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Samsung has reportedly listed two unannounced devices that we expect the company to release soon on its product site without providing further details. The Samsung Gear Fit, a fitness-focused wearable that is getting a slight makeover for the first time since its release two years ago, shares the spotlight with the Gear IconX, Samsung’s first wireless earbuds.
We got to hear for the first time about the upcoming release of the two devices only last week but Samsung seems to have been working on them for a while and they are ready for official release. How else would they be listed on its website as compatible accessories of the company’s S Health app and platform?
While the Gear Fit 2 retains the “strip” look of its predecessor, it appears to have been tweaked to appear as if it packs a slightly larger display that makes it watch-like while in reality it retains the same 1.84-inch Super AMOLED display of the first generation Gear Fit. Its plastic straps also appear to be textured.
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A morning lesson on pest control has been added to the line-up of this weekend’s Sustainability Festival in Geraldine.
Marie Gray and Jeremy Agar, of Predator Free Port Hills, will host the “Controlling pests in an urban setting” session at 10.30am on Saturday, September 8.
The talk, organised by volunteers of Talbot Forest Working Group, will explore how to reduce pests such as possums and rats, which damage garden crops, native bush and nesting bird life.
The event will be held at the Geraldine Academy of Performance and Arts and admission is by gold coin donation.
The weekend-long sustainability festival, organised by Sustainable South Canterbury Trust, will also include a tour of Timaru’s Redruth recycling plant, workshops on warm housing, sustainability skills and “upcycling” clothing, plus two film screenings.
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Among the key findings of The 2008 Cisco Annual Security Report is a 90 percent increase this year in threats originating on legitimate Websites that were unknowingly infected by cybercriminals. And nearly 8 percent of email providers' traffic was generated from hijacked legitimate email domains.
It all starts with malware and botnets, according to Cisco, and botnets are the "nexus" of cybercrime.
"What's fascinating to me are the criminal ecosystems -- the ability for criminals to no longer just use their own resources or know-how, but a broad network of criminals all working together to commit large, profitable, and successful crimes," says Patrick Peterson, Cisco fellow and chief security researcher for the networking giant, in a video blog. "Many of these begin with malware and botnets."
iFrame infections via SQL injection attacks on legit Websites were rampant in 2008, as the bad guys tried to infect users with bots and other malware when they visited these trusted Websites. The iFrames were injected onto the sites via botnets, and the infected links sent victims to malware-downloading sites, according to the Cisco report.
And as security vendors became savvier in protecting users from bot infections, cybercriminals started hiding their bots to do their dirty work, according to Cisco, using a technique the vendor calls "reputation hijacking." That's where bad guys use real email accounts and Web mail providers to send their spam email to evade detection by spam filters.
According to the Cisco report, while spam from reputation hijacking of the top three Web mail providers was about 1 percent of all spam worldwide, it made up 7.6 percent of the email providers' overall traffic this year.
"Cybercriminals are ceasing to use their botnets to perform the crimes directly...rather, using botnets to attack intermediary servers and then have those intermediary servers attack the victims so that the victim can't see the reputation of the botnet that was behind it," Cisco's Peterson says. "This is a way to repurpose their botnets."
The bad guys have their botnets log into Webmail accounts and search for weak passwords. "Then they create a ton of email messages [with those hijacked accounts] and send it to everyone in that address book," he says. "The free Webmail provider sends it and the recipient thinks it came from that ISP."
According to the Cisco report, 200 billion spam messages are sent each day, accounting for 90 percent of all email traffic. The U.S. accounts for 17.2 percent of spam traffic, followed by Turkey (9.2 percent), Russia (8 percent), Canada (4.7 percent), Brazil (4.1 percent), India (3.5 percent), Poland (3.4 percent), South Korea (3.3 percent), Germany (2.9 percent), and the United Kingdom (2.9 percent).
The number of malware infections from malicious email attachments has dropped by 50 percent over the last two years as attackers turned to other techniques, Cisco says in its report. In addition, the number of disclosed security vulnerabilities jumped nearly 12 percent this year, the report says. There were 103 vulnerabilities reported in virtualization software, up from only 35 in 2007.
Cisco expects spear phishing -- which currently accounts for only 1 percent of all phishing attacks -- to grow next year as cybercriminals create more convincing spam. Social engineering and the expansion of mobile computing, virtualization, and cloud computing will also pose more risks in the coming year.
Attackers are blending email and Web-borne attacks to better hit their targets. "Today's attacks are clearly multiprotocol," said Tom Gillis, vice president of product management and product marketing for Cisco's security group in a Webcast on the report today. "If you're only looking at email traffic, you're missing what's happening.
"The threats we're seeing today are odorless, invisible gases that are noxious," he said. "'08 was a rough year for computing."
The Cisco report also provides recommendations for organizations to protect themselves from malware infections, data loss, and other risks in the coming year.
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The CHL Governors' Cup champion Colorado Eagles announced today the signing of Kevin Ulanski, part of the University of Denver's back-to-back national championship teams in 2004 & 2005, to return to the team after a stellar first season in the league.
Brian Pietrzak of the WCHA Examiner has DU picked to finish first in the WCHA this season. Check out the WCHA Examiner online.
Despite an ongoing feud between North Dakota fanbase and LetsGoDU, UND Blogger Goon's World has picked DU as the preseason #1 team in the country in IllegalCurve.com. As good-will gesture and a sign of conciliation, LetsGoDU has picked UND as "the most arresting program" in Division I hockey. | <urn:uuid:50d3337e-fc2a-40ab-8364-05fbfdcf3e00> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 672 |
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I personnally find it hard to believe that something can come from nothing, since this contradicts the definition of nothing (as stated by. As easy as it seems to put faith in the thought of a supreme creator, I feel this is for the sole reason of personal satisfaction and can't solely believe this theory either. However, I do find it easy to explain the billions of chemical reactions occuring in my brain at this moment creating my "human emotion" and making me type this mumbo jumbo as I speak. I think the billions of years of evolution involved with cells and modern animals may explain a portion of the exactness involved with this precise cell division and DNA functioning. It is one of the most basic concepts of simple biology, survival of the fittest. This is by no means absurd and I think that the belief in a creator is just as, if not more irrational than the creation of something from nothing.
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President Obama's proposed gun control bill will go to the Senate this April. For firearms companies, such as one of the nation's largest gun manufacturers, Sturm, Ruger & Co. (NYSE: RGR), it would seem the bill spells trouble. But in actuality, the proposed gun legislation has helped boost RGR stock. In fact, shares are currently trading within sight of their all-time high.
The stock's recent gain seems spurred by two factors. First, proposed gun control legislation would not restrict the purchase of assault weapons. As a result, gun manufacturers will still be able to manufacture and sell over 157 different models of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Both are important to the company's sales and the $32 billion firearm industry.
Second, the talk of firearms restriction has resulted in a fury of increased consumer demand for guns. Americans are rushing out in record numbers to legally purchase firearms before any gun bans are passed. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the number of FBI background checks filed for gun permits increased 94% this January from a year ago.
As shown by the recent ramp-up in Sturm Ruger's stock, the heightened demand for the company's guns appears tremendous. In the past year and a half, shares have increased over 220%. And the technicals points to further growth ahead.
Rising off the June 2011 $16.45 low, the stock formed a major uptrend. In early November 2012, shares bullishly broke old resistance, which has become new support, around $39.72. Through this trading activity, a large ascending triangle was bullishly broken. Shares went on to hit an all-time high of $60.11 by late November.
Appearing unable to sustain momentum, within weeks, the stock slipped back to important support around $39.72. However, shares proved their strength, quickly bouncing back. The stock has been unstoppable since.
In early March, shares reapproached the $60.11 all-time high. The stock is currently trading about 13% below this peak, presenting a potentially profitable entry point for traders.
At present, shares appear on the verge of testing important overhead resistance, around $55.13. If the stock can successfully challenge this resistance level, it would bullishly break a second consecutive ascending triangle, formed by the junction of the uptrend line and overhead resistance.
According to the measuring principle for a triangle -- calculated by adding the height of the pattern to the breakout level -- shares could potentially reach a new all-time high of $70.54 ($55.13-$39.72 = $15.41; $15.41+$55.13 = $70.54). At current levels, this target represents potential 35% returns.
Traders may see these double-digit returns in the coming months. The stock is likely to move quickly if firearm demand intensifies in the coming weeks on the heels of Senate discussion around the new gun control bill.
The bullish technical outlook is supported by strong fundamentals. For the upcoming first quarter, to be reported April 29, analysts expect increased fire-arm demand will push revenue up 17% to $131.7 million, from $112.3 million in the comparable year-ago period. For the full 2013 year, analysts project revenue will increase 4.5% to $513.9 million, compared with $491.8 million last year.
The earnings outlook is similarly upbeat. For the upcoming first quarter, analysts expect earnings to rise 28% to $1.01 per share, from $0.79 per share in the year-earlier quarter. For the full 2013 year, analysts expect earnings will increase about 3% to $3.70 per share, compared with $3.60 per share last year.
In addition to a strong fundamental outlook, the company offers an attractive forward annual dividend of about 3%, or $1.62 per share. Historically, the company's dividend is about 40% of net income. With net income expected to increase in the coming quarters, shareholders can likely look forward to future dividend increases.
Risks to consider: Consumers are rushing out in record numbers to purchase guns before any new legislation is passed. However, consumer demand may cool once the bill hits the Senate or more restrictive legislation is put in place. Therefore, the timeline for potential maximum profit on this trade may be within the coming few weeks or just after first-quarter results are reported in late April.
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-- Buy RGR on a break above resistance at $55.13-- Set stop-loss at $47.23, slightly below current support marked by the intersection of the uptrend line-- Set initial price target at $70.54 for a potential 28% gain in the next month-and-a-half
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Are you spiritual?
What does it mean to be spiritual? Does it mean to be telepathic, see angels, read auras?
Or maybe it means practicing lots of meditation and chanting sacred mantras in Sanskrit?
Perhaps it is wearing loose clothes and having either long or shaved hair…or perhaps giving
long hugs and long eye gazes? Many people consider themselves spiritual without having
a deep and authentic understanding of the actual and profound meaning of being spiritual.
So what is being spiritual? To begin with, it starts with how pure your heart is. Before anything else, no matter how amazingly psychic you are, or what a great Tarot reader you are, or how many workshops and years of meditation you practiced, the purity of your heart is the first measure of a spiritual nature. An innocent, pure, honest heart is already an embodiment (whether conscious or unconscious) of the Spiritual Nature.
Substituting true Purity with Power
Oftentimes, people tend to substitute a pure heart with all kinds of powers. They will be
amazing channellers, dogmatic preachers of certain paths of practice, develop their psychic
abilities, or even spend many years around spiritual teachers but without truly intending to
change. You see, a pure heart, an honest heart is not something you can acquire, not something you can own like all other powers. It doesn’t make you special. For most people it feels too vulnerable, too weak…too un-special.
Power gives you at least the feeling that you are achieving something, that you are becoming special, better than others, stronger, you stand out. But funnily, if you’ll look deep into your heart and being, you will see the Truth – with all the powers you have, you still feel empty. Underneath it all, you know you are a miser. Your heart is empty.
True Power is Love
What if I tell you that giving up all these fake forms of power, in that amazing vulnerability,
you will touch a power that is greater than all your pseudo-powers? What if I tell you that the only real power you have is actually giving up your control? What if I tell you that the greatest power is surrendering to Love, to God, to pure and deep Honesty?
You see, with pseudo-powers you can do all kinds of things, it’s sweet and nice, it’s like fireworks, but the one thing that truly matters you cannot do – Love. And Love is the greatest and mightiest powers of them all, and the essence of being truly Spiritual. When Love springs in your heart, you know the actual meaning of being Spiritual. Spiritual means, something of Eternal value and nature. It means, letting that tremendous beauty and intelligence out of which all the universe springs, shine through your heart and take over. It means surrendering your need to be a special someone, a separate outstanding someone, and melt into Oneness, into Love.
The Shining Sun of True Spirituality
True spirituality has nothing to do with being someone in the world, impressive in society, strong and successful in career or anything along these lines. True spirituality is all about opening up to that which is Eternal, that which no matter in what time, place and age you live in, will shine with an unchangeable glory. It is discovering the source from which all times and places emerge and in which they exist. This eternal nature is the source of evolution but absolutely not bound to it, it is the ground and nourishment of human life and all other life forms.
An honest heart that longs for the Truth, will eventually come across this Eternal nature and will raise a profound silent smile of Knowing. It has touched the real treasure, the real Gold of Life. It has woken up to its source, to the Great Heavenly Silence, the dazzling Divine Love, the Tremendous Holiness of one’s own True Nature – God within. | <urn:uuid:52d3b520-e2e7-4750-8b0b-066d4ecaa443> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,770 |
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Q:How can I apply for department of education student loans?
A:Students interested in applying for the department of education student loans need to fill out the FAFSA form before the appointed deadline. Student's eligibility for financial aid is determined with the help of a formula devised by members of Congress. The formula which is commonly known as the EFC (Estimated Family Contribution) considers a number factors. The FAFSA form is available online and students are requested to quote the correct federal school code when applying for financial aid.
Q:What are some of the benefits of dept of education student loan?
A:Dept of education student loans have various benefits for the students. Some of these include the low interest rates, that enable the students repay the loan easily and without much trouble. These loans also offer very easy repayment options that the borrowers can choose from, thus allowing the students to focus on their studies rather than worrying about loan repayment.
Q:Do I have to fill out a FAFSA form at the department of education loan servicing?
A:A FAFSA form is available online at fafsa.ed.gov. It is to be filled out and submitted when applying for federal student loans. This form is used to collect financial data about the applicant, to determine the need for aid and eligibility for federal aid programs. The form is completely free of cost.
Q:Department of education student loan consolidation-is it possible and can I still apply? (Make it a paragraph)
A:Just this year the U.S. Department of Education (ED) offered borrowers the Special Direct Consolidation Loan facility. Anyone with a student loan from ED or FFEL or at least one commercially-held FFEL loan can make use of this facility. Special Direct Consolidation Loans will now assist borrowers in better managing their debt by being serviced by the same entity, which means getting one bill and making one unified payment.The deadline for applying for a Special Consolidation Loan was June 30, 2012.
Q:Can you brief me about department of education and student loans?
A:Department of education is concerned with assisting those pursuing higher education with loans that can make education more affordable and accessible. The loans given by the government have easy process of application and easy terms and conditions. They consider the financial needs of the students after evaluating it from the FAFSA application and then grant loans accordingly.
Q:As I was reading about the department of education loans, I came across a list of popular federal student loans. Can you a name a few?
A:There are a few popular federal student loans one can apply for. These loans are need based and have a low interest rate. Some of the most popular federal loans include the following: Perkins loan, Stafford loan, Graduate PLUS loan, and Parent PLUS loan. These can be applied for by simply filling out a FAFSA form online.
Q:What kind of information will I have to provide to apply for department of education student loan?
A:The US department of education offers loans to students at college and university level. All those in need of monetary assistance must fill out a FAFSA form online. Information such as income level, family income, job status, tax payments, social security number, and credit status is collected through a FAFSA form.
Q:Is there any federal dept of education student loans?
A:Yes, there is a federally run department that aims at providing students loans and other aid to students all across the nation. In today's economy, costs have become an issue for many students wanting to enroll in college. Federal student loans are dispersed to such individuals who need monetary assistance. A FAFSA form must be filled out to apply for federal loans. | <urn:uuid:0d13fb63-1c62-4fbe-a9f7-05e988e18094> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,808 |
The MITRE Corporation has released a new tool to help cybersecurity professionals to build defenses against specific cyber threats. The project, called D3FEND, is a knowledge base of cybersecurity countermeasure techniques designed to help standardize the vocabulary used to describe defensive cybersecurity technology functionality.
Funded by the US National Security Agency, the D3FEND framework is still in the experimental research phase.
D3FEND outlines defensive countermeasures for common offensive techniques and complements MITRE’s ATT&CK knowledge base of offensive tactics and techniques based on real-world observations.
“D3FEND establishes terminology of computer network defensive techniques and illuminates previously-unspecified relationships between defensive and offensive methods. This framework illustrates the complex interplay between computer network architectures, threats, and cyber countermeasures,” the NSA said in a press release.
The framework can be used by cybersecurity professionals to compare a cybersecurity functionality across multiple products with common defensive techniques and identify products’ differences and gaps “relative to desired functionality in a more precise, consistent, and repeatable manner.”
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When I arrived at Keystone, I felt like a fragile, frightened little girl. I didn't know who I was. I didn't know how to stay clean and sober, and I surely didn't know how I would become a productive member of society.
As I unpacked and settled in a bit, I remember some of the girls giving me some encouraging words, and reassurance that I was safe, and everything would be okay. When I woke up the next morning, I looked around, realized I had actually slept for several hours, and I thanked God for placing me at Keystone. I knew I was exactly where I was supposed to be, and I felt safe for the first time in many years.
More than fourteen months have passed since that chilly November morning. Today, I am fifteen months clean and sober. I spent over fourteen months living at Keystone Structured Living house for women. It was here that I built a solid foundation based upon the spiritual principles of Alcoholics Anonymous, while having the love and support of women who were just like me.
Since becoming clean, sober and free, my family relationships which were nearly nonexistent are thriving, and better than they were, even before I destroyed my life, and their hearts. I also have made friendships which will last a lifetime.
Working with a fantastic sponsor, working the 12 steps wholeheartedly, making amends, and taking suggestions were the keys to my success. The leaders of Keystone helped me to feel confident in myself, and my recovery, and held me up during the difficult, uncertain times.
I will be forever grateful for everyone associated with Keystone. They are a special group of people. I am truly blessed beyond measure.
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Partnership Moves Community Toward Complete Streets
From its initial narrow focus on increasing biking and walking to school in one suburban neighborhood of Sacramento, C.A., a community partnership has now expanded its goals to include promoting the creation of Complete Streets, streets safe for all users of all abilities, including pedestrians, bikers, motorists and transit users, throughout Sacramento County. The result is community-wide awareness of pedestrian and bike safety issues, as well as considerable change to development policies and the physical environment.
In the past, Sacramento had been cited as one of the 12 worst U.S. cities for air pollution and smog; motor vehicle emissions were problematic; and most children got to school in cars. Thus, increasing walking and biking to school was identified as a good way to meet numerous public health and development concerns. Under this Active Living by Design (ALdB) grant, the Partnership for Active Communities initially set out a five-year plan to strengthen support for walking and bicycling through modest staff support for appropriate school programs, part time review of land-use development projects, and coordination of members of the partnership.
- Using the $200,000 ALdB grant, the Sacramento partnership has leveraged more than $12 million in additional support for its efforts.
- The walk-to-school ethic has been successfully institutionalized throughout the school district, thanks to the effort’s leadership by the superintendent of schools. Future school construction plans have been modified to encourage walking and biking by building schools closer to where kids live.
- Over the past five years, the partnership has reviewed more than 150 development projects, expanded its role in the approval process and worked collaboratively with planners and developers to incorporate walkability and Complete Streets concerns in the plans it has reviewed. The partnership has learned it can have the most significant impact in the Sacramento jurisdictions where: (1) community organizations are concerned about future development projects; and (2) the approval process allows review of a project early in its process when developers are still open to change.
- Thanks to the partnership’s persistent communication and advocacy, transportation plans in Sacramento’s largest jurisdictions now officially incorporate Complete Streets policies.
The initial five-year plan and ALbD funding provided a stable framework for the Sacramento partnership to refine its mission and establish itself. Based on its early success, the partnership is now advocating for early review of development projects in all jurisdictions, accelerating efforts to complete a pedestrian-bicycle network and expanding its Safe Routes to School programs.
Active Living by Design featured in a Special Supplement of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- 1. The Active Living by Design National Program
- 2. Bike, Walk, and Wheel
- 3. Project U-Turn
- 4. Promoting and Developing a Trail Network Across Suburban, Rural, and Urban Communities
- 5. Building the Base
- 6. Leveraging Neighborhood-Scale Change for Policy and Program Reform in Buffalo, New York
- 7. Active Living Logan Square
- 8. ACTIVE Louisville
- 9. Slavic Village
- 10. Get Active Orlando
- 11. Active Seattle
- 12. Achieving Built-Environment and Active Living Goals Through Music City Moves
- 13. Partnership Moves Community Toward Complete Streets
- 14. Activate Omaha
- 15. From Partnership to Policy
- 16. Establishing Best Practices for Changing the Built Environment to Promote Physical Activity
- 17. Implications of Active Living by Design for Broad Adoption, Successful Implementation, and Long-Term Sustainability
- 18. Active Living by Design as a Political Project
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The Battle of Neville’s Cross
by Ellen Castelow
Following the resounding victory over the French at Crecy in August 1346 by the English King Edward III, the French King Philip invoked the terms of the Auld Alliance and asked his ally, King David II of Scotland, to retaliate by invading England.
