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Maybe this will start to drive a change in our high school system/curriculum. Instead of learning about cumulonimbus clouds we can focus on more skills related to the real world.
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hminsky said:
There is no ethical or socially beneficial reason that student loans can not be discharged by bankruptcy, that was entirely the product of some kind of bribery and lobbying
of congress-scumbags to give a gift to the college loan industry. It should never have happened, and was a multi-trillion dollar disaster of a wealth transfer from vulnerable people to bankers and the finance 'industry'. I have not heard of any other kind of loan that has that kind of backing by the government to collect on.
very true, but there are many other examples. Take the repo market program - the Federal Reserve is using billions in taxpayer-backed loans to keep hedge funds afloat, by offering them cheap overnight lending when banks won't do it.
The student loan situtation is proof positive that the overwhelming majority of young people of college entrance age are incapable of making sound decisions......
No, they're not. The mind isn't fully developed until you are in your early 20s, and the way the education system is set up, I truly believe that sitting in class for at least 6 hrs/day stunts mental development. That plus a lack of real-world experience, and how can we expect 99% of 17-18 year olds to make sound decisions?
Of course people are taking on huge debts.
Plus, nobody talks about the consequences.
I remember the mantra when I was a teen in the 80s.
"Gotta go to a good high school to get into a good college. Gotta go to a good college to get into a good grad school or get a good job.". What a crock.
The reality is I would have been better off either not going to college and start a landscaping company, or learn a trade at the voke.
Yea, I enjoy what I do, but the cost to do what I do was very high 20 years ago, and now it's more than double what I paid.
Plus, the HVAC guy doesn't have to devote resources to getting paid from the air conditioning insurance.
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Southwest NH
Did they also buy you a special cape to wear? How big was your trophy?
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NHKevin
I'm a pilot. I care a lot about CB's.
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My son got a free ride, academic based, books included. Quit after 4 days, joined the Marines, got extensive training in...what he does...then got his degree at a mil.oriented college, in Md. Started off well into 6 figures at the fort he was last stationed at. He laughs at people "thanking him for his service" as he got paid to get trained doing what he loves, and got the experience under his belt quicker as a Marine than a college kid.
My sister went to Tufts, Univ. of London and George Washington school of law. Scholarships early on plus loans, Navy picked up her law degree. She paid $700/month for 30 freaking years paying off those loans, but now as a Navy Capt. and partner in a law firm, as well as part time judge, those bills are a distant memory. I still laugh calling her "the girl who needs 3 jobs to make ends meet"...then I look at her Navy pension, and hope she remembers big brother while spending some of it.
Personally, after bouncing around at Uconn, I ended up in a cert. program in a field that's treated me pretty well for 37 years now. Got into my field the day of my first class when my shop saw my interest, then they picked up the tab.
Do it...seriously. If more people take out loans and then later file bankruptcy, it will make loans harder to get because they will be a lot more picky on to whom they loan money. This will also shrink the market for candidates who try and go to school which will cause the schools to lower tuition.
The .gov also needs to get out of the loan business as well.
Your conversion sounds almost complete!
Welcome to the dark side Blindfire!
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426wedge
teaser452 said:
yes. You've been f***ed. And no reach around either.
ccm75
Decision under appeal I am sure....
The worse are the ones that give out a scholarship but force students to pay for a dorm which costs almost as much as the scholarship they received.
"Scholarships" good at only one school that are less than 100% aren't. (Scholarships, that it). They are "discounts off retail to close the sale".
Nobody calls it "financial aid" when they loan you money to buy a car from them, or offer you a discount off retail to close the deal. If they did, the FTC would shut that down right quick. Notice how stealerships NEVER use the word "sale" to avoid deceptive advertising charges, they are always "events" or "saleathons", never just "sales".
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I point that out any time someone argues that we should lower the voting age. The college debt problem is the epitome of what you get when you give young people such power without the appropriate education and information to go along with it.
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Pete85 said:
In the end, all that will happen is it will be harder to get student loans and people without the savings to pay for college won't be able to go.
Then maybe we won't have to pay $500 an hour for someone to fix our toilets or install a light switch.
Palladin said:
From the Herald
Newly released state payroll records for 2019 also show 16,599 employees in the University of Massachusetts system and throughout state government pulled down $100,000 or more — a 20% jump from the previous year driven in part by overtime work.
If ZooMass was a tit, we would be building an ark for all the milk.
IIRC, student loan debt was made so it couldn't be discharged in bankruptcy in exchange for the government backing loans, making them available to everyone.
It was also in in response to strategic bankruptcies. Many new grads worked the numbers and figured out they were better off in the long term not paying the loan and waiting for the bankruptcy to roll off the credit report in a decade than being a debt slave for several decades. 10 years after filing, the bankrupt student was far better off than the one who paid his bills.
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quincy said:
Flood the trades with workers and barriers to entry will be raised faster than a drawbridge facing a Viking raid.
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CoastieRon said:
That loud popping noise we should hear soon is going to be the explosion of the tuition loan bubble.
There's no free lunch.... unfortunately that bubble popping for guys like in this OP story mean guys like me pay the difference when my kids go to college.
I can't see college costs going backward
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NHKevin said:
That's the problem. We are teaching everyone to be a pilot. Instead of teaching them its OK to be the fuel guy or the mechanic. The education system is broken. Im all for more vocational schools. I would also go as far as removing all arts/gym/music from schools. But that's a whole new topic. I honestly couldn't think of many careers that needed clouds, completely forgot about pilots to be honest. Maybe they would have taught me that if I went to college.
So my daughters are foolish for actually working hard and paying off their college loans. I'm guessing that most people who will use bankruptcy don't really have a work ethic.
My Dad got his electrical license by driving for coca cola during the day, going to school at night and working overnight as a gas station attendant, he would see my mother and his kids on the weekends until he graduated.
I instilled that ethic into my kids.
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This won't "open the floodgates" at all. He represented himself, which he was easily able to do because of his law background. This meant it was essentially free (minus court fees). He also filed an "adversary proceeding" which are not cheap for an attorney to follow through on. I saw in a different article that such work can cost $5K to $10K in attorneys fees. For someone making $38K/year, that is an insurmountable amount to have to pay up front.
Rosenberg began by looking into the different tests that judges use to identify whether a debtor is deserving of a discharge, identifying the Brunner test as an important one. He also decided to pursue the case as his own legal counsel.
"When I was looking at hiring a lawyer to do it for me, I was getting quotes of around $40,000 because the lawyers see it as this really hard, arduous process," he explained. "Maybe with this myth shattered, they'll lower what they charge. They were looking at it like it's an endless thing. And it's going to be lots of work and appeals and all this stuff."
Rosenberg filed for bankruptcy under chapter 7 in 2018. He also filed an adversary proceeding, which is essentially a civil lawsuit, against the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation. He said he was called to court five or six times for hearings on top of a deposition and an expert witness interview. Documents were produced and read. And both sides filed a summary judgement.
On January 7, 2020, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia G. Morris made her decision: Rosenberg's summary judgment asking the court to declare his student debt dischargeable was granted.
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I was gonna say.
My grandpa paid his way through UCLA in the 1930s... by doing a paper route.
Good luck with that today.
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Baby Billy
Picton said:
Newspapers are a dying medium.
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Unlikely, the loans are guaranteed by the Gov. The bankruptcy may let the borrower off, but then the Gov is on the hook to the loan company. So the overpriced education that resulted from Gov guaranteed loans will continue, but now the student can walk away.
Those days are gone. A lot more companies used to offer great benefits including continued education and training. That's not the trend now.
ridleyman said:
Fuque college! It's great for enrichment, enlightenment, and some knowledge if you stay away from psychology, sociology, ethnic studies, and lesbian studies (unless they're really hot). I was in the 2nd tier of history-great, important topic, but not for indebtedness for 4 generations. My doctor, who's over 60, paid off his loans for med school only 10 years ago.
The other problem is that middleclass in this country is f***ed and it looks like the orange man has no desire to fix it. I'm not sure that tradesmen will fare any better, they are just slimmer piece of the pie to be consumed and stolen from, but it's coming alright.
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MisterHappy
On the 16 yard line, shootin' for the Lewis!
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TLB said:
Funny you say that. My 15 year old daughter still doesn't know what she wants to do after high school. (Yeah...I know...a lot of kids are this way and I shouldn't panic too much, but I do).
Anyway, at one point she said she wanted to teach but moved away from that. Then she said she like library sciences. I told her unless she got a job with a private company, she should just get used to being poor. Is it good to have a job you love? Yes...but is it good to make money to support your lifestyle? Most definitely YES!
teaser452
NC defending a beach
426wedge said:
Because it would have been better if he had just gone bankrupt. Instead, he served and was paid less than he deserved, but in exchange he got money or loans for school.
now, just go to school, and then declare bankruptcy. You'll own a home and be free and clear by age 30.
playing by their rules hurts you. Use their rules.
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Too Hurt to Stay by Casey Watson
The fourth title from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.
Eight-year-old Spencer takes himself to social services and demands to be taken into care. It's a desperate act, a cry for help, but his parent's reaction - good riddance - speaks volumes. Casey's hackles are immediately up for this poor child.
Too Hurt to Stay Summary
Too Hurt to Stay: The True Story of a Troubled Boy's Desperate Search for a Loving Home by Casey Watson
Spencer is the middle child of four siblings. His parents claim all their other kids are `normal' and that Spencer was born `vicious and evil'. Casey and her family are disgusted - kids aren't born evil, they get damaged. Although when vigilante neighbours start to take action and their landlord threatens eviction, Casey is stretched to the limits, trying desperately to hold on to this boy who causes so much pain and destruction.
Casey is determined to try and understand what Spencer is going through and help him find the loving home he is so desperately searching for. But it's only when Spencer's mother gets in touch with social services for the first time that gradually everything starts to make sense.
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BkiUbfTxK7ICUubsyOJp | Australian Citizenship Test - What is it?
OziHELP stands for Australian Citizenship test help guide, was designed purposely to assist new immigrants of getting familiar with the contents of the test by having a software designed with question and multiple choice answers based on the information in the (latest) official test booklet "Australian Citizenship - Our Common Bond" produced by the Australian Department of Immigration and Border protection (DIBP).
The software is a standalone program installed into your PC from the CD provided and it is compatible with most Microsoft Windows based operating systems.
Besides using it as an interactive help guide for the citizenship test, we have also provided questions based in the non-testable section in the booklet as a complimentarily and useful resource for those who are keen to further their knowledge about the history, government and cultural background of Australia.
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In Oct 2007, the Australian government had announced that all new immigrants arrived in Australia and applying for Australian citizenship are required to undergo a multiple choice test about the Australian way of life and culture and the responsibilities and privileges as an Australian citizen. The test is closed book and it is done in English.
Statistics have shown that after several months of implementing the test, more than 20% of the people tested fail the test first time! That is, 1 in 5 people will not pass the first time.
(Latest) From Oct 19, 2009. A revised Australian citizenship test format was introduced. People sitting for the exam have to answered 15 out of 20 questions correctly to pass the test, that is you will only pass the test if you have answered 5 or less questions incorrectly compare with the previous format where 8 or less questions was allowed to be answered incorrectly.
The new format had separated into testable and non-testable sections. Where testable sections focus on the Australia and its people, the democratic beliefs, rights and liberties and the Australian laws, that is the Australian citizenship pledge. The non-testable section is purely for complimentary study and learning of Australian history, Australian geography and Australian culture.
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BkiUdUA4uzlh5TJwIiqn | Announcements, Chalam Faerytales, Music
"A Truly Remarkable Piece of Work" – Epic Fantasy Færytale Continues with the Release of Book Two
It's here! The Purloined Prophecy, the second book in The Chalam Færytales series is officially available worldwide! I am so excited to share this book with you, which picks up the very next morning after The Promised One left off. Our beloved characters, Prince Ferryl and Elizabeth must find out the answer to the questions that loom before them: who cursed Ferryl and why? Who is Elizabeth and where does she come from? And what are they going to do about it all?
The first book was such a whirlwind of emotions for me, but to be honest, the story is only just beginning and to me, The Purloined Prophecy is where the magic really shines. One reviewer thought so, too:
I have to say that usually the second book in fantasy novels are quite disappointing but with this series it was actually MORE satisfying. This is a better book than the first! I enjoy this tale and can't wait for the next one.
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Another reviewer put it this way:
Where the first book was good, this one grabs you by the shirt and throws you right into it!
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So yeah, I think you're going to like this one. Although I hope you're not too mad at me for a few things that happen…. *grins innocently.*
Pick up your copy of The Purloined Prophecy from your favorite retailer today!
And as always, happy reading, my friends!
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Song Story // Ferryl's Song
Have you seen the trailer for The Promised One? If you have, then you've gotten a taste of an original composition of mine that I lovingly call Ferryl's Song. It's a piece I wrote for the trailer to tell the story arc of The Promised One from Ferryl's perspective—the peace of a lifelong love that is cast into shadow by dark magic, a journey to awaken the truth, and an ending that doesn't answer everything.
Yes, every stanza of this piece tells that story. Can you hear it?
And yes, in case you're wondering… there is more to come where this is concerned. *grins maniacally*
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Campuses start campaign to curb binge drinking
UC, Mt. St. Joe honing message
Updated: 7:58 PM EDT Mar 26, 2014
Kristy Davis
The College of Mount Saint Joseph and University of Cincinnati are partnering with the Coalition for a Drug Free Cincinnati to try and cut down on binge drinking on their respective campuses.
Two Tri-State universities are focusing on a new way to curb binge drinking.The College of Mount Saint Joseph and University of Cincinnati are partnering with the Coalition for a Drug Free Cincinnati to try and cut down on binge drinking on their respective campuses.Watch this storyAlcohol continues to be the drug of choice for young people in middle school and high school, and as they move to college and beyond, it has become evident in recent surveys that they're drinking in excess."We're not trying to focus on whether they're drinking or not. We're trying to focus on how they're drinking," CDFC President Mary Haag said.The campaign seeks to connect with college students using social media, and messaging developed by students.The campaign, entitled "It Takes Less Than You Think," will post messages around campuses include, "You thought you were over your ex, that was three drinks ago," while depicting a girl crying while holding her cellphone.College of Mount Saint Joseph Junior Catie Murray believes the messaging will hit home."Saying, 'You know, not just anti-drinking, but if you do drink, make the right choices," Murray said.The campaign will also move off campus and into different entertainment districts and on billboards.It's an attempt to create a broader peer-to-peer conversation to cut back on binge drinking in kids and young adults.
CINCINNATI —
Two Tri-State universities are focusing on a new way to curb binge drinking.
Watch this story
Alcohol continues to be the drug of choice for young people in middle school and high school, and as they move to college and beyond, it has become evident in recent surveys that they're drinking in excess.
"We're not trying to focus on whether they're drinking or not. We're trying to focus on how they're drinking," CDFC President Mary Haag said.
The campaign seeks to connect with college students using social media, and messaging developed by students.
The campaign, entitled "It Takes Less Than You Think," will post messages around campuses include, "You thought you were over your ex, that was three drinks ago," while depicting a girl crying while holding her cellphone.
College of Mount Saint Joseph Junior Catie Murray believes the messaging will hit home.
"Saying, 'You know, not just anti-drinking, but if you do drink, make the right choices," Murray said.
The campaign will also move off campus and into different entertainment districts and on billboards.
It's an attempt to create a broader peer-to-peer conversation to cut back on binge drinking in kids and young adults. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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So, I've emailed three Tourist Information Centres in towns that used to have NMBs. Wrexham, Mold and Oswestry (the three that I could find email addresses for).
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BkiUdyw5jDKDyDF8xCGN | New York-based Deloitte announced plans to open a U.S. Delivery Center in Gilbert after the town council voted to approve the first phase of a development agreement Thursday evening.
Deloitte's U.S. Delivery Center will bring 2,500 jobs to the southeast valley town near Gilbert Road and the Loop 202.
The 102,000-square-foot U.S. Delivery Center will operate as a technology operations delivery center that will help Deloitte drive its technology solutions to clients in Arizona and across the nation, says Jonas McCormick, Greater Phoenix managing principal at Deloitte Consulting.
Since 1961, Deloitte has had professional services operations in Phoenix. Deloitte has close to 400 client service professionals located in downtown Phoenix, McCormick says.
The upcoming Deloitte facility will be located within Rivulon near Gilbert Road and the Loop 202.
The 2,500 jobs will be IT driven positions that will work on the development and management of many technology solutions in the cloud, AI and more. Deloitte is already recruiting for positions for this campus, McCormick says.
The facility, "allows us at Deloitte the ability to most efficiently develop the leading-edge solutions around areas like the cloud, robotic and cognitive automation, blockchain and AI in terms of the leading-edge technologies that are in the marketplace today as disruptive technologies," McCormick says.
McCormick shares that there were a number of factors for Deloitte picking Gilbert for this new campus location, including the labor-pool, quality of life and Deloitte's diverse pool of clients in Arizona and the region.
"The scale and efficiency that 2,500 very innovative practitioners provides is incredible, and so we want to harness the power and capabilities of that center and certainly we're in the process of doing that to serve our clients today," he says.
Deloitte is excited to take part in the growing technology eco-system that has been evolving in the southeast Valley in recent years, McCormick says. Deloitte will also be able to operate in Gilbert free of business interruptions like natural disasters.
The development agreement Gilbert passed with Deloitte is the first part of what could turn into three phases, says Gilbert's Economic Development Director Henderson.
He says Deloitte will start out by receiving $1,400 a job for 1,500 initial qualifying jobs Deloitte creates. Deloitte will also occupy 100,000 square feet as part of this first phase.
By the end of the third phase, Deloitte will employ 2,500 people who make an average annual wage of $95,000, Henderson says. And by the end of that phase, Deloitte will occupy 200,000 square feet, he says.
Deloitte will also be spending $50 million in capital investments into the region by the end of these phases. Henderson says Deloitte will be in its permanent space within Rivulon by December.
The Arizona Commerce Authority offered Deloitte an Arizona Competes Fund grant for $2,500,000. This grant is performance-based and paid in increments once milestones are met.
Deloitte has also applied for $947,993 in "eligible expenses" through the Job Training Grand program. The application is still pending approval, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUf3A25V5jdpIrvl0D | Since we believe data and analytics are important to understanding the effectiveness of your digital marketing efforts, the first screen you'll see when you log-into Topspin will is the Dashboard section where you can review your key direct-to-fan metrics revenue and fanbase metrics such as sales, number of transactions, streams, views, and emails collected.
The Products section of Topspin is where you manage your merchandise, digital media, and any other products you create in Topspin. You can upload your digital media via our standard uploader (click Add Product > Digital Media) or use an FTP client to upload larger files directly into your account. The FTP uploader can be accessed by logging into ftp.topspin.net site with your standard Topspin login credentials. Once your files are uploaded, click on them to view details. For digital media such as audio tracks, videos, and files, this is where you can assign the proper metadata for organization within popular media players such as iTunes. You can also create any kind of physical merchandise product you'd like to offer your fans: CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, Vinyl, Box Sets, Chess Sets, Skateboards, lunch dates, pretty much anything! The fun part is bundling your digital, physical, and experiential products into exclusive packages, which will give your fans rich and engaging ways to access your art and interact with you! Check out the video titled "Products" in the multi-video player above.
The Promote section is where you connect with your fans. You can use Topspin's promotional tools to send an email to your fans, publish widgets to help build your fan base (Email for Media) and drive Facebook "Likes" (Facebook for Media), create streaming audio and video players to promote your new releases, and create free download links and secure redemption codes for your digital products. You can click on each promotional widget you create to view more granular data and metrics. For example, you can see the metrics on email opens and click-throughs and which links in your email were clicked the most. For your widgets, you can see how many views and fans were acquired via the widgets. You can also see where those widgets were embedded across the web. One of the coolest aspects of your promotional widgets is that you can update them anytime with new language or artwork without ever having to re-embed the widgets. Updates made in Topspin are distributed out to all of your embedded widgets "in the wild" automatically! Check out the video titled "Promote" in the multi-video player above.
The Sell tab in your Topspin account is where you'll build your ecommerce "offers". You can sell literally anything that you've uploaded or built in your Products tab - all you need to do is load your product into a "New Offer" in the Sell tab, set a name and price for the offer (and any applicable shipping & handling) and hit "Publish". It's that simple - you're ready to open up for business! Check out the video titled "Sell" in the multi-video player above.
The Fans section is where you can organize and manage your fans. You can import your existing fan email list to a CSV spreadsheet, and we provide you with an importing template so you can import not just new emails but any corresponding data associated with your fans like address, region, and several other fields. You can get quick snapshots of your fan activity over time or filter for just fans who joined in the past week or month. You can also target your fans by territory through postal code + radius distance or query your fan base by specific region. You can sort your mailing list alphanumerically, by sales total, acquisition date, or drill down into each fan by clicking their email. The "Acquired by" Smart Group is a dynamic list of fans based on how they entered your Topspin database either through an import or via a widget you created in the Fans section. It's a handy feature for tracking and communicating with fans associated with different Email for Media widgets and Offers. You can also create static groups by assigning tags to groups of fans. This is useful for separating out pre-order purchasers, VIP lists, street teams, press, or your music blogging allies. Once again, the power is yours to slice and dice your fan base to your own unique needs! Check out the video titled "Fans" in the multi-video player above.
