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0.999664 | The history of Fairfax County and its schools from 1930 to the 1950s can be summarized in one word: Growth.
Within a time frame of twenty years, the population of the county quadrupled from 25,000 to almost 99,000 people. Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency was the major reason for this rapid growth, as with the new administration came increases in federal programs and bureaus. With those increases came the additional employees to administer new programs and to staff the new bureaus.
Enrollment growth and the introduction of school buses changed the character of the communities the one-room schoolhouses served, and the lives of the children within them. Students who had once walked to a local, often one-room schoolhouse, now rode a bus to a larger “consolidated school” where they were taught in separate grades. Some of these large, brick school buildings with modernized amenities, like indoor plumbing, are still in use today. Progressive educators viewed buses as a step toward modernizing and consolidating more students into one building.
Following World War II, rapid population growth in Fairfax County led to a steady rise in the school system’s student population. In 1948, 12,118 students were enrolled in FCPS. Over the next 25 years, the school system would add roughly 6,000 new students per year.
FCPS took over the education of students with mental disabilities from a parent-organized cooperative in 1953. The parent group had begun the program in 1950, using whatever space could be found to educate their children, but eventually asked FCPS to take control of the program.
Like other school districts in the country, Fairfax County Public Schools was a segregated district from its creation to the middle of the 20th century. In 1954 the Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education changed segregation laws in this country. Luther Jackson School in Falls Church opened at the same time the Supreme Court ruling prevailed to end racial segregation. This was the first high school for African Americans and remained a high school until it was converted to an integrated middle school in 1965. The integration movement of the schools did not gather traction in FCPS until 1960. When the school system desegregated the African-American schools, the buildings were closed and re-purposed as special education sites. |
0.96676 | Manisha Koirala is a Nepali-Indian actress who works in Indian films, as well as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and social activist. Koirala has primarily worked in Hindi cinema, though she has appeared in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films as well. She is also an accomplished Bharatnatyam and Manipuri dancer.
Born to politician Prakash Koirala and Sushma Koirala in the politically prominent Koirala family of Nepal, she made her acting debut in the Nepali film Pheri Bhetaula (1989). A year later, Koirala made her Bollywood debut with the top-grossing drama Saudagar (1991). She went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses in the 90s with such mainstream films as 1942: A Love Story (1994), Agni Sakshi (1996) and Gupt (1997).
Recognised for her acting prowess, Koirala was noted for her performances in films such as Bombay , Akele Hum Akele Tum (both 1995), Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Dil Se.. (1998), and Company (2002). She has won the Filmfare Critics' Award thrice and has received four nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress so far. Although box-office collections of her films have varied considerably, critics have noted that her niche as an actor remains unharmed irrespective of her commercial potent.
Her brother Siddharth Koirala is also an actor, and collaborated with her once in the film Anwar.
In 2004, she returned from New York after receiving a diploma in filmmaking. She became a member of an independent documentary filmmaker's society.
Her first Hindi movie was Subhash Ghai's Saudagar in 1991. The film proved to be a good beginning, as it was the biggest hit of the year. She starred in a number of unsuccessful films during 1992-1993 until Vidhu Vinod Chopra's love saga 1942: A Love Story (1994) and Mani Ratnam's Tamil drama Bombay (1995) came out. Her performance in the latter was particularly appreciated and won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. She was also seen in more commercial films, such as Mansoor Khan's romantic musical Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) opposite Aamir Khan. Her role of Kiran, an ignored wife who leaves her husband and child in order to fulfill her singing talent and subsequently becomes a popular star, earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress.
Koirala had a particularly successful year in 1996. She received positive reviews for her performance in the drama Agni Sakshi, where she played the role of a battered wife on the run from her mentally ill husband, played by Nana Patekar. The film became one of the biggest hits of that year at the Indian box office. Later that year, she acted in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directorial debut, Khamoshi: The Musical. The film saw her playing the role of Annie, a caring daughter to deaf parents. Her performance was highly acclaimed, and won her a second consecutive Filmfare Best Performance Award, as well as a Star Screen Award for Best Actress.
One year later in 1997, she played the leading role alongside Kajol and Bobby Deol in the thriller Gupt: The Hidden Truth. The film became one of the biggest hits of the year. She went on to collaborate once again with Mani Ratnam, and starred in his award-winning film Dil Se.. (1998) opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her role received similarly good reviews, and earned her several award nominations including the Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. Despite performing poorly at the box office in India, the film proved to be a hit overseas.
Her later movies like Kaccha Dhaage, Moksha and Company also gave her critical acclaim. But her movie, Ek Chotisi Love Story, dragged her into controversy.
After years of success, in 2003 she was seen in several low budget films, yet not less challenging roles. She ventured into strong woman-oriented films in 2003, such as Escape From Taliban which won her the BFJA Award for Best Actress. She then played the main protagonist in Market (2003), a film portraying the whole life story of a young prostitute. The film was a decent success at the box office.
After receiving a diploma in filmmaking, she produced the small-budget caper-comedy Paisa Vasool (2004) in which she starred along with Sushmita Sen; this was probably the first ever chick-flick in Indian cinema in that it did not have a male lead nor a love story.
Overall, Koirala starred as the leading role in 6 high-budget, successful Tamil movies: Bombay (1994) co-starring Arvind Swamy, Indian (1996) co-starring Kamal Hassan, Mudhalvan (1999) co-starring Arjun, Aalavandhan (2001) co-starring Kamal Hassan, Baba (2002) co-starring Rajnikanth and Mumbai Express (2005) co-starring Kamal Hassan.
Since then, she has played supporting and leading roles in various unsuccessful films, some of which being well received by critics, such as the historical epic drama Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story (2005), the thriller Tum - A Dangerous Obsession (2005), and the horror film Anjaane - The Unknown (2006).
In 2008, she made her comeback to films, with her first leading role since Mumbai Express (2005), in Tulsi, opposite Irrfan Khan.
In December 2009, she served as the Jury member in the fifth edition of Dubai International Film Festival.
In 2010, she made her foray into Malayalam cinema with Shyamaprasad's Elektra, a psycho-sensual drama based on Sophocles's ancient Greek tragic play Electra. The film premiered at the International Film Festival of India, where it was well received.
In 2011 Koirala appeared in Mappillai, her first Tamil movie in 5 years. A remake of the 1989 film of the same name, the film saw her reprising the role originally played by the late Srividya, her performance earned her a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil.
She was later seen in the critically acclaimed moivie I Am.... In 2012 she teamed up with Ramgopal Verma in Bhoot Returns.
In September 1999, Koirala was appointed as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. She is actively involved in social work, specifically working with organizations to promote women's rights, prevention of violence against women, and also to prevent the human trafficking of Nepali girls for prostitution. |
0.999998 | What is the significance of a correlation coefficient of 0.3?
The points all lie very close to the line of fit, and the line is decreasing.
The points all lie very close to the line of fit, and the line is increasing.
The points do not follow the line of fit, and the line is decreasing.
The points do not follow the line of fit, and the line is increasing. |
0.940098 | The beginning of the twentieth century was marked by two of the greatest scientific discoveries: quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity, which became the driving forces behind an array of new scientific breakthroughs and technological leaps. Quantum mechanics led to the invention of transistors and the computer revolution. The theory of relativity completely transformed our way of thinking about space, time and gravity but also gave birth to a new scientific field: that of cosmology.
In 1917, Einstein took the first step towards developing modern cosmology by deriving an exact solution of his equations that described the observable universe in its entirety. This was the first cosmological model, which contained the famous constant Λ, the so-called “cosmological constant”, which he introduced in order to make the universe static, in accordance with the dominant cosmological belief of the time. A few years later, in 1929, Edwin Hubble observed that the local neighborhood of the universe is expanding, which led Einstein to quickly abandon his model, calling the cosmological constant the “biggest blunder” of his life. Little did he know that half a century later, his biggest blunder would lead to an unexpected discovery and a Nobel prize.
After the first cosmological model by Einstein, several prominent physicists turned to the study of the early universe and proposed their own models, the most famous being the Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker model (FLRW). The FLRW model was first proposed by Soviet physicist Alexander Friedmann who found a solution of the Einstein equations that described a homogeneous and isotropic universe. The solution went unnoticed for several years, until the Belgian physicist Georges Lemaître arrived at the same conclusion, realising that the FLRW model could describe an expanding universe, which when traced back in time would appear to originate from a single point, later known as the “Big Bang”.
At those times “the study of the early universe was widely regarded as not the sort of thing to which a respectable scientist would devote his time”, as Weinberg wrote. The situation changed completely with the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB) in 1964 by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, which gave observational evidence that the observable universe is isotropic and evolved from a state of higher density.
More astronomical observations and the detailed measurement of CMB by space missions like COBE, WMAP and Planck established the so-called standard model of cosmology. This model uses the Einstein equations to describe the evolution of space-time (FLRW metric), which is governed by the matter content of the universe. Different types of matter can lead to a different evolution, e.g. relativistic matter like photons and neutrinos leads to a quickly decelerated expansion, non-relativistic matter like baryons or dark matter leads to a more slowly decelerated expansion. There is yet another form of matter, which acts like a negative pressure leading to an accelerated expansion of space-time. The latter is known as “dark energy” (DE). Einstein’s cosmological constant is a specific form of DE, which is constant in time and leads to an exponentially accelerated expansion.
In the 1990s cosmologists had several observations at hand, with which they could get the first detailed view of the cosmos: they knew that dark matter had to be present in galaxies together with baryonic matter and the first CMB data by COBE allowed to estimate the matter content of the universe. In the late 1990s we knew that the universe is governed by baryonic and dark matter and it appears to be flat, so two teams, the Supernova Cosmology Project and the High-Z Supernova Search Team, set out to measure the rate at which the expansion was slowing down due to gravity.
Much to everyone’s surprise they found out that the expansion was not slowing down but accelerating! This discovery was awarded the Nobel prize in 2011. The accelerated expansion implied the existence of a new type of matter, DE which counteracts the effect of gravity at cosmological scales, pushing the universe to expand. The simplest explanation for DE is Einstein’s cosmological constant, which can be identified with the vacuum energy density. The problem with this is that the predicted energy density differs from the observed one by more than 50 orders of magnitude, probably the most embarrassing disagreement between theory and experiment in the history of science!
Apart from the cosmological constant there is a vast landscape of theories that can explain the accelerating expansion, ranging from theories with new fundamental fields beyond the Standard Model (SM) to modifications of general relativity. Despite the plethora of alternative models there is no leading candidate among them and several questions about the nature of DE still remain open: we don’t know whether it’s due to a new particle or a modification of gravity, whether it’s constant or dynamic and whether it interacts with other fundamental particles or not. Therefore, DE constitutes one of the biggest mysteries in particle physics and cosmology.
Dark energy affects the expansion of space-time and is therefore imprinted on several observables that we can access with today’s instruments, such as CMB, the growth rate of large structures like galaxies, gravitational lensing etc. More recently gravitational waves have been added to this list.
Collider experiments offer an alternative approach, whereby DE could be produced in collisions of SM particles and directly detected. This approach features several advantages. First of all, it is believed that DE should couple to SM fields in order to screen additional gravitational forces which are predicted to exist at small scales but not been observed . Coupling to SM fields means that DE could be produced and directly detected at colliders. Moreover, it has been argued that cosmological observations alone might be unable to distinguish models with new fields from modified gravity and particle physics experiments might be able to alleviate this problem, known as “dark degeneracy” . Finally, in order to understand the nature of DE several experiments offering different insights will be needed. Collider experiments access different parts of the parameter space and could investigate the microscopic nature of DE if discovered, thereby providing complementary information to the cosmological probes mentioned above.
Searches for dark energy had not been performed until recently at colliders, due to the lack of models describing the interaction between DE and SM particles. A concrete model was recently proposed in a recent paper by Philippe Brax, Clare Burrage, Christoph Englert, and Michael Spannowsky thus paving the way towards the first collider search for DE (see also a previous EP article HERE).
This model extends the Standard Model Lagrangian with a set of higher dimension operators which encode the different couplings between DE and SM particles. These operators are suppressed by a characteristic energy scale, which is not determined theoretically, but can be constrained experimentally. The experimental goal is precisely to pinpoint the characteristic energy scales associated with the different DE-SM couplings.
Two representative operators predict that DE couples preferentially to either very massive particles like the top quark, a coupling known as “conformal”, or to final states with high momentum transfers, like final states involving high energy jets, a coupling known as “disformal”. In a big class of these operators the DE particle cannot decay inside the detector, therefore leaving a missing energy signature. Two possible signatures for the detection of DE are therefore the production of a pair of top-antitop quarks or the production of high energy jets, associated with high missing energy.
Such signatures are similar to the ones expected by the production of top squarks, where the missing energy would be due to the neutralinos from the top squark decays or from the production of standard model particles in association with dark matter particles, which also leave a missing energy signature in the detector. The ATLAS collaboration therefore re-interpreted the result of recent searches for stop quarks and dark matter produced in association with jets , setting the most stringent limits on the DE model , as shown in the figure below.
Figure: Limits on the energy scale of the interaction between DE and SM particles (M) as a function of the DE-SM coupling (g*), from the search in events with top quarks and missing energy (lop) and the mono-jet search (bottom).
The search for DE has revealed that the characteristic energy scale must be higher than approximately 300 GeV for the conformal coupling and 1.2 TeV for the disformal coupling.
The limits on the disformal coupling are several order of magnitudes higher than the limits obtained from other laboratory experiments and cosmological probes, proving that colliders can provide crucial information for understanding the nature of DE.
With the first results from dark energy searches, ATLAS has successfully probed all forms of matter in the observable universe, demonstrating the versatility of collider experiments and opening a new avenue of interdisciplinary research, which lies at the interface of particle physics and cosmology.
The search for DE at colliders is only at the beginning and a lot of work remains to be done by both theorists and experimentalists. More experimental signatures and more types of coupling between DE and SM matter have to be explored and more optimal search strategies could eventually be developed.
All in all, colliders offer an alternative way of searching for DE that will help together with cosmological observations and other laboratory experiments to further our understanding of one of the biggest mysteries of our time. |
0.999884 | Medical doctors have to go through a lot of training before obtaining their license. Further, the relevant authorities will also scrutinize them well, and monitor their actions just to ensure that they offer the best services to the patients. However, in the recent past, many patients are complaining that they have been treated by quack doctors. After paying a lot of money for medication, the patients realize that their conditions have not improved. It has, therefore, made many fear of getting treatment from institutions that they are not familiar with. Even so, the essay asserts that some of the quack doctors may have solutions that other doctors cannot offer.
To start with, the convectional medicine has not been effective in many instances. Diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, some form of cancers have proved hard to treat. Therefore, some doctors have decided to try out different methods of treatment. Though such individuals may not have the training and experience that others have, they may have necessary knowledge that can help the wider population. Some have tried different herbs and traditional medicine to help people get out of pain. More so, they have proposed specific diets that have helped people to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Certainly, more research needs to be done in the medical field. Many qualified doctors are yet to engage in extensive research on curing diseases such as HIV. This is because of lack of resources, dedication and time. On the other hand, some quack doctors invest in a lot in research before proposing a solution. Even without the right training, they are able to venture into the medical world, and hence find long-lasting solutions to health issues. Besides, some of the doctors who have been called quacks are not unqualified. Rather, they may have been involved with some form of disagreement with other qualified doctors, hence the name. Not to forget, many qualified doctors also make mistakes- just like the quack doctors.
Additionally, because many governments take long to approve the circulation drugs, diseases go untreated even when a solution is available. Quack doctors have the tactic to market their drugs well. They also have the ability to import quality products even before the approval of the government, hence helping desperate people to find a solution to their medical issues. Clearly, quack doctors have offered incredible medical solutions and done extensive research, something that many qualified doctors are unwilling or unable to do. |
0.91542 | Are PTSD and OCD Linked?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often occurs in individuals who have gone through a traumatic event, such as an accident, a natural disaster, or from victimization of a crime. Going through a traumatic event is distressing, and the traumatic effects can linger long after a traumatic event has passed. If you have PTSD, you may experience flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, depression, irritability, insomnia, paranoia, social anxiety, and more.
According to the National Center for PTSD, approximately 7 or 8 out of every 100 people will experience PTSD at some point during their lifetime. There are many ways that individuals with PTSD may attempt to cope when experiencing symptoms, some of which can develop into another disorder, such as OCD. With both PTSD and OCD, a person may have intrusive, distressing thoughts that cause them to engage in behaviors that help reduce the anxiety they are experiencing from having these thoughts. With PTSD, a person may be sure to avoid certain people, places, or things that remind them of the traumatic event, With OCD, a person may check, place things in a certain order, wash things many times, hoard things, and more.
For some people with PTSD, engaging in ritualistic OCD behaviors can make them feel more in control when they may otherwise feel as though they have no control. A 2014 study published in the journal Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine examined many studies that had previously been conducted on PTSD and OCD, and found that traumatic histories have a significant enough overlap with OCD that trauma-related OCD should certainly be considered.
Recovery from both PTSD and OCD is possible, however. Reputable treatment centers can provide amazing tools and resources to help you overcome some of the symptoms you may be experiencing. Having both disorders is considered a dual diagnosis, so it’s also important that you seek a treatment program that can tend to these needs. If you haven’t already, speak with someone from a reputable treatment center to learn more about your options and how various programs could be of benefit to you. Seek the help you need today. |
0.999999 | Context: the World Health Organization launched public consultations “Global Online Consultation on Research Priority Setting for Healthy Ageing” - deadline: September 30th 2017. The Longevity community should take part in these consultations, as they will have a significant influence on the national policies and resources allocated for research on aging and longevity.
Action: Please go to https://extranet.who.int/dataform/253249?lang=en and answer in English in your language of choice to answer. We encourage you to provide the WHO with your own ideas, but you may use the ILA position below for inspiration. You can fill the survey in all 6 UN languages.
Q5. What is the first top priority research question that you would like to add to this area?
The priority should be to make anti-aging therapies and preventive programmes accessible to everybody and in all areas with the goal being that people advancing in age could live independently in all environments and settlement types to the maximal degree possible. Age-friendly environment should include easily accessible qualified medical care services and healthy lifestyle oriented facilities (gyms, beaches, public swimming pools) to facilitate the use of therapies which prevent or treat the diseases of aging.
Q6. What is the second top priority research question that you would like to add to this area? The authorities of the cities, municipalities and regions should facilitate the development of aging-related clinical trials and medical cohort studies and promote accessibility of corresponding health-maintaining therapies.
Q7. What is the first top priority research question that you would like to add to this area? There should be clinical practice guidelines developed to prevent and treat not only aging-related diseases but aging as a pathological process per se (i.e. clinical practice guidelines for systemic primary prevention in middle and old ages). That would enable medical practitioners to prescribe anti-aging evidence-based lifestyle interventions, supplements, medicines and other therapies, and this would ultimately enable every person to have access to such therapies. Introduction and development of national electronic medical record systems, researchers facilitating access to anonymized medical record databases would ensure better properties of medical advice in terms of effective preventive measures. Ultimately, governments should support the development of AI-based medical information systems, including systems for both research literature and personal medical data analysis.
Q8. What is the second top priority research question that you would like to add to this area? Hospital and healthcare providers should initiate clinical trials on aging-preventive therapies, such as Targeting Aging with Metformin (TAME). Ideally, governments (including health ministries) should also initiate, lead and finance such therapeutical developments involving medical universities and research institutions. Retirement systems may be interested in diversifying their investments into aging-related clinical developments as a way to balance financial risks they already might face due to increasing life expectancy.
Q9. What is the first top priority research question that you would like to add to this area?
It is necessary that elderly people in community care or retirement homes receive, in addition to the necessary care, therapies and lifestyle interventions which can alleviate their health impairment, which are available but often are not being used by medical personnel and social workers in such facilities due to the lack of information and proper clinical practice and other guidelines. For example, there are a number of interventions to improve muscle tone, and walking capacities, some anti-osteoarthritic interventions, which could enable many elderly people suffering from the aging of musculoskeletal system to return to more independent living. Therefore, elderly people's right to health in the care system should not be neglected.
Q10. What is the second top priority research question that you would like to add to this area?
Regulators should facilitate investment into anti-aging therapeutical developments: i) healthcare systems should finance clinical developments and access to anti-aging therapies; ii) retirement systems should also diversify their assets into such solutions; iii) care providers and people in community care and retirement homes should be encouraged to get involved in clinical trials on anti-aging interventions with good ethical profile and high benefit/risk ratio.
Q11. What is the first top priority research question that you would like to add to this area? Healthy Longevity should gradually replace the concept of Healthy Aging in the priority research agenda as health is the highest value for every individual. Pathogenetic processes of aging, biomarkers of aging, anti-aging biomedical innovations, including new medicine, genetic and cell therapies should become the main focus. It is necessary to move away from disease-specific approaches and develop global long-term-health solutions. Of note, the “Healthy Aging” concept worked well to promote pro-health policies worldwide. However, it does bring complications: a large part of the biomedical research community define aging as a set of pathological processes and even consider it as a disease or a syndrome so “Healthy Aging” is then an oxymoron (an expression that contains something and its contrary). Also, in some languages “healthy aging” is translated as “healthy frailing”.
Q12. What is the second top priority research question that you would like to add to this area?
To achieve such major advancements in healthy longevity, it is necessary to support large cohort and other studies of the biomarkers of aging, which are needed to monitor and develop adequate health solutions. While there has been significant progress in this area, especially in frailty biomarkers, consensus on the biomarkers of aging still requires more research. Genetic trait analysis should be integrated into the biomarker systems to significantly contribute to health developments and ensure more effective development of gene therapies and other medical solutions in the near future.
Q13. What is the first top priority research question that you would like to add to this area?
The World Health Organization should form a special unit to ensure global coordination on biomedical research on aging. There should be a global project of aging biomedical research under the aegis of the World Health Organization (perhaps, jointly by Aging and Life Course Department and Noncommunicable Disease division), much as Human Genome project was able to achieve a breakthrough in the development of genetics. There should be an international working group to monitor and set global priorities for both fundamental and translational research on aging and to provide governments with advice and guidance.
Q14. What is the second top priority research question that you would like to add to this area?
low-income countries should be involved in multinational research projects and clinical trials to ensure genetic diversity, global R&D cost reduction and expertise transfer.
Q15. Are there other priority areas or themes, for research that should be added, beyond the 5 listed? Please indicate up to 3.
The World Health Organization should promote research necessary to include aging into the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Advanced ageing, or specifically “Senility” already has an ICD-10 code R54 (World Health Organization, 1992). However, this code refers only to late stages of pathogenesis of ageing. Additionally, it is not elaborated enough and, therefore, it is not likely to facilitate the development of new life-saving technologies to address ageing. ICD11 beta-version includes MJ43 “Old age” instead of ICD10 R54 code. This code is even less functional, as clearly, person’s calendar age is an objective parameter and it cannot be treated as a health condition.
Therefore, there should be a new parent category “Ageing and ageing-related pathological changes and processes” included, which would include both new and old categories as this is allowed by the new principle introduced in ICD-11 termed “multiple parenting”.
Q16. How important is each criterion in assessing global priority research questions and their fit towards Healthy Ageing?
Q17. Is there another criterion that should be used to assess global priority research question and their fit towards Healthy Ageing?
Potential to increase healthy lifespan and lifespan in general to maximal number possible in this and forthcoming generations.
Q18. In your opinion which research designs to advance Healthy Ageing would draw the attention of funders the most? (select up to 3).
Look for someone available online (via skype or facebook) and help him/her fill the questionnaire! |
0.999699 | Hypnosis is a safe, natural state of relaxed focused awareness and increased concentration, almost like daydreaming. Healing by trance has been acknowledged in some form in almost every culture for centuries. This state is similar in nature to that achieved when we watch TV, drive or are absorbed in an activity. There is no definitive 'feeling' for hypnosis, and everybody experiences it in a different way, so it is common to feel simply very relaxed.
Hypnotherapy utilises techniques such as suggestion and visualisation to access and 'reprogram' the part of the mind causing the problem, enabling natural healing to take place. We all have a powerful 'unconscious' part of the mind, that stores all of your memories and experiences and is responsible for patterns of thought and behaviour. This process often works to our advantage but sometimes your mind may choose to deal with issues in a way that is problematic, causing issues in your daily life.
Hypnotherapy is so effective as it works directly with the part of your mind causing the problem, allowing you to decide consciously what it is that you would like to happen instead and simply create a new or more useful way of your mind to achieve what you DO want.
Yes, if someone wants to be hypnotised, they can be. Hypnosis is a completely natural state of focused awareness, that we all experience many times a day without even noticing. We all enter a state of light trance whenever we drive a car, watch a movie, read a book or daydream.
No one can be hypnotised against their will. Some people find it easier to relax and 'go with' the sensation than others and most people find that they simply feel very comfortable and relaxed and find the experience of being hypnotised to be enjoyable and pleasant.
Am I still in control when I am hypnotised?
Yes, you are in complete control at all times. The primary function of your unconscious mind is to protect you, and if any suggestion were to be made that you would not ordinarily agree with, you would return to full conscious awareness immediately. You will be able to hear and be aware of your surroundings and may just feel very comfortable and relaxed.
Most people respond very well to hypnosis and find the process to be a positive one, however some people may be more suited to other types of therapy such as EFT or NLP which are also extremely effective and can resolve even severe long term issues. These types of therapy don't require either hypnosis or even any kind of belief in the process. It's ok to be sceptical, it doesn't affect the outcome of the process and I will ensure that you will receive the best therapy suited to your individual needs.
Your first session will usually last around 90 minutes as we need to get as much information about your individual circumstances as possible and also start you feeling better as soon as possible.
Subsequent sessions last around 60 minutes and I will often give you specific tasks or exercises to practice inbetween sessions. This allows you to reach your desired outcome much sooner.
Treatment duration depends on your individual circumstances, the severity of your symptoms, what you would like to achieve and other factors. Re-evaluations will be done to assess your progress throughout the therapy process and I aim to help you to achieve your desired outcomes within the shortest time suitable to your needs. Some issues can be resolved fairly quickly, other issues may take longer to achieve a complete resolution.
I see and treat a wide range of conditions and problems. Please visit my Services page for an extensive list of conditions and problems that are treatable with Hypnotherapy.
Can long term problems be treated with hypnotherapy?
Yes. Even lifelong issues can be resolved with solution focused therapies such as hypnotherapy, EFT and NLP. Sometimes these therapies work where no other treatments have worked previously.
How do I know that my problem is being resolved?
You are the best judge of how you are feeling and your feedback is essential to the therapy process. I aim for you to achieve measurable results with your issue so that you know yourself that you are feeling better and achieving the goals that you set out at the beginning of your therapy.
I ask that if you wish to cancel or reschedule your session to contact me with as much notice as possible so that your appointment can be offered to another client. Please allow at least 48 hours notice if at all possible and you can call or text me on 07952 101847 to arrange another appointment.
Feel free to ask any questions over the phone, or send me your question via this form below. I will endeavour to answer your question as soon as I am available. |
0.982299 | Peter George Sissons (born 17 July 1942) is an English broadcast journalist. He was the presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News and the BBC Ten O'Clock News between 1993 and 2003, and earlier a newscaster for ITN, providing bulletins on ITV and Channel 4. He is also a former presenter of the BBC's Question Time programme. He retired from the BBC in 2009.
Born in Smithdown Road Hospital, Liverpool, he was the third of four brothers, sons of Merchant Navy officer George Robert Percival Sissons and his wife Elsie.
Sissons attended the Dovedale Junior School with John Lennon and Jimmy Tarbuck. He passed the eleven-plus and attended the Liverpool Institute for Boys from 1953 to 1961 with Bill Kenwright, Steven Norris, George Harrison and Paul McCartney. He later studied at University College, Oxford, where he was Treasurer of the University College Players.
Sissons joined ITN in 1964, working his way up to the role of journalist. He was wounded by gunfire whilst covering the Biafran War in 1968, sustaining severe nerve damage in his left leg. After recovering from his injuries, he became ITN's Industrial Editor, covering many high-profile industrial disputes during the 1970s. In 1976, Sissons joined the list of presenters of ITN's lunchtime News at One bulletin, alternating with Leonard Parkin. He also co-presented ITN's election night programmes in 1983 (with Sir Alastair Burnet and Martyn Lewis) and in 1987 (with Burnet and Alastair Stewart). In 1982, Sissons, along with Trevor McDonald and Sarah Hogg, presented the first edition of Channel 4 News. He remained on the programme for seven years, anchoring the only debate between National Union of Mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill and National Coal Board leader Ian MacGregor during the Miners' Strike. He was also the presenter on the night of the Lockerbie bombing in December 1988. In early 1989, Sissons received a death threat following his interview of an Iranian representative as part of the reaction surrounding the publication of The Satanic Verses, with the fatwa covering Salman Rushdie extended to cover him as well.
Sissons left ITN in 1989 to join the BBC.
In June 1989, Sissons took over from Sir Robin Day as the presenter of Question Time. He continued until December 1993, when he was followed by David Dimbleby.
He co-presented BBC's 1992 General Election Night coverage with David Dimbleby and Peter Snow.
He has worked for ITN, Channel 4 News and BBC News, where he hosted the BBC Nine O'Clock News and the Ten O'Clock News. He was dropped from this position in January 2003. Sissons reportedly accused the BBC of ageism in response to its decision to remove him from the bulletin.
In 2002, Sissons announced the death of the Queen Mother on the BBC. This broadcast created a major controversy, as he wore a burgundy tie as opposed to a black one, deemed more appropriate by tradition for such news. Sissons has since publicly defended his actions. Also during the broadcast he carried out a live on air interview with the Hon. Margaret Rhodes, the Queen Mother's niece, in which he pressed her for intimate details of the final moments of the death to the point of her breaking off the interview. This interview caused a media furore at the time, consternation in the Royal Family's circle and led the Prince of Wales to choose ITN to record his personal televisual appreciation of his grandmother rather than the BBC which would have been the expected and traditional option.
Sissons subsequently presented weekend afternoons on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news channel, although he still occasionally appeared on the Ten O'Clock News when Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce and Darren Jordon were unavailable until 2004. Sissons has also presented News 24 Sunday, the replacement for Andrew Marr's BBC One programme The Andrew Marr Show when it is off air during the summer. He also occasionally presented weekend bulletins on BBC One. On 12 June 2009, Sissons announced his intention to retire in the summer in order to write his memoirs.
Following his retirement, Sissons published his 2011 autobiography When One Door Closes in which he was highly critical of his former employer, the BBC. He argued that the organisation had a left-wing mindset "in its very DNA" and that the BBC News had a bias towards New Labour, the United Nations, the European Union, environmental groups, Islam, ethnic minorities and women. He claimed that "I am in no doubt that the majority of BBC staff vote for political parties of the Left". Sissons also highlighted the BBC's corresponding bias towards the Independent and Guardian newspapers, stating "producers refer to them routinely for the line to take on running stories, and for inspiration on which items to cover."
Sissons is a Liverpool John Moores University Honorary Fellow and delivered a lecture on 19 June 2008 speaking about the city of Liverpool. He is a supporter of Liverpool Football Club and is also a member of the Hillsborough Independent Panel inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster.
Sissons has three children, one of whom, Kate, is an actress. Sissons lives in Sevenoaks, Kent, with his wife Sylvia, and also has a second home on the island of Barbados.
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0.88815 | Is gaming a safe bet for investors?
The world is full of gamers. Once seen as the province of gaunt teenagers hunched over a console in their darkened bedroom, the rise of the Internet, and even more, the mobile revolution, have combined to make gaming a pastime for the masses.
From Farmville to Angry Birds and Tetris to Texas Hold 'Em, there is a game to suit everyone. Anybody under the age of 50 has grown up around games, and the global industry is worth more than $100 billion per year. So it should come as no surprise that venture capitalists are queuing up with their investment dollars to get a piece of the action.
According to Digi-Capital's annual games review, 2016 saw more than $30 billion in investments and M&A over the course of the year. That was an increase of an impressive 77 percent over the previous highest year.
The growth has come from two key areas. On the one hand, the rise of mobile gaming mentioned earlier has taken place with a speed that has even caught the industry by surprise. The second aspect is the growth in popularity of sports related gaming and the associated sites.
The estimated market size of the esports sector for 2016 was just shy of $900 million.
That has not escaped the notice of serial investors Ken Howery and Brian Singerman of venture capital firm Founders Fund. They, alongside NFL legends Joe Montana, Hunter Pence and several others, plowed an undisclosed sum into eSports franchise Cloud 9.
If esports and mobile tech were the watchwords of 2016, this year is very likely to be centered on the rise of virtual reality. After numerous false starts, VR headsets are now starting to enter the world of mainstream affordability, thanks to smartphone compatibility and the rise of the Oculus Rift.
Already, alternative wearables are flooding onto the market, and VR technology is likely to be this year's Amazon Echo, in respect of being 2017's "must have" for Christmas.