After rampaging their way through Northumberland for a few weeks, the 12,000 strong Scottish army arrived outside the gates of Durham on 16th October 1346.
Waiting for their payment of £1,000 in protection money to arrive, the Scots were blissfully unaware that an English force comprising some 7,000 men raised from the northern counties of England had been quickly mobilised by William Zouche, the Archbishop of York.
The Scots only discovered the presence of the English army on the morning of 17th October, when they stumbled upon them in the morning mist.
With the English positioned on the better ground, the invaders found themselves disadvantaged by the uneven ground and their formations fell apart as they tried to advance.
Sensing defeat and now out manoeuvred, many of the Scottish nobles fled the field abandoning King David II and his bodyguard to face the enemy alone.
The battle was disastrous for the Scots, as not only was their king captured and imprisoned, but in the year that followed the English drove home their advantage and occupied virtually all of southern Scotland.
Date: 17th October, 1346
War: Hundred Years War & Second War of Scottish Independence
Location: Neville’s Cross, near Durham, Northumberland
Belligerents: Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland
Victors: Kingdom of England
Numbers: England 7,000, Scotland 12,000
Casualties: England negligable, Scotland more than 1,000
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Data from the ongoing UCL COVID-19 Social Study looked at public acceptance of a possible COVID vaccine
Prof Stephan Lewandowsky, Chair in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Bristol, said:
“The results about vaccine hesitancy among some people underscore the importance of making a vaccine against COVID readily and widely available and easy to get. Research shows that easy accessibility is an important factor determining vaccine uptake.”
Prof Helen Bedford, Professor of Children’s Health, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, said:
“Vaccine uptake in UK is generally very high. When people are deciding whether to accept vaccines, the information they need includes how safe is the vaccine, how well it works, how many doses are needed.
“As we do not have a coronavirus vaccine yet, we cannot answer these questions; those answers will come from the vaccine trials currently being carried out. So to find that nearly 8 out of 10 people surveyed would accept a vaccine against coronavirus without that fundamental information, is very encouraging.
“However, what this study does not tell us is people’s specific reasons for saying they would be unlikely to accept a vaccine. We need to understand those so that we can provide the information needed to enhance public confidence.”
Dr Doug Brown, Chief Executive of the British Society for Immunology, said:
“Vaccines are the safest and most effective method we have to protect us against infectious diseases and save lives. Beyond the benefits of individual protection, having a high proportion of the population vaccinated can stop the spread of the infectious disease in its tracks and protect whole communities. To be able to achieve this, we need many factors in place including having accessible vaccination services and making sure those services are properly funded. However, as this new report from University College London makes clear, public attitude and confidence in vaccines are also crucial.
“The concerns highlighted by this report over uptake of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, and indeed all vaccines, are a real worry for public health. Once any future COVID-19 vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective, promoting high uptake will be critical to stopping this disease spreading through our communities. We have already seen the huge benefits that vaccines bring in tackling other infectious diseases and stopping our children from getting sick – for example, it’s estimated 20 million measles cases and 4,500 deaths have been averted in the UK since the introduction of a vaccine. We need to maintain and increase uptake across all current vaccines and for any future vaccines that might become available.
“To combat people’s concerns around vaccination, it’s vital that the public have easy access to reliable, evidence-based information on how vaccines work and why they are important. To build trust and improve confidence in any future coronavirus vaccine, both government and the scientific community need to continue to be open and honest with people to explain the vaccine development process and to create high profile opportunities to actively engage with the public to answer any questions they might have.”
Prof Gino Martini, Chief Scientist at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said:
“There is a real challenge in enabling people to overcome their worries about vaccinations, which are often based on inaccurate information they’ve heard or seen online. Scientific evidence and public trust are at variance to some extent but vaccines have played a significant role in preventing the spread of many diseases. They are why smallpox has been eradicated and there hasn’t been a case of polio caught in the UK since the mid-80s.
“Effective vaccines for coronavirus will be a central plank to protecting the health of all of us, especially the most vulnerable, and helping us all back to a more normal way of life. But for vaccination to work and establish immunity across communities, we need the public to embrace them as they have done for years with regular flu vaccinations. Vaccines will only be used if their benefits far outweigh the risk, a principle which underpins all medicines development.”
Dr Nilufar Ahmed, Behavioural Psychologist at the University of Bristol, said:
“Understanding public perception about vaccines for Covid is key for public health planning. For contagious illnesses like Covid, decisions to not vaccinate impact not only the individual but pose serious risks for the wider public they have contact with.
“Whilst it is encouraging that a high number (78%) of people say they would get a vaccine when one is available, the finding that older adults display greater concerns about side effects of the vaccine and a preference for natural or ‘herd’ immunity is concerning given the elevated risks from Covid in older groups.
“The finding that almost three quarters of older adults were likely to get a flu vaccine compared to 58% who would be likely to get a Covid vaccine indicates that it is not vaccinations in themselves that are problematic, rather the message and information that is attached to them. The Government’s initial message of seeking ‘herd immunity’ may have psychologically impacted the preference of older people going forward, and we will need to have strong information campaigns to encourage uptake in this vulnerable group.”
The latest part of the UCL Covid-19 Social Study by Daisy Fancourt et al. went online at 00:01 UK time Thursday 24 September 2020.
Prof Bedford is a collaborator on a study of public views about coronavirus vaccine.
Dr Brown is a trustee of the Association of Medical Research Charities
Prof Martini: no interests to declare
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Here it is! All of you have been asking for a sequel to our “First Date” story, and after the great response we got to it, we knew we had to give you more. Prepare to have all your burning questions answered!
I bet the suspense has been killing you! What happened after that terrible kiss Kyle? Well I’m here to answer all your questions and more! Let’s start with the end of that night again, I was really feeling great about how the whole date went, despite that terrible kiss, and as I went to bed I thought “Wow, that was such a great date! Maybe that girl will end up marrying me!” Maybe I thought that, maybe I didn’t but we all know the answer now! When I woke up the next morning I immediately texted Sam and told her how much fun I had, and I asked when I could see her again. I was anxious to see if she would respond, because sometimes terrible kisses can outweigh awesome dates. Luckily for me, I didn’t have to wait long for her answer.
She texted back saying she was available to hang that night! Crazy! Who is available two nights in a row? I spent my whole day at work counting down the hours until I got to see her again, and I wondered what would she be wearing, and would she go for another kiss? After what felt like forever, work ended, and I rushed home to clean my self up. We decided to just hang out at my place again, and order food in. I was terrified. I lived with 4 roommates and my new cat, Sabbath, my room smelled like cat litter and it hadn’t been cleaned in weeks. The rest of the shared living space was even worse off, so I set about lighting a candle in my room and sweeping, making my bed and doing anything possible to make my room look presentable. Then I tried to fix up my living room, to at least be semi-decent. When she finally arrived I was so excited, and honestly, the night is a blur now. We listened to even more records, watched Over The Garden Wall and a bunch of other shows. I even went in for a better kiss, and this time I nailed it. By the time I checked the clock it was super late and she headed home. When I woke up the next morning for work, I texted her and told her I was playing hooky and wanted to see her again. She responded with” I’m headed over” and I was head over heels for her. We spent the whole day hanging out, watching movies and eating junk food and cuddling; she even fell asleep on my chest at one point…awwwww. And I couldn’t ever get her to leave after that! Hahaha.
Now she is my fiance, and we still eat junk food and listen to vinyl, and even though lots of things have changed, the cute stuff is still the same, and that’s all I care about!
After that awful first kiss (if you’re not caught up, that’s where we left off last time) and the car ride home, Kyle had texted me to make sure I got home alright, which just goes to show how thoughtful and sweet he is. Little things like that always make a difference to me. When I got home I told my roommate the whole story of how the night unfolded; nice conversation, jokes, good food, BUT also the chicken wing fingers and that horrific, unforgettable kiss. I would definitely consider myself more of an awkward person, so I was trying to think of that kiss as a product of two awkward people rather than a testament to how our relationship would be. I wasn’t 100% set on going on another date, but my roommate convinced me to give it another shot. We basically owe our whole relationship to him. Ha!
We texted the next morning and we agreed to hang out again in a more casual setting after Kyle got home from work. Looking back on it now, I can’t even remember what we talked about or what we ate on the second date. I think it was tacos? Probably tacos. All I know was that I was having a much better time. Kyle was making me laugh A LOT and I loved his cynical, sarcastic sense of humor. I was definitely glad I gave it another chance, and I think at some point during the night we even joked about how bad our first kiss was. If you can both joke about it later, it’s so much easier to be able to move past it, right? We talked well into the AM forgetting that we both had work the next morning and I left feeling like a real relationship with this guy was extremely promising. Oh, we also kissed again (duh), and it was leaps and bounds better than the first one. I had to make sure to add that in in case you think that we are just eternally willing to put up with incompatible kisses.
He decided to skip work, and I didn’t have anything pressing due so I went back over in the morning and ordered breakfast. We were in the middle of a snowstorm in NYC so it was the perfect day to sit in bed and eat pancakes. It was also the day the new season of Black Mirror came out so we started out watching that, and moved onto Over The Garden Wall after we found out we both had a mutual love for the animated show. Side note: all you Over The Garden Wall fans, Kyle still has an instax photo he took of me from that day where I’m trying to make my face look like the rock fact rock. Ha! I felt so comfortable around him already that I actually fell asleep on his shoulder as we watched tv.
One bad kiss and chicken wing fingers didn’t ruin this relationship and we were pretty much inseparable ever since. We were around each other so much that all four of his roommates would ask “when’s the wedding?” every time they saw us together. I guess they were onto something though, because here we are now!
Hopefully we answered all the questions you were wondering about! Even though that second date happened over a year ago, it totally feels like it was just yesterday. Thinking back on how we met now just makes sense, and just goes to show that even weirdos like us can find love, especially when it’s covered in chicken wing sauce!
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I proposed to my wife over thirty years ago when we were both in grad school, poor but happy in a small midwestern city. My mother-in-law to-be telephoned her relatives in Canada to inform them of the upcoming nuptials and they asked the obvious question: what do they want for a wedding gift? Without consulting us or her husband, she replied, “Silver service.”
For thirty years, my wife and I have dutifully wrapped and boxed a least twenty pieces of silver service and schlepped them around the country as we moved for jobs. We cannot remember ever using one piece although my wife swears that we must have served on silver at least once. My only memories are pulling out the silver, moaning over the tarnish and wasting an afternoon polishing the pieces before wrapping them in fresh plastic wrap and putting them back in the cabinet.
We are moving again but this time we are paying for the move ourselves. After packing and unpacking the silver into cabinets and cupboards to be conveniently forgotten for years I insisted, the silver goes. We never use it and I am done polishing it. Thus began a series of conversations that culminated in a garage sale on a Sunday morning.
Downsizing has been a process. The back corners, the utility shelves and the closets were searched. Once we decided the task was insurmountable and someone else’s fault, we rallied our energy and started. The first weekends concluded with piles of junk on the curb. The weight of paperwork, notebooks and outdated materials of one Ph.D., one D.D., three M.A.’s, four undergraduate degrees and several careers was alarming. The unsalable was depressing. Metal for salvage was set aside for those entrepreneurial souls who cruised the neighborhoods on certain nights. By Monday morning, some of items were gone and others were dutifully thrown into the back of the garbage truck.
The house was purged and the garage was refilled. The digital notice went out and in the early evening the night before the sale, I nailed a sign at traffic light at the top of my neighborhood. Everything from the backyard was moved around to the fence for quick setup. The early morning alarm was set.
All the items were arranged for display on the asphalt of the driveway. I euphemistically referred to the furniture, the housewares, cd’s, silver, and other items as “crap” as in, “I put all the crap out; let’s see if it sells.”
By midmorning, I no longer thought of the items as crap. I had been blinded by my privilege. The couch, love seat, stuffed chair combo that had worn poorly was offered for free because bedbugs are an issue in my area and no reputable organization accepts them now. A family came somewhat early, asked about the furniture and claimed the set. A friend had phoned them, telling them of the offer. They took off all the cushions and then began calling everywhere to find a truck or van. In the late afternoon, we loaded the furniture in the back of large pickup belonging to a friend of a friend. The family was exhausted but content.
The gas grill went. The dresser was purchased by an employer for a woman who had no money after paying rent on an empty apartment. A woman who ships or delivers goods to poverty-stricken homes bought a box of bedsheets, mattress covers, bed ruffles, and tablecloths. We had a long conversation about the lack of supports. Her friend bought the mini-fridge for a house kitchen that only had a stove. More than one grandparent swung by searching for tools for their grandsons who work construction for a living.
Few if any want used books. No one wants dated stereo equipment either.
Almost everything went. Most of the items went to people without much means rather than the professional resellers that trawl garage sales early in the morning. Everything we sold was in working order. People needed what we had to offer, from tools and home goods to school supplies.
We had expected to make a couple hundred dollars with the assumption that we did not want anything we offered for sale to go into the landfill; better to sell it than dump it. Whether we realized what we had done, we had priced everything or repriced everything to get it out of my house into other households who would use it. I told the family who bought my gas grill where to get their propane tanks filled at the best price. I tied the eleven-foot extending ladder to the roof of a young woman’s car, after she walked her toddler in his stroller home first.
In Hebrew, business is called maseh u’matan, give and take. Nothing was priced to make a profit but I made a goodly one nonetheless. Everyone who chose to speak with me was treated with respect and the respect was reciprocated every time. People walked away with a smile and I smiled with them. The young man who purchased my lawnmower must have needed it because the relief on his face was evident when I quoted the price.
Their need struck me. Several of my visitors walked over from one of the main avenues only a few streets away. I must pass their homes daily, never giving them a thought or even a glance. As we talked and bargained, late model SUV’s trundled past, heading out of the neighborhood, their occupants staring at us as they passed. People said “thank you” and shook my hand. We exchanged names, neighborhood updates on traffic and congestion, and political commentary.
I probably gave away too much and priced lower than I could have. However, what I received in return for used goods that I no longer wanted was more than worthwhile. Said one man as we discussed the cushion-less couch in the mid-afternoon, “You understand; you have a good heart.” I truly got more out of my garage sale than profit.
As for the silver-plated serving pieces that started this process, on my wife’s advice, I swept them up into a box and sold them in bulk for a quick price to the purchaser of the dresser. I placed them in her car to be doubly sure she took them. There was a happy dance on the driveway when her car disappeared around the corner. | <urn:uuid:35cfcf01-0479-4135-913a-653f3b31afd1> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,001 |
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Chrome OS has been around for quite a few years now, and it is constantly getting tweaked in ways that we may or may not like. As Chromebooks are rising in sales, Google wants to make sure that it is not leaving any stone unturned in the operating system’s functionality or aesthetic appeal. To that end, Chrome OS comes with a variety of relatively light window animations. Now, there are always those of us who would much prefer that our Chromebooks do their job straightforwardly without wasting processing power on animations. This can especially be a concern for cheap low-end Chromebooks with weak hardware. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to disable window animations on Chrome OS.
Now, in order to change the animation settings on Chrome OS, we are going to have to edit the operating system’s files. In order to get to these files, your Chromebook needs to be on Developer Mode. This means compromising on the tight security on Chrome OS, and is only recommended if you are an enthusiast and don’t absolutely need your Chromebook to ‘just work’ all the time.
Backing Up and Recovery
Enabling Developer Mode formats your Chromebook, so all your locally stored files (i.e. the Downloads folder) will be erased. Hence, it is a good idea to backup the files on your Downloads folder to a USB Drive or Hard Disk. Also, playing around with Developer mode runs the risk of breaking your operating system, so we will go ahead and create a recovery image so that in case anything happens, you can go back to your good old Chrome OS.
You need to have a pen drive with at least 4GB of storage for creating a recovery image. Download Chromebook Recovery Utility from the Chrome Web Store. Open the app and enter your Model number, which will be listed right above the text box.
Then, insert your pen drive and follow the simple steps to create a recovery image on your USB drive. Once you are done, we can proceed to enabling developer mode.
Enable Developer Mode
Older Chromebooks have a manual switch to toggle Developer mode. On more recent Chromebooks, the switch can be made by pressing Esc + Refresh + Power button together. When you do so, your Chromebook will reboot and you will be greeted with this screen.
Don’t worry about the message. Chrome OS should be intact and working. Just press Ctrl + D on this screen. On the next screen, you will be asked to press Enter if you want to turn OS verification off (screenshot below), which we want to do.
Go ahead and press ENTER. Your Chromebook will reboot, and you will be greeted with this screen on start-up.
Press Ctrl + D to skip this screen. After this, you will be taken to a final confirmatory screen, and your Chromebook will then start transitioning to Developer Mode. This process can take come time (around 15-20 minutes) so sit back and relax.
The ‘OS verification is OFF’ screen will appear again and you can press Ctrl + D to skip it. You will then be taken to your good old Chrome OS login screen. (Note that the OS verification screen will appear every time on start-up while in Developer mode, and you can always press Ctrl + D to skip it, or Spacebar to turn off Developer mode and reset your Chromebook to default.)
Turning Off Animations
Now that your Chromebook is in developer mode, we can make the necessary changes to turn off those unnecessary animations. To do so, open Google Chrome and press Ctrl + Alt + T to open the Chrome OS developer shell.
In the developer shell, type the command shell to access the command terminal.
Once you are there, you are going to have to do some copy pasting. In order to turn off animations, we have to edit a config file in Chrome OS. To ensure that Chrome OS doesn’t undo these edits, we will first have to turn off rootfs verification. Please note that once you disable rootfs verification, the only way to get your Chromebook back to it’s normal default state is to flash the recovery image created on your USB drive.
In order to disble rootfs verification, paste this command in the terminal, right beside chronos@localhost / $
sudo /usr/share/vboot/bin/make_dev_ssd.sh –remove_rootfs_verification
(Pasting on terminal can only be done through a right click or double-tap. Ctrl + V does not work).
Press ENTER, and then reboot your device. Rootfs should successfully be disabled. Now, finally, to the part where we turn off animations. Go to the Chrome OS terminal and type ‘shell’, like you just did. Once you are at ‘chronos@localhost / $’ again, paste these lines onto the terminal.
This command should turn off window animations for good. If you just want to turn off animations temporarily and have them reset the next time you turn on your Chromebook, you can follow every part of the tutorial above except the part about disabling rootfs verification.
That’s it. The process is pretty long, but in the end, it feels good to be able to tweak your device to fit your needs. We hope that Google will make it easier to turn off window animations on Chrome OS (like on Android). For those who can’t wait, though, there’s always a way out. | <urn:uuid:7211165b-f3b8-49a3-b3cc-9076c1d609a4> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 5,074 |
A lot of San Franciscans are saying “no thanks” to the Affordable Care Act. As the cost of living rises in the city, even subsidized health insurance doesn’t feel affordable to many residents.
Supervisor David Campos says that, as a result, not enough people in the city are signing up for health insurance. He wants to change that.
“Without supplemental help, many people won’t get insurance,” he says.
For example, a person who makes less than $46,000/year can get financial assistance from the federal government to help pay the health insurance premium. That subsidy could bring a monthly payment for a silver plan originally quoted at $400 down to $200. But Campos says that’s still too much for many local residents who are struggling to pay skyrocketing rents.
“The subsidies that are provided are the same nationwide. A subsidy of ‘X’ amount in Iowa means something different in San Francisco,” he says.
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This, of course, only underscores the lengths that the hacking community will go to in an effort to get something of value from any unsuspecting user. Although scareware will probably never be as big as genuine ransomware, it’s certainly an innovative attack vector, and fear is a powerful weapon indeed.
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Publication Date: 1987
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Report on the Sixth Workshop on Chinese Linguistics.
