has a better visualization, from ELKI.
Someone needs to update the english wikipedia page with that figure.
4. scullytotals says:
I tried using the Python Mapper GUI but found it very buggy. Was your work using the back-end code? And if so, what was the learning curve to get your code running?
Any pointers would be much appreciated.
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getting on a plane very soon. hate flying. can’t wait for instantaneous travel- could someone get on that for me?
how early is too early to start drinking? and why don’t I have a xanax or valium perscription? That would be helpful.
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1. but you’re coming to see us!!! Yeah Bitches!
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iSpeak translator apps talk to your iPhone
A new language application for the iPhone and iPod Touch speaks translations back to you.
iSpeak on the iPhone
For Senior Editors Bonnie Cha and Kent German, Future Apps' new language program for the iPhone and iPod Touch may be just the thing to get them around Barcelona next week as they attend the GSMA Mobile World Congress in that famed Spanish city.
iSpeak is a set of translation apps that can convert words and sentences from English to another language, or vice versa. You type your phrase into the app, which quickly translates your text. If you're not sure how to pronounce the phrase, pressing a button triggers the app to speak the words aloud. iSpeak got our basic Spanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish test phrases pretty closely, though it didn't manage to pronounce the read-out as Catalonians would (though, to be fair, Catalan is not the same language as Spanish).
We wish we could speak phrases into the app rather than type them, because that would save time as well as joint use. Of course, voice recognition is a different technology, and one that adds layers of complexity if multiple dialects are involved. Still, as long as we're drawing up a wish list, voice input is at the top.
The application's extra features are modest, and include two sliders to control the volume and speed of the voice that utters your translation. You'll also be able to save a translation or e-mail a particularly useful one to a friend. iSpeak stores a list of the translations you saved, and can helpfully switch the direction of translation, from Polish to English and back again, for instance, by pressing a toggle button.
iSpeak costs $2 for each of its separate nine translators of Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, and Swedish. The heavy focus on European languages is likely attributed to Acapela Group, which is a European voice company that provided the "speak" element of the iSpeak app. Acapela says in a press release that new languages are part of the company's plan.
Here's another item for our iSpeak wish list: an all-in-one version of the translation app that lets frequent international travelers translate from English to any language in iSpeak's greater lexicon, not just from English to one other language. The next step after that, of course, is to let non-English travelers translate among iSpeak's language directories, for example translating from French to Swedish. For now, though, iSpeak for iPhone is a good, basic translator that can also coach you in how to pronounce words and phrases. For a more intensive travel language guide that also includes voice playback, try these other travel apps.
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Thu Aug 12 21:11:26 ADT 2004
Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> Because my hosting service puts mail sent to any username
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> download that many messages and use a local client.
> I can get separate pop mailboxes but there's an extra charge for the
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Welcome Michael.
More than slightly offtopic:
I myself and others don't like advertising on this list, but I can't
help but mention the company that hosts my email/webpage. Maybe this
should eventually be its own thread, but why don't a few of us post the
best domain and webhosting companies we know.
- Best domain registrar I've come across. $9.99 USD/year and it
lets you use their dns servers and has "advanced dns settings" ie you
can specify your own mx settings or subdomains etc. Skip the rest of
what the registrar offers like their webhosting which isn't a good deal.
http://www.fuitadnet.com/ or for the plan I purchase (the cheapest)
- $4.99 USD/month they'll even give you ssh access if you request
for free, I've used that to tar up my email and back it up a few times.
Also it doesn't say it on the site, but you can also get imap (I'm using
it right now) and not just pop access. If you're interested you just
definitely check out the cpanel demo at the bottom of the page.
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Physicists' research assesses chances of finding planet capable of sustaining life in system with two suns
A group of astrophysicists from UT Arlington plans to expand the discussion about a newly discovered planet orbiting two stars by presenting a study suggesting where an Earth-type planet could exist in the system.
The Kepler-16 System made headlines in September when researchers at NASA's Kepler space telescope mission revealed the discovery of Kepler-16b, a cold, gaseous planet that orbits two stars like Star Wars' fictional Tatooine.
The UT Arlington team, using data from the Kepler and previous research, have concluded that an Earth-type planet could exist in the system's "habitable zone" as an exomoon orbiting Kepler-16b. They also think an "extended habitable zone" exists outside the orbit of the gaseous planet, under certain conditions. To host life in that zone, a terrestrial planet orbiting the two stars would need to have high levels of greenhouse gases in its atmosphere such as carbon monoxide or methane, they said.
"This is an assessment of the possibilities," said Musielak, a two-time winner of the prestigious Humboldt Prize for his work in astrophysics. "We're telling them where a planet has to be in the system to be habitable. We're hoping they will look there."
The Kepler Mission is a space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 that measures light from 150,000 stars. Scientists working with Kepler data look for changes in stellar brightness that suggest a transit, or a planet passing in front of a star. They use measurements of the star's luminosity to determine whether the planet is in a "habitable zone," an area where the planet would be orbitally stable and where conditions hospitable to the formation and sustainment of life could exist.
The UT Arlington team based their conclusions about an "extended
habitable zone" outside the orbit of Kepler-16b on work by scientists such as NASA's Michael A. Mischna. That research says life could be found outside the traditional habitable zone, but it requires a more extreme planetary atmosphere, one in which chemicals in the atmosphere create a strong back-warming effect, Quarles said.
"There is less light from the star, so the planet itself has to maintain more heat," he said.
"This work is informed by observations and it has the potential to trigger more observations," he said.
"This is the type of work that captures the imaginations of students and gets them excited about exploring a career in science. It's certain to catch the attention of other researchers and spark even more examination," she said.
Posted January 25, 2012
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Using IR Remote with LCD
Complete newby here. I’m having a problem getting my code to respond in the way that I expect it. I imagine it probably has to do with my variable use.
What I’m trying to accomplish:
I’m using the IR Remote and LiquidCrystal libraries, basically using the tutorial’s code with a few modifications. I’m trying to build a simple reader that will read a variety of IR codes from remotes. I need to be able to take it to a location and read the response from dozens of remotes in different locations. Because of that, want my 1602 LCD to display the code so that I can make note of it for later. I plan to use the codes to create an IR blaster button box that will turn on all of my devices at once (multiple projectors and TVs, multiple manufacturers).
My questions/problems:
Question #1: will this even work to get the codes that I can create a IR transmitter?
Question #2: The Serial Monitor responds fine (formatted the way I want and everything). The LCD simply returns “0”. So I know that it is looping properly, but is somehow not interpreting the data. My gut says that it’s in the variable value “results” somewhere, but I really don’t know. How can I get the LCD to give me a meaningful reading of my remote’s code?
Question #3: Is there a way to store the inputs to retrieve later? For instance, if I go around and gather all of my remotes and get all of their codes, is there any way to download the data when I get back to my computer?
Here is my code:
#include <IRremote.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
int IR_RECEIVE_PIN = 7; // Receive on pin 11
decode_results results;
void setup()
lcd.print("New Line");
IrReceiver.begin(IR_RECEIVE_PIN, ENABLE_LED_FEEDBACK); // Start the receiver, enable feedback LED, take LED feedback pin from the internal boards definition
void loop() {
if (IrReceiver.decode()) {
lcd.print(results.value, HEX);
IrReceiver.resume(); // Continue receiving
Don’t use delay() in your projects as it stops program execution for that amount of time.
Look at the examples that come with each library and fully understand them before you proceed with the final project.
What you are proposing is all doable.
Your topic was Moved to it’s current location / section as it is more suitable.
Other general help and troubleshooting advice can be found here.
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[CNI News thanks Stig Agermose for translating the first part of this story from the German original, found in the Berlin newspaper Die Tageszeitung on April 15, 1998.]
In the Argentine holiday center of Bariloche, flying saucers have lately caused chaos in the power supply, and much concern among the inhabitants.
On April 13, local radio stations were contacted by about a dozen eyewitnesses, all of whom had seen four luminous, round discs hover in the sky the night before.
"They were a large spacecraft and three smaller ones that attached themselves to the larger one again and again," according to one of the concerned citizens, Sara Salivar. "Something like a shower of sparks occurred, and then all the lights went out," she added.
A spokesman for the local power station confirmed what he termed the "inexplicable power failures."
It wasn't the first time UFOs had been blamed for a power failure in the popular resort city of Bariloche. The Los Angeles Times carried a brief report of a similar incident in August, 1995.
According to that report, "A flight crew for Aerolineas Argentinas, and aviation officials on the ground, observed a luminous object that approached the aircraft as it was about to land at Bariloche airport. Control tower personnel reported all of their instruments started behaving strangely at about the same time. Ground observers said the UFO appeared to have shining lights on its belly."
CNI News learned further details of that incident from a European source. During the incident, which occurred August 1, 1995, a brightly lit object approached the jet, flashing and changing colors as it came. The jet pilot, fearing a collision, took evasive maneuvers. An estimated 103 people were on the plane.
The bright object reportedly flew in close formation with the jet and was seen by most of the passengers and the flight crew. Observers in the airport control tower and military officials on the ground also observed the object.
As the plane and UFO approached the airport, all electrical power at the airport and in much of the nearby town failed, causing a blackout. With the runway lights out, the pilot of the jet aborted his landing approach and brought the plane around for a second attempt. He succeeded in landing the plane on the second try. Witnesses then observed the UFO to climb straight up and out of sight at high speed.
No one as yet has managed to explain why the UFOs of Bariloche have a particularly strong effect on the local power supply.
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You're panicking, aren't you? Put your head between your legs and breathe deeply. Now everyone is staring at you. And you still have to deal with the fact that Chipotle is going to burrito-block you in a couple weeks. We're not helping with the panicking, are we? Sorry. But once you hear why Chipotle is closing its doors for a little bit, you'll feel much better.
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Due to the E. coli outbreak that has been plaguing the company since October, Chipotle will shutter all its stores for a few hours on Feb. 8 for a national all-employee meeting about the plans to eliminate the issue, a rep confirms to E! News. The closure is to give execs time to answer questions about the outbreak and to go over a new marketing plan to bring customers back.
So Feb. 8 is the date to circle in your "Burrito Lovers of America" calendar. And plan to brown bag it to work on that day, because Chipotle might not be open if the carnitas urge hits you. Sure, the restaurants will only be closed for a limited time period, but if those hours coincide with your lunch break…ruh-roh!
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During an investor conference in Florida on Wednesday, Chipotle CEO Steve Ells reported that execs met with officials from the Center for Disease Control last week to discuss the widespread food borne illness, which caused 43 stores to close in November and has infected at least 53 people in nine states thus far.
Chipotle has already implemented new food safety measures, though they still have yet to find the initial cause of the E. coli outbreak.
In summary: Feb. 8 = B-Day. And not the good, birthday kind of B-Day. We're talking "no burrito day." But if it's all to make sure customers stop getting sick, we're willing to miss out on Chipotle for a day.
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Benefits of a S Corp
Having an unlimited lifespan, tax advantages and having your personal assets protected are just a few benefits of an S Corp
Piercing the Corporate Veil
However, it is worth mentioning that the protection provided by the C corp formation is not an absolute protection. A court can “pierce the corporate veil” if it finds that the corporation was not adhering to corporate formalities and was using it to avoid liabilities and commit fraudulent acts. If the corporate veil is pierced, then the shareholders’, members’ or owners’ personal assets can be reached. Small corporations are more likely to have this happen as it can be more difficult for them to keep up with all of the formalities. An important and easy way for small corps to avoid any piercing is to avoid comingling of assets and to keep the accounts and assets of the corporation completely separate from individual accounts. Those corporate accounts must never be used for personal reasons.
Unlimited Lifetime
Because a corporation is its own entity, it can continue to exist long past the original shareholders lifetimes, since shares can freely be transferred. Transferring shares has less and easier to understand tax implications than the transferring of a partnership or proprietorship interest. It does not matter if a shareholder, director or officer leaves the company, or dies. A deceased shareholder’s shares go to the heirs of the shareholder quite easily. The corporation will continue on and can only end when it is dissolved by the shareholders. So in essence, the corporation can exist indefinitely. This is a major advantage as it provides stability and is more attractive to investors. The longer the corporation exists, the better likelihood of success and a return on investment.
Tax Advantages
The S corporation has all the benefits of a C corporation previously discussed: personal assets of shareholders are protected, attractive to investors, organizational structure and perpetual existence. However, the major reason that corporations choose the S form over the C form (if they are eligible) is because of the tax advantages, which is the major difference between an S corp and C corp. The benefit to an S corporation is in the way in which they are taxed. The first benefit is that S corporations only have a once a year tax filing requirement while C corps are required to file quarterly.
The second tax benefit is in how S corps’ revenues are taxed compared to C corps. C corporations are taxed twice. The first taxation comes at the corporate level and then there’s a second taxation at the shareholder level. The S corporation’s revenue is only taxed once – the taxation is not based at the corporate level but instead, only at the shareholder level. Taxation happens when shareholders receive dividends or when it is paid out in salaries. This is what is called a “pass through” taxation, as it passes through the corporate level. In this way, S corps are taxed similar to LLCs. This alone can save a corporation many thousands of dollars. However, because of this advantage, S corps are more highly scrutinized by the IRS. Salaries paid out to shareholders must be “reasonable.” Having a good accountant is crucial as any misreporting can cause an S corp to become a C corp. An S corp may want to drop its S status and become a C corp in the future if it becomes more profitable and there may be more tax advantages in the C corp formation.
While this is the main difference and benefit between a C corp and an S corp, it is worth consulting your state’s tax laws as a handful of states will still tax an S corp like a C corp at the state level. This is important when choosing which state to incorporate in.
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Is There Lack Of Support For Wild Salmon?
The Fish Site
by The Fish Site
3 July 2010, at 1:00am
Bill Taylor, president and CEO of the Atlantic Salmon Federation expresses his views on what he describes as Canada's conflicted priorities between wild Atlantic salmon and farmed salmon.
When it comes to the serious decline in wild Atlantic salmon, it is abundantly clear that money seems to be more important to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) than protecting the "King of Fish." And unfortunately, in the corridors of public policy, fast money from aquaculture wins out over departmental responsibility.
A quick review of the money trail in support of the wild Atlantic salmon paints a bleak picture. Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) funding for conservation programmes for the species has collapsed, relative to inflation, by nearly three-quarters since 1985. In fairness to the department, it has many dedicated scientists, managers and wardens with a strong desire to save the species. DFO also helped secure a special one-time $30-million endowment in 2006 to support local wild Atlantic salmon restoration and research projects, but this has produced only $300,000 a year spread over five provinces and, in itself, is a fraction of what is required to restore and protect the species.
DFO has spent much of the past two decades documenting the decline in the wild Atlantic salmon returns. In the past year, there was a 43.6 per cent decline in the returns of smaller salmon called grilse to their spawning rivers, which will mean a corresponding decline in large spawners in 2010.
Recently, Canada's conflicted priorities between wild Atlantic salmon and farmed salmon were highlighted when it hosted the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) in Quebec City. NASCO was formed in 1982, based on a common recognition that the threats of survival to wild Atlantic salmon required international co-operation, and is thus comprised of all the North Atlantic nations that have wild Atlantic salmon populations spawning or migrating through their jurisdictions. NASCO influences policy through an international treaty and international diplomacy.
Sadly, diplomacy is not working. The influence of money from industrial fish farms has gained the upper hand in public funding and political influence.
Much of Canada's troubles at NASCO reflect how our federal government's relationship with the aquaculture industry overrides its responsibility of wild Atlantic salmon habitat protection. Before NASCO got underway this year, a preliminary review group declared that Canada has failed to adequately address habitat protection and restoration issues. Then, in Quebec City, Canada was deemed by an international panel at NASCO to have failed at demonstrating or reporting on actions toward eliminating farmed salmon escapes and transmission of sea lice from farmed salmon to wild salmon.
The answer for the shift in focus from conservation to commercialisation rests in economics. Commercially-driven enterprises like the aquaculture industry have the benefit of being measurable, and their undoubtedly important contributions to employment and economic development can be quantified. These benefits are important to communities and their elected policy makers.
While the Atlantic Salmon Federation supports an environmentally-sustainable aquaculture industry regulated by science-based standards, we remain concerned with the disproportionate attention that the current unsustainable industry has with the federal government. Having DFO oversee both the aquaculture industry and wild Atlantic salmon programmes seem at best a difficult balancing act, and at worst, a possible conflict of interest.
We know that even while funding allotted to DFO for wild Atlantic salmon conservation programmes has plummeted at an even faster rate than the salmon's population decline, financial support for the aquaculture industry grows steadily. This year, DFO approved a Wild Atlantic Salmon Conservation Policy after several years of consultation and admits that the department cannot afford to implement it.
