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0.99918 | This year's Burning Man festival is in full swing in the Nevada desert, where revellers are sharing photos of the architectural and sculptural projects they have built on the dusty site.
Almost 70,000 attendees have constructed their temporary settlement known as Black Rock City on the arid plain, where they will live from 27 August to 4 September 2017.
Although internet connectivity is limited, hundreds of images showing the complex and intricate installations have emerged on Instagram – giving those at home a peek at life on the "playa".
Some of the most impressive structures and artworks for 2017, created around the theme of Radical Ritual, include the pagoda-shaped pavilion housing the huge wooden man that will be burnt at the end of the festival.
Equally grand is this year's Temple – designed by Steven Brummond, Marisha Farnsworth and Mark Sinclair from Oakland, California – which is built from stacked wooden bars.
Other designers attending this year include Ralph Nauta from Studio Drift, who has installed the interactive Tree of Ténéré. The tree lights up based on three swarm algorithms, which react to the movement, heartbeat and eye blinks of those wearing headsets.
Alex Josephson of Toronto firm Partisans has also travelled to Nevada for the event, and is documenting his first Burning Man experience via his Instagram account.
Some of the most photographed artworks so far include a 30-foot-tall (nine-metre) wooden owl called Múcaro, created by Los Angeles based El Nino, and Zachary Coffin's Temple of Gravity that comprises huge stones suspended from five thin steel arms.
Burning Man was founded by Larry Harvey on a San Francisco beach in 1986, before he moved the festival to the desert in 1991. The city is built in a horseshoe layout, which Harvey said was crucial to the event's success during an interview with Dezeen in 2015.
Since 1998, Canadian photographer NK Guy has been documenting the artworks built each year before they quickly vanish after a few days.
NK Guy documents 16 years of creating and destroying Burning Man's temporary "city" |
0.937989 | The lifeblood of any website/ecommerce business is traffic, and every webmaster knows the best type of traffic is natural, organic search engine traffic. There are two very important reasons for this: (1) it is extremely targeted, and (2) It is FREE! The hard part is getting top ranking for your sites keywords. or is it? The purpose of this article is to provide a few simple, effective, and most important, search engine friendly strategies to help boost your websites' ranking and ultimately your traffic. 1. We will start with the Meta Tags. I know you have already heard of, and are probably currently using meta tags on your site.
This is great. I just want to make sure you are using them effectively. We will only go over 2 tags: the "title" tag, and the "description" tag. We will not go over the "keywords" tag, as the major search engines have placed less and less weight on this one, and some would argue this tag has no weight at all. I still use this tag however, as I feel there is some merit and no drawbacks to using this tag.
I have found it effective to use similar text in the "title" and "description" tags, and to place your keywords prominently in these tags (near the beginning and more than once). I have seen sites with "sitename.com", "New Page 1", or "Welcome to my site" in the "title" tag, which really does not help in their quest for higher rankings for their particular keyword. Also, try not to use words such as "and", "or", or "the" in these tags. **Important note about your keywords. Search engines evaluate keyword prominence, keyword weight, and keyword density when determining a site's ranking. All three are calculated individually for the page, the title tag, the description tag, as well as other areas on a page. Keyword prominence means how close the keyword is to the beginning of your page. Keyword weight refers to how many times a particular keyword or phrase can be found on the page. Keyword density is the ratio of the keyword to the other words on the page.
Search engine spiders cannot "read" pictures or images. The only way a spider knows what an image is about is by reading the alt tag. This is also another chance to place more of your keywords in your HTML, improving your page's keyword weight/density. Alt tags are easy to make and they can make a big difference in your sites keyword ranking. A simple alt tag looks like this: alt="put your keyword phrase here." Search engines separately calculate keyword prominence, density, and weight in alt tags as well, so optimize your tags. 4. Place your keywords at the bottom of your page. Just as search engines place more weight on the first words of your page, they also do the same to the last words. The general thinking is this, if your site is about a certain subject, then the main points, or keywords, should, appear at the beginning, be spread throughout the page, and be prominent at the conclusion. |
0.999997 | What is the difference between a mutual fund and a unit investment trust fund?
Mutual funds and unit investment trust funds (UITFs) are similar as both instruments pool together money from numerous investors to build a portfolio of investment securities. Both are operated similarly in terms of accounting standards, record keeping, and safekeeping of investments.
Mutual funds are regulated by the SEC. They are treated as corporations with the fund investors as their shareholders.
UITFs are bank products regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Participation in UITFs is not represented by shares but through the purchase of units, thus investors do not have the same privileges given to shareholders of mutual funds. Investors must note that mutual funds and UITFs may also differ in terms of costs as well as regulations imposed by their respective governing bodies. |
0.999997 | Write a notes on "Importance of employee motivation in Australian organization".
Effective employee motivation ensures success and constant progress of any business enterprise. In this era of high competition both small scale and large scale organizations are suffering from employee retention challenges and therefore, significance of employee motivation has increased. Higher authorities of several business units are of the opinion that human resource or employees of the organizations are the central part. Therefore, it is important for the organization to motivate and persuade the employees towards higher excellence in order to increase the performance of the organization. The Australian organizations emphasize the role of employee motivation in order to increase their revenue generation and this project evaluates the importance of the employee motivation for organizational success.
The aim of this project is to understand the relevance of the motivational theories which these Australian organizations can use.
To explore the concept of motivation in Australian enterprises.
To explain the importance of motivation with reference to several well known motivational theories and models along with the strength and weaknesses of the theories while applied practically.
To understand the predicaments of the lack of motivation in the Australian organizations.
What is the significance of employees’ motivation in the organizational success of the Australian Business organizations?
Research methodology indicates to different tools and techniques that have been used in order to conduct the project successfully. It is important to formulate an appropriate research design and methodology in order to conduct the project correctly.
The design of the research helps to present the layout of the entire research procedure. There are various research designs among which explanatory design has been chosen for this particular project (Panneerselvam, 2014). This design has been chosen in order to analyse the already available materials regarding the issue under study.
Experts have opined that there are many philosophies with their own reasoning and logic. In order to reach a concrete solution of any study it is important to select a particular philosophy in order to conduct a study (Flick, 2015) For this project positivism has been considered to be appropriate for the progress of the project.
Research approach is the plan through which the project is conducted. Research approach helps in the amalgamation of the concepts and theories that underpin the topic of the study forward () Among deductive and inductive approach, deductive approach has been chosen for this project.
This move can be justified as the study starts from the generalized setting where several aspects of employee motivation in the Australian context have been considered and attempts to reach a specific conclusion where the projects answers the need of employee motivation in the current scenario and attempts to recommend the organizations how they can effectively motivate the employees of the organization.
In this particular project secondary data collection method has been followed. Secondary data indicates towards the already available data that are been used in order to understand different aspects of employee motivation and the need of employee motivation for organizational success of the Australian business enterprises.
It is important to select a particular data analysis technique in order to analyze the gathered data effectively (Flick, 2015). In this project document analysis technique has been applied in order to provide a detailed analysis of the literature.
Different factors that are instrumental and different methods of employee motivation have been identified with the help of this source. The employee behaviour of the non profit organizations are subtly different from the other organizations and fro this journal effective ways through which the employees can be motivated have been identified.
There lies a primary difference in the organizational behaviour of the private and the public business organizations. In order to motivate the employees of a certain organization it is important to identify the needs of the employees of that particular organization. With the help of this journal the behavioural differences and different employee needs of a particular organization has been identified.
Different theories that can be applied in order to understand the motivational needs of employees have identified with the help of this journal.
In different sectors the work process is different and in this context it is important to understand the particular needs of the employees working in a particular sector. Different human beings responds to different motivational approaches. This journal has helped to understand the various aspects that the higher authority needs to understand in order to motivate the employees of the organization effectively.
Employee motivation not necessarily indicates financial measures applied by the organizations. Several non monetary measures can also prove to be effective in order to motivate the employees for higher excellence. One of such measures is to influence their individual productiveness. According to the authors, if the individual performance of the employees are of higher excellence, the organization can achieve success easily.
Several methods that can prove to be effective in order to motivate the employees have been identified from this source.
In order to motivate a person it is important to understand the psychological workings of the human mind. Several aspects of employee needs have been identified from the aspect of psychology. It is relevant to identify the focal point on which the organization requires to work in order to ensure the employees of the organization are motivated and can be productive enough in order to ensure organizational success.
Healy, K., 2016. A Theory of Human Motivation by Abraham H. Maslow–reflection. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 208(4), pp.313-313.
It is important for the organizations to understand the needs of hierarchy law of Maslow. The importance of this motivational theory and its relevance in the organizational context has been identified from this particular source.
Different motivational patterns that the Australian business organization follows in increase the productivity of their employees have been gathered from this source.
Different theories of motivation have been used in order to evaluate the issue. These theories and their relevance have been understood from the different books and relevant and reliable data gathered from several online sources. Along with that in order to identify the effect of motivation upon employees belonging to different working sectors different social media networks and company websites have been explored. The details of such sources have been provided in the reference list section of this project. Forty different sources have been used in order to acquire relevant data for this project.
Relevant data for the literature has been gathered via 10 journal articles which are associated with the discussion regarding the importance of employee motivation relevant to organizational success. Data has been collected between 2012 and 2017.
The key idea behind the need to motivate employees of an institution is to aid in joint profit maximization and personal utility maximization (Moody, and Pesut, 2006). Certain factors circling round employee motivation are health care facilities, subsidized meal plans, family medical plans, personal vehicle, accommodation, etc. This helps the employees be happy and respected for their contribution. In addition, the organization can maximize their personal objectives and simplify employee relations. However this theory of compensating employees with material rewards does not prove to be an effective motivational tool. In addition to this, entrepreneurs should consider enhancing their morals and providing them with constant support. This helps the organization deal with future problems and still employees. Employees need to be incentivized with mental determination to help them, fight an issue together. Thus according to Latham and Pinder (2005), a motivating job is one in which workers must feel free to work comfortably without any distractions that might destroy the balance between the two concerned parties. Employees must be instilled with a feeling of ownership and better connection with the organization administration. This helps them accomplish group tasks with ease. Public acknowledgement for accomplishing challenging environment is absolutely necessary and helps the employee understand their importance on the organization. Constant brainstorming sessions might assist in better understanding and innovating new ideas.
Employee motivation happens to be one of the necessary and sufficient conditions required for a company to function properly. Employers should concentrate on motivating their employees for a two-way benefit. Firstly it helps to rejuvenate the essence of working effectively employing the required attributes for the particular job (Collins et al 2004). This helps the company to improve its production figures and exact enough revenue to be reused as surplus amount to be reinvested. Apart from organizational benefits, employee motivation helps the employees maintain proper routine and ensure that he/she works with compassion. Positivity is the order of the day and the employer should make sure that his employees do not get demotivated and finally end up in lower productivity. But what can the employer do in order to shower enough motivation so as to let his/her employees to give their best?
Employee satisfaction fulfilled: Employers need to be motivated before they can devote their time, effort and dedication for the benefit of the company. This needs time and certain incentives from the employers. Ultimately it helps in boosting employee satisfaction. New employees need to be trained using effective and interactive motivational techniques that will help the new employees understand tackling with difficult situations. Understanding company objectives and dealing with emergency situations thus turns out to be easier (Brawley et al 2000).
Job satisfaction: Job satisfaction from the perspective of the employees help in retaining employees and they prefer to remain loyal to the organization. Not only does it help the company in reaping the experience of these seasoned workers but also saves them the time and effort invested while hiring new employees since they need to get accustomed with the concerned job.
Boost to Productivity and Learning: Studies shown that major steps undertaken by the organization entrepreneurs in boosting employee satisfaction has helped raise the organizational profit structure by several degrees. It also helps the company reach new heights and maintain their company goals and objectives. Ability and motivation together can help the company improve its performance and make enough room for innovation and long run cost reduction. That, in turn makes room for higher compensation hikes which raises the employee satisfaction exponentially.
Maintains discipline: Research shows that maintaining proper discipline and actuality is immensely crucial for an organization to thrive on its own (Davis et al 1997). Discipline involves adhering to stricter deadlines, lesser sudden leaves and reaching office on time. This might also include maintaining a healthy environment by engaging in productive conversations. Symmetry in information ultimately helps improve company performance and deal with emergency situations with ease.
Let the employee feel at ease: An employee needs motivation to cope with the growing environment of his workplace and deliver work in time. This requires the employers to let their employees feel at ease. They should be ready to break away from distractionary cocoons and let the employee concentrate more on fulfilling organizational objectives.
Retaining individual respect and values: Employees should be able to retain their respect and values in order for them to divert all their attention to fulfilling joint objectives as set by their employers. This needs proper division of labor and setting prior short terms goals and stepping up gradually. His/her efforts need to be recognized and praised in order for him/her to identify their own potential.
Guides the employee and helps him/her cope up with his/her shortcomings: Employees should receive timely feedback from their employers to make them understand their limits and potential from time to time (Cerasoli et al 2014). In order to grow constructive thoughts and make a better office environment, employers should instill in their workers the feeling of empowerment and teamwork. Motivational speeches, welcome messages and occasional tokens of appreciation might help.
Provides room for empowerment, creativity and innovation: the fear of being mocked and ridiculed often bars employee’s willingness to indulge in creative innovations. The power to create something new should always give the employees and impetus for hard work and working with immense passion. Sustenance and idea exchange are key players in this respect and it is the duty of the employers to make their employees understand the importance of responding accurately to market changes (Locke et al 2004).
Provides sufficient monetary compensation and other incentives: After all its money that the employees are working for irrespective of the other perks and their amounts. Monetary compensations should be chosen very carefully so as to not harm the interests of the employees and make them eligible for living in the city and maintaining a decent standard of living (Miner, 2015). Other incentives include compensations for living in decent homes and enjoying proper diet. Research opines that at lower levels of working environments, employees should instill in their employees the importance of diverting their salaries into maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
The best part of employee motivation is that it does not incur many costs apart from the compensational benefits that employers are liable to pay. Praising and heartfelt thanks come free of cost and the employer do not feel the pain of spending more for motivating their employees to work with passion. The payback successful employee motivation may be enormous. Employees like to be associated with liberal and rational thinking. Employers should involve his/her employees in respectable positions (Panneerselvam, 2014). One’s loyalty to the company to clear the employees from any sort of disparities. Employers should engage in genuine, sincere and clear motivational techniques. To further the cause they may also consider personalizing their motivational techniques for each labor divisions. Occasional lunch treats and short trips are examples of lesser cost motivational techniques.
Before motivating the employees it is important for the higher authority to undertake several measures in order to make the employees comfortable in the workplace.
Taylor, J., 2013. Goal setting in the Australian public service: Effects on psychological empowerment and organizational citizenship behavior. Public Administration Review, 73(3), pp.453-464.
It is important for the employees that their individual respect and values are retained.
The organization needs to take initiative to help the employees to cope with their shortcomings and motivate them effectively.
Mostafa, A.M.S., Gould‐Williams, J.S. and Bottomley, P., 2015. High‐performance human resource practices and employee outcomes: the mediating role of public service motivation. Public Administration Review, 75(5), pp.747-757.
It is important for the employees that they are given enough room so that they freely convey innovative ideas and can explore their creativity. This can prove to be helpful for the organizational profit.
Importance of monetary bonuses and other incentives in order to increase their interest towards organizational profit.
Wery, J. and Thomson, M.M., 2013. Motivational strategies to enhance effective learning in teaching struggling students. Support for learning, 28(3), pp.103-108.
These themes are identified and developed with the help of different theories of motivation. In order to fulfill the first to themes mentioned above, it is important to understand the theory of the needs of hierarchy model (Taylor, 2013) According to this model the motivational needs of different persons are different. The basic needs, the psychological needs and the self-fulfillment needs of the employees need to be noticed by the higher authority of the organization in order to motivate the employees accordingly.
With the help of Herzberg’s Two factor theory is an essential theory that has been implemented by several Australian organizations in order to motivate the employees according to their identified needs (Dornyei, 2017). Theme three, four and five can be fulfilled by the organization by implementing this theory in their motivational workshops. In order to fulfil the criteria of job satisfaction the organization needs to understand the moot factors through which the employee can be subjected to personal growth that indicates organizational profit in long run. According to this theory there are several factors that indicate severe job dissatisfaction and affects the organizational growth of the enterprise negatively ( Taylor, 2013). Similarly several factors of job satisfaction have been highlighted through this model.
There are possibly no substitutes of a thorough employee motivation procedure. Research shows that employees seldom favour materilsitic benefits to accommodate for their heavy duty. Motivation and the power to battle difficult situations is considered more rewarding and beneficial in the long run (Chmiel, Fraccaroli, and Sverke, 2017). Workers need appreciation for their work irrespective of their designation. Employers should be able to get rid of primitive methods of employee retention and insist on customer/employee feedback systems.
Precisely introducing the organizational objectives and long run visions and ways to fulfill the same.
Cater to employee benefits and engage in thorough and symmetric communication for furthering company benefits.
Boosting confidence and instilling the feeling of respect and passion for the concerned job.
Maintaining trust, acting rationally even in the most difficult situations and maintaining an unbiased approach to dealing with employee needs and wants.
Appreciation for developing unique solutions to issues thereby empowering the spirit of team leadership and efficiency. |
0.997105 | I can't wait while that scoundrel named Goetaborg exploits what I foolishly gave him.
Non posso restarmene seduto in aula mentre una canaglia di nome Goetaborg sfrutta quello che io stupidamente gli ho rivelato.
Rib pitting from when you foolishly tried to act as a human shield.
Le erosioni alle costole che ti sei procurato quando, stupidamente, hai tentato - di fare da scudo umano.
I foolishly believed that your husband was a man of integrity.
Ho scioccamente creduto che suo marito fosse un uomo d'integrità.
For that I was foolishly dazzled by him.
Sono stato scioccamente abbagliato da lui.
And I spoke to my wonderful friend, brilliant journalist Catherine Mayer in Britain, and we rather foolishly - and I suspect there was wine involved - (Laughter) We decided to found a brand new political party.
Parlavo con la mia meravigliosa amica e brillante giornalista Catherine Mayer, in Gran Bretagna e piuttosto incautamente - immagino che avessimo alzato un po' il gomito - (Risate) decidemmo di fondare un nuovo partito politico.
I have further qualms about the effectiveness of certain regulations - supposedly crucial to the protection of health and the environment - that we have foolishly adopted.
Nutro qualche preoccupazione anche in merito all'efficacia di alcuni regolamenti - apparentemente essenziali per la tutela della salute e dell'ambiente - che abbiamo incautamente adottato.
Should have sacrificed him then, but I foolishly let him go.
Avrei dovuto sacrificarlo lì, senza perdere tempo, ma stupidamente l'ho lasciato andare.
I rather foolishly thought that my indifference would hurt your vanity.
Sai, ho stupidamente pensato che la mia indifferenza avesse urtato la tua vanità.
I found a cold case of ours that everyone foolishly said was unsolvable.
Ho trovato un nostro vecchio caso che tutti hanno scioccamente definito "irrisolvibile".
He foolishly spent the money on that table.
Ha scioccamente speso i soldi al tavolo da gioco.
The woman offered herself, and foolishly, I obliged.
Quella donna si è offerta a me... e io ho stupidamente accettato.
It was you who foolishly asked your woman to bring her.
Sei stata tu a chiedere stupidamente alla tua domestica di portarla.
Nessie has foolishly grown fond of him.
Nessie nutre scioccamente dell'affetto per lui.
There's the story of how I escaped from Berlin after I foolishly went back.
Poi quello di come sono fuggito da Berlino dopo - che vi ero stupidamente tornato.
She enjoys hiking, manicures... and foolishly hopes to be the love of Bruce's life.
Ama le escursioni. il manicure... e spera scioccamente di diventare il grande amore di Bruce.
There are times when I foolishly assumed this year that once the Commission had made its proposals for a revision we could reach an agreement with the Council.
Quest'anno, ci sono stati momenti in cui ho creduto stupidamente che una volta che la Commissione avesse fatto le sue proposte di revisione si potesse raggiungere un accordo con il Consiglio.
You don't think I can sit in my classroom while a scoundrel named Göteborg exploits what I foolishly placed in his hands.
I foolishly thought that if they took the others, they'd spare this one.
Ho stupidamente pensato che se avessero preso gli altri, lo avrebbero risparmiato.
That way, at least if I'm dead, you can have a nice trip together and foolishly risk your lives.
In questo modo, anche se sono morta, puoi fare un bel viaggio con me e rischiare stupidamente la vita.
Risultati: 126. Esatti: 126. Tempo di risposta: 49 ms. |
0.999998 | Imagine the scene: It's a sunny morning and you're walking the dog. Then in a heartbeat everything changes. Another dog runs at yours, grabs hold of his neck, and bites down hard. You manage to separate the pair, but your dog is bleeding and in pain.
The dog needs veterinary attention, but the vet is some distance away. What first aid should you give?
Here is a 3-step guide to first aid for wounds and cuts.
You need a clear head, so take a deep breath and calm yourself down.
Calmly get hold of your dog and attach a lead (improvise one with a belt or scarf if necessary) so he can't run off. Speak quietly to reassure him whilst you run an eye over the dog to assess the injuries.
Look at the dog's gums to check for shock. The gums should be a healthy pink. If they are extremely pale or white, the dog is in shock, Stop the bleeding, wrap him up warm, and get to a vet with all haste.
Decide which wound is bleeding most heavily and attend to this first.
Call for help whilst you keep applying pressure.
If no help is available, improvise a pressure bandage to control the bleeding while you move the dog.
Oozing or dripping blood: Again, apply pressure and hold it in place for several minutes to allow a clot to form. If necessary, improvise a dressing to apply moderate pressure while you move the dog.
For the 'walking wounded' where the dog is injured but not in shock, prompt cleaning of wounds reduces the risk of infection.
The golden rule is to use lots of saline solution to physically wash bacteria and contamination off the wound. Use saline solution from your first aid kit, or contact lens cleaning solution, or make up a saltwater solution (¼ tsp of salt to one pint of previously boiled water).
If you don't have saline and a wound is heavily contaminated, use a dilute solution of chlorhexidine or Savlon to wash the area clean. (There is some controversy about using disinfectants on open wounds as it can damage the exposed tissue, but for very dirty wounds the benefits outweigh the risks).
Once you've performed immediate first aid… get to the vet. This is especially important for dog bites. Puncture wounds often inoculate bacteria deep beneath the surface, and require the patient to be sedated so the wound can be adequately explored and cleaned.
Remember, don't panic, keep hold of your dog, and stop the worst of the bleeding. Don't be tempted to give human painkillers to the dog as this can interfere with pain relief the vet wants to administer. And finally, if in doubt keep the dog warm, phone the vet to warn them you are on the way, and then make all haste to the clinic. |
0.841906 | I should be grateful if you would arrange for the statement of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, concerning the latest initiatives of the United Arab Republic and the statement of the Soviet Government of 28 February, to be circulated as an official document of the Security Council and the General Assembly.
* Also issued under the symbol A/8294.
After the initiative of the cease-fire and the proposal to reopen the Suez Canal to navigation' the United Arab Republic stated, in reply to questions by the special representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Jarring, that it was ready to conclude a peace treaty with Israel. The proposal of the United Arab Republic requires the ending of the state of war and respect for each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence by all the countries in the region, on condition that Israel withdraws its troops from the Sinai peninsula and from all the occupied territories, and implements the resolutions which have been adopted concerning the Palestine refugees. These constructive proposals by the United Arab Republic in fact represent the implementation of the Security Council resolution of 22 November 1967, and thus provide a basis for a political settlement of the Middle East crisis. They were welcomed by the peoples of the whole world, including the people of the United States, who sincerely wish for peace in the Middle East. They received the full support of the Soviet countries. What was the response of Israel to this initiative? Persisting in its policy of aggression, Israel in its statement of 21 February 1971 in fact rejected the proposals of the United Arab Republic aimed at a peaceful solution to the crisis. It gave a negative reply to the question without a solution to which there can be no peace in the Middle East, namely the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the occupied Arab territories. Thus, Israel made Dr. Jarring's mission more difficult, demonstrated its scorn for all United Nations resolutions, and yet again afforded proof of its aggressive intentions.
At this crucial juncture, on 28 February 1971, the Soviet Government published a statement which unmasks the manoeuvres of the aggressors and their protectors, and shows the only path to follow and the only means to use if the Middle East crisis is to be settled. At the moment when the question of political settlement or military confrontation is being raised, the statement of the Soviet Government expresses the position of the whole of progressive mankind, that the only way to solve the conflict is by peaceful means. It is for this reason that the statement is a document of capital political importance9 which will without doubt unite and mobilize the progressive forces of the world against the aggressive intentions of Israel. Now more than ever the parties concerned must support the peaceful initiative of the Soviet Government, and not allow Israel and its leaders to make a political settlement of the conflict unattainable.
The Bulgarian Government fully supports the timely statement of the Soviet Government, and is firmly convinced that it will contribute to the peaceful settlement of the Middle East crisis.
The Bulgarian Government condemns the policy of Israel, which is leading to an aggravation of the situation in that part of the world. It believes that Israel could not persist in its policy of aggression without the unreserved support of the United States of America, which to all appearances wishes to crush the national liberation movement in the Arab countries and suppress the progressive regimes which have been set up there. The Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the whole of the Bulgarian people declare their full support for the constructive proposals of the United Arab Republic for a settlement of the Middle East conflict. The People's Republic of Bulgaria has been, and will continue to be, a faithful friend to the Arab peoples in their just struggle. As in the past, Bulgaria will provide full moral and material support to the Arab peoples in their struggle to liquidate the aftermaths of aggression.
The Middle East crisis can and must be solved by peaceful means on the basis of full implementation of the Security Council resolutions, and on condition of withdrawal by the aggressor from the occupied Arab territories.
* Also issued under the symbol A/8294/Corr.1. |
0.957066 | The circumflex ( ˆ ) is a diacritic mark used in written Greek, French, Esperanto, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Vietnamese, Japanese romaji, Welsh, Portuguese, Italian, and other languages.
In Greek the circumflex occurs (subject to certain rules) on the accented syllable of a word, on long vowels only, where there was a rise and then a fall in tone in Ancient Greek. It is used in the traditional polytonic orthography, sometimes taking a form similar to a tilde, but the monotonic orthography used for Modern Greek has replaced it with an acute accent.
In French the circumflex is used on the vowels �, �, � �, and �. It generally marks the former presence of the letter s in the spelling of the word – for example, h�pital (hospital), for�t (forest); remark that the former French spelling is current in English. Certain close homophones are distinguished by the circumflex, for instance cote and c�te (the former meaning "level", "mark", the latter meaning "rib" or "coast"). � is pronounced like �. In the usual pronunciations of central and northern France, � is pronounced like eau; in the usual pronunciations Southern France, no distinction is made between � and o.
In Chichewa, ŵ denotes the voiced bilabial fricative (IPA: β), hence the name of the country Malaŵi.
In Esperanto, it is used on ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, and ŝ. It indicates a completely different consonant from the unaccented form, and is considered a separate letter for purposes of collation. See Esperanto orthography.
In Norwegian, it is used, with the exception of loan words, on ô and ê, almost exclusively in the words "f�r" (from Norse f�ðr), meaning "animal food", l�r, meaning "skin" (Norse leðr) and "v�r" (Norse veðr), meaning "weather".
In English the circumflex, like other diacriticals, is sometimes retained on loanwords that used it in the original language; for example, r�le. In Britain in the eighteenth century, which was before the cheap penny post and a era in which paper was taxed, the circumflex was used in postal letters to save room in an analogy with the French use. Specifically, the letters "ugh" were replaced when they were silent in the most common words, e.g., "th�" for "though", "thor�" for "thorough", and "br�t" for "brought" — a precursor of the ways in which trendy young people nowadays abbreviate text messages. This could have led to spelling simplification, but did not.
In Romanian, the circumflex is used on the vowels â and î to mark a sound similar to Russian 'yery'. Their names are "� din a" and "� din i".
In Slovak, circumflex (vok�ň) turns the letter "o" into a diphthong � //.
In Kunrei-shiki romanized Japanese, the circumflex marks long vowels. It is also occasionally used as a surrogate for the macron for marking long vowels in the Hepburn system.
In Welsh the circumflex (colloquially known as the to bach -- "little roof") is used on the vowels a, e, i, o, u, w, y to differentiate between other words that have the same spelling. The circumflex in Welsh gives a vowel a long sound, for example môr versus mor.
In Portuguese, it is used on â, ê and ô. It mainly marks the tonic syllable when the vowel is rounded (usually before -m and -n: p�ntano (bog), c�mara (chamber or camera). It is sometimes used to distinguish homophone words, e.g. tem (he has) and têm (they have). The use of circumflex has been much reduced as a consequence of the orthographic reforms.
in Italian it is used in plurals of singulars ending with ...io, thus ending them with a longer i, in modern Italian this is accomplished with a double or just a single i as in var�, varj, varii, vari ("various", plural of vario).
in transcription of Akkadian, it is used to indicate a long vowel resulting from an aleph contraction.
The ISO-8859-1 character encoding includes the letters â, ê, î, ô, û, and their respective capital forms. Dozens more letters with the circumflex are available in Unicode. Unicode also provides the circumflex as a combining character.
The circumflex receives its English name from Latin circumflexus (bent about) which in turn is a translation of the Greek perispomene (περισπωμένη).
Circumflex is an important Dutch student union.
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0.990004 | What is a good age and/or weight to have stomach surgery for reflux?
I would do aggressive medical therapy first, including medication and dripping feeds into the stomach or small intestine. The smaller you are and the more “complicated” a patient you may be, the worse you do with surgery. A fundoplication has at least a 20% serious complication rate in children with special needs. |
0.999694 | How to use SSL certificates with Java, Tomcat and cPanel?
In Java hosting there are 2 basic ways you can secure data flow to/from your application server: SSL certificate in application server or SSL certificate in web frontend (e.g. Apache).
Get dedicated IP and setup SSL certificate for your domain in cPanel.
Note that on newer cPanels where SNI is supported you do not need dedicated IP anymore to install your SSL certificate. This will secure any requests to your domain on HTTPS port, no matter if they are to be served by Apache or by Tomcat thanks to internal mapping of selected or all requests between Apache web server and your application server e.g. Apache Tomcat. The mapping is made internally (within the same machine over loopback interface) via either mod_jk or mod_proxy_ajp. You can choose mapping method and include or exclude URLs using JVMHost.com custom Java Control Panel (JCP).
Install SSL certificate directly in application server using shared or dedicated IP.
We will use JDK 1.6.0 and Tomcat 7 as example in this article and describe method 2 as method 1 is easy and self-explaining. Let's go!
Keystore is a file where key/certificate information is stored. We will create it in home directory which is its default location under Linux. Default name for keystore file is .keystore unless specified in the command line.
You will be prompted for passwords to secure keystore and individual keys. When asked What is your first and last name? enter the domain name you want to get certificate for (it will become Common Name certificate attribute).
Is CN=tomcat.jvmhost.net, OU=Demo Unit, O=Demo Tomcat, L=Chicago, ST=Illinois, C=US correct?
NOTE: Please specify the same password for the keystore and the key entry or else you may receive the following error message when you restart the Tomcat: java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException: Cannot recover key. The .keystore has been created in current (home) directory. You can list its contents or just a single entry.
You may now access Tomcat on your SSL port e.g. https://tomcat.jvmhost.net:10105/ and you should get untrusted certificate prompt. When you open certificate details you will see data entered at keystore creation time. This is self-signed certificate. You may want to have a qualified (CA signed) certificate dedicated to your domain though. Read on.
If you want your browser to authenticate to the Tomcat you may want to read about clientAuth attribute in Tomcat 7 SSL client authentication chapter.
While using the self signed certificate that you created above your browser may be opening security warning popups. You may accept the certificate confirming its validity and the warning should not be coming back as an exception will be added and saved in browser's repository.
If you want to generate and set up a qualified (or self-signed) certificate exactly for your domain then continue reading.
Note: cPanel is currently (Q4 2016) offering free and auto-renewable certificates valid for 3 months thru AutoSSL feature. These are issued by cPanel, Inc. on behalf of Comodo or by Let's Encrypt. You can also convert them and load into .keystore if needed.
Submit certreq.csr to your certificate issuer (you can order SSL certificate at JVM Host). Set Tomcat as server type when submitting CSR if possible. This will generate certificate in correct format. Otherwise you may need to convert formats before using the certificate with keytool. Example certreq.csr content is below.
When you receive the certificate from the issuer import any intermediate CA certificates provided with your certificate.
Then import your domain certificate.
Now restart Tomcat so that it rereads the keystore with the new certificate and you should see your qualified certificate in action when accessing the Tomcat on its HTTPS port https://tomcat.jvmhost.net:10105/. Of course, if you have a dedicated IP, you can use port 443 in connector configuration and call just https://tomcat.jvmhost.net/ without any explicit port. Congratulations, your are done! |
0.95353 | Why do we have both? Why can a correlation tornado sometimes show bars that aren't on the regression tornado, or vice versa?
Regression and correlation both indicate the direction of the relationship. A positive means that as that input increases, the output increases; and a negative means that as that input increases, the output decreases. You can say that a regression coefficient shows the strength of the relationship, and a correlation coefficient shows the consistency of the relationship.
Correlation first. Imagine a scatter plot of just this input (horizontal axis) and output (vertical axis). Each point represents the value of that input and output in one iteration. As you sweep from left to right, you are going from low to high values of the input, in order. Now, consider two consecutive points in that sweep. The second point is to the right of the first, so it has a higher input value. But is the second point higher on the graph than the first (larger output value) or lower? In almost any simulation, the points will show some ups and some downs, but let's suppose that for every single pair of points, the point to the right is also higher. In this case you have a perfectly consistent relationship: increasing the input always increases the output. The correlation coefficient is +1 (maximum possible correlation).
Now suppose that the relationship is a little more realistic: usually when you go from left to right, the points are rising, but sometimes the right-hand point is lower than the nearest point to its left. Now the relationship is not perfectly consistent. Usually increasing the input increases the output, but not always. The higher the correlation coefficient, the more consistently increasing the input increases the output; the lower the correlation coefficient, the less often increasing the input increases the output. The lower correlation coefficient means that the relationship has less consistency to it.
Take a situation where, moving from left to right, half the time the second point is higher than the first and half the time it's lower. Increasing the input is just as likely to decrease the output as increase it. Your correlation coefficient is zero.
It works the same with negative correlations. A coefficient of –1 (the lowest possible) means that every single pair of points has the second output lower than the first. The relationship is perfectly consistent: every time you increase the input, the output decreases. As the correlation coefficient gets further from –1 and closer to 0, there is less and less consistency. The output still decreases with increasing input, more often than not, but the lower the coefficient the closer you get to 50-50 increase or decrease and zero correlation.
So the correlation coefficient tells you whether increasing the input generally increases or decreases the output, and how consistent that trend is, but it tells you nothing about the strength of the influence.
So much for correlation. What about regression coefficients? Regression coefficients tell you the size of the effect each input has on the output. For example, a regression coefficient of 6 means that the output increases 6 units for a 1-unit increase in the input; a coefficient of –4 means that the output decreases 4 units for each one-unit increase in the input.
For more, see Which Sensitivity Measure to Use?. Also see the "Regression and Correlation" topic in the @RISK Help file. |
0.999737 | There were several aspects of this book that I really enjoyed. The setting was very well written and made me feel like I was right there in the story. I also found the characters, particularly Boise, to be well drawn and relatable. The story was good, but it dragged just a bit in places. Overall it was an enjoyable read.
I really enjoyed this book, and was rooting for the fearless (?) adventurer who embarks on a very dangerous mission far from home. I loved every minute reading "Dark Paradise", and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a smart, intense mystery.
i had a lot of hopes for this one - I like the voice of Boise, the teller of the tale but it got bogged down for me in convoluted language - I did not always know who was talking for example - the ambience and brio of the characters altogether carried me along - but it took so much time establishing that his old friend had turned druggie and bad boy, and been murdered all mixed up somehow in his return home after his own personal misfortune - and the 'reporter' - i never quite got it. But I liked its verve, I just could not stay with it. |
0.994778 | Here you have a list of opinions about Julius Caesar and you can also give us your opinion about it.