Journal of Chinese Linguistics, v15 n2 p374-76 Jun 1987
Summarizes 10 presentations made at the workshop on a variety of topics including: classification of Chinese dialects; the importance of semantic units in tone sandhi; insights on Chinese character recognition among brain-damaged patients; and a cognitive approach to the study of Chinese grammar. (TR)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Information Analyses
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January 17, 2007 12:00 IST
Two Border Security Force personnel, including an officer, were injured in cross-border firing along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu early on Wednesday as the force foiled an infiltration bid supported by cover firing from Pak Rangers, a BSF spokesman said.
A patrol party of BSF found militants trying to infiltrate at the Matkola border outpost in Jammu district at around 0240 hours, and the ultras fired at the security personnel, he told PTI.
The militants were supported by firing from Pakistani Rangers, but the infiltration bid was foiled, he said.
In the exchange of fire, one sub-inspector, Avinash Chandar, received bullet injuries in his chest while another jawan, Prasad, was also injured.
Both of them have been admitted to the military hospital in Jammu.
Asked whether the incident was a violation of the 2003 ceasefire, the spokesman said Pakistani Rangers also fired from their positions across the border and the situation is being monitored.
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Once again good news has had a half-life in the markets of less than 24 hours. Just as news of Spain’s bank bailout rallied markets and sentiment for only a few hours, a Greek election outcome as good as could have been hoped did not buoy markets for even a day. There could be no clearer evidence that the strategy of vowing that the European system will hold together, doing the minimum to address each crisis as it comes and promising to build a system that is sound in the long run has run its course.
Nor is the Group of 20 leading economies, whose leaders conclude their meeting today, likely to change anything soon. Europe’s troubled economies will demand more emphasis on growth, lower interest rates on their official debts and more transfers. The Germans will show sympathy with the aim of reform but will insist that financial integration coincide with political integration. The rest of the world will express exasperation with Europe’s failures and demand more be done. Officials blessed with more diplomatic than economic insight or courage will produce a communiqué expressing a measure of satisfaction with the steps under way, recognising the need to do more and looking forward to continued dialogue. The only good thing is that expectations are so low this will barely disappoint markets.
The truth is that Europe’s debtors and creditors are both right. The borrowers are right that austerity and internal devaluation have never been a successful growth strategy, certainly not when major trading partners are stagnating. In the few cases where fiscal consolidations have preceded growth, they have either involved stagnation relative to previous levels of income (as in Ireland and the Baltics) or buoyant demand associated with surging exports, increasing competitiveness and low borrowing costs (many euro members in the early years). The borrowers are also right to claim that even a previously healthy economy will quickly become very sick if forced to operate for several years with interest rates far above growth rates, as is the case across southern Europe. And experience clearly shows that structural reform is always harder when an economy is contracting and there is no sector to absorb those displaced by reform.
Those wary of institutionalising financial integration without serious political integration are right as well. In a sound system, those with deep pockets who act either as borrowers or as guarantors must have control over borrowing decisions. A system where I borrow and you repay is a prescription for profligacy. This is why there is now so much discussion of eurozone bonds and Europe-wide deposit insurance being linked with much deeper political integration.
But there are two problems lying behind the soft references to greater integration. The first is the question of who really has control. If decisions are genuinely to be made at eurozone level, it is far from clear that there is any majority or even plurality support for responsible policies. If the idea is that the eurozone will be modelled on the European Central Bank – a European facade behind which Teutonic policies are pushed – it is far from clear that this will or should be acceptable across the continent.
The second problem is the scale of the transfers that could be involved. A good guess would be that during the US savings and loans crisis, the American south-west received a transfer from the rest of the country equal to at least 20 per cent of its gross domestic product. Is there a real will to commit to potential transfers of this scale in Europe? Maybe all of this can be resolved but it will surely not happen quickly.
Not all problems can be solved. It is not certain that the full repayment of all currently contracted sovereign debts, sustainable growth for all, and the eurozone retaining all its current members will prove feasible. The private sector is making clear that it recognises this painful reality. Official sector planning needs to recognise it as well. Outside Europe, even as leaders hope for the best they need to plan for the worst, ensuring adequate liquidity and demand in their economies even if Europe’s situation deteriorates rapidly. The fortification of the International Monetary Fund is a start but policy makers need also to consider national policies, trade, finance and social safety nets.
But a eurozone collapse would be a disaster that might define our era. Its prospect must focus the minds of all at the G20 summit on action. Non-Europeans must persuade Europeans that the rules change when the stakes rise. The ECB’s credibility will mean little if there is no longer a common currency.
Setting the right precedent seemed far more important 24 hours before Lehman’s collapse than 24 hours after it. Now is the time for radical cuts in the rates charged by official creditors to European sovereigns; for a willingness to subordinate official debts; and for expansionary monetary policies in Europe that prevent deflation and encourage the growth that can create jobs and reduce debts. Only if the system is preserved can its future be debated.
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A sudden decrease or increase in appetite can be indicative of an underlying issue. Cats that refuse to eat or overeat may have health concerns.
Occasional vomiting may not be concerning, but frequent or persistent vomiting and diarrhea can signal gastrointestinal problems.
3. Litter Box Behavior
Any change in urination or defecation habits, such as straining, blood in the urine, or inappropriate elimination, could be a sign of illness.
Cats are typically active and playful. If your cat becomes lethargic, weak, or less interested in play, it may be unwell.
Respiratory symptoms like coughing and sneezing can indicate infections or allergies.
6. Changes in Coat
Dull or matted fur, bald patches, or skin sores can indicate skin issues or allergies.
7. Weight Loss or Gain
Unexplained weight loss or gain may be a sign of an underlying health problem.
8. Behavioral Changes
Sudden changes in behavior, such as increased aggression, hiding, or excessive vocalization, may indicate discomfort or stress.
While not every symptom requires an immediate vet visit, some signs should prompt you to seek professional care without delay. These include:
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- Loss of consciousness
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- Inability to urinate or defecate
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Prevention is often the best medicine. Ensure your cat receives regular check-ups with the vet and stays up to date on vaccinations. A balanced diet, regular exercise, and a stress-free environment can contribute to your cat’s overall health.
Recognizing signs of illness in your cat is a vital skill for every cat owner. By paying attention to changes in behavior, appetite, and physical appearance, you can ensure your feline friend receives timely and appropriate care when needed.
Are there specific signs that cats commonly hide when they’re unwell?
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Can a cat’s age influence the signs of illness it displays?
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Many small businesses use the tax method of accounting because it helps with filing tax returns at year-end. This methodology is not compliant with generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP. Rather, the tax-basis of accounting belongs to OCBOA -- other comprehensive basis of accounting. Many banks and investors accept the tax method of accounting, making it acceptable and effective for many small firms.
Many firms use GAAP and convert the numbers at year-end to properly report and file their returns. However, this process can be complicated, with differences that must be tracked, in detail, for many years. For example, a firm following GAAP would capitalize expensive equipment, but in some situations, the business could expense the entire purchase in its tax returns. Depreciation can also vary between GAAP and tax, creating two sets of accounting calculations. Differences between the two methods trigger reconciliations, increasing the possibility for errors and accounting complexity. Using one accounting setup, such as tax basis, keeps the financial situation simpler and more straightforward.
Many firms call in professional accountants to prepare their financial statements and tax returns. When the basis of the financial statements differs from the taxes, more time and energy is spent in this process, which in turn generates higher fees. Businesses often move to tax accounting basis when changes required by GAAP are too costly. This is the case with small construction firms that are required to use the percentage-of-completion method and to compute deferred taxes to comply with GAAP -- a complex and expensive proposition. These firms may be better off using tax basis of accounting.
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Holt, Joseph, 1807–94, American public official, judge advocate general of the U.S. army (1862–75), b. Breckinridge co., Ky. He became a widely known lawyer and political speaker in the old Southwest. For his services to the Democratic party, President Buchanan appointed him commissioner of patents in 1857, and in 1859 he became postmaster general. He was secretary of war from January to Mar., 1861. After the secession movement began, Holt, previously sympathetic to the South, gave unhesitating allegiance to the Union. Appointed (Sept., 1862) to the new office of judge advocate general, Holt supported and carried out President Lincoln's desire for an extension of military jurisdiction over many civil matters, including the trials of political prisoners. The trial and punishment of John Wilkes Booth's accomplices, however, especially the hanging of Mary E. Surratt , on questionable evidence and with evidence favorable to the defendants suppressed, brought a reaction against Holt and the power he had assumed. The radical Republicans in Congress, however, kept him in office until 1875.
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Windsor is the place to be in Canada since it offers everything for everyone, including protection, accessibility, an affordable cost of living, a diverse population, and enjoyment.It’s not only because we’re close to Detroit; it’s not the only thing that sets us apart.Windsor is a rapidly expanding city that now has a population of over 210,000 people.It is dedicated to becoming a dynamic destination that promotes the city’s cultural variety.
Is it a good idea to move to Windsor Ontario?
The city of Windsor is well-known for having housing costs that are lower than average. You will be in Detroit in only ten minutes, and for such a small city, it has a surprising number of exciting entertainment alternatives. If you want to work in the industrial or tourist industries, this place is perfect for you.
Is Windsor cheaper than Toronto?
Comparison of the Cost of Living In between the two cities of Toronto and Windsor In order to maintain the same level of living in Windsor that is possible with 6,900.00 Canadian dollars in Toronto, you would need around 5,616.37 Canadian dollars (assuming you rent in both cities). For the purpose of comparing costs of living, this calculation use our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index.
What is the best area to live in Windsor Ontario?
- This is a brief tour of some of the neighborhoods that are high on my list of favorites. Walkerville: People who are creative have discovered a home for themselves in this picturesque neighborhood of Windsor
- South Windsor: With such a wide variety of locations to see and activities to do, South Windsor is a good option for travelers of almost any financial means.
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- Olde Riverside:
Is it expensive to live in Windsor Ontario?
The following is a summary on the expense of living in Windsor, Canada: The anticipated monthly expenditures for a family of four are 3,258 dollars (4,127 Canadian dollars), excluding rent.Without taking into account rent, the anticipated monthly expenditures for a single individual are 912 dollars (1,155 Canadian dollars).The cost of living in Windsor is 32.91 percent cheaper than that in New York (without rent).
Is living in Windsor Nice?
The Queen was born and raised in Windsor, making it a city steeped in royal history. Nevertheless, it does the region an injustice to believe that life in Windsor provides nothing more than royal attractions to its residents. This town in the Berkshires is known for its exciting nightlife, its hip eateries, and its enticing shopping opportunities.
Is Windsor a poor city?
Article content. More than a third of the people who live in the city’s core neighborhoods are living in conditions that are far worse than poverty, making Windsor the most economically stratified urban region in the whole country.
Is Windsor weather better than Toronto?
In comparison to Toronto, the summers in Windsor tend to be warmer, while the winters are milder and shorter. This city with a population of 320,000 is located in the Great Lakes region, has water on three sides (Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, and the Detroit River), is a popular border crossing to the United States, and is the entrance to more than 20 wineries in the surrounding area.
Is Windsor a good place to raise a family?
5. Windsor, Ontario (Canada) Why it’s a wonderful option for households: The cost of food is quite inexpensive, there are a good number of mom social organizations, and the infant mortality rate is among the lowest in the country.
What is the coldest month in Windsor Ontario?
The cold season begins on December 2 and continues until March 10, during which time the average daily high temperature is lower than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. January in Windsor has an average low temperature of 21 degrees Fahrenheit and a high temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This makes it the coldest month of the year.
Is Windsor a safe place?
Additionally, the city’s crime severity index rose by around 23% during this time period. Despite the spike in crime rates that have been reported by Windsor police, the mayor of Windsor, Drew Dilkens, and the temporary chief of police, Pam Mizuno, have given people the assurance that their city is still secure.
What is Windsor Ontario known for?
Windsor is well-known as ″The Automotive Capital of Canada″ because to its link to the original Ford Motor Factory, which was located in the city. Even in the modern day, it continues to be a pioneer in the automobile business; yet, it is more widely known for its casino and its yearly fireworks show.
Does Windsor get a lot of snow?
Even though it’s the warmest city in Ontario, Windsor still gets hit hard by the winter.In comparison, snow depths of more than 1 centimeter are seen on approximately 10 days each year in Vancouver, 35 days in Penticton, 65 days in Toronto, 88 days in Calgary, 120 days in Ottawa, and 132 days in Winnipeg.Windsor experiences snow depths of greater than 1 cm on approximately 53 days each year.
How much does Hydro cost in Windsor Ontario?
Consumers Who Participate in the Regulated Price Plan (RPP)
|Residential||Effective November 1, 2021 until January 17, 2022||Effective February 8, 2022 until October 31, 2022.|
|Off-Peak (lowest demand)||$0.082 / kWh||$0.082 / kWh|
|Mid-Peak (moderate demand)||$0.113 / kWh||$0.113 / kWh|
|On-Peak (highest demand)||$0.170 / kWh||$0.170 / kWh|
Is Essex Ontario a good place to live?
The peace and quiet that can be found in Essex makes it an attractive place to live. According to Statistics Canada, it is ranked thirteenth out of nearly three hundred towns in terms of safety, which ranks it among the safest locations to reside in the all of Canada. | <urn:uuid:dd9512a5-55f7-4d99-a82c-63b02764e470> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 5,651 |
Paper No. 347-12
Presentation Time: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
SLIP RATES OF CHAMAN FAULT SYSTEM, PAKISTAN
Chaman Fault System is one of the longest (~1000 km) strike-slip faults forming the western boundary of the India plate with Eurasia. Chaman Fault System consists of three major predominantly active left-lateral strike-slip faults including Ornach Nal Fault, Ghazaband Fault and Chaman Fault. Recently, a 5.4 Mw magnitude earthquake was recorded near Qilla Abdullah along Chaman Fault on May 13th, 2016. Slip rates for this fault system are well constrained, especially on its splay faults. This study used remote sensing and previous geological maps and created updated maps for Chaman Fault System. Remote sensing data allowed for detailed mapping of faults. In order to quantify the slip rates, we used a time series of ENVISAT ASAR images. A stacking SAR technique, referred to as Small Baseline Subset (SBAS), was used. This study also utilized a 2D time migration seismic reflection data that include eight lines to map the probable extension of the fault zones and interpret the subsurface structures. Fault damage zones caused discontinuity on seismic section that are used to identify Chaman Fault System and its splay faults at depth. Combination of remote sensing and seismic profiles helped in understanding the strain accumulation and distribution along Chaman Fault System from surface to subsurface. | <urn:uuid:e2486639-4690-4ec4-ab8d-f5752b092bf3> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 1,410 |
As you have already done your study on the problem. Its time to look out for the solution.
There are two ways to run linux on/with your native windows.
1. Dual Boot
2. Running Linux using VmWare or Virtual Box.
Solution 1 is little complicated for which it asks for the advance knowledge on memory and partitions.
Where as in Solution 2 you need not to be very advance to understand the how partition's works.
Solution 2 is easy to start with, and software required for it is also free in the market.
VM stands for the Virtual Machine. Virtual Machine can run on your Linux as well as on Windows.
VM facilitates you to use as many as OS on your native OS depending on your system configuration.
So you can run Windows and Linux BOTH AT SAME TIME as you needed.
Download virtual box 5.1.22 is available recently on the internet.
Also you will need image for Linux14.04 .
Step to Install Linux on Virtual Machine (VM) :
1. Click on Oracle VM VirtualBox
2. Go to New
3. A widow will pop up with tittle Create Virtual Machine. Enter the Name , Type (linux) and version.
4. Then press Next, give memory size as 1024MB(you can give more as per your system configuration- this is RAM).
5. Then click next.
6. Hard Disk section will come, there select Create a virtual hard disk now.
7. Click on Create.
8. In Hard Disk File Type , select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image).
9. Then next, and select Fixed Size in Storage on physical hard disk section.
10. Go to Next
11. In File Location and size click on folder icon.
12. Give name and the path for creation of VDI. Along with the size. (Virtual Hard disk)
13. By default will be "C:\Users\\VirtualBox VMs\" . Better not to keep it in C Drive.
14. Press create on the same page.
15. Now Virtual Hard Disk will get created in some time.
16. Select the name of machine you created. Will be visible in Oracle VM VirtualBox
17. Select it and click on start.
18. In next window, you have to give the path of the Linux Image.
19. Follow the instruction and your Linux is ready to run.
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Utilityman Eugenio Velez also was not tendered a contract. Velez, who has spent parts of the last four seasons with the Giants, wasn't eligible for arbitration, but the move cleared a spot on the 40-man roster.
[T]he Giants will discuss a Minor League deal for Velez, who hit .256 in 225 games in the Majors. Regarding Velez, Sabean said, "His situation was going to get a little bit tenuous. We didn't see how he was going to make the team coming out of Spring Training."
Velez's numbers weren't that impressive in his final year and he didn't see the field much. After a brief stint in 2007 where he went 3 for 5 and had a decent batting average of .262 in 2008 and .267 in 2009, he went into a hitting slump this season, only managing nine hits in 55 at-bats. He played only 29 games, and this move was destined to happen.
Here are some of his colorful moments as a Giant.
- Wearing a jersey that spelled out "S-A-N F-R-A-N-C-I-C-S-O". Whoops.
- Hit in the head by a foul ball ... while in the dugout.
- One of the strangest hitting stances in baseball history.
- Sliding to home plate by coming inside rather than taking the outside edge ... and making it work.
It feels weird to poke fun now that he’s looking for a job. He seems like a pleasant fellow who was liked by his teammates. And when the Giants won the World Series, Velez was just as jubilant as anyone celebrating on the field. He was a good Giant. Just not, you know, a good Giant. I used to maintain that Velez was a decent choice to be a 25th man on a roster. He’s fast, he can switch-bat, and he can fill in at different infield and outfield positions. I’m not completely against the notion now, but there was a point when I realized that if I was constantly nervous about a guy screwing up on the bases, maybe his speed wasn’t exactly a weapon. The same sentence could be written about his defensive foibles negating his versatility, or his complete inability to hit left-handers negating his switch-batting.
But to not have Velez on the Giants? That’s just weird. He’ll land somewhere on a minor league deal, and he might even break spring training on a team’s bench, but he’s not going to be a Giant anymore. Bizarre.
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Client Massage Therapist Charged with Sexual Battery, Facing 15 years of PrisonFound Not Guilty!
A massage therapist was accused of raping his client during a massage he performed on her. He was arrested after denying any sexual contact with the alleged victim but after his sperm was found from a vaginal swab taken from her. After the state offered plea deals ranging from 8 to 12 years of prison, and with the client facing 15 years of prison if convicted, the client’s case was set for trial.
Sexual Battery In Florida
Sexual battery, also known as rape, occurs when an individual has non-consensual anal, oral, or vaginal penetration using an object or their sex organ. Consent is when the alleged victim knowingly allows the defendant to perform those actions without the inclusion of coercion. Penalties for sexual battery are given based on the age of the offender and the victim. This crime is aggressively prosecuted in the state.
Sexual batters must complete all prison time given to them. There is not an option for early release. Under Florida law, everyone convicted of rape will also be placed on the sexual offenders or sexual predators list. The offender will be placed on this list for life. The offender will also need to think about travel, due to the fact that there are specific sexual offender registration laws and regulations across the United States.
Sexual battery is a second-degree felony. It is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, 15 years of probation time, and a fine of $10,000. Sexual battery is a level 8 offense under the Florida Criminal Punishment Code. Any judge is required to give at least 7.75 years in prison with a 2-year sexual probation term.
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RESULT: The Defense prepared for trial by taking many depositions of crucial witnesses and from those depositions developed a strategy for the strategic defense of the case, based also upon the account of the client. At a multiple-day trial, the defense argued consent by the alleged victim, despite the client’s initial denial of any sexual contact with her, and the defense was able to create enough reasonable doubt about the State’s case that a jury found the client Not Guilty of the charge of sexual battery as well as any lesser included offenses! Our client went home as a free and innocent man! | <urn:uuid:da641fc9-321c-4cad-944f-e281e891e995> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,097 |
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Place a medium pot of lightly salted water over high heat and bring to a boil.
In a small bowl add soy, ginger, fish sauce, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, sugar, and sriracha mixing until combined. Set aside.
In a large pan heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat and add shrimp. Cook until pink, about 3-4 minutes on each side. Add sauce and turn heat to the lowest possible setting and let the shrimp simmer in the sauce for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
When your water is boiling, add rice noodles and cook according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water.