Once you've started marketing and selling your digital and physical products through Topspin, you'll need to start managing your fulfill tab. Here, you can see which physical orders need to be shipped and filter all of your orders by parameters like country, SKU, purchaser email, fan name, or shipping address. If you're managing your fulfillment via spreadsheets outside the Topspin application, you can import a csv spreadsheet of your edited orders directly into Topspin and update your orders automatically. Each customer order has its own details page where you can add shipping info like date shipped, tracking numbers, and note about any customer interactions. Check out the video titled "Fulfill" in the multi-video player above. If Self-fulfillment isn't your thing, we've got you covered! Just opt for integrated Topspin Fulfillment! | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfRnxK7IDPXIhoDzo | About INYB
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Associate Programme
Irish National Youth Ballet is the premier youth ballet company in Ireland. Funded by the Arts Council, the company aims to give the best young dancers in Ireland the opportunity to train with brilliant teachers and choreographers and to perform in exciting semi-professional productions throughout the year. Many of our former members have gone on to professional training overseas. Having the performance experience with INYB can really help those dancers when it comes to auditions for further training.
To provide an opportunity for young Irish Ballet dancers to train as a company with internationally trained teachers and visiting choreographers.
To create a semi-professional Youth Ballet Company in Ireland.
To enable talented young dancers to stay in Ireland and receive world-class training.
To develop and maintain the highest artistic standards.
Our Key Issues
Irish National Youth Ballet Company works in conjunction with the private dance teacher and is an advanced supplement to their private training.
Irish National Youth Ballet Company also aims to showcase the talents of Professional Irish Ballet dancers who have successful performance careers abroad. These dancers appear as guest artists in Irish National Youth Ballet performances.
Ensure the continued growth and viability of the company through responsible administration and fiscal management.
INYB is annually funded by the Arts Council of Ireland to support the achievement of our aim to provide exceptional experience for the young members. In addition we earn revenue from membership and performances. We aim to enhance the training our members get from their ballet teachers in a performance based company which delivers two full performance seasons annually in addition to partnerships and collaborations.
INYB achieved charitable status in 2013 (Charity No.19198) and is fully compliant with all aspects of corporate governance. Our Memorandum and Articles of Association may be viewed here.
Our most recent annual accounts can be found here. The salary of the Artistic Director is between €35,000 – €38,000.
Our safeguarding policies may be accessed here.
Catherine O'Donnovan
Catherine O' Donovan is a Registered Nurse. After many years working within the HSE Catherine now works for a large multinational medical devices company. Her role is education and training, of patients and Healthcare Professionals, in the use of specific medical devices. Catherine is mum to three teenage daughters who have all loved to dance since an early age. Her involvement with INYB started when her eldest daughter joined the company back in 2015. She has been a member of the INYB Parents Committee for several years and joined the board in 2020.
Hannah Coleman
Hannah Coleman is the Communications and Regional Development Manager at Boardmatch Ireland, a registered charity that works to improve transparency and governance on charity boards, by helping match suitably skilled candidates to the boards of Irish charities and not-for-profits. Beyond Boardmatch, Hannah is an arts enthusiast, with 20 years of classical ballet training and a BA in English with Film Studies from UCD. Hannah joined the Board in 2020.
Aidan Byrne
Aidan is a Chartered Tax Advisor and partner in RSM Ireland, a leading firm of accountants. Prior to joining RSM, he worked in the Revenue Commissioners. He represents the firm on international tax matters within the RSM international network. He is also a member of the Board of Crumlin Homecare, a not for profit organisation committed to enabling older persons and families under stress to live safe, happy and independent lives in their own homes. Aidan joined the board in 2019.
Declan Smyth
Declan is an independent Business Arts Consultant offering Advisory/Consultancy services to Arts and Cultural professionals. A business professional with over 40 years business experience who provides support, guidance and business advice to artists across all Art and Culture platforms.
Prior to setting up on his own he held management positions in the Public, Private and Financial Services sectors.
His involvement in the community over the years extended to both business and the local community where he was a member of the Chamber of Commerce and served as President. His subsequent involvement in community organisations was to always nurture and enhance the wellbeing of communities. Throughout his career he always has had a keen interest in theatre, film and music.He is a graduate of IADT Dublin where he was awarded his BA in Arts Management. Declan joined the board in 2022.
Diarmaid O'Meara
Diarmaid is a former dancer, having trained at Central School of Ballet and worked for Ballet Ireland, Royal Opera and Sadler's Wells, among others. Diarmaid has also taught ballet for many years across all levels. Currently Diarmaid works as a primary school teacher and associate for the Arts Council Creative Schools initiative. Diarmuid joined the board in 2021
Elva Duffy
Elva is a practicing barrister whose involvement with the INYB began in 2013 as a parent, and as a member of the parents' committee for five years from 2014. She joined the board in 2021
Lee Christie
Lee Christie is a HR Partner Manager at Accenture, a global professional services company specialising in information technology services and consulting. Over the years in HR, he has acted as a strategic business partner and talent value advisor to country and global leadership. He is also the Vice-Chairperson on the Board of the Offaly County Childcare Committee and HR Director on the Board of Trustees at the Tír Na nÓg Early Childhood Care & Education Centre.
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BkiUdP_xK6wB9mpb2GdD | Camellia and Blueberry plants from Trehane Nursery
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The Trehane family has been associated with both camellias and blueberries for three generations, since market gardener David Trehane reclaimed six acres of swamp and woodland in the 1940s and 1950s in order to trial the blueberry plants that he had newly acquired from Canada. Once it was shown that the plants would grow successfully the nursery was established to produce new stock, and was then expanded to include camellias, recognising that they would flourish under the same acidic soil conditions as blueberries. Having made contact with the leading camellia breeders of the time, David Trehane was instrumental in introducing many new varieties to this country and helped camellias regain their former popularity as an everyday garden plant.
Jennifer Trehane, his daughter, is a world authority on camellia cultivation, having published two books on the subject. She has also stood as Vice President of the International Camellia Society and is a regular speaker at garden clubs, lecture halls and flower show help-desks around the world.
Now into its second half-century, the nursery continues with its philosophy of offering the widest possible range of top quality plants and introducing the best of the latest camellia varieties from around the world.
If you'd like to keep up to date with our developments, the best way to do this is by joining our Privilege Club in order to receive our (approximately!) monthly newsletter containing topical information, growing tips and special offers on both our camellias and blueberries. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUd7s4eIOjR9j0NYgY | Russia Plans to Deploy Fighter Jets to Belarus
Russia expands its military presence in Belarus, seen as a buffer between it and NATO.
Nick Ottens April 23, 2013 October 24, 2019
Russian president Vladimir Putin and his defense minister, General Sergei Shoygu, arrive in Anapa on the Black Sea to observe military exercises, March 29 (Kremlin)
Russia's defense minister, General Sergei Shoigu, said on Tuesday his country is in talks with neighboring Belarus to permanently deploy fighter jets to the former Soviet republic.
"We hope that in 2015 there will be a regiment of warplanes which will serve to defend our borders," Shoigu said during a meeting with Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk.
Russia agreed in 2009 to establish a joint air defense with its ally. The deployment of fighter planes would boost Russia's military presence in a country that is seen in Moscow as a buffer between it and the West.
Despite growing trade relations, ties between authoritarian Belarus and the rest of Europe have been strained. European Union member states are especially uncomfortable about their energy dependence on Russia which exports oil through the Druzhba pipeline network, a branch of which runs through Belarus, on which Poland and Germany rely for respectively 90 and 20 percent of their petroleum imports.
Belarus is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a military pact between former Soviet states, and part of Vladimir's Putin's Eurasian Union scheme, a proposed customs union and free-trade area that should also pull in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Russia, for its part, regards warily NATO plans to erect a missile shield in Eastern Europe. The Western alliance says the system is designed to deter Iran, a country it suspects of developing the capacity to build nuclear weapons.
Shoigu's remarks coincided with a meeting in Brussels where Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, told the West he still wants guarantees that the missile system will not be used against Russia, despite a recent decision to scale it back.
The United States said last month they will not deploy missile interceptors in Poland and Romania. Instead, the country intends to add fourteen such interceptors to the 26 already deployed in Alaska to defend against a possible North Korean attack.
While the change was not announced as a concession to Russia, it followed previous steps to soothe its concerns.
Late last year, President Barack Obama was overhead promising his Russian counterpart more "flexibility" on an issue that frustrated American-Russian relations through his first four years in office.
Obama first canceled parts of the NATO system in 2009 as part of an attempt to "reset" relations with the Kremlin when he withdrew plans to build a radar installation in the Czech Republic. He also replaced missile interceptors that were supposed to be placed in Poland with less potent systems that didn't threaten Russia's defenses.
Russia, however, remains unconvinced that the missile shield won't undermine its deterrence.
Lukashenko reminded the West on Tuesday that it "should understand that if they look at us with ill intentions, we will react," the state news agency reported.
Read more: Belarus, Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUa4zxaKPQoka4QZuf | Q: Connect to remote Oracle database from local SQL Developer client I installed Oracle Linux 21c on the remote machine, tested it in Linux shell, and it worked as expected (I can query the testing table I created). But I am stuck when trying to connect to the database from local SQL Developer client (Version 22.2.1.234).
I downloaded 3 ODBC-related packages
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*instantclient-basic-windows.x64-21.7.0.0.0dbru.zip
*instantclient-sdk-windows.x64-21.7.0.0.0dbru.zip
*instantclient-odbc-windows.x64-21.7.0.0.0dbru.zip.
Above were unzipped and put in C:\oracle\instantclient_21_7. I also set up the DSN following https://windowsreport.com/install-oracle-odbc-driver-windows-10/.
On my laptop (Windows 10), I found ORACLE_HOME location and then created the TNSNAMES.ORA file following https://www.databasestar.com/tnsnames-ora-file/.
I launched SQL Developer, but the Database Connection panel showed:
No TNS entries found in {USER Home dir=C:\Users\xxxx, TNS_ADMIN=C:\oracle\instantclient_21_7, ORACLE_HOME=C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp2_WINDOWS.X64_193000_db_home.zip\network\admin}.
I tried to ignore above warning and created an Oracle Connection (Connection Type = TNS; Network Alias = net_service_name), clicked Test button, and I got an error:
Status: Failed: IO Error: The Network Adaptor could not establish the connection…
I couldn't figure out what went wrong. Can anyone help please? Thanks in advance.
A: Okay, I figured that out. sysdba is not a username, and I entered it when testing the connection. Certainly it wouldn't work. So, I created a user and used its username and password to connect to the remote DB and it worked.
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BkiUfBk5qhDCTY2qM0W7 | Brett J. Gaspard, 26, 283 Eves Street, Jeanerette, LA was arrested on January 10, 2017 at 11:23 pm for careless operation of a motor vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia. A deputy was dispatched to a report of a vehicle in a ditch on Highway 318 in Jeanerette. The deputy located the car, looked inside, and found that it was unoccupied. The deputy did locate a makeshift pipe that had been used to smoke marijuana on the driver's seat. The deputy identified Gaspard as the driver of the vehicle and made contact with him at his residence. During the investigation, the deputy found evidence that Gaspard lost control of the vehicle and drove into the ditch. The deputy also collected evidence that the pipe belonged to Gaspard. Gaspard was released on a summons to appear in court on April 5, 2017.
Dorian Kennedy, 36, 1412 James Street, Morgan City, LA was arrested on January 10, 2017 at 4:24 pm on a warrant for domestic abuse battery by strangulation and simple assault. The warrant was obtained by a deputy investigating a report of domestic abuse. The deputy found evidence that Kennedy grabbed a female victim's neck with both hands. Kennedy then threw the victim to the ground. The victim sustained swelling on her neck. The deputy also collected evidence that Kennedy verbally threatened the victim with physical harm. Deputies and members of the Special Response Team went to Kennedy's residence to effect the arrest warrant. Kennedy was not located at the residence and was found to be actively evading law enforcement. Investigators with the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office provided information on Kennedy's whereabouts to the Louisiana State Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit. Kennedy was located and apprehended in Baton Rouge on January 9, 2017. A correctional officer transported Kennedy from the East Baton Rouge detention center to the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center on the warrant. No bail is set.
Isiah K. Ryan, 28, 514 Maple Street, Sulphur, LA was arrested on January 10, 2017 at 5:45 pm on a warrant for failure to appear on the charge of possession of marijuana. A correctional officer transported Ryan from the Calcasieu Parish detention center to the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center on the warrant. Bail is set at $2,000. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUa_E5qsNCPdwheE4V | ASPCA Partnership in Buncombe County, N.C. Achieves Community-wide Live Release Rate of 75 Percent in 1st Quarter of 2011
NEW YORK--Homeless dogs and cats in Buncombe County, N.C. have a new leash on life, thanks to a partnership with the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), which today announced that its partnership in Buncombe County (Asheville, N.C.) has reached a community-wide Live Release Rate (LRR) of 75 percent during the first quarter of 2011.
The increase in adoptions, returns-to-owner and transfers to shelters where adoption is guaranteed--initiatives all designed to promote positive outcomes for at-risk animals and reduce euthanasia--in relation to the number of animals coming into the shelter, is referred to as the community-wide "Live Release Rate," or LRR. The live release rate for dogs increased by 18 percentage points and for felines by 27 percentage points, meaning that 202 more dogs and 143 more cats were saved during this quarter. Adoption numbers for the partner agencies also improved significantly, with 122 percent more kittens, 40 percent more adult cats, 26 percent more puppies, and 18 percent more adult dogs--all being adopted.
"There's no question in my mind that Buncombe County has made incredible progress with all of their hard work in our partnership," said ASPCA President and CEO Ed Sayres. "In just a year's time, they have improved their live release rate by more than 20 percentage points, which is remarkable. Their increased adoption and spay/neuter efforts are making a lasting impact in the community."
In addition to increasing its live release rate, Buncombe County partners also increased targeted spay/neuter in the community by 32 percent, performing 543 more procedures on cats and dogs compared to the first quarter of 2010.
"Our progress would not be possible without the cooperation and hard work of the Animal Coalition of Buncombe County," said Katherine Shenar, president and CEO of the Asheville Humane Society, a private, open-admission shelter and one of the ASPCA's local partners. Added Quita Mazzina, executive director of the Humane Alliance of WNC, Inc., a high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter facility and the second of the ASPCA's two partner agencies in Buncombe County: "Since its formation in 2010, the Animal Coalition we've formed in Buncombe County has really established itself as a dedicated network of life-saving partners. The increased collaboration and sharing of resources has helped us to save even more animals."
The ASPCA Partnership is a unique collaboration with communities nationwide to increase the live release rate by saving those animals most at risk through sustainable data-driven plans and programs. These engage the community to reunite lost animals with their families, increase adoptions, target spay/neuter and support feral cats and trap/neuter/return (TNR) initiatives.
In addition to Buncombe County, ASPCA partners have provided positive outcomes for homeless animals in many communities around the country, including Austin, Texas; Charleston, S.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; Miami, Fla.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Sacramento, Calif.; Shelby County, Ala.; Spokane, Wash.; and Tampa, Fla.
About the ASPCA®
Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) was the first animal welfare organization to be established in North America and today serves as the nation's leading voice for vulnerable and victimized animals. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with more than two million supporters nationwide, the ASPCA is committed to preventing cruelty to dogs, cats, equines, and farm animals throughout the United States. The ASPCA assists animals in need through on-the-ground disaster and cruelty interventions, behavioral rehabilitation, animal placement, legal and legislative advocacy, and the advancement of the sheltering and veterinary community through research, training, and resources. For more information, visit www.ASPCA.org, and follow the ASPCA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeSfxK1ThhAqzXq0X | You want a bike that goes up efficiently and still descends like an animal. One that you don't have to worry about flipping switches on just to continue your ride. Evolved from its predecessor's highly-regarded descending characteristics, the all-new Process 153 is stiff, smooth, and an absolute rocket.
Designed to be lightweight and built to demanding standards. The Process 153 is built around a durable 6061 Aluminum frame and features the Beamer Independent Suspension Design. Built to be off-the-top progressive, Beamer Independent Suspension helps the bike stay higher in the travel and recover from hits quicker. The Process is instilled with what Kona product managers like to call "pure shock movement," whereby the shock is protected from side load. Designed to be highly tunable and extremely durable.
The Process 153 AL/DL 29 is an incredible bike with an elite level build kit. A Rock Shox Yari fork and Deluxe rear shock provide a supple and smooth ride, the SRAM GX Eagle 12-speed drivetrain provides all the gears you need to make it up the steepest climbs, and SRAM GUide brakes provide incredible stopping power when descending steep chutes.
If you are looking for a bike that can handle everything you want to ride, the Kona Process needs to be your next bike. From fast flowy single track to steep rocky chutes and everything in between, the Process is ready to handle it all. Push your riding further and attack the trail with more confidence than ever before.
Kona 6061 Aluminum Butted construction creates a lightweight frame that can withstand the rigors of All-Mountain riding.
I started seriously mountain biking last year after a long break. My previous bike was a XC bike with 26" tires. This bike is several pounds heavier than the old bike but it climbs better and is more maneuverable. I thought the 29er would make it hard to get through tight turns but I was wrong. The bike is so nimble. My climbs are faster, my descents are way faster, and the fork absorbs all the roots and rocks so much better than my old bike. I don't end a ride with my arms tired from the shaking. I bought a large. I'm 5'11" with a 30" inseam, the bike fits perfectly with the dropper post full extended but all the way down. It was as easy to put together as Jenson said it would be. Took me only a few minutes to get it riding. Make sure you have a shock pump to get your suspension setup correctly. Rockshox has specific guides for each of the shocks which helped a lot, ignore internet advice, just follow the manufacturer guide. only problem I've head so far is that I can't get the tubeless stem to seal on the rear tire. I would recommend this bike to anyone.
What's the widest tire size you can run on this?
BEST ANSWER: I'm currently running a 2.4 DHR II on a 30mm ID rim in the back and it just barely clears. I would say a 2.3 is a better choice, especially in wet conditions.
Kona also said 2.3 is the widest because of how short the chainnstay is.
Does the dropper post go all the way down in the seattube on a size large?
We've confirmed that all sizes of this frame will accommodate the full length of the spec'd dropper.
what is the weight of the medium size?
We weigh all bikes across the spectrum of sizes to get a median weight. The median weight of this bike is ~34lb. Bigger sizes will be heavier and smaller sizes will be lighter than the median.
Does the shock have any volume spacers installed? If so how many?
Due to the fact that each frame and often each frame size can have different tunes, we are unable to verify this information for every bike. Generally, bike companies will tune the suspension to match that bike size's ideal rider. Meaning, small frames will be tuned for lighter riders while large frames are tuned for heavier riders. Often this is done with differing air cans or volume spacers, as well as various shim stacks and porting. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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BkiUfUw25V5jP8O73iT- | The University of Ulster is celebrating the 9th World Day for Physical Activity and is urging people to get active for a healthier lifestyle.
Professor Marie Murphy, Co-Director of the Ulster Sports Academy and Head of the School of Sports Studies encouraged people to take part in a lunchtime walk at the Jordanstown campus at 1pm on Wednesday to kick-start a physical activity programme.
This celebration of World Day for Physical Activity is a global event with people from around the world hosting physical activity promotion days.
Professor Murphy said: "Physical activity is very important to overall health and wellbeing and regular exercise can have benefits. Activities like walking are a great way of staying active and even though small amounts of exercise can add up to improve your health.
The initiative follows the School of Sports Studies 'Walk@Work' programme, which monitored the walking habits of over 100 University staff over a ten week period and encouraged participants to increase how often they walked during the working day and the health benefits associated with it. The data for this study is currently being analysed with results expected in the coming months.
"Sometimes all it takes is a bit of encouragement and motivation to kick start someone on the path to well being and the University has developed these initiatives to show that physical activity isn't something reserved for elite athletes or sports stars, it is for everyone and the health benefits are for everyone," Professor Murphy said.
Those wishing to take part in the 30minute lunchtime walk on Wednesday 6 April should meet at the sports centre reception at the Jordanstown campus at 12:50pm for a 1pm start. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdj85qhLACGfB1uGg | RIP: Taxi Boss Assassinated By Hitmen & Had His Taxi Stripped For Parts
By Mona Maina On Oct 1, 2022
A taxi driver was found with gunshot wounds following a hijacking incident, the suspects approached the taxi driver and then proceeded to engage in some kind of exchange with him before the gunshots were heard. The driver was unfortunately killed in that incident, and there was no way that he would have survive because he was shot several times.
Obviously it is unclear how long he stayed alive before he succumbed to his injuries, and this is very crucial to the members of the public because it is troubling to many people.
Unfortunately there is no way that the members of the public can provide information, because most of the time they will be fearing for their lives when they see such incidences happening.
This is a very distressing matter to the members of the public who are in a situation, where they would want to ensure that they can really ensure that the members of the public are in a fortunate situation. Whereby this crime is eradicated from our streets, and so that we can ensure that the members of the public can survive such incidences.
The members of the public find themselves bin a very distressing situation, where they unfortunately have to keep fearing for their lives. It seems like the perpetrators of crimes come out victorious at the end of the day and you can imagine, how distressing that situation is to many people who have to always move while keeping a look over their shoulders.
This taxi driver was unfortunately killed, and he left in the morning saying goodbye to his family when the incident unfortunately happened. That is the thing that is very concerning to a lot of people in the country, it is very distressing that we find ourselves in such a situation.
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BkiUdCw4eIZijW5EP5kC | La domusculta (al plurale domuscultae) è una particolare forma di vasta azienda agricola diffusa tra i secoli VII e X nei feudi e patrimoni monastici ed i patrimoni papali.
Le domuscultae rivitalizzarono aree depresse del territorio italiano, spopolate da secoli di instabilità politica dopo le invasioni barbariche, la caduta dell'Impero romano d'Occidente e le guerre gotiche.