You will see other people's opinions about Julius Caesar and you will find out what the others say about it.
This article is about the Roman dictator of the first century BC. For relatives named Julius Caesar, see Julii Caesares. For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation).
Gaius Julius Caesar (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs ˈjuː.li.ʊs ˈkae̯.sar]; July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman statesman, general and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass power through populist tactics were opposed by the conservative ruling class within the Roman Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the frequent support of Cicero. Caesar's victories in the Gallic Wars, completed by 51 BC, extended Rome's territory to the English Channel and the Rhine. Caesar became the first Roman general to cross both when he built a bridge across the Rhine and conducted the first invasion of Britain.
These achievements granted him unmatched military power and threatened to eclipse the standing of Pompey, who had realigned himself with the Senate after the death of Crassus in 53 BC. With the Gallic Wars concluded, the Senate ordered Caesar to step down from his military command and return to Rome. Caesar refused the order, and instead marked his defiance in 49 BC by crossing the Rubicon with a legion, leaving his province and illegally entering Roman Italy under arms. Civil war resulted, and Caesar's victory in the war put him in an unrivaled position of power and influence.
After assuming control of government, Caesar began a programme of social and governmental reforms, including the creation of the Julian calendar. He centralised the bureaucracy of the Republic and was eventually proclaimed "dictator in perpetuity", giving him additional authority. But the underlying political conflicts had not been resolved, and on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated by a group of rebellious senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus. A new series of civil wars broke out, and the constitutional government of the Republic was never fully restored. Caesar's adopted heir Octavius, later known as Augustus, rose to sole power after defeating his opponents in the civil war. Octavius set about solidifying his power, and the era of the Roman Empire began.
Much of Caesar's life is known from his own accounts of his military campaigns, and from other contemporary sources, mainly the letters and speeches of Cicero and the historical writings of Sallust. The later biographies of Caesar by Suetonius and Plutarch are also major sources. Caesar is considered by many to be one of the greatest military commanders in history.
In the image below, you can see a graph with the evolution of the times that people look for Julius Caesar. And below it, you can see how many pieces of news have been created about Julius Caesar in the last years.
Thanks to this graph, we can see the interest Julius Caesar has and the evolution of its popularity.
What do you think of Julius Caesar?
You can leave your opinion about Julius Caesar here as well as read the comments and opinions from other people about the topic. |
0.99931 | Cell polarity refers to the intrinsic asymmetry observed in cells, either in their shape, structure, or organization of cellular components. Most epithelial cells, migrating cells and developing cells require some form of cell polarity for their function. These cells receive information about their surroundings via extracellular biochemical and mechanical cues and translate those information into polarity of the plasma membrane, its associated proteins and cytoskeletal organization. Once established, cell polarity is maintained by transcytosis, in which vesicles carry incorrectly-localized membrane proteins to the correct regions in the plasma membrane. In addition, tight junctions, which act as ‘fences’ against transmembrane diffusion, lock the asymmetry in place. Therefore, mechanobiology plays an essential regulatory role in both the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity.
Epithelial cells become polarized along the apical-basal axis. The apical membrane faces the lumen and is rich in PAR and Crumbs protein complexes. The basolateral membrane contains the Scribble complex and faces the extracellular matrix.
Epithelial cells establish an apical-basal polarity, which results from the differential distribution of phospholipids, protein complexes, and cytoskeletal components between the various plasma membrane domains, reflecting their specialized functions. The membrane facing the lumen or free surface is known as the apical membrane, while the membrane oriented away from the lumen, contacting the extracellular matrix, is known as the basal membrane and the sides of the cell contacting the neighboring cells form the lateral membrane . The apico-basal polarization of epithelial cells is known to be a pre-requisite for their fundamental biological roles. These include regulating the vectorial transport of ions across cell sheets during their barrier function as well as ensuring directionality during their secretory and absorptive functions .
Developmental polarity is observed along three axes; anterior-posterior, dorsal-ventral and left-right. This polarity can be established by concentration gradients of secreted proteins, or by asymmetric organisation of cellular components, such as the cytoskeleton.
In other specialized cells such as immune cells and neurons, cell polarity enables the short-range and long-range transmission of various electrical and biochemical signals. For instance, A typical unipolar neuron has a highly distinctive shape and structure, with one end adapted to receive signals through highly branched dendrites. This signal is then transmitted down an axon, which can stretch the length of the body. At the other end of the cell is the axon terminal, where the synapses are located. These synapses can release chemical neurotransmitters in order to propagate the signal or effect an action such as muscle contraction.
How are lipids and protein complexes segregated during cell polarization?
How is the cytoskeleton polarized?
What is the role of basolateral cell protrusions in driving Drosophila germ-band extension?
What is the role of DAAM1 at actin nodes? |
0.942618 | Assemble your own herbal medicine chest for health and wellbeing.
We will be using the principles of holistic natural medicine for maintaining health and wellbeing and discussing herbal approaches to, and useful herbal preparations to have on hand for, common ailments. We will look at many different herbs in different forms, and make preparations from them. This will include making a tisane, an infused oil, an ointment, a cream, which you will take home with you, together with an increased confidence in, and understanding of, herbs and our relationship with them.
Wheelchair accessible house (ramp) and toilet. All on one floor. |
0.999999 | Left with no other options, a federal judge has dismissed an FLDS lawsuit that would have wrested control of land away from the state.
Bruce Wisan - the fiduciary appointed to the state to oversee the trust and a defendant in the lawsuit - called U.S. District Court Judge Dee Benson's decision "expected." The decision may also eventually clear the way for Wisan to sell UEP property, though he is currently under orders by a different judge to not sell anything. Selling property is necessary to pay debts incurred by the UEP, including $5.6 million owed to Wisan.
In his ruling issued Thursday, Benson dismissed a lawsuit against the state of Utah and various officials. Benson's ruling is a response to a Nov. 5 ruling in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
That ruling - which also sided with an earlier Utah Supreme Court decision - determined the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had waited too long to challenge the state's 2005 take over of the United Effort Plan, a trust that owns most of the church's property.
Benson's dismissal means that the FLDS lawsuit has finally been defeated. However, it previously was the source of significant conflict; the FLDS initially ignored the state's effort to take over the trust, then filed the suit in 2008. The Utah Supreme Court threw the suit out in 2010, but the FLDS responded by going to federal court where Benson ruled in the church's favor.
The 10th Circut Court eventually settled the conflict by stating that Benson shouldn't even have considered the case because it already had been dismissed.
In other words, the long and short of that convoluted tale is that finally all the various courts are on the same page: they either agree that they aren't considering the case, or that the FLDS waited to long to fight the state. |
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(f) This Agreement is personal in nature, and neither party may directly or indirectly assign or transfer it by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. All obligations contained in this Agreement shall extend to and be binding upon the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors, assigns and designees. (g) The receipt of Confidential Information pursuant to this Agreement will not prevent or in any way limit either party from: (i) developing, making or marketing products or services that are or may be competitive with the products or services of the other; or (ii) providing products or services to others who compete with the other. |
0.997852 | Do you have a children's story, or a good idea for one, and can see my characters bringing it to life? We should talk.
I'm always available for personal commissions like portraits or specially created characters for any occasion or event. |
0.973035 | Political parties have filed their nominations for 37 and 74 seats respectively for the upcoming first phase of federal and provincial parliamentary elections in 32 districts. According to the Election Commission, there are a total of 282 candidates contesting for the 37 seats for federal parliament. Similarly, 420 candidates are contesting for the 74 seats in provincial parliament. In total only 16 and 20 women filed their candidacy respectively for federal and provincial parliaments.
The major parties put very few women on the electoral list. Only two female candidates from Nepali Congress (NC) and one from CPN (Maoist Centre) will contest for the 37 seats available in the first phase of federal polls. No female candidates have been fielded by the CPN-UML. Likewise, three women from Maoist Centre, two from NC and one from UML will contest in the provincial polls in the first phase. Why is it that the number of women contesting in direct electoral competitions is decreasing?
Underrepresentation of women in the electoral list for the direct, First Past The Post (FPTP) electoral competition is not a new phenomenon in Nepal; women have been constantly and consistently under-represented. For example, only six percent of total candidates that contested in the legislative elections in the 90s were women. Similarly, nine and 11 percent of total candidates contesting in the 2008 and 2013 Constituent Assembly (CA) polls were women.
The number of women representatives in the 1991, 1994 and 1999 Parliaments, respectively, were 7 (3.5 percent), 7 (3.5 percent) and 12 (6 percent). Similarly, in the 2008 and 2013 CA elections, only 30 (12.5 percent) and 10 (4 percent) women were elected from the direct (FPTP) electoral process. The underrepresentation of women was compensated via the Proportional Representation (PR) system in the 2008 and 2013 CA elections.
In the upcoming first phase of federal and provincial elections, the number of women standing for candidacy is almost null. The major parties seem very reluctant to put women in the electoral lists for direct electoral competition.
Underrepresentation of women in legislature is an outcome of long and historic female leadership gaps. For instance, there are only a handful of women in the district, constituency, (rural) municipality and ward leadership from the three major parties. There are many competent and competitive female leaders who deserve to be listed in the electoral list for direct electoral competition in major parties.
The cost of contesting in elections has increased. This increase in cost has affected candidates with low economic profiles despite their having the potential for leadership. Women bear the brunt of this hike in cost more than men, as the resource difference between men and women is still very large. The 2011 census reported that only 20 percent of households are under the ownership of a female.
The last legislative elections (1991, 1994 and 1999) and the CA elections show that the pattern of votes received greatly depends on party affiliation and party institutionalisation. That is, party affiliation explains more than 70 percent of votes received by a candidate. Therefore, major parties tend to receive a majority of the votes and have a higher electoral success rate. Major parties need not worry about the gender of the candidate, as they will receive votes on the basis of party affiliation regardless of whether candidates are male or female. There are a number of competent women just waiting to be given the chance to contest in polls.
Public electoral funding greatly depends upon the level of party networks and their supporters, and hence a candidate’s economic profile becomes less important. If the candidate’s party is well institutionalised, the probability of getting public funding for a electoral campaign is higher. Similarly, party supporters help to generate public electoral funding for candidates. Politicians often misuse their political power for the benefit of their supporters, particularly businessmen and contractors, in return for these supporters funding candidates during elections. NC and UML have a broad base of party supporters and so there is an increased probability that they will get electoral funding irrespective of the gender of their candidates.
The emerging trend of party funding and getting electoral tickets has been an alarming threat for candidates with low economic profiles and it greatly affects women candidates because they don’t have enough money to fund political parties to get tickets. Buying of electoral tickets and the dominance of the corporate sector in politics does not help to consolidate democracy. It promotes a potential leadership deficit, props up gender disparity in politics and makes politics dysfunctional.
The other challenge for women is that they are often placed in less competitive constituencies, or are put in constituencies where they have to contest against top political leaders. It can’t be a coincidence that top political leaders often contest elections from constituencies that have inexperienced women candidates running from opposition parties, or why major parties often pick these women to contest against top political leaders.
In order to address the underrepresentation of women and other marginalised unrepresented groups, a mixed model electoral system (FPTP and Proportional Representation) was adopted in 2008. The crux of the PR model of electoral system has been manipulated and misinterpreted by political parties. Now parties have started treating the PR system as the only avenue through which to push up women and other marginalised groups; they are reluctant to put the women on the electoral list for direct electoral competitions. Parties have started to put all the competent and competitive women leaders on the PR list, depriving them of participating in direct electoral politics. |
0.93084 | Latvian language (latviešu valoda) belongs to the Baltic group of the Indo-European family. Official language of Latvia, it counts about 1.5 million speakers.
Digits from zero to nine have two forms: a masculine form and a feminine one. Masculine numbers are: nulle , viens , divi , trīs , četri , pieci , seši , septiņi , astoņi , and deviņi . As for feminine numbers, they are: nulle , viena , divas , trīs , četras , piecas , sešas , septiņas , astoņas , and deviņas .
From ten (which is desmit) up, there is only one gender and the following noun is always set to genitive. The noun remains subject to declension, except for numbers between ten and nineteen, and simple tens (10, 20, 30…).
From eleven to nineteen, cardinal numbers end with -padsmit, meaning on ten, and begin with the root of the digit: vienpadsmit , divpadsmit , trīspadsmit , četrpadsmit , piecpadsmit , sešpadsmit , septiņpadsmit , astoņpadsmit , and deviņpadsmit .
Tens end with -desmit (ten) preceded by the ten digit, except for ten itself: desmit , divdesmit , trīsdesmit , četrdesmit , piecdesmit , sešdesmit , septiņdesmit , astoņdesmit , and deviņdesmit .
Compound numbers are formed by putting the ten before the unit (e.g.: trīsdesmit divi , četrdesmit trīs , piecdesmit četri ), the hundred before the ten and the unit (e.g.: divsimt trīsdesmit pieci , trīssimt viens ), the thousand before the hundred, the ten and the unit (e.g.: tūkstoš deviņsimt septiņdesmit viens [1,971], divtūkstoši četri [2,004]).
The scale words from thousand up have to be set in genitive when following a number, as any other noun (e.g.: desmit tūkstošu [10,000], trīs miljonu [3 million], septiņi miljardu [7 billions]).
Enter a number and get it written in full in Latvian. |
0.94302 | an unloyal, non-sinful person doesn't mean for a person to be perfect. God only knows, but nevertheless I listened on.
Jesus is known for going into the Temple, and flipping over the tables of the money changers. What type of language do you think Jesus used in the process of flipping over tables? If you were to pay attention to what is going on in the world, you can see a campaign of people bringing up the past of people to destroy their credibility. I believe that it was making it clear that he has nothing to hide. I also found it enlightening to know that he has never been arrested. For a black man, who says the things he says and has the platform that he has, and the fact he is 83 years old, and never been arrested is meaningful to me. It means that there was a force that has been watching over the Minister.
As for the science he spoke of regarding the Talmud, and the origins of the White Man, I would beg one to do their research. As far as the Talmud, I understand the power of the book, and the rituals linked to the Talmud do have a close relation with magic. The rituals found in the Talmud are some of the most powerful and esoteric in nature. This information was gained by a lost people who was enslaved in the Land of Babylon, and often used to in accordance with the Torah, and the Zohar.
There was a lot of truth there, but I also found him to be quite boastful. |
0.992316 | Find a culture trip that explores Belgium And Netherlands. There are 6 cultural tours to choose from, that range in length from 8 days up to 11 days. The most popular month for these tours is April, which has the most tour departures. |
0.972056 | Details: Jerry Strickland is wanted for the murder of Elmer DeBoer which he is believed to have committed with his girlfriend, Missy Munday. She was an honors student and a member of the Future Homemakers of America. She lived in Hancock, Maryland with her family. According to her mother Phyllis, she only left home to go to church and ball games. In 1986, Jerry arrived in the area. He claimed that he was looking for property that he wanted to convert into an orphanage. He contacted the Munday family, asking about the ownership of a nearby house.
Phyllis felt that Jerry was a "smooth talker" and did not care for him. However, Missy was intrigued by him. The two began seeing each other. Each time he would visit her he would bring her a gift. According to her friends, he gave her the attention that she wasn't receiving at home. She went out with him after school and lied to her mother, claiming that she was with friends. She regularly sneaked out of the house at night to see him. He told her that he had a tragic past and that his first wife and child had died in a terrible car accident.
On the morning of April 17, 1986, Missy left home to catch the bus to go to school. However, instead of doing so, she was picked up by Jerry and the two left the state. She had no idea that everything that he had told her was a lie. His wife and child were still alive. He was passing bad checks around Hancock. Also, he had a serious prison record: he had been convicted of malicious assault. During this attack, he had raped and nearly stabbed his sister-in-law to death.
The couple settled in Springfield, Michigan, and had a son Jamie together. She still kept in contact with some of her friends in Maryland, but did not tell her family where she was. She told her friends that she didn't care about any of her family except for her older brother and her grandfather. She claimed that she went with Jerry because he took her away from her family. Her friend Sheri noticed that the couple never kissed or held hands. Missy claimed that he wasn't very affectionate. To make ends meet, she got a job as an assistant manager at a nearby gas station. She became friends with Elmer DeBoer, the courier for the oil company. He picked up the cash receipts from the local gas stations.
On the morning of May 11, 1987, Elmer came to pick up the money from Missy's store. He was near the end of his route. He was never seen alive again. An hour later at 11AM, the station was discovered deserted and the front door locked. His car was still in the parking lot. Inside, the safe was found opened and over $10,000 was missing. Authorities believe that Missy and Jerry robbed Elmer when he entered the store and opened the safe. They believe Jerry handcuffed Missy and Elmer together, to make him believe that she was also a victim. They then took him to a wooded area a few miles away. There, Jerry unlocked the handcuff from her arm to show that he wasn't going to hurt her. He then shot Elmer twice in the back of the head. His body was found there the next day, twenty miles from the station.
The morning after the murder, Jerry and Missy were seen in Pontiac, Michigan, where they bought a truck using small bills. For two hours, she sat with an auto salesman alone but did not tell him about the murder. This led authorities to believe that she was willingly involved in Elmer's murder. Her family and friends are shocked that she could be involved in such a crime. Jerry is wanted for armed robbery, kidnapping, and murder, while Missy is currently wanted for questioning in the case.
Extra Notes: This case first aired as a part of Special #5 in February 5, 1988.
Results: Captured. Within minutes of the broadcast, twenty viewers called the police to report that Missy and Jerry were living in Moses Lake, Washington. Seven hours later, the couple was arrested at a friend's house. Incredibly, they had watched the broadcast and were waiting for the police to arrive.
During the time on the run, the couple had another child. On February 12, they were extradited back to Michigan to stand trial for armed robbery, kidnapping, and murder. Jerry was interviewed by Unsolved Mysteries and insisted that they were innocent. However, Missy later turned state's evidence against him. At Jerry's trial, she stated that although she didn't witness the murder, he confessed to the crime to her. In exchange for her testimony, the murder and kidnapping charges were dropped. She served seven months in a juvenile home for armed robbery and was released when she turned nineteen. She then moved back in with her parents and children. Jerry was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery and is serving two consecutive life sentences without parole. |
0.964114 | A balloon has volume `175 L` at `1.00` atm. Calculate its volume at `0.80` atm if temperature is constant.
Q 3133223142. A balloon has volume `175 L` at `1.00` atm. |
0.958878 | A understanding of culture and power greatly impacts my teaching. The biggest way it impacts my teaching is by ensuring that I critically look at myself and the way that I communicate with children, parents and the community. It is also about knowing to listen and honor each of my students experiences. An understanding of culture and power means recognizing that everybody has a unique culture that extends beyond ethnicity; while being aware of the existing white dominance and privilege. For that reason, it is all the more important that I get to know and understand each of my students; and that I believe in each student’s endless potential.
Pick three terms that resonate with you from the Multicultural Education word wall. Define the terms and discuss why you chose these three terms.
I chose these three terms because these are the terms that I regrettably know the least about, and one of the most important things that I have learned about being a teacher, is to always look for ways to expand my knowledge.
Fragmentation: At the most basic level, it seems that fragmentation is the breaking down of the traditional senses of a culture. In the education system, fragmentation could be caused by a lack of a connection between a certain group of students and the school system. This lack of connection, or gap may cause poor interrelationships amongst the school and parents. At its core fragmentation is about structural equality, in that systems provide something for one group of people that they do not provide for another.
White Fragility: White fragility is about a state in which white people may reach when faced with even a small amount of racial stress. White fragility may include acting defensive, angry, full of guilt or other actions including, leaving the conversation in a high stress situation or causing an argument.
Meritocracy: Boy am I ever glad that I looked into this word. Because it is something that I feel very passionate against. Meritocracy means that in society those with natural (or predisposed) ability are rewarded.
It is necessary that acknowledge and understand my own cultural values, so that I may understand how it impacts my teaching practices. It is so important that I recognize my cultural identity and then reflect on how I can go about reaching and valuing each and every child. A teaching strategy that is so important to me is bringing my students’ stories and words into my personal preparation, lesson planning and curriculum. This is only possibly by building lasting relationships with all my students and creating environments where students feel safe enough to indulge in taking risks and making mistakes in order to build richer and deeper understandings.
For most of my life I have been risk-adverse. As a young man, maybe even from elementary school, rarely have I felt confident enough to any kind of a risk. I always wanted to play it safe. I was dull. I wanted to make friends. As I got older, I wanted girls to like me. In high school I wanted to be a part of the cool crowd. If you look at my Facebook page, I posted a photo of myself with my three closest friends in high school, taken at our senior prom. I’m the standout brown face. They were all cool, into cars, had girlfriends, and were the life of the parties. I became their best friend, almost a sidekick to each of them, because I didn’t feel safe in my own identity. I hated myself and being Native. In fact, I generally avoided talking to other Native kids. I didn’t know I had a cultural identity. More than once over the years I heard, “Jerry, you’re the whitest person I know.” I fell into a kind of trap that for decades kept me from reconciling with my Native heritage. At 46, I feel like I’m half dead. I probably am, but at least I’m finally coming to terms with my cultural identity.
None of my high school teachers saw how I was hurting. None reached out to me. I’m still learning, and still refining my own cultural identity. My ethnicity is Native. My culture is something else? It’s going to be a long process of continual introspection and self-discovery for me, but I definitely want my teaching practices to exemplify empathy. I don’t want to leave any of my students feeling like I felt.
Once again, I am blown away by your response Jerry. It means so much to me that you take the time to tell your story and share your experiences. When you talked about your teachers not noticing the hurt, it almost brings me to tears, because I know from experience that there are so many students putting on a strong face when they are hurting on the inside. You have so much to offer your colleagues and students…don’t ever forget it!! |
0.999676 | Which country jails the most journalists? You could easily think of a theocratic regime in Middle East, communist countries or a dictatorial-rule country as the correct answer but in fact according to many different sources, Turkey is the country where the maximum number of imprisoned journalists is reached. How can a country making negotiations for becoming a full member of the European Union (for many a political body still having the highest standards of human rights) has become the largest prison for journalists? Let me explain this subject.
o The Criminal Code of Turkey (also known as Türk Ceza Kanunu, TCK), Article 314 on establishing, commanding or becoming member of an armed organization with the aim of committing certain offences.
Courts often impose exceptionally long imprisonment sentences. The longest conviction is 166 years and the longest jail sentence sought for a journalist is 3,000 years. Many journalists face double life sentences if convicted, some without possibility for parole.
Courts do not tend to grant pre-trial release of defendants. There is concern that arrests and long pre-trial detentions without conviction are used as a form of intimidation. Based on available public information, only on seven recent occasions were defendants released pending trial: in February and March 2012 seven journalists were released pending trial, one of them due to poor health.
Pre-trial detentions remain very long. In some cases journalists held in prison for up to three years are still awaiting trial. Some journalists have been imprisoned for more than five years while their trial is ongoing.
Journalists often face several trials and are often convicted for several offences. There is one journalist who faces 150 court cases.
The reform of related laws has not occurred, despite statements made by the authorities about the necessity for such reforms. Not only do the laws need to be reformed, but their implementation as well. Court practices interpreting laws remain widely varied throughout the country.
Media outlets reporting about sensitive issues (including terrorism or anti-government activities) are often regarded by the authorities as the publishing organs of illegal organizations. Courts often consider reporting about such issues as equal to supporting them.
Journalists are often imprisoned in F-tipi cezaevi (F-type high security prisons), where they have to serve their time with the most dangerous criminals. It is also not uncommon to punish journalists with solitary confinement for extended time periods.
Turkish people especially oppositional groups towards Justice and Development Party do not seem convinced about the legal decisions of the courts. It is obvious that cases like Ergenekon and Balyoz remind people the show-trials of the Stalin regime in USSR in the past and as far as I’m concerned there is a visible legitimacy and evidence crisis in these cases. For instance, very famous journalists Tuncay Özkan and Mustafa Balbay, known for their pro-secular worldviews are imprisoned on the basis of their diaries and role in the organization of large meetings and no real evidence was presented to the public showing a criminal activity. This kind of problems increase people’s suspicions and decrease the legitimacy of these cases.
Finally, although democracy is for sure preferable to military coup, we should make a clear separation between democracy – which is about a method for choosing governments and liberalism – which is about individual rights and freedoms. In that sense, Turkey is more democratic but much less liberal in the recent years. If I have to make a choice between liberalism and democracy, I would prefer liberalism since it directly influences people’s and journalists’ lives.
You can find the list of imprisoned journalist in Turkey from here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_arrested_journalists_in_Turkey#cite_note-1.
See; “Global Press Freedom Rankings – Freedom of the Press 2013”, Freedom House, Retrieved on 16.08.2013 from http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20regional%20tables.pdf.
Michael Sontheimer, “’Everyone Is Afraid’: Erdogan Regime Cows Embattled Media”, Spiegel Online, Retrieved on 16.08.2013 from http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/media-repression-in-turkey-intimidates-and-imprisons-journalists-a-905164.html.
You can find the report here; http://www.osce.org/fom/89371. |
0.956036 | Given its beaches, shopping, dining, and nightlife, Miami Beach is a hugely popular destination. When it comes to choosing accommodations, travelers will have many choices. The city is known for its over-the-top luxury, and Miami Beach is no exception to this trend. There are numerous luxury Miami Beach hotels to choose from, but there are also more affordable options. Whether you want to spend your days at the spa, the pool, or the beach, there are many great options.
One of the top Miami Beach hotels is the Fontainebleau Miami. This famous, recently renovated luxury hotel features 1,504 luxurious rooms and suites, a large spa, six pools, various meeting spaces, and eleven restaurants and lounges. Rooms are outfitted with modern, sophisticate décor, feature high-definition flat screen TVs, advanced sound systems, and twenty-inch iMac computers. Many rooms also have ocean and city views. The 40,000-square-foot Lapis Spa features 30 private treatment rooms, along with a lounge area, jetted pool, and fitness center. The pools are surrounded by private cabanas with flat-screen TVs, internet access, phones, butler service, a safe, and a refrigerator.
One of the great beach hotels in Miami is the Delano, a waterfront option that features elegant accommodations, numerous restaurants and bars, and a rooftop spa. Rooms feature a refreshing white-on-white design, enhanced with subtle colors and accents. Features include a rainfall shower, agua by Korres bath products, luxurious bedding, flat-screen HGTV, and high-speed internet access. Beach hotels in Miami are great for enjoying water sports, and the Delano's location right on the waterfront makes it a great jumping-off point for enjoying activities such as fishing, sailing, surfing, or swimming. If you simply want to relax, head to the Delano's peaceful Agua Spa, which features a variety of treatments and a large, private terrace with beautiful 360-degree views. The hotel also features a full-service business center and meeting spaces for groups of up to 150 people, making this a great option for Miami Beach accommodations if you're traveling on business.
Another of the excellent beach hotels in Miami is the Loews Hotel Miami. With direct beach access, six restaurants and bars, an oceanfront swimming pool, and excellent views, this could very well be the best Miami Beach hotel for you. The Loews Miami Beach has 790 guest rooms, including 50 luxury suites. These include a flat-screen TV, a work desk, high-speed internet access, two digital phone lines with voicemail, a mini bar, luxurious linens, and a hair dryer. There is an oceanfront pool, a Jacuzzi, private cabanas, a spa with 24 different treatments options, and a fitness center with classes such as yoga, Pilates, and spinning. You'll also find a sun deck, steam rooms, and a co-ed lounge.
For the best Miami Beach hotel deals, be sure to research vacation packages. Packages often bundle together the price of lodging with the cost of attractions—such as spa treatments or golfing—and can help you save on the overall cost of your Miami vacation. From sumptuous luxury lodging to convenient and affordable accommodations, you'll find a wide variety of Miami Beach hotels. While the spectrum is slanted towards the upscale end, with a little advance research, you will surely find the best Miami Beach hotel for your tastes and budget, no matter what they might be. |
0.999987 | Select a plus number for words that you think describe the restaurant accurately. The more accurate you think the description is, the larger should be the plus number selected. Conversely, select a minus number for words that do not describe the restaurant. The less accurate you believe the description to be, the larger should be the minus number you select. |
0.879009 | Commission for based on her detailed description.
Could've made this water fresh, bright and happy, but decided to go for the creepy deepsea- theme, because it fitted the description of the character better.
He prowls the depths, ever watchful of his charge. The darkness of his coat blends with the deep sea bed, while the white and blue stripes illuminate his way, announcing to the world that here is a danger to behold.
That here is a creature not of this world, yet is one who seems to be much, much more real than anything else. He is always silent, always calm and indifferent. For he knows his capabilities, and knows that he needs not to announce it to the world. All he needs to be, is just to Be.
And when the time comes for him to act, act he shall, with the power of the thundering waves and fierce currents. With the speed of the rapids and the shockingly chilling ruthlessness of ice.
For no one will threaten his Bonded. No one, nor nothing.
Anje, Mistress of the oceans, the rivers, the streams and the lakes. She embodies all that is liquid and solid; so long as Water is present, so is she.
She is a loner, one who keeps away from all the hubrub of the Gods and Goddesses. Though this seems to mark her as indifferent, she actually does so to prevent herself from becoming involved. Her emotions run deep - too deeply - such that even the slightest thing may trigger a reaction in her.
And yet if requested, she will present herself and allow the use of her abilities. For not only does she preside over the element of Water, but she may feel the run of emotions in others the same way she is able to sense the currents that run deep in the oceans.
Amongst the elementals, she is the third born. Thus, she feels responsibility not in the way that Earth does. She instead takes responsibility as an honour; as something that she should do, not something she needs to do. She is unquestioning in her duties, confident that what she does is Right. And should she ever have a doubt, she takes it upon herself to investigate.
However, there is always a deep-set sadness about her. She is one who grieves for the consequences of her actions; she is aware that there will always be a casualty whether it be for the wrong or the right. Her emotions are an ode to the victims, and her only mercy for their foes.
I normally wouldn't mind, but since this is a commission you would need to ask permission from the commissioner (see description). If she agrees, I see no problem. Please do send me link if you intend to use/post the finished result online!
the glowing and colours on this reminds me of Kida from Atlantis, towards the end of the movie where she becomes possessed by the gods.
Wow! This is really cool! LOVE the tiger!
Well done... one question: where is Fire elemental?
is this a book if it is i want to read it soo cool !!
Oh my Lord this one ...and the other three.. You make it so hard to decide which one is my favorite!! absolutely wonderously amazingly speechlessly fricken BEAUTIFUL!! You should do one with the element Lightning!!
I adore her hair and her lil companion over her shoulder. Lil kitty needs a pat And.. Needs to be stolen so he can come home to me.. Love the details on him as well. The tail strikes me as one of the best parts. And his face is ofcourse adorable and "I shall eat you"-worthy.
Wow, this is beautiful!!! Love the colours. Its so mystical!!! Love it!!!
ur colouring skill is exellent!
and your art to draw people is also amazing! Your detail work is just WOW!!
OMG THAT TIGER!!!!!! I'd like him tattooed across my back please.
They're beautiful!!! Will there be a fire elemental?
This is absolutely stunning! I love it, the water woman/goddess and the tiger. That's incredible! |
0.939436 | Is it normal for my ankles and feet to be swollen 6 days after having a c-section?
I had a c-section 6days ago and my feet and ankles are huge. Its to the point where i cant fit any of my shoes and is difficult to walk.
Had my C-section on 12.3.2010 and I also had the same issue with swelling in my ankles about 5-7 postpartum. My doctor said it was mainly due to the medications such as the epidurals used during surgery and also the extra fluid that is pumped into your system too. The swelling will likely last 2-3 days but shouldn't continue to be an issue.
I had a c section on April 27th ( 5 weeks ago). I was EXTREMELY swollen...way worse than I was pregnant. About 2 weeks after I gave birth the swelling went down a ton. My doctor said it takes about 2 weeks normally. |
0.999785 | Jurassic Park is an American media franchise centering on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when Universal Studios bought the rights to the novel by Michael Crichton before it was even published.
The book was successful, as was the 1993 film adaptation, which led to three sequels, although the third and fourth films were not based on novels, as the first two were. The software developers Ocean Software, BlueSky Software, Sega of America, and Telltale Games have had the rights to develop video games since the 1993 film, and numerous games have been produced.
The Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 25, 2011 in North America. The first film was re-released in 3D on April 5, 2013. Since 1996, several water rides based on the series have been opened at various Universal theme parks.
The fourth film, Jurassic World, was initially scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005, but was delayed numerous times and was ultimately released in June 2015. It has grossed more than $1.66 billion, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of all time. When adjusted for monetary inflation, however, this film is the second highest grossing in the franchise after Jurassic Park. A fifth film is scheduled for a June 22, 2018 release date.
After the announcement of the 1993 Jurassic Park feature film, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Michael Crichton, developers Ocean Software, BlueSky Software and Sega of America were licensed to produce games to be sold to coincide with the release of the film on the popular platforms of the time. In 1997, several developers, including DreamWorks Interactive and Appaloosa Interactive, produced various games for nine different platforms to coincide with the release of the film, The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
For the 2001 film, Jurassic Park III, a total of seven games were produced, including three games for the Game Boy Advance and three PC games. Lego Jurassic World, released in 2015, is based on each of the series' four films, including Jurassic World. Since 1994, a number of other video games that are not based directly on any of the films have also been released.
Ocean released three distinct Jurassic Park games optimized for different platforms.
Jurassic Park is a 1993 video game based on the film and novel of the same name. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Ocean also released Jurassic Park on the handheld Game Boy console. The Game Boy version is a port of the NES version.
The object of the game is to survive in Jurassic Park, a theme park and zoo where dinosaurs have escaped from containment.
Much like the movie and novel which it is based on, Dr. Alan Grant is trapped at Jurassic Park located on Isla Nublar. The park's power has been cut out because of a computer malfunction, and the dinosaurs are roaming free. Grant must complete a series of missions that will eventually lead to him escaping the island without being killed by the dinosaurs. Grant must also rescue Lex and Tim, the grandchildren of the park's owner, John Hammond.
The game is a top-down shooter. As Alan Grant, the player must complete six levels with objectives ranging from rescuing Hammond's grandchildren, destroying Velociraptor nests, turning the power back on and so forth.
Jurassic Park is a video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis published by Sega and developed by BlueSky Software. It was released as part of the tie-in merchandise to the movie of the same name from Universal Pictures.
Jurassic Park was released on nine separate video game consoles, all of which include elements from the Jurassic Park novel by Michael Crichton on which the film was based.
Due to the game's critical success, a sequel of the Genesis game was also released, called Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition, which relies more on action and more on-screen enemies.
Jurassic Park is a standard action video game, its level design seemingly putting it in the platform genre, with the end objective being to reach the end of each level, traveling from left to right using items placed at fixed locations. However, the game features a then-uncommon variation in action games, giving players the option of using two characters that played independently to one another. The game was playable as either Dr Alan Grant, or one of the film's versions of a Velociraptor. Grant is the default character and can be switched to the Raptor using the 'Player' option on the game's main menu. The game has three selectable difficulty levels: "Medium" is the default neutral setting while "Hard" means more damage taken from enemies (who move faster and attack frequently) and "Easy" mode makes for less troublesome foes from which relatively little damage is taken.
And I don't think I'll be coming back again, oh no!
And they think that I'm their dinner, not their friend, oh no! |
0.992577 | You need to understand how to properly use a heating pad on a dog before you buy one; otherwise, there can be dangerous or even life-threatening results for your dog. Before you purchase a heating pad, you should research the different products available and choose one that offers the features you need and that will help keep your dog safe.
Avoid using a heating pad that has an electric cord if you have a puppy or if your dog tends to chew on items in your home.
Supervise your dog. If you have an electric heating pad, you need to supervise your dog at all times. The heating pad should come with an automatic shutoff to protect your dog, but in the case of malfunction, you need to be there to protect your dog. Malfunctioning heating pads have been known to severely burn or even kill dogs.