To serve pile noodles, a helping of steamed vegetables, several shrimp, and a couple spoonfuls of sauce from the pan into a bowl. Garnish with scallions and enjoy! | <urn:uuid:a9a22d2e-b7fd-4ede-ae05-d7e9ab306d84> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 855 |
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“There are too many good bookstores in Brooklyn,” Bob Contant said. Contant is one of two co-owners of St. Mark’s Bookshop, the embattled last independent bookstore standing in the East Village. He was explaining to me why he wouldn’t consider a move to what’s generally deemed New York’s most literary borough. “They don’t need another one. What we’ve always focused on in terms of subjects areas and specialties, it’s really in the East Village. We have an anarchist section, which most stores don’t. There’s still remnants of politics and poetry — we focus on both. There’s still a home for that here.”
But that home is in crisis, and has been for two and a half years. The problems began in the fall of 2011, when news spread that the bookstore — beloved for its literary and artistic offerings, which often leans towards the obscure, esoteric, and DIY — was struggling to pay its $20,000/month rent. The bookstore approached its landlord, Cooper Union, asking for a $5,000 reduction, but the school refused. A petition was circulated, garnering more than 44,000 signatures, and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer stepped in to mediate. By the end of that year, St. Mark’s had a $5,000 monthly rent reduction and $7,500 in debt forgiven by the school. The bookstore, the literary community it represents, even Stringer, celebrated. “Every time we save a local bookstore we save a local community,” the borough president said at the time.
The victory was short-lived: the rent reduction was temporary. As St. Mark’s co-owner Terry McCoy explained to me, “It was a one-year reduction, and then it went back to the original escalations in the lease.” Which means St. Mark’s was once again left with a rent it couldn’t pay and the task of finding a new home, as well as the money with which to acquire said home.
“We’ve been burned twice,” Contant said, referring to the store’s attempts to move, always within the East Village. The first try involved a large space that would have been divided, with St. Mark’s taking part of it. “We went through a four-month lease negotiation, we submitted architect’s plans, they committed to doing landlord’s work, we were at the point of signing the lease, and then they rented to a party that was taking the whole space without saying anything to us. We really felt burned on that.”
The second attempt was a space on 12th Street. “This was holiday season not this past year but the year previous,” Contant said. “We were at the point of signing a lease there, and the landlord went on vacation during the holidays for three weeks. When he came back, he had sold the building to another party.”
A third scheme is currently in the works, but given the rocky history, Contant was reluctant to share details. He and McCoy have a lease in hand, for a city-owned space that’s smaller than their current home but seems “encouraging.” “There’s a lot of things up in the air, but nothing’s settled yet,” he said.
Another piece of the puzzle that remains unsettled is the store’s relationship with Cooper Union. Facing their own massive financial difficulties, Cooper’s board voted last month to charge students tuition for the first time in its 155-year history. It’s no wonder they want a tenant that can pay market price on St. Mark’s present space, which sits at the prominent corner of Stuyvesant Street and Third Avenue. Contant told me the bookshop is hoping to get “some financial aid” from Cooper to help with move, but negotiations are ongoing. Justin Harmon, vice president of communications at the school, wouldn’t speak to the substance of the conversations, saying only, “There’s been a lot of discussion. It’s a little bit hard to characterize. I know they’re hoping to identify a new location and in whatever we can be supportive of their ongoing success, we’d like to be able to do that.”
Some St. Mark’s supporters are critical of Cooper Union’s part in St. Mark’s plight. “What is the role of these education institutions?” asked, John Oakes, co-founder of OR Books. “What is the role of these huge nonprofits, like Cooper Union or NYU? Part of the role is to be good community participants, members of the community.” Oakes said he found it “doubly appalling” that the bookshop’s landlord is a college.
But Margarita Shalina, St. Mark’s small press buyer and events coordinator, stressed that Cooper had been “gentle and patient” in its dealings with the store over the past few years.
Presuming they do sign that lease on that promising new East Village location, Contant and McCoy still need to find a way to raise enough money to make the move. The shop held an online auction of rare books in December, but “that seemed to be a bust,” Contant said, making barely a dent in the “couple hundred thousand dollars” they need. To that end, they’ll be launching an Indiegogo campaign soon — not the first time they’ve turned to crowdfunding — and have also formed a Friends of St. Mark’s Bookshop Committee to brainstorm and implement other ideas. Spearheaded by Erica Hunt, a consultant who generally works with nonprofits (which St. Mark’s is not, although it’s obviously struggling to be profitable), the committee held its first meeting two weekends ago.
In a by-now familiar refrain, yet one that seems to sound truer each time it’s spoken, Contant lamented the uncertain future of many of the places that give New York City its character, not just the bookstores. “All kinds of small retail businesses are being forced out,” he said, giving the example of a shoe-repair place on 59th Street called Jim’s, “real professionals” who’ve been in their storefront for 82 years. As Contant told it, he was dropping off a pair of boots a few weeks ago when he noticed a petition to save Jim’s. He asked about the situation, and “the woman said, ‘Duane Reade wants to expand, and they’re offering our landlord more than we can afford to pay.’ The Duane Reade is enormous — what do they need another 500 feet for? It’s just heartbreaking. If it’s not Duane Reade, it’s a bank. The irony is, people don’t even use banks anymore. They just want to have the footprint in the city that’s totally dominant.”
And so, perhaps more urgently than ever, St. Mark’s must find a way to stay. “We’re committed to the East Village,” Contant said. “We’ve been here for 36 years. It’s our home.” | <urn:uuid:eb51b502-4fdb-4249-95a4-b2db5f9dda10> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,384 |
With a focus on detail that has become incumbent on so many facets of public education, it is shocking how many terms get thrown around at the macro-level that cannot be defined without using the terms themselves. If a student defined the word metaphor, as "a collection of words that is metaphorical," an educator would raise the fallacy of such a definition. It is precisely this kind of logic that has pervaded public education over the past few years. "Student Achievement" has become a label that can be bandied, sold and put on the "spin" cycle to news outlets. Try to define "Student Achievement" as a movement without using the word "achievement" in the explanation and you'll realize how the word "achievement" has very little concrete value except for those who are gatekeepers of the standard.
Achievement is political fodder. It refers to variables that shift to meet political climates and news cycle expediency. Education, at its truest, is immeasurable. It is internalized and encompasses all aspects of a learner's life. Achievement is about high standardized test scores. Education is about being able to integrate knowledge into life. Achievement is about being labelled at-risk when considered below average. Education is personal, and not subject to the abilities or collective grade point scores of people who happen to be the same age. Achievement is about preparing voters for elections. Education is about preparing students for life.
Politicians have filtered down core beliefs like "all students can succeed" and "no child left behind", not as a starting point to investigate the real issues behind threats to education, but instead to insist that the solutions to all education problems rest in classrooms. The last thing a politician wants to admit, because of the enormous costs and undertakings involved, is that socio-economic status is traditionally the greatest determinant of student success. If a government would ever admit that the core cause of education risk is not in schools, but in homes, they could truly begin to tackle some of the issues that plague our system.
By sliding the achievement scale to whatever suits current political needs, the governments have side-stepped inadequate funding issues that plague public education. Further, they have deflected the attention from improving social programs to improving test scores. Student Achievement as a collective statistic should never take the place of an individual student's education. When the second is sacrificed for the first, the political will induces tragedy. Any government can say students are smarter than five or ten years ago when standardized test scores can be manipulated by altering the test content or evaluation procedures. Graduation rates can be manipulated at school or district level. As long as achievement remains the goal over education…
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If john killed laura meyer next...
opens possibilities, questions, rhetoric...
satisfies the undertaker.
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Abstract banter caused dubious evaluations;
For good hindsight is joined keenly level.
Moreover new opinions permit quagmires,
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Jupiter Christian School president, Doctor Dave Breslin, has resigned following a controversy.
According to school officials, Breslin violated employee policies including being alone with a student in a room not open to viewing.
Jupiter Police Department says that an investigation has determined that there was no improper contact with the student, but the school board determined that Breslin violated employee policies and he decided to resign.
Dr. Joe Kloba, chairman of the board at Jupiter Christian School, released the following statement regarding the former president's resignation:
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Last year was supposed to be the breakout year for North Carolina. “It's time,” Larry Fedora said. By the end of the season, the Tar Heels had the worst defense in school history and a locker room rife with dissension and fractured chemistry.
This year, though, was really supposed to be the breakout year for North Carolina. The defense was retooled under new coordinator Gene Chizik. The offensive line, a weakness last season, returned intact and a year older, protecting a plethora of talented skill players led by quarterback Marquise Williams.
Year 4 of the Fedora regime began Thursday with so many of the same issues as the first three years, only with fewer excuses.
After one game, we don't know what these Tar Heels are yet. We do know, however, what they aren't: This is not the kind of team that's going to explore new territory for North Carolina football. It may still win an ACC championship, or the Coastal Division, but if Thursday is any indication, eight wins is once again the ceiling.
South Carolina looked like a middle-of-the-pack Coastal Division team Thursday. And the Tar Heels still contrived to lose the game, 17-13.
What can you say about an offense that piles up 440 yards and 20 first downs but only 13 points, thanks to three interceptions in the red zone by a fifth-year quarterback?
What can you say about a coaching staff that leaves an unstoppable running back on the sideline inside the 10-yard line with the game hanging in the balance late in the fourth quarter?
What can you say about a defense that gives up only 17 points – a performance that was a full order of magnitude better than any the Tar Heels produced a year ago – and it still isn't enough to win?
You can say it's another would-be breakthrough season, broken already.
So much more of the same: The game-winning touchdown was scored on a big play, a 48-yard run against a worn-down defense. Players who should be showing improvement at this point in their careers appear to have regressed, Williams in particular. And Fedora will spend the rest of the season trying to explain why Elijah Hood didn't get the ball with the game on the line. His convoluted first attempt Thursday night certainly didn't make any headway.
It was merely one of several questionable decisions from the North Carolina coaching staff.
On the game's most pivotal play, Williams said the Tar Heels ran the same play they ran in the first quarter when Williams threw the ball straight to South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore. And once again, Williams threw the ball straight to Moore, standing in almost exactly the same spot.
Same play. Same result. Game over.
Williams willingly accepted blame, but really, how much of it should fall on him for that particular play?
Fedora has described last season's offense as “average,” but it was largely overshadowed by an inept defense, protecting first-year offensive coordinator Seth Littrell from the same acute criticism ex-defensive coordinator Vic Koenning received.
The defense looked good Thursday, but there's no excuse for a team with the amount of offensive skill talent as North Carolina to give up 17 points and lose. None at all. Especially to a mediocre SEC team that had a fraction of the raw talent it had when the Tar Heels were beaten up in Columbia two years ago.
That season ended 7-6. Last season ended 6-7. The Tar Heels had a chance to show against South Carolina they were capable of better things. All they showed Thursday was more of the same.
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The following is originally posted to newsgroup “comp.lang.lisp”, regarding online posting behavior.
Hi lispers and functional people!
As you might know, recently i wrote few essays in response to posts here, explaining my behaviors in newsgroup posting. (See: • Aloofness vs Approachable, • (Knowledge + Love) / Disrespectfulness, • Why Can't You Be Normal?)
Recently, there is a thread of some 130 posts going on in gnu.emacs.help, see: http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/fa98e2d90ee1097b.
I only posted 4 messages in that thread and in the very beginning. The thread became a wild fire about emacs modernization issue of terminologies and user interface.
Most of these post, i consider most, absolutely, stupid, idiotic, to the most degree. Their facts are not facts. Their opinions are the most ignorant, blind. I don't want to spend some 30 minutes to edit this sentence so that it conveys my idea about how i felt about these people cogently… but basically, i'm trying to tell you here, that i consider their writings there, the most stupid. (O Allah, the word stupid is so over used, bland. But they are, or their writings are. Most, stupid. Bizarre. How can i express my feeling about them to you? Again, am not going to spend a lot time to edit this paragraph so it's concise, so i'll just run on with latch on description here… i tell you… like, suppose a bunch of highschool students heatedly debating some social issues with a straight face. Yeah, that's what i feel they are like.)
Honestly. I'm pretty sure these tech geekers consider me the same. What can i say? But what can i do??
As you know, in my essays cited above about my posting behavior, that i don't like to post like a conversationlist in newsgroups, that i spend hours for each of my post, that i don't respond to stupid or trivial posts that apparently have no thought, and that i'm aloof. As you know, i also, have thought about changing some of my posting behavior, so instead of being aloof, i'd behave like a average Joe Bloke, and respond to every and each message when i feel like like a bar-room chatter like them. Not betake the subject too seriously, and not for example be bugged by their stupidity as after all in a bar-room every participant is stupefied and that's the fun of it.
So, i've been thinking, to actually respond to most, if not every, message that addressed me. Don't be so formal or thoughtful. Just knee jerk and write out replies by gut feelings. Of course, also refrain from feeling insulted by their lack of intelligence. I mean, just quickly reply freely and dont start to use words like moron or f���face. No no no Not Just THAT! but just reply in a good natured way, like, in a bar-room and have fun. (O, this i must remind myself. No bad words. No bad tone. No Bad tongue. No Bad tone. No attitude. Be friendly. Be FRIENDLY! Stick to topic. Don't rant off. Dont derail into generalities. Don't become philosophical. Don't get into anything abstract. Ok, maybe summary: Be friendly, be good natured, don't post long, just reply to some points i feel needs to be corrected. Be matter-of-fact but don't emphasize it as if making them feel silly. (O, but with my mastery of english, perhaps i can instill some implicit insult at the stupidity of their writings, yet this be transparent to them. (LOLz, what a joyful thought) (Note to self: ok, if i do this, it must be very very well done so they absolutely don't see it except English professors. Probably best not to venture into this. O STOP! DON'T DO IT!))
You see, the impetus, of low myself down to this conversation style is that it may actually get my ideas across and convince these morons. You know? like Richard P Gabriel's famous Worse is better phenomenon. If i stay aloof and formal, like many functional langs, i may actually gain less mind-share of my ideas and views. Instead, i'd go guerilla. Screw quality. In with quantity. Screw monolithic writings. In with potshots Q ＆ A. Screw being a philosopher. Mix-in with commoner. This way, i will gain followers. You know? Tech geekers, like most human animals, are in dire need of emotional touch. With my great prowess in technology as in the popularity of my website's math and programing tutorials and expositions and commentaries, and my notoriety in past online forum posts of 10+ years, if i just personally responded to some of these tech geekers in a normal fashion, they will quickly become my followers. They will spread my gospels for me, forwardly, without the possibility of me beseeching.
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Herculez Gomez and Jose Francisco Torres are up for sale.
Mexican club Pachuca, which employs the two United States internationals, placed its entire first-team squad on the transfer list in the aftermath of the team's disappointing Clausura campaign. Los Tuzos, not even six months removed from an appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup, finished last in their group, missed out on the liguilla and forced management to consider wholesale changes.
Just because Gomez, Torres and everybody else appear on the transfer list does not mean that they are destined to be elsewhere by the start of next season, but it's a sign that Pachuca is more than willing to listen to offers for their services.
Where would you like to see Gomez and Torres wind up? Another team in Mexico? Staying put at Pachuca? MLS?
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The death of comedienne Joan Rivers might have inspired many tributes – but few of those tributes have been quite this inspired.
It comes courtesy of Hackney Wick station, who marked the 81-year-old comedienne’s passing with this message on one of their information boards.
Evidently the quip – which poked more fun at Joan’s self-confessed fondness for plastic surgery than any actual aspects of her career – proved popular with commuters, given that it swiftly went viral.
Still, we’re sure she would have appreciated the joke.
Joan passed away in Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Thursday, a week after she suffered a cardiac arrest during throat surgery.
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MIAMI COUNTY — The Miami County Commissioners will hold a second public hearing next week regarding the renewal of a 0.25 percent sales tax for another five years.
At the commissioners’ meeting on Thursday, the first public hearing was held with no public comments. A second public hearing will be held at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 16.
The 0.25 percent sales tax was first approved in 2009. If approved, the renewal of the 0.25 percent sales tax would be effective Oct. 1, 2019.
In 2018, the 0.25 percent sale tax collected $3,593,261 in revenue, which is collected in the general fund and is mainly used to fund the Miami County Communication Center and its operations, according to officials.
The 0.25 percent sales tax applies to every retail sales transaction, with the exception of watercraft and outboard motors, requiring title and sales of motor vehicles.
“This is the second time we’ve renewed this tax levy. Sales tax, I think, is the most fair way to levy a tax in this case because it benefits the 9-1-1 center, particularly, a lot of it goes there, and that’s used by the people coming through our county as well as county residents,” said Commissioner Jack Evans.
Evans said Miami County has some of the lowest sales tax in the area and throughout the state.
“There will be no increase in what people are already paying,” Evans said.
Miami County’s current sales tax is 7 percent, one of the lowest in the state and region. Montgomery and Franklin counties sales tax is 7.5 percent and Cuyahoga County is 8 percent — the highest in the state. The following counties have 7.25 percent sales tax: Preble, Darke, Mercer, Shelby, Auglaize, Logan, Champaign and Clark. Greene County has a 6.75 percent sales tax to date.
Commissioner Greg Simmons said when he ran for office he reviewed the tax, noting it was to sunset after five years and was initially used to fund the purchase of county radio systems.
“Since then and unbeknownst to me at that time, I didn’t realize how much needed it was to 9-1-1. And for me to say now what I said then would be taken back a little bit. I realize with our tax base this is something that is needed for 9-1-1 to continue to operate and for our county to operate in the black, which we have been able to do. I just feel like I have to give an explanation because of what I said in the past,” Simmons said. “I realize that it became something other than what it was meant for from the very beginning …”
Commissioner Ted Mercer said there are 55 counties with higher sales tax rates than Miami County.
“We kept the quality of life here in Miami County very good with keeping our sales tax rate where we need it to be. Right now we feel it needs to continue to be in the 7 percent range,” Mercer said. “So I’m in totally in favor of this renewal.”
Miami County Clerk of Courts Jan Mottinger spoke in support of the renewal during general discussion.
“The 9-1-1 center is, as far as I’m concerned, probably one of the best in the state for a county-wide dispatch system. The money has always been used from the sales tax to operate that, so it benefits everybody in the county,” Mottinger said.
Mottinger also noted the other sales taxes are an additional quarter percent or half percent higher in the area than Miami County. Simmons thanked Mottinger for his comment in support of the renewal.
The second public hearing will be held at 9:15 a.m. July 16 at the commissioners’ chambers located on the first floor of the Miami County Safety Building. Commissioners plan to take action on the renewal following the hearing.
• Commissioners also approved the 2020 county budget. The budget includes the opening of the fourth pod at the Incarceration Facility and the addition of the Safety Building and courthouse security to increase the safety for users, according to the press release. The commissioners will hold budget hearings in the fall with elected officials and department heads to discuss final appropriation requests.
The general fund revenues for 2020 are estimated to be $28,891,824. Requested General Fund expenditures are approximately $35,395,506, which represents a 4 percent increase from 2019. Total revenues in all funds for 2020 is projected to be $88,064,164 and appropriations of $97,266,180.
“2019 has been a challenging year, but it is also one the county can be proud of. We have been fiscally responsible and have accomplished a lot. We look forward to working with the elected officials and department heads in establishing the 2020 budget,” said, Simmons, who serves as president.
“A portion of this requested increase is from the Sheriff (David Duchak) to allow for the opening of the fourth pod in the Incarceration Facility. The sheriff has assured us he will do his best to rent beds, adding needed revenue not accounted for in the revenue estimates,” Evans said.
“As a commissioner, I have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure we work with our elected officials to find a path to a balanced budget in 2020. I am confident, through teamwork, we will accomplish this goal,” Mercer said.
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Does she? Does Kellyanne Conway feel like Cinderella before the ball? Let's look at this Cinderella book, which is RIGHT HERE because SOMEBODY wants it read to her 14 times a day but there are too many words so we just make them up like "the birds are helping her make her pretty dress!" and "the cat is bad! bad cat!" and "look, doesn't Cinderella's stepmother remind you of Melon Trump?" and wonksplore!
Is it the part where Cinderella is beautiful and kind, and all the little birds of the forest and mouses of the houses help her to freshen up her dead mom's pretty dress?
Is it the part where the wicked stepsisters rip her dead mom's dress to shreds?
Is it the part where Cinderella is sad because, not to be looksist, but holy Jesus does she need a hot oil treatment?