I Pontefici nel Lazio promossero la diffusione di tali complessi rurali per arginare la crisi di approvvigionamenti della città di Roma. Tale crisi seguì alla confisca dei latifondi da parte dell'Impero Romano d'Oriente. Comuni come gli attuali Formello e Campagnano ebbero origine dai casali che formarono una domusculta, in particolare una fondata per volere di papa Adriano I.
Le domuscultae vennero fondate anche per effettuare un controllo politico sui territori sia reali nel Regno longobardo ed imperiali del Regno d'Italia che del Papa: è attestata la fondazione di una di esse presso la spopolata città di Formia, per volontà di Papa Zaccaria al fine di arginare l'espansionismo di Gaeta, legata a Bisanzio.
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Tino Byrd is a unique up and coming artist from Sacramento. Tino's new single "Rage" has managed to seamlessly bridge the gap between metal and hip hop, presenting a one of a kind experience. Not only is the song itself exhilarating, the music video adds an unseen layer of emotion. It adds an eerie vibe to the project, and takes you deep into the mind of Tino Byrd. For me, this record falls amongst the likes of Suicide Boys, SCARLXRD and early XXXtentacion, with a personal twist. After listening multiple times, one can truly begin to understand the depth of this song. It wasn't just thrown together in a night. Tino discusses the seriousness of mental health issues, and how it is easily overlooked in the world we live in today. People pass judgement but never stop to think about how life may be for that person. Seeing is believing, and everyone has a different perception of reality. This record gives the listener a chance to see what life may be like through a different set of eyes. There is true passion in Tino's music, and thats what making music is all about.
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BkiUdps5qsNCPdwhfti- | 2012-S Uncirculated Silver Eagle Will Not Be Offered
July 10, 2012 By Michael Zielinski 4 Comments
Reversing an earlier indication, the United States Mint has decided not to offer a 2012 American Silver Eagle Uncirculated Coin with the "S" mint mark.
The Mint had released a 2011 Uncirculated Silver Eagle with the "S" mint mark as part of the 25th Anniversary Set, which was released on October 27, 2011 and sold out of its maximum mintage of 100,000 sets within hours.
The following passage within the Deputy Director's Letter included in the United States Mint 2011 Annual Report indicated that a similar coin would be offered for 2012 (emphasis added):
Our new products for 2011 also included the unique America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, featuring beautiful designs of our country's national parks and historic sites. We also reprised the West Point mint mark for the American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin in 2011 and look forward to expanding this offering to include the San Francisco mint mark in 2012.
Around the same time the Annual Report was released, a survey was distributed to customers which asked for opinions on a special 2012 American Silver Eagle Set, which would include proof and reverse proof coins with the "S" mint mark. Such a set ultimately was released with sales starting on June 7, 2012 and recently concluding on July 5. The decision to offer this special set factored into the decision not to offer an additional uncirculated version with the "S" mint mark.
A statement provided by Michael White of the Office of Public Affairs said: "We ultimately decided to offer the American Eagle San Francisco Two-Coin Silver Proof Set (with both coins featuring the "S" mint mark) instead of a 2012 American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin."
The United States Mint will offer a 2012 Uncirculated Silver Eagle with the "W" mint mark. This numismatic version was offered from 2006 to 2008, suspended for two years, and then resumed in 2011. The 2011-dated coin remains available for sale priced at $45.95. The 2012-dated coin is scheduled to go on sale August 2, 2012 and will also priced at $45.95.
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I was really hoping for a S minted uncirculated Silver Eagle series! Dang it! At least my W set wont have a third hole in it!
Louis says
When you have a chance, could you please tell me if the Michael White statement you received was something sent only to you as opposed to a press release? I want to refer to it the correct way. Since I did not get the notice, I believe this was in response to a request you made. Thanks, Louis
Coin Update says
This was sent only to me in response to a direct inquiry. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUcvA5qhDBMnKv_fdF | EASTER SUNDAY 🔺 10 AM YOU are invited to join us this Sunday as we celebrate Jesus and His love for us! Do you need a life changing word and uplifting praise and worship? Then you need to come and bring everyone and anyone you know. You don't want to miss this day of celebration! Make sure you are early to grab the best seats in the house! Coffee shop opens at @ 9:30am so make sure you come in a little extra earlier to grab a coffee before we start @ 10 am. Realkids Church is currently on holidays and will be back next Sunday. See you this Sunday. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdQHxaKgT3IjnUy1V | New year, new bikes and new kit for many of the WorldTour pro teams. Both have been on display at the Tour Down Under. So we've had a look at Campagnolo's new 12-speed Super Record EPS electronic drivetrain, spotted on the bikes of Lotto-Soudal, Movistar and AG2R La Mondiale.
Campag's top level mechanical groupsets went 12-speed last year, so now its electronic shifting has caught up. We've had a closer look at Campag's 12-speed mechanical shifting on the Colnago C64 in January's Tech of the Month video.
SRAM too looks to be going 12-speed, leaving only Shimano stuck in low gear – for the moment.
In other pro news, we've had a look at the Cervélo S5 and R5 to be ridden by Team Sunweb in 2019. And we've rated the 2019 kit choices of all the WorldTour teams, sorting the chic from the fashion victims as well as covering EF Education First's new tie-dye look Rapha number.
If you're looking to buy a new bike in 2019, you'll want to have a look at our latest updates of our model range overviews. So far, we've covered Cervélo, Scott, BMC, Ribble and Boardman.
The Pinnacle Arkose, Evans Cycles's in-house gravel bike has had a makeover too. It can now handle 650b as well as 700c wheels, single and double ring groupsets, internal dynamo cable routing and all the bolt-on points you'll need for a big adventure.
If you're riding Specialized's popular Roubaix or Ruby or the Diverge or Sirrus, with a FutureShock suspension headset, you'll want to check to make sure that it's not affected by Spesh's recall, due to a problem with stress fracturing of the steerer tube collar. Spesh is offering free replacement of the part, if you're affected.
In e-bike news, we've had the new Cybic range, which has built in wireless connectivity, as well as Amazon Alexa so you can talk to your bike to get directions, traffic updates, music and more. And we've had news of Gocycle's latest GX folding e-bike, with a new mechanism that lets you fold and unfold it in under 10 seconds.
Plus, as usual, there are bargains to be had on all the bike kit you need. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdzc5qsNCPfj-meSy | The Original Immortal Game
Another game by Adolf Anderssen from 1851 called the Original Immortal game, it shows how Chess was played in that era.
The Immortal Game was a Chess game played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21 June 1851 in London.
The bold sacrifices made by Anderssen to secure victory have made it one of the most famous chess games of all time. Anderssen gave up both rooks and a bishop, then his Queen, checkmating his opponent with his three remaining minor pieces.In 1996, Bill Hartson called the game an achievement "perhaps unparalleled in chess literature". | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdCLxK1yAgXBVEj1V | NLAWS PRODUCE was created in 2003 to fill a need not being met in Savannah, QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE. Our founders, Jay Epstein & Steve Kaplan, wanted to build a produce company that focused on keeping folks happy. These two in-laws, hence the name, had worked in the produce industry for decades at all levels. With years of experience, the NLAWS created their own company for the Savannah area.
From the beginning, our customers saw NLAWS really did care about their business. With emergency deliveries late into the night, and sourcing produce not yet seen in the Savannah area, our company quickly became known for going that little bit further than the competition. More customers put faith in us, and we grew to serve Hilton Head and Bluffton, South Carolina as well.
In 2005 we added two sales representatives with extensive kitchen experience. Who better to sell to cooks & chefs than cooks & chefs. Soon afterwards we adopted a sales mantra still in use today, COOKS HELPING COOKS. Since then we have added two more chefs to our sales staff, with much success.
From one used rental truck and a small walk-in cooler, to a fleet of 10 new custom delivery vehicles and 50,000+ square feet of refrigerated warehouse. NLAWS PRODUCE has come a long way in a short time. We contribute our growth to the hardworking staff we have been blessed with & our loyal customers that continue to buy local.
Please feel free to visit our warehouse and see just how well you can be taken care of when you buy from NLAWS PRODUCE. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeEXxK5YsWV5L4PkW | The advent of social media has enabled our millennials to hold several conversations—freely, from the comfort of our homes or even bathrooms.
In fact, new media has somewhat strengthened Free Speech, but this is not without problems, especially when it comes to the reputation of others and the publication of false information.
A Ghanaian showbiz critic, Enoch Agyepong, has found himself in a big trouble after publishing false information on Facebook about Bola Ray, CEO of EiB—a respected Ghanaian Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Media Personality.
Enoch Agyepong dishonestly claimed that, Bola Ray linked Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) to BET and also helped him take Zylofon artists there with gold chains not long ago. And that this so-called 'linking' led to NAM1 paying Bola Ray 3 million dollars with Menzgold depositors' money.
The sheer nonsense of the post can be spotted from afar but for someone to fabricate this and post it online, suggest some sort of malice which probably led to a complaint that was lodged at the Police Headquarters in Accra against him.
After the Police got involved and Enoch Agyepong realized his false statement could fetch him unwanted problems with the law, he immediately took to social media to post several messages—apologizing to Bola Ray for his malicious posts.
It does seem like the good same Bola Ray will let it go without any push, but at least it serves as a warning to those who take keen interest in propagating complete falsehood on social media in Ghana. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUeFY4ubnhDVw63UGh | Review: 98 Degrees charm on Today with 'Because of You' and classic hits Special
By Markos Papadatos Jun 30, 2016 in Music
New York - On June 30, pop group 98 Degrees perform live on the "Today" show, as they prepare to embark on their My2K headlining tour.
Nick Lachey and Jeff Timmons sang co-lead on their platinum-selling "Because of You," while Justin Jeffre and Drew Lachey were superb on the harmony vocals. All four members were able to nail the choreography.
It was followed by a performance of one of their favorite songs, the ballad "The Hardest Thing," where they showcased their velvet vocals.
This summer, 98 Degrees will be touring with Ryan Cabrera, all-girl group Dream and O-Town on their My2K headlining tour.
Overall, 98 Degrees was able to delight in their mini-concert on the Today show in New York, and they were able to bring a feeling of nostalgia to the studio, as their fans were brought back to simpler times. They earned two thumbs up for a job well done. They are worth seeing live on their My2K summer tour.
To learn more about their My2K tour, check out its official Facebook page and website.
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BkiUbS_xK1Thg98UeK3Q | Arts & Culture / Brenden Bobby / Featured / Mad About Science
Mad About Science: Extinction event
By Brenden Bobby
We've all learned about one major mass extinction event in school. The end of the dinosaurs, gone in a singular dramatic flash!
That's not exactly true. While dinosaur extinction was a remarkably quick event on a geological scale, it didn't occur the moment the asteroid smashed into Earth. So what would it be like to experience a mass extinction?
We're about to find out.
A massive asteroid enters Earth's atmosphere and impacts the planet causing an extinction level event. Courtesy image.
Earth has endured five mass extinction events, six if you count "The Great Oxidation Event" more than 2 billion years ago, and seven if you count the Holocene extinction we appear to be causing right now. Extinction is a terrifying prospect, but it's a double-edged sword. Some forms of life have always evolved and adapted where other life has critically failed, and humanity as we know it wouldn't have thrived if the Earth had not faced five extinction events before us.
Let's examine the most famous of all: the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
The moments leading up to and immediately following the six-mile-wide asteroid's impact of the Yucatan Peninsula in present-day Mexico were undoubtedly dramatic: A town-sized rock hurtling into the planet at 27,000 miles per hour, releasing the energy of both bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 multiplied by 1 billion. The crater left behind has a diameter of 121 miles, so it's safe to assume that the superheated shockwave traveled at least that far, though it likely caused a massive rippling effect across the entirety of Earth's atmosphere many times over.
All flora and fauna caught in the shockwave were instantly incinerated. The asteroid aerosolized sulfur and carbon deposits beneath the impact zone and sprayed a cloud of molten ejecta into space. This had two really nasty effects that would play out in the hours following the impact.
First, larger chunks of debris rained back down, heating up due to atmospheric drag — this is the same effect that makes spacecraft appear to catch on fire during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere This heat not only scorched anything it touched, but it released into the surrounding atmosphere as it traveled, elevating temperatures for hundreds of miles around the impact site. The second effect was spraying huge quantities of dust into the atmosphere, a problem that was exacerbated by the searing rain of flaming rocks, which set forests alight on a global scale.
Carbon dioxide in our atmosphere acts a lot like a glass panel — letting sunlight through, but trapping heat inside. This is, at its core, why it's called a "greenhouse gas" and where the bulk of issues from climate change originate.
However, carbon has a funny effect when there's an immense amount of it, such as smoke from every forest in the world being on fire at the same time. Sunlight is reflected off the smoke and can't reach the ground, which causes a cooling effect. There have been multiple times when Earth has experienced this global cooling — particularly due to volcanic activity — kicking off ice ages after periods of relatively high temperatures. This is exactly what happened for at least a year following the impact, creating an effect called an "impact winter."
Before anyone has a "eureka" moment about how to combat climate change, this was not beneficial for life on Earth at the time. This was the largest contributing factor to the ultimate destruction of the dinosaurs.
As Earth was choked by smoke, dust and chilled by a winter that may have lasted as long as three years, plants lost access to sunlight they desperately needed in order to survive. As delicate plants died, herbivorous dinosaurs ran out of food and began starving. As herbivores starved, carnivores lost their food source and began to starve as well.
Oceanic fauna weren't sheltered from the effects of the impact. The vast amounts of sulfur blasted into the atmosphere caused sulfuric acid rains around the world, which drained into the ocean. This disrupted the ability of animals that made shells and exoskeletons from calcium carbonate, such as molluscs. This is called ocean acidification, and it's something we're seeing today as a direct result of human industry, as it damages crab, lobster and coral reef populations globally.
The real story of triumph in the wake of tragedy came from opportunistic hunters — that is, carrion eaters and other creatures that were either pre-adapted or readily adaptable to their horrific new world. Crocodilians, which often eat carrion before they're large enough to hunt on their own, were able to quickly pivot toward the sudden expansion of food sources. Meanwhile, smaller animals that required less energy to survive were able to adapt and outcompete larger creatures.
It's hard to say exactly how Earth's climate changed in the years following the impact. We do know that Earth lost 75% of its biodiversity in the years following, and that it would take nearly 6 million years for life to recover to a level comparable to the Cretaceous period.
Fortunately for us, the extinction of the dinosaurs paved the way for the Paleogene period and the rise of mammals as the dominant species on Earth. Keeping that in mind, we have to ask ourselves this question: Are we currently paving the way for another species that will one day write about how fortunate it is that humans drove themselves to extinction?
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BkiUaUHxK5YsWV5L1T89 | Lupus erythematosus treatment: The human body is composed of its own natural immune system which serves as a defense against foreign invaders like viruses and bacteria that are the main causes of diseases. In order to effectively fight against diseases, the immune system plays a dual role of first identifying the foreign invader before it can then proceed to eliminate the threat.
In most healthy persons, the immune system works just fine and does its functions well, but in some cases, the system can become faulty and begins to lose its ability to recognize diseases causing organisms. This is usually the case in people who suffer from lupus erythematosus, which is an auto-immune disease.
Lupus erythematosus might be a real mouthful to pronounce, just as the condition is also a tricky situation for the body immune's system to handle. Like many other auto-immune diseases, lupus erythematosus occurs when the body immune system confuses the body cells and tissues as foreign bodies and begins to attack them.
This disease can be very devastating and creates a lot of problematic symptoms that progressively worsens if left untreated.
The symptoms that specifically points to this disease might be very confusing as they show similarities with several other diseases. Warning signs will usually include severe pains, headaches, severe fatigue, 'butterfly rash' (small rashes that appear on the cheeks and nose), loss of blood and fingers having a whitish colouration.
The exact cause of lupus erythematosus is unknown, but there are several factors that have been identified to be associated with the disease.
Ultraviolet rays: Excessive exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun can trigger certain malfunctions in the immune system. This is mainly due to mutations in the genes that control the human immune system.
Heredity: Another most likely cause of lupus erythematosus is the occurrence of the disease as a family trait. If there has been a proven family history of the disease, then there is an increased risk of developing the disorder.
Hormonal imbalance: The levels of certain hormones in the body have been found to predispose some individuals to develop this disease. This causative factor of lupus erythematosus have mostly been found with oestrogen, one of the main female hormones, and this is why there seem to be a relatively higher number of women suffering from the disease compared to men.
Immunosuppressive drugs: It's one of the ways for the lupus erythematosus treatment. These are prescribed medications that will help regulate the malfunctioning immune system to reduce the level of damage caused to body organs and tissues. They include cyclophosphamide and methotrexate. But these drugs have the side effect of reducing the general immune response of the body to other diseases.
Corticosteroids: These drugs are prescribed to reduce inflammations around the body and minimize the painful effects of the disease.
Acupuncture: This has also been found to be helpful in lupus erythematosus treatment, relieving the body of pains, especially those that occur in the spine and joints. It also reduces the general stress levels of the body.
Exercise: Medical experts recommend light exercises for people suffering from lupus erythematosus, as this helps to reduce stress levels, improve cardiovascular health and suppress metabolic abnormalities. Walking, swimming, cycling, and yoga are important.
Herbs: Taking herbal extracts and supplements are another effective way for lupus erythematosus treatment, by treating this auto-immune disorder. Green tea, turmeric, omega-3 supplements, are good for naturally reducing inflammations and improving hormonal functions.
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Cholera treatment, symptoms and causes: Throughout history, there have been virulent diseases that spread quickly causing epidemics that threatened to wipe out large sections of the human population. Cholera is one of those diseases; it is highly infectious and can cause medical emergencies in countries, especially across Africa where the disease still infects millions of people each year. But the disease is quite easy to prevent and treat, so you can keep yourself and your family free from cholera by knowing more about its mode of infection and available treatment options.
Disease prevention is the key to maintaining good health and living a more wholesome life. This explains why the main focus of most modern health techniques like vaccination, sanitation, sterilization and even the use of some health supplements are all aimed at improving the effectiveness of preventing disease. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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You can truly consider yourself privileged to have found K&J. Many sellers will lower quality and use low-grade materials in order to get you a low price, but this is only because of their enormous overhead. And the customer service is even worse! We saw this spiraling downwards over the years and made the decision that the cycle had to stop. We created a very small company and we like it that way. Our overhead is as low as humanly possible. We partner with small-scale, low-overhead manufacturers only, so that we can monitor the quality closely and at the same time not have to pay the large manufacturer prices. That's how we can give you products made from top-tier materials for the same price or lower than the competitors and still turn a profit so that we can expand our selection further every day for you. We've even been able to hire the finest customer service team you've ever met! Well, I guess the secret is out, so now every company will start to up their quality and lower their prices, right? We'll see. For now it's just us, and we're glad to have met you. Let us serve you today and you will experience true quality and unrivaled customer service!
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BkiUdU45qWTD6lXPc41B | Ownership: Artistic Media Partners, Inc.
95.7fm signed on in April 1990.
Soft AC format. Studios located at 106 Mill Street, Attica, IN 47918. (Telephone: 317.762.2534). Soft AC/Talk format. In 1994, Attica Community Radio Corp. sold WBQR-FM for $410,000 to University Sports Radio Network, Inc.
Owned by Artistic Media Partners, Inc. with studios located at 3824 South 18th Street, Lafayette, IN 47909-9102 (Telephone: 765.474.1410). WGBD aired a country music format, then alternative, then Classic Rock. 95.7fm flipped calls to WSHP in March 2001. Former URL was http://www.wgbd.com. Flipped formats in October 2013 from Classic Rock to Country, as "Your Country 95.7."
The station flipped calls to WSHP in March 2001.
The station changed formats from country to classic rock in March 2004. WLFF was on 95.7 from March 2004 until August 6, 2005.
WSHP-FM became WYCM-FM in March 2014.
Flipped to a country format in January 2014. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbY44eILhQAZVC0F0 | Sisters missing since 1985 found alive as mum is arrested over kidnapping
A mother has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping her two daughters more than 30 years ago.
Elaine Yates fled with Kimberly, then aged four, and Kelly, aged 10 months, on August 26, 1985, police said.The girls were reported missing from their home in Warwick, Rhode Island, by their father Russell Yates, who was involved in an alleged custody battle with his estranged wife at the time.
Elaine Yates, now 69, was found in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday and arrested , Rhode Island State Police confirmed.She had been living under the alias 'Liana L. Waldberg', authorities said.
Her daughters, now aged 35 and 32, were also found living in the Houston area with families of their own, the Providence Journal reported.
Sister Kelly, shown aged 10 months at the time of her disappearance and how she might look as an adult
He told the Providence Journal:
"That ain't gonna help her, me or anybody else at this point. I just want to see my kids."
Yates allegedly abducted her children after discovering her husband was having an affair.He is believed to have taken his wife to an emergency room for treatment where staff suggested she go to a women's shelter in Massachusetts.
Three weeks later, while bar owner Russell was at work, she allegedly fled with their daughters.
He is believed to have returned home at 2am to find the house empty.
Russell reportedly admitted he had hit his wife during an argument over his cheating, but claims she attacked him first, according to the Charley Project. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeso5qsFCgpxUVIp7 | Greece to Make Minimum Guaranteed Income a Constitutional Right
EurasiaGreeceHeadline News
By Drago Bosnic Last updated Nov 21, 2019
ATHENS – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday that his government will bring forward a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a basic income for all of its citizens. The surprising announcement was made through the Prime Minister's personal Twitter account.