Use a microwavable heating pad if you can't supervise your dog. Microwaveable heating pads can simply be placed in the microwave and heated up before use. Follow directions carefully and always test the temperature on a more sensitive part of your own skin, such as your arm or stomach, before using it on your dog.
Place the heating pad underneath a pillow or cushion that your dog lies on. Don't let your dog lie directly on the heating pad. This can cause a mild to severe burn. |
0.999907 | Serega is an avid traveller. He has already visited numerous exotic places, and now wants to embark on a journey to Treeland. There are N cities in Treeland that Serega wants to visit. Also, roads have been laid between some N-1 pairs of cities in Treeland. Roads are bidirectional, and there exists a unique path between any two Treeland cities.
Each of Treeland's roads has its own class, wich is specified using a single digit. Serega's journey is a path between some cities, i.e. he never visits one city more than once. But Serega wants to select a path such that the sequence of classes on the path is a palindrome. Of course, Serega wants to visit as many cities as possible. Please help Him.
The first line of input contains a single integer T denoting the number of test cases. The description of T test cases follows.
The first line of each case contains a single integer N. The next N-1 lines contain the roads. Each line contains three integers v, u and c, meaning that there is a road of class c between the vth and uth (assuming 1-indexing) cities of Treeland.
For each test case, you should output the maximum number of cities that Serega can visit.
The roads form a tree.
Sequence of classes on the path between the cities 5 and 8 is 210012. |
0.785006 | Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhone exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. While the municipality itself (downtown ville de Genève) has a population (as of December 2010of 191,415, the canton of Geneva (République et Canton de Genève, which includes the city) has 464,677 residents (as of July 2011 The agglomeration has 1,240,000 residents.
Geneva is a global city, a financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy and the most important UN international co-operation centre with New York thanks to the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters of many of the agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross. It is also the place where the Geneva Conventions were signed, which chiefly concern the treatment of wartime non-combatants and prisoners of war.
Geneva first appears in history as a border town, fortified against the Celtic tribe Helvetii, which the Romans took in 121 B.C. It became an episcopal seat in the 4th century. In 443, it was taken by Burgundy, and with the latter fell to the Franks in 534. In 888 the town was part of the new Kingdom of Burgundy, and with it was taken over in 1033 by the German Emperor.
From the beginning, the bishopric of Geneva was a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Vienne. The bishops of Geneva had the status of prince of the Holy Roman Empire since 1154, but had to maintain a long struggle for their independence against the guardians (advocati) of the see, the counts of Geneva and later the counts of the House of Savoy. In 1290, the latter obtained the right of installing the vice-dominus of the diocese, the title of Vidame of Geneva was granted to the counts of the House of Candia under count François de Candie of Chambéry-Le-Vieux a Chatellaine of the Savoy, this official exercised minor jurisdiction in the town in the bishop's. In 1387, Bishop Adhémar Fabry granted the town its great charter, the basis of its communal self-government, which every bishop on his accession was expected to confirm. The line of the counts of Geneva ended in 1394, and the House of Savoy came into possession of their territory, assuming after 1416 the title of Duke. The new dynasty sought to bring the city of Geneva under their power, particularly by elevating members of their own family to the episcopal see. In 1447 Anti Pope Felix V, who was also Duke of Savoy, appointed himself as bishop of Geneve, and until 1490 the episcopal see was ruled by Savoy dynasty, until popular pressure compelled the Savoy dynasty to renounce the title of bishop. In 1457, a major government organ was established in Geneva, known as the Grand Council, which first consisted of 50 deputies and later their number was raised to 200. The members of the Grand Council were elected every year in early February. The Grand Council represented the citizens of Geneva and decided on political matters and also elected the bishops of Geneva after that position was renounced by the Savoy dynasty in 1490. This same council gradually became estranged to the Duke of Savoy. A new cause of friction between the Grand Council and the Duke of Savoy evolved in 1513, when Charles III decided to appoint his cousin John of Savoy as bishop and even secured Papal endorsement. Despite being bishop of Geneva, the new Savoy bishop resided most of the time in Pignerol in Northern Italy, another factor enhancing the alienation between the people in Geneva and the Savoy dynasty. In 1519, the Grand Council of Geneva attempted to forge an alliance with Fribourg, but the Duke of Savoy responded with invasion of the republic, which led to the execution of Philibert Berthelier and suspension of the Grand Council's powers.
However, after that date the Savoy power over Geneva gradually declined. In 1521 Jean of Savoy died, and the Grand Council appealed to Pope Leo X to appoint the next bishop, who then appointed Pierre de la Baume. In addition, the Duke of Savoy also tried to reconcile his political ambitions with local Genevan patriotism, and in 1523 marched into Geneva in a ceremony designated to appease its population, and tried to gain the support of the Geneva merchants by promising them a share in the trade with the Kingdom of Portugal (his wife's country of origin) and its territories in Brazil.
However, the independence faction in Geneva did not accept these gestures. Another political crisis occurred in 1524, when the treasurer of Geneva Bernard Boulet, a supporter of Savoy rule, was accused by the Grand Council of embezzlement. He reacted to the accusations by appealing to Charles III to curtail the powers of the council once more, to which the Duke responded by confiscating assets held by council members in other territories under Savoy rule. In January 1525, the council appealed to the Pope to excommunicate Charles III. The deputies' attempt to enlist the support of the bishop Pierre de la Baume for their cause failed, and the Pope rejected their request. However, Charles III feared another rebellion and in September 1525 made another proposal of power sharing to the Grand Council of Geneva, which the council endorsed by 53-42. However, Charles III was not satisfied with this and started a new invasion of Geneva in order to destroy the pro-independence faction. The pro-independence faction fled to Fribourg, and in December 1525 the Grand Council acknowledged Charles III as the true sovereign of Geneva (a session known as the "Assembly of Halberds").
Geneva, home of Calvinism, was one of the great centres of the Protestant Reformation. While Bern favoured the introduction of the new teaching and demanded liberty of preaching for the Reformers Guillaume Farel and Antoine Froment, Catholic Fribourg renounced in 1533 its allegiance with Geneva.
During the French Revolution (1789–1799), aristocratic and democratic factions contended for control of Geneva. In 1798, however, France, then under the Directory, annexed Geneva and its surrounding territory.
In 1802, the diocese was united with that of Chambéry. At the Congress of Vienna of 1814–15, the territory of Geneva was extended to cover 15 Savoyard and six French parishes, with more than 16,000 Catholics; at the same time it was admitted to the Swiss Confederation. The Congress expressly provided—and the same proviso was included in the Treaty of Turin (16 March 1816)—that in these territories transferred to Geneva the Catholic religion was to be protected, and that no changes were to be made in existing conditions without the approval of the Holy See. The city's neutrality was guaranteed by the Congress. Pius VII in 1819 united the city of Geneva and 20 parishes with the Diocese of Lausanne, while the rest of the ancient Diocese of Geneva (outside of Switzerland) was reconstituted, in 1822, as the French Diocese of Annecy.
On 30 June 1907, aided by strong Catholic support, Geneva adopted a separation of Church and State. The Protestant faith received a one-time compensatory sum of 800,000 Swiss francs (then about US$160,000), while other faiths received nothing. Since then the Canton of Geneva has given aid to no creed from either state or municipal revenues.
The international status of the city was highlighted after World War I when Geneva became the seat of the League of Nations in 1919—notably through the work of the Federal Council member Gustav Ador and of Swiss diplomat William Rappard, who was one of the founders of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Europe's oldest graduate school of international and development studies. Furthermore, the International School of Geneva, the oldest currently operating International School in the world, was founded in 1924 by senior members of the League of Nations and the International Labor Office.
After World War II, the European headquarters of the United Nations and the seats of dozens of international organizations were installed in Geneva, resulting in the development of tourism and of business.
In the 1960s, Geneva became one of the first parts of Switzerland in which the rights movements achieved a certain measure of success. It was the third canton to grant women's suffrage on the cantonal and communal levels.
The City Council (Conseil administratif) constitutes the executive government of the City of Geneva and operates as a collegiate authority. It is composed of five councilors, each presiding over a department. The president of the executive department acts as mayor. Current city president is Sandrine Salerno. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the City Parliament are carried by the City Council. The election of the City Council by registered voters is held every four years. The executive body holds its meetings in the Palais Eynard, near the Parc des Bastions. The building was built between 1817 and 1821 in Neoclassical style.
On the other hand, the City Parliament (Conseil municipal) holds the legislative power. It is made up of 80 members, with elections also held every four years. The City Parliament decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The sessions of the City Parliament are public. Unlike the member of the City Council, the members of the City Parliament are not politicians by profession, but they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Geneva allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Parliament. The legislative body holds its meetings in the Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville), in the old city of Geneva.
As of 2010, the Geneva City Council is made up of two representatives of the SDP (Social Democratic Party, one of whom is the mayor), one member of the FDP (Free Democratic Party), one member of the Green Party and one member of the À gauche Toute party.
The city of Geneva has an area of 15.93 km2 (6.2 sq mi), while the area of the Canton of Geneva is 282 km2 (108.9 sq mi), including the two small enclaves of Céligny in Vaud. The part of the lake that is attached to Geneva has an area of 38 km2 (14.7 sq mi) and is sometimes referred to as Petit lac (Small Lake). The Canton has only a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) long border with the rest of Switzerland. Out of a total of 107.5 km (66.8 mi) of borders, the remaining 103 are shared with France, with the Départment de l'Ain to the north and the Département de la Haute-Savoie to the south.
Of the land in the city proper, 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) or 1.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 3.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 14.63 km2 (5.65 sq mi) or 91.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) or 3.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.4% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 46.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 25.8%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 15.7%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 0.3% is used for growing crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.2% is in lakes and 2.9% is in rivers and streams.
The altitude of Geneva is 373.6 metres (1,225.7 ft), and corresponds to the altitude of the largest of the Pierres du Niton, two large rocks emerging from the lake which date from the last ice age. This rock was chosen by General Guillaume Henri Dufour as the reference point for all surveying in Switzerland. The second main river of Geneva is the Arve River which flows into the Rhône River just west of the city centre. Mont Blanc can be seen from Geneva and is only an hour's drive from the city centre.
Civic Buildings: Former Arsenal and Archives of the City of Genève, Former Crédit Lyonnais, Former Hôtel Buisson, Former Hôtel du Résident de France et Bibliothèque de la Société de lecture de Genève, Former école des arts industriels, Archives d'État de Genève (Annexe), Bâtiment des forces motrices, Library de Genève, Library juive de Genève «Gérard Nordmann», Cabinet des estampes, Centre d'Iconographie genevoise, Collège Calvin, Ecole Geisendorf, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève (HUG), Hôtel de Ville et tour Baudet, Immeuble Clarté at Rue Saint-Laurent 2 and 4, Immeubles House Rotonde at Rue Charles-Giron 11–19, Immeubles at Rue Beauregard 2, 4, 6, 8, Immeubles at Rue de la Corraterie 10–26, Immeubles at Rue des Granges 2–6, Immeuble at Rue des Granges 8, Immeubles at Rue des Granges 10 and 12, Immeuble at Rue des Granges 14, Immeuble and Former Armory at Rue des Granges 16, Immeubles at Rue Pierre Fatio 7 and 9, House de Saussure at Rue de la Cité 24, House Des arts du Grütli at Rue du Général-Dufour 16, House Royale et les deux immeubles à côté at Quai Gustave Ador 44–50, Tavel House at Rue du Puits-St-Pierre 6, Turrettini House at Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 8 and 10, Brunswick Monument, Palais de Justice, Palais de l'Athénée, Palais des Nations with library and archives of the SDN and ONU, Palais Eynard et Archives de la ville de Genève, Palais Wilson, Parc des Bastions avec Mur des Réformateurs, Place Neuve et Monument du Général Dufour, Pont de la Machine, Pont sur l'Arve, Poste du Mont-Blanc, Quai du Mont-Blanc, Quai et Hôtel des Bergues, Quai Général Guisan and English Gardens, Quai Gustave-Ador and Jet d'eau, Télévision Suisse Romande, University of Geneva, Victoria Hall.
The city's main newspaper is the Tribune de Genève, with a readership of about 187,000, a daily newspaper founded on 1 February 1879 by James T. Bates. Le Courrier, founded in 1868, was originally supported by the Roman Catholic Church, but has been completely independent since 1996. Mainly focussed on Geneva, Le Courrier is trying to expand into other cantons in Romandy. Both Le Temps (headquartered in Geneva) and Le Matin are widely read in Geneva, but both journals actually cover the whole of Romandy.
Geneva is covered by the various French language radio networks of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, in particular the Radio Suisse Romande. While these networks cover the whole of Romandy, special programs related to Geneva are sometimes broadcast on some of the local frequencies in the case of special events such as elections. Other local stations broadcast from the city, including YesFM (FM 91.8 MHz), Radio Cité (Non-commercial radio, FM 92.2 MHz), OneFM (FM 107.0 MHz, also broadcast in Vaud), and World Radio Switzerland (FM 88.4 MHz).
The main television channel covering Geneva is the Télévision Suisse Romande. While its headquarters is located in Geneva, the programs cover the whole of Romandy and are not specific to Geneva. Léman Bleu is a local TV channel, founded in 1996 and distributed by cable. Due to the proximity to France, French television channels are also available.
Geneva observes Jeûne genevois on the first Thursday following the first Sunday in September. By local tradition, this commemorates the date the news of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots reached Geneva. The Genevois joke that the federal equivalent holiday, Jeûne fédéral, is observed two weeks later on account of the rest of the country being a bit slow on the uptake.
The opera house the Grand Théâtre de Genève which officially opened in 1876, was partly destroyed by fire in 1951 and reopened in 1962, is the largest stage in Switzerland. It features opera and dance performances, recitals, concerts and, occasionally, theatre. The Victoria Hall is used for classical music concerts. It is also the home of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
Museums and art galleries are everywhere in the city. Some are related to the many international organizations as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum or the Microcosm in the CERN area. The Palace of Nations, home of the United Nations headquarters can also be visited.
Among the most popular sports in Switzerland is Ice hockey. Geneva is the home of the Genève-Servette HC, who play in the Swiss National League A, and is the main sport team of the city. In 2008 and 2010 the team made it to the league finals but lost to the ZSC Lions and SC Bern respectively.
There is also a football team in Geneva. The Servette FC, a football club founded in 1890 and named after a borough on the right bank of the Rhône. Servette was the only club to have remained in the top league in Switzerland since its creation in the 1930s. In 2005, however, management problems resulted in the bankruptcy of the club's parent company, causing the club to be demoted two divisions. After one year in 3rd division and five in 2nd division, Servette came back to 1st division after a spectacular season.
The official language of Geneva is French, the official language of the canton as well as the main Swiss language used in the Romandie. As a result of immigration flows in the 1960s and 1980s, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are also spoken by a considerable proportion of the population. English is also quite common due to the high number of anglophone expatriates and foreigners working in international institutions and in the bank sector. However, lack of proficiency in French of English-speaking expatriates (even after years spent in Geneva) is an increasing concern.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (128,622 or 72.3%), with English being second most common (7,853 or 4.4%) and Spanish being third (7,462 or 4.2%). There are 7,320 people who speak Italian, 7,050 people who speak German and 113 people who speak Romansh.
In the city of Geneva, as of 2008, 44.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 7.2%. It has changed at a rate of 3.4% due to migration and at a rate of 3.4% due to births and deaths. |
0.99978 | If, during a weight-loss programme, one arrives home from a stressful day at work and heads immediately for the cupboard for two comforting chocolate biscuits, basic dietary and nutritional advice might be 'don't eat those chocolate biscuits'; behavioural therapy would suggest ways how not to eat the chocolate biscuits, in other words how to avoid them. The answer could be very simple; 'don't buy any chocolate biscuits' or more complex: 'avoid the stressful situation that triggered the desire for the chocolate biscuit', which might mean changing jobs or walking home instead of getting a crowded bus. Other suggestions might include not putting the biscuits where they are easy to reach and have readily accessible healthy snacks, such as fruit, to hand. Alternatively, there might be other ways to unwind: having a bath or swearing at the cat.
'Behavioural therapy' is the collective name for the various methods and strategies used to bring about changes in lifestyle. Behavioural techniques should always be combined with traditional dietary and activity advice to maximize the benefits and improve compliance with lifestyle change. More structured programmes of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) lasting for 4 or 5 months have been developed. |
0.997681 | What would people consider a suitable reaction to the blank refusal by our illustrious Taoiseach to reverse the cuts made to "home-helps" who provide an essential service to the poorest and most helpless of our citizens?
Get enough people on the streets and he'll turn quicker than milk in the sun and be just as pretty.
It would be suitable for their wealthier tax-sheltered cohorts to pop round on free transport to offer a little home help themselves. Few will, most of those in need will have to fall back on families who can barely cope, if they even have that.
Agreed 100%. Sadly most folk are too busy thinking off the next credit Union repayment. Those who depend on 'home help' do not have the numbers to trouble any TD's.
Bad form for the European of the year, you would have to wonder what the criteria for such an award is. Maybe its to enrich bankers and impoverish disabled people, that seems to be Kennys policy?
Sometimes with politicians and I do mean of all parties,. you can only sit back and ask, what the F**k do they think they're at?
Whatever money is involved, I can guarantee you in 5 minutes I could come up with an equivalent saving/revenue that wouldn't hurt a vulnerable group and I know f**k all about it.
hmmm... I wrote about this when the award was first announced.. so yeah... I think that must be the criteria.
So, good Europeans inflict suffering on innocent people (and children) in defence of a currency and banks?
What a load of me bollix. Cue the calls of begrudger, doomer, shinnerbot etc etc etc. It is nothing but an empty gesture.. and to a man of 35 years of nothingness in an attempt to pacify an island people on the periphery of the continent with nonsensical talk about us being good europeans and at the heart of europe.
In other words. A load of utter tripe which amounts to a pat on the head. ... ..but it will give the hacks another excuse to hack for a week.
I consider him to be nothing more (nor less) than an unprincipled blackguard.
What are the cuts and how much is the "saving"?
It seems to me that politicians always attack the weakest first. If that is not sufficient they will then start to work their way up.
The sad thing is Kenny really doesn't seem to be any different.
Respond with blank refusals in return.
Too true! It has come to the stage that paying household charges, water charges, septic tank charges etc., now seems obscene. If this money was used to help the poorest of our society, there would be good reason to demand its payment. Seeing as it is to be directed into the pockets of bankers, bondholders and politicians, it is the duty of every right-minded citizen to refuse these payments.
Sorry tonic. The braindead populist ground has already been hijacked by SF and PBP. I know that's where FF usually go in opposition but the Shinners have drunk your milkshake.
It is that very arrogance that was the downfall of FF and, will ultimately be the downfall of FG.
It's not arrogant to point out cretinism when it rears it's ugly head.
So speaks one of the more moronic posters on this site.
"Its" in this context does not require an apostrophe, genius. |
0.999778 | To make an NPC stand in one position and return to that position even after it moves away due to combat or pushing or possession, etc, you should create a POST waypoint.
Note on orientation: I have recently changed the waypoint code so that the orientation of the waypoint arrow is important when setting a post. The creature on post will face the direction of the arrow. This only applies to creatures who are on post or have one and only one waypoint.
To make an NPC walk on a patrol back and forth along a set of waypoints, you need walking WP waypoints.
To create walking WP waypoints, make sure the NPC has a unique tag. If the NPC is tagged rwk_patrol3, then his waypoints will be named WP_rwk_patrol3_01, WP_rwk_patrol3_02, WP_rwk_patrol3_03 , etc.
If you right click the NPC and select the "Create Waypoint" option, it automatically creates the next available waypoint for you.
There is virtually no lag cost for creating multiple waypoints.
Be careful when setting waypoints to leave straight and clear paths around or between placeables, particularly the larger CEP placeables. If a creature gets stuck between waypoints, this -will- cause lag.
The following is a lag consideration, so please note it: Avoid using walking patrols when possible, since extra movement fires off nearby NPCs' perception AI scripts unnecessarily. The old Jaded Coin tavern had a room full of 10 NPCs, and every time one of the patrolling commoners walked around a corner, all ten of those PCs fired a perception script noting that the commoner 'disappeared', and then they fired it again when the commoner reappeared. Since patrols continue endlessly, that's a lot of unnecessary activity. |
0.953223 | The crescent moon and star is an internationally-recognized symbol of the faith of Islam. The symbol is featured on the flags of several Muslim countries, and is even part of the official emblem for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The Christians have the cross, the Jews have the star of David, and the Muslims have the crescent moon, right?
What is the history behind the crescent moon symbol? What does it symbolize or mean? How and when did it become associated with the faith of Islam? Is it a valid symbol for the faith?
The crescent moon and star symbol actually pre-dates Islam by several thousand years. Information on the origins of the symbol are difficult to ascertain, but most sources agree that these ancient celestial symbols were in use by the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia in their worship of sun, moon, and sky gods. There are also reports that the crescent moon and star were used to represent the Carthaginian goddess Tanit or the Greek goddess Diana.
The city of Byzantium (later known as Constantinople and Istanbul) adopted the crescent moon as its symbol. According to some reports, they chose it in honor of the goddess Diana. Others indicate that it dates back to a battle in which the Romans defeated the Goths on the first day of a lunar month. In any event, the crescent moon was featured on the city's flag even before the birth of Christ. |
0.980005 | Despite managing to guide one of his acts into the grand final and finishing as a runner-up on last year's X Factor, Gary Barlow may not return to the ITV1 show.
Music mogul and X Factor supremo Simon Cowell admitted that although Gary was a firm favourite with fans he might not be able to return this year because of his busy schedule.
Cowell said that the 41-year-old will have a lot on his plate this year with his day job being a member of Take That.
Take That are planning to release a new album and in order to promote it Gary would need to be with the band a lot of the time travelling up and down the country and through Europe.
Simon said to the newspaper: 'I always thought that with Gary he would have the Take That commitment in 2012.
According to reports, all of the new judges found the show very time consuming last year and were surprised by how much it took over their lives.
The 2011 series of X Factor UK – with new judges Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland joining Louis Walsh – found itself being regularly beaten in the ratings war by BBC rival Strictly Come Dancing.
Despite in-fighting between the judges and controversy surrounding contestant Frankie Cocozza, the series averaged 14.13million viewers, with 15.5million tuning in to watch Little Mix crowned the winners.
However, the previous year, a record 19.4million watched Matt Cardle beat Rebecca Ferguson to the crown.
He told The Sun: 'I got a bit too cocky. We got a big wake-up call.
X Factor 2011: Gary Barlow tells Simon Cowell, "sack Louis Walsh or I"ll walk" |
0.998776 | Cub Scouting is a year-round program uniquely designed to meet the needsof young boys and their parents. The program offers fun and challengingactivities that promote character development and physical fitness.Service projects, ceremonies, games, and other activities guide boysthrough the core values and give them a sense of personal achievement.Through positive peer group interaction and parental guidance, boys alsolearn honesty, bravery, and respect.
Family involvement is anessential part of Cub Scouting and parents are encouraged to play anactive role in the program. Through interaction between parents,leaders, and friends, boys learn citizenship, compassion, and courage.This family-and community-centered approach to learning means that CubScouting is truly time well spent.
Boys can become Lion Cubs (entering Kindergarten or age 6) Tiger Cubs (entering first grade or age 7), Cub Scouts (enteringsecond [Wolves] or third grade [Bears], or age 8 or 9), Webelos Scouts (entering fourthor fifth grade, or age 9 to 11).
How does participation in Cub Scouting affect participation in other activities?
The Cub Scout program is designed to compliment many otherextracurricular activities. Typical time commitment is two or three Den meetingsand one Pack meeting per month. Boys who participate in organized sportslike soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming, gymnastics, etc, oracademic-based extracurricular activities like music, art, science etc.,can be recognized for these activities though Cub Scout belt loops andpins which are worn on their uniform.
Attend pack meetings with your son and celebrate his achievements and advancement awards.
Attend Cub Scout campouts with your son. |
0.999844 | The online poker community has been shocked by allegations of cheating in a poker tournament at the site Absolutepoker.com a little while ago. The concern is that if this could happen once, what safeguards are in place to ensure it can't happen more often? Here is the condensed notes version of what happened.
- After losing a $500 buy-in tournament at AbsolutePoker.com, the second placed player suspected that the winner of the tournament who went under the screen name "Potripper" was cheating. The player emailed the company and a clerk from Absolute Poker sent him an Excel spreadsheet which listed the play of every hand from every table at that tournament as well as noting all observers of the tournament.
- Upon sharing the spreadsheet with others at a poker forum, poker and database experts noted some very unusual play by Potripper. In the first 2 hands of the tournament Potripper folded pre-flop, but then after an observer came into the room, Potripper never folded another hand for the next 20 minutes. This action led the experts to believe the "observer" was somehow working with Potripper.
- Examining play during that 20 minutes, it was found Potripper was playing very unconventionally, raising with garbage and thus forcing players that were well ahead in the hand to fold. At the same time he would often fold good hands for no reason including one hand where he openly folded KK when another player had AA. This play was extremely suspicious and had almost everyone who looked at the playing style believing that Potripper could actually see the hole cards of others and was playing accordingly.
- Poker forums picked up on the possible cheating and began looking further into the accounts of observers and Potripper himself. Potripper turned out to be AJ Green, a former director of Absolute Poker and a current director of Nine.com. As well, one of the observers of the game is a man named Scott Tom who was Absolute Poker's president until 2005 and also a very close friend of AJ Green. Scott Tom is also believed to be associated with Absolute Poker today and the IP address of his account belongs to riveieraltd.com, which is on the Kahnawake reserve outside Montreal where Absolute Poker's servers are located. In fact several of those in question had accounts with the rivieraltd.com domain name.
For the sake of this article it is sufficient to stop the extended details at this point, but it must be noted that Absolute Poker went into denial mode and did everything in its power to make the story go away, including removing the DNS information for rivieraltd.com, firing the clerk that sent the Excel spreadsheet and constantly refusing to acknowledge any wrongdoing. More and more evidence came up implicating the company, and after national media coverage of the events (including articles written in the New York Times and Houston Chronicle), the company admitted its software was compromised and would be issuing payouts to the legitimate winners and refunding anyone who was affected by the game. They also stated they will conduct an internal investigation and deal with those that were implicated in the apparent scam.
- If people from the company look at all the cards throughout the tournaments, is that a good idea? Perhaps hands should only be reviewable once the tournament is complete. This would eliminate any concerns and make it impossible for others at the company that are monitoring the games to work with players. If, on the other hand, cards must be observed by staff on a continuous basis, what safeguards can be put into play to make it virtually impossible for shenanigans to occur?
- What background checks are done on staff, particularly those in charge of security? A report from 2 plus 2 poker forum suggested that a security manager at a companion site was involved in other suspect games. Safeguards must be put into place to make sure that everyone is monitored on a regular basis, including staff.
- What can the company do to address all stated concerns from players and improve customer service? Clearly if the company tried to address the situation from the outset rather than deflecting blame they could have stopped the negative press in its tracks. As well, the company has to look at internal policies.
- Lastly the company must determine what punishment it is willing to level on Green and Tom if it is revealed that they were indeed the scammers. Public perception in this case will be everything, and if these individuals (managers or not) are able to get away with a scam, it will bring the legitimacy of Absolute Poker along with all other poker sites into question.
Furthermore, the Mohawks of Kahnawake must look at their policy that determines who can set up servers on their territory and determine if more stringent rules need to be in force. The UK and Antigua have very strict rules that determine who can operate in their jurisdiction and they will disqualify any people they deem as unfit to operate. The forums have suggested that AJ Green ran internet scams prior to working for Absolute Poker. If this is indeed true then clearly more background checks of managers are necessary.
There are 2 bright spots in this ugly incident. First, there is relief in the fact that sports betting can not be compromised in the same manner as poker. Obviously sportsbook operators can leave town without paying, but most jurisdictions require the books to post up money covering all player accounts to avoid this circumstance. Regardless, games are time stamped and it is easy to determine if someone is cheating. Naturally the players themselves or others involved in the games can cheat as was witnessed with the Donaghy scandal and the Polish Open tennis tournament earlier this year, but the sportsbooks themselves can not fix games in any manner. Perhaps it is for that reason that Australia has banned online gambling for everything except sports.
The other bright spot relates to the island of Antigua. With all the licensed sportsbooks, casinos and poker rooms located in that country, there has not been one complaint of impropriety regarding the games. Antigua has been in operation offering online wagering far longer than Kahnawake and most of the sites are bigger. The country has assured authorities that its regulatory requirements are above reproach, which is one of the reasons so many companies are willing to pay hefty fees to operate there. In its fight with the United States over the U.S. withdrawal of gambling commitments, Antigua has pointed out over and over that their regulatory system is as effective as anything that can be found elsewhere, including Las Vegas. The fact that Antigua has offered online wagering for a full decade now with absolutely no complaints by the public seems to prove their point.
Online gambling was suspect from the beginning and with good reason. Why would anyone be willing to put real money on a hand of blackjack or Texas Hold 'Em when they have no idea what safeguards are there to ensure the game's legitimacy? Nevertheless, the general public put its trust in the betting sites and it seemed to pay off. Audits and other regulatory vices proved to the sceptics that the games were legitimate. Consequently, internet wagering grew to a $12 billion industry. There is still some hope that bills like those offered by Barney Frank will someday be accepted and internet wagering will be legal in all regards. However, this will never happen if there is belief the games or the operators are not on the up and up. For the sake of the entire industry it is necessary that Absolute Poker prove that this incident was a fluke and put in safeguards to ensure it can never happen again. As well, Absolute Poker must make examples of anyone involved in the scam, including managers if necessary. Not only is money at risk, but public trust of online gambling as well. |
0.947489 | Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it", too. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age", and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature".
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in the city of Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835. He was the son of Jane (née Lampton; 1803–1890), a native of Kentucky, and John Marshall Clemens (1798–1847), a Virginian by birth. His parents met when his father moved to Missouri and were married several years later, in 1823. He was the sixth of seven children, but only three of his siblings survived childhood: his brother Orion (1825–1897); Henry, who died in a riverboat explosion (1838–1858); and Pamela (1827–1904). His sister Margaret (1833–1839) died when he was three, and his brother Benjamin (1832–1842) died three years later. Another brother, Pleasant (1828–1829), died at six months. Twain was born two weeks after the closest approach to Earth of Halley's Comet.
When he was four, Twain's family moved to Transcontinental Railroad. It delivered mail to and from the Pony Express.
In 1847, when Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia. The next year, he became a printer's apprentice. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal, a newspaper owned by his brother Orion. When he was 18, he left Hannibal and worked as a printer in New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. He joined the newly formed International Typographical Union, the printers union, and educated himself in public libraries in the evenings, finding wider information than at a conventional school. Clemens came from St. Louis on the packet Keokuk in 1854 and lived in Muscatine during part of the summer of 1855. The Muscatine newspaper published eight stories, which amounted to almost 6,000 words.
Twain describes in Life on the Mississippi how, when he was a boy, "there was but one permanent ambition" among his comrades: to be a steamboatman. "Pilot was the grandest position of all. The pilot, even in those days of trivial wages, had a princely salary – from a hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty dollars a month, and no board to pay." As Twain described it, the pilot's prestige exceeded that of the captain. The pilot had to "get up a warm personal acquaintanceship with every old snag and one-limbed cottonwood and every obscure wood pile that ornaments the banks of this river for twelve hundred miles; and more than that, must ... actually know where these things are in the dark..." Steamboat pilot Horace E. Bixby took on Twain as a "cub" pilot to teach him the river between New Orleans and St. Louis for $500, payable out of Twain's first wages after graduating. Twain studied the Mississippi, learning its landmarks, how to navigate its currents effectively, and how to "read the river" and its constantly shifting channels, reefs, submerged snags and rocks that would "tear the life out of the strongest vessel that ever floated". It was more than two years before he received his steamboat pilot license, in 1859. This occupation gave him his pen name, Mark Twain, from "mark twain", the leadsman's cry for a measured river depth of two fathoms, which was safe water for a steamboat. While training, Samuel convinced his younger brother Henry to work with him. Henry was killed on June 21, 1858, when the steamboat he was working on, the Pennsylvania, exploded. Twain had foreseen this death in a dream a month earlier,:275 which inspired his interest in parapsychology; he was an early member of the Society for Psychical Research. Twain was guilt-stricken and held himself responsible for the rest of his life. He continued to work on the river and was a river pilot until the American Civil War broke out in 1861 and traffic along the Mississippi was curtailed.
At the start of the Civil War, Twain enlisted briefly in a Confederate local unit. He then left for Nevada to work for his brother, Orion Clemens, who was Secretary of the Nevada Territory, which Twain describes in his book, Roughing It. Twain later wrote a sketch, "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed", which told how he and his friends had been Confederate volunteers for two weeks before disbanding their company.
Twain's journey ended in the silver-mining town of Virginia City, Nevada, where he became a miner on the Comstock Lode. Twain failed as a miner and worked at a Virginia City newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise. Working under writer and friend Dan DeQuille, here he first used his pen name. On February 3, 1863, he signed a humorous travel account "Letter From Carson – re: Joe Goodman; party at Gov. Johnson's; music" with "Mark Twain".
His experiences in the American West inspired Roughing It and his experiences in Angels Camp, California, in Calaveras County, provided material for "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
Twain moved to San Francisco, in 1864, still as a journalist. He met writers such as Bret Harte and Artemus Ward. The young poet Ina Coolbrith may have romanced him.
His first success as a writer came when his humorous tall tale, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", was published in a New York weekly, The Saturday Press, on November 18, 1865. It brought him national attention. A year later, he traveled to the Sandwich Islands (present-day Hawaii) as a reporter for the Sacramento Union. His travelogues were popular and became the basis for his first lectures.
In 1867, a local newspaper funded a trip to the Mediterranean. During his tour of Europe and the Middle East, he wrote a popular collection of travel letters, which were later compiled as The Innocents Abroad in 1869. It was on this trip that he met his future brother-in-law, Charles Langdon. Both were passengers aboard the Quaker City on their way to the Holy Land. Langdon showed a picture of his sister Olivia to Twain; Twain claimed to have fallen in love at first sight.
Upon returning to the United States, Twain was offered honorary membership in the secret society Scroll and Key of Yale University in 1868. Its devotion to "fellowship, moral and literary self-improvement, and charity" suited him well.
Throughout 1868, Twain and Olivia Langdon corresponded, but she rejected his first marriage proposal. Two months later, they were engaged. In February 1870, Twain and Langdon were married in Elmira, New York, where he had courted her and had overcome her father's initial reluctance. She came from a "wealthy but liberal family", and through her, he met abolitionists, "socialists, principled atheists and activists for women's rights and social equality", including Harriet Beecher Stowe (his next-door neighbor in Hartford, Connecticut), Frederick Douglass, and the writer and utopian socialist William Dean Howells, who became a long-time friend. The couple lived in Buffalo, New York, from 1869 to 1871. Twain owned a stake in the Buffalo Express newspaper and worked as an editor and writer. While they were living in Buffalo, their son Langdon died of diphtheria at age 19 months. They had three daughters: Susy (1872–1896), Clara (1874–1962) and Jean (1880–1909). The couple's marriage lasted 34 years, until Olivia's death in 1904. All of the Clemens family are buried in Elmira's Woodlawn Cemetery.
Twain moved his family to Hartford, Connecticut, where starting in 1873 he arranged the building of a home. In the 1870s and 1880s, Twain and his family summered at Quarry Farm, the home of Olivia's sister, Susan Crane. In 1874, Susan had a study built apart from the main house so that her brother-in-law would have a quiet place in which to write. Also, Twain smoked pipes constantly, and Susan Crane did not wish him to do so in her house. During his seventeen years in Hartford (1874–1891) and over twenty summers at Quarry Farm, Twain wrote many of his classic novels, among them The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Life on the Mississippi (1883), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889).