Those of us who treasure wild Atlantic salmon thus face a challenge: we have to put a price tag on the species. What is a wild Atlantic salmon worth? In the event of a cod-like collapse of wild Atlantic salmon, how many people employed by recreational angling and tourism businesses in Atlantic Canada and Quebec will be forced out of work? How much money ordinarily spent by salmon anglers in the local economies around our fabled salmon runs will be removed from those areas? How much angling-related tourism will disappear? What will be the impact on those who rely on the spin-offs from recreational angling?
Armed with the accurate numbers and dollar values, ASF, its membership and its 125 affiliate organisations representing thousands of conservation volunteers will shift the focus to what really matters to the federal government: money, and the influence it represents to decision and policy makers. ASF will initiate a process that counts the socio-economic impacts of what happens to a region without its wild Atlantic salmon returns.
We don't do this by choice - we do it by necessity, to convince the federal government to invest more in conservation and restoration of wild Atlantic salmon rather than relying on quick money from expanded fish farming.
July 2010
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Ten Uses for CBD Oil
CBD oil is an oil that is known to have some powerful medicinal properties. It is harvested from cannabis, and it is particularly special because while it has medicinal properties, it does not have the psychoactive effect of THC.
CBD oil has a lot of uses, but here are ten particularly interesting ones.
1 - Improving recovery time for athletes
CBD can help to reduce pain and inflammation, promote healing of injuries, and improve the general post-exercise recovery time for athletes by preventing muscle soreness.
2 - Combating nicotine addiction.
Smokers who are addicted to nicotine could benefit from inhaling CBD. While CBD does not contain nicotine, it does help to reduce withdrawal symptoms, making it easier to cut down on the amount of nicotine that you take in. You will still, however, need to work to break the habit of smoking.
3 - Clearer skin
CBD can help to reduce skin inflammation and reduce the appearance of oily acne spots. It reduces the synthesis of lipids that cause the spots, thereby reducing the problem of clogged pores and giving you clearer looker, fresher and more vibrant skin, as well as an improved overall sense of wellbeing.
4 - Blood sugar regulation
While CBD won't help to combat Type 1 diabetes, it is thought that it could help to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes in adults. Certainly, it has been found to prevent mice from developing diabetes. It does this by preventing the production of IL-12. This cytokine is known to play a roll in several common auto-immune diseases, so researchers are paying a lot of attention to the effects of CBD on the immune system.
5 - Managing the Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic and very serious condition. There are some promising studies out there which show that using cannabis can help to reduce the symptoms of fibromyalgia far more than more conventional painkillers can. CBD is one of the cannabinoids that is used in the treatment of inflammation based medical conditions, and this gives hope to people who are living in areas where medical marijuana is still frowned upon.
6 - Anxiety and Stress Disorders
People who suffer from anxiety, panic attacks and post traumatic stress disorder can benefit from CBD. While the cannabinoid is best known for its anti-inflammataory effects, it does actually have an anti-anxiety effect too. It is an anti-psychotic, and it has a balancing effect on the mind that is hugely beneficial to those who are struggling with anxiety.
7 - Insomnia
One of the most difficult things for someone who is stressed out is getting a good night's sleep, and that's another thing that CBD can help you with. Instead of taking pharmaceuticals that will leave you feeling groggy the following morning, why not try taking something that will leave you feeling fresher and more energized when you wake up?
8 - Anti-aging
CBD contains powerful anti-oxidants. These can help to prevent neurodegenerative disorders, and leave you feeling fitter and more healthy in general. They won't "wind back wrinkles", but they will give you a youthful vigor in other ways, and if you're less stressed and feeling better rested too, then that's going to show in every aspect of your life.
9 - Help for epileptics
The FDA recently approved a request to run trials on CBD as a method of managing epilepsy. Now, these trials are still very early on in the process, and CBD has not been approved as an anti-convulsant. It would be irresponsible to suggest that people stop taking their traditional medication in favor of CBD. However, it's something worth considering.
10 - A pick me up
If you're generally healthy, but just feeling a little run down, sore, tired or stressed, then CBD could well be the answer. It can be enjoyed in food, as an edible, or as a vape.
CBD is not legal in every part of the world. It is considered a drug in some countries. Before you buy some, make sure that you know what you are getting, and whether you are acting within the law in your country. Take care to make sure that you're buying true CBD oil as well, not just hemp oil.
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What do conference room names have to do with the culture of positivity?
More than you think.
A company's office speaks loudly about not just the company itself but also its leadership and its culture. Little things--like how internal traditions or employees' accomplishments are displayed, how people communicate with one another, and little things in the office that would make people smile, such as conference room names and funny pictures of co-workers--all have a huge impact on the overall culture of the firm.
Several researchers, including J.M. George in his article published in Human Relations and P. Totterdell in his article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, claim that a negative mood moves people into an entirely different way of thinking and acting. When people are feeling negative, they become critical of one another, which inhibits creative problem-solving. Negative people focus on the wrong. Contrariwise, a positive mood and attitude stimulates people to be creative, constructive, and generous. Positive attitude drives people to focus on the right solution vs. what's wrong.
One of the ways to promote the attitude of positivity within your company is to pay attention to every little opportunity to motivate people on an everyday basis. One of these (usually missed) opportunities is conference-room naming.
I could never understand the companies that blindly number the rooms and moved on. It is such an extraordinary opportunity to infuse positive and inspirational language into your employees' daily interactions and reinforce great experiences within your culture.
At Sprinklr, our conference rooms are named after the company's values. Honesty, Passion, Perseverance, Humility, Character, Courage, and Integrity are just some of the names you will encounter. My personal favorites are Awesomeness and 1+1=3. When I asked our founder, Ragy Thomas, why the leadership team chose to name conference rooms in this way, he said: "It would be kind of hard to be arrogant in a room named Humility, wouldn't it? Or give up in a room named Perseverance, don't you think?"
If you don't use conference room names to reinforce what is most important to you, you are wasting precious mindshare opportunity. Come to think of it--what other opportunities do you have to compel every employee to use these words over and over almost every day?
HubSpot is another company that takes conference-room naming seriously. The firm started with a tradition of naming conference rooms after people who inspire its founders, Dharmesh Shah and Brian Halligan. Most were marketers (Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki), business icons (Steve Jobs, Marc Benioff, Mark Zuckerberg), and role models (Gail Goodman, Warren Buffett), the kinds of people you'd admire at a fast-growing marketing software startup.
As HubSpot expanded into more parts of the building and built out other floors and offices over the years, the theme of "people who inspire us" continued and expanded to include more of the company's personal heroes. Engineering and product teams chose to name their rooms after iconic computer scientists and designers. Customer-reseller partner Paul Roetzer was the first customer to get a room named after him. The company's nap room is called Van Winkle. Company satellite offices in Ireland and Australia chose to name theirs after global (Bezos, Jobs, Musk, and Branson) and more local (Kennedy, Heaney, Guinness, Boole) business inspirations. The team is especially proud of having more than a handful of conference rooms in the mix that are named after great women who inspire them: Renee Mauborgne, Gail Goodman, Mary Meeker, Sheryl Sandberg, Nancy Duarte, Kathy Sierra, and many others.
The buildings at eBay's HQ in Campbell, California, are all named after categories on eBay.com: Collectibles, Community, Motors, Music, Sports, Technology, and Toys. All of the conference rooms are named in accordance with the theme of the buildings in which they're located--and are decorated with items bought on ebay.com. Rooms in Sports are named after stadiums, players, and sports; rooms in Music are named after various instruments and musicians. To go one step further, employees decorate the conference room of executives with items bought on eBay that reflect the personality and name of the individual.
To sum it up, take every little opportunity to consistently showcase your culture and infuse the positive language that reflects your culture and your values into your physical surroundings and employees' daily interactions. Enabling great experiences for your employees will enable great experiences for your customers.
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The Art of Calculated Risk
Richard Branson shares his secret for evaluating new opportunities, and how you can apply it to your business.
To many people, the number and variety of businesses that the Virgin Group operates is unusual: We're involved in everything from music to railways to alternative-fuel development. People often ask me to explain the rationale for our group's approach, especially how we decide which sectors and countries to invest in. It comes down to our distinct approach to risk.
In life, it's better to stick to a few simple values and aims; the same holds true for business. One guideline that we rely on is that if a new business has the potential to damage your brand in any way, you should not invest in it.
At Virgin, when we assess new businesses, our first step is to submit every business idea to our "brand test." We are constantly presented with new and exciting opportunities that might make a lot of money, but if they fail the brand test, we always politely decline and move on. For example, we wouldn't start a cigarette company or a defense contracting business. After all, life is short -- we want to enjoy the experience.
Two related guidelines are deeply linked. We think that there is little point in entering a new market unless it provides the opportunity to really shake up an industry. Almost all our new ventures come about from our thinking up a product or service that we believe people really want. Then, if our entry has the potential to make waves, we're going to look at it very closely.
You'll notice that making a profit hasn't entered the picture yet. It's rare for me or the team to consider only the money that can be made. I feel it's pointless to approach investing with the question, "How can I make lots of money? We must bring in the numbers guys and work out some business plans." No one will ever agree on exactly how to make money. The consultants will say your idea will work, while the accountants will prove that it cannot.
With almost every venture we've gone into since then, we made the move because we saw a gap in the market. Our airline business is a classic case in point: Before we entered that industry, I had been traveling a lot because of Virgin Music and often found the whole experience to be annoying, if not distressing. I felt we could improve it by focusing on service, on the quality of the flight experience and by adding some fun touches. It worked.
Over the years, my colleagues and I have developed quite a reputation for risk-taking. It's true that we have been fearless about taking on new businesses, sectors and challenges even when the so-called experts told us that we did not know what we were doing.
But while, to all appearances, we do have an unusually high tolerance for risk, our actions always spring from another principle: Always protect the downside. I think it should be a guideline for every entrepreneur -- or anyone involved in business ventures. For example, when we made the bold move of expanding from the music industry to the airline business, I set myself one condition: in our negotiations with Boeing, I stipulated that we could hand the plane back at the end of the first 12 months if people didn't like our business. That meant that I could see whether people liked the airline, but if it didn't work out, it wasn't going to bring everything else crashing down. My colleagues at Virgin Records would still have their jobs and a company to run!
We've made other bold moves -- into mobile telecommunications, financial services and health clubs, in countries all over the world. We just make sure we always have a way out if things go wrong. You have to protect your people. It's people who make a company exceptional or average.
So, if things don't work out, don't hesitate: take that escape hatch. That way, when all's said and done, you will be able to gather your team, discuss what happened and then embark on your next venture together.
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For 160 years, the Maison Boucheron has been breaking free of trends to create unique and surprising collections. Boucheron’s timeless pieces transcend fleeing time and go through the ages without losing an ounce of their power of fascination; they perpetuate the Maison’s long history and avant-gardist philosophy. The glaring stones, flowing shapes, and elegance of the compositions bestow a touch eternity on these timeless pieces.
Ricochet Necklace Necklace set with diamonds and rock crystal, in white gold
Inspired by pebbles skipping across the water, the Ricochet necklace, in diamonds and rock crystal, revisits the diamond necklace. In playing up transparency, the Ricochet is as bold as it is elegant.
Rock crystal 12,65 ct
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White gold 750/1000 60,00 g
Soleil Radiant Necklace Necklace set with diamonds, in white gold
Soleil Radiant is the quintessential diamonds line necklace. With its fine, delicate design, this ultimate piece evokes the Parisian elegance of Boucheron.
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Inspired from the iconic Parisian square where the Maison Boucheron's historic boutique is located, the Vendôme collection presents bracelets and necklaces. Their subtle octagonal details enhance the beauty of gold and rock crystal.
Rivière Vendôme Necklace Necklace paved with diamonds, with rock crystal, in white gold
The Rivière Vendôme necklace is entirely paved with diamonds on white gold, and inspired from the iconic Parisian square where Frédéric Boucheron settled in 1893. Its emerald-cut clasp features a miniature Vendôme column, which was delicately engraved on a matter that is very dear to the Maison Boucheron: rock crystal.
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If I tell you to picture a successful entrepreneur – what comes to mind?
Most people think of the outliers, like Zuckerberg or Musk or Jobs, because they’re the most memorable.
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Onimusha: Warlords Screenshots (PlayStation 2)
User Screenshots
PlayStation 2 version
Main menu
Opening movie
Nobunaga's charging the attack
The impressive opening video shows the forces of Oda Nobunaga attacking those of Imagawa Yoshitomo, a real historical event. Akechi Samanosuke's role, of course, is fictional.
Fighting in the rain... The intro video's battle scene featured the largest number of people motion captured in any one scene up to that point.
Takeshi Kaneshiro as Samanosuke
Toshiro Mifune, eat your heart out! Our first encounter with Samanosuke is in the intro, where he trounces every samurai that comes his way.
Samanosuke and Kaede, playable characters in the story
Oh. That was easy... Unfortunately, finding the princess in the first few minutes of the game only leads you to more problems, including your unfortunate demise.
Princess looks tasty! This ogre-like demon is the first of many bosses you'll enconter.
Brains! These zombie ashigaru aren't tough, but they often come in numbers.
The Three Ashigaru. These fellows will point you in the right direction early on. What becomes of them is a mystery probably best left unresolved.
Ninja Lever Pulling Technique! There's not many puzzles in the game, and they revolve around fairly simple mechanics.
Why mom always warned you about putting your sword in the outlet. During your quest, you'll come across magical swords that embody the powers of electricity, fire, and wind.
Soul Blade. Stealing the spirits of your victims is the way to increase your power and heal yourself.
There's no place like home... Even these giant, axe wielding creatures are no match for a well-empowered special attack.
Facing the queen bee demon
Girl power. During the course of the game you'll occassionally take control of Samanosuke's female ninja companion.
The philosophy of the Taiko. The future Toyotomi Hideyoshi makes an appearance as Nobunaga's lieutenant.
The Queen Bee. Your enemies come in all shapes and sizes.
What's the Predator doing here? Samanosuke prepares for the next attack from a villain that can cloak himself.
Top this, Robin Hood! Samanosuke readies a magical arrow.
There are infinite things that we do not understand...like why a samurai would wear a Panda outfit that includes a pouch?
Demons are a cowardly, superstitious lot. Samanosuke, aka Pandaman, strikes a heroic pose against the night sky.
Where's Shredder? Panda suited Samanosuke defeats a glowing-eyed demon ninja.
Whew. It was getting hot in there! Capcom went so far with the panda outfit to give you the option of wearing the head or not.
Last stand
The demon got the princess
The true power of Onimusha
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Lid open Glowforge will not work
I have had my Glowforge for a year and 3 days, And I just had my first break down. The lid open indicator is on all the time and the lights on the left-hand side are not working. I have visually checked the ribbon cable and the connectors and they Appeared to be OK. I am praying that Glowforge will help me out since I’m only three days out of warranty.
Sounds like you’ll need a new black lid cable, they are pretty cheap. Support will need to diagnose first. There are plenty of threads on this already if you want to search and verify all the things they ask you to check.
If you email Support about the cable include your phone number and shipping address. It might save a couple days in the back and forth communication. Not sure why they want the phone number, but they asked for it.
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Leviticus 3
1. if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering—"Peace" being used in Scripture to denote prosperity and happiness generally, a peace offering was a voluntary tribute of gratitude for health or other benefits. In this view it was eucharistic, being a token of thanksgiving for benefits already received, or it was sometimes votive, presented in prayer for benefits wished for in the future.
of the herd—This kind of offering being of a festive character, either male or female, if without blemish, might be used, as both of them were equally good for food, and, if the circumstances of the offerer allowed it, it might be a calf.
2. he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering—Having performed this significant act, he killed it before the door of the tabernacle, and the priests sprinkled the blood round about upon the altar.
3. he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering—The peace offering differed from the oblations formerly mentioned in this respect: while the burnt offering was wholly consumed on the altar, and the freewill offering was partly consumed and partly assigned to the priests; in this offering the fat alone was burnt; only a small part was allotted to the priests while the rest was granted to the offerer and his friends, thus forming a sacred feast of which the Lord, His priests, and people conjointly partook, and which was symbolical of the spiritual feast, the sacred communion which, through Christ, the great peace offering, believers enjoy. (See further on Le 19:5-8; 22:21).
the fat that covereth the inwards—that is, the web work that presents itself first to the eye on opening the belly of a cow.
the fat . . . upon the inwards—adhering to the intestines, but easily removable from them; or, according to some, that which was next the ventricle.
4-11. the two kidneys . . . of the flock . . . the whole rump—There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most numerous in Arabia, Syria, and Palestine, and, forming probably a large portion in the flocks of the Israelites, it seems to have been the kind that usually bled on the Jewish altars. The extraordinary size and deliciousness of their tails give additional importance to this law. To command by an express law the tail of a certain sheep to be offered in sacrifice to God, might well surprise us; but the wonder ceases, when we are told of those broad-tailed Eastern sheep, and of the extreme delicacy of that part which was so particularly specified in the statute [PAXTON].