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Why are the feet like this during the Amarna period?
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Why do the feet in the “Relief of Akhty-hotep” show only the arches?
Akhty-hotep's two left feet were a common feature of ancient Egyptian art. The ancient Egyptians were more interested in completeness and communication rather than realism.
Ancient Egyptians felt that this angle, showing the arch, was the most descriptive angle to show a foot and therefore rendered all two dimensional feet in this way.
If you take a look at the "Royal Feet" in the Amarna Period gallery, you'll notice that the royal woman is shown with two different feet, a unique feature of art during that time period.
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Alliance Global Partners downgraded Sensus Healthcare (NASDAQ:SRTS) to “neutral” and reduced its price target to $2.40 from $6, citing a first quarter earnings preview and model updates. The stock was quoted at $2.55, down 5 cents at mid-day on May 6.
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Tennessee artist brings little-known but historic Thurgood Marshall trial to life
No one knows exactly who fired the shots.
But on a cold February night in 1946, an angry mob threatened the black business district in Columbia, Tenn., and the violence that ensued caught the attention of the entire country.
Artist Bernice Davidson works on her painting of a mural that depicts the inside of the courthouse of Lawrence, County where Thurgood Marshall was the lead defense attorney in a landmark trial at her home in Summertown, Tenn., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 20
Six white men, including four officers, were hit. More than 100 black men were arrested.
And, as the result of urgent calls from scared community members, future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall traveled from New York to join renowned Nashville attorney Z. Alexander Looby along the rural backroads of Tennessee in search of justice.
In a historic civil rights case long forgotten, they fought for the freedom of 25 black men indicted for attempted murder and tried in front of an all-white jury.
Seven decades later, at a time when many communities around the country are grappling with whether to remove Confederate statues and memorials that represent a divisive time in history, a small town in Tennessee is taking steps to honor African-American leaders.
The little-known but important trial will be commemorated with a new piece of art by Bernice Davidson. The painting will be housed at the Lawrence County Courthouse and will travel to schools and churches throughout the community.
"I hate what's going on in our country right now and the division we have," Lawrence County Executive T.R. Williams said. "And to have something that our county's been a part of — something that actually has justice — it's totally the opposite of what we are seeing in our culture today.
"I never understood segregation, and I never understood racism. I think this painting will bring awareness. The story deserves recognition."
Soldiers in the Jim Crow South
The uprising is known as a riot to some, a rebellion to others.
It began as a disagreement over a broken radio at a Castner-Knott electrical appliance shop on Main Street in Columbia.
In the 1940s, Columbia was a town of 12,000 people, located in Maury County 45 miles south of Nashville. A region rich in horse farming and large plantations, the county's edges were rimmed by the properties of poor white farmers.
It also served as home to a small community of black families who formed their own residential and business district known by the county's white residents as "Mink Slide."
In 1946, shortly after the end of World War II, black soldiers had just returned home to the Jim Crow South. They had become accustomed to equality and fair treatment in the military and hoped to find new acceptance and acknowledgment of their freedoms.
But, in Tennessee, segregation and prejudice still flared.
Accounts from newspaper articles across the country detailed the events as they were later described by witnesses and in court proceedings.
Riots and arrests
Gladys Stephenson, a black woman from Columbia, went to pick up her broken radio around midmorning on Feb. 25, 1946. As she collected the item, she had a disagreement with the store repairman William Fleming, a white man.
Fleming reportedly slapped Stephenson. In retaliation, Stephenson's son, a 19-year-old Navy veteran who had accompanied her to the store, pushed Fleming, who crashed through the store window.
Fleming was not seriously injured, but it was the beginning of a significant racial clash. By evening, both Stephensons were in jail and a white mob gathered outside to condemn them. Police moved the Stephensons secretly to safety, but the angry crowd found a different target, converging on Mink Slide.
Many of the black men armed themselves and stood guard. And, as the threat grew, shots were fired, whether for retaliation or aggression it is not known.
Four white officers were hit and a violent clash ensued. Plate glass windows were shattered and grocery produce was thrown from shelves as people scrambled for safety from flying bullets.
Word of the chaos spread quickly across the state. Fearing more brutality, Tennessee's governor ordered action.
By daybreak, 100 highway patrolmen and 500 members of the State Guard walked the streets, seizing weapons. More than 100 African-Americans — a substantial portion of the black male population of Columbia — were incarcerated in the Maury County Jail.
Only two white men were arrested. They were quickly released.
As the dust settled, 68 black men remained, held on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to assault with attempt to commit murder.
The FBI was called in to investigate. And the NAACP provided four defense lawyers, including the young man named Thurgood Marshall who would later change history many times over.
Painting injustice and horrible tragedy
Though buried in the history books, the story of the decades-old trial captured the attention of a Lawrence County artist who has dedicated her life to pieces that illustrate social injustices.
A vibrant woman with spunky silver hair, bright pink-rimmed glasses and a tie-dyed painting smock, Davidson has been a teaching artist and activist for decades.
A graduate of Yale and longtime professor at Martin Methodist College, she paints scenes from lynchings and the Trail of Tears, calling attention not only to injustice and tragedy but also to the heroes and leaders who stand for change.
"I was very reluctant at first," she says, her bright eyes darkening for a minute. "No one wants to think about this."
But, at a period in modern history when race continues to be at the forefront of many conversations, the trial offered an early glimpse of two lawyers — Marshall and Looby — who would win national recognition a decade later in a battle against segregation.
Davidson felt that was important, particularly now.
"It's a really heavy time, isn't it?" she reflects, sitting on the couch of her sun-filled home art studio in Summertown, Tenn. "It's a time we never imagined."
In ways, she says, it's like the former days of civil rights struggles revisited.
"I thought we resolved this already," she says.
Rural roots of justice
Marshall's most famous legal case, Brown v. Board of Education, was still to come.
All starting with the rural roots in a fight for justice.
Marshall first built a case for abatement, positioning that a fair trial could not be held in front of an all-white jury. Looby questioned more than 200 black men — most of whom were businessmen in Columbia — to demonstrate that none had ever been called for jury duty.
"For a half-century, Negroes have been denied their rights, it has become a tradition," Looby told the court. "... I am trying to show that the custom is to segregate the races, and that service on juries would necessarily bring them together, and that is the reason they are excluded."
After a month of testimony, the judge approved the defense's motion for a change of venue. But in a surprise move, he chose a county favored by the prosecution.
The trial would be held in Lawrence County, south of Maury County, near the Alabama state line.
The defense team balked. Lawrence County was a place where black men and women were not permitted to eat in any of the town's restaurants or use the water fountain in the courthouse.
But Marshall’s team was prudent and determined in their quest for justice. They pressed on.
This time, a few black men were called to be part of the jury, but none were selected. Instead, a group of white men would decide the fate of the 25 defendants.
Spectators in the courtroom hurled insults and threats at the attorneys. Marshall fell ill, hospitalized in New York and unable to attend most of the trial. Looby took the lead.
And, on Oct. 4, after all arguments had been presented, lawyers on both sides were shocked when all but two of the 25 black men were acquitted.
The two others, William Pillow and Lloyd Kennedy, were charged with attempting to murder Tennessee Highway Patrolman Ray Austin during February's racial disturbances.
In a separate trial, which took place back in Maury County in November, Pillow was acquitted. Kennedy was convicted but served only four months in jail before being pardoned by the governor.
A place in history
Davidson named her painting "Justice Served."
On the left side sits a collection of black men, the accused. On the right, an all-white jury to judge them.
A troubled mom and a scared girl are in the forefront. Angels, those who had fallen victim to racial violence, watch from overhead. Gladys Stephenson, the woman whose broken radio sparked the riots, sits on the witness stand.
And in the middle stands Looby, arms outstretched, making a case for justice.
The events and trial served as a momentum push, support for civil rights organizations as they gathered strength for the equality fights to come.
For Davidson, the art serves as a way to heal divides and unite the community.
"I want to take something unjust in the world," she says, "and help people understand what is right."
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The McWilliams Center for Cosmology at CMU is hosting a meeting of participants in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS).
BOSS will map the spatial distribution of luminous galaxies, quasars, and intergalactic gas clouds (known as the Lyman alpha forest) to detect the characteristic scale imprinted by baryon acoustic oscillations in the early universe. Sound waves that propagate in the early universe, like spreading ripples in a pond, imprint a characteristic scale on cosmic microwave background fluctuations. These fluctuations have evolved into today's walls and voids of galaxies, meaning this baryon acoustic oscillation scale is visible among galaxies today.Using the acoustic scale as a physically calibrated ruler, BOSS will determine the angular diameter distance with a precision of 1% at redshifts z = 0.3 and z = 0.6 and 1.5% at z = 2.5, and it will measure the cosmic expansion rate H(z) with 1-2% precision at the same redshifts. These measurements will provide demanding tests for theories of dark energy and the origin of cosmic acceleration.
The meeting will last from 9am Monday 21st June 2010 - 12:30pm Thursday 24th June 2010
The meeting place is the Reddy Auditorium (Hillman Center 4405) and also the McWilliams eScience video facility (Hillman 4303)
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In 1959 Michael Harrington shocked America with the claim that 50 million of its citizens were living in poverty. His magazine article turned into a book and by 1964 President Johnson was standing outside a shack in Kentucky announcing that the nation was at war with poverty. Ever since, anti-poverty activists have cranked away at the same formula but without the same success. If the strategy worked then, why doesn’t it work now?
One reason is that small government activists are a lot more savvy these days. They know that if claims about widespread poverty are allowed to go unchallenged political leaders are likely to attach themselves to the problem. Politicians thrive on problems — creating a sense of crisis is an essential skill. As Johnson’s aide Harry McPherson explained:
The problem of democratic leaders, little "d" and big "D", is that they must grab the attention of the public; they must convince the public that there is an urgent problem that needs to be solved, and to do that they really have to hit him like the old farmer hits the mule between the eyes to get his attention. And once he has his attention, then they have to come along and say "But all is not lost. We have a solution." That’s the format that has always been used (pdf).
National capitals like Washington and Canberra are filled with people marketing problems and solutions to political leaders. Harrington knew how this game worked and never apologised for talking up his statistics:
If my interpretation is bleak and grim, and even if it overstates the case slightly, that is intentional. My moral point of departure is a sense of outrage, a feeling that the obvious and existing problem of the poor is so shocking that it would be better to describe it in dark tones rather than to minimize it. No one will be hurt if the situation is seen from the most pessimistic point of view, but optimism can lead to complacency… (p 171-172)
For Harrington, arguments about statistics were ‘dry, graceless, technical matters" and "any tendency toward understatement is an intellectual way of acquiescing in suffering" (p 172). Even in 1963 Dwight Macdonald was describing this tactic as "moral bullying."
Harrington’s campaign hit the media more than 40 years ago. Activists need to be more sophisticated in 2005. Today think tank researchers like Heritage’s Robert Rector are there to make sure the mule doesn’t get whacked with frightening poverty statistics. Like the Centre for Independent Studies’ Peter Saunders in Australia, Rector is always quick to discredit poverty research — "The average ‘poor’ person., as defined by the government, has a living standard far higher than the public imagines" he patiently explains — before lulling everyone to sleep with another chart-filled report devoted to dry, graceless, technical matters.
When anti-anti-poverty activists like Rector are successful, journalists, politicians and other gatekeepers are cautious about helping activists whack the mule. What might once have seemed to be facts now start to look like opinions that could put their credibility at risk. The effect is to keep the issue off the agenda and send politicians looking for other problems — preferably those caused by high levels of taxation and government interference in the market. In Australia ‘good’ Peter Saunders laments the effectiveness of the strategy. In his recent book The Poverty Wars, he explains that attacks on poverty estimates:
The criticisms have received extensive media coverage and left many confused about the issues and correspondingly doubtful about the voracity [sic] of claims that poverty remains high and is increasing (p 8).
The reason think tank intellectuals like the CIS’ Peter Saunders don’t want poverty on the agenda is that most of the intuitively obvious solutions to the problem involve expanding the size and scope of government. It’s far easier to create confusion about how poverty is defined and measured than it is to explain why smaller government and freer markets will make low income people better off. Once political leaders and the media are convinced there’s a problem, most of the damage is done.
When the Kennedy Whitehouse first started getting interested in poverty, Kennedy’s staff met with senior federal bureaucrats to look at ways to solve the problem. According to Nicholas Lemann:
Every government agency has a wish list of programs it has long been unable to get past the White House and Congress; the poverty idea brought out the wish lists, and a number of programs that hadn’t made the cut for the New Deal, thirty years earlier, came up. The Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz, a ponderous man who had been Adlai Stevenson’s law partner in Chicago, wanted jobs programs, run by the Labor Department. The key bureaucrat at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Wilbur Cohen, an old New Dealer and a veteran lobbyist for social-welfare programs, wanted education and welfare programs, run by HEW.
When the problem gets lodged on the political agenda the game is on — bureaucrats, academics, and service providers will all pitch their favourite solutions. From a small government activist’s point of view this is a disaster — particularly when its combined with a hyperactive President like LBJ. After the Kennedy’s assassination, Johnson decided to go in hard against poverty. As Lenmann explains, "Johnson was by nature not interested in small, slowly developing programs, especially when his first major initiative as President was involved."
Unfortunately neither Johnson or anyone in his administration had any idea how to go about eradicating poverty. The experts suggested ‘Community Action’ and ‘maximum feasible participation’ by the poor and Johnson agreed to go along with this plan. But according to his biographer Robert Dallek, the President wasn’t entirely convinced:
In trying to sell Congress on legislating a fight against poverty, Johnson could rationalize his public rhetoric by private hopes that, even if what he proposed now did not work, there would be ample opportunity in the next eight years to find the means that would. Moreover, he understood from past experience that, once a major government program had been put in place, it would be easier for supporters to modify its workings than for opponents to dismantle it (p 80).
This is exactly what anti-anti-poverty activists like Rector and Saunders are afraid of. They don’t want to see politicians calling in the poverty experts because they know what the experts will recommend — higher taxes, more generous welfare benefits, work and training programs, and more money for research.
There was a time when small government activists didn’t pay much attention to funding experts on social policy and the price they paid was a lack of influence. When anti-poverty activists stirred up interest in their problem journalists and politicians turned to the experts. Since the experts weren’t exactly enthusiasts for small government the results were predictable. Poorly-informed conservative voices ranted in the wilderness as government spending mounted.
These days privately funded think tanks are staffed with market-enthusiasts bristling with credentials in social science disciplines. As Heritage vice-President Burton Pines explained: "Our role is to provide conservative public-policy makers with arguments to bolster our side. We’re not troubled over this. There are plenty of think tanks on the other side." Think tank researchers openly admit they’re engaged in a war of ideas where credibility matters. To win the war they need to protect their own credibility and attack that of their opponents. This has come as a shock to some academic researchers.
Once their credibility is established, think tank experts make ideal sources for journalists. To avoid appearing biased, journalists will seek out opposing views on issues like poverty or welfare dependence. And even if the majority of academic experts agree, quotes and opinion pieces from think tank experts can often make it look as if expert opinion is evenly divided. Writing in the US, Marty Kaplan explains, "Conservative think tanks manufacture debate. That’s what they do: their aim is to create controversy, even when the facts are indisputable, because they know how enslaved contemporary journalism is by the tyranny of false equivalence."
Unfortunately today’s anti-poverty activists sometimes act as if they are still living in the 1960s — as if it were possible to generate government action simply by producing scholarly reports showing that poverty is bad and getting worse. It’s not that simple anymore.
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Earth has four (simplified) layers, like a giant celestial onion. Outside is the solid crust upon which we walk. Under that shifts the caramel-consistency of the mantel, which is made of iron, magnesium, and silicon. Then, there is the center, which has an inner and outer core. The outer core is liquid metal, whereas the inner core has long been referred to as solid. This inner core is too deep and under too great pressure to sample for study, but a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has nuanced this understanding. In fact, the paper discovers a form of “collective motion” among the atoms in the inner core which explains recent observations that it's not quite solid and more like room-temperature butter.
The inner core is mostly ancient iron, held together in a 760-mile diameter ball by extreme pressure. Its iron atoms are arranged in a hexagonal lattice. Although it was long thought to be rock solid, in recent years seismic activity has been studied to suggest the the internal texture is actually softer than previously thought. Researchers have postulated a variety of reasons why this might be, why the material behaves this way despite what would be overwhelming heat and pressure. This new paper suggests a convincing theory.
The researchers solved the problem of studying the core by using a sheet of iron and “shooting it with a fast-moving projectile.” Computers registered the temperature, pressure, and velocity data from the sheet and fed it into an artificial intelligence (AI) program. Unlike previous computer models of only handfuls of atoms, this one “simulated 30,000 atoms to more reliably predict iron’s properties,” according to a statement. They called this model a “supercell.” Within it, the model showed atoms “moving about, changing places while still maintaining the overall hexagonal structure.” This game of molecular musical chairs is known as “collective motion.”
Its discovery explains a lot about the interior of our planet. “Now, we know about the fundamental mechanism that will help us with understanding the dynamic processes and evolution of the Earth’s inner core,” said Jung-Fu Lin of UT Jackson School of Geosciences and a lead author on the paper. His fellow lead author, Youjun Zhang, noted, “Seismologists have found that the center of the Earth, called the inner core, is surprisingly soft, kind of like how butter is soft in your kitchen. The big discovery that we’ve found is that solid iron becomes surprisingly soft deep inside the Earth because its atoms can move much more than we ever imagined. This increased movement makes the inner core less rigid, weaker against shear forces.” Beyond understanding the materiality of the core, this discovery may also have ramifications for understanding Earth's magnetic fields which are influenced by the core.
Earth's inner core is surprisingly mushy, which might be explained by a new AI research project.
It demonstrated that iron atoms in Earth's “solid” core actually move significantly.
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It's Monday night after Raw and the shield goes backstage and Dean Ambrose smiles as he sees a little girl with brown hair and she is wearing a red short sleeve shirt, black shorts, with black and red sneakers.
"Dean!" Sarah yelled in excitement.
"Hey little one". Dean replied as he picks up his sister.
"You guys were awesome tonight". Sarah said.
"Thanks Sarah". Seth said.
"Yeah thanks baby girl. Roman said. They talk until they hear a yawn that came from Sarah.
Alright Sarah bedtime". Dean told his sister.
"But I'm not tired". Sarah said sleepy.
"Yeah sure you're not". Dean said smirking.
"Dean?" Sarah asked.
"What's up? Dean replied. Can you carry me please. And can you guys tuck me in bed please please please please". Sarah asked.
Dean looked at his other teammates and his eyes asked it.
"Yeah we'll tuck you in. Come on kid". Seth said.
Dean picked up his sister and she puts her head on his shoulder closing her eyes. Not knowing that they were being watched by Randy Orton and after seeing that he gets an idea. He is going to target the baby sister of Dean Ambrose.
Next Monday night Raw
The Shield comes out with Sarah because they don't like leaving her by herself or with some of the other superstars.
"WWE universe as you all see this precious adorable little girl she is someone very special and important to me. I am proud to introduce you to my baby sister Sarah". Dean said over the Mic.
"Well King what do you think of this? Dean Ambrose brings his sister out and introduces her to the universe". Michael Cole said.
"I think that he made a good decision because now at least we would know who she is and why she is following them". King said.
"What do you think JBL?" Jerry the king Lawler asked.
"If you ask me I think it was a bad decision because now if any superstar let alone the authority want to hurt the shield now they know their weakness". JBL replied.
Just then Randy Orton's music hits and slowly makes his way to the ring while inside the ring The Shield is getting ready to fight but Sarah is hiding and clinging to her brother's right leg. She doesn't like being around some of the superstars because some of them are huge and they scare her. But they don't want to take chances with Sarah in the ring so Dean gets out the ring with his sister. Randy gets a microphone and begins talking while looking at Dean and his scared sister.
"That was a nice speech Ambrose very nice indeed. But you all have to now be extremely careful now that your secret is out Ambrose cause a lot of the superstars you all attacked might want revenge especially me". Randy said.
Dean gets back in the ring with his sister and watches as she goes and hides behind Seth and Roman while they get in a protective stand in front of her.
"Let me make one thing clear here Orton if you, Batista, triple h, the authority, or any other superstar mess with my sister that will be the biggest and last mistake you or anyone will ever make. Do I make myself clear Orton. Cause if I don't I think Roman here can make you understand". Dean said in a protective voice.