Twain made a second tour of Europe, described in the 1880 book A Tramp Abroad. His tour included a stay in Heidelberg from May 6 until July 23, 1878, and a visit to London.
His book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court features a time traveler from the contemporary US, using his knowledge of science to introduce modern technology to Arthurian England. This type of storyline would later become a common feature of a science fiction sub-genre, alternate history.
In 1909, Thomas Edison visited Twain at his home in Redding, Connecticut, and filmed him. Part of the footage was used in The Prince and the Pauper (1909), a two-reel short film. It is said to have been the only known existing film footage of Twain.
Twain made a substantial amount of money through his writing, but he lost a great deal through investments, mostly in new inventions and technology, particularly the Paige typesetting machine. It was a beautifully engineered mechanical marvel that amazed viewers when it worked, but it was prone to breakdowns. Twain spent $300,000 (equal to $8,200,000 in inflation-adjusted terms ) on it between 1880 and 1894; but, before it could be perfected, it was made obsolete by the Linotype. He lost not only the bulk of his book profits but also a substantial portion of his wife's inheritance.
Twain also lost money through his publishing house, Charles L. Webster and Company, which enjoyed initial success selling the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, but went broke soon after, losing money on a biography of Pope Leo XIII; fewer than two hundred copies were sold.
Reacting to the dwindling income Twain and his family closed down their expensive Hartford home and moved to Europe in June 1891. William M. Laffan of the New York Sun and the McClure Newspaper Syndicate had offered Twain the publication of a series of six European letters. In addition, considering the health problems troubling Twain, his wife and their daughter Susy, it was believed visiting European baths would be of benefit. Until May 1895 the family stayed mainly in France, Germany and Italy with longer spells at Berlin(winter 1891/92), Florence(fall and winter 1892/93) and Paris(winters and springs 1893/94 and 1894/95). During that period Twain went four times back to New York due to his enduring business troubles. Arriving in September 1893 he took a cheap room at $1.50 per day at The Players which he had to keep until March 1894 meanwhile becoming The Belle of New York.
Twain's writings and lectures, combined with the help of a new friend, enabled him to recover financially. In fall 1893, he began a 15-year-long friendship with financier Henry Huttleston Rogers, a principal of Standard Oil. Rogers first made Twain file for bankruptcy in April 1894. Then, Rogers had Twain transfer the copyrights on his written works to his wife, Olivia, to prevent creditors from gaining possession of them. Finally, Rogers took absolute charge of Twain's money until all the creditors were paid.
Twain accepted an offer from Robert Sparrow Smythe and embarked on a year-long, around-the-world lecture tour in July 1895 to pay off his creditors in full, although he was no longer under any legal obligation to do so. It would be a long, arduous journey and he was sick much of the time, mostly from a cold and a carbuncle. The first part of the itinerary, until the second half of August, took him across Northern America to British Columbia, Canada. For the second part he sailed across the Pacific Ocean. His scheduled lecture in Honolulu, Hawaii had to be cancelled due to a cholera epidemic. Twain went on to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, Mauritius, and South Africa. Twain's three months in India became the centerpiece of his 712-page book Following the Equator. In the second half of July 1896 he sailed back to England where the Clemenses left for America fourteen months before. Twain and his family spent four more years in Europe, mainly in England and Austria(October 1897 until May 1899) with longer spells at London and Vienna. Clara had wished to study piano under Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna. Unfortunately Jean's health did not benefit from consulting with specialists in Vienna, the "City of Doctors". Following a lead by Poultney Bigelow the Clemens family moved to London in spring 1899. Bigelow had good experience being treated by Dr. Jonas Henrik Kellgren (sv), an Swedish osteopathic practitioner with a practice in Belgravia. There they were persuaded to spend the summer at Kellgren's sanatorium by the lake in the Swedish village of Sanna. Coming back in fall the treatment was continued in London until Twain was convinced by lengthy inquiries in America that similar osteopathic expertise was available there. In mid-1900, he was the guest of newspaper proprietor Hugh Gilzean-Reid at Dollis Hill House, located on the north side of London, UK. In regard to Dollis Hill, Twain wrote that he had "never seen any place that was so satisfactorily situated, with its noble trees and stretch of country, and everything that went to make life delightful, and all within a biscuit's throw of the metropolis of the world." He then returned to America in October 1900, having earned enough to pay off his debts. In winter 1900/01 Twain became his country's most prominent opponent of imperialism raising the issue in his speeches, interviews and writings. In January 1901 he began serving as vice-president of the Anti-Imperialist League of New York.
Twain was in-demand as a featured speaker, performing solo humorous talks, similar to what would become comedy. He gave paid talks to many men's clubs, including the Authors' Club, Beefsteak Club, Vagabonds, White Friars, and Monday Evening Club of Hartford. In the late 1890s, he spoke to the Savage Club in London and was elected honorary member. When told that only three men had been so honored, including the Prince of Wales, he replied "Well, it must make the Prince feel mighty fine." In 1897, Twain spoke to the Concordia Press Club in Vienna as a special guest, following diplomat Charlemagne Tower, Jr. In German, to the great amusement of the assemblage, Twain delivered the speech "Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache" ("The Horrors of the German Language"). In 1901, Twain was invited to speak at Princeton University's Cliosophic Literary Society, where he was made an honorary member.
Other authors to fall under Twain's attack during this time period (beginning around 1890 until his death) were Villa di Quarto in Florence; and, after an appropriate period of time, Twain allowed himself to publish some works that his wife, a de facto editor and censor throughout his life, had looked down upon. Of these works, The Mysterious Stranger, depicting various visits of Satan to the Earth, is perhaps the best known. This particular work was not published in Twain's lifetime. There were three versions found in his manuscripts, made between 1897 and 1905: the Hannibal, Eseldorf, and Print Shop versions. Confusion among the versions led to an extensive publication of a jumbled version, and only recently have the original versions as Twain wrote them become available.
Before 1899, Twain was an ardent Moro Crater Massacre, in which six hundred Moros were killed. Many of his neglected and previously uncollected writings on anti-imperialism appeared for the first time in book form in 1992.
During the Philippine-American War, Twain wrote a short pacifist story entitled The War Prayer, which makes the point that humanism and Christianity's preaching of love are incompatible with the conduct of war. It was submitted to Harper's Bazaar for publication, but on March 22, 1905, the magazine rejected the story as "not quite suited to a woman's magazine". Eight days later, Twain wrote to his friend Daniel Carter Beard, to whom he had read the story, "I don't think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth." Because he had an exclusive contract with Harper & Brothers, Twain could not publish The War Prayer elsewhere; it remained unpublished until 1923. It was republished as campaigning material by Vietnam War protesters.
Although Twain was a Nonetheless, as a mature adult he engaged in religious discussions and attended services, his theology developing as he wrestled with the deaths of loved ones and his own mortality. His own experiences and suffering within his family made him particularly critical of "faith healing", such as that espoused by Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science.
Twain generally avoided publishing his most heretical opinions on religion in his lifetime, and they are known from essays and stories that were published later. In the essay Three Statements of the Eighties in the 1880s, Twain stated that he believed in an almighty God, but not in any messages, revelations, holy scriptures such as the Bible, Providence, or retribution in the afterlife. He did state that "the goodness, the justice, and the mercy of God are manifested in His works", but also that "the universe is governed by strict and immutable laws", which determine "small matters", such as who dies in a pestilence. At other times he wrote or spoke in ways that contradicted a strict deist view, for example, plainly professing a belief in Providence. In some later writings in the 1890s, he was less optimistic about the goodness of God, observing that "if our Maker is all-powerful for good or evil, He is not in His right mind". At other times, he conjectured sardonically that perhaps God had created the world with all its tortures for some purpose of His own, but was otherwise indifferent to humanity, which was too petty and insignificant to deserve His attention anyway.
Twain's story about his pen name has been questioned by biographer George Williams III, the Territorial Enterprise newspaper, and Purdue University's Paul Fatout. The claim is that "mark twain" refers to a running bar tab that Twain would regularly incur while drinking at John Piper's saloon in Virginia City, Nevada.
Twain's legacy lives on today as his namesakes continue to multiply. Several schools are named after him, including Mark Twain Elementary School in Wheeling, Illinois, and Mark Twain Elementary School in Houston, Texas, which has a statue of Twain sitting on a bench. There is also Mark Twain Intermediate School in New York. There are several schools named Mark Twain Middle School in different states, as well as Samuel Clemens High School in Schertz, near San Antonio, Texas. There are also other structures, such as the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge.
Mark Twain Village is a United States Army installation located in the Südstadt district of Heidelberg, Germany. It is one of two American bases in the United States Army Garrison Heidelberg that house American soldiers and their families (the other being Patrick Henry Village).
Awards in his name proliferate. In 1998, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts created the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, awarded annually. The Mark Twain Award is an award given annually to a book for children in grades four through eight by the Missouri Association of School Librarians. Stetson University in DeLand, Florida sponsors the Mark Twain Young Authors' Workshop each summer in collaboration with the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal. The program is open to young authors in grades five through eight. The museum sponsors the Mark Twain Creative Teaching Award.
Buildings associated with Twain, including some of his many homes, have been preserved as museums. His birthplace is preserved in Florida, Missouri. The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal, Missouri preserves the setting for some of the author's best known work. The home of childhood friend Laura Hawkins, said to be the inspiration for his fictional character Becky Thatcher, is preserved as the "Thatcher House". In May 2007, a painstaking reconstruction of the home of Tom Blankenship, the inspiration for Huckleberry Finn, was opened to the public. The family home he had built in Hartford, Connecticut, where he and his wife raised their three daughters, is preserved and open to visitors as the Mark Twain House.
Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain was named after him.
On December 4, 1985, the United States Postal Service issued a stamped envelope for "Mark Twain and Halley's Comet", noting the connection with Twain's birth, his death, and the comet. On June 25, 2011, the Postal Service released a Forever stamp in his honor.
Twain is often depicted wearing a white suit. While there is evidence that suggests that, after Livy's death in 1904, Twain began wearing white suits on the lecture circuit, modern representations suggesting that he wore them throughout his life are unfounded. However, there is evidence showing him wearing a white suit before 1904. In 1882, he sent a photograph of himself in a white suit to 18-year-old Edward W. Bok, later publisher of the Ladies Home Journal, with a handwritten dated note on verso. It did eventually become his trademark, as illustrated in anecdotes about this eccentricity (such as the time he wore a white summer suit to a Congressional hearing during the winter). McMasters' The Mark Twain Encyclopedia states that Twain did not wear a white suit in his last three years, except at one banquet speech.
Actor Hal Holbrook created a one-man show called Mark Twain Tonight, which he has performed regularly for about 60 years. The broadcast by CBS in 1967 won him an Emmy Award. Of the three runs on Broadway (1966, 1977, and 2005), the first won him a Tony Award.
Twain was portrayed by Fredric March in the 1944 film The Adventures of Mark Twain. He was later brought to life by James Whitmore in the (similarly titled) 1985 Will Vinton Claymation film The Adventures of Mark Twain. In the two-part Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Time's Arrow Pt. 1 & 2", the crew of the starship Enterprise pursues malevolent alien lifeforms through a time portal to 1893 San Francisco, where their secretive actions arouse the suspicions of Samuel Clemens as played by Jerry Hardin.
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In 1872, Twain published a second piece of travel literature, Roughing It, as a semi-sequel to Innocents. Roughing It is a semi-autobiographical account of Twain's journey from Missouri to Nevada, his subsequent life in the American West, and his visit to Hawaii. The book lampoons American and Western society in the same way that Innocents critiqued the various countries of Europe and the Middle East. Twain's next work kept Roughing It's focus on American society but focused more on the events of the day. Entitled The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, it was not a travel piece, as his previous two books had been, and it was his first attempt at writing a novel. The book is also notable because it is Twain's only collaboration; it was written with his neighbor, Charles Dudley Warner.
A complete bibliography of his works is nearly impossible to compile because of the vast number of pieces written by Twain (often in obscure newspapers) and his use of several different pen names. Additionally, a large portion of his speeches and lectures have been lost or were not written down; thus, the collection of Twain's works is an ongoing process. Researchers rediscovered published material by Twain as recently as 1995.
Officials in Connecticut and New York estimated the value of Twain's estate at $471,000 ($12,000,000 today); his manuscripts were given no monetary value, and his copyrights given little and decreasing value. |
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La Bateria ya no estaba funcionando bien por lo que decidí cambiársela yo mismo.
Compre la Bateria y el kit de reparación de iFixit, leí cuidadosamente la guía para el reemplazo de la batería paso a paso. Al estar ya seguro de haber comprendido el proceso comencé a desarmar el iPod debo de reconocer que fue muy dificil pero con mucho cuidado y paciencia logre reemplazar la batería satisfactoriamente y sin daños.
El unico problema que tuve fue que el destornillador Phillips #00 de iFixit no logro sacar los tornillos este no se adapto bien a ellos y me molesto mucho ya que se supone que lo compre para ese motivo, afortunadamente tenia una herramienta que lo hizo sin ningún inconveniente. Por favor iFixit solucionen este problema.
Al final todo salió muy bien y estoy contento de haberlo podido realizar gracia a iFixit.
El consejo que puedo dar es que lean cuidadosamente la guía paso a paso así como visualicen las imagenes a detalle del proceso esto fue la clave de que mi reparación fuera exitosa.
al desarmar cada pieza asegurense de colocarlas en un lugar seguro para que no se les pierda por que por ser tan pequeñas son muy fáciles de perder sobre todo los tornillos.
El Ipod esta funcionando hasta ahorita sin ningún problema solo espero que la batería sea de buena calidad y se desempeñe como deba.
y a todos los demás les deseo "Felices Reparaciones"
Compre la Bateria y el kit de reparación de iFixit, leí cuidadosamente la guía para el reemplazo de la batería paso a paso. Al estar ya seguro de haber comprendido el proceso comencé a desarmar el iPod debo de rec . . .
Battery only lasted about 1 day on charge without using it.
All went well with the disassembly. Problem came when putting it back together. There is a little ribbon cable from the touchscreen that is very short and does not like to be put back on by human hands. I finally got it back together and now this old iPod Gen4 is working like new.
Take your time when putting it back together and watch out for that little touch screen cable. You will get it, just go slow.
All went well with the disassembly. Problem came when putting it back together. There is a little ribbon cable from the touchscreen that is very short and does not like to be put back on by human hands. I finally got it back together and n . . .
well! took some time, because of sothering new battery to device. quite tricky but feasible with a nice repair Tutor video on the net.
be VERY careful with that sothering of battery, cause extremely close to delicate pieces that wouldn't bear a damage if comi . . .
Just have all tools prepared before attempting the repair and if you have unsteady hands have someone hold the battery over the solder pads while you . . .
The repair was really hard. Apart from removing screws and disconnecting some components, I didn't realize that I broke the link to the volume controls, but it had been the only problem until I realized that I had to unsolder the old battery and to solder the new one, and if am really bad at soldering. I don't know what went wrong, but I ended up throwing my iDevice because after one day of work, I still couldn't make it to solder the new battery.
MY ADVICE IS TO TRY TO REPLACE THE BATTERY OF THIS IPOD TOUCH MODEL ONLY IF YOU ARE GOOD AT SOLDERING, OR YOU WILL END UP THROWING YOUR DEVICE AWAY.
The repair was really hard. Apart from removing screws and disconnecting some components, I didn't realize that I broke the link to the volume controls, but it had been the only problem un . . .
iMac HDD died, then Resurrected!
The 1TB hard drive in my 2011 iMac started failing. Luckily I had everything backed up on externals. I was super excited to see that iFixit had a dual hard drive kit, so I ordered that plus a 500GB SSD for my boot drive and a 3TB HDD for bulk storage.
The repair went amazingly well. A co-worker helped me with the repair which was VERY important when we were taking the screen off. We took our time and were very gentle with all the connections, so nothing was damaged. It was a great opportunity to clean out all the dust with canned air too.
The instructions were very clear and well defined, with excellent pictures. Using iFixit's Magnetic Project Mat and Pro Tech Toolkit made everything much easier and faster. It took us 3 hours total to tear it apart, install the dual HD kit + the 2 HDs and put it back together. We all held our breath when we plugged the power back into it and pushed the ON button... success! High fives for everyone.
Before we got started I was nervous about repairing my own computer. Now that I (with help) have repaired my own computer I am much more confident that I can repair other devices using the guides on this website.
I simply wish I had believed earlier that electronics repair isn't magical or out of reach as long as I have the right tools and an excellent guide to follow. By doing in-house repair we saved a lot of money (was even thinking of just buying a new computer initially), plus my computer is way faster and cooler than it was before.
The repair went amazingly well. A co-worker helpe . . .
Very early model ipod4 would not hold a charge anymore. The battery lasted 30 minutes at most.
My very early model ipod4 was ALMOST identical to the repair guide but with some extra bits. Mainly some of the parts were held in with a black rubberized tape that had to be cut to remove parts. Other than that the instructions were right on.
I would say that you have to have experience with this kind of repair and be comfortable working with electronics and the ever-lingering fear that you will break something. You need to be able to tell how much you can push, pull, or flex something and that is just a sense that techy people have.
I was most afraid of the soldering but that was actually very easy. Once I heated the solder pads on the battey cable they came right off very easily, solder and cable together! I was left with a very clean board to solder the new cable to.
My very early model ipod4 was ALMOST identical to the repair guide but with some extra bits. Mainly some of the parts were held in with a black rubberized tape that had to be cut to remove parts. Other th . . .
Weak battery after recharge duration was only 25 min.
It was very easy to open the IPOD. I fallow youtube short movie.
But I had to open the IPOD 3 times.
3. Happy! Happy! Happy! finally. Working great. Charging well.
The contact between the battery and the IPOD need to be perfect. Thin.
Thank you IFIXIT ! For the next battery change I will do the same.
Heath well with hair dryer before open the IPOD with the tool from IFIXIT. When open the IPOD do it carefully. Do not use tools to open on the camera side. Open slowly. When remove the battery heath before under battery. Not much. Few minutes. After bingo. The connection of the battery need to be very thin.
My son's iTouch's battery was only lasting for about 25 min. - very annoying. After reading the repair manual, I decided to give it a try.
The repair went just like the manual suggested. I really appreciated the warnings offered in the manual as well as other people that made suggestions of caution. I can't believe how much glue is used to hold the 4th generation iTouch together. That was pretty annoying, especially trying to get the battery out. Does it really need to be glued that secure? Wow!
I scratched the black paint on the underside of the display glass somehow with the plastic opening tool. It doesn't show too bad, but that is the only problem I had with the repair. One other suggestion is to flatten the glue down with a tool and then use a heat gun to warm it when putting the display glass back on.
The repair went just like the manual suggested. I really appreciated the warnings offered in the manual as well as other people that made suggestions of cauti . . . |
0.831273 | Clan Armstrong is a Lowland Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders. The clan does not currently have a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms and therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan.
According to the legend and tradition, the first of the name Armstrong was Siward Beorn (sword warrior), who was also known as Siward Digry (sword strong arm). He was said to be the last Anglo-Danish Earl of Northumberland and a nephew of King Canute, the Danish king of England who reigned until 1035.
The Armstrong name was common over the whole of Northumbria and the Scottish Borders. The Armstrongs became a powerful and warlike clan in Liddesdale and the Debatable Lands. Historian George Fraser Black lists Adam Armstrong in 1235 as being pardoned for causing the death of another man. Black also records Gilbert Armstrong, steward of the household of David II of Scotland, as ambassador to England in 1363.
In around 1425 John Armstrong, brother of Armstrong of Mangerton in Liddesdale built a strong tower. The Armstrongs were able to raise three thousand horsemen and were said to be at one point in control of the debatable lands. In 1528, Lord Dacre, who was the English Warden of the Marches attacked the Armstrong's tower but the Armstrongs retaliated and burned Netherby. The power of the Armstrongs was seen by James V of Scotland as a threat to his own authority. According to tradition, James tricked John Armstrong of Gilnockie to a meeting at Hawick where the king hanged the Armstrong laird without further ado. King James continued his treatment of the Armstrongs when they failed to support him in 1542 at the Battle of Solway Moss.
In 1603 the Union of the Crowns brought an official end to the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the Borders. In 1610 the last of the Armstrong lairds was hanged in Edinburgh for leading a raid on Penrith, England. This was followed by a ruthless campaign by the Crown to pacify the Borders. As a result, families were scattered with many of them seeking new homes in Ulster, particularly in County Fermanagh. Armstrong is now amongst the fifty most common names in Ulster. There has been no trace of the Armstrong chiefs since the clan was dispersed in the 17th century.
Amongst the many distinguished Armstrongs are Sir Alexander Armstrong who was an Arctic explorer, and also Neil Armstrong who was the first man to walk upon the Moon, taking with him a piece of the Clan Armstrong tartan. The Armstrong Baronets are descendents of Gilnockie Comedian Alexander Armstrong is a descendant. Although there has been no trace of the Armstrong chiefs since the clan was dispersed in the 17th century, there is a powerful and active clan association and the Clan Armstrong Trust was established in 1978.
Gilnockie Tower, also known as Hollows Tower, a couple of miles north of Canonbie in Dumfriesshire. It was apparently built in 1518 but there was probably an earlier strong hold on the site. It now houses a Clan Armstrong Centre.
Mangerton Tower, one mile south of Newcastleton, which is near to the English border. Nearby is the Minholm Cross, which was erected in about 1320 to commemorate the murder of Alexander Armstrong in Hermitage Castle.
These Gaelic names appear frequently in modern clan literature, but they are neologistic and are rarely used by Gaelic speakers. However, Armstrong has been historically associated with the Ulster Gaelic name, Mac Tréan-Labhraidh, a branch of the Ó Labhradha family. Tréan-Labhradh means strong-speaking but it is thought that the name was misunderstood as meaning strong-arm, and Armstrong was adopted as a convenient Anglicization. Mac Tréan-Labhraidh would translate as Mac Treun-Labhraidh in Scottish Gaelic. Other common associated names include variations on Traynor ,Treanor, Trainor, McCreanor, MacCrainor; which all derive from the Irish Gaelic name, Mac Threinfhir, meaning son of the strong man. After the Plantation of Ulster many Armstrongs (mainly those who were Catholic) adopted the Traynor surname.
Among the best-known Gaelic-speaking Armstrongs was Dr Robert Armstrong of Perthshire, who compiled an authoritative early Gaelic-English dictionary, published in 1825.
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0.995531 | For the most recent Democratic primaries, see Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016.
This is a list of Democratic Party presidential primaries.
This was the first time that candidates were chosen through primaries. New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson ran to become the nominee, and faced the opposition of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Champ Clark. Wilson defeated Clark and was nominated during the convention. He then won the general election with a landslide victory.
Democratic incumbent President Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election, and faced no major opposition in the primaries.
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo and Ohio Governor James Cox were the main candidates. Though William Gibbs McAdoo won a vast majority of states, Cox won the nomination on the 22nd ballot at the convention. Cox went on to lose the election to Republican candidate Warren Harding.
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo, 1920 candidate James Cox and Henry Ford were the main candidates. Though McAdoo won a vast majority of states, and well more than half of the popular vote, in those twelve states that held primary elections, it meant little to his performance nationwide. Once at the convention, the party was deadlocked for 102 straight ballots, before dark horse candidate John W. Davis, (who wasn't even a formal candidate when he arrived at the convention) was chosen on the 103rd ballot. Davis went on to lose the election to Republican candidate Calvin Coolidge.
New York Governor Al Smith faced no major opposition in the primaries but lost in the general election against Herbert Hoover.
New York Governor and 1920 Vice President candidate Franklin Roosevelt ran to become the nominee, and faced the opposition of 1928 candidate Al Smith. Roosevelt easily defeated Smith and was nominated during the convention. He then defeated President Hoover in the general election with a landslide victory.
Democratic incumbent President Franklin Roosevelt ran for re-election, and faced no major opposition in the primaries.
Democratic incumbent President Franklin Roosevelt ran again for re-election, and faced the opposition of Vice President John Nance Garner the primaries. Garner lost the primaries and during the convention was excluded from vice presidential nomination in favor of Henry Wallace.
Democratic incumbent President Franklin Roosevelt ran again for re-election, and faced no major opposition in the primaries.
Democratic incumbent President Harry Truman ran for re-election, and faced no major opposition in the primaries.
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee defeated President Truman in the New Hampshire primary, becoming the first person to ever drive an incumbent from the race during the 20th century. Kefauver swept the primaries, but there weren't enough to be able to win the nomination. Adlai Stevenson won the nomination but lost against Dwight Eisenhower in the general election.
Adlai Stevenson, who had won the 1952 nomination on third ballot, defeated Estes Kefauver in the early primaries, thus becoming the last losing Democratic Presidential nominee to win a second nomination. He would lose again.
Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts defeated Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota in the two contested primaries.
Governor George Wallace of Alabama made a feeble challenge to President Lyndon B. Johnson and his surrogates, who were running because he pretended not to be running.
In the last successful challenge to an incumbent President, Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota came extremely close to defeating President Johnson in New Hampshire, and with polls showing him winning Wisconsin and the entry of Senator Robert Kennedy of New York, the President withdrew from the race.
Thus followed an exciting race between Kennedy and McCarthy, but Vice President Humphrey swept the caucuses and two favorite sons who already endorsed him had won primaries in Ohio and Florida, giving him a substantial lead by the time Senator Kennedy was murdered by Sirhan Sirhan on the day of the California primary.
The 1972 primaries set the record for the highest number of candidates in a major party's presidential primaries in American history, with 16. After the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, Ted Kennedy fell from front runner to non-candidate. Ed Muskie was the establishment favorite until he was reported to have cried emotionally during a speech defending himself against the Canuck letter. George McGovern was able to gain ground and make a strong showing in New Hampshire. George Wallace ran as an outsider and did well in the South. His campaign was ended when an assassin shot him and left him paralyzed. McGovern went on to win a majority of the delegates and the nomination at the convention. However, his prior efforts to reform the nomination process had reduced the power of Democratic Party leaders. McGovern had difficulty getting a vice presidential running mate to run with him. It then took hours to get him approved. A couple weeks later it was revealed that Thomas F. Eagleton had undergone electroshock therapy for depression. After claiming to back Eagleton "1000%", McGovern asked him to resign three days later. After a week of being publicly rebuffed by prominent Democrats, McGovern finally managed to get Sargent Shriver to be his new running mate. This trouble compounded the already weak support he had among party leaders.
The 1976 primaries matched the record previously set in 1972 for the highest number of candidates in any presidential primaries in American history, with 16. During the primaries, Jimmy Carter capitalized on his status as an outsider. The 1976 campaign was the first in which primaries and caucuses carried more weight than the old boss-dominated system. Carter exploited this, competing in every contest and won so many delegates that he held an overwhelming majority of the delegates at the convention.
The incumbent President Jimmy Carter faced high unemployment, high inflation and gas shortages in California. Against this backdrop, Ted Kennedy decided to run after sitting out 1972 and 1976. Kennedy stumbled badly in an interview, then the Iran hostage crisis in November 1979 seriously undermined Carter as his calm approach caused his poll numbers to rise. Carter won decisively everywhere except Massachusetts until the public began to grow weary of the hostage situation. Kennedy then began to win and even swept the last states. It was too little, too late. Carter had a slight advantage and enough delegates to win the nomination.
Walter Mondale entered the race as the favorite. He had raised the most money, had the backing of the most party leaders and had a very good organization in the Midwest and Northeast. Even so, both Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart managed to mount effective national campaigns against him. Jackson won several states in the South but was unable to recover after calling Jews "Hymies" and New York City "Hymietown". Hart waged a strong campaign in New Hampshire, Ohio, California and the West, looking as if he could win. Hart's downfall came when, in a televised debate, Mondale said he was reminded of the Wendy's slogan "Where's the beef?" whenever he heard Hart talk about his "New Ideas" program. The audience laughed and applauded. Hart was never able to shake the impression created that his policy lacked weight. Mondale gradually pulled ahead, winning a comfortable majority by convention time.
Democrats entered the race hoping to build on mid-term wins that gave them control of the Senate and the ongoing Iran Contra scandal. Gary Hart's strong showing in 1984 gave him the advantage but extramarital affairs damaged his campaign. It was over after reporters caught him with Donna Rice. Ted Kennedy decided not to run back in 1985. Joseph Biden was caught up in a plagiarism scandal when Governor Dukakis took video of a Democratic debate and made a campaign hit piece showing that Biden quoted Neil Kinnock, then-leader of the British Labour Party, without attribution. A picture being worth a thousand words, the video outweighed multiple press accounts about Biden's pre- and post-debate use of the British quote while including attribution. Biden was effectively tarred as a plagiarist by Dukakis and was forced out of the race. The Delaware Supreme Court's Board on Professional Responsibility would later clear Biden of law school plagiarism charges brought up in relation to the Dukakis political hit piece. Except for Biden and Hart, all seven major candidates won at least one primary, and for a while the hope of a multiballot convention remained alive.
Michael Dukakis ended up with two-thirds of the delegates, winning the nomination.
Following the 1991 Persian Gulf War, President George H. W. Bush was riding a wave of popularity. The party leaders who otherwise might have run declined to, leaving the race open to lesser known candidates. By the beginning of the first primary, an economic recession had hurt Bush and energized the Democrats. Bill Clinton rose from the pack after allegations of an affair. His wife appeared on 60 Minutes with him. The damage control worked. Clinton placed second in the next primary in New Hampshire and then almost swept every Super Tuesday contest. Jerry Brown won several primaries but made a serious gaffe. At a meeting with New York City Jewish community leaders, he said he would consider Jesse Jackson as a Vice-Presidential running mate. Jackson had made anti-Jewish remarks in 1984, calling New York City "Hymietown". Brown never won another primary. He won more delegates than any other candidate except Clinton but Clinton had five times the vote and was easily the winner.
With popular Democratic incumbent President Bill Clinton running for re-election, the nomination process was uneventful. The only opposition was from fringe candidates, one of whom, Lyndon LaRouche, won delegates but they were forbidden entrance to the Convention.
Incumbent Vice-President Al Gore had the support of the party establishment and a strong base within the party after eight years under President Bill Clinton. His only significant challenger was Bill Bradley who never managed to win a primary. With Bradley's delegates forbidden to vote for him, Gore was chosen unanimously at the convention.
After his loss in the last election, Al Gore decided not to run in 2004, leaving the field wide open. Howard Dean broke out early with an internet campaign and led in fundraising. Wesley Clark threw his hat into the ring too late and never gained footing. John Kerry and John Edwards made an unexpectedly strong showing in the first caucus. Dean finished second in the next contest but dropped out thereafter. Kerry dominated the race with only Edwards offering real competition. However, Edwards managed to finish first only in South Carolina and withdrew after Kerry won decisive victories on Super Tuesday. Kerry easily won the nomination, with Edwards as his running mate. Kerry subsequently lost the presidential election to George W. Bush.
In the closest primary contest for the Democrats since 1980, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois ended up upsetting early favorite Senator Hillary Clinton of New York. Clinton won many big-state primaries, and competed strongly in the Midwest, but Obama was able to rack up a large number of delegates through big wins in caucus states and the Southern primaries, where black voters cast a majority of the ballots. Neither candidate received enough delegates from the state primaries and caucuses to achieve a majority without superdelegate votes.
Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama ran for re-election, and faced no major opposition in the primaries. Minor opposition candidates won 40+% of the vote in four state primaries -- including Keith Judd, a convicted felon, who was still serving a federal prison sentence when he placed second in West Virginia. However, the delegates won by the opposition were forbidden from attending the Democratic convention in Charlotte.
In her second bid for the presidency, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York ran against Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont. Sanders, a long-time Independent who regularly caucused with Democrats in Congress, ran on the Democratic ticket. Though Sanders won in New Hampshire, several important Midwestern states, and all but two caucus contests, Clinton won Iowa, larger, more diverse states like New York, Florida, and California, and the majority of the primaries. Clinton won 13 of the open primaries, 17 of the closed primaries, and 4 of the mixed contests. Sanders won 10 of the open primaries, 9 of the closed primaries, and 3 of the mixed contests. In the end, Clinton won a total of 34 contests to Sanders' 23. She also won the popular vote by 3.7 million. By the end of the race, Clinton had won 2,200 pledged delegates to Sanders' 1,831 pledged delegates, for a pledged delegate margin that was about six times larger than the margin that Barack Obama had won over her in 2008.[better source needed] On June 6, the Associated Press reported that Hillary Clinton had earned enough delegates to clinch the presidential nomination, including superdelegates. DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was forced to resign from her post following leaked emails that led to vocal opposition from Sanders supporters. The emails showed frustrations the DNC leadership had with the Sanders campaign over their media talking points, as well as internal preparations for the end of the primaries.
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0.947772 | For the provincial electoral district, see Saskatoon Riversdale.
Riversdale is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, located near the downtown area. It includes the business district of 20th Street. It consists mostly of low-density, single detached dwellings. As of 2011, the area was home to 2,135 residents.
Riversdale has experienced an economic and development boom since 2012 and has even been called Canada's Next Great Neighbourhood. However, the neighbourhood is still considered a lower-income area, with (based on the 2006 Canadian Census) an estimated average family income of $35,849, an estimated average dwelling value of $120,835 and an estimated home ownership rate of 36.0% According to MLS data, the average sale price of a home as of 2013 was $224,807.
Incorporated as a town in 1905, Riversdale was one of the three original settlements that merged to form the city of Saskatoon in 1906.
The first record of settlement in the Riversdale area was in the 1890s, when the area was homesteaded. It was dubbed "Richville" after one of the original settlers. In April 1903, over 1500 Barr Colonists arrived and made camp just west of the railway tracks beside Saskatoon. While most of the colonists moved on to the Lloydminster area, some remained behind as permanent residents of a new settlement. The village of Riversdale was incorporated on January 16, 1905. The village plan (originally called "Riverdale") had narrower streets, smaller lots, and no public reserve land. Faced with a heavy influx of settlers, Riversdale joined with the towns of Saskatoon and Nutana to become the City of Saskatoon on July 1, 1906.
Immigration from central and eastern Europe brought new and ethnically diverse peoples to Riversdale around 1908. Many British, German, Ukrainian and Chinese families took up residence. Separated from the downtown by the Canadian Northern Railway yards, vehicular access to Riversdale was limited to underpasses at 19th and 23rd Streets. In 1910, a pedestrian walkway was built over the train tracks at 20th Street so the public could safely cross the tracks on foot. Saskatoon's Chinatown moved into the Riversdale district in the early 1930s. Originally, Chinese immigrants set up businesses along 19th Street east of the CN tracks, in what is now the south downtown. However, they moved when the city acquired the land to build the Saskatoon Technical Collegiate (later the Gathercole Building, now demolished).
The mid-1960s marked a change in the traffic patterns of the area, as the CN tracks were relocated out of downtown. 20th and 22nd Streets were connected to the downtown, and Idylwyld Drive became Riversdale's eastern boundary. The 23rd Street underpass was levelled quickly, while the 19th Street overpass remained until 2006. The mid-60s also saw First Nations people moving off of reserves and into Riversdale – the most recent statistics show that 43% of the population identifies as being of First Nations origin. Vietnamese and Hong Kong Chinese immigrants also began arriving at this time.
Riversdale's image struggled since the 1960s, with a sizeable portion of the population living below the poverty line. The social ills that accompany poverty – substance abuse, violent crime and dilapidated housing – often cast the area in a negative light. However, by 2009 there was evidence of gentrification occurring in the area, including the River Landing development and the demolition of the historic but run-down Barry Hotel being cited as examples of the neighbourhood's changing character. By 2014, new businesses occupied nearly all of the available rental space.
Albany Hotel (1906) – Originally named the Iroquois Hotel, the business was renamed the Albany Hotel in 1912 after an extensive enlargement and alteration. Over the decades, the Albany gained a reputation as a "seedy" hotel and was the scene of many violent crimes. It closed in the late 1990s, and was acquired by Corrections Canada. Since 2000 it has served as a halfway house for federal offenders, under the name of Meewasinota Community Residence.