12. if his offering be a goat—Whether this or any of the other two animals were chosen, the same general directions were to be followed in the ceremony of offering.
17. ye eat neither fat nor blood—The details given above distinctly define the fat in animals which was not to be eaten, so that all the rest, whatever adhered to other parts, or was intermixed with them, might be used. The prohibition of blood rested on a different foundation, being intended to preserve their reverence for the Messiah, who was to shed His blood as an stoning sacrifice for the sins of the world [BROWN].
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It was Christmas Day and Danny the Car Wiper hit the street junksick and broke after seventy-two hours in the precinct cell. It was a clear bright day, but there was warmth in the sun. Danny shivered with an inner cold. He turned up the collar of his worn, greasy black overcoat.
This beat benny wouldn’t pawn for a deuce, he thought. He was in the West Nineties. A long block of brownstone rooming houses. Here and there a holy wreath in a clean black window. Danny’s senses registered everything sharp and clear, with the painful intensity of junk sickness. The light hurt his dilated eyes.
And so begins the story of Danny the Car Wiper, William Burroughs’ sad but strangely uplifting story about a junky looking to score some heroin on Christmas Day.
The short story follows Danny as he makes his way through the cold city streets contemplating his options for getting high. He attempts to steal a present from a parked car but is noticed and is forced to flee. Next he finds an abandoned suitcase with some rather disturbing contents inside. He eventually sells the case for a few dollars and manages to finagle a tablet of morphine off an alcoholic doctor. Danny rents a cheap room and settles in melting the drug down and prepares a syringe. But just as he’s about to inject the drug Danny hears moans from the room opposite his. He investigates to find a young man doubled over in pain from kidney stones. In a reluctant act of generosity Danny gives the boy the shot to relieve his agony then returns to his room depressed and despondent. But then Danny is filled with the feeling of being euphoria, an “immaculate fix” he calls it and drifts off to sleep contented. A Christmas miracle.
This story seems an unlikely candidate for an animated Christmas special but that is exactly what happened in 1993. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and originally aired on VH-1 this 30 minute special features a Claymation adaptation of the short story.
Burroughs narrates the story (or rather reads it) and his monotone, deadpan delivery adds a sense of desperation and hopelessness while at the same time giving the animation a gravitas and authority.
Burroughs was himself a junky and there are details and slang used that gives a feeling of authenticity. Little moments like when Danny pantomimes forgetting something, play acting for an unseen audience in order to make it look natural when he turns round to attempt to steal from an open car. Or the meticulous way Danny prepares his syringe in the cheap hotel. Other details are vivid but rather bizarre and sometimes gruesome, like when he discovers severed legs in the suitcase he finds. (This is probably one of the few Christmas stories that involve a pair of severed legs – but I admit I haven’t researched this thoroughly.)
It is a bleak story, harsh in its depictions. Visually it is dark and the characters look beaten and worn. The soundtrack switches from traditional Christmas music and snippets from the Nutcracker to pounding drumbeats that punctuate Burroughs’ sandpaper voice. And the themes…well it’s about a junky looking to score so it’s not exactly a fun-filled romp. Until the message becomes clear.
A Junky’s Christmas becomes in the end something – not uplifting exactly – but in a strange way triumphant. Amidst all the hopelessness there is in the end a moment of hope.
William Burroughs is not for everyone. His writing is terse and crude (intentionally so) and his frank depictions of sex, the underworld, and drugs are difficult and unflinching. But he doesn’t write these things to simply shock. There is a method here. Danny’s world is a harsh one, cold and barren and lonely. And Danny himself is self-centered and selfish, only looking out for his own interest. He lies and manipulates others to finally achieve what he wants. But in an act of generosity he gives it away to someone who needs it more than he does. And in doing so is rewarded with something more than he could have imagined.
Burroughs uses the act of getting high and the euphoria of being in a stupor as a metaphor for the feeling one gets from giving. Generosity, selflessness, sharing, kindness…these things are the real drug. And the feeling one gets from giving is joy and peace.
The story of Danny the Car Wiper is a traditional Christmas story. An unconventional one for sure, but it bares all the hallmarks of what a traditional Christmas story is and its message is one that all Christmas stories share: giving is its own reward.
Danny walked across the room and pulled the shade down. He went back to his room and closed the door without locking it. He sat on the bed, looking at the empty dropper. It was getting dark outside. Danny’s body ached for junk, but it was a dull ache now, dull and hopeless.
Suddenly a warm flood pulsed through his veins and broke in his head like a thousand golden speedballs. For Christ’s sake, Danny thought. I must have scored for the immaculate fix! The vegetable serenity of junk settled in his tissues. His face went slack and peaceful, and his head fell forward.
Danny the Car Wiper was on the nod.
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Singaporeans use very original ingredients when it comes to desserts: sweet potatoes, red beans, lotus and attap seeds, pandan leaves, soy, sago or coconut milk. Also, most of the desserts are liquid and sometimes consumed hot. The tau huay is one of the most popular desserts, made of silky tofu with syrup and Singaporeans drink it as breakfast or as a late snack. Coconut milk is used for bubur cha cha (including potatoes), for the honeydew sago (with melon and sago) or for the chendol (with red beans and brown sugar).
The teas are considered dessert, too, like the water chestnut tea or chrysanthemum tea – these are both prepared as regular teas, but the plants remain inside. Also, there are some desserts that are called soups: cheng tng with agar strips and logans, red bean soup or green bean soup. A cold dessert is the ice kacang, made of grated ice with jelly, red beans and corn.
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7 Must read latest developments in Nursing profession
Critical care nursing services are able to increase their workflow throughout while limiting their human errors.Patient care has been drastically improved by these advances, as have the nurses and doctors who use new measures. Over the years, there have been seven major enhancements that have changed the nursing field today.
1. Smarter Alarm Systems.
Smart alarm technology is used to monitor vital signs for critical care nursing. All vitals run through one system. Checking blood pressure or pulse rates has never been so easy. This integrated system measures physiological indicators. If there is a real cause for alarm, the machine will let the nurse know. These alarm systems are far more modernized and efficient.
2. Lifting Patients with Ease
Each year more than 2,400 nurses are injured while lifting their patients. Most of these injuries are debilitating and cause the nurse to lose work time and money. If the patient is of a larger size and the nurse smaller, it can be a real challenge to safely move them about. An introduction of lifting mechanism has helped and eased the workload off nurses by carrying patients from one place to another; also these mechanisms are of great help at the time of emergency as they ensure swift movement of the patient.
3. GPS tracking
Hospital efficiency has been significantly increased via GPS tracking. Tagging and tracking medical equipment is much easier than it was before. Radio frequency identification tags help nurses find the nearest blood pressure machine or another piece of equipment. It sounds like a simple matter, but being able to centrally monitor equipment has increased bed management and patient care incredibly.
4. Enhanced Communication
Most hospitals have advanced communication systems. Use smart phones and apps, nurses can receive text messages and receive alarms from their patients through their phones. Forget those old-fashioned pagers. The entire nursing staff is more in touch with their patients and with each other. Efficiency is at its finest and today’s nursing staff wouldn’t know how to do it any other way.
5. Enhanced Diagnostic Devices
There are more options for nurses and doctors to choose from rather than the old-school tests and treatments. Not only does it improve the cost-effective nature of testing, but it also lowers the risks of infections. Handheld biosensors have the ability to detect all sorts of diseases. It just requires a small body specimen to give a definitive result. Another tool is ultrasound technology. When needing help placing an IV, an ultrasound machine can pinpoint the exact location to minimize patient distress.
6. Drug Delivery
Numerous hospitals have implemented drug delivery systems that come in an implantable device form. These devices release medication into patients at the required times. A registered nurse can schedule the dosing and make sure that their patient gets the medications they need, in the correct dosing, at the appropriate time. This reduces the chance of a patient error, potential lawsuits, and also allows the nurses to focus on other areas that require attention.
7. Electronic Records
Physical paper charts and faxing medical records is pretty much a thing of the past. Hospitals and medical care centers have switched to electronic records. This allows everyone in the hospital to access the patient’s information with the touch of a button. A nurse can quickly see what medications the patient is taking and which ones they are allergic too. They can look up test results and see all sorts of other data. Doctors can put notes that the nurse needs to see about the patient’s needs and cater to them accordingly.
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Bible (American Standard)/Joel
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Chapter 1[edit]
3 Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
9 The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.
12 The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.
14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men [and] all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Chapter 2[edit]
1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2 a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
6 At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.
7 They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.
8 Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off [their course].
9 They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
10 The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
14 Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?
16 gather the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the old men, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
18 Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
19 And Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;
20 but I will remove far off from you the northern [army], and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.
21 Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things.
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month].
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame.
30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.
Chapter 3[edit]
20 But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. <section end=3:20/
21 And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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In a paragraph, specifically explain the meaning ,"there can be no freedom without education."
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Douglass believed that one could not be free without the opportunity to learn a trade and take care of their families. Former slaves and uneducated blacks.... or anyone for that matter needed to be trained for the workforce.... they needed to be able to perform a specialized task that would afford them a living. Douglass understood that reading and writing were integral to freedom.... that training is integral to finding a place within the work force.
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Taxed From Above: Some Counties Use Aerial Photography to Spy on Homeowners
source: TG Daily
Cape May County is using photos from Pictometry International Corporation. The pictures, which are taken from satellites and planes at least 5000 feet up, are taken at oblique angles and are not the traditional straight-down shots you typically see in satellite photos. The advantage of such photos is that you can use what's called photogeometry to measure out how tall a building is or the length of the driveway - it' basically a trigonometry problem where some lengths and angles are already known.
Some people throw caution to the wind and just start building without government approval and this is where Pictometry comes into play. County tax assessors peer over photos and will access fines if they see undocumented additions like fences, porches and rooms. The system can also be used to spy on farmers who aren't farming enough. The county says the technology ensures that people pay their "fair share" of taxes, but some lawmakers aren't convinced.
Van Drew, a state Democratic representative from Cumberland, Atlantic, says the system works like big brother and told the, "we're not supposed to be spying on people."
Lois Finifter, a tax administrator for nearby Atlantic County, said the aerial and satellite photos could be relied on too much and added that much confusion could be avoided with a simple physical visit..."by a living, breathing and hopefully intelligent human being."
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Articles Posted in Frivolous Lawsuits
Check out the DRI’s release here. Note that the headline says “41% Doubt Fairness of Civil Courts” when the article explains that 58% expressed confidence in court decisions.
There are other interesting nuggets here as well. 83% said that the side with the most money for lawyers usually wins. That’s really interesting in terms of personal injury litigation, where generally only one side has money for lawyers, and the other side only has a lawyer at all because of the existence of a contingent fee agreement.
One of the biggest names in the “legal blog” field is, primarily written and edited by Walter Olson. The site’s self-description states:
I love the site, and read it nearly every day even though as a trial lawyer I am clearly on the other side of the debate. I often disagree with Mr. Olson, but over the years I have grown to respect the work he does. Like I said, I’m on the other team, but I think Overlawyered is usually intellectually honest. One of the main things we see on Overlawyered is sharp critiques of lawsuits seen as frivolous or unfair.
Judge Judy is pulling down $15 million a year for a show that lasts 22 minutes a day, exclusive of commericals.
I hate Judge Judy. People see her show and think it bears a resemblance to real court cases and real lawsuits, which it does not. And her behavior is flat-out unaceptable for a real judge.
Hot of the presses is a new “study” on “Tort Liability Costs for Small Business” from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s tort reform propaganda ministry, the dubiously named “Institute for Legal Reform.”
I found this through the efforts of Walter Olson at Overlawyered. I’m ambivalent about reading, and linking to, Walter’s site. It’s not that his site is no good. In fact, just the opposite. The site is outstanding and is a fantastic resource for news about the legal system.
The report itself is more of what I have come to expect from this source. It wears the sheep’s clothing of objectivity, but an examination of the sources and methods it uses reveals the wolf beneath. Consider this:
Peter King is one of my favorite sportswriters. His Monday Morning Quarterback column for Sports Illustrated has a regular section called “Ten Things I Think I Think.” He is an intelligent guy and a better writer than me, so instead of coming up with an idea of my own I stole his. So here are some things I think I think (but I might be wrong):
Walter Olson points out that the $75 million liability cap in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 does not override state law remedies that may apply to the BP oil spill. His point is that the $75 million cap in the federal law may not be the upper limit of BP’s actual liability, depending on the amounts recoverable under state law. Yeah, but lots of states have damages caps that apply to common law tort claims arising under state law. I do not know if Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida have caps that would apply, but I think it’s an important piece of information to know if you are analyzing whether the damages cap in the federal law needs to be changed.
Many lawyers in Maryland (and elsewhere, presumably) believe that to be admissible, expert opinion evidence needs to be accompanied by some sort of magic words like “within a reasonable degree of medical certainty.” First, I think that is not the law. I think it is sufficient if it is clear that the standard is “more likely than not” for an expert in whatever field is applicable. And I think if the law is that some magic words are required, that is a stupid requirement that should be changed. It is clunky, cumbersome, overly technical, and a perfect example of lawyerspeak that clues the jury in to ignore whatever follows it. The court has just accepted the witness as an expert. It should be clear to everyone that his opinion testimony is offered as that of an expert in the field. Why do we go out of our way to make our legal proceedings as cumbersome, time-consuming and annoying for the jury as possible?
There is a man who lives in York, PA named Albert Snyder. His son was in the military, and was killed in the line of duty. When Mr. Snyder tried to bury his son in Baltimore County, MD, the funeral was picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church. They showed up with signs saying things like “God Hates Fags.” Apparently, they believe that U.S. military deaths are God’s revenge for our society’s tolerance of homosexuality. Mr. Snyder sued the Westboro Baptist Church and got an 11 million dollar verdict. This has been in the news recently because Mr. Snyder lost on appeal to the 4th Circuit, and was ordered to pay the church’s costs of about $16,000.
The same day, there was a $1.44 million dollar verdict in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in a medical malpractice case. This was a death case. The defendant was an ER doctor who failed to diagnoses sepsis, leading to the death of the patient. Baltimore County is one of the most conservative jurisdictions in the state. Because of this, this verdict was also in the news.
Our local paper’s website allows comments, and I read the comments to both of these stories. The comments to the medmal story pillory the plaintiffs and their lawyers. The plaintiffs are called greedy, their case was called frivolous, and one commenter said it wasn’t fair because $1.44 million dollars won’t bring the dead man back. This is a case where a man died.
Here is a report about a New York lawyer who is helping a victim of horrific abuse. HT to Above the Law.
“Amy” was victimized by an uncle who used her as the star of child pornography. She has hired an attorney, James L. Marsh, who has had her evaluated, and has obtained expert reports showing the effects of the abuse on her, and documenting how much it has cost her in counseling, diminished wages, and lawyer fees. The total is about 3.4 million dollars.
Mr. Marsh has taken the position that every person convicted of posessing one of the images of Amy is jointly and severally liable for her damages. He has made hundreds of court filings seeking restitution on this basis. Many judges have agreed, although some have criticized this approach, arguing that the link between posessing a single image and the damages claimed is too tenuous.
You know why? Because reform is supposed to make something better, not worse. I am stealing the phrase “tort reform” back from those who would destroy injury victims’ rights for the sake of simple economic expediency. So here are John Bratt’s proposals for Maryland tort reform.
First, do away with the antiquated “contributory negligence” standard. In Maryland, if you are even a teensy, eensy bit negligent, you can never make a recovery in tort. “But wait”, exclaims a chorus of the uninformed, “that’s not fair- if you are negligent it is your own fault.” Oh really? What about a pedestrian who looks left, but not right and then a drunk driver runs him down? His fault, huh? Good thing Donte Stallworth ran that guy over in Florida, not Maryland. In our state, there is a good chance that guy loses his case against the drunk driver. Maryland should abandon this unfair standard and move to a contributory negligence system such as those in use in 44 other states.
Second, our legislature should appeal the “actual malice” standard to recover punitive damages. What this means is that in order to recover punitive damages, you must prove that whatever the defendant did was not only intentional but done out of specific ill will toward the injured person. There is a great illustration in the news right now. A 20-year-old college student, a pedestrian, was run down and killed by a repeat drunk driver, who then left the scene. It turns out, he was captured on various cameras driving erratically throughout the city before the fatal collision. That poor young woman’s family will not be able to recover punitive damages. Is that fair? This is a case where allowing punitive damages is not only morally right but would provide a benefit to society by showing that this conduct will not be tolerated n the community.
Connecticut has outlawed the practice of using “runners”– when crooked lawyers pay third parties to solicit injury plaintiffs either in person at hospitals or by going through police reports. These injured folks are then steered to crooked doctors, and the crooked lawyer helps them recover on the trumped-up claim.
Of course, I am sure that there are also genuinely injured people who are ensnared by these “runners” as well. The problem there is that they end up with the lawyer who uses runners, rather than with the most competent lawyer for their kind of case.