"We constitutionally guarantee the minimum guaranteed income, that is, the safety net for the most vulnerable. The Greek state will now be constitutionally obliged to provide dignified living conditions of all citizens," the Greek Premier's tweet noted.
Κατοχυρώνουμε συνταγματικά το ελάχιστο εγγυημένο εισόδημα, δηλαδή το δίχτυ ασφαλείας για τους πιο αδύναμους. Το ελληνικό κράτος πλέον θα μεριμνά βάσει Συντάγματος για τη διασφάλιση συνθηκών αξιοπρεπούς διαβίωσης όλων των πολιτών. pic.twitter.com/2Se3ffQtJt
— Kyriakos Mitsotakis (@kmitsotakis) November 19, 2019
The "Minimum Guaranteed Income" was first introduced as a pilot program in Greece in 2014. Its universal enforcement was introduced a few years later, by the then SYRIZA-led coalition government, which changed its name to "Social Income of Solidarity" or KEA. Beginning in 2020, the Greek government plans to spend at least one billion euros annually on this program.
Prime Minister Mitsotakis has also pledged to increase the number of Greek citizens who can benefit from the plan to 800,000 people, almost double the number of those who are currently taking the income, or 450,000 individuals. One needs to have extremely low or no income at all to be able to claim the minimum guaranteed income in Greece.
The lowest benefit one can receive is €200 per month, which will grow by €100 for each additional adult member of a household. A household comprised of only one adult must earn less than €2,400 a year to claim the benefit. This amount increases according to the number of members of the family.
Additionally, the value of savings accounts, properties and other asset criteria are taken into account when one applies for the benefit. The basic guaranteed income for all is a measure already implemented in many countries around the world. It is supported by a wide spectrum of economists, regardless of ideology, as an easy tool for governments to reduce extreme poverty and homelessness in societies.
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BkiUf9M5qhDCuPMnChYM | According to Geostat, in IV quarter 2018 year the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage point compared to the previous quarter and equaled 12.3 percent.
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In IV quarter 2018 economically active population constituted 63.6 percent of the working age population (population aged 15 and older). In comparison to the previous quarter, the economic activity rate and employment rate decreased by 0.7 percentage points. The employment rate in urban settlements decreased by 0.2 percentage points compared to the previous quarter and in rural settlements – 1.3 percentage points. Compared to the previous quarter the economic activity rate in rural settlements decreased by 1.6 percentage points, while in urban settlements remained unchanged.
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To be resilient means to be robust and adaptable in the face of adversity: to be able to resist being affected by difficulties, and when we cannot help being affected, having the ability to 'bounce back' quickly. Resilience takes several forms: human beings might be described as physically resilient, with the ability to recover quickly from physical injuries, or psychologically resilient, with the ability to recover from a difficult life event in a relatively short time. Organisations, too, might be described as possessing 'organisational resilience' if they can adapt to sudden and significant changes, such as economic disruptions.
Among the other forms of resilience we might possess is 'academic resilience'. When students receive grades below expectations or negative feedback on their work, some become motivated to work harder or identify areas in need of improvement whereas others become demotivated. Some students improve over time despite many setbacks while others plateau. Some students adapt quickly to the sudden and substantial changes between educational levels, such as the transition between GCSE and A Level study or between school and university, whereas others struggle.
There are many reasons for these differences, but one important character skill for academic success is academic resilience: adaptability in the face of academic challenges. Students need to be resilient to adapt their methods of learning, studying or working in the face of academic challenges or setbacks in order to improve.
This form of resilience is important throughout all educational levels and at the professional level. Academics require a high level of academic resilience to recover from repeated paper rejections from journals, often delivered alongside acerbic criticism which is sometimes scathing. Freelance writers need a lot of academic resilience to adapt to the repeated rejections they sometimes receive when trying to publish their first article or novel. (Consider, for example, J. K. Rowling, whose now world-famous book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was rejected by 12 publishers before being accepted by Bloomsbury.)
The need for academic resilience in post-16 education
Many students in secondary education struggle with the changes required in their approaches to learning, study and work as they move from key stages 4 to 5 – which, in the UK, is most commonly the move between GCSE and A Level study. GCSE study is typically far more scaffolded than A Level study, and some students find it very difficult to adjust to the sudden removal of some scaffolds in the transition between the former and the latter.
One possible reason for the difficulty many students have in managing this transition is that A Level study requires some different skills to pre-A Level study, and certain skills need to be cultivated to a much higher level. For example, independent learning skills have to be developed to greater degrees as students move further through education, and while at some stages the development of these skills can be gradual concomitant with the progressing demands of a course, when students move between educational stages the level of skill required suddenly increases substantially. Such changes also take place between school and university, and between undergraduate and postgraduate study; so, developing some of the skills required to succeed in A Level study are vital for higher education, too. These are examples of where academic resilience may be important.
Possible relations between academic resilience and other character skills
There has been much research on resilience and it is an extremely hot topic in psychology, education studies and popular culture. This only looks set to increase, given the obvious importance of resilience in our lives as we adapt to the huge changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. There is also a growing body of research on academic resilience (see the end of this article for some recommended articles). Scales have been developed for assessing the development of academic resilience in university students, such as the Academic Resilience Scale. Some research studies involving the Academic Resilience Scale suggest that those who possess high levels of academic resilience have an increased likelihood of educational success despite adversity.
While there is growing research in this field, it is not yet clear what exactly 'academic resilience' is or how it is best developed. It is also not clear how academic resilience is connected to other types of resilience – for example, to what degree and in what ways being highly psychologically resilient would make a person academically resilient, or how the development of academic resilience could develop psychological resilience generally. Moreover, it is not clear how academic resilience relates to other character skills – such as grit, perseverance, motivation and determination – or where it would fall on a web of types of resilience in relation to other character skills.
For example, there might be a connection between academic resilience, individual responsibility and care for one's own work. The more a person sees themselves as responsible for – i.e., taking ownership over – the work they produce and care for it, the more resilience they may need when that work doesn't meet the standard they desire. If one doesn't take much responsibility over one's work or cares little for it, it may be that less academic resilience is required when it doesn't meet the standard. So, for example, if a student makes excuses such as, "It got a bad grade because… I left it until the last minute / I'd hardly slept / that teacher doesn't like me" – less academic resilience may be needed, because a problem has not been identified that needs to be overcome by the student. Contrast these with reasons given such as, "It got a bad grade because… I didn't do a sufficient amount of background reading / my writing style was not persuasive enough / I need to go over fractions in more detail", where specific areas in need of improvement are identified and responsibility is taken by the student.
CIRL's research on resilience
Resilience has been a central area of CIRL's recent research. Last year, CIRL completed a project on developing resilience in year 9 students, conducted with BrainCanDo – an educational neuroscience and psychology research centre. The project was piloted between July 2019 and July 2020 at ten secondary schools across southern England, including co-educational comprehensive schools, single sex grammar schools, and single sex and co-educational independent day and boarding schools.
The project consisted of a classroom-based character skills programme which aimed to teach strategies and skills associated with resilience and well-being. It aimed to assess whether there was any change in pupil responses on targeted survey measures before and after the character education classroom intervention. It focused on developing resilience, rather than specifically focusing on academic resilience. For a report on the project, see here.
The development of resilience in students has been recognised as a vital component of character education (for an overview, see our earlier blogpost, 'Resilience and Its Importance in Character Education'). But current research on and strategies for developing resilience in students tends to focus on psychological resilience in general, rather than academic resilience in particular. Understanding what exactly academic resilience is and how to best develop it are important areas where more research and studies are needed.
We will post further blogposts on academic resilience, including strategies for helping students to develop it, over this academic year. For strategies on how students can learn to build resilience, see our earlier blogpost, 'Four Strategies for Developing Resilience'. While those strategies concern the development of psychological resilience in general rather than focusing on academic resilience, they may help to develop the latter, too.
Articles on academic resilience
Simon Cassidy, 'Resilience Building in Students: The Role of Academic Self-Efficacy', Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 6, 2015, pp. 1-14.
Simon Cassidy, 'The Academic Resilience Scale (ARS-30): A New Multidimensional Construct Measure', Frontiers in Psychology Vol. 7, 2016.
Antonio Coronado-Hijón, 'Academic Resilience: A Transcultural Perspective', Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 237, 2017, pp. 594-98.
Bahram Jowkar, et al. 'Academic resilience in education: the role of achievement goal orientations', Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism, Vol. 2:1, 2014: pp. 33-8.
Haibin Li, Andrew J. Martin and Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, 'Academic risk and resilience for children and young people in Asia', International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 37: 8, 2017, pp. 921-9.
Andrew J. Martin and Herbert W. Marsh, 'Academic resilience and its psychological and educational correlates: a construct validity approach', Psychology in the Schools 43:3, 2006, pp. 267-281.
Andrew J. Martin and Herbert W. Marsh, 'Academic resilience and academic buoyancy: Multidimensional and hierarchical conceptual framing of causes, correlates, and cognate constructs', Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 35, 2009, pp. 353-70. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdiE5qsBC3VG0zpG_ | When you're on a cruise you don't pay for things while you're on board with cash money, eftpos or credit card, you use a cruise card. Your cruise card acts like a Paywave card; you want to buy a drink from the outdoor deck bar, just flash 'em your cruise card. You want to purchase perfume from the boutique upstairs, hand your cruise card over. It's simple, it's easy, but it can be real trouble if you link it with your credit or debit card card.
It's dangerous for two main reasons: firstly, it's really easy to lose track of onboard spending, especially since everything is WAY more expensive once you're onboard, particularly alcohol and medication. It's also easy to lose track of your onboard spending because you can't actually see your money disappearing (kind of like your credit card actually). By handing cash over at reception to 'load' your cruise card, you become a bit more aware and tend to track your spending, because if you run out you can no longer make on board purchases and will have to travel back down to reception (all the way from the rooftop bar!) and load it up again.
The second reason is because things can get a bit sticky with your actual credit or debit card for a while. When you link your credit card with your cruise card, most cruise providers use a 'pre-authorisation' system which places a daily 'hold' on your credit or debit card for the amount you have spent each day. This is done to ensure that you do not overspend on your available funds. At the end of your cruise you are given a statement documenting the total amount you have spent, and that total amount will be charged to your credit or debit card in one big hit with the daily holds being released. This all sounds fairly straight forward, so what's the problem? The problem is that some banks hold pre-authorisation funds for up to 30 days. When my friend and I went on a cruise about 2 years back, we both experienced this problem. We chose to link our debit cards with our onboard cruise accounts which was fine until a large chunk of our funds remained on hold by our bank, which made day to day living a bit tricky and very stressful.
On the first day of your cruise, the person assigned to service your room should introduce themselves to you, and if they don't, you should make an effort to meet them. You should do this because not only are they people too, but if you're nice to them, they'll be extra nice to you. You see, more often than not they are locals living on the islands you'll be visiting, so they can give you advice, tips and direct you to the best spots if you want to get away from the commercialised areas and see the real island. They'll also take to leaving you little treats like extra chocolates on your pillow or awesome towels that have been folded to look like animals.
As stated above, alcohol is especially expensive once you are onboard your cruise ship, and it can become very easy to rack up a large alcohol or soft drink bill very quickly. Even the mocktails are crazy expensive. For this reason, if you plan to party up in any of the various onboard bars or parlours, you need to get yourself a beverage package. Sometimes they may seem expensive they are worth it.
My travel buddy got sick practically the moment she set foot on the boat. It all started with a runny nose, then it became a scratchy throat, then she started to feel really tired, then, before you know it, she had a chest infection. This resulted in her having to see the ship's doctor which ended up costing her just over $250. This is quite a staggering doctor's bill and she was not impressed. She would have been even more unimpressed had she not had travel insurance, so luckily she was able to claim every cent back. Moral of the story? Get travel insurance.
Allow me let you in on a little secret, yes, when you're cruising you will be visiting some magnificent island locations, however, you will be spending a lot of time at sea away from land. It's for this reason that you should receive a newsletter delivered to your cabin everyday informing you of the wonderful array of activities available on the ship that day. Such activities include bingo competitions, art auctions, dance lessons, pamper sessions, shopping days, theme nights, movies, and pool games amongst other things. GET INVOLVED IN THESE! Like seriously, there is only so much relaxing around the pool that you can do. I had an absolute blast running around the ship and I met heaps of awesome people because I would just randomly approach groups during group activities like quiz nights and ask to join their team.
The friend that I went with chose to mostly stay in our cabin or on the pool deck the whole time. It was only when we were doing a final run around the ship and she saw all the different activities that were taking place that she realised that she should have gotten involved. She kicked herself particularly hard over not going to the ballroom dance classes that had been held every day of the cruise.
Was there anything that I missed? What do you wish you knew before you went on your first cruise? Let me know by commenting below so we can save the next person some serious hassles.
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BkiUbADxK0wg09KOU6Wj | Dad's Glove
June 1, 2021 • Ethan Bryan • Baseball, Books, Catch 365, Family
Dad bought his glove years before I took my first breath. He bought it so he could play on a beer-league slow-pitch softball team.
"I was transferred to Cape Girardeau, Missouri in May, 1969, where Charmin Paper Products was opening a new plant to produce Pampers Disposable Diapers. Production employees started a slow-pitch softball team to play other teams in Cape Girardeau. My boss was one of the managers of the Charmin team and invited me to play. What the heck, OK.
"I needed a glove. There was a sporting goods store in downtown Cape Girardeau a few blocks from our apartment. I tried on several gloves, and this Wilson felt the best on my hand, so I bought it even though it was a baseball glove rather than a softball glove. The price was probably about $25. It was always a fairly stiff glove, but my hands were stronger then so I made it work.
Even though the stitching of the goldenrod W has pretty much disintegrated over the years, Dad's glove is in fantastic condition. Next to the almost empty W circle, the wristband is stamped with the word, "Straplock," which is a way of tightening the fit around the wrist, though I've never tried it. The web is laced together in two rows of ten, separating the solid web into three parts. On the interior of the pinky is the name and signature of Matty Alou, the two-time All-Star outfielder and first baseman. (Odd fact: In 1973, Alou wore #2 playing for the New York Yankees.) The palm of the glove bears three stamps. Closest to the web is a stamp that reads, "Grip-Tite Pocket." In the middle of the palm, "Pro Model" is underlined twice and starred. And in the heel is the model number, "Wilson A2601."
Dad customized his glove. Using an electric wood burning pencil, he carefully inscribed, "Bryan" in all caps on the outside of the thumb.
I had the glove relaced last year, after several of the original laces broke and it was no longer safe to use as a back-up, catch-playing glove. I asked Dad if he wanted the normal brown laces or to add some color to it.
"Give it some color. That could be fun" he said.
Two colors were used to repair the mitt — a light tan lace across the heel and outlining the webbing. Royal blue lacing is across the tops of the fingers, above and below the tan heel lacing, and holding the web together. The thumb loop and pinky loop, however, are still the original laces.
Dad's glove is more than 50 years old. Along with the memories of a few slow-pitch softball seasons and thousands of games of catch in the backyard and middle of the street, the glove carries with it a face-saving snag.
"For some unknown reason, I was made pitcher. Maybe being tall helps get a better arc on the ball, I don't know. The nice thing about slow-pitch is the pitcher has time to get into a defensive position before the ball is hit. Standing so close to the batters was scary, so I made sure to get my glove up after releasing the ball. Sure enough, a big fellow tagged one of my pitches and it came back straight towards my face. The glove was already up and ready, and fortunately reflexes got it adjusted enough to catch the ball, which made a loud "smack" as it hit the pocket. The batter just walked back to his bench with a little smile on his face, shaking his head. His manager yelled out, "Lookee what I found!" Yeah, it was a lucky catch, but that glove saved my life, so I still love it."
Growing up, I remember trying to get my hand to fit in Dad's glove, but it was too large and the leather too stiff. Now when I put the glove on, my fingers rest in the indentions his fingers created. There's a well-worn spot for the index finger on the back of the glove, which not only helps increase the pocket size, but prevents finger bruising on harder throws.
A number of years ago, a study conducted by the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture discovered the correlation between a father's daily presence in a family and baseball.
"Children are 25% more likely to play baseball or softball when they live with their dads."
The latest research also shows that, by age 14, more than 70% of ballplayers have stopped playing ball. David Ogden is a researcher at the University of Nebraska. Of the steep decline in kids playing baseball near the age of 14, he wrote, "We are looking at a generation who didn't play catch with their dads." Only a very slim minority of kids are playing catch on any kind of regular basis.
I am grateful for the years of playing catch with Dad, for the times of throwing curves and practicing pop-ups. He turned 77 this year, which is a really cool number, I think. We last played catch in his backyard just a few weeks ago. Of course, he used his glove.
Each year, come Father's Day, I struggle to think of ways to celebrate having him as my dad. There's nothing I can give my dad that he can't just as easily get for himself. The Catching Hope Tour starts on Father's Day, but Dad won't be joining me.** He'll be tackling the hardest Sudoku he can find, enjoying Mom's cooking, and helping take care of my dog who absolutely adores him.
To honor him, I'm going to use his glove.
I'll use his glove when I play catch by the Buck O'Neil Mural and in Millennium Park and at Beyer Stadium and at the Field of Dreams. I might even take a few pictures of just his glove in each city, somewhat like a Flat Stanley tribute.
It's not much, I know. But it's something, a small way of saying Thank You, a way to let him know he's being thought of and greatly appreciated as I make new catch-playing friends and give away gloves.
One last beer-league slow-pitch softball story.
"The only other play I remember from playing softball was the time I took out the first baseman after hitting a grounder to the shortstop. The first baseman was standing erect on the bag rather than stretching. I ran into him full tilt, and turned a complete flip in the air landing on my butt, just like the ball carriers in football do when the safety throws a body block at the runner's knees. The manager ran up to me and asked if I was OK, and I was, except the throw beat me and I was out. The first baseman was limping around, trying to catch his breath. But they gave me the baseline every time I was running after that."
Keep dreaming.
Keep playing.
**I won't be playing catch with my daughters on Father's Day, either. They are busy serving at a youth camp, cooking and cleaning, creating a sacred space for other teens to come play and hear the God the Artist, God the Musician, God the Storyteller whispering into their lives. But they'll be wearing their Catching Hope Tour t-shirts on Father's Day, which is a great gift, I think.
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BkiUc7o4eIZjlTb7Hmtl | Half way through the week the contents of my fridge tend to be a bit random. Lunch today was therefore an improvised effort made with leftovers and bits and pieces found in the cupboards and the fridge, but it was so good I have to share it. I ate it first to check it really was as good as it looks.
The basis of the recipe is the spicy dressing and the couscous. You can vary the other ingredients combinations depending on what you've got available, but try and pick a combination of fruit, seeds and salad veg.
First, make the dressing by combining the red onion, olive oil and lemon juice in a small jug. Season and leave to marinate for 20 minutes.
Place the sunflower seeds and pine nuts in a frying pan and dry fry over a low heat, stirring constantly for a few minutes until they are starting to brown. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
Combine the rest of the ingredients, except for the lettuce leaves, in a wide bowl. Mix together thoroughly. When the seeds and nuts are cool, add them to the salad.
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BkiUeCY5qYVBfjdSHZls | April, 2013, San Diego - Mobile Systems, Inc., the global leader in mobile office productivity solutions, is thrilled to announce the renewed strategic partnership with Oxford University Press. The companies' joint efforts have come to fruition with the release of 20 of the most trusted Oxford monolingual and bilingual dictionaries.
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Additional best-selling Oxford titles including the extensive authoritative Shorter English Dictionary will be available next month.
Other platforms for which Oxford dictionaries will soon be released are iOS, BlackBerry and Windows 8.
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Description: This case study profiles a pair of contrasting artist residency agreements in the portfolio of a single musical arts organization—the contemporary chamber music sextet Eighth Blackbird. It examines the nature and outcomes of the residencies and assess the merits of the organization's arrangements with their hosts.
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After Monetization: The New Recording Landscape for Artists
Description: This case study examines some perspectives on the recording industry, particularly as it relates to musicians navigating the new landscape heavily impacted by digital service providers. The study begins with an investigation of digital streaming models and continues by surveying traditional record labels in light of advancements in the digital realm. The reader then encounters the company ArtistShare, which offers recording artists a chance to cultivate relationships with a close circle of patrons, in contrast to the global, less personalized reach of streaming media. The case concludes with consideration of what the industry presents to a performer committed to a musical niche.
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Musical Chairs: Rostering Break of Reality
Description: This case examines the rostering system developed by Break of Reality, a cross-genre chamber quartet. The group's two co-founders are core members of the organization while the other two seats rotate among seven independent contractors. The advantages and drawbacks of Break of Reality's roster system form the substance of the case.
My House is Your House: Groupmuse's Revival of Chamber Music
Description: Groupmuse provides musical events for young audiences in intimate listening environments. Prompted by an external study of the organization, the group's CEO is considering rolling out Groupmuse into the Los Angeles market. Without contacts and staff in Los Angeles however, the CEO is concerned that expansion into this market would mean losing a grip on the tightly managed nature of Groupmuse. This case explores the philosophy behind Groupmuse and the rationale to expand into new markets.
Omaha Under the Radar: Localizing an Experimental Arts Festival
Description: Founded in 2014, Omaha Under the Radar is an experimental arts festival that seeks to empower leading-edge performers in Nebraska's largest city and educate local audiences through avant-garde programs. The early success of the summer festival has rested on its innovative programming, venue partnerships, and community education. In addition to the local artists it promotes, Omaha Under the Radar solicits performers from around the country to contribute to the festival. This study examines how the festival organizers continue to focus on the local community in the face of increasing national interest from outside performers. The case concludes with a scenario involving a large, unrestricted gift that could challenge the organizational priorities of the festival.