Again, the venture capitalists are not slow to recognize a good opportunity. Andreessen Horowitz is a VC firm that has a history of success within the gaming industry and is, therefore, a good barometer to watch. The company has invested in two virtual reality companies over recent months, namely Leap Motion and Magic Leap. It was also a prior investor in Oculus before Facebook acquired the company for $2 billion in 2014.
The gaming industry can provide a great income for casual investors as well as the venture capitalists. One example of the growing number of companies in the gaming industry that provide a great opportunity for amateur investors as well as the professionals is 888casino. 888casino is a subsidiary of 888 Holdings, one of the success stories of the London Stock Exchange over recent years. Originally listed in 2005 with a valuation of £590 million ($770 million), it entered the FTSE 250 three years later and has a current market capitalization of around £925 million ($1.2 billion).
The Motley Fool is a website that provides advice to everyday investors and it ran this story at the end of last year, exploring some of the best up and coming investment opportunities for those who like to dabble in the stock market.
Particularly noteworthy was the fact that the stocks it selected were from a wide range of sectors within the industry, from traditional game designers to new technology developers.
As an industry, the gaming sector provides unparalleled money generating opportunities. Testers, developers, and designers are working harder than ever before, and from traditional sports and adventure games to the huge growth of online casinos and gambling sites, the games are getting smarter and more interactive every year.
Each area prompts still more business and marketing opportunities in the form of blogs, fansites, and other support services and add ons.
The gaming industry continues to grow every year, and while new sectors continue to emerge the older ones still thrive. For years, commentators have been predicting the end of the console era, but even with mobile and VR taking off, the sector continues to perform steadily.
There can be few industries that are as buoyant with such robust prospects for the years ahead, so it is perhaps obvious why it is so attractive to investors. |
0.968751 | Characteristics and Range The Bewick's Wren is a boldly marked but often skulking songster. It is endemic to North America, mainly resident in western biomes, and a short-distance migrant or resident in southeastern biomes, reaching its southern range limit in the Mexican Sierra Madre. It is unusual in having undergone major range expansion and contraction over the past century and a half. In the mid-late 1800s it expanded across much of eastern North America, but between the 1920s and 1970s retracted again, and is now very rare east of the Mississippi River. It has also recently declined in western and southern portions of the continent (Kennedy and White 2013).
Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat The Bewick's Wren occupies the far southwest corner of the province, where its range maps rather neatly onto the boundaries of the Georgia Depression, the core of the provincial population. Its distribution here appears to have changed little since The Birds of British Columbia was published in 1997. In the Southern Interior, however, a scattering of records indicate a small range expansion, with breeding confirmed in the valley floors of the Okanagan and Kettle rivers respectively. These are likely birds moving into British Columbia from the lower reaches of these rivers in Washington, to the south.
Atlas point counts show highest abundance in the Georgia Depression in the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone; abundance is much lower in the Coastal Western Hemlock zone. Bewick's Wren abundance is four times higher below 250 m than above that elevation, although it occupies elevation ranges of 0-500 m in the Georgia Depression and 250-650 m in the Southern Interior. Campbell et al. (1997) note that nesting mainly occurs below 100 m, with a maximum elevation reported for breeding of 225 m. The Atlas recorded breeding at 500 m in the Kettle River valley in the Southern Interior.
The species uses a wide variety of edge habitats in natural and anthropogenic landscapes, including conifer and mixed deciduous forests, riparian woodland, farmland, and parks and gardens in suburban and urban areas. One feature consistent to all of these habitats is patches of dense understorey vegetation, like Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), Nootka Rose (Rosa nutkana), Salal (Gaultheria shallon) and blackberry (Ribus) species in coastal regions, and Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) and European Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) in the interior.
Conservation and Recommendations The Province of British Columbia has a high responsibility for Bewick's Wren conservation, so ongoing long-term population declines across North America, including within its British Columbia range, are a concern. Southern and eastern populations of Bewick's Wren have been impacted by the range expansion of egg-removing House Wrens (Kennedy and White 1996). This may not be a major factor in British Columbia, where habitat loss and degradation resulting from industrial and residential development in the Georgia Depression are more likely impacts. Research is required to identify the causes of the decline and propose conservation solutions. |
0.937234 | There is hardly a word with so many completely different meanings than the expression shell: The most widely known meaning of course is the seashell of various marine animals or the eggshell, i.e. the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg.
A shotgun shell (shotshell) is a self-contained cartridge loaded with shot designed to be fired from a shotgun. In a similiar context the word shell is also used to describe a projectile which carries an explosive payload.
Shells are also known in theatres. Here they stand for a curved, hard surface designed to reflect sound towards an audience. This kind of shells are most commonly used for orchestras, bands and choirs. Often these shells are designed to be removable, either rolling away on wheels or flying into a flyspace.
Do you know that a shell can also be used for a rowing boat? In watercraft, a racing shell is an extremely narrow, and often disproportionately long, rowing boat specifically designed for racing or exercise.
Shells in science: An electron shell may be thought of as an orbit followed by electrons around an atom nucleus.
And of course there is this large multinational energy company called Shell.
And believe it or not, there is a computer scientist called Shell: Donald L. Shell is a computer scientist born in 1941, who designed the Shell sort sorting algorithm.
Shell is a term, which is often used and often misunderstood. Like the shell of an egg, either hen or Python snake, or a mussel, the shell in computer science is generally seen as a piece of software that provides an interface for a user to some other software or the operating system. So the shell can be an interface between the operating system and the services of the kernel of this operating system. But a web browser or a program functioning as an email client can be seen as shell as well.
But in most cases the term shell is used as a synonym for a command line interface (CLI). The best known and most often used shells under Linux and Unix are the Bourne-Shell, C-Shell or Bash shell. The Bourne shell (sh) was modelled after the Multics shell, and is the first Unix shell.
Most operating system shells can be used in both interactive and batch mode.
System programming (also known as systems programming) stands for the activity of programming system components or system software. System programming provides software or services to the computer hardware, while application programming produces software which provides tools or services for the user.
"System focused programming" as it is made possible with the aid of the sys and the os module, serves as an abstraction layer between the application, i.e. the Python script or program, and the operating system, e.g. Linux or Microsoft Windows. By means of the abstraction layer it is possible to implement platform independent applications in Python, even if they access operating specific functionalities.
The os module provides various methods, e.g. the access to the file system.
The script above works only under Linux. Under Windows you will have to import the module msvcrt. Pricipially we only have to import getch() from this module.
The previous script harbours a problem. You can't use the getch() function, if you are interested in the key which has been typed, because os.system() doesn't return the result of the called shell commands.
The subprocess module is available since Python 2.4.
It's possible to create spawn processes with the module subprocess, connect to their input, output, and error pipes, and obtain their return codes.
There is no need to escape the Shell metacharacters like $, > usw..
If you want to emulate the behaviour of os.system, the optional parameter shell has to be set to true, i.e.
chdir(path) Change the current working directory to path.
listdir(path) A list with the content of the directory defined by "path", i.e. subdirectories and file names.
mkdir(path[, mode=0755]) Create a directory named path with numeric mode "mode", if it doesn't already exist. The default mode is 0777 (octal). On some systems, mode is ignored. If it is used, the current umask value is first masked out. If the directory already exists, OSError is raised. Parent directories will not be created, if they don't exist.
makedirs(name[, mode=511]) Recursive directory creation function. Like mkdir(), but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the leaf directory. Raises an error exception if the leaf directory already exists or cannot be created.
rename(old, new) The file or directory "old" is renamed to "new" If "new" is a directory, an error will be raised. On Unix and Linux, if "new" exists and is a file, it will be replaced silently if the user has permission to do so.
renames(old, new) Works like rename(), except that it creates recursively any intermediate directories needed to make the "new" pathname.
rmdir(path) remove (delete) the directory "path". rmdir() works only, if the direcotry "path" is empty, otherwise an error is raised. To remove whole directory trees, shutil.rmdtree() can be used.
Further function and methods working on files and directories can be found in the module shutil. Amongst other possibilities it provides the possibility to copy files and directories with shutil.copyfile(src,dst). |
0.875167 | An individual or an organization that advocated the blending of two races; specifically, "whites" and "blacks": "A blending of the two races by amalgamation is just what is needed for the perfection of both," a white Boston clergyman, who was an amalgamationist, wrote in 1845.
Few American abolitionists were proponents of amalgamation, but many were called amalgamationists by proslaveryites in the two decades or so before the Civil War in the U.S.
This American term of amalgamationist has been applied to anyone who favors a social and genetic mixture of whites and blacks and was first recorded in 1838, when Harriet Martineau complained that people were calling her an amalgamationist when she didn't even know what the word meant.
Harriet Martineau (June 12, 1802–June 27, 1876) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and "a life-long feminist".
1. White America is definitely and unalterably opposed to the integration and amalgamation of the two races.
2. Black America, the masses, are equally opposed to the integration and amalgamation of the races.
3. The drive for more and more amalgamation is, and always has been spearheaded by those "coloureds" who maintain a separatist society within the black race, and who are not, and never have been, identified with the black masses.
Anyone, or any organism, that dwells by a river.
A member of a movement of the Protestant Reformation who believed in adult baptism, freedom of religious beliefs, separation of church and state, the rejection of war, and other beliefs that were rather advanced for their time: "Anabaptists believed that infants were not punishable for sin because they had no awareness of good and evil and thus could not yet exercise free will, repent, and accept baptism."
"Denying the validity of infant baptism, Anabaptists accepted adult baptism, which was regarded as a second baptism by those outside the group who identified them as Anabaptists (from the Greek for rebaptizers)."
"Anabaptists sought to restore the institutions and spirit of the primitive church."
1. A corps of anatomists.
2. A body of anatomists.
1. A person who tells, collects, or publishes short accounts of interesting or humorous incidents: Jill is skilled in telling anecdotes to her fellow workers about some customers.
2. Etymology: from Greek ekdidonai, "to give out, to pubish"; from ex-, "out" + dicdonai, "to give."
1. Someone who marries another person of a significanly different age; particularly when a very young man marries a much older woman.
2. A person who advocates or supports marriage between older women with much younger men.
1. Someone who writes records of events arranged chronologically by each year or by successive years; a chronicler: "The annalist wrote a series of chronicles about the events that took place during the existence of the club."
2. A writer, or historian, who compiles the records and reports of an organization or a learned field in chronological order: "The historical annalist compiled a book about the city over the last 100 years."
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0.885527 | For the medieval Sicilian bishop, see Richard Palmer, Archbishop of Messina.
Richard William Palmer-James (born 11 June 1947) is an English musician with more than 500 credits on discogs.com. He may be best known as one of the founding members of Supertramp, writing lyrics for several songs by the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s, and for writing lyrics for the 1985 hit "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra.
Palmer-James was born in Meyrick Park, Bournemouth, where he got his start in the music business playing in various local bands: The Corvettes, The Palmer-James Group (formed with Alec James), Tetrad, and Ginger Man, all of which included John Wetton on bass and vocals. He was a founding member of Supertramp, playing guitar and singing vocals, as well as writing the lyrics for their self-titled debut album under the name Richard Palmer. He also co-wrote the lyrics of "Goldrush", a song written during his days in the band but not recorded until their 2002 album Slow Motion.
Palmer wrote lyrics for three of King Crimson's albums: Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, and Red. He did not participate in any of King Crimson's recordings, but worked with John Wetton and David Cross after Robert Fripp disbanded the group in 1974.
Palmer has lived in Munich since the early 1970s. In 1978 he was visited by John Wetton and W.J. Hutcheson, his bandmates in Tetrad. Over 10 days, with the German drummer Curt Cress, they recorded, as "Jack-Knife", an album of songs from the early days called I Wish You Would. He wrote the English lyrics for La Bionda the Italo Disco inventors. Palmer-James also wrote lyrics for the La Bionda-associated disco group D.D.Sound in the late 70s.
In 1997 he released a CD with former bandmate John Wetton, "Monkey Business", a compilation of unreleased material including some songs that were recorded for the first time in studio, including a King Crimson tune called "Doctor Diamond".
2002 : Slow-Motion : One of his compositions, "Goldrush", is featured here.
1977 : 1-2-3-4... Gimme Some More!
1979 : Sideshow/Wednesday - Single - The song "Sideshow" was written by Palmer-James & Hermann Weindorf.
1979 : I wish you would - With John Wetton.
1979 : Start the Fire - co-composer of two songs: "Walking on Air" and "Touch Me"
1983 : Our Way - co-composer of two songs: "Big Bang" and "In 1000 years"
1998 : Arkangel - With Robert Fripp, Steve Hackett, etc.
2011 : Raised in captivity - The song "The Devil and the Opera House" was co-written by Palmer-James, John Wetton & Billy Sherwood.
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0.999301 | Is it easy to book in stock?
Very easy - the system will produce an order for you automatically from the stock available and re-order level. Use this as your 'Buying List' and then when the goods are Delivered or Collected, merely confirm the quantities and prices - the system will automatically book them into stock for you. (You can also print bar-code and shelf-edge labels at the same time if required). |
0.999979 | Question. What is the difference between a hunter and a fisherman?
Answer. A hunter lies in wait, and a fisherman waits and lies. |
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0.924029 | Day four of Amazon India Couture week saw four Bollywood showstoppers and elaborate sets. Here's a list of the unmissable happenings.
1. Shows: Day four saw shows by designers Rimple and Harpreet Narula, Reynu Tandon, Debarun and Rohit Bal.
2. Showstoppers: Shilpa Shetty walked the ramp for Rimple and Harpreet Narula. Chitrangada Singh and Aditi Rao Hydari walked for Debarun and Richa Chadda for Reynu Tandon.
3. Inspirations: Rimple and Harpeet Narula went the vintage route taking inspiration from the time of maharajas, while Debarun showed glimpses of decades of Indian cinema on the ramp. Rohit Bal blended renaissance fashion with Kashmiri influences.
4. Special Effects: Rimple and Harpreet Narula recreated a vintage photobooth on the runway. The models posed for imaginary portraits through the show. Rohit Bal's 'Husn –e – Taa'iraat' show was part garden of Eden, part clothing presentation from the 1900s—the live cello and piano music, champagne and fresh flowers and fruit-laden trees made for a memorable evening.
5. Details: Drawing references from Shikarga carpets, Rohit Bal's collection ventured away from florals to animal motifs. The level of craftsmanship in each separate piece is enough to add all the statement you need to put out in a day.
6. Guests: Rohit Bal's show was packed with known names including Suhel Seth, Koel Puri, Chhaya Momaya, Rajeev Sethi, Kalyani Chawla, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, amongst others.
7. Beauty at Rohit Bal: The look for the night was dark-smokey eyes and glossy lips. The hair was pinned in waves recreating the classic flapper updo.
8. Location: Rohit Bal's show took place at The Imperial Hotel in Delhi—A Lutyen's property with victorian and colonial art that helped time travel to a different era and set you in the right mood for the show. As the designer himself quoted "The clothes lend themselves to the venue".
9. Moodboard: Bal described his couture 2015 moodboard as "beauty in chaos—an unbelievable balance in nature".
10. The quotable: Bal's press release quotes Auguste Rodin: "The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live." |
0.934647 | Christianity and other religions documents Christianity's relationship with other world religions, and the differences and similarities.
Although Calvinists believe God and the truth of God cannot be plural, they also believe that those civil ordinances of man which restrain man from evil and encourage toward good, are ordinances of God (regardless of the religion, or lack of it, of those who wield that power). Christians are obligated to be at peace with all men, as far as it is up to them, and to submit to governments for the Lord's sake, and to pray for enemies.
Calvinism is not pacifistic and Calvinists have been involved in religious wars, notably the French Wars of Religion and the English Civil War. Some of the first parts of modern Europe to practice religious tolerance had Calvinistic populations, notably the Netherlands.
In recent years, some Christian groups have become more open to religious pluralism; this has led to many cases of reconciliation between Christians and people of other faiths. The liberalization of many Seminaries and theological institutions, particularly in regards to the rejection of the notion that the Bible is an infallible document, has led to a much more human-centered and secular movement within Mainline Christian denominations, particularly in the United States. Some Mainline churches no longer hold to exclusivist views on salvation.
In recent years there has been much to note in the way of reconciliation between some Christian groups and the Jewish people. Many modern day Christians, including many Catholics and some liberal Protestants, have developed a view of the New Testament as an extended covenant; they believe that Jews are still in a valid relationship with God, and that Jews can avoid damnation and earn a heavenly reward. For these Christians, the New Testament extended God's original covenant to cover non-Jews. The article Christian–Jewish reconciliation deals with this issue in detail.
Multiple smaller Christian groups in the US and Canada have come into being over the last 40 years, such as "Christians for Israel". Their website says that they exist in order to "expand Christian-Jewish dialogue in the broadest sense in order to improve the relationship between Christians and Jews, but also between Church and Synagogue, emphasizing Christian repentance, the purging of anti-Jewish preliminary attitudes and the false 'Replacement' theology rampant throughout Christian teachings."
A number of large Christian groups, including the Catholic Church and several large Protestant churches, have publicly declared that they will no longer proselytize Jews.
Other Modern Christian views, including some conservative Protestants, reject the idea of the New Testament as an extended covenant, and retain the classical Christian view as described earlier.
For the Catholic Church, there has been a move at reconciliation not only with Judaism, but also Islam. The Second Vatican Council states that salvation includes others who acknowledge the same creator, and explicitly lists Muslims among those (using the term Mohammedans, which was the word commonly used among non-Muslims at the time). The official Catholic position is therefore that Jews, Muslims and Christians (including churches outside of Rome's authority) all acknowledge the same God, though Jews and Muslims have not yet received the gospel while other churches are generally considered deviant to a greater or lesser degree.
The most prominent event in the way of dialogue between religions has arguably been the 1986 Peace Prayer in Assisi to which Pope John Paul II, against considerable resistance also from within the Roman Catholic church, invited representatives of all world religions. John Paul II’s remarks regarding Christian denominations were found in his Ut unum sint address. This initiative was taken up by the Community of Sant'Egidio, who, with the support of John Paul II, organized yearly peace meetings of religious representatives. These meetings, consisting of round tables on different issues and of a common time of prayer has done much to further understanding and friendship between religious leaders and to further concrete peace initiatives. In order to avoid the reproaches of syncretism that were leveled at the 1986 Assisi meeting where the representatives of all religions held one common prayer, the follow-up meetings saw the representatives of the different religions pray in different places according to their respective traditions.
The question of whether traditional Chinese ancestor veneration, consists of worshipping a God or veneration of a saint was important to the Roman Catholic church during the Chinese Rites controversy of the early 18th century. This dispute was between the Dominicans who argued that Confucianism and Chinese folk religion was worship, and therefore incompatible with Catholicism, and the Jesuit who argued the reverse. The pope ultimately ruled in favor of the Dominicans, a decision which greatly reduced the role of Catholic missionaries in China. However, this decision was partially reversed by Pope Pius XII in 1939; after this, Chinese customs were no longer considered superstition or idolatry, but a way of honoring esteemed relatives (not entirely dissimilar to the Catholic practice of praying for the dead).
Sikhs also believe in one God and follow the Ten Sikh Gurus, unlike Christians who believe in one Almighty God made up of three distinct persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Known as the Trinity). However, there is no heaven or hell in the Sikh religion.
Historically, the relationship between Christianity and Judaism has been strained. In the past, Christians were often taught that "the Jews" killed Christ, for which "murder" they bear a collective guilt (an interpretation which most major denominations now reject). Jews meanwhile have tended to associate Christianity with various pogroms, or in better times, with the dangers of assimilation. Anti-Semitism has a long history in Christianity (see Christianity and anti-Semitism), and indeed is far from dead (for example, in contemporary Russia). However, since the Holocaust, much dialogue aimed at Christian–Jewish reconciliation has taken place, and relations have greatly improved. Today, many conservative evangelicals support Christian Zionism, much to the irritation of Arab Christians, based partly on the Millennialist belief that the modern state of Israel represents the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.
The phenomenon of Messianic Judaism has become something of an irritant to Jewish / Christian relations. Messianic Jews—who generally seek to combine a Jewish identity with the recognition of Jesus—are rejected by mainstream Jewish groups, who dismiss Messianic Judaism as little more than Christianity with Jewish undertones.
The Jewish conception of the messiah (משיח mashiach in Hebrew) holds certain similarities to that of Christians, yet there are substantial differences. According to Jews, the Hebrew Scriptures contain a small number of prophecies concerning a future descendant of King David, who will be anointed (Hebrew: moshiach) as the Jewish people's new leader and will establish the throne of David in Jerusalem forever. In the Jewish view, this fully human and mortal leader will rebuild the land of Israel and restore the Davidic Kingdom. This subject is covered in the section on Jewish eschatology. Some Christians have a different understanding of the term messiah, and believe that Jesus is the messiah referred to in the Old Testament prophecies; that the kingdom in these prophecies was to be a heavenly kingdom, not an earthly one; and that Jesus' words and actions in the New Testament provide evidence of his identity as messiah and that the remainder of messianic prophecy will be fulfilled in the Second Coming. Other Christians acknowledge the Jewish definition of messiah, and hold that Jesus fulfills this, being 'fully man' (in addition to being 'fully God'), and believe that the Second Coming will establish the Kingdom of God on earth, where Jesus, as messiah and descendant from David, will reign from Jerusalem.
Islam shares a number of beliefs with Christianity. They share similar views on judgment, heaven, hell, spirits, angels, and a future resurrection. Jesus is acknowledged and respected by Muslims as a great prophet. However, while Islam relegates Jesus to a lesser status than God — "in the company of those nearest to God" in the Qur'an, mainstream (Trinitarian) Christianity teaches without question that Jesus is God the Son, one of the three Hypostases (common English: persons) of Christianity's Trinity, divinely co-equal with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
The religions both share a belief in the virgin birth of Jesus, his miracles and healings, and that he ascended bodily into heaven. However, Jesus is not accepted as the son by Muslims, who strictly maintain that he was a human being who was loved by God and exalted by God to ranks of the most righteous. They believe in God as a single entity, not as the Trinity accepted by the vast majority of Christians. Neither do Muslims accept Jesus' crucifixion. Since Muslims believe only in the worship of a strictly monotheistic God who never assumed human flesh, they do not accept the use of icons, and see this as shirk (idolatry). Muslim influence played a part in the initiation of iconoclasm and their conquests caused the iconoclasm in the Byzantine Empire. For the same reason, they do not worship or pray to Muhammad, Jesus, or any other prophets; only to God.
Adherents of Islam have historically referred to themselves, Jews, and Christians (among others) as People of the Book since they all base their religion on books that are considered to have a divine origin. Christians however neither recognize the Qur'an as a genuine book of divine revelation, nor agree with its assessment of Jesus as a mere prophet, on par with Muhammad, nor for that matter accept that Muhammad was a genuine prophet.
Muslims, for their part, believe that parts of the Gospels, Torah and Jewish prophetic books have been forgotten, misinterpreted, or distorted by their followers. Based on that perspective, Muslims view the Qur'an as correcting the errors of Christianity. For example, Muslims reject belief in the Trinity, or any other expression of the divinity of Jesus, as incompatible with monotheism.
Not surprisingly, the two faiths have often experienced controversy and conflict (an example being the Crusades). At the same time, much fruitful dialogue has occurred as well. The writings of Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas frequently cite those of the Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides, as well as Muslim thinker Averroes ('Ibn-Rushd).
On May 6, 2001 Pope John Paul II, the first pope to pray in a mosque, delivered an address at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, saying: "It is important that Muslims and Christians continue to explore philosophical and theological questions together, in order to come to a more objective and comprehensive knowledge of each other's religious beliefs. Better mutual understanding will surely lead, at the practical level, to a new way of presenting our two religions not in opposition, as has happened too often in the past, but in partnership for the good of the human family." This Mosque of Damascus is famous for containing the head of John the Baptist.
Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity differ on fundamental beliefs on heaven, hell and reincarnation, to name a few. From the Hindu perspective, heaven (Sanskrit svarga) and hell (Naraka) are temporary places, where every soul has to live, either for the good deeds done or for their sins committed.
There also exist significant similarities in Christian and Hindu theology, most notably in that both religions present a trinitarian view of God. The Holy Trinity of Christianity, consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is sometimes seen as roughly analogous to the Trimurti of Hinduism, whose members -- Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva—are seen as the three principal manifestations of Brahman, or Godhead.
The Christian Ashram Movement, a movement within Christianity in India, embraces Vedanta and the teachings of the East, attempting to combine the Christian faith with the Hindu ashram model and Christian monasticism with the Hindu sannyasa tradition.
In the 19th century, some scholars began to perceive similarities between Buddhist and Christian practices, e.g. in 1878 T.W. Rhys Davids wrote that the earliest missionaries to Tibet observed that similarities have been seen since the first known contact. In 1880 Ernest De Bunsen made similar observations in that with the exception of the death of Jesus on the cross, and of the Christian doctrine of atonement, the most ancient Buddhist records had similarities with the Christian traditions.
Buddhism and Protestantism came into political conflict in 19th century Sri Lanka and in Tibet c. 1904 (the Francis Younghusband Expedition). Various events have cooperated to introduce various strains of Buddhist theology and meditation to several generations of Western spiritual seekers (including some Catholic religious). Relations are generally good between both religions, except perhaps in South Korea where Christians have damaged Buddhist temples and engaged in other forms of Christian extremism. The Russian republic of Kalmykia recognizes both Tibetan/Lamaist Buddhism and Russian Orthodoxy as its official religions.
Many scholars believe the eschatology of Judaism and possibly the idea of monotheism originated in Zoroastrianism, and may have been transferred to Judaism during the Babylonian captivity, thus eventually influencing Christian theology. Bible scholar P.R. Ackroyd states: "the whole eschatological scheme, however, of the Last Judgment, rewards and punishments, etc., within which immortality is achieved, is manifestly Zoroastrian in origin and inspiration." However, the theory is questioned by other mainstream historians and scholars. The Oxford History of the Biblical World states "There is little if any effect of Zoroastrian elements on Judaism in the Persian period.". Nevertheless, scholars such as Soloman Nigosian contend, in regarding the similar ideas of Zoroaster and later Jewish writers, that "the ideas were indigenous to Iran...it is hardly conceivable that some of the characteristic ideas and practices in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam came into being without Zoroastrian influence." The new faith (Zoroastrianism) emerged in larger Persian empires. " Zoroastrianism reflected the cosmopolitan society of the empires". During this time Zoroastrianism profoundly effected the beliefs and values of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ("Traditions & Encounters: A brief global History", Jerry H. Bentley. pg. 93). It is also possible that Zoroastrianism and later Jewish theology came from a common source.
For more on this theory, see Jewish history, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism.
In the Younger Avesta, three divinities of the Zoroastrian pantheon are repeatedly identified as ahuric, meaning that each, as Ahura, act together in both representing and protecting Asha, or the divine truth governing the universe. These three are Ahura Mazda, Mithra and Burz, and hence known as the "Ahuric triad." Similarities with the Christian Trinity can be seen between Ahura Mazda and God the Father, Mithra and Christ the Logos, as well as between Burz and the Holy Spirit, both of which are associated symbolically with water. Both Zoroastrianism and Christianity consider themselves to be monotheistic, but like all other monotheisms they have highlighted certain aspects or energies of the divine to emphasize, and these are not meant to be interpreted as separate divinities. In both religions there are guardian angels, or fravashi, which are considered to be created beings and are distinct from the Energies of God or divine emanations. The Zoroastrian term yazata, however, has variously been interpreted as meaning emanations or "sparks" of the divine, or as being roughly synonymous with the term "angels." There have been various theories on the possible relationship between these aspects of Zoroastrianism and ideas of divine emanation in esoteric Christianity, Jewish Kabbalah, Islamic mysticism (Sufism), and other religious systems, such as Gnosticism, Yazidism, and the Druze, among others.
The Bahá'í Faith believes that there is one God who sends divine messengers to guide humanity throughout time, which is called Progressive revelation (Bahá'í)—and is different from the Christian belief of Progressive revelation (Christian). They believe in the divine knowledge and essence of Jesus, among other messengers such as Muhammad, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, and others. Interpretations vary, but the Bahá'í Faith is sometimes considered an Abrahamic faith. The followers of the Bahá'í Faith believe in God, as do Christians, and recognize Jesus' teachings, but they have different views of the Trinity and divinity of Jesus. The Bahá'í view of prophets is that although they have both human and divine characteristics, they are not themselves God, but rather "divine manifestations." They also see the Trinity as symbolic where Jesus and the Holy Spirit are polished mirrors that reflect the pure light from God. Although Bahá'ís affirm the Bible as sacred scripture, they do not consider the Bible to be wholly authentic as Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, affirmed that "The Bible is not wholly authentic, and in this respect not to be compared with the Qur’án, and should be wholly subordinated to the authentic Sayings of Bahá’u’lláh."
Hubbard described Scientology as "the Western Anglicized continuance of many earlier forms of wisdom." Hubbard includes the teachings of Jesus among belief systems cited as these "earlier forms of wisdom". Jesus is recognized in Scientology as part of its "religious heritage", though "is seen as only one of many good teachers".
In the 2008 book Vintage Jesus: Timeless Answers to Timely Questions, authors Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears write: "According to Scientology, Jesus is an "implant" forced upon a Thetan about a million years ago", and Jack Huberman writes in 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America that in Scientology Jesus is seen as having been "implanted in humanity's collective memory", by the character Xenu from Scientology space opera.
The spread of Christianity has been international, in some cases entirely displacing the religions and altering the customs encountered among those people to whom it has come. This centuries-long process has been met with violent opposition at times, and likewise the spread of Christianity has in some cases been carried out with martial force. The relationship of Christianity to other faiths is encumbered to some extent by this history, with modern Christians, particularly in the West, expressing embarrassment over the violence in Christianity's past.
Converting adherents of other religions is widely accepted within Christianity. Many Christian organizations believe that they have a duty to make converts among every people. In recent years, ecumenism and dialogue between different religions has been endorsed by many official representatives of the Christian churches, as a way of effecting reconciliation between Christian people and people of other faiths, leading to many cases of reconciliation. In some cases, this endorsement is accompanied by a complete disavowal of all proselytizing efforts under the banner of religious pluralism.
This is specially marked by the inauguration, or installation, of Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu from Uganda, on November 29, 2005. Dr Sentamu is the first black African archbishop of the Church of England. He is also the first archbishop to beat bongo drums in the cathedral at his own inauguration. The newspaper Guardian, which dedicated its double middle page of the following day to a full picture of the grinning archbishop in full apparel at the porch of the cathedral, says that: "Dr Sentamu's sermon was a stern lecture to the Church of England to grow out of being a 'judgmental and moralising' congregation of 'pew-fillers, sermon-taters, Bible readers, even born-again believers and Spirit-filled charismatics' and go out to make friends in the world. 'We have lost the joy and power that makes real disciples and we've become consumers of religion, not disciples of Jesus-Christ', he said. 'Christians, go and make friends among Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, agnostics, atheists, not for the purpose of converting them to your beliefs but for friendship, understanding, listening, hearing.' His remarks were greeted with applause, not with silence as the order of the service instructed."
A special case is the issue of Christian–Jewish reconciliation, in which significant reconciliation has been reached.
In Cuban Santería, the West African orishas are venerated in the shape of Catholic saints.
The Chinese Taiping Rebellion put the Bible in the place of the Confucian classics.
The God's Army of Myanmar mixed Karen traditions with Protestantism.
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0.999802 | California, the state that launched a national get-tough-on- crime movement with its "three strikes, you're out" measure in 1994, is poised to reconsider whether to ease the stiffest provision of its landmark law: locking up third-time offenders for the rest of their lives.
Two ballot initiatives - both led by Los Angeles area prosecutors - are aiming to put more flexibility in the three-strikes law, in a bid to address concerns that it is imprisoning too many nonviolent criminals at too great a cost to taxpayers. The measures would come before California voters in November if they qualify for the ballot.
"The public has expressed legitimate concerns about [the law's] use against those who commit new, nonviolent, not serious offenses," says Steve Cooley, L.A. County district attorney and coauthor of one of the initiatives, the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2006. "We think that if we don't fix the law, we may lose it to those who would weaken it so much it would lose its teeth."
If Californians were to allow judges more discretion in the sentencing of three-timers, their decision could be felt in about two dozen other states that enacted similar three-strikes laws over the past 13 years. Such an outcome would also intimate that public attitudes may be shifting as citizens evaluate the social and economic costs of harsh sentencing laws.
"California's attempts to revisit three strikes is important nationally because it suggests that the rule of American politics that has been a truism since 1968 - that anything that sounds tougher on crime is a political winner - may be coming less true," says Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. "The public has become increasingly aware of outrageous injustices in highly publicized, heart-rending cases at the same time they feel the weight of added costs to the system."
The state's three-strikes law was enacted by ballot initiative after the 1993 kidnapping and murder of a schoolgirl, Polly Klaas, by a repeat felon. It aimed to ensure that criminals who had been previously convicted of two "serious" or "violent" crimes would automatically receive a life sentence with no possibility of parole if convicted of a third felony. Under the law, petty theft, such as stealing from a convenience store, could be reclassified as a felony if a person had been convicted of a petty crime before.