This is one of the few things that reputable personal injury lawyers, insurance companies, judges and legislators all agree on. This is a practice that is a harm to society, and brings the legal system into disrepute. Thankfully, this practice has been illegal in Maryland for many years.
We are always hearing about these evil, un-American frivolous lawsuits that threaten the very fabric of our society. OK, I get it. I dislike frivolous lawsuits as much as anybody. They devalue the claims of the truly injured, diminish the reputation of the plaintiff’s bar, and waste time and money.
But what about meritless defenses that are made against non-frivolous lawsuits? Two great examples today.
First, Eric Turkewitz writes about a New York defense attorney making the argument that pain is not a “personal injury.” Riiiiiight.
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The rise of Baltimore's independent video game developers
Joel Haddock and Chris Klimas regularly have, what they call, a "date night." No dinner. No movie. Nothing like that. To them, "date night" is working on a personal project — Twofold Secret, an independent gaming studio the two founded in 2010.
It consists of huddling at the kitchen table at one of their homes, hammering out issues and planning a week-by-week game plan for whatever project they're working on.
The co-founders met as undergraduates at Washington College in Chestertown when the two were neighbors in their college dorm, and discovered they both had an interest in games.
"The idea of creating a game was something the two of us had been bouncing back and forth since our college days. Unfortunately, it was a lot of talk and not a lot of accomplishment," said Haddock, 35.
It wasn't until nine years later that the video game business idea became a possibility. Klimas was working on a project for a graduate program at University of Baltimore, and decided to make a game in JavaScript. Haddock got involved, adding simple art, and together the initial sketches of their first piece, "Where We Remain," was born. After putting the sketches on a Flash games marketplace, the duo received a sponsorship deal from Armor Games, a Flash game portal.
Now the work of Twofold Secret is displayed in "Where We Are" an exhibit at Current Space, on view through March 30. The exhibit, presented by ICA Baltimore, showcases Twofold's five games and highlights the expansion of game development. Visitors can play any of the five video games via projector or flat screen. "Where We Remain" will be on display, with an in-game installation to record how many people play the game.
And while Twofold Secret has grown over the past four years, it is just one of the many companies in the ever-growing local industry. A 2010 study publicized by the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore found that the Baltimore-Bethesda region ranks among the country's biggest metropolitan areas for gaming and simulation employment. In a series of interviews, conducted via email, leaders in Baltimore's gaming community and independent developers agreed that independent game studios are driving growth in the scene.
"The local industry probably employs about 1,000 people. It is one of the top areas in the country, particularly on the East Coast," said Tim Train, 44, the chief operating officer at Baltimore-based video game studio SecretNewCo. "I think the combination of low cost of living and good schools help make the area very attractive, particularly for experienced talent with East Coast roots."
These days, Klimas and Haddock handle Twofold Secret from their homes in Owings Mills and Timonium, respectively, on the side. Both have full-time jobs; Haddock works as a project manager for investment research company Stansberry & Associates, and Klimas, 34, is a web developer for University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. When the two aren't working together in person, they're collaborating via the Internet. All expenses, typically for equipment at shows or software, come straight out of pocket. They recently added their first intern.
Though there are many variations of what one thinks an independent gaming studio is, the concept is fairly simple: a studio with a small staff (15 to 30 at the most), with the ability to incorporate concepts and work on self-made deadlines without reporting to an outside boss. The marketing, the public relations and any potential sponsorship for the game release? The company's own responsibility, all on a self-decided budget.
Baltimore has long been a haven for video gaming studios, dating to the 1960s when gaming company Avalon Hill came to town. In the 1980s, Microprose, a video game publisher and designer, started up in Baltimore. It sparked a movement. Baltimore was seen as an appealing city for many video gaming studios hoping to start a location on the East Coast. As the video gaming community grew, larger studios and independent studios worked side-by-side.
But the local industry has gone through shake-ups in the past few years, with many large studios leaving the area, making way for new start-ups and independents.
Big Huge Games, a Timonium-based video game development studio (Train was a co-founder), was shut down by parent company 38 Studios in May 2012, firing a staff of almost 100 people. Soon after, North Carolina-based Epic Games created Impossible Studios in Hunt Valley, snatching up many Big Huge Games employees looking for work. Epic Games quickly died, however, closing up shop nine months later in February 2013.
Zynga, creator of "Farmville" and "Words With Friends," downsized the company the same month as Impossible Studio's shutdown, closing its Zynga East studio in Timonium. The studio tried to accommodate staff, giving a job to any Baltimore employee willing to relocate to another city, though all but one location was away from the East Coast.
Despite many developers losing their jobs, the shift made way for new start-ups hoping to break ground in Baltimore.
"This is mirroring trends in the broader industry. It's a brutal time, but the creative destruction is resulting in a lot of new opportunities," said Train.
These new opportunities have even led to companies teaming up to collaborate on projects. Just last fall, Mohawk Games and Oxide Games planted ground in Baltimore, with financial backing from Michigan-based Stardock's Strategic Investment Fund. These two independent studios have been working together, with Mohawk Games looking to have its first game use Oxide's Nitrous Engine, a graphics design system for PC and console strategy.
But for Twofold Secret, the biggest appeal of independent gaming studios is freedom. "We are not bound by release schedules, sales targets or shareholder demands. We pretty much have free rein to create what we want, when we want," said Haddock. "Now, the flip side of that is that a lack of that kind of structure means you have to force it upon yourself to actually get things done, but that's something we're willing to do."
Twofold's latest release, "Camp Keepalive," was released in August 2013, with the mission of the game to save the campers from a mob of monsters, using the assistance from counselors who possess special powers. Each player makes his or her own decisions on how to move throughout the game. This element is a theme in all of their games, allowing the players to create their own storyline. Twofold's first three games were created on Flash, and the most recent, "Sought" and "Camp Keepalive," were produced on downloadable PC and Mac platforms. Each game has a unique storyline, with some based on stories Haddock and Klimas made up, and others based off other games or movies. "Where We Remain" was created in the style of "The Legend of Zelda," whereas another game, "Sanctuary 17" was inspired by television show "The Night Stalker."
"The people in the local industry here are friendly and supportive, and everyone is always ready and willing to try something new. For an indie studio, Baltimore has a lot to offer that other cities just can't," said Haddock.
But for those who choose to bypass the appeal of independent studios for a larger one, the job search might be more difficult.
"The only way to break into the industry is to gain and demonstrate skills necessary to make great games. If you are a programmer, you need a killer demo. If you are an artist, a killer portfolio. If you want to be in management, you have to demonstrate great communication skills and pattern of good decisions," said Pure Bang Games founder, Ben Walsh, 37, of Towson.
Walsh credits his ambition to work in video gaming to his interest in "alternate worlds" that are featured in many video games. He began inventing worlds when he was 10 years old, creating different universes with different themes and species.
During college, he began designing levels for multiplayer real-time virtual worlds. He took up designing and programming games as a hobby, but game management as a career. After serving as a producer for Big Huge Games and Bethesda Softworks, he decided to start his new venture, Pure Bang Games, a social gaming studio devoted to developing social media games for all ages. His first game My Pet Rock, launched on Facebook in early 2011.
Baltimore colleges have fostered interest in the gaming industry, offering classes and programs to help prepare students looking to break into the video gaming business. The University of Baltimore offers a simulation and digital entertainment major , allowing students to study basic game design, 3-D modeling, computer programming, and animation.
Maryland Institute College of Art offers a game arts studio concentration as well as a joint video gaming class with the John Hopkins University. John Hopkins also offers a few separate video gaming classes, as well as a gaming lab where students can work on various gaming related initiatives at the school.
Video gaming is so popular at University of Maryland Baltimore County that the school received an honorable mention on Princeton Review's "Top Schools to Study Video Game Design for 2012." UMBC currently offers a concentration in animation and interactive media under the visual arts department, or a concentration in game development under the computer science major.
"Some students do go on to the games industry, but others continue to graduate school or into other industries where they can use the same skills. These are exactly the skills the game industry needs." said Marc Olano, UMBC's computer science undergraduate program director.
Haddock and Klimas hope their studio will continue to grow. The two are in the planning phases of their newest piece, which will be their sixth.
Many, many date nights have been scheduled.
"We would love to be doing this full time, and we'll keep doing what I can to make it happen," said Haddock. "In the meantime, there are still games to be made no matter what."
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"Where We Are: Twofold Secret" is on view through March 30 at Current Space, 421 N. Howard St. Admission is free. For information, go to
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Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure in which a small fiberoptic telescope (arthroscope) is inserted into a joint. Fluid is then inserted into the joint to distend the joint and to allow for the visualization of the structures within that joint. The inside joint picture is transmitted via a camera to a screen/monitor. the surgery is viewed on a moniter so that the whole operating team and the patient is aware of the type of surgical procedure that is being performed.
Arthroscopes are approximately1.9 mm to 4 mm in diameter smaller ones for smaller joints (wrist, elbow, finger and toe joints) and larger ones for larger joints ( hip, knee, ankle, shoulder). Because the incisions are very small, it is often called KEY HOLE SURGERY. During the procedure, the inside of the joint is examined for damaged tissue and all diagnosed problems can be tackled.
It would however be wrong to assume that that arthroscopic surgery is easy. It probably is one of the most difficult skills to pick up and most well known arthroscopic surgeons including this surgeon have spent years of training and practice picking up the skills. That is one reason why we still have a shortage of arthroscopic surgeons in the fraternity of orthopedic surgeons.
Arthroscopy is much less traumatic to the muscles, ligaments, and tissues than the traditional method of surgically opening the knee with long incisions (arthrotomy). It also allows a much better visualization of the joint and all the structures inside. The benefits of arthroscopy involve smaller incisions, faster healing, a more rapid recovery, and less scarring. Arthroscopic surgical procedures are often performed on an outpatient basis and the patient is able to return home on the same day.
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Qld LNP call for rail delay explanation
Queensland's opposition has seized on a significant delay on the state's southeast trains to attack the government over its record on rail services.
Commuters were stranded at Roma Street platform in Brisbane for up to 45 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, following a points fault.
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Jackie Trad briefly addressed the issue in state parliament on Wednesday, playing down the delays as a routine problem.
"Queensland Rail operates a large network and occasionally incidents occur which can cause delays, which we saw last night," she said.
"Queensland Rail is working hard to improve performance and provide a more resilient network that can recover quickly from disruptions."
The Liberal National Party said it was unacceptable, coming off the back of several major timetable bungles and QR's subsequent attempts to improve the network.
Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls asked Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk why commuters were left waiting with no information on what was happening.
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"Premier, how long do commuters have to put up with the hand wringing and apologies from the deputy premier before we finally see real action and the trains running on time?" he asked.
Deputy opposition leader Deb Frecklington also took aim over the issue, asking the premier why the rail problems had become worse since Ms Trad took over as transport minister more than 200 days ago.
Ms Palaszczuk said she would "take the deputy premier over the deputy opposition leader any day".
"The deputy premier is in charge of fixing the trains. She's getting on with the job," she said.
"This issue was a points issue and it was a safety issue, and at the end of the day I will not compromise safety, and nor will Queensland rail."
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I'm looking for friends and dates first, and hopefully a relationship will develop if I meet the right guy. I'm a very nature/science oriented person and have my BS in biology and minor in psychology. I'm an animal trainer for work, and am an active guy in my free time who just so happens to be an intactivist. Not "inactivist", but "intactivist". Not sure what that is? Google it or ask me. :)
I debated whether to even share this so publicly as I'm sure I'll be judged for it, but with my passion for intactivism comes a certain preference some assume anyway. While many gay guys are curious on top/bottom stats, I'm more curious on circumcision status. It is far from the only interest I have in a guy, but genitally intact (uncut) guys around my age are a treasured find in this lovely country of ours.
What I’m doing with my life
I'm continuing to grow in my career of animal training, as well as educating one person at a time about human anatomy and physiology and the consequences of altering it as it relates to my involvement in intactivism. I also love to explore natural places and connect with nature via hiking, camping, swimming, canoeing/kayaking, etc. Visiting theme parks is a great addition as well, and of course spending time with friends and family while doing all of the above, movies, game nights, and more!
I’m really good at
Math, genetics, botany, anatomy, noticing details, swimming (specifically underwater), being calm even during times of stress, assisting others with a sense of reason...
The first things people usually notice about me
That I'm articulate, polite, smart, act and have hair that suggests I'm a little older than I actually am, and that I have a nice smile and eyes.
Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food
I'm terrible at selecting favorites! How can I pick just one, or even a small list?
Books: I don't care to read novels but like informational books on occasion.
Movies: All types but horror/thriller.
Shows: Hardly ever watch TV anymore. I'd watch more of it if there was a reason to spend more time at home (like spending time with a significant other).
Music: All kinds but rap and hard rock. This includes native American flutes and songs of humpback whales.
Food: I admit I'm a picky eater, and it's too complicated to detail how. It's something that's learned over time. :)
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Doing whatever I do on other nights. No day is treated differently for me. Lately friends have been meeting up at Disney on Friday nights and I'll join them on occasion.
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Posted by: Maria | 2007/08/14
5 year old lying
My five year old daughter has over the past few weeks gotten into a bad habit of telling lies. It is usually over silly things (did you wash your hands? or did you put your dirty clothes in the laundry basket?). Sometimes it is very premeditated. She has a recurring vaginal infection and when I asked her if anybody had touched her inappropriately she spun an increasingly unlikely tale about two friends at school. After I told her to think very carefully she decided to change her story and said it wasn't true. She also frequently pretends to be ill, to such a degree that I don't believe her unless there are obvious symptoms.
She has a very active imagination, constantly playing at being some character, involving us in her stories and convincing other people that she has younger siblings (which she doesn't). All of this is harmless though and we don't want to suppress her imagination.
How do we handle this? For outright lies we told her that when her mouth lies to us, our mouths can't read bedtime stories. She loves her stories and this is real punishment, but even though we followed through on the threat she still tells lies. Behaviour must have a purpose, but I often really cannot tell what the purpose behind the lie is. We want to trust her, and we encourage her when she behaves positively.
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You may well have recognized a key ingredient in this when you refer to her lively imagination. and role-playing. Have you ndiscussed with her, not as a crisis but in normal conversation, the problems which arise, not from having a lively imagination andcreating amusing stories which people know are stories, but from lying so that people then don't belieeve anything you say ? Has she recently read the story of the Boy who Cried Wolf, and maybe discuss that ?
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Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built in the 1860s. It is considered one of the greatest technological feats of the 19th century to take place in America. It served as a vital link for commerce, trade and travel. It replaced the stagecoach and wagon trains for a safer journey across the nation. The main line was officially completed on May 10, 1869. The vast number of people who traveled the line, and the network that followed, set the USA on the path to economic abundance. It also ended the centuries old way of life of the Native Americans and greatly altered the environment.
The rail line was an important goal of President Abraham Lincoln, fostered during the early portion of his term and completed four years after his death. The building of the railroad was motivated in part to bind California to the Union during the American Civil War. The railroad is considered by some to be the greatest technological feat of the 19th century. The transcontinental railroad replaced the slower and more dangerous wagon trains, Pony Express and stagecoach lines that crossed the country by land and the equally difficult sea journey around the southern tip of South America.
The Central Pacific laid 690 miles (1,110 km) of track, starting in Sacramento, and the Union Pacific laid 1,087 miles (1,749 km) of track, starting in Omaha. The two lines connected at Promontory Summit, Utah.
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The White House has suspended the press pass of a CNN reporter who earlier sparred with US President Donald Trump at a news conference, in which the president branded the journalist an "enemy of the people".
A visibly angry Mr Trump had called reporter Jim Acosta a "rude, terrible person," after CNN's Chief White House correspondent refused the president's orders to sit down and give up the microphone during the news conference one day after the US midterm vote.
"The White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice," said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders hours later, referring to Mr Acosta, who then tweeted that he had been denied White House entry.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 8, 2018
The heated exchange began after the prominent journalist clung to the microphone and persisted with questions about the president's views on a caravan of Central American migrants making its way to the US border.
Mr Trump said "that's enough" and a White House intern unsuccessfully tried to take the microphone from the CNN journalist.
"President Trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his Administration," Ms Sanders said in her statement.
Ms Sanders said on Twitter: "We stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behaviour clearly documented in this video.
Mr Acosta shot back at the accusation of misconduct, tweeting "this is a lie", as his network and a number of Washington journalists who had been at the press conference voiced support for him.
"Secretary Sanders lied," CNN said in a statement, saying the press pass suspension was "done in retaliation for challenging questions".
Ms Sanders "provided fraudulent accusations and cited an incident that never happened," the US cable network said.
An association representing the Washington press corps urged the White House to "immediately reverse this weak and misguided action".
"The White House Correspondents' Association strongly objects to the Trump Administration's decision to use US Secret Service security credentials as a tool to punish a reporter with whom it has a difficult relationship," the group said.