Creator: Pierick, Phil, 1987-
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Expanding Musical Explorers at Carnegie Hall
Description: As the education arm of Carnegie Hall, the Weill Music Institute (WMI) offers a diverse portfolio of music education and social impact programs. The WMI team is planning to expand a New York City-based education program, Musical Explorers, which serves students in grades K-2. While Musical Explorers could be scaled using a similar formula to Link Up, the program involves local artists and other considerations that set it apart from its sister program at WMI. After examining the structure of the program, the case unveils different plans for expanding Musical Explorers.
Creator: Laprade, Eric, 1986-
Expanding Musical Explorers at Carnegie Hall: Teacher Notes
Description: Consists of notes to use when teaching the case study entitled Expanding Musical Explorers at Carnegie Hall.
UMS Renegade: Building a Brand of Cutting-Edge Performances
Description: This case profiles the University Musical Society (UMS), a performing arts presenter based at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Throughout its history, UMS has programmed uncommon and contemporary works of many kinds. In 2011, these efforts took a significant step forward with the launch of Renegade, performances that feature provocative artistic works. The case traces the development of Renegade, detailing its genesis, programming process, and marketing tactics.
Culture Shock: The Merger of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School
Description: his case profiles the merger between the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and The Music School. Completed in 2000, the merger of the two organizations represents the first and largest successful merger of a professional orchestra with an existing community music school in the United States.
Pegasus Early Music and Younger Audiences: Teacher Notes
Description: Consists of notes to be used when teaching the case study entitled Pegasus Early Music and Younger Audiences.
UMS Renegade: Building a Brand of Cutting-Edge Performances: Teacher Notes
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Getting on Board with National Sawdust
Description: This case study examines the inner-workings of the board of directors of National Sawdust, a contemporary music venue, during the organization's infancy. In August 2016, the board determined that one of its chief priorities for the year ahead was expanding its membership from 18 to 25 directors. The study reveals expectations of National Sawdust's board members and issues around recruitment and accountability.
Texas Music Educators Association: The Art of Legislating Arts Education
Description: The study highlights the continuing role of the Texas Music Educators Association as an advocate for arts education, exploring the possibility of future legislation to further secure a strong position for quality arts curriculum in Texas schools.
At the Core: Contract Negotiations at the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Description: This case profiles the Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO), which serves residents in the state of Connecticut and southern Massachusetts and represents one of the largest orchestras in New England. Several unique elements of its organizational structure are revealed, before focusing on a set of contract negotiations that hinge on its "core" of 33 members.
Building on Trust at the New World Symphony
Description: This case examines the plans developed by the administration of the New World Symphony for its new home, in particular the operating cost projections for using the facility once it was built.
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Culture Shock: The Merger of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School: Teacher Notes
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Laying the Foundation at the San Francisco Girls Chorus
Description: After a brief history of the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the case study spotlights foundation research conducted by the organization and the steps it has taken to develop relationships with foundations.
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BkiUfMTxK6nrxqmo1bXQ | I was speaking with someone recently about the break up of a relationship he has been in for many years. It, like all connections, had a beginning, middle, and end. In their case, it had middles and ends and rekindlings several times. I know he isn't alone, as I have observed that dynamic in my therapy practice and on occasion in my own life. Not quite ready to let go. Not sure about moving on. Uncertain about who we are outside the union we had formed. Reinventing ourselves over and over. Taking a piece of that person with us when we leave, hopefully, not in a co-dependent, not knowing where you begin and I end manner, but rather an irrevocable blending of hearts and souls. In my 58 years on the planet, I have merged with many who remain (as one of my dear friends/former partners has said) "in my bone marrow." Hard to shake them and when I bond with someone that way, tender feelings remain, sometimes decades after moving on to love again.
An essential nutrient in relationships is the sharing of interests. It doesn't mean that we are in lock step with partners, joined at the hip, in a 'you and me against the world' kind of thing. Rather, it follows that we open the door and invite the other to enter our worlds and they encourage us to become involved in theirs. Perhaps they are already familiar with our activities and that may have been how we met. That has been the case in many of my partnerships. I have met some engaged in mutually interesting events that we continued to share. That might include workshops, meetups, classes, fitness routines, concerts, nature, volunteering, dancing, drumming, sporting events, gardening…the list is endless. I do know couples whose interests are divergent and still, they encourage the other person to pursue them even if they, themselves don't. In healthy relationships, people become each other's cheerleaders on the sidelines.
I, like you, have traveled a path before coming face to face with various people. I marvel at the truth that those I know and love/have known and have loved, were once strangers who were living a life somewhere in the world until our paths crossed seemingly serendipitously or by divine design. I am never sure which it is, but I am amazed, if not surprised when they arrive. Open to it being a daily occurrence.
Relationships thrive when we meet that need and can starve if we don't. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUaVLxK7FjYEB4Stmz | …And I do mean punk. This thing is absolutely thrashed and absolutely beautiful. A little slice of rocker history, complete with hand-painted demonic back piece, stapled-together tears, junk metal decorations, patches and pins. Beaten, stepped on, ripped and stitched back together, this jacket has a hell of a story – probably a lot of stories, mostly drunk.
NYNCO zippers and wool batting lead us to believe the jacket itself is vintage 1960's, but I couldn't tell you when the Anti-Flag patch was thrown on. Either way, this piece was carefully crafted and clearly well-loved. Now it needs a new home. And maybe a few studs or spikes? That's up to you.
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BkiUbcU5qoaAwj4XNEBB | using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OhNoPub.MefCacher.Serialization;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
namespace OhNoPub.MefCacherUnitTest.Serialization
{
[TestClass]
public class TypeDataContractSurrogateUnitTests
{
[TestMethod]
public void RoundtripType()
{
UsingSerializer(
serializer =>
{
Assert.AreEqual(typeof(int), typeof(int), $"typeof(int) should equal itself.");
Assert.AreEqual(
typeof(int),
serializer.Roundtrip(new List<object> { typeof(int), })[0]);
});
}
[TestMethod]
public void RoundtripArrayOfType()
{
UsingSerializer(
serializer =>
{
Assert.AreEqual(typeof(IEnumerable<Type[]>), typeof(IEnumerable<Type[]>));
Assert.AreEqual(
typeof(IEnumerable<Type[]>),
((Type[])serializer.Roundtrip(new List<object> { new[] { typeof(IEnumerable<Type[]>), }, })[0])[0]);
});
}
void UsingSerializer(
Action<DataContractSerializerWrapper<List<object>>> action)
{
action(
new DataContractSerializerWrapper<List<object>>(
new DataContractSerializerSettings()
.Apply(new TypeDataContractSurrogate())));
}
}
}
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BkiUe6LxK6-gD5TlfHHA | Q: Python, A class within a class, how to access variables from the upper class I have Qt Gui class that handles all the variables (p1, p2) adjustment with sliders and stuff. Inside this class, I have a OSC listener class that was supposed to listen to trigger signals and a variable p3 from another device and use the parameters to trigger sound and graphic. But I have trouble accessing p1, p2 in the listener class. Here is an example:
class Ptsgui(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Ptsgui, self).__init__()
self.p1, self.p2, self.data = 0, 0, np.zeros(10)
self.initUI()
class OscListener(object):
def __init__(self, data):
self.listenerData = data
self.receive_address = '127.0.0.1', 7000
def do_stuff_listener(self, addr, tags, stuff, source):
print self.p1
print self.p2
self.p3 = stuff[0]
trigger_sound_and_graphic(self.p1, self.p2, self.p3)
def spawn(self):
self.receiveServer = OSC.OSCServer(self.receive_address)
self.receiveServer.addDefaultHandlers()
self.receiveServer.addMsgHandler("/trigger", self.do_stuff_listener()
self.emorating_oscServer = threading.Thread(target=self.receiveServer.serve_forever)
self.emorating_oscServer.start()
def initUI():
"""
Some sliders setup for change the p1 & p2
"""
self.setGeometry(50, 50, 1050, 650)
mainlayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
self.widget = QtGui.QWidget()
self.widget.setLayout(mainlayout)
self.listener = OscListener(data = self.data)
self.show()
So here I want the oscListener() to be available to directly access self.p1 and self.p2. And obviously I can't with this because the self.p1's 'self' refers to OscListener but not Ptsgui. Also the do_stuff_listener is in a separate thread, is it still possible to access self.p1 and self.p2?
Ultimately, I am hoping to the GUI for user to control the parameters values. And each time a trigger signal is received via OSC, it will generated a new graph and sound. Please advice if there is a better way to do this.
A: You could pass thePtsgui to OscListener like this:
class Ptsgui(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Ptsgui, self).__init__()
self.p1, self.p2, self.data = 0, 0, np.zeros(10)
self.initUI()
class OscListener(object):
def __init__(self, cls, data):
self.parent = cls
self.listenerData = data
self.receive_address = '127.0.0.1', 7000
def do_stuff_listener(self, addr, tags, stuff, source):
print self.parent.p1 # Access it.
print self.parent.p2
self.p3 = stuff[0]
trigger_sound_and_graphic(self.p1, self.p2, self.p3)
def spawn(self):
self.receiveServer = OSC.OSCServer(self.receive_address)
self.receiveServer.addDefaultHandlers()
self.receiveServer.addMsgHandler("/trigger", self.do_stuff_listener()
self.emorating_oscServer = threading.Thread(target=self.receiveServer.serve_forever)
self.emorating_oscServer.start()
def initUI():
"""
Some sliders setup for change the p1 & p2
"""
self.setGeometry(50, 50, 1050, 650)
mainlayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
self.widget = QtGui.QWidget()
self.widget.setLayout(mainlayout)
self.listener = OscListener(cls=self, data = self.data) # Pass it here
self.show()
A: What you trying to achieve can be done like that:
class Ptsgui(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super(Ptsgui, self).__init__()
self.p1, self.p2, self.data = 0, 0, np.zeros(10)
self.initUI()
def initUI():
"""
Some sliders setup for change the p1 & p2
"""
self.setGeometry(50, 50, 1050, 650)
mainlayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
self.widget = QtGui.QWidget()
self.widget.setLayout(mainlayout)
self.listener = OscListener(gui=self, data=self.data)
self.show()
class OscListener(object):
def __init__(self, gui, data):
self.gui = gui
self.listenerData = data
self.receive_address = '127.0.0.1', 7000
def do_stuff_listener(self, addr, tags, stuff, source):
print self.gui.p1
print self.gui.p2
self.p3 = stuff[0]
trigger_sound_and_graphic(self.gui.p1, self.gui.p2, self.gui.p3)
def spawn(self):
self.receiveServer = OSC.OSCServer(self.receive_address)
self.receiveServer.addDefaultHandlers()
self.receiveServer.addMsgHandler("/trigger", self.do_stuff_listener()
self.emorating_oscServer = threading.Thread(target=self.receiveServer.serve_forever)
self.emorating_oscServer.start()
See that the class nesting from your code sample is not needed.
Also, it seems to me that what you are trying to achieve is not right. The code is extremely coupled. Consider decoupling Ptsgui and OscListener. Check Observer pattern for some inspiration.
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BkiUfIw4uzkg4BCDaMFU | Human head transplant ...
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Human head transplant not impossible, says the author of "Cortical Brain Stimulation"
Developed over the past 25 years, cortical brain stimulation has emerged as a brand new, cutting-edge option for the treatment of intractable neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Italian neurosurgeon, Sergio Canavero, continues to make headlines following his claims on the near-future prospects of performing a head transplant. Until now, there has been no documented successful reconnection of the donor's and recipients spinal cords but his latest advances suggest it possible. Should the technique prove feasible, this breakthrough would make previously fatal diseases curable and would be likely to shape clinical neuroscience over the next decade. Canavero's arguments feature prominently in "Textbook of cortical brain stimulation" published just now and available open access, courtesy of De Gruyter Open.
Developed over the past 25 years, cortical brain stimulation has emerged as a brand new option for the treatment of intractable neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as tetraplegia. Devoid of the mortality and disabling morbidity that may accompany deep brain stimulation, stimulating the cortex with a minimally invasive surgical approach had initially proved its worth for the treatment of Central and other Neuropathic Pain Syndromes and later for Parkinson Disease, Dystonia, Stroke and Coma rehabilitation, Epilepsy, Depression and Tinnitus. Written by the pioneers in the field, this authoritative text is a comprehensive presentation of cortical stimulation techniques – exploring the crossing point between neuroscience and clinical surgery and providing busy clinicians with comparisons of new neurosurgical techniques and non-invasive cortical stimulation techniques, such as TMS and tDCS.
The procedure of head transplantation (which, technically, should be rather considered as a body transplant) would use an ultra-sharp blade to sever the spinal cord. Patients suffering from a total paralysis of the limbs and head would have their head completely removed, yet kept alive, until it could be grafted to a donor body. Notwithstanding its ambiguous moral and ethical ramifications, Canavero is convinced that his method could succeed where traditional attempts to heal the spinal cords of people with injuries have failed.
In his book, Canavero does not shy away from making some bold claims . In the opening chapter, he contemplates repairing a brain of psychopaths with cortical stimulation, which, he claims – has a zero risk of mortality, infections or brain damage and "would be an ethical way of helping both people and society." And although the procedure will raise eyebrows – of bioethics and of society at large, Canavero's book provides critical underpinnings of new neurosurgical approaches. Says Tipu Aziz, Professor of Neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK: "The author has assembled chapters written by a galaxy of international experts in the field (including himself) to cover every aspect of this topic from techniques to indications."
The book will be of interest to health professionals dealing with both brain and mind, such as neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, neurorehabilitation specialists, including professionals treating patients in a vegetative state. And as Dr. Canavero hopes, "it will kickstart a discussion about mankind's future."
The book is available fully open access to read, download and share: http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/450127
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BkiUdO85qhDBbAkZES25 | 'Stateless' man to be granted Kenyan citizenship
By ABIUD OCHIENG, @abiudawiti July 17th, 2016 2 min read
The Kenyan passport
A 'stateless' man from Nairobi, who had for the last 12 years been seeking application as a citizen of Kenya without success, could finally be provided with the crucial documents next month.
Mr Kulraj Singh Bhangra, had on December 5, 2014 obtained Court orders directing the said Director-General to consider his application as a citizen of Kenya but the said state officer had been reluctant to comply.
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But there is now light at the end of the tunnel for Mr Bhangra after High Court judge Isaac Lenaola on Friday ordered the Director-General of Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Service, to comply with the previous court orders, or face the wrath of the court.
"The director general having admitted non-compliance with the orders of December 5, 2014, he is hereby cited for contempt of court. To purge the contempt, he is granted a further 30 days to comply," said Justice Lenaola.
The judge said failure to act, the court will proceed to mete out such sentence and sanctions on the Director-General of Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Service, as it deems fit.
Mr Bhangra, obtained a Kenyan Identity card in Makadara, Nairobi County, and has been living in Kenya since birth. He had applied for a passport on May 19, 2009 but was verbally informed that he was stateless.
BORN IN KENYA
Justice Lenaola had ruled that the Director-General of Kenya Citizens and Foreign National Management Service, had violated Mr Bhangra's right by failing to give him a written notice on the status of his application.
Mr Bhangra had told the court that his father was born in Kenya in October, 1951. He said his father registered him as a British citizen on September 2, 1987 and he was then issued with a certificate on August 12, 1987.
He also said his father married his mother in Kericho on March 13, 1977.
Mr Bhangra had been issued with a temporary permit to travel to East Africa but the document was later confiscated.
In defence, the state counsel had told the court that the concerned state office had been unable to comply with the court orders because original files relating to Mr Bhangra, and which contained vital information that is necessary in considering his application for registration as a citizen of Kenya, had gone missing.
However, that Mr Bhangra had in the meantime, been issued with a certificate of identity valid for one year to enable him travel in and out of Kenya as he wished.
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BkiUddk4ubngv4gExoHI | Tech upgrades aim to curb I-4 crashes, congestion between Tampa and Orlando
The Interstate 4 corridor is targeted for connected vehicle technology, diverting motorists to other routes.
Traffic is seen along Interstate 4 in the Champions Gate area near Orlando. A portion of the road, between Tampa's central business district and southwest Orlando, is targeted for technological upgrades to better manage traffic flow with the aim to make the highway safer and less congested. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
C.T. BowenTimes staff
Published Apr. 14, 2021|Updated Apr. 14, 2021
TAMPA — Transportation planners are preparing to use new technology to try to solve an old problem — traffic crashes and congestion on Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando.
The state Department of Transportation is designing a corridor management system that will relay real time information directly to motorists about congestion, accidents, work zones, weather warnings and even end-of-the-traffic-back-up locations on I-4 and alternate routes. The idea behind so-called connected vehicle technology is to improve traffic flow on the interstate and east-west alternatives without adding new lanes or acquiring new right of way.
On Wednesday, Hillsborough's Metropolitan Planning Organization — elected and appointed officials sitting as the local transportation planning agency — agreed to amend its current improvement program to budget nearly $14.5 million for the system.
More than 150,000 vehicles travel I-4 between Tampa and Orlando daily. There were 45 fatal accidents and nearly 2,100 injury crashes in a two-year period ending in 2018. The accidents lead to delays. On average, there are two lane closures each day, and every 11 days the highway is shut down completely in a single direction.
In an effort to reduce those numbers, the corridor management system will run from the central business district in Tampa to the southwest side of Orlando at the Florida Turnpike. It includes 77 miles of I-4, 122 miles of other limited-access routes, and arterial roads equipped with 491 traffic signals.
Construction in the Tampa Bay area is expected to begin in summer 2022 and be completed in 2024.
The hardware includes roadside detectors providing wireless communication between highway and street locations and vehicles equipped with on-board receivers. Video and radar will aid automated traffic signals on alternate routes.
"It's a little frustrating," said Megan Arasteh, a Department of Transportation program engineer, about the I-4 congestion. "It impacts the economy and frankly, what we need is alternative routes."
The system, when operable, will tell motorists travel times and conditions on the interstate and the alternative routes of Hillsborough Avenue, Martin Luther King Boulevard and State Road 60 in order to guide commuters to the least congested road.
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But Hillsborough Commissioner Kimberly Overman wondered about the safety of pedestrians and local motorists if the system diverts heavy traffic from I-4 to urbanized streets.
"What assurances do the people in those local municipalities have that ... safety comes first as opposed to moving traffic through at a rapid rate?"
Arasteh said managing the timing of the traffic signals on those alternative routes should provide the added capacity without compromising safety.
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An unanswered question is how to retrofit cars and trucks with the onboard units that will send and receive data on cars speed and location. Arasteh said Ford Motor Co. is introducing the unit in some of its cars in 2022.
Joseph Waggoner, executive director of the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority, said his agency built 1,000 units for buses, trolley cars and volunteer motorists to use in a similar connected-vehicle project run by the authority for the past three years. That agency is partnering with the state on a portion of the system.
"It's all about making the driver more aware of what's happening in front of them in a very timely method," Waggoner told the rest of the board. "It's not about making cars go faster. That's not the point. It's about making the environment safer for cars, for pedestrians, for cyclists all across the board."
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BkiUdPg5qoaAwdii6PCz | Quality work
Statistics Sweden's work on the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
History of Statistics Sweden
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The Council for Official Statistics
Statistics Sweden has a council for the official statistics. The Council consists of representatives from the statistical agencies and has the task to give advice and support to Statistics Sweden in the role of coordination for the official statistics.
The Council for Official Statistics (ROS) was established on 1 February 2002. The Council has been created by the government, and Statistics Sweden's directive (2016:822) regulates the tasks and composition. The Council is tasked with giving advice and support to Statistics Sweden concerning:
promoting cooperation between the agencies responsible for statistics
giving advice and support to agencies responsible for statistics on matters of principle regarding the quality of official statistics, and regarding issues of facilitating data provision
no later than 31 March every year, submit a report to the Government on the system for the official statistics, including an analysis of evaluations of quality that the agencies responsible for statistics are to carry out under Section 13 a of the Official Statistics Ordinance (2001:100)
maintaining a list of the statistical products of the agencies responsible for statistics
compiling an annual publishing plan for official statistics.
Representatives in the Council
The council consists of government agency directors of those agencies responsible for statistics. It consists of at most twelve representatives and a chair. The Director General of Statistics Sweden is the chair of the Council. Six of the representatives are permanent: Swedish Social Insurance Agency, Swedish Forest Agency, National Board of Health and Welfare, Swedish Energy Agency, Swedish Board of Agriculture and Swedish National Agency for Education.
Other representatives are appointed by Statistics Sweden after consultation with all the statistical agencies and receive an appointment for three years at most. The Council meets at least once per year.
Representatives in the Council for Official Statistics as of 1 January 2021
Joakim Stymne, Statistics Sweden
Permanent representatives:
Nils Öberg, Swedish Social Insurance Agency
Herman Sundqvist, Swedish Forest Agency
Olivia Wigzell, National Board of Health and Welfare
Robert Andrén, Swedish Energy Agency
Christina Nordin, Swedish Board of Agriculture
Peter Fredriksson, Swedish National Agency for Education
Rotating representatives:
Hans Lindblad, Swedish National Debt Office, 2019–2021
Maria Knutson Wedel, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2019–2021
Gunilla Nordlöf, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, 2020–2022
Mattias Viklund, Transport Analysis, 2020–2022
Anders Söderholm, Swedish Higher Education Authority, 2021–2023
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BkiUdcXxK6Ot9UjEBi3p | Kristen Lashua
University: University of Virginia
Dissertation Title: The Children at the Birth of Europe, c1600-1760
My scholarship is concerned with destitute children as the victims and beneficiaries of forced migration in the early modern world. My dissertation develops three main claims: that impoverished children were sent across the globe because Britons cared about them, that questions as to the legality of this overseas employment led to an increased valuation of children's consent, and that debates over children's self-determination helped to define notions about liberty.