Adilman Building (1912/1949) – Adilman's Department Store was a cornerstone of the 20th Street shopping district from its opening in 1921 until it closed in 1974. The present structure is the result of a 1949 renovation, though the building's core dates to 1912. It is one of Saskatoon's examples of Streamline Moderne architecture. Since the department store closed, it has been home to an antique store, farmer's market, and bingo hall. In 2014 Freedom Functional Fitness, an unconventional fitness gym moved into the building.
Landa House (1912) – An attractive example of the Prairie Vernacular style, the house was first occupied by Saskatoon fire chief Thomas E. Heath. In 1921, the house was acquired by William and Fanny Landa, who were Jewish immigrants from Russia. William had opened a blacksmith shop in 1908, then expanded his business to manufacture buggies and wagons, which became Landa Auto Body Works. The business operates to this day at its original location on Avenue C. The house was designated a municipal heritage property on November 28, 2005.
St. Thomas Wesley United Church (1912) – Built on the corner of Avenue H and 20th Street in 1912, it was originally St. Thomas Presbyterian Church, named in honour of Thomas Copland, a civic and church leader. This red brick structure with Romanesque windows and a square bell tower, is topped with a stucco and wood belfry. In 1930 an agreement was reached between St. Thomas Presbyterian and Wesley Methodist to worship in the St. Thomas building under joint ministry – they formed St. Thomas Wesley United Church in 1934. The wood and stucco bell tower was removed in 2008 after falling into disrepair.
Little Chief Service Station (1929) – Built as a Texaco service station in the 1920s, this building was built in the Spanish Colonial style. It features white stucco walls, rounded roof tiles, decorative brick, heavy tiled cornices, roof parapets, iron windows and copper gutters. It was named the West Side Service Station until 1943, when the name was changed to the Little Chief Service Station. After it ceased to be a service station, the Saskatoon Police Service obtained and renovated the building for use as a community police station. It was designated a municipal heritage property on January 11, 1982.
Roxy Theatre (1930) – Built during the onset of the Great Depression. The interior was decorated in a Spanish Villa style with the walls covered with small balconies, windows and towers that gave the impression of a quaint Spanish village. The ceiling was painted dark blue and had twinkling lights set in the plaster to give the impression of the night sky. The Roxy was for a time called the Towne Cinema, then closed in 1995. It was purchased and restored by Magic Lantern Theatres, and reopened under its original name in 2005.
Ukrainian National Federation Hall (1932) – This hall, with its distinctive entryway lions, featured ornate interior decorations that ranged from busts of famous artists, musicians, and leaders, through to a stage flanked with castle-like walls. The building was used mainly for weddings, banquets, concerts and other public gatherings.
Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (1952) – This church features an eight-sided dome which depicts the major feasts of the Church and Saints. 22-karat gold was used to decorate the church's icons. In 1988 the front of the cathedral gained a bronze statue of St. Volodymyr, the Baptizer of the Ukraine.
Riversdale exists within the federal electoral district of Saskatoon West. It is currently represented by Sheri Benson of the New Democratic Party, first elected in 2015.
Provincially, the area overlaps two constituencies. The southwest portion lies within the constituency of Saskatoon Riversdale. It is currently represented by Danielle Chartier of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP), first elected in a 2009 by-election. The northeast portion of the area lies within the constituency of Saskatoon Centre. It is currently represented by David Forbes of the NDP, first elected in a 2001 by-election.
In Saskatoon's non-partisan municipal politics, Riversdale lies within ward 2.It is currently represented by Hilary Gough, first elected in 2016.
Princess Alexandra School – public elementary school, part of the Saskatoon Public School Division. The school first opened in 1906. Construction began in 1906/07 of 'Riversdale School which was renamed Alexandra School; a four-room school house was erected, and doubled in size by 1908. In 1922 there were both Princess and Alexandra schools in operation on the same land allotment. Princess School was sold and torn down in 1961. In 1962 a new school building was erected on the same property site, and re-opened.
White Buffalo Youth Lodge – Opened in 2000, this integrated service facility provides programming for Aboriginal youth. Health, recreation, life skills, vocational training and counselling programs are available.
Salvation Army Community Centre – In 1926 the Salvation Army opened what was then known as the "Relief Office" at 335 Avenue C South. By 1932 it was known as The Salvation Army Men's Hostel and Industrial Store where by 1943, had room for 40 men. In 1962 the centre had moved next door to its current location at 339 Avenue C South. Over the next several decades a chapel, half-way house, rehab unit, and more property was added until the centre took its current form.
AKA Artist Run Centre – AKA evolved from the Shoestring Gallery, initiated in 1971. In 1982 the transition from a member-based visual arts and crafts co-operative to a non-profit artist-run centre yielded AKA Gallery.
La Troupe du Jour – Formed in 1985, La Troupe du Jour is Saskatchewan's only professional francophone theatre company.
PAVED Arts – PAVED Arts came into official existence on March 31, 2003 with the legal amalgamation of The Photographers Gallery (TPG) and Video Vérité (VV), the former a photography resource and exhibition centre, the latter a media access centre.
Roxy Theatre – Restored and re-opened in 2005, the Roxy Theatre shows movies daily, weekend matinees and hosts several live and musical events & promotions throughout the year.
Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company – Launched in 1999, the SNTC creates, develops and produces artistic presentations by Canadian Aboriginal artists.
Victoria Park (7.0 acres) – named for Queen Victoria, this public park houses many facilities. However, only a small portion of the park lies within Riversdale; the majority of the park is in the King George neighbourhood to the south.
The Riversdale Community Association coordinates educational, recreational, and social programs for residents, maintains the outdoor rink at Princess Alexandra Community School, stages fundraising events, and works to address issues of local concern.
Riversdale's main commercial corridor is 20th Street, which was the main street in its early days as a village. Today, 20th Street is home to mainly independently-owned local businesses. Other businesses are located on 22nd Street, the major arterial road that makes up the northern boundary of Riversdale. Commercial and light industrial businesses occupy some of the blocks between 19th and 22nd Streets, concentrated on the eastern side closer to Idylwyld Drive. The Saskatoon Farmers' Market, founded in 1975, moved into its present location at 19th Street and Avenue B in 2007.
Riversdale is served by Saskatoon Transit bus routes #2, #9 #10, #60 and #65. Route #5 also runs along 23rd Street, a block north of the neighbourhood boundary.
Riversdale is located within the Core Neighbourhoods Suburban Development Area. It is bounded by 22nd Street to the north and Idylwyld Drive to the east. The southern boundary starts at the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge, follows the South Saskatchewan River to 16th Street. Avenue K serves as the neighbourhood's western boundary. Roads are laid out in a grid fashion; streets run east-west, avenues run north-south.
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0.908618 | Most agree that it's delicious, but the origins of Sicilian gelato (ice cream) have been debated for many years. Some theories support a Greek or Roman creation, others an Arab one. First, let's consider what separates gelato from other frozen desserts.
Ice creams are usually made from fruit, nuts (pistachio is shown here), or even flowers (jasmine is a classic Sicilian flavour). Ice cream of the kind usually served in France, England and Russia is usually made with cow's milk or cream, and that's also true of many gelati. Sorbet is made without milk, and many fruit-based gelati (as opposed to those made from chocolate, coffee or nuts) fall into this category.
So why does Italian ice cream taste different from other ice creams? Even the creamiest gelati are rarely more than six or seven percent cream, while those of other countries may contain as much as twenty percent cream. In its most traditional recipe, the whipped American product known as "frozen custard" (ancestor of "soft" ice cream) may contain more than twenty percent heavy cream as well as eggs.
Gelato usually contains less emulsifier than other ice creams. Unlike other ice creams, gelato is not mixed at high speeds, and it is cooled differently. This creates a softer texture. Nowadays, the distinctions between one frozen dessert and another are often quite subtle. Certain English ice creams taste like Italian gelato and vice versa.
Several other chilled or frozen desserts are traditionally popular in Sicily. Granita is made from fruit and sugar mixed with water and slowly mixed as it is frozen, resulting in a texture of flaked or finely crushed ice. Semifreddo and parfait are similar to gelato but softer and not served as cold. Gelo di melone is a sweet watermelon gelatin.
Where did gelato come from? Based on historical records, it is believed that in ancient Greek or Roman days foot runners brought snow from Mount Etna to Taormina or Catania to be flavoured with nuts or berries and honey. It was a treat reserved for aristocrats. In the ninth century the Arabs introduced sugar cane, and this revolutionised Sicilian cooking. Before the ninth century local honey was used to sweeten Sicilian ices and sorbets. Sicilian gelato (ice cream), as it has come to us, is probably an Arab invention based on sorbet made with cane sugar, though its earliest origins, like that of torrone, are clearly Roman. |
0.998211 | Let's measure my weight on several planets with the scale that we used on Earth.
Every object has a gravitational field around it and attracts surrounding objects. The strength of this gravitational field is proportional to the mass of the object.
Let's officially explain the gravity that Newton found. Newton's gravity can be expressed as follows.
Two objects with mass are always attracting. The force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two objects, proportional to the product of the mass of the object. 'F' is short for Force. The unit of force is 'N(Newton)'.
The 'G' is a value that is revealed as an accurate experiment result as a proportionality constant.
In other words, if two objects of 1 kg are about 1 m apart, they are attracting about 6.67 x 10-11N. Since the value of "G" is very small, we can see that gravity is a very weak force. Gravity is the weakest force among the four Forces known to date. However, it is also the most powerful force in the universe.
Large objects like the Earth can produce a large gravity field but small objects around them can not exert a large gravity force to attract each other. Therefore, most gravity that we can see around us is the gravity of the earth. |
0.975317 | "Saturday Night Live" kicked off its first episode of 2019 by having Alec Baldwin's President Trump play "Deal or No Deal: Government Shutdown Edition."
(CNN) - "Saturday Night Live" kicked off its first episode of 2019 by having Alec Baldwin's President Trump play "Deal or No Deal: Government Shutdown Edition."
"The government's been shut down for, like, a month and I spent two hours at TSA in Atlanta. They thought I was smuggling extra teeth in my mouth," explained Kenan Thompson's Steve Harvey, who was filling in for the show's normal host, Howie Mandel.
Thompson's Harvey then brought out Baldwin's Donald Trump to play.
"Earlier today you went on TV and you told the American people that you wanted to make a deal," Thompson's Harvey told Baldwin's Trump. "So we decided to do this in the only format you could understand: a TV game show with women holding briefcases."
Baldwin's Trump explained that he wants $5 billion for his border wall. He then met the members of Congress who were holding "Deal or No Deal" briefcases of counteroffers. The fake Trump kicked off the game by choosing "Fancy Nancy Peloser," a nickname for Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who was played by Kate McKinnon.
McKinnon's Pelosi offered to end the shutdown if Trump accepted $1 billion and said, "Nancy's my mommy."
Baldwin's Trump turned the deal down because it wasn't $5 billion and he "needs $5 billion because that's the first random number I said."
"Deal or No Deal" continued as Baldwin's Trump picked others from Congress such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (played by Melissa Villaseñor) and Mitch McConnell (played by Beck Bennett) before landing on a Clemson football player.
The Clemson football player, played by Pete Davidson, didn't have a briefcase filled with a counteroffer but rather a case of hamburgers or as he called them "hamberders." The scene referenced the national champion football team's recent visit to the White House, during which they were served fast food. President Trump later mistakenly referred to the meal as "hamberders" on Twitter.
"Oh Steve, I haven't eaten a hamburger in almost 15 minutes," Baldwin's Trump said. "I'm going to make that deal."
"You're ending the shutdown for a hamburger?!" Thompson's Harvey said. "Well, I guess that makes as much sense as anything else going on these days."
Thompson, Baldwin and Davidson then kicked off the show with its signature phrase, "Live... From New York. It's Saturday night!" |
0.999986 | The "Australian Open" is an annual Tennis Tournament started in 1905 and played outdoor on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia. The Women's Singles title was first contested in 1922 and the rules have undergone several changes, since the first edition.
The table given below contains the list of the names of all champions of Australian open women singles (year-wise) along with the names of loser and score in final match.
Steffi Graf is a four-time champion and won three times consecutively.
Monica Seles is a four-time champion and won three times consecutively.
American tennis star "Serena Williams" is a five-time champion, which is an Open Era record. |
0.999877 | Do USA iPhones work in Hungary?
I want to buy an iPhone 5S ( Model A1533 ) second-hand originally bought from Verizon. And there are an iPhone SE (A1662) and iPhone 7 (A1660 CDMA).
Can these mobile phones work in the EU and particularly Hungary ?
I am not sure what makes it possible to work and what not. I assume CDMA phones are not compatible with EU networks. But I do not know for sure nor if there are other specs to take in account to ensure compatibility.
I am pretty confused because I do not want to waste my money on something that will not work in the EU.
"Work" -- can depend on what do you mean by work.
First, open https://support.apple.com/kb/sp685?locale=en_US for the iPhone 5s specifications.
Can you make phone calls? There are only four bands and you can see in the specs the phones cover all four: GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) so you will have phone calls and very slow data everywhere in the world.
Speedier data is covered by the section UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz). Now hop over to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UMTS_networks#Europe to find that 900 / 2100 networks are used in Hungary and Europe in general. Compare to the list just given -- yay we have 3G support.
Even speedier data is covered by the section LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25). LTE is the jungle. You want https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks_in_Europe the major providers use 3, 7, 20 (and a small one uses 31). This means LTE is a definite maybe: if you are in an area covered by only LTE Band 7 you won't have LTE otherwise you will. This is anyone's guess, providers rarely if ever provide per band coverage maps. A crowdsourced attempt can be found at http://gyebro.com/LTE/ which shows B7 is extremely rare and likely have coverage from B3 too.
All mentioned models work in Hungary (and anywhere in Europe).
Techincally, that should be clear anyway, but it is also personally verified this year.
Note that you need a data plan, and you are looking at roaming cost. The phones techincally work, and can use any of the local providers, but not for free of course.
All the phones you mention will work globally; however they may not be able to take advantage of the faster LTE network (if available in your area).
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0.999752 | (CNN) - New Zealand came together in a national day of reflection Friday to mark a week since the mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 50 people.
The Muslim Call to Prayer was broadcast on national television at 1:30 p.m. local time, followed by two minutes of silence to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack.
At almost the same time as when the attack was first reported to police, Christchurch ground to a halt for two minutes. Hundreds stood, their heads bowed at the memorial wall at the Botanic Gardens where flowers have been laid all week.
In Hagley Park, a short walk from the Al Noor mosque where most people were killed in the first attack, thousands of people attended a memorial service before Friday prayers.
Speaking to mourners in the crowd, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said "New Zealand mourns with you."
Quoting the Prophet Muhammad, she said: "The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion, and sympathy are just like one body. When any part of the body suffers, the whole body feels pain."
As the Muslim community gathered to pray and mourn, hundreds of non-Muslims stood around the perimeter of the site in solidarity. The area was treated with the reverence of a mosque, with many women -- including the prime minister -- wearing headscarves as a mark of respect.
Following the moment of silence, the Imam of Al Noor Mosque, Gamal Fouda, delivered a sermon at the Christchurch memorial, saying that he "saw hatred and rage in the eyes of the terrorist who killed and martyred fifty innocent people, wounded 42, and broke the hearts of millions around the world."
Addressing the attacks directly, Fouda said that the "evil ideology of white supremacy did not strike us first yet. It struck us hardest. The number of people killed is not ordinary, but the solidarity in New Zealand is extraordinary to the families of the victims, your loved ones did not die in vain."
Fouda was delivering his Friday sermon at the Al Noor Mosque last Friday when the gunman began his attack.
"This terrorist sought to divide our nation apart with an evil ideology, that has torn the world apart, but instead we have shown that New Zealand is unbreakable, and that the world can see in us an example of love and unity. We are brokenhearted, but we are not broken. We are alive. We are together. We are determined to not let anyone divide us."
Across town, 26 victims of the mosque attacks with be buried at Memorial Park Cemetery on Friday, according to a statement released by Christchurch City Council.
The council will release their names after the burials.
New Zealand Police announced on Thursday that all 50 bodies from the shootings had been identified. "This means that all victims are now able to be released to their families," Police Commissioner Mike Bush said in a statement.
Police said on Thursday that the two mosques targeted in last Friday's attack will be handed back to the community on Saturday.
"The Linwood Avenue and Deans Avenue Mosques have been restored and will be handed over to the community on Saturday. The community will make an announcement when prayers will commence," The New Zealand Police quoted a statement from the Canterbury Police late on Thursday.
Twenty-seven people injured in last Friday's attacks remain in hospital, with five people in critical condition in intensive care, including one four-year-old girl. |
0.954884 | Due to their ability to produce climate projections, General circulation models (GCM) are often used to provide estimates of the surface mass balance (SMB) of the Antarctic ice sheet that can be used to constrain ice sheet models. However, GCM still benefit from a poor representation of polar climate specificities such as stable boundary layers, polar clouds or interactions between snow-covered surfaces and the atmosphere. In this study, we highlight the importance of downscaling GCM outputs from the Fifth Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) with a regional climate model to provide accurate estimates of the Antarctic SMB. For that purpose, the regional climate model MAR is forced by 6-hourly outputs from ACCESS1.3 that is currently considered as one of the best GCM from CMIP5 over the Antarctic ice sheet. Estimates of the SMB computed by MAR and ACCESS1.3 are evaluated against SMB observations. Even if the temporal variability of the SMB is forced by the driving GCM, the comparison shows that MAR improves the spatial variability of the Antarctic SMB, emphasizing the added value of using a polar RCM for downscaling GCM outputs at high latitudes.
Estimates for the recent period and projections of the Antarctic surface mass balance (SMB) often rely on high-resolution polar-oriented regional climate models (RCMs). However, RCMs require large-scale boundary forcing fields prescribed by reanalyses or general circulation models (GCMs). Since the recent variability of sea surface conditions (SSCs, namely sea ice concentration, SIC, and sea surface temperature, SST) over the Southern Ocean is not reproduced by most GCMs from the 5th phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), RCMs are then subject to potential biases. We investigate here the direct sensitivity of the Antarctic SMB to SSC perturbations around the Antarctic. With the RCM “Modèle Atmosphérique Régional” (MAR), different sensitivity experiments are performed over 1979–2015 by modifying the ERA-Interim SSCs with (i) homogeneous perturbations and (ii) mean anomalies estimated from all CMIP5 models and two extreme ones, while atmospheric lateral boundary conditions remained unchanged. Results show increased (decreased) precipitation due to perturbations inducing warmer, i.e. higher SST and lower SIC (colder, i.e. lower SST and higher SIC), SSCs than ERA-Interim, significantly affecting the SMB of coastal areas, as precipitation is mainly related to cyclones that do not penetrate far into the continent. At the continental scale, significant SMB anomalies (i.e greater than the interannual variability) are found for the largest combined SST/SIC perturbations. This is notably due to moisture anomalies above the ocean, reaching sufficiently high atmospheric levels to influence accumulation rates further inland. Sensitivity experiments with warmer SSCs based on the CMIP5 biases reveal integrated SMB anomalies (+5 % to +13 %) over the present climate (1979–2015) in the lower range of the SMB increase projected for the end of the 21st century.
Since the 2000s, a change in the atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic resulting in more frequent blocking events has favoured warmer and sunnier weather conditions over the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) in summer, enhancing the melt increase. This circulation change is not represented by general circulation models (GCMs) of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), which do not predict any circulation change for the next century over the North Atlantic. The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of an atmospheric circulation change (as currently observed) on projections of the future GrIS surface mass balance (SMB). We compare GrIS SMB estimates simulated by the regional climate model MAR forced by perturbed reanalysis (ERA-Interim with a temperature correction of +1, +1.5, and +2°C at the MAR lateral boundaries) over 1980–2016 to projections of the future GrIS SMB from MAR simulations forced by three GCMs over selected periods for which a similar temperature increase of +1, +1.5, and +2°C is projected by the GCMs in comparison to 1980–1999. Mean SMB anomalies produced with perturbed reanalysis over the climatologically stable period 1980–1999 are similar to those produced with MAR forced by GCMs over future periods characterised by a similar warming over Greenland. However, over the 2 last decades (2000–2016) when an increase in the frequency of blocking events has been observed in summer, MAR forced by perturbed reanalysis suggests that the SMB decrease could be amplified by a factor of 2 if such atmospheric conditions persist compared to projections forced by GCMs for the same temperature increase but without any circulation change.
With the aim of evaluating the added value of a regional climate model in downscaled future projections over the Greenland Ice Sheet, we have compared the surface fields (snowfall and summer near-surface temperature) coming from the “best” CMIP5 and CMIP6 global models (GCMs) with these fields simulated by the MAR model forced by the same GCMs. These "best" GCMS were selected according to their ability to simulate the summer temperature at 700 hPa and the general circulation at 500 hPa over Greenland with respect to ERA-Interim over 1980-1999. However, despite their ability to correctly represent the free atmosphere, the selected GCMs present significant biases at the surface of the ice sheet. The comparison shows that MAR is however able to strongly reduce these GCM surface biases. We then forced the lateral boundaries of MAR with ERA-Interim to which we applied temperature corrections of +1°C and +2°C. The outputs were compared to MAR forced by GCM future projections corresponding to a climate about 1 and 2°C warmer than the current climate. The results of the different GCM-forced runs and sensitivity experiments are very similar to each other as the GCMs do not project general circulation changes. Moreover, the sensitivity experiments forced by modified ERA-Interim reveal that the projected SMB decrease is exponentially amplified if the increased occurrence of blocking events over Greenland in summer that has been observed since the 2000´s continues in the future.
The transport of snow by the wind is an important component of the Antarctic surface mass balance (SMB) as drifting snow counts up for a large amount of snow ablation over the ice sheet. However, this process is frequently neglected in atmospheric models. Two simulations (one with drifting snow and one without) were performed at a resolution of 8 km with the regional climate model MAR forced by ERA-Interim, in order to assess the impact of drifting snow on the SMB of Adelie Land (East Antarctica) during the period 2002 - 2016. We evaluated results against field observations (including meteorological and snow skate measurements). Besides to better represent climate surface as airborne snow particles can sublimate and interact with the lowest atmospheric levels, the drifting snow simulation improves the modelled spatial distribution of the SMB and reduces the overestimation of the accumulation in comparison with MAR results without drifting snow.
Regional Climate Models (RCM) driven by General Circulation Models (GCM) are often used to produce future projections of the surface climate and surface mass balance (SMB) of polar ice sheets. However, GCM do not represent the recent circulation change observed in summer over the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) since the 2000’s and do not predict any circulation changes for the next century. The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of an atmospheric circulation change (as currently observed) combined with a temperature increase on the future GrIS SMB. We compare here SMB results from the RCM MAR (Modèle atmosphérique régional) forced by warmer reanalyses (ERA-Interim with a temperature correction of +1, +1,5 and +2 C at the lateral boundaries) to SMB results from MAR future simulations forced with GCM during a period where there is a temperature increase of +1, +1,5 and +2 C compared to 1980-1999. Mean SMB produced with warmer reanalyses over 1980-1999 is similar to that obtained when forcing with GCM over a period characterized by a similarly warmer climate. During last years (2000-2016) when a circulation change has been observed in summer, MAR forced with warmer reanalyses shows a significant amplified SMB decrease compared to future simulations forced by GCM for the same temperature increase.
Regional climate models (RCMs) are suitable numerical tools to study the surface mass balance (SMB) of the wide polar ice sheets due to their high spatial resolution and polar-adapted physics. Nonetheless, RCMs are driven at their boundaries and over the ocean by reanalysis or global climate model (GCM) products and are thus influenced by potential biases in these large-scale fields. These biases can be significant for both the atmosphere and the sea surface conditions (i.e. sea ice concentration and sea surface temperature). With the RCM MAR, a set of sensitivity experiments has been realized to assess the direct response of the SMB of the Antarctic ice sheet to oceanic perturbations. MAR is forced by ERA-Interim and anomalies based on mean GCM biases are introduced in sea surface conditions. Results show significant increases (decreases) of liquid and solid precipitation due to biases related to warm (cold) oceans. As precipitation is mainly caused by low-pressure systems that intrude into the continent and do not penetrate far inland, coastal areas are more sensitive than inland regions. Furthermore, warm ocean representative biases lead to anomalies as large as anomalies simulated by other RCMs or GCMs for the end of the 21st century.
Interactions between atmosphere, ice sheet and ocean play a crucial role in the Antarctic climate. For example, sea-air exchanges in leads and polynyas can strengthen cyclonic activities by warming and water vapour loading of air masses while associated sea heat loss and brine rejection modify water density and contribute to the dense water formation. Due to the harsh weather conditions in Antarctica, climate and ocean models appear as suitable tools to complement the scarcity of observations and to study the Antarctic climate. Nonetheless, only few models are able to represent typical processes found at high latitudes such as katabatic winds, drifting snow for the atmosphere or sea ice formation, accretion and deformation for oceans. Furthermore, due to their high non-linearity, those processes are difficult to model as they occur at different spatial and temporal scales. Current models are often forced by outputs: atmospheric conditions are provided to ocean models and ocean models outputs are used as surface conditions in atmospheric models meaning air feedbacks on ocean (or inversely) are muted. One can think models should be coupled at each time steps to take into account instantaneous interactions. Nonetheless, this method involves (too) high computational costs. The main challenge of this coupling is to take into account air-ice-ocean interactions and the temporal scale of associated processes in order to define an appropriate coupling time step. We will present both ocean and ice-atmosphere processes relative to polar climates and the specificities of the two models as well as technical coupling aspects.
Regional climate models (RCMs) are suitable numerical tools to study the surface mass balance (SMB) of the wide polar ice sheets due to their high spatial resolution and polaradapted physics. Nonetheless, RCMs are driven at their boundaries and over the ocean by reanalysis or global climate model (GCM) products and are thus influenced by potential biases in these largescale fields. These biases can be significant for both the atmosphere and the sea surface conditions (i.e. sea ice concentration and sea surface temperature). With the RCM MAR, a set of sensitivity experiments has been realized to assess the direct response of the SMB of the Antarctic ice sheet to oceanic perturbations. MAR is forced by ERAInterim and anomalies based on mean GCM biases are introduced in sea surface conditions. Results show significant increases (decreases) of liquid and solid precipitation due to biases related to warm (cold) oceans. As precipitation is mainly caused by lowpressure systems that intrude into the continent and do not penetrate far inland, coastal areas are more sensitive than inland regions. Furthermore, warm ocean representative biases lead to anomalies as large as anomalies simulated by other RCMs or GCMs for the end of the 21st century.
With the aim of studying the recent Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance (SMB) decrease relative to the last century, we have forced the regional climate MAR (Modèle Atmosphérique Régional; version 3.5.2) model with the ERA-Interim (ECMWF Interim Re-Analysis; 1979–2015), ERA-40 (1958–2001), NCEP–NCARv1 (National Centers for Environmental Prediction–National Center for Atmospheric Research Reanalysis version 1; 1948–2015), NCEP–NCARv2 (1979–2015), JRA-55 (Japanese 55-year Reanalysis; 1958–2014), 20CRv2(c) (Twentieth Century Reanalysis version 2; 1900–2014) and ERA-20C (1900–2010) reanalyses. While all these forcing products are reanalyses that are assumed to represent the same climate, they produce significant differences in the MAR-simulated SMB over their common period. A temperature adjustment of +1 °C (respectively −1 °C) was, for example, needed at the MAR boundaries with ERA-20C (20CRv2) reanalysis, given that ERA-20C (20CRv2) is ∼ 1 °C colder (warmer) than ERA-Interim over Greenland during the period 1980–2010. Comparisons with daily PROMICE (Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet) near-surface observations support these adjustments. Comparisons with SMB measurements, ice cores and satellite-derived melt extent reveal the most accurate forcing datasets for the simulation of the GrIS SMB to be ERA-Interim and NCEP–NCARv1. However, some biases remain in MAR, suggesting that some improvements are still needed in its cloudiness and radiative schemes as well as in the representation of the bare ice albedo. Results from all MAR simulations indicate that (i) the period 1961–1990, commonly chosen as a stable reference period for Greenland SMB and ice dynamics, is actually a period of anomalously positive SMB (∼ +40 Gt yr−1) compared to 1900–2010; (ii) SMB has decreased significantly after this reference period due to increasing and unprecedented melt reaching the highest rates in the 120-year common period; (iii) before 1960, both ERA-20C and 20CRv2-forced MAR simulations suggest a significant precipitation increase over 1900–1950, but this increase could be the result of an artefact in the reanalyses that are not well-enough constrained by observations during this period and (iv) since the 1980s, snowfall is quite stable after having reached a maximum in the 1970s. These MAR-based SMB and accumulation reconstructions are, however, quite similar to those from Box (2013) after 1930 and confirm that SMB was quite stable from the 1940s to the 1990s. Finally, only the ERA-20C-forced simulation suggests that SMB during the 1920–1930 warm period over Greenland was comparable to the SMB of the 2000s, due to both higher melt and lower precipitation than normal.
Durant les vingt dernières années, l’inlandsis du Groenland a progressivement diminué en taille suite à une augmentation du ruissellement de l’eau de fonte en été sans compensation par une augmentation des précipitations. De plus, le taux de perte de la glace s’est aussi accéléré, ce qui a comme conséquence une élévation plus rapide du niveau général des mers et davantage d’eau douce rejetée dans l’océan. Les principales incertitudes lorsqu’on estime le bilan de mase en surface (BMS) de l’inlandsis du Groenland proviennent des marges où plusieurs processus particuliers ont lieu. Par exemple, la rétroaction de l’albédo de la neige et le regel de l’eau fondue en surface peut renforcer ou au contraire diminuer la fonte. De plus, les fortes pentes en bordure d’inlandsis sont responsables de la distribution spatiale des précipitations qui correspondent à l’accumulation de masse de l’inlandsis. En modélisation, cela signifie qu’il est nécessaire d’utiliser des modèles avec une (très) haute résolution pour résoudre ces caractéristiques, ce qui est très couteux en temps de calcul. C’est pourquoi cette étude présente l’évaluation d’une nouvelle méthode de régionalisation couplée dans le modèle MAR qui permet d’utiliser une grille à haute résolution dans le module de surface (SISVAT) couplé au module atmosphérique de MAR utilisant une résolution deux fois plus basse. La méthode corrige l’humidité spécifique et la température de proche-surface de MAR à l’aide d’un gradient d’altitude avant de forcer le module de surface. Des simulations ont été lancées avec deux résolutions différentes et sont forcées avec les réanalyses ERA-Interim sur la période allant de 1979 à 2014. La régionalisation couplée est évaluée par rapport à la base de données PROMICE et montrent de meilleurs résultats avec les observations de BMS sur l’inlandsis par rapport aux résultats de MAR dans sa version standard. La comparaison de la régionalisation couplée à une régionalisation a posteriori a révélé peu de différence significative sauf près de la ligne d’équilibre. Seule la méthode couplée permet de faire regeler entièrement l’eau fondue et la pluie en surface tandis que ce processus n’est qu’implicitement pris en compte dans la méthode a posteriori. Comparé à MAR dans sa version standard à résolution équivalente, les résultats régionalisés de façon couplée montrent une surestimation de l’accumulation au centre de l’inlandsis et une surestimation de l’ablation aux marges dus aux biais que la méthode implique sur les précipitations renforçant la rétroaction de l’albédo de la neige. En outre, les gradients de température sont légèrement trop importants entraînant plus de fonte. En conclusion, la méthode de régionalisation couplée doit encore être améliorée en intégrant une correction des précipitations. Pour ce qui est du couplage entre modèle de dynamique glaciaire à très haute résolution et modèle climatique à haute résolution, la méthode a posteriori reste suffisante. |
0.950147 | Come back roc, and explain why these higher prices are good for us!
Yes, you like to twist what people say.
So I see that you are back to conflating the phenomenon of sectoral and specific price rises with the phenomenon of a general inflation.
Can I suggest getting back to all that is encompassed in the phenomenon we call ‘inflation’.
2. Private sector often in alliance with state apparatus rigging markets and creating practical monopoly / megalopoly in basic needs and essential social and economic infrastructure.
3. Increasing ‘economic rent’ rackets, and lending against economic rent (or unearned income). I.e. charging prices in excess of cost value. In this country, we see it worst of all in land speculation - LAND has no cost, it is provided by nature. The only “cost” is the price of buying the right to charge rent on it. This economic rent is created by special legal privilege or ownership rights. We also see this racket more and more in our road infrastructure, education systems and other basic needs.
And finally, let us recall the very important fact that spending patterns are shifting. People are spending more on the things encompassed in the above three points because they are FORCED to.
As a consequence, they have much less to spend on ‘non-necessities’.
So, the conclusion can only be that the phenomenon we are observing is NOT a general inflation.
But luckily (for the interests that benefit from the status quo described by points 1-3 above) we have people like you who will continue to squeak away and point in the wrong direction, idiot that you are. Though you are not the only one by any means.
Less of the ad hominem please!
You talk about twisting words and then provide a peculiar definition of inflation. Out of interest, where did you get it from? I did a search for it online, and could only find it in your post on this website!
Here’s some real-world definitions of inflation for you.
The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising, and, subsequently, purchasing power is falling. Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation, along with severe deflation, in an attempt to keep the excessive growth of prices to a minimum.
In economics, inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. It can be defined as too much money chasing too few goods. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services. Consequently, inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money – a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account within the economy.
a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation ).
If you would like to debate your view (without calling me an idiot or saying “this is my last post”) please explain why these definitions don’t cut the mustard?
a. They fail to encompass that money supply, or more accurately, ‘means of payment’ is only inflationary/deflationary in proportion to ‘total output of goods and services’. Without that relationship clearly stated, any definition is meaningless. Think about it.
b. They fail to make the distinction between ‘money supply’ and ‘means of payment’ - it is means of payment that is significant in causing inflation. Forget talking about money supply if you have not adequately grasped yet the analytical framing that is in ‘means of payment’.
c. The definition I have put forward puts an emphasis on the cause of inflation – since you continually allude in your sub-text to central bankers in league with “government” with malign and deviant motives and designs as the cause etc, I would have liked if we could have thought about and handled properly the causes or otherwise of (supposed) inflation in any discussion.
The definition is taken from this article written by Joseph Schumpeter. I chose it because it demonstrated a percipient analytical insight, which is sorely lacking in the usual definitions and so called discussions bandied about in undergraduate texts and adopted en masse by the internet.
And I tried honestly to debate this with you before, but you have repeatedly shown yourself incapable of either listening, or of making a modicum of analytic effort. Rather, you have demonstrated that you have an agenda to push blindly, a frustratingly naïve and exceedingly socially harmful one at that, so I am not interested in ‘debating’ anything further with you.
please explain why these definitions don’t cut the mustard?
Um, everybody (except you, I’m guessing) knows there’s different causes of inflation - even at a basic level: cost-push and demand-pull . . . . not sure why you’re trying to simplify something that’s quite complex.
Also, you do realise that you’re bemoaning inflation in your posts and rooting for it in your signature?
Of course I know there are different causes to price increases. Poor attempt at a strawman there!
To dispel the myth that in an environment of deflation (or falling prices) consumers cease to buy anything.
To argue that (contrary to most media reports) that 2.0% inflation is not required for an economy to prosper, and deflation needs to be avoided at all costs.
Arguing over the definition of inflation and what causes prices to rise detract from these three points. Roc has consistently ignored questions I posed to him on those three points. I do however believe that the main driver of these price increases is easy money policy.
With respect to my signature, it is intended to point out that gold has risen in price (in terms of USD) in all of those years bar one. I’m happy for there to be inflation, as I and my family will be just fine, but what I hate is posters like roc who claim inflation is actually good thing for the regular citizen (correct me if I’m wrong roc!).
3. To argue that (contrary to most media reports) that 2.0% inflation is required for an economy to prosper, and deflation needs to be avoided at all costs.
but what I hate is posters … who claim inflation is actually good thing for the regular citizen.