"Revoking access to the White House complex is a reaction out of line to the purported offence and is unacceptable."
It was the latest in a long history of fiery run-ins between Mr Trump and Mr Acosta.
At the news conference, Mr Trump, when asked if he had "demonised immigrants" during the midterms campaign, replied: "No, I want them to come into the country. But they have to come in legally."
Mr Acosta persisted, saying: "They are hundreds of miles away. That is not an invasion."
At that point, the president snapped.
"Honestly, I think you should let me run the country. You run CNN, and if you did it well, your ratings would be higher," Mr Trump said.
As the reporter continued, President Trump declared: "That's enough, put down the mic" and walked away from his own podium, as if leaving.
The intern attempted to take the microphone from Acosta, who nevertheless tried to shout out one last question.
Waving his finger, Mr Trump berated him.
"I'll tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn't be working for CNN," he said.
When NBC reporter Peter Alexander took the microphone for the next question, he defended Mr Acosta as a "diligent reporter" - earning Mr Trump's ire.
"I'm not a fan of yours either. To be honest. You aren't the best," he said.
Looking back at Mr Acosta, who again rose up in his own defence, President Trump added: "When you report fake news, which CNN does a lot, you are the enemy of the people."
In response, CNN said: "This president's ongoing attacks on the press have gone too far.
"They are not only dangerous, they are disturbingly un-American."
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Stannis makes this remark to Catelyn at the parley with Renly, after she says that Robb, the King in the North, holds out his hand in friendship to everyone. At its heart, A Clash of Kings is a story about people grappling for power and authority, and this quotation presents one of the costs of that struggle. The desire for power, it suggests, leaves no room for love or friendship. Stannis intends his quip simply as a dismissal of Robb’s gesture, which he sees as naive, but it has a particular relevance to his own situation. Stannis has the most legitimate claim to the Iron Throne, but he has trouble rallying supporters, as people find him personally distasteful. He claims to be uninterested in whether people like him so long as they obey him. Having alienated so many potential supporters, however, Stannis finds his path to the throne a difficult one. His hardness and ambition have left him with a few subjects and many enemies.
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We simply count the number of unique IPv4 addresses that connect to the Qubes update servers each month (except for Tor connections; see below).
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Before, we simply counted the number of unique Tor exit node IPv4 addresses that connected to the Qubes update servers each month. However, this underestimated the actual number of Tor users, since many Tor users can use the same exit node. The new methodology is to estimate the number of Tor users as a proportion of the total number of requests from Tor exit nodes on the assumption that the proportion of users to requests is roughly the same for both clearnet and Tor users. To be precise, the formula is:
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Is funds-transfer pricing worthwhile? Community banks in high-growth mode often look to larger, more sophisticated banks to emulate their processes. Or, in some cases, the CEO has come from a large regional or national bank and is implementing what he has always done.
The one question to ask is: What kind of business decisions does the bank intend to drive as a result of these allocations? Few CEOs can answer. That’s because few decisions are driven by these numbers. Funds-transfer pricing is an internal measurement process used to allocate deposit funding costs between business units or branches that are either net providers of or net users of deposit funding. Banks use funds-transfer pricing to get a clearer picture of business unit or branch profitability. It’s also an element of overhead allocation: Banks that do funds-transfer pricing also typically “push down” overhead costs to the business units or branches based on an arbitrary formula.
Each branch manager should be measured on what he can control and to his adherence to the growth plan set during the budgeting and forecasting process. This includes goals for the mix of loan and deposit growth, total cost of funds, loan yields, non-interest expense items, and other factors. It does not include allocated corporate/holding company costs. When one starts incorporating allocations in the mix, the results can become clouded. Treat branch managers as business owners, requiring them to set performance figures, take ownership and drive performance of goals they can control. Giving them responsibility for costs they can’t control only jeopardizes performance.
If branch managers aren’t responsible for these costs, who should be? The person responsible for budgeting and managing them. If a bank has a data-processing operation, someone is in charge of that cost center. For banks pulling wholesale funding, a CFO or treasurer is responsible. These individuals are in the best position to predict, forecast and manage costs, and by holding them accountable, ownership stays where it belongs.
One of the biggest challenges with implementing funds-transfer pricing and cost allocations is that it is not an exact science, which encourages banks to continuously tweak the assumptions. So, how does one get a true indication of performance? For example, if a branch is showing a loss as a result of the allocation, most banks will play with the assumptions so the branch doesn’t look like it’s losing money. And, again, the big question remains: Is this information being used to make business decisions? It would be a rare occasion at a community bank for a branch to be closed because of what a transfer-pricing model indicates.
Another negative byproduct is that branch managers will focus on these allocations as a source of contention with senior management — even if the allocation figure is exactly what was budgeted. They argue that management can make the black box of allocation or transfer pricing anything it wants. So, instead of focusing efforts on meeting growth goals, branch managers will be focused on poking holes in the assumptions. Branch managers also act in their own economic best interest, for example, making deposit decisions driven by the allocated interest expense. These decisions may help their own incentive compensation goals, but hurt overall bank performance. Is all of this worth it? Banks also don’t post transfer-pricing information to the general ledger, and therefore have no year-to-year comparative accountability.
Some bankers believe one can’t get a “true” picture of branch profitability without transfer pricing and cost allocations. Although there is merit to that, perhaps a more holistic view is warranted. The branch is not a standalone bank. Each branch contributes to performance based on the strengths of its market. It’s similar to how a football coach measures his team. He can’t evaluate every player on his strength or speed, since each team member has different skills and contributions. The expectations and measurements differ, but all are equally important to the team. For a branch, it’s not about the net income number; it’s about whether managers are meeting budgeted growth estimates. For example, multi-branch banks have markets with low deposit rates. This is the market where managers want to increase deposits to maximize overall bank performance. But transfer-pricing figures may actually penalize this deposit-generating branch, rather than reward it. Bankers should spend time managing the real issues, not moving costs around or changing assumptions. (c) 2008 U.S. Banker and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.us-banker.com http://www.sourcemedia.com
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Acceptance is a birth skill, that atrophies over the years if not used regularly - Ashish
The biggest fear of a first-time bicycle learner is the ability to balance a bike. Not once does the student realize that while balancing is important, pedaling is far more important. The momentum created by the pedal is what allows one to balance.
And in that process of pedaling is the art of acceptance. While you push down on one leg, one has to without thinking let the other leg accept and relent for the other pedal to come up. The process of movement is caused by an equal balance of pushing and accepting. These processes are mutually dependent.
Why does that level of acceptance come so naturally while bicycling? Why in life do we believe that pushing hard is the only route to success? Do relationships suffer due to constant desire to push?
Acceptance as in many eastern culture martial arts like Tai Chi, Gung Fu highlight that winning a hand to hand combat often requires the acceptance of the aggressor power, accepting it and using it to defeat the aggressor.
Life is full of examples where acceptance as a mutually dependent partner of pushing makes for success. So can we spend a little more time accepting and not pushing?
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Definitions for dissentdɪˈsɛnt
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word dissent
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
1. to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority (often fol. by from).
2. to reject the doctrines or authority of an established church.
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3. (n.)difference of sentiment or opinion.
4. separation from an established church, esp. the Church of England; nonconformity.
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Origin of dissent:
1400–50; late ME (< MF dissentir) < L dissentīre=dis-dis -1+sentīre to feel
Princeton's WordNet
1. dissent(noun)
"he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"
2. dissent(noun)
a difference of opinion
3. protest, objection, dissent(verb)
4. dissent(verb)
withhold assent
"Several Republicans dissented"
5. protest, resist, dissent(verb)
express opposition through action or words
"dissent to the laws of the country"
6. disagree, differ, dissent, take issue(verb)
be of different opinions
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
1. dissent(noun)ɪˈsɛnt
public opposition to an official organization
dissent within the main political parties
1. dissent(Noun)
Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
2. dissent(Noun)
An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
3. dissent(Noun)
A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
4. dissent(Verb)
To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
5. dissent(Verb)
To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
Webster Dictionary
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2. Dissent(verb)
to differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government
3. Dissent(verb)
to differ; to be of a contrary nature
4. Dissent(noun)
5. Dissent(noun)
separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity
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contrariety of nature; diversity in quality
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Savage Love
He hates his husband's new beard and finds it a total turnoff. by Dan Savage
I'm a 31-year-old cis bisexual woman. I'm hetero-romantic and in a monogamish relationship with a man. We play with other people together. I've never liked giving blowjobs because I was taught that girls who give blowjobs are "sluts." Phrases that are meant to be insulting like "You suck," "Suck it," "Go suck a dick," etc. created a strong association in my mind between blowjobs and men degrading women. (Men take what they want, and women get used and called sluts.) As such, I never sucked much dick—and if I did, it was only briefly and never to completion. I also find spit and come kind of gross. Even when I get really wet during sex, it's a bit of a turnoff, and I hate that it makes me feel gross and wish I could change my thinking around it. Early in our relationship, my husband noticed the lack of blowjobs and confronted me, saying they were really important to him. At first I felt a little insecure about being inadequate in this area, but then I decided to do some research, because I honestly thought it wasn't just me and most women don't like giving blowjobs. (Because how could they? It's so demeaning!) But I learned lots of my female friends enjoy giving blowjobs—they like being in control, giving a partner pleasure, etc.—so I googled ways to start liking blowjobs and I've started to get into them! It's great! Except I still don't like when he comes in my mouth or if a blowjob gets super spitty. But my husband loves sloppy blowjobs; he says the lubrication feels good and he enjoys the "dirtiness" of it. If I know he's getting close to coming or if it gets super wet and I have spit all over my face, my gag reflex activates and it's hard to continue. I feel like I'm at an impasse. I want to give him the blowjobs he wants, but I don't know how to get around (or hopefully start enjoying!) the super-sloppy-through-to-completion blowjobs he likes. Do you have any advice?
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You play with other people together, SOAKED, but have you tried observing—by which I mean actively observing, by which I mean actually participating—while your husband gets a sloppy blowjob from someone who really enjoys giving them? If someone else was blowing your husband while you made out with him or sat on his face or played with his tits or whatever might enhance the experience for him... and you watched another woman choke that dick down... you might come to appreciate what's in it for the person giving the sloppy blowjob.
Most people who were taught that girls who give blowjobs are sluts were also taught that open relationships are wrong and women who have sex with other women are going to hell. You got over what you were taught about monogamish relationships and being bisexual years ago, SOAKED, and recently got over what you were taught about women who enjoy sucking cock. While some people have physical limitations they can't overcome—some gag reflexes are unconquerable—watching someone enjoy something you don't can make you want to experience it yourself.
But even if your observations don't trigger a desire to get down there and get sloppy and swallow his load yourself, your husband would be getting the kind of blowjobs he enjoys most and you would be an intrinsic part of them. If you set up the date, you'd be making them happen, even if you weren't doing them. And if you were into the scenario and/or the other woman—if the whole thing got you off, not just off the hook—then there would be something in it for you, too.
And take it from me, SOAKED, to be kissed with both passion and gratitude by, say, a husband (ahem) who's really enjoying something someone else is doing for/to him—whether or not that something is something you also enjoy doing for/to him from time to time—is really fucking hot. So even if you never come around—even if sloppy blowjobs are something you have to outsource permanently—you and your husband can enjoy years of sloppy blowjobs together, with the assistance of a series of very special (and very slutty) guest stars. And you can always get those blowjobs started—the non-sloppy, non-spitty initial phase—before passing the baton off to your guest star.
Married 40-year-old gay guy here. I hate beards—the look, the feel, the smell—and I miss the good old days when the only beards gay dudes had were metaphorical. When I got back from a long business trip, my hot, sexy, previously smooth husband of many years was sporting a beard. Unsurprisingly, I hate it and find it to be a complete turnoff. However, he says this is controlling behavior on my part, it's his body and his choice, and he's hurt that I'm rejecting him. He also says I'll get used to it and he doesn't plan to keep it forever. I agree that it's his body and his choice, but I think he should still take me into consideration, and that it's actually him who's rejecting me, by choosing the beard over me. What's your take?
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I'm with you, SHAVE, but I'm also with him. It is his body, and growing a beard is something he can choose to do with the face section of his body. But that my body/my choice stuff cuts both ways: Your body is yours, and what you do with your body is your choice. And you can choose not to press your body against his—or press your face against his—while he's got a beard. If long business trips are a regular part of your life, maybe he could grow his beard out in your absence and shave when you get home. (Full disclosure: I have a pronounced anti-beard bias, which means I'm not exactly impartial.)
I'm a 30-year-old queer cis woman and a late bloomer. My first relationship—with a hetero cis man—began when I was 28. He was my first sexual partner. I fell in love hard, but he broke up with me after almost two years. Months later, I know I'm not ready to fall in love again, but I have a high sex drive. I masturbate frequently, but when I think about playful/romantic sex, the only memories I have are with the ex, which makes me sad. So I watch rough porn, which keeps me from thinking about the ex. But watching bondage videos alone isn't the sex life I want. Should I Tinder or Lex up some rough casual sex? Get drunk and get some more memories in the mix? (I don't think I could get out of my head enough to do this sober.) Assuming I minimize the risks of pregnancy and STIs and partners that are bad at consent, what's the risk of going for it? How does it compare to the risk of getting stuck in this nowhere land and never finding a new love/sex buddy? Or maybe I need to get drunk and jerk off alone without the porn and just feel all my feelings and avoid any risk of crying on some poor stranger?
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Do it all, INAPT. Masturbate to kink porn and feel dirty, masturbate to your memories and feel sad, and put yourself out there on Tinder and Lex and see if there isn't someone who intrigues you. But stop telling yourself you can't find romance with a partner you first met up with for rough sex. I know lots of people who first met up with someone for rough sex, clicked on a deeper level, started dating, and have since enjoyed years of sex that's both rough and loving. Finally, booze has a way of intensifying feelings of sadness—so if you don't want to wind up sobbing on the shoulder of some poor stranger, don't get drunk before that hookup.
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polyamory and jealousy
Why You Get Jealous in Non-Monogamy
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In ten years working with jealousy in relationships I've seen a lot of folks through the shadowy sides of envy, insecurity, and fear. No two experiences look the same, and yet there are a lot of clear themes.
Lots of people want to figure out why they're jealous. If you notice yourself wondering, I urge you to ask only with compassion. All too often we ask why looking to pathologize, judge, or fix. Instead, I suggest asking more compassionately:
• What is my jealousy trying to teach me?
• What does my jealousy want to know?
• What does jealousy want to know?
• What would bring me security or reassurance in this moment?
• What does meaningful support look like in this moment?
• What other emotions travel alongside my jealousy? (anxiety, fear, envy, admiration, lonliness, grief, and anger are common buddies of jealousy) What do each of them want from this situation?
• If my jealousy wasn't present how would I be different?
• What is my jealousy hoping for?
WHen you have time to sit and interview your unique experience of jealousy, there's likely a lot to learn about yourself, your needs, and your relationship from the interview. Often folks find out the intentions behind their jealousy are:
• I want to feel special
• I envy the desire I see in someone else
• I want to know I am a priority in my someone's life
• I want more fun/spontaneity/play/sex/curiosity/connection in our partnership
• I envy the learning/self-awareness my partner is getting right now because I want some of my own
• There are thing's I want to change about my own self-care
• I want to spend more time investing in my own desires and passions
• I want my partner and me to invest more time in each other
• I need to get out more
• I've experienced broken trust in this relationship, and I'd like attention to repair it
• I realize I need a richer social life
• I'm holding old resentments I haven't shared with my partner
• I'd like to take better care of my body
• I crave adventure
• I really like this relationship and I don't want to lose it
• I've grown dependent on this partner to meet a lot of my needs, I'd like to foster more friendships/relationships of my own
• I want more close friends
• There are parts of my relationship history I need to work on to resolve
• There are things my family taught me about relationships I want to work on in therapy/coaching
If you'd like help sitting with jealousy and insecurity to learn from it please give me a call. I'm always here to help.
What to do When Your Spouse Goes on a Date
When Husband has a date
Just in case you're reading this blog for the first time, let me clarify I'm writing "what to do when your husband/wife has a date" about ethical or consensual nonmonogamy.
I know there are a lot of you discovering your spouse is dating and dealing with the betrayal of trust there. That pain is real. Check out my info on affairs if that's you because this blog is talking about something else.
That said, even if you're in a consensual open marriage surprising emotions and reactions can arise when your spouse actually starts dating. Here are a couple ideas to help you navigate those first most-challenging times.
Make Your Own Plans
There's almost nothing worse than sitting home in a pile of laundry and dirty dishes while someone you want to be hanging out with is out having the exact good time you wish you were having with someone else.
So make your own plans. Plan something you can get excited about. Call a good friend, make a self-care date, see a movie you wouldn't normally see with your spouse, hit the gym for that one class you never seem to make it to.