Publication information: Article title: State Rethinks Three-Strikes Law ; Proposed Initiatives in California Would Give Judges More Leeway in Sentencing. Contributors: Daniel B. Wood writer of The Christian Science Monitor - Author. Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor. Publication date: February 28, 2006. Page number: 1. © The Christian Science Publishing Society. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved. |
0.99999 | Can I separate my order separately with my friends at the same table?
Yes, you can order and pay separately from one table. No need for split bills, calculators, and Math skills. |
0.979869 | What do you know about street style? It should be a truly fashionable branch of the street, which means the thought behind it is accidental or not systematic. Therefore, it does not mean this fashion trend is not less powerful or impactful. The fact is that this can be more impactful given the roots of this trend are not really known and have occurred due to untrained comfort and style.
Many teenage modes also evolve because street styles as teenagers can perform with many variations because they are interested and have the time and desire to do it. Here are some street style references that can be your inspiration. |
0.999127 | Given set of two unsorted arrays as input, the goal is to find common elements between them in an efficient way. Let’s solve this problem using the following methods i.e., Method 1: Iterative approach, Method 2: Using HashSet and Method 3: Using HashSet retainAll() method.
System.out.println("Common Elements between array1 and array2: "
Time Complexity – O(n2) – Since nested for loops. So this is not an effective solution.
Let’s try to solve the above problem in other two different ways.
Time Complexity: O(n+n) -> O(n). This approach is better than the above approach.
You can also use HashSet’s retainAll() method. This method helps to retain only the elements that are common between two collections. Please check the below example on how to use this method to solve the above problem. |
0.99942 | Have you been following this ridiculous debate about the color of this dress? People are going nuts all over different social media about what the color of this dress is based on the photo that has exploded all over the internet.
I'm calling it ridiculous because people are actually arguing with each other, disagreeing about what they see, and then found it rather odd that other people do not see the same thing as they do, as if this is highly unusual and unexpected. Does the fact that different people see colors differently not a well-known fact? Seriously?
I've already mentioned about the limition of the human eye, and why it is really not a very good light detector in many aspects. So already using your eyes to determine the color of this dress is already suspect. Not only that, but due to such uncertainty, one should be to stuborn about what one sees, as if what you are seeing must be the ONLY way to see it.
But how would science solve this? Easy. Devices such as a UV-VIS can easily be used to measure the spectrum of reflected light, and the intensity of those spectral peaks. It tells you unambiguously the wavelengths that are reflected off the source, and how much of it is reflected. So to solve this debate, cut pieces of the dress (corresponding to all the different colors on it), and stick it into one of these devices. Voila! You have killed the debate of the "color".
This is something that can be determined objectively, without any subjective opinion of "color", and without the use of a poor light detector such as one's eyes. So, if someone can tell me where I can get a piece of this fabric, I'll test it out! |
0.739369 | About 1.3 billion people (one-fifth of the world) speak some form of Chinese, making it the language with the most native speakers. The Chinese language, spoken in the form of Standard Mandarin, is the official language in the largest part of mainland China and Taiwan, one of the four in Singapore, and an official idiom of the United Nations. In the form of Standard Cantonese (66 million speakers), Chinese is spoken in GuangDong province and is one of the two official languages of Hong Kong (together with English) and Macau (together with Portuguese).
The terms and concepts used by Chinese to think about language are different from those used in the West, partly because of the unifying effects of the Chinese characters used in writing, and also due to differences in the political and social development of China in comparison with Europe, for example.
Whereas after the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe fragmented into small nation-states, whose identities were often defined by the language, China was able to preserve cultural and political unity through the same period. It maintained a common written standard throughout its entire history, despite the fact that its actual diversity in spoken language has always been comparable to Europe.
As a result, Chinese make a sharp distinction between written language ("wen") and spoken language ("yu"). The concept of a unified combination of both written and spoken forms of language is much less strong in Chinese than in the West.
With some experts predicting it will outpace US as the largest economy in the world, China's continued strong economic growth is a major positive force in Asia. As a huge engine of growth and import demand, China offers more opportunities for other economies in the region following its accession to the World Trade Organisation. This has made the Chinese economy to play an increasingly bigger role in stabilising the world economy.
Old Chinese, sometimes known as "Archaic Chinese", was the common language during the early and middle Zhou Dynasty (11th to 7th centuries B.C.), whose texts include inscriptions on bronze artifacts, the poetry of the "Shijing", the history of the "Shujing", and portions of the Yijing. Work on reconstructing Old Chinese started with Qing dynasty philologists.
The development of the spoken Chinese languages from early historical times to the present has been complex. For instance, the Min language that is centered in Fujian Province contains five subdivisions, and the so-called northern language "Bei yu" (which is called Mandarin in the West), also contains named subdivisions, such as "Yunnan hua" and "Sichuan hua".
Middle Chinese was the language used during the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (7th through 10th centuries A.D.). It can be divided into an early period, to which the "Qieyun" rhyme table (601 A.D.) relates, and a late period in the 10th century, which the "Guangyun" rhyme table reflects. The evidence for the pronunciation of Middle Chinese comes from several sources: modern dialect variations, rhyming dictionaries, and foreign transliterations.
Colloquial Cantonese is written with a mixture of standard Chinese characters and hundreds of extra characters invented specifically for Cantonese. Some of the characters are rarely used or applied differently in standard Chinese. The extra characters are included in the Hong Kong Supplementary Characters Set (HKSCS).
China is the world's most populous country, with a continuous culture stretching back nearly 4,000 years. Many of the elements that make up the foundation of the modern world originated in China, including paper, gunpowder, credit banking, the compass and paper money.
After stagnating for two decades under the early communist rule, China now has the world's fastest-growing economy and is undergoing what has been described as a second industrial revolution. In the early 1980s it dismantled collective farming and allowed private enterprise again.
Now it is one of the world's top exporters and is attracting record amounts of foreign investment. Having gained admission to the World Trade Organisation, China will benefit from increased access to foreign markets.
Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links (its port is the world's busiest in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe.
Often referred to a one of Asia's "economic tigers", Singapore is south-east Asia's hi-tech city-state which is famed for its obsession with cleanliness, and its rules covering activities from chewing gum to bungee-jumping.
The citizens enjoy one of the world's highest standards of living. Chinese make up more than 75% of the community, along with Malays and Indians. Singapore also has a large number of foreign workers.
Taiwan is the island which has for all practical purposes been independent for half a century but which China regards as a renegade province that must be re-united with the mainland.
Legally, most nations - and the UN - acknowledge the position of the Chinese government that Taiwan is a province of China, and as a result Taiwan has formal diplomatic relations with only 26 countries and no seat at the UN.
China's military threat is partly offset by the United States' cooperation with Taipei, and by the military capacity of Taiwan itself - one of the world's biggest warfare purchasers. Taiwan is considered to have achieved an economic miracle, becoming one of the world's top producers of computer technology. In the early 1990s it made the transition from an authoritarian one-party state to a democracy.
Once home to fishermen and farmers, modern Hong Kong is a teeming, commercially-vibrant metropolis where Chinese and Western influences fuse. The former British colony became a special administrative region of China in 1997, when Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories, north of Hong Kong island, expired.
Hong Kong is governed under the principle of "one country, two systems", under which China has agreed to give the region a high degree of autonomy and to preserve its economic and social systems for 50 years from the date of the handover.
Hong Kong's economy has moved away from manufacturing and is now services-based. The region is a major corporate and banking centre as well as a conduit for China's burgeoning exports. Its deepwater port is one of the world's busiest. Companies based in Hong Kong employ millions of workers in the neighbouring Chinese province of Guangdong.
With little room for expansion across its hilly terrain, high-rise Hong Kong has the highest population density in the world; some 6,300 people per square kilometre. Skyscrapers and shopping malls rub shoulders with temples and traditional markets. But amid the urban hustle there are quiet parks and green spaces, beaches and mountain-top views.
Macau was officially founded as a colony of Portugal in 1557 and recognised by the Chinese in 1670. Macau prospered as a port and was a subject of repeated attempts by the Dutch to conquer it in the 17th Century. In 1976, Portugal redefined Macau as a Special Territory and granted it a large measure of administrative and economic independence. Following the example of the British, an agreement was made with the People's Republic of China to make Macau a special administrative region in 1999.
Macau's economy is based largely on tourism, including gambling, and textile and fireworks manufacturing. Efforts to diversify have spawned other small industries, such as toys, artificial flowers, and electronics.
The clothing industry has provided about three-fourths of export earnings, and the gambling industry is estimated to contribute more than 40% of GDP. More than 8 million tourists visited Macau in 2000. Although the recent growth in gambling and tourism has been driven primarily by mainland Chinese, tourists from Hong Kong remain the most numerous. |
0.941209 | Is there a trick for signing up? The course description indicates the training is free for ISC2 members, but it is asking for a credit card to take the class all the way through to the checkout process.
I wonder if ISC2 will offer a course: CCPA for Security Professionals - A Framework for Success.
Maybe not, because CCPA is a state law as opposed to a continent, but California has more economic prowess than most countries of the world. So, maybe so?
I only ask because I am asked just as much about CCPA implications as I am about GDPR.... even by ISC2 certified professionals and CIPP, and ISACA, etc.
Andrea - I just went through the class, but was not asked to provide payment info. Perhaps contact (ISC)2 for a hand?
do you think (ISC)^2 will ever update the course? Right now it has a lot of apparently outdated materials, even reffering to some parts of GDPR as "once it takes effect", despite the directive being in place and enforceable since May 2018.
What other inconsistencies did you identify outside of the implementation date having already passed? If there are many, then "ever" in the future is likely to happen. But if not many inconsistencies, then I kind of hope they don't bother with it, outside of easy edits to text (and maybe audio). I hope they prepare for courses on the United States legislative pipeline of related laws.
But yes, its hard to disagree that updating the course to reflect that it is already implemented is a fine thing to do. I'm also proud that they were able to get it produced prior to the release date. Any future courses they provide prior to release dates will inevitably face the same problem.
But what other inconsistencies did you identify?
Was stuck by Module 4 Immersive Exercise: Episode 4 Applying the Framework Question 1, arrange these tasks in the most logical order.
Have tried many times. But all failed.
Anyone can advise me the correct order and why?
I have taken the course some time ago, and I cannot remember the module / question that you are referencing. Do not post it, as (ISC)2 might take issue with that. But the only advice that I can give you is to write down that stuck point, go back over the material, and make not of it if it comes up in the test engine again. The answers are all there, albeit they may be a little fuzzy here and there. But that's how you get through it.
@JD_CHN, I found that the course had a lot of errors --- at least it did when I took it --- so it's quite possible that there are some in the test portion as well.
If you've tried ALL combinations when arranging the options for this question but your response was marked as incorrect each time, report it to the site's support for assistance, and they'll resolve an error if there is one. |
0.893042 | Towns with strict zoning are the best towns, aren't they? They're all about preserving local "character," protecting the natural environment, an dmaintaining attractive neighborhoods. Right?
Prevost links this “every town for itself” mentality to a host of regional afflictions, including a shrinking population of young adults, ugly sprawl, unbearable highway congestion, and widening disparities in income and educational achievement. Snob Zones warns that this pattern of exclusion is unsustainable and raises thought-provoking questions about what it means to be a community in post-recession America.
"Prevost nicely connects the overarching trend of an ever more expensive housing market with a series of profiles of New England towns determined to bar all but the most costly single-family homes."
This book began with a startling display of rude behavior.
It was 2005, and I was covering a zoning hearing in Darien, Connecticut, an outwardly refined suburb known for its preppy, members-only mentality. This was a public hearing, meaning that the public was invited to come and complain about the development proposal under consideration. Rare is the human anywhere who shows up for one of these hours-long, weeknight meetings because they wish to compliment the developer. The citizens who do turn out are usually the handful of neighbors who live within view of the building site. But on this particular fall evening, the project in question was objectionable enough to have drawn a crowd of nearly three hundred.
The developers received a similarly warm reception. Throughout their presentation, the audience loudly snickered and hissed. Now, this might not have been so surprising in some northern backwater or a scrappy blue-collar burb. But this was Darien, and this wasn’t just some average audience. This audience was made up of people who live in one of the most highly educated, exceedingly affluent communities in the country. These were people who had presumably learned their manners early on and refined them over time at one of the eight members-only clubs in town. And yet, here they were, receiving a scolding from the commission chairman for their discourteous and disruptive behavior.
What was it that not only brought out such a large crowd this evening but also brought out the worst in them? What made them feel so threatened? The news article I wrote immediately after that hearing came to a succinct conclusion: Darien residents were furious about a proposal to drop some affordable housing for seniors into an expensive neighborhood of single-family homes. This was the obvious and overarching reason for their ire. File it under the subject line “NIMBYism” and call it a day.* Only this: the reaction that night seemed so out of proportion to the project at hand— twenty condominiums, six of them reserved for moderate-income seniors—that writing it off as simple NIMBYism felt disingenuous. Were people really this incensed because, as they had said, traffic might increase or because emergency vehicles might have a hard time getting in and out of the housing complex?
In the years since that night, I have delved much more deeply into the circumstances surrounding this conflict and numerous others like it in towns rich and not-so-rich.
I have waded into the hysteria surrounding a proposal for high density cottage housing in a bedroom community more comfortable with five-thousand-square-foot colonials.
I have picked through the past of a quiet lake town that, despite its “live free or die” leanings, put a blanket ban on construction of multifamily housing.
I have searched for the dividing line between principled opposition and prejudice in a fishing village nearly torn in two by a modest proposal for six subsidized apartments for agricultural workers.
I have overstayed my welcome in a summer resort community where moneyed interests use their control of shore properties to keep fishermen and beachgoers at bay.
These clashes, laid out here by location, were not hard to find. Nor are they anomalies. These sorts of dramas play out with such regularity in what real estate agents refer to as “desirable” communities that the term “NIMBYism” has become a cliché. In fact, the very frequency of these battles, as well as the predictability of opponents’ arguments, speaks to the assumed entitlement that is the subject of this book. It is a reflection of the widespread belief among homeowners that they have the right to restrict access to “their” community and limit other people’s property rights for their own benefit. What gives them this power? The local authority to write zoning laws for their town.
“Strict” is the polite term for what she was talking about. Strict zoning is prohibitive zoning, or what is less politely known as “snob zoning.” This is zoning that blocks or sharply limits development of multifamily housing—subsidized housing, market rate apartments, duplexes—and, in some cases, any residence that doesn’t claim at least an acre of land. It is zoning designed to keep things a certain way for certain people. Homeowners in these towns tend to view multifamily housing proposals as an attack on the sanctity of local control—hence, the overwrought scene in Darien’s town hall. Homeowners have conflated the right to regulate land uses for the public good with the right to exclude—not just uses, but people.
Decades of one-size-fits-all zoning and hostility toward affordable housing have gradually squeezed out people of even average incomes from the most prosperous areas, areas with the most employment potential and the highest-performing schools.
* NIMBY is the acronym for “not in my back yard.” It is typically used to refer to kneejerk opposition to new development from nearby residents. |
0.999807 | Typing Speed Test - Typing Games: Fun!
In this game, your goal is to type the given story as quickly and as accurately as possible. Use your key board to type and pay attention to capitalization, spelling and punctuation. At the end of the test you will learn how many words a minute you type and how accurate you are. Practice to become a faster, more accurate typist. |
0.999766 | 5546E-05 0. Mapúa Institute of Technology 658 Muralla St.0000238 39.4320E-05 2.89 13050 77 53 3. ?? Initial Resistance of thermistor at Room Temperature. the experimental coefficient of linear expansion was calculated using the equation (1): ?= ∆? (1) ?? ∆? The results gathered from the experiment are given in the table below: Table 1: Determination of Coefficient of Linear Expansion Trial/Type of Tube Initial Length of Tube. Intramuros.com OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS After gathering enough data such as the initial length of the tube.0000168 50.88 13230 75 74 50 49 2. Philippines gabriel200841@gmail.13% 25 0.06% Sample Computations Using the data gathered and substituting them to equation (1). For the Aluminium Tube ∆? = ?? − ?? ∆? = 705.8825E-05 0.24 12100 25 1. ∆? Resistance of Thermistor at Final Temperature. ?ℎ?? Final Temperature of the Tube. ∆? Experimental Coefficient of Linear expansion.24?? − 704?? ∆? = 1.64% 63.71% 52. Gabriel R. Manila City. ??????? Percentage of error Aluminium Tube Trial 1 Trial 2 704 104100 100900 Copper Tube Trial 1 Trial 2 703 100100 99300 24 1.E301: LINEAR EXPANSION 1 Gonzales. ??? Initial Temperature.24?? . School of CEGE. ??? Change in Length of Tube. the experimental coefficient of linear expansion can be computed. final temperature and the change in length of the tube. ????????????? Actual Coefficient of Linear Expansion..3233E-05 70 45 3. ?ℎ?? Change in temperature of the Tube.23 15040 25 0. initial resistance of the thermistor at room temperature. initial temperature.
4320E − 05| %????? = ? 100 0. we let the tube cooldown enough for the second trial to start. .3233E-05 ??????? = 0.∆? = ?? − ?? ∆? = 77℃ − 24℃ ∆? = 53 ∁° Using equation (1) ∆? ????????????? = ? ∆? ? 1.89?? ????????????? = (703??)(50°∁) ????????????? = 2.89?? − 703?? ∆? = 0.71 Graphs For the Aluminium tube There is much more percent error in the second trial because the metal was not cooled down efficiently after the first trial.24?? ????????????? = (704??)(53°∁) ????????????? = 3.3233E − 05| %????? = ? 100 0.0000238 |??????? − ????????????? | %????? = ? 100 ??????? |0.0000168 − 2.64% For the Copper Tube ∆? = ?? − ?? ∆? = 703.0000238 %????? = 39.0000238 − 3. but to eradicate so much difference between the data and percent error.89?? ∆? = ?? − ?? ∆? = 75℃ − 25℃ ∆? = 50 ∁° Using equation (1) ∆? ????????????? = ? ∆? ? 0.0000168 |??????? − ????????????? | %????? = ? 100 ??????? |0.4320E-05 ??????? = 0. For the Copper Tube Almost the same data gathered.0000168 %????? = 50.
Since the room temperature. although they have a greater percent error when it come to the experimental and actual coefficient of thermal expansion. The Thermal Expansion of Solids. it can be concluded that the experimental and actual value of the thermal coefficient have so much percent error because of the room temperature when the experiment was made. it was then compared to the actual coefficient of thermal expansion. and the computed results. the atoms and ions on each solid material vibrates with greater strength and that causes the ions to have a greater distance to each other thus leading to the expansion of the solid. the percentage error is so huge and it is because of several factors. Thermal Expansion. This is because there is such an error when it comes to the room temperature. Reference Yates. doi:10. was so low that it affects the resistance of the metal therefore affecting its temperature. when the experiment was made. (1972). measurement.1007/978-1-4899-5448-0_4 . In this experiment. Since the resistance is inaccurate. Therefore. the results fall in the expected range of values. B. temperature is the measurement of energy from the vibration of each atoms. 51-71. Other errors such as computing error. there may have been a lesser percentage error between the actual coefficient and the experimental coefficient of thermal expansion. The main purpose of this experiment is to understand how does and how much does the metal expand in a given temperature. Understanding the data that are gathered. this will result into inaccurate reading of temperature and this is because the temperature is based on the resistance of the metal.Conclusion After gathering the data from the experiment and the experimental coefficient of thermal expansion was computed. If it was only done in the outside where the room temperature is normal. The main source of error in this experiment is that the room where the experiment is being held has a cold temperature which can affect the temperature of the metal. it will continue to increase therefore giving no accurate measurement in the resistance of the metal. initial and final resistance of the thermistor may be the problem since it when it starts increasing. When it comes to solid materials. When the temperature increases.
This equipment is called digital multi-tester and it measures the resistance and other needed values for a metal. Excel is needed in this experiment to graph the given data and results for the group to understand better. .Photos Sample of the measurement we got from the resistance of the metal. A photo of me doing the excel work.
the digital multi tester at my hand and the copper metal at the front (not seen in this photo) Before going out the room. This is because to lighten ourselves up after a tiring experiment. . a little selfie was made. a steam generator at the left side. the aluminium rod on the top of the expansion base.Thermistor on my hard. |
0.999999 | Don’t get confused here…The question mentioned right above doesn’t refer to your home address. The location that I’m talking about is the location of your flea market. Is the flea market you’re selling your stuff at worth your efforts? Does it have a location? Does it have the potential to bring in many customers? Remember, the better your flea market location is, the more chances you have of making profitable sales.
When it comes to inventory, you have two choices. You can either invest in a variety of wholesale lots or sell items in a particular niche-preferably an area you’re knowledgeable about and comfortable with. For instance, if you don’t want to sell different products like DVDs, equipment, software or watches, you may consider starting a perfume booth.
Flea market shoppers are quite aware of how much and where they need to spend. While many are there for a look-around, others are regular customers who’re in search of attractive bargains. Therefore, visiting the market before selling and pricing your merchandise can prove to be highly helpful. Check if there are a number of vendors who are doing the business of the same merchandise that you’re planning to sell. To get a pricing idea, you may even check out eBay. Remember, pricing is one of the most important factors that affect your sales potential. So, price your merchandise wisely as most regular customers will already know if your stuff is reasonably priced.
If you’re thinking to sell movies at a flea market, make sure you have the knowledge of this business. From DVDs to Blue-Ray, buyers are interested in movies, particularly the classics and recently-released ones. A cheap way of collecting movies is consulting your friends and relatives. Then, you can start selling your movie collection by selling your stuff at competitive rates. Offers like “Buy 3 and Get One FREE” are a great way of advertising your stuff.
What about home décor stuff or equipment?
Investing in home décor stuff isn’t a bad idea either. Remember, your target market is women who’re usually looking for stuff that fits into their home decorations. Here, pricing the merchandise wisely is just as important as marketing your stuff attractively.
As for tools like hand tools and/or garden tools, all you need is a well-organized flea market booth.
Are You In the Food Business?
Flea market vendors are often tempted to start their food business. Trust me; this is never a bad idea. Everyone needs food but they only love GOOD food. No doubt, as a food vendor, you can make a great deal of steady cash. But don’t just enter this area because you think it is profitable. If you can’t make people love your food, your booth won’t last long. |
0.960371 | I am only 4 weeks pregnant, and I am already waking up around 3 hungry. What's the deal??
I am of normal weight. At the beginning of my third week, before I even knew I was pregnant, I was already having heartburn. |
0.999957 | Creating music without borders is Fareed Haque’s specialty. His core desire is to seamlessly weave South Asian classical music, including Indian and Pakistani influences, with jazz, rock, and Western classical forms. His forthcoming album The Flat Earth is an impressive realization of that goal.
The album showcases Haque’s formidable combination of compositional prowess and creative guitar chops that makes this merging of cultures possible. It finds the Pakistani-American musician performing on classical guitar, a sitar-guitar hybrid, as well as electric guitar in both fiery and reflective contexts. His sound—a unique amalgam that owes as much to Grant Green and John McLaughlin as it does to Ravi Shankar—is at the heart of the record, but he leaves plenty of space for his stellar band, The Fareed Haque Group, to shine. The diverse ensemble includes Kala Ramnath on violin; Salar Nader and Kalyan Pathak on tabla and percussion; Rob Clearfield on keyboards; John Paul and John Tate on bass; and Dan Leali and Cory Healy on drums. The team of virtuosos takes Haque’s meticulously constructed compositions and infuses them with exhilarating solos, intricate interplay, and plenty of energy.
Haque is well steeped in pushing sonic envelopes. Since the late ‘80s, he’s recorded several high-caliber jazz-world fusion albums for Blue Note Records and Sting’s Pangaea label. He also recently composed and performed From the Eye of a Hurricane, a Spanish guitar concerto commissioned by Chicago’s Fulcrum Point New Music Ensemble. In addition, he plays acoustic Macedonian guitar music in a duo with guitarist Goran Ivanovich. He’s also routinely breaking boundaries with jam-supergroup Garaj Mahal and saxophonist George Brooks’ Summit, an Indian-fusion act which features the legendary tabla master Zakir Hussain.
Hussain plays a major role in Lahara as well, Haque’s new concerto for sitar-guitar, tabla, and symphony orchestra. In addition to playing on the piece, it is also dedicated to him. Lahara was performed last September with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Allen Miller. Several further concerts and a recording of the work are planned in the near future.
Tell me about your desire to integrate so many varied influences into your music.
My objective is to bring together music that dances, music that is serious, music that is classical, and music that is folklorical. Those four elements represent polarities in the music world that don’t need to exist. The distinctions are like Descartian dualism in that people made an arbitrary decision to keep these things separate long ago and for no good reason things stayed that way.
In the process of combining these things, you run into a real myopia. Typically, virtuoso musicians only work with other virtuosos, so-called serious music critics only see serious music, and listeners that want to jump up and down at shows only go see fun music. I’m trying to break through those barriers with a group of really diverse musicians that enjoy working together and it’s succeeding. At a recent gig, half of the audience was intensely focused on the music and sat with their eyes closed and the rest were up dancing and grooving.
Typically, compositions pop into my head almost full-blown. A sense of proportion and the basic structure arrive intact and then I’m left to fill in the blanks. It’s similar to an author who comes up with the basic story and then finds the actual words to express it. I usually intuitively know what rhythms and tonalities I’m looking for, as well as what instrumentation will best fit. Sometimes, I’ll try ideas out on the guitar if it’s around, but mostly I put pencil to paper and notate everything I hear in my head.
My big struggle is to avoid having the ego compromise the music. I don’t like music that’s difficult for its own sake, but because the ego likes complexity, it can sometimes be hard to write something really simple. Then you have the problem of musicians looking at what you’ve written and saying “It’s so easy. How can it be any good?” So, another struggle is finding players who can look at something simple and say “Wow, this can have great value, integrity, and be musically significant.” That’s the mark of a great musician.
Does improvisation play a role in your creative process?
I rarely write pieces based on an improvisation, but when I have a piece in my head and write it down, I create an area in it where there is room for improvisation. One of the reasons I sometimes pursue simple structures is so the melody can be embellished through improvisation by myself or the band.
What acoustic guitars did you play on the new record?
I play two classical guitars on it: a spruce Peña Fernandez and a spruce/Brazilian 1971 José David Rubio. When I choose guitars, it's not because of how they sound, but what they let me do. I basically sound the same on any guitar, but on some instruments I have to work really hard to make them sound like me. With both of these guitars, I can just pick them up and they do what I want. They are both responsive to left-hand vibrato and right-hand timbre changes. I can use many different articulations with the right hand and still get a serviceable, usable sound. Some guitars are so loud and bright that all you can do is make one sound on them and everything else sounds painful to the ear. Good instruments like these put a whole range of colors at your fingertips, as well as project really effectively.
Your sitar-guitar is also prominent on the new album. Describe the instrument for me.
It’s a fascinating instrument because it integrates the modal concepts of Indian music and the harmonic concepts of 12 keys, which you can’t play on most traditional Indian instruments. A regular sitar is usually fretted diatonically, not chromatically, so you have seven frets per octave rather than 12. When you play one, it’s not like you’re limiting yourself to seven notes, but rather there are no other notes there, period. However, I wanted to have some of the sitar’s properties at my disposal, so Kim Schwartz and I collaborated on a guitar that has a standard six-string neck, a sitar bridge, 13 sympathetic drone and bass drone strings, and a Bill Lawrence pickup.
The sitar bridge is made of a piece of bone tapered away from the strings that purposefully create a rattling and buzzing sound. The harder you play it, the louder it buzzes. It’s an expressive device that lets you find a richness in harmonic overtones that’s not unlike the distortion created when you take a Fender Deluxe guitar amp and turn it up to 10. The buzz gives you an acoustic property, but with electric guitar-isms in that you can bend notes and have great sustain. The drone strings are wonderful because they provide their own reverb. I can tune them to whatever key I’m in and they’ll resonate beautifully when I play. The instrument also amplifies well. Any effect I use on an electric guitar works on it. It’s a real workhorse. I can use it in any context and it flies.
Tell me about the studio setup you used for The Flat Earth.
We used large diaphragm Neumann mics on the guitars and sitar-guitar. On the guitars, we had one placed over the fingerboard and another slightly above the sound hole. That setup lets you project well and avoid any wolf tones from the sound hole. On the sitar-guitar, there was one over the sound hole and one over the drone strings. We also use a Bill Moll DI on the sitar-guitar to fill out the sound.
For the album’s acoustic pieces, we recorded with everyone sitting in the same room staring at each other with all the mics bleeding into each other. There’s a lot to be said for capturing the aural complexity of sounds interacting with each other in a really natural way. When you put close mics on everything and have the musicians in separate rooms, subtle time alignment differences occur. For instance, mics on acoustic instruments, bass cabinets, and guitar amps are all going to hit the tape at slightly different times and that can create a skewed rhythmic feeling. When everybody is in the same room, the mics hear everything and capture all of the sonic reflections. You get a really complete picture of the rhythm and things groove much harder. Making that situation work really depends on having a band that knows the music, so you don’t have to replace notes after the fact. The truth is, separating musicians is often done for technical reasons more than musical ones. People say “Let’s see if we can record this quickly. If anyone makes a mistake, we don’t have to do another take. We can just fix the part.” I’m not a fan of that approach. There are no overdubs on the record. Every solo you hear is a complete take. I also don’t believe in doing multiple takes and stringing parts of them together. It can create a very impressive-sounding finished product, but I think the realness of a great recording is what makes it timeless.
You work with Zakir Hussain in several contexts. Describe the chemistry you two share.
When I first worked with Zakir on George Brooks’ Summit record, I was really concerned about trying not to do something incorrect out of respect. Indian music, as with Western classical music, has so many layers of pseudo-historical correctness, and I was trying to abide by those guidelines. Zakir sensed my concerns. In response, he pushed a button and announced on talkback to all the musicians “There’s somebody here who’s really worried about playing and he should just shut-up and play the damn guitar.” [laughs] I really needed to hear that to get past the fact that I was in the presence of one of my idols. I grew up listening to his albums with John McLaughlin and Shakti. Zakir isn’t concerned with what’s right or wrong, but with following his instincts and going for something that feels and sounds good. He and I share a real openness and levity which makes working together a pleasure.
What were some of the key challenges inherent in writing a concerto for sitar-guitar, tabla, and orchestra?
Most of the East-West collaborations up to this point have not been that rich from a harmonic perspective. That's because they are more about Western musicians learning about South Asian music as opposed to South Asian musicians embracing the complexities of Western harmony. I endeavored to redress the balance by keeping that in mind when writing Lahara. I also spent a great deal of time asking myself a lot of questions. One of them was "Does the sound of the sitar-guitar work with the sound of a violin section or do they cancel each other out?" I found that the violins fought the sitar-guitar, so I used them as pads or chordally, rather than doubling the sitar-guitar. Another question was "What kind of percussion works underneath the tablas?" Probably not bongos, congas, or snare drums because they share similar sonic territory. Cymbals, marimbas, harp, gongs, and celesta worked much better. So, I had to find combinations of instruments with registers and timbres that would complement the sitar-guitar and tabla. In particular, clarinet, celesta, and sitar-guitar worked together to produce a beautiful sound. |
0.972572 | Cartoons without overall story are safer from cancellation.
It's just a theory I have. Shows like Spongebob, Simpsons, Regular Show, and some others seem like they can keep going on forever while shows like Young Justice, Avengers EMH, Legend of Korra, Green Lantern, and other seem like they were in constant danger of getting canceled (with most actually being cancelled), despite fan support being great for them.
My theory for why there's this difference is because of the differences in shows. You turn on the T.V. and watch any episode of Regular Show or Johnny Test, I'll be them just having another misadventure. You turn on the T.V. and watch any episode of Green Lantern or Young Justice, you might be lost or unsure of what's happening because things and events from previous episodes are affecting the events of that episode.
The difference between the shows is in one, anything can happen in any episode and it tends to be contained to just that episode, while in the other there is an ongoing story and unless you started with episode 1, you won't follow it quite as well.
So the theory is that shows with an overall story are more likely to be cancelled than shows without an overall story because the shows without an overall story don't need build-up. You can watch any episode and judge whether or not you like it because most of the episodes in the series will be about the same quality, as they'd all be self-contained stories that are good or bad based on that episode. The episodes of the shows with an overall story build on top of each other, one after the other, so not all the episodes are the same quality. Some exist just to move the story along or to reveal some new detail that was not before known, changing perceptions of past episodes and making you wonder how it will effect future episodes.
Now of course the quality of a show depends on the show itself, so you can't say shows with overall plot are better than shows without it or vice-versa. But looking at this from a network viewpoint, the opinions of the shows without overall story would tend to be pretty consistent. "Did they like the episode, yes/no?" "What do they think of the show overall, yes/no?". While the opinions of the shows with overall story would tend to fluctuate, given that not every episode is as important as the other.