Early modern ideas of childhood, poverty, criminality, Christian charity, and civic duty combined with Britain's newfound ability- and increasing need- to employ its subjects in colonies and ports around the known world. Though poor and piteous, these children were far from insignificant.
Thousands of destitute British children were sent around the globe in the first hundred and fifty years of British colonial expansion. Some were convicts; many were objects of charity. Others were victims of a growing global trade in kidnapping. In locations as far from their native land as Barbados, Muscovy, the Canary Islands, and Bombay, children as young as eight were used as plantation laborers, ships' boys, trading company clerks, translators, and diplomats. By the late seventeenth century, persistent questions about the legality of sending children abroad had combined with the rise of kidnapping, the growth of the slave trade, and new rhetoric about English liberty. The desire to differentiate among kidnapping, slavery, and charitable overseas employment led to an insistence on children's self-determination. Thus, the study of destitute children provides new understandings of how Britain's relationship with the early modern world helped to form Briton's own ideas of race, consent, and liberty.
By the middle of the eighteenth century, even the lowliest Briton was thought to possess liberty as a birthright: destitute children helped to define legal and cultural ideas of free British Selves and bound foreign Others. | commoncrawl | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUa8DxK6EuNA_gLuEA | Il Lezgistan o Lekia (Леӄи, lek'i) si può riferire a: un termine occasionalmente utilizzato per descrivere l'attuale Daghestan, prima della Rivoluzione russa. o un concetto irredentista dell'organizzazione separatista Sadval che punta alla creazione di un'entità etno-politica nell'area abitata dalla popolazione dei Lezgini nella Repubblica del Daghestan e Azerbaigian.
Storia
Mentre gli antichi storiografi come Erodoto, Strabone e Plinio il Vecchio, si riferivano ai popoli Legoi come coloro che abitavano l'Albania caucasica, gli storici arabi del IX-X secolo menzionano già l'esistenza del regno di Lakz nell'attuale Daghestan meridionale. Al Masoudi riporta l'esistenza degli abitanti dell'area chiamati Lakzams (Lezgini), che difesero Shirvan dagli invasori del nord.
Prima della Rivoluzione russa, Lezgino era il termine utilizzato per tutti quei gruppi etnici abitanti l'attuale Repubblica del Daghestan nello stato russo.
Concetto politico
Il movimento nazionale lezgino, Sadval (Unità) venne fondato nel luglio del 1990 a Derbent, in Daghestan, nella Russia (allora Unione Sovietica). Esso da subito richiese l'unificazione del popolo dei lezgini (in Azerbaigian e in Daghestan) perché per loro era stata negata l'opportunità di sviluppare la loro cultura sotto il dominio sovietico.
Sadval non trovò supporto in Azerbaigian, e la risposta fu nel 1994 l'attacco esplosivo della metropolitana di Baku nel quale 27 persone rimasero uccise. Emerse in seguito che il Servizio Segreto Armeno aveva partecipato alla creazione di Sadval, fornendo fondi, allenamento e armi ai militanti.
Note
Voci correlate
Albania caucasica
Lezgini
Altri progetti
Daghestan
Irredentismo | wikipedia | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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BkiUcUXxK1UJ-rRH_g8Y | Q: Duplicates while doing multiple joins I have 4 MySQL tables
1. companies - {id*, company}
2. employees - {id*, fname, lname, id_company*}
3. technologies - {id*, technology}
4. company_technologies - {id_technology*, id_company*}
Field is indexed if it has '*'.
Companies can use multiple technologies and have multiple employees.
What I'm trying to do is write a query that would select all employees and their companies that use ANY of given technologies. The problem is that I have duplicates when I try to do something like this:
SELECT employees.*, companies.* FROM companies LEFT JOIN employees on companies.id = employees.id_company LEFT JOIN company_technologies ON companies.id = company_technologies.id_company WHERE company_technologies.id_technology IN(1,2,3)
If, for example, a company is using technology 1 and 2 - it will appear twice along with all people.
If I add 'GROUP BY companies.id' condition at the end - I only have one employee for each company, whereas I need all of them.
Tables 1, 2 and 4 have several million records, all tables are InnoDB.
A: You can convert the join to a semi-join, using either IN or EXISTS:
SELECT employees.*, companies.*
FROM companies
LEFT JOIN employees
ON companies.id = employees.id_company
WHERE EXISTS
( SELECT 1
FROM company_technologies
WHERE companies.id = company_technologies.id_company
AND company_technologies.id_technology IN (1,2,3)
) ;
Another way would be to use GROUP BY or DISTINCT in a subquery and then join:
SELECT e.*, c.*
FROM companies AS c
LEFT JOIN employees AS e
ON c.id = e.id_company
JOIN
( SELECT id_company
FROM company_technologies
WHERE id_technology IN (1,2,3)
GROUP BY id_company
) AS ct
ON c.id = ct.id_company ;
Once you have one or more queries working correctly, you can start worrying about efficiency. I would add 2 composite indexes on the junction table, one on (id_technology,id_company) and one on (id_company,id_technology) (and remove the single indexes.)
Then test all queries with various parameters and table sizes and check which indexes are used and what are the execution plans.
A: Because you're joining on company_technologies you're going to get a row for each match. Because you're not including anything from company_technologies in your select clause it appears as though you're getting duplicates
What you're looking for is a subquery in your where clause instead of a join in your from clause.
WHERE
employees.id_company IN
(SELECT id_company FROM company_technologies WHERE id_technology IN (1,2,3))
A: MySQL: Removing duplicate columns on LEFT JOIN for 3 tables
the code following should work:
SELECT *
FROM table1
LEFT JOIN table2 USING (ID_Prep_Text)
LEFT JOIN table3 USING (ID_Picture)
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BkiUc5g5qhDBS5hVZRSC |
package com.nec.harvest.bean.mapping;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import com.nec.harvest.util.StringUtil;
public class InventoryBean extends EntityBean implements Comparable<InventoryBean> {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -7428066731836271687L;
private String ctgCode;
private Double kingaku;
private Integer updNo;
private String ctgName;
private String getSudo;
public InventoryBean() {
//
}
public String getCtgCode() {
return ctgCode;
}
public void setCtgCode(String ctgCode) {
this.ctgCode = StringUtil.value(ctgCode);
}
public Double getKingaku() {
return kingaku;
}
public void setKingaku(BigDecimal kingaku) {
this.kingaku = kingaku == null ? null : kingaku.doubleValue();
}
public Integer getUpdNo() {
return updNo;
}
public void setUpdNo(Integer updNo) {
this.updNo = updNo;
}
public String getCtgName() {
return ctgName;
}
public void setCtgName(String ctgName) {
this.ctgName = StringUtil.value(ctgName);
}
public String getGetSudo() {
return getSudo;
}
public void setGetSudo(String getSudo) {
this.getSudo = StringUtil.value(getSudo);
}
@Override
public int compareTo(InventoryBean inventory) {
try {
int ctgCode = Integer.valueOf(getCtgCode());
int iCtgCode = Integer.valueOf(inventory.getCtgCode());
if (ctgCode > iCtgCode) {
return 1;
} else if (ctgCode < iCtgCode) {
return -1;
}
return 0;
} catch (Exception ex) {
return getCtgCode().compareTo(inventory.getCtgCode());
}
}
}
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BkiUc3U5qsMAIw7A5wex | England and Wales Family Court Decisions (other Judges)
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales Family Court Decisions (other Judges) >> Baby N (Child : Fact Finding) [2018] EWFC B5 (19 January 2018)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2018/B5.html
Cite as: [2018] EWFC B5
Case No: CV17C01280
IN THE FAMILY COURT SITTING IN COVENTRY
140,Much Park street, Coventry
HER HONOUR JUDGE WATSON
A Local Authority
Mrs C
Baby N
( a child through her Children's Guardian)
Mr Miller, counsel, for A Local Authority
Mr Van Beseouw, counsel for mother
Mr Bainham, counsel for father
Mr Jones, the Child's solicitor taking his instructions from the Guardian, Ms McCabe
Hearing dates: 17 and 18 January 2018
Her Honour Judge Watson:
Baby N sustained a fracture of the distal left femur at the age of just under 8 months. She was sitting up and bottom shuffling but otherwise a non-ambulant child. She was in the care of her mother at the time and her father was at work.
Both parents are Eastern European and moved to England in 2015. They returned to their home country to marry. Baby N was born in England. Both parents were in employment although at the time of the injury mother was on maternity leave. The parents had Godparents in England but otherwise the extended family remained in their home country. Father speaks good English but mother has very limited English language.
Children's services had no previous concerns about the family. The criminal record checks were negative and home conditions were entirely appropriate. The parenting assessment describes a much loved and well cared for child and parents who are able to meet her needs.
Baby N was presented at Accident and Emergency on the Monday morning following the incident described happening late Saturday evening. Both parents attended hospital. Mother had noticed Baby N was unusually distressed on Monday morning when a ball shaped toy rolled against her leg. Her leg appeared swollen and painful to touch and parents took her immediately to the hospital.
An x-ray of the left leg disclosed an acute fracture of the distal left femur. The history given by mother to the hospital doctor of a slip in the bath would not in the opinion of the clinician or the reviewing radiologist explain the injury seen. A full body scan was therefore undertaken which revealed no further injury. There was no evidence of endocrine or metabolic abnormality and no underlying bony condition.
" Probable non abuse required a history of trauma that was stable with retelling, absent or un concerning additional injuries and an absence of social concerns" [Haney( et al.,2009)]
The first element of a non-abusive injury was missing. There was no credible history.
A joint police and social care investigation was launched.
A Local Authority initiated care proceedings and an interim care order was made and Baby N placed in foster care. As soon as the maternal family in the home country became aware they immediately made arrangements for the maternal grandfather, who is retired, to travel to England to care for Baby N. His wife remaining at home to care for her own elderly mother. The maternal grandfather was assessed to be entirely suitable and Baby N was placed with him in the family home. Parents were allowed supervised contact between 8 a.m. and 8p.m.and met Baby N's care needs. Announced and unannounced visits raised no concerns.
In her first interview with the police mother repeated her account of the slip in the bath, whilst she was momentarily distracted picking up the shampoo, as the cause of the fracture.
Within the family proceedings mother was appointed a solicitor and was encouraged to tell the truth. 11 days after Baby N was taken to hospital mother gave her second account which described a fall from the bed after the slip in the bath incident during which Baby N fell approximately 29.5 inches of 75cm on to a thin carpet on a hard bedroom floor, landing on her knees.
She was re interviewed by the police and the jointly instructed experts in the family proceedings were asked to consider whether the mechanism described in the second incident could have caused the fracture.
Since first giving her second explanation mother has maintained a consistent account.
Mother admits that she lied. She did not give a truthful account to her husband, the doctors at the hospital, the social worker or the police officer when first seen. She said she was scared of the consequences and believed Baby N would be taken off her. She regrets not telling the truth from the outset.
The experts met for an experts meeting and agreed that the mechanism described by mother in the second incident was compatible with the injury seen.
A local Authority sought leave to withdraw their application.
Baby N was returned to the care of her parents in week 15 of the family proceedings.
A Local Authority and the Court accept that if mother had given the second account immediately and had not sought to conceal it from the medical and other professionals caring for Baby N there would have been no need to investigate the injury, which was an accident and would have met the definition of "probable non abuse with the required history of trauma that was stable with retelling, absent or un concerning additional injuries, and an absence of social concerns".
With the consent of all parties it was agreed that it would be informative to publish anonymously the facts of this case to distinguish the injury seen in this instance from other fractures of the femur and to demonstrate the consequences for Baby N of a failure to tell the truth from the outset.
The Explanations
The Slip in the Bath
"Baby N was sitting in the bath and all of a sudden she slipped. She didn't go under the water but ended up on her side in the bath. I was worried that she had banged her head slipping in the bath and therefore quickly picked her out of the bath, wrapped her up and took her into the bedroom".
Mother had told the hospital staff and the police in her first voluntary interview that she had not seen it happen because she had turned away to reach for the shampoo but she later said that was not true.
The Fall from the Bed
"I sat her on the bed and bent her forward to check the back of her head and to check if she was ok at which point she seemed to slip off the bed, she simply fell feet first and her knees were the first part of her body to come into contact with the floor then went on to her belly. Baby N did not roll sideways off the bed, she simply slipped feet first off the bed and fell to the floor. Her knees making contact with the thin carpet. I have two mattresses on the bed because of my rheumatoid arthritis. I understand the height from the top of the bed to the floor is about 29.5 inches. I tried to catch Baby N as she fell but it happened in a moment and I was not able to stop her falling."
"After the fall Baby N was crying. It was not her normal cry. I thought she was crying because of the shock of the fall. It is difficult to be certain how long she cried but it was for between 5 and 10 minutes. She cried whilst I dressed her but stopped afterwards when I cuddled and fed her. Baby N was in a legless baby grow as I fed her so I could see her legs. I did not notice any bruises"
"During the night I do believe she woke up between 3a.m and 4a.m.I gave her some water and she went back to sleep until 7am"
"On Sunday morning she woke up as usual, had her breakfast and went back to sleep. Father came home from work and he had a play with her. During Sunday I changed her vest and her nappy. She seemed fine. I didn't put her into a baby grow with legs so I didn't therefore touch her legs. For part of the day Baby N was sitting up playing. She did look uncomfortable at some points but she was not crying. I did keep an eye on her because I was worried in case she had banged her head and I wanted to make sure she hadn't got any signs of head injury".
"On Monday she woke up. After her morning sleep she was sat playing with me. I rolled the ball and it hit her leg above the knee and she cried. I then went to touch the leg and she cried. I thought she must have a problem with it. This was the first time that I was aware she had any injury to her leg. I hugged Baby N and calmed her down. I then went to wake up my husband and told him that Baby N seemed to have a problem with her leg. We both decided we needed to take her to hospital".
The Medical Opinions
Dr Karl Johnson, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Birmingham Children's hospital
An acute fracture of the distal left femur ( no older than 11 days)
The left femoral fracture is the result of a blow, impact, bending/snapping action or a fall onto the knee/lower thigh.
The amount of force required to cause this fracture is unknown, but in my opinion it is significant, excessive and greater than that used in the normal care and handling of a child. The left femoral fracture would not occur from normal domestic handling, over exuberant play or rough inexperienced parenting.
The fall or impact Baby N had in the bath tub is relatively minor and I would not expect to result in a fractured femur.
Baby N slipping knees first onto the floor would be an impact on her knees. In my opinion this mechanism could result in the fracture of the distal left femur. I cannot exclude it as a possible cause.
Dr Alun Elias-Jones, Consultant Paediatrician and safeguarding lead for Leicestershire and Rutland
Baby N has been the victim of a probable significant non accidental inflicted injury.
The slip in the bath is unlikely
A more probable explanation is caused by a direct blow to the leg or a forceful gripping and twisting of the leg
The lack of superficial bruising noted at the safeguarding medical makes a blow less likely
The more likely explanation is from forceful gripping.
No evidence of an underlying endocrine or metabolic abnormality
No underlying bony dysplasia or osteogenesis imperfecta ( brittle bones disease)
It is concerning that there was delay in seeking medical help
Baby N would have been in significant pain when the injury occurred
After the injury was caused any subsequent handling for dressing, bathing or changing would have caused obvious discomfort and pain and resulted in Baby N not attempting to weight bear and not using the fractured limb.
Adam Oates, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital
Less than approximately 1 week old. No underlying medical condition is radiologically apparent that would pre dispose to fractures.
Very unlikely that the fracture would have been sustained by slipping in a baby bath.
I believe it is possible and not unreasonable, that the fracture could have been sustained by Baby N slipping from the edge of a bed (29.5 inches/75cm high) and her knees impacting with the floor.
If this latter description does represent the causative event on the Saturday night I do question why there was a delay between the event and the subsequent presentation at hospital on Monday morning.
I defer to the expert paediatrician who has greater clinical expertise. I believe that a femoral fracture would be painful and I do question the reason for the delay in hospital attendance but I note the case in the Haney research where there was an overnight delay before hospital attendance.
Reviewing the radiology imaging
–fracture of the distal metadiaphysis region of the left femur
–associated mild angulation
–associated oedema within the adjacent soft tissues
–cortical disruption consistent with a transverse fracture
–modest impaction (suggesting the bones are compressed in the vertical plane due to axial loading)
Research from Pandya (2009) and Haney (2009) is considered. Femoral fractures are certainly seen in suspected abusive injury patterns, but they are not as statically common as rib or tibia/fibula fractures and are not one of the more highly specific injuries.
In the Haney research, a more focussed study, a small cohort of infants with fractures of this type of the distal metadiaphysis were probable accidental in nature.
I believe it is important to make the clear distinction between the fracture that Baby N sustained (i.e. at the metadiaphysis) and another type of long bone fracture known as a classic metaphyseal lesion (CML), also known as a bucket handle or corner fractures. Baby N did not have a CML.
Experts Meeting
There was a difference of opinion as to the likely mechanism for the fracture in the reports of the two court appointed, jointly instructed experts, Dr Elias Jones and Dr Oates. A meeting was therefore set up before each was called to give their evidence. The meeting was chaired by the Child's Solicitor and a note taken. Specific questions had been agreed and were sent to the two experts in advance. To save time, and with the consent of all involved, the trial advocates listened to, but did not otherwise participate, in the meeting of the experts.
Dr Oates described the two forces involved which were the slipping forward and the gravity as Baby N fell to the floor which would have caused her to fall on to her knee and then rotate forward on to her belly and head. Exactly as described by mother.
If the femur was at 90 degree angle to the floor the force would propagate up the femur and cause the crumpling effect as seen in the images. The lateral x-ray shows a slight angular position which coincides with the rotation of the fall.
Dr Elias-Jones sees this as a possible mechanism and the forces involved strengthened his view that this was a possible explanation.
Dr Oates was of the view that a rotational force was unlikely to produce the injury seen.
A forceful grip and a yank is a possible explanation. Less of a twisting action but more of a holding and yanking.
The Haney research of a fall from waist height whilst being held by an older sibling suggests this explanation is compatible but unusual.
Dr Elias Jones said having listened to the description of the forces from Dr Oates and on further reflection, he agreed, this is not a spiral fracture and was more indirectly sustained such as from a fall off the bed. It was therefore possible for the injury to have occurred as in the second explanation given by mother.
Analysis and conclusion
A Local Authority properly reflected on the consensus now apparent from the medical experts that the mechanism for the fracture was wholly compatible with mother's second explanation.
It is important to note that mother did not initially tell the truth and there was delay in presenting baby N for help but had the explanation been given at the outset the delay would not have been a reason for removing Baby N from her parent's care.
There were no other concerning features. Baby N was seen to interact well with both her parents and presented as a well looked after child. They have co-operated fully with professionals throughout the family proceedings and once the second explanation was given.
Mother does not speak English and was in an alien culture at a time of great crisis and stress. She told the parenting assessor she was scared. "I didn't trust anyone and no one explained why everything was happening". Her husband said "It was very surprising when she told me. It surprised me she didn't tell me. I think she was scared". He described how when they were told baby N had a fracture his wife started crying and did not stop for 2 days. He didn't know how to calm her down. It was a nightmare.
Looking at the totality of the case A Local Authority did not wish to pursue any findings and sought permission from the court to withdraw the application.
Permission was given by the court and her parents returned home to resume care of Baby N. A Local Authority will monitor the situation as a Child in Need and address some of the recommendations made in the parenting assessment around bedtime routines and the parents welcomed that help.
Court Order
The Order drawn reflects the endorsement of the court that the explanation given by mother eleven days after the presentation at hospital is the correct explanation, and was, in the view of the court, not forthcoming at the outset as the mother was fearful of revealing the cause of the injury as she has set out in her statement, her second police interview and in the parenting assessment.
And Upon A Local Authority accepting that when the child presented in distress following a ball hitting her leg on Monday, the mother acted appropriately by seeking medical assistance.
And Upon the court stating this was an unfortunate accident.
The Court agrees Baby N will be returned forthwith to the care of her parents
And Upon Mother accepting that she did not initially tell the truth about how Baby N suffered her injury upon presentation at hospital and that she failed to do so until 11 days later. The failure to be honest was due to fears of the mother that she would be blamed for the injury and that Baby N would be removed from her care because she sat her on the edge of the bed before she fell.
And Upon A Local Authority accepting there has been full co-operation since the mother made her disclosure and an expression of willingness to work with the Local Authority
And Upon the mother now recognising the importance of being open and honest with professionals and the court in respect of matters relating to the child.
End of Judgment | commoncrawl | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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BkiUbmjxK03BfHDu3ENW | Mozambique: Two Die As Police Abort Kidnapping
March 22, 2016 Education
Maputo – Two people died on Friday night in a clash between the Mozambican police and a gang of kidnappers in Patrice Lumumba neighbourhood, in the southern city of Matola, reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
One of the kidnap gang was shot dead in the shootout, but the other person who died was a passer-by, struck by a stray bullet.
The drama began at about 20.30 on Friday when a gang of six people kidnapped a woman named Felizarda Cohote, as she was opening the gate to her home in the Maputo neighbourhood of Mahotas. Two of the kidnappers took control of Cohote's vehicle, a Hyundai, and thrust her into the back seat.
The other four men remained in their own car, a Honda Fit, and escorted the Hyundai as it drove towards Patrice Lumumba.