But get out instead of stewing in potential resentment and martyrdom.
Practice Bookending
Often things feel just great until you're alone and tired. That's when insecurity and jealousy like to take hold. While these emotions are totally natural, you can create bookend rituals with your partner to bolster your connection through date nights.
Think ahead and plan something to help you connect sometime not far before their date night. Maybe you two need a brunch date, or sending sweet texts, or writing a love letter that waits at home with you while they're out.
Consider an option that feels reassuring in your relationship without interrupting your spouse's individual plans. It's likely a little forethought will go a long way.
On the other end of the date think about how you'd like to reconnect. What kind of reconnection ritual will feel meaningful to both you and your spouse after either of you goes out with someone else?
Sometimes it can be difficult to anticipate exactly what you might want when you reconnect. I recommend coming up with three alternative connection plans at varying levels of interaction so you have some ideas to draw from when you share space again.
For example, Donna and LeShawn created three options including:
1. Return home and go directly to the shower. I will meet you in the shower in a few minutes.
2. Return home, shower on your own, and then sit next to me watching Netflix for two episodes of Parks and Rec. Then we can check in or go to bed.
3. Return home and shower. Wave to me with a smile as you go to the guest room. We'll have breakfast in the morning.
In all three they choose to reconnect when they return to the same space- but each allows for more space to adjust and manage emotions if needed. Even if one of you is returning after the other is in bed, you can create options and ways to communicate them if you think ahead.
Intentionality and proactive care is the goal here.
Be Careful With Curiosity
It's really easy to get curious when your spouse starts having more individual adventures specially if you're used to doing most things together. I've seen folks manage this in a couple ineffective ways:
When your honey is out it's natural to be curious about what they're experiencing, but sharing information about dates with others can prove tenuous in the early stages of openness. I recommend using extra caution at the start- you can always add more information later.
Before you start grilling your partner, or really, before you ask anything about their dating experience with other people I urge you to ask yourself the following questions:
• Is this something I would want someone asking me?
• How will this information bring me closer to my partner?
• How will this information help me?
• Why do I want to know?
If you aren't certain the questions you want to ask will help you or will move you closer, wait. You can always get clearer and ask later- there's no reason to rush. If you sit with your curiousity it might start telling you something. For example:
"Is she prettier than me?" Might mean I want more reassurance about my own appearance/attractiveness. Or it might tell me I want to invest more energy in feeling attractive on my own.
"Sneaky Detective"
Sometimes when curiosity and insecurity take over I've seen clients become what I call the Sneaky Detective. This means they bypass sharing curiosity with their partner and try to get answers on their own. Here are some things the sneaky detective might do:
• facebook stalk
• read their partners' emails
• open mail
• listen in on conversations
• read through texts or messages
Unfortunately in addition to breaking trust right when it's needed most the sneaky detective avoids really important conversations that need to happen directly with a partner and therefore misses critical opportunities to connect. AND creates more possibility for misunderstanding and hurt feelings usually when things need care instead.
Dealing With Jealousy
Obviously, jealousy is one of the top issues folks worry about when starting out in consensual non-monogamy and it's most likely to rear it's head when your spouse is out with someone else. When there's a blank space with little information our insecurities like to try to fill it in.
I have a whole curriculum's worth of tools we can throw at jealousy so I'm going to give just one of my favorites today (call me if you want more help with this- I love dealing with jealousy). I like it because it's a beautiful way to process jealousy independently with self-compassion.
Byron Katie developed a four-question critical thinking exercise called "The Work" meant to help people change thinking patterns that were causing suffering (and what is jealousy but a suffering-filled thinking pattern, AmIright?).
Her process starts with self-compassion, or allowing the thought and collecting them. I like using blank paper and giving myself space to free write all the thoughts that flow through my head until I feel complete (yes, this can take a while and no, you're not going to share it with anyone else).
Doing this with self compassion means not beating yourself up with judgment (why am I thinking this- what's wrong with me?). Just notice what thoughts are going through your mind.
Once you feel complete read through and notice any patterns. Then follow her four questions for each thought (or for the themes).
1. Is this thought true?
2. Can I know with certainty this thought is true?
3. How do I feel when I choose to think this thought?
4. Who would I be without this thought?
Notice what shifts when you allow your thoughts space, and you hold them lightly with criticism instead of believing they are all completely true. Most my clients experience real freedom when we walk through The Work together (if you want to deepen this work she has many worksheets and videos for free on her site to help you walk through the process).
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• reconnect with passion & desire in long-term partnerships
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• manage intense emotions that arise in conflicts
• resolve sexual dysfunction & disconnect
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I had to download a different version from a DLL, but now this new version requires 4 other DLLs, which I don't want to add into my package. Since I'm not even using them, it would be a waste of space.
Is it somehow possible to edit the DLL and make it ignore the missing dependencies which aren't even used?
I'm talking about libgd2.dll, and since the website is down, I was unable to find the old version of this library, so I had to download this newer version. Earlier I had bgd.dll, but now I can't find the old bgd.lib file anywhere on the web.
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You are using the dependencies, just indirectly. Who are you to say what libgd2.dll needs and what it doesn't? – tenfour Dec 3 '11 at 23:05
because i know it doesnt need PNG library if i only use JPG library? – Rookie Dec 3 '11 at 23:12
It's called dependencies for a reason... – Nasreddine Dec 3 '11 at 23:17
@Rookie: you don't know that. Sure you might think intuitively that it only uses libpng for PNG-only features. But maybe it uses utility functions from it. Or maybe it makes any calls into it, which you should not deny it. – tenfour Dec 3 '11 at 23:32
okay, so youre saying someone made a DLL that requires PNG, font, ico and zip libraries just to make JPG saving working? ok ok... suggestions to get smaller JPG library then perhaps? – Rookie Dec 3 '11 at 23:32
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ZenChat / Re: ZenDrum mini?
« on: April 09, 2014, 07:53:15 PM »
How is the Launchpad Mini's playing response and sensitivity for finger drumming?
Yes, KMI's stuff is inconsistent. I'm unable to program the QuNexus's controller layer from any computer, and the dev has no troubleshooting advice. And my QuNeo's rotating controllers have a nice fingerdrumming sensitivity that none of the 16 square pads has. You do have to bear down on the sliders more than you'd like to. Meanwhile, the QuNexus's sensitivity would make the older QuNeo much more usable. Apparently, they changed technology between the two devices. I asked precisely that question on the KMI forums after buying the QuNexus and before buying the QuNeo, but the answer they gave me was wrong. I think they don't comprehend how sensitive our fingers have become from playing ZenDrum triggers.
ZenChat / Re: ZenDrum mini?
« on: March 30, 2014, 10:01:23 AM »
I picked up a QuNexus, and the playing response is actually not bad. It's a little bit more cramped than I wanted, but it does have other uses, plus it's really small and light and USB powered. I was so happy with it, I bought a QuNeo, which is partially designed (its 4 x 4 array) for finger drumming, but it's much less sensitive than the QuNexus so that you can't tap it to play, rather, you have to whack it. It will suit some people, but it's useless to me as a drum controller, although I can use it for other things.
ZenChat / BFD is better live than NI drummers?
I've been testing out REAPER from http://www.reaper.fm/index.php, and it's working very well. It's lightweight and inexpensive.
I must say, NI's Studio Drummer doesn't sound nearly as good as BFD, and I spent a good amount of time tweaking.
Thanks, but I'm afraid even my MBR is Windows. Can anyone recommend the most lightweight DAW for Windows?
Yes, standalone. So is a DAW the only way? I really don't want to install and learn yet another software package, especially if I don't need the bulk of a DAW's capabilities. Is there some minimal DAW out there?
Tech Help / Re: map sustain switch to BFD automation?
« on: February 17, 2014, 09:07:16 PM »
This was quite straightforward to do on BFD2, but it simply had no effect. The "64" continues to show on top of my panic button when in learn mode, the MIDI message indicator continues to verify CC 064, vel 0, ch 10 when I press the momentary switch, but cymbals continue to ring out. Yet, when I use the mouse to press the panic button in the interface, it correctly does the poor man's choke. Any suggestions how to troubleshoot?
Tech Help / Re: BFD3, pedals, choke, volume knob
« on: February 16, 2014, 06:23:41 AM »
Yes, I want to cut off all sounds--a poor man's choke.
« on: February 16, 2014, 01:01:04 AM »
I asked a similar question at Fxpansion's forum here:
because I wanted to use the ZenDrum's momentary switch for BFD2's panic! function as a kind of choke. That forum's quite active, but after four months, there's still no response. Maybe someone here has an idea?
ZenChat / Re: ZenDrum mini?
« on: January 22, 2014, 12:53:17 AM »
Something like the Zap or Zap^2?
Something significantly smaller and more convenient and ergonomic: under 1lb., requiring only one cable to be plugged into a laptop to use, a curved pad layout to lie under one's palm.
ZenChat / ZenDrum mini?
ZenChat / Re: request: backup sound module recommendations
« on: December 07, 2013, 09:02:58 PM »
Thanks. I forgot about latency. Does anyone know if these modules' MIDI connections will give a feel as good as using BFD2 on my MacBook Retina? For my present backup purposes, any delay that you can sense while you're playing would be worse than mediocre drum sounds.
ZenChat / Re: ZMP
« on: December 05, 2013, 06:12:17 AM »
What's the difference between the X and the vanilla ZMP?
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How Robots Can Help Us Understand the Environmental Fate of Nanoparticles
“Assessment of the physico-chemical behavior of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in aquatic environments using multi-dimensional parameter testing” von der Kammer, F.; Ottofuelling, S.; Hofmann, T. Environ. Pollut. 2010, 158, 3472-3481. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.05.007
In order to rationally design nanoparticles that are environmentally benign, we need to be able to accurately predict their environmental fate (i.e. will they travel long distances through waterways, get stuck in soils or sediments, etc?). Though relatively robust modeling tools are available for predicting the environmental fate of organic chemicals, analogous tools for nanoparticles are in their infancy. This is largely due to the insane variety of nanoparticle properties (e.g., composition, size, shape, surface chemistry, etc) that can be varied, resulting in an equally insane variety of nanoparticles to study. In addition, we know very little about any of these nanoparticles. One important property that controls the environmental fate of nanoparticles is their propensity to aggregate together and fall out of suspension, potentially limiting their environmental mobility.
One issue with studying properties like aggregation is that in order to accurately mimic natural aquatic environments in a controlled manner you need to independently vary numerous properties of water (e.g., pH, salt content), but that makes for a lot of experiments. That is why researchers at the University of Vienna enlisted the help of a robot that automatically samples and analyzes the nanoparticle suspensions. They investigated the effect of differing concentrations of NaCl, CaCl2, Na2SO4, Na4P2O7, and SuWanee River Natural Organic Matter (NOM) on suspensions of TiO2 nanoparticles, also varying the pH of the solution at each salt/NOM concentration. They measured the concentration (mg/L TiO2), zeta potential, and size of the nanoparticles remaining in suspension after a set amount of time. This data was then visualized in a series of 2-D contour plots like the one above. This experimental design is conveyed conceptually below:
I have to admit that while I found the collected results of this study interesting, none of the individual results were that mind-shattering. However, to my knowledge this approach blows all other approaches out of the water in terms of the amount of useful data generated. I won’t walk you through all of their results, but I will provide a brief overview of a few illustrative findings.
Before we dive in, there are two bits about their rather complex experimental design that bear mentioning. There are many other important aspects to their experimental design that I won’t go through here, but I feel these two issues are most relevant.
• Firstly, in order to determine when they should tell the robot to take its measurements, the authors briefly studied the kinetics of the nanoparticle aggregation. They determined that under various conditions the particles underwent an initial very rapid period of aggregation that lasted anywhere from 1 to 10 hours. This was followed by a relatively stable period of much slower aggregation, during which the robot did its sampling (at 15 hours).
• Secondly, in order to judge the extent of aggregation, they determined the concentration of the semi-aggregated particles remaining in suspension using a method called nephelometric turbidity, which measures the amount of light scattered by the colloidally suspended particles. To convert turbidity into mg/L TiO2 they performed a calibration curve using stabilized (“non-aggregated”) nanoparticles of identical size, as particles of different sizes scatter light differently. However during their experiments they measured the turbidity of suspensions of nanoparticles with sizes ranging from around 200 to 1000 nm in size. The authors state that “turbidity is a valid approximation of particle concentration under the conditions of these experiments, where the size distributions are broad and the average particle diameter is in the range of the incident light wavelength,” which was 870 nm. Though this claim is supported by the fact that many of their findings agree with those that have been reported in the literature, one should keep this in mind when interpreting the results of the study.
Now on to the data! Starting out with the NOM experiments. First, here is what you need to know about NOM: at near neutral pH it is anionic (think lots of COOH and OH groups from partially decomposed organic matter). In this study, the anionic NOM adsorbed to the TiO2 surface across all pH values studied, resulting in highly negative zeta potentials (right graph, below). You can think of the zeta potential as correlating directly with the surface charge. Lots of surface charge generally means the nanoparticles will repel one another and not aggregate. This lack of aggregation (measured as high TiO2 concentration remaining in suspension) is exactly what the researchers found (left graph, below). This finding is consistent with what has been reported in the literature. Note that the absolute value of the zeta potential is shown simply because the sign of the surface charge matters less than its magnitude when considering electrostatic repulsion.
This same NOM-stabilization phenomenon has been observed for E. coli bacteria in aquifers, which is pretty cool. You can think of bacteria in the same way you can think of nanoparticles!!
Onto some cooler graphs. The results of their tests using NaCl are shown below. In the zeta potential graph (right) you will notice the dark blobby line running from top to bottom, the center of which corresponds to the point of zero charge of the nanoparticles, or the conditions under which they have no net surface charge (pH≈4.6). NaCl appears to have little effect on the zeta potential of these particles, indicating NaCl does not interact with specific surface sites on the nanoparticles. In the TiO2 concentration graph (left) you can see that the particles aggregate at the point of zero charge, regardless of NaCl concentration, which is as expected due to low electrostatic repulsion between the particles at that pH. However, at low and high pH values, the nanoparticle suspensions are relatively stable, but their propensity to aggregate increases with increasing NaCl concentration. This is a well-documented phenomenon that is caused by to the sodium ions concentrating near the surface of the nanoparticles, which compresses the electrical double layer around the particle and increases the frequency with which collisions between particles lead to them sticking together (for more see here and here).
Finally, an example using Na2SO4 to show you just how complex this field is. The concentration graph below (left) looks semi-familiar, with low TiO2 concentrations in the middle of the graph (due to low electrostatic repulsion around the point of zero charge) and top of the graph (due to compression of the electrical double layer at high ionic strength). However, the zeta potential graph (right) looks a bit odd. It is evident that the sulfate anion is interacting with the surface of the particles, because at high pH the zeta potential is relatively negative (-20 mV), which explains the stability observed in the concentration graph at high pH values. At low pH values the sulfate interaction is again evident, as the zeta potential never reaches a value higher than +5 mV (lots of sufate anions counteracting the otherwise positively-charged surface). At this low of a zeta potential, you would expect the particles to aggregate. However, the concentration graph reveals they do NOT aggregate under these conditions. The authors simply state that “especially with multivalent ions, the correlation between low zeta-potential magnitude and low dispersion stability does not always exist.” We are left to ponder why this is.
Developing a complete predictive model for nanoparticle environmental fate by putting this data together with other data such as the attachment of nanoparticles to environmentally relevant surfaces will likely take a while, but this report certainly represents a step in the right direction. I hope to see these researchers use this technique to examine nanoparticles of varying composition or surface chemistry, but we’ll have to wait and see!
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If - else - endIf (expression, label) - Selenium IDE command
If is the granddaddy of all conditionals and is available in the UI.Vision RPA Selenium IDE. It allows the macro, for example, to react to errors and changes on the website.
How to use if/else/endif: Very often when you write code, you want to perform different actions for different decisions. You can use conditional statements in your code to do this. With if/else/endif you use if to specify a block of code to be executed, if a specified condition is true and use else to specify a block of code to be executed, if the same condition is false. The expression is technically a Javascript EVAL, exactly like in storeEval.
Related user questions:
1. When I run the macro sometimes I get [error] time out when looking for element 'css=button.btn.btn-primary....'. .Is there a way to ignore these errors and go to next step? Like "if (notFound) go to next step".
2. Hi, Sometimes when a macro is playing it encounters an error and then it will not be completed (for example the image will not be found). Is there a way to override such errors? Like for example: 1. Start over. 2. Go to the next line. 3. Go to a specified line.
Solution: The solution is to use if or GotoIf together with the internal variable !LastCommandOK. You also need to set !errorIgnore to true, so the macro execution does not stop.
Example: If | ${!LastCommandOK}...else....endIf or gotoIf | ${!LastCommandOK} | Label.