So which show are the networks more likely to cancel: the show where the general opinion episode to episode is "Yes, I like it." or the show where the network is unsure how people feel about it because episode to episode opinions differ?
It's quantity of the quality vs. quality of the quantity.
Please comment to share your opinion about this theory.
But shows like Family Guy, Simpsons, Futurama, Teen Titans, and Danny Phantom were canceled.
The thing with Adventure Time and Regular Show, its the fact it gets storylines and character development, the storyline its going foward.
Also it has an incredibly diverse cast that lets you explore more.
Not only that but their emotions and what is happening even when it over the top, its based on real problems and real emotions.
Take the fact you dont need to see every episode and you get an amazing hit.
Young Justice was asking people for too much.
It's has more to do with Toy sells, and Demographics.
All these shows ran their courses though. Also FG and Simpsons are still ongoing.
To be fair, Regular Show kind of splits itself down the middle.
While at first glance, a lot of what happens is unrelated between episodes, however most of their misadventures do tend to have some connections and have always happened.
Mordecai's love life is a constant factor.
Several times, they've referenced things they've done in past episodes, like the family of baby ducks or even that time travel thing.
I actually think shows like this, that break up their story a lot with fluff and filler episodes, have a better chance of success because it gives the more mature audience a reason to come back to see how characters develop, but it also draws in the casual crowd that want to just sit down to something without missing a beat.
Didn't Teen Titans and Danny Phantom simply run their course, with series finales and everything?
Really, Teen Titans didn't need that final Terra-centric episode, because the ending against the Brotherhood of Evil was a pretty epic ending itself. Plus, wasn't it supposed to end with the defeat of Trigon anyway?
@scouterv: If Teen Titans had simply "run its course" I don't think they would've made Teen Titans Go.
You're probably right about Danny Phantom, though. It ended with Phantom Planet.
Well, considering how it's changed a lot of what happened in the original Teen Titans series, (such as Jynx being a member of The Hive Five when she left the team to be with Kid Flash, Red X still being Robin, the Titans acting like they've never met Mas y Menos before, and a host of other things,) I'd wager they just realize that the Teen Titans are a popular enough group, they can simply do a quasi-reboot/parody and still make money off of it by appealing to a new generation.
The original Teen Titans ran it's course, with a series finale and all. Teen Titans Go is arguably a different fish all-together.
It's because kids don't have the attention span to care about long arcs. These shows are made for them.
Nah, avatar the last airbender, yu-gi-oh.
Here is my theory and this is sadder. Unless if the thing floods there pockets with money, they will cancel anything no matter how loved it is if it doesn't fit the overall "feel" they're going for. Teen Titans go hasn't and probably won't be canceled because it fits the "feel" CN wants. Thundercats, Young Justice, Green Lantern etc. have all gone against the wanted "feel". Some shows however are so popular they could never get canceled because it profits them greatly but this generally only happens for like English dubs of animes like in the case of Attack on Titan or the like.
So yeah uh, the reason I mentioned is kinda more depressing.
@bluelantern1995: How'd I forget to mention Thundercats?
I don't know. You also forgot Tron Uprising. I will never forgive CN for Thundercats. All they wanted was ONE MORE SEASON. Canceled. Gah! I'm getting angry again(I do this everytime I talk about Thundercats). And with Tron Uprising? I will never forgive Disney from Tron Uprising. They bumped it to so many different time slot it couldn't survive why? Because they could. Gah! I'm getting mad again(I do this everytime I talk about Tron Uprising). But the most unforgivable thing about Disney's betrayal is they haven't released Tron Uprising. At least CN has released Thundercats will Disney do Tron Uprising? No. Those b*stards, I'll never forgive them!
Adventure Time and Gravity Falls are the best shows on tv.
Like everyone else stated, I think the reason why many cartoons that have story lines get cancelled so soon is because it does make it difficult for some viewers to jump into the series because then they would have to worry about what happened in the last episode in order to understand what is going on in the current episodes and that can be frustrating for any causal viewer who just wants to watch the show without having to watch all the previous episodes to understand what is really going on. As much as I enjoy watching cartoons that have story lines (Young Justice and Avatar the Last Airbender), those shows would struggle the most with finding an audience that has enough patience to sit through all of the episodes to understand what is happening in the story, rather than a show like The Simpsons or Family Guy that can easily find an audience that could sit through at least half of their episodes, because then the viewers wouldn't have to worry about watching previous episodes to understand the stories going on in that particular episode.
I've heard this as well, although the plot idea makes sense too.
Everyone talks a lot about Gravity Falls. I've seen a bit of it, but it doesn't seem all that great.
Then again, I'd say the same about Adventure Time when half the seasons started revolving around getting Finn a girlfriend, rather than actual Adventuring.
Generally true, but that didn't save The Cleveland Show or Futurama. You also gotta take in the cost to produce the show, the company that airs it and all the other little things that go into making the cartoon/show possible.
Eh, the plot idea falls squarely in the whole "demographic" part.
Young Justice, Avengers EMH, Legend of Korra, Green Lantern, and other seem like they were in constant danger of getting canceled (with most actually being cancelled), despite fan support being great for them.
Young Justice was cancelled for several reasons including: They couldn't meet deadlines leading to large gaps of time between episodes and scheduling was horrible, it was pretty expensive animation and the demographic didn't fit. EMH got cancelled because they wanted to keep the show in line with the movies, I don't think LoK was ever in danger of being cancelled though apparently development was hell, Green Lantern was a tie in to a movie that failed.
@scouterv: I agree with you about AT. Have you seen the latest episodes though?
I think anime doesn't get cancelled as often because all the network has to do is dub over it (and censor whatever they think Americans can't handle). The American networks that show these shows didn't make it themselves so that I think saves them a lot more money.
Self contained stories are always best, with a little mystery thrown in to keep things interesting for those who find themselves invested in certain characters. I think that's what makes Adventure Time so amazing. Great characters, great story line, great art and pristo presto, you got a hit.
Unless they come up with a good way to recap before each episode, cartoons that rely on a deep story that is explored and advanced with every episode will be a thing of the past. It's too much investment for viewers. The aim is to get people wanting to not miss a show is because they look forward to the entertainment, not because they need to see it to not get lost.
My thoughts, as worthless as they are.
Not really. I stopped really watching most Finn and Jake centered episodes around the time of the Breezy episode.
@vitalius: Kind of. It has a beginning, middle and end and each episode affects one another. Not as much as Avatar the last airbender, but still.
The Simpsons has never been cancelled, Futurama was cancelled once and brought back, and Family Guy got cancelled twice.
Pretty much that. as I say that though, the networks airing Naruto(and I'm sure the others as well) have "canceled" them as in not wanting to air them. All it did was shift what network it aired on.
Teen Titans (and Danny Phantom, to a certain extent) did have an ongoing plot-line. It just wasn't all consuming. |
0.970349 | Hi, I found this spider today, and i have no idea what it is or have never seen one like this before, i was wondering if you could tell me what kind of spider is it and if it’s harmful? Thankyou.
I am not an expert in spider identification, but I believe it is a tangle-web spider (also known as cobweb spiders and comb-footed spider). Members of this spider family (Theridiidae) are the most common arthropods found in human dwellings throughout the world. They use sticky capture silk instead of woolly silk to capture prey. Abdomens are spherical and the front legs are much larger than any other pair of legs. |
0.956234 | Do I have to purchase plan before going to the USA?
Not necessarily. You may purchase the plans after arrival in the USA, but keep in mind that some plans have to be purchased within a certain period of time upon arrival to the USA.
Additionally, it is good to know that you can purchase plans to cover the dates that you are in-transit to cover for any sicknesses, accidents, or emegency evacuations while you are flying or on layover.
What is the difference between travel insurance and visitors insurance?
What is the difference between travel insurance and travel medical insurance? |
0.999884 | A parcel of land is owned by a government authority. The government authority engages a developer to develop the land. The developer engages a contractor to design and construct a commercial building on the land. Who appoints the principal contractor; and how does the contract provide for the appointment of a principal contractor in this circumstance?
The developer will need to engage the principal contractor as it is the person conducting a business or undertaking that commissions a construction project.
sufficient authority to have management or control of the workplace and to enable the principal contractor to discharge its functions.
As the government authority is the owner of the site, by default it is the principal contractor. In the development agreement, the government authority should appoint the developer, or ensure the developer makes the contractor accept an appointment, as the principal contractor. The government authority will need to provide the developer or contractor (as the case may be) with the authority necessary to fulfil that responsibility.
the contractor is the principal contractor, the contractor must agree to accept an appointment by the government authority.
The government authority should exercise the second option with caution since, being the owner of the property, it will by default continue to be the principal contractor until the contractor is appointed to that position by the developer.
The developer would be deemed a main contractor because it is engaged by the party for whose direct benefit the work is done. |
0.8943 | Cannonball Adderley is one of the greats in alto saxophone history.
Cannonball Adderley got popular just after Charlie Parker's death and at first was called the "new Bird". He was not a new Bird, but he was a great sax player in his own right. His hard-edged tone and blues and soul influenced playing presaged the development of hard bop.
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was born in Tampa Florida on September 15, 1928. His nickname, Cannonball, was derived from a high school nickname, Cannibal, based on his voracious appetite. From a musical family, he formed his first jazz group while still in high school. He became band director at Dillard High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from 1948 through 1956. He had a jazz group in south Florida from 1948 through 1950 and led military dance bands for three years after that. In 1955 he sat in with Oscar Pettiford in Bohemia, New York and made such an impression that he was quickly signed to a recording contract with EmArcy Records.
Cannonball Adderley formed a quintet which included his younger brother Nat on cornet. This quintet was not a commercial success and disbanded a year and a half later when Cannonball was invited to join Miles Davis's quintet. Soon after he joined Davis expanded to a sextet by adding John Coltrane on tenor sax. Adderley's bluesy style on the alto contrasted to Coltrane's freer chord based style and the combination of the two had a large part in developing the sound of this famous Davis sextet. Among this group's recordings were Milestones and Kind of Blue - the best selling jazz album of all time. Davis also appeared on Adderley's 1958 release Somethin' Else.
In 1959 he formed another quintet with his brother Nat and this time the group was successful. They had a hit that year with pianist Bobby Timmons and his song "This Here". The group was established for future work. For the next sixteen years the Adderley brothers had a quintet or sextet and the group had many more jazz hits. Alumni of the group include pianists: Bobby Timmons, Victor Feldman, Joe Zawinul and George Duke; bass players: Sam Jones, Walter Booker and Victor Gaskin; sax players: Yusef Lateef and Charles Lloyd; drummers: Louis Hayes and Roy McCurdy. Nat Adderley was a constant presence on cornet and also composing songs.
Cannonball Adderley's career started as Charlie Parker died and bop was dominant in jazz and extended through the time when avant guarde and free jazz were challenging (and sometimes losing) listeners. The soulful, bluesy style he played was always accessible to listeners. His playing was influenced originally most by Bird and Benny Carter and later the influences of John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Bill Evans can be heard. Even as Cannonball's style developed he always had a soulful joyousness to his playing. Later in the jazz chronology, the playing of Adderly along with others like Art Blakey and Horace Silver came to be considered the start of hard bop.
The evolution of his music was stopped by his untimely death from a stroke in 1975. |
0.999322 | A lunch club facility is available from 11.45pm to 12.45pm at a cost of £3.00 per day for packed lunch or £5.75 for a hot lunch.
"Did you know that being 15 minutes late each day is the same as missing two weeks of school"
Every day counts but every minute is important!
Days off school can lead to lost learning. Gaps in your child's education can mean that they may not achieve their full potential.
365 DAYS IN A YEAR -175 ARE NON-SCHOOL DAYS!
That means there are 175 days to spend on family time, visits, holidays, shopping, household jobs and other appointments.
152 days in school (38 days absence) =80% Serious Concern, Not fair on your child, Could lead to Court Action or FPN!
143 days in school (47 days absence) =75% Serious Concern, Not fair on your child, Could lead to Court Action or FPN!
Your child deserves an education. Every day really does count. |
0.990109 | What is the dictionary definition of Acceptance Credit?
A means of financing the sale of goods, particularly in international trade. It typically involves a commercial bank or merchant bank extending credit to a foreign importer whom is deemed credit worthy. An acceptance credit is opened against which the expert can draw a bill of exchange.
Once accepted by the bank, the bill can be discounted on the money market or allowed to run to maturity.
In return for this service the exporter pays the bank a fee known as acceptance commission. |
0.945066 | Will I ever realize that he is gone?
The fact is that you already realize that he’s gone. It’s built into the last words of your question.
Of course it's very, very difficult to adapt to the painful and unwanted reality of the death of someone important to you.
By saying “at this moment,” which would be honest, you don’t make the feeling last longer than it needs to. Some people say “I feel depressed today”, and extend the pain or sadness way beyond the moment they felt it. |
0.998966 | Can I interest you in a metallic artificial leg?
Harper's Weekly was the leading illustrated American periodical between 1857 and 1872. This site allows all registered users free access to an online archive of 40,000 advertisements that appeared in Harper's Weekly. Without registering, visitors have access to 33 ads divided into seven categories, such as foreign travel and insurance. Two of the most compelling categories are "Civil War products," featuring ads for metallic artificial legs and bulletproof vests and "consumer goods," including advertisements for appliances, packaged goods, and pest killers. Although the ads include text and images, a 100-word introduction provides the only historical context for the advertisements on this site. For those studying 19th-century advertising and consumer culture, the site will be of interest. |
0.946844 | There are more than twelve million Roma located in many countries around the world. There is no way to obtain an exact number since they are not recorded on most official census counts. Many Roma themselves do not admit to their true ethnic origins for economic and social reasons. The Roma are a distinct ethnic minority, distinguished at least by Rom blood and the Romani, or Romanes, language, whose origins began on the Indian subcontinent over one thousand years ago. No one knows for certain why the original Roma began their great wandering from India to Europe and beyond, but they have dispersed worldwide, despite persecution and oppression through the centuries.
The Roma have been made up of many different groups of people from the very beginning, and have absorbed outsiders throughout their history. Because they arrived in Europe from the East, they were thought by the first Europeans to be from Turkey or Nubia or Egypt, or any number of vaguely acknowledged non-European places, and they were called, among other things, Egyptians or ‘Gyptians, which is where the word "Gypsy" comes from. In some places, this Egyptian identity was taken entirely seriously, and was no doubt borrowed by the early Roma themselves. In the 15th century, James the Fifth of Scotland concluded a treaty with a local Romani leader pledging the support of his armies to help recover "Little Egypt" (an old name for Epirus, on the Greek-Albanian coast) for them.
It was not until the second half of the 18th century that scholars in Europe began to realize that the Romani language, in fact, came from India. Basic words, such as some numerals and kinship terms, and names for body parts, actions, and so on, were demonstrably Indian. So—they concluded—if the language were originally Indian, its speakers very likely must be as well. Once they realized this, their next questions were the obvious ones: if Roma were indeed from India, when did they leave, and why, and are there still Roma in that country?
At the very beginning of the 11th century, India came under attack by the Muslim general Mahmud of Ghazni, who was trying to push Islam eastwards into India, which was mainly Hindu territory. The Indian rulers had been assembling troops to hold back the Muslim army for several centuries already, deliberately drawing their warriors from various populations who were not Aryan. The Aryans had moved into India many centuries before, and had pushed the original population down into the south, or else had absorbed them into the lowest strata of their own society, which began to separate into different social levels or castes, called varnas ("colors") in Sanskrit.
The Aryans regarded Aryan life as being more precious than non-Aryan life, and would not risk losing it in battle. So the troops that were assembled to fight the armies of Mahmud of Ghazni were all taken from non-Aryan populations, and made honorary members of the Kshattriya, or warrior caste, and allowed to wear their battledress and emblems.
They were taken from many different ethnic groups who spoke many different languages and dialects. Some were Lohars and Gujjars, some were Tandas, some were Rajputs, non-Indian peoples who had come to live in India some centuries before, and some may also have been Siddhis, Africans from the East African coast who fought as mercenaries for both the Hindus and the Muslims. This composite army moved out of India through the mountain passes and west into Persia, battling with Muslim forces all along the eastern limit of Islam. While this is to an extent speculative, it is based upon sound linguistic and historical evidence, and provides the best-supported scenario to date. Because Islam was not only making inroads into India to the east, but was also being spread westwards into Europe, this conflict carried the Indian troops—the early Roma—further and further in that direction, until they eventually crossed over into southeastern Europe about the year 1300.
From the very beginning, then, the Romani population has been made up of various different peoples who have come together for different reasons. As the ethnically and linguistically mixed occupational population from India moved further and further away from its land of origin (beginning in the 11th century), so it began to acquire its own ethnic identity, and it was at this time that the Romani language also began to take shape. But the mixture of peoples and languages didn’t stop there, for as the warriors moved northwestwards through Persia, they took words and grammar from Persian, and no doubt absorbed new members too; and the same thing happened in Armenia and in the Byzantine Empire, and has continued to happen in Europe. In some instances, the mingling of small groups of Roma with other peoples has resulted in such groups being absorbed into them and losing their Romani identity; the Jenisch are perhaps such an example. In others, it has been the outsiders who have been absorbed, and who, in the course of time, have become one with the Romani group.
In Europe, Roma were either kept in slavery in the Balkans (in territory that is today Romania), or else were able to move on and up into the rest of the continent, reaching every northern and western country by about 1500. In the course of time, as a result of having interacted with various European populations, and being fragmented into widely-separated groups, Roma have emerged as a collection of distinct ethnic groups within the larger whole.
The Honorable Ian F. Hancock, of British Romani and Hungarian Romani descent, represents Roma on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He is professor of Romani Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and has authored nearly 300 publications. In 1997, he was awarded the international Rafto Human Rights Prize (Norway), and in 1998 was recipient of the Gamaliel Chair in Peace and Justice (USA).
The spoked-wheel image above represents a sixteen-spoked chakra, adopted at the First World Romani Congress in London in 1971 as the international Romani symbol. The chakra is a link to the Roma's Indian origins (the 24-spoked Ashok Chakra is in the center of the national flag of India, the Tiranga) and represents movement and the original Creation. The green and blue flag with a red chakra in the center was adopted as the Romani flag, as well as the motto "Opré Roma" (Roma Arise). The song "Gelem, gelem," also known as "Djelem, djelem" and "Opré Roma," was selected as the Romani anthem. April 8 was proclaimed International Romani Day. There have been four World Romani Congresses to date. Among the chief goals of these meetings are the standardization of the Romanes language, reparations from World War II, improvements in civil rights and education, preserving Romani culture, and international recognition of the Roma as a national minority of Indian origin. Among the chief Roma organisations, the International Romani Union has consultative status to the United Nations Social and Economic Council.
The Romani people have been known by many names, including Gypsies (or Gipsies), Tsigani, Tzigane, Cigano, Zigeuner, and others. Most Roma have always referred to themselves by their tribal names, or as Rom or Roma, meaning "Man" or "People." (Rom, Roma, Romani, and Romaniya should not be confused with the country of Romania, or the city of Rome. These names have separate, distinct etymological origins and are not related.) The use of Rom, Roma, Romani, or the double "r" spelling, is preferred in all official communications and legal documents. In response to the recommendations put forth by Roma associations, the Council of Europe has approved the use of "Rroma (Gypsies)" in its official documents (CLRAE Recommendation 11 - June 1995). The trend is to eliminate the use of derogatory, pejorative and offensive names, such as Gypsies, and to be given proper respect by the use of the self-appelation of Roma, or Rroma.
My grandfather, rest in peace, shows the numbers on his arm from the concentration camps to my brother.
This is a very interesting and informative blog.
I have been led to your site today when I googled sinti history and will explore more of it.
Thank you for your fascinating insight and openness.
I have been horrified to discover the amount of prejudice and hatred history has piled on travellers, it seems that fear of the unknown has grown through the history of mankind.
It's about time we gave up such infantile behaviour and learned to love one another.
Peace to all the Roma people.
wow, this is amazing! I've always loved Romani people. I just don't understand why many people are prejudiced, it doesn't make sense. The only thing that bothers me is the slight sexism, though I realize every culture has this. I'm happy you took the time to write all this and included personal stories. Very Good!
I saw drag me to hell, and was very disappointed with the implications that the old woman was 'gypsy'. Curses, Gruges, all of those stereotypical elements were included, even the music choice which there was a lot of violin. I'm sure it made many ignorant people think romani people are like the old woman.
I have only come to know about the Romani people very recently (actually just today as I write this). It perplexes me why even after a thousand years of dwelling in their current lands they still have not been given basic human rights to exist with dignity and honour.It truly is sad.
Dani, I've been researching the Romani people for a few years off and on. My grandfather was the son of gypsies and I know very little about them. There is very little info available to me and it's hard to know what's true when you're on the Internet. Your blog seems to be very informative. But there are so many things I still don't understand...I'm going to continue reading your blog in hopes of learning more.
If you wouldn't mind, could you email me? I'd like to ask you a few questions. And I'm interested in the items you were selling on eBay!
Everywhere in the world the gypsy,Romani or lamani/lambani have few things common like food, practices during the spl occassions (family traditions) and some words they use in the language. There are connection of Indian Gypsy with the rest of the world and vice versa .. one is that their cloths and affinity to the particular colours , some dishes of food are common.
I am an India brahmin man, I am really intrigued by the history and appearance of the ROMA people while some are just like the europeans some others look like US!
Really great blog, support to all roma people like my brothers and sisters!
I think there should be more cultural exchange between the Indians and Romani people......for the two were are the same !
You are always welcome to your homeland !
Agreed Sumeet and very nice of you to day!
I can surely say that Romany people are not of Indian ancestry as there is not enough prove to support this. Their language can be traced to Indian but also to Persian languages and Greek. It only proves that these people used to live in these territories but does not proves that their ancestors were of Indian stock as there are no traces of Hinduism in the Romany religion. When the Romany people arrived to Byzantine territories they were already Christians not Hinduists nor Muslims. These people knew the bible in the Muslim territories as they were Jewish of Hebrew ancestry. Romany culture and traditions are very similar to these of Jewish such as the Romany Marihme and the purity in their everyday life. The Jewish word for non Jew is Ghoidzim same as the Romany word for a non Romany is Ghadzo. And there is even more similarities if u will study this topic which is very interesting. Yet there is enough prove that these people are the Israelites from the northern Kingdom of Israel. This nation was deported by Nebbuchadnesar in the Median empire of today's Iran and Iraq in 721 and 722 bc and after that they spread easterly reaching Sindh valley India and Afghanistan but they kept an acceptable amount of traditions which can be traced to that of pre- talmudic law of Hebrews.
Of course, it will take time, much time these so-called gypsies to be recognized as authentic Jews. Gypsies have nothing to do Indians. Of course, some linguistic similarity - and their language is not only of some Indian dialect but Persian, Armenian and Greek, as well -sometimes might mislead scholars. The be found Gypsies origin is to be researched not only some linguistic elements but also their customs, mentality,characteristics which undoubtedly lead towards Hebrew origin. Sure these facts are unacceptable by many people simply because of being prejudiced against Gypsies.
I was always fascinated by "Gypsy" music, dance and costume. When I learned I might have a Gypsy/Rom ancestor, I became even more fascinated and started reading.(I have 96 percent Ashkenazi Jewish DNA and a snippet of "South Asian". That's why I theorize the Gypsy connection. They were in the same area of Russia and played in bands together...) I was saddened to learn of their persecution, just like what my Jewish ancestors suffered. I wonder if anyone has more information about Gypsy/Jewish connections.
You can believe the lies of your forefathers, trust in your own amnesia, or hear the truth-free will.
To those commentators above who would insist on attempting to link the Romani to "Lost Tribes of Israel", I heartily recommend that you revisit the most recent population genetics studies, which thoroughly support the linguistic evidence for Northern Indian origins.
Hi all, This is Naresh singh Bhati ,, belongs to warrior caste Gurjar in India.. It is always taught to us that we are from aryan clan and all the time we fought with either they are Muslim invader or any other. So its bit confusing that who are Aryan ,if we are not?.
This post confirms that and I am proud to be a Gurjar..
Roma Gypsies are Samaritans from North Israel! persian Elamites dále to Samaria in 724 BC. Thay brought sanskrit and dna (similar to Hindu) to North Israel! se na ve done domě dna tests, all Roma came aronite DNA! Aronite (COHAMIN) DNA IS COMBINATION OD MORE THAN 10 HAOLOTYPES THERE IS NO WAY THAT ROMA NA VE THIS FROM EUROPEANS! ALSO ROMA HAVE HAOLOTYPE H WHICH IS FROM PERSIAN ELAMITES! THAT IS DNA BY FATHER SIDE, BY MOTHER SIDE ROMA GYPSIES HAVE M35 AND M5. M35 IS VERY JEWISH, M5 IS ELAMITE, ALSO PLENTY OF J2 AND J1 WHICH IS JEWISH!
Samaritan lived in Samaria till 6th century and after Arabs took the country! Many our ancestors moved to north India, Sindh region, specialty in Multan city, they stayed there till 11 century! And that's the reason why Roma came to India as Christians! |
0.675761 | What is secured and what is not?
Security usually is a challenging, technically aspects of any software system. However, diving into technical details before understanding the principles of the solution can lead to false assumptions about the level of security in place. Therefore, this section provides a high-level overview of Opencast's stream security functionality.
In many settings, some or even all content published by an Opencast installation must not be accessible by everyone. Instead, access should be restricted to those users with corresponding permissions. So, if access control already ensures that each user only has access to the recordings he or she is allowed to see, what does stream security add to the mix?
the serving of the video streams, preview images etc. to that player.
The former is protected by the engage part of Opencast. The latter may be served by download and streaming servers. Those distribution servers are independent of Opencast and have no knowledge about the current user and its permissions with regard to the requested video asset .
To summarize: Opencast is capable of assessing a recording’s access control list and the current user’s permissions to decide if a user is allowed to access the recording’s metadata and the player. External download and streaming servers, serving the actual video files are not aware of these permissions. As a result, nothing prevents an authorized user from passing on the actual video and image URLs to the public, thereby circumventing the restrictions implied on the presentation layer earlier on.
Since the download and streaming servers do not (and should not) have access to security related information about the user, its roles nor its permissions with regard to the media files, there is no way to perform authorization checks the same way Opencast is performing them while serving up recording metadata. The only way to decide if a given request should be served or not is to leave authorization to Opencast and agree on a secure protocol that defines whether a request is meant to be granted by Opencast or not.
Stream security solves the problem exactly as described: Each request that is sent to any of the download or streaming servers must contain a validation policy, indicating for how long access should be granted and optionally even from which IP address. Signing of the policy ensures that potential changes to the policy will be detected. On the other end, the server must be enabled to verify the signature and extract the policy to verify whether it should comply with the request or not.
Even with Stream security enabled, some loopholes exist where unauthorized viewers might be able to get access to protected resources, even though for a limited time only. The following section describes in detail what is and what is not secured.
Executive summary: Accessing a resource with an unsigned or incorrectly signed URL is impossible.
Resources distributed by Opencast are organized in a file structure that is built upon a resource’s series identifier as well as the identifier of the recording itself. Since those identifiers usually are based on UUIDs, guessing the URL is hard but not impossible. In addition, a malicious user might be getting hold of a valid identifier through network sniffing, social hacking or by other means.
With Stream Security enabled, a user cannot access that resource, since the URL for accessing the resource would either be lacking the policy and signature completely or would contain a broken signature due to an identifier mismatch in the policy.
It is important to note that, if stream security is enabled, all resources will be signed and protected, even ones that do not have any access restrictions defined in their access control lists. Accessing resources with unsigned URLs will not be possible.
Executive summary: Access is revoked once the digital signature expires.
If a user has the rights to access a resource, it does not automatically mean that permission has been granted for a lifetime. After a signed URL’s policy has expired, the URL must receive an updated policy and be signed again in order to provide continuous access to the corresponding resource, so in the case of revoked access rights, the user in question will be able to keep access to the resource as long as the initially signed url is valid. After that, Opencast will not provide a signed URL anymore due to the change in permissions.
On the other hand, there is no way to revoke access to that resource for that particular user unless the URL expires. The only way would be to completely remove the resource from the distribution server. It is therefore important to choose reasonable expiration times for signed URLs.
Executive summary: Leaked signed URLs are only accessible for the duration of the validity of the signature.
A signed URL shared by an authorized user with a non-authorized third party will expire (as explained above). The expiration time can be set as low as some seconds but will then require even authorized users to obtain newly signed URLs as they continue to access protected content (e.g. the user takes a quick break watching a recording by hitting “pause”, then hits “play” again to resume). This risk can be lowered further by restricting a resource to a client’s IP address so that it can only be played by someone with the same IP.
Executive summary: Content protected by stream security is not protected against unauthorized publication through authorized users.
Since stream security does not implement digital rights management (DRM), authorized users may download content while in possession of correctly signed URLs. When that content is republished on systems that are not under the control of the original owner (i.e. are not protected by stream security or any other means), it is publicly available.
Most institutions will have a policy in place that legally prevents circumventing protection and sharing of protected media, and as a result, the above scenario will be taxed as piracy.
Stream security consists of several components, and each of these components must be installed and configured properly, otherwise the system may not behave as expected. This part of the documentation describes how each of the components need to be installed and holds information on which configuration options are available.
For the understanding of this document it is important to have the following terms clearly defined.
A policy defines the timeframe and (optionally) from which addresses a specified resource may be accessed. In order to exchange the policy between system components, the involved components must agree on a serialization specification.
The signature expresses the validity of a policy. As with the policy, the system’s signature components, must follow a predefined signing algorithm. Only then is it possible to verify if the signature was issued for a specific policy, or if either the signature or the policy was modified.
Using keys is a common way to protect information that is being shared between two or more systems. In stream security, keys are used to prevent signature forgery. A key consists of an identifier (ID) and a secret value. The keys need to be kept private, otherwise everyone can create signatures and thereby gain unlimited access to all resource protected by that key.
The combination of a policy specification and a signature algorithm forms the signing protocol, where the policy contains the rules to be applied and the signature ensures that the rules remain unaltered. Components that implement the same signing protocol are compatible and can be used in combination.
A typical signing infrastructure consists of two main components: a signing service and a verification component. While the signing service is used to sign arbitrary URLs, the verification component is located on the distribution servers to protect the resources and only serve requests that have been properly signed.
All signing providers and verification components developed by the Opencast community implement the Opencast signing protocol as documented in the developer guide and are therefore compatible.
The URL signing service is designed to support one or more signing implementations called signing providers. With this concept, different signing protocols, and by virtue, different verification components are supported. The resource is presented to each signing provider in turn, where it is either signed or passed on. This process continues until a signature is obtained.
Generic Signing Provider: This provider may be used in combination with HTTP servers. It appends the necessary information (policy, signature and key id) to the URL.
The URL signing service makes it straightforward to provide additional implementations to handle third party distribution servers URL signatures. This becomes important in situations where files are served by a server that is currently not supported or if files are served by a CDN that implements its own proprietary signing protocol.
In order to take advantage of the signed URLs, a verification component needs to reside on the distribution servers to verify the validity of the signature (i.e. check that the URL has not been altered after it was signed) and then grant or deny access to the resource, based on the policy associated with the URL.
In addition to these external verification components there is also an Opencast verification component called the UrlSigningFilter that is used to protect files that Opencast itself provides.
Verification components have the option of strict or non-strict checking. Strict verification of resources means the entire URL will be considered when comparing the incoming request for a resource against the policy, including the scheme (http, https, etc.), hostname and port. If using non-strict checking, only the path to the resource will be considered. So if the request is for a resource at http://httpdserver:8080/the/full/path/video.mp4, only the /the/full/path/video.mp4 part of the URL will be checked against the policy’s path. This is useful when using a load balancer so that the requested hostname does not have to match the actual hostname or if a video player is rewriting requests, e.g. by inserting the port number.
The Opencast Signing Protocol is defined in the subsection Stream Security in the modules section of the developer guide. |
0.999968 | It's April 1, and here at Down Goes Brown that means two things: the Leafs have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, and it's time for the annual April Fools post.
So just like in 2008 and 2009, let's see if we can come up with some practical jokes and wacky pranks that various NHL personalities could play on each other today.
Marc Savard - Playfully tease Matt Cooke when he asks if you've forgiven him by blinking twice for "no" instead of once for "yes".
Taylor Hall - Call Brian Burke; tell him you just checked the standings and are wondering why no Leafs scouts ever come to your games.
Phoenix Coyotes - Send out season ticket renewal forms with a Winnipeg return address.
Alexander Ovechkin - Scare Ted Leonsis by telling him that you were a regular client of that steroid-dealing chiropractor. Quickly reassure him that in truth you've never even seen a chiropractor, since you've never suffered from any back problems at all unless you want to count all that acne.
2K Sports - Pick some random second-liner from an insignificant team; tell him he's been chosen for the cover of NHL 2K11.
Stephane Auger - Before tonight's game, inform one of the players that you're planning to "get him", when in fact you're really planning to get a completely different player.