I’m honestly not clear where you stand. Do you believe that 2% inflation is necessary, or are you missing a negative in point (3) there?
With respect to my signature, it is intended to point out that gold has risen in price (in terms of USD) in all of those years bar one.
Given that gold is below its Dec 2010 price either you are incredibly disingenuous, innumerate or dishonest.
Would you slap your pension fund manager on the back for great performance in the dot-com boom only to lose his hole in the subsequent bust?
either you are incredibly disingenuous, innumerate or dishonest.
Yes, missed the “not”, thanks for the head’s up. Fixed now.
Are you honestly trying to equate gold with the dot-com bubble? Wow.
Yes Gold is at late 2010 prices, but it is higher than what it was in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994 and so on going all the way back until the birth of the USD dollar.
If you bought gold in 2011, 2012 and part of 2013 you are down.
Is it the best way to store your wealth? Probably not, but it sure as hell is nothing like the dot com bubble.
Can you name a consumer good that you would hold off buying for a year if you expected it would be 2% cheaper?
If 2.0% inflation is good, is 2.1% inflation less good?
I guess I should just load up on coffee futures then.
Given that you were trying to take the piss out of me then, and you inadvertently called the bottom, you must be incredibly disingenuous, innumerate or dishonest.
Deflation concentrates wealth toward large corporations, the already wealthy and hoarders.
You are likely a hoarder -as most gold bugs are- not a saver, as you will probably represent yourself to be. Hoarding is also BAD but seems to appeal to the moral, political, (often religious) ideals of libertarian, right wing, conservatives (cranks) who mistake it for some sort of righteous superiority over typical consumers.
I don’t think anybody is arguing that the type of inflation we have now is good; we need to see demand pick up across the Eurozone and it to bring inflation with it i.e. wage growth and higher employment; and we probably need to see a resurrection of organised labour to help us get there and a massive kick to the head for the German mercantilist morons allowing much larger deficits to fill the output gap.
Deflation also makes things affordable for poor people, that once could only be bought by the rich. This is GOOD.
Inflation destroys the purchasing power wealth of those on fixed incomes. THIS IS BAD.
We all know there are winners and losers in times of deflation or inflation. As a money manager, you benefit from inflation as it is easier for you to create nominal returns for your clients and take a cut, even if they are losing purchasing power. In a deflationary environment, if your clients got a 0% return they would be better off but you wouldn’t.
As an owner of gold, silver, oil and other commodities I also benefit from inflation.
Abe is trying all that “create demand” nonsense and it’s failing miserably.
… but what I hate is posters like roc who claim inflation is actually good thing for the regular citizen (correct me if I’m wrong roc!).
The key is in “total output of goods and services” in the definition I highlighted. A reducing output equates to job losses and a spiral is engendered due to the loss of purchasing power that follows from the job losses, leading to further reductions in total output due to reduced demand and so on. Study the ‘definition’ I put forward. That is the big picture. With regard where the central banks come in, insufficient demand is related significantly to insufficient money.
With this, there are many other observed social-economic benefits of a positive inflation rate, not just related to ‘animal spirits’. Let’s take an example - the fact that your monthly salary is continually devalued by inflation means that if a period of hardship in business is experienced, or you turn out to be a lot more useless than initially thought, the employer has a cushion there. Now, when business is good and you prove a good worker, the employer gives you regular raises. But cutting salary is a lot more difficult! So, sure, this might appear a ‘bad’ thing for the regular citizen. But in broader terms, it helps business to survive. That IS good for the regular citizen. And the same dynamic holds true in the macro-economic vista above. And it is not just about psychology, although there are definite observed phenomena there.
Aggregate demand is significantly related to a sufficiency of money.
This thread has only managed to provide anecdotal evidence of price increases in energy, basic needs and essential social and economic infrastructure (due to ‘economic rent’ rackets and private sector alliances with state apparatus rigging markets and creating monopoly / megalopoly, as per my post over the page - the reason I get so frustrated is this whole ‘malign central bank money printing’ nonsense distracts from the important social-political realities in this).
This thread has said ZERO about general level of inflation in any form, anecdotal or otherwise.
And CPI measures ARE objective as far as that goes. You might come to appreciate the efforts to provide a good measure in this regard if you read the peer reviewed work towards improving the measure. Hell might freeze over before you pick up a book not packaged up in the simplistic bombast of bloody-minded narcissists like Schiff though.
Anyway, you have not contributed one valuable word or thought to discussion on CPI’s efficacy as a measure.
There are indisputable facts in the peer reviewed scientific domain related both to psychology, and insufficiency of money and impact on demand in this regard - good science describing what has been observed. To say nothing of the dangers of the deflationary ‘spiral’ I mentioned in my first paragraph above. Just because you “think” macro-economic considerations would not affect you personally, and you extend this personal belief onto the wider population, is not going to upturn a whole body of knowledge.
I do however believe that the main driver of these price increases is easy money policy.
Yep, you do. We got that. Thanks.
Is this good or bad Japanese inflation?
Consumer prices excluding fresh food but not energy, rose 3.4 percent from a year earlier, the Statistics Bureau said Friday, matching the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 30 economists.
Household spending subsequently sank 8 percent, more than the forecast fall of 2.3 percent, separate data showed.
Accelerating inflation is a boost for the Bank of Japan as it targets 2 percent inflation — a goal that strips out the impact of April’s 3 percentage point tax rise. At the same time, wages are failing to keep pace with price gains.
Wages excluding overtime payments and bonuses fell for a 23rd month in April. Regular gasoline prices were the highest since September 2008 as of Monday, according to the trade ministry.
It looks to me like Higher prices = higher costs = lower demand = lower wages = lower employment.
Abe’s stuff is nonsense, I’ve always said that - QE doesn’t work.
You’re totally wrong about deflation, if sustained it will continue to drive unemployment higher and increasingly concentrate wealth in the hands of large corporations and the wealthy. I already identified the type of people who welcome deflation, that you walk among them is on you .
**Nobody thinks it’s as simple as “any inflation = good”, except you. Nobody’s arguing that, except you.
Abusive ad hominem usually involves attacking the traits of an opponent as a means to invalidate their arguments. Equating someone’s character with the soundness of their argument is a logical fallacy.
As you’ve been personally abusing me since last year, I would invite you to send me your contact details by PM so that I can come pay you a visit.
Well kids, here’s the perfect way to earn your ban. |
0.957258 | Everyone loves to, or at least dreams of travel, but did you know travel can actually be good for you? Sure, travel can have its downsides, delays, lost baggage and other stresses, but for the vast majority of the billions of people who travel every year, this is not the case. The vast majority of travellers whether travelling for business of pleasure have few stresses if any at all.
So why is travel beneficial to your health? Travel can boost your immune system. It sounds bizarre, but travel helps your body fight infection and illness. Travel acts like a probiotic because your body is exposed to so much. Exposure to the dirt and germs of other countries is good for you and builds up stronger antibodies inside you. This, in turn, boosts your immune system.
An expanded mind improves brain health. Travelling introduces your brain to new experiences. New people, new cultures and new sites, sounds and smells. Hearing a new language and challenging yourself to learn and speak it is just an added boost to brain health. Studies have shown that there is a definite increase in creativity, cultural awareness and growth in a person generally. Good brain health leads to emotional stability, and in many cases, a more fulfilled life.
Lessen heart disease and increases fitness. Some people who have stressful trips may disagree with this, but in general, travel reduces stress in a person and everyone knows that reduced stress is good for the heart. Studies have shown that people who travel at least once a year on vacation to rest are less likely to have a heart attack. Sure, a lot of travelling means being sat on a Boeing at 39,000 feet for hours on end, or could mean just lounging on the beach soaking up the sun. But travelling to new places encourages people to explore, and exploration means getting up and getting active. Travel can provide an opportunity to try new things such as an extreme sport or it may just be that you walk around the city you are in more than you would at home. Travel is, for many, about exploring and doing new things, of course, there will be days of rest but it is getting to see the sites and sounds that really makes travel special.
Travel is really good for you. Most people enjoy it and to really gain more out of the experience, a language makes things even better. Speaking the language of the country you are visiting will make you feel more at ease and you will relax. A language can also help you communicate with locals and perhaps find out an age-old remedy, health boosting food or habit that could change your life forever. However you look at it, there is nothing wrong whatsoever with travelling, so, go on, get out there, explore and be healthy.
Nice post........ I love the travelling you are right its beneficial for health and mind too. |
0.948149 | Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of certain species of sandflies. Quite common in the Middle East, it is found in about 90 tropical and subtropical countries, in regions ranging from rain forests to deserts.
Visceral leishmaniasis usually causes fever, weight loss, an enlarged spleen and liver, and occasionally, swollen glands and anemia. Typically, symptoms develop months—or years—after the patient is bitten. Untreated cases often prove fatal.
In Africa, leishmaniasis is more prevalent in the northern regions, including Algeria and Sudan. In Asia, it is more common toward the west, including India and Bangladesh. In the western hemisphere, leishmaniasis affects people from northern Mexico—and occasionally rural southern Texas—to northern Argentina. Leishmaniasis is not found in Southeast Asia, Australia or the Pacific islands.
No vaccines or drugs for preventing leishmaniasis are currently available.
Additional information on leishmaniasis can be found on the Division of Parasitic Diseases' website at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/leishmania/factsht_leishmania.htm.
What is Leishmaniasis and how is it transmitted?
Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoan (single-celled) parasite of the genus Leishmania that is transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. There are 21 species of Leishmania that infect people.
Sandflies inject the parasite while feeding, and it is engulfed by amoeba-like macrophage cells—a type of white blood cell that works to rid the body of infections. The parasite transforms itself inside macrophages, which are then ingested by sandflies when they bite an infected host. The final stage of the life cycle takes place in the gut of the sandfly, and the parasite is then injected into a new host when the sandfly bites again.
Leishmaniasis can take two forms: cutaneous (affecting skin) and visceral (affecting internal organs). The type of infection that an individual gets depends on the geographic location, species of parasite and immune response of the host.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis causes large, sometimes painful sores near the site of the bite. Visceral leishmaniasis, also called kala-azar, proves a more serious infection. Patients experience fever, enlarged spleen, enlarged liver, weight loss and low blood-cell counts.
Sandflies are most active from dusk to dawn. Because they are very small insects and do not make noise when they fly, most people do not notice their presence.
Is there leishmaniasis in the United States?
There have been a few cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in southern Texas. No cases of visceral leishmaniasis have ever been reported in the United States.
Most cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis do not need to be treated, but a physician should make that decision. There are several medications available to treat both forms of leishmaniasis.
Is there a vaccine for leishmaniasis?
No, there is currently no vaccine for either form of leishmaniasis.
How can I protect myself from leishmaniasis?
If you travel to regions where leishmaniasis is endemic (i.e., Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.), be sure to take measures to prevent sandfly bites. Insect Shield® Repellent Apparel is proven protection against sandflies that can carry leishmaniasis. |
0.999608 | Simplicity and high returns—these sum up why Business Email Compromise schemes are attractive to cybercriminals. True enough, this attack vector has been greatly exploited, as evidenced by the amount of money that victims lost to it in 2016. According to a report by the FBI released in May 2016, victims lost $3 billion to BEC scams. In 2017, we predict that BEC will remain a prominent threat and will be used in more targeted scams.
CEO fraudsters usually register a domain similar to its target. If the target e-mail is name@company.com, a scammer may use a variation such as name@company.au.net or slightly change the spelling into name@cmpny.com.
Cybercriminals employing CEO fraud typically pose as someone influential in an organization. Based on our data, e-mails used in BEC usually appear as if they came from the Founder and President, COO, CEO, and Chief Executive.
In CEO fraud, scammers make it appear as if the fund transfer is urgently needed and should be executed as soon as possible. In addition, pay attention to e-mails asking for fund or wire transfers to an account that's different from ones normally used for that specific transaction.
A message may appear out of place or it may be timely as BEC scammers use social engineering tactics in order to create believable messages, hoping to persuade victims to just act on the supposed request without verifying it. That’s why it’s always important to err on the side of caution, especially when corresponding over e-mail regarding matters involving funds, payments, transfers, and other crucial information.
While these red flags seem obvious, in most cases, they are harder to identify. BEC perpetrators design emails to be as realistic as possible. For instance, email domains may be spoofed to mimic the ones used by the target organization or those used by legitimate companies. Scammers also use social engineering and other information gathering methods to be more familiar with the ins and outs of an organization.
Always verify. It always pays to confirm details with the parties involved, especially when it comes to messages that involve fund transfers. It’s also important to note that some BEC schemes are employed using a hacked account, which further stresses the need for protocols that include verification other than email. Non-email methods may include communicating via phone, text messaging, and chat programs or applications.
Instead of clicking on Reply, use the Forward feature and type in or select from your contacts list the e-mail address of the person you’re replying to. This is to ensure that you are not replying to a spoofed address.
Have mail security solutions in place. The tricky part with e-mails used in BEC scams is they don’t necessarily carry a malicious payload. With that being said, it’s advisable to go for solutions that not only detect dangerous attachments but also have social engineering correlations and a context-aware approach to email detections.
The naked eye can only do so much in trying to spot a BEC e-mail, and having email security solutions can help greatly in thwarting BEC schemes. |
0.999983 | This article is about the subgenre. For the 2014 film, see Suburban Gothic (film).
Important early works identified with the subgenre include Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (1954) and Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House (1959). Works that incorporate environmental concerns include Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives (1972), Anne Rivers Siddons's The House Next Door (1978) and the Todd Haynes film Safe (1995). Important films include versions of these written works and Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist (1982). Several works by David Lynch, notably the television series Twin Peaks and the film Blue Velvet have been identified as part of the suburban gothic subgenre. Films with threats from a female protagonist, including Fatal Attraction (1987) and Disclosure (1994) have also been identified as part of the genre. TV series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Desperate Housewives have also been seen as dealing with concerns about hidden Gothic worlds behind the suburban façade. The 2011 Australian film Snowtown also concerns suburban gothic themes. Other films described as within the suburban gothic genre include The Amityville Horror (1979), The Stepfather (1987), The 'Burbs (1988), Parents (1989), Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990), The People Under the Stairs (1991), Serial Mom (1994), Little Children (2006), and The Girl Next Door (2007).
↑ B. M. Murphy, The Suburban Gothic in American Popular Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), ISBN 0-230-21810-5, p. 2.
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↑ J. E. Hogle, The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), ISBN 0-521-79466-8, p. xxv.
↑ The Anadromist (2012) American Gothic Films: An Incomplete List . The Anadromous Life, [blog] November 7, 2012, Available at: http://theanadromist.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/american-gothic-films-a-list/ [Accessed: December 9, 2012].
↑ K. I. Michasiw, "Some stations of sub-urban Gothic", in R. K. Martin and E. Savoy, eds, American Gothic: New Interventions in a National Narrative (University of Iowa Press, 2009), ISBN 1-58729-349-8, p. 240.
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0.999999 | Describe about Analysis of Reasons for Immigrants Coming to UK?
This research is focused towards performing a critical assessment of the reasons leading to the immigrants coming to UK. The primary research has been carried out on behalf of UK Border Agency (UKBA) with a view to assess the primary reason leading to increasing number of immigrants coming to the country (UK Border Agency, 2015). With the globalisation of world economy and increasing opportunities available in the developed economies, it has been quite popular within public that they are moving towards such developed economies for a number of reasons. An analysis of UK Border Agency indicates that it has been replaced by UK Visas and Immigration. The agency is concerned with managing the applications from the people those want to visit UK and settle over there. However, there can various reasons that are driven by such people coming to UK, and this field study is solely focused towards assessing the main reasons leading to such an increase in the immigrants across the country (Bulgarian and Romanian migration to the UK, 2014).
As a part of this field research, the main areas that are being focused are especially related to defining the universe, identification of a sample, selecting of an appropriate approach to perform the field research work, selection of appropriate data collection method and designing of questionnaire. These aspects are crucial from the point of view of performing the field research work and as such, they are covered in the following section.
Research universe mainly explains about the entire target population for the study. The target population identification is crucial because it enables the researcher in performing the collection of most relevant data. Research universe is therefore dependent on the area that the researcher seeks to analyse. In this context, the given research is focused towards analysing the reasons for higher level of immigration within UK, and this can be analysed by way of examining the immigrants within UK. As a result, the research universe can be defined as all the immigrants that have come to UK and selected it as a place of residence. They all comprise the research universe in doing this research (Scruggs and Mastropieri, 2006).
It is not feasible to study the entire research universe because of the factors such as time, finance, approach and accessibility to them. As a result, the researcher is required to make a selection of appropriate target sample from the entire population that can be studied and based on studying such sample, decisions can be represented over the entire population. In respect to this research on analysing the reasons leading to increasing number of immigrants in UK, the representative sample that has been considered to study is the Bulgarian immigrants that are living in UK. The immigrants in UK are from different backgrounds and for this research purpose, the specific representative sample as selected is the Bulgarians residing in UK. By analysing them, the reasons for immigrants coming to UK can be better evaluated. The sample size that has been considered is a sample of 30 Bulgarian people and their selection is done on the basis of systematic random sampling strategy whereby only Bulgarian immigrants are selected on systematic basis in performing the collection of data (Muijs, 2010).
The selection of an appropriate approach with respect to data collection is essential, and this can be ensured by the researcher from considering the approaches such as qualitative data, quantitative data and by way of observation. These are the common approaches that are available to the researcher to select in performing the data collection and their selection is highly done on the basis of nature of the research. In respect to given research on analysing the causes or reasons for increasing number of immigrants in UK, the research approach that has been selected is a mixture of both the qualitative data and quantitative data (Creswell, 2003).
The selection of an appropriate data collection method is essential and this method could allow for the collection of relevant data in achieving the research aims and objectives in a positive manner. The data collection methods available to researcher are face to face interviews, survey, observation and many more. But the data collection method that has been applied in performing the collection of data in this research is face to face interview whereby the Bulgarian immigrants in UK are directly interviewed through a list of questions. In these ways, the collection of data has been performed through applying face to face interview method. A specific process has been followed in collecting data whereby the researchers have selected specific Bulgarian based immigrant by visiting across different popular and common areas in UK and by directly asking people regarding their home country, the people from Bulgaria are selected and they are interviewed to analyse their reason or purpose of visiting or residing in UK (Berg and Latin, 2007).
Q1: You have come to UK on permanent basis of temporary basis?
Q2: Have you faced any problems in entering into UK?
Q3: Is there any specific reason for coming to UK?
Q4: Are you seeking for highly qualified educational services in UK and it became your primary reason in visiting the country?
Q5: Are you currently working or in search of an employment condition across UK?
Q6: Does the main purpose of your coming to UK is to seek professional development in UK?
Q7: Is there any other specific purpose of coming to UK? Please explain in detail?
Q8: Are you satisfied from your decision of coming to UK?
Q9: Will you ever consider returning back to your home country in Bulgaria?
Q10: What is your overall experience in UK and how would you compare your country with that of UK? (Newman and Benz, 1998).
The actual research work has been carried out by the researcher and the performance of research task has resulted into the collection of significant level of data. Such data as collected would form the basis in doing this entire research in a positive manner and thereby in accomplishing the main aim in a positive manner. The research has been conducted with 30 immigrants from Bulgaria in a positive way, and since researcher has specifically selected people from Bulgaria, the research work has been conducted till there are 30 respondents participated in the process. In this way, the collection of data has been positively carried out in this research and its analysis in the next section could result into the attainment of main purpose for which the given research has been conducted (Taylor, 2006).
Overall, the entire field research as carried out has been highly effective from the point of view of researching the main reasons for which immigrants are coming to UK market.
This research is mainly focused towards analysing the purpose of immigrants coming to UK. There has been increasing number of people that are switching across countries for various purposes. This immigration by people across countries is significantly higher especially within students because they seek to avail the best quality education in order to pursue their professional goals. However, there are people that went to different countries for the purpose of seeking employment and thereby in achieving higher growth. There can be different reasons for people migrating to different countries. Such higher level of immigration within people is mainly because of development of convenient transportation system and entering into different countries has been quite easier.
This research in particular is focused towards analysing the specific case of UK whereby the focus is towards analysing the rising cases of Bulgarian people coming into UK. An analysis of the case of UK as performed in the research indicates that Romania and Bulgaria migrants into UK reach at a significantly higher level. The number of Romanians and Bulgarians who have come to work in Britain has reached a significantly higher level (Warner, 2014). Data from Office for National Statistics has indicated that there has been significantly higher number of migrants coming to UK and there is varied nature of purposes for which they enter into the country. There has been increasingly number of Bulgarian that is immigrating into UK. As indicated in the article, people in the UK are migrating because of increasing job opportunities available in the UK markets (Barrett, 2014). In 2014, the statistics indicate that there has been increasing number of Bulgarian that has entered into the UK in the said financial year. It has been assessed that the migrants from Romania and Bulgaria into the UK has topped 150000 in the second quarter and this has been a significant rise in the number of migrants to the country (Barrett, 2014).
As there has been significant rise being witnessed with respect to the number of migrants across the country, this has resulted into the performance of this research to analyse the major reasons that have contributed towards such rising cases of Bulgarians. As a result, the research is specifically aimed at performing an analysis especially in the context of Bulgarian people that have migrated to UK in order to analyse the reasons for which they have migrated into the country. An analysis of the article by Barrett (2014) indicates that majority of the migrants to UK have indicated themselves as self-employed, and this has been an important factor which suggests the reasons for people migrating to the country. However, this research is highly specific and aims at analysing the reasons that have become the prime contributing factor towards such rise in the Bulgarians in UK economy.
The purpose of doing this research has been clarified from the background analysis as carried above which suggests that the main purpose of doing this research has been to analyse the reasons for which immigrants from Bulgaria are increasing in UK. In order to address this purpose, the researcher has specifically carried out a critical analysis of literature and also performed primary research so that the reasons for people migrating to UK can be better assessed (Ehrenberg, 2015).
The research methods as utilised in performing this research for the purpose of collecting data are the combination of primary research and secondary research. The primary research has been applied in the form of performing interviews which have been carried out specifically with the Bulgarian immigrants that are currently in UK. Since this research is focused towards performing an analysis of increase in Bulgarian migrants, the research methods in the form of primary research has been carried out. Apart from this, the researcher has also applied the secondary research method in performing the collection of data, and this has been ensured by way of accessing academic journal articles, books and online articles on Bulgarian migrants coming to UK (Walsh and Wigens, 2003).
In these ways, the collection of data has been ensured in this research to analyse the research aims and objectives in a positive manner.
In performing this research, the researcher has specifically considered a questionnaire and it comprises of both the closed ended questions and open ended questions in order to collect qualitative and quantitative data. The research questions as involved are specifically aimed at collecting data with respect to the reasons for which Bulgarians have entered into the UK market. The questionnaire as utilised in doing this research are included in the appendix section.
The findings above from the responses as shared by respondents implies that there are 22 such respondents that have indicated that they come to UK on permanent basis, whereas 5 others have indicated that their nature of coming into the UK market is temporary, and the remaining 3 of them have indicated that they have entered into UK market, but they are not sure whether they are for permanent basis or for temporary basis. The analysis above indicates that there is higher level of permanence being identified in respect to the immigrants into the UK.
The analysis above indicates the responses of the respondents which suggest that 17 of them have indicated positively that they have encountered problems while establishing in UK whereas 13 others have indicated that they did not faced any such problem. This finding indicates that there are certain major formalities that are required to be fulfilled in which immigrants often faces problems and this is the reason leading to majority of the respondents positively indicated that they faced problems.
There have been specific reasons behind people coming to UK, and this is evident from the responses as shared by respondents above. It has been evaluated that there are 28 such respondents that have clearly indicated that they have visited UK for some specific purposes in their life, whereas in respect to 2 others, it has been identified that there is no such specific reasons behind their visit. When they have asked about the reasons, they have indicated that they come for leisure and enjoying the beauty and tourist destinations across UK.
The analysis above indicates that only 8 out of 30 immigrants from Bulgaria have positively indicated that they have been into UK mainly because of accessing the efficient educational system whereas 22 others have indicated that this is not their purpose of visiting UK. The interview with respondents has resulted into identification that there are only 8 students while others are mainly younger generation people, and these 8 of them have clearly specifies that they want to have accessibility to UK’s best education practices.
The above responses by the respondents implies that majority of them have indicated their main purpose of visiting UK is mainly to search for employment. This has positively been agreed by 20 respondents whereas the remaining 10 respondents have indicated no which means that they are not seeking any job opportunities in UK. This implies that the main purpose for majority of Bulgarians in migrating to UK is mainly the search for employment. They are mainly driven by searching their livelihood. The performance of interview has indicated that out of these 20 respondents, 14 of them are currently working and 6 others are search for employment opportunities.
The above responses by the respondents indicate that there are only 2 such respondents that have indicated that their main focus in visiting UK has been to achieve professional development whereas 28 others have indicated no. This signifies that the immediate concern of the visitors is not towards seeking professional development.
Analysis of Responses to Question 7: This question assesses whether there are any other reasons for the immigrants in visiting UK and the performance of interview has indicated that there are few of the respondents that have indicated certain other important reasons for their migration to UK. As for instance, some of them have indicated that they migrate to UK mainly because their husbands are in UK, and after marriage, they also have to shift in UK. Apart from this, there are few other respondents that have indicated that they migrate to UK mainly because of availing high quality treatment across the country. This might be because of lack of such facilities in their home country which has resulted into their migration to UK on temporary basis. Some of them have also indicated that their children got better job opportunities which led to their parents also shifted to UK. These are some of the important reasons that have been cited by the interviewed respondents for their immigration into UK.
The findings from the responses of the respondents above clarifies that there has been higher level of satisfaction within them from their decision of coming to UK. This has been evaluated from the above responses which suggest that 27 of them are satisfied while 3 others are dissatisfied from it. The respondents that are dissatisfied are mainly because of their inability in accessing important ways of making money, and this is the primary reason for which they are dissatisfied.
The above findings clarifies that there are 25 such respondents that have indicated that they would never return back to Bulgaria and they are likely to remain in UK for their lifetime. But there are five other respondents that have indicated that they would likely to return back to their home country and this is mainly because they have indicated about their association with the home country.
Analysis of Responses to Question 10: Finally, the respondents were asked to explain their overall experience in UK and to share their views with respect to UK as compared to their home country. On the basis of performance of analysis, it has been evaluated that the respondents have indicated that they are highly satisfied from the environment in UK. Majority of them have indicated their satisfaction and they have opined that they get accessibility to all those things which are not there in their home country. Apart from this, as compared to their home country, they have indicated that UK has broader scope for achieving success because of availability of larger resources in it.
Overall, the findings above have been highly significant from the point of view of ensuring that the main research aim and objectives are positively accomplished.
On the basis of data as collected and their analysis as performed above, it has been evaluated that there has been higher level of preference within respondents for immigrating into UK for a number of reasons. However, the above analysis of the responses of the respondents lead to identification that majority of them have migrated to UK mainly in search of employment conditions. This has been the most significant driving factor for the people visiting UK, and as a result, this aspect is considered as the main purpose of their visit into UK. Secondly, the purpose of getting accessibility to educational system of UK is also an important factor that drives people in coming into UK, and this has been evident in respect to significant number of Bulgarians as analysed above. Apart from this, there are certain other purposes being evaluated for the immigration of Bulgarians into UK such as some people expecting to get better healthcare accessibility and undergoes their treatment while others got married which leads to their immigration from different country into UK. Overall, the evaluation of the collected data suggests that there are various important reasons being identified for the Bulgarians in entering into the UK economy.
On the basis of analysis as carried out above, it has been recommended that the future areas of research should specifically focus towards analysing the how the migrated people are making use of their decisions of migrating into UK, and is it likely that they would encourage their other family members to come and migrate into UK on permanent basis.
The expectations from doing this research initially was to find out various nature of purposes that have been evident within the Bulgarian Migrants in entering into UK and the conduct of the research has resulted into the successful identification of the important reasons for which Bulgarians are immigrating into UK. The research findings have indicated that there are various such reasons that have become the primary factor behind the immigration of Bulgarian into UK and this leads to conclusion that what has been expected has been completely accomplished from doing this research.
This research is mainly focused towards analysing what has been the major reason behind increasing number of immigrants into UK and the researcher has carried out the research by way of performing the collection of primary data in the form of interviews with Bulgarian immigrants and secondary data in the form of literature review. The collection and analysis of data has resulted into identification that Bulgarian immigrants are mainly because of getting accessibility to Jobs, and also because of experiencing the educational system that have been prevalent across the economy. There are various other reasons that have also been noted including the accessibility to good healthcare system across UK and also their marriage which makes them to shift on permanent basis in UK.
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Will Brandenburg is a World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team and specializes in slalom.
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Gauthier de Tessières is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France, and has competed in two Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He made his breakthrough on the Alpine Skiing World Cup in a giant slalom in Val-d'Isère in December 2008, where after finishing 30th in the first run to narrowly qualify for the second run, he worked his way up to finish third overall, bettering his previous World Cup personal best of 15th. He won the silver medal in the super-G at the 2013 World Championships, after being added to the French team as an injury replacement. De Tessières announced his retirement from competition in January 2014 after he was not selected for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin is an American two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is the current three-time reigning Overall World Cup champion, the four-time reigning world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup discipline title in that event. Shiffrin is the youngest slalom champion in Olympic alpine skiing history, at 18 years and 345 days.
The 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor.
Henrik Kristoffersen is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, 2019 World Champion and Olympic medalist.
Ramon Zenhäusern is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom. He made his World Cup debut in November 2012, and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in slalom. At the Olympics in 2018, Zenhäusern took silver in the slalom and gold in the team event. At his third World Championships in 2019, he was fifth in the slalom and won gold in the team event.
Alice Robinson is a New Zealand alpine ski racer. At age 16, she competed in the women's giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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0.997333 | Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research."
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Race is calculated according to the RACE1 variable.
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Location is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents were told, "Please tell us whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following statements: Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?"
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Race is calculated according to the RACE1 variable.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Location is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents were told, "As you may know, some states have a history of discrimination in their election laws. Because of this, they are required to request federal approval before implementing any changes to their voting procedures or election practices. Do you think these states should still be subject to federal supervision, or do you think they should be able to change their voting and election practices without the approval of the federal government?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues."
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Race is calculated according to the RACE1 variable.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Location is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents were asked, "Below are some pairs of opposite phrases, please tell me which one better describes your state government: Is too divided along partisan lines OR Can usually work together to address issues." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable. |
0.930377 | Given a sorted array A ( 0 based index ) and a key "k" you need to complete the function bin_search to determine the position of the key if the key is present in the array. If the key is not present then you have to return -1. The arguments left and right denotes the left most index and right most index of the array A .
The first line contains an integer 'T' denoting the number of test cases. Then 'T' test cases follow. Each test case consists of 3 lines. First line of each test case contains an integer N denoting the size of the array . Second line of each test case consists of 'N' space separated integers denoting the elements of the array A. The third line contains a key 'k' .
Prints the position of the key if its present in the array else print -1 if the key is not present in the array. |
0.999824 | The COUNT function returns the number of rows in a query.
The result for this query will return 3.
While the result for the next query will only return 1, since there is only one row in the suppliers table where the State field is NOT NULL.
For example, you might wish to know how many employees have a salary that is above $25,000 / year.
SELECT COUNT(*) as "Number of employees"
In this example, we've aliased the count(*) field as "Number of employees". As a result, "Number of employees" will display as the field name when the result set is returned.
You can use the DISTINCT clause within the COUNT function.
For example, the SQL statement below returns the number of unique departments where at least one employee makes over $25,000 / year.
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT department) as "Unique departments"
Again, the count(DISTINCT department) field is aliased as "Unique departments". This is the field name that will display in the result set.
In some cases, you will be required to use a GROUP BY clause with the COUNT function.
For example, you could use the COUNT function to return the name of the department and the number of employees (in the associated department) that make over $25,000 / year.
SELECT department, COUNT(*) as "Number of employees"
Because you have listed one column in your SELECT statement that is not encapsulated in the COUNT function, you must use a GROUP BY clause. The department field must, therefore, be listed in the GROUP BY section.
Since the COUNT function will return the same results regardless of what NOT NULL field(s) you include as the COUNT function parameters (ie: within the brackets), you can change the syntax of the COUNT function to COUNT(1) to get better performance as the database engine will not have to fetch back the data fields.
SELECT department, COUNT(1) as "Number of employees"
Now, the COUNT function does not need to retrieve all fields from the employees table as it had to when you used the COUNT(*) syntax. It will merely retrieve the numeric value of 1 for each record that meets your criteria.
Based on the employees table populated with the following data, count the number of employees whose salary is over $55,000 per year.
Although inefficient in terms of performance, the following SQL statement would return the number of employees whose salary is over $55,000 per year.
SELECT COUNT(1) as "Number of employees"
Now, the COUNT function does not need to retrieve all of the fields from the table (ie: employee_number, employee_name, and salary), but rather whenever the condition is met, it will retrieve the numeric value of 1. Thus, increasing the performance of the SQL statement.
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT city) as "Distinct Cities"
SELECT customer_name, COUNT(DISTINCT city) as "Distinct Cities" |
0.997187 | What is 3009 less than 10?
We are looking for a new number which is 3009 less than 10.
We will get the new number by subtracting 3009 from 10.
And finally the solution for: What number is 3009 less than 10? |
0.999582 | Raheem Sterling’s willingness to put himself forward as the spokesperson for a generation of black footballers is commendable, if only in the context of previous generations of footballers who were forced to suffer racist abuse in silence, even in some cases going as far as to insist that they used racist abuse as a motivator for improved performance. His challenge to the game’s leaders and opposition fans, and support for his team mates has marked a significant shift in black footballers demand to be treated with respect and dignity, has given other players the confidence to speak out and demand change. However, it’s his focus on racist attitudes within the media that’s had the most wide-ranging impact.
Sterling’s exposé prompted several days of hand-wringing and self-reflection from both the print and TV media. They openly wondered how it could be that they could be so discriminatory and how it was they had no or few minorities in their newsrooms or making editorial decisions. They began to throw around terms like unconscious bias and wondered what they could be done to make sports media more reflective of the range of diverse groups who love and have a stake in the game.
However, clearly missing from the debate was any detailed discussion of the role that the mainstream media plays in generating and supporting a climate of outright hostility and overt racism against immigrants, their children and grandchildren, inner-city youths, black music, black crime, black gangs, black parents and so on and so on, all of it designed to generate click-bait and sell papers and generate advertising revenue.
Football as has been said often and quite correctly, reflects society, and the rise in racist incidents both in English and European football, is a reflection of an environment that serves to empower the far-right and racists more widely, and is fuelled by the normalising of hateful ideas, speeches and actions by mainstream politicians and mainstream and social media.
Outside the rarified environment of football, there has been a significant rise in racist violence against groups and individuals, and increased racist attacks on mosques, synagogues and Jewish cemeteries, but the media’s willingness to support opposition to racism on its back pages, enables the same business-as-usual hate-filled, opinion pieces, leader comments, headlines and articles to be written about minority groups on its front pages. What’s happened, is that In football parlance, the sports departments have taken one for the team. This has allowed the blame to be shifted to sports journalism, and enable the media to state its commitment to anti-racism in football while its hostile reporting continues.
Of course, the fact that in 2019, Sterling, Danny Rose and other black footballers are still the cause of debate as to how they should be protected, reflects the fact that football’s leadership has never prioritised their duty of care, to allow them to play free from racist abuse is an indictment of the game we all love and of the society we are all a part of and have a stake in. Raheem Sterling, Danny Rose, Wilfred Zaha and many other high profile and not so well-know players are doing us all a favour and reminding us that to create a society free from discrimination, requires opposition to racism not just when it concerns football, but also when it is actively fostered by those with the means and power to shape and form opinions.
Today we have a guest blog from Anna Dembicka, who has worked on the Galkoff’s and Secret Life of Pembroke Place project as an ICON Ceramics Intern. Anna’s detailed work on the tiles with the Edge Conservation team has brought them back to beautiful condition for display in the People’s Republic gallery at the Museum of Liverpool.