But the Hyundai was fitted with an electronic tracking device of the company Cartrack. When members of Cohote's family alerted the police, a police unit and Cartrack agents were able to follow the kidnappers.
Near the Patrice Lumumba market the criminals realised that they were being followed. They opened fire against the police, and in the exchange of shots one of the kidnappers and a bystander were killed.
According to the spokesperson for the Maputo Provincial Police Command, Juarce Martins, another member of the kidnap gang was seriously injured and is now in police custody, while the other four criminals, some of whom may also be injured, fled and are still at large. The kidnappers left behind them two pistols and 14 bullets.
Cohote was unharmed and the police returned her to her family later that evening. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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Artists: Merlin Homer, Kevin Lamure, Sage Paul, Louise Solomon, and Mike Ormsby. Curated by Mike Ormsby.
Artworks are exhibited in St. Anne's Church, 270 Gladstone Avenue.
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 13, 12:00 p.m.
Exhibition Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. May 13 & 14, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.; May 20 & 21, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.; May 27 & 28, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.
History Lecture: Wednesday, May 10, 7:00 p.m.
The history of the church in Canada, and its effect on Indigenous cultures. Presented by the Rev. Canon David Neelands, Dean of Divinity at Trinity College in the University of Toronto.
Blanket Exercise: Saturday, May 13, 1:00 p.m.
Kairos Canada and the Canadian Roots Exchange present a learning experience to explore the history of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. To be held on the church front steps (weather permitting).
Opening Worship Service: Sunday, May 14, 10:30 a.m.
Guest Preacher: The Rev. Chris Harper, Indigenous Native Priest for the Diocese of Toronto. An official opening with smudging precedes the liturgy - all are welcome to participate.
"Reconciliation: The Canoe We Are All In" - Wednesday, May 17, 7:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion with Susan Blight, moderated by Mike Ormsby.
Historic Walk: Sunday, May 21, 12:30 to 4:00 p.m.
A walk through the neighbourhood led by Mike Ormsby. The walk will focus on the history of Indigenous peoples in this area from pre-European settlement to the present.
Panel Discussion on the Art Exhibition: Wednesday, May 24, 7:00 p.m.
Artists Bonnie Devine and Kevin Lamure, moderated by Mike Ormsby.
Closing Worship Service, Sunday May 28, 10:30 a.m.
Guest Preacher: The Rev. Canon Andrew Wesley. At the conclusion of the liturgy, a closing ceremony of smudging will be performed; all are welcome to participate. Andrew Wesley is an Elder of the Mushkegouk Cree from James' Bay, and Pastoral counselor for the Council Fire Friendship Centre.
Rev. Gary van der Meer, Pastor & Incumbent: 416-536-3160.
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Not a new release but i have updated them.
Borders gone, backgrounds black, token mech added to the token one, coin in sound effects, i had to hack them in the token one for now until the emulator is updated, 7 segs altered.
Not a new release but i have improved them.
7 segs altered, borders gone, old hoover and wallpaper background gone to black, token mech put on the token one, in out noises (i put a silent tiny wav file in for the token effect one to work in the current emulator).
Thanks go to Vectra666 for his help when i first done it.
And Wizard for the emulator.
Nice one rich... would love to see the double nudge version of these,electrocoin and there pesky security boards eh.
Theres not a bad pic of super red bar £5 in them pics i sent you, that possibly something could be done with.
Couldnt we just fudge that with a big 7 under the bonnet, not sure if we have £5 roms though?
This is where you should be putting your layouts on here, so the pic goes on the front page and they go in categories and not awol in threads , i think people think this is just for Reg's layouts to go.
Thank you for these and also a huge thanks for uploading to the download section, please any other FML artist feel free to also use the site downloads and it also saves you the trouble of a thread as it creates one here for you.
@Richy1976 thank you for this - I will be giving this a bash tonight when I get in from work. | c4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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Touch My Penis, it's actually Female Genitalia, Transphobe
July 23, 2019 Guest Writer 0
Yaniv has appeared several times before the Tribunal in a princess dress and tiara, seemingly a preferred look.
Fourteen women in Canada are being sued because they refused to wax a male's genitalia. The precedence this will set if they lose the case is worrying.
Fourteen women in Canada are being sued because they refused to wax a male's genitalia. This is not a headline from a 19th century misogynistic, sexist, and patriarchal society. Instead, it is a headline from a 21st century misogynistic, sexist, and patriarchal society.
In 2018, Jessica Yaniv (formerly Jonathan Yaniv), a male individual who identifies as a woman, filed complaints with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal against fourteen workers who offered waxing and beautification services at various beauty salons and from home due to them refusing to provide waxing services to Yaniv's male genitals.
The reasoning behind the workers' refusal to provide their services to Yaniv is that their services were restricted to female clients and since Yaniv is biologically male they did not accept Yaniv as a client. Moreover, none of the workers had any training in waxing male genitals and thus they could legitimately refuse to provide their services on something they were not trained on doing. Receiving proper training before engaging with male genitals is crucial as, as AB, an expert witness who has 29 years of experience in waxing at a male-only salon, says "The ideal wax used for male genitals is different because the skin is very thin, and waxing can cause injury if not done properly." It is also the case, as some of the workers have reported, that it is usual for men to have an erection while being waxed around their genitalia.
Yaniv, not acknowledging the fact that they are a biologically male individual who can be legitimately denied services only offered to females, as it was the case with the aforementioned salons, and despite the fact that the salon workers did not have any training in dealing with male genitals, takes to court these workers, many of whom are immigrants, women of colour, or single mothers. For refusing to touch his genitals.
It is worth noting that Yaniv has, in the past, referred to immigrants in a derogatory manner. More specifically, Yaniv said:
"We have a lot of immigrants here who gawk, judge and aren't the cleanest of people, they're also verbally and physically abusive, that's one reason I joined a girl's gym, cause I DON'T want issues with these people … They lie about shit, they'll do anything to support their own kind and make things miserable for everyone else."
In addition to racist comments, Yaniv has, in a Messenger conversation, asked disturbing questions about the private parts of young girls:
No matter how Yaniv may identify, no one should be forced to touch a penis or risk losing their job, as it happened to two of those workers Yaniv sued, one of whom is a Brazilian single mother operating her waxing business at home, where her young children also live.
At a recent interview, Yaniv explicitly said that those workers did not have the right to say "no" to waxing Yaniv's male genitalia.
The freelance journalist and editor-in-chief of Feminist Current, Meghan Murphy, who was permanently banned from Twitter for 'misgendering' Yaniv, puts it beautifully: "Suddenly, women's right to say "no," to have boundaries, to protect themselves and their spaces, to understand that a penis belongs to a male, not a female, cannot be defended."
Rox Murphy, a journalist at National Post, argues that this should not be treated as a human rights case – and he's right; it's not. None of Yaniv's human rights are violated and Yaniv is not discriminated against. The rule is simple: Waxing services are only offered to females. One's gender identity or expression, which is a protected characteristic under Canadian law, cannot override anyone's right to not touch another's genitals.
If it sounds incredible to readers that ridiculing Yaniv's claim should be considered transphobic, and that it's an attempt to cherry pick or tar the movement, comedian Ricky Gervais has in fact already been called a transphobe for doing just that.
Ricky Gervais Called 'Transphobe' For Defending Women Refusing To Wax Trans Woman's Penis https://t.co/2fs2TcoNSz pic.twitter.com/xVzNGWRp4i
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) July 22, 2019
A campaign has been set up by feminist activists Hannah Juniper and Holly Huton to aid the female workers with their trial costs:
The precedence this will set if Yaniv wins the case is a worrying message to women: Touch a penis or get fired.
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BkiUc945qWTBCi0lzIkU | In the United States of America, silos in education is a simple structure that keeps things compartmentalized, organized, and safe. It's perfect for storing grain on the farm; not so good in education, however. Historically, the silos in education has been set up as the following: one teacher per room, every subject its own class or time frame, and every child his or her own desk! Compartmentalized, organized, safe.
Some of these silos in education have been deconstructed in many U.S.A. schools. For example, teachers collaborate and work together, children work more in collaborative seating arrangements (instead of isolated desk islands), cross-curricular connections are made… yet, subject-area silos in education, or the projected time frame for each subject, remains a constant in many of today's schools.
When a school purchases curricular materials, let's say for math, the new math curriculum demands 1.5 hours a day. Now add the science curriculum, which also requires 1.5 hours a day. Don't forget about reading! Nothing's more important that reading, right? Reading deserves an hour or more. But we can't leave out a writing block; today's youth in the job market are missing critical writing skills. Wait, we forgot about social studies; that needs time! Our kids need to learn about the social world around them, right?
Okay, that works! We're in school for 7 hours each day. But wait… our kids need to eat lunch! Add 40–60 minutes. Now we're at 5 hours 40 minutes–8.5 hours. We want our kids to participate in the fine arts and physical education; add 1 more hour. And don't forget, in order for our young learners to be able to handle all this curriculum, they need breaks—RECESS! Add 20 more minutes! We're now totaling a minimum of 7 hours to nearly 10 hours! None of this even takes into account all the transition time in an elementary classroom! There simply is not enough time in the day to give each subject area its due—so why do it?
That's the question we'll explore. What if we broke down silos in education and shared time across the curriculum? What would happen if we decompartmentalized subjects? Would it take away the organization and safety we're used to? Probably! Would that be so bad?
What's the purpose of silos in education?
Imagine this: It's time to learn your state's history for social studies and it's over 200 years' worth! You also want your kids to practice research skills. Additionally, your writing curriculum calls for a realistic fiction piece. In reading, you are in your nonfiction reading unit and are teaching specific skills for effectively reading nonfiction text. Finally, you like to teach oral-presentation skills (uh-oh, we didn't allow time for that; add an hour!). By the way, math and science cannot be forgotten. You might be thinking, It's too much… and you're right! It is too much. But what if we "shared time" between subject areas and separated out what absolutely needed to be done?
What if we created a unit in which the history texts we worked with were used for research and we taught the nonfiction-text strategies prior to reading it? Let's say we also emphasized research skills and proper note-taking daily during the reading, then had students use that information to create an oral presentation to help reinforce the information for the whole class. Take it a step further and have the topic of the realistic-fiction book be about one of the historical persons or events you are studying. Keep a class timeline in which you utilize addition and subtraction strategies to make sense of the timing between historical events.
You may be thinking, This is cross-curricular teaching; that's come and gone and come again and gone again! But what I'm proposing is different! I'm proposing a system of "sharing" time AND "cutting" time and "buying" time.
First of all, since you connected reading, writing, and social studies to the same topic of studying the history, you can share those three blocks of time as one large block and the minutes within the block are flexible to the needs of your students. This is "sharing" time.
You instruct students to read the history as a means of researching for the timeline, the realistic-writing piece, and the oral presentation. In order to really get the critical information from it, they need to use the comprehension strategies for reading informational text that you have been teaching. Be sure to teach proper note-taking as a part of your process, and in the 30 minutes it takes to do the reading, you've just covered skills for social studies and reading, practiced writing, prepared for a writing piece, and conducted research! If you taught in a silo approach, each of those four subject areas would demand at least 30 minutes, totaling up to 2 hours. By "sharing" time, you just "bought" an hour and a half of your day!
Now, how do we "cut" time? You've already taught research skills, day in and day out, for an authentic purpose, so cut that unit altogether when it shows up at the end of the year! Do I dare propose cutting reading-workshop time? I do! If you're teaching the same set of skills that you would teach during a reading unit, but you're teaching them for a practical and authentic application, then there is no need to do it in the time frame designated for reading workshop! Are you seeing the trend here? Teach the skills you are required to teach, but teach them for authentic and practical purposes in a highly engaging topic—like your state's history.
But what about reading groups? I can't get rid of reading groups! You're right! Don't get rid of reading groups. You now just "bought" yourself an hour and a half to help you fit them in. Use the texts you're using for history and do your strategy groups. You will get more out of your students because they are reading to understand and apply the information to their own work, not just to practice a strategy.
How can we continue to "buy" time? When you discuss years on the timeline and need to subtract years to find out how many years between major events, teach subtraction strategies then—don't wait for it to show up in your math curriculum. Teach it for an authentic and practical purpose! Then, when it does show up in the math curriculum, skip it! You've already taught it! Chances are, too, that if you taught it for a practical purpose, it was learned, and learned well.
When you are asking your students to choose a historical artifact to research to broaden the scope of their learning and engagement, ask them to write you a persuasive letter as to why they should be able to study that particular artifact. Tell them they need at least three reasons that are rooted in evidence. When you get to your persuasive-writing unit, shorten the time spent on reasons—they already know that and chances are, since it was for an authentic and practical purpose, they will have learned it well.
Isolating facts, strategies, and concepts into compartments, or silos in education, just isn't how the world works. The world is messy. Learning is messy; it's not separated, organized, and safe! Maybe what I'm proposing sounds dangerous to you, but why? Is it because our subject-area compartments ensure we will effectively attend to everything?
When learning is "messy" and integrated, that's when transfer happens. What are we teaching for, if not transfer? And to be very clear, I'm not proposing cutting any critical content or standards. I'm proposing a different lens by which to view your instructional day. Make it work for you and your students. You can (and should) attend to all of your standards for each subject; how you attend to them is the difference here.
Thinking about time differently is really what I am proposing. So it may seem contradictory to provide a schedule in time blocks… but let's face it, as much as we would like to have no constraints on us within a day, that's not ever going to happen. So below is a sample of how I schedule my day. Keep in mind that reading is taught throughout the day, and writing is given its own time block for writing instruction, but writing is expected in ALL subject areas.
(Examples include working on research for the history project, reading a science article and using reading strategies, writing a persuasive piece for a proposal of a project, creating a presentation, etc.) Social studies is a great subject to integrate other subjects into and to create large-scale projects where students are highly engaged and are authentically using a multitude of strategies that transcend subject areas. It gives your students a purpose for their learning and allows you to "share" time. When you "share" time, you automatically "buy" time and "cut "time from other areas!
*Teach reading strategies with these subject-area reading materials.
Be flexible with the time blocks. If Science takes an hour and a half for an investigation and there is not time for Social Studies, either move Social Studies down to the last block, or on the next day, skip Science and do an hour and a half of Social Studies. The point is, we need to think about what thinking we'd like our students to do, which academic opportunities will encourage that type of thinking, then let go of time-block constraints whenever possible so that we may provide these opportunities.
So silos are amazing… but let's leave them for the farmers. Let's break out of the silos in education and buy ourselves some time—both for us and our students. Face it, no one is taking things off our proverbial plates; we just continue to have them be overloaded and even more plates added to the mix. It's time to make time work for us! Let's share it, cut it, and buy it so we have time to help our students achieve their goals. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdI05qYVBTBbD-jbP | Q: How to parse returned Javascript code from get request in Python I'm sending the following get request
<a href="#" onclick="new Ajax.Request('/book/reviews/4981?authenticity_token=vxZvklgqILI3SBwtJLDN5DicJKt93LiOWxYwFa%2BrWDdsJxTTAs46WvPN3L1PKNW3qpmacr%2BnWYXexhR%2BfoB3Cw%3D%3D&amp;hide_last_page=true&amp;language_code=en&amp;page=4', {asynchronous:true, evalScripts:true, method:'get', parameters:'authenticity_token=' + encodeURIComponent('FUvf1v6N9TgtBKVmo5I3YLm3yVwb//WU9zZDdj1oWd3GeqSXpGnv0OmBZfbICi8zK7J3hdmEFJ9y5mcd7EN24Q==')}); return false;">4</a>
in Python, which I have written as
import urllib
URL = 'https://www.goodreads.com/book/reviews/4981?authenticity_token=vxZvklgqILI3SBwtJLDN5DicJKt93LiOWxYwFa%2BrWDdsJxTTAs46WvPN3L1PKNW3qpmacr%2BnWYXexhR%2BfoB3Cw%3D%3D&amp;hide_last_page=true&amp;language_code=en&amp;page=4'
s = 'FUvf1v6N9TgtBKVmo5I3YLm3yVwb//WU9zZDdj1oWd3GeqSXpGnv0OmBZfbICi8zK7J3hdmEFJ9y5mcd7EN24Q=='
PARAMS = {'asynchronous':True,
'evalScripts':True,
'method':'get',
'parameters':'authenticity_token=' + urllib.parse.quote(s.encode("utf-8"))
}
r = requests.get(url = URL, params = PARAMS)
I'm new to this, but it seems to be encoded in something that's not ASCII looking text. The returned code also contains HTML code, which is really what I want.
Here's a piece of what is returned:
b'Element.update("reviews", "\\n\\u003cdiv class=\\"bookReviewsPaginationCount\\"\\u003e\\n
\\u003cspan class=\\"smallText\\"\\u003e\\nShowing 91-120\\n\\u003c/span\\u003e\\n\\n\\u003c/div\\u003e\\n\\n\\n\\u003cdiv id=\\"reviewControls\\"\\n class=\\"reviewControls u-defaultType clearFix\\"\\u003e\\n \\u003cdiv class=\\"reviewControls--left\\"\\u003e\\n
\\u003cspan class=\\"stars staticStars notranslate\\"\\u003e\\u003cspan size=\\"12x12\\" class=\\"staticStar p10\\"\\u003e\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003cspan size=\\"12x12\\" class=\\"staticStar p10\\"\\u003e\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003cspan size=\\"12x12\\" class=\\"staticStar p10\\"\\u003e\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003cspan size=\\"12x12\\" class=\\"staticStar p10\\"\\u003e\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003cspan size=\\"12x12\\" class=\\"staticStar p3\\"\\u003e\\u003c/span\\u003e\\u003c/span\\u003e\\n
\\u003cspan class=\\"u-visuallyHidden\\"\\u003eAverage rating\\u003c/span\\u003e\\n 4.07\\n \\u003cspan class=\\"greyText\\"\\u003e\\u0026nbsp;\\u0026middot;\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c/span\\u003e\\n \\u003c/div\\u003e\\n \\u003cdiv class=\\"reviewControls__ratingDetails reviewControls--left rating_graph\\"\\u003e\\n \\u003cspan id=\\"reviewControls__ratingDetailsMiniGraph\\"\\u003e\\n \\u003cscript type=\\"text/javascript\\"\\u003e\\n
//\\u003c![CDATA[\\n $j(document).ready(function() {\\n var vis = renderRatingGraph(\\n [436969, 351497, 175037, 52003, 27985],\\n \\"reviewControls__ratingDetailsMiniGraph\\");\\n $j(\\"#reviewControls__ratingDetailsMiniGraph\\").prependTo(\\"#rating_details_tip\\");\\n });\\n
Is there a way to parse the code? I've tried:
BeautifulSoup scrape from javascript (encoded) variable
but it does not work with the code that I have returned.
Thanks
A: The returned string looks like jQuery code that is used to generated HTML element using string literal. You probably need to grab that string literal using slice r.text[27:-2] and then use encode().decode('unicode_escape') to get the string that can be parsed by BeatifulSoup.
import urllib
import urllib.parse
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as Soup
URL = 'https://www.goodreads.com/book/reviews/4981?authenticity_token=vxZvklgqILI3SBwtJLDN5DicJKt93LiOWxYwFa%2BrWDdsJxTTAs46WvPN3L1PKNW3qpmacr%2BnWYXexhR%2BfoB3Cw%3D%3D&amp;hide_last_page=true&amp;language_code=en&amp;page=4'
s = 'FUvf1v6N9TgtBKVmo5I3YLm3yVwb//WU9zZDdj1oWd3GeqSXpGnv0OmBZfbICi8zK7J3hdmEFJ9y5mcd7EN24Q=='
PARAMS = {'asynchronous':True,
'evalScripts':True,
'method':'get',
'parameters':'authenticity_token=' + urllib.parse.quote(s.encode("utf-8"))
}
r = requests.get(url = URL, params = PARAMS)
soup = Soup(r.text.encode('utf-8'), 'html.parser')
html_str = r.text[27:-2].encode().decode('unicode_escape')
soup = Soup(html_str, "html.parser")
print(soup)
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BkiUcfbxK7ICUt7cPwTv |
package org.apache.fop.render.ps;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.fontbox.cff.CFFType1Font;
import org.apache.fontbox.cff.DataOutput;
import org.apache.fontbox.cff.Type1FontUtil;
/**
* This class represents a formatter for a given Type1 font.
* author Villu Ruusmann
* @version $Revision: 1.0 $
*/
public final class Type1FontFormatter {
private Map<Integer, Integer> gids;
public Type1FontFormatter(Map<Integer, Integer> gids) {
this.gids = gids;
}
/**
* Read and convert a given CFFFont.