"It's clear. Just saying watch your back and watch your baby sister very carefully wouldn't want anything to happen to her". Randy said.
Sarah just started to get more scared and cling to Roman's right leg and Seth's left leg and holding on for dear life. They glance down and see she won't let go and they both send Randy evil death stares.
Seth whispers to Roman "I'm going to get her out of here help Ambrose". Roman nods and Seth picks up Sarah as she wraps her small arms around his neck and buries her face in his vest. They get out the ring and Roman goes to help Dean.
"Orton I wanna tell you, the authority, and any other WWE superstar who has a death wish come near my sister and I will personally rip both of your arms off and beat you with them". Dean threatened.
"What's your point Ambrose?" Orton asked smirking.
"My point, my point is that if you, Kane, Batista, the authority, or any of them superstars mess with or hurt my sister I will rip you in half". Dean said.
Then Triple H's music hits and he terrifies Sarah even more so she lets go of Seth and jumps in the ring runs to her brother hiding and clinging to both his legs holding on for dear life. He glances down and sees she won't let go and he looks at Triple H and if looks could kill HHH would be dead and 12 feet under.
"Good evening gentlemen. Dean I agree with Randy here you might want to watch your sister very very carefully you wouldn't want anything to happen to her now would you". Triple h said.
"Triple H, just like I told Orton here and I know you and the whole WWE roster heard it. You mess with or hurt my sister I will rip you in half". Dean said.
Batista's music hits and he is in the ring with hhh and Randy all ready for a fight. The Shield is also getting ready for the fight only problem is that Sarah refuses to let go of her brother.
"Sarah, Sarah listen it's okay were not going to let them hurt you okay so hop out the ring and go stand next to the announce table". Dean said calmly to his scared sister.
She then looks at Seth and Roman.
"Don't worry kid they won't hurt you while we're here". Seth said.
"Yeah they won't do anything while we're here go on we'll be okay". Roman said.
Sarah then looks at her brother who nods and tells her to go. Before she gets out she hugs each member and kisses their cheek. When Dean first brought his sister to the WWE Roman and Seth accepted her as their own little niece. Dean also told them that if anything were to ever happen to him that Roman and Seth would be her guardians. Right when she gets out the ring Dean sent an evil stare to the other three men standing a few feet away from them. Then all six men get into a free for all fight. The Shield are down and out. Sarah gets back in the ring and goes to her brother but he is knocked out cold as are the other members. HHH and Randy pick up microphones and talk.
"Well Shield that is what happens when you define the authority". Randy said.
"That and this also happens". Triple h said as he dropped the mic.
Orton then goes to Sarah he grabs her and she starts kicking and screaming for her brother and two uncles.
"Dean! Dean! Uncle Roman! Uncle Seth! Help! HELP! Dean! DEAN! HELP!" Sarah cried. The lights then go out and come back on in a few minutes. The Shield starts to come to and get panicked and mad when they don't see Sarah.
"Wow. King, JBL, what are your thoughts of what just happened. Michael Cole said. My thought is that Evolution just made a huge mistake". Jerry said.
"I agree with King here Michael those three men just made a huge mistake. And in Dean's words they just made their biggest and last mistake". JBL said.
Meanwhile in the ring the shield get mad and stomp around the ring when they realize that Evolution had kidnapped Dean's little sister. | <urn:uuid:5ff9ba20-1d45-45f3-b57d-dd8829a9cb51> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,852 |
«This hotel has created a school that offers education to more than two hundred children in the area. He is the only one who has done something like that, ”said the taxi driver as we approached the Tongabezi Lodge. And is that before going to Zambia and Victoria Falls We already knew that our experience in Tongabezi was going to be unique and exclusive, but that comment made us feel that the Tongabezi Lodge was going to be much more.
The Dog House bathroom
Tongabezi Lodge is an exclusive hotel located on the bank of the Zambezi river, just ten kilometers from the Victoria Falls in Zambia and next to National park Mosi-oa-Tunya. The exclusivity of this lodge is based mainly on the fact that it gives a very complete attention to the guests and on the comfort of the few villas that it has scattered along the Zambezi River. In the main complex, Tongabezi has eleven chalets of different sizes overlooking the river and of four exclusive chalets more in the Sindabezi Island.
We stayed in one of the four river cottages. The room is African-style with a very high thatched roof and charming colonial air decoration. The chalet is very spacious and is one of the least open in this resort, since there are totally open. Even so, at night you can perfectly enjoy the sounds of nature. The bed is huge and very comfortable. It has a large mosquito net and air conditioning on the canopy to better spend the summer nights.
The room includes all the amenities you would expect, such as a seating area with a sofa, a minibar with drinks included, a retro-style fan and a safe. The bathroom is also very spacious and has an open shower and a large old-style bathtub. A detail that I liked about lodge It is the integration with the environment and its green policy. I liked that the amenities The hotel is rechargeable, just like the bottles of water in the room. I thought it was great that they took recycling into account in such a unique natural landscape.
East is a resort deluxe, but of a luxury that is not based on ostentatious decoration, but on the way to pamper guests. To start, each villa has been assigned a personal butler which is responsible at all times to make your stay unique. Once accommodated in the room, a activity advisor meets you to plan what activities you want to do during your stay.
Victoria Falls in Zambia
The price of the room includes many activities, such as canoeing on the Zambezi River, sunset or sunrise cruises, visit Victoria Falls, visit Mukuni Park, fishing day, a romantic dinner on the river with candles or even safaris , among many others. Given all this offer, which ones did we do? Well, logically we chose to visit Victoria Falls, and then the Livingstone Museum. We also did a very quiet cruise on the Zambezi River at sunset and, something we liked very much: dinner with candles on the river.
Sunset cruise on the Zambezi River
On the other hand, you can also do many activities not included in the price, such as doing bungee jumping, fly over the Victoria Falls in ultralight or helicopter, make safaris through the Chobe National Park or bathe in the Devil's Pool on Livingstone Island. We did the latter and I can assure you that it has been one of the best traveling experiences we have ever lived. | <urn:uuid:5e43ca13-5c36-406c-bae1-7ec506ad0c85> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,258 |
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Alligators: Dragons in Paradise
This exhibit is a potpourri of fact and fantasy that explores our enduring fascination with the alligator and the alligator's symbolic and sociological role in Florida history.
Long an unofficial symbol of the state, the alligator originally symbolized Florida’s extensive untamed wilderness and swamps. Floridians have used the alligator for food, for products made from its hide, for sport, and for profit. Only when it was faced with the threat of extinction did people begin to value the alligator for the major role it plays in Florida’s environment. The American alligator is now Florida’s official state reptile.
The exhibit includes artifacts such as alligator bags, shoes, and purses; cast reproductions of alligator and crocodile skulls; and a variety of other alligator souvenirs and memorabilia. A tabletop interactive quiz, a tanned alligator hide, and a four-and-one-half-foot mounted alligator provide hands-on experiences for visitors. A simulated nest, complete with eggs, and an alligator growth chart trace the development of an alligator from birth to maturity.
Discover a unique part of Florida history in Alligators: Dragons in Paradise.
Five freestanding displays, 22 text and photo panels, a freestanding, two-sided photo mural, one title banner, three wall cases, a photo-op panel, a tabletop interactive quiz, educational materials, a DVD, and an instruction manual are included in the exhibit.
Space Required: 1200 sq. ft.
Shipping Crates: 6 crates, 3129 lbs. total
Security Requirements: High
Exhibit Rental Fee: $3,000/3 months
Insurance Value: $15,000
Museum of Florida History
500 S. Bronough St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
tel 850.245.6400 fax 850.245.6433 | <urn:uuid:be599a48-efe5-4ef6-a87f-9df62f7558c8> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 1,720 |
function devised to provide decision makers with the information they need. responsible for recognizing, measuring, recording, reporting
designed to provide understandable, relevant, and reliable information. these are based on internal control, correct application of rules and effective communication of results.
relates to the ability to capture all business transactions and detect and prevent fraud.
tells what economic resources owns or controls (assets) and the sources of the funds the business uses to finance those economic resources (debt and owner's money).
attempts to meet the information needs of a business managers by looks at the the details of business transaction
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Directed by SEC, it oversees and aproves fo the rules set by the FASB
Finacial Accounting Standards Board FASB
made up of accounting and business professionals and sets the rules and standards, companies must follow in providing information to lender and stockholders.
it means that accountants should not overstate the value of an asset or understate the value of a liability or debt.
when a business transaction is recognized only when cash is received or cash is paid out.
recognizes business transactions when they occur, regardless of whether or not the transaction immediately affects cash. e.g. credit card.
short term assets are cash or assets expected to be converted to cash within the next year. eg cash, account receivable and inventory.
long term asset
assets that have an economic life greater than one year. e.g land building equipment, copyright
amounts owned to the business. accountants must estimate and report how much will be and not be collected.
Property, Plant, Equipment PP&E
fixed tangible assets. these assets are typically reported at cost or what the business originally paid for these assets.
is like depreciation, it its an adjustment to the value of the intangible asset and an expense.
when goodwill loses its value, the accountant will reduce the value on the balance sheet and record an expense called impairment.
claim, debt on the business. represents amounts that individuals or organizations have lent to the business.
short term liabilities that are due to be repaid in one year or less. include account payable, estimated liabilities (accrued liabilities)
these are like accounts payable, except no formal document is used. e.g rent, interest and utilities
short term borrowings
include loans from banks and other lender that a business must pay within the next year.
represents money that owners have provided the business. two ways: 1) owners provide money by contributing directly the business. they receive ownership rights. 2) owners provide money by leaving the profits int the business.
contributed money in a corporation. each stock can be subdivided, into accounts labeled "par" and "additional paid-in capital". these two represent the amount of money the stockholder paid the company for their stock.
represent the business' accumulated net income and losses that owners have left in business. it is the sum of the company's net income, less losses, less dividends.
when owners decide they do not want to let the business retain earnings, the business pays the earnings to the owners.
it answers: how has the business used the economic resources to create a net income or loss in a given period?
Earnings before interest and taxes EBIT
gross profits less operating expenses = EBIT
also known as operating profit.
net income or loss
taxable income less tax expense. net income or loss belongs to the owners of the business
statement of retained earnings
shows how the retained earnings account changed during a given period. retained earnings + net income earned - net losses - dividends
cash flow statement
how the cash account, in the balance sheet, changed during given period. shows business sources and uses of cash.
reflects beginning cash + sources of cash - use of cash - netting to be ending cash.
cash provided by or used in buying and selling long term activities. eg you receive cash when you buy a building.
reflect cash provided by or used to pay for financing activities relate to long term debt and owner's equity. borrowing money form lender and selling stock. eg repaying debt and paying cash dividends are financing activities that use cash.
financial plan that shows the projected sales and costs that result form management decisions. show the assets and people needed to produce the sales and expense.
cost that do not vary with the amount sold. you incur fixed costs whether you have sales or not.
its where an accounting firm comes into the business and reviews the business internal control and how the transactions
unqualified or clean audit opinion
auditors believe the financial statements fairly present the business's operations and activities
qualified or subject to audit opinion
auditors believe the financial statements fairly present the business' operations and activities except for select items.
adverse audit opinion
auditors believe they are not issuing an opinion on whether or not the financial statements fairly present the business operations and activities.
Sarbanes Oxley SOX
law that requires that management to disclose the significant risks faced by a business. places more personal responsibility on management to provide fair and complete financial statements
Return on Equity ROE
net income/total owner's equity = ROE
what return did the business generate for its owners??
how did the business finance its assets??
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I stumbled upon Project Euler once more since I needed multiple solutions in different languages for a random problem. Til did show it to me like 2 years ago and since then they made these dynamic profil images. Not exactly beautiful, but I wanted to post it on my blog anyway, haha. All of the problems are itself sort of unrelated to anything, however the 10 seconds rule – which is the maximum time your program should take getting the solution – will lead you into new directions of efficient programming. You can even improve your knowledge about other programming languages while implementing the solution in more than only one language.
(here my progress on github) | <urn:uuid:ce32cfaf-13c0-4b13-bf3b-508c8ad2819b> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 672 |
Controls whether to bind the TaskBoard to the data source on initialization.
Adds an item to the collection
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The CT15 offers exceptional productivity in tight areas with the ability to reach under desks, tables and chairs due to its adjustable handle.. Extremely robust but light, the new handle makes the machine even easier to maneuver thanks to the ergonomic design of the handles, enhancing any work conditions, and does not strain the operator.
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|Brand Name:||Newradar Gas|
|Minimum Order Quantity:||5~50 cylinders|
|Packaging Details:||Refrigerant gas: 80g, 120g, 200g, 400g Disposable cylinder: 5kg/13.4L, 5.5kg/13.4L, 9kg/22.3L, 9.5kg/22.3L Refillable cylinder: 50kg/118L, 164kg/400L, 328kg/800L, 380kg/926L ISO TANK: 10Ton Tank Car: 58Ton|
|Delivery Time:||20 working days after received your payment|
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|Supply Ability:||100000 cylinders per Month|
|Product Name:||Propane||Flash Point:||−104 °C|
|GHS Hazard Statements:||H220||Vapor Pressure:||853.16 KPa|
|Boiling Point:||−42.25||Molar Mass::||44.10|
|Appearance:||Colorless||Solubility In Water:||47|
air conditioner gas
High Purity Refrigerant Propane Used In Motor Vehicles
Commercially available "propane" fuel, or LPG, is not pure. Typically in the United States and Canada, it is primarily propane (at least 90%), with the rest mostly ethane, propylene, butane, and odorants including ethyl mercaptan. This is the HD-5 standard, (Heavy Duty-5% maximum allowable propylene content, and no more than 5% butanes and ethane) defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials by its Standard 1835 for internal combustion engines. Not all products labeled "LPG" conform to this standard however. In Mexico, for example, gas labeled "LPG" may consist of 60% propane and 40% butane. "The exact proportion of this combination varies by country, depending on international prices, on the availability of components and, especially, on the climatic conditions that favor LPG with higher butane content in warmer regions and propane in cold areas".
|Property of chloride :||
|Packing||Disposable cylinder 13.2lb/6kg,22lb/10kg,Recyclable cylinder 926L|
|Quality standard :||
Propane powers some locomotives,buses,forklift,taxis and ice resurfacing machines, and is used for heat and cooking in recreational vehicles and campers.
Propane is the primary flammable gas in blowtorches for soldering or brazing.
Propane is used as a feedstock for the production of base petrochemicals in steam cracking.
Propane is the primary fuel for hot air balloons.
It is used in semiconductor manufacture to deposit silicon carbide.
Propane is commonly used in theme parks and in the movie industry as an inexpensive, high-energy fuel for explosions and other special effects.
Propane is used as a propellant, relying on the expansion of the gas to fire the projectile. It does not ignite the gas.The use of a liquefied gas gives more shots per cylinder, compared to a compressed gas.
Propane is used as a propellant for many household aerosol sprays, including shaving creams and air fresheners.
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“Go take your lessons from nature, that’s where our future lies.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Virginia Commonwealth University student Mohammad Jawad takes a forward-looking approach to manufacturing, as 3D printing offers not only infinite potential for design and creation but also the possibility of ‘growing’ designed objects with biomaterials.
Jawad compares the natural world, where organisms grow in a pure manner, to that of the human environment where we create so much from artificial materials which are then put together in factories. Undeniably, manufacturing and mass production, along with the assembly press, have feathers in our caps for decades.
Mass production promotes sameness among objects, along with subtractive technology as parts are made from cutting or chipping away at materials until a product is shaped. While this may have been a novel idea at first, today our environment is saturated with chemicals and pollution, affecting both nature and man.
Jawad proposes that while the natural and man-made worlds may be extreme opposites, they should still be viewed as ‘a paradox of unity and duality,’ with an emphasis on how they complement one another. The author also sees 3D printing as a catalyst for bringing together nature and design mechanisms, ‘fusing’ them to the advantage of both the natural world and humanity.
The author is a fan of Neri Oxman, quoting her regarding the industrial revolution:
“Assembly lines have dictated a world made of standard parts framing the imagination of designers and builders who have been taught to think about their design objects and systems in terms of assemblies of parts with distinct functions. The assumption that parts are made of a single material and fulfill predetermined specific functions is deeply rooted in design and usually goes unquestioned; it is also enforced by the way that industrial supply chains work.”
Like nature, design is always evolving—via human creativity, inspiration, and ambition. In generative design, Jawad explains that nature is imitated with a variety of different digital parameters. Many users may be familiar with software like Python or Grasshopper, which can be adjusted to the complexity level of organic forms, along with connecting in real time to create structures related to natural stimuli like the sun or moisture in the air.
“The intricate forms, which are generated digitally, can only be fabricated using additive manufacturing, where objects are created by depositing material layer-by-layer,” says Jawad.
“Additive manufacturing resembles natural growth in the sense that it slowly builds an object, layer-by-layer. By integrating natural materials and processes with additive manufacturing, this thesis proposes a hybridized process for producing objects in a post-industrial world.”
Jawad highlights several art studios, ending with a glimpse into his own work:
- Emerging Objects, by Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, is a 3D printing studio centered around making large-scale components and architectural structures. In his thesis, Jawad features ‘Saltygloo,’ a pairing of 3D printed materials with salt taken from San Francisco Bay.
- Erez Navi Pana created an exhibit called ‘Vegan Design,’ meant to support animal rights and the elimination of animal products. In his work, he experimented with vegan and natural materials; for example, one aspect of his exhibit shows off wooden stools he created and then placed in saltwater for several months until it was coated in crystallized salt.
- Markus Kayser exhibits ‘The Solar Sinter,’ which is a 3D printer using solar energy to melt sand into glass—involving a Fresnel lens that raises the temperature to 2900 degrees Fahrenheit.
- The Mediated Matter Group of MIT Media Lab has created ‘The Silk Pavilion,’ inspired by the silkworm’s cocoon. To create the exhibit even more realistically, the team fitted silkworms with sensors so they could study their movement while weaving.
- Gavin Munro has created ‘Zen 3D Printing,’ an organic process using the elements like an open-air factory, demonstrated in ‘Full Grown.’
As for his own work, Jawad states:
“My thesis research combined two key processes: natural crystallization, and 3D printing. This combination informed the conceptual framework, preliminary exploration and final outcomes. Together, I was able to pair nature’s own 3D generation technique—mineral crystallization—with the digital control of 3D printing, to develop new fabrication possibilities.”
Works like ‘Desert Rose’ are made of beautiful crystals from Qatar, along with numerous other stunning pieces where Jawad employs his generative methodology in combining 3D printing and natural crystals to make items that are useful.
“The possibility of hybridizing natural processes with digital fabrication provides a point of departure for fresh thinking, opening new possibilities for the future of design and production,” concludes Jawad.
3D printing offers potential in a variety of different industry dynamics, with some users on the side of being able to mass manufacture more affordably and efficiently, while others are encouraged by the idea of being able to produce on-demand parts and customized products—bringing an end to large warehouses and stress on the environment overall. Find out more about growing generatively designed products here.
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As software developers, we know that SSL certificates are necessary for securing our website traffic.
However, in my experience, the process of obtaining and installing an SSL certificate is not something that very many software developers are familiar with.
So, if you are a software developer and are looking for some guidance on the process from purchasing all the way through to installation, you should find the contents of this article helpful.
Of course, there are many methods of obtaining an SSL certificate and lots of different hosting platforms out there. Although I can’t cover every permutation I trust that you will still be able to glean a reasonable understanding of the general steps and flows of events.
In the sections that follow I will explain the process of purchasing a domain wildcard certificate from 123-Reg, verifying ownership of a domain, as well as the creation and completion of a certificate request via IIS.
A wildcard certificate allows you to use the same SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate for multiple subdomains.
Note that I will be using the term ‘SSL’ as opposed to ‘TLS’ (Transport Layer Security) in this article as it is still the most commonly used acronym.
As an example, if you have registered a domain named ‘acme.com’ a wildcard certificate will allow you to secure all of the following.
Wildcard certificates are both cost-effective and convenient for situations where you need to secure multiple subdomains.
There is no need to go through the process of obtaining a new certificate for every subdomain that you may need in the future.
You can use a wildcard certificate to secure an unlimited number of subdomains and you will usually be permitted to install it on an unlimited number of servers.
Free vs paid certificates
In order to obtain a wildcard certificate, you’ll need to purchase one from a reputable source.