Gary Bettman - Make a hilarious announcement that blindside hits will now result in suspensions but not penalties, as if any self-respecting league would ever do such a thing.
Pat Quinn - Tell team that it's really important to give their best effort during their remaining games because they still matter somehow.
Mario Lemieux - Over breakfast, jokingly suggest to Sidney Crosby that maybe it's time for him to move out and get his own place like an actual man would do.
Jonathan Toews - Confuse Blackhawk fans by posing for a massive highway billboard next to a strange trophy none of them have ever seen before.
Florida Panthers - During boring team meeting, throw paper airplane at David Booth that hits him right in the head! Ha, he never even saw -- oh god, I think we killed him.
Shane O'Brien - When the bartender asks if you want to buy another round, humorously reply "No thank you, because I am a professional athlete and I have practice tomorrow".
change the hyperlink to the 09 april fools to "/2009/04"
Loved the Booth one. Pure comedy gold. Keep this up DGB!
Unquestionable awesomeness is what this is. Always a viable alternative to paying attention in class.
"2K Sports - Pick some random second-liner from an insignificant team; tell him he's been chosen for the cover of NHL 2K11."
I love the Toews one! So true. And I thank you for not poking fun at the snoutish nose of his depicted in the mural.
I like the Mario one though. I cannot believe Crosby has not moved into his own place yet.
Patrick Kane - hail a cab but then tell driver to "keep the change" at the end of the trip.
Uh oh, Anonymous Canucks fan is pissy! Too bad no one cares. Well done DGB, as always.
Toskala's agent should tell him a team other than the Flyers wants him next year.
Bettman should call Balsille and say, find you can buy the Coyotes.
I'm a Canucks fan and I still thought the Kesler one was hilarious.
And the Shane O'Brien one.
But most of all, the Booth one.
Laugh all you want, but you will learn to FEAR THE TOEWSBEARPIG!!! |
0.932316 | How does LTE affect the performance of NFC technology? Is there a large difference in the time it'll take to process a transaction when on 3G vs LTE?
NFC is really a proximity service similar to Bluetooth, but more secure obviously, so when you make a payment at a retail locationit will not utilize your data connection for the payment. Think of this as having a real plastic card on your phone, but in a digital format.
So does that mean NFC will work for those without a data plan if NFC doesn't use an internet connection?
You will need an active data connection to get the card on to the mobile device, but once its there you can use it at a retail location without utilizing the mobile data conenction.
Thank you, it does clarify.
I am still a bit confused though as to how, without an active internet connection, NFC communicates with a bank to verify available funds prior to authorizing the transaction. Could you help me understand that?
The retailer will need to have their own internect connection to process the transaction, but it will not rely on the mobile device.
When you use the mobile phone at a retail location, the Point of Sale (POS) terminal, which is where you insert or swipe your credit cards and debit cards today, will securely grab the data and use the internet connection that the retailer have in place already today. Keep asking me more Q's if it helps clarify!
So the NFC enabled sim would work on the lte network too? I know you need a seperate nano sim for lte, but Would this NFC sim work for NFC and late both.
Also, would the simply tap app work with an unlocked android device running jelly bean and supports NFC. |
0.999649 | The climate of Los Angeles is normally pleasant and mild through the year. The Pacific Ocean is the primary moderating influence. The coastal mountain ranges lying along the north and east sides of the Los Angeles coastal basin act as a buffer against extremes of summer heat and winter cold occurring in desert and plateau regions in the interior. A variable balance between mild sea breezes, and either hot or cold winds from the interior, results in some variety in weather conditions, but temperature and humidity are usually well within the limits of human comfort. An important, and somewhat unusual, aspect of the climate of the Los Angeles metropolitan area is the pronounced difference in temperature, humidity, cloudiness, fog, rain, and sunshine over fairly short distances.
These differences are closely related to the distance from, and elevation above, the Pacific Ocean. Both high and low temperatures become more extreme and the average relative humidity becomes lower as one goes inland and up foothill slopes. Relative humidity is frequently high near the coast, but may be quite low along the foothills. During periods of high temperatures, the relative humidity is usually below normal so that discomfort is rare, except for infrequent periods when high temperatures and high humidities occur together.
Like other Pacific Coast areas, most rainfall comes during the winter with nearly 85 percent of the annual total occurring from November through March, while summers are practically rainless. As in many semi–arid regions, there is a marked variability in monthly and seasonal totals. Precipitation generally increases with distance from the ocean, from a yearly total of around 12 inches in coastal sections to the south of the city to over 20 inches in foothill areas. Destructive flash floods occasionally develop in and below some mountain canyons. Snow is often visible on nearby mountains in the winter, but is extremely rare in the coastal basin. Thunderstorms are infrequent.
Prevailing winds are from the west during the spring, summer, and early autumn, with northeasterly wind predominating the remainder of the year. At times, the lack of air movement, combined with a frequent and persistent temperature inversion, is associated with concentrations of air pollution in the Los Angeles coastal basin and some adjacent areas. In fall, winter, and early spring months, occasional foehn–like descending Santa Ana winds come from the northeast over ridges and through passes in the coastal mountains. These Santa Ana winds may pick up considerable amounts of dust and reach speeds of 35 to 50 mph in north and east sections of the city, with higher speeds in outlying areas to the north and east, but rarely reach coastal portions of the city.
Sunshine, fog, and clouds depend a great deal on topography and distance from the ocean. Low clouds are common at night and in the morning along the coast during spring and summer, but form later and clear earlier near the foothills so that annual cloudiness and fog frequencies are greatest near the ocean, and sunshine totals are highest on the inland side of the city. The sun shines about 75 percent of daytime hours at the Civic Center. Light fog may accompany the usual night and morning low clouds, but dense fog is more likely to occur during the night and early morning hours of the winter months. |
0.983849 | Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg, May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill (released as a triple LP set), as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer, John Scofield and her ex-husband Paul Bley.
Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
I don't need much coaxing.
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.
There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all. |
0.996962 | A person has to be a little bit crazy to think about minor daily events all the time. I believe that is defined as excessive introspection? If someone like this, myself for example, has unrecognizable experiences and tries to detail them for a blog he must truly be "round the bend". Regardless, I'm going to give it a go.
By definition, schizophrenia is one significant the causes of impairment in the mind as it attempts to process information and sensitivity to environmental stimulus. People so diagnosed typically do not respond well to threats or to what they perceive as confusing commands. They also tend to respond badly to complex chains of information that is confusing or out of order. |
0.98734 | Microsoft Lumia 950 Dual SIM Windows Phone with Windows 10, 32 GB Mass Memory, 4G Network, Rear Camera: 20 MP, Front camera: Full HD 5MP wide angle, Flash type: Natural flash, Processor type: Hexa-core 1.8 GHz, Charging3: Built-in wireless charging, Fast charging, Xpandable Storage Capacity of 128 GB and more. Which price is Starting from Rs. 43,699/- in India.
Microsoft Lumia 950 Dual SIM is online in Shopping Stores Available at Amazon India. |
0.982067 | This is a history/linguistics question. Many linguists have said that common descent is the factor to determining what language family English belongs to. Take into account the common Latin descent of vocabulary, not just grammar and pronunciation. Of course I know it's mostly Germanic, but why is English not Romance even just a little bit? Thanks.
Although English contains some Latin and Romance it evolved separately from the Romance languages. Their linguistic stem was proto-Romance, which came into being in the Mediterranean during the Medieval. It was spoken Latin mixed with various words from other languages of Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor. The Mediterranean was a hive of human activity due to trade, slavery, political conquest, royal marriage, migration and exchange of ideas, thus proto-Romance evolved as a lingua franca, so that people from many places were able to communicate with a common tongue. When the Renaissance began, the southern European countries became relatively culturally isolated from one another, so the modern Romance languages each evolved from proto-Romance in different ways.
English has a different linguistic stem, but it has been influenced by Latin, due to the Roman occupation and because Latin remained the scholarly language. English was also influenced by Old French because regions of France used to be part of the Angevin Empire, and French was once also the language of the English royal court and aristocracy. So, it is really all about their respective linguistic stems.
Note that the papers mentioned at the end of Gerard's answer are his own work and are not widely accepted analyses.
As you point out, "common descent is the factor to determining what language family English belongs to.". The Germanic words that exist in English have mostly been in the language and changed with the language throughout its lifetime. There are a few exceptions like modern German borrowings like Schadenfreude, and the demonstratives 'this', 'those' and 'these' which are of borrowings from Norse. However, the English vocabulary of Latin descent was borrowed into the language. Sometimes this occurred as borrowings directly from Latin. There was a period of time when borrowing from Greek and Latin was very prevalent because of the prestige associated with these languages. During the Norman occupation of England, there was also a very high level of borrowing of French words into English. I think this may be the stage that leads you to wonder why English is not considered Romance even a little bit. We have tons of borrowings from this time period. However, we have records of them being borrowed into English from French. They were not part of the language from the start.
Here's my completely non-theoretical way of thinking of it. Borrowing is a bit like modifying a car. If you start out with an Acura and start adding components from other car companies, does it cease to be an Acura? Do you start calling it a Borla because the exhaust component was made by that company?
Conventionally, I believe historical linguists would say that English has a large quantity of Romance vocabulary (and I believe other components of Romance grammar as well). However, English as a whole is still Germanic because the origin of the language is key. I hope this helped! |
0.937898 | This cat is missing his two back legs âEUR" but he can still run faster than his siblings!
Print this story and post it on the boss's door: Science says watching cat videos isn't a waste of time, even when you're at work.
Landmarks around the world have been switching off their lights as part of the WWF's Earth Hour.
A Swiss-made solar powered aircraft landed in western India on Tuesday night, completing the second leg âEUR" and its first sea crossing âEUR" of its historic round-the-world trip.
ABU DHABI âEUR" A Swiss solar-powered plane took off from Abu Dhabi early Monday, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel.
UN climate negotiators are meeting in Peru to try to advance talks on a new global agreement. One hundred and ninety-five nations have committed to finalising a new climate pact in Paris by 2015's end.
Voters in Denton, Texas approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on Tuesday, making the city the first in Texas to outlaw the controversial gas-extraction process. |
0.999998 | What month is the best to see the dramatic river crossing?
August is the best time to see the wildebeest migration cross the Mara River. The crossings will continue through September - which is generally your last chance of seeing them cross the Mara River. |
0.992551 | The battle of Enfidaville (19-21 April 1943) was the Eighth Army's last significant battle in North Africa, and saw them fail to break through unexpectedly tough Axis resistance in the mountainous terrain around Enfidaville.
After forcing the Axis troops to abandon the Gabes Gap (6 April 1943) the Eighth Army pushed north further into Tunisia. Sfax fell on 10 April, and in the process Monty won a bet with Eisenhower that the port would fall by 15 April. His prize was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, which he insisted on collecting and used as his personal transport for the rest of the war.
X Corps captured Sousee on 12 April and reached the outskirts of Enfidaville on 13 April. This was the eastern end of the Axis 'Last Stand' line, which ran north-west from Enfidaville towards Pon de Fahs, Medjez el Bab and Sedjenane.
While his forces waited to the south of Enfidaville Montgomery was informed that the British First Army was going to make the main effort in the final attack on Tunis, taking advantage of the plains to the west of the city (Operation Vulcan). Montgomery's Eighth Army was to tie down as many Axis troops as possible around Enfidaville. In order to strengthen the First Army the 1st Armoured Division was transferred from the Eighth Army on 18 April. Montgomery wasn't entirely happy with this role, and instead suggested a large scale attack at Enfidaville. This would start with a massive artillery bombardment. Three infantry divisions would break through the Axis defensive positions, and the armour would then dash north and advance at least 20 miles. The overall aim was probably to reach the Cape Bon peninsula and prevent it from being turned into a defensive bastion. Alexander approved this plan.
The detailed plan of attack was largely produced by General Horrocks at X Corps, as Montgomery was increasingly distracted by the upcoming invasion of Sicily. The British underestimated the strength of the defensives, believing that they were only facing six battalions, when the true figure was actually twenty-three. The attack would also be conducted in mountainous terrain, very different to the wide open expanses of the desert where the Eighth Army was used to operating.
The plan was for the main attack to be made by the 4th Indian and 2nd New Zealand Divisions, who would advance into the hills west of Enfidaville, and then turn right once they were through the enemy defences and reach the coast behind their lines. 50th Division would protect their right flank, on the coast, while the 7th Armoured Division would protect the left flank.
On the night of 19-20 April the Axis positions were hit by a heavy air and artillery bombardment, followed by a ground attack. The artillery bombardment forced the Italian defenders to abandon part of their main defensive line, and Enfidaville fell, but only after heaving fighting. The main advance came on the coast, on the 50th Division front. Further inland the Axis forces were able to hold onto their defensive positions, which were built on higher ground, and 4th Indian and 2nd New Zealand divisions made very little progress.
On 20 and 21 April there were heavy counterattacks, led by General Bayerlein, the commander of the German forces in the 1st Italian Army. The British were able to take Takrouna and part of Djebel Garci, twelve miles inland, but at heavy cost. The counterattacks and the heavy losses inland helped convince Montgomery that there was no point going on with the battle. The defenders had a series of strong positions, and were clearly willing to fight to hold onto them. On 21 April the Eighth Army attack was suspended, although at that point the plan was to renew the attack along the coast after four days.
The coastal attack was to began on 29 April. The 2nd New Zealand Division and the 201st Guards Brigade were given the task of defending Montgomery's left flank, while the 4th Indian Division and the 56th British Division made the main attack along the coast. If all had gone well then the armour would have attempted to advance towards Hammamet, on the coast. However the preliminary attacks failed - the inexperienced 56th Division didn’t cope well when it came under artillery fire for the first time on 28 April. Montgomery realised that he was attacking into ideal defensive terrain, and asked for permission to abandon the attack on Hammamet and limit his activities to local attacks. Alexander agreed to this, but then on 30 April ordered Montgomery to sent the best units he could spare to join the First Army. Montgomery chose to send his most experienced divisions, the 7th Armoured and 4th Indians, as well as the 201st Guards Brigade and some of his medium artillery. These units went on to play a significant part in Operation Strike (5-13 May 1943), the final Allied offensive in Tunisia. |
0.975609 | * Petitioners are individuals who invested about $400,000 in securities. They signed a standard customer agreement with the broker, which included a clause stating that the parties agreed to settle any controversies "relating to [the] accounts" through binding arbitration that complies with specified procedures. The agreement to arbitrate these controversies is unqualified, unless it is found to be unenforceable under federal or state law. Customer's Agreement ¶ 13. The investments turned sour, and petitioners eventually sued respondent and its broker-agent in charge of the accounts, alleging that their money was lost in unauthorized and fraudulent transactions. In their complaint they pleaded various violations of federal and state law, including claims u der § 12(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77l (2), and claims under three sections of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The Wilko case, decided in 1953, required the Court to determine whether an agreement to arbitrate future controversies constitutes a binding stipulation "to waive compliance with any provision" of the Securities Act, which is nullified by § 14 of the Act. 15 U.S.C. § 77n. The Court considered the language, purposes, and legislative history of the Securities Act and concluded that the agreement to arbitrate was void under § 14.* But the decision was a difficult one in view of the competing legislative policy embodied in the Arbitration Act, which the Court described as "not easily reconcilable," and which strongly favors the enforcement of agreements to arbitrate as a means of securing "prompt, economical and adequate solution of controversies." 346 U.S., at 438, 74 S.Ct., at 188.
It has been recognized that Wilko was not obviously correct, for "the language prohibiting waiver of 'compliance with any provision of this title' could easily have been read to relate to substantive provisions of the Act without including the remedy provisions." Alberto-Culver Co. v. Scherk, 484 F.2d 611, 618, n. 7 (CA7 1973) (Stevens, J., dissenting), rev'd, 417 U.S. 506, 94 S.Ct. 2449, 41 L.Ed.2d 270 (1974). The Court did not read the language this way in Wilko, however, and gave two reasons. First, the Court rejected the argument that "arbitration is merely a form of trial to be used in lieu of a trial at law." 346 U.S., at 433, 74 S.Ct., at 186. The Court found instead that § 14 does not permit waiver of "the right to select the judicial forum" in favor of arbitration, id., at 435, 74 S.Ct., at 186, because "arbitration lacks the certainty of a suit at law under the Act to enforce [the buyer's] rights," id., at 432, 74 S.Ct., at 185. Second, the Court concluded that the Securities Act was intended to protect buyers of securities, who often do not deal at arm's length and on equal terms with sellers, by offering them "a wider choice of courts and venue" than is enjoyed by participants in other business transactions, making "the right to select the judicial forum" a particularly valuable feature of the Securities Act. Id., at 435, 74 S.Ct., at 186.
We do not think these reasons justify an interpretation of § 14 that prohibits agreements to arbitrate future disputes relating to the purchase of securities. The Court's characterization of the arbitration process in Wilko is pervaded by what Judge Jerome Frank called "the old judicial hostility to arbitration." Kulukundis Shipping Co. v. Amtorg Tradin Corp., 126 F.2d 978, 985 (CA2 1942). That view has been steadily eroded over the years, beginning in the lower courts. See Scherk, supra, at 616 (Stevens, J., dissenting) (citing cases). The erosion intensified in our most recent decisions upholding agreements to arbitrate federal claims raised under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, see Shear- son/American Express Inc. v. McMahon, 482 U.S. 220, 107 S.Ct. 2332, 96 L.Ed.2d 185 (1987), under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes, see ibid., and under the antitrust laws, see Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614, 105 S.Ct. 3346, 87 L.Ed.2d 444 (1985). See also Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd, 470 U.S. 213, 221, 105 S.Ct. 1238, 1242, 84 L.Ed.2d 158 (1985) (federal arbitration statute "requires that we rigorously enforce agreements to arbitrate"); Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 24, 103 S.Ct. 927, 941, 74 L.Ed.2d 765 (1983) ("[Q]uestions of arbitrability must be addressed with a healthy regard for the federal policy favoring arbitration"). The shift in the Court's views on arbitration away from those adopted in Wilko is shown by the flat statement in Mitsubishi: "By agreeing to arbitrate a statutory claim, a party does not forgo the substantive rights afforded by the statute; it only submits to their resolution in an arbitral, rather than a judicial, forum." 473 U.S., at 628, 105 S.Ct., at 3354. To the extent that Wilko rested on suspicion of arbitration as a method of weakening the protections afforded in the substantive law to would-be complainants, it has fallen far out of step with our current strong endorsement of the federal statutes favoring this method of resolving disputes.
Once the outmoded presumption of disfavoring arbitration proceedings is set to one side, it becomes clear that the right to select the judicial forum and the wider choice of courts are not such essential features of the Securities Act that § 14 is properly construed to bar any waiver of these provisions. Nor are they so critical that they cannot be waived under the rationale that the Securities Act was intended to place buyers of securities on an equal footing with sellers. Wilko identified two different kinds of provisions in the Securities Act that would advance this objective. Some are substantive, such as the provision placing on the seller the burden of proving lack of scienter when a buyer alleges fraud. See 346 U.S., at 431, 74 S.Ct., at 184, citing 15 U.S.C. § 77l (2). Others are procedural. The specific procedural improvements highlighted in Wilko are the statute's broad venue provisions in the federal courts; the existence of nationwide service of process in the federal courts; the extinction of the amount-in-controversy requirement that had applied to fraud suits when they were brought in federal courts under diversity jurisdiction rather than as a federal cause of action; and the grant of concurrent jurisdiction in the state and federal courts without possibility of removal. See 346 U.S., at 431, 74 S.Ct., at 184, citing 15 U.S.C. § 77v(a).
There is no sound basis for construing the prohibition in § 14 on waiving "compliance with any provision" of the Securities Act to apply to these procedural provisions. Although the first three measures do facilitate suits by buyers of securities, the grant of concurrent jurisdiction constitutes explicit authorization for complainants to waive those protections by filing suit in state court without possibility of removal to federal court. These measures, moreover, are present in other federal statutes which have not been interpreted to prohibit enforcement of predispute agreements to arbitrate. See Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon, supra (construing the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; see 15 U.S.C. § 78aa); ibid. (construing the RICO statutes; see 18 U.S.C. § 1965); Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., supra (construing the antitrust laws; see 15 U.S.C. § 15).
Indeed, in McMahon the Court declined to read § 29(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the language of which is in every respect the same as that in § 14 of the 1933 Act, compare 15 U.S.C. § 77v(a) with § 78aa, to prohibit enforcement of predispute agreements to arbitrate. The only conceivable distinction in this regard between the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act is that the former statute allows concurrent federal-state jurisdiction over causes of action and the latter statute provides for exclusive federal jurisdiction. But even if this distinction were thought to make any difference at all, it would suggest that arbitration agreements, which are "in effect, a specialized kind of forum-selection clause," Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co., 417 U.S. 506, 519, 94 S.Ct. 2449, 2457, 41 L.Ed.2d 270 (1974), should not be prohibited under the Securities Act, since they, like the provision for concurrent jurisdiction, serve to advance the objective of allowing buyers of securities a broader right to select the forum for resolving disputes, whether it be judicial or otherwise. And in McMahon we explained at length why we rejected the Wilko Court's aversion to arbitration as a forum for resolving disputes over securities transactions, especially in light of the relatively recent expansion of the Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to oversee and to regulate those arbitration procedures. 482 U.S., at 231-234, 107 S.Ct., at 2340-2342. We need not repeat those arguments here.
Finally, in McMahon we stressed the strong language of the Arbitration Act, which declares as a matter of federal law that arbitration agreements "shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract." 9 U.S.C. § 2. Under that statute, the party opposing arbitration carries the burden of showing that Congress intended in a separate statute to preclude a waiver of judicial remedies, or that such a waiver of judicial remedies inherently conflicts with the underlying purposes of that other statute. 482 U.S., at 226-227, 107 S.Ct., at 2337-2338. But as Justice Frankfurter said in dissent in Wilko, so it is true in this case: "There is nothing in the record before us, nor in the facts of which we can take judicial notice, to indicate that the arbitral system . . . would not afford the plaintiff the rights to which he is entitled." 346 U.S., at 439, 74 S.Ct., at 189. Petitioners have not carried their burden of showing that arbitration agreements are not enforceable under the Securities Act.
In the final analysis, a Justice's vote in a case like this depends more on his or her views about the respective lawmaking responsibilities of Congress and this Court than on conflicting policy interests. Judges who have confidence in their own ability to fashion public policy are less hesitant to change the law than those of us who are inclined to give wide latitude to the views of the voters' representatives on nonconstitutional matters. Cf. Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 U.S. 500, 108 S.Ct. 2510, 101 L.Ed.2d 442 (1988). As I pointed out years ago, Alberto-Culver Co. v. Scherk, 484 F.2d 611, 615-620 (CA7 1973) (dissenting opinion), rev'd, 417 U.S. 506, 94 S.Ct. 2449, 41 L.Ed.2d 270 (1974), there are valid policy and textual arguments on both sides regarding the interrelation of federal securities and arbitration Acts.3 See ante, at 479-484. None of these arguments, however, carries sufficient weight to tip the balance between judicial and legislative authority and overturn an interpretation of an Act of Congress that has been settled for many years. |
0.727128 | Deep learning technique-based visual odometry systems have recently shown promising results compared to feature matching-based methods. However, deep learning-based systems still require the ground truth poses for training and the additional knowledge to obtain absolute scale from monocular images for reconstruction. To address these issues, this paper presents a novel visual odometry system based on a recurrent convolutional neural network. The system employs an unsupervised end-to-end training approach. The depth information of scenes is used alongside monocular images to train the network in order to inject scale. Poses are inferred only from monocular images, thus making the proposed visual odometry system a monocular one. The experiments are conducted and the results show that the proposed method performs better than other monocular visual odometry systems. This paper has made two main contributions: 1) the creation of the unsupervised training framework in which the camera ground truth poses are only deployed for system performance evaluation rather than for training and 2) the absolute scale could be recovered without the post-processing of poses. |
0.968794 | What is an "interference proceeding"?
This particular procedure is currently being phased out with the passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). Essentially, an interference proceeding is special proceeding (only available in the U.S.) which was meant to determine which party was first to invent some invention that was claimed by different patentees. Importantly, prior to the AIA, the United States was the only country in the world that was on a "first to invent" system. This meant that a first party that filed a patent application did not automatically win a priority contest against another party that could prove earlier conception and reasonable diligence.
After the AIA was passed, the United States switched to a "first to file" system. As such, interference proceedings are no longer necessary. However, the old law still applies to patent applications with an effective filing date of March 16, 2013 or earlier. |
0.9801 | A city of many cities. How much time do you need to see it all? Start by immersing yourself in the old Tokyo at Asakusa and the incredible Senso-ji Temple. If you’ve come in peak season, you won’t want to wait to see the cherry blossoms at nearby Ueno Park. Tokyo is a city of many contrasts and next head into the 21st century at Akihabara, and popular areas: Harajuku, Shibiya & Shinjuku. |
0.984368 | We think of American foods as burgers, fries, macaroni and cheese, and fried chicken.
None of these foods are actually American.
We rounded up 14 surprising "American" foods that were actually appropriated from somewhere else.
Most of what we think of as quintessential American foods like burgers and fries, barbecue, and fried chicken are surprisingly not actually American at all. Burgers come from Germany, barbecue originated in the Caribbean, and fried chicken's roots may be disputed, but the Southern favorite is not entirely an American invention.
INSIDER has rounded up 14 of the most surprising and interesting American culinary impostors, and given a short history of where (and how) they actually came to the American table.
The hamburger comes from Hamburg, Germany.
Hamburgers may be known as an American fast food staple today, but their origin story dates back to the growth of cattle domestication in Hamburg, Germany, during the 12th century, according to the History Channel. There, meat patties are known as frikadellen or buletten.
During the 19th century peak, political unrest caused many Germans to immigrate to America, where they opened beergardens that served "Hamburg-style" chopped steak, as Hamburg was known to export high quality meat.
The hamburger found its way onto a bun during the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair where it was introduced as a brand-new food, along with ice cream cones and cotton candy.
French fries are not American: they're Belgian and French.
Neither of these is American.
The true origins of French fries may be disputed, but they are definitely not American.
As one story goes, according to National Geographic, Belgian fishermen during the turn of the 20th century used to fry potatoes when it was too cold to fish. American soldiers came across them during World War I and dubbed the food invention "French fries," since Belgians spoke French in that region.
Other food historians claim that French street vendors were selling French fries as early as the 1780s, known as "pommes frites." In this case, Thomas Jefferson is often credited with introducing French fries to America by serving "pommes de terre frites à cru en petites tranches" (potatoes deep-fried while raw, in small cuttings) to guests during his presidency.
"Few people took potatoes seriously on the continent until the end of the 18th century," food historian Ken Albala at the University of the Pacific told INSIDER. "Probably at some point in the early 19th century the French and Belgians started frying them in fat. Arguably the Belgians are better at it, hence the claim."
The original recipe for ketchup was invented in China.
The idea of a fermented food paste derives from the Hokkien Chinese word "kê-tsiap."
Ketchup may be synonymous with the Pennsylvanian entrepreneur H.J. Heinz, but the idea of a fermented food paste actually derives from the Hokkien Chinese word "kê-tsiap," which was originally a fermented fish sauce, according to National Geographic.
Ketchup paste was copied by the British in the 18th century, but often used ingredients like mushrooms, walnuts, oysters, or anchovies.
The first-ever ketchup recipe featuring tomatoes was published by American horticulturalist James Mease, but it lacked vinegar or sugar. It was not until 1876, when H.J. Heinz came up with a new safer way to preserve tomato ketchup, that "Heinz ketchup," and thus ketchup as we know it, was born.
Apple pie originated in England.
Warm apple pie topped with a scoop of ice cream, of course.
"As American as apple pie" may be a famous saying, but recipes for pie can be found as early as the Ancient Greeks, according to the American Pie Council. However, medieval England popularized the dish, then known as "pyes" with crusts called "coffyns," and usually filled with meat.
Modern apple pie made with a lattice-style crust was created by Dutch bakers during the 15th century, while the first fruit pies in England were invented during the 16th century Elizabethan era, though they were made without sugar, according to The Culture Trip.
Both Dutch and British settlers are credited with bringing the humble apple pie to the Americas.
Macaroni and cheese may derive from an Italian medieval cookbook.
Kraft mac 'n cheese: the quintessential "American" food.
While Thomas Jefferson is often credited with inventing macaroni and cheese after he brought back a macaroni machine from a trip to Europe, he was not the first to come up with the idea, according to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
Macaroni derives from the Italian word "maccheroni," which at the time was a general term for pasta. What is believed to be the original recipe for macaroni baked with a cheese sauce can be found in the 14th century cookbook, "Liber de Coquina," which is thought to have been written by an Italian author, and is printed in full (in Latin), here.
That girl is nice to look at also. Prashad can look at her the complete day.
Disappointed in KKR. If Russell does not save them they rass doom.
So confident that you have been yelling on this thread to force us to believe you.
He is a complete jackass. Someone should ask the same about his wife or daughter. He is drunk on Piwari. |
0.959063 | Will my daughter still learn to write with pen and paper?
Yes. Laptops will not replace all methods of teaching and learning, and currently there is a place for writing on paper and in exercise books. All teachers will continue to focus on appropriate handwriting for their course work. |
0.9589 | Jews and Communism refers to the relationship between Jews and Communism.
Jewish influence has been high in many Communist movements, organizations, and countries. This especially in relation to the Jewish share of the population. Many influential Communist ideologues and leaders (including Karl Marx) were Jewish.
The relationship was commented early on by outside observers. It (and the atrocities of Communism) became one of the reasons for hostility towards Jews, such as by National Socialism. However, this relationship is rarely mentioned in politically correct descriptions. This is also the case for Jewish influence more generally.
The perceived strong support for Communism and participation in some Communist atrocities also contributed to anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe and atrocities and pogroms against Jews, such as at Jedwabne.
For example Kevin MacDonald has argued that one explanation for the strong support by many Jews was that Communism was seen as beneficial for Jewish group interests, such as by Communist revolutions removing previous restrictions on Jewish influence. Some Communist atrocities have been seen as partially explained as some Jews when gaining power taking revenge on groups perceived as having persecuted Jews during the previous regime. See Jewish group evolutionary strategy.
However, regarding the mass killings under Communist regimes, the relationship is not simply Jews killing non-Jews. Jewish influence varied, several other groups were influential (including other minorities), Jews could also be among those persecuted and killed (although it has been argued often to a lesser extent than many other groups), and mass killings also occurred in Communist countries that did not have any significant Jewish presence.
There are many less politically correct descriptions of the relationship between Jews and Communism as well as discussions of possible causes and effects. One recent example is the book Two Hundred Years Together, which has also been commented on by many critics of Jewish influence. Another is Jews and Communism (copy of deleted Wikipedia article). See also the "External links" section regarding examples.
Another aspect is Communist Jews sometimes working together with Communists from other minorities towards common interests (and sometimes against the interests of the majority).
Also non-Communist Jews may in some cases have indirectly helped Communism, such as by supporting overthrowing the Czarist regime and its restrictions on Jews, without necessarily intending that the Communists should ultimately gain power. They may also in some cases have directly supported various Communist regimes, since the various opposing anti-Communist forces were often also anti-Jewish and seen as worse alternatives. Various forms of support from Jews outside the Soviet Union have been argued to have been important or crucial for Soviet Communism on several occasions.
Jewish support for Communism gradually diminished in the post-WWII period as the Jewish influence was somewhat reduced in the Soviet Union (notably during the Great Purge), the threat from National Socialist Germany was eliminated, the Cold War started, and Israel was created (with Jews in some cases shifting from supporting Communism to supporting pro-Zionist Neoconservatism and/or Cultural Marxism).
The United States post-war "McCarthyism" has been argued to have caused Jewish organizations to actively try to reduce sympathy for Communism among Jews.
During the final part of Stalin's regime, he became increasingly anti-Semitic and has even been argued to have planned a general purge and deportation of Soviet Jews. During the Cold War, the United States supported Israel, while the Soviet Union supported opponents of Israel and published anti-Zionist texts such as Judaism without embellishment. Neoconservatism was strongly anti-Soviet.
The degree(s) of Jewish influence in Communist countries have varied over time (as in the Soviet Union) and have been very limited in some Communist countries having few Jews (apart from the Marxist ideology itself).
—Grigory Zinoviev, Speech at St. Petersburg, 1918.
—Tibor Szamuely, Vörös Újság, 1919.
—Leon Trotsky, Terrorism and Communism, 1920.
—Ilya Ehrenburg, Krasnaya Zvezda, 1942.
—Norman Cantor, The Jewish Experience, 1996.
—Rabbi Harry Watons, A Program for the Jews and An Answer to All Anti-Semites, 1939.
—Sergei Semanov, The Russian Club: Why the Jews Will Not Win, 2012.
—Rabbi Stephen Wise, Friends of the Soviet Union, 1946.
—Winston Spencer-Churchill, Zionism versus Bolshevism, 1920.