* @param font the given CFFFont
* @param i
* @return the Type1 font
* @throws IOException if an error occurs during reading the given font
*/
public byte[] format(CFFType1Font font, String i) throws IOException {
DataOutput output = new DataOutput();
printFont(font, output, i);
return output.getBytes();
}
private void printFont(CFFType1Font font, DataOutput output, String iStr)
throws IOException {
output.println("%!FontType1-1.0 " + font.getName() + iStr + " "
+ font.getTopDict().get("version"));
printFontDictionary(font, output, iStr);
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int j = 0; j < 64; j++) {
sb.append("0");
}
output.println(sb.toString());
}
output.println("cleartomark");
}
private void printFontDictionary(CFFType1Font font, DataOutput output, String iStr)
throws IOException {
output.println("10 dict begin");
output.println("/FontInfo 10 dict dup begin");
output.println("/version (" + font.getTopDict().get("version")
+ ") readonly def");
output.println("/Notice (" + font.getTopDict().get("Notice")
+ ") readonly def");
output.println("/FullName (" + font.getTopDict().get("FullName")
+ ") readonly def");
output.println("/FamilyName (" + font.getTopDict().get("FamilyName")
+ ") readonly def");
output.println("/Weight (" + font.getTopDict().get("Weight")
+ ") readonly def");
output.println("/ItalicAngle " + font.getTopDict().get("ItalicAngle")
+ " def");
output.println("/isFixedPitch " + font.getTopDict().get("isFixedPitch")
+ " def");
output.println("/UnderlinePosition "
+ font.getTopDict().get("UnderlinePosition") + " def");
output.println("/UnderlineThickness "
+ font.getTopDict().get("UnderlineThickness") + " def");
output.println("end readonly def");
output.println("/FontName /" + font.getName() + iStr + " def");
output.println("/PaintType " + font.getTopDict().get("PaintType") + " def");
output.println("/FontType 1 def");
NumberFormat matrixFormat = new DecimalFormat("0.########", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.US));
output.println("/FontMatrix "
+ formatArray(font.getTopDict().get("FontMatrix"), matrixFormat, false)
+ " readonly def");
output.println("/FontBBox "
+ formatArray(font.getTopDict().get("FontBBox"), false)
+ " readonly def");
output.println("/StrokeWidth " + font.getTopDict().get("StrokeWidth")
+ " def");
int max = 0;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> gid : gids.entrySet()) {
String name = font.getCharset().getNameForGID(gid.getKey());
sb.append(String.format("dup %d /%s put", gid.getValue(), name)).append('\n');
max = Math.max(max, gid.getValue());
}
output.println("/Encoding " + (max + 1) + " array");
output.println("0 1 " + max + " {1 index exch /.notdef put} for");
output.print(sb.toString());
output.println("readonly def");
output.println("currentdict end");
DataOutput eexecOutput = new DataOutput();
printEexecFontDictionary(font, eexecOutput);
output.println("currentfile eexec");
byte[] eexecBytes = Type1FontUtil.eexecEncrypt(eexecOutput.getBytes());
output.write(eexecBytes);
}
private void printEexecFontDictionary(CFFType1Font font, DataOutput output)
throws IOException {
output.println("dup /Private 15 dict dup begin");
output.println("/RD {string currentfile exch readstring pop} executeonly def");
output.println("/ND {noaccess def} executeonly def");
output.println("/NP {noaccess put} executeonly def");
output.println("/BlueValues "
+ formatArray(font.getPrivateDict().get("BlueValues"), true) + " ND");
output.println("/OtherBlues "
+ formatArray(font.getPrivateDict().get("OtherBlues"), true) + " ND");
output.println("/BlueScale " + font.getPrivateDict().get("BlueScale") + " def");
output.println("/BlueShift " + font.getPrivateDict().get("BlueShift") + " def");
output.println("/BlueFuzz " + font.getPrivateDict().get("BlueFuzz") + " def");
output.println("/StdHW " + formatArray(font.getPrivateDict().get("StdHW"), true)
+ " ND");
output.println("/StdVW " + formatArray(font.getPrivateDict().get("StdVW"), true)
+ " ND");
output.println("/ForceBold " + font.getPrivateDict().get("ForceBold") + " def");
output.println("/MinFeature {16 16} def");
output.println("/password 5839 def");
output.println("2 index /CharStrings " + gids.size() + " dict dup begin");
Type1CharStringFormatter formatter = new Type1CharStringFormatter();
for (int gid : gids.keySet()) {
String mapping = font.getCharset().getNameForGID(gid);
byte[] type1Bytes = formatter.format(font.getType1CharString(mapping).getType1Sequence());
byte[] charstringBytes = Type1FontUtil.charstringEncrypt(type1Bytes, 4);
output.print("/" + mapping + " " + charstringBytes.length + " RD ");
output.write(charstringBytes);
output.print(" ND");
output.println();
}
output.println("end");
output.println("end");
output.println("readonly put");
output.println("noaccess put");
output.println("dup /FontName get exch definefont pop");
output.println("mark currentfile closefile");
}
private static String formatArray(Object object, boolean executable) {
return formatArray(object, null, executable);
}
private static String formatArray(Object object, NumberFormat format, boolean executable) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
sb.append(executable ? "{" : "[");
if (object instanceof Collection) {
String sep = "";
Collection<?> elements = (Collection<?>) object;
for (Object element : elements) {
sb.append(sep).append(formatElement(element, format));
sep = " ";
}
} else if (object instanceof Number) {
sb.append(formatElement(object, format));
}
sb.append(executable ? "}" : "]");
return sb.toString();
}
private static String formatElement(Object object, NumberFormat format) {
if (format != null) {
if (object instanceof Double || object instanceof Float) {
Number number = (Number)object;
return format.format(number.doubleValue());
} else if (object instanceof Long || object instanceof Integer) {
Number number = (Number)object;
return format.format(number.longValue());
}
}
return String.valueOf(object);
}
}
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BkiUdpY4eIZjspnnfWiF | Wow find what you want here. | Never Lose Your Dreams!
Wow find what you want here.
This site has had over 34 million visitors since I added a counter within the last 5 years.
Hello and my name is Captain Chuck. I am 79 as of January 2019. I am retired but have a very small income of only $751 a month from social security. Who can live on that? Well I have been lucky that people have helped out in the past. I have been a licensed Captain since 1985. I did make some pretty good money in the past, but for many years it has been a struggle. My age and health have prevented me from doing what I used to do. So now I have to live with change. I own no boats now, very sad. I loved living on my boats.
I spend a tremendous of time to keep all my websites going and bringing you the latest information I can on many subjects.
PLACE YOUR AD ON MY WEBSITES . . LOW COST . . . .
I have owned this website and a few more for many years. I have never received any money from anyone for this effort. Now comes the time I have to ask for some help. I humbly ask that you donate or advertise (very low cost) (and high exposure) here on my websites. For each AD you place, it will go on all my websites (5).
Your cost is: You pay for only ONE AD but your AD placed on my 5 websites.
For now and 2019 only, all ads will cost only $300 for a year. And you get your Ready to go AD on my 5 websites. All for the one low cost of $300. for a year.
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All my websites are under revision always and always changing. Being a one person band is not easy. There is SO much work to do, and I also try to have a life. Sitting in a chair for many hours is also not conducive for good health. I do need help, but I have no money to offer to anyone for their help. Any help would be appreciated. Let me advertise for your company, millions of people will see your ad. Thank you. Please email to me your ad ready to go. I can then place that ad on my website. Thank you.
What do I like, boating, golf, tennis, guitar, plumeria hobby (and what a collection I have, many for sale now) tenor saxophone, travel, not much of any of this lately.
AND THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP.
Hello, my name is Captain Chuck. Yes a true boat Captain since 1985. I am single now. I have done serious cruising in my time as well as operated vessels in many states in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, etc. Alaska (King Crabbing in the 70's), Aleutian Islands Alaska, Inside Passage Alaska & Canada, San Juan Islands Canada, San Juan Islands Washington State, Washington State, Oregon, California, Mexico, Florida, South Padre Island, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Little Bahama Banks, The Bahamas, Freeport Bahamas, Nassau.
I worked in the King Crab Industry in Alaska for 6 seasons (years) and I am still here. Yes I have lost friends and know of a lot of men gone down. I am Lucky to not have had any serious injuries. They don't call that working in Alaska in the commercial fishing and King Crab Industry "THE MOST DANGEROUS JOB IN THE WORLD" for nothing, it is true and a fact. I also have owned and operated many vessels and run vessels from Alaska, to the Bahamas. I have also cruised all the way down to Panama, and other places.
I just want to be happy and make others happy. I have been trying or get this website to be a premium website for many years. Wow, lots of work. I am not a professional website builder. Trying to make a living and trying to figure out how to build a website is not easy. I owned and started this website at the beginning of the internet, way back when. This is one of the first websites ever built by me. I also started Web World USA about the same time. I also started "Cruising Water World" at about the same time, way back when. I just never had the time to make them what I envisioned them to be. maybe now I can give it a good try. I have never made a penny off any of my websites, this one included. But i need to to keep these websites going. Any and all help appreciated.
Advertising is the next step on the horizon. Since I now have a really good growing following and top exposure on the internet, I feel that any advertiser will receive top exposure. So possible advertisers take a look at my beginning advertising rates. They will be very low to start and see how it goes. So if you want in now while the rates are very low, please do so and you will be well rewarded. You can see all the many Categories that are available and there will be many more in the near future. For writers, please send me your stories and i will give you credit. Thanks.
Other website names I own: "webworldusa.com", "plumerialover.com", "plumeria4u.com", "worldrecordevent.com", "5dollaradsworld.com", "cruisingwaterworld.com", "trumpornotrump.org". I have built some of these websites using WordPress and I have built some of the websites using Dreamweaver.
If you are interested to possibly own or partner with me on any of these website names, please let me know. Some may be for sale at the right price and some may be partnered. I personally believe that besides being a fun project that many of these website or all? can make some serious money if done right. I have never made a penny from any of these websites, ever, actually never tried. They have been a labor of love all these years. Now comes the time when I need to bring in more income as I need websites builders to help me. I need professional help to bring some of these websites to professional levels, and standings with advertisers, etc. I want to promote many companies with great editorial and exposure.
I am trying to make all these sites fun for all, but way to much work for me being a one man band. Any ideas, let me know. Partners? Other ideas? Very valuable website names I have been told. Magic at webworldusa dot com is one of my email addresses. I have not figured out how to embed my email addresses to prevent spammers. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUccbxK1yAga6JrN24 | A while ago, I was told I was using the term "commutator" in a blasphemous manner. This got me thinking again about my first deviation from accepted doctrine - the heretical mode of the PSD in which power is drawn off by MG2 to force MG1 to motor backwards. Previously, I have tried to explain this mode by analyzing the car's behavior. Not everyone is convinced. So, I have come up with an explanation of heretical mode from a different perspective, that of the designer's motivation. I present this below for your edification and, perhaps, amusement.
Imagine you have the job of designing the control software for the Toyota Hybrid System. Further, imagine that Toyota operates in the same way as the company I work for so that software people have no say in how the hardware is built and know nothing about it until it lands in front of them. You know how conventional cars work, but you don't know what the powertrain designers had in mind, if anything, with this weird arrangement of motor/generators and gears. You just have to make it work.
It's pretty obvious how to use MG2. It can boost the car along using power from the battery, either with the engine or alone. It can slow the car down during braking and coasting and also replenish the battery charge. On the other hand, MG1 and the Power Split Device do not, at first, have an obvious function.
So, begin by ignoring them. Lock MG1 in position somehow. Jeff has proposed driving a screwdriver through the casing for this purpose. The sun gear of the PSD is stationary. Now, if we get the car going (perhaps using MG2) we can drive along fairly happily, but we only have one gear. From the nomograph, at the minimum spin rate at which we can expect the ICE to be comfortable, say 1150 r.p.m., the car will be travelling at 27 m.p.h. At the other end, if we drive at 100 m.p.h. the ICE spin rate will be 4270 r.p.m. So, it looks as if we are in high gear. We can't use the ICE below 27 m.p.h. nor can we get much power from it at moderate speeds. We need lower gears.
What characterizes lower gears? Well, in a conventional car, a lower gear means that the ICE spins faster for a given road speed and the torque applied to the wheels is increased. Let's pull out the screwdriver and let MG1 spin. The ICE certainly spins faster because it is now causing both the wheels and MG1 to spin forwards. So that the car moves, we have to limit the spin rate of MG1 otherwise it will just whizz around like crazy and no torque from the ICE will get to the wheels. Conveniently, we can do this with generator drag, that is, we configure the control electronics so that MG1 acts as a generator and we draw off power. What shall we do with this power? If we configure MG2 as a motor and pass the power to it, we can have it help drive the car. Whoa! That's it - both increased spin rate for the ICE and more torque at the wheels! We have low gear! We're done!
So, the car goes out for road trials and everything's fine except for cruising. At 70 m.p.h. the ICE spins at 2990 r.p.m. The testers all have conventional cars that rev. lower than this and they object to the noise level. They've also gone to the engine people who assure them that the engine can produce sufficient power for cruising at a much lower spin rate and with greater fuel efficiency. Your boss "reminds" you that this is supposed to be a highly efficient car (which he actually forgot to mention originally). Obviously, what you need is a higher gear - overdrive, in fact.
A higher gear is characterized by lower ICE spin rate a given road speed and decreased torque applied to the wheels. Well, if spinning MG1 forwards gave you a lower gear, maybe spinning it backwards will give you a higher one. It will certainly reduce the ICE spin rate (refer to the nomograph). But, the torque from the ICE is acting to spin MG1 forwards. As the planet gears in the PSD rotate around the common axis, they push both the ring gear (and therefore the wheels) and the sun gear (and therefore MG1) in the same direction as they are rotating themselves. This is great when we want MG1 to spin forwards; we control its spin rate by taking out power. But, to make it spin backwards, against the torque from the ICE, we need to configure it as a motor and put in power. Where will we get this power? We can't get it from the battery or it will be discharged by just driving on the highway. The boss isn't looking, so let's try getting it from MG2 by configuring that as a generator. The only problem is, taking off power here means generator drag which will reduce the torque applied to the wheels. What? Reduce the torque at the wheels? We've got it! Overdrive! Lower ICE spin rate but less torque at the wheels!
Last edited June 24, 2002. All material Copyright © 2001, 2002 Graham Davies. No liability accepted. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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Institutional investors, analysts, and other members of the professional financial community are invited to listen to the call and participate in the Q&A by dialing (877) 777-1971 (domestic callers) or (612) 332-0228 (international callers).
All others are encouraged to dial into the conference call in listen-only mode, using the same numbers. To listen to a replay of the conference call starting at 2:00 p.m. on December 6, through December 13, dial (800) 475-6701 (domestic callers) or (320) 365-3844 (international callers). The access code for the replay is 455733.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU),a financial services leader with more than $1 trillion of assets under management as of June 30, 2018, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Prudential's diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management. In the U.S., Prudential's iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit news.prudential.com. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdZY4c3aisLoiPzjU | Compass acquires Contactually, a CRM provider to the real estate industry
Ingrid Lunden @ingridlunden / 11 months
Compass, the real estate tech platform that is now worth $4.4 billion, has made an acquisition to give its agents a boost when it comes to looking for good leads on properties to sell. It is acquiring Contactually, an AI-based CRM platform designed specifically for the industry, which includes features like linking up a list of homes sold by a brokerage with records of sales in the area and other property indexes to determine which properties might be good targets to tap for future listings.
Contactually had already been powering Compass's own CRM service that it launched last year, so there is already a degree of integration between the two.
Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Crunchbase notes that Contactually had raised around $18 million from VCs that included Rally Ventures, Grotech and Point Nine Capital, and it was last valued at around $30 million in 2016, according to PitchBook. From what I understand, the startup had strong penetration in the market, so it's likely that the price was a bit higher than this previous valuation.
The plan is to bring over all of Contactually's team of 32 employees, led by Zvi Band, the co-founder and CEO, to integrate the company's product into Compass's platform completely. They will report to CTO Joseph Sirosh and head of product Eytan Seidman. It will also mean a bigger operation for Compass in Washington, DC, which is where Contactually had been based.
"The Contactually team has worked for the past 8 years to build a best-in-class CRM that aggregates relationships and automatically documents every touchpoint," said Band in a statement "We are proud that our investment into machine learning has resulted in new features like Best Time to Email and other data-driven, follow-up recommendations which help agents be more effective in their day-to-day. After working extensively with the Compass team, it was apparent that joining forces would accelerate our missions of building the future of the industry."
For the time being, customers who are already using the product — and a large number of real estate brokers and agents in the U.S. already were, at prices that ranged from $59/month to $399/month depending on the level of service — will continue their contracts as before.
I suspect that the longer-term plan, however, will be a little different: You have to wonder if agents who compete against Compass would be happy to use a service where their data is being processed by it, and for Compass itself. I would suspect that having this tech for itself would give it an edge over the others.
Compass, I understand from sources, is on track to make $2 billion in revenues in 2019 (its 2018 targets were $1 billion on $34 billion in property sales, and it had previously said it would be doubling that this year). Now in 100 cities, it's come a long way from its founding in 2012 by Ori Allon and Robert Reffkin.
The bigger picture beyond real estate is that, as with many other analog industries, those who are tackling them with tech-first approaches are sweeping up not only existing business, but in many cases helping the whole market to expand. Contactually, as a tool that can help source potential properties for sale that owners hadn't previously considered putting on the market, could end up serving that very end for Compass.
The focus on using tech to storm into a legacy industry is also coming at an interesting time. As we've pointed out before, the housing market is predicted to cool this year, and that will put the squeeze on agents who do not have strong networks of clients and the tools to maximise whatever opportunities there are out there to list and sell properties.
The likes of Opendoor — which appears to be raising money and inching closer to Compass in terms of valuation — is also trying out a different model, which essentially involves becoming a middle part in the chain, buying properties from sellers and selling them on to buyers, to speed up the process and cut out some of the expenses for the end users. That approach underscores the fact that, while the infusion of technology is an inevitable trend, there will be multiple ways of applying that.
This appears to be Compass's first full acquisition of a tech startup, although it has made partial acqui-hires in the past. | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUcaTxK7Dgs_cY5LlC | Greater Asia
Singapore PM threatens online editor with libel
Straits Herald September 2, 2019
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong threatened Sunday the editor of an online publication with libel for repeating "false" allegations related to a bitter feud in the city-state's founding family.
In a letter to Terry Xu, chief editor of The Online Citizen (TOC), Lee's press secretary demanded that the article on its website and Facebook page be taken down immediately.
The letter also asked TOC to issue a "full and unconditional apology" by Wednesday.
Should Xu fail to comply, "PM Lee will have no choice but to hand the matter over to his lawyers to sue to enforce his full rights in law," said the letter signed by his press secretary.
Singapore is admired worldwide for its economic prosperity, but its leaders are criticised for curbs on civil rights, including using libel suits to silence critics.
The TOC is known for publishing articles critical of the long-ruling People's Action Party in a country where the mainstream media is widely seen as pro-government.
Lee, 67, is embroiled in a public row with his younger brother Lee Hsien Yang and sister Lee Wei Ling over the fate of a family house following the death in 2015 of their father, Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew.
The Lee patriarch had wanted the century-old bungalow demolished after his death to avoid the creation of a personality cult.
But the prime minister's siblings accused their brother of blocking the house's demolition to capitalise on their father's legacy for his own political agenda.
Premier Lee has denied the allegations, but said he had chosen not to sue his siblings as doing so would further taint their parents' names.
The article in question was a TOC commentary last month on a Facebook post by Premier Lee's wife Ho Ching in which she shared a piece discussing why it was right sometimes to cut off ties with "toxic family members".
TOC referred readers to the family feud, which erupted in 2017 after the siblings aired their allegations on social media.
The letter accused TOC of repeating the "false" and "libelous" allegations.
While Lee chose not to sue his siblings, this "should not be misinterpreted by others as free licence to repeat and spread false and defamatory allegations against him," it warned.
Xu could not immediately be reached for comment.
The article was no longer accessible on the TOC website but it could still be seen on its Facebook page. – AFP
mba/it
What lies beneath: Singapore plans a subterranean future
Saudi Arabia replaces Aramco chairman ahead of potential IPO
© Straits Herald 2020. All rights reserved. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfJu6NNjgB0Ss4BBy | Check local listings for a recycling center near you. Many have visiting hours when kids can learn what happens to all those cans, bottles and papers after they go in the recycle bin. This helps them understand why we recycle and what recycled goods are used for.
Another fun family field trip is a visit to the local water treatment plant. Workers there teach how our water is treated and why. Kids gain a better understanding of the importance of taking care of our water resources and how to protect them.
A great way to recycle food waste is to create a compost. This can be on a small or large scale, and is an affordable project your family can do together. A simple compost bin can be made out of a plastic tub (be sure to drill several holes on the top and bottom for draining). Fill the container with leaves, grass, weeds, fruit or vegetable scraps, eggshells and coffee grounds. Turn the bin, shake it or stir the contents often to begin the compost process. Use the contents to fertilize your planters or garden. Kids will learn how food decomposes, as well as the benefits of gardening.
A common way to celebrate Earth Day is to plant a tree. You could do this in your own backyard or donate one to a local park or common area. Also consider planting a flower garden or working in the yard. Try volunteering to help someone who isn't physically able to clean up his or her own backyard by raking leaves or taking care of outdoor chores.
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to spend time outside and enjoy nature? Play outside, go on a nature hike, visit a zoo, go to the park or enjoy a walk while taking time to stop and observe the beauty of the world around you. Have the kids collect interesting items from your nature walk and use them to create art when you return home.
Celebrate Earth Day and clean up the environment by picking up trash and debris in your neighborhood. Organize a group to take on a large area, such as a busy city street or your favorite park. We can all do our part to keep our communities beautiful.
As you celebrate Earth Day, remember that a healthy environment is vital to all of us and our continued prosperity. It is everyone's responsibility to keep it clean and maintain its beauty for generations to come.
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd, but your family can celebrate the Earth every day by changing these simple behaviors. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdYg5qWTA_H8tsx1x | 'use strict';
module.exports = {
extends: ['./rules/best-practices',
'./rules/errors',
'./rules/es6',
'./rules/imports',
'./rules/frontend',
'./rules/node',
'./rules/style',
'./rules/variables'].map(require.resolve),
env: {
node: true,
browser: true,
},
parserOptions: {
ecmaVersion: 2017,
// in universal projects, we use import/export
sourceType: 'module',
},
rules: {},
};
| github | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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