Homotopia Festival is now in full swing with events happening across the city up until 1 December.
To help celebrate Homotopia’s 15th birthday we have loaned the inaugural Alternative Miss Liverpool crown. It can be seen in all of its glittery glory in Tales from the city exhibition.
Zoe Graham, ‘Miss Voodou’, was crowned the first ever Alternative Miss Liverpool at The Kazimier on 12 November 2011. The high-spirited pageant, organised with Andrew Logan, the founder of Alternative Miss World, was part of the annual festival. 23 people of diverse ages, genders and sexualities took part.
This Black History Month we celebrate diverse voices from Liverpool’s Black community.
The first is Addae, a member of Liverpool Tritons Inclusive Rugby Club. The Tritons, founded in 2016, is the first gay inclusive rugby team on Merseyside. They encourage new members from all backgrounds, ages, fitness levels, and rugby experience.
“When I recently relocated to Liverpool from Trinidad & Tobago, via London, I realized that I wasn’t particularly fond of the area. Liverpool was cold, damp, and windy, and understanding the Scouse dialect seemed more of a task than a pleasure. I didn’t feel like I belonged here.
Get out there and make yourself heard! |
0.982289 | I wanted to write a short post on the topic of time management, mainly asking a question as opposed to providing an answer. I'm curious to learn how readers manage their busy schedules and what time slicing method works for them.
Intra-day/small slices: Each day is filled with many types of activities that you need to be involved in. This means everyday you exercise, meet with customers, network with colleagues, do informational interviews, recruit, write code, do online marketing, eat, have fun, and sleep. That's a ton to fit in to one day, and each slice is necessarily small (or non-existent on certain days).
Intra-week/large slices: Separate days are devoted to separate activities. Huge swaths of time are devoted for intense focus on 1-2 important activities. For example, all coffee meetings, interviews, phone calls, etc. are on Fridays. All marketing work is on Wednesdays. Workouts are 2-3 days a week. And the rest of the days are all for intense work on ____ (fill in the blank for your most important function, like coding, recruiting, designing, etc.).
There are clearly pros and cons to each method. Large slices allow more intense focus and less switching costs. Small slices allow more "balance" in each day and quicker responses to opportunities that come up (like for phone calls, meetings, etc.). And sometimes you don't have a choice: if you really need to meet with someone who can only meet on a day that's not your "meeting day," it will disrupt your rhythm.
This decision also gets into the need to say no to various requests for help or meeting (or at least delays if not no's), which can often be painful to do.
What do you do? What methods have you found useful in managing your time along this axis?
The way I approach it currently is to be reactive - that is method 1.
From time to time, I take days or weeks,and occasionally even months - completely disengaging from my reactive state and switch to another state where I am only focused on [a] either reflecting on what I am doing, why I am doing it etc OR [b]a particular project that needs my complete attention OR [c] take a break and engage in fun activities OR [d] travel. During this time, I do respond to important matters but keep it to a minimum or putting it off.
I am not convinced that this is the best way but have not figured out something better. Would love to hear what else you have found out from your discussions. |
0.972986 | Rather than use commercial potpourri, why not try something more natural? Some dried rose buds have more natural fragrance than others, depending on the variety and drying process used. If you are drying your own roses, choose a highly scented variety, as the fragrance will only lessen during the process, and be prepared for variable results!
Rose is considered a mood enhancer, so a bowl in your house may even cheer you up! For a more complex fragrance, try adding a handful of dried lavender and/or other dried flowers such as herbs, or for more ideas try Penny Black’s “The Book of Pot Pourri”, which is full of inspirational ideas and photos (published in 1989, but still available second hand from Amazon).
To boost the aromatherapeutic effect of the roses, try adding a drop of two of rose essential oil from time to time.
Rose potpourri has a very feminine fragrance so would be ideal in a bedroom, especially if mixed with dried lavender (which aids sleep). It would also be good in a sitting room, and a display bowl would be very pretty. You may wish to avoid the kitchen and dining room as some people find floral scents off-putting when eating. |
0.963422 | The popular view of Beethoven as a fiery, firecely independent individual is quite correct. He frequently chose as heroes (or heroines, in the case or Leonore) those highly principled people who were willing to risk death in the defiance of authority. Goethe, who had a similar attitude, provided Beethoven with considerable inspiration.
Beethoven idolized Goethe, though when the finally met, Beethoven found him more deferential to aristocracy than befitted a poet. On at least one occasion, he embarrased Goethe by being rude to their social betters in order to demonstrate his "equality." Nonetheless, Goethe's works provided the impetus for many of Beethoven's compositions.
European writers and composers were always eager to use the Spanish as the villains of thei operas (Tosca, Leonore, Don Giovanni, Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Carmen). If passion and treachery are required, the Spanish will supply them. No doubt this is the result of two facts: (1) Spain was the most powerful country in the world for a long time, with the English and the French its chief rivals, and (2) Spain was the standard-bearer of Catholicism, and the Protestants missed no opportunity to portray the Catholics in a bad light. In the case of Egmont, the Spanish Duke of Alba is the villain.
Beethoven always needed a protagonist he could admire. He said he never could have written Don Giovanni or a Figaro. He found such characters "repugnant" at worst, and "frivolous" at best. Goethe and Beethoven had found a genuine hero in Egmont.
Count Egmont (or Egmond) lived during the 16th century in the Netherlands. For some time he served the Spanish monarchs Charles V and Phillip II. He fought with the Spanish against the French; he acted as intermediary for Philip in his suit for the hand of Mary of England, and attended the subsequent wedding. He was a very successful general against the French, and became a popular hero. Since the powerful Spanish Duke of Alba had advised against the battle, Egmont's success did not endear him to the Duke.
Eventually, Spanish control of the Netherlands became so oppressive that Egmont began to argue with King Philip, and together with the Prince of Orange and Count Horn became the focal point of resistance to Spanish rule. Although Egmont remained loyal to the King, while opposing his policies, his days were numbered, and he was arrested and beheaded on the order of the Duke of Alba.
For Goethe's Egmont, Beethoven wrote an overture, two songs, a melodrama (that is, a part for speaking voice with musical background), several Entr'actes, and a finale. The principal characteristics of the incidental music appear in the overture. The opening is grave, portentious, and appropriate for a tragedy. When the allego begins, we are in familiar territory .. the angry Beethoven. This short piece is charged with drama, expressing succinctly the determined resistance of Egmont, and turning optimistic toward the end as he marches away to his death, implying the survival of his spirit and the continued struggle for independence on the part of his people.
Egmont was composed in 1810, and premiered at the Hofburg Theater, Vienna, May 24, 1810.
Dvořák was born in the outskirts of Prague. He was the son of an innkeeper-butcher who expected him to continue the family business. However, he showed such early talent that he was sent to the organ school of the Bohemian Church Music Society.
Dvořák's early days were spent in poverty. He earned money by playing in cafés and in an insane asylum! He played viola in the former and organ in the latter. When he was twenty-one, his fortunes changed. Bedřich Smetana established the National Theater of Prague, and Dvořák earned a place as a viola player in the orchestra.
His early works were many, but extremely derivative. It wasn't until he was in his thirties that he began to put a strong Czech nationalistic stamp on his music, the characteristic for which he was to become best known.
His work came to the attention of Brahms during an annual competition, when Brahms awarded him a prize for his Moravian Duets. The older composer sensed in Dvořák a number of qualities in tune with his own, not the least of which was his great interest in folk-sources.
After the publishing house of Simrock successfully published Brahms' first set of Hungarian Dances, it pressured him for some more. It was another ten years before the second set was ready for publication, and during this time, Simrock kept after him. In desperation, Brahms suggested that Simrock ask Dvořák to write a set of dances, knowing that the younger composer was capable of producing a set, similar to his own, yet fresh, original, and full of national fervor.
In 1878, Dvořák produced the first set of eight Slavonic Dances in record time, and they were so successful that he was asked to write a second set of eight. The opus numbers are 46 and 72, respectively. His Czech Suite carries an opus number of 39, though it was written shortly after his first Slavonic Dance suite. This is a testimony to his popularity, the speed with which he could churn things out, and his deception of his publisher, Simrock, which had a contract for first choice of Dvořák's works. In order to supply a rival publisher with whom he had had a previous arrangement, Dvořák falsified the opus number to make it seem that the work was earlier, and therefore not subject to the conditions of the contract with Simrock.
The suite is comprised of five movements of varying tempi, though most of them are lively. The first movement is Preludium-Pastorale, and is marked Allegro moderato, with the middle part slower (quasi andante). It opens with the bassoon and the cellos.
The second movement is the popular Polka, marked allegretto grazioso, and features mostly the strings. It is in ternary form with an intervening trio.
The third movement is Sousedská-Minuetto. the Sousedská is a Czech folk-fance. Clarinets and bassoons introduce the dance, in keeping with village practice.
The fourth movement is a Romance, rather slow, and featuring the flute and English horn.
The final movement is a Furiant, another Czech folk-dance. Originally, the furiant alternated 2/4 and 3/4 meter, but once it was introduced into symphonic music during the 19th century, it was almost always in 3/4 time. In Czech music, it sometimes replaced the scherzo ini a symphony (Dvořák's Op. 60 in D Major, for example).
The "Big Three" of early 19th century romantic omposers were Chopin, Schumann, and Mendelssohn. They had in common a slightly conservative, almost classical regard for structure. Mendelssohn was a prodigy, who had written an opera and 15 symphonies by the time he was fifteen years old. His Violin Concerto in D Minor, an attractive piece, was written when he was thirteen. At the age of thirty-six, he became conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig. He was an accomplished artist, and wrote passable poetry. Some would call him a Renaissance man. He fulfilled his obligation as a Romantic by dying at the age of thirty-eight.
Mendelssohn was a great admirer of Bach, and was largely responsible for reviving an interest in his music. It was on the occasion of his performance of a Bach Passion that he demonstrated his amazing memory. The wrong conducting score was provided, but rather than upset the orchestra, he simply pretended it was the right one, turning pages regularly, and conducting the work from memory.
Critics grant him his melodic gifts, but say his music is never deep, and that he was not an innovator. However, he was one of the first to write concert overtures, and he modified the form of the violin concerto by virtually eliminating the introduction.
The concertos of composers from Mozart through Beethoven commonly allowed a mood of "expectancy" to develop by delaying the entry of the solo instrument. Mendelssohn abandoned this practice in his mature years, and that innovation is notable in his most popular work, the E minor violin concerto.
In his youth, he concentrated on studying the classical style of Mozart. He loved the counterpoint of Bach, and he masteredthe sonata form, as we will hear today.
The Concerto for Violin and Piano is a well-constructed concerto in the classical manner. It fulfills the expectations of such a concerto, the first movement being in sonata allegro form, with a short introduction. There is the standard exposition, followed by the development, then the recapitulation (with principal themes now in the tonic), followed by a short coda. Like earlier concerti, the solo instruments enter rather late. Its conservatism would seem to justify the critics' view of him as a composer lacking in innovation. However, as you listen to this concerto, bear in mind that it was written when Mendelssohn was fourteen years old.
Minghuan Xu has delighted audiences with her passion, incredible technique, sensitivity and charisma. A native of Beijing, China, she began playing violin at the age of five. She has won numerous competitions and has performed extensively as a concerto soloist, duo-recitalist, chamber musician, and concertmaster, both in China and across the United States. She is enrolled in the doctoral program at "SUNNY" Stony Brook University. |
0.999266 | Here's a simple, step-by-step process that Rachel Scott uses to teach her students how to do the Ujjayi Breath correctly.... Anatomy of Ujjayi: Let’s start first by detailing how to actually Ujjayi breath. For that we’ll need to learn about our Larynx: Air enters via your mouth or nose, and then passes past your Epiglottis to get into the Trachea, and then down into the lungs.
Here's a simple, step-by-step process that Rachel Scott uses to teach her students how to do the Ujjayi Breath correctly.... Ujjayi breath is breathing through the nose with the air passing through/over the back of the nasal passages and throat. I also think of is somewhat like what Felix Unger, in the Odd Couple with Tony Randall, used to do.
To create the Ujjayi. breath, one must constrict the back of the throat, similar to the constriction made when speaking in a whisper. Therefore, it is an audible breathe that is often compared to the sound of the ocean. Although there is a constriction of the throat, the Ujjayi. breath flows in and out through the nostrils, with the lips remaining gently closed. how to write a short biography for work Ujjayi Pranayama, which translates to “victorious breath,” is a breathing pattern that is usually practiced during physical asana and occasionally during meditation. You perform Ujjayi breathwork by constricting the back of the throat, which is why it has an audible texture.
Ujjayi breathing is a breathing technique employed in a variety of Taoist and Yoga practices. In relation to Yoga, it is sometimes called "the ocean breath". Unlike some other forms of pranayama, the ujjayi breath is typically done in association with asana practice. Ujjayi is a diaphragmatic breath, which first fills the lower belly (activating the first and second chakras), rises to the how to teach body that movement is safe ‘Teach me some Yoga!’ is a line I often hear as a Yoga teacher from India, on her way to everywhere. Whether it’s a genuine interest or a passing curiosity, or even part of a thinly veiled wink-addled attempt at flirting, I like to respond to this request with an enthusiastic ‘Sure, why not!
Ujjayi Pranayama, which translates to “victorious breath,” is a breathing pattern that is usually practiced during physical asana and occasionally during meditation. You perform Ujjayi breathwork by constricting the back of the throat, which is why it has an audible texture. |
0.943567 | When it comes to wily characters who are experts in self-preservation, there are fewer who can boast the same mental fortitude and cunning that Game of Thrones character Tyrion Lannister manages to muster.
The "half-man" isn't just a cunning linguist who can charm the pants off a bunch of barbarians into joining his cause and even fighting for him. He's also equally adept at using his family resources to bailing himself out of sticky situations, along with his wits.
It's pretty evident that George R. R. Martin has a soft spot for the character, even though he hasn't had it easy. In both the books and the show, Tyrion's face gets mangled. He effectively loses his standing with the Lannister family, gets duped into thinking that the love of his life really didn't care for him and was just in it for the money, and his close relationship with brother Jaime Lannister is pretty much entirely destroyed.
But through all of that, he persists and manages to join forces with none other than Daenerys Targaryen. One would finally assume that Tyrion is among friends who have his best interests at heart.
Is Tyrion going to betray Daenerys?
An obscure, but well-composed fan theory provides some thought-provoking possibilities, all deeply rooted in past experiences for the characters in the both the show and novel.
The TL:DR of this particular hypothesis is that Sansa Stark isn't too keen on Daenerys taking the iron throne, and that puts Tyrion in a weird position, since he will more than likely be forced to side with either the Targaryens or his own sister.
The theory supposes that Tyrion will be saved by Sansa Stark (as he saved her from the wrath of Joffrey early on in the series) and then he will be indebted to her. Sansa, now a "master" of court who knows how to play the political game after learning from the best of the best (Mr. Baelish, RIP), will then use Tyrion to turn against Daenerys and stop her from taking her place on the throne.
While redditor Enervata does make a compelling argument, there are others who don't believe that Tyrion will ever betray the Mother of Dragons for a number of reasons. The first being that they don't think Tyrion has that much much loyalty left towards his Lannister heritage — he did crossbow his father to death while the old geezer was sitting upon the porcelain throne.
Plus, there's been a lot of discussion and debate as to whether or not Cersei and Tyrion hate each other, with a lot of compelling evidence and references to both the series and books that prove Cersei wouldn't really mind seeing her dwarf-brother dead.
If that's the case, which it seems like it is, Tyrion's probably not going to feel some sort of way for fighting against Cersei, someone he knows wouldn't care if he lived or died.
The shot of Tyrion sulking outside the door of Jon and Daenerys' room as the two of them were getting it on led many to believe that the Lannister has feelings for everyone's favorite neighborhood Dragon Queen.
There's also that bit of cheery advice he offered Dany after she broke it off with Daario Naharis: "He wasn’t the first to love you. And he won’t be the last." Was that a hint towards his feelings for her?
Then there's that biting comment Cersei spewed at Tyrion about Daenerys, that was a mean-spirited callback to Shae. She said the following after Tyrion asked her why she wouldn't call a truce with Dany: "I shouldn’t be surprised, I suppose. She’s your kind of woman, a foreign whore who doesn’t know her place."
Sure, love drives us to do crazy things, but hurting the person you love probably isn't the best way to go about winning over their heart.
As interesting as this all is, it's really just speculation until April 14th. I can already hear the intro theme in my head. |
0.999963 | Create a relaxing bedroom with this dresser and mirror. The mirror features beveled glass and intricate detailing around the frame. The dresser includes nine full-extension drawers with ball-bearing glides and pull hardware. This dresser and mirror will easily add classic elegance to any traditional bedroom. |
0.999855 | Camps is the best place for kids to enjoy and learn something during summer holidays.
there are so many positive skills, which kids and young people expand in any fine summer camps. As per investigate such camps help both young boys and girls in developing an amount of effects like physical healthiness, social skills and personality development. Now let’;s check out some of the vital benefits of summer’;s camps for children in the below given paragraphs.
Superior fitness and well being: When you talk around Boys Summer Camp, the basic benefit which they can enjoy is getting superior fitness and well being. Children do not get much time or inspiration to indulge into any physical sports as they are frequently hooked to video games at house, desk and benches at school. However, when they participate in any summer camp for boys or some other Boys Camps, they give their bodies a natural movement which eventually gives them fine health.
They get self esteem: When children are at residence or school with some disadvantage they are bound to feel belittle and insignificant. All such kind of feelings is just wiped out over the places like the boy summer camps or the sleep away camps. Kids from diverse abilities are seen attaining personal bests and are able to get lots of recognition from their peers. At any of such Summer Boys Camp, kids simply learn to experiment with special stuff including taking risks, outdoor environment, low stress, and spirited nurturing.
They enjoy independence: The kids are regularly seen in their wearing processes especially when they occur to be away from their families and home . The Boy Summer Camp or the Sleepaway Camps give them a feeling that they can easily exist outside without their families and their parents care. It just helps you in giving them some of the top opportunity to do so myriad kids’; effects there.
They learn leadership: In the boys summer camps or any Camp for Boys, children get the opportunity to working in a team, which help them to learn team job and leadership. The leadership can only learnt when you give responsibility to the kids, and during the camps for boys you help the kids to accomplish a number of tasks, which give them responsibility and civic pride that help you to learn this attribute.
They learn social skills: Most of the children by staying at their residence or even going to schools just do not learn social skills. They tend to remain lonely and introvert from the mainstream in this way they keep them confined to video games and computers . But when you participate in any Boys Camp they find the opportunity to come in touch with the outside world. The various summer camp boys just help them a lot to blend with an amount of kids and thus make associates from kids of dissimilar creed, culture, social and financial backgrounds. So, if you want to reap benefits like these head to the summer camps boys. |
0.999997 | Analyze the sentence to determine the main clause and the subordinate clause. Then choose the function of the subordinate clause. It is not right to make a promise unless you are sure you can fulfill the promise. |
0.994017 | What is transpiring at the physical levels of human bodily evolution, is expanding into new human race DNA configurations that are connecting into the next Root Race cycle that generates a new ascending timeline for humanity. This is causing ripples of genetic mutations in those groups that are awakening their lightbody, and further activating dormant sections of higher dimensional DNA imprints, during this particular phase that is leading into the New Aeon. The higher level of DNA becoming activated now through new protein coded genes is unprecedented on the earth plane. Proteins are assembled from amino acids using information encoded in genes. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within our body. This includes catalyzing metabolic reactions, DNA activation and replication, responding to stimuli, and transporting molecules from one location to another. This change impacts the planetary cellular record and further changes the configuration of particle matter composition and how that is arranged in the raw material of the human body. Proteins are the principal performers within the cell, and carry out the duties specified by the information encoded in the genes. Hence, many of us are undergoing drastic changes within our physical body functioning during this phase, in which the protein synthesis function in our cells is becoming much more active. This activity is related to the global exposure to new spectrums of light, sound and frequency which activate our cells to turn on genetic switches. Protein synthesis is the process whereby biological cells generate new and varied protein chains. Protein will often be synthesized directly from genes during the process of transcription of DNA to RNA in the cell's nucleus. The entire process is responsible for each individual’s genetic expression.
For the human race to survive in this new energetic terrain, we are being forced to transform our beliefs and develop a variety of new behavioral patterns of adaptive traits. Adaptive traits stimulated by higher truths, such as comprehending the Universal Natural Laws through which we are governed, further support evolution of the collective human race blueprint, by helping to catalyze the future generations’ capacity to better evolve into higher functioning DNA. The human race is currently in a phase of adaptation to the planetary evolutionary process, and this is a difficult reeducation and learning process required to continue to evolve and develop higher consciousness. It is made difficult because of the current mind control state over the nature of reality and the lack of public knowledge being shared about the rapid electromagnetic shifts impacting the planet, that describe planetary ascension. At the individual level, each person must decide if they are willing to open their mind and release dependencies upon the old paradigm of the inverted systems and the subjugation to the Controller archetype as their main authority. The Controller archetype of the False King of Tyranny exists everywhere; inside people that are politicians, employers, gurus, any person we give our power away to willingly. At this time, we must distinguish the differences between discerning Tyrants and true Leaders, as these are very different roles and should not be confused or equated. A true Leader does not want to take our power away, while a Tyrant will take the position of total authority over others. To spiritually evolve, we cannot play into the Controller games anymore, we must reclaim our personal power and accept individual responsibility for ourselves. |
0.939241 | What does 'Lord willing and the creek don't rise' mean?
Pertains to the ability to accomplish a task or meet an obligation, barring unforseen complications. Example: "I will be at work tomorrow, Lord willing and the creek don't rise." |
0.999999 | I am pregnant and intend to go to a formula one race.
Could you please tell me if the loud noise will affect the baby in any way?
Unfortunately we do not really know what effect very loud noise might have upon a baby in the womb.
There is increasing evidence that babies in the womb are very aware of external stimuli such as noise, but whether this might be damaging in any way is not clear.
Some women note that when they are in situations where there is a lot of loud noise their baby is unusually active, which indicates a response, but doesn't help us to know whether the noise might be harmful.
It is normal and healthy for you to be concerned about the wellbeing of your baby during your pregnancy and your gut instincts are probably the best markers of whether something is safe or not.
You need to consider whether you will be happy to be in that environment while pregnant.
If you are going to be worrying throughout then it may be best to give it a miss. |
0.955558 | For example, for the sake of welfare, the government comes out with policy to build low cost housing so that all people can afford to own a house. Another example of Inaction by government is in he Issue of giving free education. Dye(1972) defined public policy as whatever governments choose to do or not to do. POLICY FORMULATION In order to create a policy, there few steps to be followed. Policy formulation refers to the crafting of alternatives or options for dealing with a problem.
It may also be defined as the development of policy alternatives for dealing with problem in the policy agenda. Or in other words, the development of effective and acceptable courses of action for addressing what has been placed on the agenda. For example, the policy formulator is concerned with developing a proposed course of action to educe the number of high school dropouts or lessen the volume of federal paperwork by using electronic medium via email or using recycle or draft paper. Who are the policy-makers?
Policies are made (I. E. , they are formulated) by a wide range of players called policy-makers. In most countries, public policy-makers are usually elected officials or their appointees. Here, there are few groups or actors formulate their proposals on what they believe to be right solution to the problem such as governmental agencies, legislators, Interest groups, Nags, Cobs, the general public, outside the countries,specific regional and world blocks, private sector such as banks, Mass media &: etc.
In the private sector, policy-makers are Coos, Boards of Directors and other top-ranking corporate officials. Policy-makers usually are influenced by special interest groups (I. E. , entities that do not have the power to make or enforce policy themselves, but who influence development of a particular policy for their own interests or for the interests of third parties). Special interest groups include lobbyists, political groups, individuals, corporations, donors, Nags and many others (Ninja 2000).
A second group important In setting policy consists of technical advisors or policy analysts; they advise and Inform policy-makers on alternative options, and likely on the effects of those alternatives. In democratic societies, a third group that Influences decisions Is the general public, who elect policy-makers. Firstly, the first actors in policy formulation is the Legislators. It is our elected members of Congress provide the voice for legislation as it works its way through Congress.
Typically, bills are introduced by a member or small group of members. In Malaysia, we have Parliament who makes the policy and laws. The members were elected by people through election to represent them. They will propose a bill and go through few reading before it became a policy and law. They will consider every aspect in order to satisfy the need and benefits the country. For example, Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Protection Policy were gazettes after being discussed and debated by the legislators. Secondly, Special Interest Groups .
Special interest groups are coalitions of people and organizations banded together by common beliefs on policy decisions. Working together, these groups have he ability and power to inform and influence the development of policy through correspondences with legislators and their staff. While we often think only of the negative side of special interest groups, they do also serve an important role in keeping policymakers informed. For example, World Wildlife Fund Malaysia (WFM), Federation of Consumers Association (FOMCL) and etc. Are the groups who seek for creating certain policy.
This happens because those who participate in the legislative process do not willing to develop precise guidelines due to lack of time, interest and information. Rule- making is significant because seldom, if ever, will an adopted policy action, such as a law, encompass all of the necessary details of how, when, and where the policy is to e implemented. Due to this power, the bureaucracy enjoys considerable discretion in interpreting the actual intent, method, and scope of a policy decision.
The real power of bureaucracy lies in its ability to define the details of the policy and the details that will affect the method of implementation. Administrative agencies often are given broad and ambiguous statutory mandates that leave them with much discretion to decide what should or should not be done. For example rule making which are proposed rules, interim rules and final rules. Bureaucracies are the organization. As institutions and their responsibilities have become more complex, so too have the bureaucracies established to carry out government-directed objectives.
For example, the government staff who follow standard of procedures in work, policeman who arrested the criminals, etc. Secondly, an actor in policy implementation is also the Legislature. Legislative bodies, collective decision-making units of many individuals elected by voters in district or states, have prominent roles in the policy making process. These days, the legislative body involves in implementation of policy by coming up with or drafting specific laws f putting policies into effect.
This may be in terms of reducing the agency’s discretions by specifying the deadline for some actions and stringent rules or requirements may be incorporated into the policy. For example, the report that accompanies many policy bills contain explanatory details of how a policy should be implemented. Other examples include is senatorial approval and legislative approval, which must be secured before administrative action can be taken. That is, legislative veto gives legislature the authoritative power to exercise control over what is being one by the administrative agencies in implementing policies.
CONCLUSION The actors can be the same entity however can be differentiate through their scope of duty and work. Those actors play an important role in order to develop the country. Realize or not, we also play the role as actors whether we formulate or implement the policy. We can be the pressure group who seek for certain action and we also work as policy implementers. Thus, we must work together in order to achieve the objective to ensure the development of the country and we also can live and harmony. |
0.963509 | Suggested citation for this article: Downey LH. Rural Populations and Health: Determinants, Disparities, and Solutions [book review]. Prev Chronic Dis 2013;10:130097. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.130097.
Health disparities are the “differences in [the] incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States,” according to the National Institutes of Health (1). One of these population groups is rural Americans. Indeed, compared with their urban counterparts, rural communities have higher rates of preventable conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cancer, and injury, and higher rates of related high-risk health behaviors such as smoking, physical inactivity, poor diet, and limited use of seatbelts (2,3). A population 60 million strong, rural individuals are greatly influenced by geography, and so is their health. Whether through the physical terrain of their environment or the composition of their communities, including an aging population, lower socioeconomic status, and higher concentrations of ethnic and racial minorities, rural residents are at risk for negative health outcomes.
Despite growing emphasis on alleviating the health disparities that result from rural living, the existing literature used to teach and train public health professionals on rural health issues has focused on the health care system and access-to-care barriers among individuals. Little attention has been directed to rural public health, which includes population-based, preventive approaches to improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of rural residents. Because of the paucity of adequate textbooks for teaching rural public health, Drs Richard Crosby, Monica Wendel, Robin Vanderpool, and Baretta Casey collaborated with colleagues across the country who work in rural communities to share their expertise and innovative strategies for meeting the challenges of rural health disparities. The result is Rural Populations and Health: Determinants, Disparities, and Solutions. Many of the book’s chapter authors are members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–funded Prevention Research Centers network (4).
The text is divided into 4 distinct parts: rural communities in context, rural public health systems, health partnerships in rural communities, and evidence-based practice in rural communities. Part 1 focuses on the history of rural public health and the definition of rurality. Part 2 provides an overview of rural public health systems, highlighting exemplars of rural public health practice from 4 states: Colorado, Kentucky, Alabama, and Iowa. Part 3 covers methods for identifying rural health disparities, conducting needs assessments, mobilizing coalitions, and building community capacity in rural communities. Part 4 explores in more depth evidence-based solutions to issues pertinent to rural health, including adolescent health, oral health, mental health, physical activity, prevention of farm-related injuries, cancer prevention and control, and tobacco-use prevention.
Rural Populations and Health fills a gap in the literature, offering a much-needed synthesis of information on rural communities from a distinct public health perspective. This timely and unique textbook has 3 primary strengths: its breadth of scope, its coherence (even as edited text), and its writing, which is easily accessible for a practice-focused audience. The breadth of topics discussed by the chapter authors is incredibly valuable — from confronting the complexity of defining rurality to addressing oral health in communities that lack the resources or infrastructure available to their urban/suburban counterparts and from engaging and mobilizing residents in improving health to addressing unmet mental health needs and food-related disparities. The rural context challenges many of our field’s best practices, because they are not easily translated into programs that work in these communities. Among its peers, this edited text is remarkably coherent across chapters, enabling the reader to make connections among different topics. Finally, the writing is practical and focused, not so dense that the application gets lost in the volume of words.
Overall, Rural Populations and Health content is applicable to professionals who work in various disciplines, including epidemiology, health promotion, public health services research, medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, government, and public policy. More specifically, Rural Populations and Health is a valuable teaching text that employs a much-needed population perspective.
The primary weakness of the book is that it covers some topics very well and misses other topics altogether. For example, the chapter on unintentional injury focuses solely on tractor rollovers. Injury caused by tractors is an important topic in some rural communities but likely not universal. Coverage of other unintentional injuries (eg, motor vehicle accidents, childhood injuries) and the challenges of rural communities in preventing and treating such injuries would improve the book. Although one book cannot possibly encompass all topics, this one did not provide in-depth coverage of several important rural health issues, such as alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence, sexually transmitted infections, adolescent pregnancy, and diabetes prevention and management. This book, however, is the first of its kind; perhaps future editions will cover more of these important rural health issues.
Rural Populations and Health gives much-needed attention to public health practice among a group of people who persistently experience health disparities. Improved programming, a firmer evidence base, and dialogue prompted by this book among professionals can only move the health of rural communities forward, thereby contributing to the nation’s goals for Healthy People 2020 (5).
Corresponding Author: Laura Hall Downey, DrPH, Assistant Extension Professor, Mississippi State University, School of Human Sciences, Box 9745, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9745. Telephone: 662-325-7690. E-mail: laurad@ext.msstate.edu.
Strategic research plan and budget to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities, volume I, fiscal years 2002–2006. Washington (DC): US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; 2002. http://www.ncmhd.nih.gov/our_programs/strategic/pubs/VolumeI_031003EDrev.pdf. Accessed February 28, 2013.
Prevention Research Centers. Atlanta (GA): US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Research Centers; 2013. http://www.cdc.gov/prc/. Accessed February 28, 2013.
Healthy people 2020. Washington (DC): US Department of Health and Human Services; 2010. http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/default.aspx. Accessed March 4, 2013. |
0.939351 | Cornelius Ryan, (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish journalist and author mainly known for his writings on popular military history, especially his World War II books: The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 D-Day (1959), The Last Battle (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1974).
Ryan was born in Dublin and educated at Synge Street CBS, Portobello. He was an altar boy at St. Kevin's Church, Harrington Street and studied the violin at the Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. Ryan moved to London in 1940, and became a war correspondent for The Daily Telegraph in 1941.
Ryan emigrated to the United States in 1947 to work for TIME, where he reported on the postwar tests of atomic weapons carried out by the United States in the Pacific. He then reported for TIME on the Israeli war in 1948. This was followed by work for other magazines, including Collier's Weekly and Reader's Digest.
He married Kathryn Morgan (1925–1993), a novelist, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1951.
On a trip to Normandy in 1949 Ryan became interested in telling a more complete story of Operation Overlord than had been produced to date. He began compiling information and conducting over 1000 interviews as he gathered stories from both the Allies and the Germans, as well as the French civilians.
In 1956 he began to write down his World War II notes for The Longest Day: June 6, 1944 D-Day, which tells the story of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, published three years later in 1959. It was an instant success, and Ryan helped in the writing of the screenplay for the film of the same name. Darryl F. Zanuck paid the author $175,000 for the screen rights to the book.
His next work was The Last Battle (1966), about the Battle of Berlin. The book contains detailed accounts from all perspectives: civilian, American, British, Russian and German. It deals with the fraught military and political situation in the spring of 1945, when the forces of the western allies and the Soviet Union contended for the chance to liberate Berlin and to carve up the remains of Germany.
This work was followed by A Bridge Too Far (1974), which tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the ill-fated assault by allied airborne forces on the Netherlands culminating in the Battle of Arnhem. This work was also made into a major motion picture of the same name.
Ryan was awarded the French Legion of Honor, and an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Ohio University, where the Cornelius Ryan Collection is housed (Alden Library). He was diagnosed with cancer in 1970, and struggled to finish A Bridge Too Far during his illness. He died in Manhattan, while on tour promoting the book, A Bridge Too Far, only two months after publication.
Four years after his death, Ryan's struggle with cancer was detailed in A Private Battle, written by his wife, from notes he had secretly left behind for that purpose. He is buried in the Ridgebury Cemetery in northern Ridgefield, Connecticut. |
0.599301 | What is the startup program "iCloud for Windows - iCloudServices.exe" on my Windows 7 computer?
"iCloud for Windows - iCloudServices.exe" is installed as part of the Apple iCloud client to access Apple iCloud onlineservice.
It is recommended to disable "iCloud for Windows - iCloudServices.exe" startup program. You can run it whenever needed. |
0.998746 | Emmy nominees answer: What TV world would you hang out in?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most TV stars are also TV fans. That means the year's Emmy nominees all have their favorite shows, and some have imagined what it might be like to hang out in one of the alluring worlds of the small screen.
— "OK, 'Game of Thrones.' Oh my god. Give me a sword. Give me a sword and a dragon. I will sort out some stuff in that fictional world." — Ricky Gervais, nominated for his lead role in the Netflix series "Derek."
— "I'm obsessed with 'The Affair.' I love 'The Affair,' but the Hamptons is pretty close. ... I'm actually in the Hamptons right now, so I could totally go to the Lobster Roll, which is where Ruth Wilson's character works. I'm somewhat in 'The Affair' already." — Jane Krakowski, a supporting actress nominee for Netflix's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."
— "I wouldn't mind being in the 'Game of Thrones' — somewhere where I wasn't about to be killed. I think I'd probably have to hook up with Khaleesi and fly that dragon. Me? Khaleesi? A dragon? That sounds good." — Queen Latifah, nominated for playing Bessie Smith in the HBO movie "Bessie."
— "I don't know, 'Downton Abbey'? I could be like the troublemaking American cousin who shows up and needs help; like I killed someone in America, so I had to flee to Downton Abbey." — Maggie Gyllenhaal, up for her lead role in Sundance TV's "The Honorable Woman."
— "Oh, as myself? As an actor, I can think of quite a few. As myself? Well, dramas — probably not that many because there's too much drama happening. For myself, I just want to go live in the Bahamas." — Joanne Froggatt, a supporting actress nominee for PBS' "Downtown Abbey."
— "That new show 'Ballers,' the one on HBO. I don't know that I'd want to hang out, but I think (the Dwayne Johnson character) would be a very useful friend to have. That's how I feel about that. He would be a good person to have on speed dial." — David Oyelowo, nominated for his lead role in the HBO movie "Nightingale."