Although there are now some great options for obtaining free certificates, such as Let’s Encrypt, it’s still usually a better choice to purchase an SSL certificate for a number of reasons.
Free certificates usually only have a lifespan of 90 days, whereas paid certificates are typically valid for 1-2 years. Setting up renewal automation for free certificates can help with this disadvantage, but this can introduce an element of uncertainty around whether the certificate will renew successfully and may require manual intervention in some cases.
Typically there are fewer certificate options for free certificates. For example, if you are looking for an Extended Validation certificate in order to get the ‘green bar’ to display to users of your website this isn’t currently possible with free certificates; Domain Validation certificates are the only option.
Lastly, the technical support and warranty for free certificates are usually either very basic or non-existent. This means that you could run into trouble if you encounter issues with your certificate or if the Certificate Authority is somehow compromised.
Purchasing the certificate
If you decide to purchase a certificate, one example of a reputable dealer is 123-Reg.
Note that 123-Reg are a UK-based company. There are plenty of other options e.g. GoDaddy is a very popular domain registrar and offers SSL certificates.
If you choose to use 123-Reg you can follow the steps below. However, the process should be fairly similar regardless of your chosen provider.
Note that in order to complete the purchase of the certificate, you will need to create a 123-Reg account.
From the 123-Reg homepage, navigate to the SSL Certificates page under the ‘Security & SSL’ section.
Within the ‘Wildcard SSL’ tab, click the ‘Add to basket’ button under the ‘Domain SSL Wildcard’ product to begin the checkout process.
On the Basket page, click either the ‘Continue’ or ‘Secure checkout’ button to proceed to the next stage.
If you already have an account enter your Email / Username and Password, then click the ‘Log in’ button.
Otherwise, click the ‘Create an account’ button. You’ll need to specify a valid email address and a strong password, then click the ‘Continue’ button.
At the ‘Details’ stage, you’ll need to specify your First name, Last name, Phone number, and your address. Click the ‘Continue’ button to proceed.
Specify your Contact Preferences and accept the Terms & Conditions, then press the ‘Create account’ button to finalise the creation of your account.
After either logging in or creating your account, you will be redirected to the ‘Payment’ stage.
On the Payment screen, accept the Terms & Conditions and then enter your payment details to complete the payment.
Following the processing of the payment, you should receive confirmation of your order and an email invoice.
Note that this is a ‘general’ purchase; you do not specify the domain or purpose of the certificate at this stage. This will be specified later when you choose which domain to assign the certificate to.
After purchasing an SSL certificate, you should see a ‘pending’ certificate within the ‘SSL overview’ section of your Control Panel. The certificate is now waiting for you to assign it to a Domain.
Before proceeding further, it is important to make sure that you have access to an email account that can receive emails for the domain you need the SSL certificate for.
Within the Google Admin console, you’ll need to do the following.
- Add the domain to your organisation
- Use the ‘Manage domains’ section of the Google Admin console to add the domain e.g. ‘acme.com’
- Verify ownership of the domain
- After adding the domain to your organisation, follow the instructions to verify the domain. This usually involves adding a TXT/SPF type record to the list of DNS entries for the domain. The hostname should be an ‘@’ symbol and the value will typically be something like the following.
- Add MX records to the domain
- After verifying the domain, click on ‘Set up Google MX Records’ to get instructions on how to configure your domain to route email traffic through Google servers. Again the DNS hostname should be an ‘@’ symbol, however, this time the type will be ‘MX’.
- Create a ‘webmaster’ email address/group
- When it comes time to apply for a certificate there will typically be a predefined list of email addresses which you must choose from to receive the approval emails e.g. ‘email@example.com’ or ‘firstname.lastname@example.org’ – I tend to opt for the webmaster option. Additionally, I find that it is better to create an email group named webmaster and add the users who are permitted to approve certificates etc. to this list. This allows for greater flexibility and ease of access.
- Send a test email
- Last but not least, send a test email to the webmaster email address you set up to make sure that the mailbox is working correctly.
Now you are ready to begin the process of requesting the certificate.
Generating a CSR
You’ll need to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) before you can apply for the certificate.
A CSR contains all of the details needed by the Certificate Authority to issue a certificate according to your specifications. The CSR needs to be in a specific format, usually containing the public key, identifying information and digital signature; it is normally Base64 encoded.
You can use IIS (Internet Information Services) to generate the CSR in the required format.
After opening up IIS, click on the server node, then within the ‘IIS’ section double-click the ‘Server Certificates’ option.
Now underneath the ‘Actions’ pane on the right-hand side of the screen, click on the ‘Create Certificate Request…’ link to launch the Request Certificate wizard.
Fill in the information as follows, adjusting the details as required to suit your organisation details.
- Common name: *.acme.com
- Organization: Acme
- Organizational unit: IT
- City/locality: Belfast
- State/province: Antrim
- Country/region: GB
For the Common name, note the asterisk/wildcard character. It is important to include this character so that you can use the certificate for different subdomains. Replace ‘acme’ with the domain you wish to issue the certificate for.
Requirements for the remainder of the fields are fairly self-explanatory. You can adjust the Organizational unit as you see fit but ‘IT’ is a fairly standard option. The Country/region should be specified as a standard ISO country code; IIS helpfully provides a drop-down control that is pre-populated with the majority of recognised codes.
After filling in the Distinguished Name Properties, click the ‘Next’ button to proceed to the Cryptographic Service Provider Properties stage.
I recommend that you use the default ‘Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider’ option and specify a Bit length for the encryption key of at least 2048.
Click the ‘Next’ button to proceed to the File Name stage.
Specify the full path to where the CSR file should be saved. I like to specify an extension of ‘.csr’ to make it clear that the file is a Certificate Signing Request.
Click the ‘Finish’ button to complete the wizard.
Filling in the request form
After creating a CSR, you’ll typically need to fill in a request form within the Control Panel of the website from which you purchased your certificate.
If you’re using 123-Reg, within the ‘SSL Overview’ section of the Control Panel click on the ‘Assign’ link next to your certificate.
This will open up a certificate request form. Complete the required fields as follows, adjusting the details according to your chosen domain and personal/organisation details.
- Domain: *.acme.com
- Email address: email@example.com
- First name: My First Name
- Last name: My Last Name
- Telephone: My Telephone Number
- Email address to send my certificate: firstname.lastname@example.org
- Confirm email address to send my certificate: email@example.com
- Send my Approval email to: firstname.lastname@example.org
- Paste your CSR here: Paste the contents of the CSR file generated in the previous section
After filling in all of the required fields, go ahead and submit the form.
A vital part of the process for obtaining an SSL certificate is validating that the person to whom the certificate is being issued actually owns the domain for which they are requesting the certificate.
Within an hour or two of submitting the certificate request form, an email should arrive in the inbox of the approval email address you specified. Depending on the certificate provider, this email will normally contain a link that you can click on to validate that you have access to the domain.
You may get a further email that says that domain control needs to be established. If so, add a TXT/SPF type DNS record within your DNS Control Panel with the unique value which has been supplied in the email. As per previous examples, use the ‘@’ symbol for the hostname.
Within another hour or two you should receive an email confirming that your SSL certificate has been issued.
At this point, you should be able to view the certificate within the ‘SSL overview’ section of your Control Panel. There should be a ‘Download Certificate’ link available.
Clicking on the download link will open an ‘SSL Certificate’ page with a text area containing the certificate details.
Copy and paste the entire contents of the text area into your favourite text editor and save the file with a ‘.cer’ extension.
Installing the certificate
The last stage of the process is to complete the certificate request and install the certificate into your hosting platform.
IIS has the capability to import a .cer file, making the certificate available for use on the machine on which IIS is installed. Following the import, the certificate can then be exported for use elsewhere.
Completing the certificate request
Within IIS, click on the server node, then within the ‘IIS’ section double-click the ‘Server Certificates’ option.
Underneath the ‘Actions’ pane on the right-hand side of the screen, click on the ‘Complete Certificate Request…’ link to launch the Complete Certificate Request dialog.
After the dialog opens, browse to the location where you saved your .cer file and click the ‘Open’ button.
Enter a Friendly name for the certificate which will be displayed within the Server Certificates list-view in IIS.
Lastly, select the certificate store you wish to use and press the ‘OK’ button.
Note that as a general rule of thumb, the Personal store is fine if you are only going to have a few certificates installed on your server.
Your certificate should now appear within the Server Certificates list.
Exporting the installed certificate
At this point, your certificate is installed and available for usage on the machine on which IIS is installed.
If you want to use the installed certificate on another server, you’ll need to export it.
To export the certificate, select it from the certificate list and then underneath the ‘Actions’ pane on the right-hand side of the screen, click on the ‘Export…’ link to launch the Export Certificate dialog.
On the Export Certificate dialog, enter the full path to where you wish to save the .pfx file for the certificate.
Fill in the Password and Confirm password fields with a strong password to protect the private key which is encoded within the .pfx file, then click the ‘OK’ button to complete the export.
Now you can install your certificate onto any other hosting platform. For example, you can upload the certificate to Azure to protect your cloud-based web apps.
At this stage, feel free to remove the certificate from IIS if you no longer need it there.
The process is now complete; we’ve covered all of the steps in regards to purchasing, requesting and completing a certificate request, then exporting it for use on other servers.
The aim of this article was to provide a guide that covers the process from start to finish for obtaining and installing a wildcard SSL certificate.
I acknowledged at the beginning of the article that it isn’t possible to cover every permutation as there are a huge number of companies selling domains and SSL certificates. There are also many different certificate authorities and the process for validating domains can vary between providers. The process of installing certificates also varies depending on the hosting platform.
Having said all this, I believe that the information in this article should serve as a valuable basis for assessing what is involved in the process so that you know what you expect. In combination with vendor-specific documentation, the steps I have documented should help you understand the process as you go along, regardless of your chosen provider and platform.
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Pregnancy is one of the most exciting times of any woman’s life, but it can also be one of the most challenging and frightening too. Especially if it’s your first pregnancy and you’re not quite sure what to expect or how to handle certain situations, you might find yourself asking a lot of questions you never asked before and worrying about things that didn’t seem so confusing in the past.
Many moms-to-be start to worry about the risks and side effects of OTC medicines, for example, and rightly so. OTC medicines are super convenient, letting us treat simple issues like headaches and colds without the need to go to the doctor and get a prescription, but when you’re carrying a little one around in your belly, it’s only natural to wonder about whether or not those medications are truly safe to use.
Can I Take OTC Medicines While Pregnant?
This is one of the most common questions asked by expectant moms, and the simple fact of the matter is that there’s no yes or no answer. It’s actually quite a gray area, even among medical experts, and while some OTC medications are regarded as safe to take while pregnant, others can pose some risks.
The side effects of OTC medications are well-known to many, with even common pain relief pills causing drowsiness, fatigue, nausea, slower reactions, so it’s only natural to fear that these same pills could pose problems to your little one.
Several studies have taken place on FDA-approved OTC medicines in order to try and evaluate whether or not they’re safe for pregnant women to use, but many drugs haven’t been studied too closely to make any definitive conclusions. One report even argues that around 90% of FDA-approved medications from 1980 to 2000 haven’t been studied closely enough.
This is why it’s so important to be careful when it comes to taking OTC medicines while pregnant, and even when you’re not pregnant, it’s worth taking a closer look at the lists of potential side effects on any OTC medicine you take and being aware of the possible risks associated with each pill.
Which OTC Medicines Are Safe For Pregnant Women?
Statistics show that around 9 in 10 pregnant women in the US will take some form of OTC medicine during their pregnancy, and in the vast majority of cases, there won’t be any problems at all, as several forms of OTC medicine have been deemed safe. Here are some examples:
- Cold Medicines – Common cold and cough syrups like Vicks, Sudafed, Tylenol Cold, and Actifed have been classed as safe for pregnant women.
- Pain Relief – Tylenol, for relief of headaches and other pains, can be taken by pregnant women.
- Allergies – Allergy medications including antihistamines are regarded as safe to take during pregnancy. Examples include cetirizine, Rhinocort, Afrin, Benadryl, Zyrtec, Efidac, and Teldrin.
- Digestive – Digestive medications for issues like diarrhea and constipation, such as Colace, Metamucil, Milk of Magnesia, Senekot, and Kaopectate, are also safe, but Imodium should only be used after the first trimester.
- Heartburn – Common heartburn remedies like Gavison, Maalox, Mylanta, and TUMs are also safe for pregnant women.
- Others – Prenatal vitamins are perfectly safe to take during pregnancy, but other vitamins and supplements should be handled with care and checked with a doctor before taking. Rash creams like Aveeno and Benadryl Cream are safe too, along with yeast infection treatments like Monistat and Terazol.
Which OTC Medicines Should I Avoid While Pregnant?
We’ve seen some common examples of OTC medicines that have been classed as safe for use in pregnant women, so now let’s take a closer look at some of the OTC medicines you are better off avoiding while expecting. Here are some of the most significant examples:
- Pain Relief – Aspirin is one of the most commonly taken forms of OTC pain relief, but it’s not recommended for pregnant women. Other pain relief medicines like ibuprofen should be avoided too.
- Decongestants – Decongestant medicines for treating stuffy noses and blocked sinuses are generally not recommended for pregnant women during the first trimester, especially if they contain phenylephrine or pseudoephedrine.
- Others – Many herbal supplements and vitamins should be avoided while pregnant, as they may have side effects that could harm the baby, especially during the first trimester.
Top Tips For Pregnant Women Considering OTC Medicines
So what should you do with OTC medicines while pregnant if you want to minimize the risks to your baby and prevent any issues from developing? These simple tips will help you make the right call:
- Always Consult Your Doctor – If you’re not sure about any OTC medicines and the possible risks of side effects they might have, don’t take them until you’ve consulted with your doctor. He/She will be able to provide you with guidance and reassurance, helping you choose the right medicines for every situation.
- Stay Safe During The First Trimester – The first trimester is when your baby is most at risk from any possible side effects induced by OTC medicines, so if possible, try to avoid taking any of these medicines for the first 12-13 weeks.
- Consider Your Options – Often, there are safer and simpler ways to deal with common health complaints that might typically be treated with OTC medicines. If you have a headache, for example, some rest in a dark room can help, and chiropractic techniques can help with other aches and tensions around the body. Yoga, exercise, and healthy diets can also help lower the risk of health issues.
Overall, while further studies in OTC medicines for pregnant women are needed in order to evaluate the risks of each one, it’s clear to see that many of these medicines are safe to take, but others should be avoided.
This article is not meant to be medical advice or to replace a consultation with your doctor. Remember to check the label and speak with your doctor if you’re unsure about anything or before taking any medication.
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Yet, another reason to get excited about Accordance for Windows and the original Mac OS version as well! Accordance has just released the first part of the Masora Thesaurus. When completed this encyclopedic like volume will contain the complete text of the Masorah Gedolah, Masorah Ketanah, and the Masorah Finalis of the oldest complete codex of the Hebrew Bible/Tanakh known as the Leningrad Codex B19a. This work will also include 30 years worth of Aron Dotan’s notes on the Masora. Aron Dotan is chair of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies and editor of the Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia. Now, this begs the question of what is the Masora?
The term Masorah is ordinarily used in modern biblical studies to refer to the body of marginal notes (i.e., Masoretic notes) which are transmitted with the text, either in a manuscript or in a printed edition. However, this is the narrow sense of the word. In its broadest sense, Masorah refers to traditions and rules, passed down in Judaism for generations, which regulate all aspects of the copying and use of Bible manuscripts…
The Masorah can be divided into several subdivisions. The Masorah Parva (Mp) consists of the Masoretic notes in the side margins of manuscripts (cf. BHS). The Masorah Magna (Mm) includes the notes in the upper and lower margins of the manuscripts…
The Masorah Finalis (Mf) refers to the material collected at the end of a particular book, section (e.g., Torah) or manuscript. In manuscripts, the Mf consists of summary lists, such as the number of verses, sedarim, etc., and information of this type is included in BHS at the end of books.
Kelley, Page H., Daniel S. Mynatt, and Timothy G. Crawford. The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: Introduction and Annotated Glossary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998.
The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) the longtime popular edition of the Hebrew Bible. only contains the Masora Parva, Masora
Enter Accordance Bible Software‘s Marorah Thesaurus database.
The Masorah Thesaurus has so much more than the printed Masora Magna of the BHS. Accordance database has the unedited Masorah Parva, the Masorah Magna of the Leningrad Codex(AND other Manuscritpt, too), as well cross-references to other Masoretic lists, notations, and texts (as well as much more). Accordance digital Masorah Thesaurus database is, of course, searchable in ways that neither the print edition of the BHS nor the standard digital edition of Gerard E. Weil’s Massorah Gedolah: Manuscrit B. 19a de Léningrad are.
So, that we can better appreciate the Masorah Thesaurus let’s first take a quick look at what the printed BHS offers.
In a printed edition of the BHS we turn to page one or to Genesis 1:1. Now, we notice the raised circle above בְּרֵאשִׁית . That circle in our printed BHS alerts us to the marginal notes called Masora Parva. To better illiterate what has just been said take a look at the following screenshot:
In the photo above (or in the BHS) we notice that the f
We, also notice that there are two other Hebrew letters in the note with dots; both ג̇ and ב̇ followed by abbreviations or short hand notes. ג̇ being the third letter of the alphabet represent 3, and ב̇ being the second letter represents two (2 plus 3 is of course five). So, the Masora tells us that בְּרֵאשִׁית starts a stanza(ר״פ) three times (ג̇) , and is embedded in a stanza ( מ״פ) two times(ב̇).
This may help us understand the above abbreviations:
(Within, inside) מ = מצעא
(Head, start) רֹ =ראש
(verse/Stanza) פ = פסוקֹ, פסֹ, פסוֹ
Sometimes (or at least I have seen some use) קֹ in place of פסוקֹ
However, since the Masora
Unfortunately, Weil’s Massorah Gedolah is out of print, but as mention before there is a digital version of it in another software platform for 99.99USD. However as Accordance Bible Software Masora Thesaurus just about the same at 99.09 it is arguable the better deal because it contain so much more value for the buck. | <urn:uuid:c31fcbee-f74f-41cc-b4eb-c1da42f7c167> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,982 |
Sharp presents double-notched Aquos R3 flagship
Continuing the tradition of dual-notched displays started with the R2 model in early 2019, the upcoming Aquos R3 flagship handheld from Sharp drastically improves most of the specs.
Even though the two notches that house the 16.3 MP selfie cam and the fingerprint scanner + home button may look a bit off, the other improved specs sure make up for the awkward design choices. The 6.2-inch IGZO Pro IPS display has a 3,120 x 1,440 resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate, plus it is compatible with the HDR10 standard. Furthermore, this model is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 SoC coupled with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB storage. Sharp offers a 3,200 mAh battery with 11 W Qi wireless charger, but, considering the size of the screen and the HDR + Dolby Atmos certificates, the battery capacity might turn out to be insufficient.
The photography department also received an upgrade as it now sports a rear dual-cam setup, but only one of the two cams is actually utilized for still pictures, and this one comes with a 12.2 MP sensor. The other camera features a 20 MP sensor and is used exclusively for video recordings. Both selfie and rear cams offer AI-powered features like AI Live Story and AI Live Shutter.
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Is double clicking a double work for you because your mouse doesn’t work properly? Or do you find it difficult to start application from desktop since your desktop is full of shortcuts?Or you need something flashy dock like Mac on your desktop? If you are facing such problems then today you will find a solution to it. The solution is NeXuS.
Winstep Nexus is a free application which can be used to start your favorite applications right from the desktop in a single click. Nexus is nothing but a dock, you can add your favorite applications to the dock and open those applications in a single click. This is similar to the dock on Macintosh. Want to see how Nexus looks? Then see the image below.
Apart from giving you the ease to open applications, Nexus can bring beauty to your desktop. It is very stylish. You can save your desktop space by making the shortcuts stick to the dock. Nexus is highly configurable.
You can decide its location whether at bottom or top or right-side or left-side. To add a shortcut to the dock, all you have to do is right-click on the dock and select insert new dock item. You can also change the icon of the application. When you insert new dock item, you can specify a custom icon for that application. The best place to download icon packages is deviantart.com, you can find some stunning icon packages there.
Interested to try NeXuS? Then, download NeXuS now. It’s free.