—David R. Francis, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1918.
↑ Destroy Zionism! (23 December 2010). "Jew author Norman Cantor brags about Bolshevik slaughter of Europeans".
↑ Judaism gave birth to Marxism. Winston Smith Ministry of Truth. Retrieved on 14 March 2012.
↑ NKVD: Excerpt from Sergei Semanov, The Russian Club. The Occidental Observer. Retrieved on 14 October 2013.
This page was last edited on 17 March 2019, at 03:59. |
0.96352 | Found 52 events matching "football"
The first official football game was played against Raleigh Academy, a local prep school. "A&M," which is what NC State was called at the time, won 12-6.
O.M. Gardner becames team captain of the A & M football team. He later became governor of North Carolina.
The first on-campus football game is played at the new athletic field that would later become Riddick Stadium. The game ends for A & M College with a 20-0 victory over Randolph-Macon College, securing the Southern Intercollegiate Association championship for A & M, with six wins and one tie.
Riddick Field was named for Wallace Carl Riddick, a former president of the college and dean of the School of Engineering.
McDowall played on the football, men's basketball, baseball, and track & field teams, earning 11 varsity letters in the four sports. In 1927 and 1928 he won the Norris Athletic Trophy as NC State's top athlete. He holds the school record for the longest punt return, 95 yards. He is considered NC State's top athlete of the first half-century of the college's athletics program. He was named to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1965, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975, and NC State's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
Nicknamed the "Big Indian," Gurneau (one quarter Ojibwe) was a star athlete in football, basketball, track, and wrestling. He intercepted and ran 65 yards for a touchdown versus Carolina in November of 1930.
The first evening football game is played on campus, a 37-0 victory over High Point.
NC State receives its first-ever bid to a football bowl game (the Gator Bowl), where the team will take on the University of Oklahoma.
The NC State football team make their first bowl game appearance, taking on the University of Oklahoma in the Gator Bowl. NC State unfortunately loses the game, 43-13.
The State College football team defeats the University of South Carolina to win their first Atlantic Coast Conference title.
Football team quarterback Roman Gabriel is selected as a second-team All-American. He was selected for his second All-American a yar later. After leaving NC State he joined the NFL, playing 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. He was named the NFL Most Valuable Player of 1969. In 2012 he was inducted into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame.
Carter Stadium, as it was originally known, opened as the football team took on South Carolina; the stadium was dedicated during a halftime ceremony.
The stadium was dedicated at the NC State versus University of South Carolina football game.
As a football defensive player, Byrd became a two-time All American (in 1966 and 1967). He was a member of the "White Shoes" defense that helped the Wolfpack achieve the rank of No. 3 in the 1967 season and win the Liberty Bowl. He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2007, the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010, and the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
The football team had 8 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie in 1967. During the season, the team became known for its "White Shoes Defense," holding opponents to less than nine points per game. The team later went on to win the Liberty Bowl.
The NC State football team defeated the University of Georgia in the Liberty Bowl, 14-7. This was NC State's first bowl game win.
Edwards stepped down as head football coach after leading the Wolfpack for 17 seasons, making him the university's longest serving football coach. During his tenure the football team racked up 5 ACC championships and played its first games in Carter-Finley Stadium. In the 1967 season Edwards coached NC State to its first bowl victory (Liberty Bowl) and its highest ever football ranking (No. 2). He was a four-time ACC Coach of the Year. In 2013 he was inducted into the NC State Hall of Fame.
Lou Holtz is hired as the new head football coach, replacing Al Michaels.
The NC State Football teams record during the 1972 season was 8 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie, and a victory in the Peach Bowl.
NC State quarterback Bruce Shaw passes for 294 yards against Wake Forest, breaking the team's previous record for single-game passing yardage.
The NC State Football team beats West Virginia in the Peach Bowl, 49-13.
Jack McDowall ('28) was the first NC State student athlete inducted (posthumously) into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Football player Jim Richter won the Outland Trophy, which is presented each year to the nation's premier college offensive lineman. That same year he also helped NC State capture the ACC championship. After leaving State he played 16 seasons for the Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons. He was inducted into the NC State Hall of Fame in 2012.
Peebles received this ACC track and field honor two years in a row 1985 and 1986. He was a nine-time track and field All American and nine-time ACC champion. He was one of the winners of the 1985 NCAA championship in the 4x100m relay. He was a member of track and field teams that won ACC Outdoor Championships (1985-1988) and Indoor Championships (1988). The 1988 team had the school's highest track and field finish in history. Peebles was also a member of the football team, and he played in the 1988 Peach Bowl Championship. After leaving NC State he played 3 seasons in the NFL. He was inducted into the NC State Hall of Fame in 2014.
Wendell Murphy, an alumnus, is a philanthropist and member of the Alexander Quarles Holladay Lifetime Giving Society. |
0.941311 | I'm replacing my current sink and vanity top with a one piece sink/vanity top. I'm thinking of doing the job myself. Is this a difficult process? How do I remove the current components, hook up the plumbing lines, and secure the new top? Any input would be appreciated. Thank you!
One of the easier jobs, Misty. Shut off the two water valves under the vanity. Turn on the faucet for hot and cold to make sure nothing comes out. First remove the drain lines from the sink. Water is still in the drain so have a bucket and place it underneath. Take a wrench (I did not say pliers) and remove the two water lines at the valve ( you may want to have a small bowl or pan handy since a small amount of water will trickle out). It will be easier to handle if you now remove the sink top from the vanity. If it is a Formica counter, look for screws to remove from the underside.
On your new vanity install the faucet and drain lines before placing it on the vanity. Your back will appreciate it. I would suggest putting on new drain lines to help eliminate problems down the road. Then simply install all of the lines exactly as you removed them, turn on the water slowly and check for leaks. |
0.967502 | You can create a retirement slide show for a friend that sums up her career and accomplishments in a creative, memorable presentation. Your retirement slide show for her should include a variety of photos and professional memorabilia that best display her decades of professional achievements, career milestones and workplace friendships.
Collect source material. Get in touch with the retiree's employer, co-workers, family members and friends. Ask for photographs spanning the length of her career, and keep them organized in roughly chronological order. Look for images depicting friendships in the workplace, special achievements and other happy moments throughout the years. Have a photo mat scan any analog photographs and collect all digital materials in a central location -- whether on a jump drive or in a specific folder on your computer's hard disk. Try to arrange a secret visit to the retiree's office to photograph any awards or press clippings they have. Print thumbnail versions of all of the images you find as a way to keep a running inventory. Begin the editing process when you have enough material to work with.
Cut out all of the thumbnails and put them up on a dry erase board with magnets. Slide them around and experiment with different image orders until you have a rough assembly that pleases you. Use a dry erase marker to add captions to the images that explain their significance to make the slide show more meaningful. Depending on the personality of the retiree, you may want to include some humor. Working with images on a board that you can manipulate with your hands allows you to plan the heart of the slide show in a realm free of software hiccups, troubleshooting and other technical concerns. Order the images and write the text, and then move on to the software process.
Import the digital versions of the photographs into your preferred photo management utility. Many modern operating systems include photo management software with built-in wizards that guide you through the process of arranging slide shows and burning them onto a writable CD or DVD. Drag and drop the photos to recreate the order you made on the board, and add captions as needed. When prompted, tell the wizard to burn the slide show to disc.
If you do not have photo management software, create a slide show and share it on a social network or load it on to a user-friendly, free image host site.
If you are not technically savvy you can take the materials to a photo developing lab and have a professional to finish the last for you. |
0.98843 | From union boss to Labor leader, to possible PM: Who is Bill Shorten?
Bill Shorten has long been touted as a potential prime minister by many within the Labor Party. SBS News takes a look at his political career ahead of this year's federal election.
Bill Shorten's rise to leader of the Labor Party in 2013 fulfilled a long-held ambition for the former union head.
Mr Shorten has managed to last as party leader longer than most in recent history, and opinion polling indicates he might be on the cusp of an even bigger win at this year's federal election.
The now-51-year-old began working life as a lawyer at the firm Maurice Blackburn.
Mr Shorten's involvement with the unions started in 1994, as a trainee organiser with the Australian Workers Union (AWU).
He managed to climb to the top of the union, serving as AWU national secretary from 2001 to 2007.
Bill Shorten speaks to the media in Beaconsfield in 2006.
His profile was boosted during the 2006 Beaconsfield mine disaster when two miners were trapped one kilometre underground for two weeks.
As the union secretary, Mr Shorten became the unofficial spokesperson for the families and the community.
On the back of a strong public performance, speculation mounted he was a Labor leader in the making.
Even Sydney's Daily Telegraph, which has recently not been kind to Mr Shorten, ran a headline "Bill For PM".
He was also a board member of lobby group GetUp until early 2006, at a time when the left-wing lobby group was receiving substantial union money.
After a failed preselection bid prior to the 1996 federal election, Mr Shorten entered federal parliament in 2007, winning the safe Labor seat of Maribyrnong in Melbourne's west.
With his national profile, some thought he would immediately make the front bench. But the new prime minister Kevin Rudd pushed back against the idea.
Mr Shorten started his political career as a parliamentary secretary for disabilities and children's services, where he advocated for a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
But politics quickly became complicated, and he was soon a key player in the backroom of the Labor factions.
Mr Shorten was one of the main players in the ousting of Mr Rudd in 2010, widely seen one of the so-called "faceless men" behind the knifing.
He played a similar role in the removal of Mr Rudd's replacement, Julia Gillard, just before the 2013 election.
Over this time, he served as minister for financial services, minister for workplace relations and minister for education.
After Labor's defeat in 2013, Mr Shorten was elected as party leader, beating Anthony Albanese in a combined vote of caucus and rank-and-file members.
Mr Shorten and Mr Rudd in 2013.
Mr Shorten said his election proved the party was over its infighting.
“Some of the leadership disunity in the past is now just that - in the past - and party members have provided us with unequivocal support," he said.
The Coalition defeated Labor in the 2016 election, but the close result saw Mr Shorten stay on at the helm.
He has now been Labor leader longer than some of the party's biggest contemporary figures, such as Mr Rudd, Ms Gillard and former prime minister Paul Keating.
Dr Zareh Ghazarian, an author and political scientist at Monash University, said Mr Shorten and Labor have somewhat been able to shake his image as backstabber - albeit with a little help from the Coalition.
"It is true Bill Shorten was very much involved in the unseating of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard,” he said.
“But he and Labor have since been able to go back and present themselves as that cohesive political force -and they’ve been able to do that at a time where the Coalition has been falling apart."
A slew of opinion polls over the past 12 months suggest Labor will win this year's federal election.
That is down to “a few factors”, according to the Australian National University's School of Politics’ Dr Jill Sheppard.
"It probably has a little bit to do with Bill Shorten seeming confident at the moment,” she said.
Bill Shorten delivers a speech during day three of the Labor Party National Conference, December 18, 2018.
Mr Shorten led Labor to a 14-seat gain in 2016 on the back of a campaign centred on health care and education.
It is much the same this time around, with the issue of wage growth also prominent.
The same opinion polls suggesting Labor will win this year's federal election show Mr Shorten trailing Scott Morrison as preferred Prime Minister.
But Dr Sheppard said Labor does not need to be concerned.
"Opposition leaders often trail in opinion polls that ask about preferred prime ministers because we don’t know what they'll be like as prime mister,” she said.
“If I was Bill Shorten I wouldn’t be too worried - as long as the Labor party is the preferred party, that's the most important thing." |
0.999921 | A review in 10 words (or thereabouts): Oceans Eleven with a bunch of teenagers. Basically.
Kat Bishop was enjoying her stay at a prestigious boarding school. She was enjoying a normal life. But when an old friend plans her expulsion, Kat once again finds herself on the outside looking in. A mob boss is hunting down her father after some precious, expensive paintings come up missing in his mansion estate and Kat must use the skills she learned as a young girl to find the paintings are return them before time runs out.
I was a huge fan of the Oceans Eleven franchise, so much to my pleasure this felt like a teen versio nof that same tale. Incidentally, that's what made it a wee bit disturbing...teenage thieves...but the characters were fun, the story had equal parts emotion and thrills, and the heist was well planned and exciting.
Much like the Oceans Eleven movies, I wish a few more hints had been dropped throughout so that you, as the reader, could play along. Don't tell me what you're going to do, but tell me what you're going to do.
Overall, I really enjoyed the first in this series by Ally Carter. I can't wait to read the next two and get to know Kat, Hale, and the gang a little better. |
0.999047 | Apple's iPhone X introduced Face ID and their all-new specialized TrueDepth camera that could sense 3D imagery. While no other smartphone has been able to duplicate Apple's new feature, it was rumored back in March that Samsung was working on a 3D sensing camera, possible for the Galaxy S10 smartphone due in early 2019.
Even though Samsung initially downplayed Apple's breakthrough feature that was superior to their own Iris scanning software, the fact is that they had filed a patent in 2014 covering 3D sensing for facial recognition that was granted in late Q2 of this year. So the rumor that Samsung is working on such a smartphone feature is definitely supported technologically by the presence of this patent that was ahead of Apple's Face ID. Samsung will be able to claim that they're technically not copycatting Apple's Face ID, even if it's late to market.
Samsung notes in their patent background that various camera systems exist to capture images of the iris. In particular, there is interest in providing a biometric camera system that can be realized in a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. Such biometric camera systems face a number of challenges during their operation, including 1) ambient illumination (e.g. be able to operate in full sunlight); 2) motion blur (e.g. user's hand shaking while holding the smartphone and capturing iris); 3) depth of field at close distances (e.g. while taking pictures at short ("macro") distances, the object being further or closer than the focused distance makes the image blurry); 4) additional cost and additional space for a biometric sensor; and 5) limited field of view (e.g., the camera must capture a high-resolution image of the iris for reliable identification. Since the iris is small--e.g. 12 mm in diameter--while the distance between the camera and the iris is considerable--e.g. arm's length, .about.25 cm--the camera must be considerably "zoomed in" on the face and iris area, rather than image the user and his/her surroundings as in a wide-angled shot).
Therefore, a need exists to provide a biometric camera system that is capable of addressing the above issues.
Samsung's granted patent / invention covers a biometric camera system for a mobile device that includes a near infrared (NIR) light source on the mobile device that flashes a user of the mobile device with near infrared light during image capture; a biometric camera located on the mobile device offset from the NIR light source, the biometric camera comprising: an extended depth of field (EDOF) imaging lens; a bandpass filter located adjacent to the EDOF imaging lens to reject ambient light during image capture; and an imaging sensor located adjacent the bandpass filter that converts an optical image of an object into an electronic signal for image processing; and a processor configured to receive video images of an iris of a user from the image sensor, and attempt to match the video images of the iris with previously registered images stored in an iris database, wherein if a match is found, the user is authenticated.
Samsung's patent FIG. 1 presented below illustrates a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a mobile device biometric camera system. The camera system could apply to a smartphone, tablet, television, notebook or desktop.
Samsung's patent FIG. 2 noted above is a block diagram illustrating components of the biometric camera; and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the captured image bounded by a frame in which a window of interest containing an iris has been identified.
Additionally, Samsung states that their biometric camera could optionally perform functions including proximity sensing, night-vision camera, 3D time-of-flight sensor, eye position and gaze tracking camera, and structured light for 3D sensing. Combined with a user-facing front-face camera, the system is able to automatically identify whether the left and/or right eye is being imaged.
In the big picture, Samsung's patent covers Depth of Field, Extended Depth of Field, proximity sensing, night-vision, 3D time-of-flight sensing, eye position and gaze tracking, motion detection, a structured light for 3D sensing, 3D Face Recognition for Biometrics and a built-in rolling shutter or a freeze-frame shutter.
Samsung filed for this patent in the U.S. in Q3 2014 and UPSTO granted the invention in Q3 2018.
Some of Samsung's top engineers were listed on the patent as inventors including Mr. Ovsiannikov, VP at Samsung Semiconductor; Ms. Wang, Senior Director, 2D/3D Imaging; and Mr. Smits, VP of Samsung Electronics in the Bay Area. |
0.999995 | Try out my 6 week plan. This plan includes 6 weeks worth of workouts, weight training, cardio and stretching that can be done in the gym or at home. There will also be meditation tips, healthy eating guidelines, and how to have a successful "cheat day", along with a guided practice on living with an attitude of gratitude. |
0.999944 | Salt is the latest action blockbuster from Angelina Jolie, an actress who has been in both in serious, period piece dramas (Changeling) and like Salt, action blockbusters (Tomb Raider and Wanted) Salt, despite an interesting premise (CIA agent finds out she may actually be a Russian sleeper agent, trained from birth to be activated and strike at the heart of the US) is neither as interesting and dramatic as films like Changeling or as fun as films like Wanted.
Pardon the pun but Salt could of really done with some pepper. The problem with Salt is that despite it being an action thriller, it is never really that exciting and in fact is quite dull, slow and ponderous. It also doesn’t help that most of the action scenes are poor recreations of set pieces done much better in the Bourne and Bond movies. The action and the story are very silly and over the top, with numerous plot holes however instead of taking it in its stride and having a bit of fun, it takes itself deadly seriously. It doesn’t provide as a fun action film or as a dramatic character study.
At times Salt seems like a mix tape of elements from 24, Alias, Jason Bourne and James Bond but not being as good as any of the above. The film also desperately tries to set itself up to be a franchise but frankly, I couldn’t care what happens next as the film was nowhere near as exciting or interesting enough to make me want to visit this world again.
Overall Salt is not as exciting or fun as you want it to be, or as interesting and gripping as you want it to be, it lacks originality, is rather predictable, is full of plot holes, is very silly and ridiculous, it takes itself way to seriously and is rather dull and ponderous. The cast, despite being wasted keeps the movie alive and as the films length is a short one, it does enough to keep you interested but not enough to make you excited or want to care. Not awful by any means, but not very good either and despite the fact it sounds like it is going to be better than The Expendables, it isn’t for one reason…self awareness. Although Expendables also takes itself to seriously, it has more fun action scenes and knows its silly and over the top. Angelina Jolie, you can do much better than this….
One Sentence Summary: Dull, ridiculous and no fun, Salts good cast is wasted in a film that could of done with some pepper. |
0.978916 | How can I make a pet house out of a cardboard box?
I got a new ottoman, and my cat fell in love with the cardboard box it came in.
I put a quilt in it for her to lay on, and a throw over the top for privacy. She loves it, but I think it's a terrible look for my living room! I'd like to design it somehow to look cute so that the cat and I can both enjoy it! Ideas, anyone? Thanks!
Boo loves her ugly little hut!
Cover it in wallpaper or match the design to the furniture next to it. Or maybe even your rug can inspire your colors for even painting your little hut for kitty. Good luck.
Maybe a little to 'chique'?
You could stick pretty contact paper onto the box. A cheaper alternative would be to use ModPodge to adhere gift wrap to the box. Then add a 2nd coat of Mod Podge over the top to seal it.
Go to Joannes, Micheal or Hobby Lobby or any fabric store and get some pretty fabric. Cover the box in it so it matches your decor or adds a pop.
I would use the modpodge to adhere some coordinating fabric or paper to the box. Then glue some fabric to the top, hanging down in front and glue on a trim to cover the raw edge.
I had a similar "problem"! I love all the ideas above, and would add that I taped the top shut and cut a square in the front for her to go in and out of. More private for her, but I can still find her and the dog can't get in!
Whatever you do, add more than just one opening. Cut out a couple of windows for her to peek through. |
0.939166 | Also known as the Larga seal, the spotted seal inhabits the ice and waters of the north Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas, being found along the continental shelf of the Beaufort, Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas and south to the northern Huanghai Sea and western Sea of Japan. There is no up-to-date reliable census information on the total population of spotted seals. An estimate, now thought to be excessive, of 335,000 - 450,000 was made in the 1970s, of which 200,000 - 250,000 were reckoned to inhabit the Bering Sea. A Russian survey in 1986 and 1987 produced an estimate of 50,000 seals in the Okhotsk Sea.
The lack of accurate population data means that the effects of natural events and human-caused activities on the species are difficult to determine. There is concern however about the effects that climate change in the Arctic may have on the species. Spotted seals spend much of their time and bear their pups on the ice front, at the southern edge of the sea ice. In the case of global warming, this may cause a retreat of the ice edge and front, thus changing seal distribution relative to the distribution of prey, particularly if the seals are forced to move north and the good feeding areas stay where they are.
There is also some concern that oil and gas exploration and extraction in many parts of the species' range, particularly in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, may cause disturbance to spotted seals as well as possible pollution of the seals, their habitat and food supply. It has recently been reported that the waters off the Russian Sakhalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea, an important breeding site for the spotted seal, are about to be opened up to massive oil and gas development, and that tanker traffic and the extreme weather conditions in the area may lead to a major spill there. Potential pollution and disturbance from vessel traffic on the proposed Northern Sea Route is also a cause for concern.
Commercial fishing of spotted seal prey in the Bering Sea, particularly pollock and herring, may be causing problems by reducing food availability, a problem that may already be affecting Steller sea lions, harbour seals and Northern fur seals in the region. There is a limited bycatch of spotted seals by fisheries operations, and some fishermen are also known to shoot seals which try to raid fishing nets. Russian hunters kill spotted seals to be used as food on fox fur farms and for subsistence purposes, one estimate of the annual kill being around 2,500 with a maximum quota of 15,000. In the mid-1990s Alaskan native subsistence hunters were known to be killing about 2,000 spotted seals each year, mostly in the Bering Strait and Yukon-Kuskokwim regions.
National Marine Mammal Laboratory There is no longer a Japanese commercial spotted seal hunt but some seals are still hunted on an ad-hoc basis when ice conditions allow. Many seals also die in salmon trap nets along the Nemuro Peninsula. The spotted seal is listed as a nationally endangered animal in China, being the only pinniped that breeds in that country. The Chinese government is currently considering proposals that the Dalian Seal Sanctuary, a nature reserve established in 1992 at Liaodong Bay in the Bohai Sea and the only Chinese breeding site of the spotted seal, be upgraded to national status. Spotted seals in China are currently under threat from illegal hunting and capture, entanglement in fishing nets, loss of habitat, shortage of food and disturbance.
During the breeding season, which takes place in the spring, spotted seals are to be found at the southern edges of the pack ice, dependent on openings between ice floes for access to air and the ice surface. Known breeding areas are in the Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Sea of Japan and Bohai Sea (where some seals give birth on land). Groups of three seals are often seen together on the ice in the early spring, consisting of a female, her mate and her new pup from her mate of last season. It is thought that the male joins the female about 10 days before she gives birth and mates with her, probably underwater, after her pup is born. Pups are born from February to May, depending on location, with a woolly white coat. The pup moults this coat after 4-6 weeks (2-3 weeks in Japan) at about the time that it is weaned. The pup usually stays out of the water for the first few weeks. However if it is forced to then it is able to swim, not too well, during this period. A month after it has weaned, the pup is able to dive to depths of at least 80m in order to feed.
Spotted seals gather in late spring-summer among the ice remnants, sometimes on land when ice is unavailable, to moult. There is a large variation in the colour of the adult spotted seal coat but generally it is silvery-grey with dark grey on the back and covered with brown to black spots. In the summer the seals move to the coasts as the sea ice retreats. Spotted seals in the Okhotsk Sea and Bering Seas disperse in all directions, some up to the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, while in the Bohai Sea the migration is to the south and east. Not much is known of the distribution and movements of spotted seals during the autumn and winter months, but it is thought that they might stay in the water during this period.
The spotted seal is closely related to and shares some habitat with the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). Although the biology and habits of these two species differ, there is some evidence of inter-breeding. The diet of the spotted seal varies geographically, seasonally and by age, but it is known to include crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes such as herring, capelin, pollock, eelpout, sand lance and cod. Known predators are sharks, killer whales, walruses, Steller sea lions, polar bears, brown bears, wolves, foxes and some large birds.
There is some variation in spotted seal size between different populations. Adult males measure 1.5-2.1m in length and weigh 85-150kg, while adult females measure 1.4-1.7m in length and weigh 65-115kg. Pups are born measuring 75-90cm in length and weighing 7-12kg. The pup mortality rate for the first year is around 45%. Adult spotted seals can dive to depths of over 300m. Females reach sexual maturity at 3-4 years of age, males at 4-5 years. Spotted seals can live to at least 35 years of age. |
0.99988 | But Madonna did suffer one telltale slip this week that could mean that her reign might be coming to an end a little sooner than expected.
Her little problem came on the compact disc list, where ''Like a Prayer'' was knocked down to No. 2-after just three weeks as champ-by Fine Young Cannibals` ''The Raw & the Cooked.'' That might mean that ''Prayer'' is burning out and also in danger on the main pop LP list, where it is still No. 1 but faces renewed challenges from both ''Raw'' (up from No. 6 to No. 4 this week) and Guns N` Roses` ''G N` R Lies'' (up from No. 5 to No. 3).
However, Madonna`s ''Prayer'' single is still very strong, with No. 1 rankings on the pop, dance and crossover lists. And next week, she has a real shot at a chart coup: a fourth straight week as champ on the pop list, where even three-time No. 1s are rare.
But she will face a real battle from two songs that also have a good shot at the title: Bon Jovi`s ''I`ll Be There for You,'' which could not move up from No. 2 this week but is still gaining momentum; and Jody Watley`s ''Real Love,'' which zipped from No. 8 to No. 3 on the strength of a big surge in radio airplay. Any of the three could be No. 1 next week.
After that, watch out for two other contenders that are quickly moving into position: Paula Abdul`s ''Forever Your Girl,'' which leaped from No. 10 to No. 5 this week and could repeat the No. 1 success of her recent ''Straight Up''; and Donny Osmond`s amazing ''Soldier of Love,'' which jumped from No. 15 to No. 8 in just its seventh chart week.
''Cry'' (up from No. 42 to No. 34).
Here are predictions for next week`s singles` chart: 1. ''Like a Prayer,'' 2. ''Real Love,'' 3. ''I`ll Be There for You,'' 4. ''Forever Your Girl,'' 5. ''Second Chance,'' 6. ''Soldier of Love,'' 7. ''After All,'' 8. |
0.999942 | I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called Durham-López campaign statement: Freedom Socialist presidential candidate comes in second to last-minute celebrity entrant Roseanne Barr and is located at https://socialism.com/statement/durham-lopez-campaign-statement-freedom-socialist-presidential-candidate-comes-in-second-to-last-minute-celebrity-entrant-roseanne-barr/.
After declaring as a Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) presidential candidate only three weeks before, Hollywood comedian and actress Roseanne Barr won the PFP nomination at its convention on Aug. 4-5 in Los Angeles. Placing second was New Yorker and veteran union and gay rights activist Stephen Durham of the Freedom Socialist Party (FSP), who, like Stewart Alexander of the Socialist Party, had waged a serious, months-long grass-roots campaign for the PFP nomination.
Barr, who reinvented herself as a socialist in the few weeks before the PFP vote, did not show up for a candidates’ forum the night before the convention. She was represented there by her vice-presidential partner, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan. On Saturday, Aug. 4, the opening day of the convention, Barr’s appearance was preceded by a security detail while delegates sat waiting for her to arrive, which she did in a flurry of media. She left after giving her speech, and took the media attention with her, headed for the taping of a Comedy Central roast in her honor. Delegates were unable to ask her questions.
Barr had originally announced as a candidate for the Green Party nomination, but lost decisively to Jill Stein, whom Barr had pledged to support should Stein become the nominee. Barr did not attend the Green Party convention in July.
Now Barr is promising to do major fundraising and help register voters for PFP, a California-based left electoral coalition that is in a fight for its life thanks to new state ballot laws hostile to minor parties. The Durham-López team had argued for making a PFP registration drive part of a bold two-year grass-roots campaign statewide, explicitly anti-capitalist and feminist, to protest the rigged electoral system and organize with others to demand relief for those hit hardest by war, bailouts for corporations, and austerity for workers.
After Barr delivered her speech and left, and just moments before PFP delegates began voting, Peta Lindsay, the presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), abruptly withdrew from contention after being nominated – and pledged support for the Barr-Sheehan ticket. Lindsay, who is underage to take presidential office, was barred from the California ballot in February, but continued to campaign for the PFP nomination. She explained her surprise convention move by saying that she did not want to leave the PFP without a candidate if she won the nomination but lost the court case challenging her exclusion from the ballot.
It took two rounds of voting for Barr to gather a majority, and the final tally was 36 votes for Barr, 16 for Durham, and 6 for the Socialist Party’s Alexander. Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party had dropped out of the race a few days before the convention.
López, Durham, and Barnes are meeting with supporters, speaking at forums, and making whistle stops at shopping malls as they drive north from Los Angeles in the middle of a six-week tour of California, Oregon, and Washington. The candidates are also participating in union picket lines, immigrant activist gatherings, and more. |
0.92496 | I need some decent movies to watch while I draw, any ideas?
I don't know if you already watched it, or like it, but I recommend the Creed movies and/or Rocky movies.
The Breakfast Club or Scott Pilgram vs. The World are some of my favs and I 100% recommend them.
When I'm drawing I usually watch something I've already seen before so it won't be too distracting.
I can pretty much draw without actually concentrating, so watching movies and drawing works for me. |
0.99705 | Lemons are a citrus fruit that originates from Southeast Asia. In addition to eating lemons, some people use lemon juice as a way to treat health conditions. These fruits contain many nutrients, including vitamin C, an antioxidant that may provide health benefits, including potential protection for your eyes. Talk with your doctor about the possible eye benefits and risks of using lemon juice, and she will help you determine if lemons are appropriate for you.
Lemon juice may have potential benefits in preventing certain microorganisms, such as fungi and viruses. In theory, this could help some types of eye infections. Some people may moisten a cloth or cotton ball with lemon and dab this on their eyelids. However, lemons contain citric acid, and applying lemon juice directly to your eyes may cause burning, stinging, redness and general irritation. As such, direct application to your eyes may not offer the best protection or treatment for eye infections.
Drinking lemon juice or eating lemons can provide you with a variety of nutrients, but vitamin C is one of the most abundant in lemons. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that may help prevent certain types of eye conditions, such as cataracts and macular degeneration. Cataracts cloud the natural lens inside your eye, resulting in blurry vision that worsens over time. Macular degeneration is a condition that damages the macula, an area of tissue on the back of your eye. This disease will result in permanent changes to your central vision and may lead to blindness.
Lemons alone cannot prevent eye disease. In addition to this fruit, your doctor may recommend that you add other sources of vitamin C to your diet. These sources may include other citrus fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits. You can also choose foods such as spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and bananas. If you cannot reach your intake needs through diet, your doctor may recommend that you take a daily supplement to ensure that you have an adequate intake.
Despite the potential benefits of lemons in helping eye infections, you should avoid putting the juice in your eyes. If lemon juice does come in contact with the tissues on the surface of your eye and you experience discomfort or vision changes, flush your eyes with water, saline solution or artificial tears. You should contact your doctor, and if you continue to experience symptoms of a reaction, your doctor may have you come into her office for an examination. |
0.996812 | Tropical Storm Gordon was a tropical storm that caused moderate damage along the Gulf Coast of the United States in early September 2018. The seventh named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Gordon developed from a tropical wave that was first monitored in the Caribbean Sea on August 30. The wave moved west-northwestward toward the east coast of Florida and gradually organized. The disturbance was marked as Potential Tropical Cyclone Seven on September 2 while near the Bahamas, and early on September 3, it became Tropical Storm Gordon, moving onto the southwest coast of Florida shortly afterward. Steady intensification began after it left the coast of Florida into the Gulf of Mexico, reaching its peak intensity as a high-end tropical storm late on September 4, before it made landfall just east of Pascagoula, Mississippi, shortly afterwards. Gordon then rapidly weakened inland, before weakening into a remnant low on September 6. Gordon's remnants lingered over Arkansas for two days, and opened up into a trough on September 8. At least three deaths were attributed to the storm, and Gordon caused approximately $200–250 million (2018 USD) in damages.
On August 30, 2018, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring a tropical wave over the north-central Caribbean Sea for tropical cyclone formation. Development was expected to be slow to occur due to unfavorable upper-level winds, although the environment was expected to become more favorable once the disturbance reached the Gulf of Mexico. The tropical wave began to organize after leaving the Caribbean Sea on September 1. Due to its threat to the United States and an increasing organization trend, the NHC initiated advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Seven late on September 2. Early on the following day, the disturbance developed a closed circulation and well-defined center, while it was situated off the coast of Florida, and the NHC classified the system as Tropical Storm Gordon. Shortly afterward, the center of Gordon passed over Key Largo, Florida.