The above code goes into if...endif if the last command was successful. But if you want to do something if the last command was NOT successful (element NOT found etc), then you can simply add the "!" (Javasacript not operator) in front of the internal variable.
Example: If | !${!LastCommandOK} .
The extra ! in front of the internal variable is the Javascript symbol for NOT as in "!(x == y) is true".
If_V2 uses executeScript_Sandbox
UI Vision Selenium IDE++ (Kantu) V5.0 uses executeScript_Sandbox to evaluate the expression. The old "If" continues to use storeEval. Please read here about the difference.
In the macro source code the new version of IF is "Command": "if_v2". The old version continues to use "Command": "if" for backward-compatibility.
And the new version of "If" uses end instead of endIf.
If Example
The example macro tries a second link if the first one is not found. Best if you see the flow logic in action by running the DemoIfElse macro that installs with the IDE.
Command Target Pattern/Text
open https://ui.vision/
store true !errorIgnore
click link=helloworld
If ${!LastCommandOK}
click link=anotherLink
echo The first link was found
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UI.Vision RPA for Chrome Selenium IDE, UI.Vision RPA for Firefox Selenium IDE, Firefox IDE Classic
Related Demo Macros
DemoGotoIf, DemocsvSave
See also
gotoIf, gotoLabel, Label, while, endWhile, !LastCommandOK, !errorIgnore, Web Automation Extension User Manual, Selenium IDE commands, Selenium IDE Flow Control (SelBlocks), Classic Firefox Selenium IDE.
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Fake credit card syndicate's overseas shopping spree ends
Fake credit card syndicate's overseas shopping spree ends
PHOTO: The Straits Times
PETALING JAYA - Fake credit cards, branded goods and ignorant customers helped line the pockets of scammers.
That was how a syndicate operated for a year and a half before the police pulled the brakes on its operation this month.
Bukit Aman CID's anti-money laundering department chief, Senior Asst Comm Khalil Azlan Chik, said they received information on a syndicate making fake credit cards to buy branded goods overseas in November last year.
Speaking to reporters, he said the key members would acquire credit card information from international syndicates before making their own bogus cards.
"These cards would then be given to other members of the group, together with an airplane ticket and a shopping list of luxury handbags, clothes, cameras and other items.
"Among the countries where they would shop include Britain, France, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam," SAC Khalil said.
After the shopping spree, the members would sell the goods at lower prices, primarily through online services.
"It is known that the syndicate would also provide fake Taiwan passports for mules, which were used as identification when asked by shops overseas.
"These enabled the mules to operate without fear of being stopped by immigration if one of their bogus cards aroused the suspicion of the authorities there. The mules would leave the country using their real passports," he said.
It is also known that the data used in the fake cards primarily came from overseas victims.
SAC Khalil said after five months of investigations, raids were conducted between April 16 and 18 in Ipoh and the Klang Valley, which saw the arrests of 19 Malaysians, including two females, aged between 19 and 42, and a Nigerian man.
Police seized 2,371 fake credit cards, three machines believed to have been used to clone the cards, RM163,234 (S$56,670), US$1,400 and €250, 10 cars and jewellery.
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[–]Rob15iAmBoberto 19 points20 points (10 children)
I'm assuming you're knew to 2k? They had crew in NBA 2K11 but took it out due to hacking. VC seems to have fixed that tho. Hopefully they bring that game mode back. Also they ability to block dunks would be nice to put back into the game and eliminating the running 3 and eurostep jumpers.
tl,dr; crew
For those who have never seen crew in action before, here's an uncut vid of ours. Skip to 8 minutes for intense 4th quarter against a modded Blake Griffin:
[–]YahBoiTyrone 9 points10 points (1 child)
I've been disappointed in 2K for 2 years straight for not having crew. It was probably one of the best game modes, but hackers had to fuck that up. I also liked in 2k11 where they started you out at 40 overall and getting better actually took a longer time. I feel like starting at 65 or so is just too easy.
[–]blunatic 2 points3 points (0 children)
Going from 45 up took wayyy too long to be honest. I must've played a dozen games to get even close to a 60 rating. It helps to start at 60-65 because your myPlayer can actually play some level of basketball. At 45, you're too slow, too low on hustle, have horrible vertical, and pretty much very little conductive to even earning any skill points at all.
[–]Reddit-Famouslovelyjoey8333[S] 1 point2 points (2 children)
Yeah, I'm new. But I thought crew was just like blacktop except full court? Can you explain it to me?
[–]slayerxD 7 points8 points (1 child)
Nothing like blacktop. Crew let you and your friends play against another team using your own players. It was like an actual NBA game with 5 minute quarters and actual NBA rules. And more importantly, you were able to block dunks.
[–]acealex123Team Diuuu13 (Xbox One) 1 point2 points (0 children)
You can't forget the occasional 7'11" player!
At first you would get beat by modders in crew, now you're just going to get beat by whoever spends the most real life money...
[–]Reddit-Famouslovelyjoey8333[S] 1 point2 points (1 child)
They don't have to have VC. In create a legend they use skill points, they could just do the same thing.
And skill points are easily modded.... That's why they switched to a virtual currency(VC) that is linked to their servers at all time, so you can't mod them.
[–]Rob15iAmBoberto 0 points1 point (0 children)
ya, but at least they'd be capped and a reasonable size. The worse case scenario would be 7 foot tall SF's and not 8' 5" tall guys that hop step 24/7.
I've had 2k since like 8 but only ever played my player and association, what's crew?
[–]MatthewH13 16 points17 points (2 children)
Have players pick the goddamn ball up especially when it's next to their feet -__-
Also crew mode as said up there somewhere^
I feel like VC has ruined the game....
[–]thisguy012 2 points3 points (0 children)
I'm assuming you mean when rebounding? It's extremely frustrating when all my 10 foot player does is stick his hands out and the ball is slowling bouncing two feet high. (Of course some Dennis rodman like player on the other team then dives for it)
Oh god, and blocking, please. Mostly dunks, I'm a great shot blocker on jump shots, but there's literally nothing I can do to stop a dunk once the animation starts.
[–]KirbStompKillah 0 points1 point (0 children)
I think VC has ruined MyTeam a bit. All i ever see anymore is LBJ or Melo at SF/PF and D12 at C. I think that there sh be a cap on spending VC per game. Thats cool if you wanna pay to have a couple superstars in the lineup, or to trick them out with sig skills, but jesus why let players abuse each other. Its like they've installed cheats and made you pay to use them.
The other day, this little kid is beating up on me with LBJ, he goes "Man 1000 VC per game is expensive, I only have 8,000 left, I'm gonna have to get my dad to buy more." I shut it off.
Mark my words, I'm not paying $60 to get cheesed next season.
[–]greiman23[Rhymin Greiman][XBL] 14 points15 points (0 children)
One feature from Madden 13 I LOVED was the draft storylines. It made the random players being drafted a little more interesting and special.
For those of you that haven't played Madden; each week the front page (mock would show a college player and give a headline like "Iowa RB Barry Lincoln ran all over the strong defensive front of Ohio State. Many scouts have the Heisman favorite as a top pick in the upcoming draft." Then later in the season you would get more updates on each of the "storyline players" with some playing great, like crap, or even getting injured.
What made it even cooler was when those players would get drafted you would hear Trey Wingo tell a little back story about those players.
[–]H_SIZZLEHendaawg 11 points12 points (4 children)
I'd like to be able to do the entire draft combine, instead of just one stupid game.
[–]i-Mage 12 points13 points (3 children)
The pre-draft games used to be extensive just 2 years ago. In fact after you're drafted you still have to play several elimination games to make the 12-man roster.
Maybe that's not game-friendly for some.
[–]rpeterle 3 points4 points (2 children)
I though having to play in the D-League was boring and would much rather take the role of a top 10 draft pick headed straight into the NBA
[–]ejwise 2 points3 points (1 child)
In 2K10, I ended up playing 2 full seasons in the D-League. So glad that they took it out of the game
[–]i-Mage 2 points3 points (0 children)
I remember after having spent half a season in D-league, I managed to have 3 A+ game in a row and was then called up by the Clippers to play 10 minutes a game.
[–]babyface_killah 9 points10 points (0 children)
Association mode needs some upgrades:
• More active use of the d-league. AFAIK assigning someone to the d-league in 2k13 is basically the same as waiving them. It would be cool to be able to sign guys to 10-day contracts to fill in for injuries, have washed-up veterans try to make a comeback in the d-league, assign your draft prospects who don't get enough playing time on a veteran team to get more experience, find diamonds in the rough who were undrafted and become rotation players, etc.
• Be able to have 13 players on the active roster like in real life
• Update to follow the current CBA (tax-payer rules, no more 6 year contracts, rules about extensions, etc.)
• Maybe have some markets with owners unwilling to pay luxury tax while the big markets are willing to pay tax but are more demanding about winning and can fire you if you don't perform up to expectations.
• One new mode they could have is expansion team. You pick a new market like Seattle, Kansas City, etc, choose a team color scheme, design a logo, and then have a full expansion draft. Seems particularly relevant now with the Seattle drama. We could see what an expansion team would actually look like.
[–]farkwadian 11 points12 points (1 child)
make guys more tired from bulk shooting, especially from range. It would solve the problem of people throwing up 40+ 3pters in a 20 minute game.
[–]rpeterle 2 points3 points (0 children)
This actually sounds like the best solution I've heard for that problem.
[–]richardlotion[Richardlotion][PC] 2 points3 points (0 children)
Outside if the game would be cool like nba street stuff or charity games. Also I want d league back. I like bombing and having to fight through the d league to earn a spot. It made it feel more real.
[–]MajorLeagueNerd 3 points4 points (0 children)
Make it harder to get your overall up, this game just seemed too easy. Also, make it where you can't buy VC. It ruined blacktop.
[–]Bash_bro 2 points3 points (0 children)
I would like to see a different online match making system. Similar to Madden, I think they should incorporate a different type of locker room system to cater to people who like to play 2v2,3v3,4v4,5v5 versus the game making the decision for you. I love 2k, but focus less on the soundtrack and underplayed game modes and beef up your online servers!!
[–]WBMan13 4 points5 points (0 children)
Big things IMO: Dunking is too easy (Alley-oop dunks included) Players need to be able to pick up loose balls better
Other than that, a slider that affects how a player's shooting is affected by fatigue. Maybe re-add the d-league
[–]InsomnicGamer 1 point2 points (3 children)
I would love to be able to skip individual games in my career mode.
[–]SportsFan34 0 points1 point (2 children)
Key Games?
[–]InsomnicGamer 2 points3 points (1 child)
Yeah, but you have to skip EVERY game up to that point. Not just one or two.
[–]SportsFan34 1 point2 points (0 children)
Ohh I see what you're saying. I kinda agree with you too.
[–]TheBlairventure 2 points3 points (0 children)
I want a more improved Association mode. Don't get me wrong, I actually liked this years Association mode. Just a more improved mode would make me happy.
Just introduce a real finance system in Association such that I will have to manage ticket price and broadcast right etc, AND thus fit my salary payroll to how much I'm earning. That's when you have to make real-life decision like unloading Rudy Gay and James Harden for lesser talents (and contracts).
[–]Sedanson 2 points3 points (0 children)
I may be the only one who likes this idea but i would really like to see an expansion team mode. Pick a city, Design a jersey, Build a roster, Manage all aspect of the franchise.
[–]MisterElectric 1 point2 points (0 children)
I want to be able to play with classic teams in Quick Match.
Also, I'd like to see the ability to block dunks.
One more thing, is that the Shoot Off Dribble rating needs to have a much bigger impact on a shot's chances for success. Guys like Ray Allen, Shane Battier and Marco Bellinelli shouldn't be doing fancy dribble moves all across the court for fifteen seconds and then shooting 40+% when they pull up for a fadeaway.
[–]I_Am_OkonkwoOkonkwo 9 1 point2 points (0 children)
I like MYTEAM but it needs one major amendment, salary caps. At each seed it should increase. So when you begin and are not in a seed, it is 0, 8th seed is 100, 7th seed is 250 and so on until the 1st seed is 3500 or something crazy. It stops people from buying beastly teams until the highest seeds.
Also being able to trade with friends would be great. Though it has to include the market value. For example if I trade a 4000VC player for a 3000VC player, the other person would give me the player AND 1000VC for it to match value. This would stop people from trading Hasheem Thabeet for KD and whatnot without serious consequences. This also would help the collection aspect. I am still looking for Bulls home jerseys and would trade a Christmas Knicks jersery for it and so on.
A minor thing, how about we get two road jerseys that MUST be different teams. If 2k detects that the home team and primary away team are the same, the second road jersey gets used so we don't see CHI CHI on the scoreboard. Plus having a use for more jerseys is a good thing.
Lastly perhaps there could be some Forza-like auction house. This would be a place to buy legends easily, but for a big price.
[–]thenatkid 1 point2 points (0 children)
option for first person 2k14
[–]Bevoshorns 1 point2 points (0 children)
Can we please fix parsons face? He looks mental in the game
[–]rmigz 1 point2 points (0 children)
I would like to see what some others have mentioned like MyCrew for online, but also something similar like having the "Blacktop" stuff tie into MyCareer based on the fans that you "unlock" like celebrities and other NBA stars. For example if you play on 12 min quarters all the time but don't have 48 minutes to spare, more like 15, then your MyPlayer can go one on one in a street/blacktop clothed teammate or NBA player fan or celebrity that you've unlocked via MyCareer fans.
TLDR - Right now blacktop is an outside game mode where stars play in their game uniforms, would be cool if it was also part of MyCareer fan unlock function and everyone was in street/blacktop clothes.
Edit: I agree that VC has ruined the game for those of us with garbage internet connections. My area has horrible internet available (I would pay $$$$ but can't due to availability) so MyCareer with MyPlayer is just annoying as hell because half the time I can't even play since you HAVE to be online if you started with a VC character. I usually end up doing Create-A-Legend or whatever when this happens, but it would be nice if I didn't have to.
[–]White_Rondo 1 point2 points (0 children)
In Online Association, the ability to watch other people play each other in the league. Its not as fun just listening to everything happen.
[–]thehottip 0 points1 point (0 children)
Outside of the upgrades to association that I fully expect this year I really hope they expand on myteam.
The mode would be so much better if they modeled it after EAs
[–]Ghg398[XBL] 0 points1 point (0 children)
I'd really like to be able to export my association teams again.
[–]peppersmith67 0 points1 point (0 children)
I think they need more realistic player tendencies. I'm sick to death of Anderson Varejao getting 2 pts in 32 minutes for 6 straight years
[–]OmegaKnot 0 points1 point (0 children)
They need to make it harder to reverse the ball on offense. If your defender is in position, you should be able to stop the guy from turning the corner and force him to pick up his dribble. Too many players online just dribble in circles for the majority of the shot clock. If you are in position and bump the guy, they just keep pushing until they get where they want to go.
[–]liamht[LiamHT][PSN] 0 points1 point (0 children)
[–]sportsunbiased 0 points1 point (0 children)
check out the NBA2K cover vote poll...
[–]CountBlkCon 0 points1 point (1 child)
Quicker players. I stopped playing because I got frustrated with how slow the first step is.. It's not a matter of turning the game speed up (which is also impossible online) because that tends to make other aspects of the game unrealistically fast.
[–]thehottip 4 points5 points (0 children)
You're doing it wrong then. The first step comes from jab steps out of the triple threat position
IMO nba2k is really really good, except for all the goddamn bugs. It would be AWESOME if nba2k just took a year off creating new content and just fix all the bugs, which would make a near flawless game, flawless.
[–]anthonymi -5 points-4 points (0 children)
Maybe I just suck at the game, but They definitely have to make 99OVR be a straight up beast. I got to 99OVR yet still miss easy layups, cant shake a garbage defender, and still make horrible passes. I just play because I like basketball, not because i'm good at the game, but still. I feel like being 99 has no effect on how well I actually play. I am just as good playing with Brandon Knight on the Pistons than I am with a 99OVR me.
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Ask for Directions is a Spell.
How to Get Edit
Type Creation Destruction
Rare Icon shiftstone 800 Icon shiftstone 200
Premium Icon shiftstone 3200 Icon shiftstone 800
Created By Edit
Strategy Edit
Notable Cards that interact with spells: Elysian Trailblazer (And she's an explorer!), Fevered Scout, Sandglass Sentinel, Moment of Creation (with the trailblazer), Calderan Cradle.
Notable Discard Outlets: Feln Cauldron (don't have to necessarily lose card advantage), Whispering Wind, Herald's Song, Blind Storyteller
Explorers this goes well with: Elysian Trailblazer, Tundra Explorer, Amber Ring, Hatchery Hunter, Reliquary Raider, Torgov, Icecap Trader (discard this, and then bring it back to discard again!), Champion of Wisdom, and just various other value explorers!