Actress Katey Sagal and actor Bob Saget attending 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16, 1990 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.
Actor Jerry O'Connell and actress Sarah Michelle Gellar attend the 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on September 13, 1998 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
— "This is weird, but I would love to be on a 'Poirot'-style, 1930s art deco, very, very wealthy British estate. Like in 'Poirot,' in the Agatha Christie TV movies that they do, all those specials that they've done since the '80s. Those are always so sumptuous and delicious, and there's always a new murder mystery to solve. As long as I'm not the one in trouble, there's probably at least good champagne." — Anna Chlumsky, a supporting actress nominee for HBO's "Veep."
— "I would only want to hang out if the 'Game of Thrones' cast were running the 'Mad Men' office. I think the 'Game of Thrones' would then have to be an entirely different cast. I think if the people in 'Veep' were running 'Game of Thrones' that could be really, really amusing." — Kevin Spacey, a lead actor nominee for Netflix's "House of Cards."
— "Nucky's hotel on 'Boardwalk Empire.' That place is glam. I like all the production design on 'Boardwalk.' That was a show that I really loved." — Andy Samberg, host of the 67th annual Emmy Awards.
— "I'd hang out in 'Futurama.'" — Tatiana Maslany, a lead actress nominee for BBC America's "Orphan Black."
Actress Halle Berry is absolutely glowing in her strapless blue number!
Jennifer Garner showed off the best accessory to go along with her sleek black gown - a baby bump!
TV and radio personality Ryan Seacrest (right) and then-girlfriend Shana Wall were all smiles on the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards red carpet!
"Mysteries of Laura" star Debra Messing looked absolutely radiant in a metallic gown with a hint of floral.
All eyes were on former "Desperate Housewives" actress Marcia Cross in her body-hugging emerald gown and loose curls that showed off her flamin' red hair.
Actress Eva Longoria showed off her tiny bod in a bright coral gown complete with gold accessories to match!
Reality show star Nicole Richie channeled her inner Grecian goddess with a white dress complete with a scandalous deep-v neckline.
"Gilmore Girls" actress Lauren Graham was all smiles in a bright red dress that brought out her gorgeous blue eyes!
Picture-perfect couple Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher couldn't keep their hands off each other on the red carpet!
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres was rocking much longer hair back in 2005.
2015 Emmys: Who do you think will win? |
0.965486 | Mount Vernon is located in south-central Mobile County in the far southwestern corner of the state. It has a mayor/council form of government.
The settlement that became the town of Mount Vernon arose near Fort Stoddert, which was built on the Mobile River by the federal government in 1799 to protect what was then the nation's southern border. From 1800 to 1811, Fort Stoddert was the main military structure there, being the southernmost terminus of the Federal Road. In 1807, former vice-president Aaron Burr was incarcerated at the fort after his arrest for treason. In 1811, the U.S. government built the Mount Vernon Cantonment (a military encampment) three miles inland because yellow fever had broken out too often at the fort. After a visit in 1814, Pres. Andrew Jackson ordered the Mount Vernon Arsenal to be built at the cantonment. It was authorized by Congress in 1828, and construction began in 1830. Just before Alabama's secession from the Union prior to the Civil War, the state took possession of the arsenal and later turned it over to the Confederacy. Alabamian Josiah Gorgas, Confederate chief of ordnance was stationed there. The fort was returned to federal control after the war ended.
In 1873, the arsenal was designated as Mount Vernon Barracks. In 1887, Apache chief Geronimo and 450 of his fellow Apaches were incarcerated at the site after their capture in the Plains Wars. They were transferred to Oklahoma in 1894. The barracks was decommissioned in 1895 and given to the state of Alabama, which reopened the structure as Searcy Hospital, a mental facility for African American patients until it was desegregated in 1969. The hospital closed in October 2012.
In 1872, the Mobile and Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company built a line from Mount Vernon to Mobile. The eastern Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway bought the line in 1887, and in 1888 it was renamed the Mobile and Birmingham Railway Company. Another narrow-gauge line was absorbed into the Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad and converted to standard gauge in 1905.
According to 2016 Census estimates, Mount Vernon recorded a population of 1,329. Of that number, 69.5 percent of respondents identified themselves as black, 23.9 percent as white, 5.1 percent as Native American, 1.5 percent as two or more races, 0.5 percent as Hispanic, and 0.1 percent as Asian. The town's median household income, according to 2010 estimates, was $40,671, and the per capita income was $18,804.
Public schools in are part of the Mobile County School District; the town has approximately 520 students and 45 teachers in two elementary schools.
U.S. Highway 43/State Highway 13 runs north-south through Mt. Vernon.
The Mount Vernon Arsenal/Searcy Hospital Complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The old train depot is being renovated to house the Mount Vernon Historical Museum dedicated to preserving the history of Mount Vernon and the surrounding area. Mount Vernon maintains two city parks, one of which is on the Mobile River, as well as a community center and public library.
Mobile County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Mobile County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2002. |
0.999394 | Do Mormons Believe in Jesus Christ?
As Christians, Mormons believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Creator of the World. However, Mormons hold the unique belief that God the Father and Jesus Christ are two distinct beings. Mormons believe that God and Jesus Christ are wholly united in their perfect love for us, but that each is a distinct personage with His own perfect, glorified body (see D&C 130:22). |
0.962891 | Have you been stuck in traffic driving a car at the speed of a few meters per hour only to emerge from the traffic jam a while later not certain what caused it in the first place? Traffic experts are likely to attribute the cause to a road construction, a vehicle collision, or any other form of constriction. Physicists, on the other hand, may add that traffic jams may occur due to random fluctuations in driving speed without the presence of any obvious constraint.
Road traffic problems are complex; they involve human nature on one hand and physical laws of time, space, and movement on the other. These problems have been studied using many approaches. One of these approaches explains the traffic jam phenomenon as an example of self-organized criticality (SOC), a concept introduced in the late 1980s by the Danish physicist, Per Bak, to describe how complexity arises in nature. Back argued that complexity may arise as an emergent feature of a system out of simple local interactions among the basic building blocks of the system. The complexity is not in the basic blocks, but rather it is in the way in which they are interconnected and interacted with one another.
Bak and others have shown that Cellular automata (CA) simulation models can produce several characteristic features observed in natural complexity in a robust manner independent from the input parameters of the simulated system. In early 1990s, two other physicists, Kai Nagel and Michael Schreckenberg, created a cellular automaton model for vehicle traffic flow that can reproduce traffic jams. The NaSh model shows that traffic jams can arise as an emergent behavior due to simple interactions between cars on the road. Studying one vehicle behavior cannot provide much insight about the formation of traffic jams, but local interactions between vehicles may cause traffic jams.
Simulation of vehicle traffic using the CA models has shown that vehicle traffic exhibits characteristics similar to the well-known phase transition phenomenon in physics. Considering this point of view, the breakdown of vehicle traffic into traffic jams has properties similar to the phase transition from gas (free-flow traffic) to liquid (traffic jam). The transition from free-flow to a traffic jam happens at a critical vehicle density. It may happen also that vehicles enter a fragile state of co-existence of the two phases beyond the critical density. It is in this state where small fluctuations in speed may push all vehicles into a traffic jam.
One of the fundamental challenges in vehicle communication is the dynamic nature of the ad hoc data network formed among vehicles. The wireless links in this network are continuously created or torn down as vehicles move within or out of range from each other. Intuitively, a wider transmission range results in more stable network since vehicles stay within range longer to complete any exchange of information. However, wide transmission range means not only more power consumption, but also more contention and interference in congested traffic in situations such as traffic jams or traffic stopping at traffic lights. Such conditions deteriorates network performance and thus should be avoided as they create situations not much different from trying to have a conversation with a person in the far corner of a restaurant and the person sitting across the table from you using the same loud voice. Worse yet, imagine everybody else in the restaurant is acting the same way.
To avoid these situations, considerable research effort has been dedicated to estimating the number of vehicles in the road and adjusting the communication strategies accordingly. My doctoral research was focused on estimating the minimum required transmission range to maintain connectivity among vehicles in all traffic phases without relying on any external infrastructure. Nagle’s CA model and other theories from the fields of mobile wireless networks and vehicle traffic helped me derive a mathematical model for estimating the minimum transmission range needed in a vehicle communication network in any traffic phase. I also developed an algorithm to detect traffic conditions and modify the transmission power accordingly so vehicles do not use any more transmission power than needed to remain connected to other vehicles for successful communication.
Vehicles communication may become quite common in only a few years considering the level of interest of governments and car manufacturers over the last decade (more about this in another post). Meanwhile, next time you are sitting in traffic moving nowhere you can blame a driver somewhere down the road for slowing down unexpectedly and dream of a day when your car can tell you to take another route. |
0.998335 | (CNN) - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said Tuesday that police officers across the country should be required to wear body cameras in order for their departments to qualify for federal funds.
McCaskill believes that the ubiquity of cameras gives way to incidents in which only part of the story is recorded, seen or understood. So, a body camera on every officer will not only protect citizens against police misconduct, but also protect officers from wrongful accusations.
"Everywhere I go people now have cameras," said McCaskill, a Democrat. "And police officers are now at a disadvantage, because someone can tape the last part of an encounter and not tape the first part of the encounter. And it gives the impression that the police officer has overreacted when they haven't."
McCaskill made the comments at an event in Springfield, Missouri, where she answered questions about the shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, CNN affiliate KOLR reported.
In the wake of the shooting and community outrage to the response from Ferguson police, McCaskill has called for congressional hearings to examine a Defense Department program that allows local police departments to acquire military weaponry.
Already, President Barack Obama has called for a review of programs that allow for the transfer of military weapons to the police.
Section 1208 in the National Defense Authorization Act has allowed the Defense Department to grant military hardware to local law enforcement since 1990. A law enforcement support program, the military's Defense Logistics Agency, was established in 1999 to facilitate law enforcement militarization.
McCaskill said Thursday she hopes the Senate will embrace her body camera proposal and that it will eventually become law.
"I would like to see us say, 'If you want federal funding in your community, you've got to have body cams on your officers,'" she said. "And I think that would go a long way towards solving some of these problems, and it would be a great legacy over this tragedy that's occurred in Ferguson, regardless of what the facts say at the end as to whether or not anyone is criminally culpable."
“Whatever happened in Ferguson, we have a justice system in this country that will be able to make that judgment, and if there are people who need to be held accountable, I'm confident they will be,” the New Jersey Republican said in a response to a question by WNYC’s Matt Katz.
(CNN) - President Obama on Thursday urged calm and peace in Ferguson, Missouri, where clashes between protestors and police continue to escalate in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown.
The President condemned all parties involved in the recent unrest.
Washington (CNN) – Representatives from eight cities met with GOP officials Monday in the nation’s capital to talk specifics about what it would take to host the Republican National Convention in 2016.
While the meeting was not a required step in the RNC’s selection process, it provides a look at which cities are seriously considering bidding on the convention where Republicans will choose the party’s next presidential nominee.
Washington (CNN) – Behind the glitzy photos spreads, the slick highlight reels and the overstuffed swag bags, a few cities vying to hold the Republican National Convention in 2016 are making demographics a subtle but important part of their pitch to Republican Party leaders.
For Western cities like Las Vegas, Denver and Phoenix – all of which are vying to hold the party's presidential nomination convention – their pitches could be boiled down to this: We have both the infrastructure and political symbolism you need.
(CNN) – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has a bone to pick with Texas and its governor, Rick Perry.
The former Republican presidential candidate and Lone Star governor is scheduled to speak Thursday at the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. In advance of his remarks, he's launched a several hunderd thousand dollar ad campaign on Missouri airwaves encouraging Show Me state companies and employees to relocate to Texas to reap the benefits of the state's strong business climate and lack of state income tax.
(CNN) - The rodeo clown whose controversial routine mocking President Barack Obama got him banned for life from the Missouri State Fair said in his first televised interview Monday he'd mocked other presidents in the past during his act.
"I didn't think anything more of it than what we've done 15 years ago, ten years ago, five years ago, when we've done it with Bush, Clinton and Ronald Reagan," Tuffy Gessling told CNN Kansas City affiliate KCTV.
(CNN) – A U.S. Representative from Texas known for his provocative statements wants the Missouri rodeo clown fired for mocking President Barack Obama to know he is welcome in the Lone Star state.
Rep. Steve Stockman, the Republican who invited conservative firebrand musician Ted Nugent to the 2013 State of the Union address, has put out a release inviting the rodeo clown to come and perform in his home district in Texas. |
0.999996 | Make the pastry In a food processor, pulse the 2 cups of flour and the salt to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. In a small bowl, whisk the egg and ice water; drizzle into the food processor and pulse just until a rough dough forms. Scrape onto a lightly floured work surface, gather up any crumbs and knead gently just until the dough comes together. Pat into 2 equal disks, wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
On a lightly floured surface, using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out 1 piece of dough to a 14-inch square, about 1/8 inch thick. Using a knife, cut out three 7-inch rounds. Ease each round into a 4-inch tart pan with a removable bottom, then trim the overhang and prick the dough all over with a fork. Repeat with the remaining piece of dough. Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375°. Arrange the tart shells on a large rimmed baking sheet. Line the shells with parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake for about 20 minutes, until the edges are lightly golden. Remove the paper and weights and let cool to warm, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the filling In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the onions and shallots and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. Stir in the thyme and brown sugar and season with salt and pepper. Let cool.
In a food processor, pulse the panko, cheese and pine nuts until coarsely ground. Drizzle in the olive oil and pulse to form fine crumbs. Transfer the mixture to a small skillet and toast over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until golden, about 4 minutes.
Spoon the onion-shallot mixture into the tart shells. Sprinkle the tops with 2 tablespoons of the toasted crumbs. Bake until the edges of the pastry are golden and the crumbs are deep golden, about 20 minutes. Let cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then unmold the tarts and let cool to warm, about 10 minutes. Serve.
The onion tarts can be refrigerated overnight. Reheat in a low oven to serve.
Review Body: When there is roasted onion involved, it's a no brainer! |
0.987774 | An object with a mass of #5 kg# is pushed along a linear path with a kinetic friction coefficient of #u_k(x)= x+xsinx #. How much work would it take to move the object over #x in [0, 5pi], where x is in meters?
The weight of the object is given by #W = m*g#. Since the object is not accelerating in the vertical direction, the normal force, #N#, is exactly equal to the weight.
The friction is given by #F = u_"k" * N#.
Consider the object being dragged/pushed along a small distance #"d"x#. The amount of work needed is #F * "d"x = N u_k(x) "d"x#. |
0.998747 | In broad strokes, PCA reduces the dimensionality of our dataset in a way that minimizes (certain aspects of) the amount of information we throw away by projecting our -dimensional feature set onto a lower-dimensional subspace.
We take the mean-centered, normalized by dataset with features and training examples. We apply principal component analysis (PCA) to project -dimensional data into a q-dimensional sub-space where .
where is a datapoint and is the -dimensional vector of mean values across the examples.
Now we have a set of eigenvectors in our -dimensional space that will serve as the new orthogonal “axes” of of the -dimensional features subspace. The computed eigenvalues have a magnitude that corresponds to the variance along each new “axis” of its associated eigenvector, so we can see that each axis “captures” a different amount of the information and diversity in our dataset. In the graph below, note the difference in how much data the 1st and 2nd dimension components capture.
What we would like to do is reduce the dimensionality of our dataset while controlling and minimizing the amount of information lost in doing so. The eigenvectors with the lowest eigenvalues generally have the least information about our dataset, so it makes most sense to eliminate these eigenvectors first. The sum of the eigenvalues is the total explained variance, and accordingly the percentage of explained variance associated with each eigenvector/eigenvalue pair is eigenvalue divided by the total variance . Looking at the eigenvalues sorted in descending order, we pick a subset such that the cumulative variance of the data is captured in our -dimensional subspace up to a specified amount, e.g. we eliminate components such that at least 90% of the variance is retained, or until we are satisfied with the dimension of our new subspace.
Note that this process is not the same as feature selection; the orthogonal basis vectors we created do not directly correspond to specific features of the original dataset. Nor should PCA be used as a substitute for feature selection because while it does eliminate the dimensionality of the data, techniques specifically designed for this purpose such as L1 regularization or library instances of feature selection should perform at least as well in doing so, and probably better. PCA is primarily employed to reduce the dimensionality of the data, agnostic of features, and for purposes of visualization.
In practice, singular value decomposition (SVD) also gets us eigenvectors and their corresponding eigenvalues, and is often used for computational precision due to possible rounding errors in the extra step of computing the covariance matrix. |
0.981907 | Summary of today’s show: On the eve of one of the most momentous elections in a generation, Scot Landry welcomes Fr. Roger Landry and Janet Benestad to discuss one last time about the life and death consequences of Massachusetts Question 2, which would legalized assisted suicide; how one might choose between two candidates who have declared themselves to be pro-choice as Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren have; and what a Catholic needs to remember when deciding whether to re-elect a candidate who has consistently curtailed his own religious freedom.
1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed everyone to the show and the election eve special. He welcomed Fr. Roger Landry and Janet Benestad to the show. Fr. Roger will be on the show tomorrow and Wednesday as well.
Scot said Janet and her team has been sprinting over the past year to educate people about Question 2 on assisted suicide on tomorrow’s ballot. He asked her for her assessment. Janet said we’re in good shape and done everything we could possibly do. She emphasized that this isn’t a Catholic issue, but people of all faiths and no faith have supported a No vote on Question 2. The effort has been formidable and people are coming to understand this may be the most important vote they ever cast. Scot noted so many elections in Massachusetts are not this close. There was 25 point spread a few months ago, but now it’s within the margin of error. He’s heard people say they were happy they registered in Massachusetts to cast this vote.
Fr. Roger agreed that this is literally a matter of life and death and we will all have to deal with this issue within our lives, whether for ourselves or a loved one or someone we know. We need to push in the direction of true compassionate care and not open the door to a Trojan horse that undervalues certain lives. This is the time for all Catholics to step up as real Catholics. Archbishop Chaput said last week that before we’re Democrat or Republican or even American, we’re Catholic first.
Scot asked Janet if she still has concerns about people having misconceptions about Question 2 and being tricked by the euphemisms. Janet said they are concerned about the wording of the ballot which could confuse voters. The No side says it’s to not change the law in Massachusetts and people may not know what the law is. So they’re just simply saying to Vote No. Others may be convinced by those arguing for assisted suicide because it’s supposedly dignified, but she pointed out all the loopholes in the bill that doctors, ethicists, and public policy experts will say is a problem.
Scot asked Fr. Roger if he hears from people who have such misconceptions. Fr. Roger said a lot of people are ignorant that it’s even on the ballot. He said Bishop George Coleman of Fall River had a message played in every parish in the diocese this past weekend on how people can fulfill their Christian duty through their civic duty and helping those who are most vulnerable. He said in a close election, we might be the ones who can persuade the two or five or ten who will decide this vote.
Scot asked Janet what listeners should do between now and tomorrow. She suggested calling everyone, especially those who might be confused, and to make sure they go vote. And finally pray to be spared this dangerous bill. Fr. Roger asked his parishioners to go work the polls tomorrow, to hold Vote No on 2 signs and offer literature.Many of his parishioners have signed up to man any of the polling stations throughout the city so that there’s someone at each place. People are making calls and sending emails tonight. Scot suggested people send out a message on each of Twitter or Facebook tonight. He asked people to send a nice gentle respectful message to people in their address books who live in Massachusetts. Your email, tweet, or Facebook message may be what’s in someone’s mind as they go to vote tomorrow.
Question 3 on the ballot is legalizing medical marijuana. He asked Fr. Roger if there’s a moral reason for a Catholic to vote yes. Fr. Roger said he can’t see one. There may be some medical help to be given through a drug like this, but there are larger social issues as seen in California with all the bogus prescriptions given out. Marijuana is infamously a gateway drug and creates patterns of escape from reality. Janet said marijuana is not the way to keep our communities clean and safe. Scot said you only have to ask police what they see as the result.
Turning to the US Senate race, he asked how he would break down the life issues between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren. Fr. Roger said there’s nothing he’s ever seen anything from Warren to show she thinks there’s an abortion in the US that shouldn’t be celebrated. While Brown has run ads showcasing his pro-choice positions, he’s voted with pro-lifers in some cases. He said Warren’s strategy seems to have been to focus on Brown’s Republican Party and hypothetical votes. But in an election in which Catholics are voting moral issues, the track records of the parties is important, especially considering Supreme Court nominations, Senate hearings, revision of Obamacare. So it’s how they might vote with their party in Washington. He said Republicans have been more consistent on the life issues along the lines of what the Catholic bishops have been outlining as the pro-life way.
Janet said Catholics will find themselves most comfortable in the Republican platform. Warren has been so extreme and talking as if women are only concerned with reproductive rights issues. The Democratic party is so extreme with regard to those reproductive rights. Scot asked if the so-called War on Women has backfired. Janet said women resent the fact that they have been reduced to an ideological position on contraception and abortion. They care about the economy, healthcare, national defense and more. She related anecdotes about people beginning to resent the reduction of the political to a couple of hot-button ideological issues through negative advertising.
Scot said in this case you have two candidates who talk as if they’re pro-choice although on a continuum. Fr. Roger said it’s unfortunate we don’t have a choice between two staunch pro-lifers. The teaching of the Church is that a Catholic must vote according to a well-informed conscience. One option is that if there are serious qualms about both candidates, then they can write in a candidate as a vote of none of the above. The second option is to look to see which would do the best and most amount of good or to prevent the worse the evil from the other candidate. Pope John Paul II was clear in 1995 that it is morally legitimate to accomplish as much as you can when there is no good choice. It’s morally possible to vote for a pro-choice candidate who wants to restrict abortion versus one who doesn’t want restrictions in order to bring about the greater good. Trying to weigh this with regard to war, poverty, and other matters is more difficult, but there are some non-negotiable issues like abortion and then there are other issues which are prudential. No candidate is pro-poverty, but they have different ideas for how best to solve the problem. When candidates are fundamentally wrong about the ends of government, however, that weighs more.
2nd segment: Scot said there is a lot of intellectual information to take int o the voting booth, but there are personal experiences we bring with us as well. Scot’s friend Phil Lohnes has had experiences in his own family about flawed terminal diagnoses. He welcomed Phil to the show. He said his aunt at 84 years old was given a six-month terminal diagnosis of cancer and she’s still here at 90. She believed it on the one hand and got her affairs in order, but also didn’t believe it too. It was a sword of Damocles over her head that even left her wondering what the point of living is, which is there had been assisted suicide she would have thrown away years of life.
Phil said mostly people in his family don’t talk about what happened, but they begin to realize that more people need to know. He said his mother-in-law suffered a head trauma five or six years ago. She was rushed to a hospital in Boston and within a week or so, she had a saline drip adjusted not once, but twice, by a nurse that if left that way long enough would have killed her. the only reason it didn’t kill her was her medical doctor daughter caught it. Someone within that hospital decided her life wasn’t worth living. Now she’s lived to see her grandchildren through the next stages of life.
Scot said Cardinal Seán had articulated this as one of his concerns as a slippery slope. People could end up afraid of their medical caregivers and worry that they have become executioners.
After Phil ended the call, Scot said there are many stories like Phil’s about relatives who outlived terminal diagnoses or just had the time to live with loved ones. Janet said she is herself a cancer survivor and had she not received treatment nine years ago she would never have met her grandchildren. Lethal drugs is not a treatment for a disease. We should start with good end-of-life care. That’s where this conversation begins.
One of the strongest arguments against Question 2 has been that terminal diagnoses are often wrong and the biggest champions have been leaders in the Massachusetts medical community. He said it’s stark to hear a case like Phil’s.
Back to Fr. Roger, Scot said he recalled how many days back in 2000 to settle Bush v. Gore. Everything he hears now with so many battleground states, it may end up as close as 2000. Fr. Roger said there are issues in Ohio where we may end up waiting 10 days to find out the result if it comes down to provisional ballots. He said in 2000 the entire presidential election was decided by 537 cast out of six million in Florida.
Fr. Roger said he was in Nashville recently and talked to a doctor who’d studied what had happened in Oregon after assisted suicide was legalized there. Hospice nurses would tell him that the main reason given for the approval of all the distribution of pills was a lack of autonomy, but almost all the individuals who got prescriptions for the pills in their last days spent their last days talking about the pills, rather than God or their families. They agonized over whether to take the pills instead of preparing themselves and their families.
Fr. Roger also expressed his thanks for Victoria Kennedy who wrote in an op-ed last week about how she was able to spend the last 15 months with her husband Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Scot said there’s a lot at stake in the presidential race. One of the issues we’ve been talking about is the relationship between our Catholic faith and how the government respects us. Scot said he’s felt like in the past both Democrats and Republics have respected our Catholic bishops. But when it comes to this Affordable Care Act, it was done without respecting the hierarchy within the Church, but instead the Obama administration spoke to dissident organizations. And then didn’t deal above board with bishops when the HHS mandate was put forward.
Janet said there’s no question that we’re being called to violate our consciences in order to live up these expectations from this administration. Janet said she too has always thought our government respected our religious freedom, but now we’re in a difficult position in this election.
Scot asked Fr. Roger if this is the top issue in the national election? He said he personally believes it’s the most consequential element of the election. On abortion and gay marriage, much of the change possible is complicated, takes time, and is out of the president’s hands, but on this issue this is something that can change on Day One.
Fr. Roger asked his parishioners yesterday if a president is actively campaigning that abortion is American as apple pie, if he’s threatening existence of Catholic hospitals and schools, and if Catholics still vote for him, what will the conclusion be? Pope Benedict spoke earlier this year about the worrisome developments in America about the limitations on the practice of religious freedom. We’re either going to teach them a lesson or they’re going to draw lesson on how we accept what happens. It doesn’t mean a Catholic has to vote for Romney, but could vote third party.
“Catholic” is a word that has real meaning. We don’t control or invent that meaning as individuals. We inherit it from the Gospel and the experience of the Church over the centuries. If we choose to call ourselves Catholic, then that word has consequences for what we believe and how we act. We can’t truthfully call ourselves “Catholic” and then behave as if we’re not.
Being a Catholic is a bit like being married. We have a relationship with the Church and with Jesus Christ that’s similar to being a spouse. If a man says he loves his wife, his wife will want to see the evidence in his fidelity. The same applies to our relationship with God. If we say we’re Catholic, we need to show that by our love for the Church and our fidelity to what she teaches and believes. Otherwise we’re just fooling ourselves. God certainly won’t be fooled.
The Church is not a political organism. She has no interest in partisanship because getting power or running governments is not what she’s about, and the more closely she identifies herself with any single party, the fewer people she can effectively reach.
In the end, the heart of truly faithful citizenship is this: We’re better citizens when we’re more faithful Catholics. The more authentically Catholic we are in our lives, choices, actions and convictions, the more truly we will contribute to the moral and political life of our nation.
Janet said we have to have well-formed consciences, learning as much as we can about the issues and what our Church teaches about the issues.
Fr. Roger said tomorrow is a big day and God is counting on us to be salt, light, and leaven. |
0.954248 | From Mission Boulevard in Fremont to SR 24.
Built in the 1920s and designated in 1955, I-680 begins at a junction with I-280 and US 101 (Bayshore Freeway), and heads northeast and north-northwest through the northeast part of San Jose. After passing State Route 237 (SR 237) in Milpitas and SR 262 in Fremont, I-680 abruptly turns northeast (where a connection to a SR 238 freeway was planned) and enters the hills and valleys of the California Coast Ranges. The highway crosses over Mission Pass, also known as the Sunol Grade, and descends into the Sunol Valley, where it meets SR 84 near Sunol. From Sunol, I-680 again heads north-northwesterly through valleys, including the San Ramon Valley, along the Calaveras Fault. Junctions along this portion include I-580 in Dublin and SR 24 in Walnut Creek. Beyond the latter interchange, a three-way directional junction with the SR 24 freeway west to Oakland, I-680 heads north into Pleasant Hill, where SR 242 splits and I-680 again heads northwesterly. After the junction with SR 4 in Martinez, the highway crosses the Carquinez Strait on the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, immediately meeting the east end of I-780 on the Benicia end. The remainder of I-680, from Benicia to I-80 at Fairfield, lies between a hilly area to the west representing the southwestern tip of the Vaca Mountains, and a marshy area (along the Suisun Bay and Cordelia Slough) to the east.
The route begins at U.S. Route 101 at the Joe Colla Interchange, where it acts as a continuation of I-280 eastward. From here, it begins its journey northward through San Jose, where it meets the Capitol Expressway, signed as CR G21, about a mile northeast of I-680's southern terminus. The next exit northbound is SR 130, which is also known as Alum Rock Avenue, unsigned at the intersection. As it continues through Santa Clara County, it meets numerous local roads before interchanging with the Montague Expressway. Here, it exits San Jose and enters the city of Milpitas, California, where it meets SR 237, often referred to as Calaveras Boulevard. After one more intersection, I-680 exits Santa Clara County and enters Alameda County.
In Alameda County, the freeway begins in the city of Fremont, where it intersects SR 262, which was unsigned until 2000. Continuing through the city, it meets Mission Boulevard at SR 238 before exiting the city. Prior to 2002, two ghost ramps existed here, remains of an abandoned freeway project replacing Mission Blvd. Amid Alameda County, it abruptly turns northeastward and enters a hilly area, where it crosses over Mission Pass, and descends into the Sunol Valley, where it runs concurrently with SR 84 for a short while. Afterwards, it enters Pleasanton and intersects with I-580, currently California's longest auxiliary interstate providing access to Oakland and the Central Valley. It enters Dublin for a short segment before exiting the county and entering Contra Costa County.
Upon entering Contra Costa County, the route meets numerous local roads through the cities of San Ramon, Danville, and Alamo before entering Walnut Creek, where it meets SR 24. I-680 then enters Pleasant Hill for a short time and Concord, where it meets SR 242. Upon exiting Concord, it meets SR 4. It then enters Martinez, where it follows the Benicia-Martinez Bridge over the Carquinez Strait, on which the route crosses the county line and enters Benicia in Solano County. On the Benicia-Martinez bridge, I-680 northbound requires a toll, while I-680 southbound is free direction. In Benicia, I-680 interchanges with I-780. It then exits the city and after passing through rural areas routing parallel to the San Joaquin Delta, it enters Fairfield, where it meets I-80, which is the route's northern terminus.
I-680 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and is part of the National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. I-680 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System from the Santa Clara–Alameda county line to SR 24 in Walnut Creek, but is only a scenic route from Mission Boulevard to the Contra Costa county line, and from the Alameda county line to SR 24; this means that those portions are substantial sections of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the potential designation has gained popular favor with the community.
HOV Lanes exist on this portion from slightly north of I-580 to Walnut Creek, and again from Concord to the Benicia-Martinez Bridge. The portion leading to the Benicia-Martinez Bridge requires a car with 3+ persons, unlike California's regular carpool lanes of 2+ persons.
At Martinez, the Martinez-Benicia Ferry took automobiles across the Carquinez Strait to Benicia, where Route 7, one of the original state highways from the 1910 bond issue, led north and northeast past Fairfield towards Sacramento and Oregon. The portion north from Benicia to Fairfield became part of Route 74 in 1935, when Route 7 was realigned to the more direct American Canyon route that is now I-80. None of the aforementioned roads were given state sign route numbers in 1934, when that system was laid out, but by 1937 they had been numbered SR 21. This route began at the intersection of Warm Springs Boulevard and Brown Road in Warm Springs, where Route 5 and Route 69 (SR 17) split, followed Route 5 along Mission Boulevard to Mission San Jose (this part later became an overlap with SR 9), and then continued to US 40 (Route 7) at Cordelia. The routing was very close to the present I-680, following such roads as Pleasanton Sunol Road, San Ramon Valley Boulevard, Danville Boulevard, Main Street in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Boulevard, and Pacheco Boulevard.
^ a b c d e f g h i California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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^ California Department of Transportation (September 7, 2011). "Officially Designated State Scenic Highways and Historic Parkways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
^ "I-680 Smart Lane". 680expresslane.org. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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^ "High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) & Express Lanes Northern California Region" (PDF). HOV_NorCal.pdf. CalTrans. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend sections 2, 3 and 5 and to add two sections to be numbered 6 and 7 to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the acquisition of rights of way for and the construction, maintenance..." Fiftieth Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 767 p. 2036p. 2034–2042. : "State Highway Route 75 near Walnut Creek to State Highway Route 5 near Stockton via Antioch." "State Highway Route 75 near Walnut Creek to Livermore-San Jose Mission Road near Scotts Corners." "State Highway Route 5 near Mission San Jose to State Highway Route 5 near Livermore."
^ California State Assembly. "An act to establish a Streets and Highways Code, thereby consolidating and revising the law relating to public ways and all appurtenances thereto, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts specified herein". Fifty-first Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 29 p. 281, 283p. 287. : "Route 75 is from: (a) Oakland to Route 5 near Stockton via Walnut Creek and Antioch..." "Route 107 is from: (a) Route 75 near Walnut Creek to Route 108 near Scotts Corners..." "Route 108 is from Route 5 near Mission San Jose to Route 5 near Livermore."
^ California State Assembly. "An act...relating to State highways". Fifty-first Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 274 p. 959, 281. : "Route 74 is from a point on Route 8 near the Napa Y to Cordelia via Vallejo and Benicia."
^ California State Assembly. "An act...relating to state highway routes". 1949 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 1467 p. 2555. : "Route 75 is from:...(b) Route (a) above, north of Walnut Creek to Martinez..."
^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Section 374 of, and to add Sections 512 and 543 to, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways". Fifty-seventh Session of the Legislature, 1st extraordinary session. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 13 p. 3812. : "Route 74 is from:...(b) (a) above near M and East Second Street to East Fifth and C Streets, in Benicia."
^ California State Assembly. "An act to add Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, and to repeal Section 253 and Article 3 (commencing with Section 300) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of, the..." 1963 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 385 p. 1173, 1189p. 1182. : "Route 17 is from: (a) Route 1 near Santa Cruz to Route 101 near Story Road. (b) Route 101 near San Jose to Route 680 near Warm Springs. (c) Route 680 near Warm Springs to Route 580 in Oakland..." "Route 680 is from Route 280 in San Jose to Route 80 in Vallejo passing near Warm Springs, Mission San Jose, Scotts Corners and Sunol, and via Walnut Creek and Benicia."
^ California State Assembly. "An act...relating to state highways". 1965 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 1371 p. 3268, 3269. : "Route 262 is from Route 17 to Route 680 near Warm Springs." "Route 680 is from Route 101 near San Jose to Route 80 in Vallejo passing near Warm Springs, Mission San Jose, Scotts Corners and Sunol, and via Walnut Creek and Benicia."
^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Sections 253, 307, 317, 322, 334, 342, 347, 349, 361, 363, 372, 373, 374, 379, 384, 390, 407, 408, 443, 455, 470, 486, 514, 517, 548, and 550 of, to add Sections 556, 557, 558, 560..." 1965 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 1372 p. 3273. : "Route 17 is from: (a) Route 1 near Santa Cruz to Route 80 in Oakland..."
^ California State Assembly. "An act to amend Sections 143.2, 186, 253.1, 253.2, 253.4, 253.5, 253.6, 263.1, 263.5, 263.7, 311, 312, 333, 360, 374, 375, 378, 381, 384, 388, 411, 417, 422, 440, 441, 460, 506, 559, 563, 582, and 620 of, to add..." 1975–1976 Session of the Legislature. Statutes of California. State of California. Ch. 1354 p. 6176, 6178. : "Route 680 is from: (a) Route 101 near San Jose to Route 780 at Benicia passing near Warm Springs, Mission San Jose, Scotts Corners, and Sunol, and via Walnut Creek. (b) Route 780 at Benicia to Route 80 near Cordelia." "Route 780 is from Route 680 at Benicia to Route 80 in Vallejo."
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Cottonwood root is the most common wood used in kachina figures. Another wood sometimes used is pinon wood.
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