Shortly after Gordon moved offshore from Florida, a small eye became apparent on radar imagery, although it soon became eroded, and the surrounding convection became somewhat ragged. The structure of the small core of Gordon continued to deteriorate throughout the evening as light to moderate westerly shear affected the system, although the storm continued to intensify. However, Gordon soon began to organize once again, with lightning activity increasing in the inner core and a band of deep convection developing very near the core. Gordon moved northwest through the Gulf of Mexico, in the general direction of New Orleans. Gordon was expected to intensify to a Category 1 hurricane shortly before landfall, and hurricane warnings were issued accordingly for Mississippi and Alabama. However, Gordon remained a tropical storm and did not intensify into a hurricane before making landfall near the Mississippi–Alabama border, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) at 10:00 p.m. CDT, September 4. Afterwards, rapid weakening occurred as Gordon moved further inland on September 5, meandering around the state of Arkansas before it degenerated to a remnant low on September 6. On September 8, the remnants of Gordon degenerated into a trough, and were absorbed by a developing extratropical cyclone hours later. The new extratropical low moved northeastward for the next few days, producing even more rainfall over the region, before dissipating on September 11.
Tropical Storm Gordon formed near the Florida Keys and brought tropical-storm force winds to southern Florida. Governor Rick Scott of Florida urged Floridians to prepare and "remain vigilant." Shortly afterwards, a hurricane warning was issued in Mississippi and Alabama, with tropical-storm warnings extending around it into Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle. Around 10 inches (250 mm) of rain fell in Pensacola, Florida. The Mississippi Gulf Coast also experienced minor floods, and winds over 50 mph (80 km/h). Several locations in southern Florida observed tropical-storm-force winds gusts, including a gust of 51 mph (82 km/h) in Opa-locka. More than 8,000 people were left without electricity in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. One death occurred in Miami on Interstate 95 when a truck driver lost control of his vehicle, crashed into a wall, and was then ejected from the truck. A second death was reported after a tree crushed a mobile home in Pensacola, killing a child inside.
Dauphin Island, Alabama bore the brunt of Gordon. 3–5 ft (0.91–1.52 m) of storm surge struck the island, causing minor flooding.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for the state, deploying 200 Louisiana National Guardsmen, 63 high-water trucks, 39 boats, and four helicopters. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and Alabama Governor Kay Ivey also declared states of emergencies.
A Louisville cab driver was killed after being trapped by flood waters. More than 3 inches of rain fell in Louisville, flooding streets, stranding cars, and causing the Louisville City FC soccer match to be suspended and the University of Louisville football game to be delayed. In Morehead, a young child was swept in flood water and recovery efforts were ongoing as of September 9.
On September 7th, A Greene County, Missouri Sheriff's Deputy was killed after his patrol vehicle was washed off of a rural county road at an unmarked low-water crossing at the Pomme de Terre River at the Greene County and Dallas County line during a bout of torrential rains. The deputy had been in the area responding to a 911-hang up call, likely as a result of the weather.
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0.999969 | When people find out that I am a therapist, usually one of the first things they ask is "do you think I need therapy?". No matter the person, my answer is ALWAYS yes. My belief is that therapy is a space to reflect on personal experience, learn more about yourself, and work towards growth and wellness. It's like working out for your brain, and what human being couldn't benefit from that? Life certainly has its challenges, and so we can oftentimes feel stuck, lost, or just that something is not quite right. Those are often the most important times to take a deeper look at what is happening for us. My belief is that the way we relate - to ourselves, others, and the world - is at the root of psychological pain. This informs my work with clients to help notice negative patterns, make positive changes, and ultimately strengthen their connections. Looking inward can be uncomfortable, but it can start you on a journey towards self-discovery and helping to break down barriers preventing you from living your best life. I am honored to provide a supportive space for my clients and walk alongside you throughout that personal journey. |
0.947838 | What is a gene probe?
A gene probe is a specific segment of single-strand DNA that is complementary to a desired gene. For example, if the gene of interest contains the sequence AATGGCACA, then the probe will contain the complementary sequence TTACCGTGT. When added to the appropriate solution, the probe will match and then bind to the gene of interest. To help locate the probe during the procedure, scientists usually label it with a radioisotope or a fluorescent dye so that it can be seen and identified. |
0.933295 | 雨會不會很大? 孟加拉在雨季淹水的時候, 據說會有 70% 的土地是在水面下. 不過大部份的水是從喜馬拉雅山脈融化的雪來的, 大雨之是其中的一部份.1998 年的洪水, 曾經讓達卡機場關閉了一個星期. 幸好今年以來, 似乎看起來還好.
再晚一點點, 擔心的是登革熱, 去年在達卡爆發的登革熱大流行, 有數萬人感染, 奪走77條人命. 幸好今年以來, 也看不到有登革熱流行的跡象. "Dengue Fever is last year's news." 有人在 LP 的 Thorn Tree 回答了我的疑惑.
不過一直到出發前, 到了曼谷, 到了達卡, 到了離開孟加拉之前, 都還有點擔心的, 是他們的政局.
孟加拉從 1971 年獨立以來, 今年 7/14 任滿的 7th parliament, 是第一次完整做完任期的國會 (孟加拉採內閣制),執政的的 AL (Awami League)總理(PM, Prime Minister) Sheikh Hasina 必須將政權交給由總統 Ahmed 指定的中立看守政府 (non-party caretaker government) 的 CA (Chief Advisor), Justice Latifur Rahman, 再由CA 指定若干的 advisors, 看守政府必須在三個月內舉行大選, 選出新的國會議員, 並且在大選前的這段時間, 負責維持政府的正常運作. 一切看起來都很理想, 但是在五年前失去政權的 BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) led-four party 從 7th parliament 一開始就不斷杯葛國會的議事, 五年之中僅出席不到 1/5 的議期,BNP黨魁 Khaleda Zia (和 AL 的黨魁Hasina 相同都是女性) 更是早在數月前就不斷發表公開聲明, 要求 AL 在任滿時要乖乖交出政權, 結束他們長達五年的苛政 (misrule) 除此之外, 越接近任滿日期, 或是由 BNP 所組織, 或是由 BNP 支持者自發性的聚會示威也越來越多, 相對於 BNP, AL 的支持群眾則是聚在一起慶祝由 AL 領導的政府順利和平的結束其任期, 立下解放戰爭以來的里程碑.雙方的支持者就在這種氛圍下, 對立的姿態越來高, 在 7/14 之前, 發生數起沒有人承認的爆炸案件, 其中最嚴重的是 6/17 一起對 AL 在 Narayangarij 黨部的炸彈攻擊, 造成 22 死 100 傷,越接近 7 月, 因為示威遊行爆發的肢體衝突更是每天上演, 那時候上 Daily Star 看英文版的新聞, 幾乎每天都有人在這類的衝突中受傷或死亡 (黑社會會受雇於兩黨的候選人, 到敵對陣營的遊行或公開聚會中放槍).
" ...In some cases during hartals, travelers in rickshaws, baby-taxis, buses and cars have been pulled from their transport and have been harassed. Acts of violence have also affected foreigners in the Dhaka neighborhoods of Banani, Gulshan, and Baridhara, where many embassies are located and foreigners live and work. Other neighborhoods may be affected.In addition, there have been several bombing incidents this year that have killed and injured people. These bombings have targeted political meetings, the celebration of the Bengali New Year, and a religious service. Other politically motivated violence has occurred, such as the June 18, 2001, attack on the motorcade of the opposition leader. ......Given these conditions, the Department of State urges American citizens in Bangladesh to limit travel within the country and to be alert to their surroundings. American citizens should avoid political gatherings and consider possible security risks in deciding whether to attend other public gatherings. During hartals, American citizens should exercise caution in all areas and remain inside their residences, schools, or workplaces to the maximum extent possible."
所以到底要不要去呢? 當然要去, 其實上面講得很清楚, 只要避開集會的場合入夜以後盡量不要外出, hartal 的時候躲在旅館中, 大致上還是安全的. 事實上在我待在孟加拉的時間裡, 雖然滿街都是手持步槍的警察, 但是只有在 Khulna 的時候遇過一次小規模的遊行, 沒有遇過半次 hartal, 因為CA在 7/14 宣誓就職以後,立刻就下令清查黑槍和幫派份子, 在曼谷的時候上網看新聞,每天總會搜出個幾十把槍,逮補上百個人, 對於維持局勢穩定應該還是有點作用的也許接近選舉日期暴力衝突又會增加, 但是在 CA 剛上任的這段時間, 反而是個巧妙的時間點. LP的 Thorn Tree 上就有人說, 就算是大家都認為很危險的印尼, 只要你懂得要避開某些區域, 危險性事實上並不會比其它國家來得高.
書就不用說了, 據 LP 自己宣稱, 他是唯一有出 Bangladesh Travel Guide 的英文出版社.
在他的留言板 (Thorn Tree) 你可得到非常即時的資訊, 關於該地現在的狀況如何等等, 經常會有一些還在該地旅行或工作的人可以回答你的疑惑. 你也可以得到一些行程規劃的建議, 甚至也可能可以找到同行的伙伴.
Virtual Bangladesh, 孟加拉景點, 歷史, 建築等的介紹. 一個做得很棒的網頁. 有許多聯結, Internet 在孟加拉非常不普遍,就我所知只有在達卡有一間網咖, 所以有這樣一個網頁實在是個有點神奇的事.
看天氣, 孟加拉的雨季, 下的並不是那種沒完沒了的雨, 而是又急又大的陣雨下完雨空氣會好一點, 氣溫會涼一點, 就是溼度高, 通常都在 90% RH 以上. |
0.949088 | (CNN) — A lone saxophonist plays in the shadow of an overpass while a horde of cyclists looks down at a set of tangled train tracks.
This outwardly gloomy spot is as good a place as any to begin a cycling tour of the "Berlin Wall Trail," a 160-kilometer (99-mile) path developed to commemorate and transform one of the darkest chapters of the city's past.
Once a popular destination for defectors because East German trains cut through a corner of the Western zone, it was here on November 9, 1989, that tens of thousands of people overwhelmed an official checkpoint after a bureaucratic error led to the opening of the border.
Divided by mapmakers into 14 sections that vary from seven to 21 miles in length, the Wall Trail, or "Mauerweg," traces the entire path of the Wall.
Built in 1961, the Wall divided the city by surrounding West Berlin, for decades following the partitioning of Germany after World War II an island of freedom behind the Iron Curtain.
The Wall Trail is suitable for cyclists of all abilities.
The Wall Trail is a unique combination of tourist attraction and recreational zone, says Michael Cramer, the Green Party politician and cycling enthusiast who conceived the plan in the early 1990s and is now working on a Europe-spanning Iron Curtain Trail, inspired by the Wall route's success.
"It's a ride through history, culture, politics and nature," he says.
That feeling hits home as I pedal across the Mauerpark to the Wall memorial on Bernauer Strasse, where a watchtower and a section of the barren "death strip" have been preserved unchanged.
While Cramer's scheme might seem an obvious venture now, it wasn't easy in the beginning.
Berliners hated the Wall so much that many people wanted every trace of it obliterated.
In 1989 and 1990, souvenir hunters were carting it away so fast that the government had to shift from demolition to conservation practically overnight.
With experts forecasting an unprecedented population boom, real estate developers were eying the former "death strip" as keenly as East Germany's notorious Stasi security agents ever had.
"At that time, all the politicians and the media said, 'No, no, we want to erase the Wall,'" Cramer says. "But 10 years later, in 2000, we were successful."
Completed in 2009 at a cost of some 10 million euros ($13.4 million), today the trail appeals to all types of cyclists.
Cycles at the Platz des November 1989, the point where thousands of people breached the Berlin Wall 25 years ago.
Every section is accessible by Berlin's bike-friendly public transportation system, so cyclists can pick and choose from various sights and terrain.
It's flat and paved, so it doesn't take an athlete's fitness to hack it, and an ordinary city bike or single-gear, hipster's "fixie" serves as well as something fancier.
Better still, even though it attracts thousands of visitors every year, it never gets crowded, says Martin "Wollo" Wollenberg, who heads a tour company called Berlin-on-Bike.
"As you experience the Wall zig-zagging through the city, you get a feeling for the separation," Wollenberg says. "In a lot of places, the difference between East and West is still quite vivid."
For tourists new to Berlin, about 25 miles of the trail runs through the heart of the city.
Passing not only the Bernauer Strasse documentation center but also the Reichstag, Brandenburger Gate, Checkpoint Charlie and many other important historical sites, it makes an excellent route for a leisurely four-hour guided tour.
Meanwhile, for more committed cyclists, in former western districts such as Kladow and Wannsee, the path doubles as a nature trail, cutting through forests.
Regular rows of plantation pines make the former death strip easy to identify.
At 29 different sites along the path, memorial placards tell the stories of some of the nearly 250 "victims of the Wall," such as Peter Bohme, a 19-year-old cadet in East Germany's National People's Army who was shot trying to escape to West Berlin in 1962.
Signposts at regular intervals make it well nigh impossible to get lost, and every section has something to spark the traveler's interest -- the bridge where captured spies were exchanged, a former watchtower now used by the forest brigade or the famous Church of Our Savior whose walls once formed part of the fortifications.
Riders are never more than a mile or two from the nearest beer garden.
The Wall's original Death Strip is visible along the route.
For do-it-yourselfers, bicycle rental runs about €10 per day, with outlets ubiquitous throughout the city.
Visit Berlin offers free pamphlets with complete maps of the 14 sections of the trail and brief descriptions -- though only the German version was available when I visited.
Cramer's "Berlin Wall Trail: Cycling Guide" can be picked up for about $10 online or at the souvenir shop at the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre on Bernauer Strasse.
Berlin on Bike's "Wall Tour" covers 15 kilometers of the Wall Trail in about four hours. The company's English- and German-speaking guides provide information about the building and destruction of the Wall and life in East Germany.
An award-winning journalist and travel writer, Jason Overdorf's byline has appeared in The Washington Post and The Atlantic. He's also the Berlin correspondent for GlobalPost.
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0.999995 | Postgres jsonb column or standard normalized table?
Now, whenever I make a transaction, I check that the year and the month that comes with the request exists, else add them to the object, and push the transaction inside list_of_transactions, and update all the other keys accordingly.
I was wondering whether this is a good way of tackling the problem, or is in fact a really bad way. Is creating different tables and normalizing them in a "SQL fashion" a better solution? Have you got any suggestion?
A side question: since there's going to be many many transactions is it a good idea to create a new table for each year?
The structure of all the data involved will be exactly the same, so I should create multiple databases and do joins. Since there's going to be many, many transactions: is it a good idea to create a new table for each year?
The rule of thumb in every relational database is normalizing (usually up to 3NF or even 4NF). With the advent of JSON into the relational world, people are often tempted to solve everything using JSON, as it probably means a very simple way of channeling some data moving in the application into the database. However, while it has its own place, I see it more often to be the case than not, that the data could be mostly or in its entirety normalized.
Basically whenever you see that your JSONs share the same keys (having values of the same data type), you should go and extract those keys into proper columns. If the whole structure is always the same, extract everything, create tables as needed (if you have arrays in the JSON, for example, it can be a sign you need a table for that key), and - as basically always in the relational world - do joins between them.
Besides all the problems normalization solves, this has performance benefits, too. First, you don't store the same key again and again with every transaction, sparing probably a lot of storage space. Second, in the typical case you can have more efficient indexes over your columns (or groups of them). Third, you can use primary and foreign keys, and constraints to enforce data integrity (well, this is partly covered in the normalization part...). Finally, RDBMSes are very good at joining tables and coming up with efficient query plans to retrieve the data you need.
As for keeping a separate table for each year: this can be achieved by paritioning (with recent PostgreSQL versions having important improvements with it). If you need to do that or not, is hard to tell - it depends on the data volume in the first place, but other factors, too. You can possibly create your transaction table as partitioned, but only with a single default partition, at least if you opt to use version 11 or later. In this case, if necessary, you can decide to add yearly partitions later.
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0.97428 | How to keep dangling participles from grasping the closest noun.
Before we talk about what it means to dangle a participle, we have to answer the question What is a participle?
It’s a tough question because participles have a few different jobs. Today, we’re only going to talk about their job that makes them look like adjectives. They tell you more about the noun that follows.
To use "speeding" as an adjective-like participle, you could say "Follow that speeding car." "Speeding" acts something like an adjective modifying the noun "car." It tells you what the car is doing—what kind of car it is—a speeding car.
Here's another example: "hike" is a verb, and "hiking" is the present participle. To use the verb, you could say "Let's hike the trail." To use the participle, you could say, "Wait for the hiking campers to get back.” "Hiking," the participle, tells you what the campers are doing—what kind of campers they are—hiking campers.
So now I trust that you understand how to use verbs and their participles, but to understand dangling participles, we need to talk about participial phrases.* These are just phrases that contain a participle and modify the subject of the sentence.
They can include words besides the participle, such as prepositions, pronouns, and nouns, but for now, we'll just focus on the idea that they contain a participle like "speeding" or "hiking." The way they modify the subject isn't as straightforward as a single adjective modifying a single noun, but the participial phrase is still modifying a noun—the subject.
Floating in the pool, I marveled at the clouds.
"Floating in the pool" is the participial phrase that modifies the subject, "I." "Floating" is the participle in the phrase "floating in the pool." It describes what I am doing.
Biting his victim, the vampire felt a momentary thrill.
"Biting his victim" is the participial phrase that modifies the subject, "the vampire." "Biting" is the participle in the phrase "biting his victim." It describes what the vampire is doing.
Beating you over the head with examples, I hope to make you understand participial phrases.
"Beating you over the head with examples" is the participial phrase modifying the subject, "I." "Beating" is the participle in the phrase "beating you over the head with examples." It describes what I am doing.
A dangling participle modifies an unintended subject.
In all three of those examples, the subject that was being modified by the participial phrase came right after the phrase. It was sticking close to the modifier so you couldn't miss it. The participial phrase doesn't have to be at the beginning of a sentence, but that is the place where it's most likely to dangle, so we'll stick with that format today.
Now we're ready to learn about dangling participles.
Is Pig Latin a Real Language? |
0.997414 | If you have a lot of equity sitting in your house and a lot of expenses coming up, what's the best way to put that equity to good use: a home equity loan, a line of credit, or a cash-out refinancing plan?
Use this guide to learn the difference and see what makes the most sense for you.
Home equity loans are often the easiest for homeowners to understand, they work essentially just like a mortgage does. Sometimes referred to as a "second mortgage," home equity loans allow you to borrow a certain amount of your equity for a set period of time. You can usually choose between a fixed rate of interest and a variable one.
Second mortgages are much harder to come by these days than they once were, you generally need substantial income and really good credit. They're most likely to be approved when you have a well-established relationship with your bank and when you have a specific purpose for the loan and need one lump sum at once.
Home equity lines of credit, or "HELOCs," let homeowners use the equity in their house as collateral. That means that you can only potentially borrow up to the total amount of your equity, although banks usually limit loans to a little less so that they have room to negotiate if they have to repossess.
Unlike regular loans, HELOCs allow you to take out just what you need, as you need it. You're usually given a checkbook or credit card that you can use to access the funds a bit at a time. They're particularly useful when you're planning renovations, for example, over a period of time. Unfortunately, your payment can go up as you borrow more, which can make your payments uncertain.
If you owe nothing on your home or have a lot of equity, cash out refinancing is a great option regardless of your purposes for the money. They operate exactly like a brand new loan. You roll any existing loan into the new one and take the additional equity you need, with only one payment. Many times you can get a lower interest rate than you had before. That gives you the crucial advantage of a single, stable payment in the future, which can be awfully attractive.
If you need to get hold of the equity in your home, talk to a financial expert today about your options. |
0.999688 | Earlier this week, a commenter asked a question that I thought deserved a more in-depth response. She asked about ways to approach the study of current events with wisdom, handling issues of bias or spin and disturbing images, and seeking reliable sources.
It's a big question. How can we help our students know what is going on in the world in a way that stretches them but doesn't expose them to issues beyond their maturity level?
Unfortunately, there will always be content issues and biases, and there is no one-size-fits-all method to deal with them. Part of the answer will depend on your specific needs as a family. You are your children's first and best teacher, so you know their maturity levels better than anyone, and only you and your family can decide the best strategy for introducing challenging topics.
However, there are resources and exercises that can help you in your task. This week, I'd like to start a conversation about some of those resources.
Being aware that bias in news writing exists is one important first step. You can gain perspective on the way news stories work by looking at multiple sources for each story. Google News is a great resource because when you run a search, each news item includes links to other newspapers covering the same story.
For example, this past week's news included several articles about the men trapped in a Chilean mine. This article appeared in The Guardian: "Chile mine owners ask for forgiveness from trapped men." The Washington Post also wrote a story, but it was called, "On ice and in space: lessons for Chilean miners." Take a look! Compare the first sentence of each story.
Guardian: Owners of the Chilean mine where 33 workers face months awaiting rescue have appealed to the trapped men for forgiveness.
Post: The lessons that could help keep 33 trapped Chilean miners safe and sane during their months underground were learned at desperate times in isolated places: ice-bound sailing ships, prisoner-of-war camps, malfunctioning capsules whizzing through space.
Each news agency works from the same basic piece of news, but each one chooses a focus for the story and includes or omits details accordingly. By reading both pieces and seeing what they have in common, your understanding of the events will be much richer.
Remember: a news story contains facts, but it is a story, and as such it has an author, a focus, and a purpose. You can't eliminate those factors, but you can teach your children how to identify them. Stay tuned for part 2 to ponder specific ways to practice this type of critical thinking!
Now it's your turn: what are your tips and tricks for handling the study of current events wisely? |
0.998709 | Why is a sentence from C.S. Lewis delightful while an equally true statement by another, ordinary writer, is not?
Metaphor and poetry have the ability to transcend the barriers of language, through imagery and symbolism, and so convey Truth in a way that points beyond words to something deeper, mysterious, and, yet, real. It strikes at the root of the imagination.
The imagination is a powerful thing, and, yet, what is imagined need not always be merely imaginary: Consider God’s Imagination, as He fathomed the creation of the universe and all that is in it. What was first conceived in His mind is now perceived in this world. Consider our hope in God’s Imagination being able, sufficiently and justly, to handle the eschaton (the End), to make sense of all that has been, and all that has been lost.
“The function of imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange; not so much to make wonders facts as to make facts wonders” (G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy).
Christian church has often been bad at encouraging imagination. People have been worried, Christian teachers have been worried, about letting people imagine things, in case their imagination runs riot and they start imagining the wrong things, and so we’ve squelched it and squashed it and we’ve built buildings that are inherently ugly, lest anyone think that the buildings are somehow divine. And we’ve done all kinds of things, even in our worship, to prevent the glory getting out.
We live in a world between realities, one that is already filled with the glory of God and one that has yet to be fully filled with the glory of God. In this, we are called to place our hope in a future reality that has not yet been fully realized, yet without abandoning this present reality. Is it possible, then, that the imagination is God’s gift to us to ascend our mortal thoughts of boredom and so begin to get a glimpse of the eternal playground that is unfolding before us?
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:9). How ought we to transcend the finite ways and thoughts of humanity and begin to gaze upon the infinite ways and thoughts of man without the help of the holy imagination? Indeed, we are totally incapable of rightly reading or, better put, rightly imagining the worlds of prophetic and apocalyptic books in Scripture like Daniel or Revelation without taking serious the need for imaginative contemplation. Reason alone is not faculty enough to grasp such transcendent worlds. Instead, we must understand the great need for reason to join flesh with its proper counterpart, the imagination, so as to produce a life-giving worldview.
Many are familiar with C.S. Lewis’ comment that, “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this” (Mere Christianity). We must keep in view how our future hope is shaping, even renewing, our present reality. For, to be able to even begin to gaze upon this New Heaven and New Earth (Rev. 21-22), the place where our citizenship already resides, we must utilize the power of the imagination.
We must be able to see beyond this physical, decaying world: Where there is despair, we see hope; where there is ugliness, we see beauty; where there is death, we see life. Perhaps then, the imagination is a gift from God, given in His own image, not to be able to create an imaginary world that will never exist, but rather to conceive of a Glorious Reality that does, and yet a Reality that we cannot yet fully see. In this way, we understand the book of Revelation, as we are presented with an illustrative, imaginary world. But, it is only imaginary in so far as the Truths of Heaven simply cannot be contained by anything less than the wildest of imaginations.
…we all like astonishing tales because they touch the nerve of the ancient instinct of astonishment. This is proved by the fact that when we are very young children we do not need fairy tales: we only need tales. Mere life is interesting enough. …A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we (G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy).
The Bible helps us, enables us, to understand, to re-appropriate, to celebrate the role of the imagination as part of our redeemed, renewed, image-bearing humanness. You need imagination to live in God’s world (from lecture on “The Bible and the Imagination”).
We must allow God to renew our mind, to allow us to be conformed to a higher image, an image that cannot be seen with mortal eyes, but only through the eyes given by the Spirit.
Imagination is a thing of clear images, and the more a thing becomes vague the less imaginative it is. Similarly, the more a thing becomes wild and lawless the less imaginative it is (G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy).
The capacity to create and experience beauty is dependent upon this interaction between imagination and wonder. For, in seeing a beautiful sunset, the imagination allows the mind to transcend the individual physical realities of the sun, the landscape, the colors, etc., and to see it all as one interdependent whole, and so to wonder and delight in such beauty.
Beauty… can be appreciated only by the mind. This would be impossible, if this ‘idea’ of beauty were not found in the Mind in a more perfect form…. This consideration has readily persuaded men of ability and learning… that the original “idea” is not to be found in this sphere (Augustine, City of God).
Open the door to the imagination, and you will open the door to Eternal Beauty.
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), a Swiss theologian and priest, who upon completing his seven volume work entitled The Glory of the Lord, concluded that “beauty is the word that shall be our first.” Indeed, in the opening story of Genesis, God creates harmony out of chaos, and the lush Garden of Eden can only be described as beautiful. Likewise, Revelation returns to the Garden, only it is even more beautiful than before. What is the connection, then, between the beauty we see in the world around us and the Transcendent Beauty of God?
In experiencing beauty we feel ourselves to be in contact with a deeper reality than the everyday…. Art can seem revelatory, just as it does seem to answer to objective standards. It can seem to take us to the essence of reality, as if certain sensitivities in us… beat in tune with reality. It is as if our… appreciation of things external to us… are reflecting a deep and pre- conscious harmony between us and the world from which we spring (Anthony O’Hear, Beyond Evolution).
If this feeling is not simply an illusion… it may say something about the nature of reality itself, as responsive to human desires…. But how could we think of an aesthetic justification of experience… unless our aesthetic experience was sustained by a divine will revealed in the universe, and particularly in our experience of it as beautiful? It is precisely at this point that many or even most will draw back. Aesthetic experience seems to produce the harmony between us and the world that would have to point to a religious resolution were it not to be an illusion (Beyond Evolution).
I have now for the first time in my life seen a miracle…. I truly fear that this child will turn my head if I hear him again; he has shown me how difficult it is to preserve one’s sanity in the face of a miracle (Barth, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart).
The acute experience of great beauty readily evokes a nameless yearning for something more than earth can offer…It is an aching need for the infinite, a hunger for more than matter can provide. It sparks a thirst for the divine…Because the light of the radiant form is true to the mind of the Artist who fashioned it, the same light of truth shines on the mind of the one perceiving it (Fr. Thomas Dubay, The Evidential Power of Beauty).
In experiencing beauty, we are, if but for a moment, drawn outside ourselves and able to gaze upon a world in which we are no longer the center, and, in this, there is a supreme delight, as if the universe were declaring to us that we are not alone, as if there is a much bigger piece to this whole puzzle. We yearn for something more than this life has to offer, probably because there is more.
Consider Revelation 4, a description of God’s Throne Room. The creatures, dwelling in the midst of God’s very Beauty, are said to worship “day and night” without ceasing (4:8). When confronted with finite beauty, it evokes such a response of worship, but in the midst of the very Source of Infinite Beauty itself, what other response could there be but unending worship? The moments we most live for in this life are those moments of splendor and beauty. But what if those were only very limited glimpses of beauty. What if the Eternal Beauty of God emanates with something so far beyond what we have ever experienced in this life?
If one were to travel from earth to the next closest star in our galaxy at 500 mph it would take 5.5 million years. But this galaxy itself is much more vast than that. From edge to edge, it is 12-15 billion light years across. And a light year moves at a rate of 186,000 miles per second, making it way around the very broadest part of the earth seven times every second. And yet, our galaxy is astronomically small in comparison to others, some being 60 times larger than our own. Then, there are billions of galaxies.
In the midst of this great vastness, we can gaze at our own tiny blue planet and begin to see order, harmony, unity, and proportion at work: Consider how perfectly all the gravitational forces of the vast universe must work together in order to allow the Earth to literally “hang in the balance.” If we were but a tad closer or further from the sun, life would not exist as we know it.
As Fr. Thomas Dubay exclaimed, “Creation is a book proclaiming the Creator.” If beauty depends upon order and harmony, what could be more harmonious than trillions of physical pieces of matter working so remarkably in sync that Earth is perfectly stationed to permit life? Could it be that the entire universe is playing the same symphony?
The composition of the tiniest cell is a “micro-miniaturized factory containing thousands of exquisitely designed pieces of intricate molecular machinery…far more complicated than any machine built by man and absolutely without parallel in the non-living world” (Dubay, The Evidential Power of Beauty).
Consider that a single cell contains more information than 30 volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica. Imagine a city so tiny that it cannot be seen by our naked eye and yet having millions of opening and closing gateways. It possesses a transportation system, libraries of information, manufacturing plants, computers, and much else. Imagine each of these micro cities making others like them in an afternoon. Of course, it is said that each of these micro cities within the cell are as complex as New York City itself (The Evidential Power of Beauty). And the trillions of cells that make up each human body work with unrivaled efficiency and togetherness, every cell playing its part, working together to sustain the whole. And we think smartphones are impressively complex!
As far as we have come with our own machinery, we must still admit how much more efficient and more intricate, yet, more harmonious the creations of nature are than our own creations. Surely this points to the Grand Imagination of our Grand Composer.
It is possible for a marble statue to wave at us. It could happen. The odds against such a coincidence are unimaginably great but they are not incalculably great. A physicist colleague has kindly calculated them for me. The number is so large that the entire age of the universe so far is too short a time to write out all the noughts! It is theoretically possible for a cow to jump over the moon with something like the same improbability. The conclusion to this part of the argument is that we can calculate our way into regions of miraculous improbability far greater than we can imagine as plausible (The Blind Watchmaker).
Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do…Poetry is sane because it floats easily in an infinite sea; reason seeks to cross the infinite sea, and so make it finite. The result is mental exhaustion…To accept everything is an exercise, to understand everything a strain…The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits (Orthodoxy).
One is more attuned to beauty when they are less inwardly focused, that is, when they are less self-centered and ready to be other’s centered. For, only in humility can we see otherness for what it really is. Yet, sin is the representative of ugliness itself, for it is distortion, disruption, discord, self-centeredness. And what is inwardly focused desires no harmony, no unity with the larger, complete whole. Sin feeds on competition, not cooperation, and so beauty is defeated in its all-against-all mentality.
The best way to see beauty is God-centeredness. For, when God becomes the center of our lives, instead of ourselves, our vision of the universe suddenly becomes simultaneously larger and, yet, also more intimate. The cure for jadedness is taking the focus off onself: “Just as the removal of cataracts restores clear vision, so does repentance restore the joy of youth and a capacity for the beautiful” (The Evidential Power of Beauty).
We are called, as Christians, to prepare the way of the Lord, by beautifying our own lives by gazing upon the transcendent ways and thoughts of God’s Glory. But, in order to do so, we must be attuned to the beauty around us. We must unleash the imagination, the spirit of wonder and awe, such that we are able to see the world around us not only for what it is, but for what it is becoming. We must be able to perceive this new world that God set in motion on the third day, a world not where earth stands alone, nor where heaven is a distant reality, but a world in which heaven invades earth and all things are being made new.
Let us never fail to be fascinated by God’s unending glory, which indeed “fills the earth”, as we are able to see it now, and still will gaze upon it one day with even greater clarity. And, one day, when the lion finally lays down with the lamb, when the prey finally embraces the predator, when the great ministry of reconciliation has come to a completion beyond our wildest imagination, it is on that day we will come to see that this holy imagination was anything but imaginary. And, perhaps, it is the Cross of Christ than reminds us of such impossible possibilities.
If God’s glory radiates beauty, then is not the Cross the most radiant image of His beauty? Not what you expected as an image of beauty? You weren’t expecting blood and sweat and tears? You weren’t expecting agonizing, cruel pain and suffering? You weren’t expecting the Cross to be the defining image of God’s beauty?
The reason why the beauty of creation alone is not enough apart from the revelation of Scripture is that when we gaze upon the beauty of creation, we are but for a moment so consumed by this transcendent beauty, that we forget that ugliness still takes up residence in this world, so consumed by this beauty are we that we forget that sin still pierces the human heart. But the Cross will never let us forget this.
How strange that these words were affirmed by Christ, not at his resurrection, not at his ascension, not even waiting for his return, but were said amidst his final gasps for breath before he died. It is finished: on the Cross, suffering was transformed into Glory. It is finished: on the Cross, the ugliness of this world was transformed into beauty.