So with those cards in mind, there a few different strategies with this card. Running Explorers that get value with this card, such as Torgov; a deck with Elysian Trailblazer, Excavate, and then a finisher such as Calderan Cradle, while scouting into a finisher like Channel the Tempest, Curiox, Insatiable Seeker (an explorer!) or something similarly crazy; or a discard strategy with cards like Feln Cauldron and Whispering Wind, to gain cards by bringing Ask for Directions back over and over from the void as a repeatable discard outlet.
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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Mihai Tohaneanu (Kentucky University)
Same room, 891, Evans Hall, from 4:10-5:00pm.
Speaker: Mihai Tohaneanu
Title: Global existence for quasilinear wave equations close to Schwarzschild
Abstract: We study the quasilinear wave equation $\Box_{g} u = 0$, where the metric $g$ depends on $u$ and equals the Schwarzschild metric when u is identically 0. Under a couple of extra assumptions on the metric $g$ near the trapped set and the light cone, we prove global existence of solutions. This is joint work with Hans Lindblad.
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What Is Search Intent And How To Optimize Content For Search Intent: For the success of a blog, understanding your audience is very important. Why are people using the search engine? Are they looking for any product or services to purchase? Or do they just want information about something? Or do they have any other intention behind using the search engine?
This is what Search Intent is all about – the reason or intention of people behind using Search Engines to conduct a specific search.
Understanding the search intent of people is of utmost importance if you want to improve the user experience. Because when you understand why exactly people are searching for something, you can provide them with exactly what they need. This, in turn, means success for your blog and business.
So, in this article, I will tell you about what is Search Intent and how to optimize content for Search Intent. Read on to find out.
What Is Search Intent? How To Optimize Content For Search Intent?
Search Intent, also called Keyword Intent, as mentioned above, is the reason why people use search engines and conduct searches. Over the years, Google Algorithm has become highly smart and sophisticated. It can now understand why people are typing a particular search term in the search box – what does the query mean actually and what is it they are looking for. Based on the Search Intent, it shows the results in the form of rich snippets.
Why Is It Important To Understand Search Intent?
Without having a proper understanding of the intention of people, it is not possible to provide them with what they are looking for. We can have lots of content all over the Internet, have different products and services, but do they meet the users’ requirements? For any business to survive, especially if it wants to exploit the major role that search engines play in our lives, it is a must to understand why people use search engines in the first place.
Search Intent and Keyword Research are, thus, very intricately related.
Find Out Everything About Keyword Research Here
How Understanding Search Intent Helps In SEO?
If you understand the Search Intent of the people, you will be in a position to deliver exactly what people are looking for. This means:
1. Increase in traffic, because Google is smart enough to show the same content for a wide variations of search term, if it is relevant.
2. Increase in page views, because a satisfied visitor is likely to explore the other pages of your site.
3. Decrease in bounce rate, because people are getting what they are looking for.
4. More conversion, obviously.
5. More of your content being shown as rich snippets.
What Are The Different Types Of Search Intent? How To Optimize Content For Search Intent?
Broadly, Search Intent are of four types. These are as under:
1. To Go To A Particular Website
When people are trying to visit a particular website, say Twitter, and instead of going directly to twitter.com, they use search engines to find Twitter, it is called Navigational Search Intent. These type of searches are conducted for branded keywords. This means even if you rank for these keywords, people are not likely to visit your site unless it is your site they are looking for.
And if it is indeed your website, make sure you have properly optimized pages for your products, services and other important pages.
2. To Seek Information About Something
A lot of searches are conducted to seek information about something. People have questions or they want to know about a particular topic. They use search engines to find information or answer to that. For example, if people are searching for “Top Websites to Learn Content Marketing”, it is Informational Search Intent.
Most of the searches conducted are of this type. So, you must create and optimize content related to the products or services or any other thing that your site offers. This will help not only in branding but also to generate leads which can be converted later. Include the exact search queries in the important elements of the page, like title, meta description, H1, H2 tags, etc.
3. To Perform Some Action
This can have a commercial or non-commercial intent. Sometimes, people search for something they are planning to buy, probably in the near future. They conduct research for that. These fall under the commercial intent. However, people also search with non-commercial intent, for example, email sign up. And sometimes, they look for stuffs that are available for free.
For both commercial and non-commercial searches, make sure you have the right CTAs, sign up messages, subscription messages, add to cart, etc. in the respective landing pages. Also, work on the design of the pages as well as of the website as a whole. People won’t be willing to perform the action on your site if they are not impressed with the look of it.
4. To Purchase Something
People also look for things, products or services, to buy. They are ready to make the transaction and convert, and are browsing to look for the best deal.
Here too, the design and CTAs matter a lot. Also, the content of the product and services page should be optimized so that they appear in search results.
Find Out How To Reduce Bounce Rate Here
I hope I have been able to explain what is Search Intent, why is understanding Search Intent important and how to optimize content for Search Intent. Make sure you implement these.
If you have any query regarding how to optimize content for Search Intent, ask in the comment section below and I will answer.
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Prefabricated Modular homes
Prefabricated homes are a popular choice in the housing market
Prefab (prefabricated) homes are becoming more popular
prefabricated homes
with the wide variety of design choices and fast construction. Since they are built in a controlled environment they do not have the construction hazards that houses built in an open environment encounter. Many models and designs are available. They are no longer a basic dwelling and purchasers can choose from many interior and exterior plans. Most can be ready for occupation from 1-3 months from the start of conception. With upgraded standards they are now allowed in many locations where they were previously excluded from in the past. The housing market has seen substantial growth in the industry as they provide considerable savings for the new home owner.
fabricated house
The word "Prefab" is not an industry term like modular home, manufactured home, panelized home, or site-built home. The term is an amalgamation of panellized and modular building systems, and can mean either one. In today's usage the term "Prefab" is more closely related to the style of home, usually modernist, rather than to a particular method of home construction.
In the United Kingdom the word "Prefab" is often associated with a specific type of prefabricated house built in large numbers after the WW ll as a temporary replacement for housing that had been destroyed by bombs. Some of them are still in use in the 21st Century.
A new development of modern prefabricated homes are currently being built in Milton Keynes, England. Designed by renowned architect Richard Rogers, designer of the Lloyd's building, the Millennium Dome and the Pompidou Centre in Paris, these new 'prefab' homes are part of a wider government objective to breathe new building methods into the housing market within the United Kingdom and show that 'Prefab' is not only still alive, but also well respected.
The prefab home or house requires much less labour as compared to conventional houses or homes. Most of the companies are selling complete pre-manufactured prefab modular homes or houses called "mobile homes" or "manufactured homes". Prefab homes are becoming popular in Europe, Canada and United States as they are cheap. Local building codes in the US do not apply to prefab homes or houses; instead, these houses are built according to specialized guidelines (Federal HUD regulations) for manufactured housing. Manufactured homes are not permitted in some communities and therefore, one should check from their local city to find about prefab building and construction laws regarding prefab homes before considering purchase.
Prefab assembly
Prefabrication avoids the need to transport many skilled workers
Prefabricated buildings
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Inspire 1 Raw Weak Transmission Signal Issue
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Aerial Pros
United States
I have a DJI Inspire 1 Raw. I have been having problems with a weak transmission signal. It seems to be getting worse everytime I fly. I have tried custom channels and still have issues. Can you please help?
7-11 18:11
Use props
DJI Mindy
Flight distance : 7 ft
Hi Aerial Pros, sorry to the troubles with the Inspire 1, how far can the drone fly when this message comes up? What mobile device are you using? Please use the mobile phone with strong decoding performance.
Does the issue happen in every place and every time? Please try to test the aircraft in different flight environments.
Please adjust the position of the antennas:
a. Open up the antennas on the remote controller to optimize the transmission range. The flat surface of the antenna should be facing the aircraft.
b. Keep the antenna parallel to each other.
c. Check whether the antennas are damaged.
We recommend to fly in Auto channel.
Is your firmware the latest version and whether the aircraft has cosmetic damage, such as crash?
7-12 02:26
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Who Will Win CVS Or Amazon? Drew Madden Reviews
Who is going to take over the reigns of the healthcare industry once and for all? Will it be Amazon who seems to dominate in any field they participate in? Could CVS best them by showing that legacy players still have something to offer to customers when you boil it down?
Those are the types of questions that have been burning in the minds of many observers of the healthcare industry. Drew Madden is one of those observers. He has to be given the nature of the work that he does. Drew is a healthcare information technology entrepreneur. This means that Drew Madden does like to keep his finger on the pulse of what is happening in the market as a whole.
Everyone would like a simple answer on which of these two companies has the best chance of winning over the most customers. The reality though is that both have adopted unique strategies which will probably serve them well. It is entirely possible that both companies end up in a place that is better than where they started. For more details visit Bloomberg.
The move is obvious for Amazon. They have decided that they would like to join the healthcare industry. They have been applying for licenses to sell healthcare related products in certain states. For them, it is just an obvious expansion move.
CVS has taken on a bit of a different strategy when it comes to how they will work the industry. What they are doing has more to do with shoring up their position as an industry leader in the first place. They were already part of the industry to begin with. Therefore, the only thing that they can do differently is try to gain even more ground in a business that they are a major player in.
The task is one of building out more on the business model that they already have. The purchase of healthcare insurance giant Aetna makes a lot of sense for CVS given that they would like to control the marketshare of customers from start to finish. Owning an insurance company definitely helps them do exactly that. Check out hudl.com
Click here: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/drew-madden#/entity
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Beatsource Offline Locker
Can there be a way to:
1. delete more than one song at the same time
2. Move songs up or down in the order
3. Group songs within the Locker
Thank you
Hi @E_Flem,
Thanks for the suggestions.
So that we can better track them could you please create separate threads for these feature requests?
Have a wonderful day!
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Garden of Fear 1.3 screenshot
Garden of Fear 1.3
free download
Garden of Fear is a survival horror game developed and published by Smuttlewerk Interactive. As with every survival game, you are defenseless against a monster who is stalking you in a creepy place. This time, the monster is a terrifying deformed creature that goes for a walk in a dark and medieval maze and you must avoid it. If you don't manage to flee or hide from it, and he sees you, it is clear what is going to happen. You will pass away in a very bloody way, and all with its bare hands.
Even though graphically speaking, Garden of Fear is not marvellous, it is good enough for being a mobile app. You will be able to see quite good details of the maze, and if you are so unlucky to see the monster, you will be able to appreciate its details, too. However, what really makes this game scary is the sound effects. If you play with the headphones, in a dark room, and alone, you will be scared, I assure you.
Say hello to our friend the monster
Say hello to our friend the monster
Keep all your senses alert
The main objective of Garden of Fear is to escape from the maze by finding the correct door out. There are eight doors, one of them will lead you to the freedom, and the other seven doors will send you back to the starting point. The creators provide you with a flashlight, a compass, 20 charcoals and you provide the courage! Actually, your scary adventure can last hours or just a few minutes since it is a matter of luck. You can find the correct door on your first attempt or it can be the last door you find.
As a point of advice, I can say that using the charcoal you have to mark the doors before you open them is a good idea. This way, you will be able to recognize it if you find the same door again. The batteries of the flashlight are not endless; they run out, so you have to save them as much as you can. When you turn off the light, the batteries recharge. If you hear the breath and the steps of the beast, you have only one thing to do to save your life. Find a hidden corner on the hallways, get inside, turn off the light, and pray for your life. If you are lucky, the beast will pass by you, but if you are not, it will attack you. You only are strong enough to suffer three blows, then, you die.
Dark hallways is all you will see
Dark hallways is all you will see
Garden of Fear 1.3 Features
The main features of Garden of Fear are listed below:
• Huge creepy maze with a beast hungry for your flesh
• You will rely on a flashlight, a compass, and some charcoals to escape
• Terrifying soundtrack to make you get goose bumps
• Good graphics to create a creepy atmosphere
• Smooth controls based on touch gestures on your screen device
Please, feel free to visit the developer’s official website to know more about this app before you download it.
System Requirements
The minimum system requirements you need to download this game to your Android device are:
• Operating System: Android 1.5 Cupcake or later versions
• Free Space: 22 MB available
The minimum system requirements to download and play the app on your iOS device are:
• Operating System: iOS 5.0 or later
• Free Space: 33.9 MB available
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If disenchantment is possible, then so is re-enchantment. Any circumstance, Georgette has read in Proust, consists of one-tenth chance and nine-tenths the disposition to let oneself fall under it. “I am ready,” she says to Mag, “to be re-enchanted.” She utters this in 1945, at the close of the war, when two of them and Loulou the Pomeranian are emerging from the strain of the occupation. Happy to be alive, but tired. So tired.
When Mag was a child, his father, Léopold, ran a tailor’s shop, and his mother, Adeline, worked as a milliner. Always aspiring, they moved the family all over the pays noir in the south of Belgium, from Lessines to Gily to Châtelet to Charleroi to Châtelet again, and then to Brussels. Her husband and his brothers, Paul and Raymond, had hated it—nettled by impermanence. Is it any wonder he grew up to prefer being settled?
The war unsettled. Unsettled everything. And it’s taking a while to get back to the apprehension of spontaneous relationships between one thing and another that Mag had before.
“Sure,” he says. “I’m ready, too.” But does not move to his brush, his canvas. “Why paint a nature mort when everything is mort?” he says. Deliberately missing his meaning, she replies, “Yes, indeed, why? Why not just erect one?”
So she constructs an uncommon still life: an empty picture frame laid flat on their red-clothed table, then topped with all the fruit she is able to find: Cézanne-y apples and a hill of pears. The country’s under a scarcity that’s hard to bear, but they have a garden in the courtyard—a requirement for Loulou—and the trees provide.
Mag delights in this museumification of everyday objects, this elevated presentation of the fruited quotidian. She watches him reach for his painter’s stick to give himself the stability he needs to begin. Back in Paris, in the ’20s, Breton was always going on about violent beauty—beauty is convulsive something something. But Georgette is weary of violence and ready for a return to common sense, which is to say the sense of the common, where beauty can also be mysteriously quiet.
Image: Still Life with Apples and Pears, Paul Cézanne (Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Old-Fashioned Vanilla Pudding
As long as I can remember, I have loved vanilla puddings, custards and creams whether oozing out of doughnuts, inside crepes or layered between cake. As a child, we often ate packaged pudding for dessert, which I slurped off the spoon slowly, savoring every bite.
In the past years, I have learned that homemade, old-fashioned pudding does not take that much more time and when using high quality ingredients, you will notice a major difference in the outcome. Once you leave the box, you’ll never go back. This recipe uses whole milk, a few egg yolks and a touch of butter for extra richness, and fragrant Spice Islands vanilla extract.
Spice Islands makes its vanilla extract exclusively with beans from Madagascar. In case you didn’t know, that is a small island off the southeastern coast of Africa. I first learned about Madagascar during a primatology course in college because it is the only place on earth where a host of bouncing, cartoon-like lemurs exist. As my cooking and baking skills advanced, I came to appreciate the unique locale for producing the most plump, flavorful vanilla beans in the world.
As if traveling to a far-off, primate-laden island isn’t enough of a chore, vanilla beans are not easy to grow. The beans are actually a fruit and grow out of an orchid flower. Each flower must be pollinated by hand on the day that it blooms. Because the plants can bloom at slightly different times, the growers must carefully look for open flowers numerous times a day, taking advantage of the short window of opportunity. After nearly ten months of waiting, the vanilla pods are ready to be plucked by hand and made into vanilla extract.
Sounds like a fairytale, doesn’t it? You can see why it is so common for many to take a short cut and use artificial vanilla flavor. Perhaps you are asking yourself, does the quality of the small amount of vanilla extract used in most recipes REALLY make a difference? Well, as they say, the proof is in the pudding!
Old-Fashioned Vanilla Pudding
Makes 4 servings
1. Put 2 cups of the milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat. In another bowl, combine cornstarch, sugar and salt with a whisk. Add the additional ½ cup cold milk and whisk to combine. Whisk in egg yolks until smooth.
2. When milk is hot but not boiling, slowly add a half cup of the warm milk into the cold mixture, whisking constantly. Then, slowly add the mixture into the pan of hot milk, whisking constantly. Continue to stir and heat until you see the first bubbles. Turn down to low heat and cook, stirring constantly, for another 1-2 minutes until pudding begins to thicken.
3. Pour the pudding into a bowl. Stir in butter and vanilla extract. To avoid a pudding skin on the top, you can place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pudding. Cool the pudding in the refrigerator until serving. Whisk the pudding again before serving.
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One Response to Old-Fashioned Vanilla Pudding
1. Stephanie says:
I’m so excited to try this! I have some sugar free pudding tucked in the back of my cupboard from when I couldn’t eat sugar during a pregnancy, and it repels me every time I see it. I should just throw it out. Although I consider my self a good cook and make most things from scratch, I never thought of making pudding from scratch. All of those years of Jello-O pudding as a child left their mark… Thanks, Whipped!
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