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Alarm 0118 was sounded for a vehicle crash; rollover into a creek on Springs Rd. Wagon, Rescue, Medic, and AC 1 arrived to find a vehicle that had flipped off the road prior to landing upside down in a creek 10 feet below the road surface. AC-1 established Springs Rd command while the Wagon and Rescue crews went to work extricating the driver who was pinned in the vehicle. A stokes operation was set up to haul the patient up to the roadway to the awaiting Medic crew. Units remained on scene for an additional 20 minutes for equipment clean up.
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Chinese Smartphone-based company, OPPO announces its latest 4G mobile handset, it is the OPPO Reno5 4G LTE variant in Vietnam with a 6.4-inch 90Hz refresh rate and it is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G with 8GB RAM.
The new Reno5 4G is the 4G LTE model of the recently released Reno5 5G smartphone series in China. The specifications and features are quite similar to the 5G lineup – Reno 5 5G, Reno 5 Pro 5G, and Reno 5 Pro+ 5G smartphones.
It arrives with a 6.4-inch 20:9 Full HD+ 90Hz refresh rate, 600 nits brightness, 100% sRGB, with 1080 pixels screen resolution and 180Hz touch sampling rate and boasts of 91.7% screen-to-body ratio. It is protected by an Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
As usual, it comes with a punch-hole screen that houses a 44-megapixel front camera. Around the back is a QUAD-camera setup, which the 64-megapixel sensor is the primary camera with f/1.7 aperture, EIS, and LED flash support.
It is supported by an f/2.2 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, a 2-megapixel macro, and a 2-megapixel mono sensor with f/2.4 aperture. This is quite similar to the similar to the one on Reno 5 5G.
Inside the screen is its in-display fingerprint sensor scanner. In some selected models, there is the gradient finish design, measures 159.1 × 73.3 × 7.7mm and weighs 171g. It comes in Gradient Silver and Black colors.
Reno5 4G is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 8nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 618 GPU, and comes in a single variant, which is the 8GB LPDDR4x RAM / 128GB UFS 2.1 storage, and you can easily expand the memory with microSD.
The new device runs on Android 11 OS with ColorOS 11 on top, and it comes with 4310mAh battery which support 50W Flash charge that can charge up to 100% in 48 minutes. However, there is an 65W SuperVOOC fast charging adapter in the box.
The OPPO Reno5 comes with an asking price of 86,90,000 Vietnamese dong ($377 USD) for its lone variant, 8GB RAM / 128GB storage. Anyways, you can easily purchase the device already in Vietnam.
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News that British long jumper Greg Rutherford is freezing his sperm ahead of the Rio Olympics raises an important and overlooked question. How important is the Zika outbreak to men? The answer, based on current evidence that it can be spread sexually, is very.
With close to a dozen countries reporting birth defects among the infants of mothers infected with Zika, women have been the focus. To be sure, mothers are paying an incredible price in this epidemic, and face a more uncertain future if infected during pregnancy. But placing the onus of safety entirely on them misses the point and threatens to extend the life of the outbreak.
Unlike its sister viruses, like dengue fever, Zika can be spread sexually. So although the mother may be the one passing Zika on in the womb, it’s an infection that may have originated with the father. Considering men’s role in this outbreak is critical.
Since the Zika outbreak began in May of last year, 60 countries and territories have reported spread of the virus. The infection itself is relatively mild and remains undetected in the majority of cases. But it has been linked to a smattering of serious long term side effects, not all of them congenital.
In April, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded the virus is indeed the cause of a spike in fetal brain defects worldwide, specifically microcephaly. Characterized by an underdeveloped brain and skull, it’s a condition that has been reported in 11 countries with Zika—nearly 5,000 (suspected and confirmed) cases in Brazil alone.
While scientists initially believed that the infection left the body in under a week, new evidence suggests that it remains in sperm. This week the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 13 countries have now seen human-to-human transmission of the disease, noting that it is “probably via a sexual route.”
Non-pregnant women usually rid their bodies of the disease within seven days, according to the CDC. “Based on the available evidence, we think that Zika virus infection in a woman who is not pregnant would not pose a risk for birth defects in future pregnancies after the virus has cleared from her blood,” the organization states.
For men it’s a different story. The CDC reports that males can pass on Zika before their symptoms start, while they are present, or even after they end. “Zika virus can stay in semen longer than in blood, but we don’t know exactly how long Zika stays in semen,” the information page reads. Men who have never shown symptoms may even be able to pass on the virus.
There is no evidence that women, at any stage, can do the same.
“The Zika news has caused no end of concern if we’re totally honest,” Rutherford’s partner Susie Verrill wrote in Standard Issue Magazine on their decision to freeze his sperm. “We’re not ones to worry unnecessarily, but after more than 100 medical experts stressed the Games should be moved to prevent the disease from spreading, this was a huge factor in us choosing to stay put.”
The couple, who already has one child, said they didn’t want to face an uncertain future.
“We’d love to have more children and with research in its infancy, I wouldn’t want to put myself in a situation which could have been prevented,” Verrill wrote. “Specialists still also don’t know the ins and outs of Zika, so even though it looks as though there’s no real issues should Milo get bitten, it’s just another thing we don’t want to chance.”
Beyond birth defects, the virus has been linked to a serious nerve disorder called Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), a condition in which the immune system attacks the nerves. Thirteen countries have reported a rise in GBS cases since the outbreak began. GBS, which can cause temporary paralysis, is more common in older people, specifically men.
The question of how long the virus remains in sperm is a difficult one. Thus far, researchers have found it in the sperm of men who were infected up to 62 days after the initial symptoms. One of the first instances of sexual transmission of the virus was reported in the U.S. in 2011, when a man infected his wife with it after returning from a trip to Senegal.
During this current outbreak, there have been six reported cases of sexual transmission in the U.S., one of which was male to male. The WHO and CDC recommend that men who have traveled to Zika-affected areas wait at least eight weeks before having sex, if it’s intended end in pregnancy. Men who have been infected with the virus should wait six months.
For Rutherford’s partner, missing the games in order to avoid putting herself at risk is worth it. For him, freezing his sperm is too. The decision will likely help to spark vital conversation around men’s role in the Zika epidemic. And no matter his fate at the games, Verrill will be patiently awaiting his return at home.
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- 1620: Mayflower passengers arrive in Plymouth (start of the Plymouth Colony)
- 1630: Massachusetts Bay Company starts in Boston
- 1634: Taxation of every man's assets and products of his abilities passed by Mass Bay Colony
- 1635: Boston Latin School founded
- 1636: Harvard founded
- 1646: Taxation of "visible estate" (a property tax)
- 1647: "Old Deluder Satan" law requires a school for every settlement of fifty families and a grammar school of every settlement of a hundred paid either by parents and masters OR by the settlement as a whole
This of course both leaves a lot out and oversimplifies, BUT I thought the interaction of taxation and education in Massachusetts interesting.
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Rp English Phonetic Transcription – For your transcription of speech, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) makes use of symbols to depict each and every seem in several languages. In fact, there are a lot more than 6,500 languages spoken throughout the world, with distinct dialects and accents influencing the pronunciation. As most human languages are written in certain sort of alphabet, there exists a widespread alphabet in spite of this range. To assist within the transcription of speech, the IPA employs these alphabetic symbols. Rp English Phonetic Transcription
Modern day English dictionaries use the IPA symbol. In the two American and British English, each and every letter from the alphabet represents two distinct phonemes. Moreover, it is possible to quickly find words commencing with every letter on the alphabet. The web sites shown under will help you find out more concerning the IPA symbols and their meanings. Wikipedia has a prosperity of information around the IPA symbols. You’ll find different pages for every seem on these websites, which you’ll be able to use to discover the differences in between the 2 alphabets.
Articulatory descriptions are unreliable since it is hard to distinguish between the IPA image and the seem it denotes. There is certainly no formal identify for every IPA symbol, based on the Handbook of the International Phonetic Association, even though they are doing admit that every image features a typically utilized title. The IPA symbols, within the other hand, have Unicode nonce names. “The tiny letter open e,” as an example, is a common title for that image. Rp English Phonetic Transcription
Consonants are not integrated in IPA symbols, which signify the seems of all vowels. International Phonetic Alphabet isn’t going to contain lateral flap consonants, which require a further row within the IPA image chart. Quite simply, it’s extremely hard to find each and every consonant in every language around the world.
There are many variations in between the 2 IPA charts, even if the IPA chart is made up of the full list of IPA symbols. There are 2 symbols beside each position on the IPA chart: one particular for an unrounded vowel (/u/) and one particular for a rounded vowel (/a/).
The International Phonetic Alphabet Image (IPA) is also a universal alphabet for languages, additionally for the IPA symbol. There are some languages that utilize it as their main alphabet and they are viewed as the norm. The IPA symbol has become adopted by other alphabets. African Alphabet is utilised broadly in sub-Saharan African languages like Hausa, Fula, and Akan, among others. The Kabiye language of northern Togo also involves the D and g appears. Rp English Phonetic Transcription
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The coronavirus pandemic has thrown millions of lives into chaos, in large and small ways. Even for those of us who aren’t suffering directly, we find that parts of our normal summer routines are upended. Event spaces, water parks, and other venues are all either shutting down, limiting attendance, or implementing precautions to keep their attendees safe.
One of the first and most complete casualties of the pandemic and the subsequent regulations is movie theaters. Theaters, which are designed to have dozens of people in an enclosed space next to each other for hours at a time, are an obvious vector for the transmission of any airborne disease. For the safety of movie-going patrons, most traditional movie theaters like AMC are temporarily closed.
The Pandemic’s Effect on the Movie Industry
The entire movie and television industry has experienced an unprecedented shakeup over the pandemic. It has affected everything from the top down, in a lot of different ways.
- The Emmy Awards and other awards shows have been canceled.
- TV shows have had to make do with workarounds for being unable to film in person, ranging from delays to janky animation.
- Big-budget feature films like Christopher Nolan’s Tenet have been repeatedly delayed.
- Other films, like Trolls World Tour, have been released direct to streaming services, or simultaneously between streaming and theatrical releases. This has led to a lot of controversies, with AMC theaters threatening to not license films that released digitally. Though DreamWorks, which made 40 million dollars from Trolls in the first week entirely from the digital release, laughed and shrugged about that kind of threat, no doubt.
Movies in production have been delayed, or have been forced to implement a wide range of mask and distancing requirements, or otherwise adapt to the New Normal to continue filming. Theaters remain closed until it’s safe to open, though many are pushing to open regardless, and face consequences ranging from state government sanctions to fines to their visitors getting sick.
At the same time, one artifact of the past has seen a not-so-surprising resurgence in the wake of all of this.
What if you wanted to see a movie, but you wanted to stay isolated and socially distant while you did? What if you were to set up a large screen in an open space, use some modern technology to broadcast audio, and allow people to drive up to the screen to watch?
The concept of the drive-in theater is nothing new. The earliest example of a drive-in was from before World War II, in fact, and opened in New Mexico all the way back in 1915. Obviously, things are very different now, both in terms of the kinds of shows on offer and the technology used to power them.
There was a time, in the 40s and 50s when both movies and car ownership surged and drive-ins became a logical business to pursue. Their popularity peaked in the 60s, in fact, though they began to decline by the 70s. Home videos became more and more affordable around then which gradually killed the drive-in movie theater.
These days, the drive-in theater has been seeing a bit of a revival. While few and far between, these theaters have been coming back as a form of retro technology, some showing old movies, some new, some indies, and more. In 2006, around 500 drive-ins were open in the United States.
The modern drive-in has a few adaptations that make them somewhat different from their retro counterparts. Some of them use Jumbotrons instead of projector screens, for example, and some of them use more modern technology like short-range radio broadcasting for audio rather.
For those of us in the Dallas and surrounding north Texas areas, who want to hit up one of those drive-in theaters, one question stands out. Are there any around here?
Drive-Ins in the North Texas Area
There are, surprisingly enough, over 20 different drive-in theaters in Texas. As for how many of them are in the Dallas and Fort Worth area, well, that’s another story. Let’s take a look.
The Galaxy Drive-In. This theater, in Ennis, is a bit south of the center of Dallas on Highway 45. As of this writing, they are open seven nights a week, their ticket prices and snacks are relatively cheap, and they show a variety of modern new releases and older releases. Their website is here.
The Coyote Drive-In. This is a theater and event venue in Fort Worth, just off Main street near the center of the city. Their venue is a hybrid of a drive-in and an outdoor festival grounds hosting a variety of forms of live entertainment. Their website is here.
The Brazos Drive-In. This is a pretty small and simple drive-in theater with a few screens showing retro movies. They were initially opened in 1952 and have survived thick and thin since then. Their website is here.
The Graham Drive-In Theatre. This one is a little bit out of the way, west and a little north from Fort Worth out in Graham. They have digital projection and can host up to 100 cars each night for single or double features. Their website is here.
The Last Drive-In Picture Show. Obviously not the last, but branded that way, this theater is a bit south of Dallas, a little more than halfway to Austin. It’s a little out of the way, but they show a mix of double features of a retro film and a new film. They don’t have a website, but you can find their Facebook account here.
There are also some old drive-ins that have closed. Unfortunately, they still show up on a lot of searches. If you’re someone looking to buy and open one back up, here are some options you could pursue. View them all here.
If you happen to know of another drive-in in North Texas that’s still open, feel free to let us know in the comments so we can add it to this list as well. The world of drive-in theaters is rapidly changing, perhaps more now than it has in its history. Some of these could pop up at any time. Though, speaking of…
Pop-Up Drive-In Options
One interesting phenomenon caused by the pandemic is the thousands of people looking for an alternative and new business opportunities. Drive-in theaters are, obviously enough, a case of “what’s old is new again.” Old theaters are getting a surge in traffic and profits, closed theaters are being purchased and refurbished for reopening, and other solutions are springing up.
One such major solution is an experiment Walmart is performing. They’ve set up the Walmart Drive In at over 160 locations across the country. For now, this is just a limited selection of events with limited screenings at specific locations. Of the 160 locations across the country, 14 of them are in the North Texas area. These showings are currently scheduled to run between mid-August and October, but we fully expect Walmart to expand the program if it proves to be a success.
Participating locations include Walmart supercenters in Prosper, Plano, The Colony, Frisco, Roanoke, Bedford, Grand Prairie, McKinney, Irving, Rockwall, Denton, Wylie, and Murphy. You can see the full list, along with when and what movies are being shown, at the link above or in this article.
It wouldn’t be all that surprising to see other companies following suit with this kind of plan. After all, anywhere there’s a sufficiently large parking lot, a decent projector, a large screen, and some Bluetooth speakers could be set up into a makeshift Drive-In theater. You’d have to license movies to screen, of course, and there are legal hurdles to vault for things like ADA compliance and food safety for concessions, but plenty of people are likely to give it a try.
Incidentally, if you know of any others, you can let us know about that too.
Alternatives to Theater Screenings
Drive-ins are likely going to be packed for the foreseeable future, due to the pandemic and the interest of movie-going audiences who are otherwise given little choice. The nearest Blockbuster has been closed for ages, so we’re left with very few alternatives, but here are some.
Home streaming services. Everyone knows about Netflix and Hulu, and the new Disney Plus is likely to host a lot of the new Disney films as they come out, though they have an additional fee to rent them on top of the cost of Disney Plus itself. Other streaming services, like HBO and Starz, certainly have their own libraries of exclusives. Look for other major studios opening their own streaming services in the future, to capitalize on digital distribution for their movies without having to go through an intermediary platform.
Home movie nights. If you want the theater experience, you can always set up a projector of your own. You can rent a projector that can just hook up to a computer and stream anything you have access to on that computer. You can also buy a projector if you want to keep it around to use more often.
The side of a house can be a good surface for a projected movie, as can a garage door. Set up some lawn chairs, or “drive in” to the driveway. Use some Bluetooth speakers hooked up to the computer powering the projector to get audio without needing a full surround system that blasts audio to the whole neighborhood.
Events in parks. One common trend among communities is setting up movies in parks. These can be organized by municipalities or by organizations that book a park to show a movie to an audience. These kinds of public showings in parks aren’t restricted to cars, so you’ll need to adhere to mask and social distancing rules if you attend one of them, and they may be banned depending on the city or state regulations against large gatherings.
One example might be the “til midnight at the Nasher” event, held at the Nasher Sculpture Center. This event is basically a glorified movie in a park, held by the sculpture center, often with a live concert preceding it. The Nasher has been closed due to the pandemic for a while now, but they plan to open back up on August 20th. It remains to be seen whether they’ll be restoring the events or just opening up the center, though.
Another example is the UTA summer movie series. Every summer, the University of Texas at Arlington plans a series of movies held on the lawn. They, too, could have this event canceled or rescheduled, but you can keep an eye on the UTA events calendar to watch for changes and updates on the movie series.
The best course of action is either to limit yourself to a household or small family gathering, with or without a projector (or actually attend one of the real drive-ins). Social gatherings, even with proper distancing, can be potentially dangerous vectors for infection, and a movie isn’t really worth that.
Stick to a drive-in where you can be isolated from others in your car, distant from other cars, and still enjoy a theater-like experience. Or, if you don’t feel like being around other people and cars, you can rent your own and have someone set up a portable theater at your house.
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- A 22-year-old retail worker in Texas says three of their colleagues are out sick with COVID-19.
- They say it's really stressful in the store right now and worry about unmasked customers.
- Here's their story, as told to writer Fortesa Latifi.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a 22-year-old retail worker at a Texas make-up and cosmetics chain. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their career, but Insider has verified their identity and employment. It has been edited for length and clarity.
The holidays are always a difficult time to work in retail, but with a pandemic still ravaging the country it's even harder than usual. I work at a Texas branch of a national make-up and cosmetic chain and as of this week, my boss and two of my colleagues are out with COVID-19.
My boss has been out for two weeks now and I didn't really notice at first because she had a sinus infection, so I thought that's why she was still out. But then she'd been gone for a while and I asked someone where she went, who told me she had COVID-19.
The next day, someone told me 2 of my other coworkers have COVID-19, too
I thought maybe they'd quit or something because a lot of people have been quitting lately. It's interesting because there haven't been any sort of announcements when someone tests positive for COVID-19. It seems like we should definitely be told if we've been exposed, but I think they're worried because if we all were exposed we might all have to quarantine.
And then what would happen? Would we have to shut down the store? It's almost like they're keeping it hush-hush, but then if you ask directly about it you get a direct answer. The only protocol is that if you're exposed and you're vaccinated, you're still allowed to come to work. If you're exposed and you're unvaccinated, you have to get tested and can't come back to work until you've tested negative.
It's scary, but we all have bills to pay, so I've just kind of brushed it off.
This deep into the pandemic, I'm just desensitized to the whole situation
I don't even really feel anything about it. When I find out that someone has COVID-19, I don't even react.
If I had to estimate, only 25% of customers even wear a mask in the store since there's no mask mandate. Last year, I was really worried, but now that I'm vaccinated I feel safer even though a lot of customers are acting like there isn't even a pandemic. They're not wearing masks, they're trying facial products. Don't even get me started on people still trying the lipstick samples.
I haven't gotten my booster yet
I've been meaning to but it's hard because I work full time, and if I take time off I don't get paid because I'm hourly.
When I got the second dose of the vaccine, I was out for two days and that was a big chunk of my paycheck. I know I need to get the booster, but it's hard to schedule it around work and everything.
It's really stressful in the store right now
Not only is it the holiday season so we're incredibly busy, but we're also short-staffed because of so many of my colleagues being sick. We've brought in some seasonal workers, which has lightened the load a bit, but it's still pretty chaotic. Not only are lines long, but customers are irritated.
Recently, a customer tried to return something that was outside of our return policy and when the return was denied, she threw the item at my manager.
Things get messy, too — last month, a little kid smeared lipstick all over the floor and his mom didn't do anything about it. It's pretty intense right now.
I wash my hands whenever I can. As employees, we're required to wear our masks out on the floor and we sanitize as much as possible. But we can't force customers to wear their masks.
We don't even have a sign on our door like we used to that said it wasn't required to wear a mask but was recommended. Now, there's just nothing. People feel free to do whatever they want.
I wish people knew that retail workers are exhausted
Not only are we contending with the holiday season, but we're scared of getting sick. And we're filling the gaps left by coworkers who have gotten the virus.
I worked six days for 45 hours in one week recently because so many people called out. I usually do five days a week, averaging between 35 and 40 hours.
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