Not what you expected, that the very image of beauty itself would, if but for a moment appear ugly? But then again, that is what makes the Cross more stunningly beautiful than anything else in this world; because it is unwilling to abandon the ugly, unwilling to excommunicate the sinner, unwilling to leave it to its own demise, and so, if it must, it becomes what it is not, if only it might transform even the most hopeless, most disgusting landscape into a haven of beauty. The Cross is beautiful if for no other reason than that it offers hope that the ugliness of this world might just be transformed at last. Look upon the Cross and stand in awe and wonder.
Is it true, prince that you once declared that “beauty would save the world”? Great Heaven! The prince says that beauty saves the world! And I declare that he only has such playful ideas because he’s in love!
Beauty will save the world. And, yet, only Sacrificial Love makes such a hope possible. Yes, beauty is consummated by sacrificial love. We look upon this Cross, upon this ghastly image of a man hanging, beaten, bruised, bloody, and, yet, as we gaze upon that which appears to the world as ugly, we encounter Beauty at its height. In the Cross, Beauty is consummated in love, in personal, intimate, unconditional love.
But the beauty is not discovered in gazing upon some abstract, impersonal, fact of reality. The beauty of the Cross is only discovered by being intimately united with the One on the Cross.
You see, Prince Myshkin knew what Hippolite did not. While both suffered terribly from disease, Myshkin had hope, while Hippolite had despair. Myshkin, by gazing not only upon the beauty of creation, but likewise upon the beauty of the Gospel Narrative, understood what Hippolite did not: Despite our suffering, despite our humiliation, despite our death, Beauty will conquer!
This essay in our series of “Timeless Essays” was first published here in July 2017.
Editor’s note: The featured image is “Evening Shadows” (1899) by Wynford Dewhurst, courtesy of Wikipedia.
Aaron Ames teaches Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Literature at Trinity Christian Academy in Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Ames is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary, where he earned an M.A. in Theological Studies with an emphasis in Philosophy, as well as an M.A. in Biblical Studies, with emphases in New Testament and Greek. He has an undergraduate degree in Letters and Classics from the University of Oklahoma.
Why do we speak of sunrise and sunsets instead of earth rotation. We are all poets. |
0.99962 | The FDA has become aware that recalled Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal are still being offered for sale. All Honey Smacks cereal was recalled in June 2018. Retailers cannot legally offer the cereal for sale and consumers should not purchase Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal.
The FDA has learned that some retailers are still selling this product. The FDA will continue to monitor this situation closely and follow up with retailers as we become aware of recalled products being offered for sale. Additionally, the public is urged to report any product being offered for sale to the FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinator in their region. More information about the recall can be found at FDA.gov.
The FDA, CDC, along with state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks sweetened puffed wheat cereal. The CDC reports that 100 people in 33 states have become ill. There have been 30 hospitalizations and no deaths.
Following discussion with FDA, CDC, and state partners, the Kellogg Company voluntarily recalled Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. The recalled products were distributed across the United States including Guam and Saipan and internationally. Consumers should not eat any Honey Smacks cereal.
The FDA provided a more detailed a list of foreign countries to which the Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal was distributed.. Here is the list of the foreign countries: Aruba/Curaçao/Saint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles), the Bahamas, Barbados, Tortola (British Virgin Islands), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, and Tahiti (French Polynesia).
The FDA is advising consumers to not eat and to discard any Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. This is regardless of size or “best if used by” dates. The recall notice accounts for all of the product that is on the market within the cereal’s estimated one year shelf-life. However, Honey Smacks products with earlier dates could also potentially be contaminated.
The FDA quickly initiated an inspection at the contract facility where Kellogg’s Honey Smacks is manufactured. As part of the inspection, investigators collected environmental and product samples. Analysis of the environmental samples is now complete, and they were found to be a match to the outbreak strain. In addition, product samples collected and analyzed by state partners were positive for the outbreak strain of Salmonella Mbandaka. As of June 12, 2018, the manufacturing facility is no longer producing product. The FDA continues to work with the firm to address corrective actions.
The FDA, CDC, along with state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks sweetened puffed wheat cereal.
The FDA and CDC, along with our state partners contacted The Kellogg Company and as a result of discussions, the company has voluntarily recalled Kellogg’s Honey Smacks to prevent further distribution of potentially contaminated products. The recalled products were distributed across the United States including Guam and Saipan, and internationally in certain countries.
There are 100 people ill with this strain of Salmonella in 33 states: Alabama (2), Arizona (3), California (6), Colorado (1), Connecticut (4), Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois (1), Indiana (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Massachusetts (7), Maryland (2), Michigan (4), Mississippi (1), Montana (2), North Carolina (4), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (4), New York (11), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (8), Rhode Island (2), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Utah (1), Virginia (5), Washington (3), Wisconsin (1), West Virginia (4).The ages of the ill people range from less than one year to 95 (median 57 years) and 68% of cases are female. Reported illness onset dates range from 3/3/18 – 7/2/18. Among 77 with available information, 30 (39%) have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
On May 17, 2018 the FDA learned about a cluster of Salmonella Mbandaka illnesses in multiple states. In the following weeks, the FDA, CDC, and state partners worked together to collect additional information to identify a food item of interest. Interviews with ill people allowed health partners to identify Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal as a possible source of the illnesses.
As a result of discussions with the Kellogg company and the contract manufacturer, on June 14, 2018,The Kellogg Company voluntarily recalled Honey Smacks cereal. On June 14, 2018 the FDA began collecting environmental and product samples from the contract manufacturer’s facility.
On June 15, 2018 the FDA updated our web posting to include a list of known countries where the recalled product was distributed and to advise that consumers not eat and discard any Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. On July 12, 2018 the FDA and CDC updated their web posting to include additional cases linked to this outbreak. We also reminded consumers and retailers that the cereal has been recalled and should not be consumed or sold. |
0.9998 | Ostatnie miesiące, to biegowa tragedia. To jakieś urazy, tu dwugłowy, tam łydka, tam coś jeszcze innego. Moje czasy spadły i sięgnęły niemal biegowego dna. Kładłem to głównie na karb urazów, spowodowanych zbyt ostrym treningiem. No, ale wydawało mi się, że chyba trochę mi brzuch urósł. Dla świętego spokoju postanowiłem dwa tygodnie temu wejść na wagę. No i się wydało… 95 kilogramów. Zszedłem z wagi, znowu podszedłem do lustra i rzuciłem do siebie ta sobie znaną wiązankę. Oczywiście zrozumiałem od razu skąd moje urazy i słabe czasy. Nogi, które niosą 67 kg, a muszą się użerać z ponad 90 kilogramowym cielskiem to zdecydowanie czują różnicę. A jeżeli przy tej wadze zachciewa mi się jeszcze jakiś interwałów czy podbiegów, to muszę brać pod uwagę ryzyko, że organizm powie:dość i odpowie urazem albo kontuzją.
Dlatego nie ma bata i od dwóch tygodni znowu narzuciłem sobie mój żywieniowy rygor. Może nie będę mojej rozpiski dietetycznej wrzucał, czy raczej na razie wrzucał, bo specjaliści powiedzą że mnie chyba powaliło i że jestem na najlepszej drodze do samobójstwa. Jednak już raz tą drogą szedłem i dotarłem do celu, dlaczego nie mam powodu by jej powtórzyć. Na razie po dwóch tygodniach 5 kilogramów mniej. Oczywiście nie ma teraz mowy o szybkim, oczywiście jak na moje możliwości bieganiu. Aż taki szalony to nie jestem. Teraz spokojnie sobie truchtam, aby wagową ofensywę spokojnie wspomagać. Na walkę z czasem przyjedzie czas za jakieś 16 do 20 kilogramów mniej. Czyli podejrzewam, że dopiero jesienią zacznę normalnie biegać i wyrwę się z truchtającego stanu walcząc znowu o jak najlepsze czasy. Na tą chwilę jest walka z wagą, a na czasy przybiegnie jeszcze czas.
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0.937919 | Indianapolis is the capital city of the State of Indiana. Indianapolis is well known as a city with a strong sports reputation, a reputation the city government encourages. It has been referred to as The Amateur Sports Capital of the World, and the Racing Capital of the World. The people of Indianapolis have hosted major sporting events such as the 1987 Pan American Games, the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the United States Grand Prix, and the city is infamous for it's annual Indianapolis 500. These events, combined with an aggressive downtown revitalizing campaign, have aided in shedding a reputation as a Manufacturing, or Rust Belt, city.
Indianapolis was founded as the state capital in 1821. Jeremiah Sullivan, a judge of the Indiana Supreme Court, invented the name Indianapolis by joining Indiana with polis, the Greek word for city; literally, Indianapolis means "Indiana City". The city was founded on the White River under the incorrect assumption that the river would serve as a major transportation artery; however, the waterway was too sandy for trade. The state commissioned Alexander Ralston to design the new capital city. Ralston's original plan for Indianapolis called for a city of only one square mile, and, at the center of the city, sat the Governor's Circle, a large circular commons, which was to be the site of the Governor's mansion. The Governor's mansion was finally demolished in 1857 and in its place stands a 284-foot-tall neoclassical limestone and bronze monument, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. This is now known as Monument Circle.
The city lies on the original east-west National Road. The first railroad to service Indianapolis, the Madison & Indianapolis, began operation on October 1, 1847, and subsequent railroad connections made expansive growth possible. By the turn of the century, Indianapolis had become a heavy automobile manufacturer, rivaling the likes of Detroit. With roads leading out of the city at all directions, Indianapolis was on its way to becoming a major hub of regional transport connecting to Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus and St. Louis, as is befitting the capital of a state whose motto is "The Crossroads of America." This same network of roads would allow quick and easy access to suburban areas in future years. Natural gas and oil deposits in the surrounding area in the late 19th century helped the economy of Indianapolis prosper. City population grew rapidly throughout the first half of the 20th century.
Major revitalization of the city's blighted areas, such as Fall Creek Place, and especially the downtown, occurred in the 1990s and led to an acceleration of growth in and around the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area. The city's relative flat terrain allows for easy access to areas in and around the city.
Television sitcom One Day at a Time was set in Indianapolis. The opening credits of the show include a shot of the Pyramids, a set of three distinctive office buildings located near the north-western edge of the city.
Alexander Ralston was one of two co-architects for the design of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. An assistant to the French architect Pierre L'Enfant, Ralston helped L'Enfant plan Washington, DC. With co-surveyor Elias Pym Fordham, Ralston's original plan for Indianapolis, developed in 1821, called for a city of only 1 square mile, with its Governor's Circle, a large circular commons, the original site of the Governor's mansion at the very center of the city. Ralston died in 1874 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. His gravestone is engraved with an image of his plat of the city's initial design. |
0.999998 | How does the state build infrastructure?
State law specifies three general types of procurement approaches that state departments can use—design–bid–build, design–build, and public-private partnerships. The main difference between these approaches is which project phases—such as design, construction, maintenance, and funding—are performed under a single contract and which ones are performed separately. For example, under the design-bid-build approach, the state typically contracts with one firm to design an infrastructure project and a separate firm to build it. In contrast, under the design-build approach, the state typically contracts with one firm to design and build the infrastructure project. |
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0.999996 | Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of June 20, 2014, the issuer had 41,921,362 shares of common stock outstanding.
This Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012 contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document include, among others, statements regarding our capital needs, business plans and expectations. Such forward-looking statements involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties regarding, among others, the success of our business plan, availability of funds, government regulations, operating costs, our ability to achieve significant revenues, our business model and products and other factors. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the assumptions, risks and uncertainties set forth in reports and other documents we have filed with or furnished to the SEC. These factors or any of them may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement made in this document. While these forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding future events, our actual results will likely vary, sometimes materially, from any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions or other future performance suggested herein. The forward-looking statements in this document are made as of the date of this document and we do not intend or undertake to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results, except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States.
The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of Asia Properties, Inc., have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in Asia Properties’ Annual Report filed with the SEC on Form 10-KSB. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the interim periods presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Notes to the financial statements which would substantially duplicate the disclosure contained in the audited financial statements for fiscal 2011 as reported in the Form 10-KSB have been omitted.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Asia Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) and its 100% owned subsidiary, Asia Properties (HK) Limited that was registered in Hong Kong on November 7, 2007, after elimination of all significant inter-company accounts and transactions.
Planned principal activities have begun but Asia Properties has not generated significant revenues to date. The company had a net loss of $106,049 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and had a negative working capital of ($1,169,708) and stockholders’ deficit of $544,708 at September 30, 2012. These matters raise substantial doubt about Asia Properties’ ability to continue as a going concern. Continuation of Asia Properties’ existence depends upon its ability to obtain additional capital. Management’s plans in regards to this matter include receiving continued financial support from directors and raising additional equity financing in 2012. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
The Company acquired the Banroy Gold Claim on July 18, 2011, consisting of 16 claims covering an area of 677.52 hectares, being valid for 2 years until June 22, 2013 in La Pause Township, Quebec, Canada.
On August 29, 2011, The Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 1325 acre King’s Point, North Block Mining Concession, located in Newfoundland, Canada consisting of 53 claims.
For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company accrued $15,000 in management fees to its president and CEO. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company accrued $45,000 in management fees to its president and CEO. As of September 30, 2012, Asia Properties owed its CEO $960,475 (2011 - $845,036) in expense reimbursements, management fees and a note payable in the amount of $10,000 bearing interest at 2% per month.
The Company borrowed from Capital One $50,000 in February 2008. Required monthly payments are $1,739. As at September 30, 2012, the loan balance owed to Capital One was $26,143 (2011 - $41,791).
The Company has a revolving business line of credit payable to Wells Fargo Bank. As at September 30, 2012 and 2011, $49,906 and $47,872 was due to Wells Fargo Bank.
The Company rents an office in Bellingham Washington and an office in Hong Kong each costs $100 per month for rental.
On December 30, 2011, included in Due to Related Party is a promissory note for a total of $10,000 bearing an interest rate of 2% per month.
The Company dropped its option for the King’s Point Claim in October 2013.
Prior year comparatives have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.
Asia Properties, Inc. was originally established to seek opportunities to invest in real estate and develop resorts in South East Asia. The Company has on July 1, 2011 restructured itself into a junior mining exploration company.
At the moment, it intends to deploy Asian based capital to develop and acquire mining assets in North America and other favorable mining jurisdictions.
The Company is highly leveraged and expects to be able to capitalize on suitable possibilities when identified.
There is no historical financial information about us upon which to base an evaluation of our performance. We have no revenue generating assets. We cannot guarantee we will be successful in our business operations. Our business is subject to risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise, including limited capital resources and possible cost overruns due to price and cost increases in services.
We will require additional financing to cover our costs that we expect to incur over the next twelve months. We believe debt financing will not be an alternative for funding our operations as we do not have tangible assets to secure any debt financing. We anticipate that additional funding will be in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funding from the sale of our common stock to fund our plan of operations. In the absence of such financing, we will not be able to continue and our business plan will fail.
We have not generated any revenues from our operations during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 or during last two years.
During the three month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company incurred general and administrative expenses of $20,562 (2011 - $32,814), management fees of $15,000 (2011 - $15,000), professional fees of $12,338 (2011 – nil), and consulting fees of $1,261 (2011 - $9.836).
We incurred general and administrative expenses of $47,153 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, as compared to $65,393 for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $18,240 or 28%.
Our management fees remained the same at $45,000 for the nine-months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.
We incur consulting fees of $1,261 (2011- $9.836) and professional fees of $12,635 (2011 – nil) during the nine month period ended September 30, 2012.
As at September 30, 2012, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $170 (2011 - $10,175).
Net cash used in operating activities in the three months ended September 30, 2012 was $914 (2011 - $106,675, cash inflow due to related party advances). Net cash used in operating activities in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 was $11,111 (2011 - $109,855 cash inflow due to related party advances).
No funds were used in investing activities for the three month period ended September 30, 2012 (2011 - $625,000). Again, no funds were used in investing activities for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012 (2011 - $625,000).
For the three month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company received $47 (2011 - $514,982) in financing activities. In the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company received $2.035 (2011 - $660,942) in financing activities. We have funded our business to date primarily from sales of our common stock but did not issue any common stock during the nine month period ended September 30, 2012. There is no assurance that we will be able to achieve further sales of our common stock or any other form of additional financing.
We are a development stage company. A development stage company’s management devotes most of its activities to developing a market for its products and services. Planned principal activities have begun, but we have not generated revenues to date.
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to stockholders.
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the our Chief Executive Officer (as our chief executive officer and chief financial officer), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. As of the end of the period covered by this report, and under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer, who is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act, such persons conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation and subject to the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer concluded that these controls are not effective because there are material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that that a material misstatement our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
During the period covered by this report, there have not been any changes in the our internal controls that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the our internal control over financial reporting. However, please note the discussion above.
No stock was sold for valuable consideration during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
No matters were submitted to our security holders for a vote during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. |
0.963163 | How do you import already aggregated data e.g. from spreadsheets?
I love what you can do with a cube in Tableau.
However, I can't find a way to import already aggregated data. For instance, I have a spreadsheet that has in each row some columns that are dimension values and some columns that are measures. I.e. a projection of a data cube where each row corresponds to a cell.
Why do I want to do this? Why not import the disaggregated data and do the aggregation in Tableau?
Sometimes I don't have the disaggregated data. E.g. published data like census summary statistics where basically the underlying hypercube is published as a series of cross-tabulations in Excel, where each workbook or worksheet is slice of the cube. (In this situation sometimes there is a cube cell per Excel cell and the row and column labels are items in two of the cube dimensions).
Sometimes the aggregation operation is not supported in Tableau, e.g. I want to import the results of statistical tests on the disaggregated data and use Tableau to organise and publish them.
So far as I can see, I can import only raw disaggregated data or aggregate data in esoteric proprietary formats like Essbase. But maybe I'm not looking carefullly enough into the functions of Tableau. |
0.971226 | Women and hip-hop shined at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Kacey Musgraves, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, and Childish Gambino were among Sunday’s big winners.Musgraves took home one.
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0.998164 | Casino Royale was the first James Bond title to appear on the High Definition Bluray format in 2007. In 2008, a few more "back catalog" James Bond titles began to appear on Bluray, some titles like Dr. No , From Russia With Love and Thunderball were available individually, while others like Licence To Kill and Moonraker were only available in mini three title box sets that were quite hard to find and seemed to be available in very limited quantities. Then in 2009, with 13 of the 22 official EON titles available on Bluray, new titles just stopped appearing. I had picked up all 11 of these attractive Gold boxes, plus Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace and was anxiously waiting to complete my set, but no more 007 titles would be released for 3 more years!
Why did they suddenly stop? The sale of 007's longtime, debt-hobbled studio, MGM; which went up for auction in November 2009 and which by August 2010 still hadn't found a buyer. According to Wikipedia, as of mid-2009, MGM had been in debt to the sum of US$3.7 billion, and interest payments alone totaled $250 million a year. MGM Holdings, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 160 affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 3, 2010, which led to MGM's creditors taking over the company.
Fortunately, by 2012 the crisis had passed, Skyfall quickly became the most successful James Bond film of all time, and The Bond film franchise was able to celebrate it's 50th anniversary in style, including a fancy new box set, which I decided not to buy since I already had 13 of the titles in it! I was finally able to complete my set a year or two later when the titles finally became available individually, though of course the boxes don't all match, and my 'Bond on Bluray' collection probably takes up a more space on the shelf than this box set would have.
Anyway, here are a few of the official trailers for the 2012 Bluray box set. The first has a great movie montage. |
0.999976 | Are admissions officers open to establishing relationships with college counselors?
I hear mixed answers about the degree to which admissions officers are open to establishing relationships with college counselors. Some counselors at schools themselves, have such relationships, particularly if they have been on the job for a while and have had success previously with their students. Admissions officers live with the paperwork on their applicants and don't always have the time for such conversations. On the other hand, it is not appropriate for independent college counselors to call admissions offices and lobby on behalf of their students. That should be done only by the school's counselor and will be especially helpful if there is a new development (such as winning an award or being offered the lead in a school play).
Obviously a piece of this question concerns how one defines relationship, but in my experience admissions officers are always open to getting to know counselors and their schools (not to mention the students) as well as they can so as to better inform their understanding of who the students are and what their records represent. Whether in their visits to schools or through the regular interactions at conferences , college fairs, and campus visits that are all a part of the job, the staffs on both side of the equation enjoy lots of contact that ultimately makes for better understanding and communication, and in turn, more informed admissions decisions.
In this world of admissions, it's all about making connections. The better the college counselor understands what a college is looking for, the easier it is to guide students to a best fit. Likewise, if admissions officers have a good understanding of the secondary school's profile, they can better evaluate an application for best fit. It is common practice for colleges to send reps to high schools to meet with students and their counselors. It is also typical for college counselors to tour schools to learn more about their campus. These relationships are all very ethical and appropriate as long as there is no expectation of special consideration being granted as a result.
In admissions we often reach out to school and college counselors so that they may know our institution better. We want them to be able to recommend our school to their students. We often invite them to go on tours or host them for breakfast or coffee or training sessions on a variety of topics all to reach out to them.
Most colleges and universities have an admissions and outreach staff that works on developing relationships with assigned schools in an assigned "territory." When I worked in admissions I was responsible for a certain geographical territory. My job was to establish relationships with the local high schools and community colleges in my territory. Admissions officers are very open to establishing relationships, and in fact, it makes it easier to get into the schools we serve if we have a point of contact. Some institutions establish great relationships were admissions officers come on a weekly, bi-weekly, or a monthly basis. If college counselors are looking to establish a relationship with a particular institution they should contact that institutions "Admissions and Outreach," "Recruitment," or another office with a similar name. This can help get the proverbial ball rolling, and help high school college counselors develop a solid working relationship. Some schools well have admissions counselors that only make a certain amount of visits due the the amount they have to travel. it is always worthwhile to contact the higher education institution.
I've worked as an admissions officer for a private liberal arts school, public/state community college, and public/state university for almost 20 years. I am definitely interested in establishing relationships with college counselors at the high schools where I'm recruiting. The counselors know their students, and therefore they can be the best source of information as to whether there might be students who are a match for my institution at their school. These counselors have become my extended network of educational colleagues and I really appreciate working closely with them and getting to know them.
That depends on the admissions office, and how you define "relationship." As most juniors and seniors are aware, college admissions offices spend considerable time and money sending their admissions officers/representatives throughout the United States and abroad to meet with students and counselors to showcase their institutions. College Nights are increasingly popular, some with hundreds of colleges in attendance. Oftentimes, admissions officers have certain territories and stay within those territories for a number of years. It is next to impossible for admissions officers not to develop relationship with college counselors, by simple fact that they have regular contact with them. Most of these relationships are collegial but also professional, and can be of great benefit to both parties. Open communication about what the best college fit would be for any particular student is almost universally recognized as desirable. If a professional relationship between an admissions representative and a college counselor fosters this open communication, then all for the better. But it is important to understand that college admissions departments must also in some ways protect their admissions officers from what could become a flurry of telephone calls and emails from college counselors contacting them on behalf of their students. And thus, in addition to a professional, working relationship between admissions officers and college counselors, it is equally important for admissions officers to require a professional "distance" from the college counselors, as well.
Absolutely! Admissions officers know that college counselors are a key and influential factor in a high school student's decision of where they choose to apply to college and ultimately attend. Colleges want to establish relationships to hopefully boost their application numbers from particular schools and regions. While working in admissions our office would often invite college counselors to visit campus in hopes that they would return to their school or community and advocate for students to apply. Admissions officers are always happy to answer questions from college counselors about their campus, admissions process, financial aid, and about individual students they might have applying to their school.
Absolutely! These relationships are always mutually beneficial. If an admissions officer has a relationship with a college counselor, it's easier for the admissions officer to call and ask questions about the student, and vice versa. At the same time, it benefits the admissions officer to have a good working relationship with college counselors because if a student seems like a good fit for a university, the college counselor is more likely to recommend the university to the student. It's a win-win for everyone. |
0.998732 | There are 3 character breakfasts that I would most recommend for a 2 year old boy. Please keep in mind that the characters are subject to change.
Crystal Palace at the Magic Kingdom. Our family's favorite character breakfast features Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet.
Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary. It's a great way to start the day with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto.
Playhouse Disney at Hollywood Studios. This features characters from JoJo's Circus and Little Einsteins.
I'd suggest you choose based on your son's favorite characters, as all of these offer great interaction and wonderful food.
As far as the Dining Plan, yes, I would highly recommend it. We purchase the Plus (Basic) plan on every trip. We find it saves us money, offers a lot of flexibility and gives us the chance to enjoy a lot of quality meals together. Disney Dining experiences are highlights of our vacations! |
0.968289 | "Do you know what it's like turning into a monster every month? leaving bodies plied up in your path without having any control?" there is a reason why it's called a curse Theo, because I'm a monster."
Samuel "Sam" Rodgers is a Werewolf, Police detective of the Doom City Police Department (DCPD), Next-door neighbor and friend of Theo Quinn and the deuteragonist in the First Blood series.
Born in the late 19th century, just before the war against the vampires and the werewolves, as a teenager, Sam's parents and brothers we're killed by vampires, and he himself was forced to go into hiding. Once he turned eighteen, the werewolf curse that he inherited from his parents was triggered, and he was forced to learn to become a werewolf.
Sam is a brooding, dark character, showing an unending sadness from the death of his family, self-loathing of being a werewolf, extreme remorse for killing others while he was a werewolf and a hatred for vampires. As such, this allows him to live in solitude. He lives in a reclusive lifestyle due to the fact that he is a werewolf and that he does not want to hurt anyone or know that he is one.
Due to his werewolf nature, Sam has animalistic tendencies. He is short-tempered and can become extremely angry and impatient, but has admitted to hate this side of himself and tries to control his anger the best he can. He describes that "it's the wolf in me trying to get out". His wolf tendencies even include his food source, as he has barely had any vegetables, diary and other products, due to solely eating meat.
Being a werewolf, Sam is supernaturally powerful and possesses many abilities such as superhuman strength, speed, stamina, senses, durability, healing factor, shapeshifting, enhanced immune system, the ability to adapt to any climate, powerful retractable claws and fangs, ability to communicate with canines and a extended lifespan. Because his ancestors we're the first werewolves in history, Sam is destined to become the alpha and leader of the werewolves, making far stronger than the average werewolf, even being a lone werewolf.
Superhuman strength: Sam is supernaturally strong.
Extended Longevity: Sam is over a hundred years old, as his aging process is dramatically slowed down, making him possess a longer lifespan than humans.
Enhanced superhuman strength: Sam's alpha werewolf status dramatically increased his strength to extreme levels, making him far stronger than any other werewolf, and even younger to relatively old vampires.
Enhanced Shapeshifting: Sam is able to morph into a werewolf no longer just under the full moon but as well as whenever he wants.
Immortality: Sam's lifespan did not only slow down but now his aging process has stopped since becoming Alpha.
Healing: Sam's blood can heal any werewolf of all wounds, diseases and infections. |
0.997613 | Track the results of the 2018 NBA Draft Lottery.
The Suns have the No. 1 overall pick for the first time in franchise history after securing the first pick in the 2018 NBA draft on Tuesday in the NBA Draft Lottery.
Sacramento has the No. 2 pick and Atlanta has the No. 3 pick.
The 2018 NBA Draft Lottery was held Tuesday at Palmer House Hilton in Chicago to determine the top of the draft order.
The Phoenix Suns finished the season with the worst record in the NBA with a 21–61 showing. Because of their awful showing, the Suns had the best odds of landing the No. 1 pick at 25%. While never getting the No. 1 pick until Tuesday, the Suns have selected second in 1969 and 1967.
The Memphis Grizzlies only had one more win with their 22–60 showing and had a 19.9% chance at the No. 1 pick. The Grizzlies have never selected a player with the No. 1 overall pick but their notable No. 2 picks include Mike Bibby (1998), Steve Francis (1999) and Hasheem Thabeet (2009).
The Dallas Mavericks finished 24–58 and had the third-best chance at the top pick at 13.8%.
DeAndre Ayton, Marvin Bagley III, Luka Doncic, Michael Porter Jr., Mohamed Bamba and Trae Young are among the top players in this year's draft class.
The NBA draft will be held on June 21 in Brooklyn. |
0.999999 | While I read your Passage, i can only imagine the amount of pain and loss you are going through right now, i am sure you already know that its important for you to rest and eat healthy at this point of time and you must be doing that to physically heal yourself, i also understand your need to vent and talk it out to someone, it definitely is first step to take care of your mind as well, with the anger you might have right now towards your husband, it is amazing to read that you did not hesitate to point of good things that he does for you and you are not only making fair attempts to understand him but also are trying to motivate him with his work.
It is definitely not easy to loose patience and feel the way you do for anybody at your place, specially at the time when you need him as well, it is important that you process your own emotions first, heal completely and then try to explain him your view. To act while you are emotionally charged may end up not working out the way you would wish for, i know it is difficult but we are here to listen and talk to you, feel free to ask for chat or call if you need too.
When it is unreal to expect someone to change their core nature completely , it is definitely possible to help him understand you better and handle things accordingly but all this only once you feel better, like you mentioned he does not express himself much, for all you know he must be processing his own emotions as well, giving him some time and in the meanwhile dealing with your own emotions might help.
like you said you made many attempts to motivate him and also help him understand you, but it dint work out, to reflect what were the ways in which you were trying to communicate it to him, were they all same? sometimes we end up doing the same thing again and again and expect different outcomes, it ends up exhausting our energy and not giving desired result, so learning new ways of communication will help you approach him much better. also talking to him about counselling once current situation resolves might help, here you have assumed he will not agree, might be sharing your idea change his mind.
From what i understand both of you definitely have respect and love for each other, little bit of patience and work from each side will Sure help you spend better lives together, also taking care of your child at this point is important, make sure child is not around while you both have this kind of conversation, children are easily most impacted ones and looses lot in all these.
Hope this helps and you find peace soon.
Feel free to approach again if you need any further help. |
0.999503 | Design a new badge for Walk to School! The theme is ‘My Neighbourhood’. Designs could be made into badges for 2016!
You could include people, places, landmarks, the natural environment, favourite places etc! |
0.976583 | Limited, partnership or something else?
We all know companies that are a separate legal entity and that have shares: we call them Limited Liability Companies, Private Limiteds, GmbH's, BV's or just the term that is used in your country. And we have contractual agreements, where partners work under one mutual name, but are all personally liable for joint commitments: in English you call them partnerships, but also here there is a variety of names and concepts.
The share structure of the Limited however is not so flexible, as the number of shares mostly is limited, and the partnership can make you liable for the actions of the other partner(s). Wouldn't it be nice if there would be the best of both worlds?
We also know the cooperative. Mostly associated with farmers who jointly brought there crop or milk to the market. It is common in many countries, but there are practically always limitations: e.g. in Indonesia you will have to get permission from the government first to set up your cooperative, and that can be a lengthy procedure.
The law on cooperatives ('coöperatie') as a legal entity ('rechtsvorm') in the Netherlands is extremely short and mostly refers to the (also relatively short) law on associations. There are only few functional limitations and the best news is: even foreigners and foreign legal entities can incorporate a cooperative or be a member. Once established, the cooperative keeps its own record of members, only the board member needs to reside in the Netherlands. But this can also be a non-member, hired by the cooperative.
The cooperative is a separate legal entity, just as a Limited Company or the Dutch 'BV', in case it goes bankrupt the members will only loose the capital they brought in. At least, if you use the variety 'Coöperatie U.A.', the one with excluded liability for the member, with most people do.
Regardless of the purpose of the cooperative, the fact that member from different nationalities can join makes it an easy form for international collaborations. Only if you want to incorporate the cooperative from abroad there may be some legalisations to do, but that is only once. The deed of incorporation needs to be in Dutch, but is in general only 6 pages and can easily be translated. Other documents can be in English.
Also important: the cooperative pays no withholding tax, which is useful for those who reside in countries with a lower tax burden than the Netherlands. There is one restriction: holding cooperatives without any real activities are excluded from this arrangement.
This is the original purpose of the cooperative, to get a better sales price by grouping the products of the members, or getting discounts by jointly buying products or services. In general no value is being accumulated in the cooperative, profits are paid out yearly on basis of the sales of purchasing volume of each of the members.
The alternative is to create a cooperative with a transferable membership. It is also possible to create 'member accounts' to keep track of the investments of each of the partners. The higher the value of the member accounts, the more voting rights and the bigger share of the profits each member gets. The cooperative is then comparable with a limited company.
This is a very flexible way to build your company. No need to go to the public notary every time to exchange shares. You can just add capital when you want (even in kind if you agree on the value) and slowly build your company. If new partners join as a member, they also can slowly build their share, without the need of buying themselves in. We have created a special version for start-ups, based on the principles in the book Slicing Pie.
If you want to know more about the possibilities of a cooperative in the Netherlands, please contact Alfred Griffioen, who is not only involved in Alliance experts, but who is also the founding partner of de Coöperatie expert. This is a Dutch expert group that works with its own public notary and has set up over 600 cooperatives so far.
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This entry in knowledge was updated on October 14, 2016 by specialist. |
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